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' |W1 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES "W County I Meric __. :nnj. A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County ******************* vm 41 NO r ' " rrfvard NORTH" CAROLINA—THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936. $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY ’ * ———— " -_'g"—■ ————— ,geg=!==!^==!!===i5 KELLY AGAIN HEADS LOCAL BANK GROUP Keport Shows Considerable Gain Made In Deposits During Past Year II. P>. Kelly was re-elected president of the Transylvania Trust company at the annual stockhiIders' meeting here Tuesday afternoon. A. \Y. Whitehurst was re-elected vice-president, and C. W 1’ickelsimer director of tile hank, was a s ' elected to t tie vice presidency. W. 1. Mull was elected to the board of directors. Other members of the card of di rectors incude. aside from the above mentioned officers Lewis i\ Hamlin, .lo S. Silverstoou. <' K. McNeely, F. I>. t'lement .luilson McCrary. A. II. I louston. Ual|di .1. Ifuckworth we- re-elected cashier of (In- institution with Miss Latina Clayton re-elected to the post of assistant cashier Hu h Hollifield is Imokkeeper. Keport ol tlie bank as made to the I stockholders showed that .. very sue- | II ssful year'' business had been enjoy ed. and that deposits had Increased in the neighborhood of 165.000 during the I'.'-moiith period. The local bank is depository for the town, county, state and F S. Postal savings funds. County Veterans Are Pleased Over Status ; Of Soldier Bonus Bill Veterans of the World War here are ] elated over the seemingly assured fact that payment of the soldier bonus bill will In passed through congress during this week, and which will call for pay ment of the adjusted setviee compen sation certificates in full. The bonus hill, railing for payment ..f full lair, maturity value in $50 ) els. was shoved to within a step of i White Mouse Monday night as the huh • else,| it along to a receptive! house Py .. top-heavy vote of 71 to 16. | The nearly fi\ to one majority roll-[ ■ : iip for the Ilemocrata'-Republican • ■ 11 :!:• ■ t dollar proposal was easily more Mini enough to pass it over a \e.o. TI i house already lias approved men iic payment l>y an even greater i .anaty to -but without sped- ! lyin', the payment method. Some ob server pr."tieted a yet... Imp even Dem ... ratie leaders said it yvoul. In overrid den. Huhii^hts ol the bonus measure as ; ..s.M'-i by 11 senate M • ‘ay. are us follow s: Morals would be issued in •:•’(> denomi i ations to pay in full n»*xt June the loatunt.N value of the 20-year •> tins eortificates issu' d u 1025. Cash would be paid for odd amounts. Cowls would be for full value, minus loans auainst eertificates and unpaid * merest i'i rap'd before Oet. 1. 1931. ln k rest after that is euncelhd. Veterans may ash at an> local pOSt o!*‘Uf a!! or part • ! his bonds, but if #v do so the ins: year they receive interest. |f th'*y hold Ira bonds to maturity tii• \ ivo*ive : pm -nt simple interest annually. N et* : n*s who haven’t :ed for the i unip may continue to *1" -o. i ir •::i 11«• • stitliat*‘d eost lhl.000. , np i pose* I of an i \ proprint ion .: ho: at u p of $2.2"7j»0oaH»0 and $251. «• pain • • "nvertible bonds in the ad i s*tv u *• certificate fund. Tta. . inia rounty veterans stand j t ret ei\a over a hundred thousand, a. ) trs. P l;.is lieen a nr.* m **d by the m ,i (.♦■ad'iuarte;s of the American Le- : uiv it. Two Kinds Of Dollars (M.k hi iIm ilnllur kill 111 your pocket | ; \«. 11 11; i \ • ■ i • f! • n Half of the , i s i; < iivulat > a today contain the . ,(>ni ition ‘Tiwiv has •* * a deposited J i' i!,»- Tiv:isur\ of I'nite*’ States One S. wr Dollar.** while tin ther half | i.I:tim: “*l*hen is on deposit in the T*aury.*’ etc. Wonder how come?— The State. • 3tist Young Folk To Meet Next Sunday e upper district R.T. V. of the I ist church will meet s mday after-j i at -::il> o’clock at the Mt. Moriah t it fliim h. Tin* publit is invited to • ml. h« following pro :iam will be $iven: u. con^reiiation; d»*\ otional, Oal$ i ve Du ion: business; talk, "His nn h the Messt-nj;er o? Goodwill to itaces." Hosinan union; special mu . i Divert ttnion: talk. Randall Ly y; playlet. "Two Dollars.