BILL NAMES LYDAY
AS CO. ACCOUNTANT
Measure Introduced In HouW
Wednesday B y Henry
—Salary la $1600
Under provisions of a bill intro
duced in the House of Representa
tives at Raleigh on Wednesday,
Ralph Lyday of Brevard will be ap
pointed county accountant for Tran- j
eylvania at a salary of $1,600 per
year. Representative W. M. Henry
who introduced the bill in the lower
house has the concurrence of Senator
Ralph H. Ramsev, and it is exported
that the bill will become law within
a few days.
The bill provides that Mr. Lyday
shall be county accountant until the
first of' December, 1936. at which
time the office will l>e filled by ap
pointment of the board of commis
sioners. This act will reneal the law
passed by tbo 1933 legislature which :
abolished the office df county a/’-,
countant. Mr. Lyday will take office
March 16. under provisions of the
bill now before the assembly.
In addition to duties of the ac
countant's office, the bill provides
ihat Mr. Lyday shall also - be tax
supervisor for the county and shall
have supervision of the listing and
iisaessme"t <;f taxes.
Mr. Lydny is well and favorably {
known throughout this countv. He is
a son of Mi. and Mrs. A. C. Lyday
of the Penrose section, and is ' at
present bookkeener ar.d teller at the
Transylvania Trust company.
Mr, Lydiy attended the public
school <f Transylvania, later com
pleting his education at Berea Col
lege, Berea, Kentucky, where he spec
ialized in commercial accounting and
banking. Upon graduation, he ac
cepted a position as bookkeeper and
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Flu Fatal To Resident |
Of East Fork Section
ROSMAN. Feb. 27—E. A. Han
son. 41, died ut his home in the East
Fork section Monday following an
illness of flu and complications. Mr.
Hanson had only been ill a week and
his death was a shock to the com- j
munity.
Funeral service' were held Tues-!
day at the Gillespie cemetery, con
ducted by the Rev. A. J. Manly. !
Mr. Hanson was a native of Un j
Asheville section; He married Mis*
Beulah Gillespie, daughter of the
Rev. W. N. Gillespie, who with two
small children survive.
.
Farms Wanted By
F.E.R.A. Director
I
F. H. Holden, farm worker for the
local relief office, is seeking to rent
several small farms, of from seven j
to twenty acres. It is necessary that
there be a house of tenable or near- ■
tenable condition or. the properties
needed by Mr. Holden in his work. |
Rental on the places will be paid
by the FERA, and will be used by :
families who are under care of the j
local relief administration, with the
county farm supervisor having over-'
sight of the farms.
MANFSSNAll) AS
ASSISTANT AGENT
Land Use and Conservation
Program Will Get Under
Way Very Soon
W. G. Maness of Moore county has
accepted the position of assistant
county agent for Transylvania coun
ty, and expects to assume his duties
the Inst of this week.
Mr. Maness is a graduate of State
College, where he majored in Animal
Husbandry, which especially quali
fies him for his work here. Mr.1
Maness has been connected with the |
cotton reduction program in Polk
county since July of last year.
Mr. Maness will assist County
Agent Julian Glazener in his work
in the county,-and will also assist the
vocational agricultural class room
work at Brevard high school until
the end of the school year, making
it possible for Mr. Glazener to start
on his program of work in the county
witnaut disrupting his class room
work here. The assistant agent’s sal
ary and traveling expenses will be
paid by the Tennessee Valley Author
ity.
Mr. Glazener plans to start organi
zation of the farm communities with
in the next two weeks, after which
the community groups, will select the
demonstration farms .in each of the
sections to be used as test farms
under the Land Use and Conserva
tion Plan which is being sponsored
by the TVA. Organization will be
started following the visit here on
March 8, of W. N. Landis. Vpresent
ative of the Tennessee Valley Au
thority.
The county will have up to ten
demon'tration farms provided the
various remnmunities are willing to
set up groups in conformity with
plans of the TVA. >_
Civic Meeting Friday Night
Time—Friday night 7 o’clock.
Place—Upstairs dining hall of Waltermire hotel.
