VOL. 38? No. 16
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Wike Nominated For Mayor
In Primary Here Monday By
Big Majority Over Whitmire
ELECTION TO BE HELD;
TUESDAY, MAY 2ND
AS MATTER OF FORM
Harris High Man In Race For
Aldermen, With Duckworth j
Making Second Place
MACFIE REELECTED TO i
PLACE ON CITY BOARD
Record Vote Cast As Friends
Of Candidates Work For
Their Election
J. C. Wike was named as nominee!
for ' Brevard mayor in the primary j
held Monday, winning over 1.
Whitmire by the wide margin of 36&
to 245. Nomination in the D*??"
cratic primary is equivalent to elec
tion, no opposition being filed. j
\ H. Harris led the entire ticket <
with a count of 554, followed ,1
Ralph J. Duckworth with 342, and
S M. Macfie with 339. R. P- Kl1'
Patrick received 300 votes with
Anthony Trantham fifth high man
with 282. These five gentlemen wiU|
constitute the board of aldermen,
which will be elected on May, 2
and sworn in on Wednesday, May 3.
Of the ten men filed for alderman
ic posts, five losers were as follows.
T. L. Snelson, 278 votes; ?. ?
Waters, 272; W. L. Mull, 2o4; Ralph
Lvday, 233; Clyde Ashworth, 224.
'The new mayor is well known in
the entire county, and is a surveyo
?in<l civil engineer of note, chief
among work done in this county be
fng ? he laying out of Lake Toxaway
and was designing engineer for the
several projects that were started in
I ?i.e Toxaway section during the
larlv part of th'e 1900's. He has
been elected three times as county
surveyor and is at present connoted
with the E. H. Jennings estate in
managerial capacity. ticket
Mr Harris, leader of tht ticket,
is connected with the Silvern in
dustrial plants, and enjoy;
highest respect of the entire com
munity, both as a citizen and bus -
man Mr. Duckworth, is as
sUtont cashier of Transylvania
Trust company, and is regarded a.
a worthwhile addition to the towns
?fDfkbMrdMacfie, owner of Mac
'"ie Drug company, was the only re
i-lected alderman, having served
? h ? two previous boards, his compli
taK- vote at this and previous
elections showing the esteem
which he is held as a business and
"llr.'Knpatrick, who has served on
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flower-show- will
BE HELD IN BREVARD
Committee Urges Planting In
Section For Presentation
At Fall Showing
Plans are now underway by^ the
garden committee of the W omens
Civic club for the summer flower
show, which date has been set for
A The 1 committee urges that fl??er
growers begin now to plan for Pla "
ing flowers which will bloom m tim
for exhibit at that date.
Hopes are being entertained by the
?ommittee, of which Mrs. J. C. Max
well is chairman, for a nature; ex
hibit at the flower show from each
summev camp. This, it is believed
will be the most Interestmg aa wel
as educational part of the ? show.
Prizes arc being arranged tor
bv Mrs. Coleman Galloway. .Any
one having bulbs, plants or shrubs
to donate for this purpose are re
quested to report to Mrs. Galloway.
Vases, baskets, holders pottery and
?>ther containers will also be accept
ib'e it is said. , ,
Prizes will be offered for classes
as follows: .
1 ? Asters; Section I, best c
asters one or more varieties; section
2 best 12 asters one or more vav
' "class 2? Zinnias; Section 1. Best
:i zinnias one or more varieties; sec.
tion 2. best 12 zinnias one or more
VaS2VMarigolds; 1 , best 3
bloom one or more varieties; best
12 blooms on" or more varieties.
Cla*s 4? Gladioli; 1. Best smglr
spike of gladioli ;_ 2. best 3 spike;
one or more varieties; ?>, best ?
spikes all one variety; 4, best co!
lection. , . ,
Class 5 ? Roses : 1, best sing!'
rose; 2. best collection of roses.
Class 6? Snapdragons; 1, bos'
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HIGH SCHOOL PLANS !
GIVEN FOR CLOSING!
Alexander Will Preach Ser
mon; New Method To
Be Qb?e:rved
First of the Commencement ex
'ercises at Brevard High school will
I be given on Sunday evening, April
30, when the annual sermon will bo
preached by the Rev. R. L. Alexan
der, pastor Brevard Presbyterian ?
' churclu.
Graduation exercises and Class
day program will be combined in
]one event this year, according to
Professor J. B. Jones, who madei
announcement of the exercises Mon
day. The modern exercises will be
taken part in by the Seniors them
selves, presentation of diplomas
land other functions to be performed
| by members of the graduating class.
