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I “HTI THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES »? County \ • M6Tlt _ \ A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County — vm 41 NO V' '• “ ' rreVAR^. NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, JANUARY*9, 1S36 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY JOHN’S ROCK CAMP CLOSED ST WEEK May Use F-14 For Encamp ment—Plumbing, Stoves Ordered Left Here John’s Rock CCC outfit was prac tically disbanded last Thursday when all but a couple dozen men were transferred to other camps in various sections, and most of equipment was moved out. A detail of 24 men was left in charge of the camp, this number br i .g supplemented by local leaders who are still at the camp. Orders have been received since last The" day to the effect that all plumbing, stoves, and buildings be left inte.U, leading local people to think th;;t the camp will not be entirely disbanded, and may be again used by the CCC. The enrollees were sent to several camps—part to Canton F-25, others to Highlands F-19, Franklin I'-20. Aquonne near Topton F-10, Otto F-2.!, Robbinsville F-24. Captain H. H. Haag, in charge of Balsam Grove camp F-14 was in active charge of disbanding th" camp, sub stitui :-g frr Lieut. K. L. Downing who was ill in an Atlanta hospital. Lieut. Downing has recovered suffi ciently to resume his duties here and Captain Haag has again taken up his duties at F-14. Lieut. Downing will Inter be transferred to a camp near Greer. S. C. Lieut. G. F. Bragg, who iame to F-14 from the disbanded Mills River eamn. is still at I -14. One of the first camps to be established in this section of the state. F-14 has dene considerable work in Risgah National Forest, building roads, fire trails, forest im provement. tourist camp improve ment. stream and tish work and ill till have been very beneficial to this sec tion. Kvery effort was made by local people tc have the camp remain here, but to no avail—orders coming from Washington several wekes ago to disband. However, with recent order for maintenance of heating and plumbing facilities at the camp, it is hoped that the camp will again be put in*o use. Good Record Made By Ed Patton’s Forces A total of 1,270 stills were captured in North Carolina in the 12 months ending December 31 by the alcohol tax unit of North Carolina, it is shewn in ’he report of activities compiled in the office of T. Ed Pat ton, investigator in charge with headquarters In Charlotte. Mr. Pat ton. whose home i in Brevard, now is visiting in Asheville and Brevard. The raids averaged more than 12 tills for every county in the state, c report shews. The total capacity f these stills was 214,903 gallons. The investigators poured out or otherwise destroyed i',870,494 gallons of mash, and a total of 31,(104 gal lons i f moonshine liquor was seized. They alsi seized 154 automobiles and arrested 774 persons engaged in the illicit manufacture, sale, or transpor tation of whiskey. Liquor Prices Said To Vary Very Widely The Blue Eagle of the NBA died via the Supreme Court route several months age. hut there is still some need for at least a price fixing law or regulation, according to stories that are being circulated here this par ticular phase being that of good???? Crab Orchard brandy. From best information obtainable, Crab Orchard is being scld in Green ville and other South Carolina towns where there are federal dispensaries, at 99 cents per pint; at Bosnian, the information is that SI per pint is the a ■ epted selling price for Crab Apple; \ le in Brevard the prevailing price aid to be SI.50. Realty Transfers The following real estate transfers av, been recorded in the office of Register of Deeds Jess Galloway l mg the past week: ! la Duckworth t' Arzelic Alexan-1 i|e!'. Commissioner of Banks to A rze-! iexander, N. A. Miller and wife » i tto Alexander, T. II. Hampton rzelie Alexander, Welch Gallo trusteo tc W. I. Howell et al, .1 \lfred Owen to Klbcrt Whitmire and wife. Refunding Plan For Town Being Sought Effort will be made by the town ■ f Brevard to effect a refinancing of out-t mding indebtedness, with hopes of an agreement with the bondholders whereby the taxnayers will he able to take care of the obligations with cut undue hardship. Contact has been made with some of the holders of large hlocks of the town’s paper, and fhey seem, report was made to the town officials Tues day night, more amenable to a settle ment c.n a basis that would be accept able to the town. Effort is also being made by the county board to contact holders of paper against that unit, the county accountant making contact with thr xc^ai bondholders. -'We town’s indebtedness ranges beAr than seven hundred thousand dollars, while that of the county i better thun a million and a half. New Students Now At Brevard College Twelve or more new students have already registered at Brevard College i with the opening of the new term fol lowing the Christmas holidays, and ! President