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VOL. 38 ? No. 30.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA? THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR
COUNTY PLANTS INCREASE WAGE SCALE
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NEW COLLEGE WILL i
BE NAMED BREVARD;
TO START NEXT FALL
Weaver College Will Continue
at Present Site For
Another Term
Brevard College was chosen as the
name of the institution to be formed
by the merger of Weaver and Ruth
erford colleges by the Educational
Commission of the Western North
Carolina conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, in their
meeting at Charlotte last week.
Plans were also laid by the com
mission for opening the " college ill
1934, with Weaver College continu
ing this coming" term, the merger
to be effective here in the fall of
next year.
Property of the Brevard Insti
tute, which closes here this week wa?
donated by the Woman's Council of
the church for site of the school,,
this property, together with dona
tions by the town, county and indi
viduals bringing the total s^ft to the
new institution to around $300,000.
Plans of the educational commis
sion call for the college to Tie a stan
dard two year or junior institution,
and will be operated on the Bare a
or self help plan, enabling young
men and women of moderate means
to obtain collegiate training.
REVENUE COLLECTOR
HERE NEXT TUESDAY
All Businesses Required to Pay
Privilege Tax Of $1.00 ?
Other Taxes Charged
Carl H. Felmet, recently appoint, I
ed as deputy state revenue collector
for Transylvania, Henderson and
Jackson counties, with offices in Hen
dersonville, announces that he will
be in Brevard on Tuesday of next
week in his official capacity.
First duty of the state revenue
collector will be the collection of
the privilege tax of $1 from evefy
business concern of cny kind or
size in the three counties. He will al
so be in charge of collections for the
state of several new levies imposed
by the last session of the General
Assembly.
The n<w tax on billboards has
been in effect since May 1, and re
quires that a tax of $i. a year be
paid on all privately owned roadside
signs and billboards am- that s,
metcl license tag be attached to each(
sign to show that the tax has been'
paid. Incorporated outdoor advertis-j
ing companies must afeo pay a hea^
ier tax than heretofore.
This tax does not apply, howevei,
to signs painted on stores and. filling
stations advertising commodities
sold in these places. So signs adver
tising gasoline or oil sold at the place
where the sign is displayed, or ad
vertising drinks dispensed there, are
not taxable.
Advertisers have now had plenty
of time to become familiar with thy
law and to pay the tax. authorities
state, with the result that orders will
scon be issued to the 62 deputy
collectors of revenue and the
state highway patrol to inspect all
signs and list those on which the tax
ht'.s not been paid. If chc taxes on
these signs are not paid within a cer
tain time, orders will then be given
to remove those not properly tagged.
The revenue department has so
far bear, going slow in collecting the
tax on tourist camps, boarding and
rooming houses, but intends to tight
en up on this now, according to Ral
eigh advices. The minimum tax on
those with less than five rooms is $10 /
a year, with a tax of $2 per room j
for each room in excess of five. 1
DAHLIA SHOW WILL BE
STAGED HERE IN FALL
Officers of the Transylvania Dah
lia asociation are working on plans
for staging a dahlia show here dur
ing the early part of September, the
event to be for amateurs only, thst
is growers in the county.
Mrs. Brown Carr has besn elected
as chairman of the dahlia show,
Mrs. John Maxwell chairman of the
prize committee, C. C. Hutches, Mrs.
S. A. Jones, Mrs. C. R. Sharp, Mrs.
Carl Hardin, Mrs. E. H. Mackey and
Miss Julia Deaver, promotion com
mittee.
emploWmed
TO JOIN MOVEMENT
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President Roosevelt Pleads for
Cooperation Among All
Business Men
Practically all radios in this com
munity were tuned in Monday night
on President Roosevelt's third speech
since taking over the helm of the
United States government, and
heard the chief executive plead with
all employers of the United States
to put ir.to immediate effect the
voluntary code to shorten working
hours and elevate wage levels.
The President said the American
people "will pull themselves ouot of
this depression if they want to."
He expressed his belief that the
people wouid mobilize the great
force of American public opinion be
hind the plan to divide work and to
give all living wages.
"The essence of the plan," he ex
plained, "is universal limitation of
hours of work per week for any in
dividual by common consent, and a
universal payment of wages above a
minimum, also by common consent."
In his third talk to the nation
since his inauguration, the President
analyzed the full program which
congress gave him the power to car
ry through.
