A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
=~~ BREVARP, NORTH CAROLINA-—THURSDAY, JULY 26, 19M $1.00 PER YEAR iW TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
MOUNTAIN POTATOES
PROVING GOOD SEED
Climatic Condition* Here Are
Favorable For Producing
New Money Crop
Excellent crops of early Irish 'po
tatoes are being produced in the
Piedmont sectio*. from seed stock,
grown in the wountains ot \* estern
North Carolina
Climatic conditions in th« moun
tains enable farmers there to produe
seed equal in quality to that com" g
from Maine and other seed nrodtu .ig
areas of t-‘he North and Weak. ■ ays ■
H. R. Niswonger. extension 1 -• icul
turist at state College.
For tV- past 10 years In • \ tension
service tins been eneourag.ng the pro
ducts* of seed potato** n the moun
tain counties. So far the Irish cobier
has p.-oved the most popular, though
other varieties are also in demand.
This year the extension service, in
cooperation with the Carolina Moun
tains Cooperative and the Tennessee
Valiev Authority, helped in placing
I, 500*bu>hels of certified Maine seed
among 75 farmers. .Between 10,000
and 25.000 bushels of seed potatoes.
should he harvested from this plant-;
J ig. N'iswonger estmn.ted.
The potato plants in this project,
have passed inspection. Later, the
ootati es will be inspected by the
North Carolina Crop Improvement |
Association an" certified unless
trace- ot disease we found. No dis
eased potato will he approved for seed
purposes.
Niswcn)*<v that tno WcstrcTi;
Carolina eed is ideal for use by
g-owers in the extreme tastern coun
ties. hut at present the high freight
rates make it difficult for mountain ;
farmers io compete with seed grow
ers in Maine who can ship their seed|
b\ water.
However, extensive sh.pments of
mountain seed into the Piedmont sec
tion have been made yearly and the
seed i- growing in favor by all who
use it. N'iswonger added.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
MIDDLE FORK CHURCH
ROSMAN. duly 25—Revival ser-!
vices began at Middle Fork Baptist j
church Sunday night with the Rev. ;
Bill Holcombe of South Carolina in ^
charge. The public is invited to at-j
tend the services which are helc i
each evening at eight o’clock.
KNIFE WOUNDS END
LIFE OF LEDBETTER
Mooney Negroes Are Sought;
By Sheriff As Assailants
of Dead Man
%
i. — ■ -
Thurman Ledbetter, 25-year-oldj
negro of the Etowah section, was,
buried Wednesday at Shuws Creek in
Henderson county. Ledbetter died at
the local hospital Tuesday morning as
u-sult of wounds said to have been
inflicted by Edgar and Elijah
Mooney, two r.egro meD of the Glade
Creek section, this county, Saturday
night.
According to informal ion given:
Sheriff Tom Wood, the Ledbetter
man, his brother, William, and James
Logan, also colored, were itjured by
the two Mooney negroes at the home
of Marshall Ballard, colored resident
of the Glade Creek section, all suffer
ing rather severe cutu.
The men were brought to the home
of Dr. K. S. English in Brevard
where treatment was given and the
seriously wounded Thurman Ledbet
ter removed to the Lyday Memorial
hospital where he died Tuesday.
A coroner's jury summoned by
Coroner Gradv Kilpatrick viewed the
bodv of the dead man Tuesday, and
will" be called together again as soon
as the two Mooney negroes are
located by the sheriff. The Mooneys
are said to have fled the country im
mediately following the cutting.
REV. VERNON CRAWFORD
TO SPEAK AT KIWANIS
._
The Rev. Vernon A. Crawford,!
former parlor of Brevard Presbyter
ian church and for the past several
years missionary in Japan, will be
guest speaker at the Brevard Kiwani?
eluh or. Thursday of this week.
The Rev. and Mrs. Crawford and
two children are spending their vaca
tion in Brevard, stopping with Mrs.
U. L. Wilson.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
TO BE HIGHEST TYPE
While every effort will be made to
put out a winning football team at
Brevard College this- fall, it will be
the purpose of the college to offer
athletics for the student who tries,
stated Coach Ralph James in a meet
ing with several football fans here
Tuesday afternoon.
Coach James said that it would be
purpose of the athletic department to
develop character, strong bodies and
strong minds in the athletic depart
ment, and that every boy and girl who
attends tin* .institution which opens
September tenth, will be given oppor
tunity to take part in all athletics.
