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TOWN TAX RATE IS
AGAIN SET AT $1.70
Tax Collections for Past 12
Months Reported Good Due
To Bond Acceptance
Town of Brevard tax rate as set at
the Tuesday night meeting of the
board of aldermen will be the same
as that of last year—$1.70 on the
hundred dollar valuation.
The genera! fund rate was set at
36 cents, with the debt service fund
requirement placed at $1.34, slightly
higlur than ihe part year, which will
give tax payers who take wantage
of paying debt service portion of
taxes with past due bond; at the rate
they are now selling a total rate of
a little over 96 cents on the hundred
dollars.
City Clerk Harry Patton reported
to the bcar4 at its meeting that tax
collections for the past year had been
far better than either of the two
previous years, due, he said, in large
part to the fact that citizens had
been able to participate in buying in
past due bonds at a considerable sav
ing. the bonds being accepted at face
value on debt service portion of taxes.
Following adoption of the budget
and setting of the tax rate for the
year, order was made by the board
authorizing City Attorney Ralph H.
Ramsey to proceed with foreclosure
of 193*1 and prior tax sale certifi
cates as set out by law, the suits to
be started prior to October first.
BOYLSTON CONTRACT
WILL BE LET ON 12TH
Miller Say* 284 Work Will Be
Started Within The
Near Future
Contract is to be let on September
12 for work on the Boylston road,
according to advices received here
Tuesday.
The following letter was received
by W. E. Breese last week from the
state highway commission in regard
to the Boylsten road and highway
284:
Dear Sir:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of
yours of August 24th addressed to
Mr. Jeffress, chairman, relative ~to
the improvement of highway on
Routes 280 and 284 in Transylvania
county.
As you probably know, Mr. Jeffress
is seriously ill at the present time
and for that reason I am caking the
liberty of replying to your letter and
giving you such information as I have
concerning this matter.
In regard to Route 280 I wish to
advise that we have already for
warded plans, specifications and
istimate tc the Bureau covering
work beginning at the Brevard
and extending as far as the $91,000
which has been allotted for this par
ticular project will permit. I *m
sure that it is the purpose of the
commission to extend this work so
as to complete the entire route from
Brevard to Mills River as soon as
additional funds are available.
With regard to Route 284 it is the
plan to construct a portion of this
route under our 1935 federal appro
priation and to also continue the
work out of our construction pro
gram in 1936 and 1937 until this
entire route has been improved. Of
course you understand that the work
which we contemplate doing in 1936
37 will depend entirely upon whether
or not the next legislature appropri
ates sufficient funds from our gas
and motor vehicles to match regular
federal aid funds which have already
been provided by congress.
I trust that this gives you the in
formation dfcsired concerning thesa
routes.
Yours very truly,
W. VANCE BOISE,
Acting State HighwayvEng.
Frank Miller, highway commis
sioner for this district, stated Tues
day that plans for 284 would be laid
before the federal highway body
within the next three weeks and that
it was his belief that work would be
started on his important link within
the near future.
BREVARD AG GROUP
SELECTS OFFICIALS
All Members of Cla*» "aid
Up—Program of Work
For Year Adopted
At the first meeting of the Brevard
chapter Future Farmers of America
held last week the following officers
were elected for the year:
Prc^Sdent, George Liverett; vic£
president, Jerry Mann; secretary,
Melvin McGaha; treasurer, Karl
Ashworth; reporter, Edward
Mackey; advisor, Julian A. Clazener.
The program of work has been sent
to Raleigh, along with state dues,
paid one hundred per cent. Each
member of the agriculture class is
enrolled in the membership.
In a contest between the classes for
payment of membership dues, the
tenth and eleventh grades were first
and as a prize were given “dixie
cups” of ice cream.
HEAVY RAINFALL HERE
DURING PAST 30 DAYS
Sixteen days in August saw rain
in Brevard, with a total of 11.16
inches precipitation, according to the
official U. S. weather reporter, H. H.
