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. ■ .—- —. _ . __ __ . -r "W v t* A 'T ~WT A V* ? l”H=r! THE TRANSYLVANIA IS' p , £ M H-- a! Ment I y I A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County ...—,* QlMMIIIIMIIIIWIIIIIHI.IIIMIIMIHtllllMMlfjSJ _ __ _ ___ ‘ VOL. 39—NO. 16 ^ BREVARD*,~NORTH CAROL!NA^-THURSDAyTAPRIL 19, 1934___ $i.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FINALS WILL BE INTERESTING Large Group Comprises. Grad uation Class—Exercises Begin May 8th Commencement exercises of the Brevard high school will be held from May 8 to It, inclusive, according to announcement issued by Superin tendent J. B. Jones. On Tuesday evening, May 8, at 8 o’clock, will occur the annual seniot , class exercises, the seniors pro- i- , ing at this time “Gypsies for :> ! -'ay. j The baccalaureate sermon h\ Rev.. Paul llartsell, pastor of tin Brevard | Baptist church, will be d vered onj Wednesday evening. Mr. 5*. at 8; o clock. , .; The Rev. K. Gibson Davis, pastor of j the First Baptist church, Ashevilie.j will address the senior class at the , graduation exercises to he held an > Friday evening. May 11, at b o clock. < Ail exercises will be hold in the! high school auditorium. J On Thursday evening, May 10. at 8 o’clock, the graduation exercises of the Brevard elementary school will be held in the elementary school audi torium. Two p-e-commenccnunt exercises, will be held in the high school auditor-' ium. These will include the music re-! oital given by pupils of Prof. Alvin Moore on Mondav evening. April 23.1 at S o’clock, nad a fashion show; given by the home economics depart ment of the high school on Wednes day afternoon. May 2, at 3:30 o’clock,, (Continued on bock pope) , BROOKS ANNOUNCES i FOR TAX COLLECTOR! Announcement is being made in this! issue of The Times by Lem Brooks,' well known citizen, ot' his candidacy, on the Democratic ticket for the of-> fice of tax collector. A -son of the late Dr Whitfield. Brooks. Lem has spent practically all; his life here, having the record of| voting here every election since ltei became 21 years of age, coming >ev-| oral hundred mil 's on different oc*| casions in order to cast his voter Mr. Brooks lias served as chief/of police of Brevard, and has been in business here for a number of years and has numerous friends throughout the county. CAMP CAROLINA HEAD | PREDICTS BIG SEASON i D. Meade Bernard, of Jacksonville, j Fla., and Brevard was here over the j .vcek-end, and expressed the opinion that Camp Carolina would have one of its best seasons this year. Plans are now being made for con ducting the Red Cross Life Saving Institute at Carolina, with Eaton and Kenning again in charge, following which the regular camp season will >t>en around the first of July. RE-EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ' TO REMAIN OPEN HERE Dewey Gravely, manager of the local re-employment office, will re main in his position for some time, according to instructions received acre the last of the week, with pos -ibilitv that work of the office will mc consolidated with Asheville later. Mr. Gravely is now endeavoring to get as many families as possibie .orated on farms in the county and asks that any farmer who wants a renter, or renter who would like a farm, to register their wants in his office. Republican Nominee LEWIS P. HAMLIN Lewis I*. Hamlin. Brevard attor ney and civic loader, has filed with the state board of elections lor solic itor of the 18th judicial district, com posed of Transylvania, Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford, and Yancey' counties, running on the Republican ticket. Mr. Hamlin, a native of Transyl vania county, having been born near Selie”, attended the public schools of the county, later completing his education at Cullowhcc. lie studied law at Wake Forest, and after being admitted to the bar practiced law in Asheville for three years. Before tak ing his law course Mr. Hamlin taught seho. 1 in Transylvania, and served as register of deeds. He has long been active in politics, having served as county chairman, district chairman, and was candidate for congress. In 11)21) he was minority leader in the North Carolina Legislature. He was state president of t he North Carolina Junior order in 11)32 33. during which time great gains were made in the membership of the fraternal order, and work started on the new home for children of deceased members. Mr. llamlin is active in Baptist church circles and is a mem-j her of the board of directors of lire-! yard Kiwards club. IWELCOME GROUP TO ■ | SPONSOR program! ' Asks State Highway Depart ment to Complete Work On Boylston Road Decision to sponsor the highway] beautification movement in this] [county was made at a meeting of thej Welcome to Brevard organization