The Transylvania Times
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1932
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m LEADS IN SURVEY OF FARMS
FEW FAILURES
AT IITITUTE
Almost One-Fourth of Stu
dent Body Is on
Honor Roll
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., Feb. 4.f
Showing Graham Memorial, stu
dent social-activities center at the
University of North Carolina,
which was dedicated at exercises
in Memorial Hall last Friday
morning.
The building, which cost $250,-
000, w'as made possible through
alumni contributions. It is a
memorial to the late President
Edward Kidder Graham, beloved
leader of the University from
1914-18. Inset shows picture of
Dr. Graham.
By SUPT. J. F. WINTON
Almost one-fourth of the stu-
,dent body at Brevard Institute at
tained an average of above 90 on
all .school work for the first sem-
.ester of four and one-half months,
ending last week. The type of
work being done by the students
this year is further indicated by
the fact that there were fewer
failures on the mid-year examina
tions this year than usual, t he
failures being such as to require
demotion for only three pupils.
The honor roll for the semester
indicates not only that these stu
dents attained an average of 90
or 'above in all subjects, but that
they did not fall below 80 in any
subject.
Jean McDonald 96.88
Russell Henderson 95.14
•Pio Sanchez 95.14
Louis Picklesimer 94.50
Ruble Scott 94.50
Cornelia Winton .1 94.47
Margaret Garrison 03.75
Blanche Sheperd 92.17
Anna Gilbert 91.88
shots I Liierree Tanner 91.87
set- Virgil Ritchie 91.67
[Alice McGowan 91.63
nbedipaul Huls 91.63
huge’-’Einiiy Putch 91.40
S'ndjL, Brown 91.17
(Frances Scott - 91.14
Gladys Hill 90.28
Sarah Bishop 90.25
I Boyce Robbins 90.12
[SPECIAL STUDENTS
I, [Mrs. Minnie Cochrane 97.33
Ruben Rodriguez Isasi 95.33
Gabriel Isasi 95
Jose Ruben Rodriguez _ .. 92.66
The following new students
ve registered for work during
the second semester:
Miss Kitty Bridges, Americus,
Ga.
Miss Virgie Lee Bryson, West
Asheville, N. C.
Mr. Jack Price, St. Petersburg,
Miss Katherine Henderson, Bre-
Rebecca Summey, Bre-
they
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aker.s,
songs,
g re-
f his
Siio Comes Out,
And Groundhog
Turns His Back
Six Weeks of Winter Fore-
cs^st by Action Tues
day P. M.
A slight rift in the cloudy sky
in mid-afternoon Tuesday caused
the sun to peep through for a
short .time, thereby rendering-
conditions favorable for the pro
verbial groundhog to emerge
from his long sleep and come out
to see his shadow before retiring
again into his hibernating quar
ters. Keen disappointment was
no doubt expressed by many in
the community over this incident
of the day, duo to the fact that
six weeks of winter weather arc
yet to come, according to tradi
tional groundhog belief.
Since this section has been
visited with practically no real
cold weather thus far this winter,
the groundhog- weather foreeafit
for the remainder of the season
will perhaps meet with more gen
eral approval than might be the
case otherwise.
ROOSEVELT IS !Several Transylvania co. jFIRST TO
AGAINST U S ^ ‘WAR’
LEAGUE ENTRY
Of local interest and concern
in the present uprising and
threatening war in China is the
fact that several Brevard and
Transylvania county residents, or
- - — ! former residents, are either in or
Goes Further Than Baker 1 the war
in Opposition; “Not Wil-
He Says
Southern Missionary board lo
cated in Shanghai, and much fear
for her safety is felt by her
friends, since no word has been
received from her since the pres
ent uprising in that city.
Julian Bird, son of Mrs. A. R.
Gillespie, and Glenn Zachary, bro
ther of Dr. J. F. Zachary, are both
son s,
I-'idella Henderson, son of JM
and Mrs. F. Henderson of the-connected'with the TJniVed States
Connestee section, who has been | aircraft department and now sta
in the U. S. navy for the past 1 tinned at Manila. Their families
ALBANY N. Y., Feb 3 [several months, is said to have here fear that they might be sent
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt ; ^^ft San lYancisco quite recently into Chinese waters at any time,
avowed candidate for the Demo-i States transport, Julian Bird is with the U. S. S.
eratic presidential nomination. Is'Asheville, sailing for Chma. Wnght transport, while young
against American participation In • vessel is thought to have al- Zachary is with the Jason air-
the League of Nations because' destination, craft carrier.
