The Transylvania Times FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1932 liOMY CHOSEN TENTATIVE PLACE Vote IN ACE d in ;t pri- pction d Ml-. ? first statoe Gal- large ;hree- Ashe- irmed k1 ad- $1 Bushel Offer For Corn To Be Closed by Times SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR Gillespie Clan To Meet Sunday Great Family to Gather at East Fork Gillespie family reunidri will be held next Sunday, July 10, at the Bas.^ Gillespie home, in the East Fork section. All descendants of Jackson Gillespie are expected to be present at this gathering, which will be at the old home place of Jackson Gillespie. The three living- sons of Jack- , son Gillespie, Stephen, .)oe and j themselves Ba.ss, are making plans to attend the reunion, and it is expected that many other relatives, and fi-iends will also be present. An invitation is extended to all family connections, in-laws and friends of-this family to attend the reunion next Sunday and bring’ lunch baskets. GUEHNSEY SIRE ACdiRED FOR R0SMAN AREA Offer of one dollar per bu.shel r corn when taken in on sub scription. either ne-w or renewal, to The Transylvania Times, will be closed at an early date and those wishing to take advantage of this offer are urged to do so at Many new subscribers have been added to The Times’ list by the offer to pay one dollar per bushel for corn, thus giving- the farmer a fair price for his corn, in selling him a good weekly news paper at a price which is in keep ing with prices of farm commodi ties. Several farmers have brought two and three bushels of corn, paying for one year subscription he other to be sent to friends or relatives. One man who brought in three bushels stated that he wanted two of his neighbors to recive the pa per so that he could read without being bothered with someone bor rowing it before he had finished reading it himself. There are no strings attached to the offer—simply take one bushel of corn, or as many bushels one-year subscriptions desired, to the B. & B. Feed store on East Main street where a ticket will be given. This ticket will be accept ed at The Times office as payment at one dollar per bushel on sub scription. Xf" Corbin Finds Farm Out- look Good in Tran- ftha sylvania County By J. F. CORBIN Djec Kosman agriculture race, justly proud => nounce that a group of coopera tive citizens this week purchased a Guernsey bull of gold medal breeding from the Rhodes Dairy Farm near Hendersonville. The sire will be kept on the farm of Mr. H. P. Whitmire near Rosman. in whose charge he will be. The sire of this bull cost $600 when a calf from a noted herd in South Carolina and is still at the head of the Rhodes herd. The mother cost $100 at two weeks old fr the Osborne herd in Haywood county. The young .sire’s name “Millie’s Mistake.” It is hoped that the people will use this ani mal and appreciate him and be glad to pay for his keep for it only in this way that we can get started in the keeping of better stock. The writer is just back from a trip across the state'observing the crops and living conditions. I pared this section to all other- sections as never done before and came back to this county appreci ating- the broad, lovely, fertile, adaptable fields and grassy slopes the I more than I had done in the past. '11^ ^ Question of time until filed this valley will be dotted with ef- l)een Ificient farmers, spacious barns, pos- and pure-bred valuable stock of ^'ard all kinds. Why not make it come during oiu- life time? During these times when hear so much about the needy and S "y “--•sd to contribute to people ° • u that community, Car- IE sed aie asked to of this and that wish to give praise-to one munity. ^ A man in the Bohaney eommunity was appointed by let ter to report any families in need m his community. He came by one day and reported the follow ing; Bohaney has poor road and Tl;?-? t*'® TAXES ARE PAID UP TO DATE- no family in the community is' in very needy circumstances and if they were they would not ask for help nor wg^.d the near neighbors allow it ti** /it done publicly but would quietly care for their own and help them plan for the fu- Rosman quiet Poh?