the TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
BREVARD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931
—-J!-J
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR
[TEXHIBITS ASSEMBLED FOR FAIR
ated Tax
fo Stand,
ials Say
j I'o Be Passed on Second Read-
,w by State Next Monday—
> Fund Cut to $19,385.92
“iiii FAif
IS LIKELY TO
BE POSTPONED
Circling Globe in 37-Foot Sloop
this
$1.25
filapsp
liscal
6 that
vead-
Df the
night,
budget
:ing a
ancia!
$1.25
snoral
i debt
; gen-
i4
r we--
in tax
0 bal-
;imate
.irrent
jrront
(. oth-
): tax
$18,-
‘Ctible
$10,-
leyy,
iclude
>r de-
ipared
er de
year
t^'alks,
year’s
police
ed to
laries,
$150;
lights,
pense,
oper-
7.12.
alder-
night,
ii
IN
ER
nony
, Oct.
, 51
„Nov-
tbday
ection
Benja-
Island
'k dis-^
imony
tffings
J. F. Corbin Will Be in St.
Louis Oct. 10, Tenta
tive Date
gillespiealso to
attend dairy show
The Rosman Lair, a successful I
event conducted by peojde of that |
community for many years past, [
will likely be postponed for a,
week, J. F- Corbin, teacher in :
Rosman school, said yesterday,!
due to the fact that Wallace Gil-,
lespie, Rosman school student who j
won the honor of representing j
North Carolina at the National I
Dairy show, and Mr. Corbin will [
be at the national event in St. i
Louis on October 10, the date |
tentatively set for the Rosman •
There is still another factor |
that makes it difficult to set the ,
date for the Rosman fair, Mr. i
Corbin explained. The state school |
law does not now permit such an i
event to be held in conflict with j
school, on a school day, and at the |
same time it bars the use of school i
busses on other than school days.
It was stated that ft would be im
possible to get the children to the
fair without the use of school;
busses.
Mr. Corbin said that a definite
statement will be given out re
garding the matter, through the
school children, at an early date.
Wallace Gillespie won the right
to represent North Carolina at
the national dairy show by reason
of winning first place in the dis
trict dairy cow judging contest
which was held at Biitmore farms
On September 19.
LOWER COURT! Annual Event
Saturday To
Draw Throng
Young Tar Heels Encouraged by Interest Exhibited by
Public and Co-operation of Merchants—
Suggested Program Outlined
BINDS KANE TO
GRAND JURORS
Reasonable Cause Found
in Drowning of Pro
fessor’s Wife
HAMPTON, Va., October 1.—
Prof. Elisha Kent Kane of the
University of Tennessee was or-
' dered held to grand jury by Mag- j
istrate J. E. Dixon late yesterday
following preliminary hearing on
! charges of murder in the drown-
j ing of his wife, Mrs. Jenny-Gra
ham Kane, on a beach near here
; September 11.
' , The grand jury which convenes
' next Monday, October 5, will con-
' sider the case of the 38-year-old
: professor of romance languages
charged with deliberately drown
ing his wife while the couple w'as
I bathing at Grand View beach near
Circumnavigating the globe
Memphis, Tenn., contractor
from Yokohama.
NEA San Francisco Bureau
a 37-foot .sailing vessel, Edward Miles,
shown here as he arrived at Honolulu
He had already crossed the widest stretch of ocean
nil xoKonauia. xie nau aii-ca-uj' - .v
In the world, taking about two months from the Asian cofst to the
Hawaiian Islands.
i The magistrate announced his
I decision after ten minutes argu-
; nient by opposing counsel.
! The defense contended evi-
1 dence produced at the hearing
I tended to prove the defendant’s
I innocence equally as much as his
guilt. The state held the evidence
showed more than reasonable
cause to suspect the professor was
guilty of the charge.
The crowded courtroom ivas
held in check with difficulty at
times, particularly during the tes
timony of Mrs. W. C. Graham,
of the drowned woman,
J. B. JONES’
NEPHEW SHOT
AT ROCK HILL
J. Ernest Bridges Killed by
Chaingang Guard in
South Carolina
ROCK HILL, S. C., Oct. 1.—
J. Ernest Bridges of this city died
shortly before noon Monday,
about 24 hours after he had been
shot at the York county chain-
gang with a pistol, in the hands
of Roy Sapp, county chaingang
guard. Bridges, who has been in
the employ of the Roddey Reid
ncE
I phy-
IfesiOn
re he
nglish
nation
r con-
when
B has
Wtice.
