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^. .VJ-NoTlS RRFVABD. NORTH caROLINA-THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
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CHARLOTTE SENDING
MANY PUPILS HERE
Brevard College Looking For
Full Enrollment—Will
Open September 10
Prospects for a full enrollment in
Brevard College are brighter every
day. Applications for admission a)'L‘|
coming in from several counties m ;
.the Piedmont section of the state.
Lust week President Coltrane receive !
nine applications from Stanley < ...n
tv. When questioned yesterday «.
Coltrano indicated that r ojably
Mecklenburg county and t! city ot
Charlotte would send twenty-five
students this year.
Last week the presi..-nt attended
the Charlotte District conference and
presented the cause >.i Brevard Col
lege. Ministers and laymen in that
district evidenced great enthusiasm
for the college and gave assurance ot
active support. The president receiv
ed several applications from students.
Last Saturday Mr. Coltrane and Mr.
Cathey, who is representing the col
lege i'11 the field, held a conference
in Lina lnton with prospective stu-;
dents in that territory. Next Saturday )
the iv will be a similar conference in ;
Gastonia. Mr. Cathey is working m j
Henderson county this week.
Ci liege authorities believe that all
available space in the college dormi
tories will be taken before the open-;
ing September Id. Families in ditfei
ent sections of the state are making
inquiries about living accoommoda-;
Pons in Brevard. There lias been a
growing demand for copies of the ^
new catalogue. Nearly two thousand (
copies have been distributed and a
new edition of the issue of the cata
logue is now contemplated.
PHILMORE SEARCY IS !
SOUGHT BY SHERIFF
(
Sheriff Tam Wood refuses to trust
any move prisoners, whomsoever. The
sheriff’s faith in mankind of the type j
that runs afoul of the law was shakin ,
last week when Philmore Searcy left
the rare of the guardian of the law (
while being loosed from the sheriff
tor a brief moment.
It seems that Searcy was charged
with stealing a cow, and the sheritt
was sent out to bring the alleged cul
prit in. which lie did. Coming through
the t orrid: r of the court house with
his prisoner en route to jail, some
one stopped the sherd f and Risked;
lo speak to him “right now.’ i tun
ing half around to discuss the more
(,r less weighty matter with the get}”
t(email who stopped him, the sheriff
released his hold on Searcy, who took
this opportunity u make a dive, for
the baik d«o«- of the jail. A quick
tui n around the corner at the Mot ho
dis. church and Philmore was ;n
parts unknown.
ENON CHURCH CALLS
EV. HILEMON AGAIN
PENROSE. July 11 — The Rev.
C. \V Ililonion was re-elected Sun-1
day as pastor of the Enon baptist:
church. 1'his is the third time the;
Rev. Mr. lliiemon has been selected
by the church folks. The first call
was tendered iiim in 1925 when he
served three years, later leaving for
school, lie was called again a year
ago. Following a ruling adopted by
the church to elect all officers yearly
the church re-elected Mr. lliiemon
Sunday with no other names con
sidered.
Other church officers for the asso
ciational year will be chosen on the
fourth Sunday.
Ward Recovering
T. P. Ward, of Ward’s News Stand,
is improving from injuries received in
a wreck la-t Friday night. Mr.
Ward’s arm was broken and several
cuts were received about the body.
Charles Corn, who was with Mr.
Ward at the time of the accident, es
caped with minor injuries. The car
was damaged considerably.
FAIR ASSOCIATION TO |
MEET SATURDAY EVE.
Plans To Be Laid For Staging
Transylvania County Fair
Here This Fall
Saturday night of this week has
been set for meeting of the Transyl
vania Fair association, the meeting
to be held at eight o'clock at the
county court house.
J. Wade Dickson, chairman of the
association, stresses the fact that
^nlans must be made at once if the
~county is to have a fair this fall
which will equal that heid here last
year, when the two-day event was ac
corded a success in every way.
Original plans of the association
were to build a permanent fair
| rounds at the county home, a project
* being made out and request for Fed
eral funds having been made. How
ever, curtailment of funds has held
up the project and it is not known
now whether the permanent grounds
will be located at the county home or
not.
