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n^Tv.*.p.p.r }w t'ttit' lk=l Published In I M®<ihUU Ot j VOL.40."No7r ."‘ ~T BREVARD, NORTH CAWOLlNA--THi|RSDAY, JANUARY 3lTl&38i n ' 'iN TRANSYLVANIA C PETITIONS SEEKING AID IN RIVER VALLEY Drainage and Reforestation I< Being Sought for Henderson And Transylvania Petitions ara being circulated over the county this week by several in terested parties, procuring signatures of people who are asking that the matter of drainage, reforestation and rehabilitation bo undertaken by federal and state authorities. The petitions were brought to thi» county last Saturday by Professor (1. D* White, agriculture teacher at the Mills River high school, who has been very active in Henderson coun ty in securing signers to similar peti tions, which are aimed at rebuttal to those who would have the TV A build a storage dam on the French Broad river near Bent Creek in Buncombe county. Professor White stated that there were alreadv several hundred names of legitime ' voters in Henderson county on petition there, and that he helievcl ;> 1-rge percentage of the people of Henderson county would sign tin p titions within n few days. The p titions arc as follows: Petition We, til'- undersigned citizens of Transylvania and Henderson Coun ties, North Carolina, do respectfully direct the attention of the proper federal >'1 state authorities to the great nco-1 for a drainage, reforesta tion and rehabilitation program for the e counties, under ■ fficial direc tion and financed by public funds as a part of the federal government’s plans fur p itting the unemployed to work and slicing the future secur ity and prosperity of the people of the counties: And we '-cspoctfuliy petition the nuth ritn : give consideration to a plan propo - .1 by the commissioners of Trnn vivnr.ia and Henderson countlc : md urge that prompt and decisive n«-ti-'n In? taken to inaugurate and put tlii- plan into execution. Parketball Game Here > This Friday Evening High light of the week in Brevard snorts circle-- "'ill be the double header basketball to In* played be tween Bnvrml and llondet'onvlllo teams hero Friday night at the city gym. The liK-al girls, who have been showing a good brand of ball, will play tli" Hendersonville girls for the onener. followed bv the Brevard high bovs team versus the Hender sonville bovs. Coach Ernest Tilson, who has charge of the Brevard boys. • and Ruffin Wilkins, who has charge of the Brevard girls, state that they ex pert a full house for the double header. "HONOR ROLL I The following subscribers h a v e sent in renewals since Wednesday of last week: R. L. Mull. Asheville. Mrs. L. P. Beck, Asheville. Vernon Gosnell, Pisgnh Forest. L. D. Gillespie, Brevard R-3. Mrs. T. L. Simpson. .1. V. Gillespie, Brevard R-3. S. N. McKelvey, Texas. Lloyd Cantrell, Brevard R-3. T. E. Patton, Charlotte. Fred Miller. Brevard. D. F. Merrill, Easley. Dr. J. H. McLean, City. Mrs, C. F. Baldwin, Asheville. Dillard McCall, Brevard R-3. The Times welcomes the following new subscribers to the home paper: Spurgeon Owen, Lake Toxaway. Louis Carr, New Mexico. Mini Scrap Constitution New Orleans—Dictator Long’s new est move, according to reports here, is to scrap the state constitution and set up a new one of his own. i DAVID COPPERFIELD TO j BE SHOWN AT CLEMSON “David Copperfield,” one of the veer’s beat pictures, is scheduled to j be shewn at the Clemson Theatre within the next few weeks. The pic ture was scheduled by the manage i ment to be shown on Monday and | Tuesday of next week, and announce I ment to that effect is printed on 'another page of this paper, but I release date was cancelled on Wed* {nesday by the distributors, moving I datr of local showing up two weeks or more. Irene Dunne in “Sweet Ade j line” has been secured by the Clenr n for Monday’s and Tuesday’s showing. FARM ENUMERATORS FOR COUNTY NAMED Williams, Henderson and Mrs. Lee F. Norton To Gather Agricultural Data W. A. Williams of the Penrofo ; ection, T. C. Henderson of Lake Toxaway, ami Mrs. Lee F. Norton of Oakland, have been appointed £s enumerators Tor the farm census in this county, and their work assigned t > them. The appointments were, tpndc by David M. Buck, district ".ipervisor for the national farm con* ( sus. The enumerators will make in- \ quiry as to farm tenure; farm aero-, age. which inejudes all crop land, all 1 pasture land, all farm woodland; the , totnl value of the farm; acreage and yield of each of Ihe principal field crops, and vegetables; the number cf feces and the yield of the principal 1 fruits: number and value of each . class of livestock; poultry and eggs; j and farm population. Mr. Williams has been assigned to Cat hoy’s Crock. Mast a too, Rosrr.an >nd Gloucester townships; Mr. Hen derson to Boyd, Brevard, Dunn’s Rock and Little River townships; white Mrs. Norton has been assigned . to Hogback township. KiWctnis Meeting Thursday i Outline of objectives and duties of committess will be principal business of the Brevard Kiwanis club at its meeting on Thursday of this week,! with President Jerry Jerome to bej in charge. McCall Funeral At Shcal Creek Church j Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Manley and Rev. Judson I Corn Sunday at Shoal Creek