“the league today is not theiu^^^i!'’ definite information; Quite a number of other young-
league conceived by Woodrow i learned regarding its nien of the town and county are
i arrival in China, it_ is said. | enlisted at various naval recruit-
Miss Pearl McCain, a former j Ing stations in the United States,
member of the Brevard Institute j but so far as can be learned are
faculty, is now stationed in the j not at present stationed in for-
mission school of the' eign ports.
’ard,
Miss
vard.
Mrs. J. F. Winton, Brevard.
Mr. Raphael Garcia, Gibara,
Cub,?i.
According to schedule, the term
will run uninterruptedly from
now until the close, June 2.
Funeral of E. A.
Poor, 38, Is Held
scums WILL
RUN 8 MONTHS
CAST READY
FORTROLIC’
Benefit Show Friday Night
Will Feature Local
Talent
Plans are perfected for the
Transylvania Frolic, the commun
ity welfare benefit entertainment,
which will be p]*esented at the
Brevard high- school auditorium
tomorrow {Friday night) at 7:45
o’clock.
The program will feature local
talent entirely, those talcing part
living in Brevard or other sections
of the county, all of whom are do
nating their services in the enter
tainment for the benefit of the
w^elfare work in the town and
county. Frank Gaither, originator
and director of the benefit enter
tainment, is also contributing his
time and efforts for the good of
the cause. A small admission fee
of 10 and 25 cents will be charg
ed, the entire proceeds to further
the welfare work in the commun
ity.
A varied program of music,
dancing stunts, black faced com
edians, feature stunts and other
attractions will be rendered, all
combining to promise an evening
of unusual enjoyment.
An added attraction on the
nmg’s program, announcement of
which is being received with wide
spread enthusiasm on the part of
the young ladies of the commun
ity, is the popularity contest for
the most popular girl in Transyl
vania county. This contest will
take place at the conclusion of
the regular program, the young
lady who receives the most votes
at a penny per vote to be accord
ed the title, “Miss Transylvania.”
J. B. Jones Discusses Ill
Effects of Any Shorter
Term Here
BREESE ATTENDING
U. N. C. BOARD MEET
W. E. Breese was in Raleigh
this week attending the Univer
sity of North Carolina board of
trustees meeting. He left here
Tuesday for this meeting and was
Setting -at rest rumors cropping Thursday or
Funeral services for E. A. Poor,
88, who died Saturday afternoon
at his home in Davidson River,
were held Sunday afternoon at
the Davidson River Presbyterian
church. The service was conducted
“J -^^e^ander, pastor
Lhe Brevard-Davidson River
church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Acting as pallbearers were:
Frank Patton, C. Y. Patton, Pat
Kimzey, John Maxwell, W. D
and Wales Langford.
Poor’s father, the late Ed-
preceded him in death
on last March 5.
mother, Mrs.
“Sm Poor, three brothers and
ln„l- Eosone
f the I Rivor, and Mrs. (the two
T,i»i Allison, ol the state ofll
out that there will be but
months school in Transylvania
county this year, Superintendent
J. B. Jones declared Wednesday
morning that there will be an
eight months’ term as usual. Pie
pointed out that the eight months
school term in the county costs
little more, relatively speaking,
I and that the county would lose the
standing of its several accredited
schools in the event that only a
months school term were held.
We are continually having'
telephone calls to know if we are
to have only six months of
school,” Mr. Jones said in refer
ring to this perennially outcrop
ping rumor, “and I wish that all
Wilson.
The New T’ork governor made j
that declaration last night in an |
address before the State Grange, j
It Carried him even further in op- ;
jiosition to American participa-!
Ijon than former Secretary of'
War Newton I). Baker went two ,
weeks ago. Baker declared he '
would not lead this country into
the league because public opinion
at present is against such a step.
Roosevelt also came out vigor
ously against the cancellation of
foreign debts but said that it was
up to the United States to help
foreign debtor countries set their
houses in order so they could.meet]
their payments.
