CIVIC CLUB MAKES
PLANS FOR YEAR
Betterment Of City Is Aim Of
Club; To Wage Member
ship Campaign
A program, broad iu scope and
one that promises to be of value to
the club and to the community, was
outlined ft* the coming year’s activi
ties at the first meeting of the new
year of the Women’s Civic club,
held Monday afternoon at the libra
ry. Mrs. Oliver Orr, president, pre
sided over the meeting.
The purposes of the club, and those
which will be stressed as outstand
ing objectives throughout the year,
were outlined, to include: M'.ke the
town belter and cleaner; a safer
town in which to rear children;
make the town more beautiful; create
a finer and better atmosphere in the
home: make the town a more friendly
town ' ward our guests; make our
organ1, ation painfully conscious of
those "ho need our help.
Committee chairmen to head the
various departments and to assist in
accomplishing these objectives were
appei: d as follows: American citi
zensh’i chairman, Mrs. 0. L. Erwin;
Ann a home. Mrs. J. B. Jones;
Civir . Mrs. Beulah Zachary;;
Woman's Exchange, Miss Katherine;
Grit*: Welfare, Miss Florence:
Kern: Carden. Mrs. John Maxwell.
An intensive drive for new mem-1
bers and to renew the interest of the i
:15 or ore members now enrolled,
was nl.imied to be carried out
through various approaches. A rep
resentative was named to prese it the
matter before each of the literary
clubs and church societies of the
town regarding the members joining
the civ dub. Other approaches will i
be made of a more personal nature j
to si 'I new members and to rein-1
state tt present membevs.
l»4icl> i” Wets' ivauivvi i
ing to "itinue the dues as hereto- j
fore, at 10 cents per month per mem-,
her. i
The point was stressed that the j
Women's Civic club is a community]
enterprise, and membership is open;
to all public spirited women of the
tow'
Outstanding projects of the civic
club in past years, and those ex
nec-f d t.i he continued, are sponsor
ship of the Woman’s Exchange, the
annual flower show, beautification
of the court house lawn and school
grounds an information bureau fori
tour'd;. beautification of highway]
apprm Ins into the town, and many,
• civic eiterprises looking toward the,
welfari and beautification of the]
town o Brevard.
Mother Of Local . j
Woman I* Buried j
Mrs E. R. Belcher, 59. died at the]
home i f her daughter in Columbus, [
Go . Thursday morning following a :
shoit illness of about three weeks.;
Funeral •■•vices and burial were,
held Fridav afternoon at Bainbridge,
Ga.. the home of Mrs. Belcher.
Belcher was welt known by,
many friends in Brevard, where she ,
spent some time with her daughter,]
Mrs. ,1. M. Gaines, and family.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
j ji. Caines, of Brevard, and Mrs.
R \Y Porterfield, of Columbus, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaines and little j
daughter Ruth returned to Brevard
Tut.-,lay night, after attending the,
funeral of Mrs. Belcher in Bain-|
britl-iv. Mrs. Gaines was with her;
motile- a few days before her death.
Dahlia Club Meeting
Regular monthly meeting of the]
Transylvania Dahlia association will
be held in the offices of F. E. Shu-1
ford mi Tuesday niRht, Jan. to, atj
7:30 o’clock. j
Health Board Calls
For Enforcement
Th • state board of health is press- j
ing Brevard for more strict enforce
ment of the milk ordinance, accord-;
ing to Julian A. Glazener, milk in
spector for the town.
Under the state laws, and the
town ordinance, which conforms with
state regulations, selling milk with
out a permit in the town of Brevard
is forbidden, Mr. Glazener states.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN
DAMAGES TRACK FRIDAY
Three cars of the Lake Toxaway
mixed train were derailed near
Selica last Friday ■ afternoon, and
considerable damage done to the
Southern track for two to three
hundred yards.
A heavily leaded CC&O coal car
was cause of the derailment. The
wreck was cleared up during the
night.
Rosman Man Hurt By
Automobile Thursday
Will Bowen of Rosman was ser
iously injured last Thursday after
noon when he is said to have stepped
in front of a ear driven by R. L.
