VOLUME XXXVII
THOSE WHO PROMISE
PR BY CHRISTMAS
RIDING FOR A FALL
Some Leading Attorneys Say
Volstead Law Is Part
of Amendment.
CITE COUrTrULING \
IN RHODE ISLAND CASE
Must Repeal Amendment Be
fore Modification Can
Be Realized.
Washington, Nov. 23 ? It is the
opinion of many leading attorneys
here that those people who are prom
ising beer by Christmas are talking
through their hats, ana know but lit
tle about the Volstead law. It is point
ed out that the ruling in the case of
Rhode Island vs. Palmer, handed
down on June '7, 1930, upheld the
Volstead law, and that law says that
beer of one half of One percent al
coholic content is just as strong a3
that beverage can legally be made.
There is no such thing as modify
ing the Volstead law until the 18th
amendment is taken from the consti
tution in proper form, for the Vol
stead law is part and parcel of the
18th amendment. Those law-makers
who attempt to fiddle with modifica
tion of the Volstead law will find
themselves entangled in a constitu
tional controversy that will last for
many moons, leading lawyers say.
Some men who seem to know what
they are talking about are now laugh
ing at the efforts of the beer barons
as they plan for operation of beer
joint' by Christmas. The prohibition
) all set with injunction pro
on tap to stop any and all
efforts to nullify the constitution by
making anything stronger than beer
with one-half of one percent alcohol
ic content.
I
THOMAS LEVERETTE -
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Tom Leverette, 24, prominent young
Brevard man died at his home in North
Brevard Saturday night, 9:00 o'clock;
Allowing an attack of piteiinitnria
fever from which he had beea ill for
a week. >
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, 2:00 o'clock at Oak Grove
church and burial was in the came
tery there. Rev. C. E. BIythe and
Rev. Harvey L. Souther, of Pisgah
Forest were in charge of the services.
Approximately 500 people attended
the funeral.
Young Mr. Leverette was a r.ative
of Henderson County, having moved
here several years ago with his par
ents. He married Miss Willie Duck
worth two and one half years ago and
to this union was born- one child. He
had been employed by the State High
way Commission and was a member
of the Turkey Creek Baptist church.
Surviving Mr. Leverette are the
widow, one daughter, Martha Fran
ces; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Leverette, of Pisgah Forest; two sis
ters, Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Waver-,
ly O. Morris; four brothers. Albert,'
Reid, George and Earl Leverette.
Genard, Corum and Roy Smith,
Mack Souther, Bennie Souther and
Arnold Leverette, ali cousins of the
deceased acted as pallbearers. Flower
girl3 were Miss Florine Carter* Miss
Miidred Barnette, Miss Minnie Gal
loway, Miss Lucile Burns, Miss Sa
rah Souther, Miss Dovw Scruggs,
Miss Pauline Leverette and Miss Ed
na Mae Saltz.
Kilpatrick and Son had charge of
the funeral arrangements.
MAXWELL NAMED AS
STARK SALESMAN
Edwin D. Maxwell, connected with
the- Maxwell Realty companv in Hen
dersonville, has been appointed local
representative for the famous Stark
Brothers company, growers of fruit
trees for the past 116 years. Mr. Max
well believes that he can prove to any
ml 16 that more money can be made
"Through fruit growing than in any
other way; same acres of ground be
ing used.
Western North Carolina is one of
the best apple producing sections in
the South, and there are already
many fine orchards in this section.
Haywood county'3 income -from its
apple crop each year is One of the
mainstays of that enterprising coun
ty, and Mr. Maxwell, who hits made
a real study of Henderson and ad
joining counties, expresses conviction
that just as good apples can be grown
in this section as in any other part
of Western Carolina.
In addition to the apple, one of th*
features of the big Stark nurseries,
Mr. Maxwell can give information oh
all other fruit trees, berries, grapes,
and flowers. Interested people are
urged, in a message signed by Mr.
Maxwell on another page, to make an
appointment with Stalk Brother?
representative and iaapaet tbsir of
fwisgs.
HOUSTON TO LOCATE
IN HENDERSONVILLE
EARLY NEXT MONTH
Starts Sale Saturday to Dispose
of Furniture Stock In
Brevard Store - '
j STORE AFTER THE SALE
To Open One of Largest Retail
^2 Stores In the City of
\ Hendersonville.
