THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
[ : A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County i
VOL 41 NO. 6. ' BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19.16. $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
WPA SPENDING HUGE
SUM IN THIS COUNTY
Considerable Money Is Still
Available For Use On
Farm-Market Roads
Nearly thirteen thousand dollars have
been spent In Transylvania county by
the Works Progress Administration
during the past three months, accord
ing to figures presented to tire hoard of
county commissioners by District Di
rector W. E. Drecse at the meeting
Monday.
Funds on hand and earmarked to be
expended here for the several projects
now going on, and those to be started
within a short while total twenty-five
thousand, the director pointed out.
Major project in Transylvania coun
ty is the farm-to-market roads, for
which *16.262 was set up at the begin
ning of the program, and of which
amount *6,IS",.55 lias been expended.
i;. pairs on county buildings, includ
ing tin county home. jail, and court
house calls for a total expenditure un
der the Wl'A of $9,899. of which *1,998
has been spent.
Sewing rooms which give employ
ment to women, were originally set up
in this county to receive *5,790. Mate
rial and labor to the amount of $5,372
has already been furnished the county,
and an extra allotment has been se
cured to extend the work.
Streets in Brevard have oeen given o.
k. to the amount of $3,060. Tills work
has been hampered on account of bad
weather, and only a small portion of
the funds have been spent. The Bre
vard sewer project called for an ex
penditure of federal funds to the
amount of $639. This project has been
suspended on account of weather con
ditions. but much of the hardest part of
the line has been put in, costing $166.
Itepairs on school buildings in the
county to the amount of $950.48 have
already been done, and there remains
in the allotment $609.52 yet to lie spent
on the several buildings needing re
pairs of one kind or another.
\ sanitation project in the county
calling for *1,835. has not yet started.
Other projects which are not included
in the above figures include lunch
rooms, recreation, welfare officer, and
youth employment.
Brevard College Five
To Play Spartanburg
Brevard College Tornado downed
Knka mills luisketeers at the high school
court Tuesday night l>y the score of
30-33. Led by Patton and Ardrey with
nine points each the college five passed |
and shot their way to sweet victory
over their more experienced opponents.
Wednesday at 3:30 the Tornado were
to meet Asheville School at Asheville.
Friday night at 7:30 the Textile
Junior college of Spartanburg will meet
the Tornado on the local court in the
first of two game series.
History Medals Will
Be Given By D. A. R.
Announcement is made by Mrs. 13
II. Ramsey, of the local chapter of D.
A. It., of the requirements necessary
for a 7th grade pupil in the Brevard and
Transylvania schools to become eligiblo
to compete in the annual D. A. B. his
tory medal contest.
Following are the requirements as
set forth by D. A. R. officials:
1. There must be 10 or more pupils
in the 7th grade.
3. The pupil must make a passing
grade in every subject for the year.
3. The medal Is awarded to the 7th
crude pupil making the highest average
for the year in the study of United
States history.
I. The pupil must know America's
creed, the flag salute and the Star
Spangled Banner.
Little Theatre Meet
A meeting of much interest to all
leathers of the Brevard Little Theatre
j scheduled for Monday evening at
ight o'clock.
Officers of the group announce that
Ians will bo discussed at the Monday
.’ening meeting looking toward perma
■ut quarters for the theatre organiza
on.
—
Mrs. Patton Named
To Welfare Position
Mrs. C. V. Patton was named Monday
the post of welfare officer for the
unty board of commissioners, and is
' take over active duties of the office
immediately.
The order made by the commissioners
aces all funds in the county "outside
I or" budget under the care of Mrs.
i' .tton, as well ns any welfare funds
•nalntng here, and any commodities
■ at may come to the county from the
Jeral government .
Mrs. Patton has recently been ap
pointed certification officer under the
WPA setup, and assistant welfare of
ficer. and with the official order made
Monday by the commissioners, she will
be virtually in charge of all relief work
in the county.
Stress was laid on the fact by tho
commissioners Monday that funds in
the county budget for the relief of poor
is very limited and only the most de
serving cases can be aided by the coun
ty.
County Attorney Breese, who is also
district director for the WPA, told the
board that his office could furnish some
commodities to be used in taking care
Jgi needy people, but that there were no
fjrnds whatever available from his office
fo* relief work.
Congressman Weaver
Says Town On List
To Get Post Office
Congressman Zeb Weaver writes to
the effect that ho Is endeavoring to
have a suitable building erected in
Brevard for a post office, and that he
feels there Is more than a good chance
for Brevard to receive federal appro
priations for a building at an early
date.
