VOL. 38 ? No. 23
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933
$1.00 PER YEAR
CITY MAY PURCHASE'
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Chief B. H. Freeman's Salary
Placed Back at One
Hundred Dollars
The town of Brevard was present
ed with opportunity to really "own
their own home at rent prices" at
their meeting Tuesday night, when,
B. W. Trantham appeared before
the body and made a proposition as
to sale of the Harris building on
West Main street.
The building, located' just across
from the city hall is said to be one
of the best buildings of its kind in
Brevard, and has three stories, the
basement, main floor and upstairs.
Offer was made by Mr. Trantham,
representing himself and Mrs. W. H.
Harris as owners, to make the prop
erty over to. the town for approx
imately $7200, with $2500 of this
amount to be paid by credits of tax
es and street assessments.
The board discussed the matter at
length, but deferred action on the
question.
Contract was ordered made with
R. Emmett Smith, of Asheville, to
have charge of auditing the town
books for the next six months at a
salary of $30 per month, this sum
to also take care of the semi-an
rual audit, as heretofore.
Harry Patton, city clerk, was or
dered to make up the lax books, and
for this work be allowed $50
After much discussion among
members of the board, it i^as decided
that Chief B. H. Freeman's salary
be raised back to the rate of $100
per month, instead of $90 as was
ordered at the last meeting of the
board. Members of the beard told of
numerous people approaching them
during the past several days, and re
questing that this action be taken.
Reports from citizens, as conveyed
to the meeting by members of the
board were to the effect that Chief
Freeman was a popular and effi
cient officer and that people gen
erally were in favor of raising the
salary back to the $100 mark. Ne
cessity for such action was further
pressed when! the ifaot was made
known that another city is seeking
Chief Freeman's services and are
willing to pay a much larger salary
than that now being: paid him by the
town of Brevard. Chief Freeman
has made an enviable record as a
straight forward officer since com
ing here several years ago.
BISHOP SAYS WHEAT
IS PROFITABLE CROP
John Bishop, superintendent of,
Brevard Institute farm, has Di'oof
conclusive in his fields that wheat;
can be grown successfully and prof- j
itably in this county. " . !
An eighteen acre tract on .'.he well;
kept farm, sowed last fall in Red|
Fullcaster that had been graded and;
treated, is just about ready to cut {
and will, Mr. Bishop believes, makei
20 or more bushels per aero
BORN, A SON I
j
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bruner of
Rosman announce the birth of a
son at Lyday Memorial hospital, on
Sunday, June 11.
S. P. U. STARTS ANNUAL
ELECTRIC RANGE DRIVE
Announcement is made in this Is
sue of The Times by the Southern
Public Utilities company of their
annual electric range campaign,
which is already started.
Already more than fifty custo
mers in Brevard are using electric
ranges, and are boosting sales for
I the local, branch, Manager J. M.
i Gaines states. Attractive prices, to
gether with new models, make the
j campaign just starting very interest
, in.?.
W. M. U. MEETING
! IN SESSION TODAY
Cherryfield Church Host To
Ladies and Ministers
of Transylvania
Annual meeting of the Baptist
Woman's Missionary union of Tran
sylvaia coutv will be held at Mt.
Moriah. Cherrvfield church Thurs
day, with the pvesidet. Mrs. M. C.
shipman, presiding.
Mrs Edna R Harris, of Raleigh,
and Mrs. J. R. Morgan, of Wavnes
ville. both prominent in work of the
Baptist church in this state, will b?
principal speakers of the occasion.
At the noon hour luncheon will be
served to the delegates and visitors
by members of. Cherryfield church.
Arrangements have'been made by the
ladies to care for children who at
tend the meeting. All ladies .of the
Baptist church, together with pastors
are ureed to be present_at the meet
ing todai-.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE !
! NOW BEING STAGED
A campaign for new members Is
being launched by the Women's Ex
change, announcement being made by
the chairman, Miss Katherine Grif
fin. that a free membership will be
awarded to anyone procuring five
new members at fifty cents each for
the season.
Miss Griffin states that sales to
the amount of $16 were made during
the two weeks the exchange was opt'D
in May, and that increased interest
is bsing manifested on the part of
those taking advantage of the ex
change. Additional members are
needed, however, in order to assure
successful operation of -the comman-'
it jr enterprise, hence the membership j
drive that is now in progress.
Attention is called to the fact that,
a telephone has been installed in
the exchange rooms, and that the of
fice manager, Miss Lilian Jenkins,
observes regular hours there from
9 to 12 and from 1 to 6 every day!
in the week. Special orders of foods
or other supplies are solicited by
those in charge.
