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VOL. 38 ? No. 28
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA? THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR
BOND ACCEPTANCE
WILL SAVE MONEY
GALLOWAY STATES
Similar 'Bill Effecting Great
Saving For Tax Payers
In Town of Brevard
OTHER LOCALITIES ARE
USING SIMILAR SET-UP
Representative Gives Views
On Measure He Had
Made Into Law
Editor The Times:
. Since a mass meeting has been
called to consider House Bill 1156
1 feel that I should give to the pub
lic at this time my interpretation of
the bill and its objects and purposes,
since it was through my efforts the
bill was passed by the .egislature.
This bill is a measure intended to
do for the tax payers of the coun
ty what a similar bill is doing for
the tax payers of the town of Bre
vard; that is to save the individual
tax payer the difference between
the face value of our county bonds
and the price at which such bonds
may be purchased, which at the pres
ent time, is around 33 1-3 percent
of face va'ue, effecting a saving to
the individual tax payer of approxi
mately two-thirds of the amount of
taxes permitted to be paid in such
bonds; that is to say, if a tax pay-,
er owes three hundred dollars in
Debt Service Taxes instead of put-,
ting down three hundred "bucks" in
payment of that amount he may, un- ,
der the provisions of House Bill I
U56, purchase three hundred dol-j
lars' worth of county bonds, which, '
as recited above, will cost him
around one hundred dollars, and ap
p'y these bonds in payment of that
portion of his taxes, making a net
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MILL CODE WILL BE
EFFECTIVE MONDAY
Pisgah Workers To Be Paid1
Minimum Wage of Twelve
? ? ???? _ . 3 _
Dollars! Per Week
Close to four Jjundred thousand!
cotton mill employes throughout the
United States will start work Mon
day morning of next week at a mini
mum wage of $12 per week, accord
ing to the Mill Code which was of?<
ficially put in force on Monday of
this week when President Roosevelt
signed the bill.
The Pisgah Mills at Brevard, em. I
ploying better than eighty people'
will come under the ruling, which
sets out that no mill shall operate
more than eighty hours per week
when double shift is employed. The
local mill is now operating on a 55
hour basis. -
Following is the code in brief :
Remains in force four months,'
subject then to extension or modifi- 1
cation. j
Guarantees minimum wages of $12'
a week in the South and $13 in the
North; excepts cleaners, outside em
ployes and learners.
Limits any employe to 40 hours
work a week, except repair shop
crews, who shall get time and a half
for overtime. - ?
Forbids employment of children'
under 16. j
Requires periodical submission of
reports on wages, hours, production,
consumption, etc.
Restricts "Stretch - out" system/
through which workers increase thoiri
output by operating more machines, j
Directs submission by January 1,,
1034, of a minimum pay. maximum I
hours agreement for cleaners ar.d!
outside workers.
Instructs industry's planning ccm-j
mittee to submit by -January 1 a plan j
for employe home-ownership.
Allows the administration to name j
three non-votirg members of this]
committee. ' SU '
BAND CONCERT WILL
BE GIVEN THURSDAY
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Brevard Organization Plan
j ning Enjoyable Feature Dur
ing Summer Months
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! Plans are being perfected for stag
j ing the first band concert of the sea
sen at the court house stand on
I Thursday evening of this week, the
j music to start at eight o'clock.
Under the- leadership cf Prof F,|
J. Cutter and Donald Lee Moore,
several members of the old Muniei-,
pal Band have been meeting regular-!
ly for practice and expect to btj
ready to play Thursday night.
Around twenty members have been |
coming out for practice, and several
boys from Tommy Pstton "Florida
Collegian" orchestra are also ex
pected to play with the local outfit.
The fire department is sponsoring
the move to have semi-weekly con
certs which have proven a great
drawing' card in the past summers,
with cooperation promised the boys ;
from business men of the town. j
0. L. Erwin is donating a prac- 1
tice room for the boys, and other |
business men of the town are ex- 1
pected to assist in taking care of ,
the light bill for the practice room
and the band stand.