“Europe owes us,” Roosevelt
declared. “We do not owe her.
Therefore, we should call a meet- ;
ing of our debtors here, not in
Europe, and demand an under
standing.
“In common with millions of
my fellow countrymen, I worked
and so spoke, in 1920, in be
half of American participation in
a League of Nations, conceived in
the highest spirit of world friend
ship for the great objective of
preventing a return of world
war,” the governor told his audi-
'tmee. “For that course I have no
apology to make.
“If today I believed that the
same or even similar factors en
tered into the argument, I would
still favor America’s entry into
the league; and I would go so far
as to seek to win over the over
whelming opposition which exists
in this country today.
“But the League of Nations to
day is not the league conceived by
Woodrow Wilson. It might have
been, had the United States join
ed. Too often through these years
its major function has been not
the broad overwhelming purpose
of world'peace, but rather a mere
meeting place for the political
discussion of strictly European
political national difficulties. In
these the United States should
have no part.
“The fact remains .that we did
not join the league. The league
has not developed through these
years along the course contem-1
plated by its founder, nor have
the principal members shown a
disposition to divert the huge
sums spent on armament into the
channels of legitimate trade, bal
anced budgets and payment of
obligations. American participa
tion in the league would not serve
the highest purpose of the preven
tion of war and a settlement of
international difficulties in accord
ance with fundamental American
ideals. Because of these facts,
therefore, I do not favor Ameri
can participation.”
“What the world needs most to
day is a national policy which will
make us an example of national
honor to other nations. The first
lesson for all the world is recog
nition that a treaty is a nation’s
word of honor to another nation
and that all just national debts
are “debts of honor,” that, there
fore, no honorable national may
(Continued on page six)
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Farmers of Coiiiity Adopt Farming
Promotion Program to Fit Local
Needs at Mass Meeting Held Here
ilTHF'
INVESTIGATE
ITS PAYROLL
END
PHASE OF BIG
REGIONAL TASK
James Is Impressed With Pisgah
Forest Site for Fish Hatchery
County Commissioners Memorialize Senators and Con
gressman to Push Local Claim
Assistant Director James of the
Federal Bureau of Fisheries was
highly impressed by the Pisgah
Forest site, at which it is sought
here to have the federal fish
good citizens would help to quiet I hatchery located, when he made a
rumors of this sort as they* are [trip to that point on Friday, and
detrimental to the -work of the | further efforts to have this insti-
school. tution located at that point came
“We will have an eight months Monday w'hen the county commis-
term as usual. The consequences Isioners went on record urging the
of a six months term would be to [action and asking the United
take all of the standard schools in [States senators from North Car-
the county off the accredited list, [olina and Congressman Zeb Wea-
Our high school graduates would jver to present their request to this
have to attend some other school I end to the proper authorities in
nial. ' Wa..lii„Kt.„^:
preparation for college. More
than this, it would require a year
and a half to complete the work
that is now done each year in our
schools.
“The cost of the extended term
onths additional pub-
Washington,
Mr. James was in town for a
conference preliminary to his trip
into the national forest preserve.
In the discussions were Randall
ett, J. W. Smith, J, S. Brom-
Commission Would Knovvf
if Any Officials Got
Too Much
At the February meeting of the
county commissioners, held Mon
day, a motion was carried provid
ing that A. H. Keizer, county ac
countant be authorized to investi
gate to see if any. county officials
in former administrations have
been overpaid. If Mr. Kizer
should find that this has been the
case, the action provides. W. E.
Breese, county attorney is author
ized to proceed in the collection
of any such overpayments.
This transaction of the county
commissioners was recorded as
follows:
“On motion made and seconded
and duly carried, it is provided
that A. H. Kizer, county account
ant, be authorized to investigate
the records and that if he finds
that any official of the county has
drawn more than his salary for
any year, that he notify W. E.
Breese, who, as county attorney,
I is autliorized to proceed immedi
ately to collect the amount of
overpayment.”
Breese was also authorized
to take action with reference to
the collection of “certain notes
deposited by the county with the
Brevard Banking company, before
said bank closed,” and, his special
duties in this matter calling for
a bond of $5,000, Mr. Breese ten
dered bond at the session Monday,
and it was approved by the lioard.