USUAL SERVICES AT ST.
PHILIPS CHURCH SUNDAY
Usual services will be resumed at
St. Philips Episcopal church on Sun
day, according to announcement by
the rector, the Rev. Harry Perry.
Rev. and Mrs. Perry and children
have been enjt?ying a vacation at
Myrtle Beach for the past several
weeks, and will arrive in Brevard
Friday.
Report Sent To College Commission
By Committee Representing Brevard
Final report has been sent in by
the committee working: on plans fori
location of the merged Weaver and(
Rutherford college at Brevard In
stitute. v *
Realizing the importance of lend
ing every effort possible in order to
convince the educational commission
of the Western North Carolina con
ference of the Methodist church.
South, that Brevard and Transyl
vania county would co-operate to the
fullest extent if the commission saw
fit to locate the college here, a gen
eral spirit of cooperation has been
?hown by the citizenery in general.
While major portion of the work
has been done by a committee of cit
izens, their task has been made easy
by the widespread interest in the
project, and all agencies, including
the county and town, have responded
fine.
The commission charged with de
ciding location of the school will
ntet on Friday of this week in Cur
iam to make their decision as to lo
:a>.ion of the college. Offers from
;hree places, Brevard, Weaverville
md Shelby, will be tendered the
:ommission for their consideration.
3ev. J. H, West, J. H. Pickelsimer
ind Dr. C. E. Cunningham are ex
pected to attend the meeting of the
jommission.
Making Brevard's offer outstand
ing as location for the "junior college
is the fact that the fine Brevard In
stitute property, representing an in
vestment of over $200,000 is being
given outright by the Women's De
partment of the church, if the corif
mission decides to locate at Brevard. !
Four buildings that will fit in well j
with the scheme of the junior college,
three of them being large dormi
tories, plus several- smaller houses
and cottages, and the up-to-date barn
and other outbuildings are included,
in the offer made by the ladies, to- j
gether with 108 acres of the finest |
farming land to be found in this :
section of the state.
Supplementing this offer, are do- 1
nations of merit secured locally,
making, it is believed here, Brevar<ij
far more attractive to the commis- 1
sion than any other place that is
bidding for the institution.
| It is the plan of the commission,
as expressed by Bishop Edwin D.
Mouzon, who heads the educational
department of the church, and also
the commission on location, to make
of the merged college one of the
outstanding* institutions of its kind
in North Carolina.
To bf- operated* on the Berea plan,
opportunity will be given to boys and
girls of this and other sections, to
acquire two years of standard col
lege work at a very nominal cost,
the students working to pay all or
part of their expenses while taking
the two year course.
While it is o'f course, unknown as
to what attitude the commission will
take when all offers for location are
considered, it is the generally ex
pressed belief that Brevard has more
than an even chance in landing the
college.
Announcement of decision of the
commission is expected Saturday.
Alternate Plan Suggested For
French Broad River Reservoir
VERNER WRITES TO
U. S. CONGRESSMAN
Advocates Series of Smaller
Dams To Answer Purpose
of Water Storage
S. P. Verner. who was connected
in an official capacity with the U. S.
fiovernment. stationed in Panama
when that gigantic canal was under
construction, has advanced a Dlan
that is attracting much attention
throughout this section of the state;
in regard to the proposed storase
dam on the French Broad River. |
Professor Verner has had much
experience in this line of work, and
while not a technical engineer, has
had oversight of major operations in
several foreign countries that Quali
fies his plan as one of meritorious
consideration. He has submitted his
plan by letter to Congressman Zeb
ulon Weaver, who promises to have
the matter gone into, if there is need
for construction of storage basin or
basins in the French Broad Valley,
Professor Verner advocates the
idea of buildintr several smaller dams
on feeder streams of the French
Broad, which would serve the pur
pose and at the same time enhance
values of the rich farming section
of Transylvania and Henderson that
would be destroyed were a dam of
the nature proposed by government
engineers completed.
"The advantages of the cove-dams
as compared with the one big daw
11 the French Broad is chiefly in th?
fact that the cove-dams will save
thirty thousand acres of the finest
land in America, and the one big
dam would ruin them," the Brevard
man says.
"I do not regard the damming of
the French Broad as a wild dream
at all, Professor Verner stated in an
interview with The Times. "Mr.
Roosevelt is very much in_earnest in
the matter of this Tennessee Valley
development, and it is advisable that
ho be fully informed of local condi
tions and interests ? and that soon."
