Transylvania Times
TIMES FIRST
The Times was first to
introduce a Social Calen
dar or Directory here.
Beginning today: “Lead
ers Among Brevard Wo-
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Jurors Drawn
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BREVARD
brevities^
feel badly aboal
it was ibc Thirteenth . . . When
something has to be shoved over
snceessfully and with a loud
t .hev call in DUNCAN
MAcboUGALD
A. GLAZENER . . ■ MR. MAC-
DOUGALD, by the way,
the
Tofty red clay hills of
overlooking the muddy Chatta
hoochee that lazily weni s i
CARL
ri^OMls KlbG"Ma:VATY
GEORGE PHILLIPS never
gets ruffled over anything . . .
Thai’s one of the best recipes in
the world for longevity . . .
Three rousing che^srs for MR-
and MRS. J. E. WATERS who
have just passed the twenty-
fifth matrimonial milepost . . .
Here's hoping they will live to
ohserve their Golden Anniver
sary . - - The chauffeur of this
column had the novel experi
ence four years ago of being as
signed by a proverbial hard-
boiled city editor to cover a
Diamond Wedding Anniversary,
one of the fow ever to be ob
served in these United States
. . . MRS. MADGE WILKINS is
thrilled over current creations
in blouses . . . They’re quite
chic you know. . . H. A. PLUM
MER and FRANK KING really
git enjoyment out of long,
black, thick cigars that would
floor the ordinary smoker . . .
Whatta man. . . Or, in this case,
Whatla couple men . . . The top
o’ Ih’ mornin’ to HON. T. W.
WHITMIRE, former mayor of
this here town . . - HARRY
SELLERS is back from his va
cation ready to sell and serve
in typical industrious fashion
... The BRITTAIN boys drew
’em from far and near last
Saturday, . « When J. S- BROM-
FIELD and JERRY JEROME
their office
ery
ately
till
nd dii
“Main
^ to be al-
•sed.
lost with ceremonies
. . . They roll up their sleeves
and buckle down to the task at
hand . . . W. W. CROUSHORN
and DAVID G. WARD are oth
ers capable of turning out plen
ty of work if, and whenever,
the occasion warrants . . . REV.
HARRY PERRY is an interest
ing conversationalist . . . He, in
cidentally, was the only head of
a church in Br-evard for a por
tion of last week . . . Others
or absent because of conferenc
es or conventions . . . Wc hope
this day finds HARRY PAT
TON, JOE TINSLEY, RAD
NICHOLSON, S. R. JOINES
and DAN MERRILL feeling fit
as a fiddle, as they used to say
. . . Wonder what “DOC” GAL
LOWAY’S favorite menu for
himself would be . . . We’d ask
him and print it but too many
folks might get hungry and
blame this column of nonsensi
cal nothings . . . Hold every
thing until next week.
Gone are the days when Wil
lie crept stealthily into the hay
loft there to literally devour the
pages of a dim-e paper back
booklet dedicated to the deeds
of “Deadwood Dick” and the
notorious escapades of the far
west during stirring frontier
days. Brevard boys' while still
dspending somewhat heavily up
on fiction with a sage brush fla
vor and a plot that bristles with
hair-raising situations, .have, as
a rule, turned to more peaceful
reading_or so Miss Sue Hunt,
attractive and efficient libra
rian, says, and she should know
whereof sh.e speaks. As for the
girls, their hearts still palpitate
principally to sentimental stor
ies with a love affair threaded
throughout.
Margaret Pedler’s “House of
Dreams Com.e True,” “Red
Ashes, “Hermit of Far Inn”
«nd “Tomorrow’s Tangle”;
Grace L.vingslon Hill Lutz’s
The Enchanted Barn,” “Com-
mg Through The Rye” and “Not
Under Law”; Grace Richmond’s
Red and Black” and the “Red
Pepper Burns” series are among
the most called for books at the
Brevard Library. Booth Tar-
b'-Elon, Mary Roberts Rhlne-
I'n'-l. S. S. Van Dine, Earl Deer
Biggers, Sax Rohmer, Appleton,
Fletcher, Sletzer, Montgomer;
and Zane Gray are other anth-
mand. And, of course, the -
corrigible '
COURT OPENS
HERE DEC. 1;
MANY CASES
More Than Hundred Cases
Will Constitute Crimi
nal Docket
L. E. GABWELL IS
FOREMAN OF JURY
Grand jurymen to serve during
the first and second week at the
December term of Superior court,
which is to convene Monday morn
ing, December 7, have been
drawn. L. E. Bagwell is fore-
Criminal and civil dockets are
being prepared. There will be ap
proximately 100 cases on the
criminal calendar, Clerk Otto
Alexander of the Superior court,
estimated. It was not definitely
known yesterday whether or not
the case of the State vs. T. H.