Congressman Weaver in his letter tu
former Mayor T. W. Whitmire, says
that Brevard was considered very close
ly last year by the committee in charge
of federal expenditures for public build
ings. but that there were other towns
in the district that had larger postal
receipts and therefore, according to the
committee's viewpoint, more worthy of
a building.
offer lias been made by the county
commissioners to sell the post office
department the old Brevard Bank
building at a nominal sum. but this of
fer so far has not been accepted.
In the meantime, Brevard people con
tinue to use a back-street postoffice.
CHERRYFIELD HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire of an undetermined origin com
pletely destroyed the two story build
ing near Cherryfield belonging to Jess
A. Galloway, early Wednesday morning.
Neighbors were awakened by roar
of the fire about two o'clock Wednes
day morning, but the building was com
pletely enveloped in flames and there
was no chance to save it. Mr. Galloway
had recently purchased the property
and had spent several hundred dollars
in improving the house. The loss was
partially covered by insurance.
Cold Wave Reaches
New Low In Brevard
With reports over North Carolina
reading zero and below last Saturday,
South Carolina. Georgia and Alabama
reported their worst freeze in years. At
Brevard the official weather bureau re
port by City Clerk Harry Hatton said
one-half of one degree below zero.
Snow, ranging from one inch in depth
in the lower end of the county to over
eight in the Oakland section was re
ported Sunday. State highway forces
started work Sunday afternoon clear
ing the highways, with part of the
crews here under Ernest Webb working
through Sunday night.
Several extra workers were put on in
Brevard Monday morning in order to
clear the streets of the slush and Ice.
NEW FILLING STATION
SEEKS SUITABLE NAME
Announcement is made by W. C.
Hunter, who has recently reopened the
service station at corner of French
Broad Avenue and North Caldwell
street that he will give ten gallons of
gasoline to the Transylvania motorist
who submits the most suitable name
for the new business.
Mr. Hunter recently moved here from
Anderson. S. C„ and is handling Shell
gas and oils at the station which was
occupied for several years by Jess A.
Smith.
Slot Machines Are
Outlawed In Town
Chief of Police B. H. Freeman noti
fied Brevard business places Wednes
day morning that slot machines and
gambling devices of any kind whatso
ever are taboo in the town.
Complaint has been made recently
to the town hoard and Chief Freeman
that the law covering operation of
game devices In Brevard was being
violated, and after checking over the
law it was found that most all types of
punch hoards and marble machines
come under the law as passed by the
1 !•;{-■. legislature.
AT LYDAY IIOSPITAL
Patients reported on Wednesday to
lie confined in Lyday Memorial hospi
tal were: Rose Stamey. Margaret
George. Made Hubbard. Mrs. Dock
Hubbard, Tommie Varner and Zack
Williams.
Plenty Of Coal Here
Brevard coal dealers said Wednesday
that there was no danger of a coal
shortage here. Cherkup of the three
dealers here revealed the fact that there
is plenty of coal on hand to tide over.
Several larger cities In the United
States have reported shortage of coal,
due in part to the excessive cold weath
er, and to the fact that there has been
trouble between miners and companies
operating in the coal fields.
Sunday School Meeting
Winston-Salem, Feb. 6.—A thousand
delegates from all sections of the state
ire expected to attend the North Car
olina Sunday School convention, which
Is to be held in Winstoa-Salem on
February 17, 13 and 19. The Centenary
Methodist church, one of the largest
ind most adequately equipped church
plants in the South, will serve as head
lUarters.
Hunting Season Will
Close February 15th
Hunters In Transylvania county have
jnly a tew days left !n which to legal
ly seek out partridges and rabbits. Feb
ruary 15 the seeson is closed.
Deer, squirrel and dove season has
ilroady closed, and reports from various
lections of the county are to the effect
:hat the rabbit and bird supply is very
limited.
FATHER-SON EVENT
BE HELD FEB. 14TH
Brevard Agriculture Class
Will Entertain Their Dads
At Dinner Program
Annual father-son banquet will he
given at Brevard high school on Fri
day evening of next week, February
14th, at 7:30 o’clock.
The program will be In charge of the
Future Farmers of America ami their
teacher, Professor Randall Lyday, and
will be an exclusive boys’ program, with
all speeches, introductions, etc., to be
by the boys and their teacher.
Miss Alexander and her class of
Home Economics girls will prepare
and serve the banquet which will lie
served to fathers of the boys and in
vited guests.
