Psr] THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES I=£?'
County - Merit
. A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
VOL. 40. NO. 46 BREVARD," NORTH C/UtOUNA—-THURSDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1935 .00 PERJEARJNTRANS YLVAN lA^COUfm^
OFFICERS CUT DOWN
HUGE STILL SUNDAY
Moonshine Outfit Capable Of
Turning 500 Gallons Per
Day Is Destroyed
i. The largest and most complete
illicit still ever to be destroyed >n
Transylvania was cut down Sunday
by Sheriif Tom Wood and a group
of federal officers headed by Director
T. E. Patton near High Falls in the
eastern part of the county.
The still had a 500-gallon cap-idiy
per day. with attendant beer and
mash facilities of nearly ten thou
sand gallons, several thousand gal
lons of beer being nearly ready for
the run, with the moonshine appara
tus all hooked up and ready for
action.
The still was of the steamer type,
using an upright boiler eight feet in
height and four leet across, coke
being used for fuel, thus lessening
the tell-tale smoke. Two “olive bar
rels” connected to the boiler, each of
the “olives" capable of cooking five
hund-ed gallons at a time were used,
a long courier pipe running from the
ban e.s into the nearby creek, thus
dispensing: with the usual condense)
outfit. As the whiskey lett the long:
copper pipe condensing outfit it was
supposed to run through a filter fill
ed with charcoal, cotton and sand,
into large containers, onto trucks and
then very probably down the old
Buck Forest road by the power plant
on I.ittle River and into the hands of
the jobbers and distributors.
Sheriif Wood said that in his
opinion the still had been in opera
tion eight to ten months, judging
from appearances of the timber
which had been cleared away to make
room for setting up the large outfit.
Trucks bad evidently been used to
transport the meal, sugar and other
propel ties for making whiskey into
the place, with some of She low places
in the road having been cross-laid
with pcles and planks.
The still was located last week by
Sheriff Wood and sentries posted to
nab the operators, but after several
nights close watching no one appear
ed, and the outfit was destroyed
Sunday.
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Heavy Rains Bring
Question Of River
Work To Forefront
Heavy rainfall was reported in
all sections ol the county the first of
this week, with the official register
at the city hall in Brevard showing
5.:> 1 inches for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday morning, or approxi
mately ore-twelfth of the annual pre
cipitation.
Citv Clerk Harry Patton’s fig
ures show for Monday, .72 inches.
Tuesday. 2.10 inches; Wednesday,
2.52 inches.
All streams were reported bank full
and over Tuesday night, with the
French Broad river out. in several
places Tuesday morning.
Several people have mentioned the
fact that overflow of the 1' rench
Bread river docs thousands of dol
lars damage annually in this county
■>ed in Henderson and the suggestion
is made that the counties would be
accomplishing something very worth
while if the river could be cleared ot
debris so that the water would be
carried off faster.
The matter of draining the French
Broad has been very widely discussed
for several years, and on different
occasions interested parties have
made trips to Washington in an en
deavor to have the federal govern
ment aid in clearing the river.
Jetties that were •placed, in the
river forty or more years ago when
effort was being made to make the
river navigable from Asheville to
Brevard are blamed by older resi
dents for causing overflow of the
river and at the same time making
much valuable land along the river
untillable.
Amateur Night Will
Be Held November 27
-
Amateur hour for elementary .pri
mary an;! high school students will .
be held at the Brevard high school:
building Wednesday evening, No-1
vember 27 at .8 o’clock, sponsored by I
the athletic association of the high |
school.
Three prizes will be offered for
the best amateur performances on
the evening's program. Stunts.,
songs, readings and other features,
will comprise the program put on
by the students of the three schools
competing for the prize awards.
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College Team Plays
Lees-McRae Friday
Brevard College football squad
will play Lees-McRae on the latter’s
field Saturday afternoon, the group
of players leaving here early Satur
day morning. Coach James plans to
take two teams to the Lees-McRae
game.
The college squad has played
seven games this season, winning six
. and playing one to a 0-0 tie score.
Four conference team3 have been
played, thus putting them in top
position in the conference. Final
game of the, season will be played in
Brevard with Mars Hill furnishing
j the opposition.
Life Time Reader
]
1 J. C. ORR, of Pisgah Forest R-l,
has read the Brevard paper al! his
life and has been a subscriber himself
for 34 years.
Mr. Orr’s lather, the late J. L. C.
Orr, who lived at Bowman’s Bluff,
took the first paper ever published
here—The Hustler—and continued
taking the paper during his lifetime.