E. J. Coltrane said Wed nesday that he felt sure there were other new pupils who would register j during the week Opening of college was delayed from last Thursday until Monday on ac count of the deep snow which was ..vneral over the territory from which a large number of the Brevard Col lege pupils live, and this same reason is causing delay in some of the new pupils registering. The number of students expected within the next few days will make the enrollment four hundred or more. Presence of the young folk in Brevard adds much to the commun ity. Adult Schools Have 300 Pupils Enrolled Since establishment the first of the year of the adult educational program in Transylvania county under the VVPA setup, nine teaehers have started classes in different sections of Brevard and throughout the county. A total of lb teachers will be em ployed in the adult work at an early date. An enrollment of 300 or more pupil- is reported in all of the schools, with a monthly payroll ol approximately $1,000 to the teachers in the various schools. The teachers now employed in this work include: Miss Susie Jordan, Calvert section; Miss Beulah Reid, Lake Toxaway; Mrs. Kate Brown, Turkey Creek section; Miss Sadie North, Connestee Cove; Zebulon Bean. Pisgah Forest; Mrs. Ruth Simpson, cotton mill section; Mrs. Amice Owen Kldridge, tannery sec tion and Maple street; Miss Ruth Vaughn, end of Park avenue and depot section; Mrs. John McLean, re creational. Mrs. Herschell Wilson is tempor ary director of the adult educational work in the county, relieving Mrs. Russel! Townsend during her leave of ilbsence. REVIVAL SERVICES AT LOCAL WESLEY CHURCH A two-weeks’ revival is in progress at the Wesleyan Methodist church in Brevard, according to an announce •cut t f the pastor, the Rev. Z. B. Bean. The meeting is conducted by the Rev. J. A. Clement, of High Point, president of the North Carolina Wes levan conference. Mrs. Clement, a missionary in Africa for 10 years, is also assisting in the meeting. Services are held each night a* 7:30 o’clock. Pioneer Was First Transylvania Paper First newspaper published in Transvlvania county was "The Tran sylvania Pioneer,” according to Miss Jane llumc of Asheville, and one of the early residents of the town <>i Brevard. Miss llumc states that Louis War lock was editor, owner and printer in general of the first paper, and that the office was first established on Main street in an upstairs lo cation. The Humes played a very im portant part in the growth of Bre vard, and were instrumental in building the first St. Phillips Epis copal church here. Commissioners Meet Routine matters of business were conducted at the board of commis sioners meeting on Monday, with all members of the board and county at t i ney being present for the session. Arrangements about rentals and sales of property, collections, and the welfare matter were discussed and acted upon. Notv a Regular Feature of This Paper.. A Column hy ARTHUR BRISBANE The Highest Paid Editor in the World Mr. Brisbane’s writings are more widely read than those of any other editor of the present day To read what he has to say in his interpretative column, “This Week.” is to keep in touch with a fast moving world. Mr Brisbane writes in a simple but striking style and in his com ments on current events he dis plays an intimate knowledge of the widest possible range of sub lets, as well as the word mastery tor which he is justly famous. We are Pleased to k: able to offer th.e Bmbanc column as e regular feature of this paper You »i ill enjoy it and 'tnd it full ot valuable information. AAA HELD INVALID BV SUPREME COURT Corn-Hog and Other Reduc tion-Process Tax Laws Are Wiped Out All corn-hog contracts in Transyl vania county as well as in other counties throughout t h e United States have been voided, according to a telegram received here Tuesday by County Agent J. A. Glazener from Dean I. 0. Sehuab, director o. ex tension work at State College, Ral eigh. The United States Supreme Court Monday struck down the New Deal s farm recovery program provided for in the AAA'by holding the law an unconstitutional attempt to control production. The decision was rendered with an opinion so sweeping as to make the re-enactment of any similar measure seem impossible without a constitu tional amendment, which is a long and difficult task. Striking at the very heart of the law, the decision held the control of crop production, even by voluntary agreements and payment of bounties exceeded the limitations placed on the power of the federal government. The Supreme Court was divided six to three in ruling that the AAA i unconstitutional, a stunning blow at what the New Deal considers its out standing recovery achievement. The decision left officials momen tarily uncertain as to their immediate course. Tlic> decision was couched in such forceful terms that it left no doubt but that the Bankhead cotton control act would be declared invalid. It also appeared to definitely scrap the Kerr-Smlth tobacco