TEACHER MEETING TO
BE HELD HERE JULY 18
All principals and teachers of the
county are requested by County
Superintendent Bush to meet at the
Brevard high school auditorium at 10
o’clock on Wednesday, July 18, fur a
conference with Dr. J. Henry High
smith. state director of instructional
service. Chief subject to be taken up
at the meeting by Dr. Highsmith will
be the new course of study.
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ALL DOGS MUST BE j
CONFINED BY ORDER |
Order Made as Preventative j
Measure Against Out
break of Rabies
Order was passed by the Transyl
vania County Board of Health last
Thursday to the effect that all dogs j
in the county must be kept confined 1
during the months of July and Aug- i
ust. Ill eases where dogs have been .
inoculated against rabies by a veter-j
inarian or a physician, and the ownei j
has certificate showing that such in- (
oeulation has been made, such dogs ,
will not come under the ruling.
Any dogs found running at large i
in the county during the months of
July and August without tags show- ,
ing are subject to he shot forthwith,
according to Dr. (5. B. Lynch, chaii
man of the hoard of health, or the
owner fined or given a prison -en-j
tence. I
It is pointed out by Dr. Lynch that
any pel son who allows a dog to run
loose, and such dog should contract
rabies and bite people or animal>
that the owner would be doubly lia
ble, both for damages and criminal
violation of the order, which when
passed officially by the county boaid
of health, as in the manner of the
present order, becomes law.
The board met and passed the |
mter after reports were made Iron) ,
several sections of the county ot mad |
dogs.
DAHLIA CLUB MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY
Th > Transvivania Dahlia club will
meet on Friday i veiling of this week
at eight o’clock at the offices of Fred ,
Shufurd in Brevard, at which tune
plans will be discussed for staging
the annual dahlia show next month.
Request is made by officers of the
vhib that all members be present at
this meeting and that non-member,
interested in dahlia growing and the
dahlia show also attend.
Norton Gore To China j
Mr. and Mrs Felix Norton have
received word from their <011 Lamar
Norton, to the effect that he is sail
ing this week on the L'. S. S. Hender
son for China for a stay of three
years. Young Norton has been in tne
navy for several years.
BASEBALL GAME HERE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Transylvania Tanning company’s
ciack baseball nine will meet the
Gloucester CC camp team on the
high school field Saturday afternoon
at 3:30, according to Manager Mis
enheimer. 1
The ' local outfit defeated the
Gloucester bunch last Sunday after
noon on the latter’s diamond by the
score of 6-2 in a game that was in
teresting throughout.
LOCAL TRUCK] S
CAR; TWO MEN DIE
,T. F. Long of Saluda, N. C., was
killed instantly early last Thursday
morning in Columbia, when the car
in which he was riding with R. B.
McCarty of Watts Mill, S. C., and
Ben Sample of Saluda, N. C. crashed
into a truck driven by Allen Brittain
of Brevard, accompanied by Tom
Mitchell, also of Brevard.
McCarty, seriously injured, was
carried to a hospital in Columbia,
where he died last Saturday. The
third man in the ear escaped with
minor injuries. Neither Mr. Brittain
nor Mr. Mitchell, both employes of
the B. & B. Feed & Seed company,
were hurt.
At a coroner’s jury hearing Tues
day night in Columbia, the jury found
that the two men came to their death
from a collision, and made no recom
mendations as to negligence of either
of the parties. However, the local
men were allowed to return to Bre
vard without making bond or being
detained in any way.
Mr. Brittain said that the car was
on his side of the road and, thinking
it was about to park or turn left, he
pulled toward the middle pf the
road. The car, he said, did likewise,
the cra-h resulting.
EQUALIZATION MEET
SET FOR JULY 23RD
The county commissioners will sit
as a board of equalization and re
view for the county in the court house
on Monday, July 23, the sessions to
open at ten o’clock in the morning.
Any tax payer who is dissatisfied
with his listing may come before the
board for a rehearing on his property
assessment.