Patton.
This is said to be ar* all time record
for this section, on two occasions
more than two inches of rain being
recorded during the 24-hour period.
OFFICERSELECTED
! BY ROSMAN CLASS
Victor Sigmon Heads Agricul
ture Department Com
mittees Appointed
ROSMAN, Sept, 5—Local chapter
of the Future Farmers of America,
with a membership of 47 boys, elected
officers on Monday afternoon of this
week, with the following to serve for
the ensuing year:
President, Victor Srgmon; vicp
president, Oliver Morgan; secretary,
Charles Lee; treasurer, Clarence
Chappell; reporter, Blanton Whit
mire; advisor, R. J. Lyaay.
The following committee appoint
ments were made; Executive —
Augustus Norris, Charles Nelson,
Quinton Cranfield, Herbert Fisher,
Claris Petit; program—J. Tinsley,
Therm. Cassell, J. R. Breedlove,
Wayne Morgan, Bill Owen.
Publicity— Ray Hinkle, Charles
Galloway, Lawrence Banther, Tom
Glazener, Earl Gillespie; scholarship
—Harold Jones, Russell Duncan,
Frank Chappell, Haskell Hall, John
Reid. Supervised practice— Warren
Case, Eugene Hinkle, Walter Green,
Craig Fisher, Rufus Odell, Auburn
Waldrop.
Parliamentary procedure — Leo
Reid, Vernon Hall. Archie Whitmire,
Paul Fisher, Troy Owen, Earl Dun
can; thrift—Ted Harbin, M. 0. Mc
Call, Jr., J. C. Parsons, Tom Rigers,
Hovey Waldrop; home beautification
—Mack Hamlin, J. E. Burt, Alfred
Gillespie, Lamai Whitmire, Scott
Galloway.
WORKRESUMED ON
STATE PRISON CAMP
Fifteen prisoners under the super-j
vision of L. P. Wilson are engaged in (
work at the prison camp near Calvert,
getting things in readiness for con
struction of the buildings.
W. Lloyd Cutting, who was for-;
merly at the Calvert location but
moved by the state department to (
Whittier, is expected to take charge
of construction work the first of next
week with a crew of A-grade pris
oners.
The crew of prisoners under Mr.
Wilson is digging drain ditches and
doing farm work this week.
LARGE"CROWD HERE
FOR STORE OPENING
A throng of people estimated at
from 900 to 1,200 attended the formal
opening of the Dixie Store here last
Thursday night, inspecting the new
business and meeting officials of the
comoany who were in attendance.
The Brevard Municipal band gave
an open air concert during the hour
and a half that the store was open
while flowers for the ladies were
issued by Misses Nell and Grace
Duckworth. Messrs. Williamson and
Merritt, officials of the main office,
expressed themselves as being highly
pleased with the manner in which
people here welcomed their new
store. _
Lee Arledge and Albert Payne,
both experienced grocers and well
known to people of this county, are
in charge of the store.
PINEY GROVE REVIVAL
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Announcement is made that a two
I week’s revival service will be held at
Piney Grove Methodist church in
, Little River township with the Rev.
James Shipman, well known evange
list of Williamston, S. C., in charge.
A cordial invitation to the general
public is extended. Tre Rev. Ship
man will speak several times on
prophecies of the last' days.
Rev. Prettley To Preach
Announcement is made that Rev.
| F. M. Pressley, of Skyland, will
i preach at Little River Chapel Metho
. dist church on the Greenville high
i way next Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
The public is invited to attend, with
an especial invitation extended to the
old friends of Rev. Mr. Pressley.
DROUTH AREA CATTLE
ARRIVE HERE MONDAY
Seventy head of cattle were recei
ved at Davidson River station Mon
day. bringing the total sent to this
county to 2,998.
Several hundred were sent to Hen
derson county on orders from state
headquarters, with around one hun
dred culled and sent to Asheville on
account of being diseased. Part of
the remainder! have already been
placed in various sections of the
county, while several hundred head
remain at the Everett farm for dis
tribution.
