The Transylvania Times
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932
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)CRATS AGREE TO TAX INCREASE
Hoover Has
Plan To Save
U. S. Millions
FOES TO MEET s- R- owen sets pace for
THURSDAY FOE* exponents
DISCUSSIONS
Asks Congress to Permit
Reorganization of Ex
ecutive Brandi
'WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. —
President Hoover today asked con
gress for authority to effect a
complete reorganization of the
executive branch of the govern
ment.
In a special message, the presi
dent said the rapiil growth of bu
reaus and commissions was cost
ing the people millions of dollars
a year. He charged that scores of
these units overlapped. He said
State Tests for
Seniors Will Be
Given Saturday
State senior examinations will
be held at the Brevard high school
on Thursday, when tests prepared
by the college state conference
will be undergone by the stu
dents.
These special examinations are
held for the purpose of rating
seniors on their capacity for cn-
• trance to colleges, and in niany j ggpr^-,.jLte units,”
instances determine whether or ^ted, sought to keep goimg after
not a student aspiring to college
work is eligible for the more ad
vanced studies.
It is pointed out that students
in schools having nine or ten
months terms invariably make the
yj,[best records in these examina
tions.
It is recalled, also, that last
year’s Brevard senior class made
the best record in these examina
tions of any class undergoing the
tests in former years in this city,
I and that the class’ average in
Q grades for that year was nearly
I seven points above the average
I established in the state at large.
liffMANMYS
Clf II CLAIM
IN BANK CASE
$21,8fl3.81 Check Tend
ered But He Admits
Only Small Overdraft
Judge Michael Schenck of Hen
dersonville having signed a con
sent judgment in the civil action
of Gurney P. Hood, state banking
commissioner, brought against
Thomas H. Shipman, former presi
dent of the Brevard Banking com
pany, to recover on an alleged
overdraft to the amount of $21,-
803.81 last week, a check for the
; amount was given to Otto Alexan
der, clerk of the Transylvania
county superior court by the Fi
delity Deposit company, of Mary
land, and in turn, delivered to W.
^W. Woodley, liquidating agent for
^ the bank.
I At the same time, Mr. Shipman
I turned over to the superior court
■ clerk, for the benefit of the surety
company $4,100 in stock in the
Brevard Building and Loan asso
ciation and a note for $15,000 se
cured by 14 pieces of real estate,
i The consent judgment conclud-
jed a suit which had been brought
j against Mr. Shipman and his sure-
j^.^y hy the state banking commis
sioner, for the alleged overdraft,
,said to have been incorporated in
jthe bank audit.
I Mr. Shipman denied that he;
|had an overdraft of $21,803.81,
I but admitted one of approximate
ly $275. On his behalf, it was
stated that he agreed to a settle
ment because he did not want de
positors to lose and because he
did not want his integrity ques
tioned in this matter.
The consent judgment was
agreed to by J. Bat Smathers,
counsel for Mr. Shipman and by
Pat Kimzey, counsel for W. W
Woodley, liquidating agent for the
state banking department.
public of Manchuria
arid Mongolia
SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 17.-
By J. F. CORBIN
Since this 5-10 year farm pro
gram has been started a number
of people have asked me, What
■ i does it mean, what do you people
Tokio Hears of New Re-j 5'°’^io to change things,
are you going to start growing
something new? And so on a long
list of questions.
It’s not generally considered
good policy for agricultural men
to start or try to start the pro-
oncerted move for peace vvas i -duction of some new crop that
made by Japanese and Chinese ! never been tried in the com-
, ! munity, unless -done very slowly
authorities today. j quietly. There is plenty of
The most'important peace dis-j the old true and tried jobs on
cussions since fighting began was'jour farms to wmrk at, leaving the
arranged for tomorrow morning: pxperiments out. If we can only
be'.ween representatives of Jap-'™
, , • 0. r-1 ■'crops and stock now growing wc
, anese and the commanders of the [-.will have plenty to do for a long
19th Chinese army defending j time.
Shanghai. The conference will' talking with Mr. S. R. Owen,
discuss the possibiiity of the 19th | Gioucester, the other day-
getting
their jobs were completed.
lie admitted the amount of mon
ey to be saved was “diffciult to
estimate,” but insisted it would
total millions of dollars a year.
He said the government could and
.should be made more efficient,
and to this end recommended:
—Consolidation and grouping
of the various executive and ad
ministrative activities under sin
gle-headed responsibility.