®wA?; 8—Chief of Police W. M. Stroup says Rosman Is a very quiet place. He did not have to make any arrest on eler tion day or the Fourth of July W. N. C. GIVEN BOOSTSUNDAY Charlotte Observer Tells of Many Attractions Offered Tourists Sunday’s Charlotte Observer carried an interesting booster story for Transylvania county that is typical of the friendship of that great newspaper toward this section. The article follow.s: “An evidence of the progress in Western North Carolina Was es- tablised a few days ago when ah announcement was made from Judson McCrary’s real estate of fice that the largest real estate deal was made last week since the boom days of 1926 in Brevard. This included two pieces of busi ness pronerty and five residential sales. This sale of five othei- pieces of residential properties was expected within a few days. “Brevard, “The Land of Water falls,” is anticipating- one of the busiest seasons of the past dec ade. This little mountain citv has been appropriately called “Pleas ure’s Paradise.’ It is nationally known for its 14 camps for both boys and girls. It is the entrance to Pisgah National Forest and gateway to the Great Smoky Mountain National park. “Few Western Carolina cities offer such a diversity of sports as Brevard and its climate is incom parable. It is in the heart of a network of magnificent concrete highways which enables the visitor lee unexcelled grandeur with- i short distance in all direc tions. “Brevarj has both a commercial and resort hotel. Th4 Waltermire (Continued on page three) PISGAH WINS PENNANT WITH SEVEl^GAMES Rosman Will Be Second in Sylvan Valley Four- Team Loop shutout'^eatures SATURDAY’S PLAY Penrose and Rosman Will Play at Home on Saturday Pisgah Forest won the first half pennant in the Sylvan 'Valley loop by winning seven straight games, the last one from Lake Toxaway on Monday morning, when rain stopped a game that promised to be an interestin-g affair in the first of the sixth with the score .standing 10-4. Rosman and Penrose each has one more game to play in the first half pennant race, Rosman hav ing four wins and two losses while Penrose is in third place with two wins and four losses. Pisgah will start their race for the second half flag Saturday af ternoon at Rosman, with Lake Toxaway trying- for a good start at Penrose. Both games are sched uled to start at 2:30. Saturday’s games were featured by a shutout, Pisgah Forest con necting for a bevy of safe blows that netted them 22 runs, while Penrose went wild in the field and failed to score. Increased attendance is noted at the Sylvan Valley games and some real playing is seen from time to time. A noticeable feature of all games is the absence of squabbling and the spirit of good sport.'smanship that prevails in all games. Bob Mackey is manager of the pennant winning Pisgah out fit; Ed Stroup is manager of Ros- man; N. L. Ponder in charge of the Penrose team, while Happy Walt McNeely looks after inter ests of the Lake Toxaway-Quebec boys. This last named team came out bright and shiny in new uni last Saturday. Democratic Party Is Pleased With Roosevelt, Garner Franklin D. Roosevelt, governor of New York, and John N. Garner, speaker of the house, selected last week by the Democratic national convention as that party’s nomi nees for president and vice presi dent, respectively, are highly ac- ceptable-to leaders in the party here. While the county convention held .several weeks ago, voted to send their delegates to ihe state convention uninstructed, there was a keen feeling evident among Democrats at the convention to wards Governor Roosevelt. Repeal of the Eighteenth amendment was advocated in the platform adopted by the conven tion,_ this phase of the platform possibly being of wider interest here than any other portion. Ex cerpt on the prohibition is given below: ^_“We favor the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. “To effect such repeal, we de mand that the congress, immedi ately propose a constitutional amendment to purely represent- oYiventions in ihe states called to act solely on that pro posal. We urge the enactment such measures by thi tates as will actually promote tcmiperance, effectively prevent Injuries Are Fatal To Will J. Fisher, Age 55 APPEAL MADE FOR HELP BY ORGANIZATION Many Cases in Dire Need With Practically no Food on Hand Kiwanis Club in Regular Meeting the return of the saloon bring the liquor traffic into the open under complete supervision and control by the states. “We demand that the federal government effectively exercise its power to enable the states to effectually protect themselves against importation of intoxicat- in-g