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TROWBRIDGE NAMED TO COLLEGE OFFICE New Member* Added To Fac ulty—Fine Rreport Made at Trustees Meeting L At a meeting of the board of a trustees of Brevard College, held in Hickory on Tuesday, several changes were made in the taculty, with th'ee additions elected to the teaching staff, according to an announcement made by President E. J. Coltrane. C. H. Trowbridge, dean of Bre vard College* the pait yeai, 'vn elected to the position cf vice presi dent of the college. Taking Mr. Trowbridge’s p -ce as dean will be C. E. Buckner, at pres ent principal of Burin gum high school. Mr. Buckner has his A. «• and his Master’s degree from Duke university. He is a native of Bun combe county and is a memoe: o the Methodist church. Miss Marjorie Craig was elected as teacher of English. Miss tiaig has taught English in the Greens boro high school for the past seven years. She is a graduate ot the Greensboro College for Women, and has 11 ■ Master’s degree from the University of North t arolina. The board also approved the elec tion of D. W. Colverd, of Berea Col lege. ns teacher of agriculture and manager of the farm. These elections were made effect ive June 10, though Miss' Craig will not assume her teaching duties here until the beginning of the fall term in September. 1 President Coltrane and 12 otnor members of the board of tiustees were present at the Hickory meeting. Beaver Colony Leaves Biltmore for Rosman (Asheville Citizen! Without signifying the cause oi theiv dissatisfaction with their origi nal abode, the colony ot beaver which was established on Biltmore Estate several years ago, has moved toward the headwaters of the French Broad river and the population of more than 30 are now busy building dams near Rosman. it was learned vesterday. : I,. I. Barrett, associate silvicul-j turist of the Appalachian Forest Ex-’ periment Nation, said yesterday that it was discovered recently that the heaver colonv had moved. No report was made of them for several days, hut last week a report was received from Rosman to the effect that they are building their homes on . the I French Broad river in that section. Probably two or three beaver ve rmin on Biltmore Estate, but they will more than likely follow the lea ders, it was explained. Mr. Barrett said that no one knows why beaver move from time to time, but that: they invariably do so. Three pairs | of he iver were placed on the Bi^t-i nv'ro Estate everal years ago and! they have rapidly increased, Mr., Barnett so d. About two years ago a! mio'b’r of the older members of the. colonv moved up Bent Creek into Bisgnrt National forest. It is esti-, mater that there are approximately I 40 beavers in this section at the pres-: cut time. AT TYDAY HOSPITAL Patients reported at Lyday Me morial hospital on Wednesday were: Miss Opal Ashworth, Miss Sylvia Hugg ns, Mrs. C. E. Cox and Mrs. Ada Teague. YEir ARIiHVAf Mr and Mrs. Marvin Garren an nounce the birth of a daughter, Eleanor Ann, on Tuesday, April 9. College Vice President — o C. H. TROWBRIDGE was elec ted vice president of Brevard Col lejre at a meeting of the board of trustees heid in Hickory Tuesday. Rev. J. F. Sentelle Is Buried at Little River Funeral services for the Rev.J John E. Sentelle, 76, who died at his home on Underwood mountain 1 on Sunday morning at 1:20 o’clock,! were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 j o’clock at the Little River Baptist; church. Burial followed in the ceme-1 tery there. I The services were in charge of the; Rev. T. C. Hoitzclaw, the Rev. Jess j Osteen, the Rev. C. W. Hilemon, the , Rev. C. E. Blythe and the Rev. Min-, gus Hamilton. Active pallbearers were grandsons ns follows: Floyd Corn. Lloyd Jones, Frisco and Clyde j Sentelle, and Hilliard and R. L.,, Corn. Granddaughters served a s . flower girls as follows: Ina Corn, ; Lois, Annie Lee and Thelma Sentelle, [ Mrs. Annie Mackey and Pauline I; Jones. j Honorary pallbearers were. Jes- ,| ie 13. and Revis Osteen, Walter , Hoitzclaw, T. C. Hoitzclaw, C. W. |( Hilemon, Jesse Owensby, Richard Hamilton, Walter Gray, Henry i Grav, J. M\ Gray, F. H. Blythe, Roscoe McCall, I). A. McCrary, 1 W. R. Kilpatrick, G. C. McCall, D. II. Orr, Mnnson Hamilton, P. C. Orr and W. S. Trammell. Moore and Osborne had charge of arrange ments. , Rev. Mr. Sentelle had been in ill health for three years and his death | was due to a heart attack. He was born November 20, I860. His last wife died in February, 1933, and he spent the remainder of his life with i his youngest son, Nicholas. He joined the Beulah Baptist church in the late sixties and was , ordained a Baptist minister on Oc- < tober 27, 1894. He delivered his last , ■ f'rmoii last summer at Crab Creek. He preached in the various churches!, of Henderson and Transylvania ; muntics and retired from active work , about ten years ago. At the time of ( ins death he was a member of the j, Pleasant Grove Baptist church, of, i the Carolina association. | He was married three times. In:, 1880 he married Sereptia E. Corn , and 11 children were born to this union. In 1897 he married Melissia;' Corn and two children were born to ■ thi: union. He married Delia Anders in 1906 and no children were born to j ^ this union. ! He is survived by the following! children: O. W. Sentelle, Penrose;: Mr.