SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAE BREVARD, NORTH CARLQINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933 OPPOSES COUNTIES TAKING REALTY ON FORECLOSURE BASIS Bill Introduced By Galloway Would Allow Title For Amount Due Representative M. W. Galloway has introduced a bill in the Assembly which would proh" - any county or municipality frc takin.it over property in its enti'-'y against which taxes or assessm arc duej ?xhen th- amount due the county or| municipality is only a fraction of the' worth or value of the property. The bill, together with preamble, . follows : "WHEREAS, it is not in keeping' with our traditions nor with o;ir : ideas of the functions of a great j State government, nor the protection ?' such government should afford its i citizens, that such state or its sub-/ divisions should exploit its citizen-; ship to the extent of taking their pri vately owned properties without just compensation therefor, and, j Whereas, it is ar.d iias been the, policy of the State of North Caroli-J na, and its several sub-divisions or ' counties, to take from the individual ? citizens of said state, properties, th'*; forty times the amount that such; actual cash value of which is, ten to citizens are due the state; that neith er the state nor its sub-divisions, claim, nor pretend to claim, that thei amounts for which such properties; are taken and appropriated by the: state or subdivision constitute a "justi compensation" therefor, now there fore. I The General Assembly of North i Carolina do enact: SECTION l. That hereafter,; neither the State of North Carolina,' nor any county, city or town, or J other taxing authority now existing j or which may hereafter exist within' sad state, shall sell or in any other j manner take, acquire or pass title to, - any property, whether real or per-J sonal, belonging to or owned by, in- j dividuals or corporations, whether' residnt or non resident of r-ai I slate,! the cash value of which is reason-! abl.v in excess of one hundred per, cent more than the amount of the' taxes, assessments or other claims for which such property is to be sold. SECTION 2. That hereafter it shall bo lawful to sell only so much of any property, by whomsoever, owneii. as will be reasonably suffi cient to okv the amounts lawfully charged or assessed against said property. ! V. F. W. MEETING j BE HELD THURSDAY Veterans of Foreign Wars will i hold a special meeting at the court house Thursday nig'n^ of this week : at 7:30 o'clock, at which time all members of the post are urged by officers of the organization to be present. i Several matters of vast impor tance are to be taken up at the meet ing set for Thursday night, and a prominent speaker from AsKeville is expected to make a short address. I I Mail Men Spend Night Camp i ing On Caesar's Head After Cars Skid ? Ice sufficient to tie up traflic ? d this section last Friday night i several accidcnts of more or less mi ' nor nature being reported as a re | suit. ; Travel between Brevard and Green viilo was practically at a standstill | Friday afternoon and Saturday I morning. Clyde Blythe, carrying the j Greenville mail from Brevard Fri day night, turned his car turtle on | the Caesar's Head mountain and bad to remain in the car overnight. He was only slightly injured in the wreck. A truck belonging to the B & B Feed company, also skidded, just beyond the state line, and Charles Cunningham, driver, also en joyed a night of cold. Saturday night, Hall Gray started to Brevard from Greenville with the mail, and he too, skidded his car in to the ditch on Caesar's Head, and had to spend a quiet evening, watch ing over Uncle Sam's mail. Several people from various sec tions of the county were reported in jured slightly as a result of the ice. Lewis Hamlin and The Rev. J. II. West, both Brevard boosters of the first type, assert that Transylvania countv was far warmer than either Henderson or Buncombe counties, those gentlemen having been in all three counties Friday and Saturday. Mr. Hamlin said that he left Bre vard Saturday