Wl THE TRANSYLVANI . ,
County ! [ev-Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
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VOL. 39. NO. 25^ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
PRISON CAMP WORK"
DEFINITELY STOPPED
Workmen and Material* Tran*
feired to Project In
Jackaon County
Work has been definitely stopped
on the State prison camp near Cal
vert, according to W. Lloyd Cutting,
who came here several weeks ago to
supervise construction of the 100
man permanent camp.
Mr. Cutting has transferred all his
supplies and materials to Jackson
county where he is engaged in con
structing a similar camp, his ciew of
prisoners who were doing prelimi
nary work at the camp having been
returned to the barracks at Hender
sonville, while the foremen and
skilled workmen are with Mr. Cut
ting at Whittier. Mrs. Cutting and
daughter are remaining at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Galloway for
the summer.
Mr. Cutting, when interviewed
Sunday, stated that he had orders
to transfer his operations to the
Whittier site in Jackson county and
that he could make no statement as
to cause of cessation on the local
prc.ject. However ,it is generally
understood that the work is being
held up pending announcement of
definite plans by the Tennessee Val
ley Authority in regard to proposed
developments in this immediate sec
tion.
Work on the Calvert camp was
stopped temporarily two weeks ago,
following announcement by TVA of
ficials that an aerial survey of the
French Broad Valley was to be start
ed at once, and after waiting several
days, word was given Superintendent
Cutting to transfer his activities to
Whittier, several carloads of material
on the Bosnian side tracks of the
Southern -ailroad being immediately
re-routed to Whittier. There remains
at the Calvert location two or three
carloads of cement, piping and build
ing supplies.
FAIR ASSOCIATION TO
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Meeting of the Transylvania Coun
ty Fair asoeiatiun will be held at the
court house on Friday night of this
week at 8 o’clock at which time
plans will be taken up for staging of
k the county fair this fall.
J. Wade Dickson, chairman of the
association, urges that each com
munity send as many representatives
as possible to the meeting, and that
business people of the county also
make it a point to be present.
The meeting will be held in the
county commissioners room, due to
the act that a revival meeting is
being held ia the cou'-t room.
BAND PRACTICES BEING
HELD TWICE EACH WEEK
Fifteen members of the Brevard
municipal band are attending semi
weekly practices regularly, looking
toward giving concerts here this sum
mer as a part of the community’s
entertainment program.
Donald Lee Moore is leader of the
group, and states that a fine spirit of
cooperation is being shown by the
entire group.
ONLY TWOVETERANS
RECEIVING PENSIONS
Checks Totaling $1700 Dis
tributed During Week—
$50 Each And Up
Transylvania county’s veterans
who are receiving pensions i'or their
part in the War Between the States
are down to the low figure of two,
according to Otto Alexander clerk of
court, who received the semi-annuai
checks last week for distribution.
J. M. Blythe of Penrose and W. 1
Nicholson of Sapphire are the two
veteran -, each receiving $182.50,
Three class A widows, Mrs. Eliza
beth Burrell, Mrs. Ann Galloway and
Mrs. Lydia E. Raines each received
$150.
Class B widows who receive $50
are: Mrs. John Allison, Mrs. Delia
Brooks. Mrs. Frances Casey, Mrs.
Cvrus Chapman, Mrs. Augsuta.Ann
Cook, Mrs. Harriet Davis, Mrs.
Alice Jones, Mrs. M. E. Lewis, Mrs
Naomi McCall, Mrs. Laura Miller
Mrs. John tV. Mills. Mrs. Malir.da
J. Nedy. Mrs. Hcttie Owen, Mrs
Nellie Ann Owen, Mrs. Sarah J. Shu
ford, Mrs. Ursula Shuford, Mrs
Laura J. Wilson, and Mrs. M. M
Wilson.
PUBLIC WELFARE MEET
BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY
A meeting of the county b.vard o'
* Charities and Public Welfare will hi
held in the office of County Superin
tendent G. C. Bush on Tuesday
evening of next week at 7:30 o’clocl
at which time matters pertaining es
pecially to child welfare in th'
county, and welfare work in general
a will bo taken up.