Ii was natural for J. C. to take the
paper when he left the paternal
roof, and he has since found the
heme paper sufficiently interesting
to continue his subscription from
year to year.
Mr. Orr has made Transylvania
county his home with the exception
of a two-year stay in Hendersonville,
after which he moved to Felzer, S.
0., back to Hendersonville, and then
back to Transylvania county where
he has lived lor the past 26 years.
Mr. Orr rode the Hendersonville
Rrevard train on its first trip up the
French Broad Valley, and recounts |
very vividly the interest that a train |
created in this section. Later Mr. Orr
worked on the train under the late;
Capt. T. S. Boswell, when the train
was a wood-burner. Like the im
proveinent in rail transportation, Mr.
Orr has witnessed much progress in
the county a3 a whole, including
roads, schools, churches and other
things. Mr. Orr has charge of the!
Clough Farms, and is recognized as j
one of the county’s outstanding i
farmers and citizens.
No Marriage Licenses
Another week has gone by without
a marriage license being issued in the
office of Register of Deeds Jess Gai-i
loway. Forty-Seven days have passed
since* last marriage license was
issued.
Lemon Lily Blooms
Here In November!
Spring flowers belie the warning
that was issued Monday by the |
United Stales weather bureau that a|
cold wave was imminent.
With snow falling in Kansas, zero |
weather in other western states, and |
anticipation hire of winter, J. P
Bowen of North Brevard brought in :
a perfectly formed and beautiful •
lemon lily Tuesday morning. Lemon.
lilies are spring flowers and the one j
Mr. Bowen brought to The Times of-(
lice was used to dispell seme of the
rainv-day blues.
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Will Advertise This
Section In Leaflets
Pamphlet; describing points of in-:
terest in Western North Carolina,
are being prepared by the Carolina (
Motor Club and will.be distributed to 1
various travel agencies and motor
• lubs through the nrrth and east.
Coleman W. Roberts, head of the
Car, lina Motor Club, has requested
Brevard to send appropriate cuts to.
his headquarters for use in the pub-1
lications which will bo used as a fob
low-up to the tour which was here
several weeks ago.
Realty Transfers
Three real estate transfers were
made-during the past week, including
; —7. V. Owen and wife to S. W. Reid
and wife; Roland Owen, guardian, to
Carter I.upton; C. E. Ellenburg to
J. O. Williams.
Knowledge Of Words
To Be School Theme
(Contributed)
Principals of Transylvania county
: schools met Saturday, November 9,
1 with representations from every
school in the county. It was agreed
that our major classroom objective
for the year would be the improve
ment of word knowledge. A standard
word knowledge test will be given
throughout the county to see where
we stand. Some of the means used
for word knowledge will be as fol
lows:
(1) Encourage general reading by
the establishment of a county
circulating library. One of the
old school buses will be used for
this purpose. A wide variety of
books will be taken to each
school monthly.
(2) All pupils in grammar grades
will have access to good diction
aries.
(3) The direct teaching of the
origin, meaning and use of
words.
The principals were very enthusi
astic about this undertaking.
Eight WPA Projects Started
InQTransylvania During Week
With several Works Progress Ad
ministration projects already started
in the county, prospects are that
around 175 people will be on the pay
roll of the WPA by the last of this
week.
Work was started last week on
reconditioning the South Brevard
j sewer line, with twelve men employ
I ed on this project. Plans call for ro
| building part of the sewer line and
l repairing other sections.
Work was alto started on repairs
j to buildings and grounds of the
! county home last week with twenty
i men being given employment there,
i The crew at the county home wii!
| very probably be transferred to the
'cou:t hcusc when the county home
; job is completed.
Crews are also at work cm reads
in the Chorryfield, East Fork, Reids
Siding and Sapphire sections. These
projects will probably be added to
Ihi: week, with work starting on j
other reads.
Sewing rooms were started Wed-1
nes at Brevard, Rosman and Oak-1
land. Mrs, Nettie Deavcr Benedict i
has charge of the sewing room at j
Brevard; Miss Susie Jordan at Ros-'
man; Mrs. Mary Burgess at Oak-,
land. i
Mrs. T. J. Wilson, supervisor of (
the women’s projects, states that only ,
women who have been on relief can :
be used in the sewing rooms at this
time, and that employment of women '
who have not been on relief cannot ■
be commenced unless she has author
ity to do so from the federal de
partment.
H. E. Erwin is general road fore-1
man of road work. W. M. Henry is j
assignment clerk, with the following |
men acting as foremen on the dif
fnrent projects; County home, C. C.
