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BREVARD QUINT TO PLAY MANY GAMES W. C. T. C Varsity Among r Team* On Schedule} To k F Enter State Tourney By JAZZY MOORE Brevard College basketball team will play at least twenty games with opponents of Western North Caro lina and upper South Carolina before the North Carolina junior college tournament is held at Charlotte on February 22-23, according to a sched ule arranged by Head Coach Rclph James. The schedule will open here to night against Biltmore nnd will probably close in Brevard on Feb ruary 14th in a melee with Textile Junior College, of Spartanburg, S. C., although other games may be booked after that date. The .Tamesmen, with the other North Carolina junior college basket ball teams, will compete in the atate tournament at Charlotte in late Feb ruary. They also hope to enter the Southeastern junior college tourna ment to be held at Newport, Tenn., on March 8th. The i'u’l schedule for January is as follows: Jan. IT- Biltmore here. Jan. K Enka B here. Jan. 11* W. C. T. C. varsity there. Jan. 22—Biltmore there. Jan. 23 Asheville School here, 4 p. m. Jan. 25 -Christ School there, 2 games. Jan. 2i« —Blanton’s Business • 0)1 lege here. No games will be played during the week of Jam 28, on account of ex aminations. Game Bill Introduced By W. M. Henry Transylvania county game law! will conform with state regulations' under a bill introduced last week in j the house by Representative \V. M.: Henry. A bill passed by the 1933 legisla- • ture set opening of the game season in this county for November 20 and closing date in February. The bill as introduced by Mr. Henry makes, opening and closing dates the samej as othc’- counties in this district. The; bill follows: Section l. That section one of chapter 579 of the Public Local Laws ■ of 1933 bo amended by striking out! the words “Transylvania County”! in lines two and'Six thereof. Section 2. That all laws and! clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby ve- j pealed. Section 3. That this act shall be' in full force and effect from and after its ratification. New Brevard Police C. F. Misenheimer is cm night dutv in Brevard, substituting for Church Morris, who is off on account of illness. J, L. Wright Buried In Gillespie Cemetery i i J. L. Wright. 79 vear old Brevard man died at the County Farm last Wednesday, following a lingering illness. . V. U Funeral services were held the next day conducted by the Rev. John Simmons, pastor Brevard Presbyter ian church, and interment was made in the Gillespie cemetery.___ HOLLOWELL TO SPEAK AT KIWANIS CLUB MEE1 Noah Hollowell, former Brevarc newspaperman and now head of the district FERA, will be guest speaker at the meeting of Brevard Kiwanii club on Thursday. Mr. Hollowell will discuss the re habilitation program as la now being I put into effect by the federal gov, | ernment. j Rev. J. E. Burt Moving To South Carolina ROSMAN, Jan. 16—The Rev. J. E, Burt is moving with his family to Ninety-Six, S. C., on Thursday uf this week. The Rev. Mr. Burt has lived here for the past four years, and has been actively identified with the work of the Baptist church in this county, ' having been pastor of the Rosman I Baptist church for more than three I years ,and is now pastor of the Oak i Grove church at Quebec and Mt. i Moriah at Calvert. He will continue | to serve these two churches. Mr. Burt and family have made many warm friends throughout the i county during their stay here, and , many expressions of regret have l been heard of his having to move ; away. distmcToffice of FERA NOW LOCATED IN HENDERSONVILLE Organization of the district relief agency has been effected with Tran sylvania, Polk and Henderson coun tier comprising one unit instead of three as has been the ease for the past two years. Noah Hollowell, former Brevard newspaper man, but more recently in business in Hendersonville, has been selected as district supervisor. Fred Miller, Transylvania disbursing of ficer under the CWA setup, has been appointed as district farm super visor with J. R. Reagan of Asheville as project engineer, Ralph B. Hes ter of Hendersonville as disburser, Miss Decn McNeill of Asheville as district case worker, and Miss Jean nette Nabors of Polk county as dis trict statistician. In the Brevard office Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Franklin are continuing, with the same holding true in the case of Miss Dorothy Southers and Mrs. Tom Mitchell. Miss Connie Ratehford is in charge of the supply depot. W. A. Wilson, director for this county since incep tion of the work here, resigned the first cf the year and entered busi ness as manager of the Whiteway Dry Cleaners. Mrs. Clyde Sitton Is. Heart Attack Victim Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde Sitton, 38, who died Friday night cf heart attack at her home lusar Seiica, were held Sunday afternoon at Cathey’s Creek Baptist church. Offi ciating ministers were the Rev. Wal ter Holtzclaw, pastor, the Rev. C. C. Reece, the