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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931
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M).G’VILLE ROAD OPENS FRIDAY
ss
Men of Town^ County View ^32 With Optimism
BREVARD
brevities
Goodbye 1931! Hell
The old year will, go
1932!
nto his-
dnight, a new
life. A be.-«rd-
ed old
and whalnol th;
Ills should.
rith
sted upo
durl
tlu
ed the
plun
ill have reach-
■„'f his trail. A min-
lidnlght and he will
• Time’s precipice
ana ...^torical oblivion But
say v/hat you may, many things
came to pass in 1931 that will
linger Ions in people’s memories
after 1932 gets going down Ihc
stretch. Many things
3G5 days.
winy things were entered into
Life’s ledger that will be refer
red to in years to come. The
Democratic parly, for one thing,
pained power. Max Schmehng
also successfully defended his
world’s heavyweight toga
against Billy Stribling, Macon
mauler to the satisfaction of
Jack
fistk
rd.
ey started on the long.
uggec
back
itables passed on to
their reward. Heirs were born
to other notables. Business was
buffeted about. Some said it im
proved over the previous year.
Others shook their heads dubi
ously. China and Japan locked
MAN IS JAILED
AFTER ROW AT
lAKETOXAWAY
Neal Burgess Arrested as
Suspect in Assault on
Frank Wilbanks
INJURED MAN TAKEN
ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL
uodl
of their
scraps. Anothe
■Id's
ided. Lindy and
Ann almost plunged to their
doom in a far away clime. Tu-
lane commanded nation-wide at
tention by sweeping their south
ern gridiron opponents out of
the way and tomorrow they will
be in the spotlight again at Rose
Bowl against a worthy Pacific
coast foe. Notre Dame slipped a
notcli or so under the guidance
of a new mentor, their old de
pendable Rockne having died in
a plane crash. Glorious golf bat
tles were waged. Wets and Drys
slugged it out toe to toe. Gov.-
Senator-elect Huey P. Long
'brayed for a cotton holiday and
also refused to take his seat in
' the senate until his gubernator
ial
he de
ed to let the old Pelit
for just
ute.
: tha
saw fits then sold for
a dollar. Mayor Jimmy Walker
revived interest in the famous
Mooney case out in California.
The poor legitimate theater
profession struggled bravely in
new York to get a foothold but
without a great deal of success.
Political campaigns waxed warm
and then some. This happened.
That happened. All to make the
year 1931 a year to be remem
bered for sometime.
Some folks say that whatever
you may be doing tomorrow, the
the first day of the new year—
whatever your condition or cir-
Neal Burgess, of Lake Toxa-
vvay, is being held in Transylvania
county jail on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon in connec
tion with a fighting affray with
Frank Wilbanks, also of Lake
Toxaway, which occurred lat*^
Tuesday afternoon in that section
of the county.
As a result of injuries received
in the affray, Wilbanks is now in
Norborn hospital, Asheville, and
his condition is reported to be
quite serious.
Burgess is held in jail without
bond pending the outcome of Wil
banks’ condition. Hearing in the
case has not yet been set.
Wilbanks was found in an un
conscious condition, badly beaten
up, by his son, who later came to
Brevard, it is said, and reported
the matter to Sheriff T. E. Pat
ton, Jr., who went to the scene of
the fight, arresting’ Brugess as a
suspect in the case.
The cause of the affray has not
yet been determined by the sher
iff’s department.
FIRST CHILD
BORN IN ’ll
TO BE LUCKY
Kansas Senator Weds Musician
Novel Program Sponsored
by Transylvania Times
Holds Interest
Senator George McGill of Kan-
has, and his bride, the former
Mrs. Virginia Parker of Okla
homa City, a musician, shown
here, ave spending a quiet honey
moon in Washington, D. C. The
couple were married in Wichita,
Kan.
