Only Newspaper Published In Transylvania County THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County i An Advertising Medium Of Exceptional Merit VOL. 38 ? No. 31 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA? THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR TEACHERS SELECTED FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN COUNTY; LIST GIVEN Vacancies At SeJica and Ros man Will Be Filled At Anj Early Date JU ... - . All teachers of Brevard high and Brevard elementary school have been elected, with a few to be selected for other schools of the county, accord ing to Professor G. C. Bush, county superintendent. At Brevard high school. Prcf J. B. Jones will be superintendent, with tho following teachers: Ernest Til son, C. E. Wike, Hinton McLeod, J. A. Glazener, Juanita Puette, Sarah Keels. ^.Mary F. Biggers, Martha Boswell, Nancy Macfie, Janie Strick land, Virginia Wilcox, Alvin Moore. J. E. Rufty will be principal of the elementary school, with ' Agnes Clayton, Garnet Lyday, Mrs. T. E. Reid., Mrs. S. P. Verner, Eva Call, Mrs. J. E. Rufty, Willie Aiken, Julia Deaver, Ruth Waters, Mrs. F.i P. Sledge, Pauline Galloway. Turkey Creek, Myrtle Little. Penrose, N. L. Ponder and Fleeto Freeman. Pisgrah Forest, Annie Mae Patton, Mrs. Roxie M. Neely, Flora Lyday, Mamie Lyday, Mildred Williams. Selica, Ruffin Wilkins and (to be filled). Connestee, S. P. Verner and Mae Gash. Cedar Mountain, Bertie Ballard. | Little River, Sallie Merrill, Juiia Wood. j Teachers of the Rosman school', will be Robert Kimzey, principal of! the high school; agriculture, Ran dall Lyday; English and Latin, Louise Williams; math and history, Leonard Thomas; science and French (to be supplied); home econpmica,) (to be supplied). Glenn Galloway will be principal of the elementary school at Rosman and teacher of the seventh grade. Other elementary teachers are; 6th grade, Geneva Paxton ; 5th grade, Helen Henderson; 4th grade, Susie Jordan; 3rd grade, Rosa McLean; 2nd grade Ruth Whitmire; 1-a, Ma mie Hayes; 1-B, Mrs. Florence Win chester. At Lake Toxaway, W. B. Hender son will be principal and teacher of sixth and seventh grades, assisted by L. C. Case and Ruby Whitmire. J\, T. Harrison will have charge of the Montvale school; with A. J. I Manley and Dorene Lee at Quebec;' Clyde McCall and Ruth Morgan, at Balsam Grove; Marion Henderson at Oak Forest; Mrs. W. E. Galloway at Old Toxaway; Noah Miller and Helen Allison at Silversteen. Members of the Rosman school committee are Carl Owen, W. C. Gravely and L. C. Case. Colored school teachers elected are: Rosenwald, Brevard, C. E. ! Burney, Ethelwyn K. Mills, J. L. J Jones, Ethel Coleman, Synetha Glenn; j Glade Creek, Ralph H- Davis. MASONS TO HOLD SPECIAL | MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT j A special communication of Dunns j Rock Masonic lodge will be held Fri-i day night at 8:00 o'clock for the! purpose of conferring the first de-f gree. A. G. Kyle, J. W. will confer the degree and will be assisted by T. G. Miller, S. D. . All members are requested to be present, and a cor dial welcome is extended to visting Masons. DRYS TO MEET HERE; FORCES TO ORGANIZE Meeting Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon At Brevard Baptist Church Call is issued by the Rev. J. K. Hemfcrson, well', known Baptist minister of the county, to all people who are interested in fighting for| retention of the eighteenth amend- 1 ment, and for the strict enforcement ? of the dry laws, to meet at the Brc- | vard Baptist church on Sunday af-j ternoon at 3:30 o'clock. A special invitation is issued by! Mr. Henderson and other leaders in I the county for temperance, to alii ministers, Sunday School workers! and others interested, to attend the meeting and assist in formulating plans to combat the wet elements of the community. It was pointed out by the Rev. Mr.] Henderson, that if people here are; to really show their colors in the: fight against legalizing whiskey now is the time to make a start, a perfect working organization being neces 0 Continued on back page) virginTaHbishop coming to episcopal church The Rt. Rev. St. George Tucker, D. D., bishop of Virginia, will