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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1933 VOL. 38 ? No. 4 SAM u. GILLESPIE KILLED SN ACCIDENT WHILE OUT HUNTING Falling^Limb Causes Instant Death of Prominent County Citizen BROTHER AND SON ARE i WITNESS TO AFFAIR Great Throng of People At tend Last Rites Held At Calvert Sunday One of the saddest accidents to oc- i cur in Transylvania in many years happened on la3t Friday night when Sam Gillespie, highly respected far mer of the Cherryfield section was instantly killed while out coon hunt-( ing. Mr. Gillespie, together with his ' thirteen year old son, Fred, and his brother, Mitchell Gillespie, were to- ? gether when the fatal accident oc-1 curred. Alter the dogs had treed a coon up a large tree in the head waters of Cherryfield Creek, the three hunters cut the tree, which in. falling struck another standing near- ' by, a limb breaking off and striking! Mr. Gillespie in the forehead. The impact felled Mr. Gillespie,; knocking his lantern from his hand. Sensing the fact that he had been struck by the falling limb, his com-j panions rushed to his side only toj find him gasping in death. No word . was spoken by the wounded man af- .' ter he was struck, death being in- j stantaneous Funeral services were held Sun-! day afternoon at Mt. Moriah Calvert j Baptist church, attended by a throng, of people estimated at from four to] five hundred peoople. Interment was! made in the cemetery nearby. Last; rites were in charge of the pastor, i the Rev. J. E. Burt, ar.d the Rev. j Paul Hartseil, pastor Brevard Bap-.' tist church. j Pallbearers were nephews of the' deceased as foliows: Arthur, Elial and Freeman Gillespie, Austin, El-j mer ar.d Lambert Baker. Flowers ? Were in charge of Mises Blanch) Scruggs, Gladys Gillespie, Mrs Gar-| ren, Myrtle Whitjnire. Ruth Jordan, ? Jessie Whitmire, Nolan Gillespie,' Mamie Hayes. Kilpatrick's Funeral: Home ha<i charge of arrangements. Surviving the the widow, one son, Fred, and one daughter, Ruth; the father, Lambert Gillespie, and three brothers, J. E. and Mitchell of this county, and Oscar Gillespie, At lanta. ESCAPED CONVICT TAKEN AT ROSMAN J. B. Owen To Be Returned To| State Penitentiary After j 6-Months Freedom J. B. Owen, wanted for escaping the state penitentiary, was arrested by Constable A. D. Rogers and Po liceman Bill Stroup on Monday night of this week at the Gloucester Lumber company store in Rosman, and lodged in jail where he is await ing to be transported back to Ral eigh. Owen was convicted in superior court here two years ago on a charge of stealing and given from two to three years. Several months ago he took leave of the penitentiary and is said to have been living in the Gloucester section since that time. A reward of $25.00 for capture of the escaped prisoner will be, claimed by Stroup and Rogers. CARR WILL BE HOST TO KIWANIS OFFICERS Directors of Brevard Kiwanis club will meat with F. Brown Carr, I president of the club, at his home inj Pisgah Forest on Friday evening of this week at 6:30, for their regular monthly meeting. Officers and directors of the club include: President, Brown Carr; vice president, Pat Kimzey; direc tors, Dr. C, L. Newland, Rev. Paul) Hartseil, F. D. Clement, Rev. R. L.I Alexander, Ralph H. Ramsey. ' 'WOLF STILL RUNNING | WP iN COMMUNITY \ _ iPeople Frqm Maiay Sections I Come Here Lookmg For Strayed Dog Pets. ? Transylvania County's own privatv I i wolf is still wolfing around, accord jing to reports received at tms office I Wednesday at noon. This particul, 1 Transylvania wolf caused consider inble excitement here the first ; o? Ita 'week when it was reported to be u ing just east of town in the tiencn B Several people report .^"^ed shots at the animal, which varied some in description as made by du f?rent parties who came in close con ta -t w?th it. However, all reports made are to the effect that "it is not a dog" as had been claimed by some but a real "wild animal of sort*, j either a wolf or coyote. towns Several people from othei town and cities have been in Bievard.) while others have telephoned con . cerning the brute, thepartiestbirikj that is was probably a pet 01 , theirs that had strayed from home' Sr.wgSi in'plrticlar who came from a ne^ar-j by =ity, was positne that ^ > ' c?Xr and & rfiT to a -r 'with that of her lost pet, until it was learned that the animal in | Transylvania .territory had a _ long . bushy 'tail. This lady's pet wolf hound. WWhaetheSrtenot the animal is a ssa sru F. F. A. WILL MEET HERE SATURDAY EVE . 1 Eighteen -Boys To Be Ra?ed From Rank of Green Hajdd at Session. ? 