Henderson of Pickens. The accident
occurred at Selica, and witnesses
state that it was unavoidable.
The injured man was brought to
Lyday Memorial hospital at Brevard,
where his condition was slightly im
proved Wednesday, though still re
garded as dangerous from a head
injury.
Forestry Phone Line
Will Be Constructed
Work on the forestry telephone
line from Sassafras Gap in the ex
treme upper East Fork section to
Rosman, is expected to be started
immediately, according to Dan Blake,
chief fire warden of district one,,
who was in Brevard Monday.
The line will be constructed along!
improved plans, with creosoted poles j
used, and will enable wardens to;
keep in better touch with the East I
Fork section. The line will be ten ]
miles in length.
_
LOCAL LAWS TOPIC
AT KIWANIS MEET
Absentee Ballot Repeal And
County Accountant Return
Favored Generally
Members of Brevard Kiwanis i
club favor repeal of the absentee i
ballot law and reinstatement of the
county accountant’s office, according,
to expressions made at tVie meeting j
la it Thursday when local legislation j
was topic.
Motion was made that the club
petition Senator Ramsey and Repre-1
senatative Henry to introduce a bill
for repeal, but the motion was tabled
after some of the members expressed
opinion that the motion “smelled of
politics,’’ and it is the policy of the
Kiwanis club to steer clear of purely:
political moves.
However, expression of each of the j
members was to the effect that the
law should be abolished. Representa-1
tive W. M. Henry was guest of C. M. j
Donglas.
Jerry Jerome, new president, was j
in charge of the meeting, he having j
sucecedd Put Kimzy in this1 capacity,;
while Dr. C. L. Rowland was active |
vice president at the meeting.
—
Kidnap Trial Shows
Nation Thrill Hungry
-. . !
Flemington, N. J.—The Trial of 1
Bruno Richard Hauptmann has seen 1
Col. Lindbergh, Mrs. Lindbergh and
Nurse Betty Gow on the stand. All
have expressed belief that Haupt
mann is guilty of the kidnaping. A
taxicab driver has sworn that Bruno
is the man who paid him to deliver a
ransom note and an elderly neighbor 1
of the Lindberghs testified that the
accused man was in the neighborhood
of the Lindbergh house on the day of
the crime and that there was a lad- i
der in the car which Hauptmann was I
driving.
No other trial in the history of the ;
United States' has aroused such inter
est and the press services have in
stalled facilities capable of taking
five million words a day in stories
concerning the trial. A direct teletype
service has been installed to London.
Dance Nets Profit
A neat sum was realized from the
dance staged last week by the high
school athletic association. Held in
the city gym, a negro orchestra from >
Asheville made the music. Altogether
the affair was an enjoyable one.
Heavy Rainfall Causes French Broad
To Leave Banks; No Serious Damages
---- i
Three and six-tenths inches o. rain
fell in Brevard from Monday after
noon at five o’clock until Wednesday
morning at eight, according to the
official checking station at the city
hail which is under the care of
Harry H. Patton.
Kenorts from all sections of the
countv are that excessive rains have
been general, and that streams have
been swollen.
The French Broad river at noon
W ednesday wa® estimated to be from
five to six feet above normal, and in
some instances stopped travel.
Mail carriers on Brevard’s three
ruial routes made their runs Wed
nesday, and with few exceptions got
amind in very good 3hape, having to
back-track in some places.
Travel to Hendersonville on Hign
wad No. 28 was still going through
at noon Wednesday, although the
river was reported to be still rising.
Peak was expected to be reached in
the lower end of the county during
Wednesday afternoon.
Little River near Cedar Mountain
reached its high mark Tuesday night,
but had receded considerably Wed
nesday morning with cessation of
the rains.
i Danger signs were placed on high
j way No. 284 near Wilson’s bridge at
I noon Wednesday. Ernest Webb, dis
trict engineer, reports that aside
from small washouts and minor
slides no serious damage was done
to the main highways.
The sunshine was welcomed about
ten o’clock Wednesday morning, with
local weather prophets asserting that
'the rains were over for the time be
| ing.
