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. ^ FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1932 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR : OPINIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY ^ ^ -l, ^ ^ fevarcS-Greenville Highway Attracts Many Motorists ^HIGHTlBUNAl LIKELY TO ACT 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. Subscribe NOW to the TIMES and keep up with doings in Your County $1 per 50 year iC six months Read The Transylvania Times “Fastest Growing Weekly in North Carolina”.

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