Greenville Business People Visiting In
Brevard Wednesday on Annual Outing
As The Times went to press Wed
nesday afternoon, nearly one hun
dred fifty Greenville citizen* were
scheduled to arrive in Brevard.
According to prearranged sched
ule the motorcade was made up of
members of the Greenville Retail
Merchants Bureau and their wives,
accompanied by the Greenville
Municipal band and an escort of
South Carolina highway patrol
nun, was to leave Greenville at
three o’clock, and was to be met at
the state line by a party of Brevard
business men and two North Caro
lina highway patrolmen, w h o
were sent here by Lieutenant
Fisher of the Asheville office as a
courtesy to Brevard.
The itinerary as announced
Tuesday by Secretary L. M. Glenn
of the Greenville Chamber of Com
merce follows:
2:45 P. M.—Motorcade forms on
North Main street opposite Spring
wood cemetery, heading north.
1! P. M.—Do not move your tar
until signal is given at 3 P. M. Mo
torcade moves up North Main to
Stone avenue; left turn into Stone
avenue; right turn into Rutherford
street; straight ahead; slow down
at traffic light at junction of Ruth
erford and Camp roads; straight
ahead out new Buncombe Road en
trance.
4 P. M — Pause at North Caro
lina-South Carolina state line for
few minutes but do not leave cars.
4:15 P. M.—First stop Rockbruok
Camp. This is one of the most ex
clusive camps for girls in the South.
Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Henry N.
Carrier, the former a native of
Greenville. Fifteen minutes allowed
for inspection of camp.
5 P. M.—Move off on signal. Fol
low motorcycle escort through city
of Brevard, without ^topping, for
visit to Camp Sapphire, one of the
limst camps for boys in the South.
One hour allowed for swimming, as
guests of Bill Fetzer, owner of
camp. Band concert at camp, by
Greenville Municipal band.
6 P. M.— Return to Brevard. Mo
toi cade will pause in front of court
house to permit members of band
to dismount, cars will then pro
ceed on down street and park in
front of Franklin hotel. Members
of motorcade will please walk back
to courthouse lawn and mingle with
Brevard citizens during the band
concert.
8 P. M.—Supper served ai. Hotel
Franklin. Miss Rose Shipman,
manager.
Motorcade will leave immediately
after adjournment.
In a letter to The Times, Mr.
Glenn stated that there “is no spec
ial significance to our coming to
Brevard, other than one of friend
ly interest. It's beer, hot down here,
and we want to come up to Bre
vard for a spoil and cool olf.”
The Greenville merchants take a
short trip each summer in Juiy, it
being the lirst Wednesday half
holiday observed by the business
house workers and employes. By
unanimous vote the members of the
retail bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce decided to come to Bre
vard.
Several of the business men of
Brevard received invitations to bt
guests of the Greenville folk at the
Franklin Hotel dinner at eight
o’clock Wednesday evening.
No Steps Be Taken On Dam Matter i
Until More Information Is On Hand
No ■ fficia] steps will be taken by '
people of Transylvania county in re-•
gard to the proposed French Broad
dam until such time as definite in- i
formation can be had as to actual,
plans of the T’t A. This action was ,
taken at a meeting held in the coun-j
t.v court house last Friday night, j
.Around two hundred people at
tended the meeting, with a number of
discussions being heard in ogurd to
possibilities of the project, most of
which were surmises, exception being
that the Tennessee Valley Authority
is making surveys in the valley with
a view of establishing data on stor
age possibilities and economic condi-j
Mans.
Profe-sor S. P. Venter presided a
the meeting and introduced the sev
eral people who spoke more or Je.s
brief'ly, among them being Miss Fior
ence Kern >t' Brevard, who stated
simply that she was opposed to the
building of the dam; Judge Meekins
of Hendersonville, who stated that he
was not cognizant of facts in the
case, but that he was opposed to the i
government going into business in
competition with private industries;,
K. W. Kubanks of Hendersonville, j
stated that he was in Brevard to
learn what the folk here had to say
in regal'd to the matter. He stated,
however, that in his opinion, if the
governmental agency found that tne
dam was necessary to the Muscle
Shoals project that it would be
built.