afternoon, and that the streets and roads were practical ly free of ice. R aching the French Broad river bridge in Henderson county, he began running into heavy and stil heavier ice, and found the road beyond the French Broad very unsafe. i 0 YALTY WEEK TO BE OBSERVED HERE Brevard Methodist Church To Conduct Special Services During Next V/eek Loyalty Week will bo observed a' the Brevard Methodist church during1 the coming week, beginning Sunday night, with services held each even ing at 7:30 at the church. Plan of the movement is to ae nuairit m mbers of the church with the workings and duties of the church and to create a sense of loy Loyalty to Methodist doctrine,] Sunday night, Feb. 10. in charge; of the pastor, Rov. J. II. West; Loy-' alty t > Methodist. Emphasis uponi Chri.-tiari Experience, Monday nigh! February 20. Daughters of Wesbv Adult t-fass: Loyalty to the Method ist W.v.' of Living as laid down by mr General Rules, Tuesday night February 21. Men's Bible class; Loy alty to our Educational Institutions. Wednesday night, February 22.Fae ulty of Brevard Institute; Loyalty to our Missionary Program, Thurs day night, February 2o. Women' Missionary society; Loyalty to the Church, Friday night. February 2-1. Board of Stewards; Loyalty to Christ, Sunday night, February -0, the pastor. I Variety Entertainment Promises To ! Be Program Well Worth Attending A good time for all is promised at Brevard High school auditorium Friday evening of this week when a variety entertainment will be given for benefit of the Athletic Associa tion. Included on the evening's program, will be a "Womanless Wedding" in which some of the most beautiful and demure (ladies) of the com munity will participate; a radio broadcast that will have for enjoy ment of the l<wal audience outstand ing stars from all sections of the country; vocal solos by real artists; music "by the celebrated Fisher string band, which in itself is enough to warrant a large crowd; two humor ous skits ? "How Si Popped the | Question" and "A Bachelor's Troub-i les." j All in all the program is one that gu?/ranteed to causo the most ' depressed of blues to flit away as the melodious voice of Katy Smith wafts over the ether, and the at tendant joys of wedding bells are felt. Cast of characters for the "Wo rranless Wedding" includes ? Bride, Fred JIHler, Sr.; groom, Earl Full bright; preacher, Dr. Carl Hardin; bridfesmaids, Prof. J. B. Jones, Hin torf McLeod, Sr.; J. A. Glazener; Edmin Wike; maid of honor will be Dr. S?. M. Macfie; soloist Prof. Al vin Jtoore; flower girls, .Tack Tran tham,>John Verner: bride's little sister. (C. 0. Robinson; ring bear er. Harrv Sellers; father of bride, Ralph Cal'oway; mother of groom, Harry Johnson; mother of groom, Ginnie Wood; jilted lady, rnnip Price. Included on tht radio broadcast will be ? Announcer, Mabel McNeely; Kate Smithj Helen Erwin; Lowell Thomas, Margaret Fullbright; Sinp .??r, Frances Jenkins, Alice Joy, Vel ma Sharp; All American Girl, Mil dred Mcintosh, Bing Crosby, Grace Duckworth; Ruth Etting, Charlotte Patton; floswell Sisters, Zebbie Grooms. Mary Sue Jennings, Chris sine Yongue. How Si popped the question will ho presented ? Si. the lover, Hinton McLeod, Jr.; Molly Jones, Marion S. Bromfield; Mrs. Jones, Mary Frances Bigfjers; J[r. Jones, Walter Ashworth: Jimbo Jones, red Mil ler, Jr.; Jude, the colored girl, Eth el McMinn. A Bachelor's Troubles, and they ?ire. many ? will be presented by ? the Bachelor, Coach Ernest Tilson; ?ociety girl, Ruth Waters; old maid, Tuanita Puette; athletic girl, Nancy Macfie; demure girl Garnet Lyday; H-idow. Japie Strickland; THE girl, Virginia Wilcox. Miss Sarah Keels who has hepn .'order for several years in High School dramatics, and is an ex , perienced director of note, is in charge of the evening's entertain ment which promises to be one of 'he best given h^r" in some time. No outside talent is beinjr used, nf xtra directing heinr: used, and 'he entire urnf?"'"' of th? affp'T will be used to f'"fr?v expenses in curred bv the "'"Vetic associatior 'hiring the Asks