Several boys from Weaver College
are coming here this fall, James said,
two of whom made the all-state junior
college team last year. Several other
boys who have played one year of
junior college football, as well as a
number who were outstanding high
school players have already signified
their intention of attending the Bre
vard College. Four or more boys who
played for Brevard last year will try
ul for the team.
J. Wesley Williams, assistant coach
at Weaver last year, will be at Bre
vard in the same capacity, Coach
j antes said, together with a directoi
of girls’ athletics. Effort is now ifce
irg made to have the large level field
just off North Broad and French
Broad into shape, plans calling for ]
widening ol' the field and ereetior of
a fence.
PRISON CAMP WORK
EXPECTED TO START
Work expected to be started i
again or the state prison camp near
Calvert, according to word received
here this week, the plans to b*
changed, making the camp a 75-capa<
ity instead of 100.
Work was stopped or the project |
several weeks ago, presumably ou,
account of probability that the 1' A j
would construct a huge storage dam
on the French Broad river. With an-I
nouncoment tteit the dam would not
be constructed at this time, plans I
were begun to resume work on the |
camp in this county.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
ENON BAPTIST CHURCHj
PENROSE, July 25—Rev C. W. j
Hilcmcn, pastor of Enon Baptist
church, announced Sunday that re
vival services will be he'd at Enon
beginning next Sunday, July 29.
Singing school has been going on
at Enon again for all the six even
ings last week. The schoel is expec.
cd to continue through this week.
Attendance has been very good and
those attending have done good
work. ' - <
NEW BUSINESS WILL BE
OPENED HERE SATURDAY
Announcement is made in this
week’s issue of The Times by Mrs. |
J. L. Saltz of the opening of the
Poinsette Food Shop and Barbecue,
this new business to be open for busi
ness Saturday of this week.
Mrs.. Saltz is well known through
out the county, having been in busi
ness here before, and has had much
experience in school cafeteria and
cafe work.
Annual Flower Show Will Be Staged
In Brevard On Friday of This Week
Many valuable prizes have been
donated for Brevard's seventh annual
flower show, which will be held Fri
day of this week beginning at 2:00
o’clock in the vacant room adjoining
the Woman’s Exchange, sponsored by
the Women’s Civic club.
Those entering flowers for the
show are requested to bring them to
the room as early as possible Friday
morning, not later than 11 o’clock, in
order to allow sufficient time for them
to be classified and be in readiness
for the judge, Hugo Strongmiller, of
the Wayside Nursery, Biltmore.
The following prizes, donated by
local individuals and firms and others
will be awarded as first and second
prizes.
SECTION A—1. PETUNIAS, in
basket, bowl or vase. 1st prize, four
hydrangeas donated by Mrs. M. M.
Feaster; 2nd prize, two hydrangeas
by Mrs. Feaster. 2. VERBENAS,
1st prize, purple Japanese iris by
civic club, 2nd, two hydrangeas by
Mrs. Feaster. 3. CALENDULA, 1st
prize, one spirea by Civic club, 2nd,
six yellow narcissus by Civic club. 4.
SCABIOSA, 1st prize, four hydran
geas by Mrs. Feaster, 2nd, six yellow
narcissus. 5. PHLOX, annual, 1st
prize, four dahlias by civic club, 2nd,
yellow canna by Mrs. Gus. Gillespie.
6. PHLOX, perennial, 1st, face lotion
bv Simpson barber shop, 2nd, four
gladiolus. 7. LILIES, spike, any var
iety, 1st, two pounds Red Circle cof
fee by Broad street A. & P. Store,
2nd, four gladiolus.
SECTION B — 8. ROSES, individ
ual specimen, 1st, six gladiolus, 2nd,
three gladiolus. 9. ROSES, best exhi
bit, 1st, eight gladiolus, 2nd, four
gladiolus.
SECTION C—10. ASTERS, best
six, 1st, donation by A. & P., to be
called for, 2nd, four dahlias. 11
ASTERS,best 12 or more, 1st, 3 pound
roast by Central Market, 2nd, six
dahlias.
SECTION D—12. DELPHINIUM,
spike, 1st, Harper shampoo by Har
per Beauty shop, 2nd, Climax asters
by Civic club. 13. Best six or more.
1st, shampoo and wave by Ruth’s
Beautv parlor, 2nd, Climax asters.
SECTION E— 14. SNA P
DRAGONS, best individual spike, 1st,
two flower pots by Farmers Supply,
2nd, Montabretis. 15. Best six, one
variety, 1st, Man’s tie by Bradley’s,
2nd, Physostigia by civic club. 16.