The entire community is invited to
attend the first concert Thursday
evening at eight o'clock, and no
charges of agy kind will be madf
However, it is requested that^those
attending remain quiet while in the
vicinity of the band stand, and
especially is request made that no
cne be trampling shrubs and flowers
on the court, house lawn. Much Mon
ey and labor has been expended by
ladies of the Civic Club in beauti
fying the court house lawn and
special emphasis is Taid on the re
quest that children be kept from
running and playing around these
shrubs at the concerts to be given
this summer.
MASONKLODGE TO
MEET IN NEW HOME
A special jubilee meeting of
Dunn's Rock Masonic- Lodge will
b; held on Friday night of this
week, at 8 o'clock, lat which time
their new lodge room wi 1 be dedi
cated.
The new hiUl, in the Pickelsimer
building on Broad street, has been |
laid out and built in accordance with
plans of lodge rooms in larger cen
ters, and is said to be ideal in ev
ery respect.
New furnishings and equipment
have been installed, and officials of
the lodge urge that every member be
present for the first meeting in the
new home.
CIVIL TERMCOURT
STARTS JULY 31ST
July-August term Superior court
for trial of civil eases will be held
for two weeks at Brevard beginning
Monday, Ju'y 31;
Judge Michael Schencl:, of Hender
sonville will preside at this term, at
which a number of cases have been
scheduled for trial. The jury was
drawn by the county commissioners
at their meeting here Monday, the
following being selected:
First Week
H. B. Chappe'l, B. A. Brittairt, R.
E. Fortesque, J. A. Allison, H. E.
Raines, T. M. McCal!, J. A. Nelson, ?
J. Wade Dickson, Clyde S. McCall,
F. F. Bagwell, Lee Baynard, J. F.
Hayes, R. S. Winchester, Leonard
Simwson, Warren Fisher, J. V. Gil
lespie, P. G. Jones, Alton Hubbard.
Second Week
G. W. Whitmire, W. S. Lankfcrd,
G. D. Shuford, H. Hcdrick, James'
W. Dickson, F. G, Norton, Wallis
Bryar.t, W. J. Ray, J. D. Bryson, C.
E. Wike, H. C. Baynard, S. L. Bar
nett, Elbert J. Owen. C. B. Mitrhe 1,
J. R. Wright, T. E. Patton Jr., Free
man Hayes, W. W. Gillespie.
Southern Baptist Leader Calls Churches!
To See Danger In Liquor Law Repeal;
SHREVEPORT, July 12.? Dr. M.
E. Dodd, president of the Southern
Baptist convention, has issued the
following appeal to the four million
Southern Baptists for their support
against the repeal cf the eighteenth
amendment:
"To the pastors, officers and four;
million members of the 24,000 South
ern Baptist churches.
"Dear Brethern:
"Since various states in the terri
tory of the Southern Baptist con
vention will soon have the opportu-i
nity to vote again on whether or not;
- the eighteenth cmer.dment shall be,'
retained or repealed; said,
"Since Southern Baptists pastors,;
evangelists, deacons, Sunday school
teachers and other leaders and mem
bers, in the past, had much to do
with creating a south solid against
the liquors business;
"It seems imperativ? to me to is
sue the following statement and ap-,
peal a? president of the Southern j
Baptist convention:
_ liquor traffic js a legal cut-'
law, an economic outcast, an intel
lectual imbecila, and a moral dere
lict.
"It is ar. outlaw because it is not
now, never has teen, and by its very
nature, never has be^n, and, by its
very nature never can be subject to
any legal restraint, regulation or
prohibition. Give it nothing legally
and it will take an 5?ic.h, bat if we
give it an inch it will take a mile,
liquor leaders being witness. The
Brewers Journal of May 1, 1910,
said:
" 'No matter what laws are made
to cripple the beverage industries,
they cannot and will not be observed
by those managing these industries.'
"You had as well try to regulate
a r&tt'esnake, a raging flood, a wild
forest fire. The only thing to be
done with any of them is to destroy ,
them.
