Fhe Transylvania Times SPORT SLANTS Followers of doings In the realm of sports will find a delicious delicacy with a local flavor served them under this caption FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR 2 PETITS IN MURDER OF MASTERS Transylvania Trust Company Opened Here DAlLYlOURS I HOLD SPOTLIGHT IN CONGRESS 9 TILL 1P. M., CASHIER SAYS^ BREVARD brevities- SALE OF SEALS TO START HERE ON DECEMBER!^ Coxey’s Army” Head Is Mayor Even while hoc! he ing plio- ... ^ le^my good' friend MAYOR RALPH RAMSEY that I am not reminded of Gotham s'MAY OK JIMMY WALKER . . . NouVe iust naturally gel to hand it to ‘‘BIG BILL" BREESE, BOLE- MAN GALLOWAY and PA I KIMZEY . . . Those birds nished more actio llminarv trial lasi fur- ny trio I’ve long, long le . . . Incident- obably ever re- broths-rs of the will and brace the next . . . JUDGE F. E. SHUFORD is devoted lo an old faithful pipe that has sure ly seen long service ... A wag on load of hogs almost stopped traffic on Main street this week It’s such men as CHIEF B. FREEMAN that make the blue "uniform when they grow up . . . OTTO ALEXANDER and ALEX KIZER are forever neck deep with work . • . And» •while we’re sauntering around the court house, it might not be amiss to remark that DEPUTY SHERIFF TOM WOOD, like those magnificently uniformed movie men of the Northern mounted, “always gels his man” i . . Wonder if JOHN CHAP MAN is still working on that play of his down to th-s Moo: I Ho isignit nforn J. S. (VERSTEEN made some inquir ies about it not long ago . . . “Mail it Now,” POSTMASTER ROSCOE NICHOLSON is ap pealing . . . Get ready to sup port that Christmas Seal Sale . . . It’s a most worthy cause, if ev.sr there was one . . . RUF FIN WILKINS, who has been assisting JERRY JEROME in lining up a charity grid game, says it looks like a success al ready . . . J. C. WIKE is re sponsible for the suggestion something should be done local ly to dedicate the new ribbon of improved highway between Brevard and Greenville . . He’s right, think what it will mean to this town, county and section . . . . The day’s greetings go to SID BARNETT, R. W. EVER- ETT, REV. PAUL HARTSELL, DR. G. B. LYNCH, D. G. WARD and FRED HOLDEN . . . Have you any surplus books around the house? . . . Why not donate them to the library? . . . Some one else would enjoy reading tha nth. now, to do ping , . . Better do it earl avoid the rush . . . The shopper, too, has a wider ely to select from . . . p. somehow, never really be imbued with the Christmas spir- »t. until Jhey stuff themselves ksgiving turkey. soup, chestnut dressing, mashed potatoes, scalloped oysters fruit salad, salted wafers, bon bons, nuts, creamed peas—after ealinr all that they’re willing to Ihmk about Christmas or any- thing else. The time is at hand for that strange, unkempt band of kmghls of the rods which spurns home and fireside i„ fa- J'o- of the lure of the wander- annual pilgrimage thland where Old beams benignly W^^ather Man is r disposed during months. A truly ui and the dly sual lot— nd Weary rent because they b^ndrieg! now ’ Tt but now a celebrated scribbler, likes re er to these members of a 'wandering horde. There’s ‘bout the life oratch belo omelhing fascinating they live, if you the surface. Ev- Sern'T" •">' bolds for galherh. "’“'V"® Thes ".IvngU thickly Pla Campaign Will Be Con tinued Until Christ- - mas Day by P.-T. A. PROCEEDS WILL GO TO UNDERNOURISHED Opening of Institution Will Serve to Help Business Throughout County W.W. WOODLEY NAMED IN OTHER CAPACITIES Annual Christmas tulx^rculosis seal sale 'for Brevard and Tran sylvania county will begin 'Fues- day, December 1. and continue in progress until Christmas day. The sale is sponsored in Brevard by the Parent-Teacher association, under the direct supervision of the presiilent, Mrs. S. P. Verner. Miss P'lorence Kern is general chair man in charge of the sales throughout the county, in which capacitp she has successful! serv ed since organization of this work in the county quite a number of years ago. , The proceeds of the sale locally i “General” Jacob S. Coxey, 77, | Trust Company will be fr goes for undernourished school: above, famed leader of “Coxey’s \ m. to 2 p. m., according to -Cash children, which cause is generally i Army” of unemployed which ier M. B. McDaniel. Mr. McDan- pronounced a most worthy one. ; marched upon Washington 37 iel is a newcomer to Brevard but The funds thus provided in the; years ago, has been elected may-i will make his home here in the past have been the means of aid- or of Massillon, Ohio. He plans . future. Originally he lived at ing hundreds of Brevard’s chil-1 to use a number of his novel Ruthei'ford but for the last ten dren, who might otherwise have: financial and economic ideas in 1 years or longer has been connect- been forced to leave school on ac-' his administration of the city’s af-j ed with a bank in Hendersonville, count of physical disabilities. A | fairs, sylvania Trust Com pany opened its doors lor busi ness at the site formely occupied by the Brevard Banking- Com pany, Tuesday morning, amid aus picious circumstances. Opening of the new banking in stitution, the first - Brevard and isylvania county has had in ly a year, was the occasion of much rejoicing on all sides. It has 'served to bolster the spirits of many. It has braced business. Al together, everybody appears to be in a better frame of mind and in clined to view the future in an I optimistic light — through rose- ’ colored glasses. HOURS OF BANK The hours of the Transylvania (Continued •Jed stretches !