North Carolina Newspapers

kl ^ S'*' '4'• 'Y V. * - ^Kfr * " *3 f.1* " * ^ * * * ^ B»w«wminmmm«»»»»*wWMM'nHWiw g . fer! THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES I si? | I County ! A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County 1 IMHIIIIIKIINIlWHIlimil Cl III UllMrilD^I VOL~39~No^~7 ~~ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934_$1 00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY MAIL BANDIT MADE HOME IN EAST FORK Car Theft and Bank Robbery Both Laid At Door of Basil Banghart Basil Banghart, captured in Balti more last Sunday, and charged with being a nu mber fo the famous Touhy gang of Chicago, and specific charges of participating in a $iuu, 000 mail robbery at Charlotte last fall, is being connected with tw > cases of local irdevest-that of th Pickens Bank robbery of 1912 and, of a car theft that resulted m a| pitched gun battle in this county. Banghart is said to hoc been1 raised just south uf the North and South Carolina line and later became, a city gangster of note, getting his, first training in car stealing and whiskey running while living just be-j yond the East Fork section in this! county. Federal warrant was sworn out, for Banghart and Bunk Hendrick j of the East Fork section in 1930,: charging implicity in a car theft. The I car was stolen in Wisconsin and driven to this county. Banghart wasj never arrested on the charge. I He is said to have resided in) the extreme upper East Fork see-! tim for some time during 1982 and: with a number of companions plied hi- no fa ri us trades in both North and South Carolina. He was supposed to have been connected with the Pickens Bank robbery in July of 1932, and was sought at the home of Bunk Hendricks by a large posse of of South Carolina, Transylvania county officers, but escaped. Residents of the East Fork section since seeing a picture of Banghart, are certain that he is the same man that made his headquarters for sev eral months in this county. RAPID GROWTH SEEN; AT COUNTY CHURCH; Great E-ogress % de Bv ’is*| gah Forest Bap its Under j tiilemon’s nistry J ! Hop v' from V'-y Forest Bap- J -i el • ' are to Mi tV- t ’hat the ,huu-h an orga' i- n '• 'n8 .real .u'•gross uu • of the K V. C. W ! nee of ('< daj Mo intain, who the rie-.'-Me1: •' ' months. S 1 , taking win k . rc v.s . -lie ting n conducted; wnieh ted eie'.e' -et - by bap-i tism, tlie Sunday ><>1 has been; strength.-.-d and tin t ie- |>- ple’sl : k i tie; chuu n tally a led. J .• 0|-; \ diploma -i > 1 1 ntlyl proficienty church andj young people’s v ■■ >1 three! unions, seni - i: and juniors, organized. An average attendance of ninety is maintained in the Sunday school, of which D. H. Orr is superintend ent, Miss Dorothy Soothers pianist, and R. E. Mackey chorister. Teachers are: Men’s class. J. J. Sentelle; ladies’ class, C. E. Campfield; young men’s class, R. E. Mackey; young ladies’ class W. A. Lyday; intermed iate boys, Mrs. Anna Corn; inter mediate girls, Mrs. W P. Duncan; junior bovs, Mrs. Ada Morgan; jun ior girls, Mrs. II. L. Southers; be ginners. Mrs. C. E. Campfield and Mrs. J. P. Cheek. , Sunday school is held each Sunday morning at ten o’clock, with preach ing services on the first Sunday morning at eleven o’clock and the fourth Sunday at 7:30. At Lyday Hospital D. F. Robinson is reported to tej improving at Lyday Memorial hos pital. and little Nell Brown, who was injured several weeks ago while alighting from the schooi bus, is said to be improving to such an extent) that it is thought she will be able to j return to her home in a day or two. < Mrs. Russell French, who is con-( fined in the hospital with pneu-j monia, was reported on \\ ednesday, to be quite ill. HENRYLPRIC !S i CALLED IN !A!H Henry L. Price. 62, late senator from Union county and a brothel-in law of Mrs. T. F. Man- of Brevard, died at his home near Monroe Thurs day of last week, death due to heait trouble. