BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1933, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.00 PER YEAR MAN BOY WINS W. N. C. CONTEST FOR GROWING CORN Augustus Morris Leads En trants In 3-to-l Group With 90 Bushels F. F. A. MEMBERS WIN TWO STRAIGHT SEASONS; 2300 Pour.ds of N5trr?Io Sodai Won By Three Br ys of ; Transylvania County ROSMAN, March 29 ? Members of j fh<> Future Farmers of America,! Rosman chapter, are apain high! scorers for Western North Carolina, i ir the 3 to 1 corn. contcst sponsored by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda, corporation. ? Augustus Norris of Balsam Grove.' was high scorer in this section of I1- :'t&te. making' 270 bushels of; i i:: .>n three acrs-s, or an average of; 1>0 bushels per acre Your;r Norris' i! -od Tl itcombe's prolific seed, and , produced h's crop at an ;iv rage of I j NT cents per bushel. His prize wasi; 1000 pounds of nitrate of soda. 'l Ralnh Chnnman made 150.3(1 ? bushels on 1.70 acres or Sgh') j TO ;1 ON Mil IS I l F' ?? s on it Tvar ? ?Ivanir.; ft county will open on April 15, accord-; ing to county game warden, E. R.j Galloway. Xo change in the r gula-j ti rs will be in effect from those of; last year. Mr. Galloway said, unless there is action taken on the legisla-i^j tiv measure introduced several [ ly' weeks aj-co by Representative Gal-; hi I way in regard to license. ! Ar ther statewide measure is :.lso|u. being considered in the General As-;;"1 mbly, which will be taken up thisjb< week, it is thought, that may replace 1 1" tlu Galloway bill as introduced. ifjst passed. i KO MAMESFiLED IN if BREVARD ELECTION;:; . I so Filing Date Ends April 7th; I "} Primary To Be Held I j>j On April 17ih ^ in With filing time limit set forjsc! 1 7. no names had been placed | Hi [he hoiks by City Clerk it. H.j ! '.ton early Wednesday morning by! SI ranis to the post of Mayor or; A; : rman of the town of Brevard. ; Mayor Ralph Ramsey declines to [ ! a candidate in the primary to j-,.. held' on April 17, while no public , cI iert has 1>. en made by other! i enbcv3 of the city council as t*> j ni*i their probable candidacy. J bn According to the . "I understand i blc !'ivl ''did yea hear?" several | mr . mi r will be filed for the mayoralty ( inr place, but yet these have failed to ?;?>: i ?? serialize "at the city ha!l where I he \e dollars is necessary to be offic-jrb ially recognized for candidacy. Fu j BIG EGG CONTEST TO RUN BALANCE OF THIS WEI On account of the interest be i m {i sho-wn in the big egg c;wunczd last week. Great big eggu are- coming in fo the office , long ones, short '-nes, white and brown. W. S Price, Jr., has the largest one so far, with several others run ning close seconds. The three largest hen eggs brought into The Times office before Saturday night of this week will each win one year's subscription to the Times, and The Times force will immediate ly after Saturday night enjoy a scrambled cay fry. CLASS PLAYTOBE GIVEN FRIDAY EVI Rosmarj Juniors Will Preset Annual Comedy At Audi torium This Week ROSMAN, March 29? The Junic ?lass of Kosniau high school vvi rresrnt "Miss Adventure," a cemed n three nets, on Friday evening u his week, beginning at 8 o'clock. Much work has been done by mem ici's of th-.- class on this play, whic enters around pretty Josephine Cat ? r, who is a tomboy of the highi s I'.ss, and fail:: to fit in at the smar :ir!s' finishing school to which v.li > sent against her will. Situations that develop througl he pranks of Jo and the near cala ? ities that befall her and her ela lates, makes a hilarious comedy 'he play will be given at the Rosmai ligh school auditorium. A display of infants' clothes b; he second year home economics clas .'ill b:- made before and after th lay Friday night. All patrons am fiends of the school are cordiall; ivited to view this exhibit. rwo NEW MEMBERS ON SCHOOL BOARD 1rs. Flora Hcllit'ay and L. E Powell To Serve With J. M. Galloway Mrs. Flora Holliday, Brevard, a: c . E. Powell of the Rockbrook ? on will be appointed as rrvmbe1.