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COMMITTEES FOR 2 D ISTRICTS CHOSEN Kimzey New Attorney—Jones Takes Superintendency On June First Order was passed Monday by the board of education in meeting here placing Professor J. B. Jones as head of the county school systems on June first. This order was in keeping with a bill passed by the legislature applicable to Transylvania county to place the new superintendent in of fice in June instead of July. W. Pat. Kimzey was re-elected at torney for the school board. Committees for the two districts in the county, Brevard and Rosman, were named at the meeting. Mrs. G. H. Lyday of Davidson River, A. E. England of Boylston and J. A. Miller of Brevard, were re-elected as com mittee for the Brevard district. . E. R. Galloway of Rosman, and Arthur Whitmire of Cherryfield, are new members of the Rosman school board, with L. E. Case of Lake Tox away, re-elocted. It is expected that teachers for the variou: schools of the county will be named at an early date. Many Matters Acted Upon By Chamber of Commerce In Meet Chamber of Commerce committees in making reports of activities at the meeting last Thursday night proved that much worthwhile work is being done by the commerce body. W. E. Brcese reported that his committee on public affairs had con tacted Congre'snian Zeb Weaver during the preceding week, and that the congressman was exerting every influence toward bringing about con struction of a fish hatchery in Pis gah National Forest. This project has long been in the minds of Bre vard business men as a needed asset, and belief is now that the matter will soon be brought to a favorable close. Contact aNo hail been made since last meeting of the body of Capus Waynich, chairman of the highway commission, and information was given to the meeting that appropria tions were being made for completion of highway 284 from the Bcylston road to top of the mountain. Jerry Jerome reported that the golf course had struck a snag” in that there seems to be some misun derstanding between the FERA and local people as to tatus of leasing the ccur c by the town of Brevard. Lease has bren offered the town by owners < f the coursa for the sum of one dt liar per year, and it was gen eral consensus of oninion that repair work wj- to be secured through fed coal relief labor. The matter is still ur'^r consideration. b. The member-hip committee neaueu by T. W. Whitmire and E. J. B<y?en :cp( rtcd 47 people had taken men^ter ships in the Chamber cf Commerce, but that there were at least that many more who should take part in active support of the work. The com mittee was referred to article two, section one of the by-laws of the by-laws of the Chamber of Commerce and instructed tc courteously bring to the attention of the public the pro visions therein, which are as follows: “The Brevard Chamber of Com merce shall be composed of active k. memberMen and women of good standing, interested in the commer cial, industrial and civic progress of the city shall be eligible for member ship.” \ Professor S. P. Verner reported that it was very probable^ that Jose phus Daniels, ambassadorto Mexico, wculd visit Brevard during the early part of next month, and he was ask ed to invite Mr. Daniels to address a meeting of the Chamber of Com merce vhile here. Swimming Contests Be Staged Wednesday Water contests will be held at the Brevard swimming pool Wednesday (today) at 2:00, with prizes in the several classes being tickets for two weeks’ membership at the pool. The pool will be open all day to the miblic with no charges for ad mission for either swimmers or vis itors. Tanners vs. Balfour Here Next Saturday With the taste of a 7-4 victory over the strong Canton team still lingering in their mouths, the Tran sylvania Tanning company team of the Industrial league will meet the Beacon team here Saturday. The game will be called at 3:30 on the high school field. The Brevard outfit is standing at the top of the list, along with Bea con ami Hazelwood, having won three games and lost two. - Battery for Saturday’s game has not been announced. in last Saturday’s game, the locals showed a better brand of defensive 1— ball, and while they were outhit, manned! to push seven runs across the plate. Saturday’s score: Brevard . 7 3 3 Canton . 4 4 9 Stepp and Smith; Rhymer, Ledford and Westmoreland. ■■" --— Brevard’s-. Prettiest >1133 ivainerine tinglish, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. English, was chosen as the most beautiful girl at the beauty revue held in the City Gym last Friday evening. Miss Eng lish was chosen by an out-of-town crmmittee. There were 46 other en trants—Cut courtesy of The Ashe ville Citizen. Mrs. Brooks Buried Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. W. T. Brooks died at her home on French Bread street Mon day morning, following an extended j illess. Funeral services were held at ■ the residence Tuesday afternoon. In- j t:rment wr.' in Oak Grove cemetery.! Mrs. Blocks, who was about 30 j • car old, is survived by her hus-, band and three young