&■ Professor Bush, who is superin
tendent of public welfare work ii
the county, invites the general publi
to attend the meeting and request
that cases needing attention of th
board be brought to attention of th
meeting Tuesday evening.
Official Summer Arrive*
Here Thursday Afternoon
Despite opinions of many who
wiped their brows and sought
cooling drinks during the heat of
the day last week, summer will
not officially arrive here until
Thursday afternoon, around four
o’clock.
That hour will mark the sum
mer solatice, when the sun is
over the tropic of Cancer.
Thursday will also be the longest
day of the year and Thursday
night will be the shortest night
of the year.
ST. JOHNS SERMON
ON SI DAY MORNING
All Master Masons, members of
Dunn’s Rock lodge, and all visiting
Masons are invited to attend morn
ing service at the Brevard Meth
odist church next Sunday at which
time the Rev. J. H. West, pastor, will
deliver the annual St. John’s Day
sermon. Masons are urged to meet at
the lodge rooms on Broad street at
10:30 and go in a body to the church
for eleven o’clock service.
It is customary for Masons to as
semble on the Sabbath nearest St.
Johns Day and listen to a sermon
pertaining to the life and works of
the Saints John, patron saints of
Masonry.
TOM MASTERS OUT
UNDER $5000 BOND
Tom Masters has been liberated
from the county jail on a justified
bond of $5,000, this bond being ap
proved by Solicitor C. O. Ridings.
Masters was being held in connec
tion with the death of D Wyatt
Roper, who was killed on Friday af
ternoon, June 1, allegedly by a shot
gun in the hands of Masters. The
trial is set for December term of
Superior court. Mrs. J. E. Clayton,
Mr. and Mrs. Cos Paxton signed the
bond.
BEANS SHIPPED HERE
FROM EAST CAROLINA
Two hundred hampers of green
beans were shipped to Brevard for
distribution., junong needy families
last week having been bought by the
Federal government from growers of
Eastern North Carolina as an aid to
farmers who were unable to find
market for their products.
~ HONOR ROLL 1
The following people have paid,
their subscription to The Transyl
vania Times during the past week... |
to all of whom we say Thank You
T. P. Ward, Brevard.
E. A. Shaffer, Pennsylvania.
E. P.. Galloway, Rosman.
Mrs. N. A. Miller, Brevard.
J. C. McCall, Brevard R-2.
Jim Alexander, Brevard R-2.
J. M. Knight, Brevard R-2.
J. F. Lyday, Brevard R-2.
John Fisher, Fenrose.
M. L. Hamilton, Penrose.
C. E. Blythe, Penrose.
Capt. J. L. Risk, Brevard.
D. M. Reid, Oakland.
Rev. L. M. Lyday, Georgia.
Prof. G. C. Bush, Brevard.
II. E. Guyer, Rosman.
Anthony Trantham, Brevard.
B. P. Scruggs, Brevard.
The Times welcomes the following
new subscribers, who have started be
: iog regular readers during the past
■ week: , ,
William Galloway, Brevard R-2.
Carl Baynard, Brevard R-2.
Ralph Gillespie, Florida.
Mrs. W. C. Reece, Brevard R-2.
W. M. George, Penrose.
C. F. Gibbs, Penrose,.
Mrs. Ralph Jenkins, Penrose.
M G. Sentelle, Penrose.
I R. C. Banther, Penrose.
F. H. Blythe, Penrose.
Richard Hamilton, Penrose.
Lee Baynard, Penrose.
j SMITH BARBER SHOP »
MOVING TO NEW HOME
Smith’s Barber Shop, oldest busi
' ness in Brevard in point of continu
I ous service, announces their removal
from the present location in the
i King building on Main street to the
i Martin and Ward stand next door
to Long's Drug store, Mr. Smith hav
ing taken over the Martin shop.
Associated with Mr. Smith will be
Lester Martin, Edwin Owenby, Joe
Tinsley and J. R. Neill.
! HOLLiDAYREUNION IS
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
' Several hundred people from West
ern North Carolina and Virginia are
expected to be in attendance at the
annual Holliday reunion which will
’ be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs
i i). R- Holliday, in the Blantyre sec
• tion next Sunday, June 24.