Hundreds Coming
Sunday for MXall
Family Gathering
All-Day Event To Be Fea
tured by Sermon by
Dr. J. E. Calfee
Perhap.s the largest family re
union of the season in this section
will be held here Sunday W'hen
members of the McCall family,
with connections in many parts of
Western North Carolina, gather in
the county courthouse.
^ The program will begin at 10
o’clock and will be featured by a
sermon by Dr. John E. Calfee,
president of Asheville Normal
school, by a picnic dinner at the
noon hour, and,by quartet and
other music. The complete pro-
gJ'ara follows:
10:00—Song by choir; prayer,
Rev. J. p. Mason.
10:15—Welcome address, Prof.
L. H. Thomas.
10:30—Special music, Hender
sonville quartet.
10:45—Music—Simpson, Caro
lina and Little River quartets.
11:00—Sermon—Dr. John E.
Laitee, president Asheville Nor
mal and Teachers’ college.
31:45—Business session.
12:00—Special mu.sic, Mrs. Eva
,Rice.
J. c. McCall.
J^„'p~-Rf>Dnd table discussion.
1:00-2:30—Picnic dinner and
social hour.
^^cCall.
tets —Music, various quar-
Officers and committees of the
reunion-are as follows:
Mf>r^.ii president; A. B.
President; Mrs. Seva
Mackey, secretary; W. D. McCall
commit:
’ Tra Galloway Corre
spending conmittee—J.^ C. Mc-
-all, Louise Perry and L McCall
Uzsi^ mT _ Mrs.
and Mr! Lula McCall
‘ind Mrs. Leonard Thmoas.
R- WILKINS IN Hospital
under ™n Wilkins, Brevard man,
;;>nta hospital fhf'rek" He"^::
“■Merstood to be doi^rver/well
CRUSHERS ARE
TAKEN TO NEW
ROADraOJECT
Hard-Surfacing of Boyl-
ston-Mills River High
way to Begin Soon
Work is expected to start at an
early date on hardsurlacing the
Boylston-Mills River road and the
state is moving its crushers to
Boylston road at this time, in
preparation for the task. Baynard
FedeVaf company for the past 10 i Rock quarry has, it is understood,
years had been called to the chain-1 been leased by the state for the
■ - *- ■ supply of rock for thus 'project,
and the quarry work will be done
by convicts.
This long mooted hard surfac
ing project will provide a hard
surfaced roadway ' bordering on
Pisgah Forest preserve for many
miles and passing the main en
trance to the forest at Davidson
River.
It will make accessible by good
roads the numerous bridle trails
which the federal gpvernment
built in the forest last winter as
a program to give wmrk to many
men in this section.
Boylston road extends from the
edge of Brevard and follows up
Turkey creek, and then goes down
the Boylston creek section. It is
15 miles in length and shortens
the distance to Asheville about
eight miles.
This improvement has long been
sought as a joint project between
Transylvania and Henderson coun
ties, as well, and something more
than a year ago, Henderson coun
ty completed the rocking of this
I'oad to Transylvania county line,
giving an all weather road from
Mills River to the county line
which will now be completed by
the hardsurfacing to be- done be
tween the county line and Bre
vard.
gang to repair a truck
that it could be placed in commis
sion immediately.
Bridges was rushed to the Fen
nell Infirmary here and expired
shortly before noon. Sapp later
was released on $1,000 bond.
At the time of the shooting,
Bridges was said by a Mr. Bran
non who lives near the chaingang,
to have been showing the latter a
ring, which was going to be used
in the repair of the truck. About
that time, Brannon said, he heard
a pistol shot and Bridg’escried
out, “Roy, you've shot me,’’
whereupon, ^id Brannon, Sapp
turned to Bridges, apparently sur
prised, and asked him if he really
had been shot.
Sapp told the officers who
brought him to town to await
hearing, that both he and Bridges
had been drinking, but the con
census of testimony given after
ward was that only Sapp had been
drinking.
The testimony of Bridges’ at
tendant physician was that there
was no trace of drinking discov
erable when he waited on him.
Sapp was declared by all not
to have been drinking to the ex
tent that he did not know what he
was doing.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon from the
home.
The deceased is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Minnie Bridges, and
one brother, S. R. Bridges,' of
Somerset, Ky., his widow, who
was formerly Miss Annie Faye
Sibley, and two small children. Ho
was 30 years old.
In addition to the surviving rel
atives mentioned, and included
among the out of town people at
tending the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Jones of Brevard. Mr.
Jones, who is superintendent of
the. Brevard and Transylvania
county schools, is an uncle of the
deceased.