have charge of the services at St. Philips Episcopal church Sunday morning, according to announcement by the Rev. Harry Perry, rector. Confirmation service will be held with the bishop in charge, followed by holy communion and sermon by the visiting churchman. Miss Ade laide Silversteen will sing a solo as part of the musical service. REVIVAL SERVICES BE HELD AT MT. MORIAH A series of revival services will start at Mt. Moriah Calvert Bap tist church Sunday morning at elev en o'clock, according to announce ment by the pastor Rev. J. E. Burt. Services will be held twice daily, at eleven o'clock ir. the morning and at eight in the evening. The Rev. Mr. Burt will be in charge, and in Ivites the public in general to at tend all the services. The meeting will last ten days. i FISHfNGALLOWED IN FOREST THIS MONTH I Season Opens August 14th ? ? j All Streams Are Not To Be Open Now Announcement is made by M. A. Mattoon, supervisor of Pisgah Na tional Forest, that fishing will be permitted in the preserve during August 14 to 27, inclusive. The following streams will be open: Davidson River ? (Entrance to bridge at Laurel Fork ? Looking glass and Avery Creeks excluded). French Broad River ? (National Forest boundary to intersection of Chestnut and Courthouse Creeks, in cliding Bee Tree Creek). North Mills River ? (National Fou lest boundary to dam of Henderson villo water supply.) South Mills River ? (National For est boundary at Cox and Fannings to Turkey Pen Station, including Bradley Creek as far up as Hender-I sonville water supply dam.) Fee is $1.00 a day for men and 50c a day for ladies. No State or County fishing license is required. Remittance should be secured in the form of money order made pay able to the Treasurer of the United States. Permits may be secured from For est Supervisor's office in the Fed eral building at Asheville, or from game wardens in the field. FORD OOXDfES ATj HOME OF DAUGHTER Ford C. Cox, 85, died Thursday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. P. Kilpat rick. He died suddenly after an ill ness of several months. i Mr. Cox was born in Greenville county, South Carolina. He was a son of the late William and Susan Cox, and was well known throughout North and South Carolina. His wife, the late Mrs. Emily LaMancoj Cox, died 23 years ago. Funeral services were held Satur. day afternoon at Middle River church in Greenville county (of which he was a member.) Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard Bap tist church, and Rev. W. S. Price | officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery. Surviving are four daughters and three sons, as follows: Mrs. R. P. Kilpatrick, Brevard, Mrs. T. M. Jameson, Easley, S. C., Mrs. S. H. Morgan, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. J. C. Mixscn, Charleston, S. C., Elzie B. Cox and Frank W. Cox, Seattle,' Wash., and Billie Cox, Charleston,! South Carolina. Serving as pallbearers were his grandsons: Robert Kilpatrick, Ed-j ward Kilpatrick .Harold Kilpatrick, J Carl Jameson, Randolph Jameson and j M. D. Cox. j Kilpatrick & Sons were in charge i of funeral arrangements. BAPTIST MEETING TOj BE HELD THIS MONTH! The Rev. Paul Hartsell, moderator of the Transylvania Baptist Associa tion, wishes to announce through The Times that the Association will meet at Little River Baptist church on Wednesday and Thursday, August 16 and 17. Mr. Hartsell notified all clerks early this week that the association would meet on the 17 and 18, and wishes to correct this statement to read August 16 and 17. PATTONOiTCHESTRAI HEARD OVER WFBCl Tom Patton and his "Florida Col- j ; legians" orchestra were heard in a i thirty minute broadcast from WFBC I Greenville, S. C., Saturday evening, beginning at 7:15. Tom and his orchestra are winning prominence in various sections of Western North Carolina and upper South Carolina, playing three to five dance engagements each week. The orchestra is playing each Fri day night at Caesar's Head lodge for dances that are increasing in popu larity, and each Tuesday night at the Recreation Center in Brevard, where great throngs of young people from this and adjoining sections are enjoying themselves to