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Isrl THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES Hp*! County | A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County • ~~~ J j ======== = — RRFVARD. NORTH CAROLINA—'THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1835 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY VOL. 40. NO. 4/ __— 1 __ .. ijj ij 1 j ■' —1 '*■■ ** - 1 -■'--g^ LYDAY HOSPITAL IN NEW LOCATION NOW Summey Building on Broad Street Leased—Better Facilities Lyday Memorial Hospital is T'.ow located in the Dr. Summey building on Broad street, the institution hav ing been moved last Saturday. In its Htew home the hospital will have better facilities for serving the public, with increased room and more ideal arrangements. Much work has been done on the building in making it meet the state and army require ments, with .a fire escape being con structed from the two top floors, and other renovations which the state lire insurance commissioner and tne surgeon general of the United States army recommended. Operating as a community insti tution under the Duke Foundation setup, the hospital is also authorized to treat and care for enrollees m the four CCC camps in this immediate section, having a contract with the armv that calls for a maximum ol 25 beds for use of.the CCC when and if needed. The hospital has up-to date equipment and has a bed capac ity of 36. Ralph H. Ramsey Jr. is chairman cf the hospital board with Miss Jean nette Talley, of Penrose, the Rev. Paul Uartsell, T. A. Berg, Mrs. S. I’. Yerner and Miss Florence Kern as members. Miss Myrtis Dillard is superintendent with Dr. Chas l.. Newliiml and Dr. H. J. Bradley as members of the staff. CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS OPEN TO COMPETITORS The United States Civil Service commission has announced an open competitive examination for Railway Postal Clerk. Applications may be filed with the civil service district office nearest the applicant, or with the U. S. Ci\ it Service commission at Wash ington. L>. C. Applications must be on file not later than October 28, 1935. Applicants must have reached their eighteenth but not their thirty fifth birthday on the date of the close of receipt of applications, ex cept that these age limits do not ap ply to persons granted military pret eienee. Applicants must measure at least 5 feet 6 inches in height in bare left, and must weigh at least 130 pounds without clothing. They must be in sound physical health and capable of enduring arduous ex ert on. Persons interested should apply at once for information to the post cff.ee in Brevard. B:ock Sentenced lo Prison For Slaying lEN'DERSON'VILLE, Oct. 23— Evere't (Trashy) Brock was sen tei red to seven years in state s prison here last week by Judge W. F. Harding in Superior court on convic tion of the second degree murder of J. V. Blythe. Mrs. Dellinger Died At Gastonia Oct. 15 Mrs. C. W. Dellinger, sister of Mrs. Roy Long of Brevard, died suddenly at her home in Gastonia Tuesday night of last week, due to a heart attack following an extended illness. Funeral sei vices were held Thursday afternoon at Graham, the home of Mrs. Ora Holt, mother of Mrs. Dellinger and Mrs. Long. Surviving are her husband and two young children—a son and a daugh ter. Dr. and Mrs. Long attended the funeral services of Mrs. Dellinger last week, returning on Friday to Brevard. They were accompanied to Graham by their daughter, Miss Ora Holt Long, who is a student at S.t'sm academy. Winston-Salem. Corn-Hog Referendum By Farmers Set For Saturday, October 26 A referendum will be held in the county agent’s oifice Saturday, Oct 26, from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., at, which time eligible farmers of the I county may vote either for or against | the corn-hog reduction program. It; is v< ry important that the farmers cf the county express themselves by ; voting on this issue next Saturday. , Thursday evening, Oct, 24, at 7:30, an educational meeting will be held in the county agent’s office for the purpose of discussing certain phases , of the corn-hog program. Great I Britain has a program known as the] “Imperial Preference,” which all our corn-hog farmers should know how it is effecting our export trade with that country. Brevard and Rosman Future Farmer string bands will furnish music for the educational meeting Thursday evening. J. A. GLAZENER, Co. Agt W. C. MANESS, Ast Agt. There are about 80 farmers in Transylvania county participating in the corn-hog reduction program this year, with payments throagh the AAA expected to aggregate $5,000 First Rainfall Here In Period of 44 Days Rainfall of a little over half an inch. Sunday night brought relief to Tran sylvania farmers. Last rainfall in the countv was recorded September 10. Streams throughout the county were reported as very low, with jome springs being reported dry. Farmers ware hindered in their fall work on account of the drouth, and the slight, rainfall