Rev. Judson Corn and the Rev. Paul Hartsell. Interment was in the cemetery narby. Mrs. Sitton, the youngest daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. Joe Bryson, of Seiica, is survived by her parents, husband, seven children and several brothel's and sisters. Pallbearers were brothers of Mrs. Sitton. Sales Tax Is Advocated To Cover All Merchandise and Supplies In N. C. RALEIGH, Jan. 16—Chief of in terest of the week ending Wednes day in the general assembly was Governor Ehringhaus’ message to the body last week and the State budget for the next two years. _ A $111,000,000 budget with $2, 500,000 a year additional for schools, 16 per cent salary raises for state employes and a sales tax to cover all commodities wasi gist of the gov ' ernor’s submission on Tuesday. _ _ This huge sum, covering operation of all the state’s departments, is di vided almost equally between the years 1935-36 and 1936-37. For the first twelve months a total expendi ture of $57,942,922 is provided, while $56,485,601 is allocated to the second period. The chief difference between the two figures lies in a $2,000,000 re volving fund for highway depart ment to be established in the first half of the biennium. The 1935-37 proposed obligation is based on an estimated revenue of $123,526,624 for the biennium and compares with expenditures and es timates of $103,536,114 for the biennium 1933-35. Under terms of the 1935-37 revenue bill, also accompanying the budget the sales tax, listed as “emergency revenue for the benefit of the pub lic school system of the state,’’ would be extended to cover all commodities offered for sale. It is provided also that should revenue levied under the sales tax “at any time during the next biennium be in excess of the appi'ujjriations and any unfunded deficits existing in the general fund, the director or the budget may in crease the compensation of all em ployes.* Wholesale prices of materials used in carrying on the purchaser’s busi ness would be taxed, as would arti cles of food, except those prepared and served in hotels, restaurants and cafes. As in the 1933 sales tax, the rate of retail tax is 3 per cent, to be levied under terms of the 1935 bill on the total gross sales of the mer chant's business. There is added, also, a 3 per cent tax on the sales price of all automo biles, new or used, with, the "privi lege <tf using the streets and high ways” of the state. This tax is in addition to all others levied on the sale and operation of motor vehicles. The only items exempted from pro visions of the sales tax are: Gasoline o»i which the gasoline tax is paid. Commercial fertilizer on which the inspection tax is paid. Products of “farms, forest and mines” except when such products are sold by the producer or manufac turer at retail. I Articles sold to the state or to | organizations owned or controlled by i (]10 state* j School books on the state adopted list. The Governor’s Message The governor’s message delivered last week was as follows: t. Substantial increase in appro priations for schools. 2. Increase of salaries of teachers I as well as others. 3. Continuance of the study of needed changes in public school cur ricula. , . . 4. Provision so that steps may be taken toward installation of a state system of school book rentals. (Continued on Book Page) I-IWR |g Permission ■ling_ _ pm iudu | rrnr in to and Notes Maturing .4 Any Date—M« glndlude 1WI Levy. The board of aldermen in meet* Saturday night passed resolution! asking that Senator Ralph Rams* and Representative W. ... Henry ifl troduce a measure in the generll assembly allowing the town of Brw vard to take notes, bonds and chtfj po-ns of any maturity in payment w 1931 and prior taxes, ana for straw paving assessments. After lengthy discussion, the board i decided that a clause leaving it ta the discretion of the board as to whether demand should be made fo? payment of the current year’s taxes in order to take advantage of thi 11931 and prior year’s offer It was pointed out by the board | that payment of special taxeB and j other incomes of the town govern ! mcnt might be sufficient to take care | of the general fund provided current I tax payment would fall off under the I payment plan advocated for past due i taxes. Under the provisions of the bill re a.uested, debt service portion of taxes ' for 1934 would still be payable M past due bonds. A bill was presented in the upper house of the legislature last Friday i by Senator Ralph H. Ramsey of i Transylvania county, which will » 1 passed, make it mandatory that the ; tax collector take past due bonds, 1 notes and coupons in payment of I debt service portion of taxes of cur I rent vear, and bonds, notes ana coupons of’ any maturity in full pay ! mcnt of 1930 and prior taxes. It is very probable that an amend ment will be offered to the bill so as to include 1931 taxes also. The I bill as introduced, follows: J Section 1. That the Tax Collector 1 of Transylvania county shall accept in payment of the