"The proposal to regulate tho
liquor traffic is an apparition o f
ghostly dreams, an hallucination of |
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Gloucester Lumber Plant
To Employ Hundred Men
Gloucester Lumber company a<
Rosmcn will resume operation the
latter part of the week, according' to
announcement by Jos. S. Siversteen,|
president of the concern.
Around one hundred men will tx
employed by the Gloucester Lumber
company, Mr. Silversteen said, this
number including both plant opera
tives and woousmen. Experienced
mill men and woods workers who
have been in the employ of the com
pany for a number of years will for
the most part make up the crews,
with no outside labor being re
eruited, this rule being adhered to
in all industries headed by the Bre-j
vard man.
The company will start cutting its j
own timber, taken from several large
boundaries, the chief of which is lo
cated on the East Fork of the French
Broad river. Logs will a'so be pur
chased from other county property
owners.
Among the pioneer plants of Tran
sylvania county, the Gloucester Lum
ber company manufactures hardwood
lumber, oak, poplar, and chestnut
being the principal output, and ship
ments are made* to ali parts of the
country.
With employment of 100 men by
the Gloucester company, in addition
to the vork provided for timber own-:
ers who will sell to the p'ant, an in- ,
creased business will be felt in all i
sections of the county, this plant's
resumption of operations cutting
heavily into the unemployment situ
ation.
Other plants headed by Sir. Silver
steer. are operating or. full time.
They include the Transylvania Tan
ning company and the finishing plant
at Brevard; the Rosman Tanning Ex
tract company at Rosman; and the
Toxaway Tanning company, at Ros
man.
The Brevard man seees great good
in the plan of President Roosevelt as
it is now being put into effect, and'
is of the opinion that business in
general will be operating at full!
swing within a few weeks.
Mass Meeting Called by Board
For Bond Measure Discussion
Several hundred people of the
county are expected to attend a mass
meeting at the court house Saturday ;
afternoon at one o'clock, the m?et-|
ing being called by the board' of;
county commissioners for discus^on'
of the legislative enactment pertain- 1
ing to accepting bonds in payment} of!
the debt service portion of coujityj
taxes.
In a statement being published inj
the advertising columns of The >
Times, the county commissioners set<
forth that "it appearing that there |
has been considerable discussion as
to the acceptance of past <lue coun
ty bonds becoming due during the
current year in payment of debt
service portion of the faxes and it'
further appearing that there was
considerable misunderstanding amongj
the taxpayers of the county as to,
the provisions of the bill authorizing!
the acceptance of said bonds in pay- 1
ment of said flortion of tax..-. . I
"The purpose of this meeting is
so that the taxpayers of the county 1
can be fully informed as to the na !
ture and effect of said bill and ol j
the action of the county commis-l
sionere under saitie.
"This is a matter of vital impor
tance to the county and all taxpayer*
are most urgently requested to at
tend this meeting."
The biil was passed at the last
session of the legislature by Repre
sentative Wallace Ga'lcway &nd sets
forth that the county commissioners
may accept county bonds t hat are
past due and to become due within
the fiscal year in payment of the
debt service portion of county taxes.
Those who are urging that the
commissioners pass resolutions which
will put the act into effect, stress the!
point that with county bonds selling!
at one-third and less their face
value, a great saving can be effect
ed.
Much interest is being shown in
the matter, and an interesting meet
ing is looked forward to.
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TWO DISTRICTS NOW i
IN SCHOOL SYSTEM!
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State Board Discontinues Sev-;
eral Smaller Units ? No j
Committees Appointed
Transylvania county school system]
is now designated as district one and!
two, all local school districts of the
county having been merged with
Brevard and Rosman as centers, ac
cording to information received Wed
nesday by Prof. G. C. Bush, coun
ty superintendent.
The consolidation into two dis- ,
tricts instead of the nineteen as!
heretofore was done after 0. J. Hoi- j
!er, state school commissioner was J
here and looked over the county, it.
beir.g his opinion that this would aid]
the schools of the cov.nty to conform)
with state i equipments.