is more than welcome. Luck ily, no forest fires have been noted. Athletic Field Will Be First WPA Here Athletic field and library at Bre vard and farm-to-market roads in the county will very probably be among the first Works Progress Ad ministration jobs to be started in Transylvania, according to W. E. Breece, district administrator. Hope was expressed Tuesday by Mr. Breese that local projects could be started within the next few days. WINSTON-SALEM, Oct. 23 — George W. Coan Jr., WPA adminis trator for North Carolina, announced i at his home here Monday night that 89 000,000 in federal funds will be released to North Carolina next week for works projects. Coan expressed the belief that this amount was not final but sufficient to finance the federal works pro gram in North Caorlina for a period of five months. The state engineering officer of WPA has estimated, Coan said, that “before the end of October we can allocate the 89,000,000 to the eignt state districts in such a way that something like 800 to 1,000 projects can be undertaken.” North Carolina’s quota, he said, is 35.000 workers and the WPA admin istrator feels that sufficient funds will be available to take care of the entire 35,000. REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY _ I Dr. Bedinger Will Be Heard at Special Presbyterian Church Meeting A special series of evangelistic services will begin at the Brevard Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, and will con tinue for 10 days or two weeks, with services held each evening at 7:30 o'clock, according to an announce ment of the pastor, the Rev. J. P-, Simmons. ' Dr. R. D. Bedinger, moderator 'of the Asheville Presbytery, will do the peaching at each service. Dr. Bed ir.ger, a son-in-law of Dr. R _ P Smith, was a missionary in Africa ior 18 years, and he will feature each service with a 10-minute talk on his African experiences. Ernest McFaul will be song leader and Mrs. T. H. Hampton will be pianist dur ing the special services. At a recent meeting of the church. Prof. J. S. Dendy, of Brevard Col lege faculty, was elected to the ot fice of superintendent of the Sunday school, succeeding the late Hinton McLeod in this position. Legion Officers To Be Installed Tonight Officers of the Monroe Wilson post American Legion will be in stalled on Thursday night of this week at a meeting to b? held in the county court house. Ben Prince, of Hendersonville, former judge advocate of the state legion post, will have charge of the installation ceremonies. Freeman Compton Is Promoted by C.C.C. Freeman Compton of Transylva nia was one of the eighteen men to be given promotion in the CCC work of the three national forests in Western North Carolina during the past week. The eighteen men in which group Mr. Compton is listed are regarded as outstanding in their lines of en deavor and received promotion on merit of their work and special at tention to the occupational oppor tunities which the CCC offers, the announcement from the federal gov ernment states. Salaries of the promoted men range from $1080 to $1680 per year. Glasses Found Quickly Through Times Want Ad It pays to advertise. The statement is old, but like the Bible, it is true, and oft re peated only adds to its emphasis. An example of the proof of the assertion is cited as follows: Early last week someone brought a pair of glasses to The Times office, hoping that through the paper the rightful owner could be found. Thursday’s Transylvania Times carried a three line advertisement I in the Classified column, and Fri- j day morning Mrs. A. B. Michael | called at the office for her glasses. It pays to advertise. Brevard Bank Depositors Approve Plan For Immediate Liquidation Over a hundred depositors of the closed Brevard Banking company met at the court house Wednesday afternoon for the advertised meeting and after hearing report of the ap praisal committee that was elected at a previous meeting of the depos itors on Oct. 8, voted unanimously to proceed with the plan for immediate liquidation of remaining assdts ot the bank. The committee Tecommended to the depositors that the plan as out lined at the previous meeting be gone into, with each member of the committee of five asserting that toe plan, in their estimation, was to the benefit of depositors. G. H. Lyday, chairman ot the ap piaisnl committee, could not be pfes ont on account of the fact that Mrs. Lyday’s sister was Hlead, but wrote a letter setting forth his approval of the plan. Mayor A. H. Harris. Leo Case, W. R. Lewis and Mrs. i. J. Wilson, each stated that they had gone over the assets of the bunk thoroughly, assisted by Pat Kims'.ey, I liquidating agent, and that they had J given careful scrutiny to each itemi in making up their minds in the matter. They made the following re port of assets :• Judgments . $15,870.73 Jjoans . 10,542.43 J Other real estate . 9,088.91 Stock assessments due .... 2,348.28 Stocks and bonds . 1,860.00 Cash on hand . 16,140.61 j Total . 