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■ t IjniMHiKiii Himmnit»-i>tniMi.m.*M g| pHT! THE TRANSYLVAN1 1 *S? I county ! A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the Peopl ansylvania County .. Qll'lllllltllllltllMillliMIHIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIlQ 1 _ _ _______ _x_ ' VOL.^9—No. 15 ” * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—-THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934__$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN MEET IS TO BE HELD ON 28TH Meekins Named State Chair man— Platform Adopted In Charlotte Roscce L. Nicholson, chairman of, the Republican Executive committee,| makes announcement that the county covention will be held in Brevard >on( Saturday afternoon, April 2S. Town ship meetings are to be held on fri duy prior to the Brevard meeting, d , which time township chairmen and committees will bo selected and dele gates chosen to represent th town ships at the county convention. Business to come before the con vention will be naming of a county ticket, selection of executive com mittees and other matters. Charlotte. April U- The North Carolina Republican “old guard"] surrendered to the demand of insui-j gents for “new leadership” at the] state convention here on Wednesday of last week and William C. Meekins, of Hendersonville, was elected chairman of the state executive committee upon the withdrawn! ot State Chairman James S. Duncan, of Greensboro, as a candidate. Duncan’s decision to abandon his but thev are seeing things different now. He was told that people in the (Continued on Rnck Page) HEALTH ORDINANCE | PASSED IN BREVARD Workers In Markets, Hotels! and Drug Stores Must Have Certificates Ordinance has been passed by the) board of aldermen of the town of} Brevard requiring clerks in drug! stores, waiters, cooks and helpers! in cafes and hotels, and persons who) handle meat in a meat market, to! procure a health certificate from| the town physician, showing that] such person is free from tubercu- * iosis, vcneral or other infectious disease. Following are the two ordinances pertaining to the matter: Section 1. That for the protection of the public health, no person shall l,o employed as a cl< rk in any drug .-tore dispensing soft drinks and or* foods of any kinds, or a cook, waiter i or other helper in any restaurant or cafe, or any dining room run in connection with any hotel, or as a meat-cutter in any meat market or shop in which fresh meats arej sold, until, such person has filed with the City Clerk of the Town of Bre-, vurd a certificate from the City; Health Officer certifying that the aid person has not an open or ac-I tive infectious state of tuberculosis.I or any vcneral disease, or any other! infectious disease. Such certificate, shall he made upon a form supplied j by the Town. I Section 2. Any ptrson violating i any of the provisions of this or-1 finance shall be fined live dollars' for each offence. Provided, that each! day that such person shall work at | any of the occupations mentioned | herein shall t>> considered a separate j offence. 1 Section 3. That this ordinance i shail take effect on and after the j 16th day of April. 1934. j Section 1. That for the better pro-1 tection of the public health there is j hereby created the position of City j Health Officer. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen of the Town j of Brevard to elect a duly qualified; physician as City Health Officer' who shall serve for such period as the Board may deckle upon. Pro-! vided, that such period shall not* exceed two years. FISHING SEASON OPENS IN THE COUNTY MONDAY With the fishi*ng season officially scheduled to open on Monday morn ing of next week, many sportsmen i in the county are oiling and clean ing tlie trusty reel, looking over last year’s tackle and making plans to "hit the water” bright and early Monday morning. Reports are to the effect, that several people have been unable to stand the strain of wishing for the •season to open and have already ’been wetting their flies before time, regardless of the fact that the law1 1 governing seasons explicitly sets 'forth stiff penalty for such viola I tio n. [OPENING CONNESTEE | BIG STEP FORWARD | Hendersonville Leader Con gratulates Brevard For Added Attraction Many people from various sec tions were visitors at Connestee Falls last Sunday, they having learned through newspapers of the fact that no charges are to be made for entering the grounds. The fol lowing letter from E. W. Ewbanks of Hendersonville attorney and leader, is expressive of the general sentiment in regard to opening of the falls to the public: “I noticed in the press that your club has interested itself in Con |nestee Falls; that these falls will be opened for public enjoyment this summer; that certain work is to be done, etc., etc. I just want to say j that I think this an excellent move, i I have personally visited all the waterfalls worthy of that name in your county. 