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HE Transylvania Times SAMPLE COPY BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE; $1.00 PER YEAR STRIAL SITUATION ON UPTREND HERE iver Spoke at Yorktown Pageant MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS 1 PROSPECT Bridge Report Is Due Monday The city board of aldermen will hold its November meeting Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the city hall. The only holdover business to come before the 'board will be the matter of im- State Board Envoy Says I This matter has been commit ted to the street committee for I investigation and report, and it '■was thought the committee will ! be ready, to report'at this time. tVp assemblai^e of 30,000 persons who attended the celebration marking surrender of Cornwall's at Yorkiown, Va. The events closed a colorful d great crowds for four days. President Hoover is shown, inset, address- fG RAPID PROGRESS SEEN IN HIGHWAY WORK IN COUNTY UNDER STATE SUPERVISION Commissioners To Consider Gardner Relief Plan Nov. 2 Jones And Kizer Report On District Meeting In Rutherford It is anticipated that the next meeting of the county board of commissioners, which comes Mon- '■“T'day, November 2, will be the oc- ^^jcasion of some action looking- to g^’lthe local application of Governor 10, Max Gardner’s relief plan, as it has been presented at Raleigh a state-wide meeting- and to q£ : the several district welfare j aj, angs which followed, in taking Q home to the people the gov- e. ]ernor’s plan to see that there vere'no suffering in the state this w ding ter as a result of idleness and de fT, pression. Prof. J. B. Jones, county super intendent of education, and A. H Kizer, county accountant, attend ed the welfare district meeting ‘'-'"''•.held in Rutherfordton last week, dgjlAt this meeting, it will be recall- errv' state-wide program as of- by Governor Gardner at the j Raleigh conference of October 6, ithel^^^ ratified and adopted, and I action wdll provide for a jjj.J united and business-like organiza- itedt^^o^ of tke community, township, uj-e. [county and state, in providing re- ved, j for the unemployed and in gree I preventing a duplication of assist- fied! ance to the needy,'and assist the be-[Otherwise unorganized efforts'of mng churches, fraternal groups' and I other bodies engaged in this ac tivity. In other words, the plan adopt ed will result in a business-like, [systematic and well-organized re- [Uef program for this county. ,1/ I All citizens are urged to make I ly I such suggestions to members of ^ I the county board of commission ers as they see fit in this connec- , tion before the matter comes up inaljat their November session Mon- i bay- Junior Singers To Gather Sunday At Church in Rosman 'ROSMAN, Oct, 28.—The Jun- hmging convention met last First General Program Completed In Little River Section Transylvania county is seeing definite results from the new state highway administration of roads at this time. A first general improvement progi’am for the eastern part of the county, espe cially in the Little River section, has been completed and intensive work in other sections has begun. This applies to the roads running from Penrose to Little River, which have been surfaced with gravel and sand and give better facilities for school children who are provided bus transportation in that section. "With the completion of work in that section, men have now been placed at work on the road leading from the power plant to Cedar Mountain. Several weeks will be required for the surJacing of this highway. The crusher which has been working on the Island Ford road has been removed into Gloucester township on the west side of the county and has begun operations l.here. And while the general mainten ance of oioin traveled roads is in progress under the supervision of state highway commission office, division 4, of which S. B. Howard is / in charge, advanced progress is reported on the two tarvia sur facing projects, which are being directed by Mr. Northcott, of an other division of the state high way commission. Mr. Northcott ported that the nine miles of sur face treatment projected for the Highlands roa'd from Fairfield to the Jackson county line, had been completed in its first stage Tues day. This done, the Highlands road was to remain open for traf fic. with only half of the road closed for the application of grav el. This will give through passage on this highway, one side of the road remaining open from now on until this task is finished. The same work is going for ward under Mr. Northcott’s direc tion on the Caesar’s Head road, and he reports the first layer of this surface treatment will have been laid down by Saturday. Re alizing the great need for this road, Mr. Northcott said