Announcement in today's Brevard
jNews that t.he Houston Furniture
company is to' move to Hendersonville
will come as a surprise to many
1 people of the town and county. The
' popular furniture store is to conduct
(an unusual sale preparatory to the
j removal, and unusual values are be
Jing offered to the public. Details of
: these offerings are to be found in a
i page advertisement elsehwere in The
I Brevard News. Mr. Houston says
( that he prefers to sell the stock now
on hand to the people here at greatly
reduced priccs rather than to move
the stock to his new store in Hen
dersonville, hence the offerings are
declared to be unusual.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Houston are
so thoroughly identified with the
. business., social, religious and civic
, life of the community that their re
? mtival to Hendersonville will be a
ja distict loss to Brevard and 'Tran
sylvania county. Mr. Houston states
| that much of his business is already
(in Henderson and Polk counties, how
'ever, and because he needs to extend
land at the same time be located in
'the center of his business territory,
j that it has become necessary for him
Jto move the store to "Hendersonville.
| The new store in Hendersonville,
i which will be opened about the 10th
( Continued on page four)
WILL CLOSE BREVARD
ROLL CALL COMES
TO CLOSE TODAY
The annual Red Cross roll call will
be brought to a close today. Workers
have been busy in every section of the
county and reports indicate that re
sults have fallen some short of ex
pectations, though far from disap
pointing.
Yesterday was devoted to a canvass
? cf the business section where results
jwere found to be encouraging. In the
i canvass last year returns were great
er than any ever reported. Consider
abel interest and enthusiasm is mani
fested in the work and the school
teachers of the county have been es
pecially active throughout, the county,
t Schools in the county report large
j enrollments, most of them 100 per
; cent.
IhomeIconoIcs
i DISPLAY PLEASING
I The attractive exhibit cf the Horns
[Economics class of the Brevard High
school, which is in the show window
of the Erwin building, is attracting
considerable interest. It consists of
needlecraft work done by the class
under the direction of Miss Virginia
i Wilcox, Home Economics teacher.
Members of the class who have ar
ticles on display are: Zona McCall,
jBuree Capps, Christine Cooper, Eliza
jbeth Bragg, Audrey Orr, Irma Park
ier, Ruby Dunn, Kate Edmundson,
SAlma Talley, Belle Townsend, Dol?
(McCrary, Annie Bryson, Catherine
, Snelson, Erdie Tinsley, Betty Mc
Cleod, Nadine Avery, Exie Barton,
Margaret Dickson, Nora Bell Nason,
Annie Mae McCall, and Margaret
Siniard.
BREVARD WALLOPS
! AN ANCIENT ENEMY
In one of the hardest games of the
season the Brevard Blue Devils down
led the Hendersonviile Bearcats with
,a score of 13.-0. This is the first game
; the Blue Devils have taken from the
| Hendersonville team in three years,
j The game was playeu on a soggy
field and rain fell continuously add
ing to the difficulties of the play and
the discomfort of a crowd of more
than two hundred spectators. The
,boys were unable to effect any pass
: ing or punting, since they were un
jable to keep their footing and both
teams stuck to line plays and occas
ional end runs.
After an exchange of punts the
Blue Devils scored in the first peri
od In their first onslaught, a diving
offensive, the Blue Devils forced the
Bearcats back thirty yards. A timely
pas3 gave the Bltie Devils a first
down after the Bearcats had braced.
The Blue Devils made three touch
downs in the first period. 11 first
downs were made by the Devils, all
in the first half. The Cats made 6
first downs, all in the second half.
Hamlin and English starred for the
local team - and BwraJee 4er Jive
Bearcats.
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Brevard Wins at Canton ,
Completing Great Season ;
Home GoafNever Crossed
P ? es-ps
Brevard's fast football aggregation
journeyed over to Canton Wednesday
and added another victory to an Jil
rer.dy enviable record, walloping ihe
papertown boys to the tune of 19 [to
13. It was a reai game, however, the '
Canton boys putting up a battle that
was of winning stripe and type had
they not been pitted against such a j
! determined bunch as went from Bre- i
vard being in the way of the Cantfcm 1
players wherever one of them tried
to play.
Brevard made three touchdowns, 1
English getting one while Clayton ?
made two. Canton made two touch- :
downs, one by McClure and one by ;
Best. Brevard made 8 first dovvns ,-to J
Canton's nine. Brevard punted four :
times, averaging 42 yards, while Can
ton punted six times, averaging BO
yards. Brevard completed nine of its
I thirteen passes, making 193 yards,
i while Canton completed only four of
jits twelve parses, and made 62 yards.