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday morning from, the Wesley Chapel Methodist church. Death came while Mr. Price was sitting in hi? chair. He had been in declining health for several months. Mr. P’-ice, one of Union county? most prominent citizens, prosperous farmer and extensive landowner, had served with distinction one term as representative and two terms as state senator. He was also a member for two years of the state equaliza tion board. He was an active mem ber of the Wesley Chapel Methodist church, a staunch believer in church es and schools and always in the forefront of the community in which he lived. . Mr. Price is survived by his widow and eleven children. DAHLIA CLUB TO MEET I NEXT TUESDAY EVENING Transylvania Dahlia club will] meet on Tuesday evening of next| week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.I John Ashworth at 7:30 o’clock. Special feature of the meeting will be soil tests to be conducted by Professor Julian Glazener /of Bre vard high school, to show adaptabili ty of soils fro dahlia growing. Mem bers and prospective dahlia growers are invited to bving samples of soils for testing. BLANKER MADE OF ALL-COUNTY STUFF Materials Grown and Manu factured Entirely In Transylvania Another All-Transylvania product, and one that is on a rather laige scale is enough blanket material to make 40 to 00 all-wool blankets, which is now at the home of M. M. Feaster on East Main street. Wool Tot the material was grown on the .1. H. Fickelsimer place in the Cedar Mountain section; Mrs. Eiiza Barton of near Selica carded the wool and Mrs. Clayton Neill spun it on an old fashioned spinning wheel. A In me made loom was made by Clayton Neill and M. M. Feaster. and Mrs. —. —. Petit did the weav ing on the hand machine. These home-made blankets are not I symbolical of Transyvonia county's, growing backward, but arc proof, conclusive that folk in the moun-J tains are not dependent entirely on I “store made” and “foreign stuff” t ■ get by. CWA BOOKS OPEN TO j INSPECTION OF PUBLIC; - i Payroll hooks and purchase orders 11 the local CWA office are open to the public, in accordance with a ruling sent out by National adminis trator Hopkins to the offcie here. People who wish to see the pay roll or purchase orders are required to register in the office and have an employe of the office with them; while inspecting the books. j W. A. Fays-oux, hypnotist and! telepathist, who with his company J is announced to appear at the Brc-1 vard High school auditorium for' two performances—Friday night and Saturday night of this week, will do. a blindfold drive through the streets of Brevard Friday afternoon atj three o’clock. While securely blindfolded and at tended by a committee of citizens he will drive a 1934 Ford sedan from in front of Trantham’s department store on main street at three o’clock to a secret place where the com mittee has previously concealed a postoffice key, find the key, drive to the postoffice, find the box where they have placed a letter and de liver the letter to whom it is in tended . He is also scheduled to hypnotize a subject in the window of Tran- j thani's store at two o’clock Friday afternoon, this subject to remain in this hypnotic condition until awaken ed on the stage at the high school j stage at 8 -.30. The affair is being conducted un- j der auspices of the Hig)' School Athletic association, and is adver-j tised as an outstanding entertain ment . AGRI BOYS IN SEED SELECTION CONTEST _ t A seed indentifieation contest be-^ tween the Brevard high school agri culture boys and the Rosman agn-| culture class held Wednesday after-; noon at the Brevard high school i resulted in the Rosman class winners, by a score of 45 points. This was a practice contest preparatory for tne final to be held in Asheville on February 24. A second practice will be held at Rosman next Tuesday at teinoon. It is pointed out that the highest j possible score to be made is -1U, pionts per boy. Oliver Morgan and, Charles Nelson, of Rosman ar.d David Norton, of the Brevard class, each made a score of 210 points in the contest. Following are the participant? *he contest and the scores made: Rosman: Victor Sigmon, 205; Therm Cassell, 205; E. J. Whitmire, >05; Oliver Morgan, 210; Charles Nelson, 210; Ray Hinkle, 200; total, 1235. Brevard: Edgar Glazener, 200, Foy Holden, 195; Melvin McGahn, 105; Melvin Hamilton, 180; David Norton, 210; George Liverett, 200; total, 1190. TO PREACH AT TOXAWAY The Rev. J. N. Hail of Rosman, will fill his regular appointment at I Lake Toxaway Methodist church on ! Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. There i will be no night services. Writ of Habeas Corpus Signed In Case of Transylvania Men Writ, of habeas corpus was signed Wednesday by Superior Court Judge T. B. Finley at North Wilfcesboro, according to advices received in Brevard through courtesy of The Ashe ville Citizen. The men ivill return to Bre vard Thursday, The Citizen report raid. The writ was made returnable before Judge Finley 0*1 February twenty-second. Numbers of people were cull ing continually at The Times office Wednesday night, and several were in the office aivait ing ward from the proceedings. Bond was set at ten thousand dollars. The message was re ceived here at ten-thirty Wed nesday night. Status of a habeas corpus proceed ings for J. H. Pickelsimer, Thos. R. Shipman, C. R. MeNeely and Ralph Fisher could not be learned at nine -I’clrck Wednesday nitfht. The men left here Wednesday after noon about three o’clock by auto, ac companied by their attorneys and Sheriff Tom Wood, who had been ordered by parole Commissioner E. iffA¥PEOPlETN TRANSYLVANIA FARM Big Per Cent Own Their Own Places—Negro Fanners Rated High While Transylvania county is re garded as a farming section, statis tics released by the .University of North Carolina show that only 38.5 percent of all families in the county live on the farm. Of this number 69 percent own their own farms, 31 percent being tenants. Seventy-five percent of the negro farmers in the county own their own farms, the university News let ter shows, while 66.7 percent of white farmer families own theirs. The county ranks 27th in the state in percent of farm home ownership, DOUBLE QUARTET BEING ^Rk^NIZEDATRgSRm?! ^^^thas recently been organized m Rosman, tc be known as the River side Quartet, and consists of the fol lowing members: Claud Stroup, Ro> Fisher, Edwin ana James Staton, Charlie Gant, Lawrence Whitmire, William White and Miss Leota Ran dolph. E. I). Randolph is coaching the luartet and in a short time the singers will appear in public per formance. COMMISSIONERS TO CLOSE OFFER 17TH After Saturday, Feb. 17, collateral lotes held by the county will be pay able at face value pius interest, ac-| cording to announcement by the joard of countv commissioners who have set this date as closing period fer the time when fifty per cent will jc accepted in payment. Quite a number of people have cak 2n advantage of the liberal offer dur ing the past few months, and it is believed that many more people will pay up on this basis before Satur day night. lenteiTservices to be OBSERVED ON SUNDAY Lenten services for the first Sun day in Lent have been announced by Rev. Harry Perry, rector of St. Philips Episcopal church Services for next Sunday,^Febru ary 18, are announced as follows: Hi.lv Communion,... .8:00 a. m. Church School.10:00 a. m. Morning service and sermon.11- a. m. Subject of sermon, “Danger of Delay.” Evening service.... 7:30 p. m. Subject of sermon, “The Price cf Sill.” . , . Strangers are given a cordial wel come to these services. LOCALBASKETEERS TO PLAY IN TOURNEY ROSMAN, Feb. 14—Rosman Highj school boys’ basketball team will j. leave here Thursday morning, ac-| companied by Coach J. R. Sawyer, j for Mars Hill where they will enter | the Western Carolina high school tournament. With eleven wins for the season agamst two losses, and both of these, on outdoor courts, Rosman fans are expecting to see the local boys make a good showing in the tourney in which only sixteen _ schools of this section are to participate. In the game here Monday night with Six Mile high school the local mint came out winner by a score of 30-12. M. Gili early Wednesday to have the nun in Raleigh by midnight Wednes day. The sheriff told Gill that it would he more convenient to leave Asheville on train No. 16 late Wed inesday afternoon, thereby reaching I Raleigh early