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j : ^ Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
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BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935 $1,00 PER ^EJWJ^WSYLVANIA COUNTY
ALL IN READINESS
FOR SCHOOLS TO
OPEN IN COUNTY
Nearly 2,500 Students Will
Start County School
Year Thursday
Approximately 2,500 students
ranging in ages from six to the
twenties, will start trooping back to
classes in IS schools in Transylvania
county Thursday morning of this
week.
It is expected that the start of the !
11)35-36 enrollment in practical.v all |
schools of the county will find in-j
creased numbers of students. A little
better than 2,400 students were en
rolled last year, Professor J. “• j
Jones county superintendent, states.
Much repair work has been done to
school buildings in various sections;
of the county during the vacation
period, and most ot the buildings air
in preventable shape.
Oth.'t repairs will be made before1
cold weather. Works Progress Ad-1
ministration projects having been
made up for this purpose by the:
school authorities. Major repair job
will l" that of the Brevard ele-j
mentarv building, where the upper
story will be materially changed and
renovated and other work done on |
the first story. _ j
The auditorium of Brevard high ,
school, which was closed last year j
cm account of the dangerous condi
tion of the roof, has been repaired;
and is now in very good condition, j
hire escape and other improvements)
required bv the state insurance com-,
mission have been made oil several
other buildings.
All teachers have been selected,*
and an toady to take their places ’
Thursday morning at opening time,,
and school buses have been tuned up,;
with one new bus added to the fleet |
with possibly three others to be added >
during the term.
Adult or more mature drivers will
l>e employed to pilot the buses that
will be crowded with the youngsters
who go to make up the largo enroll-1
meats of the consolidated schools.
Funds for supplementing the S8.aU
bus drivers salary furnished by the |
*tate will be taken from the vegulai ,
-choo! lew. and will not entail rais
ing of the tax rate. This phase was
agreed upon by the board ot county
commissioners and the school boaidi
last Monday.
AAA Paid Farmers of
County $2,985.95 Rent
Farmers of Transylvania county!
who are cooperating in the agiicul*(
ture adjustment programs received a
total of $2,985.95 in rental and bene-I
Tit Daymen: during the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1933.
These payments together with the
increase in prices paid to farmers
fur ttv ir commodities have been re
flected in the larger income being
received bv farmers, said Dear. I. 0.
Schaub, of State College.
ITcm ’932 to 193-1, he pointed out,
the total income of North Carolina
farmers increased by 15) pet cent or
from $101.302,000 to $260,449,000.
The 1933 income was $194,390,000.
T h e total AAA payments to
farmers of the state during the past
fiscal year ran to $14,732,147.51,
divided "as follows: tobacco growers j
$8,015,330.21. cotton growers $5.
915.841.13. corn-hog producers $719,-;
363.20. and wheat growers $51,599.67.:
During this period the expense of;
administering programs amounted to
$1,147,290.71. or approximately sevenj
pei* cent of the total AAA disburse
i:uurts in the state.
The administration expenses were
largely payments to county and com-;
inanity committeemen who were se
lected from among the farmers to
assist the county agents locally with
the crop adjustments programs.
Football Practice
Starts On Monday
Football practice starts at Brevard
College Monday with from twenty
to forty young nun expected to turn
out for the week's training before
opening of the coliege on Sept. 28.
Twenty new men have been asked
to report to Coach Ralph James for
the pre-college training period, this
number to bo augniented by around
twenty-five of fast year’s squad, and
several new local beys who will ti>
out for the team.
For the first fe.^.- days light work
outs will be given, preparatory to
buckling down to the grind which
will be used to whip the bo*-s into
shape for the opening game on Sept.
28.
While Coach James will be uncer
tain ?s to his team until after the
openine of college, he is elated over
the fact that five of the men wpo
started in the memorable Mars Hill
game last year will probably be on
hand. Local hoys who expect to try
out for the college squad are request
, to see Coach James at once.
Schedule calls for ten games, nve
at home. First game will be with
Biltmore Junior college. Asheville,
Sept. 28; Wofford Freshmen, away;
Oct. 4; Erskine Freshmen here, Oct.
12; Rutherford here, Oct. 19; Win
k gate here. Oct 26; Belmont away,
r Nov. 2; Bojling Springs here, Nov.