liquors in violation of their laws. “Pending repeal, we favor im mediate modification of the Vol stead ^ct to realize the manufac ture and sale of beer and other beverages of such alcoholic con tent as is permissable under the con.stitution and to provide there from a proper and needed reve- With work being found for many apifiicants, workers connect ed with the Welfare Board are still unable to cope with the sit uation of providing food for the large number of needy people whose cases have been investigat ed and found to be worthy of help. Several dollars in cash and sup plies to the amount of around five dollars were contributed to the board last Friday and Saturday, these-supplies being supplemented with Red Cross flour. Appeal is ...i, V/.. by w'orkers for meal, meat several other staple groceries, or cash [donations. [ Thorough investigati' is being Early White Corn Grown in Rosman made as rapidly as possible, -and ‘cases that are found to be unwor thy are being eliminated daily. In stances reported to the Welfare Board by citizens of the county where work has been offered and not accepted by people who have been receiving aid are carefully checked. This has resulted in sev eral being cut off from receiving either supplies or flour, it being the opinion of workers that those who refuse to help themselves are no longer objects of pity. Appeal is made that any person refusing to work who has been receiving aid at the office of the Welfare Board be reported at once to headquarters where their case will be checked. Citizens are also requested to report cases that should be receiving an allow ance of flour each week. Brevard Kiwanians were given real treat last Thursday when Bob Tharp, who had charge of maintained the program, presented Joe Vigod- skv of The Fashion Department store in selections. Joe' drew ap plause for his musical presenta tions, giving a varied program of music. Jerry Jerome was host to the board of directors at The Pines, MRS. WARD IS LAID J REST Brief Illness Is Fatal to Beloved Lady in I New York Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Ward for many years an annual visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Da vid G. Ward, and greatly beloved by her many friends in Brevard, passed away at her home in New York city on Monday, July 4th, after a brief illness. Mrs, Ward, the widow of the late Rev. William Ward of Corn- ¥ « • - « wall, England, and later of North 1 I AWPt* I llCTf*irfr TA Carolina, was born in London, | l/lMlltl lO Eng., and came of distinguished ancestry, being- a descendant of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, who served with Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, and a cou sin of Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown’s School Days. Mrs. Ward lived for a number of years in Asheville, and later be came a resident of New York city. She was an active member of the Baptist church and one of the founders of Ridgecrest, the Southern Baptist Assembly An interesting- experiment con ducted by D. H. 'VVinchester of Rosman, relative to climatized seed corn, is shown in the follow- figures. Mr. Glazener pur chased some pure Adams Extra Early seed corn three years ago and saved seed for two' years. Planting on April 18 of this spring, Mr. Glazener gathered full grown corn on July first, a gain ;ix days in maturity over the previous year. His gain last year was also six days, giving 12 days’ gain in the two years that he se lected his own seed. Mr. Glazener has kept accurate records and is looking forward to the time when he can have a good white corn that will equal if not surpass the fast growing sweet corn. BIG-HEARTED MAN WANTS TO HELP TOWN’S NEEDY A Brevard man who must have at lea.st one corner of his heart patterned after the Man of Galilee, but who is adverse to any publicity, is really in- teie.sted in taking care of those who are unable to pro vide for themselves, and is proving his interest in a sub- .stantial way. This particular gentleman, who is con.pai-atively a new comer to Brevard, has con tributed the sum of one hun dred and seven dollars to the Welfare Board since la.st No vember, and nary a cent of it has been asked for—the big- hearted man dropping in at unexpected times with a check for fifteen or twenty dollars, with only the words, “I hope this will help out a little.” May his tribe increase! Davidson