The text of Mr. Verner's plan fol
lows :
1. The construction of high dams
across 'certain tributaries of the
French Broad in Henderson and
Transylvania countos ? chiefly the
?four forks of the river just above
Rosman and at the extreme head of
the valley, Cathey's creek, David
son river, Little river, and Mills riv
er; the dams to be located above the
lat ridge bottom lands around the
mouths of these tributaries, and to
impound the waters in the deep nar
row valleys below.
2. Clearing of the areas to be
flooded by lakes created by the said
dams. Much of this has already been
done in logging operations. Much of
the shrubs and small growth would
be available for reforestation in
ther areas.
3. The dams to be designed so as to
admit of ample flood control, as well
(Continued on Book Page) I
FISHER REUNION MEET
PLANS ARE TO BE MADE|
To all who are interested in the'1
Fisher reunion, announcement is .
made that on Sunday June 18, there
will be a meeting of the committee
at Lake Toxaway Baptist church for
the purpose of discussing matters '
concerning the reunion .
It is hoped that every member of
the committee will be present next
Sunday. The meeting will be held
immediately after the Sunday school
hour.
U.D.C. SUMMER SCHEDULE
1 IN EFFECT NEXT WEEK
Summer schedule for the U. D. C.
library will go into effect beginning
next Monday. The library will be
open o;i Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday from 9:30 to 12 and 2:30
to G:00.
Miss S. C. Parker, librarian, re
quests that members look through
their books at home for missing li
brary boaks which should be return
ed at once, she states.
ROSMANCHURCH IN
REVIVAL THIS WEEK
ROSMAN, June 14 ? Revival ser
vices began at. Zion Baptist church
Sunday night with the Rev. J. E.
Burt, pastor, and the Rev. W, A".
Tinsley, of Ninety-Six, S. C., in
charge
Services are held each evening at
eight o'clock. Beginning Thursday
afternoon, services will also bo held
at 2:30 o'clock. The meeting is
scheduled to last two weeks.
Much interest fs being shown in
r.he services, the Rev. Mr. Tinsley
being wcl! known here, whore he held
i very successful meeting last year.
[LOCAL ENGINEER IS j
AGAINST LARGE DAMj
Rise and Fall of Bent Creek I
Reservoir Would Be Ruin
ous To Communities
The following article was written
| by R. H. Morrow, civil engineer of
| Brevard at request of The Times,
j Originally intended for publication
I last week, Mr. Morrow withheld hi3
! statement until he bad talked with
| an official of the U. S. Geological
Survey, and had made a general
check-up on his calculations.
Statement by Mr. Morrow foilows;
It is wondered how many of the
people of Transylvania county realize
I the real purpose, and its local effect,
of the proposed dam and water
storage basin on the French Bvoad
river in Buncombe, Henderson and
Transylvania counties. This proposed
development as well ss the Cove
Creek project are auxiliaries to the
great Muscle Shoals development of
the water power of the _Tennessee
River. In order that all power pos- ;
sible be developed from the rainfa1;
of the entire section, it is necessary
to build reservoirs to hold the sui
; plus water of the rainy seasons and |
; then daw on this surplus during the .
dry times in order to turn out a j
| continuous flow of power. Conse
; quently the water level of a lake o ??
j reservoir built for power purposes i.
subject to many changes of elevation. !
| The proposed dam on the French i
Broad is planned with a~~helght of
1 one hundred and twenty-five feet,
with a contemplated draw down of
: sixty-five feet. With this dam locat
' ed below the mouth of Bent Creek in
! Buncombe county* water would be
backed up to near the mouth of
Dunn's Creek in Transylvania. Then
1 with only a ten foot draw down, the
'water level would be about the;
mouth of King? Creek, leaving the
, bottom lands ?bove there exposed,
mostly in the form of mud flats;
j with the sixty-five foot draw 4own,
, the mud flats would extend to about
the mouth of Mills River. Examples
| of this sort of scenery have been seen
frequently during the past few years
at Lake Summit, at Lake James, at
Lake Santeetlah and other power
lakes in Western North Carolina,
j However, if the French Broad Val
ley below Brevard was the only
available storage basin for the large
rain-fal! of this section and the fur
ther development of Muscle Shoals,
it would be a different matter. But
all the main tributaries of the
French Broad have great natural
| basins back in the mountains above
the valley. These would be compara
tively easy to acquire and develop.
There would" "be no railroads, high-;
ways, bridges or high-tension elec-i
trie lines to relocate and rebuild or j
. do without. These reservoirs would
serve not only for storage but would i
1 also act as a flood control over the
valley and thus increase the value
( Continued on bad; page )
LAURENCE MASON BURIED
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ROSMAN, June 14. ? Laurence
Mason, 13 year old son of Mrs.
