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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1933
CURB MARKET PLAN i
OUTLINED AT MEET
OF PENROSE GROUPS;
Idea of Selling On Wholesale;
Basis Gaining In Favor
Throughout County
Farmers arid farm women of th?
Little River section met the!
school house Tuesday night, . ound ;
150 members of the Farm V ;iicn's;
organization and menib - of the!
Five-Ten Year group be : present.
Plans for the curb ? . k.'t which;
are being contemplates as major pro- |
ject of the community this summer j
were gone into by Professor Julian
G 1 a a e n e r, vocational agriculture
teacher of Brevard high school, and
Miss Virginia Wilcox, home eeoiumi- !
ics. teacher.
Plans now nearing pi rfection by
the community workers call for es
tablishment of a curb market in
Brevard to be operated on a part,
time basis, looking toward wholesale!
handling of farm products, and gar-,
den truck, household supplies, etc.
Special features of the meet'ng in
clude;! music by the Underwood
String band, and short talks by .Mrs.
Rates Patton and others, all of:
whom were in accord with the idea
being carried out as to the curb
market. Miss Wilcox outlined the;
program oi work which the ladies j
organization is sponsoring and list
ed best selling articles from the ?
women's viewpoints.
Professor Glazener gave an out-:
line of what is really required to j
make the movement a success, stres
sing the following:
XOTES O.V MARKETING
I. HVwfs Increased as ?
Man advances in knowledge;
Accarding to complexity of living
conditions;
According to the accumilation of
desires;
According to his widOr social con
tact.
B. Siipplicfl ?
Free goods (nuts, berries, water j
etc game) :
Economic goods, called such for
they have;
Value in trade and enter into the
trade chanels; {
Furnishing of such goods is called"
production ;
Early production compared with!
today (specialized); j
Exchange or trading (bartering)
then cash, etc; I
Transportation (goods moved to
(Continued 0? Page Eight) \
Ramsey and Hamlin To Speak J
To Members of Junior ?
Order and Public
Announcement is made by Julian!
(ilazener, councilor of the local Jun-j
ior Order, that an open meeting, to
which the public is invited, will be;
held in the hall on Main street Sat- 1
urday night of this week. j
Ralph H. Ramsey, mayor of Bre- !
vard, and Lewis P. Hamlin, state I
councilor of the Junior Order, will i
speak on the "Reforestation Plan j
for Transylvania county." Other,
features will include special music j
by the Galloway string band.
PREACHING AT OAK GROVE j
The Rev. J. E. Burt will fill his!
regular appointment at Oak Grove,!
Quebec, Sunday morning at 11 j
o'clock. Sunday evening at 7:30 he'
will preach at Giady Branch.
(VOCATIONAL TALKS
| BY K. C. MEMBERS
Program To Be Carried Into
Three High Schools Of
This County
Plans were made by Directors ol
Brevard Kiwanis club to carry on an
extensive Vocational Guidance pro
gram during the next two months at
their meeting held last Friday eve
ning at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R.
L. Alexander.
Under the plan as outlined at the
meeting, speakers on various voca-;
tions, members of the club and]
others, will go to the chapel exercises j
of the two hifih schools and Bre-j
vard Institute, and discuss with pu
pils the problems facing the voca
tions thy represent, and the good thati
can accomplished, giving first I
hand information in order to help!
the pupils decide upon some definite!
program in life. The Rev. Paul Hart-i
sell, program chairman, will be in]
charge of the movement. i
Other matters taken up at the j
meeting were of interest to cluo
members. Before the business meet-j
ing a delicious dinner was served
to the following officers and direc
tors: F. Brown Carr, president; Pat
Kimzey, vice president; C. M. Doug- J
las secretary;' Dr. C. L. Newland.
Frank D. Clement, Rev. Paul Hart
sell. Ralph II. Ramsey, and Rev. R.
L. Alexander, directors.
CIVIC aUB REPORT
SHOWS MUCH WORK;
Community Work Planned For
Summer By Women's
Civic Organization
i
March meeting of the Women s-j
Civic club, held Monday afternoon
at the Library, was featured by a
program of unusual interest and in
formation presented by the garden
club .o,' which Mrs. J. C. Maxwell
is chairman.
In the enforced absence of Mrs.)
Maxwell, the program was in charge
:;f the club president. Miss Florence
'\crn , announcing the various ones j
T.king part. Mrs. J. S. Silversteenj
-.poke on landscape gardening, sties-,
-ing ir. particular a formal or snvuil
garden 'and its proper arrangement j
and background; pictures showing!
well planted spots, flower gardens,,
shrubbery and rock gardens ^veve1
pa scd around by Miss Alma lro\v-|
bridge : a paper was read by Mrs. |
T. Calloway listing flowers usedi
to procure an all-season bloom; an
article was read by Mrs. \\ . E
Breese on herb gardening; Mrs. A.