For Law Allowing Bank Accounts To Be Traded Here Persons having deposits in the| closed Brevard Banking company! and other closed banks in North : Carolina, will, if a bill passes which . has been introduced by Wallace Gal-i loway, representative in the General Assembly from Transylvania coun-' ty, be allowed to sell their accounts, to persona or firms owing the bank,' j and the purchaser may offset such j deposit against his debt to the bank I :ind receive credit in full for his debt: to the bank and the amovnt so pur-! chased. As interpreted, John Doe had ' 4-100 on deposit in the Brevard Bank] when that institution closed its; I doors in 1930; Sam Smith owed aj >100 note at the bank, but had no! money on deposit; the bank has riot j oaid Mr. Doe amount <lur> him on his. deposit, and neither has Mr. Smith! paid the bank the amount owed by i him. Now, under the proposed bill, | Mr. .Smith can purchase the ac- 1 count of Mr. Doe and apply it on his! indebtedness, thus allowing Mr. Doe] to get something on his deposit and) at the same time allowing Mr. Smith | j to pay off his indebtedness to the j bank. . j The bill, as introduced last week by Mr. Galloway, is attracting much attention over the state. Following is copy of bill: WHEREAS, there are many ihousanda of citizens of North Car- , olrna, who had deposits in the soy- j eral banks of North Carolina, that ? are no-v closed, and, WHEREAS, many of these banks now in process of liquidation, have paid no dividends whatever to the depositors or other creditor;, while many others have paid only small and insignificant, dividends, and in many cases there seems no prospect 1 of ar.y immediate further payment! to depositors, and other creditors,! now tnerefore, | The General Assembly of North I Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That any person, firm or corporation, society or or- i ganization. by whatsoever name des-j i^nated, having any moneys or funds r.-n deposit in any bank of North Carolina, that is now closed and which has not paid it'i depositors and other creditors in full shall, from and after the ratification 0/ this act, have authority to sell and convey such accounts or dene-sits to any person, firm or corporation thai m.-.y desire to purchase same and who owe such closed banks any -loney, and such person, firm or corporation, purchasing such ac count or deposit, shaii be entitled to apply such account or deposit to the iischarge of any debts owing by them to such closed banks at the full face value .if such account orj deposit. SECTION 2. That all laws and j clauses of law in conflict with the \ provisions of this set are hereby re pealed. SECTION 3. That this act shali; be in full force and effect from ant! I after its ratification. j 'WOODLEY GETS BIG PROMOTION IN WORK Pat Kimzey Will Supervise Liquidation of Banks In Western District I ? I [ W. W. Woodley, Jr., who has been! [in charge of liquidation of the cios-j !ed Brevard Bank and other banks j of this section, has boon transferred to Greensboro where he will have charge of liquidation of the United Rank & Trust company and three branches. His headquarters will be< at Greensboro. W. Pat. Kimzey, who has 'been as-{ sisiant to Mr. Woodley and attorney i ! for the commissioner of banks in ! the Brevard matter, will supervise I liquidation of the banks that haw J been under the charge of Mr. Wood-: ley, ard will retain his official ca t pacity of attorney at the Brevard j bank. I K. Fiank Andrews. ,of Greens-! boro, will assist in liquidation, and | will spend some time at each of the ; banks ir. this district. Included ir. j the hanks under the supervisiun of , Mr. Kimzey are the Brevard hank.; First Bank & Trust company of; Mcndersonvilk', with branches at I Flat Rock and Saluda; the Amori- J ?an Bank & Trust company, Hen- f dersonville; Rutherford County Bank! and branch at Chimney Rock: Mer-j chants end Farmers Bank. Fores* f City; Bank of Mooresboro, at i Moorcsboro; and the First Bank &t Trust company, Tryon. Mr. Kimzey will retain his office t i at Brevard, and