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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ?1 00 PER YEAR BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933 VOL. 38 ? No. 15 - WHITM1SE AND W1KE SEEKING MAYORALTY', OFFICE IN BREVARD, Ten Men FiwTor Members | Of Town Council; Five i Will Be Elected election to be held at. COURT HOUSE MONDAY , _ t Saturday Designated ? '~hal*j lenge Day? Polls C pen At Eight o Clock T W. Whitmire ami J. C. both long prominent ^ fairs are seeking the may?r?i?-y nomination, with ten men out Jor^h five places on the board of. aldermen, i Those filed for places ?n board are: Clyde Ashworth, Ralph , Duckworth, A. H. Harris, R. ?? ] " j Patrick, Ralph Lyday, S. M. Macne,| W. L. Mull. T. L. Snelson, A. A. Trantham and J. E. Waters. . Whitmire has served several terms as mayor, while Ashworth and fie are at present members of the, city council. Other members of the] beard who did not file for re-dec-, Hon- are Frank D Clement, T. H. r.allowav and William J- . wains. Mayor Ralph Ramsey likewise fail ed to offer for re-election. Polls will open at 3 0 clock n Monday morning, April .17, . m the W- Pickelsimer for the past several Saturdays vwth the coming Saturday, Apul , ignated as challenge day. GLOUCESTER CITIZEN IS CALLED IN DEATH Theodore GMWay Victim Of Pneumonia After Illness Of Few Days ROSMAN, April ? 12 ? Theodotie cJ?S Se A of pneumonia ?it the home of his mothei, mis. Fait Galloway, in Gloucester on S UI Funeral services were held Sunday V feriyCfh1kRiaPti^ltTh0wenn ?BgXJUZtJtHS "'Mr Owen was unmarried and ha'1 tt life 1 He Sd "by ""FBrsssrsz. Tennessee, Lonzo GaU?way of derson county, and Mrs. of Pennsylvania. CIVICCfljBOFFERS FIVE DOLLAR PRIZE Civic club is offering a P?*e of five dollars for the property entered ^that shows the greatest improvement m appearance this summer. t.- is honed by the garden com mittee in charge of this^project a home grounds as well as vacant lot will he entered in the contest, former adding flowers or some nev. feature and the latter being kepi Cl6Fulkv ' 'details of the contest ph0n!>^ Z viewed at the begin Sll Sills ? .he clos, .? th. contest. HIGH SCHOOL NAMES LEADING SCHOLARS Miss Scruggs Chosen Valedic torian; Miss Wright Is Class Salutatorian Miss Ella Mae Scruggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Scruggs, hat: "ueen selected as valedictorian of the Brevard High school senior clas?. having made the high average 0.1 96 over her high school career. Miss Justine Roberta Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. i1 ? Wright, waa selected as salutatonan, her average for the four years be ing 93. Graduating exercises of Brevard High school will be announced at an early date, with complete program for all events given. GLEN BLYM FREED I OF MURDER CHARGE' Penrose Boy Is Charged With , Death Of Verge Gray ? ! Plead? Self Defense ! The happiest boy in Transylvania j 'county Tuesday night was Glen ; Blvthe of Penrose, when the jury] (who had heard him tried for the [death of his uncle', Verge Gray, saulj ; "Not guilty." j ' Trial of the young man started (Monday morning and lasted until I Tuesday noon, a number of witness ' es being heard. At the outset of th hearing Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr.. ! announced that he would seek a ver I diet of guilty in the second degree or j manslaughter, as the evidence might j warrant. Young Blythe was charged! I with fatally shooting Gray at the iBlyth home on January 4, this year i Defense counsel, W. E. Breese and IT. Coleman Galloway, carried the ! fight of their client for acquittal, i basing their ease on self defense ant! endeavored to show throughout the hearing that threats made by Gray prior to the fatal day, and the man [ner in which Gray was approaching j Blythe at the time of the shooting justified this plea. , The case went to the jury shortlj after four o'clock Tuesday afternoon and the ver Jict was rendered at 8 : 1 Tuesday night before a hastily gath ered crowd of spectators, all of whom seemed pleased with the verdict. Jurors said that the first ballot was 8 to 4 for acquittal, with the four for manslaughter. Only two ballots were taken. Sheriff T. S. Wood and Dr. C. L. Newland were principal witnesses for the state, Sheriff Wood testifying at length Monday as to the finding of the wounded man and the state ments made by members of the Blythe family. Recalled to the stand Tuesday, Sheriff Wood testified that Grav told him a few hours before he died that Blythe had shot him ' when I wasn't doing a thing to Glen Young Blvthe went to the stand for himself and told of the argument just prior to the shooting, and of his ordering Gray to leave the place al ter he had been there for sometime, cursing and using abusive language. ( Continued on back page) MUSIC PUPILS TO GIVE ! RECITAL AT HI SCHOOL i ; Music pupis of Alvin Moore of ' the Brevard schools will present a . recital at the Brevard high school ; '? auditorium Monday evening, April ? j 24th. ?'j This will be the first of the com |:mencement exercises, and alt patrons '.and friends of the school are giver 'a cordial invitation to attend. j B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM | ROSMAN, April 12 ? Rosma^i B j Y. P. U. will put on a special pro gram at Middle Fork Baptist churcl next Sunday night. The public is cordially invited to attend. Bank Deposit Bill Gets Unfavorable Committee Report In Legislature Unfavorable committee report was given the Galloway bank deposit' bill last week ,in which the Tran-i syivania representative asked leg-is- J lative sanction on selling of deposits! in closed banks to parties owing the j bank, in order that the purchaser of I such accounts could apply same onj indebtedness owing the bank. Had the bill become law, depositors : in the closed Brevard Banking com- 1 pany wcu'.d have been enabled to dis- ; pose of deposits which were fre?, ! and the purchaser of such deposit j credits would have been given credit | in ft.i'1 for the amount so purchased on notes owing by the purchaser to the bank. ! The bill attracted strtewMe atten tion ?t the time of its intrai'uction in the house. Following is copy of the bill which has been reported un favorable by the committee on bank and banking: "That any person, firm or corpo ration society or organization, b; whatsoever name, designated, hav ing any moneys cr funds on deposi in any bank of North Carolina, t'na is now closed and ?which has nc paid its depositors and other cred itors in full shall, from and afte the ratification of this act, hav authority to spII and convey such a< counts or deposits to any persoi firm or corporation that may desii to purchase same and -.vho owe sue closed banks any money, and sue pn'^n, firm or corporation, pu: chasing: such account or deposi | shall bo; e~':iUcd to app'y su'-h a court or deposit to the discharge < : any debts owing by them to sue closed banks at the full fact' vah of such account,? or deposit." Wins Musical Recognition Miss Adelaide Silversteen. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. Silversteen, of Brevard, was lauded by The Win ston-Salem Journal music critic in an account of the graduating recital 1 given by the Brevard giri. Miss Sil versteen, who is a contralto, is a pupii of Mr. Ernest L. Schofield, lead of the voice department of Salem College, and gave the initial program or a series of recitals by ' members of the graduating cla-s. j The Journal's critic gave hig! praise to Miss Silversteen's ab:i noting her "careful attention .0 phrasing and smooth, even tones'' in her opening numbers. In selections from "Samson and Delilah," "Mis> Silversteen exhibited a fine dramatic instinct and real operatic ability." The article lauds Miss Silversteen 's mastery of technical difficulties, the unusual volume- and richness of her voice, and her powerful, brillant, yet sympathetic interpretation of heT