*’ Cherry i !tl union. New School Bus Will Serve Rosman Routes A new International school bus, com pletely equipped for transporting forty pupils will ba received for use in the upper school district within a few days, according to advices received here Tuesday by County Superintendent J. R. Junes from the state school commis sion. The new bus will replace an old one that is now being used on the Bosnian Fast Fork, and Rosman-Hannah Ford runs, and is a very badly needed im provement in the school transportation system. The December grand jury in its re ; port to Judge \V. F. Harding made j strong recommendation for increased safety in transportation of school chil I Iren of the county, and urged that one lor more of the school buses be discon I tinned. TVA Examinations Be Held In Transylvania Henderson and Buncombe county or i eantzations are "going to bat" because ! the two counties were left off the list of eligibles in the matter of drawing lalior for the Hiawassec and other TVA dams which are to be constructed with in the near future. Notice was carried in The Transyl- j Vania Times two weeks ago to the ef- j feet that examination would be held in Brevard and that application'forms fori examination could lie obtained at the I Brevard post office. Those anticipating taking the exam ination for positions with the TVA construction crews must have their application blanks in the mail not later than January 23. the coming Saturday. LITTLE THEATRE MEET WILL ANNOUNCE CAST Try-outs were held on Monday eve ning for Hilliard Booth's play. "The Bed ljunp." The play is to be given in February and Is to he directed by Prof I. A. Carlisle. The cast will lie an nounced next Monday night at the reg ular Theatre Meeting. At the meeting of the Little Theatre to lie held on Monday evening, .January “L at s o'clock, the discussion of make up will I"' continued and a chance will l«; given to all members to take active •art to the make-up lesson. Lincoln Day Dinner Planned By G. O. P. Plans are in the making here for I staging i Lincoln Day dinner by Re publicans of the county, the event to take place on the evening of February ! tilth in Brevard. Lincoln Hay will he observed through- < out the nation by leading Republicans, tins to be the starting point of the ampins': for the election to he held . this fail. Game Roosters Derive Great Pleasure From Goring Opponent’s Heart Chicken fmhilng isn't such n I ml thing i people believe, at least! That is what some of the fellows arena,: lirevanl who indulge in the sport av.-r. It's like this, say the informants who kiss oni information to The Times— tame ■ hit-kens are bred for the one ■ ni po- fighting, and to a game chick* ■ n the:- is nothing in the world here ,r tie , - to come (provided there is I i in r- after for chickens) to take the id.ii ■ f , nice, scrappy, bioody. spur- i nng affin.:. flogging, crowing scrai>. la! . . y 'ting child takes to ice rean ties, tin- chicken fanciers say. -a, d"e> a game rooster crave fighting, and the:, is nothing that will give the' pl,-astir to a game rooster that jabbing a st>- _aff into tin opponent does. After ill, chicken fighters say. there . is to- m re pain to letting a rooster jab a stei into another chicken than there s t- shooting a dove, vrippiing it. and it-" ■ set away to die. or to hook i .. . - which gets away. Fact is. so to .-in. t-n fighters say. the fight is so. ii io. • i after one rooster jabs a vital s j M .1 . I*.* ** uormation is that there are :.i n ami little fights staged every Diiif in t while in the I&revard neigh* tmrhoi)'I Mat e. time, and hour, how ■ \ »*i KiM-wu to just “the, fellows." * --— 1 Renew Your Subscription Circulating Library Will Be Placed In All Transylvania County Schools uvulatin- libraries for all the icols of the county wil. lie in opcra • a here b\ the first of the month, ac . t'lliti : to statement made by Profes >.i ;• ,l It. Jones. ! .ibraries will be established at each the county schools. Mr. Jones said, tit provision beimr made to transfer > ,ks from one school to another at en periods, tints providing new read material for each of the schools over a long period, one thousand volumes have been se red by Mr. Jones from the State IJ ^ary commission, and these books will ry probably be supplemented within / year. The list of books contains a rlide variety of material, for both els in at n: and grade pupils, with many it' them