56.848.0C PROVEN CLAIMS .. $224,003.63! The committee of appraisal ca.lcu-; lated that 22 per cent more in divi- j dends would be possible, were the plan put into effect, and so reported to the meeting. Plan of procedure in detail will be (Continued on Back Page) Motorcade Promises To Pay Big Returns Editor, The Times: It has been evident to some lor a long time that it was going to be necessary for this county geneiallj and Brevard particularly, to make a strong bid for more cf the tourist business coming from the north ana east: the deep south already knows what we have, and unless handicap ped by something like wc have had this season, we will get our share ot that patronage. Thus, when the opportunity came last week to entertain the motorcade from the north and east, sponsored by the Carolina Motor Club and Car olina, Inc., some of our hustling fel lows got to work and handled tne situation very nicely, and the Mayor wishes at this time to voice the ap preciation of the citizens cf Brevard to these men and women who con tributed time and money ir. the effort to make the reception a suc cess. We wish particularly to thank j President Coltrane and the faculty of Brevard College for the fine way the visitors and our town people were handled on the campus, for the ex cellent lunch provided, and to thank those of the. student body who as sisted in serving the food, and :n enlivening the occasion by some ex cellent singing. Also wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. 11. N. Carrier of Roekbrook Cantu ? aiid Miss Eannuel Harrison of The Outdoor School who planned the fur ther entertainment and ‘dessert course following the reception at the college. And last but not least, a tribute to “Doug,” “Jerry,” “Harry, am others who assumed the responsibil ity cf making the plans, and then saw that they were earned out. A few visits like this will put us “on the map” to those from the north and east who only think ot North Carolina as just another cot ton and tobacco growing section o. the Southland, and who know nothin? of the wonders of our mountain scenery and climate. Very truly, A. H. HARRIS, Mayor. Browns Return to S. C. Coming early each spring and leav ing late in the fall, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown and two daughters, Misses Louise and Charlotte, have returned to their home in Abbeville for the winter. The Browns arc look ed upon as real "home folk” in Bre vard where they have many friends. Drivers’ Licenses Being Mailed Out RALEIGH, Oct. 23—Around 100. 000 of the new state drivers' licenses have been mailed to the applicants and in the neighborhood of 750,000 applications have come in. Arthur Fulk, director of the di vision of highway safety, said ’Wed nesday that three eight-hour shifts of workers are now engaged in Pie" paring the licenses and mailing them. _ f -- Beaver Colony Near Rosman Be Removed First move in halting damage to bottom lands of the French Broad river by the beaver colony was made last week by County Game Warden E. R. Galloway, when one of the animals was captured and removed to another location on orders from the conservation and development de partment. , _ , , The beaver colony has attracted much attention and is being moved at request of farmers who state that damage to crops and to bottom land is directly chargeable to the beavers. B-Squad Plays Here Thursday Afternoon Coach Wesley Williams’ B-squad college players will saunter forth on the college grid Thursday (this) afternoon to do battle with the snappy aggregation from Blue Ridge School for Boys. The Blue Ridge school put3 out a good team each year, and with the B-squad here in good condition, an interesting go is looked for. Baptist Young Folk Meet Sunday at Zion The upper district B. T. U. will meet at the Zion Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The following program will be presented: Song, congregation; de votional, Cherryfield union; roll ca;l and business; talk, “The Master Builder,” Oak Grove union; special music, Middle Fork union; dis-' eussion, “The general monthly busi-; ness meeting,” Calvert union; talk, “Aims for the B. T. U.,’’ R. H. Ram sey; special music, Shoal Creek union; talk, “Christian character, the foundation lor a successful life,'. Rosman union; long and; benedic tion. Morris Back on Duty Policeman C. C. Morris has re turned to duty after having a vaca tion of several days. Mr. Morris will be on day duty for sometime, with Chief Freeman taking the night, trick. Temperance Sunday Observance Oct. 27 CHARLOTTE. Oct. 23—Ministers | and Sunday school superintendents in North Carolina and other states are being called by the national Women’s Christian Temper a nee union to join in observance of World Temperance Sunday on October 27. by Mrs. W. B. Lindsay, president of the state W. C. T. U. They are being asked to set aside a period for consideration of the problems of the^li<iuor traffic and friends of temperance are being in vited to take part in