numbers. The selections she chose for her recital covered a wide range, including unusual Spanish songs, operatic selections, old folk songs, l'alian numbers, French songs, and several German lieder. (Cut courtesy The Citizen ) H. L. WILSON DiES OF iCAR WRECK INJURIES: Prominent Brevard Resident Fatally Hurt Whe.i His i Auto Leaves Road Funeral services for H. L. Wilson, prominent and popular business man j of Brevard were held at Brevard j Presbyterian church last Sunday af-1 ternoon, the commodious church be- j ing filled to overflowing by friends, and relatives of the deceased man i who came to pay their last respects. ' Mr. Wilson died Friday night at Lyday Memorial hospital, as result of injuries received in an automobile accident on Tuesday afternoon when his car left the highway and crashed into a tree. According to informa tion received by friends of Mr. Wil son in Brevard, the right front tire , of the heavy machine he was driving unaccompanied, blew out, causing the car to swerve sharply and leave I the highway. Picked up in an urs I conscious condition, Mr. Wilson was carried to Patton Memorial hospital. Her.dersonville, where he remained until Thursday, when his condition : seemed to be improving. Brought to Brevard on Thursday, Mr. Wilson became worse, and ex amination disclosed that a form of meningitis had set in and death fol lowed on Friday night. Mr. Wilson same to Brevard as a young man from Rutherford county, '.and entered Brevard Institute. Upon s j graduating at the Institute, he ac Jcepted a position with the Brevard ( Continued on back ]xige) LOCAL CHURCH TO BE HOST TO CONVENTION Asheville Presibyterial To Hole Three Day Session Here During Next Week Approximately 200 delegates an< visitors are expected to attend thi 28tn annua! meeting of the Ashevilli Presbyterial, which will convene ii the Brevard Presbyterian churcl next week in a three-day session April 17-1'J. The Brevard-Davidsol River Auxiliary will be hostess t< the gathering. Mrs. C. E. Dorsey, president of th Asheville Presbyterial, will presid over the session. Appearing on th | programs will be prominent mini? : ters of the Asheville Presbytery an< ! officials and members of the P res by . terial. The program of the sessio: ! will be built around the them( j "Bearers nf the Light." | An executive committtee inectir. I will be held Monday afternoon a 1 2:30 o'clock, followed by enrollmen ! of delegates at 4:30. On Tuesday a 132:30 o'clock lunch will be sc-rved th ) delegation by the Young Women' j circle of Brevard in the Masoni ' lodge hall, at a charge of 25 cent ?per plate. I The two night meetings on Mor.da and Tuesday are open to the publii ^nd ladles* of other Idenomination of the town arc invited to attend th day sessions also. ; Following is the program, begii filing with Monday evening meetin I ( Continued on bafik page) I FISHING SEA SON TO ! OPEN IN FEW DAYS s Unless aclion is taken by the State f Legislature during the week chang y ing the law in regard to fishing ^ Transylvania county fishermen wil t be guided by regulations in effecl it for the past several years, the sea I- son to open or. the 16th of April. v Some question ui to * he actus' 0 date of open season hs.3 been ex pressed by authorities, with both th 'nth and IGtli being locked upon ? official dates for openirg. New bi H ; f 5>y the haiulsful have been-' intv? " duced in the General Assembly i: r" regard to tho present fishing laws t most of which measures are still ii c" tl i> hopper. The Galloway bill, introduced scv 'i C'i i! weeks ago, ar>J ont- which ;it. ic tructed much attention, is stil han</ ing fire. ?B. Y. P. U. MEETING HELD LAST SIINBA1 i Center district B. Y. P. U. m . f Sunday afternoon at Cedar Mou: 1 tain Baptist church for their regi | j lar quarterly meeting-. ! Paul Glazener, district leader, pr ?jsidad over the meeting, with Mi ?jllybcrnia Shipman, association i president, also taking part on tl I ' program. Interesting