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Advertising ^I fedium Of | COMPLIANCE BOARD IS BEING SET UP TO SERVE COMMUNITY Will Act As Conciliatory Or Complaint Body — All Classes Represented Organization of the NRA Com p'iance Board of Brevard and Tran sylvania county will be completed within a few days, being set up in according to instructions from the National Recovery Admini-trator— Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. The board will be represented by industrial ists, employers, laborers, and a rep resentative of the consumers in or der that all interests may be fairly represented when problems in con nection with th^ NkA are submitted to the local boards. The board will be comprised of an industrial employee, an _ employee in wholesale or retail trade, an in dustrial employer, employer in re tail or wholesale trade, represents tive of the consumers, legal repre sentative, and these six to elect a seventh as chairman. All complaints in regard to non compliance with NRA regulations by those who are displaying the blue eagle arc to be placed with this] board, who in turn will check up on the matter, procure cooperation from the violator if it is through misun derstanding of the code, or in cases where it becomes necessary, report) the case to the National Recovery j Administration, where steps will bo; taken to taken down the violator’s) insignia. The six members of the comp iancoj board are being selected by the. executive committee of the local NRA setup. REV. J. E. BURT WILL SERVE ROSMAN CHURCH. ROSMAN, Sept. 20—Zion Baptist | church re-elected the Rev. J. E. Burtj as pastor at a church conference, held Sunday morning. This is the, fourth year that the Rev. Mr. Burtj will serve here. _* SEEK OPEN SEASON I ON RUFFED GROUSE _ j Effort is being made by some oft the sportsmen of the county to have' an open season on ruffed grouse, | these sportsmen asserting that tho < season should he opened each year: for a few days in order that those; people who like to hunt, and at the j same time like to refrain from' breaking the law, may be allowed the privilege of shooting grouse. It is pointed out that there nrc some neo nle who arc poaching the grouse, and that the sportsman who buy licenses should have a chance at the game birds. The following '.otter has been re ceived from C. H. England, of the Board of Conservation and Develop ment : * i •Gentlemen: “I have your letter of beptemoer: 7;h and assure you I shall be glad: to submit your request to the Board < f Directors at its next meeting, which in all probability will be with in the next week or ten days. ! “Personal y, I agre j with you that a season should be opened to shoot; ruffed grouse in Transylvania coun tv 'his open gunning season. I be-: lieve, too, tiu’t a period from Novem-, ber 15th to November 30th would be suitable and otherwise advisable. I “Very tru'y yours, C H. ENGLAND.1' SIXTEEN MEN IN ROSMAN JAIL AT ONCE SUNDAY ROSMAN, Sept. 20-One of the most popular places in this commun ity last Sunday, judging from the numbers seen there, was the town jail where no less than sixteen were housed during the afternoon and eve ning. Majority of the fellows housed in the town’s bastile were those who were alleged to have had an overdose of John Barleycorn, some having to stay in for a pretty long while be fore being able to walk the straight line. SEEKS COMPLETION HIGHWAY 284 NOW I Action Started In Washington To Secure Funds For Project Word from Washinton is to tho effect that Senator Bob Reynolds through his secretary, Johnslton i Avery, is seeking funds for work on Highway 284 across Pisgah Forest. While Reynolds is in Europe him self, Mr. Avery is said to be hand ling the matter through the correct channels. Congressman Zeb Weaver has writ ten to several people in the county that he is also working on the pro ject, and hope is revived here that this important link will soon get attention. A number of people have written to Senator Reyno'ds and Congress man Weaver in regard to the mat ter, and others are being asked to join in the move. T.V. A. APPLICATIONS AT THE POSTOFFICE Walter Hampton of the Tennessee Valley Authority, was in Brevard Wednesday in 4®.