Purpose—Looking at Brevard from the inside by homefolk.
Sponsors—Women’s Civic Club of Brevard.
_ . . i
Around one hundred people whoj
are interested in Brevard and the ^
community are expected to attend the |
dinner to be given by the Women’s ^
Civic club at the Waltermire hotel |
Friday night of this week.
The meeting will begin promptly
at seven o’clock, the upstairs dining,
hsli of the Wultermire hotel having ■
been donated by the management for'
the meeting. Admittance will be by
ticket, which can be secured at
either the Long or Macfie drug sL<re
or from the ticket sales committee
of the civic/club.
Following serving of the dinner,
program of the evening will be given,
with Mrs. Oliver H. Orr,/president of
the ladies’ organization, presiding. !
The meeting is being called by the
civic club for purpose of "looking at
Brevard from the inside,” and par
ticular stress is laidi by official* of
the cluh on the fact that there will
be no solicitation for memberships of
any sort or pledges for money to be
paid n «v or in the future.
The entire program is expected to
last les-' than two hours, with the
foil:wing outline to be followed:
Purpose of the Meeting. Mrs. O. L.
Erwin; Civic Pride, Rev. Paul Hart
sell; Cooperation between Citiaens
and the town, Harry H. Psttcm;
Bcuutification, Mrs. A. H. Harris;
Brevard’s Greatest Needs.I
Organized Camping, Mrs. Hinton
McLeod; Agricultural Assets, Julian
A. Gl87.ener; Educational Assets, E.
J. Ccltrane; How To Take Advan
tage of our Assets, Ralph H. Ramsey.
Clemson Theatre Has
Fine Week’s Program |
- j
Shirley Temple And Lionel Harry
more in "The Little Colonel” will ap
pear at Clenron Theatre Monday
and Tuesday of next week. Movie
doni’s five-year-old bn^y queen, co
starring with Lionel Barrymore in
this pictnre, further endears herself
to her millions of admirers. Her danc
ing feet, smiling eyes and lovely
curls are her ammunition in he” cam
paign to soften the heart of an old
rebel colonel, who forgot the Civil
War was over, and nursed his preju
dices.
Harold Bell Wright's story, “When
A Man’s A Man,” will be the screen
film for Friday and Saturday of this
week. The setting of the story is an ,
Arizona ranch, showing the conflicts
and romance in far Western life. |
On Wednesday and Thursday,,
March 6 and 7, “Shadow of Doubt, i
with Ricardo Cortes and Virigiiua
Bruce, will bo shown. From a tragic,
murder suspect to a glamorous torch j
singer is depicted in the dramatic
leap taken in this detective mystery j
story.
CORN-HOG MEETS
CALLED BY AGENT
__
By J. A. GLAZENER 1
Monday evening, March 4, at 7:30;
in the agricultural class room of
the Brevard high school will be held
a community meeting for the inter-;
ested- farmers of Brevard and Con- j
n°stce townships. It is very im- j
portant that all those who have sign
ed applications be present as well as |
others interested in signing who live.,
in either of the above named town
ships. At this meeting a committee is
to be elected and a community organ
ization set up.
Tuesday evening, Mnrcn B, at 7:30
in the agricultural class room of the
Rosman high school building a meet
ing will be held for all townships
in the upper end of the county, in
cluding Catheys Creek, except those
nearest to Brevard.
Thursday evening. March 7, at
7:30 a meeting will be held in the
Enon school house for Boyd and |
Little River townships.
As stated abave all those who have I
already signed applications and
others' interested in signing should
attend the community meetings for
their respective townships. If wc ail j
work together and cooperate, which,
I feel positive we shall do, I see no
reason why we should not- he able to |
have just as an efficient and eco- (
nomical Corn-Hog Association as j
any other association of its kind in j
the s tate. '
Remember the date, remember the
place, and try not to be late.
Whitmire Baby Buried
At Brevard Cemetery
Funeral services were held last
Thursday afternoon for little John
Stephen Whitmire, son of Mr. .and
Mrs. Robert Whitmire, at the home
of the parents, with the Rev. J. H.