the fullest. Young folks from Hendersonville, Asheville and Greenville are attend ing the dances at the Recreation Center. I N R A Receiving Fine Support; j Many Firms Are Cooperating Several Transylvania county firms are now displaying; the blue eagle, denoting tHat they are cooperating with President Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration, while others have signed the pledge and 'are expecting their banners at once. I The Gloucester Lumber company store at Rosman was the first in the j county to have the NRA signs dis played, theirs being on the windows early Tuesday morning. R. H. Plum mer & Company, Brevard, was sec- j ond, with Sam Allison at the City! Market, third. While the A. & P.j Tea company stores in Brevard did not have their blue and red signs ready for Tuesday morning, they opened their doors at eight o'clock, hand-painted signs being placed on the windows late Monday afternoon j to the effect that they were comply-) ing with the code. The Variety Store; arid the two beauty shops, the Har^ per Method shop and Jeanne's Beau-j ty shop, H. R. Walker Ins., Thej Fashion, Long's Drug store, R. F.j Tharp, Old Plummer Co. were also under the voluntary agreement Tues day. Others listed during Wednes dayday includes B. & B. Feed & Seed] company, Austin's Studio, and Brad ley's. A complete check-up of busi ness places in. the county was not1 | made Wednesday, but is believed | that several others than those listed j jhere are operating under the code. ] \ Reports! from all sections of the United States are to the effect that; | business people in general are coop- ! ;erating and that already more then' i a million workers have been placed 1 (on jobs through the workings of the] |NRA, with other millions having: | received increased wages. It is expected that a meeting of J garage men and filling- station op erators will be held within a few (days, along with other lints that have not worked out their codes. Several consumers in Brevard,! that is, tho?e people who buy, have i signed the pledge to buy only fromj | concerns displaying the banners, and j ' a concerted drive is expected to be | made at an early date to procure | more pledges from housewives and: others to the effect that they will' [trade only with NRA members. ? The agreement that is being sign ed by thousands of concerns over [the nation is given below: | During the period of the Presi-| dent's emergency reemployment drive j ( Continued on. back page) OVERCHARGING HURT TO THIS COMMUNITY Ohio Man Says 25 Cents More Than Connestee Should Charge Sightseers The Times is in receipt of a leU| ter from Norman W. Reed, of Tole do, Ohio, who spent several weeks in this section this summer with his I family, in his letter to The Times, I | Mr. Reed calling attention to the [ fact that he deems charges for see ing Connestee Falls excessive. Mr. Reed, secretary of the Toledo, Ohio, Kiwanifi club, brought, a party cf friends with him from his home in the North and stopped at the Mt. j Toxaway Lodge. Hfe was very fond of sight-seeing and stated th# 'among the great attractions here are the waterfalls. I In his letter Mr. Reed points out that excessive rates charged for 'viewing the falls are hurtful to the entire community. One paragraph from the Reed letter follows: "The only discordant note in our whole trip was the fact that Con nestee Falls was practically shut off to the vacationing public inas 'much as a fee of 25 cents apiece is, 'to my mind, entirely unwarranted. It! j is regrettable that so many >of our , fine views are being closed to the j | public for strictly mercenary con-j jsideratiors." I BANDlONCERf WILL! BE HELD THURSDAY! i t Band concert will be held again | Thursday night on the court house! lawn, the program to start at eight . o'clock. No concert was held last Thursday night due to the rain, but] a number of people were present, j it having been announced that a con-^ cert would be held. Orderly crowds attend the cr.n-J cert, this phase of the entertain-) nient being very noticeable, especially J so with the large numbers attending- J SHERIFF WOOD IMPROVED) FOLLOWING OPERATION! ' Sheriff Tom Wood was reported to be