MANY GIFTS AWAIT
FIRST BOY OR GIRL
A famous model bef'Ore her mar
riage, Princess Buganza, above,
has resumed modeling for weil-
know'n artists of Southern Italy.
She left her profession when she
married a wealthy Sicilian land
owner, but could not resist the
urge to return.
BIG RESPONSE
TO AID NEEDY
FARM LUCHEOM
WILL BE GIVEN
Gratifying Results Are Be
ing Reported by Miss
Florence Kern
Lucky indeed w’ill be the first
white baby born to parents resid
ing in Brevard or Transylvania
county in 1932.
The Transylvania Times has ar
ranged to give Young'Mr. 1932 or
Young Miss 1932 a rousing wel
come and gifts galore will be
showered by generous - hearted
\ merchants of the town. The first
white child born in this county
after tonight at midnight will win.
A few simple rules must be ob
served as follows:
' (1) Mother and father must be
residents of Brevard or Transyl
vania county and (2) Dad must
bring a I’Opy of baby’s birth cer
tificate to The Times office no la
ter than the morning of January
6 and (3) Baby’s exact hour, min
ute, and date of birth must be
authorized by the attending phy
sician’s signature. The name of
the winning baby will be pub
lished in The Times of January 7,
1932.
Here are a few of the surprises
in store for mother and baby:
The Nobby Shop will give
mother a wool Challis Coolie coat
Devoted to the W. N. C.
“5-10 Year Organized
Farm Movement”
nsta
,vill
continue to do, and so will your
condition or circumstances con
tinue in effect for the whole
year. That’s as may be. Unem
ployed men will hope that is
ju,st another crazy notion of
some long-haired fanatic. But
it is always interesting to catch
a few “firsts” and record them
in a news story nevertheless.
Wonder who’ll be first to make
a nice deposit in the Transyl
vania Trust company Friday?
What brave couple will be first
to apply for a marriage license?
Who’ll be the first luckless guy
to get in the hoosegow? Who’ll
be the first enterprising gentle-
In furtherance of the Western
North Carolina organized farm
movement, which was launched
recently in Asheville, a dinner is
being given at the George Vim
derbilt hotel in Asheville
day evening, January. 8.
Promotional plans for the 5-lU
year organized farm program will
be discussed at this dinner meet
ing, and suggestions made for tlio
further development of this move
ment in Western North Carolina.
The farm movement is sponsored
by the Asheville Citizen and tluj
Asheville Times.
A contest has been announced
for the most suitable slogan to
be used in the Western North
Carolina “5-10 Year Organized
Farm Movement.’’ The contest is
open to any boy or girl who is a
member of a 4-H club or voca
tional agriculture class. The con
test will close February 1, 1932,
and valuable- prizes of cattle and
poultry will be awarded for the
best slogans.
Response to the call for sup
plies in connection with the coun
ty welfare work is reported to be
very gratifying, according to ' a
statement by Miss Florence Kern,
who is employed by the board to
be in active charge of the supply
work and investigation of appli
cants for assistance.
Produce and clothing are being
donated for use of the needy ones,
all of which are assembled in the
headquarters room on Main si.reet
and given out as needed to those
in want. The cases are all thor-
F'ri- oughly investigated before help of
any kind is administered.
The employment bureau operat
ed by Miss Kern in connection
with the welfare work is progress
ing in a splendid spirit. Many
worthy and willing ones in need
of work are given employment
through this bureau, and others
wanting work to be done are able
to find satisfactory help by apply
ing to Miss Kern at the headquar
ters room.
busi
open a new concern in Brevard?
What firm will be first to change
their location? What generous
man, woman or child will be
first to make a substantial do
nation of books to the local li-
brary? And so forth and so on.
Some of those asking for as
sistance in clothing’, fuel or food
are reported to be cooperating in
a fine spirit by offering- to ex
change something they have in
their possession, such as canneil
fruit or give of their time in work,
for something on han din the sup
ply room.
free
Phillips’ Bakery will bake a
cake for the young man or young
lady, put its name and date of
birth on top in a flowery, attrac
tive design.