Thursday morning, ! and the commissioner agreed to this. } However, habeas corpus papers were prepared Wednesday morning I and the men left here in the after ! noon to present their papers before a Superior Court judge. It was pre sumed that the papers would be pre sented Wednesday afternoon or early Wednesday night. Commitment papers issued b y Clerk of Court Otto Alexander on Wednesday were not effective until midnight Wednesday night, or with the beginning of the fifteenth of ; February. A reprieve for thirty days ] had been granted by Governor Ehr 1 inghuus when several Transylvania citizens and others appeared before the governor on Jan. 15 and sought clemency for them, i No word had been received by The I Times at nine o’clock Wednesday ! night in regard to the habeas corpus proceedings, but it was assumed that the papers would be signed. iIldIife heads go ! UP IN SMOKE FRIDAY I Collection Given By Everett To United States Senate Is Lost In Transit The magnificent group of mounted heads which were given by Ran dall W. Everett of Brevard to the senate committee for conservation nf wild life was destroyed by fire at Fredericksburg, Va., last Friday morning while cn route to, Washing ton by truck. According to information received here, the heads were burned when a collision between the large van in which they, were being hauled, caused both the truck and the col liding automobile to burst into flames. The heads were insured in the !amount of $15,000 by the transfer tA bp rlcii^ HW^^W^penate committee., news-: paper reports said Monday. The heads, regarded as one of the best collections in America had been donated by Mr. Everett to the com mittee on conservation of wild life,] and was intended for decoration pur poses in the committee rooms at; Washington. The collection included i moose, elk, detr and bear, and were! taken from game killed by Mr. Ev erett in British Columbia, Canada • and other big game centers. SCOUTS DOING GREAT WORK IN COMMUNITY, i Boy Scout Week was appropriate-, ly observed in Brevard by members of troop one, climax of the week coming Monday evening when fifteen merit badges were passed before the court of honor at a meeting attend ed by 27 boys. Dr. C. L. Newland. Professor Hinton McLeod and C. M. Douglas acted as honor court. On last Saturday the boys listen ed in a group to the president’s ad dress, and on Sunday evening at tended the Brevard Baptist church and heard an inspiring sermon by the Rev. Paul Hartsell. Lawrence Holt Jr., was given his tenderfoot ceremony at the meeting Monday night; Sam McCullough, Jr. second class; while Raymond Haves! and John Walker were made first class. Following the ceremonies given by Scoutmaster Fred Miller, the boys were praised for their fine ,work and their recognized standing !in the community by Policeman Church Morris visitor at the meet ing. , , The following boys passed merit badges: L E Bagwell, Jr. reading, soil management, pioneering, public health; Henry Pierson, carpentry; Lewis Hamlin, Jr., scholarship; Bil ly Nicholson, animal industry, machinery; cooking first aid; C. K. Osborne, Jr., cooking; Henry Miller, wood carving, zoology leathcrcaft.; John Walker, personal health. FATHER OFMlLLER IS BURIED LAST SUNDAY Funeral services for John M. Mil ler, 73, who died at his home at Hazelwood on Friday, were held at ’ the home Sunday afternoon, with I the Rev. Orie C. Landrum, pastor of • the Hazelwood Presbyterian church, officiating. j Surviving are the widow and five ’children, T. G. Miller, of Brevard, 1 Mrs. Luther Coleman, Anderson, S. ' C., Fred Miller, Canton, J. R. Miller, Robbinsville, Mrs. A. A. Ashe, Whit jtieMr. Miller was a native of Jack i ron county. He wa3 a retired lum ‘berman of Hazelwood, and a promi ' nmt, citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Miller celebrated their 53rd wedding an niversary the past October. LOCAL BOYS ARE MAKING GOOD AT BARNARDSVILLE Three Transylvania county toys Elwoed Thompson Homer Manky and Robert Leathers, all members of the Barnardsville CCC camp, were given honorable recognition by the camp officials during January. I