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f'HS't THE TRANSYLVANIA T1 ^ ty A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People o: 'ransylvania County VOL. 40 NO. 30 " " = BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, JULY 25, 193S~ $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY NOTED AUTHOR BUYS HOME NEAR BREVARD Hamilton Basso Permanently Locates at Halseli Farm at Davidson River After seeking a suitable home_ in nearly every state east of the Miss issippi, Hamilton Basso, noted author, has decided to settle in Transylvania county. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Basso purchased the E. L. Halsell tract of land near Davidson river which is located on a wooded hill overlooking the French Broad river valley four miles from Brevard and they intend to remain here per manently while Mr. Basso continues to write novels. They believe that this section is the ideal home spot of i America. Basso, one of the rising young j writers of the nation, first came to i Brevard two years ago just after j the publication < f his widely known , biography, “Beauregard, the Great Creole.” It was while here 'hat,, he) wrote most of “Cinnamon Seed,” his I second fiction work in now 1 form.. He has stated that he finds it easier to write in th.' quiet and seclusion J of the mountain environment than anywhere else he has been Before coming to Brevard to live the writer had lived in New Orleans, New York. Aiken, and numerous other places generally considered as ideal wnk-shops for the writing elan. In New Orleans he was for j some time city editor of the Times-) Picayune but 'gave up the job when he saw a chance to start his first I book. It was while he was living in j Aiken, S. C.. last year that he ere-! ated his latest opus, "In Their Own) Image" (Scribner’s, N. V, $2.50).! lie has periodically contributed cri- j tical essays and articles to various j magazines and hi- stories are fre-, quc ntly found among the pages of j Scribner’s magazine. Hamilton Basso is a true boutn-j erncr am! a very young man. He loves the South am! is the friend of such • Pixie writers a- Sherwood Ander- j son. R ark Bradford. I.yte Saxon, j Oliver La Large and William Faulk-! nor ami others. The Basso home near Brevard Is j what one would expect of the quiet | young writer and his charming wife. > Set on the summit of a knoll com-j mantling a beautiful view of the fer tile river valley with the misty pan-j orama of the Blue Ridge mountains, looming in tin* distance, their new j home is secluded from curious out-1 siders. Here amid the soft fragrance of pine and spruce Rasso pursues his writing craft leisurely and yet, J paradoxically, in a most industrious; manner. Wiring in the bo k review sec tion of the Charlotte Observer Phil lips Rusteli observes that “Mr.! Basso has long ago proved his abil-; ity as a writer” but h£ hopes that bis next book “will reveal to us peo ple who are a real part of American ! life, not those who merely dooorate1 the stcene.” In short. Mr. Russell is: not in sympathy with the life of j the horsey Aiken winter residents; and apparently agrees with one of, the characters of “In Their Own Image” who says “It is all make-be lieve. All they have is the allegory of their i wn importance—the alleory (Continued on bad; page) Two-County Boosters |jjj''‘' I Above is a group that met in Waynesville last Thu rsday to discuss Highway No. 284—Waynesville to Brevard. Kneeling, left to right: Dr. S. P. Gay, Waynesville; Rev. Paul Hartsell, Brevard; and Otto Alex ander, Brevard. Standing, left to right, J. H. Howe’l, Waynesville; W. Curtis Russ, Waynesville; J. Dale stent*, Waynesville; J. W. Ray, Waynesville; Ernes. L. Withers, Waynesville; W. E. Breese, Brevard; Charles E. Ray, Waynesville; Frank W. Miller, Waynesville; W. W. Zachary, Brevard; D. McDougald, Brevard; C. M. Douglas, Brevard; B. S. Marsh," Waynesville; H. II. Patton, Brevard; W. D. Gash. Brevard, and R. L. Prevo-t, Hazelwood. W. T. Shelton attende 1 the meeting but was not present when the picture was made. Warren Alexander Is Advertising Believer “It pays to advertise.” Ask Warren Alexander of Bre vard RFD 2 and you’ll bo convinced. • Four weeks ago Young Mr. Alexan-. der paid 25 cents for a want ad in The Times, and in three weeks time, he had sold a total of -14,050 sweet potato plants. At