SNAPRAGON, best twelve, 1st, six
pounds White Lily flour by City Mar
ket. 2nd, Monarda.
SECTION F—.17. MARIGOLDS,
(Continued on page four)
SUPERIOR COURT TO
CONVENE ON MONDAY
Civil Cases Will Be Heard—
Calendar Calls for Only
One Week
July-August term superior court is
scheduled to convene- here M'jnaay
morning of next week With Juuge
Warlick presiding. Only civil cases
will be taken up at this term, am
calendar as prepared by the Brevard
Bar association only calls for the 'l>'st
week. Jurors originally summoned Jo
the second week have been notilied o>
Sheriff Tom Wood not to appear.
Following are the jurors summoned
for the term:
Jack Trantham, C. C. Williams,
T. 11. Hart, Charley Gillespie, Brnesl
Allison, A. W. Hubbard, Blisba
Gravely, Jess Breedlove, W. P- A11*'
sen. Clyde Baynard, Oliver Galloway,
(i. C. Neely, T. F. McCall, U. M.
Brittain, J. T. Harrison, C. F ■ *01
ton. J. C. Gravely, A. C. Pnce. Frank
Whitmire, A. N. Jenkins M. G. t un
ningham, Cole I. Lee, Fred Batson
and Arnold Williams.
SEW ARRIVAL
Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Moltz
a daughter, on Friday, July
SCHEDULECHANGED
FOR GARBAGE TRUCK
Announcement is made by the
Town of Brevard sanitary depar-.
ment that, effective Ibis -week, semi
weekly rounds will be made oy tne
garbage wagon throughout the resi
dential section, the Iruck to make
the rounds each Tuesday and I* n
day mornings.
it is necessary, under the new
schedule which will be in effect Fri
day of this week and throughout the
month of August, that garbage oe
placed in containers and set at a con
venient place on the eilge of the
street. The truck will not go into back
yards as heretofore.
It will not be necessary to call the
city hall, as the truck will have its
regular routes and will make these
rounds each Tuesday and Frioay.
PISGAH MILL PLAYS
TANNERS SATURDAY
The rispah Mill team and Tran.-yT
vania Tanning outfit will piay at four
,,'clock Saturday afternoon on tnc
Brevard high school diamond, this
lx iug » return game.
The Tanners defeated the Fisgau
outiln Tuesday afternoon to the tune
of M, chalking up a one-sided victory
over John's Rock CCC last Saturday
afternoon 15-4.
BOARD EDUCATION WILL
MEET HERE ON MONDAY
The county board of education
will meet next Monday, July 50, at
10 okdoi'k in Vie office of the county
superintendent, according to an
nouncement by Chairman J. M. l»ai
loway.
No announcement has been made as
to date of filling of teaching positions
in the county,
WHITE “BLACKBERRIES”
FOUND BY MRS. S. ORR
A bunch of white berries, with all
the earmarks of a blackberry, taste
of a blackberry and stalk identical
with the wild growing fruit, was dent
t.o The Times office last week by Mrs.
Sam Orr of the Glade Creek section.
Mrs. Orr found several vines of the
berries growing wild among the
regular type blackberry.
No Fifth Sunday Singing
There will be no Fifth Sunday
Singing in Brevard on July 29, the
event being called off due to the fact
that the association has no piano to
use.
Death Toll Mounts
Another assault from a persistent
heat wave Saturday boosted the toll
of three blistering days to calamity
proportions and burned more havoc
in the nation’s fields.
Eighty-one more deaths were re
ported as the thermometers climbed
far past normal July marks in 19
states. The toll for the three super
heated days stood at 198.
MANY ATTENDLAST
RITES FOR MILLER
Hundreds of friends attended the
last rites for Ernes: Miller he'd at
the Brevard Methodist church f.st
Friday. The Rev. J. H. West Rev.
Paul Hartsell and Rev. Harry Pe1'1^'
had charge of the services which
were concluded at the Oak Grove
cemetery in North Brevard with the
Masonic Lodge and American Legion
as honorary pall hearers and taking
charge of the burial rites.
Pall bearers were close friends oi
the popular young man who died sud
denly Wednesday afternoon of last
week while supervising construction
work at the Brevard Municipal
swimming pool. They were Dan Mer
rill, Roscoe L. Nicholson, W. A.
