The TeapIylvania Times
FIVE
' Kiwani^" GENERA SAlS TAX p AS
PostD,’^^efc| RELIEr MEAURE FJISTATE
FA^Sr GRO^e WEEKLY KEWSPAPER m mm CAROLINA
:VARD, ^3jH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1932
I Comm'
Na'>
thewhole
ste of
year
BYC^M1S»NER PERSON
"imp Says Natihal GoverAent Should IfMver Part of
it bet I'ransylvanis Bonded lnde)ness
to'vn-j. / ^ ""r ,
*0 J.%’'wSe” "worW® W- B. Anderson, eou| com- license. I,*-
4. Kinc-fiP'*^^ssionerano former
U- .7« "^e^™^raade autherizinR '“'fc] es’'
ovei to a^ . p^ Vies, in j letter to this 0th-
2 ^^^1'lnsum'^' thpuprhts brought oi^by
lrom|maK^^ ine.ing presid^’^ *'^;^^,.j.Iendfi’son arc of inters
jjjy i- .,■■ Cairo serve county,>^/r
1vi\ Ra year are: ^rewith printed:
f'l* oe (3 L. Nland; Intm'4-''' . „
rations Rd' R. L- Alex-.? ^.p the Taxpayers of
program. Re Paul HartselrfC "-ansjdvania County:
cation. R.alpH. Kamsey|.> Jt -was my intention to
ber.ship FraiD. Clement|,v‘ , ^.pe’al dijcussion of our fif-" nave oeen in use
affairs,’W F Kbiizey; p«hf^\,wi th troubles, in order that nearly every one
- |b^’ke tbe best lOugh money to buy
^*.nc ^ them,-when I wrote an sufficien amount of gas to
T " addressed to our rep^^^^® ^ when he needed to
i mTmTirfcITnr Galloway,/(^ so. I ingine that there are
A c*cor(ler>® ^^0. But it seems tW-^ousands ( cars that have been
r4 111 suggestions l/out of use:his year on account
iilll :.mocr>t ^^^^^thought, ,,JoF the
7jsideP!fressJ.“‘
is true that Mr. A. 1
tlr ti’sd we haw
I r 1 I 0 ccti'ig at the coui-t:
Children A RosmCput , 'vii.s!""buf Ihi
Brevard 4ade HSjtt to have fallen on
At (iristmaS Diro "thing has been d
rxi ,g failed,
Five hnndrTbildr4ta hnted a^ng®:"?
CLOTHES GIVEN
TO KIDDIES AT
lAKETOXAWAY
Local Boys Make
Quick River Trip
Mrs. Carl Moltz Plays
Santa Claus To- Chil
dren Of Community
Brevard To Asheville In
Five Hours Is Record
Of Boaters
CHILDREN MADE HAPPYTHRU
ACTION Of BREVARD PEOPLE
^
jfce deer
^'ational
>; all sec-
If^lsoason
r d end-
in the
in, drawn
^ications
"^he for-
in one
Bfday oi
Brevard,
the finest
nt buck
west as
north as
:ed, in the
iping over
three-day
ms were
'wollweeks.
1., 'Pierce
le .'Bryant,
le I Pruett
all of the
and cafes
if stay of
these
-j all sec-
license plat^ reduced to ac
tual cost‘ of'facture and dis
tribution, tjtc would receive
more money the sales of gas- —
oline than j®"' getting from RAICC 'I'OXAWAY, Dec.
com- (Special to The Times)
I -iW’’ ^sf Christmas tree event that is be-
'iXn)h“atrve^‘;to1d'“\i±:;:f. -y like
Carol~.s
Holiday Quiet In
Town Of Brevard
28.—
A party of Brevard boys took
advantage of the high water caus
ed by rain and melting snow, go
ing to Asheville Monday after
noon by way of the French Broad
river.