debt service por tion of current *nd|or delinquent i taxes any bond or bonds, note or ' notes, matured interest coupon or | coupons, due or to become due in the , current fiscal year at par value. Section 2. That the Tax Collector ■ of Transylvania county shall accept ! in full payment of taxes levied for ! the year 1930 and year prior thereto any bond or bonds, note or notes, due or to became due, and|or ma tured interest coupon or coupons of said county at par value: Provided, that before accepting such bonds, notes and interest coupons in full t payment of taxes levied for the year 11930 and years prior thereto, the | said Tax Collector shall require the | payment of current taxes; and, Pro vided further that if foreclosure suit shall have been started on any tax sale certificate issued for taxes lev ied for the year 1930 or years prior thereto all costs incurred in said suit and charged against taxpayer shall be required to be paid in cash. Section 3. That the Tax Collector of Transylvania county shall be al lowed full credit in his settlement Avith said county for all bonds, notes and interest coupons received by him in payrrfent of taxes in' accordance with the provisions of this act. Scctioji 4. That all laws or clauses of laws in conflict with the provis ions of this act are hereby repealed. Section 5. That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. DONATIONS MADE TO NURSERY SCHOOL Acknowledgement of cash and other donations for the ERE nursery school is made by one of the teachers, Mr®. Constance Banks, land appreciation is expressed to the following donors: Cash for coal — Mrs. John Vernar, Mrs. J. B. Petit and Mrs. J. N. Waters. Clothes, valuable donation of coats,' mittens and war in. woolen clothes m Mrs. Harold Norwood Mrs. Charlc-s Jenkins and Mrs. Kate DeLong. Toys and other donations — Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sellers and Mrs. Bertram Ramsay. Lumber to make folding camp cots —Carr Lumber company. Canvas for cots—J. S. Silversteen. An appeal is made by the teachers of the nursery school for -the urgent ! need of cash for coal end house rent. A ton of coal is needed each month | and the house rental of $10 peri month is now due, donations to wards which by organizations or in dividuals wiil bo gratefully received,] it is stated. Of interest to note concerning the school is the fact that there have been no 'absences of children from the school on account of sickness dur ing the recent flu epidemic in the county. This fact is accounted for largely because of the_ proper feed ing and expert care of the children during school hours each day . Corn-Hog Contract* Crop production, or corn-hog con tracts have not been received in this county yet, according to Professor Julian Glazener, but are expected within a short time. Exact details of the contract are not known, but are expected to be similar to last year’s. j Commissioners Hold Brief Meet Saturday At a meeting of the county com missioners list Saturday, M, B. Bagwell was hired to fire the fur nace at the county jail at a monthly salary of $20. R. H. Hale, janitor at the court house, was continued on his job at a rate of $30 per month. Senator Ralph H. Ramsey was in conference with the commissioners m regard to placing the county offi cials on a salary instead of com mission basis. 1 HONOR ROLL 1 The following have renewed their subscription to the home paper since last Wednesday: Mitchell Bidden, Brevard R-l. T. G. Miller, Brevard. Carl Bryscn, Brevard. J. M. Meece, Brevard R-2. W. W. Duckworth,,Marshall. S. C. Yates, Landrum. Mrs. Ella M. Bryan, Duncan. Glenn Miller, Tennessee. Mrs. H. G. Stophel, Rosman. A. L. Owen, Wolf Mountain. D. H. Orr, R-2. R. E. Capps, R-2. J. L. Jones, Brevard. Mrs. Jno. F. Henry, Kentucky. Mrs. J. F. Matney, Statesville. Mrs. M. C. Sumeral, Rosman. The Times welcomes the following new members to its family of read GTS! Mrs. J. E. Bracken, Brevard R-3. G. A. Hovis, Rosman. Wado H. Davis, Liberty, S. C. X DROUTH CATTLE ALL BEING SHIPPED OUT The last of around 2,400 head of drouth area cattle have been ordered shipped .out of the county by state relief headquarters, according to Njah Hollowell, district FERA Manager. The latest decision to remove all the government cattle from North Carolina wa* caused by the fact that mttle in sojpe sections were found to be infected wWi scabies -Jltfe i a brought about complications l>etween the state department of relief and veterinary, and rather than aggra vate the situation, Mrs, Thomas O’Berry, state relief director, gave orders to remove all government cat tle frdm North Carolina. Mr. Hollowell specifically stated that there had been no evidence found scabbies in the cattle in this section, but. that inasmuch as the order was general for North Caro lina. the three hundred or more head that had been left here had to be shipped out. It was original intention of the FERA to retain three hundred head of the best cattle in the county, some of the milk cows to be