Brevard College Will Open For
Classes Monday, September 17
Due to the unexpectedly large
number of applications for enroll-,
ment, Brevard College has postponed |
its opening date from September 10 I
to September 17, according to an
nouncement made here last Friday by |
President E. J. Coltrane.
It was expected that 259 students ,
would be enrolled, and dormitory
space lor this number had been pro
I vided for. Last week, however, more
I than 350 applications had been re-;
I ceived, with liklihood of the number ,
i passing the 400 mark. The postpone- :
ment was made necessary in order to j
make arrangements to care for so [
large a number of students. j
Every- available room in each of the j
three large dormitory buildings, in
cluding the one that is being recondi
tioned by people of the community
and friends of the college, has been
applied for.
Plans are being made for open
house to be held at the reconditioned
girls’ dormitory, known as old Taylor
Hall, on Friday of next week, the
event to be sponsored by the Women s
Civic club, the Kiwanis and other
civic and church organizations of all
denominations of the town.
The dormitory will be open for
inspection on that day from 10 to Is*
in the morning and from 2 to 6 in
the afternoon. Representatives from
the different churches will act as
receiving committees, eonducting the
visitors over the reconditioned build*
ir:g.
In the evening at 3 o’clock a recep
tion will be given in the dormitory,
complimentary to the college faculty,
to which tfie public ir. also invited.
Members of the open house and
arrangement committee, as appointed
by the Women’s Civic club, include:
Mrs. Oliver Orr, chairman Mrs. Roy
Long, Mrs. J. M. Allison and Mrs.
Harry Patton.
ELECTRIC RATES BE
LOWERED BY S.P.U.
Announcement is being made in (
this week’s Times by the Souther® ,
Public Utilities company of a down
ward revision of rates which will
save consumers of electric energy I
here several thousand dollars an
nually.
The old residential rate of $1.00 .
service charge with 3.75 cents for the j
first 150 kilowatt hours and three
cents per kilowatt hour for excess
current will be replaced by a rate of
80 cents for the first 10 kilowatt
hours < r less used per month. Graded
upward the charge will be 6.5 per
K.W.H. for the next 20 K. W. H. used
per month; three cents per K. W. H.
for the next 100 K. W. H. used per
month; and 2.5 cents K. W. H. for all
over 130 K. W. H. per month. This
eliminates the service charge.
Under the new schedule of rates
the small consumer will receive the
largest proportionate - advantage.
WILLIAMS SAYS COUNTY
NOT ADAPTED TO PEACH
A basket of fine peaches was
brought to The Times office last Fri
day by W. A. Williams of route two,
the ten peaches weighing a little over
half pound each, and were of delici- j
ous flavor.
Mr. Williams said that while he
had a very good crop on his orchard
this year,' that peach growing in
Transylvania county on a commercial
scale could not be made profitable on
account of the late frosts in the
spring.
JERRY ORR FAMILY TO
HOLD MEETING ON 16TH
Annual Jerry Orr family reunion
will be held on the third Sunday in
September at the home of C. E.
Campfield in Pisgah Forest.
Frogram for the day will begin at
eleven o’clock, with dinner to be
served picnic style at 12:30 o’clock.
All descendants of the late Jerry Orr
and their friends are invited to at
tend. Well filled dinner baskets are
tickets to the event.
CROWDEDCOllTlON
AT ROSMAN SCHOOL
Rosman, Sept. 5—With the largest
enrollment in the history of Rosman
elementary school, need for two or
more teachers is very vitally felt
here.
A total of 340 pupils are reported
enrolled in the elementary school
with only eight teachers to supervise.
Eighty-four are registered in the
first grade; 63 in the second grade
and 51 in the third grade.
One hundred forty pupils are
registered in the high school.