C. Kyle told of soii preparation .or I
best results in flower culture. Other;
members of the committee were not]
able to take their parts on the pro-j
gram due to illness or being out o. j
town.
Committee chairmen gave reports j
of their respective projects, all ,
showing that the different activities j
of the club are getting well organiz-,
id. -'nil from present indications.
(Continued on page eight)
CHIEF CHURCH MORRIS
WILL SOON BE OUT
Policeman Church Morris has re-j
turned to his home in Brevard after J
undergoing an operation at Biltmorej
hospital last week, and reports from
his home are to the effect that he
is improving nicely. George Snelson
is substituting on night duty for Mr.
Morris.
Mr. Morris wishes to express;
through The Times his appreciation!
to his friends and neighbors forj
their kindness during his illness.
Citizens Debt Adjustment Association j
Organized In County Last Saturday;
Organization of a Citizens Debt ad
justment Association was perfected
Saturday afternoon at a meeting of
citizens and tax payers held at the
county court house Saturday after- 1
noon, purpose of the organization as
expressed at the meeting, to work |
with the governing bodies of the |
county and toward a settlement or '?
adjustment of the bonded indebted
ness.
Officers selected to head the or
ganization are: Randall W. Everett,
chairman, Jerry Jerome, vice chair- j
man: C. M. Douglas, secretary; A. i
F. Mitchell, H. L. Allison, S. W. Rad- j
ford, D. L. English and Jos. S. Sil-i
versteen, executive committee.
Around one hundred twenty-five j
people attended the meeting, which !
was called by Jerry Jerome, S. W. j
Radford, F. E. B. Jenkins, Dr. J.i
H. McLean and others. Mr. Jerome
called the meeting to order, and af- j
ter a brief explanation of purpose of I
the meeting, went into the matter of
bonded indebtedness of the county
and town, giving the following fig
ures, which represents approximation
of indebtedness of the town and
county :
Total county bonds, $1,600,000;
tax anticipation notes, $175,000; bills
due, $10,000 ? Total indebtedness of
county, $1,785,000. County bonds in
default, $70,000; interest in default,
$92,000; notes in default, $175,000 ?
Total default, for county, $3o7,000.
Total county bonded indebtedness,
$741,500; notes payable, $6,600 ? To
tal indebtedness, $748,100. Bonds in
default, $45,000; interest in default,
S4.'J.907? Total default, $88,907.
Mr. Jerome, in his brief talk, stat-j
ed that "the time has come when we;
must have action." Farmers, the
speaker declared, are unable to pay
their taxes under the present condi
tions; likewise, the town property
holder is unable to take care of his
tax biils. This, he stated, is not the
fault of the bond holder; they cannot
bo blamed for the catastrophe neither
can the farmer or the town property
ho'dcr be held responsible for con
ditions that exist today. But, he as
serted, the farmer has been forced
to take his loss, property brought,
when corn prices were up lias been
rut in value two-thirds and more.
Other crops have fallen to a low ebb,
and with them the laborer and busi
ness man has had to take his loss ?
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Pisgah Cotton Mills resumed op
erations Wedesday at noon, with twe
forces odered to report fo" tho
night and d^y shifts. Ninety peo
ple have been put to work in the
local plant, and orders received are
sufficient to guarantee operations,
for two months, working night and!
day.
W. M. Sherard, of Hendersonville, !
manager of the Pisgah Mills here j
and rhe Green River Mills at Tuxc-j
I do, stated that he was positive of ;
two months continuous operations
and that with the general uptrend
of business in the textile world, he
"hoped that our mills will never
have to close down again."
Manager Sherard was very, op
timistic over the outlook of things
in general, and especially of the
textile field. He expressed the opin-;
ion that with the general resump-'
tion of textile manufacturing, other,
lir.es of work and manufacture j
would follow suit. Brevard people!
who were informed Wednesday of i
the reopening of the mill were elat
ed.
Nation Declares Bank Holiday;!
Congress Will Meet Thursday!
All banks in North Carolina and
the United States ara under orders
from the state and national govern
ments to observe a banking holiday
until Friday morning of this week,
i'iiis action was taken Sunday night,
when proclamations were issued by
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus as to
banks in this state and followed by
a proclamation from President
Franklin I). Roosevelt temporarily
suspending all banks in the nation
until Thursday.
Congress is called to meet in ses
sion Thursday, when regulations as
to opening of banks will be taken up.
