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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH VOL. 38? No. 9 GMMWOMTOBE STARTED IN COUNTY BY 15TH OF MONTH AH People of County Asked To Join In Movement Assist Needy STRICT SUPERVISION CF ! ALL GARDEN PROJECTS Those Who Receive R. F. C. ! Funds Will Be Required J To Work In Ci ^ps Work of starting gardens under I the governor's live-at-home program,1 sponsored by the Welfare Committee; in Transylvania county, has already . begun, with a laige number of small plots being cleared and made ready! for planting. | Pians K ing carried out by thei relief body call for all people! Agricultural Advisory! Council cl [ who are being helped through re-j lief channels to have a garden plot; under care not later than March 15,; looking toward the plan of supervis-i ed gardening which will be county-!' wide. W. A. Wilson, director of relief, , Processors Julian Glazener and John; Corbin with Chairman W. L. Aiken! of the board of county commissioners will have direct supervision over all garden and farm projects to li carried on und?r the plans of the .R. F. C. group, several people of the county forming the advisory council. Under rules adopted at a meeting of a!! representatives last Fridayl) nighi^ no persons will ivceive aid from the R. F. C. or Welfare group 1 who have not shown a willingness to ' cooperate in the movement by March 15 Those people who are unable to ; ] find land upon which to work aj garden in their immediate vicinity) are expected to go out of the section, if this be necessary in order to ob tain such land. Inability to find land for a garden will not be regard- ? ed a sufficient reason to excuse such * parties, the- board ruled. i Supervisors in each of the com- ] munities of the county are being ap pointed by Profesors Corbin and I Glazener, these supervisors to keep ! :heck on all projects started by re- ' ceipts of aid and to see to it that-' they are earring oiit instructions, ^ j (Continued On Page Four ) CHECK TOURNAMENT;' NEXT THURSDAY EVEi ;] All Good Players of County j Invited To Participate In Championship Play | A county-wide checker tournament ' is planned for next Thursday night, accrdirg to Lloyd Allison, who is ' promoting the event. The games are scheduled to be played at the Can teen Cafe, starting at 7:30. All checker players of the county a iv' invited to participate in the event, which is to decide tho "un crowned king" of Transylvania. , Joe J. Vfgodsky has been unofficial ly declared "king of Brevard," and jt is to decide who is best in the county that *he tourney is being held next week. Players are requested to bring checkers, a keen eye a determination to stay put. Tables and checker boards will be provided. SATURDAY NIGHT DRUNKS Brevard blossomed forth with an unusual number of drunks over the week-end, fourteen being given berths in the county bastile Saturday j night and Sunday. "Happy days were here again," judging from the "lit up" parties to be seen. CROP LOAN MAN SS TO BE HERE TODAY Williams To Handle All Crop Production Loans Direct for County Farmers S. S. Williams, of Wayneville, district representative of the Crop' Production Loan Service, will be in | Brevard on Thursday afternoon, and Aill make arrangements and sched ules for returning to Brevard at an early date. Mr. Wiliams will be in the office of Clerk of Court Otto Al exander. Mr. Williams is in charge of all or on Droduetion loans in this section of th" state, and will have direct supervision over the loans this year and will maintain a Brevard schedule ea^h week. Those who wish to procure loans for purrh""? of livestock and poul try are referred to Attorney T. C. Galloway. Mr. Williams being in charge of the crop loans, which as fnmcrs ;n huyirj seed and fer tilisers. 0. MME PB WILL BE BEAUTIFIED Chairman Aiken Asking That) People Donate Bulks and Flower Seeds In an e/fort to make the county I home a more beautiful and homelike I place, Chairman W. L. Aiken, of thej coui.Iy commissioners, plans to have I a large number of shrubs and flow- ' vrs planted about the buildings and J grounds, prclimir t y work already: having been started on the project by Superintendent Whitmire. Mr. Aiken asks that all people of! the county who care to have a share ' in this work, to do so by sending toj him bulbs and seeds of flowers which they think will help in the work of making a nicer place for the county wards. Request is made by Chairman Aiken that the seeds and bulbs be sent direct to him and that all arc im.perly labeled, so that they can be planted in order most fitting. Labor lor the project is a matter that can be taken care of, Mr. Aiken sates, there being only the shortage j nf seeds and bulbs to hinder the work) and it is generaly