Credit Maintained
He said tho credit of the nation
had been maintained by balancing
the budget. The credit of the indi
vidual, he said, was being maintain
ed by restoring the purchasing power
of the dollar and by the home loan
act, the farm loan act and the bank
ruptcy act.
He assured there would be no
"smell of the pork barrel" in ad
ministration of the $3,300,000,000
public works program.
Turning to the task of building!
a "more lasting prosperity," he said j
"we cannot attain that in a nation i
half-boom and half-broke."
Two things, he declared, must bi
done to find better "(lays : First, im
provement of the prices of farm
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BANDlOPLAYHERE
THURSDAY EVENING
Plans are announced for holding
a band concert on Thursday evening
of this week on the court hcuse lawn
Thoursday (tonight) night beginning
at eight o'clock.
A large number of people were
present for the second concert of the
season .given last Thursday night,
and a goodly number out for the
Sunday afternoon concert, which,
while not generally advertised,
proved an entertaining feature
worthwhile, and attracted many
people who were passing through
the town Sunday afternoon.
At a meeting of the band members
Monday night, Professor F. J. Cut
ter was named director, Donald Lee
Moore, assistant director; C. F. Mis
enheimer, business manager and sec
retary; Ralph Duckworth, treasurer;
Edward Kilpatrick, librarian.
Jones and Kimzey Chosen To Head !
Brevard and Resman High Schools!
Prof. J. 3. Jones will again head
Brevard high school, with Profes
soiTJohn E. Rufty again in charge
of the Brevard elementary 3chool,
while a new setup goes into effect at
Resman, with Professor Robert T.
Kimzey, principal of the high school
and Professor Glen Galloway in
charge of the elementary depart
ment. i |
Julian Glazener, for several years
head of the agricultural department
of Brevard high school and leader in
the five-ten year movement, has been
re-elected to have charge of this de
partment again at the Brevard
school. Prof. John Corbio, for five
years leader in things agricultural
in the Rosman district will be re
plaeed by Randall Lyday of En on.
t While the local school committee#
of the Rosman district, Messrs. W.
C. Gravely, Leo Case, and Carl Owen
held a meeting at thfc court house
on Saturday of last week for the
purpose of choosing teachers,, their
actions in the matter of selecting
the corps at the Rosman high and
k elementary school and other schools
of the Rosman or No, 2 district,
have not been disclosed.
Brevard committer, composed of
Mrs. G. H. Lyday, J, A. Miller and
A. E. England, met with Professor
G. C. Bush on Monday of this week,
and like the Rosman committee, their
report is being withheld, the county
superintendent stating that the list
was no? complete and would not be
ready for publication before next
week.
In announcing a partial list of
teachers for the coynty, Professor
Bush stated that reason for with
holding the balance of the list was
due to the fact that the state board
of education had only so far allotted
58 white teachers for the countyv
while he had asked for 63, and that
it was possible that some of the
! teachers who had been selected
would not be given places on account
of this cut in the teacher force.
Fifteen high school teachers were
asked for by the school head in pre
liminary raport, this number being
given, wliile 48 elementary teachers
Iwere asked for, and only 43 allotted
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Over Five Hundred Receiving 10
To 25 Per Cent Raise In Pay
Industrial workers in Transylvania county are being
given a raise in wages of from 10 to 25 per cent, this in
crease in wages effecting majority of employed people in j
the county.
Transylvania Tanning company at Brevard, Glouce3- J
ter Lumber company, Toxaway Tanning company and
Rosman Tanning Extract company at Rosman, are now
working on an increased wage schedule ranging from ten
to 25 per cent, while the Carr Lumber company at Pisgah
Forest is increasing wages the first of August by 15 per
cent. Pisgah Cotton mills, at Brevard went on a minimum
$ 12-week basis two weeks ago.
W. W. Croushorn, manager of the Carr Lumber com
pany, announcing the 15 per cent wage increase effective
the first of the month stated that his company was giving
the increase in wages at this time, awaiting final adoption
of the code effecting his business.
In making public" the increase of wages in the five
plants he represents, Jos. S. Silversteen stated that his
company "is backing President Roosevelt and his pro
gram" apd that it was his belief that conditions in gen
i eral would show marked improvementNimmediately upon
adoption of the president's program.
Between four and five hundred men will be effected
in the raise given by the companies headed by Mr. Silver
steen, while over 125 will share in the increased wage at
Carr Lumber company.