GAME LAWS TO BE
DISCUSSED FRIDAY
Game Warden Bradshaw Will
Be At Meeting To Hear
Discussions
A meeting of people interested in
game and game laws is called for
Friday night of this week at the
court house, at which time proposed
regulations will be made up for sub
mission to the Department of Con
servation and Development.
District Game Warden Bradshaw
will be present at the meeting and
will officially report to the depart
ment the views of people of this coun
ty. Out of the recommendations made
at similar meetings in other counties
in this section of the state, bills will
be submitted to the legislature at the
present session. _ j
The meeting will be held at 7:80.
Elections Fee Checks
Ready at Court House
Jess A. Galloway, county account
ant and register of deeds, has checks
ready for all election claims, and
cesires that all those people holding
claims of this nature call at his office
at bac-e and get their vouchers.
The commissioners ir. meeting
Monday ordered these claims paid at
cncc in order to clear the many small
claims against the general fund.
American Legion
To Sponsor Dance j
Announcement is being made by |
the American Legion that a dance
will be staged at the athletic hall in
the Erwin building on Main street
this Friday night, beginning at nine
o’clock.
Music will be furnished by the j
Fisher string band of Rosman. Pro-1
eeeds from the benefit dance will be :
used in work among veterans of the
county.
AT LYDAY HOSPITAL
Patients reported at Lydiy Me
morial hospital the past week in
clude: tClara Barton, Martha White,
Omelia White. Will Bowen Mrs. i
Rachel Smith and Mrs. J. E. Curlee. i
COLLEGE OPENS FOR
I CLASSES TUESDAY
_
Semester Examinations Due In
Short Time; Most Students
Back In Class
Brevard College reopened Tuesday
morning after being closed since
December 21st.
All members of the faculty and
most of the students were on hand
when the classes were held for the
first time in nearly three weeks.
Rgular chapel exercises were con
ducted at 10:15 o'clock Tuesday
mcn’ning, featured by a talk by Pres
ident E. J- Coltrane.
Students will enter soon into a per
iod of preparation for examinations,
which are only a few weeks off.
Influenza Widespread
Over This County
_>_
Reports from various sections of
the county are to the effect that a
light epidemic of influenza is preva
lent, though not in serious propor
tions.
Reports from the Brevard elemen
tary and grammar school on Monday
were to the effect that a little better
than ten per cent t‘f the enrolled
pupils were absent on account of flu.
Huge Hog Killed By
Cherry field Man
To Arthur Whitmire of Cherry
field section, goes credit for the big
gest porker reported this year—the
fine animai weighing 710 pounds
dressed.
Of the Spotted Poland China var
iety, the hrjg was two years old. and
hail eaten forty bushels of corn since
having been put in the fattening j
pen. ]
MASONS TO MEET ■
The third degree will be conferred
by Dunn’s Rock lodge Mo. 267, A. F
& A. M., at the regular communica
tion Friday night at. eight o’clock.
T. G. Miller, worshipful master, will.
confer the degree and will be assist
ed by Mitch M’eely, senior deacon.
The worshipful master urgently re
quests that all members be present.
WHIRL AT THE WORLD OF NEWS
* Items of interest gleaned during the past week
___—-*
President’s Message
Washington— President Roosevelt
shortly before noefn Friday placed be
fore tlie 74th congress in his initial
message the outlines of his proposal
for a new American economic order
to make individuals and families1 of
the country secure:
He outlined the major factors of |
the New Deal’s second stage as:
1. To provide every able bodied j
man with a job;
2. To abandon the dole system of j
relief;
3. To transfer uncmployables to
local relief agencies;
4. Old age. unemployment insur-|
ance, plus a start toward benefits for j
others handicapped through depend
ence or illness; \
o'. Unification of all public works
in a new and greatly enlarged plan;
G. Orderly displacement of the
FF.RA by a new emergency works
agency.
He assured congress that his pro
gram would “be within the sound
credit of the government.”
Budget Message
■Washington— President Roosevelt
Monday estimated in his budget mes
sage that:
The treasury will collect 43 cents |
for every dollar it spends this fiscal
year and 47 cents next year.