a dime per hundred Warren | collected $44.05 during the three, weeks, which is not half bad for a ( young man in any community. Aside from the fact that The Transylvania Times is proud of the pulling power of its advertising columns, there i also something else to be proud of— , The entire cost of the plant bed to Warren will not be over five dol lars, and he still has some more sales., to report since the $44.05 was check-, ed in. The strip of land that lie used for , hi; bed was not being used—thrown out of a cultivated field as not worth \ the trouble. Man power and deter mination such as would bchn ive lots | of other folk in Transylvania county \ to use played a vital part in the potato pant project, the young fel low carving leaf m Id and woods, dirt a considerable distance to make the plant bed productive. Making Up Tax Lists Lem Brook?, tax collector for the i county, and Harry I’atton for the] t Avn of Brevard are working on lists | of delinquent taxpayers in the county ' and town, which lists will be pub lished in August, and cost of adver tising added to the tax payment. ] Art Exhibit Friday and Saturday Willj Be Outstanding Event of This Season j The art antique and curio exhibit j t<> be held here Friday and Saturday j promises many interesting features.; The exhibit, to be held in the build- ] ;ng formerly occupied by the South ern Public Utiltties company on j Main street, will be open on both davs from 10 o’clock in the morning until 10 o’clock in the evening. Among the noted painters to ex-; hil.it will be Jean Jaqucs Pfister, j head of the art department at Rol 1 ins college, Winter Park, b la. Mr. ami Mr-. Pfister are spending the summer at Blowing Rock. Both are mti-ts. Mr. Pfister was born in Switzerland and has an inherited] love c f mountains. He has painted in the national parks of the west and is well known for his landscapes and painting- of wild flowers. In West ern North Carolina he has painted Mt. Mitchell. Celo mountain, Beech mountain and two scenes of Grand father mountain. His best known paining is “We at Daybreak,” a painting of the first Lindbergh flight. Mr. Pfiater’s pictures have be< • exhibited widely in the United States. Another well known painter who will exhibit is J. W. de R. Quist gaard. Mr. Quistgaard is a widely known portrait painter. Among others he has painted Theodore Roosevelt, Norman H. Davis, Char les M. Schwab and Field Marsha! Viscount Allenby of England. Mr. Quistgaard has painted in Denmark, France and England and has been honored by the governments of Den mark and France. Perhaps the exhibitor of most in-1 tcrest t<> Brevard and Transylvania county will be Lorene Payne. Miss Payne is one of the local painters w ii o has developed her talent through study and work. Her works j are painted with the egg emulsion | in the method used by' the old mas-■ ters and will not fade. She will ex-j liibit a small painting, “Soldiers on . the Hudson,” typical of New York| life. The original is in the museum j of Radio city. She will also exhibit a portrait of a baby', a baptismal scene and some other pictures of this nature. Audrea Patterson of Greenville will exhibit scenes. Some of these are paintings of the local section. An article of unusual interest which will be on exhibit is the original Tom Thumb chair. Tom Thumb was made famous by P. T. Burnum. Mrs. H. N. Carrier, who is the granddaughter of Mr. Barnum. is the owner cf the chair. One of the oldest articles ex hibited will be- a shot gun used in the Revolutionary war. This is own ed by S. P. Verner. Mr. Verner will also exhibit a battle axe made by | natives of the Belgian Congo. This axe is made of wrought iron and copper mined by the natives them selves. This is an article of the col lection brought to the Smithsonian Institute by Mr. Verner. Attention is called to the fact that all articles exhibited may be re moved from the building after 10 o’clock Saturday night. A silver of-1 fering will be taken to help defray ■ 1 expenses. Seeks Religious Services Lieut. A. P. Nesbit, commander of Camp NC-GG, North Brevard, is sues invitation to any ministers of the community to hold services at his camp, preferably at the evening meal hour during the week. Lieut, Nesbit is well pleased with the situation at GG, and states that he believes the camp will prove of benefit to the community. Local