-. T. T. Corn, Spartanburg, S. C.;i] Arthur Sentelle, Mrs. E. C. Corn,! Jethro Sentelle and Glover Sentelle,! all of Pisgah Forest; G. N. Sentelle,! of Pisgah Forest, and Nicholas Sentelle of Penrose. j 1 Chamber of Commerce Organized Here;;: E. J. Coltrane Selected As President!! f c Organization of a Chamber of Commerce for Brevard was perfect ed at a largely attended meeting of men and women of the town, held Friday night in the county agent’s office" in the Breese building. The following officers were elect ed: President, E. J. Coltrane; first vice president. W. E. Breese; second •dee president, Ralph Duckworth; •ecretary, Jerry Jerome; treasurer, C. M. Douglas. Twenty-five directors were elected as follows: Dr. C. L. Newland, Harry Sellers, Julian A. Glazener, S. P. Verner, E. J. Bogen, Rev. Harrv Perry, W. D. Gash, T. W. Whitmire, A. E. York, Rev. Paul Hartsell. 0. L. Erwin, Win. McK. Fetzcr, R. L. Gash, A. H. Harris, J. W. Smith, J. M. Gaines, 0. H. O'rr, Pat Kimzey, Harry Patton, Carl McCrary, Wales Mull, L. P. Hamlin, J. B. Jones, Ralph Ramsey and Eck Sim*, in addition to the five ex-offi cio members. The organization meeting, called by tlm Women’s Civic club, was opened with a few remarks by the club president. Mrs. Oliver Orr, who then turned the business of the meeting over to Jerry Jerome for formation of a Chamber of Com merce and election of a president. In the absence of President Coltrane, the remainder of the meeting was presided over by the first vice president, Mr. Breese. By vote of the organization, a board of directors, not exceeding 25, shall govern the Chamber of Com merce. Of this board membership, nine shall constitute a quorum. It1 was the vote of those present that; ‘ the board membership be limited i! to men only. Upon motion made and carried, all business firms, including hotels, j boarding houses, summer camps and all businesses catering to the public, j a membership fee, with a minimum: of $5 shall be assessed. Individual! membership dues are set at a mini mum of $1.00 per member. A committee of three, with Mr. ' Bieese as chairman, was named, to ' decide on the form of organization, |' with power to act. R. L. Gash and Jerry Jerome were appointed to . < serve on this committee with the j first vice president. T. W. Whitmire, ’ W. D. Gas h and Jerry Jerome were! appointed on a committee to draw [ up by-laws for the organization. The Chamber of Commerce went on record as protesting the 8 per cent tax on hotels and boarding houses, expressing the opinion that <ho passage of this bill by the legis lature would greatly injure the tourist business in this section. Sen ator Ramsey and Representative Henry were notified of the organiza tion’s strong opposition to this measure, and asked to use their in fluence in non-passage of the bill. The membership committee has b<wn appointed as follows: T. W. Whitmire, '■hairman, J. M. Gaines, 1 Harry Sellers, Kdward J. Bogen, 1 Harrv Patton, Ralph Duckworth, Dr. A. D. Ballentine, Ralph Lyday, John Smith, Lee Arledge and Charles Pickelsimer. Two New CCC Camp® To Be Built Here Announcement was made at At lanta on Monday to the effect that sealed bids would be received for con struction of two new CCC camps in Transylvania county. Altogether, 40 camps are to be constructed, the an nouncement said. The order provides for one camp in the Lake Toxaway section and one near Brevard, exact locations not designated. Each camp will requ:re 14 buildings, the structures to be of portable materials. Several officials of the army fourth corps area were in Brevard the first of the week and made trips into various sections of the county. The officials were accompan ied bv County Attorney W. E. Breeds and Clerk of Court Otto Alexander. Many Pupil® To Get 7th Grade Diploma® A total of 180 seventh grade di plomas will be issued in the schools of Transylvania county at the ap proaching commencement exercises t'niv month in the various schools, ac cording to an announcement of Su perintendent G. C. Bush. Tr. the grades one to 11, inclusive, 100 perfect attendance records have been reported for the schools in the •ounty. Reading circle certificates to the number of 800 are reported by Superintendent Bush. Of this num icr, five books were read by children n the first four grades, and 10 rooks in grades 5, 6 and 7. Baptist Supper Thursday Ladies of the Baptist church are riving a supper to ho held in the •hureh dining room Thursday night if this week, for benefit of _ the hureh. The serving hours are from i:30 to 7 o’clock. The