that ev erything possible is being- done to push that project to completion. The men are working seven days a week, and on last Sunday, 10,000 gallons of tar were pour ed on this road. County System Operated Economically FEW ABSENCES DUE TO ROAD CLOSING J. F. Colburn, 'Western Caro lina representative on the State hlciualization board was in the city Monday for a conference with J. B- Jones. Transylvania county superintendent of educa tion, and made a survey oT con ditions with Mr. Jones. After he had gone into the situation here he expressed the belief that the schools of the city and county are being operated as economical- as could be expected and de ROLL CALL TO BEGINNOV.il Silversteen Again Heads Red Cross Campaign In County Organization of Brevard’s an-, would take the matter Cross roll call has been! of finance before the state board effected with officers elected and see_ if more funds^ could not foj. the ’ year’s work. The cam-j be obtained. paign begins November 11 and It Avill be recalled that the j continues through the 26th, with Transylvania systems were alot-, g_ Silversteen serving again ted about a third 'of the amount year as general chairman, necessary for transportation, bus. The officers elected for the I'epairs and janitor _ service. ^Ir. j approaching campaign and to •Tones had the option of s-PPly-1 serve during the year include: ing all the funds to one item and I General chairman, J. S. Silver letting the others go, or to use’gt_een* roll call chairman, Rev. them a.s best he could on all jjarry Perry; secretary, Miss three nurposes until they 'wero I ]y[artha Boswell; treasurer, A. H. ! Kizer; pubilicity chairman, Miss The money, however, has been Trowbridge; home service distributed _ for repair of buses, gporetary, Mrs. J. W. Smith, pay of drivers and of janitors, Miss Pearl 'Weaver, field repre- and both Mr. Jones and '^be j gg^tative of roll call, from ua- school board are hoping for ^j^nal headquarters at Washing- additional allotment for these sev- g., was in Brevard Tues- eral purposes. ^^y and perfected the local Mr._ Colburn stated that tb® [chapter organization, conferring expediture.s on Brevard and. interested parties concerning Transylvania^ county schools nreU^^g year’s work toward the end pretty well in line with the eco- Ljf rnaking the 1931 campaign the nomic administration of other | jyjQgt successful in the county’s schools' in the state. -- 'l^fdKs'm this line of activity.^ . pointed out by Miss PUPIL S WALKING TO MEET i Weaver that Transylvania coun- BUS WHILE ROAD CLOSED [ quota for this year’s cam- Despite the fact that about 80lpaign_ is a membership of 350, students were cut off from trans-ithis figure based on three percent portation on the southside of [of the county’s population. Ihe the county to .the Brevard hi.gh usual annual _ membership dues of school by work that is being done'one dollar will be observed, with on the Caesar’s head road, Supt. ] 50 cents of each dollar going to J. B, Jones said yesterday that. national headquarters and the re- less than a half dozen absences- maining 50 cents for use in the are being caused as a result, local chapter. Most of the pupils are walking' The Red Cross movement as whatever distance is required to .organized was for the sole ■ pur- meet the bus, which runs foui’jpose of taking care oi the wound- and a half miles south of the city.ed soldier.s and their families in on a detour. Some of them are!war times, according to_historical walking as far as four miles each,facts, but -later the activities m- way, dailjr for bus transporta-j eluded also aid in case of disas- tion the remainder of the way. jters, preventing epidemics by A number of the children are liv-j prornoting- health through ing in town for the period the aid in home hygiene and road will be closed. the sick. At present the_ scope has broadened further to include the enlistment of children in Junior Red Cross activities in a world-wdde friendship program and in work particularly with.ex- sevvice men, with especial em phasis on the general idea of D. A. R. MEET HEARS MISS SILVERSTEEN Miss Dorothy Silversteen, daugh- ^ ^ ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Silver-[vice in its broadest sense. The Steen, talented musician who was [local project this year will deal graduated at Brenau, Gainesville, 'mainly with the health measure, Ga., and is a post-graduate also working with and for the scholo of Ohio State University, was on children in particular, the program for the D. A. R. dis- 1 trict convention Wednesday, number .of piano lain- fend saifi i tice’ Yvn ^ evening at Lake Toxa-! I’oad had been given the first ius.! ^church with a large' treatment, and Mr. Northcott said The even-1 that although he was making ev- as- inJ III sing-1 ery effort to hurry the work, it stu- it^veru enjoyed;'Vviil he impossible to use the road a will ynapf ‘-i.!. ^^^'^ntion, before a week from Monday. As tbe church Baptist^ soon as the tarvia is laid, the November ”“ 2 Self .b.