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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR TRANSYLVANIA NO AWAKE TO ITS BE BET FOR PROGRE! Government Dam On Fren Broad Would Make Sec tion Great Resort PROPERTY VALUE WOUI DOUBLE IN SHORT TIN Breese Sees Salvation F < Community Based Upon Dam In County Editor Transylvania Times: While many good citizens of Trs sylvania County have spoken and ; so written to me and all were favor of the project of building dam on the French Broad and thei by forming a great lake in this s? tion, nevertheless, our people ha not seemed to grasp the full pos: bilities of this project. It may be for Hie reason th they think it too large an underta ing for even the government to p into operation, but the answer to th: is, that the government is able do so and has undertaken thinj much larger of similar character. I have been informed that tl Cove Creek project on the Clinc River is a larger one than this Frenc Broad project and that is going to I underway in a short time. As to the great benefit to the pei pie of this county, it seems nee< less to explain, for anyone can Tea* ily see that the creation of a larg lake here, with the shore lines ope for sale to the people from othe States, would make Transylvani county as a whole and Brevard i particular, one of the greatest toui ist resorts in the southeast part c the United States, for here -waul be that combination of scenery, -cl mate and water, which is the grcal est asset for any resort section. The uplands on the shore of th lake would be converted into sun mer homes of thousands of peopl (Continued On Poge Six) MUSTLISTTAXES DURING THIS MONTE Ten Per Cent Penalty To B< Added On All Property Un listed Last Day of May Although warning has been madi by county tax officials that all pro perty must be listed for taxatior during the month of June, reports from list takers indicate that manj people are failing to list. Again this week, attention of the public is called to the fact that all property must be listed during June and the fact is stressed that unless listing is made, a ten percent penalty will be added, this last ruling being mandatory by law. List takers will not turn theif books over to Supervisor John L. Wilson until June 1st unless the listing in Various communities are , completed, and citizens are urged to take advantage of this fact. POST OFFICE TO CLOSE ON MEMORIAL DAY, 30th In observance of Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30 the Brevard post office will be closed all day, With exception of one h(Jtir between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning and for thirty minutes after arrival of the afternoon train. There will be no city or rural de liveries on that day, but those de siring mail may call at the post of fice during the one and one-half hour opening period, postmaster R. L. Nicholson states. T EXCHANGE REPORTS ;t people intereste ;s ch Bureau of Information Is F ceiving Many Inquiries From Tourists ' tn al iu a ?e *-1 New members are being adc daily to the Woman's Exchange, ; cording to Miss Lilian Jenkins, w is in charge of the office and a acting as all-time secretary for t } Bureau of Information. While there has not been a of articles as yet placed for sa Miss Jenkins and members of t Women's Civic Club, who are spc sors of the movement, feel that bu ness now being done by the exchan, more than justifies its staying op this early in the season. Then, too, an increased number tourists are making use of the f cilities afforded by the Bureau Information, calls becoming mo ve | frequent daily for information as si- j houses, rooms, roads and scenic tri] jin this section. Miss Alma Trowbridge, who is ta ing care of correspondence for tl Bureau, slates that the number i inquiries coming in are far in exce: of those received at this time la: year, and feels that from all indici tions, a good tourist season will V had. Soliciting committees for t h Bureau of Information report th< ^ ! people generally are readily joinin I in the work of taking care of the e> ,penses t<> be incurred by the Burea ?"jthis summer, and that they hope t 5" I soon have better than 75 percent o I all prospects signed up as member; ' i While no definite action has bee " I taken as yet by the Women's Civi I Club in regard to non-members, it i known that there will be a motio made and strongly supported at th next regular meeting of the clu to exclude people who will not hel support the work from any and al benefits to be derived from operatioi of the Bureau of Information. MASONIC MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY NIGH', Attention of all members of Dunn' Rock Masonic Lodge is called to th> fact that very important business i to be taken up at the meeting to b held in the lodge rooms