Di. T. Thompson, ol Virginia, who
has been coming to Camp Carolina
for a number of years, stated that he
was a listener only. C. W. Talley of
Penrose said that we would like to
have some definite information about
the matter, wanting to know how
much the authority would pay for
lands condemned, and on what ratio
a farmer situated as he is in the path
of the proposed storage reservoir,
receive for improvements, and on;
uplands. Oliver II- Orr, J. M. Gaines
and Dr. J. H. McLean, when called
on by Mr. Verner, stated that they.
were at the meeting to learn some- j
thing about the matter.
Fidelia Henderson, sage of Con-1
nestee, declared that some of the;
bottom lands in Transylvania and j
Henderson county are worth more i
than $40 to $100 per acre, which he ,
understood had been paid in the j
Tennessee section where a dam is now
being built. It was his opinion that
farmers of the two counties should
band themselves together and demand
a fair price for their lands and dam
ages incurred, and failing in these
demand-, tell the government to built
their dam somewhere-else. He stated
that President Roosevelt has done
more than any one man to alleviate
sufering and give the people a fair
dial and he did not believe he wouic
allow drastic steps to be taken to dis
possess people of their property un
fairly.
.J)r. .1 C. Owen, defeated candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress, emphatically declared that
the dam was one of the biggest and
best things that could possibly come
to Western North Carolina. He dwelt
at length on the possibilities ol
water '. ranportotion and summer re
sort business that would follow m the
wake of the proposed development.
His argument was given rebuttal by
C. M. Douglas.
Mr Yerner asked Chairman W. I.
Aiken to preside at this point in the
meeting and suggested that an or
ganization be formed to represent ail
the people of the county in the mat
ter. and made motion that another
meeting be held at an eatly date
for organization purposes.
After the question was put to the
assemblage, W. E. Breese, offered
an amendment to the effect that, Mr.
Verner be empowered by the meeting
to git in touch with Chief Engineer
A. C. Bock of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, and that another meeting
of the people be held at such time as
Mr. Bock could be here and give out
something definite in regard to tm
proposition. “No one knows where the
lake will reach to,” he said, “and no
one knows what price will be pain
for our lands.” . , „ , .
Mr. Breese stated tnat he, Ralph
Ramsey end A. K. Harris held a con
ference with Engineer Bock and that
the engineer himself did not know and
told the Brevard party that he did
not He said that he was opposed to
the building of a storage dam that
would cover up a part of the val.ey
and ruin practically tne rest of it due
tc bad drainage and other attendan
bad features. However, he reiterated,
no one knew just what, was to be
done, and that the authority itself did
not know as yet. It would be foolish,
he stated, to fight something that
nothing was known of and urged
waiting until something definite was
know. . ,
Walter B. Smith, who was he:e
icveral moths ago as construction
engineer of the water gauging units
on the French Broad, but who was
removed after several weeks, stateo
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FINE POTATOES ARE
BEING GROWN HERE
The one-acre plot of potatoes at the
county home, project of Brevard
high school vocational agriculture
class and the county commissioners is
one of the finest plots in the state,
according to G. K. Middleton of the
state college who was here last week
inspecting crops that are to be certi
fied. The state inspector also went
over a plot being grown by W.
rill of the Little River section, and
praised the work that is being started
in this county for the growing of cer
tified seed potatoes.
The plot at the county home was
started this year by Professor Julian
Qlazener in an effort to intx*oduce
certified seed in this county, and pro
duce seed for sale to farmers here.
MEANEST MAN CUT .
TAIL OFF MILK COW
The meanest man in Transylvania
has bobbed up again, this time in Bre
vard, and his dirty deal was the cut
ting off of a cow’s tail. The fine
milker belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Will
Hunt, and the mean act was commit
ted while the cow was in the pasture.
Naturally Mr. Hunt was riled up, and
no blame is attached to Mr. Hunts
intention of keeping a weather eye
pealed for the “next fellow” and a
shotgun in hand to help him express
his sentiments.
The real mean thing about cutting
the cow’s tail off is the fact that in
stead of “whacking” the appendage
off in a cross manner, the diabolical
minded mean guy took a ieng slice at
about a 4.5 degree angle.
