The Transylvania Times
Season’s Wishes
One heaping measure of
cheer mixed with one big
portion of success is the
Yule wish of The Times
to you and yours.
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931
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SPIRIT HOLDS SWAY IN COUNH
BREVARD
brevities
it
Well, well, well!!! Her
time for jolly old Santa Claus
to drop around for an
visit to the thousands and thou
sands of his little friends thru-
out the land. And such
Thai’s about all the kiddi
been talking of for a Ion
now this visit to he paid by
Santa. After many months of
du!
, long tii
g which he
rly morning until
preparatH
toiled fro
well into the evening at nis
comfortable cabin the far away
North, Saint Nick has been abl^e
to turn cut enough toys to glad
den the hearts of all little girls
and boys. Nothing pleases the
old fellow more than to delight
the heart of a little boy here, a
little girl there, and adults, too.
Santa knows no enemies. Every
body is glad to hav
the;
friend.
It
Santa to
.11 of his
little friends and acquaintances.
Wouldn’t it be fine if all Santa f.
little friends could take a peek
at his well arranged workshop
when the year’s work has been
completed and everything is in
readiness for delivering them.
“Gee!”, Willie would exclaim,
“look at that big stack of drums.
And, gosh, look at the air guns,
cowboy suits, games, story
books and things.” Then, little
Mary might exclaim just as en
thusiastically: ”My, my, I wish
you’d look at that glorious col
lection. of Mama dolls, just the
thing I’ve wanted all this year.
And look at the story books,
tea sets, doll carriages and other
beautiful toys.” It surely would
be a thrill ,aH right, if it vrere
only possible for all of these
little girls and boys to just get
one peek at all of these many
beautiful things. But that isn’t
possible. It is possible, how
ever, for the little girls and
boys to see the toy_8 Santa has
made and put on display just
before Christmas. And that
certainly furnishes them plenty
of thrills, don’t you forget that
either. Tonight all tots will be
told to close their eyes and go
to sleep 2S early as possible for
Santa will have many homes to
visit and he will want t o get
started as soon as possible. The
last thing little boys and girls
see tonight will be massive,
beautifully decorated Christma.s
trees all ready for Santa to
load down with gifts. Of course
mother and father will say:
“It’s not so exciting for us, oh,
of course not.” Bui isn’t it,
though? If you doubt that it
provides plenty of fun and ex
citement for the grownups just
as it does the kiddies, just drop
in on some Brevard home on
Christmas morning. You’ll see
mother taking a tiny tea set
and adjusting the .various pieces
on the table for her little daugh.
ter, and, like as not, dad' will
be down on his knees in the
floor making a train, t.ank or
truck run as fast as it will.
SENTENCE OF
5-15 YEARS
GIVEN PETIT
Murder Trial Comes to
Close Last Thursday;
Notice of Appeal
DECEMBER^RM IS
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Found guilty of inanslaughtoi’
in superior court here last Thurs
day afternoon in connection with
the murder of Jesse Masters, near ^
Kosman, in 1920, Arthur Fetit, |
25, was sentenced by Judge H.
Hoyle Sink to serve from five to
15 years in the .state penitentiary
at Raleigh.
Masters’ badly decomposed body
was found in a thickly wooded •
section' where it had lain for 19
days. Louie Whitmire was ar
rested in connection with the
killing and sentence to serve
from 15 to 25 years in the state
prison on a charge of second de
gree murder. He did not take
the stand in his behalf. After
four years he was paroled.
Recently, however, Whitmire
was rearrested for committing
robbery at Rosman and when
placed "in jail broke down and ac
cused Petit with having commit
ted the actual killing. Tal Petit,
an uncle, was named as an ac
complice. The arrest of the
Petits followed. In a prelifninary
hearing before Justice of the
Peace F. F. ShufprS, the Petits
were ordered held to the Decem
ber term of superior court. At
the superior court trial, however,
Tal Petit was discharged because
of insufficent evidence to war
rant holding him.
Arthur Petit entered a sweep
ing- denial of the charges brought
against him. His counsel, W. E.
Breese and T. C. Galloway, gave
notice of appeal.
Significance of Christmas
And there w
field, keeping wi
And lo, the 
of the Lord sho:
And the ang
the same country shepherds abiding i
ver their flocks by night.
of the Lord came upon them, and the glory
ind about them: and they were sore afraid,
nto them, Fear net: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
F^or ur.to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign' unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host, praising God, and saying.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men. —St. Luke 2:8-14.