on Frida; night of this week at eight o'clock AIJ members are urged to attend. WILL OBSERVE POPPY DAY ON SATURDAY " | Poppy Day will be observed ir j | Brevard Saturday, according to th* . | local V. F. W. Chapter, sponsors of , j the movement. Girls Scouts of the Brevard troop . , will "have c'harge of the sales, and [ will be on the streets throughout the ? day. Proceeds from sale of poppjes will go to disabled veterans and their widows, with a percentage going to the Girl Seouts. PISGAH FOREST DOWNS TOXAWAY BY SHUT-OUT Pisgah Forest won a decisive vic tory from Lake Toxaway on the latter's diamond last Saturday, the long drawn out affair terminating in a 15-0 victory for .Pisgah. Toxaway seemed to be unable to connect with the fast ones tossed! over by Stepp, while Pisgah con-| nected rather freely off Owen, on| the mound for Toxaway. NO SUMMER SCHOOL Teachers of Transylvania, along with others of the state, are not re quired to attend summer school, ac cording to Professor J. B. Jones county superintendent, who has re ceived a co'py of the Machinery Act under which all schools of the state are to be operated. Great Future In Tennessee River Valley! Development For Transylvania County! E. D. Burchard, district engineer U. S. Geological Survey, sees great future for Western North Carolina - in the Tennessee River Valley de velopment, bill for which has been ratified by the U. S. Congress and is now being mapped out. In a news paper article, Mr. Burchard sets forth purpose and benefits to be de rived by this section of the state from the program as follows The name Muscle Shoals, has been before the public for more than a fifth of the allotted life of man. First it was as a war measure to provide much-needed power and ni trates in the manufacture of sup plies to support the young manhood of the land fighting overseas. Then for a decade it has been as a foot ball of the Congress in attempts to either dispose of or utilize this war creaticn. Now, backed by the vision of our President, it is as an initial * move in further development to meet two primary needs ? the one to furnish employment under a public works program, and the other to I ] I demonstrate to the nation the bles-' ] sings of a coordinated development I of our natural resources for the I benefit of all. I Opponents call this a duplication I of existing equipment, most vision |ary, and a field of enterprise en tirely the possession of private in ? ' itiative. In such a dispute it is well I to bear in mind, if current events' do not render it obvious that ours is not a static world. Conditions are constantly changing so that the j accepted order of things today is an j unreality tomorrow, and today's ' vision becomes tomorrow's reality, i In this country's rapid transition ( from primeval nature to our present < civilization private initiative has i furnished a glorious leadership.Greed alone has sullied the pages of these ! accomplishments and the need for i regulation of this evil is becoming I increasingly apparent. No improve- 1 ment is possible without the exac- s tion of a price for past failures, i This has been recognized in city t ? ? ( ( Continued On Page Six) 1 > (College Commission Will. Be Here For Meeting On Frida Plans for entertaining Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of Charlotte, and members . of the commission on loca tion of the merged Weaver and Ruth erford college are complete, and call for around one hundred people at a luncheon here Friday at 12:30. The luncheon on Friday will be; served in the Franklin Hotel dining room, the Misses Shipman cooperat- j ing in every way to make the event i a success. Tickets to be luncheon] are being sold by members of the j Women's Civic club at fifty cents] each. j A number of distinguished guests j have been invited to meet with Bre- > of ! vard people at the luncheon honoring! a-|Bishop Mouzon and his party, among; ?fjthem being outstanding church and! re I business leaders of the state. t0{ Arrangements for the luncheon i Ps!and the visit for the commission art*! being handled by a group from the: Kiwanis club and the Methodist! church, with Rev. J. H. West acting! chairman. Bishop Mouzon and his party wiil j arrive in Asheville Thursday after- j noon to inspect the Weaver College) property, and will be guests at. a I j banquet at the Central Methodist, church Thursday night. ? Upon their arrival here Friday, i the commission will be shown over! the Institute property by a gri .composed of Rev. Mr. West, Ha ;Patton, R. H. Morrow, J. H. Pic] jsimer and John Bishop, these gen : men having been selected to 'company the commission on I tour of inspection. i The following article, contribu by a member of the Men's Bi class of the Methodist church, s forth in complete detail the prop< tion