1 An open tor Future Farmers of Amcru.a be held in the Junior Hall Saturday evening of this week, beginning at , 7:30 o'clock. , ,r Members of the Junior Order, and - all members of the agriculture class j, S Rrevard High school are expected.) 2 attend the meeting, together w.Jh any interested people ot the county,, who care to attend. ;11 1' Main business of the niMting be the '"Raising of ^ "w;th firade of Future Farmers, with officers of the Brevard chapter m 1 charge of the program. , Boys who will be given the de g-ree and presented with button^ symoblic of their station in the work aiEarl Ashworth, Lee Cooper Jones pfllTPn Max Green, Mack Hamlin, . Melvin Hamilton, Frank Hensley. L. W Hollingswofth, .lG!eqrg)B Justus, William Strick, George Leverett ? iVrvv Mann, Edward Mackey, How ard Morris, O'dell McKinney, ? StaUrd Glenn. (Mt-g. Morgan, and Robert Tay.oi. Officers of the chapter who will) . ? ..Viaree of the meeting are O-iS;. li ?V,' ' S5.-TSS" wSuf' Hays Merrill, reporter; Professor J Glazenor, advisor. GALLOWAY NAMED j HEAD OF CREDIT CO. j T. Coleman Galloway, Brevard at for this county, and will be in of this loan service during the coming ylThe corporation is a branch of the] Op, . instruction Finance Corporation, derated by the federal government and loans money to farmers and live stock raisers for f n?al farm pur poses, taking paper on livestock surety. Purebred Guernsey Bull Placed Hi County by the Commissioners Announcement is made by W. L.i Aiken, chairman of the county board' of commissioners that a purebred j Hereford beef type bull has been ' placed at the coupty home near Se-i lica, farmers and stock; raiserslW the county who care to { may tatoe their cows there without charge, ! Mr. Ailta, in making the an nouncemenwstates that to his know ledge, Tran&lvania county is losing' thousands or dollars each year through not raising more of the beef type cattle, and recommends the Hereford type as outstanding in its class as a money maker. Long identified in tha ing business in this section of the I etate. Mr. Aiken asserts that cattle of the correct beef type will bring,! with market conditions as they are j at present from one to one and one- 1 joiiarter cent more per pound than| I the ordinary or milk type breed. | Chairman Aiken also declares thatj I the approved beef type will fatten Ion less than other types, being of the [opinion that yearlings will nearly (doublAthe gain on the same amount of pasturage and feed that the less approved types will do. It is for j these reasons, he asserts, that the I animal has been placed on county [homo farm, with privilege of free service berrsg extended. Brevard Laundry Resumes Operation on Next Monday j Brevard Steam Laundry, closed for iseveral months, will resume opera tions next Monday morning, accord ing to an announcement msde here Wednesday by J. S. Bromfield, owner and manager. Eight people will be given employ ment in the local plant Mr. firomfield states, giving work to several people who have been idle since the concetti was closed last fall. In operation for the past eighteen years, the plant was closed last fall when it was decided by the manage ment that there was not sufficient work being done in Brevard to justi fy the plant being kept going during the winter months. Laundry work handled by the local plant during the past three months has been taken cave of in the plant of a concern in a near by town. Handling the work in this manner ' lias proveh unsatisfactory, from the standpoint of the patrons here, who ;feel that the money being spent for j labor should be given to residents of 'the home town where it would be I spent with the local tradesmen, 'and it is for. this reason th.it the lo-' cal plant is being reopened. i People who have commented on the J ? move to employ local people to do the | work, are eiated over the fact and ex press themselves as being heartily in j accord with patrons of the laundry | who have been unsatisfied with the i manner in which the work has been jhandled the past three months, as-' jserting that with a plant of the type: 'owned by the Brevard concern, and | with as many people out of work as ! there are at this time in the communi |ty, every do'.lar spent should be given 1 to purely local concerns. ERW1N TO OPERATE BILL INTRODUCED TO I MILL AT MARSHALL MERCE 13 DISTRICTS j Brevard Man Will Take Over: Active Management Of Madison Mills. Announcement is made by. Renfy E. Erwin of Brevard, that the Madi son cotton mill -will begin operations on February 14, employing one hun dred people. Between twenty-fiv? and thirty man are now at work in the mill, making