A generaf invitation is extended to
• all relatives and friends of the Holli
i day family to attend the event, and
• bring a well filled dinner basket. The
! program will start at ten o’clock
• Sunday morning, with string music
> singing and a picnic dinner to bo fea
tures of the day. • •*
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Red Cross Water Pageant Be Staged
At Camp Carolina Thursday Night
Outstanding annual event in the
Brevard vicinity will be that of the
Red Cross water pageant to be staged
at Camp Carolina on Thursday
evening of this week at 8:15 o’clock.
For several years this production
has attracted enormous crowds from
the county and various sections of
North and South Carolina, the page*
ant being given free as a part of the
work of the class in pageantry and
recreational swimming. This phase of
the National Red Cross and Life Sav
ing Instute being under direction of
Harry A. Kenning and Jimmy Mc
Millan.
An elaborate setting is being ar
ranged for production of ‘‘The Fish
erman’s Dream.” A Dutch Mill, a
village, a group of Dutch boys and
girls in wooden shoes, a Dutch boa^
in the distance will change the
water front to a picturesque village
in Holland. Tulips bloom everywhere.
The villagers dance and sing.
An old fisherman sits mending
his nets, dreaming of by-gone days of
joy, but brooding too on the sadness
that has been caused by the terrific
loss of life that has occurred in the
village year after year. He looks at
the carefree boys and girls dancing,
thinking that some day the sea will
claim the boys as fishermen; the
girls will be the unhappy widows of
these same gay Dutch youths.
Suddenly a glare lights the sea! A
burning ship, reflected in the water,
terrifies the village. The old fisher
man looks sadly but helplessly on..
Figures can be seen leaping from the;
burning vessel, then sinking quietly
beneath the waves.
All at once out of the sea appears
a commanding figure, King Neptune.
He speaks to the fisherman words of
hope ,of encouragement, of better
days ahead. He heralds the approach
of the good ship “American Red
Cross” which looms out of the dark
nes upon the scene, a huge lighted
craft, loaded with cheer and hope.
Sailors dance out on the deck. Skilled
swimmers appear and give a wonder
ful demonstration of skill and water
waltzing.
The Dutch boats come in laden
with flowers giving a drill showing
ability in the handling of water craft.
Then come the recreational swim
mers, forming intricate figures, show
ing the skills and pleasures of parti
cipation in water sports. Next comes
the fancy and clown diving demon
strating the variety and perfection of
skill that can be achieved in that
sport. Then comes the life saving
demonstration. Men and wptnett go
through a splendid drill teaching the
correct and effective methods of life
saving. Into the sky bursts a beauti
ful fireworks display .lighting up the
scene of the finale, bringing together
the Dutch villages, the life savers, all
the 180 characters in the pageant,
singing together the Little Dutch
Mill—showing that after all the
people of the world are all “One Big
Happy Family” under the guidance
of the “Greatest Mother in The
World—The Red Cross.”
The school this year has an enroll
ment of over one hundred fifty, this
being the largest to ever be held in
the United States, according to Ra
mone S. Eaton, director in charge.
LITTLE RIVER CLUB
OFFICERS ELECTED
Little River ladies club will meet
at the school house on Friday after
noon of this week at 2:30 o'clock,
at which time the organization will
be perfected and work for the sum
mer planned.
At a meeting held last week Mrs.
Otis Merrill was elected president
Df the organization, Mrs. E. H.
Mackey vice president, Mrs. T. R.
McCall secretary-treasurer, with
Mrs. Harley Merrill, Mrs. Parmer
McCrary and and Mrs. Sue Shipman
as program committee. After the
business session ice cream and cake
were served.
Dressmaking will be taken up at
the meeting this Friday afternoon,
this being one of several studies to
be taken up by the club during the
next few weeks, looking toward tak
ing part in the county fair this fall.
Miss Virginia Willeox who Has been
employed in the Brevard school dis
trict as George Reed teacher, will
continue to meet with the ladies
through June and July, meetings to
be held each Friday afternoon.