that is being offered: Friday of this week the Educatii al Commission appointed by Western North Carolina Conferei of the Methodist Church will vi Brevard. This Commission is inspe ing various proposed sites for 1 location of the consolidated jun college which is to take the place' the merged Weaver and Rutherfc colleges. The distinguished visit* led by Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon v, be guests of the city on Friday, a will be entertained at a luncheon g en in the spacious and beautiful di ing room of the Franklin hotel. T entire citizenship of 'Brevard and t surrounding community will un: in extending to our visitors a m< hearty welcome. The Educational Commission making a tour investigating the va (Contiiitied on back page) IPENROSE PLAY WILL BE GIVEN JUNE IS' " Fine Cast Is Planning Scoi b Benefit Play At Enon P School Next Week n j "Deacon Dubbs," a comedy-dran by Walter Ben Hare, will be pr isented at Penrose school on Thur Jday, June 1, at eight o'clock, 1 jthe Penrose Girl Scouts assisted 1 the best local italent. Profits fro ? the play are to increase the Scoi ? camp fund. A small admission f< ' will be charged. . Cast of characters in '"Deacc Dubbs" include; Deacon Dubbs, fro Sorghum Center, W. Va., N. L. Pm ider; Amon Coleman, his neighbor, fjyoung lawyer, Billy Middleton; Rav Idere Crawley, a wolf in sheep j clothing, Randall Lyda.v; Major Mi rjNutt, auctioneer and justice of th j peace, Holland Tallev; Deuteronom |. Jones, a country product, Ernei Brown; Rose Ralegh, the brave lit , te school; ma'ma, Garnett Lyday . Emily Dale, the richest girl in towi ? Bess Ponder; Miss Philipina Pof over, with both eyes on Deacon, Flo ? Ponder; Trivie Coleman, full o 'mischief, Alma Talley; Yennie Yer sen, the hired girl from Sweden, Ni na Lou Rustin; villagers, Haz? Green, Sylvia Lyday, Leslie Mc Guire. Martha Cox, Dorothy Tal ley, Mildred Talley. Synopsis: Act I ? A Country auc tion; The Deacon arrives from Sor ghum Center, state o' West Virginny The Deacon takes ^ drink of water Act 2? A country wedding. Shad ows of the past. The Deacon take! a prisoner. Act 3 ? A country husk ing bee. Escaped from the peni tentiary. The Deacon takes a wife Other features of the evening art being arranged, announcement ol which will be made later. I LOCUSTS AGAIN SEEN IN BREVARD COMMUNITY J. W. Morgan reports that there is evidently a left-over bunch of the 17 year locust or other of similar kind, he having found several in the Brevard community within the past few days. Mr. Morgan is of the opinion that the locusts to be found here are those that for some reason failed to hatch out last year, or either the 13-year chicadee which does not require the 17 year period for hatching. Last year there were great swarms of the locusts in the Brevard commun ity. INFLATION PROGRAM STARTS FIRST STEP Government Bonds Are Being] Bought Up By Federal Reserve Board WASHINGTON, May 23 ? T h e first step of the series of operations authorized under the inflation act ivas taken today with the authoriza ;ion by the Federal Reserve board of :he purchase by its open market :ommittee of $25, 000, #00 of govern-! nent bonds. By the operation, the Federal Re-| serve board will step into the open naiket to buy government bonds from whomever offers them for sale. 3y taking these securities out of jeneral circulation and placing them n the hands of the Reserve banks, ho theory is that $25,000,000 morel if currency will be placed in circu-j at.ion. AUXILIARY MEETIN( Tj IS WELL ATTENDEI at Delegates From Several Su rounding Sections At St Philips Church District meeting of the Women Auxiliary of the Western Carolii dioces-e of the Episcopal ehur< held in Brevard, at St. Philip church Friday of last week in a on day session, was pronounced an i: teresting and profitable conference. ?ej Fifty or more representatives fro ; the churches of the district were i m 'attendance, including those fro m Hendersonville, Tryon, Saluda, B; i- Cave, Franklin, Highlands and tl a local church. f- 1 The meeting was presided over h i the district vice president, Mi: i- ; Charlotte Elliott, of Highlands, an lejby Mrs. D. B. Tabor, of New Yor y i city field worker of the nation? (tj council. The meeting was feature L-.'by a talk by Mrs. Sheldon Leavit ! auxiliary president of the Wester '?{North Carolina diocese, and by 'ger Heral discussions on the work of th yj auxiliary and the church by othe f | members. i- Luncheon was served at the rec - j tor.v by ladies of the local churcl '[at the noon hour. I BIG RATTLER KILLED B.Y MISS ELLEN BARNE! 'j Miss Ellen Barnes of the Cedai ? | Mountain section reports killing i ' i huge rattler near her home, this par " | ticular serpent making no; sounc ?