fSf THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES | WI County I A Newspaper Devoted to the Best latere st- of the People of Transylvania County ---— VOL 39. NO. 32 " BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, AUGUST 16,1934 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY < ' NINE HUNDRED HEAD CATTLE EXPECTED Holden Wants To Place West ern Cattle On All County Farms Nine hundred head of cattle from drouth areas of the west are expect ed to arrive at Davidson River on Thursday or Friday of this week, according to Flave H. Holden, who is in charge of this work under the federal government's relief agency. Mr. Holden states that he nas already received 1.0i5 heed of untie, most of which have been distnouted to various sections of <.h<; county, and that he has orders on ham! from Transylvania farmers ana laydown-1 ers for around 2,000 more, all of] which will be filled. The government is paying fit' > I cents per head per month for open grazing lands, and one dollar per | head per month for fenced pastor-1 age. Mr. Holden requests that any farmer who can takj care of five or more head of cattle on the above, basis, which he believes to be a; profitable one. get in touch with him | imm.diately. Some trouble is being had, Mr. i Holden stated Wednesday, in keep- j ing herders in charge of open rangej cattle. The men dcmg this work are paid $48 per month, and are taker, j ironi relief rolls. Mr. Holden said i that a number of men who had been I placed on these jobs had quit, leav- , mg the cattle free to do as they liked, ai d causing great int tfiven-! ience to his program. /,(•<( Hock hi Prison Raleigh—Luke Lea *f Nashville, j Temu. Thursday quietly re-entered North Carolina state prison here to j resume services of his -1x to 10-year , sentence after attending the tuneral | of his son, Percy Lea, who was I killed in an automobile accident. BALL GAME WILL BE PLAYED HERE TODAY; “Red” Misenheimer, manager of the Transylvania Tanners, was all ‘smiles following the game here Sat-; urday afternoon when his team down ed the Gloucester CC nine in a five innig affair 5-0, and fans bought tickets to the amount of sixteen dol-1 lars, this amount taking care of a deficit in operating expenses of the , dub for the past couple of weeks, i Brevard and Hendersonville will play here Thursday afternoon at four o’eli ck, with the local team going to Balfour Friday afternoon. HONOR ROLL ! The following readers have “taken i the trouble” to rend in their renewals since the first of the month: Mrs. E. E. Manning. Atlanta. Mrs. P. V. McCall, Asheville. 1.. A. Ammon, Cullowhte. Guy Dean, Brevard. Clyde Case, Pisgah Forest. Mrs. H. L. Wilson, Brevard. Mrs. G. H. Lyday, Pisgah Forest. A. J. Beddingfield, Brevard. Mrs. W. II. Duckworth, Brevard. Judson McCrary, Brevard. Carlos Holden, Brevard R-2. E. P. Galloway, Dacusville. R. C. Galloway, Ohio. Joe B. Crary, Virginia. G. C. Sentell, Brevard R-2. The Times welccmes the following new' readers, whose names have been added tc our lists since August first: Mrs. George McUaha, Pisgah for est. H. E. Shipman, Pisgah Forest. Z. B. Jackson, Brevard R-2. Miss Daisy Norton, Brevard. C*rl Banther, Lake Toxawaj. Mrs. W. E. Galloway, Rosman. Mrs. Jas. H. Case, Asheville. F. R. Nalls, Georgia. Mrs. Judson Scott, Tampa. Mrs. C. E. Orr, Pennsylvania. Mrs. A1 Barnes. Tampa. Foster McCrary, Easley. W. M. Henry, Brevard. W. S. Hooker. Brevard. F H. Holden, Brevard. SPINDALE QUARTET TO SING HERE AGAIN SOON The Spindale quartet has accepted an invitation to return to the Brevard Methodist church within a month for a musical pvogiam. The quartft was well received here Sunday night, a large group of people enjoying the program of songs. Composing the quartet are G. P. Howard, D. C. Cole and 0. T. Hen drix of Rutherford county, and J. W. Starnes of Brevard. SCHOOLWILLSTART HERE AUGUST 27TH Work To Be Done On Build ings Soon As Possible— Faculty Not Complete Brevard schools will start August 27, according to Superintendent j G. C. Bush, with buildings to be, repaired at the very earliest possible moment. Bre'ard high school auditorium and Brevard primary building were each condemned several days ago by Avery Case, building ;nsuector, and Frank Jordan, deputy insurance com missioner for the western district. Mr Bush stated Wednesday that he had received notation from Dan C. Boney, state insurance commissioner, that he was sending the state engi neer here to go over the situation and for the school authorities to go ahead with pians for opening the schools, but not to use the Brevard high school auditorium until it could be, repaired. All faculty members have not been elected, complete 'ist of faculty tor