® applied and this «od bf Sent”' and t of! GOLDSBORO INSTITUTION L, bv Dr.^ C and Otto Tuesday, seven miles w-ill be allowed to sot before traf fic over it is resumed. S. B. Howard this week express ed himself as well pleased with the manner in which rock surfac ing on the Boylston road is pro ceeding under the direction oX Ernest Webb, assistant engineer the Brevard highway office. All county physic). .by superiorof i told, about 75 men are engaged ■tion day morning \n taken _ Tues-[ on this project. Of these, 60 are pro- fo^. •nperop5 n- ^^•'’titntion prisoners who are transported HELD TO COURT ENROUTE TO FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid, of California were in the county this week, _ visiting Mr. Reid's Elza Barton was arrested on a father, E. D. Reid, at Oakland, charge of drunkenness the p^lstjjvir, Reid owns a hotel at Oak- week and was held to superior j land, Calif., and one in Miami, court by Magistrate F. Fr. Shu- Fla. He Is spending a brief ford. He has posted bond for his'visit with his father on his way appearance. to his Florida establishment. WEAVER PLEDGES AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY THROUGH PISGAH TO PARK Congressman Zeb Weaver was in Brevard Tuesday, shaking hands with friends and making a survey of conditions in Transyl vania county. He declared that while general conditions are bad he felt that he and the other Democratic members of congress will be able at the coming De cember term of congress to pass such legislation as will greatly re lieve the plight of the average la boring man. Mr. Weaver said that the con trol which Mr, Hoover had over the last congress prevented con gress from passing such beneficial laws as would have helped the laboring man and the poor man, but that he feels sure that with the Democrats in control after December,, the laborer and farm er will receive recognition and protection. Mr. Weaver is greatly interest ed in the proposal of federal aid for roads in this county and sec tion. He has promised to do all in his power to secure this. He also recalled that he had re ceived several communications from the Chamber .of Commerce, its officers and the chairman of the committee bn highways and roads ip regard to the road lead ing from Pisgah Forest Station through Pisgah Forest preserve, and over Pisgah to Candler, and on to Asheville, and also through Woodrow to Waynesville, and that he is going to do all possible to have the federal gvernment do its part in the construction and main- tenance of this road. Civic leaders in Brevard are tremendouslv gratified with this promise of Mr. Weaver.] Already a camp-and tourist center of the section, Brevard leaders see a great benefit from this proposed road in connection with travel to the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional park. It is maintained that with this artery completed, the road thru Brevard will give the shortest highway from a great portion of the south to the entrance of the Smoky Mountains park. Routing through Atlanta, by Caesar’s Head and on north through Pisgah Forest to the National park, it is pointed out, wouUl' bring greatly increased patronage to this city and county. CLUB WOMEN DECLARE FOR DISAmMENT Mrs. Graybeal Re-elected District President At Brevard Meeting SESSIONS'attended BY MORE THAN 100 Delegates to the second district meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, in session Tuesday at Brevard Insti tute here, went on record at their closing session for the disarma ment of all nations, and to spon sor increased sentiment in support of the world court, this action be ing the outstanding incident in the day’s events with the conven tion. Mrs, C. W. Graybeal, a leading, club woman of Old Fort, was re-, elected as president of the district body, Mrs. George Osborne of West Asheville, was chosen vice president and Miss Gertrude Dula of Old Fort, was re-elected secre- •. West Asheville’s invitation for the 1932 session was accept ed and that session will be at the West Asheville community club. Rhododendron park. Over 100 attended the district meeting. Mrs. J. M. Hobgood of Farm- ville,’president of the North Car olina Federation of Women’s Clubs, was the first formal speak er on the program. In her message as state president, she outlined the year’s work for the federation in the state, her general theme being We should not mourn, but re joice in the opportunity to rise to the nation’s extremity. Women, she said, now have great oppor tunity and responsibility in help ing to bring