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•yOL 39_n777 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1934 f *i 00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT IN
SESSION AT BREVARD
Civil Term Will Be Held Nexl
Week—Only One Ca»e Of
Capital Nature
Superior court opened here Mon
day morning with Judge T. B.
Finley of North Wilklcsboro, pre
siding, and J. Will Ptess of Marion,
as solicitor.
First week of court is given over
to the hearing of criminal cn es,
with the motion docket set fcr Sat
urday of this week. Civil cas.o will
* be held next week. Attention is call
ed to the fact that an error of
dates was printed in the paper last
week in the civil calendar, days of
the week being named in order, but
dates moved up one day on Wednes
day and following days.
One capital case, that of Harry
Bailey, Brevard negro w h o is
charged with first degree burglary,
the grand jury having returned a
true bill in the case Tuesday. The
negro is charged with entering the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. i . Tharp
in West Brevard late in December.
The case will probably come up
Thursday.
Jnrors for the civil term will be:
W. T. Whitmire, R. N. Nicholson,
George Maxwell, J. C. Cash, Chas.
A. Mull. N. S. Galloway, T. L. Snel
son. Clyde Ashworth, John R.
Sledge, A. D. Lyday, Lewis Morgan,
Homer McCall, C. C. Gnrren, M. E.
.\llison. . H. Holden, Dorse Alli
-. ». I I*. Shuford, George Nichol
son
FISHING SEASON OPENS
O!' 16TH SAYS WARDEN
K I Galloway, game warden,
tati > it the fishing season does
not m until Monday, April 16,
and ’ license are required of all
who \\ to fish.
Cler >f Court Otto Alexander,
Pam Supply of Brevard, D. H.
Ww i in r of Rosman and L. E.
Cash Oakland are agents for
'icctim '"ets are; county $1.10;
.10; non-resident. $5.10.
I \ mits can be had by coun
ts for 50 cents per day,
u 'I residents being required
; \ •' cents.
MRS. MILLER’S MOTHER
D1F.< AT RALEIGH HOME
Leonard Heath was captured on
the m , .tain to the left of Maiden
Hair creek last Sunday morning by
Shu iff Tom Wood and his deputies
within * few yards of a steamer
whiskev utfit that was going full
a -t a rcadv to trickle out the
,.,:ghtv lid that emanates from
ianufa ring establishments of
. uoh typv->.
The officers found four barrels of
beer, and the steamer outfit red hot,
just waiting for the condenser to
be put in place, this last named ar
ticle being found nearby. Dry throats
that were possibly waiting to be
moistened from the still are doubt
less still dry and Easter over and
gone.
LEAVITT SELECTED
TO OPPOSE WEAVER
Asheville Man Will Seek To
Be Congressman On Re
publican Ticket
ASHEVILLE, April 4—Halsey B
l^avitt, Asheville insurance man,
was nominated for congressman and
William C. Meekins, of Henderson
ville, was endorsed as chairman oi
the state executive committee here
Monday at the 11th district Republi
can convention.
Some 200 delegates and other Re
publicans from the district’s 13
counties attended the convention
held in the county court house and
presided over by McKinley Edwards,
of Bryson City.
— \ short-lived argument oyer Bun
combe county's representative or
the state committee was the only
in the gathering’s harmony, and
ended amicably when f- Marvir
Glance, of Asheville, withdrew!!
favor of his fellow-townsman, George
M. Pritchard.
There was unanimous support foi
the nomination of Mr. Leavitt whe
had been regarded beforehand a,
the convention’s almost certair
choice. He is chairman of the Bun
combe co-unty Republican “xecutivi
committee, was in the legislature u
1929, and is president of the Ashe
ville Optimist club.
~KEW ARRIVAL
Announcement is made of th«
birth of a son, Joseph Edw;n, U
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pickelsi
mer, on Tuesday. April 3.
I MASONS TO HOLD MEET
IN HENDERSONVILLE 6TH
Meeting of the Masonic lodges in
the twenty-seventh district will be
held in Hendersonville at two o’clock
j Friday afternoon, the meeting to be
iheld with Kedron Lodge.