the entire county system expected to be announced shortly. MIDWIVES TO STUDY UNDER STATE NURSEj Beginning Thursday. August lfith, a series of classes for the instruc tion of midwives will be held in var ii us communities throughout the county. The county physician is vested with authority to regulate the practice of midwifery in the county. This is done by the Comity Board of Health coopertaing with the State Baid| of Health. : A state nurse sent out by the Bureau of Maternity and Infancy of the State Board of Health will con duct the classes. Classes will be held at the follow ing places and dates: R'isman school building, Thursday, Aug. 1C>, 9:30 a. m.; Lake Toxaway school building. Friday, Aug. 17. 9,30 a. m.; Balsam Grove senool | building. Monday. Aug. 20, 10 a. m., Brevard court house, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 9.30 a. m. A state nurse is being | sent into the county to conduct the classes, together with Dr. G. B-! Lynch, county physician. All mid-; wives practicing in this county arc | required under the law to attend. BAND PRACTICE WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY Band practice will be held Thurs day night of this week, according to announcement of the director, Don ald Lee Moore. The time was changed this week from the regular date on Tuesday night to Thursday night, and all members of the band are urged to come out for practice tonight. BENEFIT BRIDGE TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK A benefit bridge party, sponsored by the D. A. R., will be held in the j'oines Motor company building Thursday night, August 23, at 3:00 A good time is promised all who attend. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served, all to be includ ed in the thirty-five cents admission fee. All who attend are asked to bring any game they wish to play and share in the prizes and refreshments. Check Flasher’s Career Quickly Ended When HeTries His Artifices In Brevard Because business was not as good as it should have been, W. A. Powell (alias Howard) of Goldsboro, took a notion here last Saturday to double returns of his sales and as a result landed in jail Monday afternoon on a charge of forgery. W Mr. Alias Howard, according, to evidence given Chief of Police Bert Freeman, was selling floor oils and other supplies. After making three or four small sales in town, he sold a bill of six dollars and fifty cents at the Lyday Memorial hospital, for L which he received a check signed by ^ Miss Brendell. This e’neck was o. k. Then, some time after.the bfink had closed Saturday afternoon Mr. “Howard” Powell cashed another i chock at Trantham’s store for six j dollars- and fifty cents, this check also being drawn on the Lyday hos pital and purportedly signed by Miss Brendell. Tony Trantham, who has I handled several checks given by the hospital and found them worth face value at all times, cashed the check for Mr. Alias “Howard” Powell, the latter going on to new territory. When the check was deposited at the Transylvania Trust company by Mr. Trantham Monday morning it was turned down, and “the law” was notified. Sheriff Garren at Hendersonville was notified to be on the lookout for Mr. “Howard” Powell and soon had his man in tow, with result that the super-coilector was resting serenely in the Tom Wood hotel here Monday afternoon. Of course he was the wrong man (according to his story) but a com parison of the handwriting on the face of the check with that of the endorsement told otherwise. MORAL—Don’t try to hoo-doo the hospital, and don’t try to carry the same hoo-doo to the Transylvania Trust company. Twenty-Five Thousand Brook Trout ' Placed In Pisgah Forest Streams Twenty-five thousand brook trout were placed in Upper Davidson River Wednesday afternoon by the forestry department, with Wm. Keil and W. P. Funean in charge of distri- j bution. j The fish arrived here about one-, thirty, in a special car, from Lee town, W. Va., and were immediately transferred t> the Pisgah National Forest. Yen trucks were used in haul ing the buckets of fish from the car on the Brevard siding with 180 men and boys being used in the work of unloading, hauling and distribution. ^ The fish were removed f’-om the ; cat in the cans in which they were : shipped and then hauled to their des- j tination in various sections of the Upper Davidson River, where they I were given their first taste of Iran-, sylvania county pure mountain I water, a little water being added at a time to the cans until the water was “tempered.” Then the fish were placed in the streams, three and four at a place, Fifty cans were placed in Looking Glass Creek, 50 in Avery’s Creek, fifty in Cove Creek and fifty in Gro