loaned to needy families in tile rehabilitation pro gram, and some steers for working under the same plan. Twenty-five work mules have been received ir. the district comprised of Transylvania, Henderson and Poik, and these will be used in the pro gram. Mr. Hollowell stated that it was not the intention <vf the government to give these mules away; neither was it the purpose to give feed for them, but that in all cases, including furnishing of any kind of provis ions or supplies, the people would be required to pay for same. Bagrwell Opens Store On East Main Street Announcement is being made in this issue of The Times by Lamliert E. Bagwell of the opening of a new grocery and feec. store in the old Chamber of Commerce building on East Main street. Mr. Bagwell is well known throughout the section, having teen in business near Hockbrook. for a number of years. AT 'LYDAY HOSPITAL Patients (reported at Lyday Me morial hospital the past week in clude: Connell Talley, J. C. WBite side, Will Bowen, Martha and Omeha White, Clara Barton and Lumen English. Credit Association Tc» Meet In Asheville The annual meeting of the Ashe ville Production, Credit Association serving the counties of Buncoiibe, Henderson, Haywood, Madison Bind Transylvania will be held on . an uary 28th at the court house in Asheville ,it is announced by K. V. Morrow, secretary of the association. Not only are all of the farmer-jor rowers from the association, the holders of Class B stock expected to be present, but Mr. Morrow said nnat a most cordial invitation was also ex tended to all other farmers in the territory served by the association and that it was hoped that U rge numbers would accept the invitation » PROPOSE CHANGE OF TAX USTING DATE _ RALEIGH Jan. 15—The iegtol* tore is expected to change the annual date, of listing property for taxet from April 1 to January 1 Iwginning with the 1986-1987 biennium. . The local government commission, in a special recommendation to the general assembly, advocates this change, emphasizing that "it hat long been a sound contention that much personal property is escaping the tax books on account of the listing date in neighboring states being January 1. Sam F. Puette Diet At Home In Lenoir A telegram Monday announced the death of Sam F. Puette i nLenoir. Particulars were not given, though it is known that he had been in de clining health. Mr. Puette was once ! a resident of Brevard, and is remem j bered as a popular citizen, and bro ther of the late W. J. Puette whose widow lives here now. Mr. Puette was the uncle of Mrs. C. E. McFee, Mrs. John Smith and Mrs. Will Hunt of Brevard, and is survived by three gTowr. children of his'own, and his wife. BILL DRAFTED TO PROVIDE FOR LEGAL LIQUOR RALEIGH, Jan 15—A liquor bill to liberalize the Turlington act and provide fcr the legal sale of whiskey in North Carolina has been drafted by a member of the general assem bly, who 1 as been a life long dry, and will he introduced in the next few weeks, it was learned tonight. The proponent of the measure re quested tiat his name not be used until the bill is' actually introduced. The propose.! bill is complete in every detail, containing 24 sections, it was leimed. No estimate of the amount- od revenue to be raised under the measure has been made, tut the state would get a tax of 10 per cent pn the stlo price of the liquor and all of the profits. The njeanure would set up a system of state liquor stores to be located at points selected by the state board, which will administer the act. A certain percentage of the quali fied voters of any municipality would be allowed to outlaw location of a liquor store there. Transylvania Men Are On Committees Transylvania county’s members of the General Assembly were recog nized in the appointment of commit tees, with Senator Ralph H. Ram sev being made head of the import ant senate cpmmittee on salaries and fees, while Representative v\. M. Henry was named chairman of the committee on institutions for the blind. In addition to the chairmanship, Mr. Ramsey was also made a mem ' ber of the following senate commit itees: Trustees of the university, public roads, election laws, appro priations, manufacturing, labor and commerce, judiciary No. 1, journal ; and institutions for the bund. I Other house committees on which j Mr. Henry was assigned includes I committee on finance, education, m 1 stitutions for the deaf and dumb. •ud Rmnum Team* to if Doable Header On Main Street Court Brevard high school basketball , squads will officially open the season (herd next Tuesday night in the city gym with a double-header between ( Brevard and Roeman. Th gym has been put in excellent 1 shape and seats for around 160 pro : vfded. Coaches Tilaon snd Wilkin* j state, however, that there will be 1 plenty of standing room for thoee i who wish to attend. | Both the boys and girls teams are showing up better this season than i last, wnfie the Roeman aggregation I has been noted for several years for I its. up-to-date playing, both