Bap-1 tist church for Doctor McCall, 70, | who died Friday, January 25. His ! death followed an illness of two weeks. “Uncle Doctor," as he was known, suffered for 30 years with asthma. He was u faithful member of Shoal Creek Baptist church for 50 years. The host of people attending the funeral service showed that his1 life was appreciated. Ho leaves to mourn his loss his widow, Mrs. E. I,. McCall, his sons, Lewie, O'.ney. Melvin. Elzie, Harry and Roscoe McCall, of Balsam Grove, and four daughters, Mrs. Dock Bent lev. of Balfour. Mrs. Cannon Mc Call of Dacusville, S. C., Mrs. Arch Galloway and Mrs. Floyd Brown, of Balsam Grove. METHODISTS ATTEND CONFERENCE MEETING! The district missionary institute of the Methodist church, held at the Waynesville Methodist church on Monday, was attended by the Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of the Brevard Methodist church, Mrs. Brendall, E. J. Coltrane, president of Brevard College, and Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Hovis, of the Brevard circuit. President Coltrane addressed the institute at both the morning and afternoon sessions, and Mr. Brendall appeared on the day’s program also. Tax Relief Measures Passed To Aid Property Owners of Town and County Tax relief legislation for Transyl vania county and the town of Bre vard has been effected, the bills hav ing been drawn by Senator Ralph Ramsey and passed through the upper house, and passed by the lower house last Friday night upon motion of Representative W. M. Henry. Both measures permit the town and county to accept past due bonds, notes or coupons, or those falling due during the current fiscal year for debt service portion of taxe?. and as payment in full for specialized de linquent taxes. The town tax collector is also authorized to accept town bonds for paving assessments. The measure for the county pro vides for taking any maturities for 1932 and prior year taxes, with the state and ad valorem due in 1931 and 1932 required in cash. The town bill provides for payment in full of 1931 and prior year taxes with any maturities. County Bill The county bill reads as follows: “That the tax collector of Transyl vania county shall accept in payment of the debt service portion of current and for delinquent taxes any bond or bonds, note or notes, matured In terest coupon or coupons of said \ country, due or to become due in the, current fiscal year at par value. “That the tax collector of Transyl vania county shall accept in full payment of taxes levied for the year 1932 and years prior thereto any bond or bonds, note or notes, and or matured interest coupon or cou pons of said county at par value: Provided, that the state ad valorem tax provided by chapter 427 Pub lic Laws of 1931 and included in the taxes levied for the years 1931 and 1932 shall be required to be paid in cash; and, provided further, that the governing board of said county may require, as a condition precedent to the acceptance of such bonds, notes and coupons, in full payment of taxes levied for the year 1932 and years prior thereto, the payment of current taxes, and, provided fur there, that if foreclosure suit shall have been started on any tax sale certificate issued for taxes levied for the year 1932 or years prior thereto, all costs incurred in said suit and charged against the taxpayer shall be required to be paidlin cash." Town Bill The town bill follows: “That the tax collector and, or, (Continued on back page) Commissioners Vote To Employ Farm Agent For Transylvania Transylvania county is to have a county agent. This decision was made by the board of county commissioners in meeting here lust Saturday after noon, following a long session in the court room whi:h was attended by [around 76 farmers of the county, great majority of whom expressed their belief that the farm program as outlined by the farm meeting in Asheville last week was of direct benefit to this county as well as that of the western section of the state, A number of expressions were heard iu the court room prior to the meeting of the commissioners at which time unanimous decision of the board was that a county agent would be hired. President E. J. Coltrane of Bre vard College, who is interested in frrming inasmuch ns the college has considerable acreage in the county, was first speaker to stress need of a county agent, following transaction of busincs matters pertaining to the corn-hog contracts for which the meeting had been called. President Coltrane stated that he had recently hccii in conference with heads of the Tennessee Valley Authority in Kncx vdie and that he was of th: opinion that the executives of the TVA were themselves undecided 11s to just what would be done in the matter of building the French Broad dam at Bent Creek in Buncombe county. However. Dr. Coltrane stated, the TVA officials stated, emphatically that they were ready to cooperate with any large group of people rep resenting a section, and that it was bis belief that were a farming pro gram of sufficient merit begun in this section it would have a great bearing eti the attitude Of the TVA officials in their procedure ns per tains to this section. President Col trune said that be was in favor of j a county agent if one could