necessary repairs and getting mach inery in shape fpr starting the com munity's largest industrial plent. Mr. Erwin will be superintendent of tly? plant, and is directing the repairs now under way. While no announcement has been made as to other people interested iji the mill with Mr. Erwin, it is known that eastern capital is backing the project and that a market has al ready been established for shipping; the yarn as soon as it can be produe-j ad. Application for charter has beep; made, the concern to be known hS j Madison Millsi Inc. i While the plant has not been in| operation since 1926, the machinery is said to be in excellent condition and: very litle actual repair work is nec-j sssary other than a general clean-up] and alignment. With 9700 spindles, the mill will use from forty to fifty bales of staple per week, making fine comb ed yarns for knitting and weaving, and specially yams. The plant will be operated by wat sr power, using the French Broad riv er as basis, z. (iam already having t>een in use for this purno.se. Between > four and five hundred horse power; will be necessary fc-r pulling the ma-i L'hinery, the direct water wheel pow-j er of the plant being able to move, than double this capacity. Electric | lighting current will also be generat- 1 ed, this being furnished direct from plant owned dynamos to the mill. Superintendent Erwin is a mill man j Ltf note, having been connected with ; the Brevard cotton mills for six orj seven years and prior to that time j was iri charge of the Green River j mills in Henderson county for l*>j years. j FUNERAL SERVICES FOR S TATUM BABY THURSDAY j Little Jo Anne Tatum, seven-month j old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J j Tatum, died Tuesday night at Mis-J sion hospital, Asheville, following anj operation performed Tuesday morn- ; ing. Funeral services will be held) Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock; at the home of the grandparents, Mr., and Mrs. P. S. King, on Prooart street. Interment will be in Gillespie] cemetery. MASONS TO HOLD MEET j ON FRIDAY EVENING ? Masons of Dunn's Rock Lodge will ? hold their regular bi-weekly meeting, ir. the lodge rooms on Friday evening I of this week, beginning at 7:30. Re- J quest is made that all officers be pres - , ent at this meeting, and that all mem- 1 bers and visiting Masons also attend; the meet. . BAPTKT CIRCLES TO PROVIDE LUNCHEONS School lunches for the underprivi leged children will be served next week by members of the Livingston ] and Fannie Heck circles of the Bap-j itist church, according to announce ment of the general chairman, Mrs.! Pat Kirozey. . About 40 'school children arc being | fed each dag at the elementary school; building, the movement sponsored by j the Parent-Teacher association. I 'hrough cooperation of all civic, re- 1 ligious and literary organizations oil the town. Free milk for the children ; 's furnished by the county welfare icccd. Would Abolish Office of Super-, internment of Schools In t Separate Counties. RALEIGH, J A N. 25? Transyl- j vania county, together with twelve ' other western counties would be un- j der one superintendent of education ' if a bill now before the house eom~ I mittee on education is passed by thej General Assembly.' The bill, introduced by Reprcsen- j tetive Douglass of Wake county,! would make a statewide law by! which school districcts would fcl-i low the congressional district lines, only one superintendent of education being employed in each district. This would abolish the office of county superintendent in Transylvania county. The bill follows: "That on and after April, 1 1933, the office of county superintendent of schools in eacfc of ' the 100 counties of the state be and the same is here by abolietad, s.ad th^ duties hereto-; fore performed by the county super- j intendents shall be vested in 11 lie school managers to be appointed' one from each congressional district j by the governor, to be confirmed by I the senate, who shall serve until the! next general election, at which elec-j tion and biennially thereafter their successors are to be elected for a | term of two years. "That the said district managers; shall receive an annual salary of not I more than three thousand dollars < (3,000). with an allowance for trav eling expenses not to exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), end they shall each be allowed two stenog raphers or secretaries at an annual salary not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) each. The above salaries and expenses to be paid by the counties composing the district ! in proportion to