SUPERIOR COURT TO
OPEN HERE MONDAY
Civil Cases To Be Heard Dur-j
ing Two Weeks? Judge
SchencI: To Preside
Transylvania cqunty Superior court
for trial of civil cases w'U h?erin here!'
Monday morning, with Hon. j
Michael Schunck, of Hendersunville, :
presiding. t'
-Only civil cases will be tried at J
this term, criminal court to be held
in December. ?
The following have been selected ,
to serve on the jury:
First Week
H. B. Chappoll, B. A. Brittain, R.
E. Fortesque, J. A. Allison, H. B. i
Raine?, T. M. McCall, J. A. Nelson, j;
J. W3de Dickson, Clyde S. McCall,
F. F. Bagwell, Lee Baynard, J. F.I
Hayes, R. S. Winchester Leonard j
Simpson, Warren Fisher, V. Gil-I
lespie, P. G. Jones, Alton Hubbard. j
S?wnd Week j
G. W. Whitmire. W. S. Lankford,]
G. 0. SHuford, H. Hedricfc, James
W. Dickson, F. G. Norton, Walhs '
Brvant, W. J. Ray, J. D. Bryson, C. '?
E. Wike, H. C. Baynard, S. L. Btr-|'
nett, Elbert J. Owen, C. B. Mitchell, |<
J. R. Wright, T. E. Patton Jr., rree-|
man Hayes, W. W. Gillespie.
INTERKT SHOWN IN
PAYING WITH BONDS
While no actual transactions had ;
been made on Monday of this week
whereby taxpayers had taken ad
vantage of the saving to be derived
from paying the debt service por
tion of their taxes with county
bond:, much interest is being shown ^
in the movement, and numerous in
quiries have been' received y the,
county officials in regard to the new;
ruling. !
The commissioners passed a reso-j
lution on Saturday, July 15, putting,
the bill into effect that was passed in !
the last session of the legislature, ;
the resolution reading in part as I
follows : j
"Be it resoived that the tax collee-,
tcr of Transylvania county be au
thorized and directed to accept past*
due bonds, or bonds maturing during i
??he current year, to-wit, 1933, at-'
face value, in payment of the deb.J
service portion of the taxes past due(;
and due for the year 1932, and that
no interest credit wili be allowed on i
said p&st due bonds; provided fur-ji
ther that the balance and remainder j
of all said taxes to be paid in cash ? ,
at the time sain bonds are tendered j,
and accepted." 1 1
The resolution was passed by the j
commissioners after a mass meeting)
which had been called by the com-|
missioners, voted unanimously t? !
ask thay accept bonds in payment of;
the debt service portion of taxes.)
Considerable saving to individual taxtj
payers can be had through the i
measure. t:
NORTON REUNION WILL [
MEET ON NEXT SUNDAY)
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Pltns are being made for holding
the annual Norton family reunion
at Norton cemetery, on Sunday, an
all-day session being scheduled.
Principal speaker of the day will
be Judge Felix Alley; of Waynes
ville, who is himself a Norton. Nor
ton Cemetery is about two miles
from Cashiers Valley, fn Whiteside
Cove.
MERRILL IS TEACHING
AT SUMMER SCHOOL
Miss Louise Williams Is Also
Member of Weaver Col
lege's Staff
W. Ernest Merrill, of Penrose,
has accepted a position with Weaver
College as teacher of biology for
i e summer term, he having taken
.jver his duties the first of this
week.
Professor Merrill holds B. S. and
M. S. degrees from Tulane Universi
ty. He did his undergraduate work
at Furman University, and later wa3
at Tulane as graduate instructor
for two years.
Miss Louise Williams, of Lake
Toxaway, will also be a member of
i.he Weaver college summer school
faculty, teaching Spanish and
French.
Miss Williams has studied at Bre
vard Institute, at Weaver college,
Martha Washington college and
Columbia university. She majored in
English for her bachelor's degree at
Carolina, and in Spanish for her
master's degree at Columbia. She is
now making a special study of 17t'n
and 18th. century French comedy un
der the direction of the University
?f Chicago.
osbornefMy to
MEET NEAR PENROSE
A family rounion of the do
scendants and their families of
Jeremiah Osborne (the younger)
svill be held .at the old Jeremiah Os
t>orne home place, about ore mile on
the opposite si<ie of the French
Broad river from Penrose, on the
first Sunday in August, beginning
at 10 o'clock in the morning and con-j
tinuing through the day. The home
place is now occupied by Perry Orr
and his wife, Rebecca Cox Orr.
