i County x A Newspaper DeVoted to the Best Interest of the People \0L. 39—No. 11 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY,_MARCH IS, 19^4 | BREVARD MEN LOSE LONG COURT BATTLE Public Statement Says “We Are Paying A Debt We Do Not Owe” Sunday afternoon saw the end of a losing fight waged by fouv promi nent Transylvania county men, Thos. II. Shipman, J. H. Piekelsimer, C. R. McNeely and Ralph R. Fisher, when they entered the state prison at Raleigh to begin two year sent ences. Convicted in August of 1931 on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the county of Transylvania for the bene fit of Brevard Banking company, the men and their friends in this com munity and throughout this section have left no stone unturned ir. an ef fort to nave their names cleared of the charges, but without avail. Lewis r. iiamnn. auorney i«i me men, stated Tuesday that there were no further legal steps to be taken. It is not known at this time whether a concerted effort by the people of the county will be taken to have a pardon issued, a petition carrying names of over 90 percent of the adult population already having been pre sented to the governor, only Ly be turned down. The nu n left here Friday afternoon accompanied bv Sheriff Tom Wood, and stopped over at Greensboro on Friday night, staying there until Sunday morning. In explaining the] delay at Greensboo, Sheriff Wood made the following statement: “We reached Greensboro Friday night about nine o’clock and stopped at a I hotel there on account of the illness of Mr. Shipman who had developed, i serious sinus trouble. Dr. Russell I r.ydav, who practices in Greensboro,! was called in and told me that it was inadvisable to continue the trip through the snow and cold until the sick man was improved. Acting on his advice, I stayed until Mr. Ship man was better,” the sheriff said. Continuing, the sheriff said “Re ports that we were waiting until lawyers got a move through the United States Supreme court is all a bunch of newspaper talk.. I knew and the men knew also, long before; we reached Greensboro that there: was no hope from the United States Supreme court As for loafing around, I only acted in the matter as I saw best, and in this instance I was act big on the advice of a doctor I know1 —Dr. Lyday. Furthermore, any cour tesy I showed the men was nothing more than the way I would like to be treated were 1 being carried to Ral eigh to serve a sentence.” All four of the men as well as hundreds of citizens of the county have protested from the beginning that thiy were innocent of the charges upon which they were con victed, and the following statement was given out for publication the day the men left: “To the press of North Carolina: “After waiting two and a half years for justice in the courts of North Carolina, convicted of a crime we never committed, we are today leaving for the state prison to pay a debt to the state that we do not owe. “I hope this will gratify the few people who have done everything in their power to send us to prison. “I wish to thank my friends for their loyalty, sympathy and confi dence in my innocence of any crime or criminal intent. I deeply appre ciate all the efforts hundreds of friends have made in our behalf. “Sincerely, (Signed) ’THOMAS H. SHIPMAN.” REV. R. L. ALEXANDER VISITS FRIENDS HERE The Rev. R. L. Alexander, for mer pastor of Brevard Presbyterian church, now of the First Church, Lumberton, visited friends in Bre vard the past week, he having been called here to conduct the funeral cf Captain T. S. Boswell. Mr. Alexander known to his hun dreds of friends in the community as “Alex,” stated that he was well pleased with his new ministerial charge in the eastern part of the state, but that it would always be a distinct pleasure to be with the friends of his first pastorate. SCHOOLS WILL OPEN IN COUNTY MARCH 22 Board of Health Will Issue | Order In Case Measles Have Not Abated All schools of the county will open on Thursday, March 22, unless there is need seen for further extension of the close-down, according to Dr. G. B. Lynch, county health officer. A meeting of the board of health was held in the office of the county superintendent on Tuesday after noon and after check-up of the