b" pro cured for this county. County Agent W. D. Smith, who, was here to assist in getting infor- j mat ion to interested farmers in re gard to the corn-hog contracts, pre viously outlined some of the things that were possible for this section of \V stern Carolina if cooperation eruhl be lud with the TVA extension department. He said that the , , stood ready and willing to send a l trained worker into any county that, chewed its wiilingnes to cooperate | in the rehabilitation and . const .vn-. tion program, the expenses of this , trained worker to be borne enureiy j bv the federal government. Professor Julian A. Glazener, who presided at the meeting, called on W. L. Aiken, chairman of the board of county commissioners, who said that ho had talked with state exten sion workers and TVA representa tives in Asheville the previous Thursday, and that he was certain Ithat “We’ll have to get busy here | and start n farm program or we’ll Jet a dam built.” Mr. Aiken was in ccerd with the farm program as outlined at the Asheville meeting. Commissioner W. B. Henderson briefly stated that he was in favor of any move that would further agri 1 cultural interests and greater bene fits for the farmers of the county, and that he was, and had always been, in favor cf the county having u county agent. Mr. Henderson said that at the very most, the services of i a county agent would not add over two cents on the one hundred dollar ' rate. Commissioner W. L. Mull said that t ho was for anything that was for, the good of all people concerned, but I that he could not understand why I farmers were paid to plow up crops and kill off hogs when there were people hungry and needing these products. T. J. Wilson, farmer and cattle man of Dunn’s Rock township, stated very briefly that he wanted a county , agent. M. 0. McCall, truck farmer of the Quebeck community, emphatically stated that he was in favor of a farm agent. i Mayor J. C. Wike stated that he j was not a fanner, but that he was j Unalterably opposed to building of ai dsrn on the French Broad river, and that he couid not see whv farm program would not he .official to | both farmer and business man. Professor J. B. Jones, principal of j Brc-vard high school, and owner of! farming interests on route three,! .■tateel that he was in favor of a I county agent. Mr. Glazener and County Agent! Smith explained that there was need i of haste In securing contract with a ! county agent if the TVA woT’ker | was to be secured, and the com mis-1 sinners went into session immediately I following the meeting at which time | decision was made to secure trie ser-, vices of an agent. It is expected that District Agent Goodman of the State College Exten <ion department, will be here within j a few days to assist the commission- : 4?s in making selection of an agent, j Carr Lumber Company Will Increase Production at Pisgah Forest Plant __ Announcement is made by Louis Can', president of the Carr Lumber company of Pisgah Forest, ta the effect that his company has pur chased the Pisgah Forest plant site comprising 45 acres of land, on which the company has had its plants and buildings located for several years, and that the company expects to increase production immediately. Mr. Carr also announces the pur chase of a 12,000 acre tract of tim ber in the Balsam mountains near Hazelwood, and that timber from this large boundary will be shipped to the Pisgah Forest plants for manufac ture. Crews arc already at work in the timberlands, around fifty men to be employed. Only regular employes will be used at. the Pisgah Forest plant, W. W. Croushorn, vice president and gen eral manager states, while the log ging and hauling of the timber on the Balsam reserves will all be done by contract. The plant has been m operation on a small scale fc<r tne past several months, the short time being made necessary by reason oi the fact that timber was not avail able for cutting and further by the lumber code which limited the num ber of hours per month for operation. However, Mr. Croushorn states, the hour quota has been increased, and with a large supply of timber avail able increased employment wiL result for the Carr employes. _ Mr. Can, who has extensive lum-j her interests in New Mexico, arrived; this week for a visit of thirty days ; at Pisgah Forest. He predicts 1935 I will far surpass 1934 in all lines of! business and especially in the !utr.-' her business. The Southeast Lumber I Company of Alamogordo, New' Mex-'. ico, of which Mr. Carr.it president, had a very successful year in 1934, all employes of the concern working full time, with declaration of a four per cent dividend at the end of the year. The company has recently pur chased a 5,000 acre boundary of ex cellent timber and (Operations started which will entail the cutting of around a hundred million feet of lumber, Mr. Carr said. The boundary is known as the Cloudcroft Reserve and is located thirty miles from El Paso Texas. Included in the purchase ic also a resort hotel valued at $150, 000 with a nine hole golf course. Elevation of the property is 9,380 feet, said to be the highest located golf course in the country. People in general are beginning to realize, Mr. Carr says, that business is good only when it is