Shipman, president of the defunct
Brevard Banking company, would
come up at tliis term of court. !
lere are numerous other cases j
minor importance. '
Judge H. Hoyle Sink, of the
18th judicial district, will preside
at the December term and J. Will
Pless, solicitor, will be in charge
of the prosecution.
The following have been drawn
to serve as members of the grand
jury for the criminal and civil
term.s:
FIRST WEEK
J. M. Hu’ggl'ns, Brevard; J. K.
(iillespie, Brevard, No. 1.; A. J.
liCe, Lake Toxaway; J. L. Grave-
loy, Brevard, No. 1; W, F. Dan
iels, Rosman; Cole Lee, Lake Tox
away; C. F. Norton, Brevard;
Henry McCall, Lake Toxaway; W.
C. F'ortune, Brevard; Homer Orr,
Pisgah Forest, No. 2; J. C. Cash,
Namur; Avery Reid, Brevard, No.
8; C. A. Mull, Brevard, No. 3; C.
F. Misenheimer, Brevard, No. 3;
T;. E. Powell, Brevard, No. J ; J. j
D. Morgan, Blantyre; W. A. Alli
son, Brevard; F. E. Landreth,
Brevard, No. 1; R. A, Gillespie,
Rosman; J. H. Raxter, Brevard,
No. I; E. R. Bishop, Cedar Moun
tain; M. E. Shipman, Pjsgah For
est, No. 1; W, E. Head, Namur;
Harry Sellers, Brevard; Clyde
Case, Pisgah Forest; Wood S.
Hinkle, Namur; G. it. Woodard,
Rosman; V.' C. Batson, Rosman;
D. W. Hollingsworth, Pi.sgah For
est; V. C. Orr, Penrose; Madi.son
Allison, Brevard, No. 1; W. L.
Stojihel, Pisgah Forestj H. N.
Blake, f^revard. No. 3; J. Frank
Hayes, Brevard, No. 3; W. M.
Britton, IH-evard, No. 3; Walter
Hinkle, Namur; J. L. Ledbetter,
Blantyre; A. J. BeddingfieJd, Bre
vard; E. 0. Shipman, Pisgah For
est, No. 2; B. A. Hogsed, Brevard,
No. 1 ; Lewis Moore, Brevai'd, No.
1; Walter Blythe, Penrose.
SECOND WEEK
T. J. Wilson; W. M.'' Maxwell,
Pisgah Forest; Anthony Tran-
tham, Brevard; J. R. Cantrell; A.
N. Hinton, Sylva; R. E. Johnson,
Brevard, No. 3; Virgil McCrary,
Penrose; Solomon Jones, Cedar
Mountain; S. W. Radford, Bre
vard; J. A. Schachner; A. A. Mil
ler, Lake Toxaway; W. C. Morris,
Pisgah l^’orest; Frank Wilson, Bre
vard, No. I; John S. Patton, Pis-
gah Forest; D. E. Lyday, Brevard,
No. 2; R. E. Mackey, Pisgah For-
e.st; W. H. McKelvey, Brevard,
No. 1 ; G. H. Lyday, Pisgah For
est; T. D. Grimshaw, Brevard; J.
A. I-yday, Brevard, No. 1; J. B.
Huggins, Brevard, No. 1; A. C.
Landreth, Brovai-d. No. 1; W. H,
Ledbetter; A. J. Hamilton.
For December
Anew As Man
Shifts Blame
Silver Wedding Anniversary
2 ARE NABBED
IN STORE RAID
IN GLOUCESTER
Enos McCall’s Mercantile
Establishment Enter
ed by Thieves
SHERIFF RECOVERS
BIG LOAD OF LOOT
WGth two men languishing be
hind the bars of - Transylvania :
county jail and others expected
1.0 be taken into custody momen
tarily. Sheriff T. E. Patton, Jr.,
wa.s sifting every clue at his com-
u'land last night in an effort to
bring,, the guilty pai’ties to justice
after robbery last week of a gen
eral merchandise -store operated
by Kn.\' McCall at Gloucester, in
which much loot was taken away
by thieves.