held. Monday night, and to request the [State Highway department to com plete highway 2S0, known as the Boylton road. M. M. Feaster was named chairman ,f the highway beautification com mittee with F. II. Holden and W . A. Wilson as members of the committee. Other members will be announced later. Report of the membership eom mitttee was that people in general were showing a fine spirit of cooper ation and that t.he membership would pass the one hundred mark by next Monday night when another meeting of the Welcome to Brevard organiza tion is to bo held in the court house. Directors and officers met in President Harry Patton’s office Wed nesday afternoon to discuss adver tising programs and for nomination of committees, the plans and commit tees to be finally decided by the members in meeting Monday night, j Senior Play Promises To Be Feature Event At Brevard Thursday Evening "Daddy Long-Legs.” a comedy in four acts is to be presented by the 1934 senior class of Brevard high school auditorium on the evening of April 19, at 8 o’clock. The play, for which there is a royalty charge of 325, was written by Jean Webster, herself reared in an orphanage. The! story of the play is therefore based on facts in the real life of the au thor. Each act is set in an elaborate scene. In act one, is seen the dining] room of the John Grier Home, with the cowed orphans under the stern discipline of Mrs. Lippett (Kathleen Mocre). In act two, is shown the, hilarious scene laid in a girls col lege with a gay group ably Pre" sented bv Christine h ongue, Velma Sharpe. Charlotte Patton, Margaret Eullbright an l Edgar Loft is. In act three, the country is at its best (or worst) in the home of Mrs. Semple (Esther Mae McCrary). In act four, is depicted the library of Mr. Jervis | Pendleton (Mack Allisom), 'the wealthy and aristocratic hero of the | play. Through all these scenes moves the chanuing and pathetic figure o* the orphan Judy Abbott (Grace Duckworth), so strar.gcly destined for happiness in the grand finale. Comedy parts are ably presented by James Doaver, James Misenbei mer, Mitchell King, Richard Grim shsw and the troup of orphans. Act one ■will be designed andj properties collected by Virginia! Can ler and Mamie Mason. Act two ! v Christine Yongue, and Frances Jenkins. Act threg, by Elizabeth Jenkins and Carrie Lee Powell. Act four, bv Elizabeth McCoy and Char lottte Patton. Prompters are Dora Aiken and Marie Galloway; curtain, Walter Clayton; wardrobe mistress, Eliza beth McCoy; electricians, Harold Nelson and William Aiken; property manager, Kathryn Snelson; carpen ter, Charles Dickson. Ushers arfc Ruby Edmondson, Virginia Cansler, Thelma Collins, Mabel McNeely, Mildred McIntosh. Mabel Gillespie, Carrie Lee Powell, ! Mary Sue Jennings, Elizabeth Jen ikins, Mamie Mason. f ollowing is the cast ol enaracters Jervis Pendleton played by Mack Allison; Janies McBride, Edgar, Lof-! tis; Cyrus. Janies Misenheimcr; Ab ner Parsons, Richard Crimsbaw; Griggs, Mitchell King. Walter, James Denver; Judy, Grace Duckworth; Miss Pritchard, Velma Sharpe; Mrs. Pendleton, Christine Yor.gue; Julia Pendleton, Margaret Fullbright; Sal lie McBride, Charlotte Patton; Mrs. Semple, Esther Mae McCrary; Mrs. Lippett, Kathleen Poor; Sadie Kate, Helen Henderson; Gladiola, Frances Jenkins; Loretta, Sara Bishop: Mamie, Marjorie Tinsley; Frederica Perkins, Belle Frady; maid, Carrie Lee Powell. The play is being directed by Miss Martha Boswell. English teacher in the Brevard high school. NEEDY FARMERS TO RECEIVE CROP HELP Only Relief Cases To Be As sisted—Supervisors Are Appointed Work is being gotten underway through the local relief organiza tion. carrying out the farm rehabili tation program which is nation-wide, supervisors for each community hav i ing been appointed and are now oc ; tively engaged in putting the pro | gram into effect. Flave H. Holden is supervisor of all projects under the local relief organization, with the following act ing as supervisors in the communi ties : Roscoe McCall, Little River; Otho Scott, Boyd; Mrs. G. W. Corn, Pis gah; J. W. Hayes, J. L. Cobb and David Norton, Brevard; Clarence Whitmire ,Selica; C. C Reece, Dunns Rock; Mrs. Allie B. Harlee, See Off-! Dunns Rock; A. M. Paxton, Rosman; Ed Singletorry, East Fork; H. B. Chappell. Old Toxaway; Willie Reid, Reid’s Siding; A. C. Price, Glou i cester, Silversteen; Walter Fisher, » Gloucester, Shoal Creek; William j Reid, Oakland, Bohaney; Harrison | Hall, Lake Toxaway. | f ertilizer and Irish potato seed rare being delivered to the various I communities, according to W. A. Wil son. director of relief, and small seed are expected at once. Only those people who are strictly relief cases are to be assisted in thej farm rehabilitation program, Mr. Wilson said, and these people