believed that th" public will enonerate in taking care :>f this shortage. i BOARD TO MEET Members of the county Board o? ducation will hold their regular ?nonthly meeting in the office of County Superintendent J. B. Jones ;n Monday of next week. CAMP CHICKASAW TO 3E OPERATED AGAIN New Owners Plan Vast Im-j provements at Boys' Camp Near City Stanley Horn and Jack Whaley, of | . Mashville, Tenn., will operate Campl; Chickasaw this season, according to! mnouncement carried in the Mem -J shis Commercial Appeal of Febru-j lry 10. The story taken from the 1 5 Tennessee paper follows: |! Camp Chickasaw at Brevard, N.j< 1.. one of the best known summer j< ;amps for boys, was taken over yes- j | :erday by Stanley Horn and Jackj' Whaley of Nashville. Negotiations) ?vere closed with R. J. Hackney, who| ?a mo into possession of the property I ' recently, and whose decision to con-|' :inue it as a summer camp led to the j 1 leal with Mr. Horn and Mr. Whaley. j' Mrs. R. J. Wiggs and Francis r Hudson of Memphis will be the local representatives and will accompany | 1 the Mephis boys to camp. J. Q. II. j fownsond, one of the former owners, j will act in an advisory capacity. i It is expected that the camp will : Dptn about July 5, and it will eon-i! tinue two months. Dr. M. S. Ben- j ictt, former head coach at Sewanee 1 1 and a physician with great experi- i ?nee with boys' recreation activities, .vill be camp director. There are i about 250 acres in the camp and it >s thoroughly eauipped. It has anil artificial lake and the French Broad j] ^iver for swimming, an ample sup-i ily of motor boats and canoes, 12 ennis courts, a nine-hole golf course, wseball, football and basketball 'elds, a running track, archery 'rounds, rifle range, a gymnasium ] -?nd mountain climbing equipment, 't is 2,500 feet above sea level with me of the finest summer climates in the Appalachians. Preparations will go forward im mediately to make the camp bigger and better than ever. Mr. Horn is editor of the Southern Lumberman. 1 and Mr. Whaley was for many years ^ ho owner of the Nashville baseball - ?)ub Both are well and favorably ' .nown in Memphis. LENT SERVICES ARE ? HELD AT ST. PHILIPS; The observance of Lent at St. | ' Philips Episcopal church began yes-r terday, Ashe Wednesday, with Holy I Communion and Matins at ten o'clock; a. m. , Services for next Sunday the first I Sunday in Lent, as announced by the Rev. Harry Perry, rector, follow: Holy Communion, 8 a. m.; Church School at rectory. 10 a. m., speaker (via radio) the Bishop of Mexico: Holy Communion and Sermon, at 11 i. m.. sermon subiect to be "The Solvation of Our Souls." Week day services announced by roffr.- vre to be held ? Wednes -'lys. Holy Communion at 10 a. m.: Evensong an4 Litany, Fridays at 1 p. m. G? .AT>YlB.^ANCH"MEET!AJr TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY A workers council and church "onforeno v.'il! he h"!d at Glidy Branch Barti3t church on Fridry night of this week, beginning at oV'nok. All members of thv "hurch and all members of the Sun ! :~y urged to be pre?ert fry '.bfy rnnMl-nrr Tax Payers' Meeting To Be Held Here Saturday A meeting of all citizens of the county is being called by interested pal-tics oi Brevard, the meeting to be li'ld ai the county court house Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when matters pertaining1 to tax problems now facing the county will be taken up. and an organization perfected through which relief of the county indebtedness is to be sought. Ca!i for the meeting is issued by P. E. E. Jenkins, S. W. Radford, Dr. J. II. McLean and Jerry Jerome, v.uo declare they are acting iri the interest cf tho people of the county as ;i whole, and for this reason every interested citizen and taxpayer is urged to attend the meeting. A taxpayers association is badly n. ded in this county, the gentlemen ( calling the meeting assert, and time for action is already here. While no definite program has been announced, for the me ting Saturday afternoon, i it is believed thai th-> event will be of interest to all people. j GIRL SCOOTS WILL j : PRESENT 2 PLAYS, Two Comedy Farces Promise Fine Entertainment Here Thia Friday Evening Troop No. 2 of the local Girl Scout organization will present two one-act plays in the high .school aud itorium Friday night March -'ird, at 8 o'clock. Members from all four patrols of the troop will participat: in one of the two entertainment fea ures, according to announcement by . the directors. , These plays are to be presented as a part of the Scouts annual drive j for funds to finance a Girl Scout , Camp in the spring. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used to ! help defray expenses of the outing. I which will probably be held in June.j The first of the two plays, "Qui t Aunt from California," is a hilari- ( Dus farce which relates the story ol i rich aunt and her three pretty lieces and their odd experiences. The cast for this play has been an nounced as. follows: Feiica Ncedsy, Frances Jenkins; Rosalie Needey, > Christine Yongue; Sally Needey,! Ruth Pickelsimer Mrs. Needey (t'nei' mother) Rachel Orr; Miss William (a dressmaker), Ora Holt Long Mrs. Merry Mutaburn (The Auni from California), Kate McLeod; anf" he maid, Yvonne Robinson. "The Kleptomaniac" will be th< second feature on the night's pro gram of spicy entertainment. The lirectors of the plays have announc ed the following cast for this pro luction: Mrs. Jack Burton (Peggy). Mary Sue Jennings; Mrs. Valci^e Thase Armesby, Ruth Fulton; Miss Freda Dixon, Charlotte Patton; Mrs. Charles Dover (Mabel) Grace Duck worth; Miss Evans ,a newspaper re porter, Nell Duckworth; Mrs. Pres-| :nn Ashley (Bertha) Anita Gallo-J ,va,v ; Katie, the maid. Betty Mc-j [.end. Helen Erwin will sing be- * tween the plays. Misses Beulah Mae Zacharv, 10th;1 j MrMinn, and Lillian Jenkins are iirecting the plays. All three of' these young ladies have been ac tive in Girl Scout work in Brevard; for several years, and have done much for the furtherance of the Sirl Scout movement here. Furniture will be provided by. :ourtesy of Farmers' Supply Co. I FOREST FIRES ARE j SET NEAR PENROSE! ? i E n o n Correspondent Flays j People Responsible For j Sunday Night Blazes Forest fires were raging Sunday' rvght up the Lyday's creek section.: Just at dark on fire appeared to :over more than a mile stretch. From ! the oblong' oval shape one would) know that the fire was purposely set.' On another mountain a fire of like! proportions was rapidly urged on by I the strong west wind. These fires flaring up on Sunday; further prove that some ignorant,' careless, bold criminals knew no bet- : ter way of spending a Sunday after-,' noon. Hundreds of acres will bp burn-! 2d and untold waste will result. Still we speak of being poor in | this county. How can we be other] wise? It's shame on our civilization' that we have such untrained people , with which to contend. Too many_ of i our boys are turned loose to run wild. ; To wreck and destroy. How long will! we be in learning to preserve ourj natural resources? Protect school : houses, educate our young people and make a decent civilizationV TOBACCO EXPERT IN | COUNTY FOR MEET! t I Several farmers of the county met ?t. the- countv court house Saturday iftcrnoon and hesm] Victor II. Shcl boi'.mo. of Asheville, who is ccnr .ict od with the New Burner vcehouse. discuss growvig and marketing to bacco on a smriil scale for pro?!*-.*. ! Mr. Shelbourne war. here in the in terest rf prcjr-'tjnjt group production ' ?if burlev tobacco, with the idea of givinjj supervision to the various iro iecti on a commission basis. No definite action was taken by (he I small group of farmers prescr*. Slf SMATIVE ARE i CHOSEN AT ROSMANj j Most, Best Prettiest, and-so-j forth Named By High < School Students ROSMAN, March 1 ? Superlatives j for Rosman High school, selected by I the student body include a large! number of pupils, from all sections! of the school district. Those selected) include: Most attractive girl, Helen Oweni) most attractive boy, Harry Morgan : ; class flapper, Frances Morgan ; class ; sheik, Frank Tinsley; most digni fied girl, Myrtle Bryscn; ladies' mar,! Doc Gillespie; most athletic gir . I Betty Nelson; most athletic boy, E. I J. Whi'mire; class grumbler, Viv-J ginia Bruner; loudest boy, Harry . Morgan; most studious, Louise Glaz- , ener; prettiest girl, Helen Owen. Dizzy blonde, Ann Sihgleterry ; ? most popular girl, Betty Nelson ;j most popular boy, Doc Gillespie;] class gossiper Walter Reece, Jr. ;; most artificial, Ann Singlcterry; old j maid, Kate Waldrop; old bachelor, | Homer Clark; most in love, Gladys j Gillespie; wittiest, Sam Jordan; most; mischievous, Sam Jordan; neatest t girl, Ruth Moore; neatest boy.J Charles Glazener. Most sincere, Gladys Gillespie; most! conceited, Walter Reece, Jr.; most! sought after, Doc Gillespie; most I bashful girl, Lucile Henderson; mosV bashful boy, Frank Israel; most rc--i ligious, Ruth Moore; most intellec-l tual, Ruth Jordan; best all round! girl, Ruth Jordan; most care free. Ralph Eldridge; most comical, Cecif Galloway; most musical, Charles Glazener. JOHN SMITH TvIOVING TO NEW MAIN ST. HOME John Smith, who has the distinc tion of being in business longer than any other man in Brevard, havi"'' ! operated a barber shop here forj years, announces in this week's paper ' that he is moving his shop from !o-j ration next door to Whiteway Dry Cleaners on West Main street to th-. King Building, next door to the Can teen. Associated with 31 r. Smith