HEARING GIVENlP^g*'*
THREE MEN FOR I
BANDIT EFFORT
Trio Alleged to Have At
tempted to Rob Orange
burg, S. C., Man
HEARING WEDNESDAY
IN MADISON COUNTY
Other Events of Week in
Community Are
Reported
Lament Death of
Mrs. 0. Whitaker
Methodist Sunday
School Will Give
Yuletide Program
ROSMAN, Dec. 22.—The M. E.
Sunday school under the direc
tion of Mrs. E. E, Yates will put
on a short program Thursday eve
ning, after which a Christmas
treat for the Sunday school will
be given. A large Christmas tree
will be used for the occasion.
There will be preaching serv
ices at the M. E. church at 11
o’clock Sunday a. m., at 2 o’clock
p. m. at Selica M. E. church and
at Rosman at 7:30 p. m. by the
pastor, the Rev. E. E. Yates.
Prayer meeting each Wednes
day night at 7:30 o’clock.
AT LAKE TOXAWAY
There will also be a commun
ity Christmas tree at Lake Toxa-
^ Thursday afternoon at L
lock sponsored by Mrs. Carl
Moltz, given in connection with
the Baptist and M. E. Sunday
schools, C, R. Clark is superin
tendent of the Baptist Sunday
school w'hile Henry Arrowwood
ROSMAN, Dec. 22. — L. M.
Galloway, age 70, ded at his
_ T . , ■ - ———j home at Easley, S. C., Suday
^ Building and Loan semi-annual | morning. Funeral services were
myidend checks were given out j tjoSMAN Dec. 22. Eev. Har- held at Easley Monday.
this week to all holders of | Morgan of the Old Toxaway Mr. Galloway was a son of the
up stock in this institution acJ man Moigan Of the OW o y ^ Galloway
cording to an announcement a± | “'h'X’ck^ Friday night Funeral of this section. He was married
•Terry Jerome. secretary4reasur-, h^.^o cjockjuda^y ^n.ght. 1
"Checks were written for 167 "'Oy Baptist church Sunday “on-1 Whitmre, daugMm of the ^
shareholders, in the'total amount ducted by Eev. Judson Corn and , Mi. and Henry Whitmire,
of $2700. The dividends were Ear Tnter. I also of Rosman.
Deepest gloom settled over our
East Fork community when word
was received of the death of Mrs.
Otis Whitaker of Canton, who
died Tuesday morning, December
15, 1931, in an Asheville hospital
following an operation for appen
dicitis a few days previous,
Mrs. Whitaker was before her
marriage Miss Ella Gillespie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Gillespie of the East Fork, section
of Transylvania county. She was
tyell known here, having spent her
life, until her m.arriage in 1915,
in this community.
I’ve never heard an unkind
word^ spoken of her and I knew
her intimately for a number of
years and can’t recall an unkind
Word of any one spoken by her. I
She was loved by all who knew
her.
Funeral -services were held at
ihe M. E. cliurch of Canton, of
which .she was a member and were
conducted by her pastor.. Inter-
was in the cemetery near
Clyde.
She is survived by her husband.'
two daughters and two sons of
Canton; her father, J. A. Gillespie
Fork; five brothers, Leon
and Ernest of Asheville, Homer of
Greenville, S. C., Larry of Sardina
and Elmer of East Fork, and one
Fork’’
Biiildieg, Loan
Pays |2,70§ in
Dividend Checks
Funeral Held for
Rev. H. Morgan
The three men arrested by
Sheriff T. E. Patton, Jr., and hi.s
as-sistants in Transylvania county
Tuesday of last week
of
up
burgj S. C., on the highway m
Madison county, were given a
hearing in Madison 'county re
corder’s court Wednesday morn
ing.
- The three men, James Prince
of Toledo, Ohio, Archie McPhail,
of Hammond, Ind., and Richard
Cloud of Indianapolis, Ind., were
placed in jail here upon their
capture and arrest, while a fourtli
man in the party escaped offi
cers and has not been located to
date. Prince and Cloud were re
moved to Madison county jail in
Marshall, while McPhail was re
leased on $1000 bond.
Johnson, who evaded the four
men in the highway chase, in
formed officers that he • had on
his person over $3000 in cash at
the time of the pursuit.
L. M. Galloway
Buried At Easlev
L. M. Galloway Is Buried
at Easley
not due until the first of the
year, but in order that those en
titled to payment might receive
their checks before Christmas,
the usual custom was followed in
issuing dividend payment before
the holiday season.