Claude Mason of the Gloucester sec
tion, was buried Tuesday at Shoal
Creek cemetery, following services
conducted at the church by the Rev.
Judson Corn. Kilpatrick Funeral
jhonie had charge of arrangements
The young fellow's death followed
, a serious operation which was per
formed last week at Lyday Memorial
hospital, and from which he failed to
rally. Surviving are the mother and
two brothers.
i DAHLIA ASSOCIATION TO
! MEET ON TUESDAY NIGHT
j
: Announcement is made that the
Dahlia Association will hold its next
regular meeting in the offices of
Fred Shuford on Main street next
I Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
I All members of the association,
and all people interested in growing
dahlias for show purposes are re
quested to attend the meeting Tues
liay night.
IHOLLIDAY RElfON
j SET FOR JUNE 28TB;
! !
I The annual Holliday reunion, an
event that draws many people from
j various sections of North Carolina
j and Virginia, will ^e held on June
! 25 at the home of D. R. Holliday, at
Blantyre.
A general invitation is extended
i to all friends of the Holliday family
j to be present at the "all-da y affair,
which will be featured by music,
singing, and a dinner that is of the
be?t at the noon hour. Basket
lunches brought by those who at
tend will be spread on the lawn
to makr- the la at touch of perfection
GIRL SCOUT CAMP ENDS
SESSIONS WEDNESDAY
Annual Girl Scout camp, held at
Camp Iilahee for the past ten days,
closed Wednesday, the forty scouts
enrolled from the Brevard patrols,
together with their leaders and in
structors returning to Brevard.
Complete details of the standard!
encampment will be published in next j
week's paper, including roil and in- !
teresting data concerning operation j
of the camp, and methods of :arry-|
ing on the business at a minimum
cost to the campers.
WILL LOCATE CAMP j
near Gloucester!
I
Army Officials Inspect Prop- '
erty Near Mouth Of
Indian Creek
Announcement has been made by1
tho U. S. Government of plan3 to}
ercct a Civillian Conservation Campi
in the Gloucester section of Tran-i
syivania etfv.nty, work to start on*
the camp within a few days. (
The camp will be known as S-14, i
and is to be located on the Snoafi
Creek Road, just above the GIou-,
ster bridge. Required material for '
y?ction of the camp will Be shipped
by rail to Rosman and transferred
from there to the camp site or. j
trucks, according to J. S. Bonnfield,
who will do the drayage work. I
Tentative plans for the camp call _
one of tho size of the John's ''
Hock camp on Davidson River, and '
will take caro of 200 or more work
ers,
INTEREST IS SHOWN
ilN DEMONSTRATIONS:
| |
(By P. F. Corbin)
ROSMAN, June 14 ? Good atten-j
dance and interest is being shown j
in the cooking and canning demon- 1
j ,'itrations held in the various com
[munities by Miss Olga Fortenberry. ;
Any farmers wishing to see me
concerning farm problems may meet
at these demonstrations and we
will have a combined home and farm
program.
Schedule of meetings for the j
next few days Is as follows:
June 15 ? JO a. ni. ? Bohar.ey school!
house.
June 15 ? 3 p. m. ? Home of Mrs.
Wade Nicholson, Oakland.
June 16 ? 2 p. m. ? Old Toxaws.y
section.
June 19 ? 2 p. m. ? Home of Louie
Gillespie, East Fork.
June 20 ? 2 p. m. ? Lake Toxaway
school house.
June 21 ? 2 p. m. ? Silversteen |
! school house. _ j
I Juno 22- ? 2 p. m. ? Home of Wal
! ter Woodring, Diamond Creek.
June 23 ? 2 p. m. ? Home of Wil
j lie Reid, Reids Siding.
| June 26 ? 2 p. m.? Home of T.j
[E. Brown, Gloucester. |
| Now is the time 'to save, prepare, ,
;and get ready some exhibits for thej
i Rosman Community Fair this fall, j
| FIRE PRACTICE CAUSES MUCH j
EXCITEMENT HERE TUESDAY j
I "Everybody and his brother" ran
out Tuesday to follow the fire truck.':
but got no further than the square ?
it was a practice, and at the same
time watered the court house lawn.
! __
PROMINENT MAN IS
PLEASED O N VISIT
Owner of Cypress Garden De
clares This Section Is
World's Prettiest
Distinguished visitors at the Frank
tin Hotel for the past several days
included Benjamini E. Kittridge of
"Cypress Gardens," near Charleston,
and John B. Gadsden, of "Summer
ville, S, C.