HONOR ROLL
The following subscribers have sent
in their renewnls since Wedneday of
last week, while there are still nearly
two hundred that The Times is still
“hoping for":
W. A. Wilson, Brevard.
C. D. Brown, Brevard.
F. P. Tinsley, Brevard R-l.
Mrs. M. J. Orr, Brevard.
Miss Anna D. Patton, R-2.
G. W. Hendrix, R-l.
W. H. McKelvey, Brevard R-l.
S. G. Siniard, New York.
L. M. Watkins, Rosmon.
J. S. Greenwood, Brevard.
Mrs. Dorse Allison, Cedar Mtn.
Late Bagwell, Brevard R-l.
John F. Allison, Texas.
Mrs. T. L. Surrette, Cullowhee.
Mrs. W. T. Bosse, Brevard.
The Times welcomes the following
new readers who have joined "the
family” since last Wednesday:
Mrs. Carl Killian, Brevard.
Mrs. M. A. Melton, Brevard.
Tnos. H. Smith, Memphis, Tenn.
Miss M. B. Davis, Greenville.
Miss Juanita Puette, Brevard.
Ralph Galloway, Mars Hill.
GARLAND REUNION AT
MILLS RIVER SUNDAY
Annual Garland reunion will be
held Sunday at the home of “Aunt
Mag’’ Garland in the Mills River sec
tion of Transylvania county, the pro
gram to begin at ten o'clock in the
morning.
A number of Transylvania county
people attend this reunion each year.
All who attend are requested to bring
picnic lunches.
LANNING REUNION WILL
BE HELD SEPTEMBER 16
The annual Lanning reunion will
be held on Sunday, Sept. 16 at the
old Lanning homestead at Fruitland,
the home now being occupied by King
Lanning.
A program of short talks, vocal and
instrumental music is being arranged
for the day, with a picnic lunch at
the noon hour. All relatives and
friends of the Lanning family in
Transylvania county are cordially
invited to attend the event.
S ^DAMAGE BY
FIRE TO ORR HOUSE
Quick action on the part of the
Brevard fire department saved the
Jasper Orr house in North Brevard
from serious damage Wednesday at
noon.
Evidently having caught from a de
fective flue in the kitchen of the On
house which is occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Jenkins, the blaze was
out within a few minutes after the
alarm was turned in.
The was the first run the truck has
made since pneumatic tires replaced
the old solid rubber tread.
Brevard College Schedule
SCORE
Date_ j Team _ Place B. C. Opp.
Sept. 29 1 WCTC Jr. Vars?^ Home|_
Oct. 6 Lees McRae__Home|__
Oct. 13 Appalachian Fresh. Homej
Oct. 20 Furman Freshmen Away_|_
Oct. 27 j Wingate_Away_
Nov. 3 Boiling Springs__Home _I_
Nov. 10 Tmin. Wesleyan_Away i_I_
Nov. 17 Pres. Jr. College_ Home I
Nov. 24 I Belmont___ Away | 1
Nov, 29 1 Mar? Hill Away 1I t
Coach Ralph James plans to have
some of his boys “running” on the
Brevard College field next week,
workmen being engaged in covering
the large ditch through the field and
otherwise putting the field in good
condition.
Coach James will be here the last
of this week/ planning to close nut
business with the Asheville baseball,
club of which he is busi % ss manager,
bis week.
Season ticket* for the five home
games of the college squad are now
on sale at $2.25 each. Interested
fans are requested ’ to call at the
office of Jerry Jerome for season
tickets. It is pointed out that the
team will need financial support as
well as moral support, and fans will
be doing the team, college and town
a favor by purchasing a season ticket
immediately.
J
NEGRO MINSTREL TO BE
GIVEN AT LITTLE RIVER
A negro minstrel will be given at
Little River school house Friday
night of this week at eight o’clock tc
which the public i3 invited. A small
admission fee will be charged, pro
ceeds to be used by the community
As a special added feature, string
music will be given by a well known
band.