gan’s Creek, and others in Davidsoi' River, no fish being put in the main Davidson River stream below Lau rel Fork bridge. Another shipment is expected at an early date, air. Duncan p.aid, of rainbow, which wi!) be placed in the mRin Davidson River stream below Laurel Fork bridge. The fish were from four to six inches in length and have a fine chance to live and thrive, according to Mr. Keil, who has been here for some time making preliminary sur veys and supervising work on the streams in which the fish were placed. Dahlia Show To Be Held In Brevard Saturday Afternoon of This Week Brevard’s second annual dahlia show will be held Saturday of this week in the large vacant room in the Harris building on West Main street, opening to visitors in the alternoon and evening. The shew is sponsored by the Transylvania Dahlia club. According to the classification, the exhibits are divided into three sec tions. Section A is open to all ex hibitors. Section B is open to anyone in Transylvania county, and Section C to those who have exhibited little, if’any. in flower shows. It is pointed nut by the committee that all who CM- eligible to exhibit in Section <■ may also exhibit in Sections A and B if their exhibits meet the specifi cations. All who arc eligible to exhibit in Section B may also exhibit in Sec tion A if requirements are met. Visiting exhibitors arc only invited to exhibit in section A. The show is open to both amateur and professional dahlia growers, and manv have expressed their intention of entering exhibits in the various classes. Present indications point to a highly successful show this year, which promises to surpass the first show held last August. Officers of the Transylvania Dah lia dub, sponsors of the event, in clude: president, Mrs. John Max well; vice president. Fred Shuford; secretary, John Ashworth; treasurer. Mrs. Marcus Williams, who is also chairman of the dahlia show. Valuable prizes have been contri buted by various firms and individ uals in Brevard and elsewhere, which will be offered for first, second and third awards in each of the 34 classes. R. It. Robison, dahlia export nf Asheville, has been secured as judge. '■ The following prizes Will be -awarded in the dahlia show: Stotuin A Class I—First piize, cup by dah lia dub; 2nd, cement vase made ano donated by C. Cl. Hutches; 3rd, hand (Gantinued on bock page) BAPTISTS GATHERED AT PISGAH FORESTj Business Sessions WilE Be Held Thursday—State Speakers Present Ti'ansylvan:a Baptist association convened Wednesday morning at Pis jjali Forest Baptist church, with the Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Bi'evard Baptist church, presiding. Thy Rev C. W. Hilcmon. pastor of the Pisgah Forest church, preached the introductory sermon at lin'd, with matters of a general nature tak ing up the rest of the day. • 1 oung people of the church had chaige of the night service which convened at tight o’clock Wednesday. M. A. Huggins, of Raleigh, state secretary of the Mission board, and the Rev.' J. M. Page of Raleigh, Bap tRt literature and publication secre tary, are attending the sessions. Appointments of committees and election of moderator for the ensuing year will be special business to be taken up Thursday. FASHION DEPARTMENT < STORE HOLDING SALE j Announcement is made in this is- j sue of The Times by the Fashion . Department store of their summer. clearance sale, in which they are 0i- I fering a wide variety of merchan-: dise. The sale will open Friday morning,; the store being closed while the em ployes make ready for the clearance sale event. GLAZENER CEMETERY TO BE CLEANED OFF 24TH OAKLAND, Aug. 15—Date for the work of beautifying Glazener ceme tery here has been changed from August 30 to Friday, August 14. This change was effected when it was learned that schools would begin be- j fore Thursday the 30th which is j regular date for the work. All inter-; ested in the cemetery are requested | to cooperate with the group on the new date. Play At Connestee “Cinderella’s Reception’’ is a play to be given by the B. S. M. club at Connestee school house Friday night at 8 o’clock. 