children,! Ironc, Beatrice and Frances. .Kilpatrick funeral directors were [in’charge of arrangements. Child In Hands Of Western Kidnapers TACOMA, Wash. — Forewarned I that their kidnaped son had but three days to live unless ransomed for $200,000, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.; Weyerhaeuser worked in the seclu sion of their home to bring about a ; contact with the abductors and the return of their son George, 9 years old. i Federal, state and county author- j ities, mobilized to stait after the, -kidnapers, held off for the time j being to give the family every pos-1 sible opportunity to rescue the boy, but were ready to start at the drop; of a hat. Just what the parents are doing; toward reaching the ransom note writer is not known. A bed sheet which had flown from i the palatial home since the kidnap-! ing, as if for a signal, was taken down Saturday night. It is not known ►he sign!fic=nee the sheet had in the case. An advertisement has appeared in newspapers of the region stating the willingness of the family to pay i for the return of the child. No More Bounties To Be Paid In County j No more bounties will be paid for, killing' of wild eats, hawks, crows or | other predatory animals or birds, ac-; cording to Clerk of Court Otto j Alexander. , Mr. Alexander states that all funds that have been in his hands for payment of these bounties have | been withdrawn by the state depart-1 ment. May Enter Float In Rhododendron Event i Effort is being made by several Brevard citizens to enter a float in th: Rhododrendron Festival to be staged in Asheville early next month. Money for the float will come i from private funds. Tentative plan? ' call for string music and singing to I be a part of the Brevard entVy. |~HONOR ROLL [j The following have renewed their , ' subscriptions to The Times in the j ! two weeks past: R. D. McKinney, Pickens, Lconie Banther, L. Toxaway, Volney C. Moore, R-l. I A. E. Hampton. Brevard. Mrs. J. R. Withers, Davidson. J. Tom Gilliespie, Rosman. Ossie C. Orr, Etowah. Dr. J. S. Brown, Hendersonville. Frank Graham, Fla. Anthony Trantham, Brevard. Frank L. Stevens, Hendersonville. Jess A. Galloway, Brevard, i Alfred Miller, Sapphire. I Lem Brooks, Brevard. W. M. Lyday, Brevard. Dr. A. R. Hunter, Simpsonville, is. C. G. W. Hendrix, Brevard R-l. Mrs. L. W. Brooks, Brevard R-3. Rev. J. P .Simmon3, Brevard. C. C. Kilpatrick, Brevard., Mrs. H. G. Mackey, Brevard R-2. The Times welcomes the following new readers: Glenn Hutches, Tallevast, Fla. Russell Huggins, R-3. Rev. W. N. Gillespie, Rosman. Mrs. A. I,. Allison, Pisgah Forest. A. E. York Brevard. 0. H. Holden, Brevard R-L Mrs. Minnie J.. Whitmire, Green ville. former Resident Is Buried A? Calvert Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Meece, 67, former resident of Ros* man, were held Sunday afternoon at Mt Moriah Calvert church, with the Rev. F. 3. Childress of South Caiv olina in charge. Interment waa made in the cemetery nearby. Mrs. Meece, wife of J. R. MeeeS of Sunset, had been ill for a very Bhort time before her death, which oecurred at her home in Sunset, C., where she had lived for the pasr 27 years. The family lived for s number of years at Rosman where Mr. Meece was in business. She is survived by- her husband, six sons, one daughter, one brother and 20 grandchildren. Bee Specialist To Be ’ Here Monday Morn C. L. Sams, state bee specialist, will be iin the county Monday morn ing and will meet those interested I in bee keeping at ten o'clock in the county agent’s office. Interest in bee keeping has been increasing steRdily during the past two years and several apiaries have been started on a small scale, which owners report are paying in dollars' and cents. E.J. SHAFER ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL fll Health Given /is Reason For Rash Act Of Brevard. College Boy Elmer J. Shafer, aged 20, of Nashville, Tenn., a student at Bre vard College, ended his own life some time Sunday night by firing a .32 calibre revolver bullet into his right temple. According to evidence given at an. inquest before Coroner C. S. Osborne1 Monday pfternoon, Young Shafer had been in ill health for several weeks and for the past several tlays had been more moody and morose! than usual. He told one of the wit-1 nesses last week that he was in con-1 stant pain, suffering from abdominal; sdhesions that had set up following an operation two years ago for appendicitis. He had been attending classes very irregularly for the past week. At the inquest Monday afternoon eight witnesses were examined and, aTter hearing the evidence the ver dict was rendered that the deceased. came to his death by a pistol in his, own hands. . The body was found by J. W. Wil- ] Hams, dean of men and teacher in , the college, about one o’clock Mon-] day. A bullet hole was in the right; temple, the ball ranging: from right I to left. Dr. C. L. Newland, who was , immediately called by Dean Williams , following finding of the body, was of the opinion at the hearing that1 the shot was intentional. Blood on I tlie right shirt sleeve