„ the on page six) penny spent on each little stamp will not only aid in preventing- disease, and permanent suffering perhaps, am^ong the school .cliil- dren of the^ community, but will also afford the purchaser of the small Christmas seal a simple re minder of the good deed he has done by placing- the stamp on out going Christmas mail. As has been customary in sales of past years, booths will be placed in the post office and else where, probably, to assure a more widespread sale of the stamps. Various organizations of the town and county will also assist in the sales by personal solicitation. It is confidently expected by those in charge of the campaign that the full quota for this courrty will be met, thereby resulting in a hearty response to supply neces sary funds for carrying- worthy work among the commun‘ ity’s school children, 'Seventy-five cents out of each i p dollar secured by this sale will | remain in the town and county for 1 The city and county school; combatting disease among school closed Wednesday afternoon fo children, while the remaining 25 [the Thank.sgiving holidays, re cents goes to state and national suming school work again on Mon- ! with the Citizen’.' TURKEY DAY IS OBSERVED ^nprial .Sprvirps in Gnm-^he State Trust Company, of opeciai oervices in v-om j Hendersonville, was elected presi- memoration of the Day Held at Churches Various observances of Thanks giving day were to be in effect in Brevard .Thursday. Special serv ices in commemoration of the day. ■V''ere held in the Baptist church at 9 o’clock Thanksgiving day, ^followed by a service at 10 o’clock at St. Philip’s Episcopal church, in charge of the rector, Rev, Harry headquarters, This annual campaign .sponsor ed in Brevard is carried on under the auspices of the National and State Tuberculosis Association, through which medium county tu berculosis associations and smaller units known as seal sale commit tees are organi^ied, vidual who buys Christmas seal is this worthy work. Each in-di tuberculosis co-operating hi day morning. The majority of the business houses will close for the day. The postoffice will be closed for the day, with no mail deliver ies in the city or county. Wednesday afternoon’s ball game between Brevard and Hen dersonville featured the annual Thanksg-ivin,g observance, and many young people will attend games elsewhere during the holi-i Friday by the secretary of state, days. (Continued page CROWDS JAM COURT TO SEE TRIOfTRlAL Louie Whitmire Tells in Dramatic Fashion of Mystery Killing TWO HELD TO DEC. 7 TERM WITHOUT BOND Arthur Petit, 24, and Tal Petit, 4(), were ordered held to the De cember term of superior^ court, which convenes here December 7, when arraig-ned last Saturday aft ernoon before Justice of the Peace F. E. Shuford at Transyl vania court house for preliminary hearing- on a charge of murder in connection with ■ the slaying in 192() of Jesse Masters near Ros- Louie Whitmire, 31, a relative by marriage to the Petits, was the star witness for the defense. Aft er the mysterious killing of Mas ters five years ago, he^ was sen tenced to- serve from 15 to 25 year.s in the penitentiary for sec ond degree murder. He served about four yeai’s of the sentence and was paroled. Recently, how ever, he was arrested for a rob bery committed at the store of Walter Whitmire in Rosman. Up on being confined to the county jail, Whitmire caused a mild sen- I sation by announcing that he had not committed the Masters mur der but that Arthur Petit had done the actual killing. He said he and Tal. Petit were witnesses to the tragedy. The arrest of tho Petits followed. COUNSEL AT HEARING Whitmire, at the triah in 1920 had been represented by W. E. Breese. He had received the long pen sentence without taking the stand in his behalf. Tn the pre liminary hearing, though, Whit mire was I'epresented by Pat ICim- zey and the Petits had Mr. Breeso and T, C. Galloway as counsel. Judge Shuford ordered the Pet its held without bond to the next term of superior court.' Any bond to effect their release until De cember 7, Judge Shuford an nounced. would necessarily have to be set by the solicitor general. It is not considered likely that either of the Petits will be grant ed bond before the date for tho next session of court. Meanwhile, WWitmire is also being .held in the same jail on the burglary charge wljich he has confessed. His parole can be revoked, if tho court so decides, and Whitmiro returned to the penitentiary to finish serving his sentence impos ed in connection with the Mas- , j tei’s murder. The football game they’re going