|When Miss Barnes happened in strik ing distance. The snake was about ten feet froir the back door of the Barnes home Ten rattles and a button were count ed on the reptile which measured three feet nine inches in length. MR. GRAHAM RECOVERING FROM EXTENDED ILLNESSS Friends in Brevard of Mr. anc Mrs. Frank Graham, will be glad tc learn that Mr. Graham is fast re covering from a recent illness of several months in his ? Fernandino, Florida, home, and expects to spenc a few days in Brevard during the coming month. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are now on a visit to their son, Tom, well knowr. in Brevard, where he was active in football and baseball at Brevard In stitute, and played one season foi Brevard when this community was in the Western North Carolina League. HAIL SMMSUNDAYi DOES SOME DAMAGE; Heaviest Fall Seen Here In | Several Years ? Pieces Of Large Size Seen Quite a bit of damage was report ed done to gardens in the immediate Brevard vicinity Sunday afternoon from one of the heaviest hail storm-4 seen in several years. While the hail was rather heav> and the fall lasted for severa' minutes, absence of strong wiw aided in keeping the damage down The ground was literally covered with the ice, majority of the piece being size of bird eggs, with sonv larger pieces noted. While the storm was rather severe in Transylvania, it did not do th damage that was reported in Hender son and Buncombe counties, wher. crops were badly damaged. V SUPERINTENDENT T BE CHOSEN AT MEli Special Session of Educati Board Will Be Held On Saturday For Election 3UP rry <el tle- Election of a county superintt ac- dent of public schools will be ma the at a special session of the cour board of education to be held in t te(jj superintendent's office Saturd bie'. morning at ten o'clock according ets I rTofessor J. B. Jones, present su )s;_ ; erintendent and secretary to t jboard. 3n.i Date for election of a county su jerintendent was set as special bu: lcejness for the next regular meeting the board to be held on Monda June 5, at a meeting of the boa held -severa.l days ago. Howevc it has been learned that the Machi ery Act passed by the 1933 legisl ture requires that the term of c fice be from June first, hence tl necessity for calling a special me? ing. Election of a superintendent fnade by the county board of educ tion which is now composed of J. I he Galloway, chairman, Mrs. Flora Hr ite;iday and L. E. Bagwell, subject >st [approval of the State School Cor ] mission and the slate superintendei is . of public instruction. r>- j Requirements of the superintei dent as set out in- the Machinery Ai r.re that a candidate for the offic - must be a graduate of a four-ye? : landard college ,or at present hol< j 'a superintendent's certificate, ar |has had three year's experience i (V school work in the past ten years. [? 1 Salary for the office has been sc by the Machinery Act at $1400, th Applying to all counties where les r-itlian one hundred teachers are en iplc ysd. Transylvania employed 1 "the past year. Unanimous decisio was reached at the first meeting t the county board of education tha the office of county and city supei intendent should be two distinct o1 fices, instead of being combined, a has been in effect here the past tw years. Professor J. B. Jones, presen superintendent, has served two year prior to that time being superinten dent of Brevard schools fcr fiv , years. He has made an enviabl 1 f i record as head- of the Brevar "?'?and Transylvania county schools. OBSERVERPRAlSES BREVARD PEOPLE The following, taken from Tin Charlotte Observer, speaks well o: . move to have Weaver College locatc r!at Brevard: J COMMUNITY LUNCHEON -[ The folks up at Brevard are inter h jested in securing location at that ! place of the merged Weaver-Ruiher Iford College, and have arranged a (community luncheon, at which Bishop jjMouzon will be the guest of honor. I The affair is to be staged at noon, on Jthe 26th at the Franklin Hotel, and j (we may be sure the bishop will be .'greeted by a great outpouring of the j' mountain people. The luncheon is ?sponsored by the entertaining com mission of the Western North Caro lina Conference on Junior College, and the "pull" for location of the college is going to have strength back of it. It is a mighty attractive land, a mighty good set of folks that the bishop will take hito review. CAROLINA DIRECTOR IS PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK A welcome visitor in town earl\ this week was D. Meade Bernard, of Jacksonville, Fla., operator of Camp Carolina for Boys. Mr. Bernard spoke very optimisti cally of the coming season and seem ed well pleased, with the genera: J outlook here this summer. on GIRL SC0IJT CAMP TO BE HELD AT ILLAHEE FOR TEN DAY PERIOD Special Instructions In Water Sports and Nature Lore de } To Be Big Feature he ! COMMUNITY COOPERATES WITH LEADERS Or SCOUTS ^g'Camp Facilities Offered Free | ?Fine Staff Will Be In p- 1 Charge of Girls ";{ of | Over forty Girl Scouts ot T ran y.jsylvania county are expected to at "I j tend the second annua! Scout camp, !