Only Newspaper Published In Transylvania County THE TRANSYLVA * A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County An Advertistajr Medium Of Exceptional Merit VOL. 38 ? No. 32 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA? THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR BAPTISTS TO MEET WITH LITTLE RIVER 2 DAYS NEXT WEEK Nineteen Churches Will Send Delegates Tc The An nual Association Transylvania Baptist association will meet with the Little River church in two-day session, beginning next Wednesday morning and con tinuing through Thursday, Aug. 17. The following program has been announced byi the Rev. Paul Hart sell, pastor Brevard Baptist church, | and moderator of the association; | Wednesday, Aug. 16 ? 10 a. m., de-j votionals by Rev. C. W. Hilemon.i roll call of churches, organization,1 appointment of committees and mis-' cellaneous business. The Rev. N. B. ; Rogers will preach the annual ser- : mon. After adjournment for dinner,, and reconvention, the Rev. J. E. j Burt will speak on the Co-Operative, Program, followed by a report on: Temperance and Morals by Lewis P. Hamlin, and report on condition of churches by J. Will Glazener. Convening at ten o'clock Thiers- j day morning, report of the executive j committee wili be given by the Rev., J. K. Henderson; religious educa tion report will be made by Ralph : Ramsey; orphanage report by Rev. I W. S. Price; W. M. S. report by I Mrs. M. C. Shipman; dinner; re- j port of promotion committee by T. . C. Henderson; B Y. P. U. report by j Hybernia Shipman; Sunday School; report by A. B. Galloway, and ed-; journment. The following churches are ex pected to send delegates to the con vention: Brevard, Blantvre, Boyl-j ston, Carrs Hill, Cathey's Creek, _ Dunn's Creek, Dunn's Rock. Enon.j Gladv Branch, Lake Toxaway, Lit tle River. Macedonia, Mt. Monah ati Cherryfield and Calvert, Middle Fork. Oak Grove, Pisgah Forest,! Rocky Hill, and Zion. ice cream""supper at ; LITTLE RIVER FRIDAY) An ice cream supper will be held; at Little River school house Friday I ?evening of this week, beginning at | I eight o'clock. Features of the eve-; ning will include music by the Lit- j tie River string band and other) novelties. _ i Proceeds from sale of the re freshments will be used tc buy lit erature for the various departments of the Little River Baptist church. V F. W MEDALS FOR ALL STATE WORLD WAR VETS Attention is called by Frank) Woodfin of the local V. F. W. or ganization that the State of North Carolina has a bronze medal to give . all Who served in the world war from this state. T lie re are no charges for the inert al, Mr. Woodfin stated, only require-, ments being sending of discharge to, the Adjutant General. Raleigh, with request for insignia of service. DOG OWNERS MUST I PAY OR LOSE PETj I, ike North Carolina marriage laws, owners of dogs in Brevard miist either pay the price, move to South Carolina or get their doggies killed. Orders were given Chief Bert Freeman several days ago by the Town Council to either collect dog tax or get the dog. - I Until Tuesday evening, Chief Freemat rcporU that around one-j third of the dog owners in the town had insured the lives of their dogs insofar as he is concerned for an- j other twelve months, with others j expected to "come across" within aj few days. * 1 I DAHLIA CLUB TO HOLD j MEETING NEXT TUESDAY Meeting of the Transylvania Dah . lia club will be held on. Tuesday (evening of next week, Aug. IB, in .'the offices of Fred Sauford on Main street. A cordial invitation is is issued to all people interested in dahlia growing, and especially thos^ who are interested in promoting ths dahlia show here this fall to be . present. ? Plans now going forward call for ' staging of the county's first show during the early part of September, 'at which time all amateur growers | of the county will compete. [FUNERAL TODAY FOR PROMINENT CITIZEN J. E. Clayton Died Wednes day ? funeral Services At Brevard Home ' Jos. E. Clayton, aged 66, died at his home on West Main street at; : 5 :40 Wednesday morning following] i an illness of several months. Fun- j 'eral services will be held at, the heme i Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, | !with the Rev. Paul Hartsell, the Rev. J. H. West, the Rev. Harry Perry land the Rev, R. L. Alexander