The descendants of Jeremiah Os
borne referred to ars numerous, now
residing in the state of North Caro
lina and ether states, and consist of
the children and descendants- of W.
K. Osborne, Charles S. Osboriie, Hen
ry C. Osbo:ne, Mrs. Eveline Cox,
Mrs. Mary Claytont, Mrs. Mattie
Mackey.
This reut.icn is an annual affair
and is being initiated by the chil
dren of W, K. Osborne. The day will
be featured by music, talks and other
forms of entertainment, including
.jongs and readings by Rev. and Mrs.
Mark R. Osborne, of Florence, S. C.,
and Henry K. Osborne, of Sartan
burg, S. ?., and others.
It is expected that a large number
of family connections will be present
an August 6, all, according to usual
custom, bringing with them well
filled dinner baskefs. '
SHERIFF TOM WOOD IS
REPORTED IMPROVING
Sheriff T. S. Wood w^s reported
to be resting fairly comfortably at
Biltmore hospital, Ashevills, or, Wei
nesday, he having been carried to
the institution for treatment Sun
day.
It is not known just when Sheriff;
Wood will be able tor return to his
home here, possibiy wlfEin the week.
Deputy Sheriff Marshall Kilpafaick
is also ill at his bone on Whitmire
street, he having been confined to
his home for the pSst two weeks/
His condition is reported fair.
Former Sheriff T. E. Patton Jt.
nnd Tom Wood Jr. are in charge of
the sheriff's office durirg the illness
of the sheriff and his deputy.
MeCRARY GETS CONTRACT
TO HAUL SCHOOL COAL
Contract for hauling coal to the
various schools of the county has
been awarded by the state depart
ment to Charlie McCrary, of Bre
vard, according to Professor G. C.
Bush, county superintendent.
Price per ton for hauling the coal
was 64 cents, this figure to be
from the car bid by Mr. McCrary
used in the three car loads that will
be brought to Brevard and one to
Rosman. No higher rate will be al-|
'lowed for transferring part of tliei
Brevard allotment to Lake Toxaway ,
SALESTAX LAW TO I
BE UNIFORM ON 1ST!
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Ali Articles Over Ten Cents'
Will Be Taxed Under J
New Ruling
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RALEIGH, July 26? One uniform
sates tax schedule, effective August
1, was announced Monday by Com
missioner of Revenue, A. J. Maxwell t
to replace rthe (four-scheduled plan ,
by which the state has collected the
I three per cent sales levy during
July.
"The use of a series of schedules
has bieen confusing and has made
?riformity of observance and prac- ?'
tice difficult," Mr. Maxwell said in,
announcing the change in method j
by which the tax will be passed on j
to consumers.
The new schedule, applying to all i
1 retail merchants, follows:
Less than 10 cents, no tax.
T?n cents to 35 cents, one cent
Thirty-six cents to 70 cents, two
cents.
Seventy-one cents to ?1.05 three
Above $1.05, a straight" three pef
cent tax will be applied, fractions tej
be governed by major fractions. j
The new schedule gives the pur-j
chaser use of a cumujative rule on;
purchases during; one trailing period!
while under the July schedule this'
was denied. "Denial of this right to j
the customer in many cases resulted j
in tax changes of five and six per
cent when the total purchases were!
large enough to applv a straight;
three per cent tax," Mr. Maxwell;
said. <
New Schedule j
Under the new schedule, it will not I
be possible for the merchant to in- J
elude the tax in the price of ea-h J
article, the revenue commissioner j
said. 'The amount of tax on a given]
article is flot an exact sum, but will |
vary with reference to whether two I
or more purchases are to be made I
at the same time and depends upon
the total sum of such cumulative
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REV. J0HNC. SEAGLE j
IS BREVARD VISITOR!
The Rev. John C. Seagle, of j
Charleston. S. C. was a Brevard!
visitor for a few hours Tuesday af
ternoon, and during that time was
kept busy shaking hands and greet
ing his numerous friends here.
The Rev. Mr. Seagle was rector
of St. Philips Episcopal church ill ;
Brevard for several years, and dur-'
ing his stay fcere made friends by ;
the hundreds. It was during the flu;
epidemic that the Rev. Mr. Seagle'
shewed his real worth according to (
reports to this newspaper, he giving
unstintingiy of his means to those
who were stricken, ministering to
the sick of soul and body and per
forming such menial tasks as he,
i found needing to be done, regardless
jof their nature.