R.OSMAN-BREVARD GAME
TO BE PLAYED THURSDAY
The Rosman baseball nine will meet
the Brevard Tanning outfit on the
Brevard high school field Thursday
afternoon at 5:15, in a game that
promises to be good.
Last game played by these two
teams ended in a 3-0 score for the
Brevard players, although White al
lowed thg locals but cnc hit.
John’s Rock CC camp will play
here Saturday afternoon, the game
to start at 3:30 o’clock, according to
Manager Misenheimer.
NEW ARRIVAL
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glover Jack
son a son, Richard Kimzey, on Mon
day, June 18th.
OWEN REUNION WAS j
ENJOYABLE AFFAIR;
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Around seventy-five relatives and
friends of A. L. (Luther) Owen
gathered at the home of Buriin Oweh
near Toxaway last Sunday to help
celebrate the joint birthdays of
Messrs. A. L. and Buriin Owen.
Swimming was enjoyed in the
beautiful Blue Ridge lake that has
been constructed just below the Owen
|home in the forenoon by most of the
young men and a few of the older
ones with the real treat of the day
teeming at one o’clock when a boun
teous picnic dinner was spread upon
tables in the grove near the lake edge.
Brief talks were made by the Rev.
J. H. West of Brevard, the Rev. J. N.
Hail of Roaman, W. E Breese and
C. M. Douglas of Brevard, after
which the heavily laden tables were
lightened of approximately two
thirds of their load of good food that :
the Owen family housewives are |
noted for.
Vocal and instrumental music was i
mingled with congenial conversation,
the party breaking up around four
with a feeling that the day had been
vcr>r happily and profitably spent
N. R. BISHOP WORKING
CIRCULATION FOR TIMES
N. R. Bishop is now connected with
i The Transylvania Times in the capac
I ity of circulation manager and is
calling upon people in various sec
tions of the county in interest of the
paper.
Mr. Bishop reported Wednesday
I afternoon that people in general were
! very courteous to him, and a number |
have favored him during the two;
j days he has worked with new sub- ]
scriptions and renewals. He expects |
to go into all sections of the county,
selling end collecting for the home ,
1 paper during the coming weeks.
Tonsil Clinics To Be Conducted By j
Hospital and Doctors of the County!
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Flans have been perfected for the
tonsil clinic for children from f> to
15 years of age, which will be held
at Lyday Memorial hospital for one
week beginning next Monday and
continuing through Saturday, June
30- x,
Quite a number of applications
have been made by parents for their
children to take advantage of thi=
clinic, and it is urged by the hospital
staff that all children expecting to
have their tonsils removed at the
clinic next week see Miss Brendel at
the hospital not later than Friday or
Saturday of this week to make ar
rangements about the operation and
to have their physical examination,
which is required beforehand of all
children undergoing operations. The
price of each operation is set at
$12.50, which is said to be consider
ably less than half the cost of the
tonsil operation. The clinic is only for
children of those parents who are not
able to pay the full price for a tonsil
operation. Doctors on the straff Bie
giving their services free, this mini
mum charge being to take care of
actual operating room and hospital
expense. ,
The clinic ic' sponsored by the board
of trustees of the hospital, and the
operations will be performed by mem
bers of the hospital staff, including
Dr. C. E. Cunningham, Dr. C. L.
Eewland and Dr. Harry Bradley. As
sisting in the operations will be the
nursing staff, including Miss Gebrgia
Brendel, head nurse. Miss Elizabeth
Allen and Miss Myrtice Dillard.
The following notice was turned
in to The Times on Wednesday, an
nouncing that four doctors of the
county, Dr. Stokes, Lynch, English
and Osborne will aiso do tonsil work
during the coming week. The notice
follows:
Having been besieged by various
ones regarding the clinic that is be
ing sponsored by the Lyday Memorial
hospital June 25 to the end of the
same week, and the fact that the
older physicians of the county not
being represented in this philan
; thropic undertaking for the benefit
of the people of Transylvania coun
ty, we, the undersigned physicians
and surgeons have agreed to do cur
part in this noble work.