Included in the Brevard district?
sire Turkey Creek, Penrose, Pisgah
Forest, Selioa, Round Top, Conncs
tee, See-off, Carson Creek, Cedar
Mountain and Little River. In the
Ror.rnan district, to be known as No.
2, is Old Toxaway, Oak Forest, Bal- j
sam Grove, Silve'-stcen. Quebec,)
Montvale and Lake Toxaway.
No intimation was made in the]
letter received by Mr. Bush as to!
how many committeemen wou'd be'
appointed in aach of the two dis- }
tricts. The local county board is {
awaiting advice1; from Raleigh be-j
fore appointing local committeemen
or proceeding with hiring of teach
ers for the coming year.
TAX LISTERS WlTT BE
ALLOWED $2.25 PER DAY
Tax listers and assessors wi'.l_ be
paid $2.25 per day for what time
they put in on tax work, according
to order passed by the board of
county commissioners, while the tax
supervisor will be paid three dollars
per day for what time he put? in.
COUNTYCI? TO j
ENTER. W.N.C. EVENT
Transylvania county will enter
several cont-stj to be staged at the
annual mountain song and dance
festival to be held in Asheville dur
ing the first week of August.
Transylvania teams will be danc
ing by a group of Cedar Mountain
residents and oth*r?, a band from
tha lower end of the county and two
or more from the upper section.
I The event i ? h?irp pfagred by Bas
I com Lamar Ltmsford, fo:k lore
I specialist and musician of note un
der sponsorship, of the Asheville
[Chamber of Commerce. Several
i 'hou'an'.l people are expected to at
| ! end.
GLADE CREEK ROAD !
IS BEING IMPROVED
Five Mile Stretch Serves Num
ber of Families ? Other
Projects To Start
State highway forces under super
vision of P. L. Threlkeld, district en
gineer, are doing an outstanding
piece of work in the Glade Creek!
section, surfacing the road leading t
from Hendersonville Highway to the
Boylston road.
The five-mile stretch, which serve*
a large group of families, is being
given a treatment of grave/ and
sand that is making it qtfitc an im
provement over the old road bed.
other necessary work being done at
the same time.
Gravel and sand from the river if
being hf.uled to the Glade Creek
road in trucks, a fmall crusher being
used to crush th" larger gravel or
the job.
Mr. Threlkeld plans to finish thejj
stretch of road from near the monu-i
ment across to No. 28, alongside the
Davidson River within the next short
ivhile, part of this stretch a'leady
having been graveled.
Taken as a whole, roads in the
county are beginning to show up re-j
markabty under supervision of the!
state highway department, many ?
families now being given highway :
connections that hitherto -vere more j
or iess "road-bound."
LARGE RATTLERS K. J LLE D |
IN STEELE CREEK SECTION
Bu3ter Bagwell ^nd Buford Mulli-j
nax, working on Steele Creek last!
week, killed two large rattlesnakes,
one of the reptiles measuring 44
inches and the other 48, the latter
carrying 12 rattles.
The large snake is said to have<
struck at a horse being used in log- J
ging operations on Steele .Crack
several times, quick action on the
part cf Baerwell probably saving the
horse's life.
FLOWERSH0WWILL
BE HELD IN AUGUST
I Plans arc going forward by the
garden committee of the Women s
Civic club for the annual flower
show, which will be an event of
August 18.
Ladies of the toWn ere requested
by the committee to keep this date in
mind, and to make preparations to
have as many flowers of varied
kinds as possib'e ready for exhib
ition at that time. Valuable prizes
I will be awarded for winners in the
I various entries.
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'TOWN TAX RATE IS i
I ESTIMATED AT $1.70!
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Real Property Owners Wil!:
Pay Less Under The New
Rate Than Before
With the valuation cut from $2,-j
950,000 to $1,700,000, budget esti-,
mate as presented to the board of al-j
dermen at their meeting iast Thurs-j
cay night calls for a .tax rate for the !
year of $1.70 on the hundred dollars.'