YOUNG TAR
HEELS SUBMIT
YEAR’S REPORT
Analyses of Vocational
Work Cover 59 Pages,
Clippings, Etc.
ONE OF fliREE TO
QUALIFY IN STATE
The Brevard chapter of the
Young Tar Heel Farmers, affi-
lated with the Young American
Farmers movement, a nation-wide
project for the furtherance of ex
pert farming among the youth of
the land, on Tuesday mailed its
annual report to Chicago. Only
a classification of separate items
of the report in large envelopes
was required under the provisions
who appeared to give way to hys- j^ade, but the local chapter form-
teria during her recital of events, ulated the materials of its report
leading up to Mrs. Kane’s death, jinto a book of 59 pages, includ-
She proved to be an important' ing- analyses of the work for the
witness for the state. The Graham I year, numerous press clippings
family was revealed as the origin- and 'pLotographs of the activities
al accuser of Professor Kane and' of the chapter,
recently employed an attorney to j 'Fwo things qualified the chap-
assist Commonwealth Attorney ter to offer its report, which _ it
Roland Cocke in prosecuting the,was urged to do by J- K. Coggin,
case. state spon.sor of the movement.
I One is that it has the largest
; I membership of any of the several
^ ^ 1 • [chapters in the state. The other
R'OV Knnrl I nminn- its .dues in the org^iza.
• DUOU ^UUllIIS^ tion are paid up. Brevard is .one
; _ i three organizations in the
NlinHotr /*n !®Late which will be represented
OUIlilciy lU r ivdCll by reports on the year’s work at
At M. E. Revival
Brevard Institute Will Co
operate in Evange
listic Effort
A special series of revival serv
ices will be held at the Methodist
church beginning Sunday morn
ing at the ll'o’cloek hour of wor
ship and continuing through the
following Sunday night. The Rev.
G. T. Bond, pastor of the West , ■
Asheville Methodist church, will i hurley tobacco
Chicago headquarters.
The report shows among other
things that the boys in the chap
ter had a united labor income of
S2148 for the year. Each boy
paid himself 15 cents per hour
for his work out of the earnings
and the net profit was over and
above this labor income. Club
members have $5750 invested
farming including their holdings
of all kinds of equipment and
produce, and 1000 pounds of to
bacco.
Mr. Glazener in exhibiting the
report to the class pointed out
that
First, it was through the club
intro-
Tanning Plant to
Start Operations
Soon, Is Belief
The Transylvania Tanning com
pany is getting in a .shipment of
hides, and indications are that
this establishment will resume op
erations next week.
The Rosman Tanning Extract
company, the Gloucester lAnnher
company ant] the Toxavvay Tan
ning company are all in operation
at this time.
C. C. OFFICE
CLOSED FOR
THE WINTER
Miss Trowbridge to Carry
on Whatever Work
Is Necessary
Active operations of the Cham
ber of Commerce during the win
ter months was suspended on Oc
tober 1, and the office on Main
street closed temporarily, in view
of the slight calls on this organ
ization outside of the regular
tourist season. The secretary,
Miss Alma Trowbridge, will con
tinue to answer any mail or in
quiries coming to the office, and
any information relative to this
organization may be obtained by
cornmunicating with her by phono
or at the office of The Transyl
vania Times in the former loca
tion of the Chamber of Commerce
do the preaching, with services at
the church each night at 1:30
o’clock.
The Brevard Institute will also
join in the special series of meet
ings and will hold services in the
Institute chapel each morning
during the week at 9:45 o’clock,
at which time the Rev. Mr. Bond
will talk to the student body and
faculty. It is announced by Supt.
J. F. Winton that a cordial invi
tation is extended to the general
public aho to attend these morn
ing services. The service will con
clude each morning at 10:30
o’clock.
Much interest is being mani
fested in the revival, both on the
part of the membership of the
Methodist church and also by
members of the other denomina
tions, many having already pledg
ed their co-operation and support
toward the end of making this se
ries of religious meetings benefi
cial to the entire community. It
is expected that members of the
choirs of the other denominations
will assist in the musical features
of the meeting.
Paul Smathers to
Expand New Car,
Truck Business
Paul Smathers, now in Detroit
and other northern auto and
truck centers, is making arrange
ments for operation of an auto
mobile and truck business on a
large scale in Brevard, and will
expand the busin6i,s he has open
ed here within the past ten days.
Mr. Smathers expects to take care
of the needs of car and truck own
ers, also, for parts and equipment,
he stated before leaving.