1 Degree work will he featured, at
I both the afternoon and evening ses
j sions, with refreshments to be served,
at the American Legion home. Sev-1
ieral Masons from 'Transylvania ex-,
I pect to attend.
wood aITbagwell
SEEKING NOMINATION
Prominent Men Aab Democrat
Voters Tor Nomination
To Sheriff Office
Two announcements for the office
of sheriff are made in this issue of
The Times, with Sheriff Tom Wood,
and L. E. Bagwell both seeking the
vote of the Democrats in the pri-(
mary. i
Both men are pvominent in politi
cal and business circles, and both
men have a wide circle of friends;
to support them in their race for]
the nomination.
Mr. Bagwell is a son of the latel
John C. Bugwell, who played am
important role in the county’s pro
gress. Mr. Bagwell has served as
a member of the old board of road
commissioners, and has been in the
mercantile and lumber business here
for twenty years.
Sheriff Wood was a farmer and
dairyman before becoming chief
deputy under Sheriff Ed Patton six
years ago, being elected to the of
fice of sheriff after four years as
deputy. His father, the late T. S.
Wood, was regarded as one of the
outstanding men of his day here. ;
I HONOR ROLL
The following people have sub
scribed to The Transylvania Times!
during the week ending Wednesday
night: I
Clyde Hubbard, Brevard R-l
Paul Bowen, Brevard R-2
Otto Merrill, Florida
A. B. Mooce, Brevard R-3
P. W. Norman, Canton
j Mrs. J. C. King, Brevard
! Mrs. Vance Galloway.^,7- ,r'
J J. M. Burgess T
! P. W Jos'
Lid K-l
isas
i Miss Daisy Orr, Brevard
i Homer Whitmire, St. Louis
!Mrs. Ina Rustin, Penrose
WILSON HEADS GRAND
JURY FOR THE TERM
John L. Wilson was chosen fore
man of the grand jury which was
empannelled here Monday morning,
and Marcus Bagwell sworn in as
special jury officer. The jury was
drawn by little Thomas Osteen.
Aside from Foreman Wilson the
following were selected: C. E. Leath
ers, J. H. Gravely, G. H. Woodard.i
F. E. Laudreth, Craig Whitmire,
Randall C. Aiken J. L. Gillespie, C.j
»C. Lance, Span Tinsley, Walter
•Fisher, M. A. Moltz, C. R. Sharp, R.
T. Fisher, J. S. Morris, Frank
Woodfin, B. A. Brittain, L. B. Wil
son.
Col. Cohen III
! Word was received by friends in;
Brevard this week that Col. W. B. j
Cchen is still seriously ill at the;
Riverside Infirmary 'in Charleston,;
S. C., where he has been confined |
for several weeks. ]
Col. Cohen, who has spent the
summer seasons in Brevard for
many years, has a host of friends
here who will regret to learn of his
continued critical illness.
CHAIRMAN AIKEN IS
ASKING RE-ELECTION
W. L. Aiken, who has served as
chairman of the board of county
commissioners for the past two
years, announces for nomination on
the Democratic ticket for the second
term in this week’s issue of The
Times.
Mr. Aiken, a native of Transyl
vania county, has been identified
with farming and stock raising here
for a number of years and is said
to know practically every man in
the county by his' first name, due
to his long business connections as a
Seattle buyer.
KELVINATOR CAMPAIGN
ON AT SOUTHERN PUBLIC
Annual Kelvinator sale is being
started this week by the Southern
Public Utilities company, with sev
eral models of the new electric re
frigerating machines on display in
the store of the Brevard branch.
New improvements tiave been ad
ded to the new models now being
shown at the Southern Public, mak
• ing th? already up-to-date machines
even better.
Meeting Called For Monday Night
To Make Summer Season Plans
Every person interested in better
business in Transylvania county this
summer is urged to attend a meet
ing-to be held in the county court
room at Brevard on Monday night
of next week at 7:45 o’clock.