'The play is being spon sored by Miss Vera Whitmire and the public is invited to attend. At Lyday Hospital Patients at Lyday Memorial hos pital, all reported on Wednesday to be doing nicely, include: Mrs. Ray mond Fisher, Mrs. A. J. Ccleman sind infantrson, Allen, born Friday, August 10, Mrs. Roscoe McCall and infant non, George, borti Tuesday, August 7; Mrs. Raymond Burgess, recovering from a major operation, little John Harvey and Mrs. Willie Williams. PUBLIC IS DAMAGING PISGAH CAMP SITES Wardens Say They Will Have To Arrest Violators Of Camp Privileges Spurgeon Edmundson, genial ran ger in Pisgah National Forest, re ports that Transylvania county peo ple arc doing considerable damage at the public camp grounds in the forest and at the same time making stay of tourists rather unpleasant. Several arrests have already been made by Mr. Edmundson at the camps of people who persistently violate, rules of conduct at the camp, and he avers that if people will not take warning like gentlemen, that there will be numerous ones “brought to town" by the caretakers. FAX COLLECTOR HAD TOO MANY ON LISTS 0. L. Erwin, county tax collector, requests that The Times beg the pardon of the several people whose property was advertised last week by mistake. Mr. Erwin states what he regrets very much the mistake and has taken the names from the list that is again being published m this week’s paper. It seems that immediately after die list for publication was made up, as per orders to Mr. Erwin from the county commissioners, that a bond was placed in the tax collector s office, by which considerable saving could be effected by tax payers In order to keep his books straight, a new page near the back of the daily cash book was opened for this pai ticular bond, and all those people who paid their debt service portion and credited same on the bond were placed on this page. In the bustle that comes along with closing the tax booxs and getting final list ready for publica tion, Mr. Erwin overlooked the page that contained names of those P®0P, who had taken advantage of the bond, and hence their property was adver used. , , The following names have been taken off the list on account , of this ""f^W. Scruggs, Mrs. W. H. Allison, Mrs. Amanda Clayton, O. Duclos, M. M. Feaster, G. L. Glazentr estate. J. A. Glazener. A. N. Hinton. Mrs. W. A. John-on, Pat Kimzey and wife, John E. Rufty. C. L. Scruggs, F. W. Scruggs. J. C. Scruggs, L. H. Scruggs, L. R Scruggs, Mrs. C. A. Shuford Mrs. C A. Shuford, Mrs. H.G. Whitsett, C. C. Williams, H L. Wilson estate. Mrs. Virginia Webb, Mrs. K. H. Zachary, Z. Ft. Jackson, Benton Inc., Mrs. W. D. Glazener, P. C. Hamlin. Miss Maggie Owenby, Gaston Whit Mire, J. P. Whitmire, H. P. hogscd. Fred E, Landreth. W. W. Woodley, R. R. Cline, C. L. Sanders, E. D. RtThe name of J. L. Bell was also published in the list, last week, and to Mb'. Bell the tax collector also extends his apology, 1 IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT BREVARD SWIMM POOL Walkways have been completed at the Brevard Municipal swimming pool and the fence around the pool erected, giving a decided improved appearance to the popular place. Workmen are now engaged in | clearing off the grounds in front of ; the bath house, which is now being i used, and filling in around the “baby | pool” which is open to the public j without charge. PRiSONC/ WORK ! STARTS [WEEK _ : State Prison Department An nounces Resumption of Activities In County ! Oscar Pitts, head of the' state ! prison department, was in Brevard 1 Wednesday and announced that work 1 would be resumed or the camp at i Calvert within the next week, j Original plans for the camp have I been changed slightly, Mr. Pitts said, j present plans being to erect a camp , 'with 7E capacity instead of ICO. Work was started several -weeks, ago, with a crew' of A-grade prisoners under Superintendent W. Lloyd Cut ting. However, announcement by the Tennessee Valley Authority that a dam would probably be bunt on the French Broad river that would affect thM county caused the prison de partment to stop work and move all materials on baud to another county. Announcement was made later by the TV A that the dam would not be built, and work is again to be resumed on the buildings and grounds at Calvert. NOTED LECTURER AT METHODIST CHURCH Mrs. Helen Gertrude Randle, well known speaker and authority on the subjects of foods and psychology, opened her series of lectures Wed nesday afternoon in the Brevard Methodist church. Lectures will be given again Thurs day afternoon at three o’clock and Thursday evening at eight, this sched ule to apply also on Friday. Mrs. Randle’s topic for Thursday after noon will be “How to Aqcuire Every thing You Want in this World. Eter- j nal Youth in Your Body—You can , Be Young at 65.” Thursday evening her topic will be “A Million Dollars in Your Own Backyard.” Friday af ! ternoon lecture—“How to Have A ! Winning Personality—Selling Your I self to the World.” Closing the series, the noted lec turer will use as her tpoic Friday I (,v6nin^-"<,Fo|)d8 Thftt MukoFjjVou Foods That frreck You— Health — How to Live 100 Years in Health. | Vitality, Youth, through Correct ! Feeding.” Mrs. Randle comes to Brevard 1 highly recommended as a lecturer, author, teacher and dietitian, having