Wilson, Albert G.' Kyle, Mitchell
Neely and Eck L. Sims.
WESTERN STOCK AT
R. W. EVERETT FARM
20 Carloads Arrived Wedne®-1
day—More Expected In
the Near Future
Twenty carloads of cattle from the
' western drouth area were unloaded
! at Davidson River station Wednesday
■ morning and driven to the Everett
! farm where they will be fed and in
i spotted before being placed on Tian
1 sylvania glazing iands.
The cattle are a part of the three
j thousand head that are to be brought
i here from the western areas for graz
ing on Transylvania farms. The gov
ernment will pay fifty cents per head
per month for unfenced land and one
dollar per month for fenced pa tur
age.
W. A. Wils n, relief administrator,!
| states (hat ail the first shipment of j
; cattle will be placed in the lower end
|of the county, with future shipments
; to be unloaded at Rooman and Lake
! Toxaway for placement in that sec-1
I tion.
Nine hundred and twenty-five bead j
of mixed type—steers and heifers,;
I mostly one and two year olds, with a j
few oldt r cows were in the load. Most |
of the cattle seemed in fair condition, j
SCHOOL ALLOTMENT
CUT FOR NEXT YEAR
—
Allotment to Transylvania county |
schools by the state fot operation j
I of plants and transportation ui'j
■ children during the 1934-35 term
shows a decrease: of around three
'thousand dollars, accoiding to G. C.
Rush, county superintendent.
The allotment for transportation of
pupils to and from the schools was
cut $1,800 under 1933-34, the new al
lotment being $3,100. Other cuts were
water and lights, $83; fuel, $320;
clerical service, $32.50.
• Four less teachers in the county
were allotted this year over that of
! 1 a>t, one being cut off at Brevard
elementary; one at Conneftec, and one
i at Turkey Creek, children from this
I school to attend Pisgah Forest. One
I colored teacher at Glade Creek was!
| also cut off.
|dr. bartletTMES
j AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Dr. Laura F. Bartlett, 70, died at
| her home here Monday morning, fob
I lowing a lingering illness of the past
four years. Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the Brevard Presbyterian church,
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J. P.
Simmons. Interment was in Gilles
! ;>ie cemetery.
Dr. Bartlett, whose home was for
merly in Logan, Ohio, has made her
home in Brevard the past eight years,
stopping at the Pierce-Moote hotel
! with Miss Grace Piercy, She was a :
| prominent practicing physician in
several northern states, prior to com
: ing to Brevard when failing health
: attacked her eight years ago. She was
a member of the Eastern Star. Moore
and Osborne had charge of funeral
arrangements. j
Dr. Bartlett has been under the i
care of Mrs. John Cantrell the past ‘
four years.
She leaves no immediate relatives. |
PLANS BEING MADE TO
STAGE DAHLIA SHOW
Invitation is extended by the Tran
sylvania Dahlia Club to all people of
the county to exhibit in the dahlia
show to be staged here on August
18. A list of prizes is being made up
and will be published within a few
days.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD
AT CEDAR MTN. CHAPEL
Announcement is made that the
Rev. J. N. Pressly, 89-year-old min
ister of Skyland, will preach at Little
River Methodist chapel near Cedar
Mountain next Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
The Rev. Mr. Pressly organized the
methodist chapel in 1870, this being
one of his first charts, and he is
issuing an invitation to the general
public and especially to his older
friends to attend the service Sunday
morning.
BAND CONCERT WILL
BE HELD SATURDAY
Band concerts wlil be held each
Saturday night at eight o’clock
throughout the summer months, ac
cording to Donald Lee Moore, leader
of the local organization.
At the first concert held here last
Saturday evening one of the largest
crowds' ever to be seen here for like
event thronged the uptown section
while the concert was being given.
Many complimentary remarks were
heard from visitors and borne folks
for the fine program given.
Invitation is extended by the band
boys to any summer visitor or camp
er who plays a band instrument to
attend practice meets on Tuesday and
Thursday evening in the Krwin build
'ng and plnv in the weekly concerts.
FIRST DEGREE WORK TO |
FEATURE MASON MEET
The first degree will be conferred
by Dunn’s Rock lodge No. 2C7, A. F.
& A. M., at the regular communica
tion Friday night at eight o'clock.
T. G. Miller, junior warden, will con
fer the degree and will be assisted by I
Leon English, senior 'deacon. The j
worshipful master urgently reo.ucsl'- i
that all members be present.