TEXTILE STRIKE IS j
NOT EFFECTIVE HERE |
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Violence la Reported In Some
Section* A* Workers
I<ea.v® Posts
Pisgah Cotton mi!! in Brevard is
not affected by the textile strike that 1
was put into effect in many sections i
of the country Monday ard Tuesday.
Workers here report that ihere is no
local cf the United Textile Workers
and that there is not likely to be any
organization formed.
Due to the fact that considerable ;
o\erhau!ing ir. being done at the local ■
plant this week, only a part of the
employes are working.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Presi j
dent Roosevelt determined today to |
name immediately a special board to
inquire into and mediate the textile
strike.
CHARLOTTE, May 5—A survey j
of the two Carolines Wednesday indi
cated that approximately 90,000 of
the area’s 160,000 cotton textile1
workers had joined the general strike
closing 270 out of approximately 450 j
cotton and silk mills.
Eight companies of national J
guardsmen were on duty in the Pied- [
mont area of South Carolina, but in
North Carolina Governor Ehrir.ghau
refrained from calling out state,
troops notwithstanding reports he i
received from local- authorities at |
various state points which told of.
threatening situations.
TRUCIBPROiBITED j
IN UPTOWN SECTION
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An ordinance was passed by the
board of aldermen of the town of
Brevard in meeting Tuesday night
making it a misdemeanor to park
trucks in the uptown section for other
than loading or unloading purposes. |
The prohibited tone covers Main
street from Caldwell to Gaston, and
{toad street from Main to Jordan
sweet.
It was pointed out by several mem
bers of the board who urged passage
of the ordinance that long bodied I
trucks were becoming a menace to i
traffic in the congested traffic areas |
and that unless measures were taken
to prohibit their parking in the above |
zones thaV. serious accidents to pass-,
ing motorists were likely.
A fine of $5 will be imposed for
violation of the truck parking
ordinance.
FUNERAL HELD FOR j
MRS. F. 0. THOMAS |
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ROSMAN, Sept. 8—Funeral serv-j
ices were held Sunday morning at 11
o’clock at Zion Baptist church for
Mrs. F. O. Thomas, age 67 years,
who died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Wm. Brittian, Saturday follow
ing a lingering illness.
Rev. J. N. Hall and Rev. H. Broom j
conducted the funeral.
Mrs. Thomas was before her mar-;
riage many years ago Miss Estie
Collins. She married Fayette Thomas;
who preceded her in death several
years ago. To this union was born
two children, Leonard Thomas, de
ceased, and Mrs. Wm. Brittian, who
survives, also two brothers survive,
R. A. Collins, Rosman, and A. N. (
Obllins, St. Peterburg, Fla.
Flower girl3 were Misses Ola Pax- j
ton, Josephine Mull, Ethel and Lennie j
Manly. Belle Fisher Ella Mae Col-j
lins and Pauline Leathers. Pall bear
ers were E. M. Collins, Wallace Col
lins, Paul Stroup, Roy Fisher, Coy
Fisher and Thomas Morrison. Moore
and Osborne had charge of the funer
al arrangements.
Large Fox Grape
Carl KMlian brought a twin fox
grape to The Times office Tuesday,
one of the largest fn-apes ever seen
here. Mr. Killian said that he spent
some time after he found -the par
ticular big grape looking for more oi
•the same type but was unrewarded.
JOE CLAYTON PLAYING
WITH ASHEVILLE CLUB
Joe Clayton, former Brevard bov
and for several years connected with
the Sally and Southern baseball lea
gue, is playing this week with Ashe
ville in the Piedmont league.
Several Brevard fans attended the
double header game Monday in Ashe
ville, and saw the popular Brevard
athlete in action. He is now in the
insurance business in West Va., and
states that he has no intention again
entering the professional baseball
field, only playing a few days for
Coach Ralph James while on his vaca
tion.
REQUESTS FARMERS
TAKE MORE CATTLE
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Relief Office in the Market |
For Surplus Feed Grown
In Tr&naylvaniaB
SWith nearly three thousand hea-l of
drouth area cattle already in the Bj
county, W. A. Wilson, director of
relief, is issuing a call for more
fanners to take care of cattle and
for others to furnish feed.
