The Transylvania Times
Outlook Good
The year 1931 Js history
and merchants of Brevard
and Transylvania county
are hopeful of a much
better year during 1932. ^
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1932
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UPON 8 CASES
BREVARD
1 COUNTY BODY ’
Honored for Safest Air Record
ICOMMITTEE IS I
In Democratic
brevities
OF FARM 5-18
- .ssSBax
SELECTED FOR
Limelight
Frady. He’s the first fir.by ol
1932 for Brevard and Transyl
vania county and is, incidental
ly, eight pound
George is the so
Mrs. Carl Frady,
nd
vard,
born Ne
Yea
day at 5:01 p. m. Young Frady’s
arrival precipitated more than
the usual stir by virtue of the
fact The Transylvania Times
published in its last issue a
whole page of advertisemen.s
inserted by local merchan s
who offered gifts to the fin>t
white baby born in 1932.^ The
fe
(1) Mothe
birth
office
rlific
bs. (2) Dad
of baby’s
The Times
later than the
vy 6th. (3) Baby's
exact hour, minute and date of
birth must be authorized by the
attending physician’s signature.
The Frady baby came within all
of these requirements and the
young man’s father presented
the birth certificate, fully filled,
in, to the desk of this writer
last Saturday, January 2. The
offer of the merchants present
ed on the special page of last
week’s issue commanded consid
erable attention and there was
ulatit
ind identity of the
young miss or master that
would be eligible to collect the
gifls which ran the gamut from
sweet milk to wool challis coolie
coats. By a queer qiurk of fate
the father of the first 1932
baby is in the employ of Tho
Times’ contemporary, and this
was the occasion for smiles to
wreath about the corners of
many mouths. The Times, how
ever, made the offer in good
faith and has gone through the
agreement in every detail.
George Verdery Frady is for
tunate in that he first saw the
light of day in 1932 for busi
ness leaders the country over
anticipate a belter year than
the past produced. They see a
weakening of turmoil that has
torn the land asunder almost,
and confidently point to indica
tions that are already begin
ning to bear out their bit of
proghostication. Young Frady
:came along in a year that looks
like it will be a Democratic
year. He arrived in time to see
Mahatma Gandhi taken in tow
at the instance of the British
and the inauguration of a new
disobedience campaign in far
away India. He got here just in
for one of the biggest sporting
calendars in years. Altogether,
Mr. Frady seemed to have come
along in a mighty'good year as
compared with the last. He
seems to realize it too for, ac
cording to reports reaching this
office, George has been just as
happy and well contented as ho
could be since his arrival. There
is just one sad thing about the
whole picture. They say one of
young Frady’s first acts was to
cast his eyes longingly at a
stack of old newspapers repos
ing nearby. That’s a pretty bad
omen. You see, George’s father
IS a newspaperman. And it be
gins to look like George might
be interested in following the
same vocation for a livelihood.
George’s father should take him
In hand ,and give him a serious
talk. He should explain just
ipaper business
Julian A. Glazeiier Eiecied
chairman of the
Organization
Organization of the Transyl
vania county working' committee
of the Western North Carolina
5-10 year farm movement was ef
fected Saturday afternoon jn Su
perintendent Jones’ office in the
court house. J. F. Corbin, of the
Rosman s'chool, presided over the
first part of the meeting.
Julian A, Glazener was elected
chairman of the organization, aft
er which he assumed his duties as
presiding officer.
This committee, which operates,
in connection with the Western
North Carolina regional farm
committee, which meets in Ashe
ville each month, has for its chief
purpose the working out of sat
isfactory solution of the farmers’
problems in this county. In this
connection a county survey will
eOOKSJUDlT
0. L. Erwin. L. V. Sigmon
and A. H. Kizer Are
Picked for Work
Several matters of importance
(o the welfare of Transylvania
county were transacted Monday
at the regular January meeting
of the board of county commis
sioners. The meeting was pre
sided over by Chairman C. L. Er-
A committee consisting of 0.
Tj. Erwin, L. V. Sigmon and A. H.
