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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931
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INDiaED, TRIAL
Held In Icy
County Being
FIRST SNOW,
BEGINS MONDAY
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Grip Of Winter
BREVARD
brevities
the air.
In
sharp
Christmas
f»rt regular Christmas weatn-
h’ao been fell this week. First
snow fiskes floating la
togetlior with sleet a
winds that tnrned ram into loe,
served to spur trade by reminn-
ing many people in a grim sort
of way that the time to pur
chase winter attire was at hand.
The cold ground coming in con-
tart with feei through thin soles
was' a reminder to buy new
shoes. Winds that chilled to the
Tvr.no was a reminder that over-
•e excellent to break
,_^!d blasts. And so on
down the-lliie. The weather
for
brisk bus:
al sals
allii
etc., fr
atte
the
splay v/indows and the inter
ior of their places of business
during the week and replaced
them with the red and green of
Christmas. Special electrical ef
fects have been prepared in
some windows; pine boughs or
trees have been attractively ar-
ranued in others and the smil
ing face of old Santa Claus is in
evidence almost everywhere one
wants to look. There has been
some talk of placing a Christ
mas tree on the public square
this year and this is a good
idea. It '
uld !
! to chee
juld. Then, some
one has suggested that Brevard
merchants follow in the foot
steps of other towns and cities
in emphasizing the Christmas
spirit in the downtown business
section by placing Christmas
trees at intervals all along eith
er side of the main thorough
fare. These dainty little trees
are usually lighted electrically
at night and produce a most
beautiful effect. The idea this
year is
ised
effe
Re-
Hendersonville and
r neighboring places.
A shopper forgets depressive
thoughts while in the trading
area and is prompted to buy
more freely than is otherwise
the case. Dollars might not be
as plentiful this year as in
years gone by but the 1931 dol
lar will buy more than it has
been in the habit of buying,
too, and don’t let that import
ant fact escape your notice.
There is more of a tendency
this year toward buying and
presenting useful gifts, it has
been noted, and this, after all,
is a good thing. Splendid work
is being accomolished through
out Transylvania county just
now by relief agencies in the
solicitation of money, food and
clothing. An effort will be
made to see that every needy
and deserving family will be
provided for during the cold,
disagreeable weather. One char
ity football game has already
been played and a substantial
sum realized from the contest.
Another will be played tomor
row in Hendersonville for the
same worthy cause.
Happenings this week at the
I December term of Superior
court reminded one grizzled
court room fan of a good one
the other day. A rather severe
juri-st sat on the bench of a
Mid-Wester- court one winter
several years ago. An elongated
son of the soil took the witness
chair and looked meekly about
at his surroundings. He was
charged with violation of some
minor law in his county and at
most, court attaches speculated,
his sentence would not exceed
six months. But they were in
they had
all after-
SLEET FALLS
TH1SSEAS0N
Mercury Takes Tumble as
Frigid Blast Is Felt
This Week
WEATHER~CHANGE IS
BOOST FOR BUSINESS
Old Man Winter made his pres
ence felt in Brevard and Transyl
vania county in no uncertain
terms this week. His icy breath
was in evidence everywhere.
After a rather unseasonable
fall, the sharp blasts of winter
caU'ght many unprepared for the
snow, sleet, rain and knife-like
winds that descended upon this
town and section last Tuesday be
fore noon. All afternoon snow
flakes, accompanied by either
rain or sleet, fell spasmodically.
Before nightfall the ground was
covered with a crusting of ice and
by Wednesday morning the eaves
of houses, barns, sheds, buildings
and like structures dripped long
icicles. Trees were a solid mass
of ice and some were so heavily
laden that limbs split from their
trunks anl came crashing to the
ground. Some telephone and other
wires were weighted down by
their icy load.
Motorists who had neglected to
fill their radiators with liquids
devised to prevent radiators from
freezing during the winter, cursed
their thoughtlessness or their car
as they had. a dickens of a time
getting it started.
The merchants were not • com
plaining one bit over the sudden
turn the Weather Man had de
creed for all North Carolina. In
stead, they were to be observed
bustling about their places of bus
iness, wrapping parcels, answer
ing telephones or punching cash
registers. All in all, the cold snap
was a distinct help to business.
Fall merchandise that had re
mained on shelves or tables be
cause the weather did not warrant
wearing a heavy coat or heavy un
derwear. began disappearing yes
terday as patron after patron
shopped and left stores with big
bundles under their arfs.