that ranged to- ] ward the elbow was pointed out by' the surgeon ns corroborating the, belief that Shafer used the gun on himself. The gun, a small .32, was founc on the bed beside the body, with only one cartridge in the chamber, the one that had been fired. Another car tridge that showed marks of the plunger as if it had been snapped on and then taken' from the gun. was found on the bed. Posture of the body led to the belief that the young man had removed his coat, sat down upon the side of his bed and after failing in his first attempt, had taker, the faulty cartridge from the gun, reloaded and fired. He was j fully dressed with exception of his j coat. ! The gun belonged to James Horn-j buckle of Concord, also a student at 1 Brevard College, but who room3 on j the first floor of the dormitory. Sha-1 fer roomed on the thid floor. Horn-; buckle said that Shafer knew he had > the gun in his trunk and had tnlkeu , with him (Hornbuckle) some time ago about taking the gun out for j target practice. Hornbuckle said he i oniy had five cartridges for the pis-1 tol and that they were still in his Shafer roomed by himself on the j third floor of the Taylor Hall dor- ( mitory. Dean Williams testified at the in quest that he found the door to the deceased’s room locked, after the matter had been reported to him while he was at his lunch Monday. He went through an adjoining room, out a window, and crossed to the open window of Shafer's room on a gutter, entering through the open window. The door was locked and the key turned in the lock, Dean Wil liams testified. There was no evi dence of any struggle or foul play he said. Dr. C. L. Newlsnd and Chief of Police B. H. Freeman corro borated this testimony. No note was found in the room. Howard Sitton of Mills River, as sistant to the dean, testified that he checked the Shafer room at 10:30 Sunday night, found the door lock ed ami presumed Shafer was out of the room as the light was burning. He again checked the room on hi3 tour Monday morning, and finding the door locked, knocked very gently on the panel. He knew that Shafer had been slightly indisposed for sev eral days and opined to himself he testified, that Shafer was feeling ill and was probably sleeping late. He (Continued On Pwe Five) i , ■;«* «L. , pit. } Jank Claims Must Be Filed At Once Over two hundred depositors li the old Brevard Bank have failed to file claims for their deposits, accord ing to Pat Kimzey, liquidating agent, with some of the deposit* amounting to tidy sums. Mr. Kimzey sates that he capnot, under any circumstances, pay out funds of the bank unless the depos itors have filed: proper claims. CHAIN LETTERS SEEM TO HAVE RUN COURSE The chain letter fad seems to have run its course in Brevard, with few being received through the mails, and the by-hand and word-of-mouth kind totally absent. No returns worth mention have been received by any local citizen, and moat of those who invested a dime, dollar, or five dollars, are of the opinion that it was jurt another bad piece of money spent. Miss Meta Morrell Buried In Savannah Word was received by friends in Brevard the first of the week of the death of Miss Meta Morrell at her home in Savannah, Ga., Saturday night. Burial war. in Savannah. Miss Morrell has been spending her hummers in Brevard for the part 36 years with her sisters and other members of the family. The Morrell summer home is in West Brevard. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported at Lyday Me morial hospital the past week in clude: Mrs, L. C. Lance, Mrs, P. M. McCoy, Harry McCall, 0. C. Bay nard, Charlie Corn and Mrs. J. R. Byrd. “Daddy In Jail” Is Just Another Thing “Daddy’s in jail again." Those four words clearly told the > itojpv that a little girl of about nine vr was trying to get ever at the ^ “Hrart out about a'week ago,” the 1 nnocenl fared *youngester plain tively announced, “and then he went ind got drunk again." j The writer, did not ask the child j just who “Daddy" was, and had the lame been mentioned it would net be published. For after all, why should , Ittle curly-headed Susan, or Jane, I >r Ida. be embarrassed by having the , lame of her “Daddy" emblazoned to , he whole community as a man who ‘got in jail again.” Questioned casually, it was just j mother time to the young givl . . . Daddy” had been in jail a lot of .imes, had always gotten out, and ben in again. “Daddy” is alright the little tot aid, only “when he’s hittin’ the bot le.” Then he.get’s "all het up over liithin’.” . | .Just another case of bottle taking j he upper hand of man. Balsam Grove Man In Lyday Hospital | __ < Harry McCall of Balsam Grove is; recovering at Lyday Memorial has-1 nltal from head wounds inflicted by j Melvin Owen also of that section. Owen is being held in jail pending i outcome of McCall’s injuries. I Owen is alleged to have struck j McCall in the head with a rock fol-. lowing an altercation between the two men Sunday. The wounded man was brought to Lyday hospital where, his condition was considered very, grave for several hours. Many Books Absent