Rate last year was set at $1.27 en j
the hundred, with 29 cents of this;
rate being for general expenses andj
98 cents for debt service. j
This year the rate for the general :
fund is set at 50 cents and the debt
service $1.20. " !?
Principal cause of the raise in the
rate this year, as reported to the
board by Clerk Harry Patton when
presenting the budget, is the fact
that with cutting valuation of real ?
property in half at the May meeting]
has taken nway better than 43 per
cent of taxab'e values, while at the |
same time deficits in several funds!
have giown due to slow collections of I
taxes during the past three yet.rs. j
Although the rate has been raised.:
it was pointed out to the aldermen j
in their meeting last Thursday, real
property owners will pay less taxes
curing the coming- year than last, re
duced assessed valuation giving a j
man owning a $1,000 piece of pro-|
perty last year on which he wasi;
inquired to pay $52.70, a total tas'
?-?sessment under tha new rata of 3 ,
i .'.SO for 1933. Personal property j
wners, will of course pay more.
The summary of budget estimate ;
together with financial statement ot,
the town is being carried on another j
nage of this n?Per> and can also be ,
oen in more detailed form at the of- i
rice of Clerk Harry Patton.
BROWN CARR WILL I
LEAVE COMMUNITY!
Brcwn Carr. president of tht ?
Brevard Kiwanis Club and manager ;
of the Carr Lumber company store ;
at Pisgah Forest, leaves this wcek|
for New Orleans, where he will -
enter business with the Metropolitan!
Life Insurance company.
Mr. Carr has numerous friends;
both in Brevard and throughout the >
county who will regret tc learn that ,
he is to leave. He has been a moving
factor in the Brevard Kiwanis C'ub i
and other civic organizations of thy
town, and has taken a very active <
part in all affairs of the Brevard j:
Baptist church.
Mrs. Carr will remain at her [ ?
home here for some time before i
joining Mr. Carr in New Orleans.
RAMSEY" SELECTED
AS CITY ATTORNEY
Ralph H. Ramsey Jr., for the pastl
two years* mayor of Brevard, was'
selected as attorney for the town at
a meeting of the board of aldermen
held last Thursday night.
Mr. Ramsey, who enjoys a wide
law practice here, is a native of
South Carolina, but has made Bre-j
vard his home for the past several)
years. Two ytavs ago he was elected ;
mayor by a. large majority, but|
would not allow his name entered at j
the last election.
ROSMAN BOY SCOUTS ON !
FINE TRIP LAST WEEK
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ROSMAN, July 12? The Bo<yj
Scouts and their leader Rev. J. N. !
Hall, enjoyed a camping trip to,
Frozen Lake the latter part of tho
week. Through courtesy of D. H.
Winchester of Rosman one of the
cabins at the lake was used by the
scouts.
Swimming, boating and other out!<
door activities were enjoyed by the i
troop. The ucouts extend to Mr.
Winchester ?'neir thanks for making
possible so pleasant a trip. i
CHURCH LEADERS TO
ATTEND MEETING AT
BREYARD INSTITUTE
One Hundred Women Are Ex
pected Here For Spir
itual Life Ratreat
THREE-DAY SESSIONS TO
START FRIDAY MORNING
Noted Religious Leaders Will
Be Heard; Delegates To
Be Guests of B I.
Approximately 100 women dele
gates ore expected to attend the
three-day Spiritual Life Retreat
which will be held at Brevard In
stitute July 14-16. beginning Friday
morning- of this week and continuing
through Sunday night.
The purpose of the retreat, which
is conducted by the Spiritual LLfa
committee of the Woman'* Mission
ary Council of the Methodist church,
South, is for renewed spiritual lii'e,
preyer and meditation. It is the re
quest of the committee that those
attending set ail other interests
aside in so far as possible and that
this three-day period be given en
tirely to spiritual interests, letting
God be the center of their thinking.
Three sessions will be held each
d a y, beginning in the morning
at 9:30 o'clock, in the afternoon at
4 o'clock and in the evening at 8
o'clock.
Leaders and speakers will inc ude:'
Dr. Fletcher S. Brockmari, a numl>er
of years in China; Dr. Lavens M.