The ninety-mile trip was made
m five hours without mishap. The
boys launched their motor boat at
I Wilson s bridge on the Greenville
people [ouM not get eimirgh! given enabled to Aici^rs on account of ove
ley to iy a license plate. If age the nver port- mg of strong spirits, and no car
h could ave secured the plate, children of this ^ ' ' “
cars wald have been in use
Quiet prevailed in Brevard dur
ing the holidays, broken only by
an occasional fire cracker as some
would-be enthusiast of the old
fireworks days tossed one out on
the street and ^‘ducked from the
law.”
Few arrests wore made by of
ficers on account of over-imbib-
A il,lll ;.m(
SANTITO I
ficc of Transylvnia Tf' ....
pany at Brevar andf*® IcBion
man plants Sairday ^
anges and mimture
were distribute to
by Mrs. Albert'KyleJi’'®
Thorvald Berg. i ,
This is an anualF”'
Silversteen plain;,
for children of-mpU,!:.'were
Ji . J. other children iri.the ■'wo co^-.!’
Saken of ^g ^e]i^ no child who AR
.t|week by nffirp ai either pianl'i',.
ChaiiWi
tie ra. .
iig to venture to, •
•uggestions whicL\^*i
hat might holpv"^^
ng our county7™“
ubles. /
, lUiCS cto Wt-JI, liX^'V-**** 9
'week by office ai either plan:
- super- occasion b('ng turned 8^ ^
empty-lianded. ' . ^ .l*^>rora
Colored chilcren in Breai.
shared in the jcyous occasioou
the same manner as other chil
of the coramuniQ. ^f^^iave
BST
TOTS
«£st$ at
nday
Ired school
the Clem-
norning at
Gift Per-
oaa. F. D.
children of
Robt. H. Bree
nggesLions j-ctti uii accounc
if they owrrs' not being able to
14111- -tf buy a licen.
Again, it&ems to be generally
understood jat there is to be a
re-assessmer of real property in
all the Stat.this year, I do not
know how oer counties in the
State would Ike what I shall say
in regard tofis matter, but I do
believe that will be for the best
interest of tl taxpayers of Tran
sylvania coun not to set up an
'expensive bo^ of appraisers or
supervisors tspend time in go
ing over the >unty and examin
ing the diffejit properties with
a view to ascoaining their actual
cash value. Is would cost our
county hundfs of dollars and
there would bfust as much com
plaint about iqualities as there
5 filst place, I
am in favor
t as a permar/-'’,.'’"’-
mr state, buj
d be done
next
snuffs,
soft
Eture, etc
bill, plac
uxuries,
cigaret.,..
„gh priced”"’
SVo? “e sS
jpuriiies.ind shcij^^.^
Buried MondfeatliuS gig
Funeral services for Robert counties
Breese, who died in Raleigh at I ^
o’clock Saturday morning, we dWmn tins hould
conducted at Waynesville Mondt” f e
at noon from the Episcopal churc"®P "P 1
with the Rev. Albert New officta ?™ Jf , P>t this can
T„t„,-mBnt was made in Gree“ “Y fce without
mrting
w'ell known i®*® ta®djP°™essary ar- to visu. 0,=., n ‘ .
. . , ./.loa nsftfiVtv a-.ople, and ship, and at tl]ame time save
Ir- ^opening
the Clem-
eager chil-
iting more
doors to
ing. Interment was
Hill cemetery.
Mr. Breese was wen Known ir “
Brevard where he made his horn . •
young man, and has visite'i
^ asions. Born if! above,
Vs an
jjEill work
Raleigh for the past 20 years,
business taking him to all pa
of the state.
; stat-
here on many occasions.
section were given clothing,
candy and nuts by the “Santa
Claus of the Sapphire Country,”
Mrs. C. J. Moltz.
