BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $L09 PER YEAR
COLLEGE BOARD TO
M E E T IN HICKORY
FOR FINAL DECISION
Brevard and Weaverville Both
Seeking Location' of
Methodist School
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COMMUNITY RESPONDS
WELL IN DRIVE HEREj
Brevard Institute Property Is
Big Drawing Card In j
Community's Favor |
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Decision or the committee on lo-l
cation of the merged Weaver and:
Rutherford college was postponed at i
the meeting held last Friday in Dur-j
ham, the commission electing to ?
again meet on Monday, June 26, at I
Hickory.-' |
Offer of Brevard was made to thaj
commission by the Rev. J. II. Westj
and J. H. Pickelsimcr, who went to
Durham last week for the meeting.)
Thi commission was very much im-j
pressed with the fine offer that is ;
being made to the educational body}
of the Methodist church by local:
people and dec'ared that biggest j
drawback to location of the school j
here at this time was probability of ?
the government , building a large,
storage dam on the French Broad:
river, which would, if built, flood !
portions of the school's property.
It was pointed out to the commit -j
sion by the Brevard men that there I
was no real basis for assumption '
that the dam would ever be built on|
the French Broad, inasmuch as noi
dircct statement by government of-i
ficials had been made to the effectl
that such dam was being contem-f
plated. |
A letter from Congressman Weaver;
tr. S. P. Verner was road to tha1
commission in which Mr. Weaver ,
said that he felt sure that it was1
not in the minds of the authorities!
to undertake 'such a proposition at!
this time. >
Brevard's offer to -the commis.-ionj
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FUNERALSERVfCES I
HELD FOR RAMER!
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Funeral services for Dr. W. E.
Ramer were held Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at Oak Grove Metho
dist church, North Brevard, with
the Rev. C. W Hilemon, of Cedar;
Mountain, in charge of the services.
Interment was made in the cemetery
nearby.
Dr. Ramer, known the county ov
er for years as the "Vet," served
the petpU here well for a number of
years, and numbered his irionds by
the thousands. He was for several
years jneat inspector for the town
of Brevard.
Surviving are the widow, three
sons. O. B. Ramer. N. B. Ramer, C-.
R. Ramer. all of Brevard, and one!
daughter, Mrs. Robt. Sherril', also of I
Brevard. 1
Dr. Ramer had been confined in;
the state hospita', Morganton, fcr!
several years, death coming Thun
day night.
HOLLIDAY REUNION
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Several hundred people from this
section of North Carolina and Vir
ginia are expected to be in at
tendance at the annual Holliday re
union which will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hol
liday, in the Blantyre section.
A general invitation is extended
to all relatives and friends of the |
Holliday family to attend the event,:
ticket being a well filled dinner |
basket. The program will start ar |
ten o'clock in the morning, with ,
string music, singing, and a big pic- j
nic dinner to be features of the day. j
Pay your subscription before July 1st
C. C. C. CAMP WILL
OPEN ON THURSDAY
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Gloucester Section Selected As
Site For Erection Of
Second! Camp
Second Civilian Conservation camp
in Transylvania county will be es
tablished Thursday morning at the
mouth of Indian creek in the Glou
cester section, with 180 enlisted men
and several officers making up the
contingent that arrives here.
The men will come from Ft. Mc
pherson, Ga., recruited from South
Carolina and Georgia, Arriving at
Pisgah Forest at six o'clock Thurs
day morning, they will be transport
ed from there by the Brevard Trans
fer company, \ia the John's Rock
camp to the Indian Creek location.
Foremen and straw bosses for the
group will bo selected from Tran
sylvania county, most 01 whom have
already been approved by the For
estry department.
BUS SCHEDULE CHANGE j
ANNOUNCED BY NEELY j
Announcement is made by Joe
Neely, operator of the Brevard to
Hendersonville bus line, of a change
of schedule that gives better ser
vice.
Bus now leaves Bi^vard at 7:30,
1:00, and -1:45 for Hendersonville,
and leaves Hendersonville at 8:30
1:45 and 7:15 for Brevard.
DEMONSTRATOR TO
HOLD MANY MEETS;
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Canning and Food Preserva-j
tion Being Stressed By
Miss Wilcox
Miss Virginia Wilcox, county dem-l
onstration agent, announces her|
schedule for the remainder of June
and through July 5 for the various
places to which she is assigned
throughout the county for canning'
demonstrations.
On Monday afternoon, Miss Wil- ;
cox met the women of the community,
at Little River at the home of Mrs.
Homer Orr, and on Wednesday af
ternoon she was at the Enon school
house for canning demonstrations
and other food work.
