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$5 AUTO TAG DRIVE STARTED BY HENRY ^ Bill Cull* For Cutting Fee* In Le»« Than Half— Truck* Included Representative W. M. Henry of Transylvania county introduced a bill in the lower house of the general assembly last Friday calling for a flat license fee of five dollars for passenger cars, and half the present rate on trucks. There has been considerable com ment throughout the state as to similar bills during the past few months, it being opinion among many that people who drive but lit tle should not be charged at the same rate for tags that whose who drive lots are paying. With the high per gallon rate of tax on gasoline, pro ponents of the $5 tag fee point out, the man who drives most will pay most for use of the roads, and the man who drives but little would not be “held up,” The bill as introduced follows: Section 1. That from and after the expiration of the present licencing periiid all fees now paid for licensing and registration of passenger motor vehicles, not used for hire, shall be five dollars and on all other motor vehicles, including trucks not used for hire, the fee shall be fifty per cent of the present rate. Section 2. That all laws ana clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act arc hereby re pealed. Section 8. That this act shall be in full force and effect, from and after its ratification. Dry Forces Elect In Transylvania County Representatives from various sec-, tions of the county were present at' the meeting of dry forces, held Fri day night at the Baptist church. f The Rev. Jesse C. Owen, a native of Transylvania county, but now de voting his time to temperance work, with headquarters in Asheville, was the main speaker of the meeting. His message on temperance education was int resting and profitable. Rev. J K. Hendereon, county) chairman of the dry organization, j presided over the meeting. His office remains unchanged for the j coming year. The following officers for the county organize tion were elected for the ensuing year: County vice chairman. C. B. Me-1 Fee; with the following elected to the office of secretary-treasurer for the different townships: Boyd, N. L. Ponder: Brevard. Dr. J. F. Zachary;) Cathey’s Creek, Mrs. Lecnder Gilles pie; Dunn’s Rock, L. E. PowrelI; Eastatoe, Mrs. Charlie Gravely; Gloucester, Dewitt McCall; Hogback, Charlie Henderson; Little River. An sel Jones. The following township chairmen were placed in office at a former election: Boyd, W. L. Talley; Bre vard. A. E. Hampton; Cathey’s Creek, W a r d Breedlove Dunn’s Rock, Mrs. Charlie Orr; Eastatoe, A. M. Paxton; Gloucester, C. A. Mc Call; Hogback, Mrs. I,ee Norton; Little River. Mrs. Martin Shipman. Little Monte Carlo Raided By Policemen “Little Monte Carlo” w-as raided Saturday night by Chief Bert Free man and Policeman Red Misenhei nter, with result— nine Monaco Princes answering to charges of gam bling. The friendly little game came to an abrupt er.d as the officers stalked in uninvited, and the feliows who were paying another nickel to see the hole card, were all released on their own recognizance to appear before His Honor Monday afternoon. MEASURE ENDS TRANSYLVANIA HUNTING SEASON RALEIGH, Jan. 23— The 1934-35 open hunting season in Transyl vania county was automatically end ed Wednesday of last week when the Henry bill was ratified by the gen eral assrnbly. Representative Henry’s measure removed Transylvania from the provisions of a 1933 act which fixed the open season for game from November 20 to February 20. This bill restores the general law in Tran sylvania—open season November 15 to January 1—with special seasons for deer, bear, squirrel, oppo3sum, and raccoon. Representative Henry introduced his bill in the lower house and it was passed under a suspension of the rules. The senate passed it under a suspension of the rules and it was ratified by both bouses. It became law upon its ratification. A bill passed by the lower house extending the hunting season for birds and rabbits in western counties to February 1, has been held up in committee by the department of con servation and development and will not be ratified before the last of this wn^k if at all. At most it would give local hunters but a few days hunting this season. MISSIONARY