the Ros ! man girl® and boys being rated i among the best teams in this section | of the state. | On Monday night of next week the I local boys outfit will play Christ 1 SchocJ there. I _ Bank To Close Saturday i Transylvania Trust company will i be closed on Saturday of this week, I Jan. 19, in honor of Robert E. Lee’s i birthday, this being a holiday in all i North Carolina b a n if ». Business i houses are advised to get change and cash for payrolls on Friday. -a. Dry Leaders Called To Meet Here On Friday. j — County leaders in the dry cause are called to meet at the Brevard Baptist church on Friday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock, at which time the Rev. Jesse C, Owen will dis cuss the liquor question as it now stands in North Carolina. The Rev. Mr. Owen, a native- of Transylvania, i?: nrfw devoting his entire time to temperance work, atd has headquarters in Asheville. Hunters Ask Repeal of Legislative Enactment Recommendations were adopted at a meeting of the Game Commission here last Friday night asking that the hunting law as passed in the 1933 legislature be repealed and that the squirrel law read Sept. 1 to Nov. 30; ruffled grouse, Nov. IB to Jan. 1; and that the fishing season re main as r.ow, in effect. Other gam* seasons to be guided by general lawa now applicable to the western zone. The petitions will be presented to Representative Henry and Senator Ramsey, and were signed by Judge I D. L. English for the Transylvania . iFi-sh and Game association, ai d by iW. L. Aiken, E. R. Galloway and Ot.to Alexander, memb-rs of the game commission for Transylvania county under the department of con servation and development. Garbage Truck Makes One Round Per Week i _. | Announcement i3 made by the ' town of Brevard to the effect beginning this week the gnrbaw truck will make only one r o n n « through the residential sections. This move is necessitated, it Is plained by City Clerk Harry ***&»; due to the small force the town )• now employing. It will not be neces sary to telephone the city hail for the truck, as H will make , MgBjg rounds each Friday throughout tfce residential section. _ I Effort Being Made By Henderson County Group To “Rehabilitate” River Valley Concerted effort is being made by people of Hender3on county to have the French Broad River valley drain j age program started by the federal government. A committee formed and author ized by the Henderson county board of commissioners during 1934 made report last week that it had com pleted its preliminary plans and was ready to submit plans to the fop* era! government ana TVA officials, both of which have sent representa tives to this section in interest of the rehabilitation program, i A representative of the Tennessee Valley Authority was in Brevard during August of last year, and met j with members of the county comnus- | sioners. the board of aldermen and other citizens, at which time the matter of rehabilitating farms in tliis section -was gone into thorough ly. There was no publicity given the matter at that time by request of the Tennessee Valley representative it being this official’s suggestion that an actual survey be made before the general public was told of the movement. , .... The matter is fully set forth in the following letter which was mailed by the authorized committee of Hender son county last week, the letter be ing forwarded to the North Caro lina representative of the TVA and a copy to the several governmental agencies: “Dear Sir: “In keeping with your sugges tion that our committee af local citizens interested in the develop ment of Henderson county suwa.it a ,r«t jjfSj 4 plan of proposed developments, we are herewith offering the following suggestions: “First, make an agricultural ssr* vey of the French Broad valley and its principal tributaries with wa view to determining our agricultural possibilities and the advantage® that would result from better drain*** and flood control. “Second, Analyze the practicabil ity of blasting and movin* wa Shoals on the French Broad river with the view to lowering the stream bed of the river and removing n» merous logs arid drifts of falwit tun ber which have clogged streams, and lowering the stream beds Ofthc river and tributaries and stral*nwm ing the stream channels where nacea ssry to increase the flow. -*v “Third, Make a survey with Q» view to determining the increased population that could be placed to advantage on the French Broad river and its tributaries, as » wm of drainage, prevention of soil ero sion and other agricultural improsa snentu, this increased population » valley to come from Henderson county sub-marginal lands. “Fourth, Continue in the area testing of fertilizers made by ta* Tennessee Valley authorities demonstrate the value of the »««• and show the practicability of pre vention of soil erosion through a* inonstrations of land terracing. “Fifth, Study the advisability ** . restoring the Blue .Rid® lime . 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