Here are five of the 13 Democrats and three Republicans who took
the oath in the United States senate when congress convened Dec,
7. (1) J. Hamilton Lewis, Democrat of Illinois,-who defeated Mrs,
Ruth Hanna McCormick; (2) John H. Bankhead, Democrat of Ala
bama, who defeated colorful Tom Heflin; (3) L. J. Dickinson, Re
publican of Iowa, former congressman and leading figure in farm
relief; (4) Mrs. Hattie Carav/ay, Democrat of Arkansas, who was
appointed to succeed her late husband, Senator Thaddeus H. Cara
way; (5) Marcus A. Coolidge,-Democrat of Massachusetts, who'ds an
avowed opponent of prohibition, and says if he is related to Calvin
Coolidge neither he nor the former president ever bragged about it.
PLAY CHARITY
SCRAP FRIDAY
WITH H’VILLE
Picked Brevard Aggrega
tion to Clash With
Henderson Eleven
A second football game, the
proceeds of which will "o to char
ity, ,will be played tomorrow af
ternoon, beginning at 2:30 o’clock
—this iime af Hendersonville. A
strong team will be selected to
represent Brevard from jilayers
of the season just ended that rep-
repsented Brevard high school,
Brevard Instittue and an aggre
gation of self-styled “.4.11-Stars,”
composed of business and profes
sional men of this town who play
ed on the gridiron in other yeai'S.
Brevaj’d’s eleven will clash with
still another strong squad made
up of players who were seen in
action for Hendersonville high
school the past season. Blue Ridge
School for Boys and former col
lege men who covered themselves
with g'lory on the grid.
Fifty per cent of the proceeds
from the game will be applied to
relief work to be conducted in
Transylvania county and the re
maining fifty per cent will be
ed for relief
HEAVY DOCKET
BEING WORKED
UP AT COURT
Many Cases Are Disposed
of by Submission
Early This Week
MURDER TRIAL WILL
COMMAND SPOTLIGHT
during which
jurist had proceeded witi
'rdid business of “shower
•wn ’ upon defendants fac
this
case, after
the judge
ek
ing him.
careful deliberatioi
thundered:
“Five years!”
Of course :.he grizzled, m
seed man almost tumbled
of the chair.
Near one of the exit, a spec
tator whispered to another:
'Gosh, Hank, that lhar judg.
”* —' ■ othe
don’t
peopli
lind hoW he
lime, does he?”
blossoms
vine YAN, N. Y.—A potato
during late No
vember in the garden of George
Barden, and Mrs. Hatley Arm!
■Strong picked a rose from a vine
her back yard.
County Teacher s
Gather Saturday
.December meeting of the Tran
sylvania County Teachers’ associ
ation will be held at the Brevard
high school building Saturday
morning beginning at 9:30 o’clock.
This meeting was postponed from
the regular meeting date on ac
count of the teachers’ salaries be
ing somewhat delayed.
HISTORY COURSE LEADS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 9.—
A course in European history
from the fail of the Roman em
pire to modern times is the most
popular at Harvard college this
year, with an enrollment of 749
students.
HEN FOUND INSIDE FISH
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec.
9.—Ulysses Simmons claims to
have found a fully-feathered hen
in the stomach (l.f a 40-pound
codfish.
WELFARE WORK
SATISFACTORY
Work of Raising Money,
Food and Clothing for
Poor Is Started
Splendid response is reported
by the various solicitors for the
1 Transylvania Welfare association
I in th^ir canvass of the different
townships throughout the • town
I and county during the past weelc.
The canvass was started Friday of
last week and complete returns of
the campaign are expected to be
in the hands of the general chair
man. A. H. Kizer, some time this
week. The drive is being made for
money, clothing, produce of all
kinds and, in fact, anything that
can be of use to the needy and
unemployed in the community.
Mrs. H. E. Perkins, chairman,
assisted by Mrs. John Smith and
Mrs. A. H. Harris, are in charge
of the general soliciting commit
tee for Brevard township, which
includes Brevard and Pisgah For
est.
Those assisting in the solicita
tion in Brevard, in addition to the
general committee, includ^e: Mrs,
Lottie Duckworth, Mrs. A. R. Gil
lespie, Mrs. Mac Allison, Birs. W.
S. Price, Mrs. Beulah Zachary,
Blrs. H. L. Wilson, Mrs. H. E. Er
win, Mrs. Beddingfield and Mrs.
John Maxwell.
The following solicitors are
(Continued on page six)
Farm Meeting
Is Arranged
!n Asheville
A get-together meeting of farm
ers, vocational agriculture teach
ers, home demonstration agents,
editors and business and civic
leaders from all over Western
North Carolina will be held at the
Plaza theatre in Asheville next
Monday evening at 8 o’clock.
Julian A. Glazener and J. F.
Corbin, vocational agriculture
teachers in the Brevard and Ros-
man schools, respectively, are
sponsoring the movement in this
county and are prevailing upon as
many as possible of the farmers,
business and civic leaders of the
county to attend the meeting in
Asheville next Monday.