*?: which opens at Camp Illahre June n ? 5th for a ten-day period of out-of a- 1 door scouting. ,f" The camp, which this year is- be ing sponsored by the Scout leaders of the county, was held last summer for a similar period at Camp Sap '"iphire under the sponsorship of the a" j Business and Professional Women's J- j Club. '"j A series of plays, operettas, and (dramatic productions have been iriv " jen during the winter and spring j months, the benefits of which are to ?jbe used to help defray expense of n t this ten-dav outing. The camp is be lt' m - :e ir Is id ing held all very little cost to the Girl Scout who- attends. Mrs. H. McLeod, a director of Illa hee, will herself be the director of n | the Scout camp. Associate directors i will be Beulah Mae Zachary, of Bre vard; and Virginia Frick, of Little Rock, Ark. Ethel McMinn and Bill Aiken, as heads of the two hica'i troops will assist at the camp. A '(j ! partial list of the supplementary n J staff includes Lillian Jenkins. Jimmie ; Morrow, and Hinton McLeod, Jr. ^Virginia Wilcox will act as dietitian ._ for the Scouts. r_ ? It is announced that this year special work in water sport? and n ' nature lore will be given. Inasmuch as two Red Cross Examiners and a t ..[ ( Continued on "Back Pagr) ^FORESTRY WORKERS 1 ARRIVE HERE FRIDAY Seventeen Boys From Transyl ! vania Now In Training At Fort Bragg Fir.-t group of men and officers SjOf the U. S. Army for the federal (Conservation camp at John's Rock tarrived late Friday afternoon on a 'special train from Ft. Bragg, and have established temporary camp. The group at John's Rock is com posed of 104 men and three army officers, with Capt. Frank E. Kauff man in charge. Other men are ex pected within a short time, sw. i ing '(the number to 220. j Arriving at Pisgah Forest late 'Friday afternoon the men spent the night in coaches of the special train, transfer being made by the Brorr . field Tiansfer early Saturday morn iing to the camp site. Work <>f erect ing tents and other necessary tem porary quarters was immediacy ibegun, the camp being in ship slirp: before nightfall. | Construction of barracks and oil. ;' j building to take care of the rr.-a will be first work of the group ar riving here Friday, with fore>Uy jwork and road building to be start ed shortly. Transylvania will furnish seven teen enlisted men in the Civilian Conservation corps, these having al ready been selected and sent to F.t Bragg for preliminary training an l conditioning. Forty-five men from the county will also be called into service to act as supervisors or straw bosses of the workmen. Last Brevard Institute Commencement 1 Exercises Will Begin Sunday Morning Thirty-eighth annual commence ment exercises of Brevard Institute \viH begin Sunday, with the bacca laureate sermon by Rev D. H. Rine-i hart, pastor of Calvary Methodist! church, High Point .delivered at the| | Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. j The exercises will conclude the' following Thursday night, with the I literary address to the graduates by | Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of. Brevard Presbyterian church, in j the Institute chapel at 8 o'clock. j Tuesday evening the musical pro-( gram, under direction of Miss Leone: Lemons, head of the music depart- j ment, will be given by pupils in this > department, assisted by the girls') glee club. Pupils taking part on the program will include: Katherine McClure. Gene Dumas, Marne Hogle, Frances Scott, Lena Moore, Elizabeth Wenz. ' Piano and vocal solos, duets and trios and selections by the girls' glee I club will comprise the evening's er.-j fertainment. I On Wednesday morning at 10' o'clock the class day exercises^will Lr; : held in the school chapel. Other features of the commenc ? |ment service Sunday morning n il include the prelude, "Berceuse.": processional, "Allegro Pomposa."; hymn, 'Lead On 0 King Eternal,"; invocation, Rev. G. Cf Brink mar : trio, "The Prayer Perfect," by Kath erine McClure, Frances Scott ami Lena Moore; scripture lesson. Rev. G. C. Brinkman; offertory, "Lar go,"; anthem, "Lift Up Your Heads," by girls' glee club; "nrmon by the Rev. Mr. Rinehart; hymp ami benediction. Class day exercises Wednesday morning will include a varied pro gram, with a play by the senior -n class, entitled, ;'Thc Frat Enter tains," and the pralude, "Wing* of Song," by Elizabeth Went; grumb ler, Grace Pilkinton; prophet. Kat! ? erine Graham: noet and cla^ presi dent, Virgil Ritchie; tesuii'ir. Gii Sort Coiino ; giftorian, Val Massa gec; solos, Grne Dumas and Gilbert (Continued on Bafik Pa (re)