VISITING FRIENDS IN BREVARD The Rev. Vernon A. Crawford, former pastor Brevard Presbyterian church, but for the past several years missionary ta Japan, was in Brevard Friday and Saturday calling on friends. The popular minister is engaged in mission work in the United States for his church for the next six months after which he and Mrs. Crawford expect to again take up their work in Japan. Dr. Lynch Re-Elected County Physician Dr. G. B. Lynch, prominent Bre vard physician and surgeon, was re elected as county physician and health officer at a meeting of the recently organized county board of health in meeting here last Friday. Members of the board of health as now constituted are: Chairman W. L. Aiken of the board of commission ers, as chairman; Professor G. C. Bvish, county superintendent, as Sec retary, nd Mayor J. C. Wike as third member to hoid over from the old board, these gentlemen holding membership on the board by virtue of the Offices they fill in the town and county. At a meeting of these three mem bers held several days ago, Dr. Harold J. Bradley, Brevard physi cian. and Dr. J. F. Zachary, Brevard dentist, were elected to membership on the new board, with Dr. E. S. English, Brevard physician being re elected. _X___ PRISON CAMP WILL HOLD .OPEN HOUSE Prisoners To Be Located In County Will Be Used On Highway Work Open house will be held by offi cial?1 of the state prison camp at Cal vert on Saturday and Sunday of this week, and an invitation is extended to the general public to visit the oamp by W. Lloyd Cutting, construc tion engineer. The camp is built of steel, brick and cement, along the new and im prover! lines for camps of this type, and is of the 76-capacity size, that is, accommodations being made for 76 prisoners and the corps of guards and officials. Water for the camp is secured from a deep well, some distance west of the camp, while a sewage disposal plant of approved type will add to the sanitation facilities. Electric lights are furnished by the Rosman Tanning Extract company of Ros man. Fred Johnson of Brevard will have charge of the camp “after the first of February, when the allotment of prisoners is expected. His guards and helpers have not been announced. It is m*t known at this time just what type prisoners will be kept in the Calvert camp. Oscar Pitts, in charge of the prison camp depart ment for the state, was here iast week, but had not decided at that time as to the type prisoners to be sent here. The prisoners will be used on county' and state roads in this sec tion, under supervision of Ernest H. Webb otf Brevard, district engineer for the state highway and public works commission, and it is expected that they will be of material benefit to the roads of this section. The camp was constructed under Supervisor Cutting, with John Hewitt of Newton as foreman. A number of local craftsmen were given work on the construction ,with majority of the labor being done by grade A prisoners. DAVIDSON RIVER HONORS Following are the fiftl/grade honor roll students for the Davidson River school: Billy Jean Duncan, Alva Sentell and Bob Gash. Henry Barton Buried Tuesday Afternoon Henry Barton, seventy year old resident of the Selica section, died at his home Monday after an illness of nine years. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at Cathey’s Creek Baptist church with the Rev. Judson Ccrn in charge. Interment was made in the cemetery nearby with mem bers of Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge, of which the deceased was a mem ber, in charge. Surviving are the widow, eight children, twenty-four grandchildren, four great grandchildren, six sisters and one brother. Members of Dunn’s Rock Lodge were pallbearers—D. F. Barnett, R. F. Tharp, Henry Henderson, Lewis Osborne, J. L. Mims and C. C. Gibbs. Flowers were in charge of Helen Stamey, Margarie Mims, Lela. Bar ton, Fay Pearson, Myrtle McKinney, Mary McKinney, Bessie Blythe, Ida Tinsley, Reba Searcey, and Myrtle Pruitt. . , Mr. Barton had been a member of the Cathey’S' Creek Baptist church for fiftv years and a member of the board deacons for 28 years. He was one of the oldest members Of the Bre vard Masonic lodge in poir^t of years of membership and was regarded es one among the most faithful to las church and