The deficit will be, $4,869,000,000
this year and $4,528,000,00 next.
The national debt will total $31,
000,000,000 at the close of this year
and $34,239,000,000 at the end of
next year.
Total expenditures this year will i
be $8,581,000,000, total receipts $3,-1
711.000,000, total borrowings $4,-‘
GOG,858.460 with “regular” expendi-i
tures of $3,321,000,000 and recovery)
and relief outlays of $3,260,000,000. .
Five Sailers Drown j
New York—Split in twain by thei
tramp freighter Jane Christenson,’
the steamer Lexington of the Colo
nial Navigation company sank in the
East River Friday night with five|
members of the crew missing.
Fires On Smuggler I
St. George’s Bermuda—A United!
States coast guard cutter fired seven1
times at the B ritish mcfcor vessel j
Casanova outside territorial waters, i
the Casanova’s master chai’ged Fri-j
dav at the end1 of a chase down the
Atlantic coast.
Sevk Gun-Laden Cars
Calexico. Calif.—A fleet of trucks
and motor cars was believed to be
ready to speed from the United
States into Mexico with 120 machine
guns and ammunition for revolution-.
ary plotters. The border was being |
closely patroled on both sides of the i
international line.
—-1—
Bonus Forces Gathering
Washington— While bonus forces
drew up their lines Friday, the vet
eran’s administration disclosed it was
studying ways of smoothing the
(operation of existing veterans’ aid
ilawn. . .t.i « ’
- (
To Save On Books
Raleigh— Annual savings as high
S3 $26,705.66 for parents gf North
Carolina’s high school pupils may be
:ffectod through the recent adoption,; j
if basal books in natural sciences and I
geography by the state board of edu-1
nation, Clyde A. Erwin, superintend-1
;nt of public instruction, said last
week.
For Short Work Week
Washington— The American Fed
;raticn of Labor threw its full sup
port last week behind early enact
ment of a ^10-hour work week by
congress.
“The A. F. of L. will concentrate
its efforts toward securing the en
actment. of this measure into law at
its earliest possible date,” President ]
Breen said. “It has been introduced j
in both branches of congress.”
New Deal For Canada
Ottawa — A Canadian new deal
paralleling President Roosevelt’s in
important essentials has been prom is
:d Canada's voters.
Presents Pension Plan
Washington—F. E. Townsend, a
soft-spoken country doctor from the
west. Friday prescribed his 200 a
month federal pension proposal as a
remedy for many of the nation’p ills.
At an open house meeting for con
gressmen the Long Beach, Calif.,
physician proposed giving every per
son over 60 years of age a pension
h $200 a month as a means of end- j
ing hard times, stamping out crime;
md routing bootleggers.
Disease Sweeps Island
Colombo, Ceylon — Nearly 3,000!
ieaths in the dread malaria scourge j
were reported today from a single'
district of this Indian ocean island, |
surrounding Kengalle, in the south-i
sm section.
• Of these nearly a thousand occur
red among young children, said the
report, which said infection continued
to spread.
It was stated some 250,000 persons
had been stricken with the disease,
the death rate being extremely heavy
among women.
Photographed Burglar
St. Louis—Newspapers here print-i
ed something really new in pictures
—a burglar caught in the act.
Frank Aichele, owner of a battery
repair shop in East St. Louis, was'
tired of having his place burglarized
so he rigged up an alarm and camera
flashlight trap.
Entering the place early Friday
morning, the burglar tripped over
the wire connected to both trap and
alarm and a flash resulted. In a
second the camera had caught the
picture and two hor.ns, the other part
of the trap, began to sound the
alarm. Neighbors, awakened by the
din, caught sight of the man hurry
ing away.
The photo was turned over to
police authorities for use in catching
the would-be burglar.
LICENSE BUSINESS IN
SLUMP THIS YEAR
_
The marriage license business in
Transylvania has taken a decided
slump since the holidays, according
to Register of Deeds Jess Galloway.