- interest of secur ing families to “ove into the Norris Dam nr Cove Creek section in the : near future, where work is now go-! ing on. It is the intention of the NRA to employ men with families on this project at this time, Mr. Hampton said, nnd further that only men of good moral character and willing ness to do hard labor would be ac cepted. Application blanks may be secured at the Brevard postoffice, and should be sent in immediately as a call will be issued in a few days for 200 men. Artisans and skilled workmen are requested to file tneir applica tions, to be ea'led later. Complete in formation of the work and other matters pertaining to the project are contained in the application blanks. M’CALL REUNION TO BE HELD HERE SOON — Plans are being perfected for holding the unual McCall reunion at the Transylvania county court house on the first Sunday in October. While plans are not complete, ten tative program include.0, vocal and string music, short ralks and main address of the day by the Rev. A. L. Vaughn A picnic dinner will bo en-| joyed at the noon hour, but will not! be spread on the long tables as iast| year, each group being expected to j bring their own 'uneh. _————-— —-— i Mrs. L. B. Haynes Selected Candidate Of United Dry Forces for Transylvania Mrs. L. 13. Haynes, an ardent dry and worker for retention of the 18th Amendment, was selected by the executive committee of the United Dry Forces in a meeting held in the i court house Sunday afternoon as dry | candidate to the state convention which will be held in Raleigh if and when the state convention far re peal is called. . . , . . I Petitions are being circuiaieu ^ officers of the United Dry Forces in order to obtain two per cent oi the signatures of qua'ified 0l the county in order to make Mrs, Haynes eligible for filing with ths county board of elections. The nomination was made follow• imr n mass meeting held in the . h v. c at which a number of sncakt s wre beard in pleas for re* tentixi ct the 18th amendment. Bill Whitmire, mayor of Brevard years ago, and now r resident of Hendersonville, was r .icipal speaker of the meeting, he substituting for C. A. Upchurch of Raleigh, who was unable to attend the meeting as per schedule. . . , , Captain Bi l talked interestingly of the days when he was mayor of Brevard, and at which time there were saloons in the county. He oe scribed conditions here then ns very bad due to the influence of the open saloon. “People who toll you that there is 1U-■■ w’.isb y -wi 1 v,•. drunk nn:;s in Brevard now than there was in the days of open sale of whiskey, | are telling you something untrue,” the old Brevard resident said. “There were plenty of moonshine stills, plenty of bootleggers and worlds of drunkenness in the days of the sa* con, far more than there is now,” Mr. Whitmire aserted. He Udd of the crowded conditions of the Federal ccurt docket with liquor violation eases, at one time it being necessary for Congress to pass an "amnesty act" which allowed the many Tran sylvania county people whi> were un der indictment to sign a pledge toj refrain from infraction of the law) and be excused from trial. But the traffic went on, the speaker said I with rank breaking of the law on all I sides, and this under lengilized inuor. .. He described days in urevaru wnen there were barrooms here as being such that women were often afraid to go about the streets at night for Tear of drunken men, and that in some instances it was unsafe for men to be out after sundown, es pecially those men who did not stand in with the barroom gangs or hood lums. , , . , Other speakers who made brief talks were the Rev. J. K. Henderson, I chairman of the county unit of the United Drv Forces, Geo. W. Hayes,i Miss Florence Kern, County Com missioner W. B. Henderson, C. W. it m i-; on. Professor Julian Glazo C. ' t i nd Mrs. L. B liiiyi'iCi. Transylvania County Fair To Be Staged Here October 6>7 _——__ Transylvania County Fair will be, he'd in Brevard on Friday and Sat urday, October 6 and 7, with the Lowe building and the Harris build ing on West Main street being used for the indoor displays and the: large lot in the rear of the buildings j being used as display grounds for; livestock and poultry. Blue and red ribbons will be given instead of prizes, the large list of entries expected making it nearly impossible to secure prizes for a 1 firsts, Floor space will be sold to busi ness people for commercial exhibits, and space will be sold in the fair entry guide to assist in taking care of the expenses incurred by the fair. No donations will be asked for. An athletic program is being ar ranged by Coach Ernest Tilson of Brevard high school and Coach J. R. Sawyer of Rosman higk school, their plans not yet ready to an nounce. Several features are being arranged for that will make the fair one of entertaimnent as well asj educational. It was decided at a meeting oi aj large group of interested citizens Saturday that the organization to have charge of the fair would be known as the Transylvania Fair Association, these officials, together with Professor Julian Glazener, teacher of vocational agriculture at Brevard high school, and Professor Randall Lyday teacher of