resting well at Biltmore hos pital, Asheville, Wednesday after noon. He underwent an operation Wednesday morning at the Asheville hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for several days. Former Sheriff T. E. Patton is in the of !fice during the absence of Mr. Wood. locaTpeople" will! ENTER DANCE FETE! c Transylvania county will be rep- 1 1 resented in the annual folk fete on j Thursday and Friday nights of this, week, a dance team and string band, jto take part in the contests which. I will be entered by teams from all; [sections of Western North Carolina.! I Dancers, singers and artists with I the banjo, the fiddle, the guitar, [the mandolin and other instruments will journey to Asheville to take part in the event, from practically every part of Western North Caro lina." Every county west of the Blue . Ridge Mountains will be represented] in the annual fete, by dancing groups and other performers. Teams of eight couples each will dance the dances of pioneer days, dances which have been preserved through centuries in the history of America, by the mountain people. Mountain musicians will render the .tunes of equal antiquity, which have been in the repertoire of every moun tain minstrel since the settlement of Jthe mountain country by white im ' migrants. REGULATIONS SLACK FOR C. C. C. CAMPERS Dickson Says .There .Should. Be More Stringent Rules j Observed By Boys J. Wade Dickson, farmer and com munity leader of Route 3, is of the opinion that the C. C. C. _ camps should be put under more strict reg ulations insofar as leave of absence is concerned. Mr. Dickson, who, in the first place is a foe to strong drink, says that some of the boys, and this number increasing from weekj to week, are "parading" up and down the highways in cars of more or less decrepit state, and are a menace to traffic, and to say the Least are not truly representative of the gov ernment in their "carry-ir.sr' on. WORK MART ON DAM IN TENNESSEE; Contrary to reports that have been | in circulation from various unreliable! sources, the government will start ) work immediately on building a large * dam at Cove Creek in Tennessee,; the project to be government-built instead of by contract as was at first contemplated. Reports to the effect that the Cove Creek dam could not be built on account of faulty earth formations were downed automatically with an nouncement on Monday to the ef fect that the project wa6 to be start ed at once. There are faulty forma tions, the government engineers re port, but not of sufficient nature to cause serious trouble. Approximately $35,000,000 is to be expended on the project, this to in clude material, labor, acquisition of land, ptc. DOG OCENSTMUST BE PAID IN BREVARD Woe unto the little doggie in Bre vard that is caught without a license tag adorning its neck ten days hence ? for his life will soon be o'er. Order was made by the board of aldermen in their meeting on Mon day night to the effect that Chief Bert Freeman shoot such "strays," or dogs without license, on and after ten days notice for failure of their masters to buy tags, which cost one dollar each for male and two dollars for female dogs. PRISONCAMPfO BE BUILT IN COMMUNITY A prison camp to cost between $18,000 and $20,000 will be erected in Transylvania county within th?i next thirty days, according to an nouncement made Tuesday by George Ross Pou, of Raleigh, executive di rector of the state highway and pub lic works commission. The camp to be erected in Tran sylvania, along with six other camps of like nature in western counties, will house from 75 to 100 men and will include sufficient acreage to ! raise truck crops for the prisoners. Director Pou, accompanied by Frank Miller of Wayncsville, mem iber of the highway commission from 'this district, J. C. Walker, Asheville | division highway engineer, and Oscar ! Pitts, of the Prison department, were in the county Monday and inspected several locations, but made no an nouncement as to their recommenda tions. It is the intention of, the highway! department to bring state prisoner* here and use them in constructing? and maintaining highways. ORR FAMILY WILL MEET IN HENDERSONVILLE 27TH Annual