order out of a chaotic economic crisis which the country ow facing. It was that the na tion’s extremity is woman’s oppor tunity., “Of all helpful signs of the times, the most heartening are those which point to the home as the most vital institution in the world,” Mrs, Hobgood declared. The clubs’ objectives for the year were pointed to as being the edu cation of public 'sentiment against such public nuisances as bill boards, etc,, and she said that the women should exercise a wide in- [luence in the educational field, 'or relief for unemployed. The point was stressed that women study the laws of the country and learn to vote intelligently and ■wdsely, and in concluding in deal ing with world conditions, Mrs. Hobgood stressed the need for dis armament for thu effectiveness of efforts to bring about a perman ent world peace. [Following two solos by Alvin Moore, “0 Sleep!” and “I Must Down to the Sea Again,” Mrs. George E. Marshall of Mount Airy, chairman of districts for the state organization, outlined the objectives of the clubs in this dis trict. They were more new clubs, keeping all clubs alive, securing a larger attendance and to seek the banner for the year which is giv en for the prompt and correct re sponse to questionnaires submit ted to the district presidents. The outstanding objective of the dis trict is to strengthen every exist ing club in the district and to or ganize new 'dubs, she said. Mrs. Marshall also stressed the need of greater responsibility and of ser vice among individual clubs. In the forenoon, the report of half of the clubs in the district in which all showed advancement and furtherance of community ac tivities was made just before the luncheon hour. In the afternoon the second half of the district clubs were re ported on and Mrs. Graybeal made a general summary of the work done by the 21 clubs in the dis trict, showing progress made in all of the affiliated bodies, despite the depression. An increase in civic and health activities was noted consistently throughout the district club membership. Opening with the Club 'Woman’s Hymn the invocation was offered by Supt. J. F. Winton of Brevard Institute. Mrs. J. S. Silversteen offered the address of welcome. Mrs. D. 'F. Giles of Marion re sponded. The appointment of committees followed. The report of the courtesy com mittee rendered at the afternoon session read; “We cannot consider this ses sion of district No. 2 closed until we, the committee on courtesies in the name of the club women ex press our appreciation of the very enjoyable and highly entertaining program planned by our district president, Mrs, Graybeal. “Especially would we mention the inspiring address of our state president, Mrs. Hobgood, the pleasing address of Mrs. Marshall, (Continued on page six) Pisgah Mill Reopens; 112 Resume Jobs LAlRPARTY REPUDIATED Silversteen Plants Operat* ing On 60 Per Cent Basis CARR OPTIMTsTIC AS TO PROSPECTS The industrial situation in Transylvania county and in Bre vard is definitely on the uptrend. Having been in the hands of a receiver for the past four or five weeks, during which time it has been closed, Pisgah Mills, manu- IN ENGLAND Election Tuesday Termed Complete Victory For MacDonald LONDON, Eng., October 28.— , Donald’s national government to- ‘ facturers of cotton yarns, opened day had buried the labor party' for work Tuesday morning after under the greatest election land- the conclusion of the receivership .slide in modern British history, over the week-end. The mills Led b.v Stanley Baldwin’s con- have resumed working their full servative party, the national cab- force of 112 persons, in.et supporters smashed the so- . - i. tvt-h cialists attack in the midlands,' The opening of the Pisgah Mills in the Scottish Highlands, in the release a weekly payroll of grea tindustrial regions and in 51.200. • every other part of the nation j, g Silversteen, -manager of where the voters responded to t^e three tanning plants in . the hand in dealing with the national TnPtsHnv financial and economic emer- industries ency. afternoon that are all running With 268 Of the 614 seats of'f®,P" cent. This means, Mr. Sil- the house of comons already explained, that in an ef- cided, the government parties ^ employes ot (conservatives, most of the liber- several plants an income, als and a few MacDonald labor- time work has been given to ites) had won 248 seats as com-j pared to 20 for the labor opposi-, Louie Carr, president of the T^ , ' Carr Lumber company of Pisgah Premier MacDonald was re- Forest is here from his' home in elected, as was Lady Astor Am- New Mexico, and feels that the encan-born member of the hortte prospects of reopening the Carl- Returns from yesterday’s gen-'’""'"T' capacity oral election gave the National Coalition