Although he has continually
made this his home, Mr. Smathers
is returning to bu'siness here after
a successful period of several
years spent as traveling represen
tative of several of the largest
truck concerns in the United
States. He has had th'
duced into Transylvania county;
Second, they put .on the Sylvan
Valiev fair last year;
Third, thev were instrumental
in the establishment of a co-op
erative store;
Fourth, they assisted a local
church by growing potatoes, i
project. ’ Among the results of
the production of 800 bushels or
more of potatoes in this program,
on 25 acres of land were the
mastery of improved spraying
methods and the beginning of
of certified seed.
The Brevard chapter of Y,
H. F. is one of about 120 of
these units in the entire state.
2 ACQUIHED
IN ASHEVILLE
BANI^TRIAL
Davis and Harris Found
Not Guilty of Using
Mails to Defraud
JUDGE APP^VES
VERDICT OF JURY
ASHEVILLE, Oct. 1.—Wallace
B. Davis and William D. Harris,
former officials of the Central Se
curities company, were acquitted
of charges of using* the mails to
defraud in the federal district
court here at 9:30 o’clock this
morning.
A large crowd was in the court
room when the jury returned its
verdict, and received the report
of W. C. Rector, foreman of th©
juiV, in silence. Attorneys for
Davis and Harris congratulated
them after the verdict was known.
Judge E. Yates Webb, presid
ing, thanked the jurors for their
services, and told them that they
of the Brevard Chapter of Young ^ could go liome feeling that they
NEGROES SAVE
TRAIN CREW
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Oct. 1.—
A dynamite blast designed to
wreck the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad flyer, the Southland, au
thorities believed, destroyed a
short section of track 35 miles
north of here early yesterday.
Reports here said negroes liv
ing nearby heard the blast and
built a huge bonfire which warned
the crew of t'he northbound train.
The train was delayed. The south
bound section, coming through
four hours later, was on schedule.
The big sale under assignment,
of the Pushell’s Department store
stock, began Thursday at their
old business stand on West Main
street. The stock was taken over
by the American Sales company,
and the sale is being managed by
territory N. Morris. Mr. Morris says the
East Main street. It is ex-' of the southeast, from Cincinnati j .store will be operated on this ba-
pected that active operations will,to Cuba. [sis until the first of the year. A
be resumed during* the spring! His new place of business is on 1 large crow*d attended the opening
and summer months. ' East Main street. ^ Thursday.
American Sales
Co. Closing Out
Pushell’s Stock
Saturday will be Fair day in
Brevard.
Active work began Tuesday on
the scene of the second annual
Sylvan Valley Fair, just back of
the B. and B. store, to place it in
condition for the reception of ex
hibits, when a group of boys in
the agricultural vocational depart
ment of the Brevard high school
sallied forth to the scene from
their class room, fired with the en
thusiasm of a successful fair be
hind them last year and the pros
pects of a bigger and better one
this year.
But the success of last year’s
fair was not the sole stimulus be
hind the boys, for they had just
heard a report from their instruc
tor, J. A. Glazener, of the work
Tar Heel Farmers for the current
year, which had been compiled
for presentation in the Young
American Farmers movement con
test.
The members of this class make
up the active members of the
chapter. The past class members
may be associate members and
their chapter is one of three in
the state which will report on
work for the year to the head
quarters of the movement, in
Chicago.
It is under this youthful lead
ership that the fair is being held
Saturday, October 3. John Col-'
lins is president of the chapter.
J. A. Glazener is adviser.
But the fair is for the exhibi
tion of products, not only of the
boys, but of anybody in the coun
ty and it is anticipated that many
people in Transylvania will join,
hands with them this year, while
the boys have been encouraged by
the busines.s men of the city co
operating in the presentation of
business displays.
Special attention was called
yesterday to the fact that all en
tering exhibits are urged to have
them at the fair site for place
ment Friday afternoon or Friday
night. It is planned to have
everything in readiness for the
opening Saturday morning at 9
o’clock so that the judging may
be finished before the crowds be
gin to gather. The management
of the fair points out that all ex
hibits, la,t*ge or small, will be
welcomed.
Awards will be blue, red and
yellow ribbons.
The following is a suggested
program for those wishing to en
ter, but other articles and ex
hibits will be received, since it is
subject to changes in the discre-
Mon of the committee:
FARM CROPS
1.—Corn. A. 10 ears yellow
and white, old or new; (a) single
ear variety; (b) Prolific variety.
B. 3 stalks new corn, single or
prolific. C. (Popcorn, 10 ears.
