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ijijiji n<yi nrrirrri —~rrr Only Newspaper | Published In j Transylvania | County } VOL. 39. NO. 45! ~^~77 ■ BREVARD, NORTH CAROUNA-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY New Officials Take Charge Of County Affairs Next Monday Alexander, Galloway, Wood In Office For Another Term Each s AIKEN AND HENDERSON COMMISSIONERS AGAIN W. L. Mull New Board Mem ber—Lem Brook* in Tax Collector’s Office Newly elected and re-elected coun ty officials will assume their duties in the Transylvania county govern mental unit Monday morning, for terms of two years each with excep tion <tf the clerk of court who is elected for four years. Otto Alexander will continue in his office as clerk of the court; Jess A. Galloway ds beginning on his third term as register of deeds; 1. »• Wood is beginning his second term as sheriff; W. B. Henderson is start ing his third term as county commis sioner, while W. L- Aiken is staiting on his second term. Ltm Brooks is new tax collector, taking place of 0. L. Erwin who has served the past two years in that capacity and prior to that was chair man of the board of county commis sioners. W. L. Mull is starting his first term as county commissioner, with L. V. Sigmon, four years mem ber of the board and for the past two years county accountant, retiring. Considerable switching of duties is mandatory under act of the 1933 legislature in several of the county offices, the bill as introduced and passed by Representative M. W. Gal lowuy. abolishing the office of county accountant, and placing duties that have been performed in this office on shoulders of other county offi cials. Likewise, with passage of the bill, offices in the court house go on a fee basis instead of salary. LICENSE TAGS WILL BE SOLD IN BREVARD McCrary Auto Service Named Authorized Agent For This County License tags for 1935 will go on sale Saturday, according to Carl Mc Crary manager of the McCrary Auto Service, local Chevrolet and Fire stiive dealer.. The plates will be made available at the office of Mrs. Carl McCrary ,;n Caldwell street, Mrs. McCrary be ing assistant in the issuance of license. Until the McCrary concern took over the sale of plates for Tran sylvania a little over a year ago, local autoists vere forced to either go to Hendersonville or Asheville for their tags or order them from Raleigh. , „ It is very probable that the Tran sylvania office will also be agent for Hendersonville vehicles, that terri tory not having been assigned Mon day. To Preaent Play At Church A sacred play, entitled “The Ten Virgins,” will be given at Cedar Mountain church Sunday night at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to be present. RELIEF ORGANIZATION WANTS CHESTNUT POLES Chestnut poles and cross arm timbers are in demand by the relief organization in this section of the state, W A. Wilson having received notice to ascertain how many po.es can be obtained here and at what price. The poles must be 30 feet m length and seven inches in diameter at the small end. YOUNG PEOPLE HOLD MEETING IN BREVARD i .. — Christian Endeavor Conven tion Met With Presby terian Church An inspirational consecration ser-j vice brought to a close Sunday night j the two-day annual convention of the; Southwest District Christian Endea vor, which was held at the Brevard Presbyterian church Saturday and Sunday. The convention, which was gen-j erally pronounced unusually success-j ful, was presided over by the dis-1 trict president, Miss Nelle Gray, otf j Asheville. Addresses of welcome at the first j session Saturday morning were given by the Rev. J. P. Simmons, pastor of j the local church; Miss Betty McLeod, j j president of the local Christian En- j 'deavor; and Ralph H. Ramsey, for I the town of Brevard. Response was ■ given by Miss Anna Lindsay Goode, | of Hendersonville. The main address \ of the morning was> given by Miss, [ Cornelia Taylor, of Asheville, on the ! ! “Tenth Legion.” ! 1 Luncheon served at the church at j noon was followed by a short after-1 noon service, which included reports I ! from the various societies represent-1 jed, and an address by Miss Hester j Steele, state superintendent of young people, on “Training Efficient Christian Endeavor Officers.” At 3 o’clock the convention ad (Continued on Back Page) OLD AGE PENSION TO BE DISCUSSED HERE Meeting To Be Held Saturday at County Court House In Plan’s Interest There will be a meeting held in the court house in Brevard on Saturday afternoon, December 1st, at 2:00 o’clock, for the purpose of explaining and discussing the old age pension and giving information concerning it. All parties interested in this plan are