River on Thursday evening- at a dinner, at which time elec- business matters pertaining to the ■ club were transacted, ALL TRANSYLVANiA SCHOOLS WILL START ON AUGUST 29TH .All schools of the county will _ start on August 29, according to hich i taken by the county board isit- I education in its meeting- held Tuesday, it was pointed out that J?' -starting at this date a part of rne hot weather would be missed would r ene-half the term would be finished at Christmas. was .,1!; ““tters on which action was taken by the board was ap pointment of L. C. Case, Jr. as epair man for the upper end of for Galloway meu -Those gentle- nen served acceptably last year. charve of ’T® / jP er Fa.f property at low- .'"’’■oh sohool was war led Bosnian last propriation for the two agricul ture teachers'of the county, Prof. J. A- Glazener of Brevard, and ^uu jv«v. xv. r. cjtapies, i"rot. J. b. Corbin of Rosman; the' John D. Caldwell, Ralph E Lee, plants, _ capital E. F. Jeffries of Asheville and Ridg-ecrest. summer home. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edith Ward Beam and Miss Mary Ward- of New York, three sons, William A. Ward of Ashe ville, Edward Hughes Ward of New York, and David G. Ward of Brevard, and two granddaugh ters, Miss Elizabeth Hughes Ward and Virginia Randolph Ward of Asheville. Funeral services were conduct ed in Asheville at the residence of William A. Ward on Wednes day afternoon at 4 o’clock, and interment followed in Riverside cemetery. The officiating clergy men were the Rev. Harry Perry of Brevard, and the Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell of Asheville. Pallbearers were Jos S. Silver- steen and Harold V. Smedberg of Brevard, and Rev. R. F. Staples, Hold Meet Sunday maintenance outlay and debt service. The rent expense list was cut approxi mately $1000 from that of last year, while the debt service was somewhat higher. On petition from residents of Upper East Fork, request was made by the board to the'State Equalization board for re-estab lishment of that school. Twenty- two pupils are said to desire to attend Upper East Fork. The state board is the governing unit in this matter. Janitors appointed for the high schools were "" ^ ” BUS SCHEDULES ARE CHANGED Bus schedules from Brevard to Hendersonville have been chang ed, giving this section better con nections with outgoing- and in coming travel. Present Brevard schedule announced by the At lantic Greyhound lines, with fa cilities for all parts of Eastern Frank Galloway, {America, ROSMAN, July 6.—Miss Evon Anders and Mr. Glenn Mitchell were married at Pickens, S. C., Monday. June 27. Mrs. Mitchell -p -D ■ ■■'t-. * v;‘V' —I - , is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. tor Rosman, Jnn Nelson of Ros-' Leave Brevard at 8:00 a. m., I Jule Anders of the Gloucester sec- man, for Brevard high; and J. B.)1:00 and 6:80 p. m,; leave Hen-;tion. Mr. Mitchell i.^ the oldest 1 Wincheker rifles extracted Lower District B. Y. P. U. will meet Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at the Enon Baptist church, with Miss Hybernia Ship- man. district leader, in charge. Order of business for the session follows: Theme—Better Ledership; song service, Pisgah Forest; devotion- als, Blantyre; special song, Boyls- ton; roll call; business “Better Christian Leaders for Tomorrow,” Vernon Gosnell; special song, Turkey Creek; “What I Want ofj jj,. j g “Lnrl/’ Middleton; ad- ,superiWndenta of the older boys and girls in the intermediate BAPTISTS WILL CONDUCT TERM Bible School Will Be Un der Competent Leaders Only a few positions on the fac ulty of the Daily Vacation Bible school to be held af the Baptist church remain to be filled. Some of the best public school teachers and young people’s workers have been obtained to direct the school which will be in session from 9 a. m. to 12 noon every mornin-g ex cept Saturdays and Sundays for two weeks beginning July 18 and ending July 31. The large number of boys and girls between the ag-es of seven to seventeen w^ho are expected to attend will be divided into three departments according to age. Each department will do work suitable to boys and girls of the specified ages. Miss Ruth Vaughn will superin tend the work with the primary children. She will be assisted by Mrs. J. A. Glazener, Mrs. T./ E. Reid, Miss Loraine Payne, and Miss Clara Garren. Miss Geneva Neil is superintend ent of the junior