2—Small grains, one pint ex
hibit. (1 rye) (2 oats) (3 bar-
ley) (4 wheat).
'3.—Legumes. (1 soybeans) (2
cowpeas )(3 clovers) (4 grass).
4. —Legumes. Seed one pint.
5. —Tobacco, (a) Six stalks,
Burley; (b) Six stalks any other
variety.
4.—Cane, (a) Six stalks of any
variety with head and fodder.
The superintendent and his co
workers request your co-operation
in entering exhibits in this de
partment. Superintendent, Max
Wilson. Co-workers. James Mills,
Haves Merrill, Foy Holden, Virgil
Gillespie, Holland Corn, Paul
Whitmire.
HORTICULTURE
(Vegetables)
1. —Potatoes, one tray; (a)
Sweet, any variety; (b) Irish, any
variety.
2. —Beans, (a) Green, 2 qts.;
(b) Dried, 3 pint.
3. —Cabbage, 2 heads.
4. —Tomatoes, (a) ripe, half
dozen; (b) Green, half dozen.
5. —Pepper, half dozen pods
any variety.
6. —Celery, half dozen stalks.
7. —Onions, half dozen, any va
riety.
8. —Beets, half dozen.
9. —Turnips, half dozen.
10. —Carrots, half dozen.
11. —Okra, one dozen.
3 2.—Pumpkins, any variety.
13. —Squash, any variety.
14. —C!itron.
15. —Watermelons.
FRUITS
1. —Apples, one plate.
2. —Pears, one plate.
3. —Peaches, one nlate.
4. —Grapes, one plate.
NUTS
3.—Walnuts, one plate,
had done their duty and had
reached a correct verdict in find
ing the defendants not guilty.
The next bank trial to be heard
in federal court will be that of
Wallace B. Davis, Russell B. Da
vis, and J. Charles Bradford, for
mer Central Bank officials, and
L. L, Jenkins, former president of
the American National bank, on.
charges of conspiracy to pervert
the funds of the American bank
to the benefit of the Central bank.
This case is not expected to be
heard until next vear, however,
the present docket is filled.
BUZE RAZES
WILSON BARN
(Quantity of Feed and 150
Chickens Burned—
Livestock Saved
Involving the additional loss of
considerable feed and a flock of
150 chickens, the valuable barn of
Tom Wilson, prominent farmer
and leading citizen of the county,
was burned Thursday morning
about 4:30 o’clock. The cause of
the fire was not known. The barn
was locked at the time the blaze
originated in the loft. It- was
thought to have been the result
of defective wiring*. All of Mr.
Wilkins’ cattle and horses were
saved.
The barn is located near Glenn
Cannon Falls, about two and a
half miles east of Brevard.
Some insurance was held on It
but it is not known how much and
a definite statement of the value
of the barn was not available to
day.
Canteen Cafe to
Have New Home
Doc Galloway, Owner, Is
Home From Hospital
Doc Galloway, 'who ha.s been
operating the Canteen cafe at 41
West Main street, has made ar
rangements to move the first of
next week into the Wilt building,
one door from his present stand.
Mr. Galloway’s new business place
which is twice the size of the one
he has been occupying, was being
prepared this week for his occu
pancy.
Mr. Galloway, by the way, is
just recently home from an op
eration for appendicitis in the
Biitmore hospital. Although much
improved, he still has not regain
ed all his strength.
FEACHER ADDED
TO FACULTY AT
PISGAH FOREST
Miss Mamie Liday has been
added to the teaching force of the
Pisgah Fore.st school by act of th©
state equalization board, it was
learned here today. The state will
pay her salary for the entire
school year, it was said. She be
gins work this week.
Miss Liday was a grade teacher
in Pisgah Forest school last year,
I but was not placed there again at
I the beginning of the school term.
1 The action of the equalization
, - . i board was taken because of
2.—Chinquapins and chestnuts , crowded conditions. There are
and any other nuts, one plate. [five teachers at this point.
The superintendent and his co-;
workers request vour co-operation i FIRE IN LLOYD HOME
in entering exhibits in this de-^ LOS ANGELES, October 1,—
partment. Superintendent, Otis Harold Lloyd, film comedian, car-
Shipman. Co-workers: Harold ried his three children to safety
Davis, Van O’Kelly. Charles Ow*- yesterday when a small fire broke
ensby. Frank Hensley, Jack Wil- out in his home. He then returned
son. Rov Frady, j and extinguished the fire which
POULTRY ’ ' occurred in the bathroom and was
1.—Chickens, (a) cock; (b) believed caused by heating appar«
(Continued on page three) atus,