! Clayton and Price were the stars
for Brevard, while Meece and Reno
were heroes of the Canton end of t?e
game. Canton made their two toucli
pDWiMDEll
ELECTRIC CHARGES
Reeent reductions in light and pow- '
er charges as made by the Southern
Public Utilities company are given
in a page advertisement in this issqe >
of The Brevard News, and Manager
J. M. Gaines points out the fact that
this reduction brings the charges (if
the Southern Public to a lower rate]
than any prevailing in 177 leading'
cities and towns in the United States. ]
Mr. Gaines also called attention (Jo
the fact that the cost dC -'??a-rlmr 1
service to users in a sm
in sparsely settled c e n ; ''
much larger than in lar-giv cities and ,
centers, yet such towns as Brevard
are now being given light end power
service at lower figures than ace'
charged fai any of the larjte? cities, -
with possible exception of some of'
the extreme Northwestern states. j
Mr. Gaines stated that the only
way the company can hope to break ,
even in this reduction in price is ioj
increase the number of users, and he '
believes this will result, as more!
people will use power a^d lights un-:
der the decreased charges than everj
before.
SUPERIOR COURT TO !
CONVENE ON DEC. 5j
Superior court will be in session'
here for two' weeks beginning Mon-J
day, December 5. There are 104 cas
es on the criminal docket which will .
consume the first week of the session j
and a large number of civil cases to I
be disposed of during the second per-]
iod. The civil calendar is not complete ;
at this time. -
Judge Walter E. Moore was sched-j
uled to preside at thi3 term but re- !
ports indicate he will be unable to doi
so because of sickness. It could not be j
learned late Wednesday who will re- i
place him. Solicitor J. Will Piess will
act as prosecutor for the state.
POST OFFICE CLOSED
The post office will be closed all
day Thursday excepting from eight to
i nine in the morning and one half hour j
I on arrival of train in the after- j
] noon. There will be no rural or
j city delivery, except special delivery.'
j Mails will be dispatched as usual. j
BOSMAN DEFEATS
The boys of the Rosman High
! school Agriculture class defeated the
; Brevard boys in a basketball game
played at the Brevard High school
at noon Tuesday with a score of
16-11.
downs in the first half, and Brevard j
came in and made their three in the I
last half. - !
With the taking of the game Fri
day from Hendersonville the local
boys have won a total of five games
played on the home field and all of
th?m have been taken with high
scores and the opposition in every in
stance failed to score. The following
ave the scores for the games played
on the home field:
Brevard Institute, 20-0; Fruitland!
Institute, 13-0; Bryaon City, 25-0;
Franklin High, 58-0 and Henderson
ville High, 18-0.
| All these games have been well
played and the boys show indications 1
of the rigid training they have re- !
ceived under Coach Tilson. Perhaps* 1
of their victories, the or.e in which
i they feel the most, pride is one played
| with Hendersonville. The Henderson
ville Bearcats are looked upon as
their most formidable rivals and this
game was the first they had won in
I the past three years from these play
'ers.
,720 CHILDREN ARE i
GIVEN TREATMENT
The Diphtheria clinic sponsored
here by the local Kiwanis 'club fin- :
ished its work Saturday, giving the .
second vaccinations against the di-j
sease. According to Dr. Newland, who i
administered the treatments, 720 j
were treated.
While the clinic was sponsored by j
the Kiwanis club and the treatments1,
were given gratis by Dr. Newland, a ,
member of public spirited citizens of j
the community also contributed gen-t
erously of their time and money that j
the clinic might be able to offer these .
treatments to all children of UtrtouV
ty whose parents are not able to pay f
for them.
The Parent - Teacher association i
has been active ia.the promotion of
the clinic and have aided in makini? '
it possible for the indigent children
of the county to receive the advan
tages of it.
Treatments were given in the fore
noon last Saturday at the offfices of j
Dr. Newland and in the afternoon at!
the High school building in Rosbuui. j
WOMANS EXCHANGE j
CLOSES FOR WINTER
The Woman's Exchange will bej
closed for the winter after next Sat-?
urday. On Saturday it will be opened j
from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, j
AH persons having articles there or J
any business to be looked after are ?
asked to do this on Saturday after-;
noon.
The Exchange has enjoyed a very
successful season and plans to op
erate again next summer.
MASONS URGED TO ATTEND ? !
FRIDAY NIGHT'S MEETING]
All members of Dunn's Rock Ma- '
sonic Lodge are urged to attend the j
regular communication to be held this
Friday evening at the lodge rooms.'
as some really important business is
to be actcd upon. Annual election of
officers will be held on the second
Friday night in December.
