.___J B'P AMCYT.V A 'MTS’! • CXI I inli HvAi'IOUil'A . ■ Countv i A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County VOL. 39 NO. 21 ” BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1934_ $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, _——————————1 BANOUiLDil SOLD, TO COMMISSIONERS Deposit Claims Held by Tran sylvania County Traded For The Property The Brevard Bank building, located on the corner of Caldwell and Main streets has been acquired by the coun ty of Transylvania in a deal with the liquidating agent of the bank, the county trading' all deposit claims against the defunct Brevard banking company, approximating $550,000.t*0; in return for the building. The deal was made by the county, commissioners and Pat Kimzey, liqui-| dating agent and attorney for the ( bank, with approval of the commis-| sioncr of banks, and has been ap-1 proved by Judge Michiel Schenck, j resident judge of the Superior court, j Deeding of the bank building to the, commissioners is in settlement of all, claims of the county against the Bre-, vard Banking company, L. V. Sigmon, county accountant, and Pat Kimzey, liquidating agent, started,-. However, the county still holds for collection collateral notes that were placed as deposit guarantee with the county in the approximate amount of $200,000, Mr. Sigmon said. Settlement of this claim of the county against the bank reduces lia bilities of the institution from over a million dollars to approximately $500,000, Mr. Kimzey said, and means that depositors will receive, when divi dends are paid, twice as large as they would have had the deal not been made. The liquidating agent reserved the right to use the same offices in the bank building as he now occupies un til such time as the county sells the building or liquidation of the bank i3 completed. MISS NICHOLSON IS GIVEN RECOGNITION WEAVER COLLEGE, May 23 — Miss Winifred Nicholson of Brevard, who is now a student at Weaver Col lege, V/eaverville, has been awarded a number of honors at Weaver, of which her friends will be interested to learn. Miss Nicholson, r.ow a member of the senior class, has been prominent i especially In the iramnt:c branch of Weaver. She has played the leading roles in several of the school plays, and has a leading part in the senior play, “Only 38,” which is to be given in June. In this play Mi's Nicholson has the part of a young college girl who gradually comes to know the meaning of life and living for other people. In the Mnemosynean Literary soc iety, of which she is a member, Miss Nicholson has held a great many very impoortant offices. She has been pres ident of this society and has done out standing work as a leader. She has taken the most active in teupst in all athletics and school acti vities. She belongs to practically every organization in school, holding | offices in a good many. In the election of the senior super latives last winter Miss Nicholson was named “best: aH-around” girl in j school, the most coveted honor of all. Miss Nicholson is a popular student with both the faculty and her fel-. low-students. In every way she lives] up to her “best-all-around” title; in the classroom she has given her best work and as a student she is unusual ly outstanding. Miss Nicholson will return to her home in Brevard after June 6. when the final exercises, art to be held. MISS CLAYTON ACCEPTS WORK WITH LOCAL BANK Miss Launa Clayton ,for years em ployed in the old Brevard Bank, and | i'oi the past year and one-half in em ploy of the state banking department,1 has accepted a position with the. Transylvania Trust company, assum-; ing her duties Monday. J.W. DICKSON HEADS COUNTY FAIR GROUP Permanent Fair Grounds May Be Built—Whole County Asked To Participate At 8 meeting of the Transylvania Fair Association in the court house Saturday afternoon, new officers •were elected to county re-employment officej was established here last fall under the CWA and was operated in co operation with the county relief of fice. — At Lyday Hospital W. L. Justice, who was removed. to Lyday Memorial hospital on Sun day, ill with pneumonia, was reported on Wedsesday to be in a serious con dition. Mrs. Adger Stamey, who has been confined in the hospital for two weeks with pneumonia, was reported to be doing nicely on Wednesday. REV. PAUL HARTSELL SAYS “NO PLACE LIKE HOME” The Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of Brevard Baptist church, returned i Tuesday from attending the Southern Baptist convention in Fort Worth,. Texas, and reports that the condition of the church as a whole is in excel lent condition. Mr. Hartsell said that he saw no place on his long trip that could com pare with Western North Carolina,) and that North Carolina road? are far superior to those of several of the states he