are' Joe H. Tinsley and J. R. Neill. I JOINT MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY Little River Farmers and Farm; Women To Talk Curb J Market at Meeting A joint meeting of the farmers! and farm women of the Little River i section will be held at the school ' house on Tuesday evening of next week, at 7 :30 o'clock, according to announcement made by Professor J. : A. Glazener and Miss Virginia Wil-' cox. Purpose of the meeting will be the) organization of a curb market plan ! for the community, looking toward a { county wide set-up that will take: care of the excess truck crops of the i community this season. Miss Wilcox and the Little River I Farm Women's club have already ! gone into the matter, and the project | will be presented at the joint meeting ) there next Tuesday evening, with j people of the entire county invited toi attend. PLUMMiER CO. MOVES R. H. Plummer & company hav moved into their new home on Broad street, in the bui'ding formerly oc cupied by the Houston Furniture comnany. A special sale is being conducted by Mr. Plummer, and! special values and offering are being i made as an inducement to acquaint people with th<> new location. PRICE "AND WOOD NOW OPERATING WALTERMIRE! Phi'ip Price and Dewey Wood, tknown to nractically every man, boy and eV'd in th" county, as "Ginnir. Irind P-Vine," anncurce in this week's t-:mer that the-* have taken over the Waltevmiro Cafe. P'/.h Mr. Price and Mr. Wood hive had much experience in the cafe business and their friends bt ???nak for then a profitable husine-s The'v rlace 5? '"fated at the corner of Broad and Main streets. LOCAL PEOPLE Will GO TO IMBGM'IM; Strong Cabinet I3 Selected By President Roosevelt, With Southerners On List Several Transylvania county peo ple plan to attend tin inauguration cf President Franklin Del-mo Roose velt p.t, Washington nfjcfc Safa?oa.v, and parties are being- ithuuc- up fci"! auto and train travel to the nation's capitol Those who are unable to make! the trip will have the privilege ofj national radio hook ups which will ( come direct from Washington. Pmsir.rnt Roosevelt lias announc 1 cd his cabinet as follows, with the j South Krtt'nK important represents- j tion ? Cordell Hull, Tennessee, seei--, tary ox state; Dan C. Roper, South, Carolina, secretary of commcrce; W.. H. Woodin, Pennsylvania and New York, secretary treasury; George H.J Dern, Utah, secretary war; Senator) Swanson, Virginia, secretary navy;' Henry A. Wallace, Iowa, secretary] agriculture; Harold L. Ickes, Illino is, secretary interior; Miss Frances! Perkins, New York, secretary labor; James A. Farley, postmaster gen eral; Thos. J. Walsh, Montana, at torney general. Two men on the new cabinet are Catholics ? Senator Walsh and Mr. i-'arloy, all others being protestants. ( All are rated by newspapers over) <he country as being of high type! nd destined to play important rolesj n the future of the United States. J APPLE GROWING ! DISCUSSED AT MEET; Quebec Farmers Interested In | Growing Fruit for Sale On j Commercial Basis il About fifteen interested farmers i of the Quebec section met at th ' j < school house Tuesday night with j , Professor John Corbin, and discuss- 1 ed ths possibilities of apple raising i' in that community on a commercial!! basis. It wits consensus of opinion of'] those nresent at the meeting that j . this county, and especially the section ? around Quebec, is ideally fitted to ap-!j pie growing, and that carried out as|, a community project will be the!, means of .bringing in large cash re- j J turns within a few years time. j M. 0. McCall, who has done qui! a bit of experimenting in the true! crop line in his section, and who ha5 b?en able in a few years to build : ? ] a pretty large clientele for his gar- j den products in South Carolina, an< Professor M. D. Hardin, teacher ini the school, took part in the discus-,! sion. and added their belief to thatj of Professor Corbin's that the pro-, ject could be put over. Another meeting is scheduled tob-i held in the near future. Grafting), material and trees for foundation j work have been ordered. Delicious, 1| Golden Delicious and Starking werei1 the varieties selected as best suited [? for this section. j 1 ALEXANDER TO HAVE i CHARGE OF KIWANIf j: The Rev. R. L Alexander, pastor I presbyterian church, and past pros- 1 : ident of the Kiwanis ciub, will hav I ; charge of the club's weekly moeti]!?: to be held at the England home or Thursday of this week Directors of the club have been in vited to the home of Rev. and Mr Alexander on Friday night, of thi week for the regular monfhly meet-j, ing end dinner. MAN OF MYSTERY TO BE HERE SOON , ti Announcement is made by theil athletic Association of Brevard high , 1 school that FAYSSOUX, the hyp- 1 notist and