Sheriff Patton saicL he prefer
red to withhold names of the men
under arrest for the present un
til his investigation reached a fur
ther stage.
Entrance to the store was gain
ed by smashing a rear window to
the establishment. Heavy leather
coats, hose, shirts and numerous
other articles of merchandise
were' removed fi’om the store.
Some of these things have been
3;ecovered from various parties
throughout the county.
Sheriff Patton and Deputy
Sheriff Tom Wood have led the
investigation of the burglary and
were satisfied with the progress
they had made last night. The
amount of loot taken bv the mid
night depredators was the largest
reported to the sheriff’s office, in
some time. The arrest of the
two men concurred Monday and
Tuesday night.
Above photo shows MR. and MRS. J. E. WATERS, one of the most!
beloved and highly respected couples in Brevard, who last Saturday j
night observed their silver wedding anniversary at their beautiful j
home on Park avenue. Reception was held from 8 p. m. to 12 for
175 invited guests. Many aiipropriate gifts were tendered the “bride”
and '^groom” who were wed 25 years ago.
Slyer WEDDING annTversary
OBSERVED BY BREVARD COUPLE
PROVES TO BE BRILLIANT EVENT
outcome of the
Bui
(Continued on page seven)
YOUTH’S HAND INJURED
ROSMAN, Nov. 18. — Beulan
Davis, age 18 years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Davis, had the mis
fortune to have his hand severely
injured Monday while hauling
wood in the Diamond Creek sec
tion. Dr. J. B. Wilkerson of Ros
man, dressed the injured hand and
it was thought it was fractured.
He was removed to Brevard where
an x-ray picture was made, which
showed it t.o be severely bruised
and not broken. Young Mr. Davis
is resting as comfortably as could
be expected.
Celebration Held Satur
day Night by Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Waters
Of wide interest in Western
North Carolina and South' Caro
lina was the wedding anni
versary of Mr. an-d Mrs. J. E.
Waters, which event was celebrat
ed Saturday evening, November
14, at their home on Park avenue,
entertaining with an “at home”
from eight until twelve o’clock.
The lower tloor was thrown en
suite for reception of the 175
guests to whom invitations were
issued. Decorations emphasizing a
pink, green and white motif were
artistically carried out in the
rooms, with ferns, potted plants,
autumn flowers and leaves ar
ranged to form an enchanting set
ting for the colorful costumes.
The tail tapers burning in the
spreading candelaba cast a soft
glow over the scene.
The dining table, with its Irish
lace cover, ■ was centered with a
large white three-tier wedding
cake adorned with a miniature
bride and groom. Suspended
from the chandelier above was a
white wedding bell, from which
were attached white satin rib-
bonS caught below at the four
corner® of the table. The punch
bowl, at one end of the dining
room, added further to the pre
vailing color scheme and attrac
tiveness under its canopy of ivy
in graceful arrangement.
Composing the receiving line in
the living room were: Mr. and
Mrs. Waters and their three
charming daughters, Misses Ruth,
Almeda and Willie Kate, all pre
senting a pleasing spectacle in
their handsome and becoming cos
tumes. Mrs. Waters wore a Paris
evening gown of beaded chiffon,
while her daughters. Misses Ruth,
Almeda and Willie Kate, were at
tired, respectively, in gowns of
pink Irish lace, autumn brown
chiffon and white beaded chiffon.
They each wore corsages of val
ley lilies and pink rosebuds.
Welcoming the guests at the
door and presenting them to the
receiving line were: Mrs. Roscoo
Nicholson. Mrs. A. H. Kizer, and
Mrs. F. V. Whitmire, of Green
ville., S. C.
INDICT PELL
AND MITCHELL REV. WEST IS
INBAiaSE TOSTAYHERE
Buncombe Grand Jury Ac- Returned as Pastor of Lo-
cuses State Banking
Commissioners
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 18. —
A Buncombe county superior
court grand jury today return
ed an indictment charging vio
lation of the state banking laws
again former Chief State Bank
Examiner John Mitchell, and
members of the corporation
commission, William T. Lee of
Waynesville, Judge George P.
Pell, Raleigh, and Stanley Win-
borne, Murfreesboro.
They are charged with con
spiracy to violate the banking
liaws by allowing the Centra!
Bank and Trust Co., and Bilt-
more-Oteen Bank & Trust Co.,
to remain open v/hile insolvent.