suitable for adults. Paid librarians will be in charge of lie I " 'ks their salaries to lie paid nun National Youth Administration funds which are available for young people of the county. A school,bus that will be taken off the regular run the last ' f this month will be utilized for transporting the books from one school in another. Following close of the school terms, teachers and NYA librarians will con time to have charge of the books, un der the plan being worked out by Mr. Jones and will provide reading ma terial t'"r each community throughout the year. COLLEGE PROGRAM VERY CREDITABLE Two New Buildings Included In Plans For Year By President Coltrane A creditable 14-point program litis been adopted by Brevard College for 11130-37, and a printed bulletin of the aims and ideals sent to various sections. The program sets fprth— l. An enrollment of four hundred I good students. 1’. a summer quarter of equal rank with other quarters. 3. I.ay the foundation for full ac creditation by the Southern Associa tion in 1937. 4. a new library building and one thousand new noons. 5. a new gymnasium and athletic field. (I. a modest infirmary. 7. Endowment increased to $100.(Kill. X. Adequate provision for teaching modern science. 0. Participation of all students in wholesome social and religious activi ties. 10. Further development of the prin ciple of self-help in the College. 11. A balanced budget and operation without a deficit. 12. Promote the development of the institution as a Christian college. 13. Train students for active partici pation in the activities of the local church. 11. A guidance program which will aid students in finding locations in other colleges or tn suitable occupa tions. CCC Boys At P-66 Well Behaved Group Just about one of the most well-be haved large groups to be found in any section is that at CCC-66, North Bre vard. Invited out to lunch there lust Sat urday, The Times editor and Carl Mc Crary, manager of McCrary Auto Ser vice, were forcibly struck with the ex cellent behavior that was evidenced in the large dining hall where 17r> or more enrollees and twenty or more officers and leaders were dining. Of course the young fellows were talking, and naturally the conversation was of a varied sort, but nowhere in ■ tile large hall were there any boister ous "earryings-in". and no untimely j guffaw or laughter. Click of knife and ' fork against well filled plates. Inter spersed with genial conversation, gave tin place an air of a city hotel dining room, minus of course the music. Tile boys hud music with their meal on 1‘Ylday evening, when the Brevard College Orchestra had dinner with the 66-hoys, and then gave a musical pro gram. With very cordial invitations from Lieutenant Neshil and his official per sonnel. The Times will be represented •just about meal time" more often in l lie future at 66. HOT HARLEM REVUE PAYS BREVARD VISIT Itesidents of Krevard were .somewhat I iw* I Tuesday when they saw a limp tost I ear pass through labeled "Hot Harlem Kevue". and there was consul .■ruble difference of opinion as to just w hat constitutes a "hot Harlem revue." I l.ap-r it was discovered mat the car j was a carry-all for some sort of a floor { show that made its way toward the colored section of I ire yard. Mrs. Hamlin Head Of Recreational Groups A now project tinder the W'PA setup now underway in P.revurd and Tran-i sylvania county is that of the rccrea- , non and leisure time activities. of whicii Mrs. .1. It. Hamlin is director.1; This recently organized federal pro- , joet is lu-oad in scoi»e, in that it is not | idanned for any particular group Put | is designed to take care of the entire . community in its social, recreational and moral program of operation. The program of work is allied with art. music, writing, drama, recreation, and vocational activities, and is coordinated j with the National Youth Administra tion program. The work of the project is concerned with building tv* the community along the above mentioned lines, with providing for the youth of the community in supervised play and leisure time activities, and with build ing ini the morale of lit" citizens and creating civic pride. The personnel will be selected from tin- certified roll and from the NYA groups. As the project develops in its Ural operation, it is expected that nine workers from