^ The event has been an outstand
ing affair in this community for
three years, each child deemed
worthy of reco-gnition, or in oth
er words, each child for whom ap
plication is made by citizens of
the community, is given desired
clothing of suitable size, or shoes,
in some instances both, and added
to this is the Christmas candy and
nuts.
ap-f. tl^o rn^lv u pui-u- ing 01 strong spirits,
five f»et SpJ ™ “i" *P wrecks were reported in the coin-
Makin^^tlie tr^n this cause. Altogeth-
anS't™|do‘!i“E„^£h,Te'=rno'=ntnS
Earl Fullbright and Albert Lyday. 1
Christmas Tree kr Under-
Privileged Childi^n Held
Friday Evenh^g
TOYS ANiT^NDY are
DONATED EACH 6lILD
Clubs and Individuals Veil
Repaid by Happinesk
of Recipents \
Mitchell Buried
At Old Toxaway
Burial of the body of Pert
Mitchell was made in Old Tox-
It seems tme that the very
best thing thacan be done is to
go over the pient tax books and
reduce everyofs tax list in the
county by a Ijiket reduction of
40 per cent, eper cent, 60 per
cent, or to vit would be con
sidered the acil cash value now
compared to vt it was when it
was last assess This would give
every man in t county the same
reduction in hpropevty, and at
no. man dis
satisfaction tb; Adhere would be
if there is a r(»^ of all proper
ties in the cour
No toys are distributed at these cemetery on Wednesday
events, it being the purpose of of'last week, after having
Mrs. Moltz to give such things as brought from the Cane
■will^ bring^ lasting cheer. Many section wliere the deceased
was found on the previous Moh-
children who were recipients ox
presents at the Christmas tree
program Friday were badly in
need of wearing apparel, and the
entire community joins in express
ing its appreciation for this time
ly display of generosity on the
part of Mrs. Moltz.
Approximate value of the cloth-
day. A sled was used in bringing
the body from the Cane Brake
section, being transported in this
manner five miles.
Chappell is reported to have
left home four days prior to find
ing of the body, and was last seen
Friday afternoon about four
FRENCH BROAD
NEARING FLOOD
River Nearly Five Feet
Above Normal Wednes
day At Noon
One of the biggest events to\
happen in Brevard in years from
a standpoint of real enjoyment
was the Christmas tree party stag
ed at Brevard elementary school
last Friday night when more than
two hundred children v/ere guests
of clubs and individuals of the
to'wn.
Started _ several weeks .'Xgo by
the Kiwanis club, original intent
was to gather approxijnately sev
enty-five children from families of
the community where Santa Claus
was apt to visit in his rounds
here, but investigation discloseH
that this number would be far
from the total who should be in
vited, and several of the women’s
organizations joined in the move
^^gtiiiizacions joined in th
french Broad river was still at as did several individuals
flood stage Wednesday at noon, I A committee headed bv Mavor
fi'om the lower end Ralph Ramsey and the Rev Paul
of the county to the effect that iHartsell with representative,s of
the river was still nsmo- fli/Mio-h thp
. * v/x me ciuui-l , , , •' auwuu a.uui
ing and supplies donated here lastaccording to information
Friday is estimated at better than Sheriff Kilpatrick,
three hundred dollars.
It is true
.X... for instance
property has
there may be
some propertief tat should have
■■ "djustment -- '
this is done
lere a price of
all the timber
taken off whilehers have not,
or where a bui'g has been de
stroyed or one tted. This could
n.»u. done by a i-d of equaliza-
low tion just as we) for three men
to visit every p in every town-
Born -
Charleston, in April, 1884, he hac
been in the insurance business ie‘" ,•
for the past 20 years, hii^^tion to tb gasoline, jiair arm rigot l - counnes tnu:
^ " irts^* poorest, a rich- affected that ^ould be done
ipol'jp. of Cr_,_ x_ i'Riif +Vii! is Tiottqa,'t;'(;0r for
iij/ this law v-".-
' call your j to be done,
IXV vv .X.. xo nothing but
Ifair and right 11’ counties thu;
children
it the pic
leveral who
e that this
1' “iiqnateur
;er [Baxter
ftory that
children
iiJdren
! glV’
1 bag of
the event
'ults were
■m at the
Schools to Start
Work on Monday
All schools of the county will
resume work on Monday morn
ing, January 2, according to an-
r’‘^»fnce7Ti.enF made by Prof. J. B.
Jones, county superintendent, af-^
ter a two weeks holiday.
