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r=T THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES rST County r Merit —A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County cssms*?*cmr* u******************^ ~~VQL. 4o!~Ng 49 - -T=T=^BREYARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY COURT RE CONVENES HERE NEXT MONDAY Masters Case Set For Next Week—Many Defendants Fail to Appear Superior Court recessed Wednes day afternoon unti! Monday morning, at which time the case of Tom Mas ters charged with the death of Dc-. Witt Roper is set tor trial. The case was originally scheduled to come up this week, but was continued until Monday on request of W. E. B1 .se, counsel for the defense, who i also director of the eighth district W PA, and asked the court to or”t"uie the, case in order that he nvuht attend | to pressing matters in Ids office at i Asheville. The motion docket, set for Satur day of this week, will he taken up during the coming week. Civil cases will also be heard following the com- 1 pletion of the criminal court, next | week. Judge Harding and Solicitor Kid-j ings each plan to spend the week-end at their respective homes. Several cases of minor interest' wen heard the first three days of; this week, with a large majority ot j defendants being called out in court, i Melvin Owen was sentenced Tues- j day to serve eight years in the pen iteniary fov the death of Harry Me-, Call which occurred on June 1st ot | this year. j Solicitor Ridings stated Monday; that Owen would be charged either j with second degree murder or man-. slaughter, and the defendant tender-; od a plea of guilty to manslaughen Tuesday morning just before noon; when the case was called. The plea was accepted by the state j ami after hearing evidence in the case. Judge Harding pronounced .sen-1 tence of eight years. McCall died two i davs after he had an altercation and ; fight with Owen near the McCall j home on Sunday. May 30th. evidence . at the trial showed, and that Owen | used a rock In the fight, striking Me-I Call about the head with it. Death] was alleged to have been result of j the fight. w r ! Owen was represented by W. fc.. Breese. while Judge D. L. English] Assisted Solicitor Ridings in the pros-, 'ecution. Owen was placed in jail to i await his transportation to the pen-, itentiary. He is married and has two! or three small children. Seal Sale To Start j On December Tenth) ■ Annual Tuberculosis Christmas | Seal Sale plans arc meeting with approval of the several clubs and organizations of the community, ae-j cording to Mrs. Constance Banks, president of the P. 1- A., and a^ successful campaign is looked tor ward to. Christmas Seals have financed, the national, state and local tuber-1 cuiosis associations for 28 years, j Seventy-five per cent ot all receipts remain in the local community for local tuberculosis work. All Seal - ale ■ supplies are paid for by the State | Tuberculosis association and furnish- { ed the local Seal Sale organizations; without cst to them. , Funds for local use are spent tot , foods and needs of children who are * found to be in need, and for other worthwhile moves that tend to build ; i the youth of tiie community. The s will go on sale December 10th. >SMAN LEGION MEET IS CALLED FOR FRIDAY Announcement is made by Eek > s .commander of the Rosman American Legion, that a meeting of post will be held on Friday night his week at Rosman. the meeting )C called at 7 i*30 o’clock in the idmen of the W odd Hall. Commissioners Shown Sewing Room Products The board of county commissioners in session here Monday was shown the type of work that is being done by the WPA sewing rooms in the county, and was very warm in its praise of the project. Items of clothing arid home sup plies, samples of the work that is being done in the work rooms now established at Oakland, Rosman. and, Brevard, were on display. Mrs. T. J. Wilson, supervisor of the women’s work in this county under the WPA.; stated to the commissioners that the: work was moving along very smooth ly, and that aside from the fact that garments and home supplies were being made by the women employed, in the sewing rooms, profitable train ] ing was being given many of the women in nicking clothing. The WPA furnishes all the mater-j ial that goes into the making of garments, sheets, pillow eases, towels, beby clothes, etc., and after the work is completed the finished prod i ucts will be on hand for distribution to needy families in the county. ! The countv is put to very slight | expense in the sewing rooms, major cost being that of rent of buildings and fuel, while the cloth, thread and other materials used arc furnished M\ the federal government and the workers paid from WPA funds. 