the certified roll and possibly 20 from the NYA groups will be given employment in the com mutiny. Mrs. Hamlin has just returned from Raleigh where she attended an insti tute, at which were present county di rectors, educational leaders and recre ational directors of the state. The insti tute was presided over by Dr. Harold I). M.ver. of Chapel Hill, regional co ordinator of recreational and leisure time activities. Demonstrations tint! lectures were given on organized lead ership and working problems were dis cussed and reviewed. The local project has been given full cooperation of County Superintendent .1. B. Jones and the board of education, principals and teachers of the schools and many influential individuals. Mrs. Hamlin, in behalf of the movement, is asking the cooperation of all interested citizens in making a success of this supervised work for the development of the youth in the community. What Brevard Needs—Hasn’t Got ■ ' ». ■»,— . . • i FRANKLIN, just up the road a ways, has the above shown federal building for a postoffice, while Brevard worries along with just "a postoffice"--located on a back street (one-way at that). We’re not , jealous of Franklin, seems like we ought to rejoice with Blackburn Johnson, genial editor of The Press, and his fellow workers who have been able to "go after and get" the kind of a federal postoffice build ing Brevard ought to have. CARR LUMBER BUYS BIG TIMBER TRACT All Logs V/ill Be Shipped To Plant At PUgah Forest For Manufacture Announcement bus been made by VV. W. t’roushorn, manager of the Carr !,timber company, that his firm hns purchased L’.ilOO acres of timber land In adjoining counties, and that the tim ber will be shipped to the local plant for manufacture. Over five million feet of finished lumber will lie taken from the three boundaries that were purchased, Mr. Croushorn stated, and will be the means of providing considerable em ployment for people of this section. About ninety people are on the pay roll of thi' Carr Lumber company at Pisgah Forest, aside from the logging crews that are working on contract basis. A boundary of timber near Ha zelwood is now lieing cut and shipped to lh<‘ Pisgah Forest plant. The three boundaries purchased by the Carr Lumber company arc located near White Oak in Haywood county. 600 acres near Candler in Buncombe county, und 500 ueres In the Leicester section of Buncombe county. Cutting of the timber in the woods will he let to contractors. Mr. Crous horn said, and shipped from Waynes ville, Candler, and Craggy stations. KIMZEY AND KING OPEN BROAD STREET STATION John Kimzey am! Mitchell King an nounce the opening of the Broadway Service Station In this week's issue of The Times. The business Is located on Broad street, opposite the Brevard Grammar school. Mr, Kimzey, who has Just returned from a two months' trip through west ern states, says that he likes Brevard well enough after looking most of the country over, to invest his money In two service stations, the one at King's Creek and the Ilroad street location. ROSMAN WINS TWICE FROM BREVARD SCHOOL Rosman, Jan. 22.—Both Rosman bas ketball teams won over their Brevard opponents in an interesting game here Tuesday night, the girls winning 29-1" and the boys winning 27-15. Basketball, the principal sport at the Rosman school, is gaining in popular ity, and both teams, as well as substi tute material looks very good. NEWLAND INSTALLED AS HEAD OF KIWANIS Dr. ('. L. Newland was installed as president of the Brevard Kiwanis club at the meeting held last Thursday, and the Rev. Paul Hartsell was given the official sceptre as vice president. Senator Ralph II. Ramsey had charge of the installation, and stressed the need of co-operating with the new of ficers for doing the most good tor the community. TINSLEY BARBER SHOP OPERATES NEWS STAND Announcement is beinc inurta by !.