Reports from other sections of the
country are to the effect that a
better feeling pervades, that plans
are being made by thousands of
families to spend their summer in
the mountains of Western _ North
Carolina, and it is with a view to
bringing as many as possible of
these people to Brevard and Tran
sylvania county that the meeting is
being called for Monday night of
next, week at the court house.
A working Chamber of Commerce
is hope of the committee that has
been appointed from the Kiwams
cl«b to call the meeting, or a board
of trade or whatever the people of
the community wish to call the
organized and co-ordinating group
that is expected to grow out of the
meeting.
1 The matter of such an organiza
tion was taken up at the meeting cf
the Women’s Civic club Monday, and
i referred to the Kiwanis club which
I met on Wednesday and after a
I thorough discussion of the matter,
appointed Ralph H. Ramsey, Ed
ward J. Bogen, Dr. C. L. New
land, Jerry Jerome, Lewis P. Dani
lin, and S. M. Macfie with C. M.
Douglas as chairman, as sponsor
group to attend to calling the peo
ple together to perfect the working
organization.
It is expected that every' board
ing house keeper, hotel operator,
I camp owner, and business house in
the county will be represented at
the meeting Monday night, as it
is necessary that all people lend
their efforts to the program that as
to be adopted, and which will be
made up after suggestions are re
eeived at the meeting Monday wight.
Each member of the Kiwanis club
has already pledged support to any
organization that may be perfected,
as well as members of the Women s
Civic club, and it is believed that
people in general will respond to
the plan in a highly favorable man
'ner. _
PLANS TO IMPROVE !
COUNTY HIGHWAYS ]
Several people from this communi- J
ty are planning to attend a _ meet-'
ing of the highway beautification!
group in Hendersonville at eight i
o’clock on Friday night of this week,
at which time program for beauti-l
fication of highways under sponsor-’
ship of the Carolina Motor club will
he-launched by the Hendersonville,
organization.
It is expected that a similar cr-j
ganization will be set up in Tran-,
sylvania within the week, purpose
to co-ordinate all efforts of all in-(
tereHed parties and individuals to
ward removal of unsightly scenes
along the main highways and im
provements that will make the see-1
tion more attractive to the tourist. I
The Carolina Motor Club, cooperat-:
ing in the drive, is keeping several j
experienced men in the field who arc t
TOmger basis1
. .—— i
The Souther^ Railway is seriously I
considering a new mail and passen
ger service for this county, accord
ing to advices received here, plans in
the making calling for placing an
early passenger, mail and express
train on the Toxaway division to run
from that terminal to Asheville and
returning each day.
Under the tentative plans now be
ing considered, the train would leave j
Toxaway in the morning, around
7:30 o’clock, going through to Ashe-1
ville. Returning, it would reach)
Toxaway around 4:30 or 5:00 o’clock,:
giving early mail out of Toxaway, j
Rosman and' Brevard as well as a
regularly scheduled mail in the
afternoon.
Chief interest, however, is center-)
ed in the passenger possibilities
which the new carrier would give
this section, with a morning pas
senger and afternoon passenger
through the county.
Chief Freeman Improving
Chief Bert Freeman, who was car
ried to Mission hospital, Asheville.
Tuesday night was reported to be
improving Wednesday afternoon.
Eck L. Sims is acting policeman in
the absence of Chief Freeman
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
WALTERMIRE HOTEL
Decided improvements are being
made at the Waltermire hotel, which
has been leased by Harry Melvin
Effective changes in the lobby, and
in the upstairs hall, and opening of
the dining room are among the im
provements. Mrs. Melvin and Cap
tain Shanklands are assisting Mr.
Melvin at the Waltermire.
SPALDING M’INTOSH
FOR CLERK’S OFFICE
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Announcement is being made *n
this issue of the Times by Spalding
McIntosh of his candidacy for the
nomination for clerk of the Superior
court, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary to be held in
June. . .