The following schedule wil be;'
carried out:
Friday, June 23 ? 2 p. m. Pisgah
Forest, school house.
Monday, June 26 ? 2 p. m. Brevard,,
school house.
Wednesday, June 28 ? 2 p. m.
Selica at Mrs. L B Wilson (
Friday, June 30 ? 2 p. m. See Off;
at C. E. Henderson.
Monday, July 3 ? 2 p. m. Cedar
Mountain, school house.
Wednesday, July 5 ? .2 p. m. Dunn-'
Rock, school house.
PRAISES HIGHWAY FORCE
FOR WORK AT CARRS HILL j
"We want the higway department,
and folks in general to know that we
appreciate the work done in our
community recent y," said a citizen
of the Carr's Hill community last
Saturday.
Especial mention was mode of the }
fine piece of work done by the high !
way department in fixing the road j
that leads from the Greenville high-i
way to Carr's Hill church. This lit- j
tie chufch is attractive, and serves a
fine community of people, but at-j
tendance has been handicapped to |
a great extent by the rough road. ?
especially in wet weather. Now, peo
ple of the community are proud of(
their road, and extend an invitation !
to the pub ic in general to attend j
their services. |
DRY WEATHER PREVAILS
Reports from various sections of
the county fire to the effect that rain
j is badly needed for crops and gard
[ens. Rosman and terirtory above,
had a nice shower Monday, but are
again facing a drought.
Thousands Expected To Attend Water
Pageant At Camp Carolina Thursday
As the activities a* the ninth an-j
nual Arrerican Red Cross life-saving,
institute in the South are drawing!
to a close at Camp Carolina, the'
largest affair now oo the program is
the yearly pageant to be staged on
the camp waterfront Thursday night
ai 8:30.
This production for the la>t sev
eral years has attracted enormous
crowds from the Sjurroundinj; coun
try side, and in 1922 the attendance
reached the record-breakirg mark of
six thousand.
Under direction of Harry A. Ken
ning, national Reduross Field rep
resentative in charge of pageantry
and recreational swimming at Camp
Carolina, the students have develop
ed their own pageant o'f Indian
lore. Costumes, scenery, and lighting
arrangement? have been gotten up
entirely by camp members them
selves.
| Making an unusually spectacular
; performance a<; night on the lake
| waterfront, the pageant brings ;nto
' play all diving, swimming, life
j saving, first aid, boating and can-je
! ipg instruction that the students
j have had while in camp. There will
j be an exhibition by seme of the di
I vers in camp, as we 1 as perfor
( mnnces by several expert swimmers..
; The drama production Thursday
j night will conclude a course in pag
, can try being given as an elective
' Dart of the institute curriculum.
| Despite the fact that this course is
j entirely viectiv e, every student is
participating in the performance, co
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Increased Employment Seen
In Transvlvania Industries
With assured increased employ
ment in Transylvania Tanning com
pany, Rosman Tanning Extract
company, and Toxaway Tanning
company, and possibilities of resump
tion of work at the Gloucester Luai
! ber company plant, unemployment
will be a thing of the past in Tran
sylvania county irs the next thirty
to sixty days, according to Jos. S.I
Silversteen, heac' of the countyjp;
largest block of industries.
Mr. Silversteen, in an interview 1
with The Times Wednesday morningl
was highly elated over the general'
outlook for business in general audi
Transylvania county's prospects in
particular, stating that "President
Roosevelt's plan is highly approver
by the industries and we believe that
it will practically take care of all
unemployment."
Nearly two hundred and fifty men
are now emp'oyed by the companies
headed by Mr. Silvetsteer. in this
county, and it is his expressed opin
ion that this number will be increased
shortly by one-third to one-half that
number more in plants which he
represents.
Pay will be increased in all liner j
of industry under the New Industry i
Bill, Mr. Silversteen said. withpos-|
sibility that the code to be adopted |
by the trade association of which he
is a member representing his ines,
cutting hours to six per day with pay.
of the men equaling eight hours, thut< .
giving more men employment and a,t;
the same time paying them a higher;
wage scale.
Plant of the Transylvania Tanning,'
company is now running full force,'
with 120 men given employment. At
the Rosman Tanning Extract plans
60 men are employed, this cancern
operating on a 24-hour shift. Fifty
men are now employed at the Toxa
way Tanning company plant at Bos
nian, with more men being addsd as
the process work is carried on.
Prospects look bright for rewimp-j
tion of work at the Gloucester Lum-j
ber plant within the next 30 to 60 1
days, Mr. Silversteen stated, and it;
is his i>elief that the Industry i3oardi
will allocate enough production to;
this plant to permit starting up.