-? the Transylvania county scii ><;! >ai'd. according to word rceeiv.;! ?re Monday from Raleigh. ('hairnian J. M. Galloway, who as appointed four years ago for a year term, will remain on the iard of three that displaces tin ?esent board of live, it is umler ood. Other members who have served l' the past year, but who will not ccivj reappointments are L. P. ils-?n, II. E. Envrn, 1.. Case, a:.: \ . Shuford, the new set up t > > b; !y i hi- e members. Mr. Powell a well known mei ant and farmer of (he Roekbroo: L'tion, and takes an active interest school and community affair#, rs. Holliday, who moved fror.i antyre last year, ha; been acti.v: that community for a nunsher r.i ars, and is actively identified wit); hool and welfare organization in evard. JPERL.ATIVES CHOSEN BY NINTH GRADE PUPIL'." Superlatives choscn in the niiit' ;ide home room of Brevard higl: lool include the following; Most popular, Anita Galloway; ^ttiest, Xadine Avery; prettiest unotte. Alma Talley; prettiest j mile, Kate Edmondson; cutest, A1 i Talley; silliest, Annie Brv-or. ist conceited, Ruth Fulton; class ssip, Buvee Capps; biggest fib r. Dola MeCrary; manhater, Eli?. i'th Bragg; class flapper, Ruth Iton. Water Rate Bill Is Holding Center Of Stape With the Residents of Brevard: *3 ? Water rents at the rates sot out in the agreement made when the bonds were voted years ago, is aim of Brevard residents who have peti tioned Representative M. VV. Gallo way to have the measure put through the General Assembly as introduced by him last week. Those who circulated the petitions which were signed by a number of people assert that the town o? Bre vard has no right to charge the pres ur rate; that it is not in keeping with th:! deed executed by the Bre vard Water company in 1905, nor is it consistent with the call for elec tion as issued by -the b'tard of a'd*> men and mayor at the tiirn the b~n-!r were voted to purchase the wat'r system. The rate as set out in the hill introduced by Representative Galloway is in keeping with the ori ginal agreement of 1905, contr.'r.d in the following measure: j The General Assembly of North j Carolina do enact: .Section l. That the water rents < ?harged the citizens of the town of Brevard, North Carolina, shall be the "pllowing, and none other, viz: dwel ir.tf houses, hotels and boarding I houses, one dollar per room per I rear; store houses or store rooms j aeh, four dollars per year: barber I -hops ? each chair three dollars per j hair per year; livery stables each. on dollars per year; blacksmith j hops each three dollars per year; and all outside spigots in connection with dwelling, store, shop, barn or ''t, inch five dollars per year; ami 'or nil other users of city water, such !'tes as may be fair, just and equit able. The foregoing rates being the rates set. nut in and a condition pre ' v, (Continued "it page eight ) ih I Pardon For Four Brevard Mei Expected To Be Announced Soor j Fali pardon for J. H. Fickelsiiru..-. C. R. McNcely, Thos. H. Shjpman and Ralph R. Fisher is cxpoctc-d by friends of the prominent men within is: few days, this belief bused upon [ outcome of the public hsaring held I here last Saturday by Tyre C. Tay i ior, executive counsel to Governor j Ehringhaus, al which time not a j single protest in opposition to par don was heard. j The hearing, attended by around 1 300 people, opened with counsel for the men asking that a pardon be granted on the grounds th:;t condi tions stated by Judge N. A. Town send who re-sentenced the men, had P j been met in good faith by ihe de jjj j fendatits. After hearing statements of coun-, sel for the men, Mr. Taylor read; the following petition which bore th'-j signature of over 9-5 per cent of thei qualified voters of the county: " that they are men of iin-l . questioned integrity, of the highest j I' j moral character, and in our opinion! 'J ! would not be guilty of any act which | > involves moral turpitude. " "That we are conversant with the! j facts pertaining to their conviction,' 1 [and it is our opinion that they are '?