in i charge. Interment will be made in [the Gillespie cemetery, i Mr. Clayton, one of the pioneer i business men of the county, was a ; son of the late Col. E. B. Clayton. Born in the Penrose community, Mr. Clayton first entered business in Hendersonville in his early man hood, later moving to Brevard where he operated a general merchandise business for years, being actively identified with business and farm ing interests in various sections of the county. Surviving are the wife, four sons and four daughters, the sens being J. E. Clayton, Clarksburg, W. Va., Harry, Walter and Edward of Bre vard; surviving daughters are Mrs. Fred Emmerson of Wake Forest, Misses Nina Catherine. Agnes and Josephine, of Brevard. Five sisters and two brothers al- ) so survive. They are Mrs. A. H.1 King and Mrs. Houston Mackey, of Brevard; Mrs. W. L. Carmichsel, of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Anne Candler, Candler; Mrs. Sue Henry, Challis, Wash. The . surviving brothers are Tern riayton of Challis, ? Wash, aud C. E. Wilson of Boise, Idaho. Active pallbearers will be Mayor J. C. Wike, Cordell Russell, of Can ton, Radford Nicholson, Lem Brooks, Ralph Fisher and' R. P. Kilpatrick, all close friends of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers will be W. S. Price, Dr. C. L. Newland, T. W. ? Whitmire, Dr. E. S. English, F. E.j Shuford, D. I,. English, Claude Os-| bcrne, S. M. Macfie, Jess Galloway,, J. H. Pickelsimer, J. E. Waters, Verne Clement, W. E. Breese, Chief B. H. Freeman, T. L. Snelson, T. H. Shipman, H. M. Miller. J. M. Allison, George Lyday, S. F. Allison. BREVARD LAWYERS NAMED AS OFFICERS Wm. E. Breese Vice President of Bar Association and j Pat Kimzev on Board Two Brevard attorneys, Wm. E.J Breese and Pat Kimzey, were honor- 1 cd at the 18th judicial bar associa-j tion, Mr. Breese being elected vice i president of the association, and | Mr. Kimzey chosen as member of the executive committee. E. Frank j Watson, of Burnsville. was elected president. The 18th judicial district is com posed of Transylvania, Yancey, Polk, Henderson, McDowell and Ruther jford, meeting of the association last Saturday being held in Ruther f ordton. United Dry Forces Form Organization To Fight Repeal of Dry Amendment The Rev. J. K. Henderson, well known Baptist minister of the coun ty and ardent dry worker was se lected to head the local unit of the United Dry Forces of North Caro lina at a meeting held at the Bre vard Baptist church Sunday after noon. Oliver H. Orr, chairman of the board of stewards of Brevard Metho dist church and manager of the Bre vard Insurance agency was elected as vice chairman; Mrs. S. P. Ver ner, teacher and civic worker of Brevard, was choseen as vice chair man of the ladies group; Julian A. Glazener, active in affairs of the Brevard Baptist church and recog nized farm leader of the county, was selected as leader of the young people of the county in the move ment; end J. Will Glazener, of Ros man, merchant churchman, was made secretary-treasurer of the organiza tion. \ Seiection of a committee chairman in each township, together with an executive committee will be made at an early date by the newly elect ed gr6up of officers, with the town ship chairmen to designate local committees to serve ii each of tJw .communities in the) county. Several short speeches were madej jat the meeting which was attended) i by around fifty people of various ! sections of the county, all stressing j the importance of the dry element of .the county aligning themselves for (work in the cause of prohibition. J The Rev. Mr. Henderson, who pre ; sided at the meeting, made an im-| passioned plea for a showing of jcolors' by those who are on the dry Sside, calling upon church and com imunity leaders to help carry Tran Jsylvania in the "no convention" icolumn on November 7th. j M. R. Hilford, of Naples, member I of the executive group of the state ; organization of the United Dry '.Forces who was for five years a mis imionary in East Africa under, the . Methedist church, and for the past several years active in church circles Jin Western North Carolina, stressed (the fact that North Carolina people, | if they were all to vote would show (that the same idea was prevalent as i i to legalized liquor as it was years be fore the 18th