4-,District Director Breese was pres and stated that the same type Avork is being done by women in the J other twelve counties under his ^supervision. Presiding Over Court JUDGE W. F. HARDING, of Charlotte, who is presiding over Superior court here during this and next week. Little Theatre Will Present Play 14th The Little Theatre will present a short pi ay on December 13 as a cul mination of an intensive drive lor; members. This production will be. for members only. It is hoped that. the community will respond to the efforts of the group by talcing mem-: bet-ships and supporting this organ-1 ization in its attempt to fill a decided | need in Brevard. Membership cards, may be purchased from Miss Lillian . Jenkins at the city hall. The play is to be Booth Talking-' ton’s "The Trysting Place” and is I under the direction of Miss Beulah ; May Zachary. This play is consider-, cd one of Tarkington’s most amus ing works and is generally appealing; to all audiences. The cast will be, given in next week’s paper. During tte next months several' full length plays will be staged, for] which tickets will be on sale to the j general public. j A short business meeting will be, held the night of the play, so that; the new members may become in-j formed as to the various privileges j of membership. The group is pleased to have re-1 ceived the endorsement and support: of various individuals and organiza-j tions and takes this occasion to ex- j press sincere thanks for the words of ] encouragement and the statements given to the secretary, Mrs. Thorvald Berg. "The Little Theatre group is striv- • (Continued on Back Page) -- Man Doesn’t Want to ! Work for $19 Month “H_1, No! I won’t register with that bunch and then get a measley' job at $19 per month ... let em [ keep their $19 jobs.” This remark was overheard up-j town, and portrays the idea that some people have about using the j business end of a pick handle, 01 i pushing on the loaded wheelbarrow.; Very probably been “on relief” for months, the party could not evidently , understand that the day of 4gi\ing away” is over ami that the new order J of “those who will not work shall not I eat” is now in effect. Work has been provided through the WPA for all cases that have been on the relief rolls during the past many months, and those who are able to labor are going to be required to work for their living, according to the present set-up of the W PA. LITTLE RIVER PLAY TO BE GIVEN DEC. 13 A play will be given at the Little 1 River school house on Friday night,. December 14, beginning at 7:30., Music, refreshments and other enter-; taining features will be included on the program. Proceeds from the small admission i charge will go toward the building of; a community library building. i it happened long ago— Special feature in The Tran sylvania Times is news happen ings of thirty-five years ago as taken from files of the home paper in our office. Back in the days when the railroad was being built, when the county court house was a “little fel low,” the roads were mostly mud, Brevard streets and sidewalks all ran together, and lights were mostly dark. Along with this feature, we also carry news of the county, gathered by a large group of correspondents, Sunday School Lesson by one of the country’s best writers, Brisbane’s column, an interesting serial story, pic tures of interesting people and places, a full page of comics, “Washington Digest” of national matters written by a highly trained writer, and other things that are worthwhile, as well as a shopping guide from wide-awake merchants. CHASE FIRE TRUCK AND GET ARRESTED Mayor Warns Citizens to Obey Law Or Face Distasteful Consequences Editor The Times: One of the most important services that our city offers its citizens and taxpayers is its fire department. We have an excellent department, well equipped, manned by capable, ! loyal and serious minded men, who have our interests at heart, and the record shows that this statement is true. Km many years these men h'tvej been hampered and hindered during "file inis-’ by thoughtless, careless and reckless persons who into; fere i with the rapid and proper movement j of the truck and personnel of the! department, so necessary in an emergency (and every call to a fire ■ is an emergency), necessary because j the loss of a lpinute may mean the , loss of property and what is more' important, tiie possible loss of life. This matter has now reached a point where it has become impera tive that drastic measures be taken i to break up the practice and serious violation of law, violation both of town ordinance and state law. The chief of police has been in-; structed to summon every person; before the City Court who in any i way interferes with the fire depart- j ment at any time. The mayor asks the cooperation of every citizen of Brevard in carrying! out these plans. Respectfully, A. H. HARRIS, Mayor. Following is the state law in re (Continued on Hack Page) Ashworth