Brcndall, pastor of the Methodist
church, in charge. Interment was
made in Gillespie cemetery.
The four weeks old baby died
after a very brief illness, death be
ing due to a blood clot in the heart
muscle, according to Dr. E. S. Eng
lish, attending physician.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Rcibcrt Whitmire and other
relatives.
AT LYDAY HOSPITAL
Patients reported at I.yday Me
morial hospital on Wednesday were:
Miss Betty McLeod, Mrs. L. F. Fan
ning. Miss Clara Jones and Mrs.
J. H. Connor.
Bees Relief Bill Passage
Washington—Prepared for a long
siege,‘labor Tuesday expressed con
fience that the administratirtt would
he forced to surrender on the Mc
Carran amendment to the relipf bill.
Wildey Chosen Head
College Student Body
Jack Wildey. son of Mrs. M. L.
Wildey, of Asheville, -w#'1 chosen
president of the student council of
Brevard College Thursday of last
week.
The president was chosen on the
first vote, with Wildey being de
clared winner after a check-up re
vealed he had polled 11 votes over 60
per cent of the ballots cast.
The new head of the student body
i a graduate of the Brevard Insti
tute, which school was abandoned
two years ago after having been in
operation for nearly 60 years. While
a student at Brevard Institute Wild
ey played an important part in stu
dent life, holding numerous student
elective posts. He was a member of
the debating team that went from
Western North Carolina to the finals
at Chapel Hill in 1032. He played or.
the institute football team two years
arid was assistant dean of boys for
two years.
Wildey attended Weaver college
the year previous, and was organizer
there of the Political Science club,
was a member of the debate council,
and was elected to the Weaver Sen
ate. He was a member of the staff of
the college paper published at Wea
ver and heln office in the Clio liter
ary society'. ....
At Brevard Collego Wiloey con-,
tinuos to hold an outstanding posi
tion in college life. He has been
critic and censor of the Clio Literary
society and active in day debating.
He is business mnnager of the col
lege annual which is practically
ready for the press. He also acted as
a member of the committee which
drew up plans for student govern
ment at Brevard College. His term of
office will end April 1, this year,
when new officials of the council will
bo selected from the freshman class
to servo the 1035-3G term.
Wildey plans to attend Duke uni
versity next year.
R Y. P. U. Meeting
At Cherryfield Church
Announcement is made of Upper
District B. Y. P. U. meeting to. be
held at Cherryfield Sunday, March
3, at 2:30 o’clock.
The following program has been
announced: ... ,,
Theme1*—His Chutlch the Home
Ba«e of World Evangelization.
Devotional, by Quebec union.
Reports and announcements.
Talk, “Growing a Missionary
; Church," Calvert union.
Talk, “The Greatest Crusade,
Rosman union.
SPECIAL SERVICES
ROSMAN. Feb. 27—The Rev. A.
J. Manly and the Rev. H. Broom will
conduct special services Sunday af
ternoon at one of the homes near the
extract plsnt.
EAST FORK SERVICES
The Rev. G. A. Hovis amounces
that services will be held at the East
Fork Methodist church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock and at Lake
Toxaway in the afternoon at three.
Last Basketball Games
Be Played This Week
Brevard high school basketball
teams will wind up their season at
home during the coming week, with
the last two games to be played here.
On Thursday night this week the
high school teams will play a double
header with the “Brevard Bachelors
and Old Maids” furnishing the oppo
sition. .
On Tuesday night of next week
the county chamoionships will be
decided between the Brevard and
Rosman teams. The girls ana the
boys of the high schools will play,
followed by the midget boys from
each of the two schools.
It is expected that these last two
games will draw good crowds, as
i both teams have been playing a very
i <rond brand of bsll»
(ASSEMBLY RATIFIES
OFFICE SALARY BILL
i
Clerk Court, Register Deeds,
, Sheriff and Tax Collector
Draw Straight Pay
Transylvania county officials are
now on salary instead of fee basis, a
bill having been passed and ratified
on Thursday of last week, setting the
yearly salary of the sheriff at
$8760, clerk of court $1900, register
of deeds and tax collector each $1776.