(not guilty of the crime. "That their conviction was largel [due to the financial depression an .public sentiment due to the stress c jta." times ft- which they were trie< j "It is our candid opinion thti ( they have not violated the law o i done any wrong, and were the victir j of circumstances, AND i "In our opinion the ends of justic ?would be met by an unconditions | pardon of each of the defendant; i and we, therefore, most earnest! land respectfully petition Your Ex ; f-ellericy to grant them a full ani i complete pardon." j After reading of the petitioi .which was operated for presentation to the governor, .Mr. Taylor gave an; opposition to the pardon opportunit; to speak, asking ? "Is there any om present who th:nks these men pro '? fited in any way by this transac tion? Is there anyone present ".vhi thinks there is any moral turpitude in this case? Is there anyone preseni who has anything to say in op position to the pardon?" After waiting for an answer t' each of the questions and no ar.swei being made, Mr. Taylor declared th hearing adjourned, and joined wit! friends of the men in expres'-ine himseli as pleased with the confi dence shown in the men. Junior College May Locate At Brevard Institute Plant J I Brevard has an opportunity nov.' before it of becoming the home of the consolidated junior colleges which ' have been operation at Lenoir and ' Weaver. ; The Brevard Institute, with one . of tii.' best school plants to be fuund in North Carolina, will close its doors on July 28 of this year, ac ! cording to action taken at a meet ing of the Woman's Department of th ? Board of Missions of the M. E. , Church, south held at Nashville, Tcnn., the first of this week. A committee composed of Mrs. J. J W. Downs, Mrs. C. C. Weaver, Mrs. , | 'A'. ('. Chatiwick and Mr.:. if. R. j Steele, all officers in the Woman'. I Department of the Boai'd of Mis jsions, was appointed at the nvj;ti?g held in Nashville to confer with the '?Western North Carolina commis sion of the church, headed by Bishop E. D, Mouzon looking toward the consolidation of Rutherford a n d , Weaver Colleges with the Brevard Institute, the iocsl plant to be op crated, under the |,-!an as now pro posed by the ladi.es, under a joinr ownership a^.d operation plan. Weaver College and Rutherford ' College, both operated by the Metho (list church, are seeking' a merge? ' that vill enable them to contiau in operation, and coming- at thi i:me ,'hc off- r of the Woman's D partment of the Beard of (Mission* is locked upon as b^ing an oppor tunity J'or Brevard to obtain th i mei'i'id junior college that is second to none. Brevard Institute has a plant (Cnniivvcd On Page Eight) j Foreclosed Property May Be | Refinanced c"d Taken Up | By Original Owner RALEIGH. March 2i<. ? Property j i:\vi. whose land ha:' been fr.re cl'.'-ivi for 1 :>::? ?s five-year period under provisions of ?i newly enacted law. The finishing touches to this meas ure- officially designated as commit jtee substitute for senate bill 180 ? has been given by both houses and I ".-ill be ratified Monday night. l.'nder the measure, any pei.-.or whose property has been sold f? with the deed now resting county or city authorities, may ?liT.unve to redeem the property by : vim;- five notes >i." able over a per iod of five years and bearing interest ?it six per cent. It contains a provision giving city Mid county authorities the option of Vmanding that 1902 taxes be pan! before the five-year note redem;i': ' plan may be tak-rn advantage of by a delinquent taxpayer. All delinquent taxes listed prior to 1027 wore wiped off the books in all counties pxeent Pr mlieo and R'cV mond under the conference reported -donted by both divisions of the a - embly. , The bill, as reconciled by the con ference committee, does not apply to Hyde. Hertford, Orange and Forsyth! counties. Its provisions are optional with tho county commissioners in:; Alleghany, Catawba, Gaston, Polk.: Granville, Durham, Nash, Edgec-J ombe, Guilford, Moore, Person. Hay- 1 wood, Wilkes, Perquimans, Surrey j and Wayne counties. S. P. u! MAKES EXCELLENT: OFFER ON KELVINATORS Announcement is made in this is-j sue of The Times by The Southern Public Utilities company that an ex ceptional bargain is being offered in Kelvinators for the next few weeks, a high class refrigerator to be plac ed on the market at an exceptionally low price. The local company placed a num ber of these machines during a sales campaign le^t summer, winning state recognition from the S. P. U. offices. j Statement is made by the manu-i facturers that there has been no re duction in -he value or workmanship of the new Kelvinator. The new low price is effective for a short time '.