°"^H' TiH mt NSY Sj* Transylvania * XAi-J A iWll lk/ A. County A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County -- Vr i ^8_No. 48 " BREVARD NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1933 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSVLVANIA COUNTY y —"■1 "~-.i- --:-- - 'wwog ■ D. M. SHOOK KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Lieut. Carmack of Gloucester CCC Camp Strikes Man On Highway 280 Coroner J. B. Brooks, of Henderson county, announced Monday that an inquest into the death of Daniel M, Shook, 35, farmer of the Mills River section, who was killed on the Mills River road late Sunday after noon when struck by an automobile, v as to be held Tuesday afternoon. Lieutenant J. S. C&rmec!:, a na tive of Bristol, Tenn., an attached br the Gloucester CCC camp in Transylvania was released on a $5000 bond Monday afternoon. Funeral services for Shook were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Fanning’s Chapel, in the Mills River section. Shook, Paul Bryson and Arthur Muse were walking along the road in the direction of Asheville when the accident occurred. Carmack was driving in the opposite direction. Bryson was knocked down and suf fered minor injuries. The accident took p'acc"within 100 yards of Sh ■ k’s home, jm t south ofj the llenderson-Buncombc line. Shook resided with his mother, Mrs C. M. Shook. He- was unmar ried. He is survived by his mother, a brother, W. P. Sh ok mail clerk on the Hvndersonvihe-Toxaway rail 'road line and two sisters Mrs. T. O. McCall, i f Hendersonville, and Miss .1 vee Shook, of Fairfield. DADDY DEER OF I HEM ALL KILLED LAST WEEK Tlu- Daddy D>er of Transylvania; county was reported killed by Ralph] Stanley of Route Three last week, i the piize buck weighing over two: hundred pounds after its head,] hoof’*, hide and entrails had been; removed. The kill was made on Thre<*| Ridges, the four-point prize having, been target on many occasions dur ing the past several years of hunt-] ers who longed for the wide spread ing antlers to adorn the family mantel-piede. Many Take Exams Thirty-nine Transylvania residents took examination Saturday at the: Brevard high school. This was the [ second examination to be held in the; county, around sixty taking the ex-j animation in the first call. Workers from the two groups will be selected for work on the] Tennessee Valley project in Cold: Creek, those selected being expected] to move with their families to the village that is now under construc tion there. SPECIAL PICTURE FOR j WEDNESDAY THURSDAY j A special Thanksgiving picture | will be shown at the Clemsoni Theatre on Wednesday and Thurs-, day of this week, with Marie Dress-' ler and Lionel Barrymore featured; in “Christopher Bean.’’ A first runj picture, “Christopher Bean” has hadi big runs in some of the principal| cities of the country, Brevard be-j ing one of the first smaller towns to have‘the privilege of seeing this picture. < ’ For Friday and Saturday, Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Alan Dine-, hart and Dudley Digges will be seen in “Fury of the Jungle.” Mon day and Tuesday of n:xt week, Con stance Bennett will be star of “Af ter Tonight,” a dramatic intrigue surrounding a beautiful spy ,n danger and love in war-crazed Vien na. WORKERS ADDED !N LOCAL C.W.A.OFFICES J. A. Miller of Brevard has been designated as disbursing agent for the Transylvania Civil Works Ad ministration, iMr. Miller having started on his work Friday of last week. Ho will be an all-time em ployer of the local administration, being also project supervisor work ing out of the office of W. A. Wil son. Mrs. Florence Ryan of Asheville, a trained case worker, has also been added on the force of the local of fice, working under the Emergency Relief administration. She assumed her duties Monday. Frank C. King and Miss Margaret Bossc have been added as extra personnel in the office of Dewey Gravely, Re-employment supervisor, the vast amount of work entailed in the conduct of this office necessita ting the additional employes. Around rfaven hundred people have registered in the local Re-em ployment office, according to Manage er Gravely, three hundred of these having registered