The principal speakers'at the
get-together meeting will be Fred
erick E. Murphy, publisher of the
Minneapolis Tribune, and Charles
F. Collison, its agricultural editor.
The general purpose of the
meeting is to, educate the city and
town business men to cooperati'
with the farmer to build better
agriculture and help create mar
kets at home and abroad. The two
speakers of the occasion will ex
plain how the world-famous “Min
nesota plan” can bring a new era
of agriculture prosperity to this
mountain region, and how parts of
it can he applied here.
The meeting is sponsored by
The Asheville Citizen, The Ashe
ville Times and radio broadcast
ing station, WWNC.
county. Admission to the game
will be fifty cents for adults and ■
twenty-five cents for students and
children.
The Brevard team will be coacli-
ed by Bill Fetzer, coach of Wil
liam and Mary college, and Coach
Tilson of Brevard high school.
Ralph James, of the Blue Ridge
school, will coach the Henderson
ville team. Jerry Jerome, presi
dent of the Brevard Chamber of
Commerce, and Ruffin Wilkins,
are ain-anging the local end of the
game. Tickets have already been
placed on sale in Brevard and
Hendersonville.
The charity game will be spon
sored by the Herbert M. Smith
post. No. 77, of the American Le
gion, Hendersonville, and the Bre
vard Kiwanis club.
The trial of Tal W. Petit and
Arthur Petit has been set for
Monday following their indict
ment Tuesday by the Transylvan
ia county grand jury at the De
cember term of Superior court.
The inquisitorial body returned
true bills charging the pair with
the murder of Jesse Masters, in
1926, near Rosman, and for which
crime Louie Whitmire served four
years until his parole.
Indictment of Tal Petit and Ar
thur Petit, his nephew, has come
as the highlight of the current
court terra which got into action
Monday morning. Practically all
of the first, day was given over
to submission cases following
Judge H. Hoyle Sjnk’s charge to
the jury. Solicitor J. Will Pless,
Jr., is representing the state at
the December term of court.
C. A. Mull is serving as fore
man of the grand jury and otherrs
called for jury duty are Walter
Hinkle, L. E. Powell, R, A. Gil
lespie, J. 0. Ledbetter, Henry Mc
Call, W. M. BritUin, V. C. Orr, J.
Frank Hayes, W. G. Fortune, M. •
E. Shipman, J. D. Morgan, J[. N.
Blake, Madison Allison, Clyde
Case, E. R. Bishop, J. D. Morgan,
J. L. Gravely and Lewis Moore.
An outstan.ding case of Tuesday
was that of Lyle Galloway and J.
B. Owen, who entered submissions
to charges of larceny and break
ing and entering. They were sen
tenced b-y Judge Sink to serve
from three to five years in the
j state penitentiary on one count.
Churcli Morris Replaces J. i 'Y’i'lL “ suspendod
Bli's. Leo Doyle and her young
son, Douglas, shown here, were
selected as the most charming
‘mother-and-child’ combination in
Tacoma, Wash., by a committee
of Tacoma newspapermen. Leo
Doyle, the proud husband and fa
ther, makes it unanimous .by
Henderson i agreeing with the newspapermen.
POLICE FORCE
CHANGESMADEi
Foreclosure Sale
To Be Conducted
Here on Saturday
Tax foreclosure sale of land in
Transylvania county will be held
Saturday morning, beginning at
10 o’clock at the courthouse, by
W. E. Breese, county attorney.
This sale will follow publication
of foreclosure notices, for the past
four weeks in The Transylvania
Times. Many pieces of land are
involved.
WILL PAY DIVIDENDS
The Brevard Building and Loan
association will pay dividends to
the stockholders of this associa
tion before the first of the year,
according to announcement of
Secretary Jerry Jerome. These
semi-annual dividends are paid by
the Building and Loan each year
just before Christmas time, and
are always looked forward to with
delight by those entitled to pay-
OLDER GIRLS ADVISED TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL UNTIL PRESENT
^
UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS OVER COUNTY HAS BEEN IMPROVED
P. Dever on Night
Duty in Brevard
Several important changes and,
matters of business pertaining to
the welfare of the community
■w’ere attended to at the regular
December meeting of the city
board of aldermen held Monday
night at the city hall, and presid
ed over by Mayor R. H. Ramsey.
Changes madie in the police
force incliiclea the transfer of J.
P. Deaver from night police duty
in Brevard to patrolman of the
watershed on full time duty.
Church C. Morris replaces Mr.