Kilpatrick; East Fork, Clyde Hub
bard; Reid's Siding, LeRoy McCiili;
Sapphire, Nathan Galloway; Cherry
field, Colombus Whitmire.
Effort is being made to start first
work projects in the several com
munities where relief labor is located,
so os to provide work for those v/ho
have been receiving aid from the re
lief organization. Those who have
been culled out for work automatic
ally are taken from the relief rolls,
it being purpose of the WI’A t> en
tirely stop the relief and provide
work instead.
Other projects, aside from those
that have been started and will be
started this week, have been ap
proved and will be started as seen as
funds and labor are available, W. E.
Rreese, district director, said Wed
nesday. Effort has been made by the
WPA officials to set up projects in
the several different sections of the
county that will be of. worthwhile
and lasting benefit, and which will
provide work for those in the dif
ferent communities who have hereto
fore been on relief.
Especial interest in Western
North Carolina is attached to the,
announcement made Tuesday after
noon by District Director Breese to
the effect that the Henderson-Ashe
ville airport at Fletcher has lxten
approved, and will be conditioned
along lines recommended by the dc- |
partment of commerce. The $100,000
set eside for this project will not be
charged to WPA funds for this dis- ]
trict.
AVith completion of the airport.;
hope is held out that regular mail;
and passenger service to Western
North Carolina will he maintained.
Church Attendance
Is Goal Of Workers
The religious census sponsored hy
Ihe four churches of Brevard has
gotten off to a good start, following
the meeting of the 75 or 80 repre
sentative? of the four churches
which was held at the Baptist
church Sunday afernoon, November
3. The census of the town was taken
Sunday afternoon.
In order to simplify the work of
the canvassers in the religious cen
sus, the town was divided, into four
sections, with a group captain from
each church directing the workers in
that section. The following captains
represent the different churches:
Mrs. A. P. Nesbitt, Episcopal church;
Prof. J. S. Dendy, Presbyterian
church; J. E. R.ufty, Methodist
church; and eGrald Sitton, Baptist
church.
Approximately 1,500 cards were
signed as result of the town-wide
b< use-to-house canvass. Such infor
mation was secured from the signed
cards as church and Sunday school
preference, church a n d Sunday
school attendance and other informa
tion for future use in the census.
Under the direction of Kr.ox De
Lcng, general secretary of the move
ment. the cards were all classified bs
to church preference and turned over
to the group captains of the differ
ent denominations for their 1 allow
up work.
Further activities will now be car
ried on bv the individual churches,
under the direction of the group
captain of that church, in an effort
to (heck up on the card information
looking toward increased church at
tendance, membership and spiritual
growth.
Julian A. Glazener is general
chairman in charge of the religious
census and enlargement campaign.
jKiwanis Club Will
Be Guest of CCC
Camp Thursday Eve
Brevard Kiwanis club members
'will be guests of ofiicers and per
i.scnne) of Balsam Grove CCC camp
j F-14 Thursday night at dinner.
Several of the Kiwnnians plan to
; leave here early in the afternoon
;and will be carried to some of the
i works projects that are being done
by the CCC boys in the upper end <d'
the ccunty.
Following the inspection trip, ether
; members of the club who wi I be
1 unable to go on the inspection four
I will join the first group and will be
\ dinner guests at the camp. Following
.the dinner, a brief program will be
I given in the recreation hall by the
j club.
Dr, Smart To Speak
At Methodist Church
Dr. W. A. Smart, of Emory uni
! versity, Atlanta, will preach at the
Brevard Methodist church Sunday
morning at li o’clock and Sunday
|evening at 7:30 o’clock, according to
• an announcement of the pastor, the
1 Rev. J. II. Brendall.
Dr. Smart has been invited tj Bre
I vard by President E. J. Co It rape.
! Dr. Smart will giv'e lectures and be
' in conference with the college stu
dents until Monday noon. He Is eon
's idem! one of the foremost teachers
! and leaders in education in the
south.
; Dr. Smart, who was a farmer
teacher of Mr. Brendall at Emory
university, will be guest of Rev. and
i Mrs. Brendall at the Methodist par
sonage during his week-end visit
here.
[Blum’s Almanac Tells When It Should Be Done
The best time to go fishing, when!
to dig for bait, when potatoes should ]
be planted to insure a crop under1
the ground instead of all running to;
vine, when /fences should be laid, j
proper time to dehorn cattle and like
operations—all are contained in the]
current issue of Blum’s Almanac, i
just fresh from the press and ready:
to serve the people who believe in
signs for another year.