In addition to paying routine
bills and claims, the commission
ers voted five dollars to Welch
Galloway, for cutting down one
still, allowed $125 to the county
welfare board for the month of
February, ordered the payment of
vital statistics registers vouchers
and others, where properly pre
sented and endorsed.
CORONER RESIGNS
The resignation of Dr. G. B.
Lynch as coroner was tendered
to the board and accepted, and “C.
S. Osborne was duly appointed as
coroner,” states the record.
ROAD MATTERS UP
Two road matters were acted
on by the commissioners.
At the January meeting the
board adopted a resolution asking
that the Mrs. W. S. Jordan road
be placed on the state map of pub
lic roads in Transylvania county
for state maintenance, and a peti
tion with 30 signatories having
been presented Monday, this ac
tion was affirmed, and formal
findings made that this is a public
road.
The road in question is
Over 100 Farmers and
Business Men Hear
Scheme Outlined
Transylvania county unanimous
ly adopted a plan to fit the coun
ty’s needs along the plan of the
Western North Carolina 5-10 Year
Farm Plan, sponsored by The
Asheville Citizen-Times, at an en
thusiastic meeting of some 100 or
more farmers and business men
held at the county courthouse on
last Saturday afiernoon.
The meeting adopted a program
and the slogan 3-L.T.P., which
stands for Lime, Tvegumes, Live
stock, Trucking and Poultry, The
survey made of the county was
d by Prof. Julian A. Glazener,
chairman of the county working
committee, and revealed that a
large amount of foodstuffs were
being shipped into the county an
nually, and that much of the food
stuff shipped into the county an
nually could be produced at home.
The program was prepared by a
ommittee of 25 farmers and
business men at a meeting on
Thursday night and submitted to
Vast Amounts of Meat and
Produce Imported, It
Is Now Known
OTHER COUNTIES TO
FOLLOW LOCAL IDEA
Transylvania county has taken
the lead in the survey being held
in Western North Carolina under
the program of the 5-10 year
farm, plan, it was revealed at a
conference of the farm plan pro
moters, held Tuesday night in
Asheville, and attended by Julian
A. Glazener, when, as a member
of the regional council in this
connection he was appointed
chairman of the regional commit
tee on farm crops, vegetables and
live stock.
Mr, Glazener said Wednesday
that he would co-operate fully
with the committee and pointed
out that the development of
pure-bred live stock in the coun
ty is already one of the projects
he is working on so that some of
the groundwork for this improve
ment in farming conditions is al
ready in the making for Transyl
vania county.
Being the first county to com
plete its survey in the 5-10 year
plan, according to announcement
made to the regional council in,
Asheville Tuesday night, Mr.
Glazener said when seen here
Wednesday morning that he is al
ready having many reiuests for
the blanks that have been used in
this county for a survey.
So numei'ous are these requests,
in fact, Mr. Glazener said, that
Bruce Webb, promotion manager
of the Asheville Citizen-Times,
which is sponsoring the 5-10 year
farm plan, has offered to repro
duce quantities of the blanks that
have been used in the Transyl
vania county survey, so that they
may be available for use in other
counties.
Some tremendous figures on
importations of food stuffs by
Transylvania county residents
has come to light through the
survey just completed here, and
tabulations of which were pre
pared for the use of the county-
de mass meeting, held on Sat-
the mass meeting. The program' ^
adopted was as follows: t urday aftornoo
1st. To grow sufficient products^ With its population of somo-
for home needs, (a) This will be'i thing more than 10,000, the fig-
in keeping with the live-at-home' "oi'os collated show that 100,000
program, (b) Special attention is | pounds of pork, 11,000 pounds of
ailed to the improvement
home orchards, better gardens, *
poultry improvement, hay produc-1
tion, better home conveniences,
and the keeping of farm records,
2nd. Quality and standardiza
tion of breeds and products,
3rd. Increase in cattle, poultry,
sheep, and hogs, with special em
phasis on beef cattle, (a) To in
crease the number of purebred
sires of the recommended breed
of both cattle and hogs.
4th. Soil improvement. (a)
Lime—Farmers to use more lime,
and if practical to use lime found
in this county, (b) The use of
legumes 'as soil improvement and
hay crops.