measles situation, it was decided that the school holiday would con tinue until Ma.rch 22. Dr. Lynch said that it was his opinion that the threatened epidemic would by that date be under suffici ent control to warrant re-opening of the schools, but that if found to be necessary, extension of the holiday would be made. He reported around fifty new cases the.first of the week, these however being confined to the Brevard district for the mast part. Springtime Cannot Be Far Around The Corner Unmistakable signs of spring are to be seen on every hand despite the fact that snow was wafted around in gentle manner last Saturday, and the ther mometer tried manfully to go down on Sunday and Monday. Robins are chirping about, a snake was seen last week try ing to get across the highway before an unwary car snuffed cut his life, bees have been ■ seen on maples, eating the sweet juices, and boys in Brevard are j playing marbles. Spring can’t j be far off, fact is, it is offically j heralded in next week, March i 21st. FARMERSASKED TO j MEET HERE FRIDAY _ Ccm-Hog Reduction Plan To Be Discussed By Agent From Wayneaville All fanners of the county are re quested to meet at the county court house on Friday afternoon of this week at which time County Agent \V. I). Smith of Haywood county, will go into details of the corn-hog reduction plan of the federal gov ernment. The meeting will be held at two-! o’clock, and request is made| by Professor Julian Glazencr, who is ■ calling the meeting, that all far-i mors be on time in order that the meeting cun be1 gone into and that there will be no going over the ground by Mr. Smith a second time. t Mr. Smith has been working with the federal government, for several) weeks in the reduction plan and will) give authentic information in re gard to various phases of the re-! duct ion plan and proper ways in i which t» go about taking advantage) (if securing payment, in full for par-; ticipants. j PROFESSOR KIMZEY COLS ; IN FOR PUREBRED STOCK! _ i ROSMAN, March 14- Professor) K. T. Kimzey <>f Rosn..ui high] school is not entirely dependent up-j on his well-qualified teaching ability) to make a living. Profe -or "Bob”| i? doing a little gardening, a little j chicken raising and a little 1- g 1 ais- J ing on the side. His latest, addition| to his farming interest-• Monday afternoon—seven , Spotted Poland China pn.' TWL* ’ FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN KNOXVILLE! W. J. Neely, well known in this J county where he made his home for j a number of years, died at his home) in Knoxville, Tenn., on March 2 af-1 ter an illness of ten days. Funeral \ services were held at the home in, Knoxville with the Rev. Joe Butts; In charge. Burial was made in a! cemetery there. Surviving are the widow, Mrs.) Malinda Neely; two daughters, Mrs.t J. E. Stover of Georgia, and Miss Geneva Neely of Knoxville; one son, R. L. Neely of Elkinville, W. Va.; his mother, Mrs. M. J. Neely of Brevard; four sisters, Misses Mollie, Mattie, Luly and Cora Neely of Bre vard; three brothers, Jim, Tom and Grover Neely, all of Brevard. Mr. Neely was 69 years old at time of his death. NOTES ACCEPTED IN PAYMENT BACK TAX •_ Delinquent taxpayers of the coun ty may take advantage of the state wide legislation allowing re-financing of all taxes due prior to 1932 by paying the 1932 taxes in cash and I giving five notes, due one each year for the taxes prior to 1932. It is necessary that any tax-payer wish ing to take advantage of this offer shall act at once. The following res-j olution was passed by the board of commissioners last Thursday i n their meeting: Upon motion duly made and unani-, rnously carried the following resolu-| tion was adopted, namely: RESOLVED, that any delinquent! taxpayer desiring to take advantage I of the act of the Legislature provid-| ing for the payment of all de!in-l quent taxes prior to the year 1932, > shall be required to pay all taxes for the year 1932, before making, exe cuting and delivering to said county or the acceptance by said county of said five vear .notes for delinquent, taxes. t i This offer will close on April first,] and the state law makes it manda-, tory that all property on which 1931. and prior taxes are due be foreclosed; and deed made to buyer. The com missioners have no discretion in the matter of foreclosure. Chief Freeman Improving Chief Bert Freeman returned to j his home in Brevard on Sunday af-1 ter spending several days in Bilt more hospital where he was carried! on account of ill effects of the flu.; He is reported to be improving atj ! his home on North Caldwell street. 