Festival Entries Several entries from Transylvania county will be made in the annual Mountain Song and Dance Festival to be held in Asheville on August 1, 2 and ■'! at the baseball park. A square dance team will be led by Dr. Car! Hardin with other en tries being made by individuals and groups. _ _j Revival Services At Little River Church Revival services, which began at Little River Baptist church Sunday, will continue through this week. The Rev. Jl. C. Looper of Fort Worth, Texas, is doing the preaching at each service at 11 o’clock in the morning and at S o’clock at night. A splendid attendance and much inter est are evident in the special series rf meetings. Mr. Looper is assist ing the pastor, the Rev. C. W. Hilc mon. in the meeting. On Sunday morning a revival will begin at the F.non Baptist church, in a ten-day series of meetings, con ducted by Rev. Mr. Looper. The public is invited to attend all services at both the Little River and the Enon church this week and next week. Tiny Tot Finds Home With Brevard Couple "What’s this! Santa Claus come in; the summer time!" were among the first exclamations of delighted sur prise when Mr. and Mrs. Winston Ashworth walked into their living room Friday night and saw a bun dle of tiny humanity wrapped in a blanket on' the settee. Further inves tigation proved it to be a real live sleeping baby boy. A note pinned to the baby’s dress gave the information that its birth was May 19, 1935, and stated also the formula for mixing the. miik which was in a bottle nearby. The two months’ old infant was_ fully clothed, with several sets of other clothing left on the settee with it. Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth, who have no children of their own, express de light over the possession of the tiny tot thrust upon them, and arc mak ing preparations for legally adopt ing the child. They have given him the name of Charles Winston Ash worth. In explanation of the facts lead ing up to the finding of the name le-'s and forsaken little boy in the Ashworth home, Mr. and Mr?. Ash worth had returned to their home about 8 o'clock from a brief visit not far away. They drove into their driveway, alighting from their car at th rear of the house, and were joined there almost immediately by Dr. L. Newland, a friend of the family, whom Mr. and Mrs. Ash worth had seen driving in his car be hind them before they entered the driveway. The three of them, enter ing the kitchen, were joined there in a very few minutes by Mrs. Ash worth’s younger brother, who had remained in the house while his sis ter' and her husband were away on their errand. After a few minutes of laughing and talking in the rear of the house, the group of four passed on through the dining room and into the living room. The first sight that greeted ar.d surprised them on entering was the strange little sleep ing babe on the settee, accompanied by the bundle of clothing arid bottis of milk. Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth state that the baby’s parentage being unknown to them’ is of little consequence com pared with the happiness they fee! in the possession of their newly ac quired little son. They were unable to explain the baby’s entrance into the house. He is a beautiful, blue eyed babe, its fuzzy topped head just turning to light, brown, plump and, healthy in appearance and alto gether appealing to one’s heart strings. _ Many People Attend Old Toxaway Event Four hundred or more people' gathered at the Old Toxaway Bap-1 tist church Sunday to attend the an-1 nual home coming day in what was j generally pronounced the most sue-; cossful reunion held at this church in many years. An excellent sermon delivered by the pastor, Rev. N. II. Chapman, featured the morning’s program. In teresting talks v'ere made by a num ber of ethers, Singing by various quartets was enjoyed during the af ternoon. Included in the quartets were the Rampey and Moonlight quartets of Centra!, S. C.. the Grif fin quartet of Pickens, S. C., and the Riverside quartet of Rosman Another enjoyable part of the day’s program was a duet sung by the two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs Louie Galloway. Dinner was served picnic style on the grounds at noon, and a bounti ful supply of chicken and everything good to eat was reported to be or i hand, with a generous amount of food still left after all had eaten to i their satisfaction. [Florida Visitor To Be Guest of C. of C. - ■— ■ An unusual treat is in store for [all who attend the regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to be held Thursday night (tonight) at 8 ; o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce 1 rooms. Franklin M. (Buck) Sawyer, sec j rotary of the Cocoa, Fla., Chamber : (f Commerce ha.