within the paat week. Projects which will take care of the first quota of 219 workers have been made up and submitted to the Raleigh office, majority of the work projects submitted being highway construction in various sections of tho county, made up by P. I* Threlkeld of the State Highway commission. PENROSE P. T. A. HOLD _ INTERESTING MEETING The Penrose Parent-Teacher a* soeiation had a good attendance al the regular meeting last Tuesday night. Supt. G. C- Bush was the speak er of the evening. He explained the workings of the present school sys tem nmj the needed cooperation oi parents and patrons of the school j The primaries and Penrose male 1 'luartet supplemented the program. Report on feeding the under i nourished children was discussed, Those who are doing this phase ol the work have responded splendidly for the past month, it was learned. An executive meeting this week will discuss further plans and changes in the work. T. THUMB WEDDING HERE ON DEC. 7TH Forty five or fifty little folks of Brevard will appear in a Tom Thumb Wedding Thursday night, December 7, at the Brevard high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The vent is sponsored by the loca' chapter Eastern Star. The usual wedding characters will participate in the entertainment, in cluding the minister, bride and groom, maid of honor, groomsman, father and mother, bridesmaids, u>bers, guests and flower girls. The little girls taking’part in the cere mony will be in full evening gowns, while the “little men’ .will appear in full evening dress suits. The wedding procession, the cere mony and the post ceremonial pro cession will all be featured in solemn and dignified manner by charming little tots of the town. The names of those taking part will he given in next weeks Times. Included cn the evening's pro gram will also be a wedding dress t.vicw, participated in by adult residents. AH those who have wed ding dresses of former times to wear or to loan for this occasion are icqucsted to communicate with Mrs. Harry Sellers. An admission of ton and twenty cents will be charged for the eve ning’s entertainment. Crop Loan Man Coming Announcement is made by S. S. Williamit, crop loan ijielci ( super visor, that he will be in the county Friday and Saturday, as follows Friday at 10:30 Oakland; Lake Tox away, 11:30; Balsam Grove, 2:00; Rosman, 4. Saturday at 10:00, Pen rose; Brevard court house 1:00 STROUB MACKEY IS DEAD AT AGE OF 89 - i (Greenville News, Nov. 24) Stroub T. Mackey, 89, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died at 8: IB o’clock last night at the home of his son, W. E. Mackey, Jr., at old Cleveland place on the Piedmont road. Mr. Mackey, in spite of his advanced years, was active un til Sunday when he became sick. He moved with his family to this county about 40 years ago from North Carolina. He was a member of the Piedmont Presbyterian church and the oldest member of the church from the standpoint of age. His wife, Mrs. Lou Mackey, died four years ago, but he is survived by a large family, including three sons, T. H. Mackey and J. B. Mackey, of Williamston, and W. E. Mackey, Jr., of Piedmont; Mrs. Toy Bishop, of Piedmont, Mrs. W. M. Odom, of Piedmont, and Mrs. J. E. Bryson, of Greenville; 37 grandchildren, 27 great grand child ren, and one great grandchild. He has one brother, H. G. Mackey, ol Brevard, and one sister, Mrs. Jane Allison, of Brevard-, who survive him. Mr. Mackey was a Confederate vsteran, having served through the four-year period of the war. After the surrender, and upon his dis charge at Petersburg, Va., he trav eled afoot to his North Carolina heme. During his active years, he engaged in farming and in public works. Funeral services were held irom the Grove Baptist, church, conduct ed by the Rev. R. M. Phillips, of Piedmont. Grandsons of Mr. Mack ey were the active pallbearers. The interment was made in the family 'Plot- __ NEEDY FOLK ARE GETTING WOOD FROM RELIEF YARD Needy people in Brevard mean ing those who are unable to pro vide fuel for warmth and cooking are being supplied wood from th< community woodyard in Brevard ' which is being operated under ths | Emergency Relief administration. Eleven men are employed