“2—Adoption of the general
p.rineiple that executive and ad
ministrative functions should have
single-headed responsibility and
that advisory^ regulatory and
quasi-judicial functions should be
performed by boards and commis-
To this end, Mr. Hoover asked
the congress for “authority under
proper safeguards to effect these
transfers and consolidations and
authority to redistribute executive
groups in the 10 executive depart
ments of the government.”
He suggested that the changes
could be made by him through
executive order, “such executive
order to lie before the congress
for 60 days during sessions there
of before becoming effective, but
becoming effective at the end of
such period unless ‘ the congress
shall request suspension of ac
tion.”
While proposing elimination of
many minor offices, the president
suggested creation of several new
major posts which he said would
fill the need for “definite and
concentrated responsibility to the
public.” Among these were:
Assistant secretary for public
health (new);
Assistant secretary for educa
tion ( change from commissioner);
Assistant secretary for mer
chant marine (new) ;
Assistant secretary for conser
vation (new);
Assistant secretary for agricul-
tui'ai research (change from pres
ent assistant secretary);
Assistant secretary for agricul
tural economics (change from di
rector) ;
Public works administrator
(new);
Personnel administrator
(change from chairman of civil
service commission).
The president recalled that he
had mentioned the proposed
changes in . previous messages,
particularly the appointment of
an administrator for public works.
He defined this as “partially a
service agency to the other de
partment of the government.” He
said, however, that naval, military
and some other highly specialized
construction should not be trans
ferred to this agency.
He recommended that the civil
service commission “be 'maintain
ed as an advisory body to the per
sonnel administrator,” but many
of its other functions “should' be
transferred to the personnel ad
ministration.”
tested Chapei sector and the Jap
anese returning to within the set
tlement limits.
NEW REPUBLIC PLANNED
stated that he wanted me. to help
him out with some of his farm
problems. Knowing that Mr. Ow
en owns -and operates one of the
best farms in his section, I ques
tioned him about his practices.
TOKIO, Japan, 'Feb. n.—The | Here are some of them that I rc-
I independenc- of Manchuria and . call from memory: Good roomy
I Mongolia will be declared tomor- buildings, neat in construction,
I row and a new republic will be I painted and well kept up; lots of
I established about the middle of j fence on the place, in good shape
March, a Mukden -dispatch to the' and running straight across tho
Nippon Demp News Agency said field; kepes one of the few up-to-
I today. J date orchards in his section,
^ prunes, fertilizes and cultivates
it; long before Governor Gardner
started his live-at-home program
Mr. Owen was practicing it. Irish
potatoes is a specialty with Mr.
Owen, growing principally the
Cobbler but experiments with
others, using pure high quality
seed and is interested in growing
certified seed for the market. Mr.
Owen is primarily a livestock
farmer and here is where he
shines and sets an example for all
of the 5-10 year program men to
shoot at.
I am using this as an example
of what we mean by the program
and only hope that 50 per cent
of us will be doing as well in five
years. Mr. Ov/en has a good size
herd of the following stock: beef
cattle, headed by a purebred
Shorthorn bull; sheep, headed by
two purebred Hampshire rams;
hogs, headed by a purebred Spot
ted Poland China boar; and a
flock of purebred Barred Rock
chickens. This is all I remember
but there may be more purebred
things around his place. If any
other farmer in the county has
more livestock enterprises on his
place headed by purebred sires
than this man it should be made
known. If Mr. Owen is properly
feeding, breeding and housing
these animals, growing sufficient
legume crops with the use of lime
and fertilizer, rotating his crops,
with pastures fenced, seeded and
fertilized, I have few suggestions
to make except to urge him on as
a forerunner of the 5-10 year
program.
2 Brevard Boys
Receive Honors
Everett Simpson and Paul
Schachner, both Brevard boys at
tending Weaver college, have re
cently been given honors in the
student activities.
Young Simpson has been elect
ed to the head of the student
council governing body of the col
lege, while Paul Schachner is a
member pf the student council.