The move was taken in North Caroli
na after practically all states in the
union had declared a banking holi
day. In issuing the national procla
mation, President Roosevelt made
the following statement:
Whereas there have been heavy
and unwarranted withdrawals of gold
and currency from our banking in
stitutions for the purpose of hoard
ing ; and
Whereas continuous and increas
ngly extensive speculative activity
abroad in foreign exchange has re
sulted in severe drains on the na
tion's stocks of gold; and
Whereas these conditions have cre
ate! a national emergency; and
Whereas it is in the best interest
of all bank depositors that a period
of respite be provided with a view to
preventing further hoarding of coin,
t'Uillion of currency or speculation in J
foreign exchange and permitting the j
j application of appropriate measures]
to protect the interest of our people j
.and
I Whereas it is provided in section f I
: (B) of the act of October S, 1017 I
(?10 Stat. L. 411) as amended, "thu !
i the President may investigate, ivg I
julate, or prohibit, under such rule, j
: and regulations as he may prescrifc' ;
jby means of licenses or otherwise j
any transactions in foreign exchang
iand the export, hoarding, melting ,
or earmarking of gold or silver coir j
!cr bullion or currency, * * *; i
Now therefore, I, Franklin D |
'Roosevelt, President of the Unite ;
States of America, in view of such j
national emergency and by virtue of;
the authority vested in me by . aid
i act and in order to prevent the ? ex
I port, hoarding, or earmarking of
| gold or silver coin or buillion or cur
rency, do hereby proclaim, order, di- ;
jreot and declare that from Monday,
ithe sixth day of March, to Thurs
day, the ninth day of March, nine
teen hundred and thirty-three, both
f dates inclusive, there shall be main
(tained anil observed by all banking
'institutions and all branches there
j of located in the United States o''
I America including the territories
land insular possessions, a bank hoi -
| day, and that during said period all;
[banking transactions shall be sus- J
' pended 9 ' "
L. B. Houston and Jack W.
Burnett In Serious Con
diticn at Hospital.
J,. 1>. Houston and Jack W. Bur
nett prominent Grenvilb business
nun and well krown herr. were
brought to Lyday Memorial hospital
late Tuesday afternoon in serious
condition, result of an automobile
accident which happened on the
Grenville highway near Rockbrook
acmp.
Reports from the hospital 'ate
Wednesday were to the effect that
both men were resting as well as
could be expected, and hope was
held out for recovery of both.
The accident, occurred when the
front of the ear in which the Green
ville men were riding failed to clear
te rear of a car driven by Dr. M. E. I
Parsons of the Rockbrook section,!
both cars being damaged. Dr. 1'ar-j
sons was able to keep his car on tjie
highway, while the Greenville car, I
by reason of the damage to the lscftj
front wheel swerved completely!
across the highway and left the]
road. Quick action of Late Bainfell,]
Dr. A. R. Hunter ?ind other frkndsi
of the men probably saved their
lives.
SCHOOL HOARD TO SELL
CATHEY CREEK PROPERTY
Order was made at the meeting
of the board of education Monday to
dispose of the Catheys Creek school
property, inasmuch as the facilities
are not being used. Complete details
of the sale to be held will be carried
in next week's paper.
EASTERN STAR IN
ANNUAL ELECTION:
Mrs. Annie Reid Chosen To
Head Chapter For En
suing 12 Months
Pisgah Chapter Order Eastern
Star elected officials for the ensuing
year at the meeting held in the Ma
sonic rooms Tuesday evening, the
following being chosen:
Sirs. Annie Reid, worthy matron;
Henry Henderson, worthy patron;
Mrs. Ida Fruette, associate matron:
S. F'.' Allison, associate patron:
Mrs. Bess Pickelsinier, secretary:
Mrs. Margaret Sellers, treasurer;
Mrs. Agnes Pickelsimer, conduct
ress; Mis? Nelle Miller, associate
conductress.
The other (ffieers ar-i appointed by
i'ne worthy matron.
iSEUCA LADIES TO !
j MEET WEDNESDAY:
i ? - t j
Home Beautification, Cam-i
j mercia! Gardening; To
Be Topic at Meet
Members of the Selica Farm Wo
men's ciub will meet on Wednesday
afternoon of next week, March 15
at ?'! o'clock at the home of Mrs. Nor
.man Whitmire, at which time* th'
.work already started by the club
i in that section will be continued.
| Program for the meeting next 1
I Wednesday will be alon.tr home beau-J
; tification lines; gardening for com-'
jmereial purposes; and the curb
I market. Miss Virginia Wilcox, home
| economics instructor of Brevard
jhigh school, will meet with the ladies.