in Pis. ! gah National forest, cutting anc I piling wood which is hauled to th< ! Brevard yard, where another squac ) of eleven are employed in cutting I splitting and hauling. The timber is being donated bj the forestry division without cost ' the basement of the large building on West Main street which is beinf j donated to the project rent free. MIR CREWS BEGIN WORK ON HIGHWAYS / Two Road* In Lower End Of County—Two In the Upper End Four crews of. workmen will atari Wednesday morning op four county j highways, working under the Civil , Works Administration, i Tho projects will be under super j vision of the state highway com mission, or which I*. L. Tbrclkeld is | resident engineer. pit Labor for the projects is being furnished from the relief rolls of the local office, these men being given preference for the first work to start under tile CWA. Workers j for other projects to be started this •and next, week will oe taken from ; the rolls of the Re-employment of ! fice, 219 men in all being allotted to Transylvania under tile* CWA. Road projects to be started Wed nesday morning include: j Five miles from Koine No. *sm itica.’ Rockbrook Camp in easterly di ll ection to Island^ Ford bridge I through to Highway No. 28 for sur face with crushed stone- or grave!.' C. C. Tongue in charge. Widening and surfacing with old fielding stone and gravel 5.5 miles of road from Quebec station toward Silversteen school house. Webb Hol-i I ling-worth, in charge. j Surfacing with crushed store ti i miles road from Route 28 south o'll I Bohauey Road toward Whitewater | river. Carl Glazener in Charge, i Recui facing and surfacing 6P* ! proximatoly 5 miles from Davidson River Station east by Everett Farm j and out Faple Nest Road to Little River load, .lohn Green in charge.I Wukers will he paid 30 cents per j I hour with a maximum of thirty, I hears per -week. MCCRARY WILL SELL | AUTO LICENSE TAGS _ McCrary Auto Service, local Chev rolet dealer, lias been designated as official auto license station for Tran sylvania county, working under the state department of revenue, and the American Automobile Associa tion. Transylvania county residents may secure their tags from the McCrary Auto Service on and after Decem ber first, the local concern issuing; the tags from their office without! any delay, or the trouble of going | to Hendersonville or Asheville as has heretofore been the case. BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS APPOINTED FOR COLLEGE i Bvevard college board of trustees embraces eight outstanding pastors of the Western North Carolina con ference of the Methdist church, as well as several outstanding business and social leaders of the state. Upon this group of men and women will fall the duties of starting the junior college here in the fall of 1934. Following is complete list of the board: J. H. Pickelsimer, Rev. J. H. West, H. B. Kelly, Mrs. E. L. Mc Kee, Mrs. J. W. Downs, Rev. A. W. Plyer, R. 0. Lindsey, J. C. Sales, Rev. Paul Harden, Hon. Guy Weav er, Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Rev. J. B. Mcl-artv, Rev. C. H. Moser, Rev. C. M. Pickens, Mrs. Bessie G. Plumley, I Hon. W. N Bobbett, Hon I. E. Lam buth, Rev. D. D. Holt. CAMP BOYS TO BE FED TURKEY THANKSGIVING — Special events are being planned | for boys in the two CCC outfits in Transylvania county for Thanks giving, with turkey playitfg an im portant role at both camps. The new recreation hall will be dedicated with fitting ceremony at John’s Rock, with a large number of invited guests from Brevard and the surrounding communities pres ent. This to follow the “big eats program. “Everything the boys can eat, and the best there is to be had is planned for boys at Gloucester camp by Captain Adams. FA' ISfflfDWNH IS HELD AT ROSMAN | Over a hundred people gathered in the banquet room of Roaman High 1 school on Tuesday night for the an inual Father-Sen banquet given by ; the Agriculture classes cf that school. A meal that would satisfy one looking for the very best had been prepared and was served by members of the Home Economics class under the direction of Miss Green teacher. The food was all home grown, fur nished by members of the agriculture class. E