made so by going after it by businesses with ini tiativeness, and it is his opinion that the feeling of confidence is fast re turning to business men all over the United States, and that there is less of waiting on governmental aid and more of the "go out and get it" type business, which will make for pros-j perity._ Urges Farmers To Ask Continuation of Census Professor Julian A. Glazener is urging all farmers of the county to contact Representative Henry ana Senator Ramsey, requesting the Transylvania legislators to fight any measure which will tend to do away with the farm census as taken at the time of tax listing, or the change of tax listing time from May to Jan uary. First step of those agitating changing of the tax listing time, Mr. Glazener asserts, will be that of eliminating the farm census, and next will come change of the tax list ing time from May to January. Busi ness men over the state would, Mr. Glazener says, protfit by this change, as their stocks are down at the first of the year, But on the farmers side, his stocks are up at that season, with corn, potatoes and other pro ducts on hand, together with such cattle and hogs as he may be feeding for the winter. "ft’s to the interest of all farmers to urge their legislative members to fight such a move,” Mr. Glazener urges. College Schedules Basketball Games College basketball schedule as ar ranged by Coach Ralph James calls for twelve games during February with first game at home in the schedule to be played here next Tues day. The schedule follows: Tuesday, Feb. (5—Balsam Grove CCC here. Wed,. Feb. 6—Asheville school away. Thur., Feb. 3—Blue Ridge away. Sat., Feb. 9—-Christ School, two games, here. Wed.. Feb. IB—Textile College, away. Thur., Feb. 14~Wofford Fresh men, away. Fri., Feb. 15—Textile College here. Sat., Feb. 16—Blanton’s Business College, here. Monday, Feb. 18—Enka, here. Thur., Feb. 21—Wofford Fresh men. here. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23—Tournament, Charlotte. Tues., Feb. 26—Enka, away. MUSIC OF LOCAL MAN BROADCAST BY NBC — “Romance,” a composition for woodwind instrument* written by Donald Lee Moore, of Brevard, was broadcast over the NBC network from the Washington, D. C., studios Monday morning of this week. The selection was played by a quintet from the United States navy band. Few people in Brevard were privi leged to hear the broadcast of the local composer’s number by the fam ous band, due to the fact that there had been no advance publicity locally. CORN-HOG CONTRACT GROUP FO R COUNTY Organization Assured Which Will Handle All Papers -—Meeting Held Forty growers, the required num ber to set up a local corn-hog con tract association, are expected to sign up for reductions during the 1935 season within a few days, fol lowing which contracts will be me do up and approved. Basis of pay for the season will be 35 cents per bushel, payable on ! reduction from yield of the 1932-1933 i average, with reductions allowed from ten to thirty per cent. To qualify, a farmer must have grown i more than ter. acre'.' of corn during the two seasons of 1932 and 1933. Pay for half the reduced acreage will, lie received upon approval of the con-1 tract, with the other half on Sept. 1, out of handling the contracts to be j lcFrayed by the grower. Thirty-six farmers had agreed to j sign contracts last Saturday at which time a meeting was held in ■ Brevard, and Professor Julian Glaze-1 tier states that he expects the number to be increased to fifty or more. Eleven of last year’- contractors were present at the meeting art! ligned up for the present year. Another meeting of growers is ex pected to be called by Mr. Glazenct within a few days, ut which time the letup will be completed and the con tracts gone into. Rosman Junior Play To Be Given Saturday ROSMAN, Jan. 30 — The junior ■lass of Rosman high school will pro rent its annual play on Saturday evening of this week, beginning at eight o’clock. An exceptionally well trained iroup of students from the. junior -lass will take part in the play, which promises to be very interesting md entertaining. WOW To Initiate Regular meeting of the Woodmen if the World will he held at the W O W. hall Monday night at 7:30 j’clcck. Six candidates will be initi ited into the order. A. B. Galloway, councilor com mander, requests ail members to be i resent. A cordial invitation is also -xtended to any visiting members in .he community. Hart soil To Speak The Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist church, is at tending the conference of Western North Carolina preachers, convening in Franklin Thursday and Friday of :his week. ... The local pastor will deliver the :onference sermon, on a missionary :heme, at Thursday night’s session. Prison Camp Complete The state prison camp at Calvert is expected to be ready for occupancy within a week, according to W. Lloyd Cutting, construction superintendent.. It is not known at this time, Mi. Cutting said, what type prisoned will be placed in the camp. AMERICAN LEGION IS IN FAVOR OF BONUS ipjBT ijg&fg/lriar Ack Senators, Congressmen To Vote For Payment In Full at This Time -- Monroe Wilson post Americas Legion in meeting here Tuesday night went on record as favoring im mediate payment of