From U.D.C. Library Attention is called by management of the U. D. C. Library to the fact that there are a number of books verdue and that two book-! seem to be lost. “Between the Lines” by Mc Kenna and “The Children of Ji Shet” by Jenks, seem to be lost and aid is asked in finding them so that they may be returned to the shelve1;. Among the books that are overdue are First Crossing of the Polar Sea, Amundsen and Ellsworth; The Son of Tarzan, by Burroughs; Lamp in, the Desert, Dell; The Vigrtantes of Montana, Dinsdale; Ten Years Later, Dumas; Footprints in the. Forest, Kllis; 70,000 Witnesses, Fitz- j simmons; The Great Mount, Glynn; The Mysterious Rider, Grey; and The Corner House, by Hill. College Team Play* Mars Hill Thursday Brevard College meets Mars Hill on die latter’s diamond Thursday after noon for the final conference game of the season. The Jamesmen de feated the Mars Hill outfit here a week ago. The college has bad a very suc cessful season, winning 12 out of 15 scheduled games, the three losses being conference games. The confer ence status is now 5-3 for the college team, and if the boys are sucessful Thursday they will be hitting foT first place in the conference. It is expected that a large group nf fans will accompany the college team to Mara Hill Thursday. Last fall there were more Brevard people it the football game than there were Mars Hill folk. PAPER BEING MAILED OUT ONE DAT EARLY The Transylvania Times is being mailed to subscribers Wednesday morning insteed «£ Thursday as is the usual publication date, on ac count of the fact that {kora will be no dty or rural deliverer on Thurs day—Memorial Day. . Fine Fish Cnught In 1 Pisgah Forest During Season Just Closed Sam Allison, owner of the City Market and fisherman of the old! school seems to be leader among the1 folk who landed the big ones this season. Mr. Allison reports taking a rainbow that measured slightly more than nineteen inches and weighed two end one-half pounds. Goode Loftis aho reported excep tional luck—three out of his basket landed last week measuring over six teen inches. i The season closed in Pisgah National Forest l.tsf Sunday, but will again open around the first of August, it is expected. " , . J.. C, of C. Members Not Sales Tax Subjects - • For information of the boarding house keepers and others interested, taking a membership in the Cham ber of Commerce does not constitute advertising as set out in the 1935 machinery, act. There are no broadsides or other publicity matter being sent out by the Chamber of Commerce this year that contains the names of boarding houses together with rates1 and other matter that could be construed as ad vertising. The bulletin that is being sent out by the commerce body is used only as information, and does not constitute advertising, in the opinion of attorneys. It is quite natural that members of the Chamber of Commerce will be given every aid in securing people this summer, and then after rher& are np more suitable places, those people who operate hotels or board ing houses in the county but do not hold membership in the Chamber of Commerce will be given considers- 1 tion. Suggestion is made that all board ing houses, or people who will in any way benefit from tourists make the investment of a membership in the Chamber of Commerce, thus enabling: that bpdy to more adequately carry on thd work. Negro Escapes From Calvert Prison Farm Officers spent most of Monday' night unsuccessfully searching for. Jess Harris, negro, who escaped from the Calvert prison farm early Mon day afternoon. Already having served four years i of a 12-year sentence, the negro had been made a trusty, and was being worked on the prison farm. Earn' Supervisor Joe Bryson told officers i who assisted him in the hunt that the negro had been left by himself or. various occasions, and had seemed to be a good workman. The negro’s is in eastern North Carolina. i OLD AGE PENSIONERS TO CONTINUE FIGHT Revised Plan Will Be Sub mitted To Congress For Approval J. M. Clarke, who lias been active in the Townsend Old Age pension ! movement in Transylvania' county, Sendai in the following statement by W. B.\Fisher in regard to the revised plan. Mr. Clarke, who is now in Florida, expects to return to his home at Penrose soon, and will continue work for the Townsend movement. The statement by State Organizer Fisher follows in part: "The Townsend Pension bill for all citizens, man or woman, over the age of 60 years who wish to apply ha3 been slightly revised. The Town send Old Age Pension organization, j backed by 30 million voters, has, agreed to accept whatever amount i the two per cent transaction sales I tax produces each month on all the j gross business done in the United j States, whether $60, $76, $100 dol lira each month to each pensioner with the limit still $800. They also! agree to let the revenue accumulate for four months in the treasury be fore paying out a penny, during this time all the elderly people above 60 who agree to give up jobs, spend the money every 30 days for what ever they choose, so it goes