the amount allotted to eacV county for maintenance of its schools." PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS Miss S. C. Parker, librarian at thej lr. D. C. Library, asks that people] of the community look around their homes and ascertain if through mis take they do not have a book belong ing to the library, as there is a total of 75 books missing from the shelves Miss Parker, in making the re quest, states that a number of peo ple have brought in books within the? past weeks, that were reported lost, j Hours at the library are Wednesday1 and Saturday afternoons, from two to five o'clock. WEDDING OF INTEREST i PERFORMED SATURDAY] Alfred Miiieii respected man of] the Sapphire, section, was married! to Mrs. Josie James, also of a fine j family last Saturday afternoon at j the court house. .Performing the ceremony was T. B. Reid, justice of the peace of the Oakland community. Mr. Miller, the groom is nearing the seventy mark; his bride, whose heme was formerly South Carolina, gave her age as fif ty-five. WILDS TO PREACH | AT PRESBYTERIAN | The Rev. L. T. Wilds, paster First j Presbyterian cittuch, Hendersonville, wiil be principal speaker at a "Week of Prayer" service to be held at the Rrevard Presbyterian church Thurs day evening, the program to begin at 7:30 o'clock. Ladies of the church have been con ducting services each afternoon dur lir.g the week, studying along the line 'of Misidns. and Dr. Wilds' sevrapn! i theme will be on foreign Missitfn>."i A cordial invitation is extended to all people of the town to attend this service. - . MORRIS GOSNELL IS BURIED OK TUESDAY ! Little River Man Dies After Lingering Illness of Several Months j PENROSE, JAN. 25? Late in the) 'afternoon of Monday, January 23, death claimed Morris Gosnell, after a long struggle for iifc, in which the very best medical skill, tender and . watchful nuiring had done possible to aid the beloved man in his battle against death. Mr. Gosnell was the son of the, late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gosnell of! Madison county, who died several years ago. He was twice married,: the last time to Ijliss Mariah Capps,! and to this union were born three children. Vernon, Ethel and Crace.i In addition to the widow and children ] three sisters, Airs. Bonnie Rollins and| Mrs. Clinton Norwood, of Balfour: and Mrs. Henry Gosnell of Greer, J and one brother, C. L. Gosnell of j Bath, S. C., survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday] afternoon at Little River Baptist church with the Rev. Carl Blythe, pastor of Balfour Baptist church, where the deceased held membership, in charge. As evidence of the high csicom in which he was held, an ov niflow crowd packed the church for the last rites. Mr. Gosnell was 49 years of age and had made Little River the home of his family for 21 years. He was ? niployed by the Balfour Manufac turing company, and employes of; ?his concern showed their respect I for him by large attendance at the; tUTKTal. { i Pallbearers were: Martin Ship-j jrian, Riley Merrill, Otis Merrill. E.I Shipman, E. H. Mackey, Bob Pea-; huff. Moore and Osbcrae had charge j of arrangements. REVIVAL SERVICES IN j PROGRESS AT GLADY! ! Rev. Burt And Rev. Conducting a Sert$? Of Meetings ThU , Special revival services began at. Glady Branch Baptist church Sun-: day morning at the eleven o'clock i hour, with the pastor, the Rev. J. E. : Burt, pastor in charge. Services will be held the rest of! this week and possibly through next week, Pastor Burt announces, with, services announced for this week in; the evening at 7:30 only. Prayer j and song service begins at 7 o'clock. The Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of Brevard Baptist church, and an evangelist of note, is assisting in the series of meetings, to which the public is invited to attend. > V ' REV. HARRY PERRY WILL j PREACH AT ST. PHILIPS] The Rev. Harry Perry, rector of | St. Philips Episcopal church will I have charge of services at his church : Sunday morning, two services, at eight and eleven j'elock being con ducted.' The Rev. Mr. Perry is recovering from a recent serious operation ,and his many friends will be glad to know that, he is able to resume his work here. | HON. WALTER MOORE DIED MONDAY MORN Judge Walter E. Moore, 76, judge Superior court, who has presided here at several terms of court, and .in his younger days enjoyed a large practice at the local bar before be ling elevated to the bench, died at [his Asheville home on Monday morn ling at three o'clock. Judge Moore 'had been ill for some time and was unable to preside at the December term of court here as iper