amendment was en ? I acted into a national law, North (Continued On Page Five) County Asks Debt Adjustment Commission's Help In Finances Necessary steps have been taken by the Board of County Commis sioners to bring the Debt Readjust ment Commission here as soon as it is appointed by the state to go into the local debt situation j.nd effect a settlement, or rather establish a basis for settlement with bond holders. This fact was made public at tha meeting of the board Monday morn-! ing after a groupt of citizens had 1 called on the commissioners ask'ng1 that the debt service levy for the! year 1933 be lowered, and suggested that the Debt Readjustment Com-; mission be called in so as to make levying of any debt service unneces sary at this time. County Attorney Breese read a letter to the citizens from Chas. M. ] Johnson of Raleigh, head of the Lo-i cal Government, which was in reply ] to one sent from the county off i- J ciais, in which the head of the com-| mission stated that he would advise] the county immediately upon ap-| pointment being made of such a commission. The Commissioners passed the fol-| lowing resolution in regard to the! matter : "Resolved, That whereas, th? ' commissioners were advised by Cha?. | . M. Johnson, chairman of the Local ! | Government Commission on July I 1 24th that he would advise the com- 1 Imissioners when the County Debt I Readjustment Commission was ap pointed so that the county commis sioners would apply to said debt commission for advice as to releiving the financial condition of Transyl vania county. On motion mack; and i carried the courty attorney was di-i rected to make application to said f debt Readjustment Commission im-; mediately." 1 , Argument presented by the group asking for a debt service levy of | lesa than the dollar rate on the hun idred put in the summary of budget I estimate was to the effect that the | levy was unnecessary, inasmuch aa a | bill had been passed in the last ses i sion of the legislature w h ic fc I eliminated the board from any crinv I inal liability' for failure to levy suf ficient tax to take care of all out | standing indebtedness due during the lyecr. The eommissiosers raid they were in accord with wishes of the people las expressed at the meeting by the ; group in the matter of levying the [very least possible cent for debt ser vice cr any other expense, but chat in their opinion a levy sufficient should be made so that those who were holding the county's paper would not start litigation, and for this reason the board had deemed it advisable several weeks ago to ask for the Debt Readjustment Commis sion to come here and advise as to a baris that would be satisfactory, or at least be one that would have the sanction of the state Local Govern-] raent Commission. In the meantime,; the commissioners feel that, under the! law, the budget is required to be made up. However, if a debt service levy of one dollar is made, Attorney Breese stated in answer to question, end the Debt Commission which if asked to take a hand in county af fairs, fixes a lower rate of value: then the rate will be lowered. The Debt Readjustment Commis sion is expected to be appointed shortly, and the commissioners state that through this commission theyi hope to get an extension in time o/| payment, lower rate of interest and j reduction in amount of indebtedness! outstanding. EDUCATION BOARD ISi TO CONSIDER ROUTES ! School Children Living More Than Two Miles Will Be Transported The county board of education lr ' announcing a meeting for Saturday morning at ten o'clock to be held in the* court house, at which time: route? for school busses will be fix-, cd. Principals of schools to which children are transported are requir-j ed to be present, and any citizen of the county who wishes to be present is cordially invited, Professor G. C. j Bush states. A representative of the State School commission will be pres-j ent. Undei the state regulations, all children living more than two miles from the school which they will be required to attend are to be trans ported by the state busses; and un less road conditions or other reasons make it inadvisable busses shall be 1 routed so as to get within one and one-half miles of all children entit led to transportation in such dis tricts. Authority for