will be ; required to work and pay for all ! seed and fertilizer furnished. Strict j supervision will be kept over the 'manner and methods of culture and care of gardens and crops which are being planted through assistance of the relief organization, Mr. Wilson j said. DR. NEWLAND SPEAKER AT MEETING OF KIWANIS Dr. C. I.. Newland was in charge! if the program at Kiwanis club Wed nesday and gave an interesting re sume of crime statistics and costs of crime to the country. Harry Melvin, who is now in charge of the Waltermire Hotel, itav ;ng leased the business from T. W.j Whitmire, was guest of Dr. New 'and. J. Dale Stentz, connected with Camp Sapphire, was gueirf of C. M. Douglas. TOWNSHIPS TO HELP IN GAME MOVEMENT! Reports made at the meeting of the | Transylvania Fish and Game asso ciation held here Tuesday night were to the effect that people in various sections of the county are becoming interested in the movement and that within a short while townships will have perfected organizations in ac cordance with the one already started in Brevard township. Membership in the township organ izations will be open to all farmers and land owners or tenants in the var ! ious communities who wlil agree to assist in protection and propagation of fish and game, and no initiation fee or dues will be charged for such members under the plan of organiza tion, cooperative assistance of such farmers and tenants to be accepted in lieu of the customary fee. I Several thousand trout were iecei ved here Wednesday to be placed in I trout streams of the county and in | rearing pools provided, with apphea-; tions being made by members of the, association for bass to be stocked m the small streams that empty into the French Broad. A letter.was read; at the meeting Tuesday night from: Congressman Zeb Weaver congratu lating the organization on the steps being undertaken and containing the explicit promise to lend every asssit nnce possibl" through his office tor providing fir.gerlings for restockingj purposes. j Another meeting of the central or : ganization is to be held in the county j !court house on the night of May l.j Predirts Return of Prohibition CAMDEN, N. J.—Return of pro hibition within a decade was predicted , by Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin SCHOOL BANQUET I AT ROSMAN SOON! ROSMAN, April 18—The junior class of Rosinan high school is giving its annual banquet on April 26. At the sound of si* bells the gangplank' and anchor of the good ship El Pirata; will be raised as the junior shipmates; sing “Anchors Away.’’ The gymnasium Vil1 be decorated; to represent the deck of the shin, and such games as quoits, horse shoes and shuffle board will be played. There will also be a saloon from which the punch will be served on deck Toasts’ favors place cards ant decorations will all be in the form <>f ship and lighthouses, carrying out, the idea of u voyage. The gym nasium will be the point of depart ; ure for the banquet hall where th*' 1 same motif will be seen. i ROSMAN FINALS TO | START ON MAY 6TH ! President Coltrane Will De liver Literary Address To Senior Class ROSMAN, Apr! 18 — Commence ment exercises of the Rosman nigh school and elementary school will be gin on Sunday May 6 with the bac calaureate sermon delivered by the Rev. Chesiey Herbert, pastor of the Methodist church at Franklin. The| exercises will continue through Fri-: day night, May 11, at 8 o’clock when, the graduation exercises will be held,] with President Eugene J. Coltrane,' of Brevard college, addressing the1 senior class. On Friday cvenirg. May 4, at 8] o’clock an operetta in two parts,! “Aunt Druscilia’s Garden,” will be] given by the elementary school. I Senior class day will be observed! on Tuesday night, May 8. with ap-! propiate exercises by the seniors, j The annual senior play will be( given t.t 8 o’clock on Wednesday i evening, May 9, at t.he high school auditorium. The play to be given isj entitled, “Lghthousc Nan." The seventh grade elementary graduation exercises will be held Thursday afternoon. May 10, at 2 o’clock. The address to the gradua tion class will be delivered by Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist church. PRESIDENT COLTRANE WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY Eugene J. Coltrane, president of Brevard college, is expected to ar rive here within a week to take over his duties as head of the Methodist institution which will open next fall. Mr. Coltrane had planned to be here by April 15, but was delayed on account of illness, according to ad vices received here. REV. J. P. SIMMONS TO BE AT PRESBYTERIAN Announcement is made that Rev. John P. Simmons of Picayune, Miss will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at l1 o'clock. Especial request is made that