Thomas, of Emory University; Mrs.
W. A. Newell, Miss Daisy Davies
and Miss Estelle Haskin, Miss Mabel
K. Howell, of Scarritt college.
The theme of Friday's sessions
will be "God and Myself;" on Satur
day, "Myself and My Brother;" and
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COUNTY ?PS TO
MEET NEXT SUNDAY
Transylvania B.Y.P.U Assoc
iation Will Be Held at
Rosman Church
Plans have been completed for th<
Transylvania county B. Y. P. U.
associational meeting, which will be
held at the Rosman Zion Baptist
church next Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. It is expected that a
large delegation from the various
unions all over the county will iittend
this meeting.
An interesting program has been
prepared, on which wi 1 appear
speakers prominent in t{ie state B.
Y. P. U. work, giving inspirational
talks. Annual election of officers will
also be a part of the program, and
special musical selections will b?
featured. ?
The following program wi 1 bi
carried rut: Song service by
Paul Glazener; devotional, "Lift Uj>
Your Eyes and Look on the Fields,"
by Ansel Jones ar.d Richjrd Moore:
special song. ''Open My feyes That I
May See," by the Zion union; she
play. "Why Have a Standard for
B. Y. P. U." by the Brevard seni ?
union; inspirational talks by str
leaders, including Mr. Mashbr
regional president. end Miss Bn
intermediate and junior leader, : t
others; quartet,- Enon urior; sii
talk, "Looking Unto Jesus fo j a
Vision of the World's Needs." by
Miss Ruby Whitmin;, Calvert; spe
cial B. Y. P. U. songs by Cedar
Mountain union.
COLLINS BARN BURNED
LAST THURSDAY MORN
ROSMAN, July 12? Mr. and Mrs
ft. L. Collins had ih<? misfortune tc
have their ham ?nd contents de
stroyed by fire of unknown or gin
early Thursday morning of last
week. A cow that was in the barn
v'?s severe'y burned, also a quanti
ty of feed was destroyed.
Young Democrats On Record for Repeal;
Roosevelt, Reynolds Make Statements
WaiCrllTSVILLE B E A C H? If
North Carolina voters listen to the
appeal of Senator Robert R. Roy
r,oldt< as madei here lest Saturday,
the state will repeal the eighteenth
amendment on November 7th.
.Senator Reynolds was speaking be-1
fore the convention of the Young
Democrat Clubs of North Carolina
assembled he^c i of u one-day tes-l
sion. With a thundering; shout of;
"ayes" the statt: organization record-'
ed itaelf as favoring repeal but with
almost the same degree of fervor re
fused to condemn the Turlington Act,
which is regarded as a vary strin
gent prohibition law, applicable only
to North Carolina. An appeal from
President Roosevelt was alco made
public Sunday, in which the chief
executive yets forth his views on tirt'
question and declares that he is for
rspes.1 of the 18th amendment, am!
that the Democratic platform adop
ted at. the last naticna1 convention
expressly set forth, not fox- referen
dum but fc-r repeal.
Resolution}' adopted ly the Young
; Democrats club set forth :
"Whereas national prohibition hn
fsiled utterly in that it fcsterj t9
pocrisy, invitis corruption, suppc' <
crime ?.nd makes a mockery of thi?
cause of temperance, and, |
"Whereas, the action of the stet-'fjl
of North Carolina with reference t
repeal will be detertained by a vo i?:
of the people in a non-partisan elec
tion in November, 1P33. now there
fore, be it resoVad:
' That the Young Democrats of
?North CaroIir,?; in convention as3em- J
bled, recognizing ti e right of every,
| citizen to vote fcr or against repeal
without regard to party affiliation,
record the vote cf this convention i'?
favor of repeal Of the 18th arocni ?
went
"Further, that we urge the evju ?
merit of such srisasures as will ac
tually promote temperance snS ef
fectively prevent the vetnrn of the
j saloon."
PRESIDE NT'S APPJSAL
WASHINGTON, July 12-Presf
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