lodge. iiULLUWftJL SPEAKS ON REHABILITATION Federal Government Went* Ta Help Those Who Are Worthy end Try Noah Hollow*!!, district adminis trator of Um FERA, speaking before the Brevard Kiwanis club last Thurs day declared that the work the fod , eral government is now trying to do in the matter of rehabilitaticn is worthy of support from the club and all citizens of the county who are in terested in seeing people who have not had the best of chances in life, and especially during the past few years, placed back in a sphere of usefulness to the community. Ten million families in the United States have fallen by the wayside during the past five years, Mr. Hol lowell, fc-rmer Brevard newspaper editor and business man declared. Two hundred sixty-six of this num ber are located in this county, he said, .and stressed the fact that with some exceptions, these families are doing their utmost to be selfsupport ing, and' are not relief cases as the general public misunderstands the word “relief.” Mr. Hollowell forcibly expressed the point that all families who have been on the federal government re lief rolls are not there by their own doing, or by their trifleness, but by the rules of the strong forging ahead of the week. He illustrated his theory by taking a glass jar of beans in which a few nuts had been placed. Shaking the jar, the nuts which were larger and heavier than the beans, gradually worked their way to the ton of the jar, while a few grains of corn, which were lighter and smaller than the beans, gradual ly worked their way to the bottom of the jar. Terrific competition resulted in all lines following the financial crash of five years ago, Mr. Hollowell as serted. and in this competition the stronger and more lucky were able to lift themselves to the forefront and out on top, while the 'weaker and less able ones were gradually pushed down in the melee. Among those who were pushed down, or rather who were unable to carry on to the front lines, the speak er said, were those who have tried and are still trying to make their own way. and it is this group that he had in mind for the rehabilita tion work of which he was sneak ing. Of course, Mr. Hollowell said, (Continued on Back Page) SOIL EROSION IS A PUBLIC ENEMY Much Land In Transylvania Is Lost To Productiveness Through Neglect Transylvania county has lost the value of 22,100 acres, or 9.7 ner cent, of its total area because of aggra vated erosion, according to the Soil Erosion Service of the United States Department of the Interior. Of the 238,272 acres which com prise the county there are 12,300 acres already abandoned due primar ily to severe erosion, the report shows. Also, there ae 3,878 acres having 25 to 76 pr cent of the top soil gone. The government has found that the county contains 204,294 acres of forest, and that there are 10,597 acres under cultivation, 2,881 acres of idle tillable land and 8,200 acres of open pasture land in addition to the twelve thousand odd acres of abandoned land. The section of the county most seriously damaged by erosion is the French Broad Valley, Rosman to Henderson county. The report is the result ol an erosion survey made of the entire state under the direction of W. D. Lee and W. W. Stevens soil special ists of the North Carolina area of Soil Erosion Service, to determine the general land condition in North Carolina. Regional headquarters of [the Soil Erosion Service is in High Point. Much Flu Reported Reports frctm all sections of the county are to the effect that influ enza has reached a 3tage bordering on an epidemic. County Superintend ent G. C. Bush reports that from 20 to 30 per cent of the school children are reported either ill with flu or recuperating. Senator Ramsey Improved Senator Ralph H. Ramsey Jr., who entered a Raleigh hospital last Fri day for treatment, has resumed his duties in the general assembly. FARMERSTOMEET AT LITTLE RIVER (By J. A. GLAZENER) A farm meeting is being planned for Friday night at the Little River chool house. It is hoped that a big ner cent of the farmers will be pres ent for this meeting to discuss sev eral farm topics of vast importance iust at this time. A portion of the lime will be taken up in discussing the 1935 tobacco contracts, and other phases of tobacco production. \ rtSii