urged to be present. Tell your neighbors ad friends and bring them along. There will be petitions there, which those favoring the plan may sign. This movement is “sweeping the country” as no movement of ANY kind ever has done before. When people understand its provisions, and what it really means toi all of us. they are more than 95 per cent in favor of it. More than seven million signatures to these petitions are now on file at headquarters, ready to be used when Congress convenes, and we confident ly expect to have more than twenty million signatures before December 15th, as more than five thousand men and women are now actively cir culating these petitions and asking those who favor the plan to sign them. Transylvania county would be benet'itted approximately one and one-half million dollars per year, if this plan is enacted into law. Let us see to it that our county sends in her full share of signatures to the peti tions. Additional petitions have been left with Mrs. Carl McCrary at her office in Brevard, with Mr. Knight at his store at Blantyre and with Clifford Baxter, Route 1, Brevard and Mc Crary’s store at Little River. J. M. CLARK, D. L. ENGLISH MARY JANE McCRARY, Curiosity Of People Causes Beavers To Leave Water Home Near Rosman Added to the old age saying that “curiosity killed the cat” can now be the sad fact that curiosity destroyed a perfect home—Rosman’s celebrated beaver colony having been either frightened away from their beauti fully planned water palace, or have assumed a superiority complex and started building where the race of common men will not be sor apt to pry. Transylvania’s first beaver group —no one has yet been able to find out just how many are in the family —started erection of an abiding place in mid-summer on the old Rosman in what was at one time Zachary place two miles north of the bed of the French Broad river and now fed by several small springs. Children of Charlie Lance, who is caretaker of the Zachary place, found first evidence of the beavers in August of this year. The youngsters, unaware of the fact that beavers were starting a home, toTe the 20 foot stick and mud dam down. Two months later the children found the dam again perfected and water ' impounded for several hun dred feet at a depth of two to four feet. Father of the boys was called in and he found unmistakable signs ef beaver work. With word rapidly spread around through the local newspaper that beavers were building, a continued trek of curious people began, with several hundred having been counted as visiting the home on Sundays, and from ten to one hundred week-day visitors. The work continued for several weeks, small growth willows and other shrubs being used as base for the smooth mudwork until two week? ago when it was noticed! that no new work was being done. Hunters found that the beavers had moved half-mile or more up the French Broad river, and instead of finding a small stream to dam, had gone in for “big business’ and were attempting to im pound the waters of the fast moving French Broad river. Already a dam half-way across the river has been I constructed, larger tees being used. Present site of the beavers’ activi ties is on the farm of Flem Glaze ner, but again catastrophe awaits the determined workers— first flood waters, for which the French Broad in this section is noted, will wipe out the work of the determined animals, and may result in Trahsylvania losing its first and only colony of beavers. BAPTIST MINUTES NOW READY FOR CHURCHES / ■ . —— - Printing of the Transylvania Bap tist association minutes has been completed by The Times printing of fice, and the booklets are now in the hands of Mrs. G. P. Gallamore, as sociations! clerk. Mrs. Gallamore .requests that church clerks or pastors who desire to procure minute books for mem bers of their church either call at her home on the Country Club road, or mail in sufficient postage to carry the booklets, as there are no funds available for mailing purposes. SERVICES BE HELD ' IN LOCAL CHURCHES _ / Special Events in Brevard On , Wednesday Night And Thursday Morning ! - Thanksgiving will be observed in ; the four churches of Brevard, with ! special services- held either on Thurs jday or the day preceding. At St. Phillips Episcopal church • Holy Communion will be held in the chapel of the church Thursday morn ling at 10:30 o’clock, conducted by the rector, Rev. Harry Perry. A special i Thanksgiving offering for the | Thompson orphanage at Charlotte | will be taken. Special services at the Baptist | church will be held on Thanksgiving ! morning at 7:30 o’clock at the I church. This service will be in the nature of a praise and thanksgiving service