the soldier bonus or adjusted service compensation cer tificates, and after discussion, adopt ed resolutions to that effect, copies of which have been mailed to North Carolina senators and congressmen in Washington, Dr, Carl Hardin presided at the meeting of the veteran* held in the county court room. The matter ol payment of the certificate- was dis cussed by Eck L. Sims, commander of the post, and W. Lloyd Cutting, ser vice officer of the Statesville, N. C-, post, after which committee com posed of Alvin Rockwood, Mr. Cut ting and C. M. Douglas was appoint ed to draft suitable resolutions, which were adopted unanimously by the body. Motion was also adopted to circu late petitions throughout the county for securing of signers who favor immediate payment of the adjusted service certificates, and thesn peti tions are now in hands cf assistant service officers in the various pre cincts and at several business place* in the county. Other matters of business were discussed b" the Legion, among them being acceptance of an invitation from th? Hendersonville Legion to hold a joint meeting. Next regular meeting will be held on Thursday night, February 7, at the county court heuxo. T. J. Wilson Selected To W. N. C. Position T. J. Wilton of Transylvania county was elected vice chairman of the Land Use and Conservation asso ciation formed by western North Carolina counties following a meet ing of representatives from western counties with state and federal offi cials in Asheville last Thursday. Frank Davis, of Haywood county, was made president. John W. Goodman, Raleigh, dis trict supervisor of farm extension work in this state, presided at the meeting. He explained that TV A will furnish funds to cooperating coun ties to pay the assistant county agents ami that the work will be supervised by the state exten-ro® service. Mr. Goodman explained that TV A wili function ir. this through the ex tension service of the state. He saw it is expected that 10 of the assistant farm agents, to be provided by TVA funds, will be in the neld by July These mean will be assigned rapidly as the counties organize and announce their willingness to cooper ate thoroughly. Greater agricultural prosperity to Western North Carolina is an aim of the movement, with conservation of the soil t’no major objective. The program seeks soil erosion control, » more comfortable life for farm wom en, finer and more numerous cat tle, greater income from forest, nel ter use of natural resources, aoo a general rehabilitation and improve ment of Western North Carolina farm life, speakers at the genmU meeting in Asheville explained. B.Y.P.U. Meeting At Blantyre On Sunday Lower dtabfkit b7y7p. TT. meeting will be held at Blantyre Baptist church Sunday afternoon February 3, beginning at 2 :30 o clock; Unions from Pisgah Forest, Enon, Little River and Blantyre are sched uled to take part on the program. An especial invitation to all young peo ple is extended by officers in charpt President Coltrane's Report bhows College Is Making Great Progress An excellent report of the opera tion of Brevard College for the first semester was made by President £.. J. Coltrane at a meeting of the board of trustees held in Hendersonville last Thursday. The complete report of President Coltrane was as fol lows: “The first semester of the college year is nearing its close. Final examinations will be given next week. One of the outstanding achievements of the first semester is that faculty and students alike have come to a common understanding a» to the kind of standards whicn should exist in the college. From the beginning it was the purpose to nave a standard of sound scholarship and a fine sense of honor in the 3tudent body. Considerable progress has bees made in developing these two stan dards to the point that they may be come traditions of the college. It has caused considerable effort, time and patience to arrive at our present posi tion, but the results are well worth all that it has cost. These standards will need to be somewhat raised aa we proceed in future months and ti*. is mu* ommon that the pr sa student* b*Kra been enroJUd. Of this number 386 should be classed a» | college students 286 being freshman At the opening olf the next semester, February 4, we expect this enroll ment to be increased to 406 or poem bly 410. Our records indicate that only 14 students have withdrawn from the institution. Of this number, five boarding students voluntarily withdrew. Three were asked to withdraw and the remainder ware day students. At the beginning of the new semester a few other stu dents will probably withdraw. Indi cations are that the incoming stu dents will outnumber the student* !who will withdraw. “There are several features of the college work which deserve particu lar mention. It would be difficult to find a more earnest body of students. Several visiting speakers from other colleges and elsewhere have been im pressed with the earnestness of our i students. A great many students are seriously handicapped on account ot financial resources. Most of thwe students have responded to the ti narcial demands of the college. At the present time about 97 per cent ot the total charges made for the first -1- •. ■ (Continued From Page One)