Sunny Side Dairy will give five
quarts of their famous Grade “A”
sweet milk to the first arrival in
1932
CAESAR’S HEAD
HOTEL IS SITE
FOR ROAD FETE
Number Prominent Speak
ers Will Appear on
Splendid Program
GARDNER, DANIELS
UNABLE TO ATTEND
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE WILL
MAKE POSSIBLE SERVING OF
LUNCH TO UNDERNOURISHED
Brevard Awaits
Arrival Of ’32
With Much Joy
In observance of New Year’s
day, the post office will be closed,
with no city or rural deliveries on
Austin’s Studio will make a pic- that day, and the Transylvania
ture of the first 1932 baby and
its mother.
B and B Feed and Seed com
pany will present the mother of
the first 1932 baby with a '12-11^
sack of White Lily flour that
bakes such wonderful cakes.
White Way Dry (heaners will
dry clean one of mother’s dresses
without charge.
The Araericai. Sales co™pa..v ^
will donate a th.'ee-piece all wool j reunions will be
Purity' Products will offer the |
parents of the first 1932 l:aby an “d^X/e'rns of the town
attractive price on their best}
giade of coal. _ -ii ing of the New Year with much
The Transylvania Times wH -o® high expectations of
send Jhe young man businesl outlook for the
Trust company will also be closed
all day Friday. Announcement is
made by Postmaster Roscoe Nich
olson that the office will be open
from 8 to 9 o’clock- Friday morn
ing and from 2 to 2:30 Friday af-
ternoon^ for the convenience of
the patrons.
In further observance of the
day, a number of social activities
lady The times for 12 months.
All of these things will be free.
But if the first 1932 baby should
happen to be twins—well, that
brings on more talk.
THIRD FAUCET FOR WHISKY
HIGH POINT, N. C.—Police
discovered a third faucet in De-
Witt Byles’ bathroom. They
traced the pipe to a copper tank
containing three and a half gal
lons of whisky. A warrant was
issues for Byles’ arrest.
year 1982. No announcement has
been made regarding the closing
of the stores on New Year’s day.
;8-FOOT SORGHUM STALK
CLARKSDALE, Miss,
Williams, farmer living
Parent - Teacher Associa
tion Decides to Resume
Work in January
An all weather highway con
necting Brevard and Greenville
and reducing the driving to a lit
tle, more than an hour between the
points, will be officially opened
with a program at Caesar’s Head
tomorrow noon amid auspicious
circumstances.
A turkey dinner will be served
at the Caesar’s Head hotel and it
is expected there will be approx
imately 200 persons in attenl-
ance. Fifty tickets to the affair
were allotted to Brevard and tho
remaining 150 to Greenville. Jer
ry Jerome, president, and Duncan
MacDougald, chairman of tho
highway committee of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, were thi.s
week engaged in disposing of this
town’s apportioned block of tick
ets.
Mayor Ralph Ram.sey, J. M;
Gaines and James P. Barrett have
been instrumental in the arrange
ment of Brevard’s portion of tlie
program and a number of inter
esting features are understood to
have been obtained for the occa-
Plans have been completed for
the serving of free lunches to
undernourished school children,
under sponsorship of the Parent-
Teacher association. This worthy
work which will begin the first
week in January, is* made possible
by proceeds of the Christmas seal
sale and other funds in the P.-
T. A. treasury.
At a meeting of the executive
board of the association Tuesday
evening it was decided "to con
tinue tne lunches served to un
derweight children in the elemen
tary school, adopting very much
the same plan pursued last yeai*.
A small equipment, consisting
of soup plates, spoons, wash pans,
etc., has been offered the asso
ciation by Mrs. Avery Galloway,
Dr. Newland and others.