J. Whitmire, president of the F. F. A. chapter, and Professor Ran dall Lyday, teacher, had charge of thr interesting program, on which several of the chapter members and visiters took part. A complete report of the enjoy able and instructive event will be written /or next weekls Times by Julius Tinsley, chewier reporter. iWIMMING POOL WILL BE BUILT IN BREVARD Two Site* Being Considered— School Refuses Property For Public Place Project has been Kj approved and work was expected to start Wed nesday morning on building a mu nicipal swimming pool in Brevard, j site of the pool rot having been ' decided upon at the time of going to press Tuesday afternoon. Original plans called for erection of the- pool on the Brevard high school property, the school hoard ‘however, refusing to sanction a pub lic swimming pool there. Offer was made by the Brevard Building and Loan association of * site in Franklin Park. Another offer was made jointly by the town of Brevard and Transylvania county of property directly opposite the court house on North Broad street. One of these places was tn be decided upon ruesaay aucrnoon oy a conimm.ce composed of W. A. Wilflor,, J. ?. 3,-omlicld, R, F. Kilpatrick and Har ry Fallen. Permission was being sought flora State Supervisor Morse Tues day afternoon to change location of the pool. At ihe time of going to press Tuesday afternoon the project on one tf th? donated lots had not been approved from Raleigh and it was not known whether the town was going to lose th? nine thousan dollars that had been approved b the state office or not. The project, if started Wednesday morning, will employ thirty men ft! it rate of 45 cents per hour. NEW ARRIVAL Porn to Mr. and Mrs. T. A., Heath on November 24, a son, Charles A. 0 Heath. PICKENS ROAD WORK PRACTICALLY DONEj Two shifts of men, 25 to the shift ^ are working on the Pickens high way, Rosman to South Carolina line putting the tie coating on this six ipile stretch which will connect with the Pickens road already com pleted with a hard surface. A. B. Covell, in charge of the project for the R. B. Tyler com pany of Louisville, Ky., states that traffic will be turned over the road by the middle of next week. REVIVAL SERVICES AT PISGAH FOREST CHURCH The Rev. C. W. Hilemon of Cedar Mountain has accepted the pastorate of Pisgah Forest Baptist church, assuming his work there last Sun day. Beginning with the services last Sunday night a ten day revival is being conducted by the new pastor with services each evening at 7:30., R. E. Mackey has charge of thej music. A general invitation is cx-| tended to all people to attend. EVERY MEMBER CANVASS | IN ALL BAPTIST CHURCHES; i Baptist churches of the Transyl-’ vania Association are going forward with, plans for holding the every member canvass prior to the second Sunday in December, according to the Rev. J. E.. Burt, chairman of the every member canvass group of the county churches. Loyalty Day is set for December third in most of the churches of the county, special services at other churches to be announced. C.C.C. Basketball Lieut. W. D. Farris, coach at the Gloucester CCC camp, is seeking games for his basketball outfit with teams in this community, asking that parties interested communi cate with him through the Pisgah Forest post office. Lieut. Farris has about thirty boys out for the team, from which several teams will be chosen He will allow his boys to play either daylight or night games. SEWINGROOMSARE NOW BEING SET UP n __ I Plans are now practically eom jpletcd for establishing sewing rooms 'at Rosman and Pisgah Forest, ac cording to Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary and W. A. Wilson, who are setting up the projects under the Civil Works Administration. The work room in Rosman is being donated by the Woodmen while the county is providing the building at Pisgah Forest, and the Carr Lumber company nuitorial f d r building tables, etc. Need for sewing machines is very urgent Mrs. McCrary states, request for loan of several machines to be used in the two rooms being sent out. Best of care will be taken of the machines, competent supervisor? being in charge at all times. Thirty-four women will bo given employment in the three sewing rcoms, one already having been I “farted at Bvevartl. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS WILL REPAIR OLD TOYS Members of the Presbyterian Sun day school class cf 3. F. Tharp are undertaking the project this year of repairing toys for needy children who will not otherwise be remem bered at Christmas time. The members of th’3 class will be assisted by the Boy Stouts and their leader, -I. A. Miller, in the re pair work. It is requested that those having ' second hand toys to donate for thh [purpose leave them at Tharp’s [plumbing shop on Broad street, or if I not convenient to bring the toys they I will be called for at the homes by [notifying Mr. Tharp at his shop or home. WORK PLANNED FOR 2 BREVARD STREETS Survey of highway 28 through Brevard is expected to be started within the next few days according to P. I.. Threlkeld, resident highway engineer, with a view to widening and surfacing this route within the city l;mits. The work to be done on the tv j Brevard streets, Caldwell and Broad, w'll for the most part be surfacing ;• rth Broad street will have the 1- ivy “dip” Just at the intersection French Broad street remedied*, wide Caldwell street will come Tin i • some .widening, the dangaSfii ve between Whitmire street 3n.l ngs Creek to be remedied. The work is part pf the state high y program announced several n- ntlis ago for work on state high ■ ys through municipalities. . SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Announcement is made by Sup:. 0. C. Bush that all schools in Bre vard and Transylvania county wid be dosed Thursday and Friday of this week in observance of Thanks giving holiday. In compliance with this order of the board of education, the schools will close after school hours Wednes; day afternoon and not reopen until Monday morning of next week. ALL OFFICES TO CLOSE ON THANKSGIVING DAY All public offices in the town and county will be closed on Thurs day for Thanksgiving' day inelud* ing offices in the court house, city i hall, the banks and postoffice . '• No rural or city delivery of mail in Brevard will be had during the. day, the postoffice general delivery also being closed. Mail will be put up in boxes only. DECEMBER TERM OF j COURT STARTS 4TH December term superior court will convene here Monday morning with Judge Michael Sehenck of Hendersonville, presiding, and So licitor J Will Pless, Jr., of Marion, as attorney for the state. Criminal actions will be taken up the first week, no outstanding cases being on the docket. Second week will be given over to the hearing of civil actions, with first case on the docket, that of Carolina Timber com pany versus Jennings et al, looked upon as an important case. This case is outgrowth of the flood of 1916 when the Toxaway dam went out, the timber company contending for damages. Jury selected follows: FIRST WEEK ! Leo Brittain, Guy Dean, M. C. [Summeral, Eugene Southern, 0. H. I Bryson, H. D. Lee, H. G. Rogers, E. C. ‘Lyday, J. C.. Whitmire, Avery I Reid, Chester Fenwick, A. Rockwood. Will Owen, T. W. Whitmire, C. M. Fisher, Herman Holden, Henry G. Sexton, E. N. Norton, B. C. Land jreth. „ I Charles Henderson, J. W. Allison, M. B. Bagwell, Cope W. Lee J. Frank Martin, A. G. Kyle, Robert .Sherrill Raymond Fisher, Baxter ! Queen, John S Greenwood, M. W. | Fortune, J. W. Baynard, J. L. | Gravely, Luther F. Cooper, W. R. Lewis, H. E. Morrison, R. F. Glaze ner, Cleo Brittain, W, M. Henry, J. 1P. Deaver, Luther McGaha. SECOND WEEK | M. P. Gillespie, A. E. England. I Joe Neely, T. C. McCall, Tom Gvo I gan, W. B. Kilpatrick. J. P. Bowen, J. L. Morris, Sutton Wilson, J. C. Siniard, M. G. Galloway, C. J. Man ny C. S. Osborne, Gaston Grogan. Lloyd A. Allison, R. F. Kilpatrick. H. M. Whitmire, H. A. Plummer. SELICA POSTPONES”ITS REGULAR P. T. A. MEET Announcement is made by James Dickson, president of the Selica Parent-Teacher association, that the regularly scheduled meeting set for Friday night of this week has been postponed on account of the Thanksgiving holidays, date of the meeting to be announoed later. 