MRS.DELOSTYDAY i
BURIED LAST FRIDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Delos I
Lyday were held Friday afterrio n
from Pisgah Forest Baptist church
with the Revs. C. W. Hilemor., C. E.
Blythe and Mrs. Regers in charge.
Interment was made in the Davidson
River cemetery.
Mrs. Lyday, who was ~'S years m
age, died late Thursday afternoon al
ter an illness of three weeks. She had
been in poor health since the death
of her husband three months ago but
her condition was not serious until
three weeks past.
Mrs. Lyday, who wa- before her
marriage, Miss Sallie Sitton, is sue- j
vived by seven children, one brother,.
twenty-one grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren. The surviving
children are W. A. Lyday and J. A
Lvday of Pisgah Foro.-t, E. VV. Lyday
of Turkey Creek, Mrs. J. R. Alexan
der, Mrs. J. H. Orr, Mrs. Lewis Orr |
of Brevard R-2, Mrs. I). II. Orr oi
Pisgah Forest. The brother, R. a.
Sitton, resides at Horse Shoe.
Pailbcarers at the funeral services j
were Bert Alexander. Clyde Brown.
Ernest Lyday, Ralph McGuire, Ban
yan Holden, Jackson Ilolden. Moore |
ard 0“borne had charge of funeral
arrangements.
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FEDERAL HATCHERY
OFFERS FREE FISH!
A large supply of young fish— i
rainbow, brown and brook trout— ,
will be distributed to stream and j
water-body owners in Western North
Carolina from the fish hatcheries of
the state department of conservation
and development in this section, it j
was learned last week,
In order to obtain supplies of the ■
fish for stocking purposes, owners
must obtain an application form from H
,1. D. Clark, commissioner of inlarnt
fisheries, department of conservation
and development, Raleigh, it was ex
plained by E; R. Galloway, county
game warden. |H| ,!
Upon request, Mr. Clark’s staff
will send application to persons do-;
siring the fish, who in turn will have
to flil them out and return to his of- i
fice for approval. Upon approval, he
will notify the persons and send dis
tribution order to superintendent ol
the nearest hatcheries. The hatcheries
in this section are located at Boone
Marion and Wa/nesville. The fi ll
will be distributed between now and
August 15.
THERMOMETER REACHES
HIGHEST MARK IN YEARS
With several hundred deSf\i re
ported from the excessive heat wave
which has blanketed the nation for
the past several days, Brevard and
vicinity have witnessed the most
severe weather since 1925, according
to Harry Patton, official observer
here for the federal weather bureau.
Brevard’s highest mark was attain
ed Sunday when the thermometei
climbed to 96 for a brief period,
However, coo! nights, registering be
low 60, have contributed much to i
comfort of people here.
Mrs. Allison Very HI
Mrs. Jane Allison, who suffered a
stroke of apoplexfjl on the Fourth
of July at the home of her daughter, j
Mrs. Ernest Webb, was reported on {
Wednesday to be gradually growing
weaker, though was said to be re t-j
ing very comfortably at that time. •
ANSEL JONES HEADS
COUNTY YOUNG FOLK
B. Y. P. U. Officers Elected At
Meeting Held At Cedar
Mountain Church
Irupirationai uuk.? and election of
jfficers featured the* meeting of the
Transylvania county B Y. U.
convention held Sunday altern on at
the Cedar Mountain Baptist church.
The theme of the program »vas
‘Christ Must Reign in Our Patriot'
sm.” An inspirational talk by Ke\.
Paul Hartnell, pastor of the Bre
vard Baptist church, or. Ih -inject
’Where Du I Live" an I a talk i .
It. H. Ramsey on “Will We as B. Y.
P. U. Workers Be Patriots” were
joth forceful and helpful feature- of
the program. Devotional* wei e led by
Miss Selma Morgan <-f tin- upper
Jistrict, a special song •..'■= rendered
jy the Pisgah Forest dot and a
quartet, "Brighter Da\-\ Aie Just
Ahead,” was sung by Robert Mackey,
Miss Belle Frady, Frisco Fcntcll and
Holland Corn, with .Miss Dorothy
Souther at the organ. The benediction
ivas pronounced by Rev. C. W. Hile
non.