Schedule as originally planned
for the schools v/as for operation
through Wednesday of last week,
but due to the heavy snowfall on
Friday, December 23, which prac
tically blocked all county high
ways, order was issued by the
board of education that the
schools not open on last Monday.
Several Christmas trees that
had been planned by principals of
the schools were postponed on ac-
snip, anu at tmme time save count of the change of schedule
hundreds of ds to the tax-‘while some of the schools held
payers of the c,y. I programs on Thursday afternoon.
One other thi am sure ought
ne ricn-la-tiet-tcv
|t peolie 01 our [But this w, ijviuiatter lor our
Surviving- are the widow, onef^j*^^ one 1 Legislature, ^ the National
E^te^s/ol rvaM-l ce4> S!®?
tet finaAcia our
Cte, and ij ia the
|es tax on asr
An indirect^ ,
ir"
Robert Kirksey, of Pickens, _
Miss Margaret Breese, of
Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. J,
Allison, of Brevard. 4«r4irpriLa.
Acting as pallbearers were E.r^^ ,
Li Withers and Alden Howell, ofK^V^ o^+iTC
Waynesville; Paul Hulfish. of At-F ,^'7’ e^^t tax
lanta; F. H. Briggs, of Raleigh; $100
Dr, S. M. Maofle, Jos. S. Silver-f a ^ ^a small
Steen and Fred Miller of Brevard, IP' ®a®® ’ tjBn
and Steve Adams, of Asheville. I*® a‘‘ J' ®
i [ know fiat
with a view to
along this line
i to get help
Ong uua 111®-'. 1
What I have r^e to is the
taking over by ^‘^tional gov
ernment of so ni,£ ojjj, tax-
abk property, esp. ^ran-
sylvania county, result
ant loss of taxes ^0 proper
ties thus acquiredu United
States. It IS n^Hut right
tiond ^.nmint
Boy Sc
‘WIFF
lALIFY
is Give
_ ^.;ter x.ioe.
nn.,fr prices generally jit-p
,/i/ed for damp tobacco,
'said, because buyers have to take
the chance of it molding during
'shipment.
Approximately 70,000 pounds
were on the floors of the Caro
lina and New Banner warehouses
jwhen the sale opened today at 9
J^lierifT-1 o’clock at the Carolina warehouse,
Ting fail- at Valley and Beaumont streets,
t of, com-[Following disposal of the lot
' ty'after [there, buyers and officials will
•ed. by {move to the New Banner, at Wal-
• ®'\mted nut street and Rankin avenue.
Hville Farmers were in high spirits as
' ted 1 collected for their crops,
• ^ jcomment being heard on all sides
IniA r” what they said were the good
• .x {prices being paid.
{The nearly $19,000 paid
that -his i,ur-
* «P°" Sho ®®"‘a
'h h.me >j3d hai ^jjy
tP^int t4e,gg®st to
j-e that you „ie wrong
kising. If the* value of
ten %ars an ^-r
corestei North Carolin
0- icired
I ,'4^
0 —6 me
{yesterday went to several hun
dred farmers from a number of
Western North Carolina coun-
Warehopse officials said
_ —of the tobacco sold here was
Otis BiOm as far away as Sylva, in
sick for ckson county. Most of it, how-
and able er, came from Haywood, Bun-
Mint Fcibe and Madison counties. 0th-
.V.the. sick li^cts were on the floors from
dM Rev. Mr.ierson and McDowell eoun-
visited Mr.
Blytlie on Su
Henry McY KEPT FOR 74 YEARS
Houston Glaze
Monday. 'RVILLE, Mass. — Daily,
The entire cDast 48 years without
^ cauie "±0 years vvjLiiout a
to learn that Cik, William E. Wall. 74,
is home from the'^ly recorded in his dia-
. ,ering nicely from Jfher and temperature
tion.