Thompson and Manley made per j feet grades on a forestry coarse : examination, and Leathers is re lieved of all work on Saturdays on account of the excellent work he has been doing in his line. iECK STMSWIILRUN ! AS REGISTER DEEDS i Prominent Democrat Worker Makes Third Announce i ment for Office ' _ Third candidate to announce foi nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of register of deeds is made by Eek L. Sims. ! Mr. Sims, a native Transylvanian, j has served in official capacity for I several years at various times in the county, being chief police at Brevard and Rosman rural police man under the old board of road commissioners, and served four years as deputy sheriff under Sheriff CTis Paxton. He was defeated in tb*. general election of 102<5 by Bert Sit ton, Republican, by the narrow mar gin of 17 votes in a race for the office of sheriff. He has been in' the employ of the state highway de partment for ihc past four years. Last November he was candidate in this county for repeal of the 18th j amendment. A veteran of the World War, Mr. Sims served 14 months in France as a member of the 30th Division and! saw action at St. Mihiele, Verdun j end the Argonne. “BLANKET DOLLAR” PAID ON RENEWAL TO PAPER The Transylvania Times is in "big money” again, anti has the stuff or, hand'to prove it. By big money, i> meant a big old-time one dollar bill, the kind that floated around Severn years ago. The big dollar was brought into the office by our good friend, A. L. Owen of Balsam Grove last week and paid as a renewal to the paper Folk who have not. seen any “big money’ in several years may have | the privilege of looking at the big, they hu i-rfr fob hffra "of. bill collectors. hunungTeason to CLOSE HERE ON 2C Folks who want to kill rabbits, squirrel and birds are reminded that only a few more days remain in which to do their hunting, the sea son in this county closing on Tuesday of next week, February 20. The season was extended in Tran sylvania by special legislation, other counties in this section having been closed several weeks ago. Jones Child Still Serious Little Mitchell Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones of Cedar Mountain, who has been sericusly ill at the City hospital in Greenville, S. C.. was reported on Wednesday not doing so well this week. He was said to be somewhat improved last week, but it is feared now that the 1-ttle boy may have to undergo an other operation. 41 TIMES RENEWALS DURING PAST WEEK The following 41 subscribers have gladdened the hearts of fbe Tran sylvania Times force since Wednes nesday night of last week by fend ing or bringing in their renewals tr the home paper. Along with a number of the re newals also came brief notes of ap preciation for the type paper that is being published, these words also adding to the pleasure. Honor roll for the week includes: Bertie Young, East Flat Rock; Mrs. M. C. Shipman, Pisgah Forest; Mrs. Cov Surrette, R-2; Fred Mil ler, Brevard; J. F. Lyday. R-2; Deway Gravely, Brevard; J. K. Hen derson, R-3; I.. E. Powell, R-l; J. C. Sales, Fletcher; Mrs. D. G. Ward, Brevard; Frank Patton, Pis gah Forest; R. E. Mackey, Pisgah Forest; R. M. Neely, Brevard; A. L. Owen, Wolf Mountain; Mrs. Ella Brvan, Duncan, S. C!; Oscar E Reece, R-2; J. S. Nicholson, Brc ivard; W. C. Hunt, Brevard; Noble Woodfin, Fla.; Dr. H. C. Hardin. .Trion Ga.; W. H. McCall, Balsam Grove; Mrs. Din Paxton, R-3; Crate McCall, Cashiers; W. H. McKelvey. R-l; Mrs. John R. Hudson, Wash • ington, D. C.; Winston Ashworth ! Brevard; W. L. Aiken, Brevard i Mrs. Ernest Davis, Sunset. S. C.; j Oscar Galloway, Lake Toxaway: Miss Sadie North, Brevard; E. P I Galloway, Dacusville, S. C.; Mis: Katherine Erwin, Washington, D. C.; T. J. McCall, Cuba; C. E Tinsley, Brevard; Rev. J. N. Hall, Rosman; W. 0. McCall, R-3j W. H. Grogan, Brevard; Chas. A. Hines, Greensboro; T L. Simpson, Green ville; D. H. Orr, R-2; Z. W. Nichols, Checrydale. Va. WILL PICK COLLEGE HEAD HERE TUESDAY Large Number o f Methodist Leaders To Be Here For Meeting President of Brevard Colleg •. scheduled to open next fall at the Brevard Institute