1 BREVARD MAN £ $ COMMISSION r CE W. J. Morgan To Assist In Col lecting For Great Smoky Mountains Museum W. J. Morgan, of Brevard, has received official notification of his appointment as a member of a com mittee of Western North Carolina citizens selected to collect and pre serve records and objects for dis play in a museum which will be built in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mr. Morgan is the only repre sentative from Transylvania county serving on this committee. A simi lar committee is to be selected in East Ternesee, the two group? to cooperate as much as possible in the work of gathering relics for the pro posed museum in the Smokies Mr. Morgan is well qualified^ to serve on this committee, in view of his former archaeological work in connection with ^ev'eral noted in stitutions of the country. He former ly did archaeological work in West ern North Carolina and East Ten nessee in connection with Philips I Academy at Andover, Mass., the j Smithsonian Institution at Washing-1 ton, D. C., Cambridge University! and other prominent institutions i and individuals. Mr. Morgan has] membership in the recently organ ized Arehac lcgical Society of North Carolina. SELECT TAX LISTERS i FOR ALL TOWNSHIPS; _ \ Penalty To Be Levied Unless] People Meet Listers At Appointed Places K. Gaston Whitmire of the Cher-j ryl'ied section ,has been appointed | a- lax supervisor with 1he follow-] ing as tax listers: Boyd township, A. E. England ;j Brevard, Lem Brooks and Na.than Norton: Cathey’s Creek, Frank Morgan: Dunn’s Roik, George Max well; Eastatoe, W. C. Gravely:] Gloucester, Albert Price: Hogback,1 T. C. Henderson; Little River, Hal, Hart. Those who fail to list their taxes] will be prosecuted, according to n statement being carried in thi- issue1 of The Times, it being .^jt ‘>ut by the: conimissionentiwichat tKM$*w - i it mandatory for an people to list.] The law has not been invoked in pi ' j vious years, but sentiment of t.<^ board of commissioners as express? i] in their meeting last week was to the effect that in order to save the j minty the additional expense incur ■,,! by people failing to list, that the penalty would be sought this year. It was brought to the attention of the beard that Frank Parker, Super vising U. S. Agriculture Statistician had notified the commissioners that they would have to comply with Chapter 201, Public Laws of 1921 in regard to farm survey for the different townships in the county. And it appearing further, that the said statistician had advised the board to have this work done by the clerk, that it would be much cheap er, than to have same done by the various list takers or county super visor of Taxation. And it further appearing that it would be to the best interest of the county to have said survey made. Upon motion duly made and unani mously carried, the county auditor was directed to employ the clerk to make out said survey according to instructions of the said statistician and according to the aforemention ed law, at a price not to exceed $35.00. GET ESCAPED CONVICT PREPARED FOR TROUBLE] Will Holbert, escaped prisoner' from Cherokee county, was appre hended in Transylvania county early Tuesday morning and was turned j over to officers from Cherokee by members of the sheriff’s department] here. When found in the Stanley Creek] section, Holbert was said to have had a loaded double barrel shotgun by the side of his bed, but offered no resistance. Reports have it that he has been here several days, and has been engaged in cutting cordwood. TOXAWAY FAR RS TO MEET ON I JAY Farmers of the Lake Toxaway section are requested to meet with Professor Randall Lyday at _ the Lake Toxaway school on Friday night of this week at 7:30 o’clock for discussion of current problems, pertaining to farmers of that sec tion. The meeting will be held in the Lake Toxaway school house. Profes sor Lyday said, and