The association is planning to
make the coming year a "banner
year, and expresses appreciation
to the 167 shareholders for their
co-operation of the past'year in
helping the organization to main
tain its regular dividend rate...
Nathan Chapman. Inter-I ^^so of _ Rosman
ment was in the cemetery nearby. I I’elatives
Many years ago Rev. Mr. Morgan i widow,
was married to Miss Lillie D. i brother CUng Galloway oi tne
11 who survives and to this 1 Cherryfield section, and sisters.
school.
AT MIDDLE FORK
ROSMAN, Dec. 22.—There will
be a Christmas tree at Middle
Fork Baptist church near Ros
man Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock for the members of the
Sunday school. D. Morgan is
superintendent of this Sunday
school while Rev. C. J. Eldridg'e
is pastor.
DUCKWORTH IS
CLEARED ON COUNT
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Gala Attire in
Town For Xmas
The Yuletide spirit prevails in
the various activities of Brevard
as Christmas day approaches
nearer, an atmosphere of the fes
tive season being in evidence in
many ways.
The streets of the business dis
trict have assumed a gala attire,
with the tiny red and green ligh'
superintendent of M. E. Sunday i strung up and down the business
'^streets, forming a brilliantly light-
Mrs.
brother,
Powell who survives and to this. - ■
union were born 11 children, all I ^^ss PoRy
surviving as follows: Mrs. Jim !
Aiken, Mrs. Hal Chappell and
Mrs. George Chappell, Zirk, Jud-
Posey, Nathaniel and Lewis
of the Old Toxaway section, Ellis
Sunset, S. C., Marcus and
Goldie of Eastatoe, S. C. Two
brothers, Mack and Jim Powell,
also survive.
ed lane at night. The community
Christmas tree, with its attractive
decorations, centering all this
beauty, adds much to the sur
rounding colorful setting. The dis
play^ windows of the various busi
ness houses are attractively deco
rated in appropriate colors and
suggestions of the Christmas sea
son, all combining to present a
scene of unusual beauty. The
Woman’s Bureau is deserving of
much credit for sponsoring the
decorations of the community.
Christmas tree.
The various churches are ob
serving the Christmas spirit also,
by holding special services and
Christmas tree programs for the
children, and other ways corn-
interesting programs wei’e pre
sented at the local Baptist and
Davidson River Presbyterian
churches Sunday. “No Room in
The Inn,” was presented by ' the
Junior class at the Presbyterian
church, while a similar program
was presented at the Baptist
church.
cuuiioy Susan Boggs of Lafayette,
Ui. WCCK uii charges | is spending the Christmas
attempted robbery and hold 'holidays with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
of J. L. Johnson of Orange- Lyday.
■ '■ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sentell and
daughters were shopping in Hen
dersonville Friday,
Mrs. Lee Cook has returned to
her home in Kennedy, New York,
after spending the past two
months here with her mother,
Mrs. Emma Colburn, and her sis
ter, Mrs. I. C. Kennon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McCoy were
Asheville visitors Friday.
Mrs. William Duncan and chil
dren are spending the holidays,
with relatives in Tennessee.
Misses Elizabeth Morris and
Lillian Laughter of Biltmore were
Friday a.t'ternoon guests of Miss
Morris’s grandmother, Mrs. Em
ma Colburn.
Mrs, John Sentell aijd son,
Nichlos, of Mt, Underwood, were
callers here Saturday.
Miss Fanny Boggs of Asheville,
spent the week-end with her sis
ter, Mrs. W. A. Lyday.
Mrs.' W. W. Pruett was shop
ping in Asheville Friday.
Mrs. Harter Campfield and sou
have been visiting relatives in
Canton. '
Mrs. T. Britten of Brevard, ha.s
been a substitute teacher of Miss
Mamie Lyday, local third grade
school teacher. Miss. Lyday has
just had an operation for appendi
citis at the Hendersonville Pat
ton Memorial hospital. We are
glad to report that Miss Lyday is
doing well.
Mrs. C. C. Morris and daughter,
Audrey, of Biltmore, are spending
the holidays with Mrs. Morris'
mother, Mrs. Emma Colburn.
Miss Helen Garland was shop
ping in Asheville Friday.
Mr. Henry Boggs Jr. of Lafay
ette, Ind., was a recent caller in
this section.