location, will be selected at a meeting to ha hc-id at | the Brevard Methodist church on I Tuesday of next week, the trustees to meet here at that time. Four recommendations for the place of president were made at a meeting uf the faculty committee headed by the Rev. J. H. West of Brevard last Thursday. These four recommendations will be given to the board of trustee? here next Tues day. However, Mr. West said, the trustees are not obligated to accept any of the four whose name? have not been made public. Other members of the faculty and administration will probably Re named at the meeting heve, with a large group of high type men and women to select from. The Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, of Lex ington, is chairman of the hoard of trustees; the Rev. C. M. Pickens,of Winston-Salem, is vice chairman; and II. B. Kelly, of Hendersonville, cashier of the State Trust company of that place and president of the Transylvania Trust company of .Bre vard, is secretary-treasurer, j Other members of the board of trustees are: .J. (I. Pickelsimer. the Rev. J. H. West, Mrs. R. L. McKe . Mrs. J. W. Downs, the Rev. A. W. Plyler, R. O. Lindsey, J. Sales, the Rev. Paul Harden, Judge Guv Weaver, the Rev. J. B. Mel.arty, the Rev. C. H. Moser, Mrs. Bessie G. Plumle.v, W. N. Bobbctt. 1. K. Lam buth, and the Rev. D. D. Holt. P.T.AlMMtnNG HERE MONDAY NIGHT All Parents of Children At tending Elementary School Are Cordially Invited Open night of the Parent-Teacher association will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock at the Brevard elemen tary auditorium. This meeting will take the place of the regular niunth ly^nieeuou- ,j-l; hold in the after It is the desire of the local organ ization president, Mi-. J. B. Pickel simer, that every mother und father of children of the Brevard schools be present at this open night meet ing' next Monday. A cordis! invita tion is also extended to all interested friends, and especially to all mem bers of the recently organized rural P, T. A.’s throughout the county. An interesting program has beer; prepared for his special occasion, including a pageant and other num bers, by the mothers, teachers and school children. The pageant entitled “The Beauti ful Ideal,’’ will depict a P- T. A. broadcast by remote control f> o the Brevard elementary auditci om, in celebration of Founders Day. The pageant in commemoration of this special day will be given in tele vision. The following will take part <• the program: radio announcer. J. - Giazener; 3 short talk on “T Significance of Founders Day,’’ the president, Mrs. J. B. Pick* mer; talk on “Our Founders’ Miss Juanita Puette. The pageant cast includes: 1< of Founders Day, Mrs. Knox 1 Long; Brevard local unit, Chri Yongue; membership, Nell Daci; worth; mother singers, Mrs. J. M. Allison, Mrs. J. F. Loftis, Mrs. J. B Pickelsimcr; health, Miss Beulah Mae Zachary; thrift, Grace Duck worth; publicity, Charlotte Patto hospitality, Frances Jenkins; pub cations, Rachel Orr; program, FUz beth McCoy; five school childre Martha Kate Moore, Janie Wilson, Mary Alice Feastcr, Pauline Mui., Mary Helen Galloway. DAY OF PRAYER WILL BE OBSERVED FRIDAY World Day of Prayer will be >■' served by the four churches Brevard on Friday afternoon of t‘ week from 4 to 5 o'clock with spe« services held at St. Philips Epi* pal church. ... This is an interdenominational ; nual observance, world-wide scojie, and members of the diffetei churches of the ton'll will take par' on the program in the local church World Day of Prayer servu ;have been held here in previou years in the other churches of the* town, and this year the invitation .s extended bj the Episcopalians f. the observance to be held at St. Philips church. It is expected that a large repre sentation from all the churches will be in attendance at the meeting ing Friday afternoon at 4 o clock* EASTERN STAR TO MEET Regular meeting of the Eastern Star will be held next Tuesday niglii at 7:30 in the Lodge hall. It is re quested by the Worthy Matron that all members be preheat. And a cor dial invitation is Extended to a;l Star visitors. -illRiilt. v