all! members of the church be present to hear the Rev Mr. Simmons Sunday morning. The service will be followed by a congregational meetihg, it is said. BALL GAME ON HIGH DIAMOND SATURDAY P-I-a-y B-a-1-1! will be heard on the Brevard high school field here Saturday afternoon when the local nine meets Fruitland Institute in the first garnc of the season. The game will be called at three j o’clock, with John Pickelsimer, south-] paw hurler, slated to do mound work for Coach Tilson's aggregation, with Walter and Edward Clayton a« sec ond and third choices. SWIMMING POOL WORK TO BE RESUMED SOON Work is expected to be resumed on the Brevard swimming pool with in the week, according to W. A. Wil son, director of the Emergency Re lief Administration here, with strict ly relief case labor to be used on this and all other projects. Records in the local CWA office are being transferred to the ERA setup, after which labor will be available for the swimming pool and other projects that are approved by the state office of the ERA. EX-SERVICE MEN WILL MEET HERE THURSDAY Meeting of the American Legion I will be held at the county court j house on Thursday evening at eight) o’clock at which time all ex-service j men in the county are urged to bej present. Officers of the Legion point out that the meeting to be held tonight is for all service men whether mem bers of the Legion or not, as matters of import to the ex-service men are to be taken up. BAND MEMBERS ARE 1 PLANNING CONCERTS Band practice by members of the | Brevard Municipal band will start ! practice Tuesday night of next week, ! accordng to announcement made fol : lowing a meeting of several members i of the band at the city hall on Mon | day night of thi.-i week, i All members of the old organiza tion, and any other people in the com munity who play a band instrument, are urged to attend the meeting to be held in the Erwin Building next week, and begin working toward a community band for the summer sea son. In the past few years the liand has played a very important role in the entertainment program of the sum-1 mer season, and members of the old organization should have the support of the town and community in their effort to ci.rry on. Seeking Nomination J. WILL PLE3S, Jr. J. Will Pless, Jr., solicitor of the 18th judicial district since 1024 has announced that ho would be a candi date to succeed himself, seeking re nomination in the Democratic primary to be held in June. Born in Brevard in 1898. Mr. Ploss moved with his family to Marion in his childhood and has lived there over since. He was educated in the Marion public schools, Davidson college ami the University of 'North Carolina, obtaining his law license in 1919. lie served in the United State - army dur ing the World war and has been commander of the McDowell Post of American Legion and held state offi ces in that organization. He has been active in other bodies, having served as master of the Masonic lodge and as president of the Kiwanis club of Marion. He is now national president of Phi Delta Phi, the oldest ami largest legal fraternity in the world, having 217,000 members; and is also vice president of the prosecuting at torneys of North Carolina. Governor Is Indicted FARGO. N. I).—Governor William Lunger and eight other persons were under indictment Tuesday on charges of exacting political cont ributions I from, federal relief workers in North Dakota. brevardIce plant SOLD TO PURITY CO. _ i Merger of Ice Businesses To Be Effective Next Monday Mom - ! Announcement is being made by j J. S. Bromficld and the Purity j Products company through the ad vertising columns of The Times to j the effect that the ice business for-| merly operated by Mr. Bromficld will be taken over by the Purity Products company, the merger effect ive Monday morning. April 23. Mr. Bronifield has been m me ie;*j business hc-re for the past 28 years, j havinp the first ice plant in th< 1 county. The Purity Products company has been in operation for several years and has one of the most up-to date ice plants to bo found in this; section of the state. ] Mr. Bromfield states that ho will: still conduct his wood. coal, laundry! and transfer business as heretofore., sale of his ice business not to affect these lines. Saved Off lee Flair MOSCOW — Frozen Arctic seas Thursday were cheated of appvoxi-' matc-ly one hundred persons as rcfu-[ pees arrived just in time as the ice broke loose _ RALPH LYDAY HEADS BOARD OF ELECTIONS Registrars and Judges Named For Each Voting Pre cinct in County Judges and registrars to serve in the June Primary and the general election in November were appointed at a meeting of the county board of elections which njet and organized here last week. Ralph W. Lydsy was again mad' chairman of the board with