observation of the day. It will be observed in the 50 countiies in which the W. C. T. U is established. Gray Visits Brevard An interesting visitor in Brevard over the week-end was W. W. Gray of Rutherford county. Mr. Gray is 78 years of age, and was here 5‘i years ago last Saturday oil which date he celebrated his 21st birthday. Miss Boyd To Teach At Brevard School Miss Carrie-Benie Boyd of Nash ville, Tonn., has been added ta the Brevard high school faculty as teacher of English, assuming duties this week. Miss Bcyd is a graduate of Pea body College from which institution she bolds Master of Arts degree, and has taught several years. Miss Eri Douglas, who had been offered the position, has accepted work in the Mississippi State' College. Special Services Sunday Special services will be held at the Davidson River Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, ac cording to announcement of the pas tor, the Rev. J. P. Simmons. R. B. DuPree, who directed the vacation Bible school, and a quartet of Columbia seminary, Atlanta, is expected to have charge of the set I vice. j Funeral Services For Mrs. Corn On Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Corn, 63, who died Saturday morning at her home in Hendersonville, were held Sunday afternoon in Hender sonville. Burial was in Oakdale cem etery. Surviving are a son and a daugh ter, two grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. A. W. Barnette, of Brevard. Mrs. Barnette and daughter, Mrs. Ethel Owen, attended the funeral services of Mrs. Corn Sunday after noon. Music Program Will Be Given Friday Eve Announcement is made by the Brevard post American Legion that Callahan Brothers will give a pro gram of music in the county court house here Friday night at eight o’clock. The Callahan Brothers are well known, having been heard over sev eral radio stations and have made numerous phonograph records. i Big Whiskey Haul IVlade By Officers ROSMAN, Oct. 23—A new Ford V-8 automobile and 168 half-gallon fruit jars filled with whiskey made up a good sized haul that was cap tured by Rosman officers last Fri day night. Chief of Police W. N. Stroup, Con stable A. D. Rogers and John Norton of Asheville made the capture near Oakland, the three men in the car making their escape in the darkness. The whiskey was pourpd out near the Rosman jail Saturday morning. This is believed to be the largest single haul ever made in this sec-1 tion. College Team Plays Wingate Here 26th Brevard College gridsters face I stiff competition here Saturday af ternoon when the snappy aggrega tion from Wingate meets them on the college field at 3 o’clock. Offensive play3 are being per fected this week, with the backfield putting last touches on new plays that were begun last week, and brushing up on others. The line seems to be able to do its bit and plus on the defensive, and with a more concerted offense, Brevard stands a fair chance of defeating, or at. least tying scores with the hard- j hitting Wingate aggregation here; Saturday afternoon. NEW ARRIVAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kil-1 Patrick a son, Donald Hclmes, on Friday, October 13, at Biltmore ho?-: pital. Bern to Mr. and Mrs. Burgin Ray a son, Charles Eugene, on Wednes-1 day, October 16. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bishop of Cedar Mountain announce the arri val of a son, William Lenoir Jr., on; October 12th. C.C.C.CAMPS WILL NOT BE ABANDONED Local People Given Employ ment Through Three Transylvania Units No intimation has been received here that either of the three Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Tran sylvania county will be abandoned. Several camps in North Carolina, some of them in Western North Carolina, have been ordered aban doned and the enrollees sent to other sections. The local camps, F-14 at Balsam Grave, F-l ut John’s Rock, and NC P-C6 near Brevard, are doing con structive work in Pisgah National Forest and fire protection and refor estation work in other sections of the county, and it is believed they will be unmolested for several months to come. A large number of local men have employment as lend ers and supervisors in tire camps here. Legion Post Formed With Sims as Head ROSMAN, Oct. 23—Application is being wade here iov charter for the Raines-Ross American Legion post, with twenty ex-service men signing the application for charter. A meeting was held in the Wood men hall last Friday night, at which time the following officers were elected: Commander, Eck L. Sims of Bre vard. former commander of the Bre vard Legion post; vice commander, Perry Gravely; adjutant, H. 1 ■ Whitmire; finance officer. Allen Sisk; sergeant at arms, Lee Nichol son; service officer, Vess Galloway; chaplain, G. M. Israel. The post will be named for two men oi this section who gave then lives in the World war—Buford Raines of Rosman and Bud Ross ol Selica. MASONIC MEETING Regular communication of Dunn’s ■ Rock Masonic lodge will be held Fri day night