selecting and em- , ploying the drivers of the school j busses is vested in the principal or superintendent of the school at the termination of the route, subject to the approval of the school committer- 1 men, and th<- county superintendent of schools. Each of the drivers will be selected, according to the code of ; school laws, with a view to having, him located as near the beginning: of the truck route as possible. Stu dents may be employed for this work . where it is deemed advisable. Aldermen Meeting The board of aldermen will meet tonight (Thursday) at the City Hall for their regular monthly meeting. I EXTRACTPLANfS IN j NRA CODE MEETINGj Every plant making extract in the j United States was represented at a | meeting held Monday at the May- 1 ? flower hotel, Washington, D. C., j according to Jos. S. Silversteen, head ? of the Rosman Tanning Extract company, yrho represented his compa ny at a meeting which outlined a [code to be submitted to the N. R. A. I So far as can be learned, this is 'one of the first industries that has I been represented one hundred per cent at a meeting of representatives of the various concerns which are cooperating with the re-employment plan. deputyHkilpatrick is ! REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL-} Deputy Sheriff Marshall Kilpat rick is reported seriously ill at his home on Whitmire street, he having been confined to his home for sev eral weeks. Sheriff Tom Wood, also absent from his office on account of ill ness, is reported to be improving at ) Biltmore hospital, and expects to be fable to return to his home within a week. PISGAH FOREST SITE OFFERED FOR CAMP State Prisoners To Ee Brought Here For W'ork On Stale Roads George Ross Pou, head of the J rViron, department of North Caro-I lina, was in Brevard on Monday in: interest of locating a state prison camp here. Offer of the Brevard Tannin plant site at Pisgah Forest was made by the county commissioners, for location of the camp, price .fixed | for the property at ?2750. No definite announcement as tc I erection of the camp has been made from the Raleigh office, but it is ex pected that it will be started at an I early date. The camp will accomo-j date from 75 to 100 men and will! cost around ?20,000. All prisoners | brought here will be used by the j state highway department. PATTON ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT HIGHLAND INN Tom Pattton and his orchestra are playing 'on Friday evening of this week at Highlands for a dance to be given at Helen's Barn. One of the first script dances of the season in the Highlands section, a large group of the summer colony that inhabits the Upper Transyl vania and Jackson community is ex pected. St. Philips Services "The Soul's Individuality" will be the topic of the Rev. Harry Perry, Rector of St. Philip's Episcopal church at> the eleven o'clock service Sunday morning. Order of servicc for the day includes: Holy Communion, eight o'clock; Church School, 10; morning prayer and sermon, 11. policWaTmorris SHOWS GOOD-SPEED Policeman Church Morris "got his man" Tuesday afternoon, although he left several large pieces of skin somewhere in the neighborhood of the jail in doing so. It seems that Mr. Morris, who pa trols the town at night and spends the days sleeping, was awakened about two o'clock Tuesday afternoon by a resident of the co-tton mill sec tion and requested to take care of a semi-drunk who persisted in raising a rucus in the neighborhood. After bringing the man to the vicinity of the jail, Mr. Morris stopped the car in which he was riding and started to get out, this being a cue to the gentleman who was on a spree to take to his heels down across the I steep incline at the rear of the eourt house went Mr. Lawbreaker, with Church in hot* pursuit. Failing to properly negotiate the step em bankment, the fugitive fell, and Mr. Morris, in applying the brakes of his "pedal carry-alls," spread out in a rather ^'unladylike" posture as he went on past his man in a way that would have put Ty Cobb to shame, j But he got his man on the next jump } ...and after all, what is a little I hide when a man's official pride is i at stake, says Mr. Morris. JIM HAYES RAISES FINE TOMATOES IN BREVARD To Jim Hayes of Brevard goes honor for being High-mcgo in the tomato raising