Course there are many people
around and in Transylvania who pay
no attention at all to Blum’s Alma
nac, any other almanac, or signs of
any kind.
Then there are others—lots of
them—in the county who will back
up the scribe of The Transylvania
Times that there is PLENTY in the
signs. To the unbelievers, they sug
gest that they try dehorning a cow
when the signs are in the heart, and
see the vast amount of bleeding that
was unnecessary.
Try laying a rail fence, some of
the old-timers say, when the little
moon is turned down and see what
happens to the bottom rail. With the
pull that comes from action of the
moon the lower rail just naturally
links into the ground where it soon
-ots and then there is a mean job—
and it is plenty mean— of laying a
bottom rail, or standing the chance
if the fence flopping in most any
lirection,
Another trial that the believer in
signs will give—cyt pine timber for
stove wood on the dark of the moon
with the little moon turned down,
rnd watch for sobby, soggy, blue
black, worm-eaten woot that will
make the wife grouchy from the time
she begins using it until it is finally
coaxed by continual and persistent
efforts to burn up.
Ye scribe was raised in a family
that bought. Blum’s Almanac just as
certain as fall of the year came
around—and there were not many
nickels to spare back in those days
either. The almanac was bought be
cause it was a necessity, and it was
used for the purpose it was printed
—to do things when the signs were
right.
•' Times have changed, of course
they have. There have been "war3
and rumors of wars, and earthquakes
in divers places” and much water has
gone over the wheel since ye scribe
did his bit away out in the country
where there were no train whistles
to be a-tootin, no fancy parties to
take a fellow’s mind off his work,
and no new-fangled ideas about who
should rule the roost on the planta
tion . . the “Papa” or “Father” or
“Dad” or "Pap” was kingpin until
the boys got twenty-one, and Paw
always used Blum’s Almanac and it
perchance he was not at home —
which was-seldom—the oldest son
always checked up to see if the signs
were right, before a building was
covered, or anything planted.
Times are different—there’s no
disputing this fact. Progress has
come into the land, and new modes
and customs are in vogue. Almanacs
may not be necessary, but real
country fellows never lose the train
ing they had ear'" in life—so, y
editor buys himself u : almanac cae!
year—just “because.”
Last Picture Here
WILL ROGERS in “In Old Ken
tucky” will be at Clemson theatre
three days this week—Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. This is the last
and greatest picture made by the
! world-beloved humorist and actor be
' fore his tragic death in the Alaskan
wilds. Tho screen picture is taken
from the stage play of 'me same
1 name, and depicts horse racing, the
Kentucky derby, action, romance- and
a round of wholesome fun, wit and
humor such as only Will Rogers could
portray.
“Thanks A Million,” staning Dick
Towell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen,
will he the picture for Monday and
Tuesday. Mirth, melody, songs, danc
ing, romance and drama art a”
ciammed into this spectacular now
fun-music film featuring popular
stage stars, screen stars and radio
! stars.
! “Here’3 To Romance," a love story
that sings, with Nino Martini. Gene
ivieve Tobin, Anita Louise and Sehu
1 mann-Heink. It is a musical romance
that brings glory to the screen with
many of the greatest stars of i peva.
concert, radio, ballet, stage and screes
enacting the leading roles in this
picture of tragedy, comed> and
romance.
New Books Added At
Publfc Library Here
The State Library Commission
has just delivered about one hundred
new books to the U. D. C. Hl.iiti>
which is now being operated un'.or
the direction of Brevard Coilegr.
These books are available for ie>".tai
just as other books in the Horary.
The books are sent to the library as
a loan and must be return? i to
Raleigh by February 20. From time
to time other books will be -eid
from the Raleigh office.
Misses Winnie Matthews .. n <’
Lorena Rogers, students in Brevard
College, are in charge of the library
which is open every afternoon :rom
2 o’clock to 0 o’clock. A great many
new books of special interest to
children are in the recent shout,: i.l
from, the State Library Commission.
Whitmire To Cane.l Zone
Marvin Whitmire, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glad Whitmire of the Com.-s
tee section, left Wednesday momms
for Fort Bragg after spending a fur
lough here with his parents. Vm-is
Whitmire will leave December 4lr.
for the Canal Zone where he will be
stationed with the U. S. Army lot
a period cl' two years.
Episcopal Women In
Armistice Observance
Armistice Day was observed by
the Women’s Auxiliary of S’. Phil
ips Episcopal church by having me
church open all day Monday a ,d
! with cne or two women of the
church there praying all day i roro
8:30 in the morning to 5:30 if tm*
, alternoon. Prayers were made lor
I peace, missions and other petitions
I in keeping with that day.