HAlihtKlf & f LOCAL CLUB AIM Committees Appointed For Year — Importance Of Fishing Stressed Effort will be mads by the Bre vard Xiwanis dub to secure erection at one or more fish hatcheries in this section, stress being laid on the fact that appropriation was made by the federal government two years ago to build a hatchery in Western North Carolina during 1985, and promise 1 being made by Congressman Zeb I Weaver at the time that he would Jiase his influence to have the hatch pery located in Pisgah National For est near Brevard. Effort will also I be made by the club to have at least | one rearing pool operated in the Bre ! Vard vicinity. j ■ At a meeting of the directors of I the club Monday night, stress was • laid on the fact that fishing is one | i Of the biggest attractions this> sec-, j tiou has to offer tourists, and fur- j | ther that the streams were fast being | j depleted. Committees appointed by the di I rectors to function during the year were as follows: Underprivileged child—Dr. G. B. i Lynch, J. B. Jor.es and Rev. J. P. i Simmons. Public affairs—W. D. Gash, Harry ! Patton and Pat Kimzey. Agriculture—Julian Glazener, Wil ! lis Brittain and Lee Arlege. Inter-club relations —E. J. Ool |trane, F. Brown Carr and Ralph H. Ramsey. Kiwanie education — Lewis P. \ Hamlin, Ralph H. Ramsey and E. J. ] Cqltrane. Program—F. Brown Carr, Dr. C. j L. N-wland and Rev. J. H. Brendall. ' Membership —Edw. J. Bogen, S.. M. Macfie and Harry Sellers. Finance—J. M. Gaines, Pat Kim-; zey and C. M. Douglas. Music—Rev. Paul Hartsell, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, Brown Carr. Publicity—C 0. Cathey, Ralph James, C. M. Douglas. C. M. Douglas was reappointed i secretary, with E. J. Bogen as treas [ urer. The directors had dinner at ! the Canteen Caife, after which the! J business meeting was L\eid in The; I Times office. iSUTC.GXBO i IN PUBLIC LETTER -. State School Contributions Far Exceed Sales Tax Paid By This County j There are a few interesting facts (that I believe the citizens of the i county ought to have regarding 3ome i of our school finances. { From July 1, 1933 to June 30, 11934, Transylvania county paid into j the North Carolina department of 'revenue a total of $9,797.21 in sales | tax, while the state paid into the j county in sales taxes $51,361.57 to ; run the schools. Beginning July 1, 1934, to Decem ber 31, 1934, which represents six months’ collections, amounts to $5, 819.76, and the amount for the other half of the year will probably amount to less than $5,000 while the state will send into the county nearly $60,000 to run the schools for 1934 35. All nutside toilets have bean, built I new, much new plumbing has been ! done. Projects have been made and | apDnoved for the federal relief to | furnish the labor for this repair work. The Brevard high school will be painted with two coats of paint within the next two weeks. , Th e Transylvania schools funds budget supplementing state allot ments for 1934-35 shows the follow ing. Salary superintendent public welfare ._ $ 250.00 Travel superintendent public welfare . 5Q‘?5 Audit of books . 112.50 Vocational agriculture teachers . 1,810.00 Home economics supplies 250.00 Repairs to buildings. 2,594.73 Supplies for science departments . 260.00 Plumbing .. Hnnnn Insurance .— 1 Library books ..^00.00 To pav for special building funds (borrowed several years ago . I’nli aa Interest . 2,411.88 Mr*. J. M. Parri* Is Buried On Wednesday Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning at Bent Creek Bap tist church in Buncombe county for Mrs. J. M. Parris, who died suddenly early Tuesday morning. Burial was made in the cemetery nearby, with the Rev. H. L. Southers in charge. Mrs. Parris, who was 85 years of age, has been feeble for some time, but. her death was unexpected, . Surviving are two daughters and Chree a.ons—Mrs. Bessie Davis of Pispah Forest, Mrs. Sarah Coltrane of West Asheviile; Jake Parris of Brevard R-2; Hilary Pams of the Pisgah National Forest section, and Vrank Parris of the Bent Creek sec tion. a EX-SERVICE MEN, WILL MEET HliRE TUESDAY All ex-service men on the county At* tailed to meet at the court house op Tuesday night of next week at ?j30 o’clock, a call being issued by tha American. I.eg on. Hatter of payment of the