present plans call ' | for his being here Monday, Thurs- ' [ day afternoon and Saturday of each ! ! week. | D. A. R WILL GIVE PARTY MONDAY NIGHT j A benefit party .sponsored by the! local chapter of the Daughters ofj the American Revolution will be j j given on the evening of George , rfhington's birthday, February 2~, , I at the Pierce-Moore hotel. i Bridge, jig-saw puzzles and other, ' games will be provided, and six val- i / liable prizes will be awarded. The' ! games will be played from 8 o'clock! jon during the evening. Refreshments, .'will be served, and a delightful eve-j ; ning is assured all who attend, j j Tickets are now on sale at thirty j five cents each. j MlfCH INTEREST IS I SHOWN IN TOBACCO! i Over 25 farmers of the Little j River community have already pur-j ' chased tobacco seed and are plan- ' jning on putting in from ?ne-fourth j on three acres of Judy Pride tobac-| co this year, according to Prof. J.j A. Glazener, who is working with! the farmers of the county in an en-J deavor to get from one hundred to 1 three hundred interested on a small scale. Another meeting of the Little River farmers w'll held on Fri day n'ff.ht. Fobrua''v ?A. at which time "Soils and Fertilisers" w;P be discussed, and orders taken by Mr. Gln7Pn"r for seed 1r,mr''i'lt!is is le?fl on the fact that '-hiTo 5,-pr] shonld b? sown im if bes* resnlts are to ,i ""Trirch 1 * h"inc limit for Gl?" say MOVE STARTED TO COMBAT WET BILL General Assembly Committee Reports Favorably On Repeal Proposal With announcement from Raleigh J that the house judiciary committee had reported favorably on the Bowie-Murphy hill to legalize wine and beer in North Carolina in the event congress amends the Volstead Act, which report was made Tues day, renewed activities has been noted in the drys of this community. Petitions are being- circulated by members of the Methodist church here, and over tho> state, these pe titions to to be sent to North Caro lina representatives, members of the Congress and Senate, asking that no change be made in the prohibition laws as are now in force. "B e 1 i ev inn *hat intoxicating liquors are a narcotic poison and a habit-forming drug; that their usej increases crime and social wrongs; j that the economic drain of moneys! spent for liquor would fall most } heavily upon those least able to bear ! it; that no unit government, state or! national, has a moral right to liga i ii^e or sanction the sale of a com-! moaity which long experience has j proven cannot be regulated and is j as detrimental to the individual as I to the state; and that it is beyond! the power of delegates to a party ' convention to bind the members of j a political party upon a moral is sue, w; the undersigned citizens of Transylvania county. respectfully petition you not to vote for the leg alization of beer or for any mcasur proposing modification or repeal of, or for any chang in the laws which periair. ! > the manufacture, sale! and transportation of intoxicating I liquors. CHARLES MOORE MAKES UNIQUE PENNY DISPLAY To Charles Moore, salesman ex- ! traordinary of the Southern Puplie ' Utilities store, goes the credit for making one of the most attractive and interest-compelling window dis plays seen in that concern's display room in some time. j Mr. Moore took the lowly little) penny and built around it an idea; which ciearly shows just hew muclij luxury, satisfaction, enjoyment, la- J bor saving, time saving, or whatever, one would choose to call it in the way of electrical service for one cent. Mr. Moors shows in his display ex actly what one can expect from a penny expended for electricity at the new rate, with proper applian CURB MARKET TO BE DISCUSSED AT MEET Curb market for Brevard will be discussed at th e Brevard Kiwanis club Thursday of this week. Pro fessor Julian A. Glazener will b~ in charge of the program, and upon ! invitation of the program commit tee will go into the whys and where I fores of a curb market. j Several organizations have beer working on nlans fo " establ'shing : curh market here t'rr. ?nunm?r. an/ members of the Kivr>n:s c1"b hnv "igri'^iod ^heir intend i of helninr :n t'"> vf-k, provided >> o?.n be don OT) ? 