9‘: Lees-McRae away, Nov. 16; Bres
bvterian away, Nov. 23. Final game
l will be with Mars Hill on Nov.
1 28 at Brevard.
Patrolmen To Make
War on Bad. Drivers
Transylvania motorists are warned
:o look to their lights and brakes im
mediately as a concerted drive is
being made in Western North Caro
lina by the state highway patrol to
see that the law in regard to driv
ing motor vehicles is enforced.
A total of 85 drivers were arrest
ed in one day last week by the
highway patrol in Buncombe county
and were fined in court, in addition
to having to also pay for expense
of putting lights, tail light and
rakes in good condition. j
Lieutenant Fisher, in charge of the
patrolmen in this district, has an-1
nouneed that he expects to send his|
men into every county where they \
wil leheck up on autos and trucks, j
BOYLSTONPROPERTY
!S LEASED TO MINERS
Northern Syndicate Will Op
erate Outfit 9 Miles
North of Brevard
Iii a long distance telephone cor.-1
versation with The Transylvania]
Times on Tuesday, Harry M. Rob- i
erts, of Fletcher, said that contracts
would be signed on Wednesday "t ,
this week leasing the Boylston gold |
mining property to northern inter
ests.
The syndicate of capitalists who,
haw thoroughly checked the possibili
ties of the mine. Mr. Roberts said,
would install machinery immediately
and begin working the mine which
is located about nine miles from Bre- j
card just over the Henderson county,
line . j
Agreement had already been sign
,(i Tuesday, Mr. Roberts said, by the
syndicate, and it only remained for
signatures of local people to put the
lease into effect. Mr. Roberts, Char
les F. Thoms and Mrs. W. A. Smith,
of Hendersonville, own the mineral
l iehts in the property, and Roberts |
stated that they had agreed to sign j
the lease. i
The mine will he operated on a I
royalty basis, it is understood, and j
the lessors will receive ten per cent ,
- f the gross proceeds of the mine ]
during the life of the 25-year lease, i
An option to buy the property out-1
right is also contained in the con
tract.
The lease provides that the mine I
>s to be operated continuously and j
'b it operations are to start, within |
ninety days. Mr. Roberts told 1 he I
Tinv.s that machinery would be ship- j
pod to the mine within a couple of |
weeks, and that total value of the;
machinery to he installed would,
.•each k 100.000. . !
Transylvania people are especially
interested in this project, as it is
"•lerstood two veins from the mine
reach into this county. i
The lease was signed through et-j
forts of Isaac Van Horn, editor of i
The Southeast Miner, who has been;
doing considerable publicity nnd eon-1
r-'et work for Western North t aro- j
Chamber of Commerce j
Meets Thursday Eve
Regular bi-weekly meeting of the'
Chrmbcr of Commerce will be hel<.
in the county agent’s office on
Thursdav night of this week at 7:o0
o'clock, at which time matters per
fain’Mg to an all-time working organ
ration for the community will bo;
furthered. „ , 0 , !
It is plan of President E. .1. Col
t>ane and other officers of the
Clv. mber of Commerce to carry on j
work for the community during the
winter and off seasons with a view
to better serving.
All members of the Chamber of
Commerce as well as officers and
directors are requested to be present
-t the meeting. While the office m
1 the lounty agent’s building nas been
dosed, the work is being done in the
1 Building & Loan office with Jerry
i Jerome acting as secretary to the
; organization without pay.
Special W. O. W Meeting
A specia' meeting of the Brevard
1 Woodmen is being held on next Mon
i dav night at eight o’clock at which
' time plans for a banquet and social
i event will be made.
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Bagwell Store Moves
I
Announcement is being made in
i The Times this week of the removal
1 of Bagwell Grocery store to new
j quarters just below the county
j agent's office.
j Hamlin To Attend
State GOP Meeting
Lewis P. Hamlin, of Brevard,
! >>lans to attend a meeting of the
state republican executive committee
to be held in Winston-Salem on Fri
day of this week. Mr. Hamlin is a
member of the committee.