racket, Mr. Hayes having displayed a purple beauty here last week that measured 14 and three-quarter inches by twelve and seven-eight inches, and tipped the scales at a pound and a half. Bought for an early tomato, Mr. Hayes is uncertain as to ttie kind of tomato he has, but he is certain of one thing, unless some unforseen catastrophe happens before this tim; i next year, he will have a second crop. kimzeymFjerome ARE KIWANIS HEADS Threlk?ld Givet Interesting Talk On Highway Work hy North Carolhia Pat Kimzey was unanimously elected president of the Brevard Ki wanis club at the meeting held last week, to fill the unexpired term of F. Brown Carr, with Jerry Jerome being selected to take the place of' vice president made vacant by the elevation of Mr. Kimzey. Both met) are active in Kiwar.ii, Pat. having served several terms as director, and selected ?3 vice presi dent at the election Inst Decern Ivor. Jerry was a charter member of the club, and was for years secretary and member of the board of diree-j tors. I Pclk L. Threlkeld, district manager ! f ' r the State Highway Commission, 1 with headquarters in Brevard, had I charge of the program at the meet ! ing and gave soma interesting data ? | on highway work and highway prob-j iems in North Carolina. In his time- 1 ly talk before the club Mr. Threlkeld' said in part: In an incredibly short time the highway engineers of this country i have built an extraordinary newj transportation system. State high ways . were not tut of the dust nor out- of the mud at our entry into the Great War. h\ the 16 years that have elapsed wfl have improved state system:! with a total of 073, 000 miles of which 1 1C,000. mile) are epaved. Over these roads and the secondary systems allied with them travel annually 2-1 million automo biles, buses and motor trucks rolling op yearly the astonishing total oi 100 billion vehicle miles. ' Our railroad system ir- nothing to jbe ashamed of; in fact, the largest, ; most highly perfected in the world. Yet- it. required something !rke 70 [years to bring it to the state of perfection which highway transpor tation attained in less than 20 years of intensive development. By reason of that development have brought transportation down to the common -nan, we have greatly widened his radius with all that means for broadening of his sympa thies and the breaking down of pro { Continued On Page Four) ANOTHERTRAIN PUT ON LOCAL RAILROAD Freight Crew Began Duties On Monday ? Increased Busi ness In County Effective the past Monday morn ing, the Southern Railway put on an extra train on the Toxaway di vision. running from Hendersonvilie to Rosman six days por week. Increase in business on the Toxar jway division is given as the reason : for the extra train and crew, the , mixed train that has bean taking icare of the business here being un jable to cope with the increased 1 freight. The local passenger rrain is ! now hauling freight only from Ros 'mari to Lake Toxaway. i COMMISSIONERS ASK [HELP FROM R. F. C SIN FINANCING NOUS : Hope To Be Able To Accept Bonds En Paymsnt Of Collateral Held J Transylvania county commission ?rs are endeavoring to get help fro* I the Reconstruction Finance Corpar* 1 tfcn in order to assist citizens of tie I county in paying claims the county j holds', against them. j This fact was brought out ii fin rcounty commissioners meeting Mow day, when a plea was presented I* 1 the board by a citizen of the cooa jty against whom the county j holds notes in excess of $15,006, !3?e notes having been given the Btuvari I Bank and turned over to the couuMy ?: an colls, tetal for deposits of county j funds. With closing of the Brevari I bank th3 county became owner of j the notes in question. ? The citizen requested that he be j allowed tc purchase county bonds [that are to mature several yesra [hence and trade them to the county ifor his notes. The commissioners fe* I that this could not be done owtrifjfc inasmuch as there is a dire need tat I o*sh with which to operate on, bat [the fact was brought out by Conaty : Attorney W. E. Breese that r.ppliot Ition hac uiready been made to the ! Reconstruction Finance Coiporatioa ? to loan the county money on ?ny 'such bonds that might be prorared, ?'and in this way enable a taxpayer ? to pay off collateral now held by the 'county at a great saving. | Attorney Breese stated that in hi* opinion, notes and bonds of the coue i ty maturing at a future date, u? jpecially those maturing ten to fifteen years hence, could be purchased ?