Kizer was authorized to audit the
tax books of Sheriff T. 'E. Pat
ton, Jr., for settlement of taxes
for upon completion and
acceptance'' of which taxes for
1931 will be -uvned over to the
Lieutenant Richard.F. Whitehead, left, of the U. S, N. Reserve Avia- was°m’Z°‘n[;d to the
tion Base at Floyd BennOtt Field, New York, is shown as he was pre- hoarlTeletwr t nilv,
seated the Herbert Schiff Memorial Trophy by .President Hoover at tav commisdon closes pSt
conneciion a cuuau.v wth Washmg.on. Whitehead’s squadron is the 1931 winner of the trophy lie‘bio-hwav leadino- from Quebec
be made within a short time to j which is awarded annually to the navy squadron that accomplishes cfo+inri ufo’kiwa? Mn
acpArf-niu the amount of farm the safest flvine' record for the nast vear. Admiral Willifim MnPFotf Beck pl‘C ^ ' **
ascertain the amount of farm
products produced; sold and con
sumed in Tj'ansylvania county and
also concerning the purebred live
stock.
An interesting and helpful dis
cussion entered into at the meet
ing resulted in the conclusion be
ing reached that the outstanding
needs of the Transylvania farm
ers was for the addition of lime
in the soil and ways of procuring
a profitable market for the farm
products,
. Plans Vere also formulated for
a mass meeting of farmers, busi
ness and farm women from all
sections of the county to be. held
at the court house some time In
January. The purpose of the mass , offices were opened here yester-
the safest flying record for the past year. Admiral William Moffett,
chief of naval bureau aeronautics, is seen center.
TMOWNEKSi JAPS MARCH
OPEN OFFICES SOUTHWARD
Those in State Establish
Central Clearing House
at Raleigh
RALEIGH, Jan. 6.—Full time
• local
eting is to make pla
ganization groups in •
communities.
Eighteen of the 32 members of
the working committee were pres
ent at Saturday’s meeting, which
proved altogether profitable and
promising for th? future outlook
of the farmers of the county.
Town And County
Resumed
er Holidays
day by the North Carolina Truck
rs association, with former
Stato Senator W. P. Horton of
Pittsboro, in charge as full-time
secretary of the association, it
was announced here yesterday
following a meeting of the board
of directors here yesterday. I'he
election of R. S. Koonce of Ra
leigh, as vice-president of the as
sociation was also announced, as
•well as the election of two field
men, one in the eastern part of
n I 1 I the state and the other in the
Ul^lIUUiO l\CdUmCU| II g_ Jenette of Henderson, will
I be field representative for the
association in the eastern half of
the state, while Bailey T. Groome
of CharlottCj will represent the
association in the west. Mr.
Groome will also edit the month
ly magazine to be published by
tlie a'ssociation, “Motor Trans
portation in North Carolina.” The
Aft*
what the
of the
you g€
He should
ige old I
ell of 1
pleas-
that once
you are never again immune
from working in a print shop. I
sincerely hope George sot>n
comes to realize his mistake and
will listen to words of advice
from someone oW enongh lo
know better. For I can think
of a lot of things
office for a livelihood. But then
maybe George was just kidding.
Ill bet that boy .knows enough
already not to become doomed
to the life of a newspaper man.
Suppose he should grow up and
become city editor of a morning
newspaper i„ ,„me metropolis.
Think what a life his wife would
have to endure. Think of the
I'fe his children would have to
an ure. George would be work-
■ng whi e other people slept. He
would be sleeping while other
people worked. For George
would go to work in the early
afternoon before his children
got home from school and come
home from work around 3 a. m.
before they awoke for breakfast
and then school. Mother would
ottimes he compelled to answer
(Lontmuod on page six)
Schools of Brevard and Iran-
sylvania county re-opened Monday
morning, following a two weeks’
vacation for the Christmas holi
days.
A good enrollment of students
was reported on the first day, and
present indications point to a suc
cessful year for the remaining
months of the school term, accord
ing to Supt. J. B. Jones’ state
ment. The majority of the teach
ers who were out of town at;
their homes for the holidays report
a very pleasant vacation, and not.
expressing regret at being'back ai;
their post of duty again.