Both young men are reported by
college officials to be making good
I'ecords otherwise in the various
activities of the institution.
t as been the policy of The Times to give no notice
w atever to idle talk and rumors circulated about this
newspaper. Probably a hundred lies have been con-
m ^ fk about The Times in the past five
on s. fhe Times, however, is suspending its rule to
say this:
The latest rumor in circulation in Brevard is that The
ho^l^V! Publication. This is a false-
no siio'* cloth. No vrord has been said and
woul/»ffby the owners of the paper that
of th;« • grounds whatever for the circulation
Th unfounded story,
secure JnTk* going to stop. Its friends may rest
most of it assurance, and its enemies may make the
the TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. —
The nomination of Jos. C. ‘Grew
as ambassador to Tokio was ap
proved unanimously by the sen
ate foreign, relations committee
today.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. —
Secretary of, State Stimson has
been considering notifying Japan
that the United States will hold
her responsible for damage to life
and property in the international
settlement at Shanghai, it was
learned authoritatively today. The
same authority, however, denied
Tokio reports credited to Ambas
sador Debuchi at Washington that
a note was being prepared con
taining such a stern warning.
Holding of Japan legally re
sponsible for damage at Shanghai
is only one line of action being
considered hy Stimson and one on
which he does not lay particular
stress.
EXPECT FIRM STAND
TOKIO. Japan, Feb. 17.—The
United States government will
hold Japan responsible for any
American lives endangered by
Japanese operations in Shanghai’s
international settlement. Ambas
sador Debuchi notified the foreign
office today from Washington.
Responsibility will be fixed on Ja
pan regardless of whether lives
are endangered by Japanese gun
fire or by Chinese gunfire drawn
on the settlement in retaliation
for Japanese concentrations in the
area, he said. No official confir
mation of the representation re
ported to Tokio has been forth
coming so far from Washington.
News of the firm American
stand reached here soon after the
government had authorized an ul
timatum to the Chinese demand
ing withdrawal of their troops at
Shanghai and creation of a neu
tral zone.
PEACE HOPES BRIGHTER
SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 17.—
H. A. Francis and H. G. Prior,
British seamen wounded by Chi
nese shells which struck the
Hong’kew wharf within the inter
national settlement, died from,
their injuries, the admirality j Institute on Saturday night,
announced today. The British-; _ After the bishop’s arrival
VICWYFUND I Foreign War Vets
MEETING SET
Democrats to Hear Visit
ing Speakers at First
Rally
i W. E. Breese yesterday an
nounced a mass meeting to be held
at the courthouse Friday night of
this week at 7:80 o’clock in be
half of Transylvania county’s Vic
tory Fund. He did not state the
quota in this county, but in view
of the fact that it is the first Dem
ocratic gathering since the discus
sions of a presidential candidate
have begun to grow interesting, it
is anticipated that a good sized
attendance will be attracted to
this event.
Prominent speakers are prom
ised by Mr. Breese for P'riday eve
ning’. Two of the visiting speak
ers will be M. M. Redden, of Hen
dersonville, chairman of the Dem
ocratic executive committee in
that county, and Jno. Y. Jordan,
Jr., of Asheville.
to Meet Thursday
A meeting will be held in the
courthouse Thursday night at
7:30 o’clock in the interest of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States army. All ex-
soldierSj marines and sailors w’ho
served overseas or in foreign ^
wars are urged to be present at j
this time.
The main purpose of the meet
ing is to organize an active IjR-
gion post in Brevard.
Two speakers from Asheville
will be heard at the meeting, and
will be in readiness to answer any
questions or information desired.
Comrade Arthur E. Dunn, of
Asheville, who is North Carolina
historian of the V. F. W., of the
U. S. A., will be the principal
speakev.
A large attendance is urged at
Thursday night’s meeting at tho
courthouse.
I AUDIENCES
HEARMOUZON
M. E. Bishop Called Back
Home Before Third
Sermon Here
1 CARS TURN
OVER BUT NO
ONEINJURED
County Commissioner and
Daughter in Mishap
Near Rosman
■ EOSMAN, Feb. 17. — 'W. B.
Henderson and daughter, Miss
Helen, of Quebec, had the mis
fortune to turn their car . over on
highway No. 28 about two miles
above Rdsman Tuesday morning.
.... Fortunately no one was seriously
Eager anticipation of several injured,
weeks’ duration was fully realized j Mr. *Henderson and daughter
on the part of many last Sunday j were enroute to their school
when Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, | work, he being principal of Selica
of the Methodist Episcoiial church I school and a member of the
South, came to Brevard to del-yer | board of county commissioners,
two sermons in the Methodist j and Miss Henderson is a teacher
church, and one before the stu-, jn Rosman elementary school,
:ultv of Brevard a
dent body and faculty of Brevard
Brevard, however, previously
ranged plans were necessarily
changed, due to the fact that he
was unexpectedly called to his
home in Charlotte Sunday after-
bipd noon on account of critical illness
' in his family. Sunday night’;
were hit a few hour.s after
shells fell in the area occupied by
the United States marines. The
shells fell during intermittent
bombardment as Chinese and Jap
anese armies prepared for
offensive.