- accepted an invi i latii-n to be in Brevard and speak at this meeting tonight. Mr. Saw yer is stopping at Mountain Mea dows inn near Asheville for his va cation and incidentally urging co operation of Florida and Western North Carolina interests in the tour ist business. Mr. Sawyer is seeking persons who come in contact with tourists and advising that Western North Carolina cooperate with the Indian River section of his state in routing tourists. It is urged by Chamber of Com merce officials that all directors, members and interested friends at tend the meeting tonight and hear Mr. Sawyer speak on matters of in irteiest to this section. Looking flass Creek Section To Be First In Link To Get Underway—More In August Budget Estimate of County Shows Same Rate As Last Year Summary o f the Transylvania | county budget estimaW for the fis-1 cal year is being carried on another! ppge of this issue of the paper, and, [ as stated last week, the estimate for the year’s levy will be $1.55 on the hundred dollar valuation. Taking into consideration the fact that the assessed valuation of all property in the county was cut in half two years ago the rate of $1.55 on the hundred dollar valuation is very nominal. The hoard of commis sioners in going over the budget was of the opinion that people would strive much harder to pay a small ; assessment than they would one j larger. Very few changes were made in | th? budget estimates from that of j last year, the county general remain I ing the same at .17; county home I and farm the same at .05; outside poor the same at .03; health depart ment raised from .05 to .08; debt service cut from .98 to .95; with the school supplement remaining at .27. Final adoption of the budget for the year will not be made until the fir-t Monday in August. Tanners Play at Enka The Transylvania Tanners team will play at Enka Saturday after noon, the game to be called at 3:30 o'clock. Last Saturday afternoon the local nine defeated Trvon on the latter' diamond by the score of 4-1 in a game that was interesting from start to finish. Barky was pitcher , for the Brevard team. Dance at F-14 Friday An invitation dance is being given on Friday night of this week by of ficers and personnel of CCC F-14. This is one of a series of social , events that is being sponsored by the camps in this section. Brenda!! at Kiwanis Speaker at the regular weekly Ki wanis meeting this Thursday noon at the England Home will be Rev. J. H. Btendall. pastor of the Metho dist church. An interesting pro gram i- assured all who attend. AT LYDAY HOSPITAL Patients reported at Lyday Me morial hospital on Wednesday were: Lucien English, 0 I 1 i e Parsons, James Carson, E. Lee Bourne, Ar thur Wilson. Mrs. H. A. Pell, Lieut. Charles Johnson, Robert Leather, Robert Gaines, J. I. Ayers, Jeff Lewis, Oscar Parker, William Rey nolds, Robert Moye, 0. 0. Moc-rc, Howard Rector and Luther Buchan nan. Commission Will Visit Transylvania at Early Date To Check Over Complete Route _i RALEIGH— Contract was award ed Wednesday by the state highway commission in Raleigh to W. H. Anderson Construction c.mpany of Asheville for immediate building of five miles of Highway 281—Brevard to Waynesville. The section on which work is to begin immediately is known as the Looking Glass project in Transylvania county, air at four miles from the top of the mountain. Anderson company was tow bidder on the letting at $131,230.00. while low bid for building of the t ■ pes sary bridges was by Rickenbacker Construction company of Union. S. C., at $50,391.50. The letting came soon after a delegation from Haywood and Tran sylvania counties appeared in t special hearing before chair mar. of the commission, Capus M. Waynick. During the course of the hearing the fact was brought out that an other $100,000 had been designated for construction of part of the r ad on the Haywood county side of the mountain. Thi- contract is expected to be awarded