Miss Sarah Keels, a popular-
teacher of the Brevard high
school, has been quite ill since re
turning after' the holidays, being
threatened with pneumonia, it
said. Mrs. Willis Brittain is sub
stitute teacher until Miss Keels is;
able to resume her work.
The Brevard Institute re-open
ed Wednesday morning, with ’prac
tically all of the old students and
a few new ones present on the
opening day, together with all of
the teachers.
Three Powers Indicate
New Measures to Pro
tect Interests
commission has constructed
and opened to public tra\^el the
road near the residence of B. T.
Whitmire,
■ It was ordered that the county
employ Mrs. Sadie S. Patton of
Hendersonville, to act as court
stenographer for 1932, at a sal
ary of $10 per day during time
of service.
The motion carried that all
county funds be transferred from
the State Trust company in Hen
dersonville to the Transylvania
Trust company in Brevard.
Jesse A. Galloway, register of
TOKIO, January 6. - Jap-1
nilitary headquarters
salary not to exceed 10
per cent, providing the other
Manchuria reported today a de-j county officers would take a
tachment of Japanese troops had similar reduction,^ and^ inasmuch
occupied the city of Hulatao
the Peiping-Mukden railway
short distance south of Chinchow.
WASHINGTON, January 6.—
Three important new moves in
the Par Eastern diplomatic situa
tion resulting from Japan’s occu
pation of Manchuria were made
yesterda;?'.
They are:
1. The French and British am
bassadors met, with Secretary of
State Stimson and it was indicat
ed by the three powers represent
ed they would act in unison to
prevent -war in the Far East and
protect their interests. Thero
were intimations the three ])ow-
ers were planning new represen
tations to Japan.
Ambassador Katsuji Debuehi
as the county commissioners had
heretofore agreed upon a 40 per
cent reduction.
Resolutions were adopted rela
tive to making some arrange-
nient whereby "the Pisgah Mills,
which have been closed for sev
eral weeks, could be re-opened,
thereby relieving the county from
the expense of temporary relief
to many of the mill operatives.
first issue will be published thej of Japan, acting oji instructions
laffiiv navt. nf t'hi.c: mnnth witlT au from Tnkin. nffif’i'nllv oYnfoe;«o-1 tr>
Glazener Named
On Farm Group
At the regional council meet-
rig of the Western. North Caro
lina 5-10 year farm movement
held in Asheville Monday night
leaders were named and commit
tees appointedvfo carry on the
work as outlined in furtherance
of the farmers’ problems.
H, A. Osborne of Canton, was
named chairman of the council,
h. H. McKay of Hendersonville,
vice chairman, and E. T. Erick
son of Banner Elk, secretary.
Among the committee chair
men appointed at this meeting
was Julian A. Glazener as chair
man of the farm crops, vegeta
bles and livestock committee, rep
resenting Transylvania county.
Mr. Glazener is also chairman of
the working committee _ of the
Transylvania county division ' of
the regional farm movement.
latter part of this month with
initial circulation of 2500, tepre-'
senting the present membership
of the association. The associa
tion is hoping to greatly Enlarge
its membership within the next
several months to include a ma
jority of the 5600 truck owners
in the state,
A committee composed of R. S.
Koonce of Raleigh, and R. S,
Barnwell of Burlington, was ap
pointed to work out plans for
closer co-operation and union be
tween the franchise and contract
haulers with a view to bringing
both classes into the association.
It was also decided to affiliate
with the Maryland Truck Owners
.association, just as the North
Carolina association has already
affiliated with the 'Virginia and
South Carolina associations.
The • officers and members of
the association make little
effort to conceal the fact tliat
one of the underlying purposes
of the association is to organize
the truck owners so that they can
combat the attempts being made
by the raiIroad.s to put them out
of business. They admit tl\ey
had a close call in the 1931 gen
eral assembly when the railroad
lobby advocated legislation, which
if enacted, would have put the
trucks out Of business.