SHERIFF CRAIG RESIGNS
PLACE AFTER SHOOTING
PICKENS, S. C., Juiy 11—Sh.riff
John B. Craig, rounding1 out nine
years as chief law enforcement offi
cer for Pickens county, resigned his
office last Wednesday, his resigna
tion growing out of the shooting of
his son.
In a statement made public from
the Craig home the day following the
shooting, • Sheriff Craig stated that
“he regretted very much the af
fair." The 22-year-old son was shot!
three times with a pistol.
CIVIL TERM COURT
STARTS JULY 30TH
Judge Warlick To Preside —
Jury Drawn Saturday
By Commissioners
Superior court for trial of civil ,
cases will convene in Brevard on
July 30, with Judge Warlick presid
ing. The term is scheduled to la‘i
two weeks with the following having :
been selected by the board of com- j
missioned last Saturday to serve as j
jurors:
ne t Week
Jack Trantham, C. C. Williams,
T. H. Hart, Charley Gillespie, Ernest j
Allison, A. W. Hubbard, Elisha j
Gravely, Jess Brcediove, W. P. Alli
son, Clyde Baynard, Oliver Galloway, j
G. C. Neely, T. F. McCall, W. M.
Brittain, J. T. Harrison, C. F. Nor
ton, J. C. Gravely, A. C. Price, Frank
Whitmire, A. N. Jenkins, M. G. Cun- j
ningham, Cole T. Lee. Fred Batson
and Arnold Williams.
Second Week
C. C. Reece, II. D. Lee, Pat Henry,
G. F. Gallimore. E. C. Fortesque,
J. Colie Owen, M. 0. McCall, C. (
Yongue. Wm. H. Warren, A. J. i
Fisher, Sam L. Cooper, N. M. Hens
ley, C. H. Morris and C. K. Osborn..
IjN-CANNNED SALMON FOR
BOYS AT CAMP SAPPHIRE
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The Greenville News tells of the
!)0 campers at Camp Sapphire who
sat down to an “un-canny” salmon
supper Monday night.
It seems that the 35-pound salmon
had been taken from Canadian waters
by Col. Frank W. Clark president of '
the Anglo-Canadian paper company,
shipped from Quebec to Greenville,
S. C., to Roger C. Peace. It was taken
to camp by Roger Peace, Jr., afford
ing many campers their first taste of
fresh salmon. They seem to have en
joyed salmon that didn’t, tome from
cans.
UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH
FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK
Walk under no ladders Friday, let
no black cat cross your path, take, no
money in the left hand, kill nc cats. -. ■
do nothing thac will incur the wrath
of the unlucky demons, for double
bad luck is destined to come on Fii
day, July 13th.
Transylvania county people e\i
dmtly wore very careful on the* pre
vious "bad lock" day which occurred
in April of this year, as there were
■no dire calamities reported or, that
date.
Negro Bail Game
The ‘‘Brevard Sluggers,” Inca'
i colored aggregation, will meet the
‘‘Pickens Stars," reputed to bi pretty
good baseball players, on the high
! school field here Monday afternoon
j at four o’clock.
baphstkaTledto
MEET SUNDAY, 2:30
Special meeting of officers and
pastors of the Transylvania Baptist
association is called for Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 at the Brevard Bap
! tist church. This meeting is to be he'd
i in the interest of the coming regular
: session of the association.
Every pastor, church clerk, deacon.
| Sunday school superintendent anil
I leaders in other departments of
j c hurch work are urged to attend this
' meeting. Any member of a BaptM
I church who is interested in the work
j of the association is cordially invited
I to attend.
Paul Hartsell, Moderator.
Mrs. G. F. Gallimore, Clerk.
MUCH INTEREST 5H0WN
IN TEACHER QUESTION
Much interest is being shewn in the
matter of teachers for the schools of
the Brevard district, with Dam-:
Rumor seemingly holding the trump
hand in the matter.
No statement has been made for
publication by either the local school
committee or the county superintend
j ent.