Mr. McIntosh, known to most of
1 the people of the county as ‘Mac,
has been a resident of Transylvania
for 25 years, having moved here
from Haywood county when 16 years
of age. He was in the drug business
in Rosman for several years, and
has for the past four years been con
! nected with the State Highway de
partment.
In his announcement, Mr. McIn
tosh promises, if nominated and elect
ed, to faithfully pfrfornr; all dnties
pertaining to the office.
BELAS E. LYDAY DIED
FOLLOWING STROKE
Delas E. Lyday, prominent farmer
of the lower end of the county died
at his home Wednesday afternoon
following a stroke of paralysis on
Monday night from which he failed
to rally.
Mr. Lyday, who was in his 79tli
year, was a native of this county
and was regarded as a fanner and
neighbor of first rank in hio commutv
itv. Funeral services will be hold
Thursday morning at eleven o clock
at Pisgah Forest Baptist church,
with burial in the Davidson Rivet
cemetery. ,
Surviving are the wife, Mrs. bai
lie Sitton Lyday, seven children,
twenty-one grandchildren and seven
great'grandchildren. The surviving
daughters are Mrs. Jim Alexander,
Mrs. Judson McCall, Mrs. D. H. Orr,
_ 1 Mrs. Lewis Moore. The sons are
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NAMED MAY QUEEN
Miss Bertha Jean Hampton, mem
ber of the senior class of Montreat
Normal, Montreat, has been unani
mously chosen May Queen at the an
nual May day fete of this institu
tion. Miss Hampton was maid of
honor to the queen at last year*
fete.
Other honors have been conferred
upon Miss Hampton during the
school year. She is editor-in-chief of
the Sun Dial, the college publica
tion, and vice president of the Tri
tonian literary society. Among the
superlatives recently named, Miss
Hampton was selected as the best,
nil-round girl in the senior class.
She is a member of the choir at
Montreat.
Miss Hampton is the attractive
daughter of Mrs Thomas Hampton,
of Brevard, and a graduate of the
Brevard high school.
SANITARY WORK WILL
BE CONTINUED HERE
Sanitation work in the county will
be continued, is’ the belief of Charles
Ashworth, who has bee.i in charge
of the erection of sanitary privies
here under the CWA.
A letter from the State Health
Service was received this week by
Mr. Ashworth saying that in all
probability the work would be con
tinued here due to the fact that
:he local workmen had made a good
record for the time they have put in
ind further that favorable letters
nave been received at the stat- of
fice requesting that the work be
rontinued in the county.
North Carolina leads nearly all
states in the number of sanitary
privies built.
iv. sJnMTo be
BURIED THURSDAY
ROSMAN, April 4—W. S. Mc
Lean, age 72, died at his heme here
at midnight Tuesday following a
stroke of paralysis on Sunday.
Mr. McLean was a native of Ire-,
dell county, having lived here for
a number of years, where ha has
taken an active part in communi
ty affairs.
Surviving are the wife, and the
following children: Loonie, Elmer,
Bert, Misses Rosa end Emma Jane
McLean.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Zion church here Thursday at two
o’clock with burial in the Calvert
cemetery, with members of Dunn’s
Rock Masonic lodge in charge of
burial rites. Moore and Osborne will
have charge of arrangements.
•
NINE TRANSYLVANIANS
ENTERING CCC CAMPS
Nine young men from Transyl
vania have entered Fort Bragg for
two weeks’ training and hospitaliza
tion, and will later be transferred
to CCC camps for six months en
listment.
The following were selected: Al
void Allison, Watsel Thomas, Lee
Cooper, Ermond Owens, Joe Lee I
Baynard, Leonard Fanning, Bruce;
Cassell, Millard Earwood, Almond
Hall.
SPORTMENCALLED
TO MEET THURSDAY
Opportunity Afforded Where
by Bass Fingerlings May
Be Procured
I People interested in re-stocking
streams of Transylvania county
with game fish, and especially bass,
are requested to meet at the W alter
mire hotel on Thursday night of
this week at 7:30 o'clock, at which
time an organization will be perfect
ed through which it is expected the
fingerling fish can be secured.
