The Transylvania Times
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932
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 OF EARLY PEACE IS ABANDONED
Pneumonia Fata!
To Edgar Wallace
BEVERT,Y HILLS, Calif.. Feb.
JO. — Edgar Wallace, British
author and playwright who
was noted for his mystery stories,
died early today of double pneu
monia after a brief illness. He
would have been fifty-seven years
old in April. He leaves a widow,
two sons and two daughters. Wal
lace came here several months ago
to write screen plays for R-K-0
and had produced three. He was
one of the most prolific and wide
ly read authors of the present day.
A. H. Graham, of Hillsboro,
! speaker of the house in the 1929
i General Assembly, afterwards
: member of the advisory budget
commission, member of Governor
Gardner’s executive council and
for several terms member of the
assembly, Monday at Raleigh
announced his candidacy for
lieutenant governor of North Car-:
olina. He will seek the nomina
tion in the Democratic June pri
mary. Graham’s action did not
come as a distinct surprise, al
though he has maintained discreet
silence for niany month.s as re
gards his personal claims. The
only other avowed candidate for
the nomination for lieutenant
governor is D. F. Giles of Marion.
BENEFIT ADDS
I 151 TO FUND
Money From Local Enter
tainment Will Go To
Welfare Work
' iThat the Transylvania county
welfare board is fifty-one dollars
better off now than it was a week
ago is due to the fact that the
benefit entertainment given Fri
day night at the high school audi
torium netted this sum for the
further carrying on of this worthy
work in the community.
A large audience was present to
greet the performers and to enter
enthusiastically into the various
numbers appearing on the pro
gram, which was .given entirely by
local talent, all of whom donated
their services for the benefit of
the welfare work in the county.
The program.was varied in na
ture, featuring musical selection.^
jof various kinds both vocal and
instrumental, dancing stunts,
black faced comedians, speciality
numbers, sketches and other at
tractions to bring laughter and
enjoyment to the responsive lis
teners.
The entertainment demonstrat
ed the fact that Brevard has much
good stage talent of an amateur
ish nature, much of which gives
promise of splendid future careers
j if given a chance for further de-
jvelopment.
I ‘The popularity contest staged
jat the conclusion, of the program
[wa.s not entered into as enthusias
tically as had been anticipated,
though considerable friendly rival
ry was in evidence before the final
count gave the winner as Miss An
nie Yongue.
Much credit is due Frank Gaith
er for his part as instigator and
promoter of the benefit entertain
ment the proceeds of which will
buying, sup-
plies for the needy and unemploy-
jed ot the town and county, under
of the county welfare
_ A more detailed account of the
individual performers at Friday
?i! P^'ogram may be found in
the Timely Tea Talk” feature on
the society page of this issue of
the paper.
ESSAY PRIZE
LlSTjS OUT
Awards Announced for U.
D. C. by Local
Historian
Announcement is made by the
local chapter United Daughters of
the Confederacy of essay prizes
and other prize awards being of
fered by the historical department
of the North Carolina division of
the U. D. C. These prizes are of
fered in the main to members of
the U. D. C. organization or to
members of families belonging to
that organization, a list of which
is given for publication by Miss
Sherrill Bromfield, historian of the
local chapter.
The following essay prizes are
offered members of the N. C. di
vision, U. D. C.:
1. Ten dollars in gold offered
by Hon. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of
Elizabeth City for the best essay
on “Why North Carolina is en
titled to the slogan ‘First at Beth
el, Farthest at Gettysburg and
Chicaraauga, Last at Appomat
tox.’ ”
2. Ten dollars in gold offered
by Mrs. Lena Avant of Wilming
ton in memory of her son for the
best essay on “Reconstruction in
Eastern North Carolina.”
3. Ten dollars in gold offered
by Mrs. Kate Davis Crenshaw of
Salisbury in honor of her father
for the best essay on “North Car
olina Land Battles During the
War Between the States.”