especially for the young peo ple. Following the meeting, the young people will visit the shiit-ins of the church, giving them Thanks giving baskets. At 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning another praise and thanksgiving service will be held at the church, conducted by the pas tor, Rev. Paul Hartsell. A Thanks giving offering for Thomasville or phanage will be taken on Sunday. On Wednesday night (tonight) at 7:30 o’clock Thanksgvng servees will be held at the Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. P. Simmons. Special music will feature the service and an offering for the Mountain orphanage will be taken. One minute talks will be given by the members on what they have to be thankful for. Thanksgiving will be observed at the Methodist church by a candla light communion service held at the church at 7 o’clock Wednesday night (tonight), conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Brendall. A special of fering will be taken for the Chil dren’s Home. New Bus Schedule New schedule now in effect on the Greyhound bus line as announced by Joe Neely is as follows: Leave Brevard at 10:30 and 3:15. arrive in Brevard from Henderson ville at 12:45 and 5:45, two round trips being made daily. The bus con nects at Hendersonville for all points. Clayton Infant -iSHi ROSMAN, Nov. 27—The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volley Clayton died at the home ol its par-! ents late Monday afternoon. Funeral arrangements were not complete late Monday night. SUPERIOR COURT TOf I CONVENE MONDAY — Judge Warlick Will Preside Over Two Weeks Term —Ridings Solicitor — Transylvania county superior court will convene here Monday morning for trial of both criminal and civil actions, the criminal docket to be tried the first week, with the civil docket set for the following wooki Judge Wilson Warlick of Newton will preside at the December term with Solicitor Clarence 0. Ridings of Rutherfordton, appearing for the state. This will be Judge Warlick’s second term «f court here, while Solcitor Ridings will make his first official appearance in the local court room. A number of cases are set for the first week, with three capital cases included. They are Tom Masters, |charged with Killing DeWitt Roper; Roy Whitesides, charged, wth killing Conrad Killian; Elija Mooney, charged with killing William Ledbet ter. Jurors who were drawn for duty the first week include: H. P. Whitmire, J. H. Gravely, H. L. Allison, J. E. Waters, H. H. Brown, Freeman Hayes, J. A. Mull, T. A. Crary, J. R. Whitmire, L. F. Lyday, A. P. Stamey, S. C. Morris, W. Mck. Fetzer, Jeff Lance, W. W. Reid, D. P. Kilpatrick, Horace Ly day, W, R. Galloway. C. F. Woodfin, Gaston Morgan, N. A. Galloway, R. A. Gillespie, R. C. Morris, P. L. Gallamore. John W. Robinson, W. I. Reece, W. G, Kil patrick, Frank Osborne, Briscoe Whitmire, W. L. Morris, S. C. Fisher, R. W. Everett, J. C. Hendrix, Tilden Reece, P. Jk Ashworth, A. E. Tinsley, Coy Surrette, J, J. Jackson, A. W. Cooper, M. C. Whitmire, Tom Bryson, G. H. Lyday. I Paper Is Being Issued Day Early This Week In order that subscribers to The Times who live on rural routes will receive their paper before Friday, the paper is be ing issued one day early—Wed nesday morning instead of Thursday. The Times office will be closed Thanksgiving Day— the force taking off for turkey din ner and the football game at Mars Hill in the afternoon. ROSMAN BOYS GIVE BANQUET FOR DADS Father-Son Event Regarded As Outstanding Program Given By Class In one of the best planned stod executed programs ever to be given at Rosman high school, the voca tional agriculture class entertained their dads and a number of invited guests in the high school building Thursday evening. A dinner that was complete in every detail to edible foods, a pro gram that was an eye opener to most of those present, perfect service by J girls of the home makers class, and music by the Fisher String band, all j combined to make the event a suc cessful one. Victor Sigmon, president of the Future Farmers of America organi sation, presided at the banquet and introduced the class members who took part. Outstanding on the pro-1 gram was the welcome address by Lawrence Banther, and a short talk by J. R. Breedlove on “soil erosion," which is a study the boys are taking this school term under Professor Randall Lyday, agriculture teacher. Around 125 members of the class, school officials and visitors were present. Program as rendered was as fol lows: Welcome address, Lawrence Banther; response, L. V, S'gmon; in vocation, Rev. G. A. Hovis; music by Fisher String band; program of work, Ted Harbin; summer trips, Augustus Norris; new deal for the