The f’rench Broad river is a
natural habitat of the bass accord
ing to John W. Smith, who is calling
the meeting, and there is now
chance to procure a plentiful sup
ply of this type fish for the county
providing proper interest can be se
cured.
Several thousand miles of fishing
streams that feed the French Broad
should be stocked with bass, iocal
sportsmen aver, assuring plenty of
sport for home folk and visitors
alike who would be drawn here if
proper fishing were provided.
locauirlMnner
IN MUSIC CONTEST!
Miss Rhuemma Beddingfield j
To Represent District In
State Meeting
MJi.ss Rhuemma B»Hdingiield,j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs V. J. Bed-j
dingfield of Brevard, won first place
in the district Junior Music Club]
meeting held at Forest City last Fri
d^^M^^Reddingfieid competing in
^WRturday of this week,
•Beddingfiold will go to Salisbury
where she will compete with win
ners from the three other North
Carolina districts for state honors.
She will be accompanied by Mrs.
Rufus Joines.
; A student of Professor Alvin
Moore, Miss Beddingfield us a tal
ented pianist and i.-= zegarded as one
of the outstanding junior music club
members in the state.
NOBBY SHOPPE MOVING
TO NEW HOME ON MAIN
The Nobby Shoppe makes an
nouncement of removal to larger
quarters on Main street in the for-i
mer location of the Central Market,
with Mrs. Madge Wilkins in charge,
at the new location.
The more commodious sales and
display room has been redecorated
land fitted into a neat home for the
| exclusive ladies ready-to-wear store.',
! B. Y. p7 u. organized at|
LAKE TOXAWAY CHURCH
LAKE TOXAWAY, April 4—
I The young people of Lake Toxaway
met Tuesday night and organized a
B. Y. P. U. The following officers
were elected: President, Miss Dorene
Lee; vice president, Bunyan Owen;
secretary-treasurer, Miss Lucy Gal
iloway; organist, Miss Edith San
Iders; quiz leader, Charles Owen:
group captain No. 1, Miss Gertrude
Breedlove, No, 2, Charles Lee Jr.
Programs will be given by alternate i
groups each Sunday evening at.
7:30 o’clock at the Baptist church. |
WELL KNOWN LADY |
BURIED ON MONDAY!
1
LAKE TOXAWAY, April 4—Mrs.
Walter McKinney died at her home'
near here at 2r80 o’clock last Sundayi
morning. She had been seriously illj
for about^ year. The funeral was;
conducted at Lake Toxaway Baptist
church at 2 o'clock Monday after-1
noon. Moore and Osborne, of Brevard,
had charge of the funeral arrange-1
ments. Services were conducted by
Rev. i. E. Burt of Rosman.
The pallbearers were Fred and
Medford Chapman, Clarence and
Claude Owen end Glenn ortd Bruce
Reid, all first cousins of the deceased. |
Mrs. McKinney is survived by her,
husband, Walter McKinney, her,
i mother, Mrs. L. C. Sanders, and
I sister, Miss Edith Sanders, all of j
Lake Toxaway.
She wan a grand-aaughtec of Mr.
snd Mrs Sam Sanders of I^ke Toxa
way and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bern
of the Quebec community.
From earlv girlhood she was a
member of Lake Toxaway Baptist
church and had been, s leader m the
Sunday school and B. P- U. work.
She was a favorite1 among the young
people, and the high regard in which
she was held was indicated by the
overflowing drowd which wai present
at the funeral services.
HOME LIFE IS TOPIC
AT WOMEN’S MEET
Exchange Will Again Be Oper
ated—Chamber Of Com
merce Need Felt
'
Featuring the April meeting cf
the Women’s Civic club Held Mo. day
afternoon at the library, was a pro
gram of unusual interest given by
the American Home committee,
stressing different phases of home
life.
The committee chairman, Mrs.