telepathist, will bej brought to Brevard for a two-day < performance on Monday and Tues- | day. March 13 and 14. One of the chief attractions pre- , sented by Professor Fayssoux is en : automobile trip through the town, he j driving a car while blindfold through ? any kind of traffic. On this mysterious drive the blind ed man will drive, together with a| committee of citizens of the town, to a secret hiding place, procure a key, | go to the postoffice, unlock a box of' which he is supposed to have no pre- . vious knowledge and take a letter from a bunch in the box, and deliver it to the addressee. In the program to be given at the high school auditorium, hypnotism, telepathic, and ITondini trick* will he given. The show has the endorse ment of a Iargv: nun'ber of schools of ;J.he state as being high class in every respect. AUSTIN COVES TO TOWV TV hst word in automobiles ? an \i;?tin ? i.s now a reg'j'ar show for i t, pie of the community, Walter rr.vt nv-cii->g r.p r~ ' d'-vn the main :r. % in his baby autcrr.cbHc daily. Representative Galloway In troduces Measure la The Lower House JURY COMMISriOtf BILL ALREADY BECOME LAW Board Of Coinrr.isiioner* To Take Over Duties Of Jury Commission It will be "Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen oi. the Jury"-? when ami if a bill is passed ailowing wo men to serve on jurien, as introduced in the North Carolina General As sembly by Representative M. W. Gal loway. The bill designed to allow women to serve as jurors in all .State courts was introduced last week, and has drawn much comment, throughout the state. It follows: "That from and after the ratifica tion of this act all white women of the age of 21 years and upward , un less otherwise disqualified, shall be eligible to serve as jurors in any court in the state of North Carolina, both as grand and petit jurors. "That in future revisions of tha jury lists oi the several counties of the State the same qualifications that now are. or that may hereafter be required of mc-n to serve on juries shall be applicable to women also, but no others." Representative Galloway had pre viously introduced a bill applicable unly to Transylvania county, abolish ing the jury commission and vesting the powers of the -jui-y commission which has been in vogue here since 1927, in the board of - county com missioners. In this bill abolishing the jury commission, it was also set out that non-payment of the preceding year's taxes would not prevent an otherwise eligible person from serving on a jury in this county. Revision of the jury list was also made a part of the bill which abol ished the jury commission, and the board of county commissioners will within the next few days revise the jury list, this list, however, to be made up from male citizens of the county, inasmuch as Ji* , allow women to serve on juries has not been passed. Open Meeting To Be He'd At Hall Cn Saturday Night, of Next Week At a meeting' of officers of the local Junior Order held at the hnrae 3f Councilor J. A. Glazener Tuesday ?veiling, pregrcms fcr the month of March were planned, calling for several things of interest On Saturday night of this wee!;, initiation of candidates and rein statement of members will be on i' ? program, with several fellows : > "ride the goat." Saturday night, March 11, a pub lic meeting will be held, at wh.> "i time Lev/is P. Hamlin and Ralj:h Ramsey will speak en "The E ?.'! . of Reforestation Plans for Transy lvania Cornty." Other features at this meeting will include music by Lhe Galloway string band. Degree work will feature the March IS meet, with light refreshments to he served and music by the Silver L. ?? quartet. Professor J. B. Jones arid Professor T. C. Henderson will spe::N at a meeting to be held on March 23. Following the business meeting Tuesday evening, refreshments of ;of fee and cake were served by Mrs. Glazener. Next meeting of the of ficials will b' held on Tuesday night before the first Saturday, at the heme of Perry Galloway. SUPERIOR COURT TO CONVENE APRIL 1ST One Murder Case Scheduled To Be Heard Before the Hon. P. A. McEIroy April term Superior court will con vene in Brevard on Monday, Aprii 3, with the Hen. A. P. Mcfilroy, <>?' Marshall, scheduled to preside. First week of court will be given over to tha hearing of criminal case*, chief of which is the casa of Glenn Blvt'ne, charged with slaying Verge Gray. Several cases of importance are scheduled to come up during the sec ond week, or civil term. Jury will be selected for the term by the county commissioners, who arc now perform ing the duties of the jury commis sion, abolished at the present session of the Genera! Asembly by a bill in troduced by Representative Gallo way.
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