farmer, Leo Reid; soil erosion, J. R. Breedlove; recognition of visitors, Professor Lyday. The Rosman chapter has a mem bership of 48 bays, all of whom are caking one or more subjects in addi tion to their classroom work. The delicious dinner, prepared and served by Miss Green and her class i of girls, ‘was—Tomato soup, saltines; j (Continued on Bock Page) MORE FIRMS USTEDI IN CALL HONOR ROLL -- Five additional one hundred per cent firms are reported by Jerry Jerome, chairman of the Red Cross Roll Calll, with possibility of at least two more before the week ends. Nearly two hundred memberships have been received, Mr. Jerome stated Tuesday and no reports from school principals and teachers have been counted in this number. It is expected that the quota of two hun dred will be passed. One hundred per cent firms, in addition to those reported last week, are: Wilkins Insurance Agency, Brevard Insurance Agency, Carr Lumber Company office, Pisgah Mills, Austin’s Studio. SEEKS TRANSPORTATION FOR GIRLS TO MARS HILL " ’--L Coach J. W. Williams is seeking transportation for a large number of college girls and boys who desire to attend the Mars Hill-Brevard foot ball game Thursday afternoon. Coach Williams requests than any parties who can take one or more students in their cars call him at the boys’ dormitory Wednesday (to day) or Thursday morning. JUNIOR ORDER MEET SET FOR SATURDAY All Junior Order members and their wives or sweethearts as the case may be, are expected to attend a dutch dinner and get-together meeting to be held in the hall on Broad street Saturday evening of this week, the affair to staTt at 7:30 o’clock. . , Those attending are expected to bring a basket of food ^sufficient for the number in the party, coffee to be furnished by a committee on ar rangements. After the supper, a brief address will be given 4>y a state official of the Junior Order, with group singing and string music by the Galloway string band to add to enjoyment of the occasion. MYERS IS HEARD OVER STATION AT ASHEVILLE Randolph Myers, baritone, started the first of his series of broadcasts from station WWNC, Asheville, last Sunday afternoon. Beginning Sun day, December 9, Mr. Myers will sing each Sunday afternoon from 8:16 to 3:30 over WW3JC. Mr. Myers has a gifted baritone voice ,and sang in his Sunday broad cast two German and three English compositions. Many friends of the young voca list in Brevard listened in on the Sunday broadcast. SCHOOLS OF COUNTY TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING All schools of the county will be closed for the one day—Thursday— for Thanksgiving, according to infor mation from the county board of edu cation. Classes are to be resumed Friday morning. GALLOWAY SEEKING TVA CANNERY HERE Transylvania county may be in line for a cannery under the Ten nessee Valley Authority, according to information received here this week by M. W. Galloway from John E. Barr, cannery supervisor for the TVA. In his letter to Mr. Galloway, Supervisor Barr states that he will notify Mr. Galloway on a date in the near future when he can come to Brevard and wishes to meet with a representative group of Transyl vania county citizens at that time. It is quite probable that Mr. Barr will be in Brevard- the latter part of this week to go into details of the pro ject. Geneva, Nov. 22. — Yugoslavia, stoutly backed by four other nations, today officially charged Hungary with “complicity" in the murders at Marseille._ SMOKING BANNED IN LOCAL SCOUT TROOP Editor The Times: In the local Boy Scouv troop there ig a heated controversy in regard to the smoking law-that is, there was until the troop meetmg Friday night when the assistant scoutmaster, v_ M. Douglas, announced that he and the scoutmaster, J. E- U’.u.ft.y,' had assumed complete dictatorial power in this question. Although Mr. Rufty and Mr. Douglas have lull backing of the Scout committee and the Kiwanis club, troop sponsors, several of the older scouts are deter mined to argue their point to the end and put the matter to a vote m the troop. Mr. Douglas asserted that the boys would get no vote on the question. Until March there will be no legal smoking in the troop. At that time the boys will be «j»le to change the troop committee to me who will, perhaps, allow smoaint. '•is.r'.fSd'vr.