SPELLINGBEETO BE
GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT
A spelling bee will be given at the
Connestee school Friday night o1
this week at 8 o’clock, sponsored by
the Cop.nestee Beneficial Society
music club.
The contest will be between the
boys and girls of the community.
Music will be furnished by the musi
cians of the Conneetee section. The
public is invited to be present and to
take part in -he entertainment.
COUNTY WILL TAKE
BONDS AS PAYMENT
—
Fourteen Thousand Dollar* Re
tired During The Past
Two Month*
The county commissioners in meet
ing Saturday made an order to the
effect that . u:>ly bon I would be
accepted at fare value in payment c£
notes now h i.I by the ■ unty arid i’l
the hands of County Attorney \V. id.
Breese for collection.
The notes in question are collateral
paptr put up by the tv w defunct
Brevard Banking company as deposit
guarantee and are the property o£
the county. Considerable saving may,
be affected by those who take advan
tage of this offer, as county bonds are
wiling at, much below their face
value.
Five bend* of $1,000 each were
turned over to the county commission
ers Saturday by Tax Collector Er
win, having been taken in on debt
service portion of taxes. Fourteen
such bonds we.e turned n; the first
Monday in July.
The order in regard to note pay
ment by county bonds follows
"RESOLVED that the county at
torney be directed to accept county
bonds at par in the payment of any
notes held by the county. Provided,
That no reduction be made in thu
amount of the note, or accrued inter
est thereon.
“Provided, farther, that this au
thority shall continue foi such timu
as the board may deem proper."
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Fortune an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Betty
Frances, on Sunday, July b.
BREVARD BAND SETS
FIRST CONCERT DATE I
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Brevard's firJf band concert of the
season will be heard Saturday night,
July 21, according to Goode Lotus,
manager of the musical unit and
Donald Lee Moore, director.
The group practice- Tuesday and
Thursday evenings of each week and
Manager Loftis is urging that, all
former band members who have not
been working with the faithful at •
tenders supplement them Thursday
night in older that the first concert
be a successful one.
These band coneei:.- in past sum
mer* have gained popularity among
local and visiting )< iplc and it is
with eagerness that th, first concert
is awaited.
KIWANIS WILL MEET
ON EACH THURSDAY
Brevard'Kiwani* club will meet
each Thursday at noon during July
and August according to action taken
at the meeting Wednesday. Th: ..ay
of meeting was changed nt requt;: of
some of the member.- and the sched
ule changed from bi-yvecklv i n ac
count of the fact that there ai.'
numerous visiting K;wani;ins ;n B’.'<
vard each summer w. wish, to max
up their attendance
Mrs. C. E. Cody, ot Savannah. G
who is spending the summer in P
vard, delighted the 'iiembei * v
several vc cal selections, nccowpai I
by Mrs. Carl McCrai .. .
W. P. Gash, a new member \
appointed to the public affairs <■ ...
mittee, and E. J. Bogtn made a num
ber of the entertainment committee.
AVERY CASE APPOINTED
CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR
Avery M. Case hu»; bei n appointed
building inspector In the town >' I
Brevard, taking ovu the office mad::
vacant by tne death ot H. A. Du Rant
several days ago.
The law requires that a ptrmit be
secured from the budding inspector
before any new building or repairs
to old building in iht town limit* be
started.
TAX RATE ESTIMATE
Final Adoption cf Budget b
Set for Next First
Monday Meeting
Budget estimate as presented to the.
county commissioners at their meet
ing Saturday by County Accountant
L. V. Sigmon calls for a rate of $1.69
on the hundred dollar valuation, an
increase of four cent- on the hundred
over the rate of 1933 which was $1.55.
Final adoption of tv.< budget will
be made by the commissioners in their
meeting the first Monday in August,
a study of the estimated budget being
made in the meantime. The commis
sioners have the right to either raise
or lower the estimated rate.
A seventeen cent increase is noted
in the debt service column of the sum
mary as carried on page 3 of this
issue of The Times. The- . county
health and poor fund and health de
partment was cut from 17 to 14 cents,
with the county general left at 17,
and estimate for Fchcols was made
the same as last year, 30 cents.