act and the potato control law. The whole crop production control program fell with the decision. The telegram to County Agent Glazener instructed him to immedi ately suspend further action on ad justments programs, and that federal employes would take over all produc tion control association forms, records and property. A total of $6,317.65 was paid farm ers for corn reduction in Transylva nia last year by the federal govern ment last year, and $360.00 for hog reduction, according to figures sup plied by Assistant County Agent W. C. Matiess. There was a total of 73, farmers signing contracts in Transyl vania last year. Just what effect the decision of the Supreme Court will have on farming, business, and commodity prices, seems to be in a muddle wit-i leaders in the several fields not agreeing on Wednesday to what the final outcome will be. The processing tax, a part of the AAA, is also automatically dead. This amounted to approximately !7 cents ,;n 24 noumls of flour, five cents a bushel of corn meal, 4.2 cents pound on lint cotton, and so on down the line of all commodities. On '.he Chicago market Tuesday, Hogs went up $1 hundred; cotton slumped ill New \ orb around $2 a bale; flour prices went down some: sugar climbed up; bread prices re mained the same. General opinion over the United States is to the el feci that (at the immediate present) that prices will remain the same. Word from Washington is to the effect that farm leaders from variotw parts of the country will meet with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace on Friday and Saturday and try to work out some semblance of a control uro gram. Government leaders had made no : Latement Wednesday as to possibili ties of refunds for processing taxes paid by manufacturers. Objectives Adopted By Brevard Women Three main objectives for the year’s activities have been adopted by the Women's Civic club, as brought cut at the meeting of this organiza tion held Monday afternoon in the county agent’s office. The objectives to be stressed through the coming year include the town clean-up and beautification I campaign, the annual flower show land a community Christmas tree and holiday decorations. Decision was made to have a dish shower for the county home. All I those interested in contributing to ward this worthy cause are asked to | bring any kind of a dish, new or used 1 in good condition, to the county agent’s office on Main street not I later than January 15, Wednesday of ' next week, at which time the articles wiil be taken to the county home. Plans were made for the safer driv ing poster contest which the club will sponsor among the high school students. A cash prize will be offered for the best poster. Still Many Licenses To Be Bought Here With less than 600 auto licenses having been sold in Transylvanir countv since January first, state patrolmen are expected to start ar resting the unlucky ones this week. Already a number of arrests have been made in the county, the autoistr arrested by patrolmen being forced t pay for a new tag, and in addition •ourl costs. Effort to have an rxten •don ' f time for purchase of liccns has been of no avail. Rosman Streets Perfectly Smooth During Snow While Rosman may not boast of any paved .• boots, no town in North Carolina could boast of a more smooth locking thoroughfare than Main Street appeared to be on Sunday morning, December 2'.», when ten inches or more of snow made all roads and streets look alike. The above picture was taken by Dr. Joe E. Osborne, and shows com parative depth of the snow in front of his residence. Safe Driving Poster Contest Being Staged _ A safer driving campaign has been launched in Brevard, sponsored by the Women’s Civic club and the civics department of the Brevard high school. To create more interest in the campaign, a poster contest has been started. The Civic club is offering a cash piize to the student in Brevard high school submitting the best poster promoting the idea of safer driving on the highways. The contest will j close February fi, at which time all ; of the poster’s will be displayed at the regular assembly period at thp high school and the prize winner an-: nnunced. In addition to the cash prize for first winner, honorable j mention will also be given by the j judges for second honors. In the making of these posters i is expected by the sponsors of the contest that the students partieipat ing will stress the observance of such traffic rules as stopping at stop signs, not passing cars on curves or hills, be watchful of pedestrians, give proper hand signals, observe traf fic signals, drive at moderate speed and on proper side of the road and many other common rules to reduce automobile accidents and to make highway traveling safer. A1 Kyle Is Chairman Of President’s Ball Albert Ci. Kyle has been appointed as chairman of the President's Ball committee for Brevard, the nation wide event t< be held on the evening of January 30th. While Brevard will not stage an af fair at