traversed. REV. jTuiMONS MOVING TO BREVARD Will Assume Pastorate Pres byterian Church—Conduct Services Sunday Rev. J. R. Simmons, of Picayune. Miss., the recently elected pastor of the Brevard-Davidson River Presby terian church, is expected to arrive in Brevard this week with his wife and baby to begin their residence in the manse. The new pastor is ex pected to assume his pastoral duties next Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Simmons comes to Brevard with high recommendation as a minister and as a man. He is a close friend and classmate of Rev. R. L. Alexander, former popular pastor of the local church. DR. J. E. OWEN TO SPEAK HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT Dr. J. E. Owen, candidate for con gress, announces that he will speak at the Brevard court house on Wed nesday evening, May 30, at eight o’clock. , . Dr. Owen is making a “whirlwind campaign in effort to get the Demo cratic nomination fer congress, with Weaver. Mullikin and Atkinson also in the field. HONOR ROLL The following have renewed their subscriptions during the past two weeks i Mrs. Addie Hogsed, Brevard R-l Dillard McCall, Brevard R-3. W. G. Kilpatrick, Brevard. P. B. Lankford, South Carolina. Ben W. Hamlin, Brevard. Carlos Holden, Brevard R-2. Oliver H. Orr. Brevard. F. E. Shuford, Brevard. L. V. Sigmon, Brevard. Mrs. Bates Patton, Pisgah Forest. > D. C. Whitlock, Brevard. W. L. Justus, Brevard. C. F. Woodfin, Brevard R^2. Odell McKinney, Penrose. H. P. Jewel, Brevard R-3. Aston Heath, Pisgah Forest. Mary Whitmire, Delaware. J. Tom Gillespie, Rosman. C. L. Green, Rosman. Noah C. Miller. L. Toxawcy. Fred Landreth, Brevard R-l. Dr. Wexler Smathers. Brevard. L. F. Lydey, Brevard R-2. Mrs. A. H.' Harris, Brevard. S. R. Joines, Hendersonville. Rev. J. P. Mason, Leicester. The Times is glad to welcome the following new readers: Spalding McIntosh, Brevard. W. L. Burrell, Hendersonville. W. V. Hensley .Asheville. S. W. Pearson, Brevard R-3. Brevard College Faculty Selected; To Be Announced Within Few Days Faculty for Brevard College will be announced Saturday, according to announcement made here Tuesday af ternoon following a Meeting of the board of trustees. All members of the faculty with the exception of one were agreed upon by the trustees in tbeir meeting held at the Methodist church and it was decision of the board that announce ment of the entire faculty would be held up until this position was filled, with assurance that the election would be made before Saturday. The executive committee composed of President E. J. Coltrane, the Rev. H. C. Sprinkle of Lexington, Mrs. E. L. McKee of Sylva, W. N. Bobbctt of Charlotte, and H. B. Kelly of Hendersonville, met at the home of President Coltrane Monday even ing and went over the long list of over five hundred applicants for posi tions, this body making recommenda tions to the board of trustees Tues day afternoon. Several Brevard men called on the president and chairman of the board of trustees Monday afternoon ana discussed with them the matter of athletics in the college, and were as sured that an athletic program would play an important role in the life ot | the school, and further, that an athletic director of physical educa tion acceptable to people here would be secured. The board of trustees v'ere guests of the Welcome to Brevard organi zation at a luncheon Tuesday at noon at the England home with Dr. C. L. Newland and Ralph H. Ramsey representing the Welcome to Bre vard, Miss Florence Kern represent ing the Women’s Civic club and C. M. Douglas representing the Kiwanis club. Mr. Ramsey presided at the meeting and maae a brief welcome address to the board, which was res ponded to by Chairman Sprinkle. Following the luncheon the board retired to the Methodist church where business of the college was taken up. The following members of the board of trustees attended the ses sion here: Chairman Sprinkle, Vice Chairman C. M. Pickens of Winston Salem; H. B. Kelly, secretary-treas urer of Hendersonville; Rev. Claude Moser, of Hendersonville; J. E. Lam beth, Thomasville; Mrs. Bessie G. Plumley, Winston-Salem; Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva, R. O. Lindsey, High Point; Rev. D. D. Holt Charlotte; Rev. J. H. West, Brevard; Rev. J. B. McLart.y, Asheville; W. N. Bobbett, Charlotte, President Coltrane. The college will open September first, according to plans discussed here, with a faculty of 15 or 16. BAD LUCK TO DRINK NEAR THE CITY HALL It’s bad luck to drink whiskey in front of the town hall, and espec ially is this true if Chief Freeman and' Policeman Morris are in the same vicinity. It seems that two more or less dis tinguished men of the town had im- i bibed rather freely Saturday night i and proceeded tji come out and see; the bright lights and the