into the channels of trade, will be register ing. During the fifth month the gov ernment would .pro-rate among the total pensioners on file the amount of revenue collected by the transac tions tax during the first mpnth, the sixth month they would pay out whatever was collected the second month, likewise on and on, keeping four months’ revenue in the treasury all the time. The people would put the money into the treasury each month by this tax before a dollar would be paid out to tne pensioners, handled exactly like our sales tax in North Carolina except the tax would be paid by the seller.” Mr. Clark is head of the Transyl vanie Townsend Old Age group. ‘ (MS WILL ENCAMP AT ILLAHEE JUNE 10 • , Registration To Take Place Tuesday Afternoon At U. D. C, Library Plans are practically complete for tbe annual Girl Scout summer camp, Which will be held at Camp Illahee in m ten-day session, from June 10 to 20,' The camp is sponsored by tbe Brerard Wednesday club. Mies Elizabeth Zachary has been secured as director of the camp, which assures its success. Miss Zachary, whose home is in Brevard, is resident principal of Salem academy, WmstonSalem.'For a num ber of years she was assistant direc tor of Camp Juliette Low, southern regional Girl Scout camp. Dr. C. L. Newland is to be camp physician and other able staff mem bers are being lined up by those in charge of the camp. The complete camp staff will be announced at a later date. Registration will be held on Tues. day, June 4, from 3 to 5 o’clock on the porch of the U. D. C. library. All Scout girls expecting to attend camp this summer are requested to register at the stated time in order to be eligible for enrollment when the camp opens on June 10. Much interest, is being shown by the Scouts and their leaders in the approaching summer camp term, and it is expected by those in charge that a large number of Scouts will be in attendance at the 10-day encamp ment. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton McLeod, owners and operators of -Catno Illa hec, have generously donated the use of their camp for the Scouts. Vemer Kiwanis Speaker Professor S. P. Vomer was the very interesting speaker at Brevard Kiwanis club last Thursday, using as his subject, “Education, Under standing and Misunderstanding." Miss English Named Brevard's Prettiest Mis3 Katherine English, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. English of Brevard, was chosen ‘‘Miss Brevard" at a beauty revue held in the City Gym last, Friday evening. There were around fifty entrants. Miss 3rona Sharp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sharp of Seiica, was given second place In the con tests, with Miss Grace Duckworth, daughter of Mrs. Lottie Duckworth of Brevard, winning third place. Following the beauty revue, which was well attended, a dance was staged in the gym with around GO eninies taking part. Music was fur-' nishcd by the Brevard College orchestra and the Fisher String band. The American legion, which or ganization was sponsoring the event, received $37.45 for their share of the proceeds, amounting to approxi mately $150.00. The Legion requests that thanks be extended to the Cjfepiber of Commerce and the Jun ior Order for the loan of chairs. CEMETERY WORKING All interested parties who have loved ones and friends buried at the Dunn’s Rock cemetery are asked to lake notice that the cemetery will bo cleaned off Thursday, May 30. Please bring necessary tools and let's decorate and clean off the graves of departed ones. MRS. PORTER TINSLEY. FERTILIZER MIXTURES FOR SNAP BEANS GIVEN (J. A. Glazener, Co. Agt.) Extension Horticulturists Niswon ger and Morrow recommend a 4-12-4 or 4-10-4 fertilizer for snap and lima beans grown in Western North Caro lina. The fertilizer should be applied in the row 10 days before plaating at the rate of 400 to 800 pounds per acre. If manure hes been broadcast on the land the smaller amounts recommended should be sufficient tor good production. _ A side application of nitrate of soda at the rate of 100 pounds per acre is also recommended. A. M. White Heard In Fine Recital Friday The music department of Brevard college presented A. M. White Jr. in a piano and voice recital Friday night in the college auditorium be fore a large and appreciative audi ^Mr. White is a student under D. S. Trammell, head of the music depart ment, and Homer K. Compton, voice Instructor. Mrs. Compton was accom panist in the vocal numbers. Many expressions of high commen dation were heard regarding the ability of Mr. White as a pianist and vocalist, as demonstrated in the splendid rendition of the selections on his varied program. Especial praise was accorded him for his first cumber on the program, Beethovens “Sonata Pathetlque,” and his excel lent interpretation of the difficult composition. The closest attention was given Mr. White throughout the entire recital, the audience *FP*f' ently being appreciative o 1 the able presentation of the gifted musician. Three groups of picuo were included in Mr. Whites Pfo grant and two groups of vocal num bers. 5