'hclt ry "-?"'bn ;T,e immunity. PASSING OF SCHAIN | CAUSE OF SORROW; Pennsylvania Man Was Well Known Here Where he Had Business Connections Word was received in Brevard ! Monday n;ght of the sudden death of j Jos. M. Schain, of Berwick, Fa., who ] was one of the organizers of the Tox away Tanning1 company, Gloucester Lumber company, Rosman Tanning Extract company, and Transylvania Tanning company, and has been one of the leading officers of these com panies sinct their organization. Mr. Schain had often visited in Brrvard, being a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. Silversteen. to whom he %vas related, and had numerous friends here. He was one of the pioneers of Berwick, Pa., and one of its leading citizens. He was one of the organi zers and an officer of the Berwick Savings if; Trust company; head of the Hospital association, and a lead er in all civic and charitable organ izations of his home city. Surviving are the widow, one ('?jughter, Miss Selma Schain and ur sons, two of whom, Herbert J. '-'chain of Brevard and Albert Schain ' New York, are associated with the T ransylvania companies. Attending the funeral services m Brevard were Messrs. Herbert ?hain and Jos. S. Silversteen. All plants of the county, includ ing the Transylvania Tanning com pany, Gloucester Lumber company, "osman Tanning Extract company, 7 vaway Tanning company, and the ( )< ucester Lumber company store \\v" closed Thursday afternoon as a token of respect for Mr. Schain. B. Y. ML MEETING DRAWS BIG CROWD Excellent Program Rendered At Meeting Held At Elian tyre Baptist Church PENROSE, Feb. 15? Quarterly B. Y. P. U. meeting of the lower dis trict was held Sunday afternoon at Blantyre Baptist church, with Mi" Hybernia Shipman, district presi dent, presiding. Devotional? were conducted by Randall Lyday and Ernest Brown of the Enon Union, Roll call of unions showed attendance by Blan tyre, Boylston, Enon, Little River and Turkey Creek union--. All union - of the district were represented ex cept Pisgah Forest. Snecial sorig service was rendered by Boylston union; Vernon (ins nell of Little River, spoke on "Stewardship," using the topics of Time, Opportunity and Talents; R A. Huggins of H: ndejfsonvilk- wa? present, and delivered a splendid message on "'Willing Sacrifices." The Rev. J. L. Bragg, pastor of Knc i church, and the Rev. Fiavr Holden. pastor of Blantyre church, were present and made talks on B. Y. P. U. training. Attendance at the service Sunday was very good. Next district meet will be held at the Boylston church the second Sunday afternoon in May. MAN EATING WOIF TURNS OUT TO BE | JUST ORDINARY DOG Animal Attract Attentitfi Of People From Many Sec j tions Of Country I The "man eating wolf" that roaro : ed the French Broad vail 07 for several weeks, causing much excite ment among the citizenry of ? this community, has faded? today it lies in a grave near the home of Teli :?rown 011 the Country Club road just a plain dead dog, , LfTu jJr'r associate biologist ? , thf V- .S' Survey, station ed, at Ashevillo, was in Brevard Friaay to check up on the supposed .to be depradatory varmint, ami satf just a dog." J However, Mr. Burleigh said that , tne mistake made was a very ?asv one, in that the animal had the ? mo 1 kings ar- to color and size of a , coyote; that from action.? described I by citizens who had ssen the ar^mai prowung around, it had ?1! the characteristics of a coyote, but that elore inspection of the head would show just plain dog. Mr Burleigh said that it was probably a part collie, which barf gone wild, and while it might have destroyed small game and even gone into the chicken killing business on a small scale, that the type very sel dom, if ever caused any bad damage. ' The animal was killed r.n Saiar day afternoon, Feb. 4, near Brevard high school by Mr. Brown, after a neighbor had called hi? attention to it. Mr. Brown used a high powered rifle, and s?v"d that the belief seal ' tere.1 arcur.d