The truck owners maintain that
whatever sentiment there
against trucks 'and truck trans
portation as a result of
adequate knowledge of the facts
on the part of the public, and
determined that from now on the
public will be given the real
facts. That is one reason for the
inauguration of the monthly mag
azine.
The truck owners agree that at
times trucks do cause some
convenience and delay to opera
tors of passenger automobiles.
But they point out that the
trucks pay a much lar'ger propor
tion of the tax on gasoline than
do passenger cars. They main-
(Continued on page four)
from Tokio, officially expressed to
Stimj ■'n his government’s deep re
gret at indignities inflicted on
American Consul Chamberlain b.y
Japanese soldiers. The state de
partment indicated the incident
was not closed.
3. American Consul General
George C, Hanson at Harbin re
ported to Stimson he had asked
Nobby Shop Is
Moved To Main
Street Stand
Removal of the Nobby Shop
from the former location in the
postoffice building to the Judson
McCrary building on Main street
was made this week, and formal
opening in the new building was
observed on 'Wednesday. The Nob
by Shop began operations in the
postoffice building on January 21.
1927, and has continued in that
Chinese authorities there to pro-iPj^*^® since that time until vemov-
tect American lives and propei'ty I ^ present site this week,
from rioters. He said six Russians
and one Chinese police had been
killed and more than 20 Russians
wounded in street fighting.
Stimson left a meeting of the
(Continued on page five)
Safe Robbed at
Hendersonville
HENDERSONVILLE, Jan. 6.—
Entering the office of E. R.
Sutherland, local insurance man,
in the Jackson building, at some
tijne between 6 and 7 o’clock yes
terday afternoon, a safecracker
or safecrackers opened the safe,
apparently witj^i the combination,
but obtained only about $5.
Mrs. R. R. Arledge, secretary,
left the office about 6 o’clock, and
Mr. Sutherland entered it about
7:30 o’clock. Upon opening the
safe, he discovered that the draw
ers had been pried open, and that
$5, all the cash in the safe, had
been stolen. Papers in the safe
were not taken.
The thief apparently entered
the door of the office, which had
been locked, and opened the safe
with the combination. Drawers in
the safe were then pried open.
When Mr, Sutherland entered the
office the safe door was closed
and he opened it with the combi
nation.
Money in the office had been
deposited during the afternoon,
and only $5 remained in, the safe.
Mrs. Flax A. Lawrence and Mrs,
Madge 0. Wilkins, manager of the
exclusive ladies’ ready-to-wear
shop, though differing in person
ality, have both proved successful
this field of business. Mrs. Wil
kins, a detail personality, adds the
artistic touches necessary to a suc
cessful business. One thing of out
standing interest is the window
display decorations by Mrs. Wil
kins, her color schemes and crea
tive artistic arrangements being
watched with unusual interest and
favorably commented upon by
tourists and others. One of the
jokes of the shop is the fact that
Mrs. Wilkins won’t allow Mrs,
Lawrence or even the famous
Nobby Shop cat in the window af
ter she has decorated it.
In the new shop location, a col
or scheme of black and gold car
ries out perfectly the prevailing
motif in painting all fixtures and
show case arrangement.- Touches
of color in oil paintings on the
ends of the show cases are
brought out cleverly by pheasants
in gay colors of red and green, all
of which add especial interest in
the color scheme.
Connections in New York make
it possible for the shop to have a
24-hour service from Fifth ave
nue, New dresses which arrived
yesterday make one realize that
soring is near at hand. The style
shop is now prepared to give to
the nublic any information con
cerning the latest spring styles,
and just a neep at the new dress
es will convince one that the styles
are right up to the minute.
IVere Tried Last August
And Argued In Raleigh
In Past December
FOUR WErFfINED;
OTHERS SENTENCED
WTth indications that the state
supreme court might hand down
its opinion in the Brevard and
Transylvania county bank cases
Friday, or at an early date any
way, interest in this ' town and
county has again been revived.