With the Gloucester Lumber plant
going, an increased business will be
felt in ali sections of the county, logs
and timber moving more readily, and
work in the woods controlled by the'
company spreading employment fur-]
ther. '
While it is not definitely known |
just what plans will be formed -when!
the Trade Associations meet in
Washington in the r.ear future, it is
the opinion of the local business ex
ecutive that plans wi'l be adopted by
the leather and allied industries!
board that will put all plants into ac- j
tive operation, employing more meni
at increased wages.
Taken on a whole, the Brevard]
man said that it was his belief that |
buying power of the nation would b: ]
inn-eased fifty per cent, through the 1
new Industry Bill, and that with thc
increa-ed buying power business cor,-(
ilitions in a 1 1'nes would become noi :
ma).
Hides for the Iccal leather plant -
are purchased in the western pfcrt o
(he United States, tannc-d and pn
ccssed here, with part of the finish }
ed product being sold to shoe ami ,
other leather working concern - i
throughout the country, while tho s
finishing plant located at Brevaid
utilizes a large part in manufactur
ing leather for belting of al! giades,
as well as leather for the textile in
dustry.
KIWANIANS WILL GO
TO PMC THURSDAY!
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New Members Installed At
Meet Wednesday ? Club
Hears MacMillan
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Members of Brevard Kiwa:r- :ub,j
their wives and children i)'an to ui--;
tend an all-Iviwanis picnic at Camp'
Greystone, near Hendersonville on
Thurhday afteroon and evening of
this week.
Ali clubs cf the first district will ;
be in attendance at the meet, guests'
of Lt-Covernor Jos. R. Sevier, owner'
of Greystone. Program for the af-.
temcon includes games and contests
between the various clubs, a picnic
dinner, and short meeting at 7:30.
At the regular meeting of the club
held Wednesday at noon Lewis Ham-j
lin, P. L. Threlkeld, Joe Tinsley and,
0. Bradley were insta led as new
members, with the Rev. R. L. Alex
ander, past president, in charge of
the impressive ceremony.
Jimmie MacMillan, of Cocoa. Flor
ida, a member of the Red Cross Life
Saving Institute in session at Camp
Carolina, was guest speaker at the
club, telling cf the work done by
his organization. Jimmie has been
coming to Brevard for the p&st ^ev
en years, and is a great booster tor
this section.
MILLER AGAIN HEAD
OF BREVARD SCOUTS
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' Capt. Fred Miller, for the pastj
ten years leader of the -Boy Scou'c ,
movement in Brevard, was re-elect- 1
ed scoutmaster of the Brevard troop j
at a committee meeting held Tues-i
day night, with C. M. Douglas, re
elected as assistant scoutmaster.
A fine troop of young fellows are
now meeting regularly on Friday
night of each week at the Presby
terian Hut, and are making notab e
advances in scouting.
The Brevard Xiwanis club is spon
sor of the loca" troop, with Pr. C.
L. Newland, Rev. J. H. West and
Alex H. Kizer as troop committee
men.
TWO BK STMSCUT
| DOWN BY OFFICERS
i Sheriff Tom Wood and his deputies
j made a good start tovrard "drying
I up Transylvania county" over the
j week-end, two large distilling out
' fits, and hundreds of gallons of
i >eer, just ready for the rug, being
!' destroyed.
Prize capture of the seasor was
made Sunday- in the extreme south
ern end of the county, just this side
of the Oconee lir.e, when a magmfi
ent copper still of 90-ga Ion ca
pacity was brought in.
Again Monday, in. the _ Cedai
Mountain section, a nice outxi; was
: cut down by the sheriff's . depart
ment, along Vith a Vargo amount
of the "stew" ready for the finish
:ng touch. No arrests were made.
TWO-CENT POSTAGE j
FOR LOCAL LETTERS]
Rates To Be Changed July 1st
? Three Cents Applies
To Outside MaiJ.
WASHINGTON. June 20? Two]
cents postage for 'etters delivered]
within communities where they are!
mailed is coming back July 1.
On that date, you can mail a din-!
ner invitation to your neighbor or a '
check to your local tailor with a two
cent instead of a three-cent stamp
as required since July 6 of last year.
Postmaster General Parley yes
terday signed the order restoring
the former two-cent local rate on
first class postage. It does not affect
non-local rates. A provision of the
lecent revenue act makes possible
the change.
The three-cent rate on local first
class mail, Farley said, "caused a
diminished use of the mails by utili
ty companies, municipalities, depart
ment stores and similar establish
ments in sending bills and other com
munications to local patrons by me?-j
seniors." /
Farley said he hoped the two-cent j
rate wou'd result in restoration of
the norma! volume of mails, provid
ing work for "thousands of postal
employes who might otherwise be
furloughed without pay."