Following the meeting of the ex
ecutive committee in the afternoon, a
public meeting will be held at 8:00
o’clock in the evening, at which time
nrominent national and state speak
ers will be beard. ,
State Chairman Meekins said m
bis communication calling the meet
big- “This day will mark the begin
ning of active effort.* to organize
or the elections and carry North
'’nrolina republican.”
County Will Receive Great Benefits
From Works Progress Administration
WPA applications for grant of
federal funds in Transylvania
county' amounting to $188,795.2o
have been approved by District Dir
ector W. E. Breese and sent to the
Raleigh office, last of the applica
tions being sent in Tuesday night in
.order to reach the state office ineti
! nesday morning.
County and town officials are well
pleased with the number and the
type of projects that have been given
official o. k. at the Asheville dis
trict office. Public improvements ot
a needed ty’pe that could not have
possibly been made now will be pos
sible through participation in funds
set aside for the Works Progress
Administration in this county.
Eighteen general projects, some ot
which will be split up into smaller
units of working, have been approved
by Director Breosc, and will provide
employment under the federal setup
for twelve months for needy unem
ployed people in this county' at a
wage rate ranging from $21.00 per
month for unskilled laoor up
$60.00 per month for skilled, and
based on a work basis oi from 1>1
to 140 hours per month.
As soon as the projects have neon
approved at Raleigh and Washing
ton, work will started, with pro
jects of various kinds in different
sections of the county to care for
the unemployed who wish to work.
Those who do not avail themselves
of the opportunity afforded through
the WPA to secure employment will
be barred from receiving relief
from the federal government, as the
purpose of the Works Progress Ad
ministration is to take people from
the relief rolls and give them em
ployment. _
The county, Brevard, and Kosinun,
r.s sponsors for the various projects
will be called upon to put up only
a small percentage of the total cost
of the work projects, as all labor
costs and part of the material cost
will be paid by the federal govern
merit. One item of particular interest
that has been set up as a project
tor Transylvania county will be that
of providing lunches in all county
schools for undernourished children.
For this program the federal gov-1
ernment is very liberal, and will pay'!
$12,188.80, with a total cash outlay]
from the county of around $200.00. |
Sponsor’s part of these lunch rooms
will be $1,547.00, but to offset this |
amount, rents and other contribu- (
t.ions that do not call for cash will be [
allowed.
Among the projects set up for j
divisions of this county are:
Brevard town streets, farm to
market roads in the county; bridges, I
court house janitor service, indexing j
county records, sewer work for town '
of Brevard, street work at Rosman;
sanitary work in schools of county, |
library work for schools, sewing ■
rooms for different communities,]
library building for use. of commun-;
ity and Brevard College.
Painting and improvements at i
court house and county home, soil I
testing and department of agricul-1
turc work, county fair ground work'
and buildings, road from Maple Gap ,
to U. S. 64, home making classes,
sidewalk and widening streets in'
Brevard, rebuilding piimary school
building at Brevard, stenographer
and case worker for welfare office.
A total federal outlay of $5,411
017.76 in projects for the western '
district have been sent in from the )
Asheville office, Mr. Breese said i
Wednesday, with total cash and con- j
tributions of the sponsors amountine |
to $1,147,816.48, or a grand total of;
$6,558,834.24. Work is called for in j
all projects for 14,064 people for |
twelve months in the district appli- j
cations.
Members of the district statt have
been working an average of from 1-'
to IS hours per day for the past,
several weeks in order to get all
projects to the Raleigh office beforel
deadline date.
Miss White Member
College Plan Staff
CULI.OWHEE, Sept, 11— The
first pre-session camp conference of
Western Carolina Teachers College
was held at Lake Junaluka, Septem
ber 7-11th. The object of the confer
ence was the discussion of campus
problems relating to faculty-student
relationship and student participa
tion in college affairs.
Miss Elsie White, of Rosman, was
a representative of the student offi
cial council.
Miss Lila Riley Is
Buried Here Sunday
Funeral services for Miss A. Lila
Riley, 69, who dieii in Brevard early
Saturday morning, were held Sun
day afternoon at the Brevard-IHvid
son River Presbyterian church. The
, ..stor. the Rev. J. P. Simmons, was
the officiating minister. Interment
was in St. Paul’s in the Valley cem
etery. .