1 visit many of them each year. I do not think there is any one spot, easily accessible, eom 1 parable to the Connestce Falls in its appeal to the visitor of other climes. With proper trails and appeal for keeping the place clean i Brevard has in these falls an unique pleasure spot not Easily matched. It has been a great pity that the commercialization spirit has en croached upon so many of the mountains.. I am glad to see Oon restee come from under its spell. “Very truly yours, “John Kwbank” COURT WILL ADJOURN HERE THURSDAY MORN| Court attaches were of the opinion ■ that the civil term would be com pleted Thursday morning, and that court would adjourn sometime dur ing the day. A number of civil cases have been heard during the first part of the first part of the week, with Judge J T. R. Finley presiding. j CMTC APPLICATIONS IN HANDS OF PAT KIMZEY Application blanks for entrance in* to the CMTC camp at Ft. Ogle thorpe have been received it) Bre vard. and can be secured by any voting man of good character inter ested, at the office of Pat Kimzey. reserve lieutenant of the CMTC corps. Chief Freeman Improved Chief of Police B. II. Freeman has returned to his home here after un dergoing treatment for several days in an Asheville hospital. His con dition is very much improved and he expects to be able to resume his duties within a few days. Dahlia Club To Meet A meeting of the dahlia club has been announced fer next Tuesday evening at 7:3Q o’clock at the home of Mrs. John Ashworth. Attention is also called to the fact that the, dahlia contest will close on April 28.; _1 People In Brevard Didn’t Like Money Making Scheme Presented By Outsider Brevard was paid a visit on Wed nesday by an enterprising young man who wanted to help “some worthy organization” make money by putting on a “home talent play” in which all the characters would be local, the expense borne by local people, the gate receipts paid by. local people, and if there should happen to be any money left utter the director got her cut for royalty fees, costume charges, board for director, traveling expense from the last town, and a hundred and one other items, IF there should happen to be any of the gate receipts left, local organization would pet that. aevcra! peupiu uir c — young man talked to told him very frankly that Brevard has no money to send to Atlanta to pay for a 1 director when then are plenty ot people in the community very able to direct a play, and further that the last such^vent that happened in Brevard netted the local organization the princely sum of $11 after the various whack-ups were taken out by the director, and that people in general here don’t like to do that ' kind of business. It was pointed out by some of the people who talked to the enterprising and' altogether pleasing young man that there are hundreds of families I here who have not bread enough to give to the children in the family, that there are other hundreds who have not paid their taxes for two or three years, and there are many other people who have pressing bills that should have been paid sometime ago. Those people hate to he asked to support such a money-making scheme, taking their hard-earned and very scarce money and paying it ■ into a gate that is divided into two i stacks, the larger one going to some I out of county concern that has no j interest whatever in Transylvania j county other than from a standpoint of coming in here and fieecing the • people uu«, oi money. [ “Oh, but people would not buck [against the Women’s Civic club, the i American Legion, the Music club or : mch a group as that, now would j they?” interposed the fine young • fellow who was out for business for ! himself and his company, regardless ! of how much such business was • detrimental to the community. • People here, have in the past, he was told, supported these plays that were directed by outside folks and most of the money carried away, (Continue? on b*clc pa-je) “Welcome To Brevard” Organization Takes Over Chamber Commerce Work I “Welcome to Brevard,’’ a com jmunity organization through which people will be brought to this sec tion, located, and made to feel that Transylvania county is a place where their presence is appreciated, was organized in a meeting held at the county court house Monday J night. t The “Welcome to Brevard” group J ■ plans to begin immediately on an 1 advertising campaign in several sec j tions of the country, and lay plans j for entertaining the large host of ! visitors expected to be here for the (summer season. un icers eiccieu at me Monday night include: Harry H. Patton, president; Dr. C. L. New land, vice president; Jerry Jerome, secretary; Oliver H. Ovr, treasurer. S. M. Macfie, Edward J. Bogen, Mrs. 0. L. Erwin, Mrs. A. H. Har ris and Miss Annie Shipman were elected as directors or members of the steering committee. A membership committee of ten] people was appointed by President Patton to begin work at once in canvassing the entire section for memberships in the '“Welcome to Brevard” movement, special stress being laid on the fact that it is ev erybody’s interests that are being looked to, and therefore, everybody is expected to assist