government and the T'"’* Conservative party an over- f"" Transylvania county. It whelming vote of confidence to ve,.y explicitly stated, ho-tvever, proceed with its program for na- fLiat with the reopning of the tional economic rehabilitation, i Carr Lumber company, when it is Labor was defeated, shattered ^^ff^ctive, there will be no work and humiliated in the landslide, available for outsiders and the Its chief, Arthur Henderson, and company now has all idle em ail but two or three of its ’lead- ployes already living in the two ers lost their seats in parliament, counties, which will be i-equired The, Conservatives, the National for this activity. The announce- government Liberals who turned inent was forthcoming in view of from David Lloyd George and the fact that on the occasion of the few labor followers of Prime reopening last year there was Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald swept constituency after consti tuency, taking from Labor the seats it had won in the 1929 elec tion. The National government at tained its actual majority of 308 early in the afternoon. 'With 262 returns yet to come, the gov ernment had 308 against 25, with every prospect of an event ful majority exceeding 500. It would more than double the big gest majority of recent years, that of the Conservatives in 1924, when they had 215 seats. The standing at 1 p. m. was: For the government 308 Conservatives 261 Simon Liberals __ 18 Samuel Liberals 20 National Labor 9 Against the government- 25 Labor -- 24 Lloyd George Liberal __ 1 The Pisgah Mills reopening this week have a prospect for con tinued good business, H. E. Er win, superintendent, said yester day. The mills were established in 1907. They were closed a few weeks ago when a receivership was established for them, Mr. Er win being appointed in that _ ca- pac,ity. ‘ ' ■ ■ Under the reorganization, ef fected following the receivership, 33 per cent of the stock is owned in Brevard, and 66 per ednt in Greenville, S. C, E. 'W. Mont gomery of Greenville is president of the operating concern. B. E. Geer is vice-president and active manager. Mr. Erwin is the super intendent and local manager. The yarns manufactured in this establishment are sold locally, also in Philadelphia, New York gind other eastern markets. Mr. Erwin was in receipt Sat urday of a letter from the attor neys for creditors, which was a duplicate sent to Judge E. Mrs. Verner Picks Parent-Te a c h e r /’I ff I duplicate sent to Judge E. W. Committee Heads‘if,^’;Uf4^'=-' Parent-Teacher committee chair men appointments have been made by the president, Mrs. S. P, 'Ver- ner, for the year’s work, with the following serving in the various departments of activity: Program, Mrs. Hinton McLeod; social, Mrs. H. E. Erwin; public ity, Mrs. Ed Loftis and Miss Janie Strickland; membership, Mrs. H. L. Wilson; grade mothers, Mrs. T. D. Grimshaw; -ways and means. Prof. J. E. Rufty; library, Mrs. Oliver Orr. Excellent programs, under the directorship of Mrs. Hinton Mc Leod, are being presented at each meeting, all of which are gener ally pronounced both interesting and profitable. Announcement by the president is made that November 7 will be observed by this organization as "Veterans Day and that forget-me- nots will be sold on the streets on that day for the benefit of dis abled veterans. Two young ladies from each of the churches will be in charge of the sales. FIRE AT PENROSE PENROSE, Oct. 28.~Fire at the barn of John Wilson, near Penrose, at 1 ;30 p. m, Sunday, did damage estimated at about $100. The fb'e was caused by children playing with matches, neighbors reported. Eight shocks of corn contain ing about 40 or 50 bushels, and four stacks of tops, near the jbarn. were burned. Neighbors •*saved the barn. attorneys for the general tors had gone into the audit of the Pisgah Mills books, growing out of the receivership, and that they w’ere satisfied that there were no funds for distribution among the general creditors, also with the conduct of the receiver ship. This paved the way for the conclusion of the receivership and the reopening of the mills. Bud Henderson * Improving From Gunshot Wound Bud Henderson, former Hen derson county man, who is work ing on the See-Off Mountain prop erty of Dr. J. S. Brown of H?n- dersonville, is recovering from a pistol bullet wound, said to have been sustained by the discharge of a .38 calibre special, in liis hands, in his home on last Wed nesday night. Mr. Henderson "was said Wed nesday afternoon by his physician. Dr. W. M. Lyday, to be in a much improved condition, de.spite the fact that the bullet penetrated his body, entering his breast and leaving near the shoulder, and that he expected him to bo out in about ten days.
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