Late today, guns were stilled
temporarily and the United Press
correspondent talked with Admir
al Taylor commanding the United
States naval forces here, and two
Japanese admirals, who indicated
that prospects for peace were
brighter than at any time during - .
the conflict. The Japanese ad- i Bishop Mouzoji Saturday night at
front casing “blew out,”
causing Miss Henderson, who was
driving to lose control of the car
which ran into a bank and turn
ed' over.
PLUNGES INTO RIVER
ROSMAN,'
Boley had
Feb. 17. — Frank
miraculous escape
vice, therefore, was supnlied by from death Sunday night when he
Presiding Elder D. M. Litaker, of i -p - -u,.
Asheville, responding to an em
ergency call from the pastor. Rev.
J. H. West, to substitute for Bish
op Mouzon on this occasion.
The hundreds of people who
Avere fortunate enough to hear
mirals, Shiosawa and Nomura,
sisted they preferred negotiation,‘5
which would make possible a
peaceful withdrawal of Chinese:
forces.
ALABAMA PASTOR
CALLED TO HICKORY
HICKORY. Feb. 17.—The Rev.
Richard K. Redwine, pastor of the
First Baptist church at Marion,
Ala., has accepted a call to the
First Baptist church at Hickory.
He will take up his new duties
about April 1.
j the institute,'' and again Sunday
morning at the Methodist church,
were all undoubtedly of one ac
cord in the opinion that an extra
ordinary privilege had been grant
ed them.
The general theme stressed by
the distinguished speaker Satur
day night at the Institute was
that of service for others, empha
sizing the idea that everything of | young son o'f Mr. and Mrs. Frank
a material nature and everybody [ Galloway, was painfully injured
are in this world for some specific last week bv a' fall. His arm was
and useful purpose, which fact severely bruised, though not
should be taken advantage of to j broken.' The latest reports are
the mutual benefit of themselves ' that the child is recovering nice-
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lost control of a Dodge sedan he
was driving. The car ran through
the guard rail on highway No.
28, just outside of Rosman city
limits and landed in the French
Broad river.
The car went iuto the river
head-on and turned over once,
but young Boley was fortunate
enough to get out with only
minor bruises and scratches. He
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Boley. The car was practically
demolished. It was owned by the
Moss boys.
BOBBY GALLOWAY HURT
ROSMAN, Feb, 17. — Bobby,
NEXT MEET IN
5i0 PLAN TO
BEATJSMAN
Attendance of 75 Is Re
ported at Little River
Gathering
Having carried the campaign
for the furtherance of the West
ern North Carolina 5-10 year or
ganized farin program into Little
River community on last Friday
night, the county council sponsor
ing the movement is arranging for
another similar meeting lo be held
in Rosman at the high school
building next Tuesday night at
7:30 o’clock. The Little River
meeting was one of the most en
thusiastic of all that have been
held for the presentation of this
plan, and was attended by about
75 farmers and farm women.
Prof. Julian A. Glazener. chair
man of the movement in Trapsyl-
vania county, and vocational agri
culture teacher at Brevard high
school discussed the 5-10 year pro
gram from the agricultural stand
point, told of the need of coopera
tion of communities and of coun
ties for making the program a
success and of the recent survey
held in this county which showed
vast quantities of foodstuffs were
imported into the county which
could be raised at home.
Professor John Corbin, voca
tional agricultural teacher of Ros-
nian high school and vice chairman
of the movement in the county,
discussed the livestock phase of
the program declaring that if
farmers would go into this indus
try, they would have a year round
income and a 12 months job.
Mrs. Bates Patton, chairman of
the woman’s auxiliary of the agri
cultural committee snoke of poul
try which is the initial project of
the auxiliarv and declared that the
Barred Rock would be adopted in
this county for production pur
poses.
She forecast the early organiza
tion of a community club in Little
River, and stressed the need of
canneries for the county.
Mr. Corbin is arranging the
program for the Tuesday ' night
meeting in Rosman, and will pre
side at this meeting, as vice chair
man of the county organization.