Elected To Head Local Woodmen! _ Winston Ashworth was elected; consul commander of the Brevard camp Woodmen of the World at a I meeting held Monday overling. Other, officers elected are: ! Past consul commander, T. E. Reid; adviser lieutenant, G. Carl Bryson; banker, Dean Whitlock; financial secretary and clerk, Ralph W. Lyday; escort, D. Guy Dean;: watchman, Hubert C. Garren; sen-| try, Roy H. McCall; physician, E. S. i English; auditors, L. P. Hamlin, J.' S. Bromfield, W. S. Price Jr. Annual Rod Cross Roll Cal! for Transylvania county has started this week, with the chairman expecting to contact or notify all people of the county who wish to make their an neal donations within the next few days. Coal for this county has been set by national headquarters at two hundred memberships, and Chairman Jerry' Jerome said Wednesday that lie had every reason to believe that this quota or over would be sub scribed. Last year there were 218 memberships in this county, largest ever to be subscribed. Chairman Jerome requested The Times to carry the message to aU parts of the county, due to the fact that he would be unable to call on each prospective member personally. Memberships of one, five or ten dolluVs may he mailed to Mr. Jerome, or left at his office or The Tran sylvania Times office, whichever is more convenient, and the official button and membership card will he issued. _ During the year closed the Red Cross has done much work in the state, nation and the world, and has also done quite a bit of work in Tran sylvania county. First aid kits of approved style have been furnished through the Red Cross to the Ros-• man high school, Pisgah Forest school, Brevard high and Brevard elementary schools. In addition other ■ work of charitable nature has been done in the county, the national or ganization spending several times over in tiii? county the amount sub scribed by local people last year. Several firms have already applied ' to Chairman Jerome for 100 per cent member cards, showing that each member of the firm has Joined the Red Cross, and several more are , expected to have their cards by the last of the week. Several of the school teacher groups in the county are alxvays counted on to make then number i(l0 per cent. Jos. S. Silversteen is chairman of the Transylvania chapter. Alex Kizer treasurer, and Jerry Jerome roll call chairman. _ Rural Electric Line Meeting Scheduled ! To Be Held Dec. 11 j __ i (J. A. Glazencr, Co. Agt.) \ meeting is to be held in the. county agent’s office Wednesday ■ morning, December 11. at 10 o clock.{ The purpose of this meeting is to; discuss the possibilities of building: several electric lines in the county which will give our farmers and farm wives the conveniences they, have long deserved. Professor D. .-I Weaver, rural electrification spec ialist of North Carolina State Col lege, is to be present for the meet ing; also a representative of the. Duke Power company. Professor Weaver writes me that he will have a map of the county which will show the proposed rural dectric lines and that it is very im portant that all interested persons on the respective lines be present for the meeting. AT LYDAY HOSPITAL The following patients were re oorted on Wednesday to be in Lyday Memorial hospital: Clara Barton, •loris Montgomery, Mrs. Arthur Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pence and Paul 'ombs. Draining of River Seen as Needed Aid To County Farms Several people have mentioned the matter of draining the French Broad rive'- to ihis newspaper within the past few weeks, and are of the opinion that there should be some thing worked out through the Works ( Progress Administration or other federal agency to remedy the situa tion now existing. More than forty years ago effort w8s made to make the French Broad navigable for small freight vessels in order to take care of transporta tion needs here, there being no rail mad at that time connecting Brevard with the outside world. Appropriation was made by con gress to. build jetties and special type dams in the river to make the channel passable by small carriers, and after one trial the whole project was discarded, the first boat being wrecked. , . The jetties and dams were left in the river, and these have, propon ents of the project for clearing the river aver, caused trash and debris of one kind and another to so clog the stream bed that adjacent bottom lands have been flooded during high water periods, and other lands made juntillable. Ford Truck Found at Toxaway Falls Bottom A Ford V-8 pickup truck was dis covered lying at the extreme bottom of Lake Toxaway fells last week, and the matter reported to Sheriff Tom Wood who investigated the matter. There was no evidence that, anyone had been injured after the truck left the highway at the northern side of the bridge and hurtled a distance of 442 feet down the steep side of Tox away Gorge. Austin Hogsed’s wrecker managed to pull the truck back onto the high way with its crane outfit, but the vehicle was practically demolished in tlie descent. It. is believed that the truck was deliberately driven over the suit' of the gorge. Sheriff Wood checked the N.