ACTIONEXPECfED IN i
RIVER WORK MATTER
i Matter Taken Up With Gov
ernment Leaders By Bre
vard Man Last Week
Action on the French Broad
river project is expected to be taken
by the Federal government at an
early date, according to Wm. K.
Breese, Brevard attorney, who was
! in Washington l^st week, confer
I ring with Congressman Zebu Ion
[Weaver and other leaders,
i Mr. Breese reports tnat Congress
i man Weaver is bending his every
I effort toward getting jetties and
Swing dams removed from the river,
j which were placed there a number
jof years ago by the government in
! an effort to make the river navigable
/on a commercial basis.
In a conference with governmental
officials in Washington Saturday,
'estimate of required labor to com
| plete the work was placed at be
, tween 40 and 60 men working six
. weeks.
! Stress was laid by the Brevard
i man on the fact that hundreds of
j acres of land along the French
I Broad river would be made tillable
S were the obstructions placed there
? by the Federal government removed.
; thus lowering the river bed arid pro
i viding Natural drainage)' for land
j that is now either of the swamp
l type or too wet fo cultivation.
ITAX LISTING BEGINS
i HERE FIRST OF MAY
i
Tax listing in all sections of the
county will start the first week in
May, according to announcement
made by county officials here this
week. John L. Wilson, of Enon, has
been appointed tax supervisor of
the county and will have charge of
the listing.
The town of Brevard listings will
also be made at the same time that
listing is made of Brevard property
jfor the county.
I TO PREACH AT CASHIERS
i ROSMAN, April 19-? The Rev. C.
i .1. Eldridge will fill his regular ap
jpcintment at Cashiers Baptist church
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
! PICTURE SHOW PRICES
TO BE CUT ON FRIDAY
I Announcement is made by the
! Clemson Theatre that effective Fri
! day of this week, admission prices
i will be placed at the low figure of
j ten cents for children and twenty
J five cents for adults.
1 The Clements operate one of thi
| best picture houses to be found in
I North Carolina in a town the .size ol
(Brevard, and show excellent pic
tures. Their business is one that is
?an asset to the tourist business here
jlOTlTORlAKES
j BANK WORK REPORT
|
Report of liquidation of the Bre
j vard Banking company was mndc
jbv Pat Kimzey to Judge P. A. Mc
'^Elroy in Superior court here last
: | week, showing that a total of $80,
? 281,59 had been collected during th<
' | year ending December 31, 1932.
Expenses, including insurance
> j taxes and salaries for the yeai
?' amounted to 12, 970.00 the ropor
I showed with nn income from rent:
intere.-is amounting to $11.
1 956.02. Copy the complete i'epor
! 1 1 s filed and aprroved can be see)
'?n the MTV- f f!'?rl; of Court <M:<
Alexander.
PRES8Y1HM MEET
ENDS SESSIONS HERL
Entire Community Joined In
Makir.g Visitors And Del
egates Comfortable
I
j Twenty-eighth annual meeting <?/
(the Woman's Auxiliary of the Ashe
i ville Presbytery closed its three
I day, meet Wednesday at noon, the
sessions being held in Brevard Pres
byterian church, and pronounced
by leaders of the women's work to
have been outstanding in every re
spect.
Delegates and visiters from all
churches in the Asheville Presby
tery were entertained ir. homes of
the community, this adding much
to the pleasure of the visitors.
Several outstanding people at
tended the sessions, an?i were heard j
at various times in appropriate
messages of the work being done by
[the Y/omen and concerning plans for!
i future work.
Next meeting of the PresbyterisI 1
will be held at Bryson City in April
of next year. One hundred twenty
delegates were registered for the
meeting here, according to Mrs.
John W. Smith, registrar. Homes of
the community were thrown open to
the visitors, and everything possi
ble was done to make the stay ofj
the visitors one of pleasure. Mrs.:
Edf.a r Patton was in charge of the
hospitality committee.
Th? Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor
of the church was called to Missis*
I ippi on Saturday on account of the
[death of his father, the Rev. L. T.
Wilds, of Hendersonville acting in
his place and had charge of the com-|
munion and services on Monday eve
ning.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year include: Honorary president.
Mrs. R. C. Anderson, Montreal; pres
ident, Mrs. R. C. Dorsey, Montreal,
re-elected; vice president, Mrs. L M.