event is in the nature of a looster get-together meeting, and a ;cod time and an excellent meal arc iromised all who are present on this coal ion. Tickets arc on sale at 40 ents per plate. •0RTY PRISONERS IN TRANSYLVANIA JAIL Ml Records Broken—Superior Court To Adjourn Some time Thursday Sheriff Tom Wood states that two ecords have been broken here dur ng the past two weeks. One—Fcity prisoners, the most ver to be lodged in the local jail at ne time, were in his custody last fc;k. Second— Twenty-one men were allied to the prison samps ut one : -<1 Wednesday, this also being the nost taken from Brevard at one rip, and the most to be sent up for ime at any one court since Sheriff Vood has been in office. Many of the prisoners were rent o jail with resultant terms in prison amp for non-payment of costs in old •ises, while a large group settled heir account with the courts. Civil term o ' court is expected to omplete its work some time Thurs Iny, the criminal docket having been leared last week. ^iano Recital To Be Here on Next Friday A piano recital will be given by he music pupils cf Prof. Alvin It core o n Friday night or icxt week at the Brevard Baptist hureh, beginning at 8 o’clock. This is an annual event, given as he first of the pre-commencement xereires of the Brevard public chools. The recital is open to the public, ir.d an interesting program is as ured all who attend. Dr. Macfie Improving S. M. Macfie, who has been ill for he past three months, is reported to >e improving at his home here. Dr. Macfie was in an Asheville ’.ospital part of the time during his liners, suffering from an appendi itis attack. He has not been able to ittend to his duties at the Macfie jrug store since before Christmas. J. M. Grant Buried In National Cemetery James Manassey Grant, sen of \ngelina and Perry Grant, died Wednesday, April 3, in the National Veterans hospital, Hampton, Va. Burial was on Friday in the Na ional cemetery, with full military lonors. Sergeant Grant was retired from ;he U. S. army with 30 years ser vice. Death was caused by a paraly se stroke. Surviving are his widow, Salina A. Grant, three sons, Ernest M., James M., Jr., and Horace Grant, rhree daughters, Clara V., Theodora 3. and Alice D. Grant, all of Phoe >us, Va.. also two sisters, Mrs. C. K. Wood, of Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. Delia Banther of Lake Toxaway, two brothers, Edward M. Grant, of Bre vard, and Lum Grant, of Greenvi.le, 3. C. Relief Worker* Now Working In City Park While no definite announcement has been made as to method of pro cedure in expenditure of the $4,880, 000,000 nations'. work relief bill which was signed by President Roosevelt on Tuesday, it i_3 expected that several projects of public nature will be started in this county witbir. a few weeks. Work is now going forward in the Brevard Municipal park, a small crew of workmen having started there Tuesday. A number of projects have been submitted to the state head p quarters by both the town and coun | ty officials. j Field Day Exercise* Set For April 19th _ Field day exercises will be held by tho Brevard elementary school on the afternoon of Friday, April 19, the i entire student body of over *500 I scheduled to take part in the pro gram. I Plans new being worked out by j Professor John E. Rufty and other j teschers of the grades call for ath 1 letic contests, drills, setting up ex ercises, folk dancing, May pole dance and other events with groups and entire school body taking part. J, L. Bell In Hospital J. L. Bell, who has been critically ill in a Charlotte hospital the past ten days, was reported by relatives here on Wednesday morning to be ■dill in a critical condition —“just holding his own," according to hos pital latest reports. Mrs. E. W. Blythe and Mrs. A. B. Riley, two daughtersof Mr. Beil liv ing in Brevard, have been with their father since his removal to the Char lotte hospital. Dahlia Club Meeting Transylvania Dahlia club will hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening of next week at the offices of Fred fihrtiord ion Main street. The meeting will be held at 7:30 o’clock. INTERESTWfjWN IN METHODIST REVIVAL Series Probably Last Through Next Week—Rev. W. A. Rollins In Charge Much interest i? being shown m the revival services held at the Bre vard Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. W. A. Rollins, presiding elder of the Waynesville district. The special series of meetings will prob ably continue through ten dny« or possibly two weeks, as announced by the pastor, the Rev. J. If. Brendall. Forceful gospel messages are be ing delivered at each service by the presiding elder, which it is felt will result in much good to the church and the community. The fifteen minute song service held each night proceeding the regular preaching hour is conducted by the pastor and the choir, assisted by Mrs. Leon English Jr. at the organ, and Mrs. J. H- Brendall at the