«• alia Tinsley. manager of Tinsley's liar bet shop of I he opening of a news stflnd and confectionery store at his place of business on West Main Street near the Transylvania Trust company. Mr. Tinsley is handling a varied line , of newspapers, magazines, and other i reading material, soft drinks, cigar- 1 ettes, randies, etc. NYA Work To Employ County Young People Part-time work for 2(1 boys and 2(i ; ■ills will be provided through tip* Na tional Youth Administration for young people of tills county who are not in ■ school, and who are members of needy | families. Among the work projects to be an- j .'eltukeo by lip- young people III’! writ he: a history ol each of the churches oi the county, entailing considerable re search. work: agricultural su vey. b be used by the comity agents and ng- I rictiltnre teachers in planning their programs of work: librarians for the traveling or circulating libraries that are to lie set up immediately in the different schools of the county: school ! playground improvement; beautifica tion of school grounds, with use of native shrubbery being emphasized; as sieiim: teachers and principals of ' scllo -Is. Tin work is correlated with the WI’A and is under the supervision of 111" sehool authorities. Wages and hours will be one-third of the regular WI’A schedule. IJ!BCE CLASS MEETS FRIDAY AFTERNOONS An inter-denominational Bible class I has be n organized with Mrs. Frank ] Kymer as teacher. The class meets j every Friday afternoon at S o'clock at Mrs. Rymer's home in North Bre j V.ard. and the Sunday school lesson for the following Sunday is taught in an [ authoritative manner tiy Mrs. Rymcr. All Sunday school teachers of any de nomination and interested Bible stu dents are invited to attend these classes Friday afternoons. RVDYARD Kll’UXU London. Jan. 22.—Rud.vard Kipling, famed British writer of tales and poems of India, died suddenly at 12:10 a. m. Saturday in Middlesex hospital, less tin: five days after he had undergone an operation for a perforated stomach ulcer. Heavy Storms Wreck Property In South Transylvania residents who felt build ups quiver from heavy winds last Sun lay morning may consider themselves xtrcmely lucky, in that the toll of Vatli in less favored sections of the 'outh, where seventeen people lost heir lives. Hundreds of thousands of dollars In roperty damage was reported In the wo Carolinas, and especially in the '•istern sections. Four persons were kiled In Alabama, with thirteen report ed dead in Ihe Georgia-Alabama-Georgla state line sections, with scores of peo ple injured. WPA Certification Officer For County — Appointment of a certification officer and welfare worker is expected to be made within a few days from the office of Mrs. \V. T. Host, state superintend ent of welfare . The new official will lie beneficial in placing people on the WPA who have lost jobs since November first, or who were for one reason or another certi fied over to the WPA by FEItA. Announcement Is also made from state headquarters that a United States sub-treasury branch office will be es tablished at Asheville for handling checks of WPA workers in the 13 western counties under the director ship of W. K. Breese of Brevard, this new office to greatly facilitate the hand ling of payroll checks. Postoffice Loafers Warned By Galloway Warning is beltiK issued by Post inast1 r T. C. Galloway that people foil oil misusing the ertuipmcnt in tiie Hrcvard postoffice lobby will lie prose cuted under federal statutes relation to such. I'ens. ink. bulletins, anti other things in i]p. itrcvard postoffice lobby iiave I., eu injured by wanton people, and as these tiiincs are plaecil in the lobby by the iii.stoffiee department for use and Pen- t .» of the p.nblie. Postmaster Gnl io-vay says that lie lit under oath ns well as under heavy bond to see that tiie property is not damaged. Refinancing Plans Being Worked Out Possibilities of a refinancing program f.,r the county ami town arc near cni.mjh to look very hopeful, uecordii;:; to report of ('ounty Attorney W. K, l’.ieese mil City Attorney italpli II. Calico;,, for refunding the units' in debtedness. Full details of the plans, both of which are very similar, an* not r< any for publication, but from conversation with the two officials, it is opinion that the |ilans will be acceptable. Long Forces Win New Orleans. Jan. 22.