a free discus sion of work needed to be done and co-operative move or steps that can be taken for benefit of the far mers of the Lake Toxaway section will be taken up. Burt To Preach Rev. J. E. Burt will preach at Zion Baptist church at 11 o’clock Sunday morning and at Mt Moriah. Calvert at 7:30 in the evening. _i ASK GOVERNMENT TO GIVE COUNTY REFUND Pisgah National Park Lands Increased Bond Debt Rate In County Effort is being made to have thej federal government refund the coun ty for taxes lost by reason of lands j taken over by the Pisgah National | park and which was automatically removed from the tax books when such lands became part of the park. ; The county commissioners in meet ing here last week made the follow ing order which tells of the move ment: W. E. Breese reported that he had just returned from Washington j where he saw Congressman Zebulon| Weaver and Senators Bailey and Reynolds in regard to the Federal Government refunding the county the amount of taxes lost to the county by the purchase of the land now in Pisgah National Park. Upon motion duly made, the clerk of the board was directed to write a letter to the said senators and rep resentatives thanking them for their interest in the matter and also ask ing that they proceed rapidly and earnestly as possible, to secure the passage of such legislation as would be necessary to get this money fori the county. TO GROW CERTIFIED ! SEED FOR COUNTY’ Project At County Farm Will Also Be Used As Class room Feature Transylvania county is making | plans to’ produce certified seed for j sale to farmers and truckers of thr county, order having boon passed by the board in meeting here Thursdaj authorising Professor Julian A Glazener, teacher of vocational agri culture in Brevard high school tt have ehaige with Chairman W. L Aiken of such a project. Plans now call for planting of Irish potatoes, corn, rye, sov beans and lespedeza, certified ac-ed to be used and to be >-aisod along lines that meet requirements of the state department of agriculture. Mfhe project, in addition to .being '■ne of profit or 'rather saving for the fanners of the county in buying certified seed, will ulso be a teaching project of the Brevard high school and will have the supervision o.f the teacher and his class of boys. Mr. Glazener states that he does not hope to have any seed for sale at the end of the first year, but that his first year crop will be used for replanting on the county home farmi in order that there will be ample certified seed for sale at the end of the second year and later. One acre for potatoes is now being prepared, other seed to be secured and planted when advisable. The following resolution was pass ed by the board in regard to the matter: Professor Julian Glazener appear ed before the Board and discussed the matter of raising certified seed on the County Home Farm and there by making said farm the se<d pro ducing center of the county and al low the citizens of the county to buy certified seed at much lower price than they are now having to pay for same. Professor Glazener stated that it was a long time project and that he would like to start in with certified potatoes, certified corn, certified rye and certified soy beans and lespede za. After discussing the matter the Commissioners decided that this pro gram would be of great advantage to the citizens of Transylvania coun ty and upon motion duly made and I unanimously adopted Professor Glaz-> ener was directed to purchase) enough certified seed potatoes to, plant one acre, not to exceed fifteen j bushels. i Ana provided further, that i^nan man W. L. Aiken and Professor Jui- j ian Glazener jointly work out the; program, and that Mr. Glazener’5* offer to supervise the planting, cul-i tivation and gathering of said certi-j fied seed be accepted with the thanks j of the Commissioners. RED CROSS C0M1 E ! TO CAMP CARO NA| i Camp Carolina will again be head-j ouarters for the Red Cross First Aid and Life Saving . institute this i summer, with Ramone S. Eaton and Harry A. Kenning to again be in ] charge. ! The institute will begin on June 13, according to advices received j here last week, and will, in addition to several member? of the old staff, have new faculty. Added