Adjusted compensation certificates, or bonus, will be taken up lit the meeting, this being one of several statewide meets to be called on thi-t date, F. H. A. Drive Shows Much Interest Here Reports turned in by canvassers for the Federal Housing Adminis tration indicates that there are a number of peopln interested in im proving their homes, and will very probably make applications for loans through the FHA setup. Canvassers haie been busy for several days in B ‘evard, Rossnan and Pjsgnh Forest wiuh result that much information is on hand as to the condition of built ings in the county. Complete information as to loam; and manner of procedure may be had from E. P. McCoy who ha3 offices in the rear of Macfie Drug store or from Judson McCrary who is chair man of the local FHA organization. ; Building supply dealers and othei business houses are also interested in the movement and will assist pro perty owners in making applications i and securing loans. All information found by the sev eral canvassers now at work in the county is on file at the office of Mr McCoy and is oyen for inspection by business men who wish to take up the matter of repairs, remodeling or renovation Of buildings. C0RN-H0(; MEETING BE HELD SATURDAY Contract* For 1935 and Organ ization of Local Setup To Be Outlined (By J. A. GLAZENER) A meeting wil be held in the court house Saturday afternoon, January 26, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of explaining the .935 corn-hog con tracts. All farmers i iterated in renting land to the government by reducing their corn acreage, should strive to be present at the Saturday meeting. The new 1935 contract? provide for a farmer to get a fair cash rent for reducing a certain per cent of his corn acreage, yet allows him to grow anything he wants to on the rented acres, other thi n corn. It is veri important that the farmers of Tran sylvania county know the working! of these contncts, have a clea" understanding (f what they offer m the way of cash rent in order tha they may maki up their minds- to sign or not to sign a 1935 contract. Mrs. J. W. Mills Dies In State of Colorado Word has been received here o: the death of Mrs. J. W. Mills, aged 90, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. B. Allen in Mont rose, Colo, on Jan. 17. A native of Transylvania county, the deceased1 was before her marri age Miss Sarah Killian. She had made her home in the west for a number of years. . One daughter, Mrs. Allen, and si c sons survive, as follows: Jas. K. Mills of Brevard, Robert and Joe Mills of Atlanta, Ga., Wade, Walter and Charlie Mills of Montrose. Co. Two brothers, J. B. Killian of Lo» Angeles, Calif., and J. W. Killian of Arizona, also survive. Archaeological Club. Seeks Indian Relicn By JO JONES Officers of the Archaeological society of Brevard College composed of Dean C. H. Trowbridge, preeident; Rev. R. D. McNeer, vice president; J off re Coe, secretary, and Mrs. Isa bel Coltrane, editor, are starting an archaeological survey with the pur pose of locating Indian mounds, In dian village sites, camp sites, India r quarries and burial grounds. The society hopes to have representatives in the field hunting forXsites. A re quest has been made that anyone who knows the location of any site? in this county or adjoining counties get in touch with the secretairy im mediately. . , The society rs making a study of Indian habits and customs, and rel ics of stone, bone and pottery are being examined. . , A niuseum of Indian relics is in the library of Brevard College. It con tains a Cherokee garget, 10 arrow points and spear heads, a Cherokee cone, Cherokee celts, a pendent fron the sand mounds in Florida, a crape clay image from Florida, a she 1' ooen to extract food, a shell hoe an! a" collection of pottery showing the stages at development through the ages. NEW ARRIVALS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis John son, ci? Brevard R-2, on Saturday, January 19, a son, Louis Daniel. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Galloway, on January 21, a d&ugl ter. Mary Lou, Bom to; Mr. and Mrs. J o h a Fresslev a daughter uary 20. TAX RELIEF BILL IS SENT IN BY RAMSEY 3 ;■ tSHSEj ' Past Due Item* Payable With Any Maturity Bonds If Measure Is Passed A b 11 was introduced in the state senate by Senator Ralph H. Ramsey of Brevard lost Friday, calling for payment of all back taxes for the year 1.931 and prior in town bonds of any maturity and for the pay ment of debt service portion (biggest item ill the town tax levy) of current taxes in bonds that are matured or matured during the fiscal year. The bill is as follows: Seel ion 1. That the Tax Collector and|cn Treasurer of the Town of Brevard shall accept In payment of the d'.»bt service portion of current and|or delinquent taxes any bond or bonds, matured interest coupon or coupons of said Town, due or to be come due in the current fiscal year at pair value. Section 2. That the Tax Collator andjor Treasurer of the Town of Brevard shall accept in full payment of taxes levied for the year 1931 and years prior thereto any bond' or bonds, note or notes, and|or matured interest coupon or coupons of said Town at par value; Provided, that tne governing- Doara ai said town may require the payment of current taxes as a condition precedent to the acceptance of inch bonds, notes and interest coupons in full payment of taxes levied for the year 1931 and year? prior thereto: and, Provided further, that if foreclosure suit shall have been started on any tax sale certificate issued for taxes levied for the year 1931 and years prior there to ail costs incurred in said suit and charged against the taxpayer shall be required to be paid in cash. Section 3. That the Tax Collector ■and!or Treasurer of the Town O'f Bvevard shall accept in full payment of special assessments and accrued interest thereon any band or bends, note or notes, and'or matured inter est coupon or coupons of said Town at par value: Provided, that if fore closure suit shall have been started on' any certificate cf sale issued for any installment of such special as sessment all costs incurred in said suit shall be required to be paid in cash. • Section 4. That the Tax Collector and|or Treasurer of the Town of Brevard shall be allowed full credit in his settlement with said Town for all bonds, notes and interest coupons received by him in payment of taxes and'or special assessmennts in ac {Continued on back page) I HONOR ROLL i The following have renewed their subscriptions to The Times since last Thursday: W .H. Summey, Rosman. J M. Burgess, Inman. R. T. Kimzey, Rosman. T. E. Carter, Hendersonville. W. A. Allison, Brevard R-l. L. E. Powell, Brevard R-l. Mrs. John W. Webb, Arkansas. Dewey Gravely, Brevard. 0. E. Merrill, Penrose. C. M. Kilpatrick, Brevard. Mrs. Florence Orr, Brevard. M. A. Molts, Lake Toxaway. Rev. Mark Osborne, Ebenezer. We welcome the following new readers to the home paper: Rev. V. A. Crawford, Virginia. 8. E. Sterling, New Jersey. Fred McNeely, Lake Toxaway. I. V. A. PLANS WILL ! BEDISCUSSEDAT • MEET IN ASHEVILLE ASHEVILLE, Jan. 23—Plans for bringing the Tennessee Valley au thority into Western North Carolina [on a comprehensive scale so as to iaid in building and transforming the rural life of the 16 countie? involved [will be laid at a meeting of erten | sicn workers, farmers and TVA rep resentatives to be held cn the third [floor of the Buncombe county court house here Thursday. The TVA has been invited to take this step by Dean I. 0. Schaub of State College, at Raleigh. Mr. Schaub will attend the conference Thursday in company with Dr. R. Y. Winters, director of the North Carolina ex periment station, and John W. Good man, district farm agent, in charge of extension work in the western part of the state. Mr. Goodman has been designated to iworlc with the TVA by the extension service, f. C. McAmis, agricultural reiationist of the TVA and Mr. Iandis, assistant agriculturist, will be present. In ad dition, Mr. Sehuab ha? instructed all of the county farm agents m the counties affected to he present. It is expected that a large group of lend ing farmers from each county will also attend. , . . "The purpose of the meeting is to plan a cooperative effort with the TVA which wil have for its purpose the developing of a permanent land nolicy for the North Carolina couur ties included in the Tennessee Val ley,” said John W. Goodman in com menting on the proposed meeting. Mr. Goodman said 16 North Caro lina counties will bo involved in the new program, including Transylva nia. e