>nly. B. C. BATSON RITES | HID ON SATURDAY 1 Prominent Citizen Dies Sucl j denly of Heart Failure Ac Daughter's Home Funeral services for B. C. Batsor i v. en held at Mt. Moriah Calvoi ! , Fi ? < j > t : - 1' church last Saturday a, 'tor | jjioon, attended by a large c-rov." j (who had com to pay their respect i jt" a man who had meant much t.j the entire community. j Mr. Bat. on who was 70 years o" | age, died suddenly on Wednesday af Lrnoon at the home of his daugh ter. Mrs. Janes Nelson, near Ros-i man. lie was alone in the house a' the tiivn of his death, Mrs. Nelson iiavi: one to the home of her i. ? ]? about a mile away. Death wa !ue to a heart attack. r ceased was well known in n!' -cctions of the county, taught scho ?' a number of years, and had serve, as tax collector for Transylvania ; county. The wife who was before h: i j marriage. Miss Rachej Orr., preced >ed him in death .'>0 years. ' Surviving children are: Mrs ?Tames N?lson, Mrs. Allen Sisk, Mrs | E. IJ. Galloway, Charles Bat-on am' Nathan Bat sen, all of the Rosmar. i j section. : The Rev. J. E. Burt had charge i i of the funeral services, re sisted by : the Rev. A. J. Manley. Pallbearers I were K. A. Glazener, B. B. White. ] P. H. Winchester, A P. Bell, J. W Glazener and H. E. Morrison. Flow or girls were Miss Louise Glazener | Miss Ethel Manley, Miss Ruth Jor dan, Miss Kate Waldrop. Miss Rut! Burt and Miss Giadys Gillespie. K'l- | Patrick Funeral home had charge o" arrangements. DAHLIA ASSOCIATION TO , MEET NEXT TUESDAY EVE , 1 Transylvania Dahlia association c will meet, in the agriculture class i ! "oom of Brevard high school on, I Tuesday evening. April 4, at which i] [time plans for holding a dahlia show will be taken up and other work o<" , the association discussed. In issuing the call for the meet- > irg. Professor Julinn Glazener, pres- ?; ident of the association, stptes that ! ;t. will be to the interest of every . dahlia grower of the county to be present, as planting time is here i ?Mid plans for the work must be got ten into at once. Dahlia growers of the county won r several worthwhile prizes at shows held in this section of the stats? last year, ar.d expect to compete again ?, this year on a wider scale. APPEAL MADE TO READERS . OF THE TIMES TG PAY UP J The mention of ''Pleate Re mit" always brings Borrow of more or lexs degree to everybody who is kit by the dole fid sound, b;it time, has come :vhs-,i thete words must be spoke*, or rather . uirilten to readers of The Times, j Management of the countp pa- < per ksix endeavored to carry all j its readers without the necessity j of asking for payment bp those J ivtu-xc time has expired during ! the past several month*., hoping . [ find witting for the "corner" to | "?j be iurned. It now beeonies nseex- J l!i sary, however, iluit wa ask all : ttuise in ?m-m to please come j in a t once and make payment on i their subscription. i WHITE MEADS TICKET ! ; ! R0S1AN ELECTION:; ?j ^ j! ,| Convention Decides Against j' - 1 Holding Primary ? Inde- j pende.'.ts May file |t ,j ROSMAN, March 29 ? A. M.!i .; White was unanimonsly chosen at ajT ? i nvsntion held here Tuesday night' i| again head the municipal ticket I hich will brj voted at the town . y ction ow May 2. The present board I ( ji aldermen composed of E. M.( ' Hins. G. H. V/oodard and Allen , % v as . nominated by the can ! ;tion to succeed themselves. , Mo primary ejection. will be held j is convention Tuesday night takir*: ? - ; rice ->f the primary. It was pointed |? it at the meeting, that any per- 1 ? wishing to run for cither mayor!* | member of the board of. aider- j oalrl file prior to April 7 an. \ 1' IV. run s an independent candidate. j Rigistration books will open Sat ' uiday with Mrs. Jordan Whitmin ? as registrar, J. R. Maliocey and L., i R. Staton have been appointed; I judges. I SENIOR PLAY EVENT jS i OF FRIMY EVENING ?! t ! Ghcst Bird Fr-srokes To Ec- ' Chief Attraction of ; _ Season at B. H, S. | (BY I1TXTON McLEOD) f /; The complete car-; c"" charac;:?: - ! To participate in the r.nnuaj sen: ?: w | class drama >o Le giveii at th;- ' rt [ high school auatfrriwm Fridny;-'! ' nijcht. March St. ha - been anm>?3>' j by the director. Miss Martha ij< J*f we!!. Twelve of the outstanding mc-ir ;tc bers of th? graduating class havi ! p_: been chosen to take part in "Th ;l* Ghe.st Bird," and this play promise ? ar to be one of the best of its kind ever j at produced in Brevard. The curtair. ;ai will rise promptly at eight o'clock, (at Neil K. Schaffner, author of th-]"1 four-act melodrama, has ircorpora: ed mystery, romance, and a str comedy interest in his very exciting : C| play. L> With new scenery throughout, a ? dim-tor rengnized as an authority 'S on dramatic production, a w 1!