equipment will be in service this year, accord ing to Mr. Eaton, making the al ready fine facilities more fitted to the institute work. Lake Toxaway Service* Rev. J. N. Hall will fill hi# regu lar aopointment at Lake Toxawa? Methodist church Sunday at 11 oWock in the morning. There will ; be no evening -devices. An Invitation To Be A Regular Subscriber Several hundred extra copies of the paper are being mailed out this week to residents of the county in order to acquaint them’ with the home paper, effort being made to send a paper to every family in the county this week. If you are one who has not been getting the paper regular ly, this is to be accepted as an invitation to become a regular subscriber. The price is only one dollar per year. Two ex ceptionally good magazine of fers are made to subscribers to The Transylvania Times which should also prove attractive. HNIEVW PRESIDE AT SUPERIOR COURT Jury Drawn For Service Dur ing April Term—Will Convene April 2 - ! Jury was drawn Saturday for scr-i vice at the April term Superior J court which convenes here on Mon day, April 2, with -Judge T. B. Fin-1 ley of North Wilkesboro presiding.) ami Solicitor J. Will Pies?, Jr, ol j Marion, as solicitor. The term will be “mixed,” with criminal cases the first week ant civil cases the second week Follow ing is list of jurors First IVrcA C. E. Leathers, Jack Arrington, W. B. Head, B. F. Beasley, Frank King, Berry Brittain, Walter Hub bard. F. J.’Whitmire. Coy Whitmire. Frank Woodfin, R. T. Fisher. L. B Wilson. Herbert H. Dickson, S. F Allison, A. C. Shuford, J. W. Holler, James H. Gravely E. W. Lyday. Craig Whitmire, C. L. Osliorae, J. S,! Morris, Walter Fisher, F. J. Pat tno. C. M. Lance, Robert E. Kil patrick, Span Tinsley, J. L. Gilles pie, H. M. Allison, F. E. Lardretli M. A. Moltz, Henry Mackey, Rnn dal C. Aiken. G. H. Woodard, Job Wilson, Cos Paxton, B. M. Mull P. A Morgan, Ernest Aiken, Fred Johnson. C. R. Sharp, C. L. Green. D. R. Holliday. Second Week W. T. Whitmire, R. N Nichobon, George Maxwell, .J. C. Cash, Chas, A. Mull, N. S. Galloway, T. L. Snel son. Clyde Ashworth, John R. Sledge. A. D. Lyday, I-ewis Morgan,; Home-- McCall, C. C. Garren- M. E.| Allison, C. H. Holden, Doi^AM-j sen, F.' P. son. ] MRS.TEO RAINES IS ! BURIED LAST WEEK Funeral services for Mrs. Leo Raines, 28, who died Tuesday of last week, were held Wednesday af ternoon at Dunn’s Rock Baptist church. The pastor. Rev. C. C. Reece and Rev. H. A. Manly of ficiated. Burial wa3 in the cemetery nearby. Mrs. Raines had been ill nine days with pneumonia. She was a native of Transylvania county ar.d had al ways lived in the Conneatee section. She was before her marriage Miss Polly Hogsed, daughter of Mr. and Mr. W. H. Hogsed. She was a member of the Dunn’s Rock Bap tist church. Surviving are her husband and six children, Louise, Calvin, Chris tine, Douglas, Jennie and Jeannette, the latter two being twins two weeks old. Her parents and a number of sisters and brothers also survive. T.S. BOSWELL DIED HERE MARCH 7TH T. S. Boswell, 84, died Wednes day evening of last week after a brief illness. Thomas Steptoe Boswell, son of Thomas Hamlin and Lucy Steptoe Boswell, was born in Fauquier coun ty, Virginia, on September 24, 1850. He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute in the class of 71. In 1884 he married Mips Julia Osgood Gash, whose infant daughter, Jean, did not survive her mother. In 1890 he married Miss Martha Pau-j line Gash, whose daughter, Miss Martha Gash Boswell of Brevard, survives. As chief engineer of the Toxaway Company he extended the railroaa from Brevard to Lake Toxaway and built Lake Fairfield and Lake Toxa way, the latter being destroyed ir the 1916 flood. For ever thirty vears he was connected with the Southern Railway, first as super intendent of the old Murphy Divisior r.nd later as a member of the en gineering department with head quarter's at Charlotte. Funeral services were conducted by his former pastor, the Rev. R L. Alexander of Lumberton, N. C. in the Brevard Presbyterian churct which he had served as elder sine* its organisation in 1891. He was burled at Shaw's Creek cemetery. Hinton McLeod, Dr. Charles New land, S. P. Verner, Fred Miller, H. N. Carrier and .Terry Jerome serving