Coleman Calloway, was in charge of
the program, discussing the topic,
“Art. in the Home.” She brought out
the fact, that the ideal home is made
up not merely of elaborate furniture,
fixtures and decorations, but to be
ideal the home muqt also radiate sun
shine and cheer and be filled with
beauty and peace because of the
spirit of love and affection therein.
Mrs. C. L. Newland emphasized
another phase of life in the home by
discussion of “Books in the Home.”
It was pointed out that books are
fcod for the mind just as bread is
food for the body and should there
fore be selected with care. “To buy
and read good books is a sure means
to education, refinement and culture,'
she stated. The importance, of par
ents guarding against reading or
possessing books they would consider
unfit for their children to ihh>! was
also stressed.
The program was concluded by
discussion of “Music in the Home,”
by Mrs. J. B. Jones. Music ha- an
inspiring, i-efining and patriotic in
fluence, it was stated, and the In me
is almost as incomplete without some
musical instrument as it would be
without books. A plea was made for
the best music in the home, thereby
adding one more bulwark which
should protect and surround the
home of today.
During the business ‘cssimi, pre
sided over by the president. Miss
Florence Kern, it was voted 'hat the
club would sponso: for another sum
mer season the M omot.’s Exchange.
Decision for the opening date and lo
cation trf-the Exchange was dci’catjgd
until later, both questions to he c^1
finitely settled at the May meeting.
Mrs. John Maxwell, chairman of
the garden committee, read the class
ification of flowers for the annual
flower show to be held on July 27.
This classification appears elsewhere
in this paper.
.the fact that
PO- Cipuiiber of Commerce na.f «a
yet beefi trfganised, the members ex
pressing the hope that some of the
enterprising citizens or organiza
tion of the town would become suf
ficiently interested in the welfare
of the community to re-establish a
Chamber of Commerce here in tha
near future.
B. Y. P. 0. MEETING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ROSMAN, April, 4—Upper 'Pa
triot B. Y. P. U. convention will be
held at Oak Grove Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock,
with a good program announced.
Calvert Union will have charge of
the song service: Rosman Union H
charge of the devetionals folic wo'•
bv special music Parable of <’■
"Chief Seats" will be given hy »’ ’
Toxaway Union: the two com pan' 1
pictures' by Cherryfield union: n
by the Middle Fork, union.
After transaction of the bwsin —
session the convention will <’
with the song “Jesus, Savior. Pilot
Me."
missdoraT- < !S
HIGHEST AT B IRD
Miss Mabel Gillespie Winner
Of Salutatorian Place—
Superlatives Named
Winning highest honors in the
senior class of the Brevard high
school is Miss Dora Aiken, valedic
torian, with Miss Mabel Gillespie
running a close second as salutator
ian.
At a recent meeting of the senior
:lass. superlatives were chosen as
follows: Prettiest girl, Charlott"
Patton; handsomest boy Langdm
English; best all ’round girl, Chris
tine Yongue; best all ’round bov,
Bud Neill; most athletic girl.
Katherine Snelson; mest athletic
boy, Bud Neill; most attractive girl,
Mamie Mason; moRt attractive boy,
Mitchell King; wittiest girl, Chris
tine Yongue; wittiest boy, Edgar
Loftis; most studious girl; Kathleen
Poor; most studious boy, Jimmy
Deaver; most conceited girl, Elisa
beth McCoy; most conceited boy,
Mack Allison; best dressed girl,
Mabel McNeely; best dressed boy,
Mack Allison ;teacher’s pet, Velma
Sharpe; class baby, John Piekebn
mer; class flirt, Elisabeth Mi Coy;
class sheik, Edward Clayton; moat
courteous gir), Thelma Collin*; moat
courteous boy, Mitchell King; most
intellectual girl, Mabel Gilii-spie;
most intellectual boy. Jimmy Dear
er.
Following ore the officers of the
(senior class of 34: President, Chris
tine Yongne: vice president, Mack
Allison; secretary, Margaret Foil
bright: treasurer, Edgar Loftis.
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