during August. Just whether the $100,000 will be spent on the stretch of road from Wood row to Springdale or on tie. moun tain was not stated. The highway has been put on t he federal road system, which is an assurance that it, will be built. Mr Waynick toid the delegation Tues day that the commission had already committed themselves as to ‘‘going ahead and building the entire road." The point the delegation was must interested in was “when.” To this question, Mr. Waynick gave assur ance that as soon as funds were available. The commission is bu-y this week making allotments of the funds for the coming year but it will be some time before any definite amount can be “earmarked” for the work on this voad. Chairman Waynick did say, however, that some of this year’s funds would go on N'o. 2x1. It. was the opinion of the officials that a total of approximately S.r>00, 000 would be needed to complete the road from Wayrv.sville to Bre vard. Others were nf the opinion that it could be built for much Ie=s. Engineers have completed the field work on most of the road and the office work will bo completed ;r. time for the August meeting of the commission, the delegation was told. The proposed route will be six miles shorter than the present distance, making a distance of HI miles from Brevard to Waynesville. Mr. Waynick promised the delegn tion that he and other members >•' the commission would be in tb Bivvard section within the next t • weeks, ami make a personal survey (Continued on bad; f'C/e) Court Recessed Tuesday Until Monday Morning-Few Criminal Cases Heard Superior Court convened here Monday morning with Judge W. S Harding of Charlotte presiding ant; Solicitor Clarence 0. Ridings of Forest City representing the stale G. A. Thomasson of Asheville if court reporter. Very few people were in attend ance at the first tlay of court tlut to the very inclement weather, ant; the further fact that there were t be very few criminal cases tried at this session. The last legislature changed the status of the Juiy-August term for this county, it having heretofore been for the trial of civil cases only and many of the criminal cases that have been sent up from magistrate and mayor court and those continued were docketed for trial at the De cember term. Decision was made by the bar association in conference \v i t b Solicitor Ridings Monday morning that only jail eases wouli be tried. Court adjourned Tuesday after noon for the week with the case oi state against Melvin Owen, charged with the killing of Ilarry McCall, set for hearing Monday morning. True bills were returned by the grand jury against Owen. Glen Wil liams for rape, and Will Gravely for ! assault, with intent to kill. The grand | jury completed its work Monday anil j was dismissed by Judge Harding. | Examination of county institutions |and offices was not made, this work ito be. done by the grand jury in De | censfcei. I Glenn Williams, charged with i rape, .submitted to plea of guilty oi a charge cf assault on a female with intent to commit rape and was sentenced to ten years in state prison. Jack Brewer submitted plea of guilty violation prohibition law? and was sentenced to sixty days. Dorsey Paxton plead guilty violation prohibition laws and was given 60 days. Will Gravely' charged with assault with intent to kill, was al lowed to enter plea of trespass, art? judgment was continued until t h December term. Capias was orders! issued for Sammy Morris charge-1 with non-support. Solicitor Ridings stilted MondJ that he would ask for a verdiet sceond degree murder in the cas • against Melvin Owen charged with the death of Harry McCall. According to evidence given at the inquest held immediately following the death of McCall on May 3ft, la t,. Owen is alleged to have severely beaten McCall with a lock after the two men had an altercation in the highway near the home cf McCall. McCall died in Lyday Memorial hos pital here Tuesday morning follow ing the fight on Sunday. Jury for the second week of court follows: L. C. Case Jr., B. W. IlamTln, John H. Keener, M. G. Cunningham, M. 0. McCall, Pierce Aiken, J. C. Cas sell, William Hogted, W. L. Bishop, H. R. Corn, Wallace Gillespie, 0. G. Merrell, James R. Whitmire, Harri son W. Miller, Otis Merrell. Til den Reece, Calvin Galloway. Byron 01 ncy.
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