CARR HEADS KIWANIS
The meeting of the loo-' Kiwanis
club held last Thursday .. tiro Eng
land home was taken up largely with
the election of officers for t>n ensu
ing year. F. Iirown Carr v elected
president; 1'nt Kimiey, vice- president
and the following, men named as the
board of dijpetSrs: Dr. C. L. New-,
land, ..RsV". Paul Kartseil, Mayor.
Rp^pti Ramsey, Rev. R. L. Alexander
and Frank D. Clement.
FUTURE FARMERS OF
ROSM CHAPTER I
ANNUAL BANQUET
E. J, Whitmire, President, In
Charge of the Enjoy
able Event.
MUSIC FURISHED BY
FAMOUS FISHER BAND]
. '
Profc. Corbin Opened Program
i With Most Inspiring
Address.
The annual Father-Son banquet of
the Ro3man chapter, Future Farmer.,
of America was given at the Rcsman '
High school building Tuesday evening
beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
The tables were arranged in a L'
shape, the parents and visitors being j
seated on the outside and the boys
on the inside. At the end the officers
?were seated. There was a splendidly
prepared menu consisting almost en
tirely of home-grown products and
prepared by the members of the Home
Economics class under the direction
of Miss Olga Fcrtenberry.
The banquet and program follow
ing it were presided over by E. J.
Whitmire, president of the Rosman
chapter, F. F. A. Music was furnished
throughout the evening by Fisher's
String band.
Prof. Cprbin. director of the activi
ties of the ciub and instructor of Vo
cational agriculture gave a splendid
opening address. Several members of
the class made interesting talks on
subjects being studied by the club.
The Future Farmers' creed and the
3 to 1 corn contest.
Wallacc Gillespie prepared a black
board chart showing the cost of op
eration of a farm with a valuation o."
510,000. He showed cost of operation,
production, sales and other items and
showed that this particular farm hari
shown an actual loss of $41 for tlje
year. The discussion and the illustra
tion' were most interesting. There
was a numSer of other talks on vari
ous subjects of general interest, a
mong which was one on the "Course
of Study for High Schools." Prof. T.
C. Henaerson spoke on the education
p\_devel(romer.t and progress in the
county Jones, jjjnaerintcn
dent of Education, in his remarfcT
brought that he believes that we are
goi ng to enjoy & prosperity that wilfc
(rfirpwia any tev? ever known. The
farms which are barely "getting by"
now will make great showings when
this condition is brought. He said if
this does not come about that the
farmers must adapt thaniselves to ex
isting conditions and must cut costs cf
production and operate on a basis -to
enable than to make their work profi
able despite low markets. Mr. Sig
mon, of the County board of Coin
missioners made a tslk in jrtiieh iie
urged the youth of the county to study
and progress in order that they may
accomplish far greater things than
their parents. A. M. Paxton, in his
{Continued on page four)
GLAZENER ATTENDS
GRANGE MEETING
Prof. Juljan Glazener, vocational j
agriculture teacher in the Brevard
High school attended a portion of the j
National Grange meet held in Win-'
ston-Saiem beginning Wednesday.
November 16, The meet in session for
ten days ending Saturday.
Prof. Glazener had conferred upon
him the seventh degree, the highest
in the Grange and considered one of
the most colorful degrees (riven by
any organization. 1200 people from
every section of 'he .ountry received
the degree an;? ' a large number re
ceived the fifth ind sixth degrees at
thi3 time.
Following the conferring of the de
gree work Admiral Richard E. Byru, <
head of , the National Economy ,
League delivered an address in which I
he dealt with many questions of .in- :
terest, to this group. The meeting in
"Winston-Salem is the first to be held
in the South sippe 1S90 when it con
vened in Atlanta. The meeting last
year was held in Madison, Wis.
The National organization h.a s
about 8000,000 members and there is
a membership of 10,000 in the state''
ol North Carolina. .Prof. Glazener (
has been making an effort to arouse j
interest in a Grange here and says
that plans are now under way to be
gin this work in the early spring.
Both men and women are eligible
for membership in the organization.
VETERANSD1SCUSS
PROPOSED ACTION
The Brevard post, Veterans of For
eign Wars iset at the county court
house Taetid&y- evening aft 7:80. Reg
ular business of the organization
wo* taken up and a discussion of a
propose bill pertaining to the bonus
legislation "was" entered Unto. It -is *tW>
uaL.fi the post ?u offer a bill te> the
"Iftine ^ttck" session of congress when
$t oosvsaes.