vocational agriculture at Rosman high school,, to have charge of all phases of the fair. F. H. Holden was selected as pres ident of the association; E. Carl Allison, vice president; C. M. Doug las, secretary; J. Will Glazener, treasurer; Jerry Jerome, chairman of tho fair book committee; R. F. I Tharp, J. E. Rufty, R. T. Kimzey, i committee on ground*. The following men were at the meeting Saturday afternoon when the organization was perfected: 8. > M. Macfie, Leo Case, W. L. Aiken, |C. V. Shuford, L. C. Case, Jr., J. E. Rufty ,W. B. Henderson, Carl Owen, i Carl Allison, Anthony Trantham, A. E. England, Norman Whitmire, W. E. Breese, 0. L. Erwin, R. P. Tharp, J. W. Glazener, A. M. Pax ton, Sutton Wilson, J. W, Dickson, Edwin Morgan, A. E. Hampton, Randall Lyday, J. A. G'azener, F. H. Holden, Tinsley Brow'n, John Merrill, W. B. Shook, L. P .Hamlin, James Dickson. At a meeting of the executive committee held Saturday night, chairmen and committees fto have charge of the various phases of the fair were selected as. follows: Field crops—J. Wado Dickson, chairman, Carl Talley, R. F. Glaze ner, W. C. Gravely, Claude Shu ford, J. F. McCall, N. L. Ponder, Carl Owen. Vegetables—A. M. Paxton, chair man; H. B. Glazener, W. E. Gallo way, P. A. Morgan, M. 0. McCall, John Merrill, C.-C. Yongue. Fruits—W. B Henderson, chair man; M. G .Duncan, L. C. Case, W. A. Williams, Religh Capps, T. C. Henderson, Walter Hinkle, J. M ! Galloway. Poultry—Mrs: J. M. William- j chairman; E. R. Galloway, W. J i Wallis, Mrs. John Reed, Mrs. E. J I Whitmire, A. E. England. Livestock—W. L. Aiken, general 1 chairman; beef cattle—T. J. Wil I son, T. E. Brown, 0. E. Shipman. W. T. Whitmire. Dairy cattle— Walter Glazener, Lewis Osborne, H (Continued on buck page) F. F. A. WILL HOLD i OPEN MEETING IRE! A public meeting will be held by I :he Brevard Future Farmers of America n Saturday night of this A-eek at eight o’clock in the Junior j Hull, this meeting to take the place if the regular Junior meeting. AI ■ordi-al invitation is extended to all icople interested in the work of the ; joys to attend the meeting. The following program will h? *iven *. j ’ String music, opening exercises,] music, talk on “Winter Cover Crops,’, jy Robeit Killian; “Possibilities of :he Capon Industry,” by Charles; VIerrill; debate, resolved: That le-| rumes turned under, as green man-, iro, avff mere practical for soi inv*i jrovement than legumes fed to ive iteck and the manure applied to tliei ••oil.” Affirmative, Charles Dickson,I Merrimon Shoford, Earl Ashworth; negative, Foy Holden, Jones Garren, ■lark Hamlin. Judges will br Ruffin iVilkirs, C. R. Sharp and J. b. Rufty. i “The Impoitance of Field Se'ec-, •ioi. of Seed Corn" by Melvin Mc-| >.ha; music, dosing of chapter m cgular form. REVIVAL SERVICES I AT DUNN’S CREEK! __ Announcement is -made by tho Rev. G. B. Hollingsworth, pastor of the Dunn’s Creek Baptist church, that a series of revival services will =tart at his church on next Sunday, September 2 4, with the pastor m charge of the services. Junius Huggins, evangelist song leader wi 1 have charge of the music. A cordial invitation is extended to the general pubiic to attend. BILLY HEATH INJURED WHEN HE FALLS ON JAR Billy JItfSth, young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Heath of Whit mire street was painfully injured last week when he fell on a glass jar, suffering cuts about the body, lie was carried to Lyday Memorial hospital where it was found neces sary to take eight stitches to close the jagged wounds. The young fellow was on his way to a grocery store, carrying a glass jar when he stumb'ed and fell on the jar. WILL VISIT SCHOOLS DURING NEXT WEEK Mrs. W. Martin, state organize/ for the Parent-Teacher association will be in the county next week, and will visit several schools of the county in an effort, to set up or ganizations. , , Brevard and Litt e River schools already have P. T. A. organizations, and Mrs. Martin hopes to bring the I total up to s?ven or eight while here next week. Mrs. 0. H. Orr, Mrs. John Maxwell and Mrs. Roland I Whitmire, together with ether mem ‘0r the P-ewd P.-T. A. Will I mv , j.-t Mrs. LIa> * in in he.' work. SAYS BOOKS HERE KEEP FOLKS AWAY Transylvania county is ^ losing a great deal of money that people from Florida would be glad to be: able to spend here, says Capt.