Orr reunion will be held at the Orr's camp, two miles cast of Hendersonville, on the fourth Sunday in \ugust. A cordial invitation is extended to all Orrs and Orr connections tu at tend thio gathering, August 27, and to bring with them dinner ha-keti A good program is being arranged for this all-day reunion. FLOWEFSHOW DATE SET FOR AUGUST 18 Annual Event Draws Many Entries ? Valuable Prizes Are Being Offered . I Final arrangements are being made for the annual flower show, to be held here Friday, August 18, Bre vard's outstanding summer event sponsored by the Women's Civic club. A lrrge number of valuable prizes! have been donated by various firms! and individuals for winners in. thc( different entries. These prizes will be on display at an early date in the Woman's Exchange rooms, and a list of the prizes for the different classifications will be published soon. The garden committee, of which Mrs. John Maxwell is chairman, is directly responsible for the flower show, and it is requested by this com mittee that all ladies of the town md county make preparations now fcr entering any home grown ! ''lowers, potted plants, wild flowers r such other exhibits as they are able to secure fox* the show. The prize comm.itttee, of which (Mrs. T. Coleman Galloway is chair man, states that a few more prizes are needed and would be glad of do nations of bulbs, plants or shrubbery to be used for this purpose. Final plans for the flower show will be made Monday afternoon at the regular meeting of the Women's Civic club, and it is urged that as many members as possible attend this meeting. MONEY SAVING SALE BY R. H. PLUMMER R. II. Plurnmrr and Company on Broad street announce a "monej saving ?ale" in this issue of The Times, and are miking exceptional offers on staple merchandise during j their special event. Bob Plumraer, manager, sets oati some facts chat ought to appeal to, folks in his advertisement when he says that he cannot replace the goods he is offering at the price he is now selling them. Cotton goods, and cotton content materials are necessarily advancing with the mo?-e than doublod price of cotton within the past few months and added to this after August 31 will also be a process tax c.f a lit tle over four cents per pound. Other materials are climbing with cotton, so it is an apt time for bargain buy ing from a stock that was purchased before the high prices went into ef fect. civil Wurtsession CONVENES MONDAY IS1I11 Civil term Superior court, which convened here Monday morning for a two weeks' term, will probably ad journ Thursday and wili re-convene next Monday morning, a number of cases, set for trial this week hav ing been continued or otherwise dis posed of. Judge Michael Schencl: of Hender-j sonville, is presiding, with several j out of town lawyers present the first i three days. Jury foij the second! week includes: G. W. Whitmire, W. S. Lankford, i G. D. Shi'.ford, H. Hedrick, James! W. Dickson, F. G. Norton, Wallis; Bryant, W. J. Ray, J. D. Bryson, C.l E. Wike, H. C. Baynard, S. L. Bar nett, Elbert J. Owen, C. B. Mitchell. J. R. Wright, T. E. Patton, Jr..! Freeman Hayes, W. W. Gillespie. j lOCALfOY WINS IN ! TENNIS TOURNAMENT! HENDERSONVILLE. Aug. 2.? ' Duncan MacDougald, of Brevard,! Princeton University sophomore, won the Hendersonville city tennis tourn ament Monday morning by defeating George Fain in the finals, 6-3. 6-3. 8-6. MacDougald had advanced thru the serai-final round by defeating Er nest Ewbank, defeating champion on Saturday afternoon, 5-7, 6-4, 8-6. 6-1, and' by virtue of his play against Ewbank he entered the finals this morning as favorite. He was seeded No. 3 in the tournament. MacDougald was steadier than hif opponent this morning and breezed [through the first two sets. In the 'third, however, he found the going harder and finally pulled the set out after being down at 4-5, and 5-6. He squared the match at 6-all and broke i service on the 13th game. In the consolation this morning, | Pete Stokes, of Hendersonville, de Arsc'd Rubin of Miami. 