Therefore we have agreed to re
move any child’9 tonsils and adenoids
whose church pastor, and Mr. W. A.
Wilson, Federal Relief Administra
tor, pronounces genuine charity and
is unable to get such relief from
other source withotit wny charge
whatsoever. To those who are able
to meet their obligations we are mak
ling a reduction for the week only of
half price. We solicit the cooperation
of pll who are interested to get in
touch with any one of the doctors
whose name is signed below and make
appointment for the work.
ROBERT L. STOKES, M. D.
G. B. LYNCH M D.
E. S. ENGLISH, M. D.
JOE S. OSBORNE, M. D.,
Rosman
Push and Pul! Gambling
Craze in Full Sway Here
Monte Carlo may have a few
more varieties of gambling de
vices, but Brevard has that mu
nicipality, monarchy, republic or
whatever it is, skinned by a coun
try block in interest.
For a penny, nickel, dime or
60-cent piece the lucky 111 Bre
vardite can get so much in trade,
piece of gum, handful of
“tokens,” so many nickels, $9,
$60, or most anything from down
to up (sometimes;.
STATEDEPARTMElfr
PAYS FOR MATERIAL
Work has started on the bath house
at the Brevard municipal park and
swimming pool, several carpenters
and workmen being engaged under
supervision of the FERA on the job.
Ernest Miller, supervisor, expects
to have the hath house and grounds
in fair shape by the first of the
month, with the pool ready for use on
or before that date.
Cost of materials to go into con
struction of the bath house has been
ok’d by the state department of the
relief administration .according to
advices received here by Relief Dir
ector W. A. Wilson and City Clerk
Harry Patton who were in Raleigh
last week in effort to ^et the depart
ment to pay for materials.
DAM MEETING TO BE
HELD AT CONNESTEE
Professor S. P. Verner makes an
nouncement that a meeting will be
held at Connestee school house on
Friday night of this week at eight j
o’clock in regard to the French j
Broad dam proposition.
Horace Jeffreys of Henderson
county and Professor Verner are
scheduled to lead in the discussion
of the matter. Professor Verner to
make a report of his recent confer- 1
mce with TVA officials in Knoxville ;
Mr. Jeffress has also been active in ;
the French Broad proposition in :
Henderson county.
Professor Verner has been in sev-1
eral conferences with officials of the
TVA and federal officials „and has
made a u'kie study M Han 'Facnciil
Broad proposition as is contemplated :
by the TVA.
GILLESPIE REUNION
TO BE HELD JULY 1ST
Annual Gillespie reunion will be
held at the home of B. A. Gillespie,
in the East Fork section on Sunday,
July first, members of the Gillespie
family from many sections expected
to be in attendance.
A picnic dinner will be served at
the noon hour, ana other enjoyable
features are being planned.
MRS. WARD’S SISTER
BURIED IN MISSOURI
Mrs. T. P. Ward has received a
message telling of the death of her
sister, Nettie Allen DeKaney of
Kansas City, Mo., on June 13. Burial
took place in Kansas City.
She is survived ty her husband and
three children, her father, John I.
Allen of Brevard, Mrs. Ward and a
brother, J. J. Allen of Spindale, N. C.
WESTERN UNION OPENS
OFFICES HERE FRIDAY
Uptown office of the Western
Union will open in the pwstoffice
building on Jordan street Friday of
this week, with Miss Nora Dellengsr
of Mt. Holly in charge.
Whiie office hours have not been
announced, Miss Dellcnger states
that the office will be kept open for
such periods as will best suit the
public. ~
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ICE CREAM SUPPER AT
CHERRYFIELD FRIDAY
An ice cream supper will be given
at the home of Miss Ruth Whitmire,
Cherryfield, Friday evening of this
week, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The
proceeds from the supper wiP be
used for the benefit of the Mt. Mor
iah church. Cherryfield. The public
is cordially invited.
iargfTgrouFhere
TO ATTEND GMUGE
Fifty-five Transylvania county
boys and girls met President E. J
Co’itrarie at Brevard College last Sat
urday morning, at which time 48 of
those present signified their intention
of attending the college the first term
which opens the tenth of September
Several other prospective student
were unable to attend the meeting
held Saturday, but have already
cither signed up qfr have stated theii
intention of attending, and it. is ex
pec ted that at least <55 local ffudent;
will enroll .