Richeson, Hazelwood ; recording sec
retary, Miss Anne Wilson, Black
Mountain; treasurer, Mrs. Kate Hud
son, Montreat; historian, Mrs. R. P.
Smith, Asheville.
Secretaries of Causes are: Mrs. T.
E. Patton, .Jr., Brevard, Spiritual
^Life; Mrs. J. E. Lancaster, Franklin,
Foreign Missions; Miss Cornelia
Taylor, West Asheville, Christian
Education; Mrs. W. W. Love, A^Jtue
ville. Religious Education; Mrs. Pres
ton Thomas, Asheville. Synodical and
Presbyteria! Home Missions; Mrs.
R. P. Walker. Waynesville, Litera
ture; Mrs. George Hammond, Can
ton, Christian Social Service.
Chairmen of the local committee*
who were commended for the fine
work they did in connection with the
sessions here ?were: hospitality, Mrs.
(Edtvard Patton; publicity, Miss Cora
>' Wilson; lunch. Mrs. H. H. Patton
land Mrs. Patton Kimzey; registra
tion, Mi's. W. M. Cloud; music. Miss
[Elizabeth Shipman; pageant, Mrs.
|R. L. Alexander.
I Outstanding in the program was
| the pageant given on Tuesday even
jing by the young people's division of
| the church, depicting the "Path to
! Peace," and a lighthouse' erected by
(Fred Miller which was effectively
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II SS PATTON WILL
[REPRESENT BREVARD
i
(Will Take Prominent Part In
| National Cotton Week
Affair In Greenville
! Miss Charlotte Patton, daughter
i of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Patton, has
[been selected to represent Brevard
| at the Cotton Ball which will br
I given as part of the "National
j Cotton Week," which celebration will
[be staged in Greenville during the
week 'of May 15-19.
On the evening of May IS, there
will be a grand ball with a gorgeous
display of cotton frocks, and one
young lady from all surrounding
? cities will be honor guests at the
event as representatives of their
home communities.
The Grenville event is being stag
ed in connection with the observance
' of "National Cotton Week" through
? out the United States.
KELVINATOR WILL BE
[SHOWN HERE FRIDAY
I j
l
I Special demonstration of Kelvina
tors will be held at offices of the
? Southern Public Utilities company on
' Friday afternoon of this week, be
; ginning at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. Leila
? A. Fleming, of Greenville, S. C., in
' ehargi? of the demonstration.
New Kelvinator models now en
display at the S. P. U. show rooms
" will be thoroughly discussed bj
t Mrs, Fleming, who is an expert ir
' matters of cooking and home eco
- nomics. Attention is called V Mara
t J. M. Gsines to the fact thai
' " "? ar invited to attend t'nn show
>sr. alcng with Indie* if the com
inunity.
Leading Students At Brevard
Miss Ella Mae Scruggs, at left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. I.
Scruggs has been selected as valedictorian of the Brevard high
school senior class, her average for the four-year term being 96.
Miss Justine Roberta Wright, at right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. F. Wright, with an average of 93 has been selected as salu
tatorian.? Cut courtesy Citizen.
GOVERNMENT CAMP [I
PLANS BEING MADE,
Transy lvalrna Quota Is Set A ,
! Eleven; Davidson River i
Site Selected
j
Plans are under way for recruitir,, :
| labor in North Carolina to begin 011.
Monday of next week under super -
I vision of the Welfare department, j
ithe men to be used in National parks .
for reforestation and other work. !
No definite plan has been an- ;
* nounced from the office at Raleigh '
I in regard to recruiting of local la-!
'bor, according to W. A. Wilson, di-i
i rector of relief in Transylvania,
'county A meeting of directors of re- 5
lief will be held ir, Asheville Thurs-j
day at which time- plans will be taken ?
up for picking the men, Mr. Wilson j
said. i
Transylvania county will be al
lowed eleven men on the project, 1
these men to be between 18 and 25, j
and having dependent families. The ,
i men will be under supervision of the:
j United States Army, according ta
j Ranger Duncan of the Pisgah Na->
; tional Forest, the army to have.
! charge of supplies and barracks,"
j with the forestry division to super- :
)\-ise the work. !
i One of the camps will be erected;
[at Johns Rock on Davidson River,,
i some preliminary work already hi
| intr done. The camp will be able to.
? take care of 220 men under tenta-i
' t i \ e plans received by Mr. Duncan.1
One dollar per day and subsis
tence will be given men on the jobs,,
with greater part of the payroll toi
be sent direct to the dependent lam-;
ilies of the men given employment.!