Deaver as policeman on night
•duty. B. H. Freeman remains as
chief of police and day -policeman
of Brevard. T. E. Snelson, who
has served as patrolman of the
watershed heretofore, presented
his written resignation to the city
officials to g;o into effect Dec. 7.
Upon acceptance of this resigna
tion, the aldermen then appointed
Mr. Deaver to fill this vacancy.
It was decided by the city fa
thers that the firemen obser
egular
sentence of from five to ten yeai's
On the other count. Austin BIc-
Call, 'Who received a trial before
a jury in connection with the same
case, was acquitted.
The docket of criminal cases to
be disposed of at the December
term of court is one of the hoav-
(Continued on page six)
Interest Is Shown
In Farm Program
ROSMAN, Dec. 9.—Next Mon
day night, Dec. 14, is the time
wlien farmers and others -will go
to Asheville to the Plaza theater
to assist in organizing Western
North Carolina fov an agricul
tural development program and
hear Mr, Murphy and Mr.-Collin-
son, who will tell how in Minne
sota, pessimistic people were
changed to optimistic, thriving
communities. Every person who
will is asked to take his car, and
carry other people to this meet
ing. T’hose who will go or fur
nish cars are asked to in
touch with Mr. Corbin thjfe the
; ,ne iirenien ouserve | organized andileave
onthly practice of ^ Monday eve-
drills, taking the engine out
stated intervals and going through i
regular fire fighting observance, i
The town voted to pay one-half |
of the expense of stringing col-1
ored lights in the business district j
during the Christmas holidays, j
and to furnish a community!
Christma:^ tree to be placed on !
the business square. The lights |
will be strung by the Southern
Public Utilities Co., sharing the
other half of the expense.
The town aldermen include: S, '
M. B'Tacfie, William Wallis, Frank
D. Clement, T. H. Galloway. All
city officials were present at Mon
day night’s meeting wi'*'h the ex
ception of Mr. Ashworth. i
“The schoolroom, not the em
ployment office,” is the place at
the present time for girls of
school age, even though they are
eligible for working papers, Miss
Jeanette Talley, chairman of Girl
Scouts Community committee, de
clared in a statement issued to
day to local Girl ' Scout Troop
leaders, as the first step in a cam
paign to keep older girls in school
during the unemployment crisis.
The campaign, Miss Taley said,
has the endorsement of the pres
ident’s organization on unemploy
ment relief, with which the na
tional Girl Scout organization is
officially co-operating.
Miss Talley explained in her
statement that the matter of the
brought to the at- gurated, there might
campaign
tention of the members of the
community committee of 1he
Business and Professional Wom
en’s club after reports had been,
received from Girl Scout troop
cord.
ing to a report of the U. S. de
partment of education, be some
six hundred thousand more
tential competitors on the em
ployment market. Being kept in
. school ,these young people are not
leaders that girls were obtaining I onl;^ occupied, but they are get-
their working papers in order to ; ting a more complete training, in
seek employment in the hope of ■ many cases vocational, as a foun-
being able to contribute to the
resources of their families. It vv;.'.s
pointed out that in several cases
other members of the family were
without employment of any kind.
The movement to keep them in
school has already proved of great
value elsewhere not only in re
ducing unemployment figures but
in assuring to the boys and girls
of school age a more thorough
education. Had it not been inau-
dation for their future' activities.
The local campaign will be one
of education, and will be carried
on through the Girl Scout leaders
who will urge parents to keep
their girls in school and will en
courage girls in their troops to
remain in school and to use their
influence in encouraging their
friends to continue their educa
tion. Girl Scouts will also help
by taking the place of their el
ders in escorting the younger chil
dren back and forth, by providing
.... school lunches when necessary
po- 'and possible, and by making cer
tain that children of the needy
have ample, suitable clothing.
During the coming week “Keep
Them in School” posters will be
distributed by the local Girl Scout
oi-ganization.
Miss Talley stated that the par
ticipation of fhe Girl Scout or
ganization in this way as a means
of helping Relieve the unemploy
ment situation was considered fa
vorably at the annual nation Gii'l
Scout convention at Buffalo in Oc
tober, where the matter was in
troduced by Mrs. Nicholas F. Bra
dy, of New York City, chairman
of the national board
Scouts.
Bridge Erected
30 Years Ago Is
Razed by State
ROSMAN, Dec. 9.—One of the
oldest landmarks around Rosman |
was I'emoved last week when the >
old Eastatoe bridge, crossing the
river near D. L. Glazener’s store, i
was toi'n down by the bridge!
crew of the State highway force, i
This bridge was erected more j
than 30 years ago. A few years i
ago a new steel bridge was l)uilt I
above the old wooden bridge' and '
the old one was condemned, the I
Girl j used for light traffic, as it was a|
* nearer route to Rosman.
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