Daniel Marion Alexander, an, CAPACITY CROWD to remember, the classic that’s go- uncle of Otto Alexander, clerk ofj Every seat, the widows, the ing to hold ’em stiff in the stands, court of Transylvania county, every the battle that’s going to wax I ^jed at his home in Cherokee warm from the first minute of play, begin frying- at the second quarter, steaming at the half Here are the men who are likely to be the highlights of the congress ional session that opens Dec. 7: (1) John N. (earner. Democrat, of g-ht years connected' Texas, in line for speaker of the House;_ (2) Vice CHARITY GAME D. ALEXANDER TO DRAW MANY DIES SpENLY Date Has Definitely Been Uncle of Otto Alexander of National Bank I Curtis, Republican, presiding- officer of the Senate; (3) Senator Wit >t Hendersonville and, until com-i Ham E. Borah, Republican, of Idaho, progressive and chau-man of ing here, with the State 'Trust; foreign relations committee; (41 ^etiafor Joseph H Ro^nsmi, ot Companv ' 1 Arkansas, Democratic floor leader; (5) Senator George W. Noiiis, The Transylvania Trust Com-; Republican, of Nebraska, a progressive (S) panv was closed Thursday in ob- Eiorello La Guardia, Republican, of New Yoik, stoimy petrel of the seivanco of Thanks^^^ [House; (7) Senator Edward P. Cost.gan, of Colorado, a Democratic An organization meeting was I leader. held last Saturday night by stock holders and H. B. Kelly, president of the State Trust Company, of Hendersonville, was elected pvesi dent of the Transylvania Trust Company. The following other of ficials of the institution were-also chosen at that time: S. R. Joines,-of Brevard, vice president; A. M. Whitehurst, of Marshall, vice presilent, and M. B. McDaniel, cashier, who will ac tually be in charge of the business of the bank. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board of directors: C. R. Mc- Neely, J, S. Silversteen, H. A. Plummer, Judson McCrary,^ S. R. Joines, Frank D. Clement. H. R. Kelly, J. H. Pickelsimer, Lewis P. Hamlin, A. H. Houston and Otto Alexander. Directors, at the organization meeting, also adopted by-laws and formulated plans for the new banking institution. The Transylvania Trust Com pany is located in the same quar ters formerly occupied by the Brevard Banking- Company, which closed December 15, 1930, leaving- Brevai’d without commercial bank ing facilities. Charter for the Transylvania Trust Company was issued last Set for Dec. 4; Pro ceeds to Poor Brevard, Passes at Cherokee, N. C. blazing at the third quarter and a raging- conflagation in the final minutes of play, is about ready to offer for the edification of a Transylvania county audience. This remarkable game will be played here on the afternoon of Friday, December 4th. Hostilities will begin promptly at 3:30 p. m; They will be between a picked team from the cream of the crop from Brevard High school and Brevard Institute, to oppose a (Continued on page eight) TRANSYLVANIA TIMES TO ACT AS SANTA CLAUS FOR POOR WITH EMPTY STOCKING CAMPAIGN TO START IMMEDIATELY The Transylvania Times has perfected arrangements for act ing- the role of Santa Claus f-or children of needy families of Transylvania county who might otherwise be overlooked by Kris Kringle in his annual excursion of gift distribution. There is nothing quite *80 tragic on Christmas moi-ning as an empty stocking—one Santa failed to fill with things so dear to- childish hearts. Concentrate for a moment, if you will, on this picture: A little log cabin in the woods. A thin wisp of smoke issues from the chimney this late Christmas eve, to be caught up and whirled away by the wincl that roars a mournful re frain around the eaves of the humble abode. As the shades of darkness settle over the dreary sup'roundings, a little girl inside this shack busies herself with needle and thread. She is mend ing- one of the two only stock ings she possess. “There!” she finally exclaims triumphantly, “that’s all ready, mother. When Santa sees this stocking he will know that there are no holes in it for my good ies to fall out of.” Mother makes a brave effort to smile. Her helpmate passed on to his reward nearly a year ago, leaving- her and their dar ling little daughter in destitute circumstances. By watching ev ery corner she has been able to make both ends meet and eke out some sort of living for the two of them. Life for them had- meant just bare .necessities. But the little girl was too young to understand. She only knew there was a Santa Claus, the finest, bravest, “goodest” old man with while whiskers, red fur-trimmed uniform and high black boots-, in all this world. Santa, she had been taught, lov ed all little children. Of course he loved her because she loved him so. Santa would naturally remember his little girl in the mountain cabin. But the mother-is sad. Her eyes are red. She busies her self with her chores about the house as bravely as possible. “Why mother!” the little girl suddenly exclaims, “you’ve been cryin.g. I, T didn’t think big, grown-uji mothers ever cried Nightfall arrives. The little girl suspends her tiny stocking