Pallbearers were Sam McCullough,
S. !'. V< rner, Charles Jenkins. Har
old Norwood, J. \\. Smith and II. If.
Patton.
Surviving arc one brother, A. H.
Rilev, of Brevard, ami two sisters,
tirs! A. X. Jenkins, of Brevard, and
Mi- Man K. Brown, of Lake Helen.
Fla.
Mir-s Riley was a native m i.au
iens, S. C.. but had made her home
in Bre'-ard for many years. She
-.as living in the home of her sister.
Airs. A. N. Jenkins, at the time of
her death. The cause of her death
was attributed to paralysis, follow
ing a week’s illness.
Moore Funeral home had charge oi
! arrangements.
Dudley Pelley Will
Run For Presidency'
Western North Carolina is to have t
a candidate for presidency of the
United Stales, according to a bulk*-1
tin issued by William Dudley Pelley.1
who for some time headed the (!al-,
lahad College in Asheville, and at'
one time had interests in Transyl-1
vania county. i
Pelley, according to the bulletin,
which he issued from Asheville, is |
to be the standard bearer for the
National Christian party which he
rets out will be built by himself and !
his colleagues into a powerful politi
cal machine before the November
election in 193(1.
"For Christ and the Constitution”
will be motto of the Pelley nark.
Some of his ideas have been publish
ed and circulated in a small way its
Transylvania county.
Pelley and one of his associates |
were recently in court on charges ot ;
violating the blue-shy law in co»-.
rcetion with floating sale of inter-,
esls in his Silver Shirt publication, i
American Legion To
Hold Meeting Friday
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Spscial called meeting cf the Mon-:
roe Wilson post American Lrginn .
has been set for Friday night of :h; '
week at the county court house. Bu«-j
incss to be taken up will be election j
of officers. j
Special request of officers of the]
legion is that all membeis of the:
local 'egion be in attendance for the!
selection of officers’. The election |
was scheduled for Monday night but ]
was postponed in the hopes that a ,
! larger number of legionnaires might,
! be present.
Athletic Field and Buildings Will
Be Constructed On College Campus
For the past several weeks Bre
vard College officials and several
citizens of the community have been
interested in two projects which were
recently submitted to the Works
Progress Administration of which
W\ E. Bree'se, of Brevard, is the dis
trict director. The projects involve
| the erection of a gymnasium and the
construction and fencing of an ath
| letic field at Brevard College and
i likewise the erection of a community
! library on the college campus. The
projects which were prepared ana
submitted last week were approved
by Mr. Breese and forwarded to
Raleigh for the approval of the state
director, George M. Coan Jr. The
i projects are now in Washington
j where they will be examined and
probably approved by Mr. Harry L.
I Hopkins, federal director of the
Works Progress Administration. If
approved, these two projects will be
of considerable interest and value to
Brevard College, the town of Bre
vard and to Transylvania county.
The trustees of Brevard College
have held two meetings recently in
the effort to work out a plan where
by the buildings proposed could be
erected under the W. P. A. At a
ecent meeting held at the college
he trustees voted to give about
five acres of land to the town of
Trevard.
Members of the town council, after
considering the proposal, voted to
sponsor the two projects. The ath
letic field will be open to the B>e
vard high school as well as to the
Brevard College teams. It is pro
posed that the entire project, in
cluding the gymnasium and the
library', shall become a community
center. College officials have agreed
to operate the gymnasium and the
library as a community enterprise
and to pay all the necessary costs of
operation. In this way a long felt
need for a gymnasium can be real
ized. When finished, the library will
be open to the citizens of Brevard
and the entire county. H. N. Haines,
architect of the Duke Endowment, is
the architect on the two projects
The gymnasium and athletic field
as one project will cost something
like $28,000. The library which will
be 65 feet in length by 45 feet wide,
will cost about $22,000. The library
will have sufficient capacity for at
least 15,000 volumes in the stock
rooms. It will have capacity in the
•■eading room for about KO adults.
There will also be a special room re
served as a children’s library. The
elans provide for a community re
'■reation room in the basement and
also a work room for the librarian.
Officials of the college and of thf
town are ready to proceed with the
building operations as soon as th
projects can be approved.
