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)