*? around twenty-five cents on the dot lav on the market, today. These bo?*i* will be accepted by the country ?t their face value in payment of col lateral notes held, hi; stated, provid ed the R. F. C. car be induced to fin ance the transaction. The board is working on the :de* that the Finance Corporation wiE take the bonds, allowing the cocnty two-thirds or three-fourths of tiiwr face value, advancing this money to the county immediately, which vill enable the taxpayer who is indebted to the county by reason of the cut lateral notes, to pay his iniiebtedwss off at a very nominal sum and Hi the same time enable the county to in duce its present bonded indebtedness i by reason of the fact that the county [can take the money advanced b; the ! Reconstruction Finance Cir?o>"&trtfB ;and purchase other bonds at a nv ; duceU rate. A ruling on the matter I is expected shortly from the K. F. C. ? Pending arrangement with the R |F, C. collateral notes held by the county will not be traded for bonds at face value. FISHING SEASON TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY | Sportsmen from far nd n#-ar tte ? expected in this section for -,|.i">i".s jof the Pisgah Xauor.i) Forest j ing season next Monday . The -?.-veral streams in the forest will be .-ptn (for ten days, Monday, Angus; ';4:t ! to 2?th. inclusive. ? Da\idson River-- (en|ranu- '? [bridge at Laurel Fort? Look; jGlas- and Avery c 1 ' . k excluded) (Brevard's closest, with N'orth Si ?' (river, and South Mills river boir.jr : j. jelose prosrfm; y ty thii section. Fee is i.m doslar per day f?r u s ? and 50 r: ???1- for lad; -; no -tatc or 'county fishirgjscerist required Pei< ] mits may be secured from game war dens in the field or from the forest supervisor's office in Asheville. READ YOVR CARD J If yOitr xi(b8criptior in in iuri'cr\ you will receive a cunt wiihi* \11ext few d'iyx; soul us a cifek. ( j Annual Flower Show Will Be Held In Brevard On Friday of Next Week I Classification and first prize awards J have been made for the annual flower J show to be staged Friday of next | week, August 18, sponsored by the J Women's Civic club. Second prizT awards and the location of the flow er show will be announced in next week's Transylvania Times, i Following is the classification and prizes offered : 1 Class 1? ASTER? : 1. Best three asters, one or mere varieties, prize ? one dozen gladiolus donated by Miss Rosa Blshcp; 2. Best 12 asters, one or more varieties, prize ? primrose by Mrs. C. -C. Yongue. Class 2? ZINNIAS: Best three zinnias, one or more varieties, prize ? six fine gladiolus. Mrs. Fred Johnson; 2. Best 12 zinnias, one or more varieties, prize, three dozer, yellow johnquils, Mrs. Jasper Orr. Class 3 ? MARIGOLDS: Best three, one or more varieties, prize, verbena plants, Mrs. Yancey Mc Crary; 2. Best twelve, one or more varieties, prize two dozen gladiolus, Mr*. H. G. Lyday. Class 4? GLADIOLUS: 1 ? Best single spike gladiolus, prize 25-lb bag Bloomaid, B. and B. Fe*d and C ? .. D;tt tbrc? spikes, one m or more varieties, prize., vas?, Mar ion E. Crane Gift Shop, AsheriBs 8. Best six spikes, all one variety prize, pottery vase, Brevard Pha; macy; 4. Best collection, prize, J I worth of plants to be selected, W a: side Nursery, Biltmore. Class 5 ? ROSES: Best single rost, prize, two althea, Mrs. John Tinsl?.>; 2. Best collection roses, prize, 5-flb (?an Bioomaid, B. and B. Foed an<? Seed Co. Class 6? SNAPDRAGONS*. 1. Etsi single spike snapdragons, prize, tMQ barberry, Mrs. G. P. Gallimore-, 3L ;J;I Best collection, prize, one dozes mixed gladiolus, Mrs, Fred Johnson. Class 7? DELPHINIUM: 1. Besft single spike delphinium, prize, lerrom liliies, Mrs. W. 3. Breese; 2. Bps* spikes, prize, johnquils, Miss Annie Jean Gash. Cass 2 ? DAHLIAS: A. large t7p^ dahlia ? 1. Largest and best OaMfa, prize, Eastman kodak. F. D. Clem ent; 2. Best three dahlias, otre ? jtf| more varieties, prize, one dozen^k#^ drangea, William Bishop; JJ six, one or more varieties, ; dozen mixed tulips, Mrs. Johr> * " . W& (Coht'-'iued Ok Page Five) fa

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