lectured in all principal cities cu the United States. Her home is in Green ville S. C., but she has been making her ’ headquarters in Washington, D. C., for several years. Mrs. Randle is in Brevard at in vitation of the Welcome to Brevard organization, ar.d after leaving here will fill engagements at Henderson ville and Waynesville. LITTLE RIVER HOME COMING, AUG. 26TH Plans are being made for the an nual Homecoming day at Little Kiver Baptist church on Sunday, August 26 when all residents, for mer residents, phoplc who have rel atives buried in the cemetery there and friends of the community are in vited to attend. J. L. Osteen of Greensboro, a for mer Little River teacher, will have charge of the program and is sched uled as one of the principal speakers of the dav. Other features of the pro gram will be singing, instrumental i music and short talks. .... , Ail are urged to bring well-filled baskets for the homeooming dinner. TECHNICAL CHARGE AGAINST W. LYDAY Auto Accident Is Fatal To Virgil Simms—Coronor’s Jury Signs Bond Wilson Lyday was ordered held for involuntary manslaughter by the cor oner’s jury which investigated tho death of 12-year-old Virgil Sims last Wednesday night. Immediately after returning the verdict, of involuntary manslaughter, all members of the jury signed Mr. Lyday'a oond which was set at $1500. J| Evidence brought out at the hear ing which lasted for everal hours was to the effect that young Simms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Simms also of the Enon section, came to his death from jumping from a moving auto driven by Wilson Lyday. The youngster, together with three other, boys, was riding on the outside of the Chevrolet coach, having gotten on the car at Enon hill. Near the Glade creek bridge Simms is said to M have lost his hat, and as the car was being slowed down he jumped off, fell on the pavement and injured his head to such an extent that he died at Lyday hospital a short while later. While no blame is attached to Mr. Lyday for causing the accident by those who heard the evidence at the coroner’s inquest, the jury held that he was technically guilty in allow ing the boy to ride on. the outside of the car which is a violation of the North Carolina state 'aw. The jury debated for several hours before re turning their verdict, and then as « gesture of their belief of the blame lessness of Mr. Lyday, signed his ® bond. . The boy was buried at Enon. He is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Simms, one sister. Cath erine, and two brothers, David Lee and Shelton, Jr MAD DOG REPORTED AT PLEASANT GROVE I_ Another ma vear havinc been rented, and the com rnittceapoointfcd by President Dick Ton decided to hold the fair at Ros man this fall. Two large buildings, owned by J. W. Glazener and 0. I-. F.rwin have been placed at disposal of the fair association, and the fair 18 to be held in Rosman around the last i of September. ^ Homer Whitmire Says There Is Cash To Be Made In Raising Silver Foxes Fox ranching is a fascinating hobby | which has gTOwn into a highly pro- j fltable enterprise for Homer Whit-( mire, who is here for several weeks j before entering business in St. Louis j in September. Mr, Whitmire launched the fox fanning project in Transylvania county four years ago when he built the Blue Ridge Silver Fox Farm located at Cherryfield, with twenty pairs as a nucleus, ten pairs of sil ver and ten pairs of blue fox. He is one of the nation’s foremost au thorities on fox ranching, having fox ranched for nfore than ten years, during which time he has been con nected with the Ralston Purina com pany of St. Louis. The establishment of the fox farm here in 1930 was believed to be one of the most promising er.tcrprisec ever started in this community, and i the four years have proved it to be j v highly successful and even more promising endeavor than had bo i originally realized. The big money in* a fox ranch comes from the sale of the pelts and Mr. Whitmire eaid that in tn December St. Louis market, pells from the Blue Ridge Ranch brought the highest prices, and that pelts from the farm brought $5 to $10 more on the open year’s market than skins from other farms. . Mr. Whitmire wanted to start tne business in his native county and asked the United States government for a report on the climate in its rela tion to successful fox ranching and this report placed this section on a par with Canada, which is recoK"1*^ as the meat perfect place in North America for fur-bearing anunale. The government has issued a map tor such work, and the map shows thw Section cf the mountains of Western North Carolina as being on an exact (Conttrucd on b*ck page) iLv 'I, . '-L.-Sigii&ikl --