D. H. Winchester as secretary. Oliver H. Orr is the Republican mem ber, the first two named being Demo crats. In naming registrars anil judges lor each precinct, two Democratic judges wore named ir. each instance they to serve in the June primary, unless there is a Republican < (itry in ' the primary, in which ease, the second named Democratic judge wii! ’>" with drawn for a Republican judge. Boyd town-hip—I). R. Holiday, registrar; D. L. Holliday, I.. F. Ly day and Frank Cox, judges. Brevard 1—Final Shuford. regis trar; W. B F. Wright, E. F. Mof fitt and Chavies Scruggs, judges. Brevard Fred Johnsm. .egis trar; ,f. E. Rufty, Ed Kilpatrick and Y. J. McCrary, judges. Brevard R. I,. Cash, ••egist/ar; Tom Barnett, R. E. Mack. . !>. I! Orr, judges. Cathey’s Creek. Brisco Whitmire, registrar; C. R. Sharp, Lusk Wiior. Lloyd Cantrell, judges. Cedar Mountain, Mi s. P. T. Wai (Con.‘ . ned on buck png' ) LI1TLE RIVER FARM MEETING ON FRIDAY Farmers of the Little River sec tion will meet on Friday night t»f this week at eight o’clock at th >ch&ol house for the purpose of organizing a seed growers association. Around twenty farmers of the Lit tle River section are growing certi fied seed potatoes this year, :t0 acres being planted. It is one of the aims of the seed growers association to procure more economical certification ar.d other advantages, according to Professor .Lilian Glazener, who is working with the farmers. — FREAK EAR OF CORN GROWN BY MR. BRYSON A freak snecimen of corn was brought to The Times office th>- first of the week by D. R. Brysor. of Bre vard, R-3. In addition to the main ear of corn of ordinary size, there arc also four other -mailer ears growing out from the top of the same cob, making five ears cr one cob. Mr. Bryson says the specimen was grown by him on his farm anil that he has never seen anything like it in all his farming experience. T1’* corn is on display in The Time • of fice. ' 1 ** SCHOOL EMPLOYES PAID FOR 7TH MONTH’S WORK — Announcement is made by Sup G. C. Bush ‘hat teacher." and »1! e' penses of the county schools were pi: in full for the seventh month 1 Saturday. This is ■■■.lid to be an unnsur pood record for this county, si many of the counties in the s' have been unable to keep the r to era and expense accounts paid in fub to date. Tax Listers To Begin Work In County May First—Law Requires AH go List Tax listers of the county met in, the county court house Monday with., Gaston Whitmire, tax supervisor,; and made plans for listing taxes in! the county beginning the first of; May. Special stress is being laid by the listers on the fact that the law re-, quires all property owners, both rea j and personal, to list at the time and place set out in their township, and also that this law will be strictly en forced. Crop report is also required under the law. this having not hereto fore beer, strictly adhered to. I Township listers and dates on which the book? will be open have been^ set as I0J10W3: i Brevard township—Lem Brooks and Nath Norton; at Davidson River on May 1st; Pisgah Forest, 2 and 3; Brevard, 8, 9, 10. 11, 12, 14; 15, 16h 17. 18. 10- .... Boyd township—A. E. England; a. J. C. McCai! store May 7; Carlos Orr residence 8th; Blantyre, 9th: Pen rose, 10th; jE'.ior. school house. 11 and 12th. Catheys Creek—J. Frank Morgan: at Seliea May 4th; O’Neal Cantrell residence, May 11th; Frank Morgan residence '16th; Gloucester Luifibt:r company store at Rosman, 22nd; Toxaway Tanning company at Ros m8n, 29th. Dunn’s Rock—Geo. W. Maxwell; Round Top school, May 2nd; Connes (tee school, 3rd; Sea Sbcrc, 4th; Powell's store. Eth, . i Eastatoe—IV. C. Gravly; East .Fork school fcau.-e, May 21st; Old ; Toxaway sch rol house. 22nd; Rosmar. | voting booth. 23rd; Gloucester Lum . ber company shop. 24th. Gloucester—A. C. Price; at Silve” l steen school, May 15th; E. S. McCall 'store, 16th; Silversteen school house, i 18th; Balsam Grove schcol house. 17th: Pincy Grove school house, 19tI Hogback—T. C. Henderson; at X 0. McCall store, May 14th; Oaklar 1 posioffice, 15th: Montvale sch' house, I6th Sapphire postoffice, lTtl: 1 McNeely store, IS and 19th. Little River—Hal Hart; at Littl i River, May 7 and Etfe; Cedar Mtr. [postoffice, 10 and 11th; Hal Hart • residence. 14th, i _ ■*< ■ CORN-HOG CONTRACT EXPIRES MAY FIRST All applications for participating in the AAA. or cern-hog contract must be in by May first, according . to Professor Julian Glaaf.m-r. who i is in charge of this work in Transyl vania county for the Federal Farm Board. Glarener before the contracts can re Inasmuch aa there is quite a bit of technical work to be done by Mr. Glasener before the contracts can re ceive official o. k., he urges that, those farmers who plan to reduce either corn or hogs during the present sea son see him at oaoe.