4. Ten dollars in gold offered
by Mrs. D. A. Garrison of G
tonia in honor of her father for
the best essay on “The Secession
of North Carolina.”
5. Ten dollars in gold offered
by the Winnie Davis chapter of
Pittsboro for the best es.say or
“Causes That Led to the War Be
tween the States.”
7. Five dollars in gold for tlie
best es.say on “The Motto of the
North Carolina Division of the U.
D. C.,’ ‘Lest We Forget.' ”
8. Ten dollars in gold for the
best story of “A North Carolina
Child of the Confederacy.”
Rules for the prize contests and
other prize awards offered by the
U. D. C. may be obtained by c
municating with Miss Sherrill
Bromfield, historian of the local
chapter United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
BOILSTON ROAD Planes Drop Tons
PROJECT TO BE
FINISHED SOON
Additional Mileage in Pis-
gah Forest Has Been
Surfaced
The Boilston road surfacing
project is nearing completion, it' ;
was announced at the state high-1 Stress of Office Duty “At
way office for district number 4
here Wednesday afternoon, and
although some work is still in
Of Explosives
Chinese Hold
hooverTorced to put ban
ON HANDSHAKING RECEPTIONS
Such a Time as This”
Is Cause
progress on the road in the Hen
derson county section from tK
county line on to Mills River, this
WASHlNGTpN, Feb.
ban on hand.shalcing
10. —
eplions
issued
will be finished, excepting for fur-;^''^®. ‘^^clared last night by
ther maintenance as nece.ssary, i House “because they pr
sometime this week. ;sent too great a task for the prc
The surfacing of the Boilston ^ this.”
road, it will be recalled, began! A formal statement wa
some three months ago under the President IIoov
county road program of the state i with the problems of office
highway commission. This project every waking
was proposed in order to make‘^^^^' been forced to
available the bridle paths in Pis-'JP^'” down many of the organiza-
gah Forest as an attraction Fo shake hands in
tourists and of the 14.3 miles in-,f, Fj^^.tead of receptions at
volved; 7.6 miles have been sur-!*^® executive mansion, he will
faced from where it branches
grant an audience to one or two
representatives of each organiza
tion during business hours, it was
stated. Mrs. Hoover will continue
to receive visitors whenever pos
sible.
White House receptions have
of Boilston road are being patch-1 y^^rs. Di
ed, thus providing a good road I national organizations
from Brevard to Mills River, and!annual meetings here
future maintenance will be given ni’.nncfnniftri •^/^ /-.oii
from highway 28 just outside the
city and extends to Mills River.
It is stated that the road from
the county line to Mills River will
be in good shape by the end of
this week. Some holes in that part , iiouse
popular for
Rev. West Back
From Reidsville
1 Kev J H. West, pastov of the
Brevard Methodrst church, return-
Reid uf""* "'ook from
sections in
where **>'1 ^tate,
two ‘’'^an lor the past
bodyLf'*M,'''^®w aooompanied the
for burial Koidsville
here on 4 her death
ed in Re d «« ’■ou'ai'’-
to visit h f"r '" days
Trottt^dW%Ue“La„yo^t:
in"R “ pastoral du-
LITTLE RIVER
MEETING SET
Hamlin Will Speak on 5-
10 Year Farm
Program
A farm meeting at Little River
has been called by Chairman J.
A. Glazener of the county 5 and
10 year farm plan organization
for Friday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Lewis P. Hamlin is announced
by Mr. -Glazener as the chief
speaker for the evening.
The purpose of the meeting is
to familiarize the people of the
Little River section with the 5 and
10 year farm program and all the
men_ anl women of the section
are invited to attend this meeting
by Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Glazener.
_ There has been much interest
in this section of the county in
agricultural work in former years
and last year, Mr. Glazener con
ducted a weekly meeting in the
evenings, over a priod of eight
weeks for the truckers and farm
ers there. The classes last year
were_ devoted especially to the
growing and care of tobacco and
potatoes to which most of the
production in that section has
heretofore been devoted.