The banks failed last Novem-
ROGERS FUNERAL HELD
Louie Whitmire Claims Ar
thur Petit Killed
Jesse Masters
WHITMIRE ACCUSED
OF STORE ROBBERY
Preliminary hearing for Louie
Whitmire, 3i, and two brothers,
Tai Petit, 46, and Arthur Petit,
24, all linked in the mysteriou.s
slaying in 1926 near Rosman of
Jesse Masters, has been tentative
ly set for Saturday at 3 p. m. be-
jfore Justice of the Peace F. K.
Shuford.
Arraignment of the trio will
ulminate from the arrest last
week of Whitmire in connection
with the robbery of Walter Whit
mire’s store at Rosman. They are
now being held in the Transyl
vania county jail where they
were placed after being taken in
to custody by Sheriff T. E. Pat
ton, Jr., and Deputy Sheriff Tom
Wood.
NEW. MURDER ANGLE
Whitmire has caused the mur
der of Masters five years ago to
assujne an entirely different com
plexion by accusing Tal and Ar
thur Petit with the actual killing.,
Masters’ body was found in a
bad state of decomposition, with
his head lying some distance from
the body. Whitmire was convict.^'
ed of second degree murder and
sentenced to serve from 15 to 20
years in the penitentiary after
the crime. He served about, four
years and then gained his liberty
on parole.
Now, so sheriff’s authorities >^ay
they have been informed. Whit
mire denies he killed Mastet's. Ho
claims Arthur Petit, a cou.sin of
his wife, knocked Masters sense
less vvith a rock over a matter
involving a sum of money and
then slashed his throat while ho
lay senseless in a stretch of
woods. Whitmire also told Sher
iff Patton and Deputy Wood;
they said, that petit was the man
that thrust a knife into the dy
ing man’s side.
LIFE WAS THREATENED
Whitmire is understood to have
claimed he took the long “rap”
in the penitentiary under pain of
death at the hands of the broth
ers, who threatened him with a
similar fate if he uivulged their'
names as the actual killers.'When
the case came to trial, Whitniiro
never testified in his own de
fense. His lips remained sealed
even after the cold gray prison
doors had clanged closed behind
him. .
But Whitmire fears his parole
Of principal local interest in will be revoked and he faces ,an-
the annual Western North Caro-1 other long term in the poniten-
lina conference of the Methodist! tiary as a result of his arrest in
church convening in Asheville last i connection with the Rosman store
week is the fact that Rev. J. H. j burglary. That’s why, so he told
West, pastor of the Brevard authorities, his prolonged silence.
Methodist church, has been ap-‘bas at last broken,
pointed to return for another, STORE IS ENTERED
year. Many expressions of fav-i Entrance to the Whitmire store,
orable comment have been heard j was effected by shattering a
regarding the return of the popu-|front display window • with an axe
lar pastor to Brevard for his thirds which was left in the 'place of
year. | business. A .45 calibre 'pistol was
The other appointment made in among the articles removed from
this county is that at the Ros-|the store. Officers recovered this
man Methodist church. Rev. E. in Hogback township.
E. Yates is to be the new pastor | When Whitmire was jailed he
at this station, succeeding Rev. J. jwas in a high state of norvous-
M. Green, who is sent to the i ness, a condition said to have
Avery circuit. The two pastors ] been brought about in a measure
exchanged charges. i by excessive use of intoxicants
Numerous changes in pastorates ’ lately. He babbled incoherently
e and the Petits have
held incommunicadq
nsylvania county jail,
i save members of
cal Methodist Church
by Conference
ROSMAN, Nov. 18.—Funeral
services were held Sunday at
Western Chapel at Leicester for
Mrs. W. A; Rogers, who had died
the previous day.
Mrs. Rogers was a mother-in-
the_ diniiiK^rooin jlaw of Ed Harbin Asheville
^ church, and Rev. Walter B. West,
were: Mrs!^ C. A. Sitton, Mrs. J. [section. He was unable to attend
(Continued on page seven) ‘the services.
made in the larger churches j
in the conference. Dr. W. A. j
Lambeth is appointed to Central'
church. Asheville, succeeding Dr.'