—Governor O. K. Allen late Tuesday night claimed a "stupendous victory" for the late Huey P. Long's candidates in Louisiana's democratic primary and called it a "positive disapproval of the Roosevelt New Ileal and its alphabetical slush fund." .17' 7. V/J.l V Mi:\WKIM. Patients reported on Wednesday to he at Lyday Memorial hospital were: Little ('rate McCall. Jr.. Mrn. Walter Sherrill. Stock Williams. Alice Scott. I.arry Galloway. Klree Mull Margaret George and Kvorett Smith. ---- Supreme Court Lily Grown By L. Brooks Tux Collector Lem llrooks knows there was something very extraordi nary about tho decision of the Supreme Court, which ruled against tin A\A. and While Mr. ISrooks says that it may not affect a lot of other things, it did affect a lily which he has growing In the window of Ills office. Huy following lhe memorable decision When’ the highest court in the land ruled against the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration, three flowers blonmrd fortli on one stem of the fine lily belonging to Mr. ISrooks. Heretofore tlaro have been only two blooms to the stem. Brevard Banking Company Assets Sold At Auction Tuesday To Harley Lyday ,M: remaining assets of the Closed . iirevard Dunking company were soldi •it public auction on Tuesday lor $..t>o0| i,j,| j„ l.y- II art. y I.yday. of Davidson j Kivtr. an l associates. AVitli easl, funds already on hand, l.i.iuidutlng Agent rat Kitnzcy is of the opinion that the depositors will receive j in the neighborhood of twenty per cent | more dividends, with positive assur- . ante of at least 1* or 13 per cent. Twenty per cent has already been j paid to the remaining depositors of] tin- bank which closed its doors In j Nov.ml.er. 1'.'30. following the general epidemic of closing banks in Western North Carolina, and possibility of pay ing additional funds to the depositors to amount to within the neighborhood of forty cents on the dollar is considered to have been through the very good work done l.y Mr. Kimzey as litiuidat-] ing agent. Sab of the assets was nmumi. ■■■ | through Monday from eleven o’clock, to six in the afternoon ami starting tit eleven Tuesday morning, was closed shortlj after noon, with bidding on the assets taking many uulrks ami turns. Mr. Kimzey frankly stated at tit, outset that lie was going to cry the sail in such manner or manners as would bring the most money for the depositors, and those In attendance at the two-day event all agree that Mr. Kimzey secured all that the various Items would bring, plus. Mr. Kimzey lias not stated just how the remaining dividend to depositors would be paid, whether In two pay ments or a slnglo larger payment fol lowing termination of all work in con nection with closing of the bank. He expects to confer with State Commis sioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood at once in regard to this phase of the work. Final closing out of the assets will probably take 60 to ninety more days, the a sent stated Tuesday. consuli-raUle tint'* tveins necessary to draw all court orders ..nection with confirmation „f t|„. sale, yettlns an audit of the 1mnk. and otlH*r incidental work. Mr. I.yday ntaile no statement Tues day as tn * how lie would proceed in handling the ptip'f In* secured at the sale, lint It is understood that he will have several ether local people Inter ested wit it him in the deal, and that plans flit- tlie private liquidation will Ik* made and announced ’.vltllili a few days. Itusiness men of the community who were approached in the matter, seemed well pleased with tin; sale in its en tirety, and were especially elated over tite fact that that Mock of remaining assets had prone to local people in stead of outside interests. All Hems wi re oirereu mi sue sep arately by the liquidating agent, who was assist.by ('. 1. Tayor and Smith Medio of the state banking department and Mrs. A. IS. Owen of Brevard. Fol lowing bidding on the individual items In the several blocks of assets as adver tised in The Transylvania Times for the past four weeks, the items were offered in blocks. The entire list was covered on Monday, and bids again re opened Tuesday morning. Final bidding Tuesday noon resulted In the judgments amounting to $99, 361.07 face value sold for $2400.00; stock assessment judgments, amount ing to $48,387.72 going for $325; notes in the face aggregate of $172,784.14 go ing for $702.00; cash items totaling $313.70 going for $1.00; overdrafts, face $3,946.71 going for $10.00; stocks and bonds going for $240.00; accounts re ceivable. face value $827.75 going for $6.00; miscellaneous assets, going for $30.00; real estate. 35 items going for i $3837. Total bids received In blocks and 1 Individual sales amounted to $7552. ! with Mr. l.yday bidding $7600 when j the entire block of assets were .offered.