Miss Mary Louise Cr^ushorn,
CHRISTMAS TO
FIND BREVARD
VERYJOYOUS
I Red and Green Lights and
Christmas Tree Add to
Spirit of Event
MUCH WELFARE WORK
IS CONDUCTED HERE
Hanah Whit-
Quebec, N. C. Mr. Gallo
way was a former Rosman resi
dent but for several years had
resided in South Carolina.
bank''will close
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
As is customary with all banks
of North Carolina clearing houses,
the Transylvania Trust company
will be closed all day Friday and
Saturday in observance of Christ
mas. For the convenience of the
depositors the bank will be open
from 4 to 5 On Christmas ev
is announced by M. B. McDaniel,
cashier.
College Service
On Sunday Night
Baptist Church
A welcome service for all young
people of the town and county
who attend schools and colleges
elsewhere and are home for the
holidays will be held at the Bre
vard Baptist church Sunday night
at 7:30 o’clock.
Special music will feature the
service, also talks by different
members of the school faculty and
I'eturned students will be heard,
Supt. J. B. Jones, Julian A. Gla-
zener and others. A sermon ap- v.,-,.-
propriate to the occasion will be'patton Memorial hospital. Hen-
delivered by Rev. Mack Grogan, it
is expected.
A cordial invitation is extended
by the pastor. Rev. Paul Hartsell,
to all students in the town and
county,’including also Brevard In
stitute, to be present at thi^ ser
vice Sunday night. Everybody,
young and old, in fact, will be
welcome.
BREVARD PERSONALS
Mrs. T. E. Patton, Jr., was i
Greenville visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Lodema Robertson was
able to return to her duties at tlie
Powder Puff Beauty shop last
week, aft'er an illness of the past
two weeks.
Miss Mamie Lyday underwent
operation for appendicitis
Mrs. w. c. gravely.
'Walter Duckworth, automobile
dealer of Marshall, but former-
Iv of Brevard, who was charged ommre.i ana oiner ways
with manslaughter in connection '
■with the death of Garfield Dal-
ton, when an automobile driven
by Duckworth struck that of
Dalton on the Fairview highway,
was cleared of this charge by
the Buncombe county grand jury
Monday morning. The jury found
no true bill against Duckworth.
He had been held under bond of
$1500 following the accident sev
eral weeks ago.
LARGE COLLEGE LIBRARY
DURHAM, N. C.—Duke univer
sity has the largest library in
the southeast—more than 250,000
volumes, including 500 on Latin-
Ameriqan history and diplomacy,
Yule Program at
Wesleyan M. E.
The Wesleyan M. E. church in
Brevard will put on a short pro
gram Thursday night, after which
a Christmas treat will be given-
members of the Sunday school.
Exie 'Vicks is superintendent of
the Sunday school and Rev. G.
E. Kellar of Rosman, is pastor
of the church.
Fillmore McCall
Erecting Barn
dersonville, Fi'iday. She is report
ed to be improving nicely.
T. E. Patton is reported to be
able to walk about a little, fol
lowing injuries received in a fall
some time ago.
Mr. Edmond Breese, of Milwau
kee, "Wis., visited his sister, Mrs.
J. M. Allison, and family last
week.
Rufus Joines, of State college,
Raleigh, is spending the vacation
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S..
R. Joines.
Ashe Macfie, of Davidson col
lege, has returned to Brevard to
spend the holidays with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Macfie.
Fred Holt, a student at Chapel
Hill, is a holiday guest of his sis-
jter, Mrs. Roy Long, and family.
Mrs. Edward Vidal, Misses Rose
who is attending school
Genevieve-of-The-Pines, Asheville,
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Croushorn.
Mrs. Emmet Reese has return
ed to her home here after spend
ing the past week with her sister,
Mrs. 0. P. Anders in Greer, S.
Mrs. Charlie On* and children
were shopping in Hendersonville
Saturday.
The Baptist singing choir
this section attended singing ]
Black Mountain Sunday.
Mrs. McKinley Ross was a re
cent Hendersonville visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Campfield
had as their guests Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs, Blackwell and daughter
and Mrs. Curt McCrary and two
children, all of Hendersonville.
Mrs. W. D. Deaver is spending
the holidays with friends and rel
atives in Columbia.
Miss Orlena Capps and Mr. Al
len Campfield were Hendersonville
visitors Friday.
Mr. Bob Street of South Caro
lina, spent the week-end with
friends here.
Misses Florine Carter and Dor
othy Souther, Messrs. Lloyd and
Allen Campfield and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Allen spent Saturday even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mar
cum at Hendersonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Avfery Marshall
and Mr. Richard Marshall of Ten
nessee, were Monday callers in
this section.