■ The bill was jointly drawn by Rep
resentative W. M. Henry and Sen
ator Ralph H. Ramsey and intro
duced by Representative Henry sev
eral weeks ago in the lower heuse.
After remaining in committee for
some time the bill was passed by the
senate and ratified Thursday.
The bill repeal- the act passed by
Representative Wallace Galloway in
the 1933 session of the legislature
which placed the offices on fee basis,
the Galloway act becoming effect
ive Dec. 3, 1934. Following is the
b$l now in effect:
(Section 1. That from and after
the first day of January, 1935, the
register of deeds, clerk of the super
ior court, tax collector and sheriff of
Transylvania county shall receive in'
lien of the fees heretofore allowed
saSd officers the following salaries,
pdr year, the same to be paid in 1
errual monthly installments: Register
of: deed", $1,776; clerk of the super
ior court $1,900; tax collector $1,775
and sheriff, $2,750.
Section 2. That from and after the
first day of January, 1935, the said |
county officers shall render a full
account cf all fees received by them
as provided by law.
Section 3. That the register of;
deeds shall receive the sum of $200
in full payment for his additional (
services as county accountant for the
month of December. 1934, and the
months of January and February, of,
1986.
Section 5. That the said officers
shall give bond, to be unproved by
the commissioners, in some bonding
company licensed to do business in ,
North Carolina, the premium on said:
bond to be paid by the county.
Section 5. That all laws and
claures of laws in conflict with the
provisions of this act are hereby re
pealed.
Sot tion 6. That this act shall he in
full force and effect from and after j
its Ratification.
Niltrsery School Wins j
Praise of Mrs. Day
An interesting account of the
local ERE nursery schoc! is given
in ti recent issue of the North Car
olina Nursery School News, of the
state department of public mstruc-j
tion.
Mrs. J. M. Day, supervisor of the
ERE program writes the following
in the state publication: “I know
vou will be dc-ligbted when you come
and see the Brevard nursery school
in their new quarters. I visited them
yesterday and they have an almost
I ideal setup. It is thrilling to see the
large number of beds, blankets,
| sheets and the private sleeping
I rcorns. Ir. fact, it is just about ideal.
An urgent plea is mace by teacn
iers of the local nursery, school lor
cn=h donations with which to buy
■ coal to heat the building. Any dona
tion. large or small, will be gioatly
| appreciated for this urgent need, it
j is stated.
FIRE DAMAGES HOME OF
MRS LOTTIE DUCKWORTH
The home of Mrs. Lottie Duck
worth corner of Jordan street and
Oakland avenue, was damaged to the
extent of several hundred dollars by
a fire last Saturday afternoon which
caught in the attic of the two-story
frame dwelling.
Alarm was turned in by a passerby
and the fire was under control withm
a few minutes after the alarm was
1 sounded, but not until the blaze had
j eaten its way through the roof and
down into the second floor The
blaze is believed to have started ..om
a defective flue or defective wiring
in the attic. The loss was covered by
insurance.
TV A Representative
To Be Here March 8
By J. A. GLAZENER
Mr. W. N. Landis, agricultural
specialist for the TVA, has agreed to
meet the farmers and business men
of Transylvania County, Friday,
; morning, March 8. at 10 o’clock in
the court house. Mr. Landis will not
onlv give a general background oi
the intere't of the TVA in reference
! to the agricultural program, but will
! explain the value of the demonstra
! tion farms and how to go about se
I lccting them. . , „
I am extremely interested that we
give Mr. Landis n good showing of
our interest in a real farm program
I by filling the court house. The more
of these men we can interest m visit
ing our county the more I ^ully be
lieve it is going to mean for the
i county’s development.
Two Free Tickets To
The Cl«imw Theatre
Two people, one from Bre
vard and one from Brevard
College, will each be given a
free ticket to the Clem eon
Theatre if they will call at The
Times office before Saturday
night of this week.