H. B. Trimble, who is transferred
to a professorship at Emory Uni-,
versity. Dr. Lambeth is transfer-:
red from Trinity church, Durham,]
to Asheville, Rev. G. T. Bond,
(Continued on page six)
ALL-STAR GRIDERS TO PERFORM FOR POOR
All roads will lead to Brevard, Stars”
CHILD OPERATED ON
ROSMAN, Nov. 18.—Marion,
small son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Barrett, was removed to Patton
Memorial hospital in Henderson
ville, Monday, very ill with mas
toid trouble. The child underwent
an opei'ation late Monday after
noon and latest reports are to the
effect he is recovering as well as
could be expected.
Saturday, Dec. 5. when
football game oxti^ordinary_ will
be uncorked here the edifica
tion of the most fastidious fan.
There are grid games and there
are grid .games. This one will be
in a class all its own. The per
formers will he exhibiting their
wares for a different cause. No
alma mater this time. And the
performers themselves—oj- a por
tion of them, anyway—will he
strange to behold, indeed. Pro
ceeds from the game will be ap
plied toward the promotion of
welfare work among needy fam
ilies of town and county.
One team will be selected from
the cream of Brevard High School
and Brevard Institute. The other
will be H selection of “.Ml Stars”
from .shining lights of other years
who now are eelebroties in all
stations, of life in 7>revard and
Mayor Ralph Ramsey, Pat Kim-
zey, Julius Sehochner, Rev. A. L.
Alexander, “Red” Misenheimer,
Frank King, Joe Clayton, Gene
Bryson, Leon English, Jerry Je
rome, Harold Whitmire, Tommy
Whitmire. Harry Clayton, Frank
Henry, Jack Trantham, “Dobie”
Lance,’ Kd English, “Red” Full-
bright, Tom Hampton, Albert Kil
patrick, Albert Lyda, Julius Hin
ton, Donald Jenkins and James
Jones.
Practices were "Lo ‘have been
started right away following an
nouncement of the decision as tc
the teams to play and the date or
which the game will he played:
these arrangements having been
perfected by Jerry Terome and
Ruffin Wilkins.
Presdient Hoover conceived the
dea of such charity games
people whose circumstances were
caused by unemployment or other
wise. Athletic heads throughout
the land were quick to push the
proposal and the governors of
practically all states, including
North. Carolina, were quick to
seize upon the Idoa as a good one
in which the .situations of then-
respective states could be relieved
in a o-reat measure.
Tickets will go for 25 cents
apiece and will be put on sale at
an early date. It is possible a
bevy of beautiful girls will make
a personal solicitation of business
and re.sidential sections in the
terest of disposing of as many
of the ducats as possible.
Such a contest as that proposed
should serve a dual purpose: pro
vide plenty of merriment foi
spectators and plenty of assist
ance for a lot of people in un-
The
Ti-ansylvania county. ’Idie follow-j United States
ing have been named as prospect-1 raising fund.s for th
ive candidates to select the
. fortunate circumstances,
means of; game is deserving of the whole-
^ __ ])romotion i hearted support of every one in
Alii of relief measures among poori Brevard and Transylvania county.
pastor of the Hendersonvill
church, both popular among a
wide circle of friends in Brevard,
are changed to Greensboro and
Albemarle, respectively.
Bishijp Edwin D. Mouzon iire-
sided over the se.ssions of the con
ference, which .was generally pro
nounced highly successful in
every respect. Asheville proving
most hospitable host to the nrin-
isterial gathei-ing.
RALEIGH, Nov. 18.—The loss
from fires amounted to $33,016
in North Carolina in' October, and
resulted from 218 fires, according
to figures announced today by
Commissioner Dan C. Boney of
the 'State insurance department.
In October, 1930. the loss was
$817,582 from 241 fires. This
decrease of $484,225 over the
losses in October a year ago as
well as the decrease in the num
ber of fires, is unusually gratify
ing to Commissioner Boney, es
pecially since the dry weather
throughout the state since the
first of September has made con
ditions exceedingly hazardous.
GLANCING
BACK AT
BREVARD
Thirty-six years ago!
Gosh, that’s a long time ago,
i.sn’t it? Back in the dim and
distant past with a vengeance.
Bustles, horse and buggies, ma
hogany bars, Ty Cobb, Sitting
Bull, one reel movie thrillers,
matinee idols—these, and many
.other things of another era
have passed out of the picture
in the last thirty-six years.
Time has wrought many
changes in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county during that
time. Some faces familiar in
those days are still seen. Others
have passed on. But The Times
will, beginning with this issue,
thumb back through torn, dus
ty, yellowed files an.d recall the
stirring doings in this town i
county in 1^95.
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