that it could not be , killed with a.i ordinary gun was alf ; tommy-rot;? h^ justf took one fhot at jthe animal and life was no more. | Mr. Brown said also that there was no armv of people with him" when |h? made the kill. Dog. wolf, coyote, or whatnot, : Brevard got a lot of newspaper publicity out of the affair. P. T. A. MEETING IN HONOR OF BIRTHDAY ! February meeting of the Par I ent-Teacher association will be held | Monday afternoon -J t . /elementary school building. , Featuring the program will ly> a j ?! rip Iff pageant and candle lighting ceremony in observance of the na tional birthday of ?h" P. I. A. This ceremony will be presented by some |ot (he grammar grade students and i tea chert. ! All mothers are urged to attend j the meeting next Monday afternoon. 'romMwjll j PLAY AT MARS ML o ' ,r> ? R' -man High ?Schools basketeers will to Mars I Hill 011 Thursday of this week to j I'i'-y in tlte elimination teumamert | be'ng staged there. Coach Cline i (taking a pretty stiff team to enter j thr tourney. j Rosman h'jrh has had an excep tionally (rood team for the nasfc sc leral years and have shown' up wdl ir> their play this season. People ''Stirred Up" Over Bill As Regards Hunting-Fishing Licenses Representative Wallace Galloway'. proposed fish and game bill con tinues to hold center of the stage in this count?! with interest growing keener as the days pass. Opponents of the proposed meas ure (which would a'low hunting and fishing upon the premises of proper ty owners in the county upon in vitatioil of the owner without license; allowing fishing at all time in the French Broad by citizens of the county without license; and al low trapping, netting or basketinjr fish for family use in the French Broad by prjperty owners) are em phatic in their assertions that to al low the bill to be passed would be ruinous to the county from a tourist standpoint, in that the fish and game stock would be depleted with in a couple of years to the place where people would no longer care to come here for the sport, and in 1 this way work a tremendous hard ship upon all people of the county, both farmers and business men. A number, estimated to be in ex cess of one thousand, have signed petitions which will be presented tr Renresentative Gallowav within the next few days, asking that he pus*1 *>is fight to exempt th^> French Bioa'1 from the Stat" wide gamolaw. The petition is as follows: We the undersitmed citizens and "lavnayers of Transylvan:a county ''nrrhy heartily endorse vn,ir bill to ""?it French Rr-vd P:v?r from thereof sbov? Ro^Tian to TTnjider'on ponntv the wr-,tjon 0f the sta*p wi'1" rrcmc and fish law, and hope that yoj. ean have same enacted into law, and if for any reason you cannot pet the ' bill through and into law, thnn we respectfully petition that Transy lvania county be taken entirely from | under the present state wide game ; and fish laws and that you pass an jact applying only to Transylvania i county, for the propagation and pro ! tection of our game and fi<=h. One petition in the hands of Har rison Nelson, is said to have had ! 48<> names on it Tuesday afternoon, with six other petitions being cir culated through the county. Statstics from the North Carolina Department of Conservation and De ; velopment, covering a period <if , three years, show that Transylvania county has received in salaries paid, more than the amount spent by residents of the county for license, and that a total of 618,973 trout have been brought into th>? county from the state operated hatcheries, together with 76 Mexican qnail, 20 pheasants. 3 wild turkeys and 33 settings of pheasant eggs. Figures from the department show that in the thvee year period j 20 has been paid to residento I of the county as salaries. Fishinf 'liivnc"; purchased by residents ! amounted to $1,203 in the period; .'1,101.00 for hunt:isr license, mak ? ir<r a total of $2,394.00 paid by ; residents of the county for fishing and h'Tntinir licenses. while non ros'dor.ts have paid ? 673.00 for

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