hurrying; throngs of people. Both were rather heavily loaded with the contraband stuff that has considerable sale about Brevard, and after bumping into “the law” decided that they would go home. However, the walk of several blocks evidently cailed for a little extra steam so they stopped in front of the city hall to add a little fire to their already steamed up boilers, s - Chief Freeman already had his weather eye open for the two gentle men and when they began drinking be began walking, and consequently the two thirsty gents were soon land ed in the county hotel to finish their celebration with water. _ rUKMEK KE51UEM 15 BURIED LAST SUNDAY Calvin L. Bagwell, 81, who died at his home in Easley, S. C., on Satur day, was buried at the Griffin church Cemetery in Pickens county Sunday afternoon. He had been ill several months. Mr. Bagwell was bom and reared in Transylvania county but moved to South Carolina a number of years ago to make his home. He was a member of the Baptist church, and lived a consistent Christian life The last years of his life were said to be especially beautiful and happy in Christian character. His wife died five years ago. He wa3 the son of the late Dolphus Bagwell of East Fork, who lost his life in the war be tween the states. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Jane Porfer, of Easley, four sons, W. R., Forrest and I.ije, of Easley, D. S., of Anderson, S. C., a sister, Mrs. J. F. Cison, of Brevard R-l, a brother, M. B. Bagwell of Brevard, 83 grandchildren, 83 great-grand children and 1 great-great-grand - child. _ CHAPMAN IS VICTIM OF BRIEF ILLNESS ROSMAN, May 23—-James Chap man, 78, died at his homjf in the Quebec section- Sunday morning, fol lowing a brief illness. Mr. Chapman suffered a stroke of paralysis the Thursday previous to his death. Funeral services were conducted Mon day afternoon at Oak Grove church. Interment was in the Oak Grove Quebec cemetery. Rev. J. N. Hall, pastor of the Rosman Methodist church .officiated. Mr. Chapman was a highly res pected citizen of the community. He was a member of the Methodist church. He married many years ago Miss Martha Galloway, who survives. Other survivors in addition to the widow ar|'i the Hollowing children: Mrs. W. J. Raines and Mrs. Henry McCall, of Lake Toxaway, Mrs. Eu gene King of Shelby, Mrs. Alfred Collins of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Barney and Henry Chapman of Quebec. SHRUBS IN CEMETERY DAMAGED BY PEOPLE Several people who have relatives buried in Gillespie cemetery on the Country Club road have reported that flowers and shrubs around and on graves there have been digged and cut 8nd otherwise mutilated. Some of the flowers and shrubs have taken years of patient cultiva tion to bring them to their present state and people who have relatives buried there request that public re quest be made through this newspaper for a discontinuance of the deprada tions. WOMAN’SEXCHANSE TO OPEN JUNE 15TH Announcement is mad* that the Woman’s Exchange will open June 15 and remain open through the summer season. The same location on East Main. Street will be used again this year, it is said. Miss Katherine Grif fin is chairman of the Woman’s Ex change committee of the Women’s Civic club, sponsor of the exchange. It is pointed out that the exchange is a community enterprise, operated for the benefit of the townspeople as well as for tourists. It is urged by those in charge that as many citizens of the town and county as possible enroll as members, thereby deriving the benefits. Any one desiring to take membership is requested to commun icate with Miss Griffin f.t her home here. HOOT SMITH LOSES IN CHASE WITH LAW — Judson (Hoot) Smith is again rest ing in the county jail, Sheriff Wood and his deputies capturing the elusive man Monday in the Diamond Creek section. Arrested several months ago on a | charge of shooting into a truck ol | CCC boys, he was allowed bond for appearance at court. During the court he took a notion that there was no use sticking around to see what Judge Finley would have in store for him so he proceeded to leave the court room before his case was tried ] —in an automobile belonging to an other man which be took with French leave. Again captured, he was very nice around the jail until a carload of coal was being unloaded and a r.cuttle hole proved too much tempt ation, so freedom was again his for a few weeks. ! He is. nowever, again at the “county boarding house” and this ! time Sheriff Wood says that he is i taking extra precaution to see that | he stays put. THIRD DEGREE WORK TO BE FEATURED ON FRIDAY The third degree will be conferred by Dunn's Rock lodge No. 2G7, A. F. i & A. M., at the regular rommunica ! tion Friday night at eight o'clock. Jerry Jerome, worshipful master, i will confer