«h« cJ m eU .fdoP fn». ueal of the law being far °'e,“ anced by those not favoring this m°Ve‘ BILLY HUGGINS, Scribe. _ PREFERRED CLAIMS ! BEEN PAID IN FULL J _ i Many Claims Settled by Trans* fer of Real Estate Held By Defunct Bank FUTURE PAYMENTS ARE HINTED BY LIQUIDATOR — Rents and Interest On Hold infs Have Paid Costs of Liquidation In addition to the preferred claims in the approximate amount of $18, 000 paid lost wezk, Gurney P. Hood, commissioner of batiks, is mailing checks this week in the amount ef approximately $25,000.00 in pay ment of a ten per cent dividend to the remaining depositors and credit ors of the Brevard Banking C.. Pat Kimzey, local Attorney of the commissioner of banks end liquidat ing agent of the Brevard Banking company states that the payment of this dividend has been made possible by thoec parties who have paid .heir obligations to the closed L'rr/ard Banking company, and to the public spirited cooperation of the Commis sioners of Transylvania county and their attorney, the Hon. W. E. Breese; the board of aldermen of the town of Brevard, and its attorney, Senator Ralph H. Ramsey Jr.; The Brevard Building and Loan Associa tion, and other owners of large claims against the Brevard Banking company, who have accepted real estate in full payment of their claims. Mr. Kimzey states that the amount, and date of the payment of any future dividends to the depositors depends entirely upon the payment Of obligations by those people who now owe the Brevard Banking com pany. Mr. Kimzey further states that he will appreciate any help or •uggegtions givjsn him by <tne depositors of the bank which will assist him in making collections fresn those people who atiri have their money borrowed. ’ . The liquidating agent further stated that, in his opinion, there are a lot of honest people who still owe the bank and whu are trying to pay their debts, but who have found it impossible to do so. On the other hand according to the liquidating agent, there is a considerable num ber who have the depositors' money borrowed and who are not trying to pay their obligations, but instead ara frying to take advantage of every, subterfuge possible td avoid ^ tho legal collection of them, Mr. Kimzey •aid. _ _ , For the information oi ine u*j positors and creditors of the bank, it . was stated that during the past ; ro years the income of the bank, consist ing of rents and interest, had more than paid all of the expenses of the liquidation, including salaries, attor ney fees .taxes, insurance, etc. The commissioner oi banks very anxious to pay the what he can and close dation of the closed Br ing company as quickly therefore the liquidating quests that those who o vard Banking company immediate isettlement. H WnT High School Game At Header wnville Thanksgiving Eve —To Be Big Scrap Coach Ernest Tilsoii will take hr' Brevard high school lootball team t [he enemies ’territory' at Henderson ville high this (Wednesday) after noon for the final tilt and what is expected to be the hardest game of the season, A large number of Brevard fans are expected to be on hand at the Hendersonville gridiron when the starting whistle blows at -hre^ thirty. The Hendersonville boosters are making a home-coming and loyalty day out of the event, and Brevard i expected to be well represented or. their side of the field. Hendersonville has won four games out of nine this season, lost four and tied one, while Brevard has won six out of eight games and lost two, scoring however, In eaeh of the games lost to Farm School and Can ton. RELIGIOUS RALLY TO BE HELD AT CALVERT 29TH A religious rally is being called -at Mt. Moriah Calvert church for Thursday night of this week with all deacons, Sunday School workers, and members of the church invited to be present. An inspirational and inter esting program is being arranged. College Play* At Maw Hill Thursday Afternoon In Championship Tilt Brevard College football squad will go into its last game of the season Thursday afternoon at three o’clock when it meets the Mars Hill college outfit on the latter’s, field. Without ballyhoo or excuses, the local group, playing its first year has made the grade of winning och or the conference games played this season, lacking only the final push or the Mars Hill victory to have th • conference championship come to Ralph James and his college in the first season. Mars Hill is by ,no means a mediocre opponent, this school hav ing been organized a number of years and playing football for many years. Mars Hill has also come through the season with a record of winning all its conference games, hence the Thanksgiving Day go will mean the title for either Brevard or Mars With business houses in Brevard closed for the day, it is expected that a record attendance of Brevard and Transylvania fans will be on tho ground to cheer their favorites on t > a plunging, fighting victory. Th* boys themselves, as well as fans of the community, ore looking forward eagerly to the game, and—the cham pionship. - Starting lineup has not been aife , jnounced by Coach James. . j’’