Only one couple has procured license
since Janufcry first—R. T. Pidoel
aimer and Nell Stancill, both of
Greenville.
FJ\RM ENUMERATORS
Farm enumerators for Transyl
vania county had not' been named
Wednesday so far as could be learn
ed. Appointment of a supervisor has
been made, however.
Honor Roll For
Enon School Given
Honor roll* for Er.on school as an
nounced by Professor N. L. Ponder, j
principal, follows:
Achievement
Seventh grade—Charlie Case, Vir-j
ginia Allison, Mildred Corpening,
Violet Lyday, Wilma Pickelsimer,
Agr.es Wilson.
Sixth grade—Herman Rahn, Ollie
Mae Metcalf, Gloria Ann Wilson.
Fourth grade —Jewel Reed, Mar
jorie Talley, Gladys Wilson.
Third grade— Irma Rahn,, Lucile
Cox, Esther Allison, uoromy roei
calf, Helen Rickman.
Second grade—Horace Blythe.
First grade—Billy Surrett, Mary
Lucile Brown, Ina Mac Blythe, Fra
sier Cox.
Attendance
Seventh grade—Otis Bryson, Char
ley Case. Virginia Ailison, Violet
Lyday, Wilma Pickeisimer.
Sixth grade—Herman Rahn, Sid
ney Rickman, Margaret Allison,
Oliie Mae Metcalf, Gloria Ann Wil
son.
Fifth grade—Lucile Allison, Edna
Rickman.
Fourth grade — EverettC Greene,
Henry Owenby, Ruby Owenby,
Gladys Wilson.
Third grade—Frank Parker, Helen
Rickan, Lucile Cox.
Second grade—Laney Frady.
First grade—Fred Owenby, Fra
seir Cox. Sidney Wilson.
honoiTrollI
The following subscribers* have
sent in renewals since Thursday of
last. w<ek:
Mrs. Z. K. Justice, Davidsor.,
J. Paul Lucas, California.
• P. L. Gallamore, Brevard R-3.
Dr. C. N. JenkinsJUrcvareL
Mrs. M. C. Shipman, Piaeih B or- j
B Mrs. W. H. Harris, Brevard.
Vernon Fullbright, Brevard.
Ed Duclos, Texas.
C W. Henderson, L. roxsway.
Mrs. Ina Allison, Brevard.
G. C. Sentelle. Brevard Tl-2
C. F. Miscnheimer, Brevard.
A. P. Boggs, Brevard R-2.
Sid Barnett. Pisgah Forest.
T L Snelson, Brevard.
Harold Nelson. Brevard.
J. P. Volrath, Walhalla.
Mrs. R. H. Brown, Castners.
The Times welcomes the following i
new readers to the home paper: ,
Mrs. Louise Mull, Brevard. i
Mrs. Van Huggins, Brevard R-J. .
Mrs. Pat Kimzey, Brevard.
J. F. Lance, Brevard R-i.
T B. Andrews, Mt. Gilead.
J. M. Morris, Pickens.___
COUNTY MAY GET
VET CCC CAMP
Work To Be Poipted Toward
Conservation And Fire
Prevention
—
Transylvania county stands fair
chance to hav<j a veteran's CCC
camp established within the near
future, work of the corps to be done
on private properties in the county,
looking toward forest conservation
and fire control.
Daniel Blake of the department of
conservation and development was
here Monday and after conference
with the board of county commis
sioners, which body assured him that
the county stood ready to cooperate
in the movement, expressed the
opinion that a camp would be located
within the county.
Roads, trails, firebreaks, and other
ednservation program work will he
carried out by the camp, if it is
secured.
IMPROVEMENT?
FEATURE NEW CARS
Master de luxe models, strongly
emphasizing beauty and style-, and
new standard models, featuring high
powered performance with economy,
are announced by Chevrolet Motor
company through their local agent,
McCrary Auto Service of Brevard.
Master de luxe body models in
clude sedan, coach, business coupe
with luggage compartment, sport
coupe with rumble seat, sport sedan,
and town sedan. In addition to the
coach, business coupe, phaeton nnd
sport roadster, which comprised the
standard line last year, the 1935 new
standard line includes a full sized
four-door sedan and a sedan delivery
car for light commercial uses.