at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Hall. All members are urged to at tend and an invitation is extended to visiting Masons. Four Football Games Scheduled For Week Football fans in this com munity will be given opportun ity to see plenty of action dur ing the week-end, four games having been scheduled for play in Brevard. On Thursday the college B-squad will meet the Blue Ridge varsity on the college field, the game to start at 3:30; Friday afternoon at 3:30 Coach TiJ son’s high school squad meets Franklin on the high school gTid; Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock the college varsity meets Wingate fbr the secoad conference game; Monday afternoon at 3:30 the high 3choo! midgets play Christ. School midgets on the school field. INCREASE NOTED If ! AGRICULTURE HERE Gain Shown In Number Farms, Cattle, Hogs, Grain and Other Products The same upward trend that has characterized the other counties in the mountainous section of North Carolina during the last live years is clearly in evidenae in Trau-yl vania county from the preliminary figures of the 1935 federal farm census as released by Direct-- Wil liam L. Austin, bureau of the cen ;U3, department of commerce. The 1,078 farms reported in 1935 represent an increase of 43 per o it over the number in 1930. That many of these new farms arc small is indi cated by the decline in the average size from 86.1 acres in 1930 to 58.3 acres in 1935; Land from which crops were har vested totaled 14,013 acres in 1984, or an average of about 13 acres per farm. Corn increased from 6,749 to 9,331 acres, and the 1934 production of com for grain exceeded that of five years earlier by more than 40,000 bushels. Rye almost trebled, increasing from 545 acres and 3,609 bushels to 1,580 acres and 11,141 bushels. The acreage and production of both Irish and sweet potatoes more than doubled during the last five years. Farmers in Transylvania county had 74 per cent more cattle in 1935 than in 1930. The gain in number of cows was almost 900, or an average of about one per farm. Hogs in creased from 1,930 to 2,444. Preliminary figures, which give selected items only, for other counties and the state may bo secured without charge, from the Bn-eau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Dunn’s Rock Services The Rev. W. N. Gillespie of East Fork will preach at Dunn’s Rock Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, according to announce ment made by Glad W. Whilmiie. The public is cordially invited to hear Mr. Gillespie. Hi Football Squad Meets Franklin 25th With two wins, one tie and one defeat, the Brevard high school squad will play Franklin here Friday after noon, the game to be called on the high grid at three-thirty. Coach Tilson has not announced his starting lineup for the game, but it will very probably be the same team that played well at Christ School last Friday, with minor switches. Midget Game Be Event Of Monday Afternoon The Brevard high scn<| 1 midget team, under the coaching of Profes sor Edwin Wike, will play its first game of the season here next Mon day afternoon at 3:30 on the high school grid, when the Christ School midgets will be the visiting team. Coach Wike has some very likely looking material in the small young sters who weigh in under 116 pounds, and an interesting go is expected. Some of the boys who look fair in the backfield include Henry Car land, Lawrence Holt Jr., James Mc Junkin, Marshall Loftis, D a v i 1 Barton, Charles Pickelsimer, Wc don Pickelsimer and Johnnie Wal ker. Making strong bids lor places ir, the midget, line are such player* as Oliver Orr, David Lee Sims, Bill Gray, Clifford Grant, Vance Jackson, Ray’ Hays, and Bruce Petit, Other members of Coach W ike s squad that will very probably see action in Monday afternoon's game are Clinton Morris, Clarence Pool? Jr., Robert Tinsley, James Simpson, Fred Morris, Lewis Jackson, Lloyd Wood, Junior Miller, Harry Allison and D. Orr. School Bu* Drivers Report Violation of State Highway Rules _____. Several school bus drivers have I Recently reported that abto and i truck drivers are not obeying the law in regard to stopping while school buses are loading and unload ing children. Attention of the pub lic is called to the following law 1 pertaining to passing buses on the I highway: i “No person operating any motor vehicle on the public road* shall pass or attempt to pass, any public school bus, while the same is stand ing on the said public road taking on or putting off school children, with out j'irst bringing said motor vehicle to a full stop at a distance of not less than fifty feet from said scfcaffl bus. "Any person violating the provis ions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed fifty dollars or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days.” AT ItYDAY HOSPITAL Patients reported at Lyday Mfr morial hospital on Wedneaday: En Allison, James Buchanan, Joe Breedlove, Clara Barton, Alfred Mul lia, Willie Barlow and C. K. Osborne.