TWO veterans get j
CHECKS AT BREVARDj
Ranks of the men whr. wore the
grey in the War between the States
are gradually dwindling dffwn, on
ly two of these being left on the
Transylvania county pension roll to
receive pension checks from the
State of North Carolina, according
to Otto Alexander, clerk of the Su
perior court, these being J. M.
Blythe of Penrose and W. J. Nich
o'son of Sapphire.
Twenty-three widows of veterans
were on the list to receive checks
from this - semi-annual payment, I
three being class A, rated at $150,
ar.d 4,9 class B, rated at $50.
ORPHANAGEliNGERS
TO BE HERE SUNDAY
Representatives of the Methodist
Chitdrens' Home- in Winston-Salem
will be in Brevavd next Sunday and
wHl present a program of song and
music at the Methodist church San
fday morning a'; 11 o'clock, according
to announcement of the pastor, Rev.
,J. H. West.
Eighteen children of 'che home,
! with their superintendent, Mr. Woo,=
iey, and music teacher will^rrive in
Brevard Saturday afternoon, and
be entertained :n the homes of vari
ous members of the church Saturday
night and until Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Oliver Orr was appointed
chairman of the committee for plaoe
'ment of chi'dren during their stay
in Brevard.
W. M. U. MEETING IS !
F3E1J) AT MT MORlAHl
Officers Elected To Serve An-!
other Term ? Fine Pro
gram Is Rendered
Officers of the Transylvania W.j
M. U. were re-elected to serve anotn-:
?r year at the annual meeting held;
a: Mt. Moriah, Cherryficld church
last Friday. Mrs. Shipman of Vj t j
p;iver bcin? jjwlcctad as president J
and Mrs. Gil'espio, of Cheriytield be- i
ing,' again chosen as secretary.
An exceptionally fine meeting wasi
held, with churches of the associa
tion sending delegates and members ,
to the number o^ IPO. At the noon,
hour a bountiful dinner was spread
bv the ladies of the Cherryfjeld.
church, whei'h added much to the^
success of the meeting.
Mrs. Edna R. Harris of Raleigh,
and Mrs. J. R. Morgan, of Waynes
ville were principal speakers of the
occasion, talking interesting* on
work of women of the baptist i
church. '
Outstanding on the day's program
wore the Y. W A group of Brevard,:
Sunbeams and Young People s de
-nrtments of other churches of the^
county
Brevard was selected as next meet
place of the association, the
ir. acting to be held early next sum- ?
Livestock market
WILL OPEN FRIDAY;
Connections Being Made With.
Buyers For Produce-By
Local Farm Leaders
Farmers of Transylvania county'
are enthused over establishment oi i
a livestock market ? in Asheviile i,
yards to be opened to the public,
and the first sale io be staged on
Friday, June 23.
Further reason to be glad is found (
bv farmers of this county in the ! act i
that marketing connections nave (
been made with Atlanta, Ga., where
ty practically ill produce of the;
county can be marketed at a .air
price, most of this to be sold here
in the county, at a fair price .for.
Brevard.
The livestock market which na*
it,.-, first sale on Friday of thir wet-.K
in Asheviile is under the sponsorship,
of the 5-10 year program lea{lfc 1-T'
and has the backing cf farm .lead-;
ers throughout this section o. >n<
state. . 1
The Asheviile Live Stock Vir?ls[
will hold their first auction on.
.Tune 23rd at 2:00 p m., and plan tO(
have reguklr sales thereafter. I n< j
farmer may take the prices ; offer red, .
or not, as he chooses. All offerings |
will be graded by experts and sold .
bv grades. In addition to this tliej
Baker Packing Plants is establish-,
ing a new slaughter house; end the
Zimmerman Packing Plant is ; ?
buying extensively for Joc?l trade. j
With the proper support fiom
mevs ad townspeople there wil. ai !
ways be a place to dispose of,;"H
pus livestock. . Buyers from Ur^\
packing companies will be or. nan
to bid competitively. j
A market for livestock, \vhilcre-.
garded as fine for this county .do ^ I
not compare in value to the faei ,
offered by the connecuonsth.taie,
being lined up with Atlanta, Cra. <
lecton rnd other southern citiw. It,
is the plan of local farm leadurs to
have an established trade with the
cities mentioned above, and regu ar ,
mitir?. >I?. <*??
trucks will be here to takr
surplus as may be found ?
i "^Several shipments have af ;
' been made, and the prices received
made local people juoilant, ai i
R? ? '?? lss,quSSi
can now be grown with a^me
""Complete details are being ; M\
ed out by leaders here m agricultural,
lines" and further announcements)
will be made.