Mr. Wilson would like to know im
mediately how many cattle each
farmer who has not a? yet received
number wanted, can handle through
the winter months, furnishing their
own feed. Those who car.not furnish
their own feed but who have places
to keep cattle if feed is pro . itfed by
the ERA arc also requested to get in
touch with Mr. Wilson.
Whiie official notice has not been
received by the local office as to exact
price per head will be paid for win
tering cattle, Mr. Wilson states that:
he feeis confident the price will be
sufficient to make the project inter
esting,
inr. v> irson requests nut an mm
viduals who have feed and who will
have feed for sale this fall to com
municate with him immediately, giv
ing information as to kind of feed,
location, price and date when it will
be available. He pointed out that he
intends to buy up all the county’s
surplus of cattle feed.
Masonic Meeting
Masons of South Carolina '.vill
gather at the Caesar’s Head lodge
on Thursday of this week for an all
day session. Several Transylvania
Masons plan to attend the event.
EXCHANGE PAID FOR
SUMMER OPERATION
Civic Ciub To Enter National
Beautification Contest - -
Other Business
At the September meeting of the
Women’s Civic club held Monday
afternoon in the Exchange rooms it
was brought out that the Woman s
Exchange, sponsored by the Civic
club, operated on a paying basis this
summer for the first time since its
establishment.
From the report submitted by Miss
Mary Kimzey, manager of the ex
change this season, it was learned
that 46 members enrolled during the
summer and that a total of $470 in
food, fancy articles and othev stock
had been sold during the two and
one-half months’ operation of the ex
change. A balance was left in the
treasury, after deducting commis
sions and all expenses incident to
operation of the enterprise. It was
the generally expressed opinion of
members of the Civic dub that the
exchange is proving each year a more
valuable asset to the community and
a distinct service to the many tour
ists coming here.
Plans were made at this no ctwg
for the open house and reception to
be held at Brevard College next Fri
day, for inspection by the public of
the completion of repairs and re
modeling of the old Taylor Hall and
a reception of welcome to Brevard
for the faculty Friday evening. The
following committee was appoint ■!
to make arrangements for the even
Mrs. Oliver Orr, Mrs. Roy f.<"'
Mrs. Mack Allison and Mrs. Har
Patton..
j nr CJUL> I'unntiiuuvu f
was read by the secretary, the rU »
proposing three changes in tn«
amendments to be voted cn ai the
next meeting. ,
Mrs. Beulah Zachary, chairman ol
the beautification committee, re
ported on thp work of her committtcc
in beautifying the court house lawn.
showing photos taken before an'
after planting of shrubbery and othe
forms of beautification to enter the
national contest in which the ■■luo
is competing for a thousand dollar
prize.
Miss Florence Kern, president,
presided over Monday's meeting.
Juniors Hear Hamlin
Brevard Juniors attended a dis
trict meeting held at Orr’s Camp near
Hendersonville on Monday afternoon
and evening, at which time Lewis P.
Hamlin of Brevard, former state
councillor, made main address,
YOlfNG PE0PLEW1LL
MEET NEXT SUNDAY
Upper District B. Y. P. U- To
Hold Convention With
Roeman Church
ROSMAN, Sept. 6—Upper dis
trict B. Y, P. U. convention will be
held here Sunday afternoon,. the
meeting being called for 2:00 o'clock
at Zion Baptist church.
Professor Randall Lyday, district
leader, will have charge of the eon
▼enticn, the following program being
announced:
Devotional*, by Quebec un’.on; song
service; roll call and announcements;
tan minute talk on “A Careless Mes
sage Is a Calamity,” by member of
the Calvert union; ten minute talk,
“Witnessing Among Those witn
Whom I Work,” by a member of the
Cherryfiol<j union: special music by
Roeman union; adjournment,
e