| James L. Risk of Cocoa, Fla,, and! Brevard, if the school books of the / two states were the same. Captain Risk, who has a beautl-J ful home near Brevard, says lie; would like to stay here at least aj re uple more months before going back-to Florida for the winter, but due to the fact that there is such a vast difference in the type of books used in the North Carolina schools and those of Florida, he is forced to leave early in September of each year so that his children may get proper credits in the Flori da schools. Florida, like North Carolina, Cap tain Risk says, i3 suffering from an overdose of text-book commission with the change every few years in the books used in the schools, and tills is causing undue hardship on nurents who are having a hard struggle to get necessary clothing and food fo<- their children. It’s a bad system, says Captain Risk. SCOUTS HAVE FINE I OUTING LAST WEEK — Troop No. 1 Brevard Boy Scout* went on an overnight camping trip Friday and Saturday. Nearly 25 boys and Scoutmaster J. A. Miller made the trip which everyone en-| joyed. It is the first of a series of events planned to awaken interest in scouting. The boys left Friday afternoon in | Scoutmaster Miller’s truck. They] had an interesting' trip through the) upper end of the county to Bohaney i where they spent the night. The boys I set up their tents and cooked sup-I per. After a hearty meal a game_ of • chase was p’ayed in the dark, using j flashlights. When it got too dark for, this the boys gathered around ths camp fire and played games until a j late hour. Next morning after breakfast had| been cooked and the grounds cleared the boys went on a short hike to Whitewater Falls. It was only about four miles to the fa Is, so the Scouts were able to return to camp for din ner. The falls are very high and cer tainly live up to their name. After! dinner the Scouts returned home >n> the truck. —Scout Reporter. i. j _— ... -—— ■ — I STEWARDS TO MEET THURSDAY EVENING Members of the board of stewards of Brevafd Methodist church are called to meet on Thursday evening of this week at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. :Orr in the Forest Hills section. J. Claude Sales of Fletcher, one of the three lay leaders of the west attend . ern North Carolina conference, will attend the meeting and have chaige ,.f Hie program. Mrs. Orv will ser7e - .,-..4* ft |l” conclusion ct i ' FIRE DESTROYS STACK OF HAY—.MUCH SLUMBER After all the usual and unusual excitement of Saturday night, the fire siren started its weird blast ehrly Sunday morning, and of course, a great part of tba Brevard population scurried uptown and be hind the fire truck to the King Creek bridge near North Brevard-, where a hay stack was burning brightly. Members of the fire department, unable to save the feed, hastened the burning by punching the hay about, and all returned home, more or less disappointed because there was no fire. MUCH INTEREST IN REVIVAL SERVICES Or. Davit Bringing Fine Met* MfM Twice Daily At Baptist Church Much interest is being shown in the series of revival services that are being conducted at Brevard Bap tist church, large congregations at tending both the moaning and eve ning services. Dr. E. Gibson Davis, pastor of 'he First Baptist church, Asheville, b assisting the pastor, Rev. Paul artsel1, in the meeting. He is bring >.g interesting sermons at the ser \;ces at eleven o’clock and seven thirty. A cordial invitation to all people of the county is extended by the r.stor and members of the Baptist ■hurch to attend a'l services. The meeting is scheduled to last two, weeks. fll WELL KNOWN LADY IS CALLED IN DEATH — Mr3. R. I. Thompson, aged 46, died at Lyday Memorial hospital last Wednesday night after an illness of several weeks, death being attributed to high blood pressure from which tiie respected lady had been suffer ing for several months. Brief funeral services were held at the Kilpatrick Funeral home Thursday morning by the Rev. Paul Hertsell, after which the body was taken to Arkansas for burial. Surviving are four sons, Wallace, E'wood. Rooeit and Donald Thomp son, of Brevard and two brother! and four sisters who reside in Ten nessee and Arkaosas. Mrs, Thompson was well known, in the entire community, having; been employed in several grocery] stores here, during the pest several1 years, and was employed by the Mull Grocery company when she wasi taken ill. The husband died a nttftt*. ber of years ago. H? was connected, with the Carr Lumber company prior t* his death. PLANNING_ . DAHLIA SHOW AGAIN! ■ 3BSSsm£;m& Plans have already been started by the Transylvania Dahlia club for staging the annual shew next frd! Mrs. K Williams being selected at a meeting he’d Tuesday mgnt as , chairman of the show nextgpar. rt is the plan of the club to stage, the show at least two weeks earlier, next year, probabiy the latter parti of August, when tnere pre more tourists here. . Members of the club expressed! satisfaction for the manner in which people in general responded to the, show held here early this month BASSO BOOK TO