AT MASTERS HOME
Rev. W. R. Galloway preached
at the home of Mrs. P. T. Masters
in the East Fork section Sunday
morning Besides the members of
the family, a number of relatives
and inends were present, includ-
ing Mrs. Berry Brittain and sons,
and Mrs. T. E. Master.s.
this road.
In addition to the surfacing of
Boilston road in this county, it is
also announced that one and a
half miles of road have been sur
faced in Pisgah Forest, from the
entry, along route 284, Avhich
leads toward Waynesviile. The
purpose of this was to provide a
good surfaced road for one of the
school buses, Avhich is routed that
far into the forest.
It is anticipated that the state
highway crews will complete the
application of gravel to the Glou
cester road by the end of this
week.
The bridge at Calvert is near
ing completion, and it was thought
here it might be finished this
Aveek. The ' bridge construction
section of the highway commission
is also nearing the coranletion of
three other bridges across the
French Broad river, one of these
at Island Ford, one at Wilson, and
a third near Cherryfield, all of
which are being rebuilt. These are
in addition to the three which it
was announced two weeks ago
work of reconstruction would be
gin in the near future. These are
the two bridges over Horsepasture
and the one over Whitewater riv-
been accustomed to call at
’he mansion late in the after
noons for a formal greeting to
’-he chief executive and first lady.
These functions have been espe
cially popular in presidential cam
paign years such as tliis is.
The statement pointed out 160
such organizations will hold their
alinual meeting.s in the capitol
during- the next few months.
which would pre.scnt a formidable
handshaking task for the presi
dent.
“Ronuests for formal receptions
to their members have already
been received from scores of tliese
organizations,” the statement
said.
“Although the president cannot
grant these req.iiests, because of
the extraordinary demands uiron
his time, he will bo 'glad to receive
committees representing the.-e or
ganizations during office hours so
they may present tlveir conclusions
or lay before him such recom
mendations as thoir organizations
may have adopted.
“The courtesy of a reception, if
extended to one association,
should be extended to all associa
tions. Hundreds and sometimes
thousands of people attend each
reception. To greet so many vis
itors presents too great a task for
the president at such a time as
this, Avhen official demands occu
py his every waking hour. Shak
ing hands with literally tens of
thousands of people in the course
of a season constitutes a demand
that would impair proper consid
eration of matters of the,greatest
moment to the nation.
“Mrs. Hoover will be delighted,
whenever possible, to extend the
courtesies of the White House to
visiting organizations, the offi
cials and members of which so de
sire to receive. The president,
however, must request to be cx-
(Continued on page six)
TWO PUPILS
GIVENPRIZES
Harry Morgan and E. J.
Whitmire Honored at
Chapel Service
V. F. W. CAMP
IS PROJECTED
Meeting Set for Feb. 19 at
Courthouse to Organ
ize Group
George F. Woodfin of Penrose,
was in Brevard Wednesday morn
ing in the interest of forming a
local organization of Veterans^ of
Foreign Wars. He announced that
he had- found much interest he'ce
with reference to the project,
which he presented to a number
of former service men on Wed
nesday for the first- time, and
that already he had sufficent
signet’s to insure that the group
would be organized.
A meeting has been called by
Mr. Woodfin for the night of
Thursday, Feb. 19, at the court
house.
_ Those who have already signi
fied their intention of uniting
with the camp proposed here are":
R. J. Duckworth, Noah C. Miller,
Howard D. Wyatt, W. W. Led
better, J. M. Gaines, Robert Mer-
rell, B. H. Freeman, J. A. Glazen
er, G. C. McGaliup and Frank
Cox.
Mr, Woodfin explains that any
soldier formerly _ in the United
States’ service, either on foreign
soil or in foreign waters is eligi
ble for membership in the Veter
ans of Foreign wars. Eligibles
are not confined to World war
veterans.