1 The Selica group is very active, with large attendance at the meet ings of the organization. Professor Ruffin Wilkins is principal of the Selica school, with Miss Marion Henderson a« assistant WORK HAS STARTED ON PISGAH HIGHWAY ' __ Surveyors Begun Tuesday On Locating Route—Boyl ston Road Next a 8 Survey work un highway 284 through Pisgah National Forest whs •started Tuesday by the State High way commission, with B. 3. Marsh in charge of the crew • f surveyors and locating engineers/ Whil; tbe route has not been definitely decided upon for this im portant highway link, it is expected that the engineers will follow in the main the Eennet’s Gap route now in use to the top of the moun tain, this being the view taken by R. G. Browning, senior locating en gineer who was here last week and went over the several proposed rentes with I* L. Threikeld, resident engineer, FcSioy/ir/g completion of the sur vey on 284, |lie crew will turn next to the Boylston road for •clora'ins work. Construction work on the Wagon Gap road that ties in with 281 at the top of the mountain and leads to Vanderbilt Lodge will be slanted immediately. While no definite artpctmcement has been made as to time of In-gin ning construction work on the Cis gah Forest road it is believed that the job will be started by the first of the year. Local luboi v. ill lx> used. RADFORD GALLOWAY !S VICTIM OF SHORT ILLNESS _ EASLEY. S. C., N'ov. li'-Radiom Galloway, age 31 years, resident of >he Alice mills died in a hospital a*. 7:20 o’clock Friday morning follow ing an illness of tan day-* duration Mr. Galloway was bon and roar ed in Transylvania county, but moved to Easley with i- - parent when a child and has letided hew since. He was well known i<1 hi community and the news of hi" death, which came unexpectedly, will be a source of sorrow to his many friends; Mr. Galloway was unmarried nnd in survived by his mother, Mrs. W. P. Gallcway; four sister-., Mrs. C. R. Thompson, of Hickory, Mis. •!. C. Rice, of Laurens and Mis* Mar jorie Galloway, of Easley; four brothers, W. P., Woodrow and Flynn Calloway, of Easley and J- A. Gallo way, of Columbus, Ga. Funeral services were held Satur day afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Union church at Alice mill conduct ed by the Rev. Mr. Jones. Assisting in the services were Rev. M. B Pat rick and Rev. O. B. Stewart. Grogan Gets Fine Cane — W. H. Grogan, district manager for the W. 0. W. is proudly dis playing a fine cane that was pre sented to him last Saturday t? Woodmen of Hickory in recogni i n cf outstanding work the Bre\a;J man has done for the camp there. The cane is made up of a number of pieces of' different woods in geniously built up with the W. 0. W emblem being built into the in lay work. The Times Printed Early — The Transylvania Times is bei;:--. printed on Tuesday afternoon tl s week in order that the paper will ■ carried out on the rural routes < • Wednesday, no rural or city deliveiy of mail to be had on Thursday. DIPHTHERIA CUNlCS§j TREAT BIG NUMBER Final diphtheria clinic was held at i Brevard elementary school last week I with over three hundred children ! taking their second or last treat intent, bringing the total number to 1 better than five hundred rhat have ' taken the two doses necessary for immunization this fall, The clinics were held by Uie Bre vard Kiwanis club, two doctor ment bers, Dr. C. L. Newland and Dr. C. E. Cunningham, giving the trea! ments. The medicine was furmshc 1 by the state board of health witho.r cost to the club which sponsor similar clinics last fall at which. tit more than nine hundred childr were given the treatments, funds i the purchase of vaccine being raisin by the club and other ntereated groups. > Dr. Newland states thal complex immunization will not be effective for those children who took the . treatment this fail for a period_ of ! about three months, and advises 2 that any child who has been treated this fall who shows symptoms of I diphtheria be given attention lm ned lately by a physician. No Arroett Brevard went by a whole week tad with no arrests being recorded, for the first time in many moons. The customary number of overinv bib rs of strong drink wero notice able Saturday and Sunday by their absence. Policemen Freeman ana Morrie assert that the town 1* eret -*r„ tatter every day.