Neill Join# U. S. Army
Among the six apprentice seanm
i who enlisted in the United Stn-u
! navy from Western North Carolina
I during the past week was Kwie
’ Neill of Brevard. Young Neill will
| take training at the Naval Training
I station, Norfolk, Va.
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ON A PARADE GROUND/
EDUCATION WEEK IN
ROSMAN HI SCHOOL
Special Program Is Arranged
For Friday Evening Of
This Week
ROSMAN, Nov. 13— America?
Education Week is being observed
this week by a special program
which will be 'presented at t.he Ro: -
man high school Friday evening at
7:30 o’clock.
An interesting and informative
program has been prepared on var
ious phases of educational problems.
County Superintendent J. B. Jonc*
and County Agent Julian A. Glaze
ner will be speakers on the program,
the former speaking on educational
organizations, and the latter on mat
ters oi home and community beauti
fication. The Rev. G. A. Hovis, pas
tor of the Rosnian Methodist church,
will speak on phases of religious edu
cation.
Others taking pert in the evening’*
exercises will be: Music, A. M. Wni: :
Jr.; agricultural education, B. 1
Lunsford; physical education, («. W.
Galloway; commercial education,
Mrs. W. M. Hunt; social education,
L. K. Thomas; primary education
and school needs, Miss Myrtle Whit
mire, Mrs. John Dale, Mr.--. Craig
Whitmire, Miss Faye Glaze Aer, Miss
Ruth Whitmire; grammar wh ad
needs, Miss Ruth Morgan, Miss fi< >■::
Henderson and Miss Geneva Pa::ton;
high school needs. Superintendent W.
M, Hunt; the part literature p.'a- ;
in education, Miss Loui e Williams.
The public is invited to attend ihis
meeting Friday night.
Art Exhibit Draws
Large Groups Here
Much success was accorded thr
art exhibit of North Carolina a nisi
circulated by the art department of
the State Federation of Women'*
clubs, and sponsored here at the
grammar school by the Brevard
Fortnightly club on Tuesday ■■■■•■>
Wednesday.
In addition to the exhibit of Nona
Carolina artists, which received ex
pressions of praise and interest by
the many people viewing it, wi-re
also a varied assortment of exhibit
by children of the elementary grades
and high school. The school rhildinn'a
exhibits included poster--, booklets,
sketches, maps, clever soap carvings
and other things of interest if then
own production. An exhibit calling
forth particulat interest was that of
Miss Lena Allison’s 6-A grade. It
was a realistic reproduction illus
trating the Swiss story of Heidi
made of simple materials gotten to
gether by the children pi the grad**
under the supervision of Miss Alli
son. Several original paintings and
sketches by members of the Fort
nightly club also added to the inter
est of the exhibit.
Prizes were offered by the Fort
nightly dub for the best original
piece of art submitted by a grammar
grade and a high school pupil. The
best selections will be se t to <
trict dub officials, who will act as
final judges in the local school con
test.
Transylvania Cases
Tried In U. 5. Court
Federal court at Asheville hear!
cases from Transylvania n Tuesda
am! Wednesday with liquor law an-,
game violations being ca-es again <
several people from the- county.
One man sentenced Tuesday if
Judge Yates E. Webb, told the court
that he had gone to .-. moonshine
still to get some whiskey “for his
rheumatism” and that he did not
have anything to do with the oper
ation ; that he was only passing by
when the officers appeared.
However, the judge tcld him be
would give him ten months in which
to treat his rheumatism.
Orchard Meeting To
Be Held Here Friday
(J. A. Glazener, Co. Agt.)
All persons interested in orchard
development and improvement are
requested to meet in the county
agent's office Friday evening. Nov.
15 at 7:30. Mr. Niswonger, state ex
tension horticulturist, is to be pres
ent and discuss the important phase*
of successful orcharding. t
The Brevard Futme Farmers
string band will furnish music for
the occasion. Here is hoping that
several farmers will be present and
as a result of the meeting assist in
getting more and better home
orchards established in the county.
Soldiers Will Hold
Reunion Each Year
Several Transylvania ex-service
men attended the first annual re
union of the 6th Co. Coast Artillery
at Hendersonville last Sunday, when
organization was perfected and plans
la;d for holding a reunion of the
company each year ofi Sunday befoic
the llth of November.
The sixth company was lormeu
fiom Transylvania and Henderso#
county men early in the World war.
Two men from Transylvania, Over
ton Erwin and Ben Staggs, were
among those for whom tap? were
| ,lcwn at the memorial rsr.rice.