Names of those two people
will be found in the advertising
columns of the paper, maybe in
the Want Ads, probabjy in B
H. Plummer’s space, or in the
BUB weekly message—likely
in the SPU space, or under the
Firestone heading ii'ed by Mc
Crary Auto service — two
names, one from the college
r.tudent body and the other
from among the townspeople,
are in the ads . . . and the two
tickets are awaiting the owners
at The Times office.
Kiwarns Club To Hear
Report on Hatcheries
W. E. Breesc, who was in Wash- ’
ington last week in interest, of es
tablishment of a fish hatchery in
Pisgah National Forest, will make
report of the matter at the meeting
of Brevard Kiwanis club Thursday
at noon.
Tho Kiwanis dub has been inter
ested in this project for several
years, and succeeded in having an
engineer of the Bureau of Fisheries.
come to this section some time ago
for investigation of possibilities in
Pisgah National Forest.
Working through Congressman
Zeb Weaver, the Kiwanis club and
others interested in the project have1
kept constantly after the bureau of
fisheries in effort to have the hatch
ery built in 1985, and Mt. Breese was
sent to Washington last week, repre
senting the club, the town and eoun-,
ty. He was accompanied by Jess A.
Galloway, register of deeds, cn the
trip, br.th Brevard men being im
pressed with the chance of a federal
establishment being located near
here.
WILLIAMS’ELECTED TO \
CAMP DIRECTORS' BODY
John P. Williams, of the Camp
Carolina rtaff, was re-elected vice,
president of the Southern section of
tho Camp Director* Association of
America, at a meeting of the group
held at Montreat last week.
, Miss Carol p. Oppenbeimer. owner
of Eagle's Nest camp, afraa elected
secretary-treasurer. Both the new
officials are well and favorably
known in this section. Mr. William:
is located at Davidson College where
he is a member of the faculty, while
Miss Oppenheirr.er is at present in
Savannah.
Game Warden A*k»
For Support Of Law
February 20 was the close of the
hunting season. Now that the season
is- dosed. I am apnealing to all hunt
ers to clean up their guns and put
them away until the season opens in
the fall, and during the closed sea
son I especially request land owners
to cooperate with me in any illegn
shooting. There is a good carry-over
of all kinds of game, if the closed
season is observed, giving the wild
life a chance to raise a new crop, we
will have good hunting next season.
The department Is preparing a bul
letin that will attempt to point out
to farmers and land owners the
benefit of their game as a revenue
producing crop and how to provide
and maintain necessary cover and
food for the game.
Fishing season opens April 15.
E. R. GALLOWAY,
Co. Forest Warden.
J. W. Owen Buried At
Macedonia Cemetery
ROSMAN, Feb. 27—J. W. Owen.
75, died at hie home here early last
Friday morning following a brief
illness. Funeral services were held
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from
the Macedonia Baptist church in
Gloucester with the Rev. H. Broom,
the Rev. H. E. Keliar and the Rev.
Judson Corn officiating. Interment
was made in the cemetery nearby,
i Mr. Owen was a' prominent farm
er of this section, and had been
! twice married. His first wife was
a Miss Galloway of Jackson county,
and his second wife was Miss Clar
ice Slatton of Jackson county. Sur
viving are hi3 second wife and the
following children:
Mrs. Kermit. Hall and Mrs. Mick
ler Lusk of Rosman; Mrs. Bryan
Gresham. Lincolnton: Mrs. Allen
Eden, Mrs. Garland Duncan, of
Pickens'; Mrs. Garf Williamon, Six
Mile; Mrs. Hilliard Hall and Mrs.
J. Colie Owen of Gloucester, the
latter two children of the first wife
Pnllbearers were Virgil Owen,
Haskell Hall. J. B. Kali, Walter
G» zener, L. C. Hall and Taft Owen.
Flowers were in charge of Misses
Gladys Owen, Helen Owen, Lula
Manly. Ella Mae Hall and Mrs. Har
I ian McCall.