as pallbearers. Besides his daughter, three nieces reside in Transylvania, Mrs. W. J. WalHs, Mr*. G. C. Wit her and Mrs, Samuel McCullough. FARMERS GET BAD BREAK UNDER CWA Should Have Been Given Work To Help Pay Taxes Anti Buy Needed Supplies Editor Transylvania Times: After reading the many exnret sions by citizens in your patK, con cerning some of the official'* of our local government, especially that of the CWA. I am made to believe we should be more considerate as we are all fallible beings and liable to mistakes. Therefore, we knov. that a number of these fellow- «r<* in deep waters, as they only hold their jobs (so long as Johnnie obeys his daddy) so long as they ran work under the dictation of our n-unty bosses instead of the welfare el the masses. Yet we wonder where all the million of dollars have gone be tween Washington and Hi poor laboring man. We believe, there are too many offices of the high-up type jobs in the county here paying over a dollar an hour, and men abl ■ and anxious to do the work just a- ef ficiently for less than one-third this amount. Speaking ol who has -vorUid. wo are glad to see all who have wi.iked draw their check*, as most - I' them needed them, but how much better it would have been had the lime been divided and others who in um< instances were more needy I ail :» share. We are not saying it was poiitieal hut do say if ha- he. • re sided. A number of farmer- wh" were unfortunate and could o,.t pay their taxe-, some for three I' ui years, who were idle ami dim for a few days’ work, wen- imamt away because they were ihr: 'v enough the .past summer make corn for their bread. Othe, ■ bed two days per month to gvt '"ihiny to keen the winter wind- aid old off while others were orate my •> per month, and spending m it for whiskey and second haml mobiles. The one-horse farmer ha- >"or* burdens than anyone and y.t the least recognition. Money spin4 nr non essential appropriations, '■ aJ swimming pool, .should hav. o i-n given to reclamation work IPn-ugh the county cn the French Brotui river, needed done by tin- trm-i and a good investment to Hr ■•<••• ty financially. The needy were better taken 'or of last spring under the HF< . with the restrictions at a dollar o day eight-hour day, not over Hi days per month, to be accepted in pay ment for food, clothing, fuel, taxes, feed fertilizer and seed, with no of ficial to be paid more than $3 per jay. Through this or a plan similar to it the confidence of our people ran be won and we doubt if by ny i>thCr‘ WARD BREEDLOVl Brevard, R-3 Dahlia Club Meeting Transylvania Dahlia club will -.u't it the home of Mrs. John Ash-.. . th on French Broad street next Tues day evening at 7:30 o’clock. The club is making plans for holding a dahlia show next summer and much interest is being shown in th< work. Shuping Elected Committerrmn Raleigh—C. L. Shuping of Oreo” ooro was elected national Democr: ‘ committeeman here last Thur: succeeding former governor <). VI Gardner, resigned. HONOR ROLL The following people have sub scribed to The Transylvania Times during the week ending Woducslav night: J. E. Loftia, Brevard Miss Cora J. Orr, Brevard R-2 T. 3. Reid, Oakland Mrs. M. J. Orr, Rrevard, R-2 Mrs. E. P. Piekelsmler, Highland Miss Anne Atkinson, R-3 Raynel Morgan, Brevard R-2 Mrs. E. C. Neill, Brevard Mrs Lesa Loving. Lake Toxawaj J. W. Giazener, Granite Falls Cole I. Lee. Lake Toxaway E. B. Lewis, Kinston REVimSERViCE AT METHODIST CHURCH Dr. Hayes To Conduct Sertei In Brevard Beginning On Next Sunday Two weeks’, revival service will be held at Brevard Methodist church beginning next Sunday, according to announcement made by the Rev. J H. West, pastor. Dr. L. B. Hayes, presiding elder o. the Waynceville district, will have charge o£ the sendees, and will be assisted by J. Dale Stenlj of Lake Jusaluaka, as song leader. Services will be held each evening at 7:30 o'clock, with \t»dy of a mis sion book being conducted during the first week of the serviced by Dr. Hayes. Announcement will be made later a* to tin* of services for the second week, A cordial invitation is extended to other ekurches of the community t# unite with the Methodists in the series of meetings.

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