FRENCH BROAD DAM
IS STILL UNDECIDED
Official* Not Ready To Giv*
Definite Information To
Men There Last Week
Transylvania county people will be
given a square deal in every respect
by the Tennessee Valley v'hen and if
water storage basin, basins or reser
voirs are constructed on the French
Broad Valley in such a way that the
storage will affect property and
rights here ,was the gist of informa
tion given Wm. E. Breese, Ralph H.
Ramsey Jr. and A. H. Harm, win
were sent to Knoxville to confer with
the TVA last week
Nothing definite is ready for an
nouncement, the men who represented
the county commissioner* and board
of aldermen were told, other than the
fact that the TVA had not contem
plated building a dam 200 feet high,
as rumor had it, in this section.
Official reports of the Transylva
nia men have not been made to the
board of commissioners and the
board of aldermen, but the opinion
was expressed by members of the
committee that the Tennessee Valley
Authority would be reasonable in ex
acting their needs for storing water
on the French Broad.
It is hoped that further surveys, as
to economic conditions as well as for
the purpose of using the French
Broad Valley for storage will be
made by the TVA before any definite
work is started.
Official reports will be published
as soon as they are made to the
county and town.
GOLF COURSE IS IN
EXTRA GOOD SHAPE
Brevard’s golf course is in excel
lent condition, tho?e who have been
playing for the past couple of weeks
declaring that the course as a whole
is far superior to any time within the
past five years.
All fairways have been resodded
and rolled during the early spring,
“Toxaway” sand on all the gr> n
and roughs cleared off to help the
player who insists in slicing and
hooking.
Tickets for one day play are n
sale at the clubhouse near numi-i
one tee at fifty cents each, while
books of thirty tickets may be ha ; at
the Fashion department store at te
dollars.
ELECTRIC RANGE SALE
STARTS AT LOCAL SPU
_
Annual electric range sale is being
started this week by the Southern
Public Utilities company, featuring
the latest improved “Hotpoint.'’
Very attractive offers are being
made to customers by the SPU in
this week’s issue of The Time*
through an advertisement carried *»»
page three.
WATER BOARD ASKS1
USERS COOPERATION
Plenty of Water For All
Requeats That Patron*
Oo Not Wa,te
To The Water Consumers of Ti..'
Town of Brevard:
At a recent meeting of the Boaru
of Aldermen, an order was made
calling to the attention of nil water
consumers through the press, that an
unnecessarv amount of water was
being wasted. Certain wouTo-bc po.i
ticians have tried to create the in.
pression that it is the intercom of the
beard to have meters installed or a;
connections. Not one of the author i
| ties has any such idea in mind, out
on the contrary wants and ixpect* a)1
• consumers to use all the water need
led by them. Juft
The Town of Brevard is weil bless
ed with an excellent supply of water.
1 sufficient, in fact for a much larger
town. There is another side to the
picture however; we have a storage
capacity of three hundred find sixtv
thousand gallons .which in its.
should fill our requirement* for iro
thirty to thirty-six hours. It in
been definitely proven thougn, th
with no water coming into the
stoiage reservoirs they are be:'
emptied in one-sixth of this time <
from five to six hours.
A close check is kept on the reset
voirs during the day time, but th:
i cannot be done at night. On sever.'
occasions the supply coming into the
iiservoir frem the intake nas been
qecidentally out off and as stated
above, due to so much water being
wasted, these reservoirs hove been
emptied during the night. So far wo
have been very, fortunate ir. having
no fires at such a time. Suppose how
ever a fire would break out in ycu
home or your neighbor’s’ home—you
and your entire neighborhood and
possibly the whole _ town would be
wiped out by a terrible fire.
Now if so much water was not. be
ing wasted, trouble cf this kinn
would be corrected before any great
amount of water was used from the
reservoirs. For this reason—be sure
and see that all plumbing leaks are
i repaired without further delay.
Brevard Water Department.