5th. Good seed, certified wh.?re
possible. (a) Varieties recom
mended by the N. C. Crop Im
provement Association.
6th. Vegetables and trucking,
(a) The establishment of commun-
(Continued on page six)
(Continued
Kimzey, the latter named group
accompanying him to the proposed
scene of the hatchery, on Grogan
Creek,
Mr, James expressed himself as
very much in favor of the pro-[tension of Maple street and .goes
posed site for the hatchery, andiby way of Chickasaw camp, •'
was evidently highly impressed, it j ing out from the highway
was said by those who met him. Greenville and Caesar’s Head, and]ing half month’s pay due that
The following resolution in this I afterward uniting with it again, {time,
connection was adopted by the] The petition of Henry .Sentelli In a telephone call to Raleig;h
county commissioners: land others with reference to the [to check up on the payroll for this
“Resolved that the board of; Penrose-Calhoun road was receiv-1 month, Mr. Jones learned that the
commissioners of Transylvania j ed and filed. This road is in the-money had been mailed from
county most earnestly petition the] Jeter MounLain section, and would: there' last night, and was due
proper federal authorities that the [give access to one which joins [Wednesday. Many teachers were
Teachers Being
Paid This Week
Last Year’s Balance Fin
ished Out Last Week
"With a payment of fifty per
cent of the Transylvania pounty
teachers’ salaries for one month in
1931. and the payment of current
salaries for teachers expected to
be completed by the end of the
week. Transylvania school financ
es are being kept on a balance
this year. The payment last Sat
urday cleaned the slate of all the
salaries due from last year, and
many teachers looked on this as
so much velvet, since they had
gotten along without the remain-
proposed fish hatchery be located
on Grogan’s Creek in Pisgah Na
tional Forest and in Transylvania
county.
“That a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to our two United
States senators and Congressman
attendance on Monday’s
meeting were the following com
missioners: 0. L. Erwin. T.. V. Sig
mon, A. C. Lyclay, W, B. Hender
son and H. A. Plummer.
bool instruction, making up [with Alex Kizer, J. M. Gaine*^, Ed [same be nresented to the proper! The commissioners adjourned
(Contir.ned on page six) iMcCoy, T.ewis Hamlin, and Pat'federal authorities.” ^subject to call of the chairman.
field, and Jerry Jei'ome, together [Zeb Weaver, with reque^^t that the
with it at the line and continues j being paid Wednesday afternoon
into Henderson county. This road,and Thursday, and it was thought
kept up in Henderson county, [that all of. them would be paid
’ by Saturday.
Salaries for the other county
school employes, including bus
drivers and janitors, was expect
ed to follow as soon as this mon
ey is paid out, and wull like
ly be disbursed next week.
Brevard’s Bonds
May Be Paid on
Paving Debts
Delinquent Sales Made to
Apply to Period End'
ing Nov. I, 1930
'The city board of aldermen in
their regular February meeting of
Monday evening changed a former
order with -^'eference to the publi
cation of delinquent street assess
ments which will make the publi
cation for sale and thus the sale
one month later than had original
ly been intended. The chang'e
comes about through the addition
al preparation necessitated and
which City Clerk Harry Patton
will not have time to complete in
order to carry out the original
plan. The other action taken by
the board provides that city bond;i
may be offered in payment of
street assessment debts to the city.
The taxpayer may acquire theso
city bonds at 50 or 60, and they
will be received as payment at
par.
The first ruling with reference
to publication of delinquent street'
assessments read that “All proji-
erty on which one payment of
principal and interest through No
vember 1, 1931, had not been jiaid
should be advertised the first of
this month for sale.” This was
changed to apply to all property
on which one payment had not
been made through the period of
November 1, 3 930. Notices of pub
lication will begin the first Mon.,
day in March, and the sale Avill bo
held the first Monday in April.
The order which provides for
the receipt of tow'n of Brevard
bonds in payment of street paving
assessments, together with inter
est on these makes Brevard bonds
already matured or maturing pri
or to June 30, 1932, receivable in
payment of street assessments. It
is pointed out that a considerable
'saving to citizens can be made ))y
their purchase of these bonds
50 to 60 cents on the dollar, and
payment to the citv at par. or dol -
iar for dollar on the face value of
the bond.