Drivers License To
Be Issued Thursday
Auto driver’s license may be
secured at the office of Mrs. Mary
.fane McCrary or Sheriff Tom Wood
on Thursday of this week, when
patrolmen will be in each of the
above named offices for the day.
Those who secure license before
November first will not be charged
for same, while delinquent applica
tions will require a registration fee
of $1.00.
Permanent offices for licenses will
be maintaine din Mrs. McCrary’s I
place, and po3sibiy in the court house
also.
FRENCH BROAD DAM {
WILL NOT BE BUILT
Tennessee Valley Heed Sets
at Rest All Speculation
With Statement
Positive assurance has been re
ceived by the board of commissioners
of Henderson county that the pro
posed French Broad dam that has
been cause of much discussion in
Henderson and Transylvania coun
ties for the past two years will not
be built.
In a letter to Senator Josiah \V.
Bailey from Dr. A. E. Morgan,
chairman of the TVA board, stress
was laid on the fact that the TVA
does not contemplate building of the
dam and requests that people most
interested be notified through the
newspapers to that effect.
The Henderson commissioners had
some time ago adopted a resslution j
opposing construction of a dam on ;
the French road and had mailed it
to Senator Bailey with request tha'
he get a clear and concise statement;
from the TVA officials.
The resolutions of the Hender
son county board pointed out that
the construction of such a dan:
would destroy much taxable property j
in the county, that the county made
an effort to obtain the state sanitar
ium and was hindered by the action 1
of the Authority, and that applica- j
Hon for a sanitary project had been
made to the WPA engineer and the
county was advised this work could
not go forward without permission
of the TVA.
In his letter Dr. Morgan said: Hi
thought that we had set the mind;
of Henderson county at rest regard-1
ing the suggested Asheville reserved)
when we issued more than a . eai
ago the public statement eontainin
the following: 'In the meantime n
improvements of any other kirn1
need be held up or delayed on ac
count of the discussion of the sug
gested Asheville dam.*
The Tennessee Valley Authority
has no plan for the construction o'
such a dam on the French Broa
liver as is proposed in the preamble
and resolution adopted by the board
of commissioners o! Henderson coun
ty on August 12, 1935, and forward
ed to us by you."
The proposed dam would haw
backed water past Brevard, engineer,
have asserted, and there was rr. rr
question here at to whether the da:.
would have been for reservoir ruppl
purposes or for the manufacture o
electricity, the former having nwir
had features that would have injure
Brevard and surionndmg sections.
The county seems to have be'.n
about equally divided in opinion ot
benefits and liabilitic- • of the urn
posed dam but all v.-ill be glad U
learn that the matter has bsen
finally settled.
Home Coining Will
Be Held Sept. 22nd
Annual home coming day will he
observed at Rcokv Hill Baptist
church. Cedar Mountain. Sundav*
September 22nd. Services will b<
: held noth morning and afternoon. A
! picnic lunch will be served at the
i noon hour and all are asked to brme[
! baskets. An interesting program is
i being arranged under the direction
'of Messrs J. R. Bishop and S. A
'Jones of Cedar Mountain and ■!. •>
! Burns and Mrs. A. B. Oaeu- o'
1 Greenviil. S. C., according to an
announcement of Miss Jennie Bishop.
i All former pastors, members and
, friends ef the church are invited to
attend.
To Confer 2nd Degree
Regular communication of Dunn's
! Rock lodge will be held Friday eve
ning September 13th at 3:00 o’clock
in the Mnsonic hall on Broad street
, Regular business arid conferring the
i Feliowcraft degree.
I All dul'" qualified Masons arc
; cordially and fraternally invited to
i meet with us.
(Holden Funeral At
Cemetery In County
LYMAN, Sept. 11—Fineral ser
vice* for Ernest F. Holden, 32, who
died Monday night at 8:30 o’clock at
a Spartanburg hospital after an li -
nes* of two weeks, were held _ Wed
nesday morning at the gravesme at
Dunn’s Rock cemetery near Brevard,
conducted by the Rev. Howard Wil
son, assisted by R;v. Paul Hartsell.
Pallbearers wore Clyde Hubbard,
Ralph Landreth, Grover Reese, Her
mit Reese, G. W. Lankford and
Kyle Whitmire.