Anyone wishing fo aid in this
work in any way by adding neces
sary articles to the equipment, by
donations of money or supplies,
Or in serving lunches are asked
to telephone Mrs, Henry Erwin,
chairman of the social committee.
The members of the executive
board will themselves undertake
to serve the lunches for the first
eight days, and Mrs. Erwin will
‘ here' take the chairmanship for the
I week beginning January 17,
• 1. i They will -serve as foiiuws;
feet tall and three inches thiek ,^^^^^^ ^
It the largest diS;! Thursday, Mrs. Roy Long; Fri-
this district, county, , Aver,, riallnwnv Mon-
at its base,
covered
agricultural authorities said.
;re
in-
:
Western Union
Offices Moved
Offices of the Western Union
are being moved this week from
the former location on Jordan
street to the Southern railway de
pot, where the business wiil be
main^tained during the winter
months. ^ T. G. Miller, depot
m'l" of the
"ork while at this location.
the up-town office room will
remain 'through the winter with
ns present equipment, and will
u i" OP summer
101 lull-time operation, it is an-
Barnes, local
Western Union operator for the
pas , year or more, js leaving thih
in Rutherford-
week for his home
ton.
MAKING RESOLUTIONS IS GREAT FUN EACH YEAR
BECAUSE YOU CAN BREAK ’EM TWO WEEKS LATER
Tomorrow will be a great day
for making things.
Yes sir, more things will be
made tomorrow than any other
day in all the 365 days that will
constitute the good year 1932.
Tomorrow, in case you are not
aware, is New Year’s Day or the
first day in the good year 1932
which comes into being one sec
ond after tonight midnight. ■ ^
Tomorrow, from early morn
until the still hours of rnidnight,
folks will be makin’ resolutions.
Funny Jiow they do it year after
year on the same day. But they
do and ’.vill probably ever con
tinue to do so. For some unex
plainable reason they become
panicky and conscientious-
stricken. They feel they must
“turn over a new leaf” and “got
to doing a little better than I
did last year.”
And so they congregate around
the soda fountain, around the
heater in the merchandise store
or at the lodge hall. Never mind
the place, or the time, the inten
tion is the same. Y’oung hus
bands not long’ tied by the holy
bonds of matrimony, look wall
eyed and gurgle something like;
“Right, havn’t been doing Bes-
.ght here lately . . . stayin’
money back in his pocket, smiles
sickly and remarks to the puzzled
clerk:
“Sorry, son, but I guess 1
out late nights - . • tellin’ her I won’t take ’em this time. Got to
was detained at the office on
business . . . telling her - . . this
. - . and that . . . shore ain’t been
doin’ Bessie right . . . goin’ to
do better as you’re born . . .
goin’ to do better, so help me.”
The man with the crimson nose
eyes himself while shaving and a
guilty feeling comes over him.
He strokes the stubble on his
chin reflectively and muses:
“Great scott, but that last jag
was a jag what was a jag.
Everything was going just great
at the restaurant when all of a
sudden I passed out . . . didn’t
slow down on this business of
keeping a weed between my
teeth all of the time. Know
what it does for you, son, it
stains your teeth, makes you
nervous and takes all of your
loose change. No need _ of so
much smoking. Wait till tho
women find out what I’ve found
out about the amount it takes to
smoke in the course of a year
and the women’ll think twice be
fore sending to the corner fo7’
that pack of coffin’ nails, I’ll
betcher they will.”
great li'fe, really great
remember nother thing . . . tried i life, if you don’t weaken. But
to dance with the waiter . . . at- the great thing about it that you
te'mpted to climb aloft the table i do weaken.
and address the audience • • • Two weeks from the time tho
never again . . . never again . . . f young married man has walled
I’m on the wagon.” j his eyes and solemly sworn not
And the nervous, fussy genth^- tq mistreat Bessie by staying out
man with the nose glasses reach- nights, he feels a change com.c
os for his coin to pay for a cigar, over him.
hesitates, drops the piece of i “Shucks,”
“whatsa
night
goin'
day, Mrs. Avery Galloway; Mon^
day, Mrs. Verner; Tuesday, Mrs.