in the worn and expense of operation. Membership fees were set at a minimum of five dollars per mem ber, with several firms and individ uals expected to take more than one membership. The small fee was set in order to make it possible for all people to become members, thus insuring a more unified interest in the work of the organization. Every business house, boarding house, hotel and every individual who has the best interest of the community at heart is asked to join in the movement. Duties of the old Chamber of Commerce, together with new work to be taken up, will be carried on by the Welcofhe to Brevard group. No officer m tne organization shall receive any fee for his services, it was pointed out at the meeting, set overhead and operating expenses to be held to the very minimum. It is also expected that the. informa tion bureau which will be open during the summer season will be run in connection with the Women’s Exchange, effecting a saving. Another meeting will be held at 7:45 next Monday evening, at which time, committees will be ap pointed, reports made on the mem bership drive and plans laid for the actual work that is to be done. It is urged that every person who wili have become members by _ Monday night, and those who are interested 'll the community be present at the Monday night meeting in order that, the plans laid will bfe thoroughly un derstood before beirg adopted. Patton Appointed To Head Control Unit In North and South Carolina T. Ed Patton, former Transyl-j Ivania sheriff, received his official notice last Friday from Washington to the effect that his appointment as chief of the alcoholic beverage con-] trol unit for North and South Caro-i lina was a fact. Senators Reynolds and Bailey had made the appointment Several; months ago, final o. k. being held ui> on account of a stiff fight bc-| ing waged by South Carolinans for; appointment as chief oi a man Irom] that state, inasmuch as Herbert I 11iillev of Raleigh, North Carolina,! had already received appointment as] chief inspector. • The position pays] $8,800 per year. Mr. ratton ieri ntuv i uwuay i*-* Charlotte where he was given the] oath of office and assumed charge.] Mv. I’atton is regarded as an] able man for the office, his exper ience as an executive and law en forcement officer ranging over a long period. For 10 years he served Transy)-| vania ir. ' official capacities, sic years as county treasurer and four fas sheriff and tax collector. A. strong party man, Mr. Patton has1 been a mainstay of the Democratic party in this section of the State. In this lie followed in the footsteps of his father Captain T T. Patton, who, in his younger day*', served as county official in various positions of trust. Mr. Patton was born in Buncombe county in 2884. He is a direct de scendant of James Patton who emi grated from Ireland to this section in i798. Captain T. T. Patton, his father, served as a member of the Ilonv Guards during the War Be tween the States, beginning service j at the age of 16. His mother, be fore her marriage, was Mis.- Emma Weavir of Polk county. Moving trom ine oiu ration uuioe stoad just cast of Asheville at a place :iow known as Ambler heights, the Patton family settled here when Thomas Edward was 10 years old. Later he became active in his father's mercantile and livestock business. While still in his teens he went in-1 to business for himself. He later became superintendent of the Bre vard Tannin company at Pisgah Forest, serving in the capacity for 15 years. In 1907, Mr. Patton was married to Miss Janie Dayis. daughter of the Rev. W. If Davis, a Presbyterian minister. They have one daughter, j Rebecca. ___ DUCKWORTH OUT FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY \V. H. Dnckworvh, representativei from this county in the General As-i scmbly of 1923. makes annmnre-1 ment that he is again seeking nomi nation on the Democratic ticket ior, (he post. . | j Mr. Duckworth is well known in| the county, having served three terms j as county treasurer, member of the, board of education and member of | the Brevard school board for In' years, during which time the first j brick school building was erected! here. He has been actively con nected with public affairs and farm ing interests in the county during his lifetime. An exponent of the sales tax. he is of the opinion that while there should be every economy practiced in state governmental units, no more, fair tax has been levied thai: the sales tax, which he points out, has placed at least a part of the state tax for schools and other purposes on every person, instead ol a great, | amount of tax upon the home and I (farm owner. I ___I BANK SHOWS PROFIT DURING PAST YEAR Liquidation of the Brevard Bank-i ing company for the year 1933 was carried on at, a profit, according to report of the commissioner of banks filed with the Superior court here during the present term and passed upon by Judge Finley. Income from interest on no'es, rents, and miscellaneous as listed in the report prepared by Pat Kimxey, liquidating agent, showed a total of $0,833.77 for