CALLED TO CHICAGO
Carl Townsend, well known
Brevard young business man who
has been working in connection
By J. F. CORBIN
At chapel service Friday morn
ing, February 5, Harry Morgan,
agricultural student, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Morgan, received
a .$12.50 cheek as .second prize
given by the Chilean Nitrate Edu
cational bureau for winning sec
ond place in the 3 to 1 corn con
test for the 18 Western North
Cai'olina counties competing. At
the same time, under the same
conditions and in the same con
test, E. J. Whitmire, agricultural
.student, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Whitmire, Sr., received a check
of $7.50 as third prize given by
the. Chilean Nitrate people.
These boys were comiieting in
a state-wide corn gTowing contest
for vocational agricultural stu
dents. The state is divided into
four districts, winners being se
lected from each district and priz
es given by the nitrate of soda
people for each district. A ban
quet was held at Fayetteville on
January 30, when all the prizes
were awarded.
Some of the rules of the con
test were: Project to contain three
acres, keep a complete labor and
cost account of crop, agriculture
teacher must see corn weighed or
measured, 'send in project story
th pictures, ect.
The following are the records;
Harry’s: Land, 3 acres bottom;
variety, Halcombs Prolific; yield,
75 bushels per acre; fertilizer, 266
pounds per acre of 12-4-4; value
)0c per bushel, $112.50; total
cost of production per acre,
$25.35; cost of production per
bushed 33.Sc; net profit per acre,
E. J.’s: Land, 2.7 acres of sec
ond bottom: variety, Halcombs
Prolific; yield per acre, 70.37
bushels, fertilizer, 370 pounds of
12-4-4 per acre; planted May 8th;
total value of crop at 50c per
bushel, $95.; value per acre,
$35.19; cost of production per
acre, $23.46; cost of production-
per bushel, 33.3c; net profit per i office'
acre, $11.73.
_ Both these boys planned to use
nitrate of soda as a side dre.sser
had they gotten sufficient mois
ture. It is believed that this would
have greatly increa.sed the yield.s
as indicated b'^’- experiments.
JUNIORS EEC!
25 TOJOFFICE’
Most Popular, Prettiest,
Most Studious and
Others Chosen
One of the most interesting
events of the year was witnessed
bv the Junior Girls last Wednes
day. February 3. The Home Room
program, under direction of Clara
Barnett, held a very interesting
and yet important election. Noin-
inees for 25 different places—
from the silliest Junior girl to the
most dignified—were read aloud.
Three or four names were read in
each case, and each member of oient,
the Home Room was allowed one, CHINESE LINE REINFORCED
vote by ballot, for each “office.”i' "I'l’e Chinese moved a large
After much struggling and des-lF>ody of troops into the Kiagwan
perate counting of the votes, the'^.^’®^ below Shanghai in, antieijia-
But
Front
TOK10 LOSES
PEACE HOPE
Italy Ready to Abolish
Many Types of War
fare, Grandi Says
WASHING'l’ON, Feb. 10. —
Chairman Vincson of the house
naval affairs committee announc
ed today he would ask the com
mittee to report to the house his
$616,000,000 warship building
program which recently was shelv
ed at the request of Democratic
anrl Reiniblican leader.s.
MOSCOW, Russia, Feb. 10.—
The government continued its
mysterious silence today on Ja-
pan’.s seizure of trains on the Chi
nese Eastern railway in Man
churia and the. occupation of Ilar-
. bin. 'The situation was tense.
TOKIO, Feb. 10. — Hope
for a peaceful solution of the
Shanghai situation faded today in
'government quarters becauvsc of
is attempting to i-estore order.”
‘■We are seeking to maintain
our defense positions,” Nomura
told me, “but the Chinese con
tinue their provocative acts, as
saulting and executing Japanese
and attacking the Japanese lines.
“I demand that the Chinese
troop.s? Avithdraw and cease attack
ing the Japanese defense area.
Otherwise, it will be necessary
for the Japanese naval and mili
tary forces to push tlie Chinese
army 20 miles back of Slianghai.”