PUBLISHED SCRIBNER Novel Written Near Brevard Accepted Bjr Outstand ing Publishers | The announcement that Hamilton Basso’s new novel entitled “Cin namon Seed” has been accepted add ;will shortly be published by Scrib ners is received by friends in Bre vard with much satisfaction. Me. Basso and his charming young wife | lived for several months in Brevard and much of the book was written during his residence here. Although a very young author Mr. Basso al ready has two successful novels t« his credit; his first “Relics and Angels” and a second “Beauregard the Great Creole.” Mr. Basso is a native of New Orleans and says he is a southerner by inclination as well as by birth. Brevard claims a warm and heart fe't interest in this talented son of the south Bnd his success in the literary world is observed with keen interest by many friends and ad mirers here. It is gratifying to know that more and more worthwhile people are finding this an ideal lo cation in which to work as wdjl at to spend a vacation. CHARGED WITH FIRING ON C.C.C. CAMP BOYS Hoot Smith war arrested Sunday by Sheriff Tom Wood and placed in jail charged with shooting at a group of CCC boys from Gloucester camp. Hearing will be held within a few days. According to the story told by by Smith, who it is said had been drinking at the time of the shooting, the boys passed him on the road to the camp Sunday and as they passed by called him some names that are not generally used in speaking to a gentleman. Smith is alleged to have retaliated by firing at the truck or the boys several times with a pistol, several shots striking the truck bill missing the boys. MANY RENEWALS TO |a total of 36 new subscribers and renewals have been received by The Times during the past two weeks, Brevard, the county and several states being represented in the list Thanks to— Harold Nelson, Brevard; Fred Johnson, Brevard; M. II. heaster, Brevard; W. P. Duncan, Pisgnh Forest; Charles Mull, Brevard; George Miller, Supphid? Harold Norwood, Brevard; Vernon Ful bright. Brevard; Mabel Sharp, Bra. vard; Elizabeth Zachary, Winston Salem; James Chapman, Lake T< a way; Elizabeth Ramseur, Angora; Jean English, Greensbor--; Mist El-jise Lewis, Tarboro; Howard L. Wyatt, Brevard, ?!. W. Hayes. Br» | Louise G azener, Asheville: tlin ton McLeod, Davidson; Mrs. Preston Taylor, Mt. Holly; Mise f’anr.i Holt, Brevard; Miss Mattie l-ewi Brevard; Mrs. Van Epp, Ct'shior^ Galluniore, C, R. Clarke, Lake T a^ay A. ;^^^Vd^R«^ Good Football Team 1 At Brevard Higb-Refull Up — Football will be seen in Brevard this year regardless of the attitude some fans and a few players have taken, said Coach Ernest Tilson Wednesday afternoon, and to prove his assertion he pointed to the neat looking squad of 25 or more boys out there whamming away at the pigskin like regulars of several years play to their credit. Some new material win nave 10 w used, of course, the coach said, be cause of the ruling which was put into effect at the beginning of the season by school officials- which eli minated players who did not pass three subjects last year, but this u not worrying Ti’son as bad as one would believe it does, according to the trend of talk on the sweets. “I have some of my best placers back from last year,” Coacb Tilson said, “and look out there at thosa new boys, second stringer* last year, and a couple of them pretty green, but they suit me just fine. We’ll play if we have most of our last year boys back, and we’ll play if we don t Those boys are plenty good for their I size, and I'm not afraid to tack e my 1 schedule." The coach said that his boy* would be on the field In uniform this week, with poHblv one or two exceptions. Vt. ecu--:-'- 1H who fni'c-’ t? / •. Tilt l.rd ::-a • # -1 among uptown folk of a blackball by the eligible player* of last year’* crack squad, but this is unbased, the coach said, and he is certain of a good team. A game ha* been schedu’ed with Christ school here for Saturdav afternoon, October 7, second day ft the fair, and probably one with Trvon for Saturday of next week. But the school will have football. Whoopee! CONDITION OF LYDAY IS SAID TO BE SERIOUS G. T. Lyday, prominent county farm' er and for year* leader and public official of thi* county, is seriously ill at the Mission hospital, Asheville, where lie has been for several days. Word from the hospital Wednesday was to the effect that Mr, I.yday wa» resting well is could be expected. rt*?®T0C«2fuS!tV Dr. Thos. J. Summey, of the City Hospital Philadelphia, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Baxter Summey,, here this week. Dr. Summey was for years a toad --v in civic n'nl communttv enter*. - v, •*, ■! has friends thnn'*BK . t'.u-cunty M