this time. Mr. Kyle is co operating with 1 he Asheville group, and veiy probably a number of pep pie from here will attend the ball in Asheville on that date. All proceeds from the annual g.da affair are used to stamp out infantile paralysis. Lord’s Acre Meeting I)r. Frank P. Graham, president of , the University of North Carolina, ami Dr. Toyohiko Kawaga, noted Japanese educator a n d religious worker, will be headliners at the Lord’s Acre meeting to be held in the First Baptist church, Asheville, on January 13th, beginning at 9:45 o’clock. LUNCH ROOMS FOR SCHOOLS IN COUNTY Cooperation o f Citizens Is Asked In Order To Carry On Work Provision is being made for open ing of several lunch rooms in the county within the next week at var ious schools. Schools in which the lunch rooms will be conducted have not been speci fied, but at least five schools in the county, and possibly more than five, will be selected front the list. Workers for the lunch rooms will be provided through a WPA project which has already been approved and funds provided for by District Direc tor W. E. Breese. Some funds for each of the schools selected will be available, but not all money necessary for providing food for preparing the lunches can be had. and it will therefore be necessary that citizens of the communities in which the lunch rooms are operated assist in providing food. Miss Jackie Clayton of Brevard will be supervisor of the several lunch room projects, hers, as well as other salaries of workers to be taken care of by the WPA. Workers in each of the rooms will be taken from the list of certified people in the WPA office. Teachers and patrons of the schools are reminded of the very pronounced fact that there are not sufficient funds on hand to carry the entire load of providing food and those communi ties that will cooperate through the Parent-Teacher associations or as individuals will be the only ones to secure the lunch rooms. Professor J. B. Jones says he hopes to have some of the lunch rooms oper ating on Monday, but. that it will be impossible to have all of them going [at that time. HONOR ROLL The Times thanks the following subscribers for cash remembrances which have been received as payment on subscriptions since Wednesday of last week: J. H. Lucas, California. J. E. Powell, Penrose. L. D. Gillespie, Brevard R-2. J. F. Norris, Clinton. T. B. Reid, Oakland. Nell Thomas, Lake Toxaway. Mrs. J. R. Smith, Savannah. J. A. Lyday, Pisgah Forest. Mrs. Florence Orr, Brevard. W. A. Allison. Brevard R-l. Mrs. G. L. Glazener, R-l. Mrs. S. Glazener. Atlanta. Harry Duncan, Knoxville. S. F. McKelve.v, Texas. 0. N. Siniard, Brevard R-2. W. H. Howard, Lyman. Rev. L. M. Lyday, Linda le. C. E. Hampton, Gadsden. A. D. Lyday, Brevard R-2. C. D. Brown, Abbeville. Mrs. J. R. Withers, Davidson. C. E. Campfield, Brevard R-2. We welcome the following new readers who have subscribed to The Times since Wednesday of last week: Y. D. Staggs, Oklahoma. D. Tranum, Virginia. Mrs. J. M. Bryson, Brevard R-3. ROBERTSON BACK HERE AFTER LOOKING ABOUT W. A. (Pe-wee) Robertson, opera tor and sports writer for The Times for the past two years, is back in Brevard—at his old job—and says he thinks Transylvania county is the best place after all, to live. Mr. Robertson visited his parents in Paris. Texas, during the Christmas holidays', and had intended taking a position with another paper, but after looking around decided that after all, Transylvania is a good place to live. Henderson Ag Men Guests of Kiwarns Agricultural leaders of Hendetson county were guests of Brevard Ki wanis club last Thursday, the party including County Agent (1. D. White. L. H. McKay, master farmer and president of the Mountain Egg Pro ducers cooperative association, E. '1 Frisbie, teacher of vocational agricul ture at Mills River, W. A. Fiankhn. teacher of agriculture at Etowah. Mr. McKay explained to the Ki wanians that effort was being made to bring about a greater production nl poultry and at the same time a bet lei market in Western Carolina, through going about the business in a way that would be of least cost to farmers and bring the most profits. Light Mayor's Court Maybe after all, the spirit of peace on earth and good will to men will oe prevalent in Brevard—witness: On,, two cases at the weekly session > t Mayor’s court Monday night. 