his schedule. INTERESTING BILLS PRESENTED IN STATE LAW MAKING HOPPER j ' Sunday Baseball Bei..g Advo cated By Buncombe County's Sporting People. RELIEF FOR TAXPAYERS HOLDS CENTER OF STAGE I School Teacher Pay Cut Draws Wlrath of Leaders Over the Entire State. RALEIGH, Jan. 25? Several bills ! of interest have been presented 'lur ing the past week in the General As ] sembly, among the outstanding ones | being thore thrown into the hopper by I Western North Carolina members. One bill destined to stir up a hor r net's nest is a bill to permit Sunday i baseball. Buncombe county's repre sentatives, and Buncombe people, j judging from the letters and tele i grams coming in daily are split over the question, some saying yea and others nay. The bill is statewide. Belief for delinquent tax payers held the center of the stage for some time during the week, with possibili ties of several other measures of like nature to be submitted if the one al ready before the body fails. The "lower house repealed the much discussed North Carolina marriage license law Monday night and .ient it on to the senate. The law '?ills for physical examination of parties be? fore they car. obtain a license in this state. "Luxury tax" is again popping up ,on every hand, 83 a means of budget ; balancing, with Naders of the fight two years ago, as chief agitators. Cig i alettes seem to be coining in for a good share cf the source of new reve nue. | Slicing of school teachers' pay is I drawing fire from every comer of the state, and all the kicks coming in are not from the educators themselves. It lis set out in the arguments against j cutting teachers' pay, that this d<; : p&rtment of the state government has already suffered at the hands of the bu . get-balancers far in just propor tions to ether state employes, ami sta tistics are being scattficaj state bv neople opposed to TfflSffiwasr with salaries of teachers, showing that of all state employes, the tracher is in the lowest bracket. A little bet ter than TO per month is the average salary of all school teachers and of - (Continued On Pane Eight) HiNTON WINS BOXING DECISION ON FRIDAY Brevard Boy Appears on Semi Final of Good Card At > Augusta Fight Pug Hinton won on a decision from Jimmy Vincent of Jacksonville, Fia., last Friday night in the semi final of a bcxing bout staged i n Augusta the Brevard boy Win ning six of the *ight rounds. | Hinton, weighing in at 5 56 again' ' ! his opponent's 155, were on a ca* I | that featured Bill Reeling -of Her dersonville and Joe King of Jacksc ! ville Fla., both outstanding boxer" 1 of their class. Young Hinton expects to fighc I again in Augusta the last r<f next I week, on a ocrd that is being widely ! advertised. ' CATHEY'S CREEK NOW IN CHARGE OF COMMITTEE Tru?tees for the Cathey's Creek cemetery have been appointed, who are authorised to grant permission .for burial plots in this ceaetery. I Those appointed to have charge of , the cemetery include E. B. Barton, L. B. Wilson and Houston Barton, and any one wanting burial permits In the Cathey's Creek cemetery are request ed to see one of these men. - ? ;Fifth Sunday Singing Meeting ! To Be Heid Here Next Sunday Singers and singing- classes f rom | I all sections of Transylvania county, > [Henderson, Buncombe and Haywood! [counties in North Carolina and from I Greenville and Easley in South Car-! iolinu are expected to attend the Fifth ) 'Sunday Singing convention here, 'Rundav. January 29. The sesions will be held' in the county court house, beginning at ten o'clock in the morning, adjourning] for 'unch at 12:30 and reconvening at 1:30, according to announcement; made by W, R. Lewis, of Rosnian,! president of the convention. Among the county classes to be , represented at the meet will be the R'osman quartet. Rosmnn Ladies j quavtet, Cherryfield class, Pisg?h Surest, quartet, and a class -from C".Jsr Mountain, with several lead er.? o? note aluo .pr-^svnt i Professor Harmon, ha? just com pleted a two week's sinking school in the Cherryfield section, and this class, under the leadership of . Lloyd Cantrell and Professor Harrron are expected to add much to the program Sunday. Many people frorr sections of up per South Carolina and various parts of North Carolina are always in attendance at these fifth Sunday conventions, it being one affair that attracts people from far and near. I Luncheon at the noon hour is ono | of the important features of the day, I families and friends spreadiag their j lur.olieF together on , the spacious court house lawns. This feature, I however, is a "dutch" at'fafr, with leach far.:'/ bringing their own basket?.