Charles Galloway y
...X. \ja,jivway\
field, spent Sunday >STILL CHARGED
Clyde Barton. * V —
Misses Kinley Fowl^^^fi* — Thurston the p‘
Vtor ’ and sheriff V/orlc P^1
and charged
^theft of a still
that our HatioTi2^g.j^.j^j^gjj^
should assume a P^\jj. bond
ed indebtedness J^Uion to
the amount 01 ^^^roperty
lost by our countiej^
Con^essman^ Wea^^
^Pa'ienator
Bailey and Senk^y ,^g
f could do nothing nf|
"'1/ a liability, and b^glarS
r;,;sjr3 J
ler tng after paying
^aleslxl than he is now
is V opinion that in
tonUrs all our hill
County Boarders
Dine On Turkey
who assisted South Carolina offi
cers in the investigation. George
Chappell, who found the body
stated to officers that it had been
in the position found before the
MOW stopped falling on Friday,
'December 16, as it was partly cov
ered with snow and ice.
Sheriff Wood was called, and
after investigation as to location
of the body, ‘in turn notified'sher"
iff Craig of Pickens county, who
was unable to reach the scene un-
tj* mte Wednesday on account of
the heavy snowfall. A coroner’s
juiy decided that the deceased
died from exposure, and burial
'"as immediately ordered.
Pickens county officials had
charge of funeral arrangements
for Chappell’s body, and later
took the children, a boy aged 16
and two girls, 9 and 6. to South
Carolina where homes will be pro
vided for them. The wife and mo
ther had died early this summer.,
the river was still rising, though
slowly.
At Rosman, the river was some
lower than on Monday, according
to telephone information, being
about four feet above normal.
Continued rain Wednesday at
noon is indicative of higher wa
ter by Thursday morning. No
damage has been reported.
Several inches of water were
flowing across the highway at
Penrose leading to the Little Riv
er section, passing on this road
having been declared dangerous
before noon Wednesday. I
W. 0. W. MEET
MONDAYNIGHT
New Officers To Be In
stalled And Special
Features Added
People generally in Transylvan
ia county en,ioyed the Christmas
season with its giving of gifts, ex
pressions of goodwill and general
time of good eats, and included
this bunch were also prisoners
Sheriff Wood’s bastile, who
were treated to a real Christmas
dinner with all the fixin’s.
As an extra treat, the prison
ers, sixteen in number, were al
lowed to eat all together at the
dinner table, and extra helpings
of this and that, were passed
around in regular Transylvania
county style.
Installation of officers xur
Balsam Camp 116, Woodmen of
the World, will be held Monday
-evening, January 2, at 7:30
o’clock. Members of the Wood
men Circle will also meet with
the Woodmen and take part in
the installation service.
Christmas presents were left at t> to be installed are:
three Transylvania homes on c^^^^^ander, Guy
Christmas day by Mr. Stork, ac-l?®fi^’ commander. A. B.
- a- » Galloway ;advisor lieutenant, H.
^ Kilpatrick; banker, Glover
Births Recorded
On Christmas Day
:ording to Mrs. C. Y. Patton, who
attended.—Arrivin-g on Christmas
day was a son at the home of M:r.
and Mrs. Tilman Meece, Brevard;
a son at_ the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lynch Whitmire. Rosman;
and a daughter at the home of
Mr. and -Mrs. Homer Holden, Ros-
College Record
Made by Moore
Ealeign wim
than to try to seek
now people in some way. vel^j
not to leave the wh!rda.,_
on him, for it is oiel
task for anyone. Airy
ITransj
,,,, .J.. ™n..- "il” -iii
nec,me 4 can be devised “® ^ " bettity
aiicse fai that have_ been Vours lo
Donald Lee Moore, who com-
pleted a course last week in Gup-
ton-Joies Embalmers 'college
Nashville, Tenn., has the distinc-
Btioi f making the highest grade
final examination ever re-
prdelt in the school’s history, ac-
prdiig to a statement received
k tlis newspaper from the presi-
Unt of tfie school.
^'^ore’s average upon com-
X pfipn of the six-month^ course
wa\99.7, average for the class
01 2 members being 97.5. Mr.