SHANGHAI, Feb. 10.—The
Ja))anese air force swung in
to action today along a front from
Shanghai to Woosung in a des
perate effort to blast out the Clii-
nese, but a tattered Chinese flag
still fluttered in a cloudy grey sky.
A general offensive was feared as
Jap bombers zoomed low, drop
ping tons of high explosives while
Chinese anti-aircraft guns and a
handful of swift pursuit planes
harassed t!ie attacking aerial fleet
which was supported by shell-fire
from a Jap fleet from which Jap
reinforcements were landed at,
Liu-lio for an assault upon Clii-
nese foi-tresses.
Japanese forces concentrated
at the mouth of the Yangtze
river. They lander reiirforce
ments at Liii-Ho, behind the Chi
nese fortress, under cover of f
heavy aerial and naval bombard-
winners were found to be
fol-
LEAVES HOSPITAL
^ I Miss Emma Jane McLean, of
with the bpick and Span Cleaners, Rosman, who underwent an opera-
has been called to Chicago on ac- tion for appen-dicitis at the ^
Most popular—Nell Duckworth.
Prettiest—Mary Denman.
Most studious—Mary Willie
Burnett.
Best all around—Rachel Orr,
Cutest — Rhuemma Bedding-
field.'
Wittiest—Catherine Snelson.
Baby—Helen Erwin.
Dumbest—Irene Aiken.
Clown—Helen Erwin.
Best sport—Ruth Pickelsimer.
Best athlete—Bess Ponder.
Most talkative—Clara Barnett.
Silliest—Willie Kate Waters.
Quietest—Justine Wright.
Brightest—Ella Mae Scruggs.
Most romantic—Mary Denman.
Flapper—Nell Duckworth.
Old maid—Dallas Glazener.
Most ambitious—Mary Willie
Burnett.
Most cheerful—Clara Barnett.
Most dignified—Nell Duck
worth.
Most absent-minded — Edith
Smith.
Biggest flirt—Willie Kate Wa
ters.
Prettiest blonde—Willie Kate
Waters.
Prettiest brunette—Nell Duck
worth.
We sincerely hope that the out
come of the election was a suc
cess and that all members of the
Junior Girls’ home room were
pleased and each held a suitable
J. R. W.
of the Woosung advances to
ward the city.
The Chinese move sought to
cut the Japanese line below
Shanghai and sei)arate Lh(
forces here and in the Woosti
The Japanese preparations fol
lowed a day of heavy aerial ac
tivity on the Woosung front.
The Japanese made no efforts
during the day to capture tb.o
Chinese positions at any point
(Continued on page six)
Local Episcopal
Church Honored
Two Named Delegates to
Provincial Synod
At the annual convention of tlie
Western North Carolina dioce.se
of the Episcopal church convening-
in Hendersonville Thursday of last
week, the Brevai-d parislr was giv
en mention in the fact that two
from its membership were elected
as delegates to the pi-ovincial
synod.
Rev. Harry Perry, rector of St.
Philips church, was elected as one
of the clergy delegates, and H.
V. Smedbere as lay delegate, rep
resenting the local church.
The Rt. Rev, Bishop Junius M.
Horner, presiding- over the, con
vention. in his annual addres.s paid
high tribute to tthe Rev. Chalmers
Chapman, former beloved
F. DANIELS VERY ILL
F. Daniels, magistrate of
f>Annt- A-f ni e L’-' ILC’" Patton Ea.statoe township, was removed
bother ^ Mr Mr ^ T i Memonal bospi al m Henderson-; to Aneel Brothers liospital, Frank-
kt“t fI 7'”? ’O aa-o, returned ; lin, Saturday for ti'oatment. Mr.
left Chicago yesterday. They ' to her home yesterday. Miss Me-, Daniels has been in ill health
indefinite stay i Lean’s condition is reported as for several month.s and is report-
I much improved. ed in a very critical condition.