Mrs. Jake Parris has been on
the sick-list.
We wish our editor and his
force a Merry Christmas and a
very prosperous New Year.
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty are in the throes of joyous ex
citement on the eve of Christmas.
The Yuletide spirit is in the aiir
and everybody appears ready and
anxious to give old Santa Claus a
rousing reception when he arrives
on his annual tour of gift distri
bution.
Brevard has taken on a festive
appearance, what with red and
green lights strung along the
principal streets of the business
section and a large Christmas tree
rearing itself on the square in
front of the courthouse. At night
the lights are very beautiful and
serve as reminders of the occa
sion.
Many college boys and girls
have reached their homes to spend
the Yule holidays with their par
ents and a number of interesting
social functions have been planned
in their honor.
Local churches have been pre
senting programs and pageants
appropriate of the season for the
last few days and these have at
tracted considerable attention.
The red and green colors of
Christma.s are in evidence every
where. These bright, cheery col
ors beam from the display win
dows of business establishments,
in the stores and in homes.
Last minute shopper.s are fran
tically trading in order to get'
everything all wound up by this
evening if possible. Details to
have Saint Nick come to see the
kiddies have already been worked
out, too, and Santa is in readiness
to come down the chimneys of
hundreds of homes in this county
after nightfall. The youngsters,
needless to say, are thrilled be
yond description at the very
thoughts of a visit from the rosy-
cheeked Santa Claus.
Welfare agencies have done
their work well. For weeks they
have been going about the busi
ness of attending to the wants of
needy familie.s so that these un
fortunates might enjoy a glorious
day on the really greatest day in
the whole year—Christmas. ■
Employes of the local post of
fice 'Will also breathe a sigh of
relief when this day is over for it
means tomorrow—Christmas _ Day
—will be a holiday for them, when
they may seat themselves about
j the festive board and partake of
of • turkey and the like to their
heart’s delight.
“Merry Christmas to you and
yours,” seems to be the expres
sion on everyone's lips.
ROSMAN, Dec. 22.—Fillmore
McCall of the Gloucester section,
is erecting a large barn on bis
farm. Manning Moore is the car- ,
penter in charge of the work, i Elizabeth Schac'hner, of New
Mr. McCall,^who is one of the York City, have arrived in Bre-
vard to spend the Yuletide season
outstanding farmers of the
Gloucester section, states he
hopes to have the barn completed
in a short time.
SPENDING HOLIDAYS HERE
Harold Kilpatrick, who is at
tending the University is spending
the holidays with his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. R. P. Kilpatrick.
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Schachner.
Ruel Hunt, of Chapel Hill,
spending the holidays with
and Mrs. J. E. Waters.
Henry Erwin, a student at Chap-
Rev. J. E. Burt Is
Extended a Call
ROSMAN, Dec. 22.—A call as
pastor has been . extended by
Glady Branch Baptist church,
near Brevard, to Rc^* J* E. Burt
of Rosman. It is not known if
the Rev. Mr. Burt will accept the
call or not. He is now pastor of
el flill, is home with his parents, | Zion Baptist church Rosman and
T»T.. A Tj IT OnL- Grove Baptist church at
and Mrs. H. E. Erwin, dur
ing the Christmas vacation.
Oak Grove
) Quebec.
Rosman Woodmen
Name ’32 Officers
The Woodmen of the World.
Chestnut Oak camp. No. 295, oC
Rosman, held a meeting to.elect
officers. This was largely, attend
ed and every member seemed in
good spirits. After helping the sick
and balloting on new applications,
the camp elected its officers for
the year 1932, as follows:
Past consul commander—A. M.
Paxton.
Consul commander—W. E. Mc
Lean.
Adviser lieutenant—J. B. Ilen-
de^rson.
Banker—J. R. Raines.
Financial secretary — A. M.
White.
Escort—L. B. McLean.
Physician—Dr. J. B. Wilkerson.
Watchman—C. E. Leathers.
Sent)*y—W. I. Reece.
Auditor (3 years)—W. A. Wil
son.
Most of the officers are young
men and have plenty of “pep” in
them to make the logs roll. A gen
eral log rolling is planned for
April.
We wish to take advantage^ of
your paper in publicly thanking
all the boys for making our camp
a success. We give all the credit
to the boys who worked faithfully
and untiringly until the work was
complete.
Ask W. A. Wilson and W. L
Reece who furnishes the pep.
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