Mo-e will be connected with
& Osborne, Brevard under-
--r. and Mrs. Madison Allison
announce the ]>irth of a daughter
1 December 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Denn,y Nicholson
announce the birth of a son on
December 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holden
announce the arrival of a son on
December 27.
P. M. King Died
On December 23
Jackson; clerk, W. H. Grogan, Jr.;
escort, W. T. Allison; watchman,
Roy Smith; auditors, T. Coleman
Galloway, Lewis P. Hamlin and
F. E. Shuford.
Following the installation serv
ice a social hour will be observed
during which time refreshments
furnished by the ladies will be
served..
Bishop Cheshire
Dies In Charlotte D6SS and Professional Women’
the churches and clubs of the
town met and made up a tenta
tive list of families who it was
thought would most appreciate
children invited to
the Christmas tree, each person
participating in the event having
as his or her special guests four or
more children.
nig-ht cars wore
sent to homes of the children and
the hosts of little fellows twelve
years of age and under really saw
Santa Claus in his best mood in
an^^everrt Perfect for such
c«^r’ ®nj®yment of the occasion
we?o n® J youngsters’ names
rtSr ‘’'®y wended
Santa J'’® ®‘®S® where
r! t i" t'’® P®>^on of
Capt, Fred Miller, assisted by
and the Rev. Paul
Hartsell gave a salutation to each
fLr y?“nf®ters that brought a
the tu ®®|®*^y an'’ cheer; smiles
the worth of which could not bo
lightened the
were *^® fellOWs 38 thOV
tov a doll, gun, wagon or
toy of some description, that had
been selected by h^ ind a bag
containing an orange, apple, nuts
each dawned for
®® youngsters as they
t„n„„j yuuugsLers as tt
turned away from Santa Claus,
t ®*®P displaced the
tomidity displayed on the trip
’■®al JOy, the
kind that comes only.from ^ving,
could be seen on the face of the
hosts of the children as such one’s
little guest again took his or her
Santa tTb"S,u‘?ht:^
tLl®w^j*^®,®^ddren, with Bre
vard Wednesday club second in
line -mth 26. Other clubs acting
as hosts were the D. A. R., Matha-
tasian clu^ Fortnightly club, Bus-
iness and Professional Women In-
dividuab other than those who
acted through the clubs were Jul-
lan Glazener, Judson McCrary
Flake Feimster, Tom Ward. Carl
McCrary, Mr. Wylie, P. L. Threl-
Boy Scouts procured the tree
and acted as ushers at the affair.
\^xes li into the hands
,=,i-.ners 4 the tax be cut
Fre. ceDtlwhat they are
of 't all tican be done it
pan -will fcce the roads.
men^Yid boW indebtedness
fiuTunties a general sales
her leave counties to fi-
woi'L loci-Tmty^ govern-
Eno\ coutJ
mona cou.ii ^ '
by f.-eal ^' of ^ter this
maUi tb' _
find it
w, B.HEW.
Lake Toxaway, Dec|
NO
SERVICES T;
held at lips
eant Will Be
f iyen At Rosman
Word has been received in Bre
vard of the death of P. M. (Per
ry) King, w’ho -died at his home in
Ardmore, Oklahoma, on Decem
ber 23.
Mr, King was well known in
this county, having been reared
here, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John King, who lived just
east of Brevard. He left here for
ty years ago to make his home in
the west, later returning here for
his bride, who was before her
marriage, Miss Lou Nicholson, sis
ter of Milon Nicholson.
Announcement isjthell gjvTAXr oo a
=v Harry Perry, St. T pageant,
a--’.' ,„4-v;PhiUps Episcopal thatl® ‘^tmas. Spirit, will be pre-
;0UTl 30^ jail. kere will be no scfchatBaptist church
cou.ll churcb next Sunday^. ‘CX members of tlie
tl of ^ter this is enuren ^ ^ p characters be-
"^""i ^can DEEDS V^.MoWs
Vve '* Three deedsiro vreVr-
mMASetiiod of 1
deeds ^ ,
- x_ Love, o. W.