>rth Carolina license tag and the motor number and is endeavoring to es tablish ownership of the truck. Xing Creek Kridge Completed By Town Report was made at the monthly nieeling of the board of aldermen that the bridge across King’s Creek on Cooper Hill road is now complete, and with building of the fill on either side, residents of the north west section of Brevard will be saved the necessity of fording the creek. The work has been done under the supervision of R. P. Kilpatrick for the town board. The bridge is fc con crete structure of two 20-t'oot spans, 14 feet wide. Satisfactory progress was also re ported on the re-laying of parts of a sewer main, this project being under the Works Progress Adminis tration. Other matters of a routine nature were acted on by the board. Rev. Broadus Jones Will Speak Thursday . A church training p.chool in prog-j ress at the Brevard Baptist church 1 every night this week will be featured bv outside speakers at the Thursday j and Friday night sessions. The Rev. Broadus Jones, pastor of; the Hendersonville Baptist church, will be the speaker for Thursday night, and the Rev. J. B. Grice, pas- i tor of Calvary Baptist church, Ashe ville, will conduct Friday night’s meeting. The study course for benefit of the entire church is in charge of the pas tor, the Rev. Paul Hartsell. The ser ies of meetings will come to a close. with the Friday night session. j ---—-I Appearing For State SOLICITOR C. O. RIDINGS, of Forest City, who is here this week attending court in his ofii eiai capacity. Young Woman Dies Saturday at Rosman ROSMAN, Dec. 4—Miss Emma Jane McLean, 23, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. S. McLean, Sat urday night, November 30, following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at. 2:30 at Zicn Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. E. Hummev, assisted by Rev. A. J. Manly. Burial wns in the Whitmire cemetery. Miss McLean was a member of Zion Baptist church, secretary of Sunday school, active in B. Y, P. 11 work and a member of Woodman Circle. She was a graduate of the Rosman high school, finishing with the class of 1931, Classmates were flower girls and pall bearers. She was preceded in death by her father, W. S. McLean, about 18 months ago. Surviving relatives are her mother, Mrs. W. S. McLean, one sister, Miss Rosa McLean; three brothers, Loonie, Elmer and Bert, all of Rosman. Pall bearers were as follows: Harry Owen, Homer Man ly, Glenn Whitmire, Truitt Hender son, John Jackson and A. M. White Jr. Flower girls were: Misses Lula Mar.ly, Lennie Manly, Ruth Morgan, Margaret Waldrop, Mae White, Mrs. J. B. Rogers and Mrs. Ethel Arledge and Mrs. Wm. White. D. F. Moore and Son had charge of funeral arrangements. Auto License Tajfs On Sale December 16 Automobile license tags will go on sale December 16, at the local office of the Carolina Motor club, of which Mrs. Carl McCrary is manager. The 1936 tags have green num bers on a black background. The fee this year is 40 cents per hundred pounds, compared with the rate of 55 cents per hundred in effect last year. A minimum fee of $8.00 is charged as compared to the minimum of $12.50 in effect last year. .VEIl' ARRIVAL Announcement, is made of the birth of a daughter, Joan, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rabb. of Marion, on November 5. Mrs. Rabb was formerly Miss Marie Case, of near Brevard. Attend “Dam” Meeting Several Brevard men attended n meeting held in Hendersonville on Thursday night o'- last week at which time the matter of again re viving the building of a dam on th« French Broad river by the TV A vva: discussed, pro and con. No decision in the matter was reached, with proponents and oppon ents of the proposal both elaborating on the matter, hut no vote taken. HONOR ROLL The following subscribers have re ziewetl their subscriptions to The Times since Wednesday of last week: W. M. Bishop, Pisgah Forest. W. W. Galloway, Brevard R-3. Miss Elise Walker, Brevard. Rev. Paul Hartsell, Brevard. Rev. Mark Osborne, Ebenezer. Frank Graha'm, Florida. Miss H. Rhett, Brevard. J. H. Wolfe, Brevard R-2. Hale Siniard, Brevard. R. L. Raines, Brevard R-2. J. S. Patton, Pisgah Forest. C. F. Baldwin, Asheville. Eugene Galloway, Richmond. W. W. Ledbetter, Brevard. W. H. Grogan Jr., New Jersey. E. E. West, Balsam Grove. Welch Galloway, Asheville. J. A. King, New Jersey. G. T. Lyday, Brevard R-2. J. B. Huggins, Brevard R-3. J. Alfred Owen, Lake Toxaway. Anna Mae Henderson, Brevard. E. 0. Shipman, Pisgah Forest. Josephine 0. Moeler, New