The following officer- and leaders
for the following year were f eted:
president, Ansel Jones; vice president,
Mrs. Ed .Mackey; secrets i y, .Miss
Selma Morgan; treasurer. Mis - Grace
Hamilton; intermediat- mil junior
leader, .Mis- Rena Merrill; district
leaders. Miss N'ell .MeCraiy, I.iftie
River union, lower distyjci leader;
Miss Flora Allison, Carr's Hill
inion, center district leader; Randall
Lyday, Zion union, upper district
leader; Ernest Brown, Enon union,
junior and intermediate leader; Miss
Helen Henderson, Oak Grove, upper
iistrict leader.
Resolutions were dtawn up by ««
liommitlte composed Ox Miss Helen
Allison and Miss Selma Morgan, and
voted on and passed tv the associa
tion.
Following were the resolutions. 1.
At lease two A-l union- iu each dis
trict. for the year 1934- 35 , 2. One
district meeting each quarter- 3
Organize a union in each church.
The convention will meet with the
L ittle River union y on the fourth
Sunday in July.
A7' LYDAY HOSPITAL
Patients reported at Lyday Memor
ial hospital on Wednesday were: Hil
liard Hall, Mrs. Maggie Hall, Mrs.
Willie Williams, A. 1). Bryscn, little
George Myers, Tommy Dodd and
Lyman Buttolpb.
TOWN TAX RATE IS
ESTIMATED AT $1.75
Slight increase In Rate Over
Preceding Year—Still
Regarded as Low
Town of Brevard estimate* tax
rate for the year 10o4-35 a carried
in the budget estimate another g
sage in this issue of Th' Tirr.i- set?
the rate at $1.75 on the hundred dol
lar valuation, an increase of tsve
cents over that of last year.
The budget, as prepared by City
Clerk Harry Patton am; Attorney
Ralph H. Ramsey, will i- pit sen ted
to the board at its next meeting. A
complete summary of 'he budge'
estimate can be seen a: the eilv
clerk’s office or at the oilier cf Tic
Transylvania Times.
BREVARD SCOUTS ELECT
NEW PATROL OFFICE?'
Brevard trocp Boy Scouts held an
nual election at the Hut last Friday
evening, resulting in the following
patrol leaders and assirtants being
elected:
Leaders—C. K. Osborne, Lewis
Hamlin, Henry Miller, Luc-ien Den
ver. Assistant leaders are Billy
Beasley, Oliver Orr, Billy Nicholson,
L. E. Bagwell.
Three People Die As Result of Truck
Accident On Caesar’s Head Highway
---
Three people were killed and 28
injured, one seriously, after the truck
on which they were riding left the
Geer Highway near Caesar’s Head
and plunged down a 20-foot embank
ment Tuesday just before noon.
The dead are The Rev. Charles de
Vineau, Catholic priest of Charleston,
and two young boys also of Charles
tion, who with the priest and two col
ored men made up a load of 31 on the
old model Dodge truck that was be
ing used to transport the boys from
Camp St. Ann near Brevard to Spar
tanburg where they were to catch a
train ior Charleston.
Mack Jones, negro, who was driv
ing the triTck, made the statement to
Dr. E. S. English of Brevard who was
called to the scene immediately fol
lowing the wreck, that hi3 brake- be
gan to give way just after the truck
started down the steep mountain
south of Caesar’s Head hotel, arm
that Father de Vineau who was rid
ing on the seat with him grasped the
steering wheel so firmly that he (the
negro) was unable to make the curve
as he intended to do and jam the
machine into the steep bank on the
right of the road.
The truck ran off the left side of
the road at what, is known as Chest
nut or Horseshoe curve, tuining*over
as it crashed to the nearly level spot
below. Father de Vineau and Edward
Bevis were killed instantly, Janu <
Quinn dying six hours later at »
Greenville hospital.
Ambulances from Greenville, an I
the Moore & Osborne ambulan
from Brevard were summoned fro- i
the Caesar’s Head hotel by telephcn.
and the more seriously wounded car
ried to Greenville. Ter. of the young
boys were picked up by a passing
truck and brought to Brevard where
they were given treatment at the
Lyday Memorial hospital and later in
the day released. None of the boys
brought to Brevard wa- seriously in
jured. , . . .. ,
While the negro driver claimed that
the truck was running at a moder
ate rate of speed and would rot have
been out of his control had it no',
been for Father de Vineau, two o!
the older boys who were brought to
Brevard stated that the truck wa
making at least 40 miles per hour as
it struck the sharp down-grade curve
The group was part of a party of
64 that had been at Camp St. Ann
(formerly Perry-Ann) near here for
the past ten days. The camp has been
(Continued on page four)