department. Miss Marjorie Garren, Miss Eva Call, Miss Lena Allison, Miss Mary Frances Biggers, and Miss June Grogan will assist Miss Neil with the juniors. journment. A general invitation is extend ed to the public to attend this service. Pullets Lay at Age of 4 Months Barred Rock pullets owned by Mrs. Marcus Williams of near Camp Carolina and Prof. J. A. Glazener of Brevard, tied in an egg laying contest that started in February, both blocks beginning to lay at the age of 173 days. Mrs. Williams, Prof. Glazener and Caul Bryson each procured a shipment of Barred Rock day-old chicks on. February 8, and an agreement was made to give the first eggs received from either of the flocks to the Times editor, who has already been given the “first fruits of the land” by the winners. MARRIED AT PICKENS department. Prof. Alvin Moore will have charge of the music hour. Miss Elizabeth Duckworth TEACHERS ARE SELECTED HERE Brevard Faculty Named at Board Meeting Held on Monday ' Teachers for the Brevard high school and elementary school for the 1932 ’33 school term were an nounced . on Wednesday bp Supt. J. B. Jones. Prof. Jones will continue as su perintendent of the city schools in connection with continuation of his county superintendency duties. J. E. Rufty was re elected princi pal of the elementary school and teacher of seventh grade, while Mrs. F. P. Sledge continues as principal of the primary school and teacher of third grade. Following- is the list of teachers in the city schools for the coming schoO)l term: ,, - = High school: J. B. Jones, city | Misses Ruth and county superintendent; Hin- ton McLeod, principal and mathe matics; Miss Sherrill Bromfield, history; Miss Martha Boswell, English; Ernest Tilson, science and coach; Miss Sarah Keels, mathematics; Miss Nancy Macfie, science; Miss Mary Frances Big- g-ers, English; Miss Janie Strick land, commercial; Edwin Wike, Latin and history; Mrs. Juanita Kimzey, home economics; Miss Juanita Pouette, French and li brarian. Elementary: J. E. Rufty, prin cipal and 7th grade; Miss Agnes Clayton, 6th grade; Mrs. T. E. Reid and Miss Myrtle Barnette, 5th grade; Miss Josephine Clay ton and Miss Garnet Lyday, 4th grade. Primary: Mrs. F. P. Sledgej principal and 3rd grade; Mrs. S. P. Verner, Srd grade; Miss Willie Aiken and Miss Ruth Waters, 2nd grade; Mrs. J. E. Rufty, 1st grade; Miss Eva Call, 1st grade and public school music. Members of the city school board include: Fred Johnson, “ P. Kilpatrick and A. H. Kizer, County Board in Regular Meeting Among the business coming be fore the board of county commis sioners at the regular meeting on Monday was a contract with the Lyday Memorial hospital for care of indigent and insolvent citizens of the county. W. A. Wilson, of Rosman, was appointed as welfare officer for the county, and other matters of routine nature acted upon. Budget of the school board was will direct the girls’ handwork approved in a joint meeting with hour, while Prof. J. A. Glazener that body. The county budget will directs the boys’ handwork hour, j be taken up at a meeting to be (Continued on page three) held the first Monday in August. ‘DARK CORNER’ NOW HOLDS NO TERRORS FOR VISITORS Petit for Brevard elementary. R.j dersonville-for Brevard at 10:15 son of Mr. and Mrs (Continued on page three) . a. in., 3:45 and 8:00 p. m. , Mitchell of Rosman. That section of Upper South Carolina, known to all Transyl vania residents by legend, if not from contact, called “Dark Cor- more, according to a story by Charles H. Garrison of The Greenville Piedmont. Many deeds of daring, some for good and some for bad, have been told happening in the “Dark Cor- bordering on Transylvania county, and passing to a new era 'll bring memories of these tales back to many of the older resi dents of this section. The story taken from The Pied mont follows: “Thirty years ago the north eastern part of Greenville county was known as the “Dark Corner.” The borders were not definitely defined, but moonshine liquor and """ ■ ■■■ ■ toll William jwhich made good men shudder at ‘the thought of visiting that sec tion. Many of the residents, un willing to live where it was un healthy to poke your nose around a mountain bend, for fear it might be shot off by some feudist, moved elsewhere. This condition continued for years, the “Dark Corner,” with all of its horrors, being the most talked of spot in the state. “Today, near the