Bloom Frank Woodfin, Campobello, S. L Dr. T. F. Marr, Brevard. Mrs. Jas. Siniard, Kingsport, field, Pa. We welcome the following new subscribers who have added their names to the list of readers since Wednesday of last week: Sandy McLeod, Cooleemee. D. B. Green, Dana. Frank King, Brevard. GRAND JURY MAKES' RECOMMENDATIONS Urges Three School Buses B* Condemned—Many Other Items Noted In one of the most thorough re* ports ever turned in by a Transylva nia body, the grand jury in its repot# to Judge Harding Wednesday recom mended the stopping of three school buses now in use, better attention to feeding of animals at county home, shortage of milk at the county home, screening of jail windows with heavy steel netting, repairs on school build ings, and repairs at county court house, especially in the plumbing. [ Judge Harding commended the jury for it? work in dismis'i 'y ihe men, and stated that they had dor.e more work than his part of the court during the time they were in ,e-don. He bade the men good-bye. saying that he would probably never h- vi I the opportunity of acting in his nffi i cial capacity with ihcrr. again. I The judge ordered a copy of the I grand jury report made and ore sented to the county superintendent ; arid a copy to the chairman of ihc [board of commissioners, with iin order that they meet him Monday j and confer on the matters recom mended by the jury. He assured ’he [grand jury that their recommend# | lions would be carried out. Following is the report in full: To His Honor, W. F. Harding, -Judge Presiding: ! We, the grand jury, having finish ted our labors for the present term of Transylvania county Superior court submit the following report: We wish to thank Your Honor for | your charge and to thank all the of ! ficers of the court for their assist ance to us. We have examined all bills submit ted to us by the solicitor, and return ed the same into court. _ [ _ ~We have examined the court hous* and offices therein and find the of fices apparently well kept and ir. good order. We find the building >r. good condition, the heating svsicir. needing repair. The roof needs re painting. We find the ladies’ toilet ir. very bad condition, floor rotten, water leaking from tanks and very unsanitary. The repairs needed are under way. The plumbing supplies are on the grounds. We have examined the jail »n« (Continved ov Back P°fp 1 Musical Festival Will Be Held For Rogers An old-time music festival "ill h« staged in the county court house on Saturday night, December 14th, be ginning at eight o’clock, with a num , ber of local and visiting musicians expected to attend. ' The affair will be staged for bone ■ fit of the Will Rogers Memorial ! fund, and a silver offering will b« j taken at the door, with no set admis ision to be charged. • The local committee lor the Ycitl ; Rogers fund will have charge of th% event, assisted by W. M. Galloway, well known local musician, ban joes, fiddles, guitars and group I bands will be heard at th< musical, i and a general invitation is extend ed by Mr. Galloway and tb • Will Rogers committeee for musicians to be present and take par', "ti ' l'1'* gram. To date, oniy a few «1< i a lions hr..? been made to the Wi'! lingers M' - morial fund in this eountv. and t’e musical festival will be staged oil la t day that donations wilt be receiver— Dec. 14th. ;Mr«. Orr Again Heads Brevard Civic Group 1 Annual election of officer* featur ; ed the December meeting. >f the I Women’s Civic club held Monday | afternoon in the county agent’s of ! fice. I The nominating committee's, report [was unanimously accepted, with the (following officers elected: President, ]Mrs. Oliver Orr; vice president, Mrs. ! Frank Jenkins; secretary, Mrs. ‘Harry Bradley; and treasurer, Mis 1J. W. Smith. ' A committee to work out plans and suggestions for a program study for the coming year was appointed, as follows: Mrs. Thorvald Berg. Mrs [Harry Bradley and Mrs. C. L. Nf^r land, with the president ns ex oif» cio member of the committee. It was I voted to accept Mr. Glnzcners offer for the club to use the county agent • office as a permanent meeting placa. In return for this generous offer the club discussed plans for making the room more home-like and attrac tive, at the club’s expense. The clo* voted to extend thank# to the mayor and board of aldermen for coopera jtion in the club’s clean up campaign I in the business district. Report was made by the Thanks giving county home committee thaw 14 packages of nuts, fruits, candy and personal necessities had bee* taken to the county home for tM inmate's annual Thanksgiving cheer. The remembrances included those for the 13 inmates and the woraa* caretaker. Mrs. Ralph Zachary Mrs. W. H. Duckworth comprise tb* committee. The club members aw* agreed to take quilt scraps and oM magazines for use of the county home family.