Mrs. Gadsden is a regular visitor
to Transylvania county, and :.s wide
ly known here. Mr. Kittridge was on
his first trip to the community and
spent several days in exploring the
county, which he termed as the mo3t
beautiful in all the world. He expects
to return later in the season with
Mrs. Kittridge and spend some time
here.
Cypress Gardens are noted for their
beauty and are said to rival if not
exceed the Midleton and Magnolia
Gardens. Located or, an estate o*
4000 acres, the gardens cover over
two hundred arres of land, laid out
on the Venetian type plan, and are
said to represent an investment of
over a quarter million dollars. While
here Mr. Kittridge met several of
the citizens who expressed the senti
ment of the community in inviting to
make this section his vacation land.
DEACON DUBBS TO BE
SHOWN AT BREVARD HI
Plans are underway by the East
ern Star for presentation of "Dea
con Dubbs," the rural ccmedy so
successfully given by the Penrose
performers at the Enon school house
recently. The play will be at the
Brevard high "school auditorium
Thursday evening, June 29, for ben
efit of the local chapter Eastern
Star.
MISS FANNIE HOLT IS
OPTIMISTIC OF SEASON
Miss Fannie Holt, of Jacksonville
and Brevard, owner and operator of
Camp Keystone for Girls, has ar
rived in the community and is elated
over prospects of a good season at
her camp.
Miss Holt says that she already
has more reservations than for the
-season last year, her camper* coin
ing this year from a wide area
JOINT MEETTO BE
HELD HERE FRIDAY
Special meeting o?_ the borad of.
county commissioners and the board
of education will be held on Friday
of thi? week at which time the mat
ter of retaining the office of superin
tendent of welfare will be taken up
The two boards will sit as a jnir*
comnussion to act on the mat' r.
Other business matters will alsa be
taken up at this meeting;
Baby McCall
ROSMAN, June 14 ? Funeral ser
vices for the infant of Mr. and Mrs
Willard McCall were . held at Oa!
Grove cemetery Tuesday af+emc <s
at one o'clock by the Rev. J. E. Bi>"
Surviving are (he parents and o
baby sister.
Red Cross Water Pageant To Feature
Life Saving Institute; Many Enrolled
With an enrollment that exceeds
that of any previous year, the Amer
ican Red Cross First aid and Life
Saving institute formally opened
Wednesday morning, and began at
once preparations for staging the an
nual water fete which js among the
biggest drawing cards'" in Western
[North Carolina each season.
[ Over one hundred had enrolled
(Wednesday, according to P.amone S.
Eaton, director of the ten-day insti
tutc, and more people were expect
ed Thursday. Among those enroll
ing this season are celebrites in
! aquatic sports who rank high in na
tional and international circles.
The water pageant will be staged
on Thursday evening of next wee*
at. eight o'clock, and a general invi
tatio to tly people of this section of
the state is extended by Director
Harry A. Kenning and Associate
I Director Miss Dorothy Tcileson of
Peabody college, who will have
cha/ge f the pageant. Jerry MscMil
lan, of Cocoa, Fla., an old timer at
the Red Cross institutes in this sec-j
tion, is also assisting in the event. J
The pageant will be taken from a
story of the Cherokee Indians who!
once roamed the hills of Western'
North Carolina, appropriately named
"The Peace Pipe."
Scenes in the waterfront pageant
will include canoeing, water sports
and drills, figure swimming and
nthev exhibitions, concluding with an
elaborate fireworks scene.
No charges will be made for view- '
:ng the pageant and plenty of ac-1
comniodationf. will be provided for
the great throng that is. expected tc
attend.
Several outstanding figures in the
Red Cross work are expected to at
tend part of the sesions held here,
at least two of the national offi
cials having signified their inten
tions of spending several days at
Camp Carolina,
Students are from all sections of
Eastern and Southern tJ. S., with
a large number of local people at
tending the sessions. A special rat?
of $10 per term has been made i:i
order that local people may take a<:
vantage of ths opportunity of fere '
by the institute. This fee will cov>
all tuition charges for instruct!" ?
in all phases of' waterfront and li:
saving activities.
EDWlf PlKlNS TO
JOIN U.N.C. FACULTY
Edwin Perkins, who has just com
pleted the law course at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapsl
Hill, ha3 been appointed to the posi
tion of leg-al research in the institu
te of social science at the state uni
versity for the coming year.
Mr. Perkins, formerly made his
home in Brevard with his mother,
Mrs. A. D. Perkins, who spent the
nast year at Chapel Hill with her
son.
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