the year. Expenses of liquidation, including salaries, fees, court costs, insurance, taxes and supervision amounted to $4,802.14 making an operation profit of $2,031.33. .. , Headed under expenses, which amounts were taken from the earn ings of the bank without tapping the resources are: Attorney’s fees— $316.95salary Pat Kimsjey—$309.87; salary Miss Launa Clayton—$705,00; 'salary Mrs. Hazel Owen—$40.67; in jsuraricc and taxes—$1,178.71. ALLISON WILL RUN j FOR COMMISSIONER! Announcement is made in this is-j .sue of The Times by E. Carl Allison of the Cherry field section that he will be a candidate for the office of county commissioner. Mr. Allison is regarded as one of the outstanding farmers of the coun ty. and has been active for years in bettering farming conditions here. He has for the most part of his life applied himself to farming, and is now a member of the federal crop Inan board. PIANO PUPILS TO GIVE RECITAL ON APRIL 23 Announcement is made that the pupils of Professor Alvin Moore will give their annual piano recital at the Brevard high school on the : evening i.April 23, beginning at I eight o’clock. ! This event is one of the outstand ing performances of the school elos-l ing exercises here each year. aiuP always attracts a large audience BOND INTEREST TO STOP ON APRIL 15 Interest on Fourth Liberty Loan bonds bearing the serial lettters, A. J and K will stop April 15, but hold ers have the opportunity of exchang ing them for a new issue of Treas ury bonds if they are surrendered before Thursday night, Henry Mor genthau, secretary of the treasury says in a telegram received by the Transylvania Trust company. The Liberty tonus bear 4 i-4 per' cent interest while the nevr issue will pay only 3 3-4 per cent, but the tel- j j 'grarm points out that bonds of the! : new issue are selling at a substan j ial premium. ‘A great many holders of bonds in small denominations doubtless aTe unaware of the advantages of ex change into the new issue,” the mes sage t ays in asking- the bank to co operate In getting in the old bond j nstte. SPELLING BEE WILL BE STAGED THURSDAY EVE Ar. old fashioned spelling bee’ will bo hold at Selica school house Thurs day night, at which the adults of the community ar.d all those who care to attend will spell from the Blue Back Speller. A prize will be given to the best speller, .1. Wade Dickson will “give out” the words, and Mrs. H. N. Blake and Mrs. C. R. Sharpe, will be cap tains to “choose sides.” . A general invitation is extended to I all adults of the county who care toi participate to attend, by Professor Ruffin Wilkins, principal of thsj Seliea school. NEW RELIEF SETUP WILL BE EFFECTIVE Case Load Will Be Materially Reduced—Only Relief Work Be Done Records in the local relict' office are being transferred front the CWA setup to that of Farm Rehabilitation and Works Division, according to! W. A Wilson, director, and work on projects approved by the state board will have work resumed on them within a few days. Work to be done, however, Mr. Wilson said, will be strictly on a re lief basis, and not as the former CWA method. Farm rehabilitation work is being mapped out for the various communi ties, arid it is expected that seed for the more needy families will be pro cured through the federal govern-, ment. Announcement of arrival of| seed will be made in the various com-i inanities by supervisors who are be-j ing appointed by the local office. It is very probable that the local office of the rc-employment will be closed within a few days. One of the major projects in the; county is the swimming pool and! park in Brevard. FISHER REUNION PLANS TO BE MADE ON SUNDAY LAKE TOXAWAY, April 11— I.j S. Fisher, chairman of the com mittee on arrangements for the I Fisher reunion, has called a meeting of his committee to be held on April 15 at the Lake Toxaway Baptist church just after the Sunday school service. He asks ail the committee to be present as important business pertaining to the reunion is to be taken up. NEW PATROL FORMED BY SCOUTS AT RECENT MEET! At the weekly meeting of the Boy Scouts held at the Hut a new patrol] was organized. Henry Pierson war chosen patrol leader, with the fol lowing other members: Junior Holt., Bobby Huggins, Dick Norton, Lewis] Sims. There are three other patrols; among the Boy Scouts, the Mohawks,] Wildcats and Wolves. At present] there are more than JO members of the troop. All of the patrols are preparing for the Daniel Boone Council Jam boree which will be held in Asheville-■ in about two months All patrols will be expected to err.ei at least one event. Before the Council Jam boree comes off Iht'rc wjil be a troop jamboree in Brevard. The weekly meeting was in < harg of Scoutmaster J. A. Miller. Thei boys played games after the meet-1 ing. ! By Jimmie Deavcr New Arrival Announcement is maoe of the birth of a son, Fred William, to Mr. and Mrs. Gene W. Stanberr.v. on Tuesday, April 10, at Lynchburg. Va. Mrs. Stanberry is well known here being the former Miss Yvonne Shuford. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Shuford. of Brevard. SENIOR PLAY WILL BE GIVEN ON 19TH _ Brevard Pupiie Working On “Daddy Long-Legs"— Caat Selected Members of the senior clus» ol the Brevard high school will present tin annual senior class play Thurs day evening, April 19, at tin- Bre vard high school auditorium. The play to he given is "Daddy Long Legs." Following is the cast of characters: Jervis Pendleton played by Mack Allison; James McBride, Edgar Lot tis; Cyrus, James Misenbeimor; Ab ner Parsons, Richard Orimshaw; Griggs, Mitchell King; Walter, Jurats Deavnr; Judy, Grace Duck wort.a; Miss Pritchard, Velma Sharpe; Mis. Pendleton, Christine Yonguc; Julia Pendleton, Margaret Fullbvight; Sal lie McBride, Charlotte Patton; Mr-. Semple, Esther Mae McCrary; Mr*. I-ippett, Kathleen Poor; Sadie Kate, Helen Henderson; Gladioli), Frances [Jenkins; Loretta, Sarah Bishop; i Mamie, Marjorie Tinsley; Frederica Perkins. Belle Frady; maid, Carrie Lee Powell. The play is being directed hv Miss Martha Boswell, English teacher in the Brevard high school. BAND MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY Hopes To Have Organization To Give Concerts Here This Summer Members of the old Brevard Mu nicipal band and any prospective members art requested to nre( at the City Hall on Monday evening t next week at eight o’clock, at v.hi"h time the matter of re-organi’/.atitm will be taken up. Band concerts for a number of years were one of the biggest en tertaining features of the summer season, the boys playing twice week ly at the stand on the court house lawn. Some of the members have already assented their willingness to work in the band again this sumnrr. an I it is believed that practically all the fellows will again Join in the move ment which can be made to mean much to the community. THIRD DEGREE \VORK TO BE FEATURED ON FRIDAY The first degree will be conferred by Dunn’s Rock lodge No. 267, A. F. & A. M., st the regular communica tion Friday night at eight o’clock. Jerry Jerome, Worshipful Master, will confer the degree and will be assisted by Leon English, senior deacon. The Worshipful Master urg ently requests that all members be present. A cordial invitation is extended t; nil visiting Masons. JUNIOR-SENIOR EVENT AT ROSMAN APRIL 2STH ROSMAN, April 11 — Thu.sda, even ing, April 20. has b"» r. -“t a date of thi Roctimil junior-sen in banquet, with preparations now g« ing forward for making this ever outstanding jn the school year. The program will he held in *' high school gymnasium. beginri at 0:30. with unique setting for *' “good ship El Pirata-’ which v carry the young people and th guests on on enjoyable voyage i i the evening. Rev. Hall To Preach LAKE TOXAWAY. April 11 Rev. J. N. Hall will preach at Lake Toxaway Methodist church Sundu • morning at eleven o'clock and in the evening at 7:30. This is the first evening service to lv held this year. Fish and Game Protective Association Is Organized For Transylvania County Organization of the Transylvania Fish & Game Protective Association was effected here last Thursday night when thirty or more sportsmen and business men of the town and county met at the Waltermhe bote! for an open discussion of^a move for better fishing and hunting and propagation of both fish and game. After several ideas had been ex pressed as to best methods of pro cedure, membership cards were sign ed by the entire group present, and the following officers were elected: President, D L. English; vice presi dent, Dr. G. B. Lynch; secretary John W. Smith; treasurer. T^etn Brooks. Another meeting at the orgun na tion is called for Tuesday night, ; April 5.7, at which time it is hoped i that at least 150 people from all Sections of the county will be pres ent Judge English expressed the gen eral idea of the newly formed or ganization in a short but impressive tall: before the group, when he stressed idea that there was a great need its Transylyvania county for o unified spirit among all the- people ot the county, business men farmers and land owners for propagation and protection of fish and game, and a water-tight organization whose mem bership would see to it that fish an game laws were strictly adhered to . that more advantages would h-> given small fish to raise, and the* every person interested in the we • fare of the county from n financio standpoint if not from that of a sportsman would join in restocking the forests, fields and streams. Tom Cushing, of Asheville, recog nized as one of the leading sports men of the section, and who is. regularly heard over static” WWNC each Wednesday night at 9:15 o'clock on some phase of fishing 3rd hunting, stressed the fact chat pro-3 footing and propagating of fish in Western North Carolina was not to be looked at from the standpoint of sport alone, but from a motley mat ing view. Mr. CTuahmg who is a retired 3* business man, -•aid that this section could be made one that would need no advertising whatever in order to (jet a class of peopie to come her* rejjulariy, a class of people who car. afford to. and do, spend money— fishermen and hunters. These peo — (Continued <m back page)