the degree and will j be assisted by Leon English, senior ! deacon. The worshipful master urg j ently request* that all members be present. FUNERALMIS FOR MRS. A. L YORK HELD — ! Mrs. A. L. York, 45, a former resident of Brevard, died at her I home in Asheville Sunday night fol lowing an illness of the past year. Her body was removed to her former home in Bristol, Tenn.r for burial Tuesday afternoon. Short funeral services were held in Abbeville Mon day morning, the seivices being con cluded at the Methodist church in Bristol Tuesday afternoon. Surviving are her husband, A. L. York, two sons, John York, of Ashe ville, William Crouch, of Hazard, Ky., a daughter, Mrs. Dan Coleman, of Charlotte, three step-children, Mrs. Frank Osborne, of Brevard, Arthur A. York, of Asheville, and Howard York, of Hartsell, Ala., her mother, Ms. W. H. Cannon of Bris tol, and a sister, •Mw. EdgAr Brew ley, of Bristol. CHALLENGE DAY SET FOR SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK Registration of voters for the June 2 primary closed last Saturday night, with Saturday of this week set for challenge day, at which time the reg istrars will be at the polling places for any challenges that may be made. Candidates for the various Demo cratic offices are very busy, with in terest keen in all competitions. SWIMMING POOL IS NEARLY COMPLETE Side walls of the Brevard swim-| ming pool are expected to be poured j by Thursday- morning, according toj Ernest Miller, who is in charge of! construction of the large pool in the | Franklin Park. Pouring o/ the bottom of the pool will be completed within three days after the remainder of the wall is poured, Mr. Miller said, and the pool will be ready for water. Forty-five feet wide by 105 feet in length, the pool ranges in depth from three and one-half to nine and one-half feet and will be modern in every way. With side walls twelve inches thick, a “scum trough” is being con structed just below the tow of the side walls that will take of the over flow in uniform way, several drains connecting the scum trough with the drainage system. The trough will also serve as ar, inside rail in the pool. Verner Speaks At CCC S. P. Verner spoke to the boys of: Gloucester CCC camp Sunday night. I He is said to have held the boys spell bound with his thrilling and colorful account of the African pygmies and of his life and experiences in foreign j countries several years ago. IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY FOUR BREVARD CONCERNS Several business places in town have renovated their places, adding - new paint, wallpaper, and other m-j terior and exterior improvements that have made marked showings. The Canteen Cafe has had the en tire walls and woodwork of its place painted; Macfie and Long Drug stores have both recently done work in their places: Austin’s Studio, Jess Smith’s service station and gar age is showing a new front, all ad ding to the attractiveness of the town. BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET SATURDAY Teacher Force May Be Cut In County On Account Of Year’* Attendance The county board of education will meet Saturday morning at ten o'clock, according to announcement by Super intendent G. C. Bush. Business to be taken up at the meeting will be matter of procuring new school buses for the county, re pair and sanitation of school property and consolidation of schools. Teachers will not be elected at this i meeting, Mr. Bush said, final reports for schools not having been made up. Number of teachers for the county will be decided by the state board of education, Mr. Bush said, after the reports have been filed, elec tion of teachers probably to take place about the middle of June. It is feared that several teaching positions will be eliminated at the be ginning of the 19S4-35 term on ac count pf the low attendance brought about by the measles. Number of teachers are allotted by the state beard on average attendance foe the pant year. . . . ,, Federal funds are expected to be received in the near future for the payment of county teachers. SEEKS INDEPENDENT PLA IN CONGRESS! M. E. Hilford of Naples was in Brevard Tuesday afternoon in inter-1 est of his campaign as an independent i candidate for congress ,ond left sev eral petitions in Brevard asking tnari signers help him get his name on the ballot, ten thousand voters being re-1 quired. Or.e of Candidate Hilford’s plat form plans is: “1 stand for the nationalization of money, 1. e. tekmg the money issuing power away from the banko and restoring it to the government exclusively. Backed oy its store of precious metals and its taxing powers, the government could then provide adequate supplies for all legitimate purposes, and enforce its proper use as a emulating medium by a tax on its circulating privilege: thus