from a nail expectantly. She eyes it admiringly for a moment then kneels at her bed. An eves- dropper might have overheard her say some very compliment ary thing's about a kindly old .gentleman named Santa Claus. Soon her regular breathing is proof enough she is sleeping with childish confidence. But there is no rest for the mother. She tries to close her eyes 'in restful slumber, but it’s no use. She buries her head in her arms and her soft sobbing fills the cold, uninviting room. Morning arrives. With the first signs of dawn, a little girl throws back the covers, leaps from her bed with a childish squeal of deli.ght and two 'tiny feet go pattering- to where a stocking is suspended. As two little hands take hold of it, the expression changes on a childish face. A face that registered joy a moment before, now reg isters surprise. For a second the small red hands hold the stock- in.g. Slowly a towseled head turns and tear-dimmed eyes look at mother who has been taking- in the sad scene. “0-h-h-h! Mother,” a weak, voiced little girl sobs, “there’s nothing in it. It’s empty. San ta forgot to come to our house. Mother, why did he forget me? •I love him so much. I’ve been good. I’ve helped you every day. Said my prayers every night. Gh, mother, why ! , But mother is unable to an swer. The tragedy of an empty stocking! It is the sincere hope of The Transylvania Times there will be no such tragedies in this county this year. The Times is going to make an effort to see • that as many little ’girls and boys of poor parents are re membered this Christmas by old Saint Nick as possible. The Times wants to make it possible for all little ones who might otherwise be overlooked by the good old Santa, to receive a stocking filled to overflowing with fruits, nuts, candies and possibly a toy. This announcement formally sets the Emptv Stockin.g Cam paign of The Transylvania Times in motion. ^ inch of room available in the spacious court room was taxed beyond its Wednesday morning, after an ill-j capacity at 3 p. m., the hour ,des- ness of only a few weeks. His, ignated for beginning the hear- sudden death was a great surprise ing. When Judge Shuford, de- and shock to his numerous tained for 15 minutes, finally af- friends, many of whom did not I rived, he found the place jammed even known of his illness. ! and experienced some difficulty The following account is taken j making his way to the bench, from the Keowee Courier, under] Sturdy, serious-faced men of date of November 11: Daniel | the mountains eyed every move Marion Alexander was a son of j made by principals closely. They the late Jordan and Sarah Arlecia. were intensely interested in the (Bell) Alexander, and was born! proceedings. You’d see them put March 26, 1871. He was one of their heads together, whisper a large family and is survived by hoarsely, then nod theii* . heads three brothers, George H., of . knowingly and in unison 'as they Lake Toxaway; John P., of,reached an agreement on some G'reenville, and Joseph L, of Aik-j phase of the case about to be set en; also 'two sisters, Mrs. S. J. j (Continued on page six) Owens, of Skyland, and .Mrs. E. D. Reid, of Lake 'Toxaway. I On January 21, 1926, Mr. Alex- lander was happily married to Miss Nettie Jones,’ of Tamasseo, !who survives him, and to whom is tendered the sincere sympathy of Jmahy friends. I After funeral services conduct ed -at the residence Thursday j morning at 11 o’clock, by Rev. W. I. Gray, pastor of (jhechee ■Baptist church, the burial was in the family plot at Little River I church, with Masonic ceremonies, j His boyhood days were spent in' jthe Chechee Valley, his father’s jhome, and he attended the county [schools there. At an early age [he engaged in the hotel business, [which he learned under his bro- [ther, Jas. L. Alexander, manager iYor many' years of the Battery [Park hotel at Asheville. In 1908 jhe became manager of the War- 'ren Green hotel at . Warrenton, jVa,, where he remained for sev- 'eral years and made a fine record jin hotel management. Many Iprominent guests were entertain- led there, among whom was Pres- iident Roosevelt, who rode over Ifrom Washington by horseback [on numerous occasions. I Mr. Alexander later became I owner and proprietor of a large hotel at Centerville, Md., where he remained until 1920, when he I returned to Oconee county and I later became owner of the Hotel jWalhalla. His genial disposition jand generous hospitality won him [many friends and large patron age. He made friends easily, and it has been said of him'that he ' (Continue-d on page eight) The Good People ol Transylvania Have Much To Be Thankful for— » Crops have been goo-d . . . There have been no re ports of hunger. , ^ . No bread lines have been established. . . . Relief agencies are already or ganized , to see that there is as little suffering as possible -during’ the winter .... Business is get ting better and better, and last, but certainly not vanians should be thankful because— They Have a Real News paper at Last! 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