/!. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
Rosman B. Y. P. U. will put on a
! sped |1 program at Lake Toxawaj
i Baptist church Sunday evening at
I 7:30 Miss Rosa McLean, president of
| the Rosman group invites the public
to attend.
FIRST PUREBRED PIGS J
REPORTED BY WILLIAMS!
| Herbert Williams of the Penrose
i community reports the first litter of
I pigs from the twenty-six sows plae
i ed in this county through efforts of
[Julian A. Glazener and business men
! of the community.
J Twelve beautiful pigs of the spot
i ted Poland China breed were in the
I litter. W. L. Mull, local merchant, j
. bought the sow for young Williams, j
JURY UST WILL BE
' MADE UP SATURDAY
County Commissioners Taking
Over Functions of Abol
ished Jury Body
Transylvania county commission
ers will meet in adjourned session
Saturday of this week to revise the
jury list and draw the jury for
April term Superior court.
Entire list of tax payers and
! citizens of the county will be used
in making up the "list of available
J iurors, under the new law enacted by
I Representative Galloway, with, non
| payment of taxes not being a bar
(to jury service.
i The county commissioners are
[taking over the work of the jury
commission, whL'h body he? beer
abolished through legislation.
JUNIORS ELECT NEW
OFFICERS FOE TERM
Plans Being Made For Annua!
Banquet To Be Tendered j
Brevard High Seniors
I
The Junior class of B. H. S. held j
its annual meeting for the election of
officers Monday. The boys' and girlr
home rooms held a joint meeting ir.
Miss Bigger's room for the purpor
of receiving the report of the nomi
nating committee.
After the nominees had been an
nounced by the nominating committee
the election was held. The following
officers were electcd, President, Mack
Allison; vice president, Margaret
Fullbright; secretary, James Deavor;
treasurer, Edgar Loftis. After the
election, which was held under the J
supervision of Prof. Hinton McLeodi
and Miss Frances Biggers, adult ad-;
visers, the newly el::ctod officers
took charge of the meeting.
The duties of the new officers wii?
be mainly concerned with prepare-1
tions for the annual Junior-Senior j
banquet which will be held soon. The
banquet, which the Juniors will give;
in honor of the Seniors, wi!l be held .
late in March. ? James Deaver. sec- 1
retary. J
BUSINESS WOMEN IN I
CELEBRATION HERE;
i
National Women's Week Be-,
ing Observed Throughout ?
the United States ?
National Business Women's Week'
i.- i ' ng observed this week, March)
5-i'i. by the local club in a number1
of ways. }
On Wednesday the local Business
and Professional Women's club spon-j
sored the chapel exercises at the j
Brevard High school, Mrs. Flax A.j
Lawrence talking to the high schoc'
girls on this occasion, giving an in-j
spirational talk on matters pertain- 1
ing to woman's place in business.
On Friday morning of this wc-elc
other members of the club will givi
brief talks before the high school
girls at the chapel period, in observ- '
ance of the week. Miss Linni. J
Charles, of Lyday Memorial hospi- ?
tal, will talk on the business of nui>- .
ing. and Miss Alma Trowbridge, o; ;
The Transylvania Times, will make
a few remarks on the requirements j
of a good stenographer from th '
standpoint of the employer.
.Miss Myrtle Barnettc, of the P.'.'' ?
vard elementary school faculty, an j
a member of the local club, is co::-|
tributing for the week copies of th '
Independent. Woman, national or.-:.' ,
of the Business and Profession 1 i
Woman's club, to be placed in tlv- j
girls' home room for their reading, f
Mrs. L. B. Haypes has been secur-,
ed bv the club to talk at a high '
school chapel period next week on I
the subject of the business of teach- '
ing school. This will be a continua
tion of this week's observance of(
( Continued On Page Eujht)
MRS. GEORGE POWELL
BURIED ON WEDNESDAY j
ROSMAX, March 8 ? Funeral sr-|
vices for Mrs. George Powell, 54. j
were held at Rocky Bottom on Wed-j
nesday afternoon, and burial made i
in the cemetery there
Mrs. Powell had been ill for seven- j
teen days, and died Monday night ?
from pneumonia. The husband and j
several children survive. I
KIDNAPING OF NEGRO
GIRL FIRST CASE OF
KIND IN COMMUNITY
Preacher Skips Country and
Takes His 12-year-QId[
Sister-In-Law
Transylvania county sprang into
limelight, along the same iinc,
thongh not equal to the famous
Lindbergh case, last Tuesday when
the 12 year oltl daughter of Gurley
Orr, resisted negro farmer of the
Davidson River section, was reported
kidnaped.