making hoarding im possible, and providing a tax that the most clever plutocrat could not evade. In this way the soidiers’ bonus could readily be paid. The govern ment could thus eliminate the vast interest bearing bonded indebted nesa, issuing money to all government units without interest charges, on the security of their bonds backed by a definite but small tax levy for thfelr retirement. This would save billions of dollars in taxes. Both social and economic justice demand the elimi nation of tax exempt securities." GOLF COURSE OPEN FORPLAYSATURDAY Improvements Made on Greens and Fairways—Nominal Playing Charge Welcome to Brevard golf course will be open for play on Saturday of this week, and it is expected that a number of townspeople and visitors will be on hand to play over the sporty nine hole course. Green? fees will be fifty cents, or where book? of tickets are bought at one time will be thirty cents. Work on the fairways and greens of the local golf course is progressing with considerable improvements al ready noted. Clearing of the roughs is also being done. Operated in conjunction with the Welcome to Brevard organization, the course will be under local manage ment and with the improvement pro gram'being carried out will be a de cided asset to the community this summer from a tourist standpoint. uncleToIeubanks IS CALLED IN DEATH Robert Thomas (Uncle Tom) Eu banks, aged 94, died Tuesday morning of last week, and was buried the fol lowing day, funeral services being conducted by the Rev. C. C. Reese from Dunn’s Creek Baptist church of which he was the oldest member. Uncle Tom was widely known and respected and numbered amoonjr his friends a great mnny people of the South who had known him for years. The following article has been pre pared for publication by a dose friend of Uncle Tom at the request of The Times: “In the death of R. T. Eubank? on May 16, one of Transylvania’s oldest residents pa-ssed away. Unde Tom, as he was known by hundred: of friends, was born in Anderson, S. C., but had made his home in this county for a number of years. He has been in failing health for several years, and was seriously ill during the last six weeks of his life, but he remained cheerful and ever considerate of those about him until death claimed him. He was one of the oldest mem bers of Dunn's Creek church, being in his 94th year. He had made hi? home with his son, General, for the last two years. "His wife, wno was Deiore ncr mar riage, Miss Sarah Frances Scott, preceded him to the grave fciir years. Two children, Mrs, Alice Gayoe and Mrs. Arrie Holden, also had gone on. The following children survive: Eli jah Eubanks of Brevard R-3. Mrs. C. A. Rair.es of Brevard, Mr'. Minnie Reese oof Tigersville, S. C., Mrs. D. N. Holden of Brevard R-l; Mr'. Nettie Hunt of Greenville sr.d G. J. Eubanks of Pisgah Forest. “Thirty-six grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren also sur vive. ,, , , “Funeral services were held last Wednesday at Dunn’s Creek, with the Rev. C, C. Reece in charge. Burial was made in the Holden oenutery. Pallbearers were Tildon Holden, Bunyan Holden, Ralph Holden, Col umbus Holden, Alton Holden and Leo Raines. Flower girls were Lottie Eu banks, Lessie Mae Eubanks, Ccia Lc Hunt, Myrtle Raines, Came an > Florida Holden. POSTOFFICE AND BANK TO CLOSE WEDNESDA Y Postoffice and bank will be or- • next Wednesday, Decoration Day. j»r with the general delivery window at the local post office to be open from 8 to 9 in the morning and for half an hour after the Henderscn vill.j train arrives. There will be t o city or rural delivery. Francs Starts Five Year Plan Paris— Coincident with President Roosevelt’s message asking for a huge public works appropriation, the French cabinet launched a "five year plan" for public work projects to end unemployment. SINGING MEET WITH VALLEY SPRINGS HI Nearly Thousand People Hers Last Sunday For Five County Prog/am Nearly one thousand people at tended the Five County Singing con vention at Brevard high school audi torium Sunday, three counties and aeveral South Carolina sections hein* represented. Professor W. L. Harmon presided at the sessions which began at ten o’clock and lasted through the day with & brief intermission tor lunch. L. V. Sigmon, G. L. Andeis and C. L. M038 were in charge of the day’s program which included special num bers by classes from Transylvania. Henderson; Buncombe, Greenville and Easley and an 'All-South Carolina” group, which rero highly enjoyable. ti» addition, numerous leaders from various sections were present and led one or more songs. Next meeting of the convention will be held at Valley Springs Ugh school in Buncombe county on the thtad Sunday in November. Dan Horn sey of Buncombe county was elected president for the next six month*.