'new ARRIVAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Aiken a son, Harold Lee Jr., on Sun day, December 29. Mrs. Aiken was before her marriage Miss Allie Belle Morris. Lime Increases Yield Of Wheat For Allison (J. A. Glazener, Co. Agt.) A few years ago some fertilizer experiments were conducted on E. Carl Allison’s farm at Cherryfield. In the conducting of these experi ments a portion of the ground W3s limed and a portion not limed. Crops I were planted on both pieces, of ground just alike. These experiments were dropped four years ago, yet last spring wheat on the ground where the tests were conducted years ag showed a decided difference; so much difference that Mr. Allison called ray attention to it and requested that I have it measured by the assistin' agronomist, Mr. Rankin. This 1 did and the report from the experiment station in Raleigh shows that the section of ground that was limed a few years ago yielded 14.1 bushels of wheat per acre in 1935 while the un limed ground only yielded 9.2 bushels per acre. Just another evidence of the value of lime in the farm program for Transylvania county. BERNARDS VICTIMS OF APARTMENT FIRE Camp Carolina Owner’s Son and Wife Suffocated— Breese Is Rescued Mr. and Mrs. D. Meade Bernard Jr. lost their lives in an apartment house fire in Washington last Sun day morning, and Edwards (Pete) Breese, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. i'.. Breese of Brevard, was overcome with smoke and heat, but firemen rescued him in time to save his life. Young Mr. Bernard was a sou of Professor I). Meade Bernard of Jack sonville and Brevard. Meade was well known here where he had spent a number of summers, assisting Ins father in the operation of Camp Carolina. Mrs. Bernard is also pleas antly remembered here, she having visited Brevard lest summer with her husband while on their honey moon. According to telephone advices received in Brevard by W. B. Breese from Congressman Zeb Weaver, the young man and his wife were trapped in their fourth floor studio apartment and were suffocated before they were reached by firemen. Mr. Breese was rescued after he was overcome with smoke and seterely but not set; usiy burned with the heat of the fire, iie was able to accompany the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard to Florida for burial Tuesday. Mr. Bernard was a graduate of Jacksonville high school and Davidson college, and had worked with his father at Camp Carolina a number of summers. He was employed by the AAA and attended law; school at. George Washington University. Mr. Bree.-e, for the past several years connected with T he MemphD Cum mercial-Appeal, has been in Washing ton two months where he is at‘ending the Washington law school. He made his home with the Bernards. Breese, first aroused by smoke or the top floor of the four-story dwelling, sought escape by a hallway., but was mot by flames and smoke.. Back in his room he tried in vain t< rend apart iron bars covering hi> window. He was semi-conscious nnc pressed against the grating, flamer at his back, when firemen reached him with a ladder and harked away the bars. The Bernards had no time to leave their room. Mrs. Bernard was found in bed. The body of her young husband lay outstre’ehed near a window. First Basketball To Be Played Saturday First basketball grme of the season will be held in Brevard on Saturday night of this week, starting at > at the high school auditorium. I he Brevard high A and R teams will play the college B and C teams ,r, a. double-header game. Basketball practice at Brevard College is getting under way this week, according to t uach Ralph James, with 40 boys going out -<> the several teams. Schedule of gaite-s is now being arranged by Coach .James, with ^ teen or more already slated ul)‘| others pending. The college boys will play this year on the Brevard hitfto school court. . Present schedule calls lor playinj. Knka on Jan. 15 and Blue Ridge or the 18th. The Hendersonville all star team may be here for a g m next Thursday night. Coach James is using two games > twenty men each in the ‘-ollege w - outs, with practice being held n’-< night. The B squad practices from 1 ”• S:15 and the A suaad from 8:1' U* Id Five letter men treat last year o squad are out and mak.ng the fir v string, including Patton, P a v l«. Wright, Whitesides and Fox. Fresh man Ardrey is center for th< firs' squad at present. tOhers on the first string include Rog-'s, Kldridge, Rail and Brookshire. Others on the A squad are looking good and may move up during the season to first places. AT LYDAY HOSPITAL Patients reported at Lyday .Me morial hospital on Wednesday were: S E. Varner, Mrs. T. W. Whitmire, Mrs. J. T. O ven, Mrs. T. W. Phillips. Mrs Lester Martin. HI roe Mull and T C. Owens. Good-Bad Speech “Very good, indeed," and "Not si> hot” were different opinions < xpu s ed in Brevard last Saturday o ro • ’ in regard to President Roosevelt - speech wftieh was broadcast radio Friday night from Wa-hmgton where the president opened the ses sions of the 1936 congress. The difference of uniniors as ex pressed above, naturally camt- tiora two different political nifty ’ adcrs Democrats and Republicans. County Schools Will Re-Open Monday All schools of the county will re sume their work on Monday morning of next week, Jan. 13, following tl*~ Christmis holidays. Original plans were to start Infl "schools on Jan. 6, but on account of the heavy snowfall of Dec. 24, it waa deemed advisable by the board of edu cation and the county superintended to continue the recess pending oofter condition of some of the side roads.
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