BOARD EDUCATION
NAMED FOR TERM
M** Holliday, Dr. N«wiaadL
Edgar Reid Named Through
Legislative Measure
11 Authoritative information from
1 Raleigh ia to the effect that the
board of education which will bo
officially named in the omnibus bill
I this w eek for Transylvania county
, will be composed of Dr. C. L. New
! land of Brevard, Mrs. M. H. Holli
: day oi' Brevard, and Edgar Reid of
Oakland.
Mrs Holliday is a member of the*
present nchcol- board, which is com
! poaed of J. M. Galloway of Rostum?
as chnirman, L. E. Powell of >hr
Connestee section, and Mrs. Holli
day.
Dr. Newland is a physician of Bre
vard and is also a member of the*
' surgical staff of Lyday Mcmormf
hospital. He has served m the countv
board of health and was for one terrr
county physician.
Mr. Reid is a farmer and lumber
man of the upper end of the e Minty,
a ren of T. B. Reid.
The statement from Raleigh is to
the effect that both Representative*
W. M. Henry and Senator Ralph H
Ramsey agreed on the beard and had
given the name?1 to the education
anb-commitiee for inclusion in the
bill which will be passed during
this week.
Robert E- Patton Died
Last Saturday Morit
Robert K. Patton. 77 rears old, re
tired farmer of th; Pisgah Forest
section, died early last Saturday
morning at his home after-an illne*o
of several years.
Funeral services were held nt
Davidson River Presbyterian church
Sunday afternoon at three o'cfbr't;
with the Rev. John P. Simmons, pas
tor, and the Rev. W. S. Hutchinson,
pastor of the Mills River Presbyter -
ian church and former pastor at
Davidson River, in charge. Interment
was made in the family plot in the
cemetery nearby.
The deceased, while not an activ
man in public affairs, was regarded
as an outstanding man and farmer
of his dav. and was a son of the late
Elizur afd Anns Patt-n. pioneer
settlers of the Davidson River val
ley.
Mr. Patton was twice married. his;
first wife being Miss Miiude Fit*
geralil. To this union was bom ore
son, V. E. Patton, who is now cour.ty
agent of Rutherford countv. The sec
ond wife, Mrs. Emma Deaver, sur
vives, together with one for. born to
this unir<n, Frank J. Patton, mer
chant of Pisgah Forest. One sister,.
Mias Anna Patton, of Pisgah Forest..
also survives.
Pallbearers were J. A. Miller,.
T. E. Patton Sr., W. D. Deader.
Robert Neil, C. Y. Patton and V. P.
Rair.03 Arrangements w e r e m
charge of Kilpatrick funeral home.
Bam Destroyed By Fire
ROSMAN, Feb. 27—Fire com
pletely destroyed the barn belonging
to Hill Paxton early Monday morn
ing. A quantity of feed, corn ancf
farm machinery was lost by Mr. Pax
ton in the blaze. No livestock was
burned.
ira
TEAM UPSETS BOPF
1 Locals Win Second Rating 1»
Junior College Cham
j pionship Meet
Brevard College Tornado basket
I eers lost the final game of the season
to Belmont Abbev 31 to 17 but in
that game won the second place rat
ing for North Carolina junior col
leges for the 1936 season.
To reach the final round the Tor
nadoes defeated Lees-McRae in the
first round game. Rutherford col
lege, rated second by the toarna
ment officials in pre-contest dope,
fell before the all around game of
1 the Jamesmen with Patton sinking
! eleven points to lead the Tornado
attack.
J Brevard’s whole team took part m
the scoring in this game with the ex
' ception of one man.
The final contest was featured by
the sharpshooting of Woltz, Belmont
guard, who sank five field goals to
pace the field. Santo with six and
Den gate with five followed Mauro’s
eight points for the most of the Ab
bey scores. Proffitt and Wright net
ted four each for Brevard.
Brevard was seeded fourth by the
tournament officials and Belmont
Abbey third.
Jackson Injured
a —
ROSMAN, Feb. 27—Bill Jackson,
who was injured several days ago in
an auto accident, still remains in a
j serious condition. Mr. Jackson had'
i his hip fractured and other injuries.
Civic Booster Meeting Will Be