The cases have been followed
closely in Transylvania county
and throughout the state since
their trial in Transylvania county
superior court in August. The ap
peals were argued before the state
supreme court last month. Eight
officials of the defunct Brevard
Banking- company and county of
ficials were convicted and four of
them sentenced to serve terms in
the state prison by Judge H. Hoyle
Sink, of Lexington, who presided.
Terms ran from two to five years..
The others drew heavy fines.
Themes H. Shipman, president
of the closed Brevard Banking-
company; J. H. Pickelsimev, for
mer chairman o'* Transylvania
county board of commissioners; C.
R. McNeely, former county com
missioner and county accountai^t
for Tiansylvania and Ralph Fish
er, former county attorney, were
given two to five years each in
the state’s prison and fined $5,000
and costs.
Joseph S. Silversteen, chairman
of board of directors of the closed
Brevard Banking company, was
fined $5,000 and costs; and three
other defendants—A. M. White,
R. Owen and W. L. Talley, for-
r county commissioners—-'were
fined $1,000 and costs each.
These sentences were imposed
following their conviction for con
spiracy to pervert the credit of
Transylvania county, while Pickel-
simer. White, Owen and Talley
\vere also convicted of misapplica
tion of the county’s funds. In this
j case prayer for judgment was
Gardner Praise^; O’Rerrv continued upon payment of costs.
A n Jr Judge Sink also ordered that the
As Patriot and Pub- defendant Fisher be disbarred
from practice of law in this state.
.411 the defendants appealed.
'fhe charges were the outgrowth
In the Democratic limelight are
these two men, Franklin D. Roose
velt, above, governor of New York
and outstanding candidate for the
Democratic nomination for presi
dent, and A1 Smith, below, former
governor of New York, whose sen
timents on Roosevelt haven’t been
made known. 'Whether Smith will
use his influence in behalf of Gov
ernor Roosevelt is a dominant
question in the Democratic party.
HEART STROKE^
IS FATAL FOR
N. C. OFFICIAL
lie Servant
GOLDSBORO, January 6. —
Captain Nathan O’Berry, 73,
treasurer of the state of North
Carolina, died at his home here
early today 30 minutes after suf
fering a sudden attack of angina
pectoris.
“In my generation the state has
not had a more patriotic or valu
able public servant,” said Govern-
0. Max Gardner, who added
that he would not appoint a suc
cessor to Captain O’Jierry until
after the funeral on Thursday ex
cept in case of an emergency.
Captain 0’Berry was jirominent
the service of his native state,
and in manufacturing, education
al, and political circles. He was
born in Tarboro on January 26,
1856. He moved to Goldsboro
shortly after he became of age
and organized a concern to mar
ket the products of the long- leaf
pine.
Aside from being state treasur
er he had many other public in
terests. He was a member of the
state prison commission, of the
board of trustees of Peace Insti
tute for young women, at Raleigh,
a director of the State hospital,
and a former alderman of Golds
boro.
$100,000 note issued by
Transylvania county on Septem
ber 13, 1930, the proceeds of
which were deposited in the Bre
vard Banking company. The state
contended the note was sold to
bolster a tottering bank.
J. Will Pless, Jr., solicitor of the
eighteenth judicial district, was
aided by Felix Alley, of Waynos-
ville in the prosecution of the
case, while defense counsel includ
ed Lewis P. Hamlin, D. L. ‘Eng
lish and W. E. Breese of Brevard,
Jones and Ward, Merrimon, Ad
ams and Adams, and Johnson,
Smathers and Rollins, of Ashe
ville.
The transcript of record, filed
with the supreme court last No-
(Continued on page six)
Presbyterians Are
Given Evergreens;
Beautify Grounds
Added attractiveness to the
grounds surrounding ' the Presby
terian church and manse have
been made during the past week,
due to the planting of evergreens,
shrubbery and blooming* shrubs in
artistic arrangement.
The plants, which are valued at
around $75, were donated by Mr.
Pons, of the Ponhurst Nursery, of
West Asheville, as a freewill of
fering to the local church.
The shrubbery was set out on
the church grounds under the su
pervision. of the Mrs. T. H. Ship-
man and John "Verner, and aj'e a
pleasing addition to the premises.
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