The 1935 new standard has been
given virtually the same performance
ability as the master de luxe which,
however, departs distinctly from pre
vious Chevrolet.'' in striking advances
in design of body and trim. The
engines, incorporating many im
provements over the 1934 Master
motor, are of the same size and
design in both models, while in the
chassis the chief difference is the
presence in the master de luxe of
Chevrolet enclosed knee-action sus
pension, now entering its second year
improved in construction and opera
tion.
Mechwiicallj, the two models have
In common numerous important im
provements in construction and de
sign. Both engines have an original
system of high pressure jets supply
ing oil to connecting rod bearings,
and electro-plated pistons, heavier
crankshafts, and other new features
that contribute to better perform
ance, smoothness, and economy. In
both chassis, newly designed clutches,
more effective braking systems, still
er frames, and other advances _ in
design give greater ease of operation,
increased durability and a better
ride.
---
Candy Sale
Announcement is mad? that tho
Sugar Bc/wl will be open Friday
this week, beginning at 2 o clock,
for the regular candy sales.
Harmonious Session of Legislature
Predicted—May Be Over In 75 Days
W. M. Henry, TtWylvania coun
ty’s representative, and Kalpn **,.
Ramsey, Jr., senator for the 32nd
district, left here Monday morning
for Raleigh for the beginning ot the
legislative sessions.
Opening of the legislature was
he'd Wednesday, with a caucus ot
members on Tuesday. No statements
were made by Transylvania a two
members in the session, other than
that thev would work tor the be..
interests ofWall people of the county
during their term.
RALEIGH, JaiTg- A fairly har
monious session cf tne legislature, at
least much more harmonious than
the past two or three, seemed to be
in prospect when the LWBgenerai as
sembly convened here Wednesday. As
a result, a good many observers are
inclined to believe that the session
will not last more than 75 days a
the most. However, there are others
who believe that this apparent quiet
now is only the calm that preceded a
"term and that when the assembly
gets under full steam and into the
consideration of the sales tax, the
school problems, the hunt fcT new
revenue, and the many other matter,
to come before it, that it may turn
out to be as long a session as any ot
its predecessors.
The more outstanding matters that
will come before this session of the
general assembly and have to be dis
posed of by it, are as follows:
1. Disposition of the highway fund
surplus and whether or not it will
divert any more of the highway
revsnue to other than highway uses.
2. The sales tax and whether to
change it, lower it, increase it, re-,
peal it or leave it as it now is.
3. Teachers’ salaries and how
much they shall be increased.
4. State employees’ salaries and
how much they shall be increased.
'* .¥• i
5. Unemployment insurance and
old age pensions.
6. State drivers ’license and en
larged highway patrol.
7. Larger appropriation for the
University til North Carolina and
other state educational institutions.
8. Expansion of other state gov
ernment services through larger ap
propriations for their activities.
9. Consideration of numerous new
plans for getting additional revenue
to supply the enlarged budget*
needed.
10. Prohibition and whether to re
vise or repeal the state’s present
dry lav/s. .
11. Whether to redistrict the state
in comniiance with the constitution
or leave it as it now is.
12. Unemployment relief and the
extent to which the state will have to
participate with the federal govern
ment it continuing relief activities.
Them will still be hundred* of
other matters that will come before
the legislature, of. course, since with
its 170 members there will be almost
as many plans proposed for the
solution of all the major problems.
But the prevailing.belief here is that
the 12 matters just named will be
come the most' important with which
the' legislature is called upon to deal.
That the biggest legislative battle
of the entire session will revolve
around the highway surplus and di
version of the highway fund, is al
ready generally .conceded. For the
legislature will have available in the
highway surplus more than $10,000,
000 of cash Into which scores of dif
ferent agencies are already eager to
thrust itching fingers. Incidentally,
this is the first time in year* thbt
any legislature has had at it* finger
! tips anything like as much money a*
$10,600,000 and from which it can
make immediate appropriations f i»
so desires. , . .si