DRY FORCES CALLED
TO MEET AT BAPTIST
CHURCH ON AUGUST 6
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Plans To Be Formulated For
Fighting Repeal of the
18th Amendment
PJans are being made for organs
zation of dry forces in Transylvania
county under the leadership of the
Rev. J. K. Henderson, who 13 calling
a committee of leaders to meet at
the Brevard Baptist church on Sun
day afttrnooon, August 6.
The Rev. Mr. Henderson, in calling
a meeting of all pastors and Chris
tian workers of the county, also re
quests that any persch interested ia
keeping the prohibition laws as now
in force intact, to be present at the
meeting and take part in the plan*
for waging warfare against the
wets.
Mr. Hendersoon, an outstanding
leader in the fight for the 18th
amendment several years ago, 1*
widely known throughout the state,
and has spoken in most of the cen
ters, as well as doing considerable
newspaper work.
It is the plan of the dry forces
to use every honest means at their
command to carry Transylvania
county in the "NO" column when
the election is hale in November,
Mr. Henderson, as leader, calling
upon all who stand for retention of
the 18th amendment to show their
colors.
MANYliNiRTWlLL
BE HERE ON SUNDAY
Fifth Sunday Singing Conven
tion Meets At County
Court House
Singing classes, groups ar.d quar
tets from Greenville, Pickens, Hen
dersonville and oother sections are
expected ti> attend the Fifth Sundaj
singing conventioon here next Sun
day, at the court house together
with a large number of local 'singers.
Better than five hundred people
were in attendance at both the mor
ning and afternoon services held
here the last Fifth Sunday, ar;d a
much larger crowd is expected h*ro
for this date.
0XF0RDSIN6ERS IN 1
FINE PROGRAM HERE
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Fourteen member; of the Oxford
orphanage singing class presented a
varied and interesting program Tues
day nigh:, at the high school audi
torium. The audience, while not a*
large as had been anticipated by
those sponsoring the entertainment,
was responsive to the various num
bers making up the program.
The program, in two parts, con
sisted of choruses, recitations, song -.
drills, stjnts, ail performed by th ? ' 1
children in colorful and apprcpriai
costume, and a one act play <1
picting real life at the orpnar.age.
A notable feature was the far;
that the children had no back-stag?
director, making all of the necessary
costume changes themselves and ap-lu
pearir.g on the stage promptly and
properly attired for the different
performances.
The group was composed of 19
girls and four boys, all doing credit
to themselves and to their director,
Mrs. Sadie Hutchison, in the rendi
tion of their various parts.
Th-? children were placed in the
homes of local. Masons for otw
nipht entertainment.
Brevard Institute Is Closing School ?
After Serving Thirty-Eight Years
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! Friday of this week will mark
tho closing of the present terra of
the Brevard Institute summer school
and will at the same time bring to
a final conclusion the institution's
38 years of operation.
Examinations were in progress on
Wednesday and Thursday in winding
tp the summer's work, and the ma
jority of the students arid teachers
will leave Friday for their hemes or
elsewhere.
Miss Daisy Ritter, superintendent
of Brevard Institute the past year,
states that she and two or three of
the other teacHers wil( remain on
the campus for several weeks, or un
til such time as it takss to complete
moving arrangements and other
work entailed in closing the institu
tion permanently. Some of the live
stock and other equipment have al
ready been moved to the Vasliti
School at Thomasviilej Ga., to which
place the Women's Missionary Coun
cil will now center its interests in
stead of the Brevard location.
Remaining over with Miss Rittei J
tc complete the work preparatory to I
moving !-o the Georgia school will b- 1
diMi
Miss Esther Beggs, and also two of
the other faculty members, Mr*.
Minnie Cochrane and Miss Karleer
Poindexter will probably remain c>
the campus for another week.
According to action last April ct
the Women's Missioneary Council o t
the Methodist church, South, owners
and operators of Brevard Institute
for the past 35 years, it was decided
to bring the institution to a psrma- ?
nent close at the end of the present
summer session, July 28, "and to do
nate free of debt the entire plant es
timated at a value of over $200,000
to the Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference for operation of ?
junior college.
After several confertmer, held bj
the commission appointed by the
Western North Carolina conference,
and headed by Bishop Edwta 1?
Mouzon, to select a location i(,nd
a name for the new junior eoHego,
it was dccided by this couunietha t*
accept the generous offer of the Wo
men's Council and to locate the new
college at the present site of Bresaid ^
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