SCHOOL FORCES AND
HIGHWAY GROUP TO
BATTLE TO A FINISH
Strong Lobbyist Expected To
Attend Next Session of
the General Assembly
SCHOOLS WANT SOME
OF HIGHWAY RICHES
Not To Trespass, However, the
I Road Folks Warn ? Hot
Time In Raleigh.
Raleigh, Nov. 23 ? Raleigh is pre
paring to entertain the most gigantic
I lobby next January, February,
'March, April ana maybe June that
(every registered at Raleigh's hungry
; hotels. The fact that the budget com
i mission began work Monday morn
ling brings to the attention of the
people her-j that it is but little more
than a month from now when the
inewly elected legislature wili con
jvene ? and then the fireworks will be
! gin.
j Probably tho most imposing lobby
' will be here representing the schools,
i Next in order will be the highway;
(folks. Then will come the sales tax
jers, the anti-sales taxers, the repeai
ers of the workmen's compensation
laws, the beer brigade, and counties
I other "interests." Of course, the pow
'er folks will be represented, as will
'the tobacco people from Winston
! Salem and Durham way, with a few
,from Reidsviile. Then the farmers
;are to be here in larger numbers, in
fall probability, than ever before. The
real estate dealers will be here in
: search of some form of taxation that
' will take the burden from real es
tate, so these boy3 may have the
j pleasure and the profit of selling
(more real estate. tjl
! On top of these will be the state
i institutional forces ? all wanting
jmore appropriations, or at least, 3ee
; ing to it that their present appropria
tions are not cut still further toward
)the quick and tender spots. -Oh, it
? promises to be a fight to the finish,
j with no quarters asked and none <giv
I en by any of the contending- forces.
\ The school people will want, in tfct
{beginning, an eight month's^ schoci
i3chooI fund must be 8ugnteSSW|?
.'great appropriations from' the higi
,way fund, the schoop forc?ihave
j long been Ttmking fliw bn^:.c:
jeyes toward what appears to., thetn to
! be a great fund of "ricfc'es "piled up
; in the highway cash registers, "The
? children first," will ? be the battle cry
(of the school. forces, .and they, will coa
.tend, like one of their illustrious lead
1 erg stated it the other day, "that the
J children of depressiou ought to haw
jtbe same opportunity that was enjoyed
? fcy'the children of prosperity"'. That
I was a humdinger of a motto and bat
Itlecry yet there are many men In the
j state- today with sufficient courage
[to stand up and argue bncH with these
i same school people, and ask how come
(Continued on page four)
U ?
!B0Y SCOUTS WORK
FOR SANTAXLAUS
As has been the cdsttiro f?r th:
past ssver^l years the; fatal- tec-...-*
of the Bey Scouts, will gather acd im
pair toys of afi descriptions' to'Tic c -
jtributed to the unfortunate child/ ?
. of the town who would otherwise- re
ceive no toys or playthings at Chcist
1 mas time.
The work will be in charge of Capt
I Fred Miller, scout-master and a house
| to house canvass will be made for
jtoys. W .W. Babb and George Kayei
' will do the repair work on all to)"
j received.
It is hoped that those who are able
to do so wiii donate freely a -d asaisir
I the Boy Scouts in securing a iarga
! amount of toys as there will be ft
greater number of children le tak?
care of this year than has been r?
previous years.
luckyWdrawn
FOR DEER HUNTING
_ ? .
Six of the 4G0 names, drawn ia
Asbeville last Thursday, of men wh?
are to be given the privilege of kii"
ing one deer each in the Piigah Nat- .
ional Forest, were Transylvania men.
They are: Elliott Tir.8ley, of Brevard,?!
who will have the privilege- of tfre
hunt on December 6, 6. and 7; Henry
Holliday, on December 6^ ? op<] 8; P.
L. Threkheld and Dan R?4 on Dfir
cembcr 12, 13 and 14 and TV P. Ward
on December' IS. 14. fend 15
W. Jenks, of Pisgah Forest, Only one
deer will be allowed for each his titer
to be killed within the three day limit
allowed and e charge of He witt h?
made for the privjlsgfe-tfEtbe Iwmt
1,202 persons sent in their names
from all sections of the UnfiedJStatee,
Four hundred were selected smTtlieroff
were 100 alternates. Alteraa*g fdr
this coutity were S. J, Ova* an# G.
rat. Cm.
The fiMt is to brt for mWwss*
and <s ftc-ifig <loi? becaos* <4 fsSt
that lite reservation is -wwtceluaS
with deer, ... ^ "~
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