talks on different nha .jes of the B. Y. P. U. work we h-ard from Rev. Mr. Hilemon, Pre i.'iran Gillespie, Vernon Cosnell ni - Clyde Pittrnan, Special music w i ' rendered by the Cedar Mounta j group. i ' Plans were discussed for the i fional c nferonee to be held at t - j First Bi tist church, Asheville, -.Friday ad Saturday of this we< - and several expressed their intenti ? :>f attending. WILSON APPOINTED I AS TAX COLLECTOR! Tax Listers For Each Toww-i ship Named In Meeting Of Co. Comnmsaionera John L. Wilson, of En on, was! selected by the board of county com-! inissioners in their meeting Satur-! day afternoon, as county supervisor! of taxation. Names of list-takers or assistants in the several townships in the coun-. ty, approved by the board include; the following: Boyd township, A. E. England;! Brevard, W. M. Kenry; Catheys| Creek, G. H. Paxton; Dunns P.ock.i George Maxwell; Eastatoe, W. C. Gravely; Gloucester, C. V. Green; Hogback, Granville Fisher; Little River, Harold Hart. reforesta?on site LOCATED IN COUNTY I ! Over 200 Men Will Be Givea Lodging Id John Rock Section of Forest esc Officials of -Pisgah National For ' are expecting plans momentarily for the labor camp that is to be lected at John's Rock in the David | i River section near here. j Plans expected will call for the I ? ?)), one of several to be erected the national forest, to take care j of 220 men, who will be selected ; l't ?m unemployed in the eastern i< :j:ss of America. J The camps will be rushed to eom { pit! ion immediately upon receipt of pin::; from Washington, according to 51. A. Mattoon, supervisor ox the Pisgah National Forest. Ranger Duncan, of the Pisgah section of the Forest will be in charge of the work on Davidson River which wi! employ labor for erection of the camps and will purchase needed sup plies locally. Preliminary work is now going forward witlf a smal crew of workmen being employed. While no definite information ha; . been received here as to opera tioi . , of the camps workers for the camp: !are already being recruited by the J United States, department of la ! bor. They are to be given a shor I disciplinary course of instructioi I under the direction of army officer: and then sent to the camps when I they will be put to work buildinf j roads and trails and reforestinf land's. While only a few, if any, loca 1 people will be given work in th< camps, after their completion, thi i project is looked upon by many peo 'pie here as being of great value t' Transylvania county, in that ther will be a ready market for product of the farm and that at least a par of the S300 per day or better pay roll will find its way into Brevari i from the camp at John's Rock. Trails and roads to be construct ? I ed by the relief labor platoons wil i ! add much to the beauty and acces visibility of the forest, which he < long been an attraction for tourist el to this section. SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO SEND IN PAYMENT, Members of The Transylvani Times family, subscribers living i the county, and in other sections, ar responding to the pi?n for payvner of subscriptions now due, a gradus increase of this number each wee] To those who are now in arreat with the paper, the fact is points c|out that it requires money to operat sja newspaper, and those people wh cjenioy reading The Times should fei s| willing to pay for it. J'j BRINKMAN AT KIWAN1S -> j ?J The Rev. G. C. Brinkman will 1 e! guest, speaker at the Thursday mea |ing of Brevard Kiwanis club to 1 ?"