- ' balanced east, an intriguing plot, capable back-stage artists, and an ^ outstanding local oielv-tm, the ev r.ing of March 3! holds much in! store for those who attend this J ( Continued On Page Five) CLEMENT ~IN CHARGE OF ft! KIWANIS THIS THURSDAY ju< Jr. Frank D. Clemen viii have charjre >t:! ?' f th Kiwanis ""ogram at th-jon Thursday meeting to be held at th j < England Home, and wil lhave as hi- ?v< guest the Rev. G. C. BrinV.nan. |Wi; "Best Kiwanian" contest being: sec tonductej by the club is nttrae ing ( much attention, attractive prizes iwil t>cin?r given for thn three member :?1 'coring highest points in the c-.r ? Gr test which will be iii effcct over ajor oeriod of several weeks. up BEER BILL SETS OFF TO BIG START WITH FAVORABLE REPORT . .. Committee Votes 10 to 3 Ha Favor of Legalized Sale In North Carolina LOCAL PEOPLE TAKING ACTIVE PART IN FIGHT Petitions Are Sect To Francis and Galloway Asking Their Support The bili tn legalize prilc ^ b^er and wine in North Carolina made its first big gain Tuesday v/het? the seriate judiciary committee adopted 3 favorable rcp'-rt or. the Francis bill 10-.'!. The bill as introduced by Senator Francis would legalize the sale after May 15. The senate voted Mananimously Fuesday night to begin debate on he beer bill as a special order to fol ow the appropriations bill, which nake? it probable thnt th; bill will lot be reached until next week. Ftanci.-' bill. summarised, pro ides : 1. That beer >if 3.2 per cent clc;? icilic content may be sold in North Carolina after May 15. That no person under 16 years age be allowed to buy beer and iroMbi' anyone giving such a per on beer. M A tax of ?2 per barrel o? .>1 trai ns ar.d two cen;s per bottle of 22 unce?. 4. No manufacturing of beer in he state. 5. A limit to the piacos in which eer may be sold so a.- to prohibit beer gardens." Three additional barriers remain t be chared if beer i< to be legal in rorth Carolina. The bill must pass (Continued, on ptgc eight) SPEQEMEMG fS CALLED BY MASONS A special me ting of Dunn's ock Masonic !o:ige will be he'd on ucsday night, April 4, at 8 o'clock, 'cording to a issued 1 ? hy?fii M Osborne, ' worshipful master. th r lodges over th.? entire state ill be meeting the same hour in ?spone to a call by the Grand L>se North Car' Ilr.a. Purpose of the meeting as ret irth in a 1 *- ' 1 '* thai has -X'. n "cp." each member, will b .t ?ayer for the president of nited States, invoking Divine ice and prayer for all those in ithority. A.I1 Masons of the ?vr.in'y e xptcfed !? attend the meeting Dunns Rock, or if out of the cem* unity, are expected to attend ho )dge nearest them. 0PER10R COURT TO ?E FED NEXT WEEK rimir.ai Cases Are O: FiV ? Week's Docket; Civil Actions Second. April term Superior court w'll Id in Brer r?i next week, "-it;: m. p. A. McEIrry of >Ta -'-!l,' I Ige presiding, and J. Wi'i P!e-s. , oi' Marion, appearjiiK for the it:. Mis.? Daphne Sprati cf Jlari will be court stenographer. Fiv-t week of court w'll be give:: ?r to hearing criminal act; ??.?=. Lb civil actions being taken up the ond week. 3hief t Mis tcr:y> of court I be that of Ci nin Blythe, cdi&rg with slavir -r hi: unci--, V 'ge ay. Several <*ivi! actions cf .ml Weaver that this section is as tired of scvor.-il camps that are to 10 e-tablished. Passage of the bill as proposed by President Roosevelt was temporal!! ? held up last week on action of Labor, and Chairman Connery of the house labor committee, but is virtually in sured of passage on practically tfc ? same lines as originally proposed by the president. Western North Carolina, and Tran sylvania county will benefit greatly by the plan of the president, and es pecially so it" the French Bread river project is carried through.. STAR MBETIN POSTPONED There will be no meeting of the Eastern Star chapter on the regvlav meeting date next Tuesday. April 4th, on account of the Mason's not ing at that time. The next nieet-rg of the chapter v.i'l be held Tuesday night, April 18th. ? M , i SMI .--a*