Sheriff Tom Wood spent the week
hun'ing for the "Reverend" William
Talbert. who is charged v.-ith the
kidnaping. Failing to find trace of
the fugitive farther than Greenville,
S. C.. pictures of "the Rev." and the
young girl were broadcast to all
sections of the South, along- with an
offer of $25.00 reward which th.*
father is putting up.
Information given the sheriff <vas
to the effect that Talbe-t, who mar
ried another of Guriey's daughters
and has been making his hon e v.-ith
th? family for the pasi. several years
sent a note- to the school where the
young Orr girl was, by Leon Gr.sh,
thirteen year old colored la* of tfei*
community, asking the teacher to ex
cuse Gertrude for the day. The n-Jtk
was signed, presumably by Go .-ley's
wife and the tcachcr thought nothing
wrong, telling: the girl that her
mother had asked her to cotne home
at once. This was about, eleven
o'clock in the morning.
Failing to arrive at home for the
noontime meal, Gurley and his wife
became alarmed, and after a check
up notified the officers, who started
a search for the girl. Trace of the
party was found at Greenville, where
nothing further could be learned of
their whereabouts.
The officers are led to believe that
the party is composed of three peo
ple, "the Rev. Talbert, the young
negro girl, and Young Gash, who is
a son of Widow Het Gash, also of
the Davidson River community.
It seems that Talbert. Gash, Ger
trude and her brother who is some
older, had formed a quartet and had
been singing together at churches
and places of entertainment, pr.d
this is advanced as possible reason
for kidnaping.
Apples, Potatoes e^.d Cabbage
Are Most Sri ted For
Money Makers
Farmer ? f he Lake Toxaway
section, numbering -v-jp r n'->
fifty, met at the school he ?????
day night at which time a discs:.- ? ? ?.
of crops and orchards was
with Professor John F. Gcrhin,
teacher of Vocational Agriculture
of Rosman high school leader.
It was consensus of opinion c
those present, that potatoes, cal
bage and apples were the croi
most suited to that particular s
tion of the county, taking into c ?
sideration the -"iOOO foot altitie'O
soil and other climatic condition.
Study of potatoes will he taken ?
at a meeting t;> be held at the sch '
house next Monday night, and ? '.t
farmers and gardeners of the LaVo
Toxaway section are invited to at
tend.
Homestead Tax Exemption Sought In
Bill Introduced By M. W. Galloway
Tax exemption cn all homes up to
$1600 valuation is sought in a statf
wide measure introduced by Repre
sentative Wallace Galloway in tht
General Assembly.
His bill, referred to the hou?
committee on constutional amend
ments, is described as an act "foi
the removal of all taxes from th<
homes of the poor."
It follows:
"Section 1. That at the next gen
eral election to be held in North
Carolina there shall be submitted
to the qualified voters the question
of amending Article VII, sectior
nine of the Constitution by adding
at the end of said section the fol
lowing: 'Provided, that there shall
be a homestead exemption to th'
value of fifteen hundred dollars
against which no taxes shall ever be
levied or collected.'
"See. 2. That at such general elec
tion those favoring the amendment
shall vote a ticket on which shall
be written or printed the words 'Fori
Amendment' and those opposed shall'
vote a ticket on which shall be writ-J
+en <ir printed the words 'Against ?
Amendment.' ]
"Set. .1 If, upon the canvass of
the returns of said election it shall (
be found that a majority of the
votes ?asf; were for amendment:
'hen? >>a'l thereafter be. r*. nr be
to:* rext date on which real
estate is returned for taxc-a, and each
year thereafter for five successive
years, deducted from the valuation
of the homestead of each and every
bona fide citizen of North Carolina,
who is the head of a family the sum
of three hundred dollars or until the
.iir^regate sum of fifteen hundred
dollars shall have been deducted,
which said amount shall be exempt
ed from all taxation, ar.d as asvl
when any new homestead shall b ?
set up and established the same pro
cedure as to the- exemptions as i
hereinabove set out shall be applio i
to <hem.
"Sec. 4. That this homestead shall
include the dwelling actually occu
pied together with the other build
in;js used in connection therewith
and the lands contiguous thereto,
! all not to exceed the value above
J set out; Provided, that no citizen
[ shall be entitled to but one such
exemption, and provided, further,
that no unmarried person living with
his or her parents, or who does r.;"
actually maintain & home shall b;>
entitled to the benefits of this ex
emption.
"Sec. 5. That the terms, conditions
and benefits of this act shall be
applicable only to bona fide citizens
of North Carolina who have resided
j within the State the required length
| ot line to entitle them t? exerdsft
rlgfcs of citizenship."