Enlistment periods will be for six.
months duration .two weeks pre
liminary training to be given men
from this section at Fort McPher
son, Atlanta.
SALES TAX PASSES
ITS FIRST READING!
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j Calls For Two Percent Gen -j
eral Tax? Adjournment j
Resolution Made
I RALEIGH, April 19? The housoj
nassed the general sales tax on its|
first reading Tuesday night by a;
two-vote margin carrying a two'
per cent rate, in a stormy session,
thai lasted two hours.
The bill must pass two more read-;
ings on separate days for it to reach ;
the senate. _ :
I Personalities were hurled during,
ipart of the two-hour debate on thej
sales tax, as a crowded gallery ap-:
plauded sales tax forces. Twice;
Speaker Harris threatened to clear!
the galleries if further demonstra
tions were forthcoming. i
' The two per cent levy was tn? |
fruit of three days of work by a |
special finance committee which wa?,
appointed last. Friday after the
house had defeated both forms of a |
sales tax? a three per cent general,
; and a selected commodity. j
Representative Bowie of Ashe. ,
i leader of the anti-sales taxers, and.
iRep. Cherry of Gaston, Bowies run
I ning mate in the battle for lower
! appropriations, clashed in one of the
'hot-test verbal exchanges of the nres-i
<?nt session to feature the debate..
Cherry, as chairman of the special;
committee, led the fight for adoption j
of the two per cent tax.
Th" T egislature may or may not
ad'ourn in two weeks', regardess of
i measure introduced Tuesday cal
; ling for adjournment in ten days.
CHURCH SERVICES
The. Rev. .7. lv Bnrt will fill hif
regular appointment at the Glady
j Branch church near Brevard S u n
I flay niorning at eleven o'clock, and
?j'-t Oil; Grove, Quebec, Sunday
'evening at eight.
MRS. PICKELSIMER TO
ilEAD P. T. A. GROUP
Picnic For Pre-School Age
Children Will Be Given
Within Few Days
Annual election of officers fea
'ured the last meeting of the year of
the Parent-Teacher association, held
Mni day afternoon at the elementary
school auditorium.
Following were the officers elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
J. B. Pickelsimer; vice president
Mrs. J. L. Cobb; secretary. Mist
Myrtle Barnette; treasurer, Mis?
Ruth Waters.
The retiring president, Mrs. S. P.
Vcrner, presided over the meeting. -A
program committee for the coming
year was appointed as follows: Mis
Janie Strickland, chairman, Mis?
Garnet Lyday, Mrs. Roy Long, Mis<
Eva Call.
A unique and enjoyable prograrr
was presented in the nature oi
negro spirituals sung by teacher:
and 40 pupils of Rosenwald colore'
school of Brevard.
Plans were laid for a party or pic
nic to be held soon for pre-schoo
children of the town, and the follow
ing committee was named to mal?
arrangements: Miss Bill Aiken, Mrs
.J. E. Rufty, Miss Eva Call, Mrs
Julian Glazener, Mrs. A. B. Gallo
way.
Mrs. Pat Kimzey, chairman of th<
school lunches for underprmlggec
children, spoke a few words of appre
ciation to the association for theii
support and cooperation in the wort
throughout the year.
SEASON OPENS FOR
TAKING GAME FISH
Fishing is holding center of at
tention with a majority of the mali
population of Brevard, with a goo<
many waiting for warmer weathei
before venturing out.
Several report going- out las
Sunday, with pretty good luck
while others waited until Mondftj
before slaying forth. Several car:
from out of town were seen in th'
community Sunday and the first o
the week, all carrying fishing-mind
ed people.
County Game Warden E. R. Gal
lcway states that very few )>;?
pie applied for fishing license, re
gardless of the fact that 'there is i
penalty for fishing in this count;
without license.
SHERARD RESIGNS FROM
COTTON MILL POSITIOfv
W. M. Sherard, for the past year
of Pisgah Cotton Mills and the mil
general manager and superintended
at Green River, announced the firs
of this week that no had tendrre<
his resignation to the two companies
Both mills have shown fine pre
gress under the management of Mr
Sherard, who is well known in Bre
vard, and is counted as an outstaml
ing textile man.
BEER AGENTS PLAN
TO BE READY MAY !
I ??!