piano. Services are held by the presiding elder and the pastor each morning at Brevard College at the chapel a5L sembly period; at 3:30 o’clock each afternoon for children of the gram mar grades; at 4 o’clock for young people and adult and at 7:30 each evening. Special attention is called to the parents of grammar grade children cf any denomination to encourage at tendance of their children at the children’s service each afternoon from 3:30 to 4 o’clock at the church. Preparations are under way for a program of music and other features of a sacred nature to be given by the children Saturday night, the service at this time to be given oyer entirely to the grammar grade children. Mrs. ,T. H. Brendall directs the children’s afternoon hour, at which time re hearshals are in progress for Satur day night’s exercises. Initial revival service held Sun day morning was in the nature of installation ceremonies for all offi cials of the church and Sunday school. Fiftv -r more officials were installed at 'this service, conducted by the pastor. Simp Fisher Funeral Rites Be Held Today S. M. Fisher, familiarly known as Simp, 74, died at his home in the Gloucester section Tuesday night, following an illness of three years. Funeral services will be held Thurs day morning at 11 o’clock at the Lake Toxaway Baptist church. Bur ial will be in the cemetery nearby. Mr. Fisher was a prominent and highly respected farmer of the Gloucester section, wheve he lived for many years. The following children survive: Frank Fisher of Easley. S. C.; Bill, Walter, Jennings, Obie and Dudley, all of Gloucester. Christopher., of Connestee, and one daughter, SJrs Alvir. McCall, of Gloucester: also th?e£ brothers, I. S. Fisher, of Lake Toxaway, John and Tom Fisher, of Little River, end one sister, Mrs. Dorcas Galloway, of Los Angeles. Calif. C. of a Head I ---- I K. J. COLTRANE was anani j r.icurly selected to head the Brc I vard Chamber of Commerce at a ■ meeting held here last Friday j night. (Tanner* Bow io | Tornado in Short Tilt Brevard College Tornado baseball ! team took the long end of a 8-0 score | in a four inning practice game with | Red Misenheimer’s Tanners at the ! college field Friday. The game was ; halted by rain. Errors and wildneso on the part of tlm Tanner pitchers were responsible for the large score, tii Tanners booting nine chances and their pitchers giving five passes. Only one college score was earned. Shuford and Graham divided the hurling for the college lads while Loftis and Barley toiled for the Tan ners. Ralph Morris was. offensive star of 'V afternoon, getting n double and a single in his two trips to the piatc, and he came near pulling off a ci'.cu5 catch in the field. He snoil ed an otherwise perfect day by allow ing a ball to get away from him on the ground, the batter turning a single into a home run. It was the first game for the Tan ners while the Tornado has played two nine innings games, losing both cf them. McLeod Named Editor DAVIDSON, April 10 — Hinton McLeod Jr., Brevard, defeated T. E. Downie, Little Bock, Ark., for the editorship of i,Thc Yowl,” David on College humor magazine, in voting here la=t week. McLeod succeeds L. D. McPhail. Charlotte, as head of the Davidson magazine. W. O. W. Meeting A special mcetin'r of the Brevrvd Woodmen carr.p will be held on Mon day night at the hall on Broad street. Several candidates will _ be ipit’atcd ivto the fraternity, offer which o banquet, will be served in the hall. Statement by Whitmire EDITOR OF THE TIMES: l wish to thank my many ivr;:d= who have urged me to run for the nomination for mayor, which honor I ■am compelled to decline, as m> health will not permit me to take on any more work. I have had that honor for several terms and I think I have done my part in that respect. Thanking my friends again for the confidence they have in me, I am, Yours very truly, _ T. W. WHITMIRE. JURY COMMISSION NAMED FOR COUNTY — C, R. Sharpe and O. H. Orr and Clerk of Court To Have Full Charge Final o. k. was given by the state legislature on Monday to a measura setting up a jury commission for Transylvania county. The bill was introduced by Senator Ralph H. Ramsey last week, and is as follows: The General Assembly of North Car olina do enact: Section 1. That there i? hereby created a commission to he known as the Jury Cwminissicti of Tran sylvania county, North Carolina, consisting c.f the Clerk of the Super ior Court of raid county as ex-offi cio member and two other members to be appointed as ho-eina/Cv pro vided. Provided that not more than two members of said commission shall belong to the same polities! party. Section 2. That C. R. Slurpe end 0. H. Orr are hereby appointed as members of the Jure Commit I u of Transylvania county to servo ,;->til April 1, 1937. or until their so • •■es |oor* are appointed and nullified. (That upon the expiration of the 1 -nr. I of the mnmb°rs herein appointed | their successors shall