Mr. Holden was a member of tlv.
'tar’s Hill Baptist church near Cedar
Mountain.
COLLEGE MAKING
PLANS TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER 23RD
1935 Enrollment Expected To
Pass Four Hundred Mark
First Week
Final Couches sre being put on the
arrangements l'or opening cf R e-,
rani College on Monday, September
23, with present prospects indicating
a banner enrollment for this year.
A force of workmen has been busy
for some days making necessary un
prov?ments in Taylor hall and oilier
buildings on the college camntis. The
Virginia Lodge has recently t»een
rented by the college for one year
as a home lor young women. This
building will accommodate approxi
mately thirty students. A similar
arrangement has been made for I ho
Wallis House on East Main street
where about 25 young men can bo
accommodated. With a large number
of local students who are expected,
the enrollment ought to reach at least
425.
The faculty members are expected
to arrive Friday and Saturday of
next week in time for the first faculty
meeting which is to he held at four
o’clock Saturday afternoon. Septem
ber 21. It is expected that the school
now being conducted by the National
Youth Administration will vacate the
college buildings before that rime.
Several young men now on the cam
pus are busily engaged in renovat
ing the buildings.
U. D. C. Library Hours
Beginning next week the winter
schedule at the U. 1>. C. libra.iy will
go into effect, according to an re
nouncement of the librarian. Miss
Ethel McMinn. The opening hours
will ho from 3 to 5 o'clock on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday aftt
noons.
Good Football Team
Is Seen For Brevard
With first scheduled football gam'*
for Brevard high school set for
Sept. 27. Coach Ernest Tilson alre-dv
has his boys going through the pa -s.
with around 25 boys reuniting for
first day’s practice Monday.
Work of the squad will get down t,«
earnestness with opening of • 'i-.oi
Thursday of this week, on dthe Ri
vard mentor looks for close to firfy
hoys to be out for the team by 'he
first of next week.
Severn! of last year' men will h
back this year, some of them taking
the preliminary workouts the first if
the week, an dthen there are several
recond and third - tringei s who «;N
be battling for places in the line and
backfield. Altogether, the outlook is
for a better team than the previous
season when the ‘‘little ■ :!lo\v: did
Brevard proud.
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Jones Reunion Sunday
The Jones reunion will be In Id :tt
Blue Rii-ge cluivh. ntar <
Mountain, on the fifth Sunday irj
September Alt dose 'td int- •' ‘;d
friends of the Jones family j’.re in
vited to attend a i l bring "'til id st
baskets.
Dahlia Club Meeting
Meeting of the T-ansvh ;mia Dah
lia club will be hold Tues :ay even:im
at 8 o’clock in the dfi <‘t rY'-’
Shuford. All members an uigeu to
attend.
Commercial Classes
At Rosman Hi School
Commercial classes will be taught
this year r.t Rosman high school, ac
cording to Professor V. M. Hunt,
principal, who was in R °' aL! , uos"
dav conferring with Supt. J B. Jones
anil members of the hoc I o! educa
tion- .
Bookkeeping, typcwi ' :n& short
hand and office prectur will be
elective courses offered In student-,
of the tenth and eleventh grades.
Graduates of high sell.' ! may a.so
avail themselves ■ o» there courses,
Mr. Hunt said.
It is hoped that sulli nt numbei
of high school pupils wid oe enrobed
in the school so that b additional
teacher may bi secured and thereby
eliminate cost of tuition to pupils.
A rental will be chnge l tor type
writers this year, it wi • pointed out
bv Mr. Hunt, due to vh< fact tnaf
no provision has been made whereby
machines can be purchased by the
school. , ... ,
High school geography will also
be taught in the Uosmcu school Mr.
1 Hunt said, if the additional teacher
I is warranted, thus giving students
j there a more complete course. Grarfu
ates of the school who would like to
take additional work will be allowed
to enter without tuition charges
where the rooms will cave for them
without crowding the n gularly en
rolled high school students. Tins
will enable students who have proper
amount of credits but who would like
to take up additional studies to take
such work.
Col. Wade Harria til
Col. Wade H. Hams, editor of The
Charlotte Observer, was reported t»
be in very critical condition Wednes
day with death expected hourly.