ATTEND SINGING
RO.SMAN, Feb. 10.—A singing
was given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Coats Caswell at Calvert on,
Wednesday night. A number of of St. Philips church, montion-
the younger set from Rosman, 11^8’ Iii'n the oldest minister in
Calvert and Cherryfield attended. | the diocese, who died during the
'past year, saying about him that,
“He .fought a good fight and was
a faithful pi-iest and servant of
Lord.’’
•ipated
Those from the Brevard church
attending the convention hi.-l
week were: Rev. Harry. Perry, J.
S. Bromfield, A. H. Kizer and A.
R. Rean.
U.S.TO0UIT
PEACE ROLES
FOR PRESENT
“Hands Off” Policy Be
lieved Advisable by
Most Leaders
positionTtill
FIRM, HOWEVER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. —
The administration, it appeared
today, plans for the present to fol
low a ‘'hands-off” policy toward
the Chinese-Japanese embroglio.
I'lie whole Far Eastern situation
was canvas.sed in detail at a cab
inet meeting yesterday. No for
mal decision was made, and it is
understood the cabinet membcri?
were divided in opinion. Some felt
America should continue its peace
efforts. Others felt these efforts,
at present, were futile. It appears
the latter group’s opinion will pre
vail.
Secretary of State Stimson had
before him an appeal from nine
important Chinese business iruiii
in Shanghai asking the United
States to counsel Japan to horior
her plighted word and collabor
ate with your government and
other co-signatories (of the Kel
logg and nine power pacts) in the
establishment of a durable peace
in the Far East.” If Japan “can
not be persuaded to listen to rea
son,” the appeal said, the pact si.g-
natories should employ economic
sanctions or other “speedy and
more effective measures” to pre
serve peace.
The appeal was delivered to
Stimson by Dr. Hawkling Yen,
charge d’affairs of the Chinese le-
gution.
After the momentous - cabinet
meeting, Stimson talked with Sir
Ronald Lindsay, British ambassa
dor, and Nobile Giacomo De Mar- ’
tina, Italian ambassador. Both en
voys said later that no furtJier
peace moves by western powers
were contemplated now.
I'he decision to leave Japari
alone for the present does not
mean the United States has dis
interested itself in the Far East-
ei-n problem. It does not indicate
that Stimson has weakened in his
determination to uphold the “open
door” policy or the peace treaties.
It does not mean that strong meas
ures to protect American life and
property will be abandoned. Ti:
means merely that the powers
lhave agreed that further peace ef-
'forts ju.st now probably would bo
futile. At a propitious moment
efforts for peace will be renewed.
The Chinese appeal, a strongly-
worded document, charged Japan
with “flouting public opinion”
with “inhuman treatment” ol!
Clnnese at Shanghai, and wil.h
“undermining the entire economic
structive of China’s commercial
metropolis.”
Japan’s invasion of Shanghai,
the document charged, was caus
ed by- a desire “to strike terror
into the Chinese hearts in Shang
hai as in Manchuria and else
where and coerce China into sub
mission.” Ja]ian also was said to
be striving “to secure for herself
a predominant position in north
and central China to the,prejudice
of the other powers.”
The Chine.se petitioners vigor
ously opposed separate settlement,
of the Shanghai and Manchurian
ciuestions, as Jajian desires.
“The present Shanghai out
rage,” the petition said, “had itfi
origin in tlie -Japanese occupation
of Manchuria. Any attempt to li
quidate the Shanghai outrage as
a local, isolated incident without
attempting a settlement for tho
whole situation arising from the
Japanese occupation of Manchuria
will inevitably defeat its purpose
and encourage Japan to perpetrate
similar outrages in other parts of
China.”
“The Chinese government and
people, the document explained,
“have always reposed confidence
in the league covenant, the Kel
logg pact, and the nine-power
treaty to adjust disputes between
nations.
“In the face of Japan’s unabat
ed aggression the Chinese people,
are entitled to ask if Chipa's co
signatories in these in'terhatioiial
engagements intend to condone
Japan’s repudiation of her plight
ed word or undermine the sanc
tity of international treaties.”
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cupied by The