he appointed I bv the resident judge- of the judicial ! district in which Transylvania ' ccur.ty is Ires ted upon the ivu-rr mendation of the bar as-oeiation of said county and shiili serve for a term of two year?. That if the -uid Bar Association should fail to recom mend the name of any person or per sons for appointment on said Jury Commission within ten days after (Continued on book ;wm ) Fishing Season Opens In County April 15 The fishing season opens in Tran sylvania county Monday of next week, Apvii 15, no streams being closed this season, except those posted by individuals whelp restock ing is in progress. Countv Game Warden E. ft. Gallo way calls attention to rules and reg ulations for fishing, and calls on citi zens of the county to assist in en forcement of the laws for protection of the sport in this county, as fol lows : Rules and regulations of the de partment conservation and de velopment relative to Gi« fishing in North Carolina are designed for the scle purpose of protecting the sport of fishing.There is no idea of limit ing or restricting the pleasure of any person, hut. on the contrary, the in tent. is to perpetuate tl; sport for those who would enjoy it in the future as thev have m 'he past. It protects the right1- of th- most hum ble as well as tholc of the most powerful Those who destroy fi '> recklessly and unlawfully and with ut regard for the future are the < pernios of every lav/ful angler and irc- foes to the general public. Ever" fisherman should not only dis-'- iage -u-h practices a s dynamiti -g seining game fish and other viol- ions of the law. hut sh'uld assist foe wardens in the apprehension of guilty per sons. If these illegal and destructive practices are not curbed, only a few years will lanse bofor the fish population of the state •' iil he re duced to a minimum and sor.' waters will he almost if not entire!" fC-mfipiied on Me.'- pail*) New Registration Called For Through i Measure Introduced In Legislature A bill calling for a new registra tion in Transylvania county before another general or special election is held was introduced in the general assembly Tuesday. The bill dispenses entirely with the present registra tion books and provides regulations as to party affiliations. The bill was i drawn bv Senator Ramsey and in troduced in the lower house by Rep ! resentative Henry. | The General Assembly of North Car ; olina do enact: j Section 1. That before the next regular county primary to be held for the nomination of candidates for ! county officers, or before any I special county election on any propo 1 cition or referendum which might be 'submitted to a vote of the electors of Transylvania ccunty, there shall. I be a new registration of the electors 1 of said county, which said registra j tion shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections No., 15934 and B935 of Article 5 of the Consolidated Statutes, as amended j by Chanter 165, Public Laws of, 1933, and Section 5961 of Article 9| of the Consolidated Statutes. Section 2 That for the purpose, of such new registration there shall , be furnished to each registrar a book to be known as “general Registra tion Rook" and also a separate regis i tration book for each political party, i participating in the primary elec tions in said county, and such separ ate books shall be plainly, marked , with the name of the political party for which it is provided. Any elector i*- ‘3K desiring to register may designate which political partv b" affiliates with and request that ;vis name be entered on the registration book for such political party and his name shall be entered cn the registration book for such political party bv the registrar. Provided, that no elector shall be allowed to have his oame entered on the registration book of the political party with which he professes to affiliate with until such elector shall have taken nit oath of party affiliation with men party All names so entered on registration books for different political parties shall also be entered cn the booh known as “General Registration Book” by the registrar. Any elector who does not desire to have bis name entered on the serrate regis tration hook for any political party, or who desires to regiftr- as an in dependent, or whose political party does not enter a ticket in the elec tions in said county shall be register ed in the "General Registration Book.” Section 3. After such new regis tration as herein provided for no ebictor shall be permitted to vote m a primary election except in the pri mary of the politcal party on whose registration books he is registered, unless, before the close of the regis tration neriod for suck primary, he makes a change of party affiliation in good 'aith and personally attends before the registrar and has hi* mime stricken from the registration book of the party with which he for {ContbrbM on .back ;wgc)
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