Boys Sentenced
To Ten Lashes
WOODBURY, N. J., Feb. 17.—
Three boys who created a
disturbance in a movie theater
last night were sentenced to re
ceive teP lashes each across tho
back by Recorder Frank Johnson,
who descended from the bench to
hold them as a 200-pound police
man administer the punishment.
The boys were Frank Heiser,
16; Norman Redfield, 15, and "Wil
liam Elliott, 12.
Recorder Johnson fined each of
them $5 and asked their mothers,
who were in court, if they would
consent to the whipping.
The three boys were required
to remove their coats after tho
recorder had designated Sergt.
William Porch to carry out the
sentence. The sergeant removed
his belt and Recorder Johnson
held each boy as the lashes were
administered.
Lunch Schedule
For Week Fixed
Schedule of lunches to be
served the undernourished school
children at the elementary school
building during the week of Feb.
22nd through the 26th, is an
nounced by Mrs. R. L. Alexander,
in charge of arrangements for tho
last week in February.
The following schedule will bo
carried out next week:
Monday—Mrs. P. N. Simons.
Tuesday—Mrs. J. F. Winton.
Wednesday and Thursday—•
Mrs. Frank Jenkins.
Friday—Mrs. Clarence Poole.
ACT SWIFTLY
TO DECREASE
U.S.EMNSES
Garner Serves Economy
Notice on House
Republicans
■WASHINGTON, Peb. 17. —
Democratic majority leaders last
night agreed to a billion dollar
tax increase and simultaneously
moved swiftly to trim governn;ent
expenses.
Secretary of Treasury Ogden
L. Mills transmitted to the house
ways and means' committee addi
tional recommendations, bringing
the total tax increase to $1,123,-
000,000. He estimated that this
and a saving of $118,000,000 in
governmental expenses would bal
ance the federal budget in 17
months.
Speaker John Garner promptly
announced a special house com
mittee to examine means of ob
taining greater economy in fed
eral expenses. He also reitot’ated
bis support of the Democratic bill
to consolidate the army and navy
departments.
“We’ve cut every appropriation
bill and will continue to do so,”
Garner said, in announcing the
plan. “The administration has
been making a lot of gestures
and writing 'a lot of theses about
economy, but we’ve been doing
it. We are trying to give the
country a real demonstration of
economy.”
Later, the house passed the in
terior department annual supply
bill _ amounting to $50,446,432.
cutting $6,000,000 from budget
estimates.
Although Mills announced the
treasury and the Democratic tax
writing committee were in com
plete accord on the proposed in
creases, he recommended a re
troactive imposition on the in
creased income levies. This was
voted dov;n in his presence.
The additional new taxes over
and above those previously rec
ommended by the treasury are
designed to raise $377,00’0,000
revenue a year. They follow;
First, one-half of one per cent
more on corporation incomet
oxes, making a 13 per cent rate,
estimated to add $17,000,000.
Second, further increases in
surtax rates, estimated to raise
$50,000,000.
Third, one cent a gallon tax on
gasoline, estimated to raise
$165,000,000.
Fourth, seven per cent on elec
tricity and manufactured and
nural gas, estimated to raise
$94,000,000.
Fifth, an increase from 3 to 4
per cent in the tax on stock
transfers. Estimated to raise
$11,000,000.
Democrats originally proposed
the federal levies on gasoline and
gas.
The deteripination of Demo
cratic _ leaders not to allow the
administration to claim all credit
for the economy drive was seen
in the attitude of the youthful
Representative Lewis W. Doug
lass, Democrat, Arizona, who
spoke, it was understood, at the
behest of party leaders.
He criticized the admini.stra-
tionl-s relief measures as “infla
tionary in character,” said they
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Secures Patent
On Refrigerator
Door Invention
E. H. Norwood Plans to
Manufacture New
Convenience
E. H. Norwood, a former resi
dent of Brevard but now making
his home in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
has recently secured a 'government
patent on a special featured re
frigerator door invention.
Mr. Norwood is making plans
for the immediate manufacture of
his invention to be placed oh tho
market at an early date. The door
features special attractions and
conveniences new and different
from anything else said to have
ever been on the market. In addi
tion to the one main door, there
are also included smaller door at
tachments opening into the differ
ent refrigerator compartments,
each compartment door having an
opening separte and apart from
the others, it is understood.
Mr. Norwood has made other
inventions of an altogether differ
ent nature in previous years, it is
said, but this is his first invention
to be patented with plans under
way for its early manufacture for
ommercial use.
Harold Norwood, of Brevard, is
the only son of Mr. and Mr.s.
Norwood.