center of what was once called the “Dark Corner” an American flag flies proudly in the breeze. One hun dred Boy Scouts march and play in perfect safety about the moun tain nooks. The bark of the moun taineer's rifle is no longer heard. Instead, in the middle of the day, young Americans engaged in peaceful target practice. Almost overhead is the Glassy mountain school building. Situat ed on a barren rock, it is some- (Continued on page three) Toxaway Resident Suc cumbs Tuesday After Alleged Assault CLIFF0RD~^HER HELD FOR CRIME Evidence Points Toward Brutal Attack, Offi cers Say Clifford Fisher of the Reids Sid ing section is being held in Tran sylvania county j|iil charged with the death of Will J. Fisher, 55- year-old resident of the Lake Tox away section. The prominent eld erly man died early Tuesday morning at Lyday Memorial hos pital, where he was brought Mon day in a serious condition, with out gaining consciousness. Evidence produced at the cor oner’s inquest held Tuesday at noon at the Brevard Undertaking parlors was to the effect that Clifford Fisher, a distant relative of the deceased, was responsible for the death of Will Fisher, it being alleged that Clifford struck him several times over the head and face with an iron rod late Sunday afternoon, and then bru tally assaulted the stricken man while he lay unconscious. as the opinion of the jury summoned to hear the case, that the blows which practically caved in the face of the dead man also fractured the base of his skull, causing death. They recommend ed that Young Fisher be held without bond, and preliminary hearing has been set for Monday ■"Trning*, July 11, at ten o’clock. The affair took place at the home of Ben Thomas in the Reids Siding section about seven o’clock last Sunday afternoon, according to evidence brought out at the in quest held before Dr. G. B. Lynch. Edwin Owen, son of Alfred Owen, was the principal witness at the hearing, and it was upon his testi mony-that the coroner’s jury bas ed its verdict. According to the evidence given Mr. Owen, he and Miss and Nettie Thomas were on their way to church late Sunday after noon. and upon reaching the home of Ben Thomas, were at tracted by the loud talk and curs ing going- on in the residence. Stopping- in the road which runs within 25, yards of the Thomas home, he testified that Will Fisher was either shoved or knocked out the front door and that Clifford Fisher followed immediately be hind him After the elder man had taken only a few steps, Owen testified, he was struck by Clifford Fisher with a weapon, later idei^ified as iron rod about twenty inches length, from behind and knock ed to the ground. Clifford then pulled his victim up and again struck him with the weapon, re peating this malicious practice three times. Clifford then slung the injured man against?»a chim ney, Mr. Owen testified and jumped on the fallen man, stamp ing him about the head and body. He then shoved him over a small embankment. Still not satisfied, as it appeared from the witness’ tes timony, Clifford is alleged to have got on the then unconscious man and threatened to" cut his throat unless he was gone in ten (Continued on page three) SHAY COING TO FAIR HERE Committees Working To ward Event To Be Staged in Brevard ' W. W. Shay, swine specialist of State College, has announced that he will take part in the Brevard community fair to be staged here in the early part of October. Prof. Shay will judge the swine exhibits, and will also give a lec ture on proper care and feeding of hogs for best results. Dean I. O. Schaub, who is very much interested in the pig grow ing project that is being carried out in this county by Agriculture class boys and business men of. the town, expressed the hone also '0 be present at the fair, but ould not make definite arrange ments at this early period to at tend, according to Prof. J. A. Glazener, who spent last week at State College attending an agri culture course. Committees in the Little River and Boyd township sections have already begun to lay plans for en tries from their communities, and other committees in different lo calities are expected to be named in the near future to haxe charge of entries. Chief amorlg attrac tions at the fair this fall will be showing of the 30 purebred Po land China hogs and several blooded sires of the nfilk type which have been brought into the county since last fall.