3 -3 T. J. LUPTON VICTIM OF APPENDICITIS; IS BURIED ON TUESDAY Transylvania County Home Ow?er Had Mary Friends In This Section Transylvania county lost a valu aole friend in the death of T. J. Lup ton who died Monday morning at Lyday Memorial hospital, Brevard, following an operation for ippendi an Pcrjf-onitis on last Thurs Stricken while at his summer home at Sapphire, Mr. Lupton was brought to Brevard in an ambulance, ac companied by his physician. Dr. Ray mond Wallace of Chattanooga T^n. home of Mr. Lupton. An opera nd ?*?, !renVedia'ely Performed by nn'i, but from the beginning no hope was held out for the recov ery of Mr. Lupton. Again on Sun day an operation v;as nerfcrraed mM Or Wallace and Dr. Griffith of AsheviIIe in an effort to relieve in testinal obstruction, but the aged man was unable to overcome the I poison that had been sapping his strength for some time and death came Monday morning at 5:20. The body was carried to AsheviIIe Monday morning, and taken from there to the winter home of the de ceased in Chattanooga where funer al services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Dr. T. S. Mc Callie and the Rev. Dr. James Fow le, both of Chattanooga.;.* Interment was made in the Forest Hill ceme tery near the home. Surviving arc the wife, and one son, Cartter Lupton, both of Chat tanooga, and both of whom wvre at the bedside of Mr. Lupton when he passed away. The deceased was an outstanding business man and capitalist of the South, interested in various lines of manufacturing and other business enterprises. He has been coming to Transylvania county for years, main taining a summer home here which he has occupied each summer to gether with his family and a large number of friends for several weeks duration. A native of Virginia, h.-- was one of Tennessee's wealthiest meij. M;.v Lupton began his career as a lawyer, being admitted to th* Tennessee bat in 1866. He was vice president of the Chattanooga Medicine company from 18tfl to 1906 and hed served ar chairman of the board of the Dixie Mercerizing company, chairman of the First National bank of Chatta nooga and president; of the Coca- U Cola Bottling company of that city. In addition to his contributions to Oglethorpe University he gave lib erally to the University of Chatta nooga, Baylor school, Sewatiee Uni versity, Agne? Scott college, church es and charitable societies. Mr. Lupton was a trust?- oi Pea body college, Agnes Scot): ecllegr, Oglethorpe University, and the Uni versity of Chi.ttanocga. Twelve hundred acres of mountain land comprise the beautiful Lup on estate in the Sapphire section, two fine lake* on the popertvH being among the show places of the coun ty. All-time caretakers w:re in I charge of the estate, with Waitr Reid as supervisor. The entire set tio.i of Upper Transylvania ha? benefited from the residence of th ? Lupton family in the cotnmuni and the deceased had n'imer: friends throughout the county. ? "ffi approMtons SE FOR EXPENDITURES ? v. p||r Debt Service Fund Is Major Item In Operating Town of Brevard After lengthy discussion by all members of the board, appropria tion resolutions were adopted by the town aldermen in their meeting on Monday night calling for a general expense fund of $21,283.23, and a debt service requirement of $180, 43fi.96, which wi.'i set the tax rate for the year 1P33 in the neighbor hood of $1.70 on the hundred. After going over the budget re quirements for general or currer' expenses the board adopted the bud - get as presented by City Clerk Ha ry Patton with no changes, ill iter it appeared, having been cut to t! minimum. Debt service requirements came ivi for much discussion, with Aldermen Ralph Duckworth and R. E. Kilpat rick for making a drastic cat in th.' debt service budget, but were out voted by Aldermen HarrK Trantham and Macfie. The tax rate will be officially set within the next couple of weeks. Y. T. hTfT members to MEET HERE SATURDAY All members- of the Brevard chap ter Y. T. H. F. are urged to h-' present at a meeting to be held in the agriculture rooms of Brevard High school Satur3ay evening at eight o'clock. Professor Julian Glazem-r, in structor. is especially anxious that all boys be present as plans for th# annual trip will be made at this meeting. ?mi*.

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