Sledge; Wednesday, Mrs. Grem-
shaw; Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.
Rufty; Friday, Mrs. H. L. Wil
son; Monday, Mrs. Erwin.
This work is being undertaken
after consultation with Dr. New
land, the health officer, and the
superintendent and principals of
the schools. It is the object of
the tuberculosis, association to
prevent that disease arid other5i
NOTABLES INVITED
Invitations were tendered a
number of notables in both North
and South Carolina, including the
governors of each state, but Gov
ernor 0. Max Gardner has advised
of his inability to attend and ap
pointed W. E. Breese, county at
torney of Transylvania county, to
represent the state instead. An
other celebrity in the personage
of Josephus Daniels, Raleigh news
paper publisher, Democratic chief
tain and man whose name is be
ginning to be mentioned promi
nently as a candidate for governor
of North Carolina, will also bo
missing. He has advised that a
conflicting engagement in Wash
ington, D. C., will prevent hia
presence.
Dr. Frank Poole, of Furman
university, has consented to deliv
er the principal address for the
occasion, and Major G. Heyward
Mahon, Jr., will serve as toastmas
ter. Other talks will be made by
i’.idividuals from the two states.
Chairman E. ,B. Jeffress of tho
highway commission, will be pres
ent, as will L. R. Ames, state high
way engineer, and J. C. Walker,
division engineer.
Mayor Otis Green, of Asheville,
F. L. Weede, secretary of the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce,
Louis Lipinsky, president of the
Asheville ' Chamber of Commerce,
and Wm. Smathers, former presi
dent, will be guests of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce at the
meeting. James G. Stikeleather,
the man responsible for the work
that has been done on highwa.v
284, will also be Brevard’s guesL
Charles A. Jonas, United States
{Continued on page three)
home ever
ii.&ui. lAi Have hard i by building up the general health
enough time at the office all day I o^ the citizenship, especially of
without Bessie growlin’ at | children. Between $50 and $60
me until late hours . . . besides, was realized on the sale of
no harm shootin’ Albert a little' Christmas seals, and this money,
game of billiards or so tonight! tog’ether with the amount in the
no harm - . • j P-T. A. treasury accruing from
And the man with the crimson 1 the Home Journal subscriptions
nose reflects: “Hub. been two | and Forget-Me-Not sale, will be
weeks now since I’ve kept ajused^as a nucleus of a fund to
siesta with John Barleycorn . . • 1 furnish riiilk to be served with
sorta lonesome since I cut him] either soup or sandwiches, as the^
dead too . . . sure hate to miss: convenience of the hostess of the:
’ i-i. ...jjj dictate. j
that party tonight . . . lots of j day
pep . . .'lots of bnll.v beverage, i The next meeting of the F.-T.;
A. will be held on Monday, Jan.'
17. It is hoped that there will
be a full attendance at that
meeting not only of the members
t hurt nothin’ just
this once - • . nothin at all . . .
And the nervous fussy gentle
man: “Great Gee, what’s a man
going to do with his idle time if
he don’t never take a smoke?
. . . Been two weeks since I puf
fed my favorite cigar . . . might
stain the teeth, make me a little
nervous, not much though
of the association but of all citi
zens who are interested in this
work. !
The board wishes to thank all,
those who so generously gave
shucks . . . say son, you know ■ their time and interest to the
the kind I prefer ... six of ’em j Christmas seal sale, especially to
this time, son. six of ’em • . • jthe Girl Scouts, who under the
So it’s’ really a great life, this leadership of Miss Aiken and
thing of' making resolutions. It’s' Miss Ethel McMinn, worked so
great to make ’em so you can; faithfully each day during the
sililoquizea,! break ’em two weeks later. isale.
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