IN MAYOR’S COURT
Cases tried before Mayor Ralph
Ramsey include the following?
Casey Cox, public drunkenness,
$10 and costs, appeal taken;
Claude Reid, public drunkenness,
$10 and costs, appeal taken; Gay-
nus Bowen, disturbing religious
worship, bound to court; Mack
Perry, public drunkenness, $10
and costs; Durwood Smith and
Elwood Smith, trespassing' or
Brevard watershed, $10 and costs
appeal taken.
I- J *, D?t-,hink will jl
lat I apm^
- I
cne samci&», » t- ,
tnto thelma Brooks
ite, 'ay jjg re- jCl.mp
®*®'>iid truck‘FUeh,
sonr '
5cei'
are
nree aeeusnw“‘iJ.vh
the past yoTVeeHif.lCtj,,,. -
•eds Jess Am . CL ' hepVi,'
ws: Ida E. C luionHoiV iV;b
n; J. F. IVl totgjyr ‘£\
“ Brooks
.Armsti** “oPgu®
ir at v-Sx.,.;-
kristian and Non-
CHARLOTTE. Dec. 28.—Brief
funeral services were held here
this afternoon by Bishop Edwin A
Penick for the Right Reverend
Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Ra
leigh. who died last night of a
heart attack. He was 82 years
old and had been bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of North Caro
lina for 39 years.
The body was to be taken to
Raleigh for additional rites at the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
With Bishop Cheshire’s death,
Bishop Penick automatically be
comes bishop of North Carolnia.
Bishop Cheshire was a native
of Tarboro and was educated at
Trinity College, Hartford. Conn.
He was twice maiTied and is sur
vived by six children of the first
marriage and by his widow, who
•I 1 L ^i*otessionaI Womer
club had charge of decorations.
was Miss Anne Huske Webb, of
Hillsboro, and whom he married
in 1897.
Road Men Given
Praise For Work
1 raise for the manner in whicli
the local highway forces handled
the heavy snowfall here two
weeks ago has been received from
Chairman E B. Jeffress and of
the state highway commission and
R. Ames, state engineer,
letter to District Engineer P
L. Threlkeld, copy of which was
received by this newspaper, fol-
“We want to express to you oilr
appreciation for the way in which
you and your organization have
battled with the snow, ice and
bad roads during the recent in-
clement weather. In many section.-!
ot „he state it was an unu.siial
snow and ice formation that had
to be handled, following a week
WHITMIRE BABY DIES
ROSMAN, Dec. 28.—Ft^neral
Fnf; services were conducted for the
■tmfg Pnitcnberry; infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Uynch
'Cial juusic wtlfn 1'“'® at their liome Mollday
•ciai rtiubic will be ren- afternoon by the Rev G T ViH
*''pu'bIit'?s"crH' u Rev. J. N. Hail.Un-
publi4 is coidially in-|terment was made in the wVf:-
‘mire
netery.
SEAMAN DIES OF BURNS
loiiowing a week
WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 28 xv-x”^. temperatures for
• Nicholas Vadaro of E a s t j
Boston, Mass., died yesterday in . We thank you for the 'fine
a Southport hospital of burns re- x^’P,^ which the organization
ceived last week when a boiler this work and want to take
exploded in the engine room of ^’ccasion to express to you
the Munson line freighter Mun-|^”^^ men our appreciation
hsto, while at sea. Vadaro wasK®^ the splendid way in which you
brought to -Southport by a coast carrying on highway mainten-
guard boat. ance wmrk with reduced forces
[This cunailment as you know wis
No FLOOD CASUALTIES piecessary on account of decrea's-
ATTiM'rA''V w; „ ed highway revenue and we are
ATLANTA’ Ga., Pec. 28.— 'rfad to know- that your oreaniza-
Thr^t of floods menaced manyition has measured up so well un-
southern sections today but no der trying circumstanc
idrdc'’
—..’XC.AXO uuu no u«x- uy/ng circumstancf
^taiities were recorded from^the first real
Georgia. Alabama and Missigsmai^ic^ 'r*?;*