MASONIC MEET WILL
BE HELD ON SUNDAY
AT BAPTIST CURffll
apgppg
Dunn's Rock Ledge Member#
To Hear Rev. Paul Hairt
aell in Annua!! Sermon
ST. JOHN'S IdAY OBSERVED
BY MASONS EVERY YEAR
Officers of Local Lodge Ceil
Session At Lodge Room*
For Friday Night
All Master Masons, both member*
of Dunns Rock Lodge and /II visit
ing Masons, are invited to attea.l
morning services at the Brevard
Baptist church next Sunday at wnMi
time the Rev. Paul Hartsel!, pastor,
will deliver the annual St. John*
Day sermon. Masons are urged t?
meet at the lodge rooms at 10:39
o'clock promptly, and go in a body trc
the church for the <>'c-ven o'clock
service.
It is customary for Masons to s*'
semble on the Sabbath nearest St
Johns Day and hear a minister wh?
is also a mc-mber of the lodge preach
on the life and works of the Sains
John, patron saints of Masonry.
There is really important busw
ness to be transacted at the regular
communication on Friday night, sr.<I
members of the lodge are urged it
attend. At the regular meeting Fri
day night, further plans for Sun
day's program will be discusser!.
WESTERN UNION~~OPENS
OFFICES HERE TUESDAY
The uptown Western Union ?
fice opened for business Tuesdsf
morning in the post office building;
with C. H Lewis, of Shelby. i*
charge
Office hours hava r-ot been <5 t
initely set, but Mr. Lewis u re
nounces that hours most suitable
the public will be maintained
CAMPS LOOKING FOR
EXTRA GOOD SEASON
Transylvania county camp- r
lotfkir.g forward to the be>t season i*.
yeans, according to information r.fc- J
tained here this week, and with ir.c
fine camp season is naturally er
pected an increased number of visi
tors who will spend part .,r a); f
the season.
Outstanding in camp circie? h
Camp Roc-kbrook, exclusive girfe
camp, operated by Mr. and M.'v
Henry Carrier, which now has
enough applications for entrance i a
file to more than fill their beau:^
ful camp to overflowing.
Center of organized summer cor:.*
in the eastern states, thin com'.* ? -
ty derives great benefit from ? - c
splendid boys and gii' s camps lo
cation here, many of the summer
folk who come here eacfT year beicjr
directly traceable to work done b?
camp owners and operator*.
GIRLSTnIAMP F0r
WEEK AT SAPPHO*
A groun of twenty-five girls f *
Concord, Charlotte, and other poi.^t*
are at Camp Sapphire for two week*,
coming here before opening of tfce
regu'ar boys camp, in July for as
outing.
All facilities of the ??amp i>~'
thrown open to the girts who su
spending their time, swimming, hot'
ing, horseback riding, p'aying r*:
nis and other things that go to make
up nr. enjoyable vacation.
Mrs. W. McK Fetzer. Mrs Ber^
nard Fetzer, Mrs. Joe Hill, ilis*
Claudie Moore, Miss Margaret
Ritchie and Miss Sara Davies are
included on the counselor staff.
Pu ,/ your subscription beft<ri W
Boylston Road Will Be Completed In
July, Local Highway Officials Bel km
| Completion of the Boylston read is
f s'-een in the near future, according
to information given out by P. L.
Thielkeld, ir. charge of the local
State Highway Commission office.
M:\ Threlkeld states that survey
of this important fink has been or
dered by the State Highway Com
mission, which is t&k'jn to mean
that upon completion of the survey
bids for completion of the stretch]
will be received with possibilities oi!|
the actual work starting: within the]
iiesjt few weeks.
Plans for the hghway cell for an
18-foot traffic bound rrv.cadam sur
face similar to that of the Green
ville highway, which is regarded as
an ideal road.
It is not known at this time
just what other road work will be
| done in this sec&oa by th? rfs.'
highway forces which will begii sa
extensive pro?rram throughout tfr
state the first of July, bui, Sos?
h<>'d out that 284 across Pissps'i
will be relocated and complied.
F, F, A. CALLED TO MEET
AT BREVARD SATURDAY
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i Meeting at the Brevard chapter
Future Farmers of Ainerlea is tai
led for Saturday evening of
week at eight o'elop* in the Agrv
nurture rooms of Bresurt
school.
All raemKan are urged to bo |W
ent. as important bueiaess
i of interest to the chapter n?L 3?&!f
' munitj are to be taken up at tfew
' time. ; . }$?
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