Preparations are going fonvar<
in Brevard for satisfying the thirs
! of those who will be interested ii
1 3.2 per cent beer, which will b
i sold legally here on May 1st.
I While no definite nnnouncomen
i has been made, it is pretty genera!
I Iy understood that at. least fiv
| places in Brevard will dispens
! the fluid, with possibly one or tw
jmore to g<t in on the ground floo
j::s soi.n as details if licenses, taxe
I >?' h.-tve been announced by lot;
I authorities.
CARR LUMBER PLANT
ROTES OPERATION
HERE MONDAY MORN
Local People Given Proferer.ce
In SeEectinjf Worker#
At Pisgah Fcre*t
OPERATES ON BILTMORE
FOREST ESTATE LANDS
-
i Hardwood Flooring and Other
i Lumber Shipped To All
Parts Of Country
Care Lumber company, located at
Pisgah Forest, now has better tha?
100 men on its payroll, resuming op
eration of its Iarg? plant ?n this
county after having been practical
ity closed for over a year,
j Announcement is made by W. W
i Croushorn, secretary and* general
(manager of the large hardwood
? ufacturing concern that a complete
j force of workmen has already been
j recruited, using local labor entirely,
j several smaller crews having been at
?work several weeks getting the plant
'yards and roiling stock in condition
i The Carr Lumber company has
I been in operation here for twenty
' years, during which time more than
'two hundred million feet of high
grade hardwood lumber has been
manufactured and shipped to all
parts of the country.
Operating on the famous Biltmore
Estate, which is now a part of thf
Pisgah National Forest, the com
pany takes the choicest of timbers
from 63,000 acre boundary covew'J
by their contract made with the iatf
Geo. W. VanderbiJt pi ior to establish
.ment of the national forest. The tim
tber is hauled to the plant at Pisgab
j Forest over a network of trails con
necting with the company-ownetf
railroad, then to Etowah where con
nection is made with the Southern.
One of the principal products of
the output cf the Pisgah Fore>t
plant is the "Biltmore Hardwood"
flooring, in which fine oak and maplt
is used. Other lumbers such as pop
lar, oak and chestnut are alsG put tf>
the market, from the p!"nt.
In announcing resumption of op
erations Mr. Croushorn would makf
ijno statement in regard to genera?
i business conditions and future oros
pects of the- lumber business inner
than to state that "there is some im
provement in our line, sufficient, to
?warrant putting our force back oa
[ i the job, with hopes that condition*
? will continue to improve and enable
; ; us to continue operations."
? t Louis Carr, of Brevard and New
Croushorn as secretary-treasurer an<S
general manager of the Transylvania
plar.t.
Workers employed in the plant f'-r
the most part are natives of thii
county and own their own home in
the immediate Pisgah Forest and
Brevard section. Eight hour days,
five days per week will be observe'!,
it is announced.
ROSMlN exercises
START ON APRIL P
. Senior Class Play Will
Given Saturday Evening
| Of Nfext Week
ROBMAN, April 19. ? Graduating
exercises for Rosman High school, as
.announced by Professor T. C. Her.
(lerson. principal, will begin on Ai
' I ril 20, ending on Wednesday. May
The Senior clas' play, "Sammy."
will be given on April 2!) in the higii
school auditorium. On Sunday after
. noon at 3 o'clock, the baccalaureate
i sermon will be given by -hi' R- v. R.
L. Alexander, pastor Brevard Pres
byterian church.
'j Monday evening. May 1. at light
j o'cloek, the elementary school op
j eretta, always a big drawing card
here, will be given. Tuesdsv after
noon at 2:00 the scver.t arr.de grn-t
uating class exercises will fc~ h->H
Tuesday evening. May 2, at i>ig
. o'clock, class day exercises will :
; held. Final exercise-, will be giv
-.on Wednesday e%-ening. May 3.
"'eight o'clock, when Dr. John E. C
fee. president of Asheville No nr. .
will make the literary address.
Schools Close May 3rd
All schools of ihe county w.
close on Wednesday, May 3, ac
cording to Professor J. B. Jone-\
county superintendent. The tw.i
high schools, Brevard and Rosnsar.
will also close on th;= date.
FIRST RATTLESNAKE 15
REPORTED AS VICIOUS
ROSMAN. April 19? First, Rattl
snake reported to have been in th*
land of the wide awakes is reported
in contact with the serpent, and is
by Obie Moore, who really had been
now confined at )ii? home- fine w
bite of the vicious snalie >.vliich oc
cirrrd last week.