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)*'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. _____ 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)