[hed at the England Home on Er. 8 Main street. Frank D. Clement wi i be in charge of the program. DRY FORCES PLAN TO ORGANIZE COUNTY IN WAR AGAINST BRINK State Officals Heard Here Sunday In. Series Of Phohi Lectures BEER IS DECLARED TO BE INTOXICATING BEVERAGE Plan To Organize Anti-Salopn Chapters in Each Pre* ci.nct In County ? Dry forces of Transylvania ar a perfecting an organization which I will carry the fight l'or retention of :the I Slh Amendment into every com ! munity of the county and will hsve also as its work education of people against the evils of beer drinking. ? Dr. Jesse C. Owen, Mrs. Owen and 'Dr. G. J. Burnett, all prominent of Ificiala in the North Carolina Anti i Saloon league, were in Brevard Sun day and were heard in addresses at ' tne Methodist church and at Rosman .high school. j Dr. Owen, a native of Transylva ; Viia county and assistant superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon league, spake Sunday morning at the Baptist church, dccrying the evil influences of whiskey and intemperance, and calling upon the people to work againsr. ar;y repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. | In a mass meeting held at Rosinan : High school Sunday afternoon, Dr. i Owen spoke feelingly of the rnove | merit which he represents, and wenc (Continued on back paye): SELECTED THRU OMNIBUS BILL 'Twenty-Three Men Are Nom ! inated In Measure By The County Representative j j Justices of the peace are to be .j appointed for Transylvania county j under the ominbus bill introduced in I ( the State Legislature last week in l- elude the following: _ ? Brevard township, F. E. ShuTordr' H. E. Erwin, R. E. Mackey and E. P. McCoy. i Body township, L. F. Lyday, T. R. Duncan and D. H. Ilolliday. Cathev's Creek township, N. S. Galloway and W. S. McLean. Dunn's Rock township, L. P. Wil e j son and Glad Whitraire. Eastatoe township, Wclcon Gallo 3 I way, Fred Nicholson, Charlie Grave e!ly and Clyde Hubbard. , j Gloucester township, A. C. Priw, ? | Clarence Green and H. S. McCain J Hogback township, L. E. Cash, T. ?] j C. McCall and T. B. Reid. 1 Little River township, Claude Shu . 1 ford and P. T. Watson. B. & LASSOHATION IN ANNUAL ELECTION l Si All officers of Brevard Bu'ldir-: ;ar.d Loan Association have been r. a elected for another term of offic-. n . with the following being head of tl ' e ! association: it i President, Jo-. S. Silversteei; v.'?> >! president, S. M. Macfie; :ccrc'n:v treasurer, Jerry Jerome. ??l Directors re-elected include: S. V. 1 Everett, J. S. Bromfield, S. If. Mae :<!fie, Jos. S. Silvorsteen, Frank D. nj Clement, T. H. Galloway, Dr. C. L. ?1 j Newland, Roy Long. SATURDAY BANKING HOURS f j Announcement is made by th* >e. Transylvania Trust company triat t- the bank will close ^aeh Saturday W' promptly at 12 o'clock, beginr.irgj ^ - this Saturday. Other days of '.he M II week the bank will remain open un- ' til regular closing time, 2:00 o'clock. , Toxaway Tanning Company Resumes ifj Operations; Will Employ Full Force et| ROSMAN, April 12 ? Toxaway. n j Tanning company, one of the prin 11 cipai plants of this section, has re sumed operations, giving a number ,.|of men employment, and spreading j the kind of cheer that only a regular 2 ! payroll can give. -uj Announcement is made by Jos. S Silversteen, head' of the Toxaway | and other interests of tho county,' ??" that a full force of men will soon be I n employed, working six hours per :C\ day. r- The Rosroan Tanning Extract com-| pany, also located h?re. will have a in full quota of men within a week, the two plants practically fakirs: care ?c- of unemployment in the town, hv Primarily an industrial ccmmuni 01 ty, the town cif Rosrnan has every 'k reason to be jrlsd of the outlook, on While no statement has been made by Mr. JJilversteen in repard to bus iness in general, it ia hoped th:>.t conditions will warrant the con-'" tinued operation of the plants. REVIVAL SERVICES ROSMAN Ajfril 12 ? Rwiva! services begun at Middle Fork Bap tist church Monday night of tlm week, conducted by the Rev. Nathan Chapman and Rev. Mr. Whitlock, of South Carolina. Services are helit each night at 8 o'clock. PASTOR ON VISIT ROSMAN, April 12? The Rev. E. Burt, pastor Zion Baptist church will return from Pendleton, S. C.. on Sunday in time to cor.duot services at Zion and Mt. Momh. Calvert. Mr. Burt is conducting a revival s^r vi<*e in South Carolina. 1