Tim following program will be given:
Invocation, the Rev. Paul Hartsell; ad
dres of welcome, Harold Merrill; re
sponse, F. 11. Holden: music by the
F. F. A. string band; chapter history.
Roy Carter; Initiation of green hand,
•officers; chapter objectives, Malvin
McOalia; farming as a vocation. Charles
Merrill: toast to Home Ec. girls, Odell
Scott; response, by one of the girls; in
troduction of guests, Randall l.vday.
TEASTER IS HOLDING
1 EVIVAL AT ROSMAN
Rattlesnake Evangelist Is
Drawing Big Crowds To
Night Services
nOSMAN. Feb. 5.—The “rattlesnake
evangelist," Itev. Albert Teaster. of
Jackson county is conducting a series
of revival meetings at the Church of
(iod here, and largo crowds are attend
ing the services which are held each
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting started last Saturday
night and Is scheduled to continue for
two weeks.
I The Itev. Mr. Teaster came Into na
tional repute some months ago when
lie allowed a rattlesnake to bite him
twice, asserting that his faith was
sufficient to overcome the poison that
would he injected into his body by the
poisonous snake. Contrary to popular
belief the man did not die from the ef
fects of the snake bite, although he
was severely 111 for a number of days.
Ground Hog Declares
Winter Nearly Over
There will be hut just a mite more
bail weather, according to prognostica
tors who,use tho “ground hog" calen
dar.
According to theory advanced by
those who assert they are right in the
matter, Mr. Ground Hog was supposed
to come out of his den during the day
on Sunday and make predictions for
the next six weeks.
If. the theory runs, the ground hog
had seen his shadow, there would have
been six more weeks of had weather.
But as there was no letup in tho snow
here all day Sunday—(at least from
that period between nine o’clock in the
morning and four in the afternoon,
during which time the ground hog Is
supposed to make his forecast)—the
ground hog did not see his shadow,
and beautiful, balmy, bird-singing
weather is sure to come—provided, of
course, that the theory holds good.
Some folk around Brevard are al
ready skeptical about the whole thing,
for no sooner had the snow stopped
falling Sunday afternoon, than tho rain
and sleet took up where the snow left
off, and all day Monday there was a
drizzling rain that kept one chilled to
the bone.
Scientists have pooh-poohed the ideu
that the ground hog has anything at
all to do with the weather, and then
there was one of the older residents of
the county here Tuesday who asserted
that the entire Idea as most people use
it is wrong-—that if the ground hog
DDKS N'OT see his shadow there will
be six more weeks of bad weather, and
if he DOKS see his shadow (sunshine
being the cause) then spring is just
around the corner.
In any event, the public is assured of
one thing'—there will be some sort of
weather—hog or no hog.
Town Making Effort
In Debt Settlement
Order was made by the board of al
dermen of the town of Brevard In meet
ing here Monday night for City Attor
ney Ralph H. Ramsey and City Clerk
Harry H. Patton to contact the local
government commission, and other
agencies necessary', looking toward a
refinancing of the town's indebtedness.
Settlement on a highly satisfactory
basis has recently been effected by the
City of Asheville and Buncombe coun
ty with creditors, and It Is the hope
of town authorities to get a settlement
of bonded indebtedners along similar i
lines.
DUNCAN MacDOlJGALD
WINNER AT PRINCETON
Princeton, N. Feb. 5.—A resident
of Brevard, D mean MacDougald, 11, is
one of the two North Carolinians who
have won scholarships for the current
academic year at, Princeton University.
He was awarded the John Baird At
wood Scholarship.
MacDouguld. who is a member of the
senior class, Is on the scholastic honor
ro:l am' is specializing In modern lan
guages.
Pat Kimzey Enters
Representative Race
On Democratic Ticket
Tat Kimzey, well known Brevard at
torney, is making announcement of
his candidacy for Representative in
the General Assembly on the Demo
cratic ticket, and made the following
statement to The Times:
‘•Recently a number of the citizens
of Transylvania county have asked me
to make an announcement of my can
didacy for Representative (whether
Ihese citizens wish an opportunity to
vote for me or against me, I do not
know) and I have decided to make
the race.
‘‘Having given very little thought to
this matter at this date, f do not know
| at this time what legislation, if any,
Transylvania county needs. In general,
however. I think we have too many i
laws, and it would be better to repeal
some, rather than add more. I am a
believer in the adage that 'the people
who are least governed are best gov
j erned.*
I "However, thorp is ono phase of
J Transylvania county affairs concern
j ing which I am intensely interested,
land that is. that some equitable settle
j mont he made of the bonded indebted
| ness of the town and county, based
jupon the ability of the citizens to pay,
land 1 pledge myself, whether or not
I I am elected to the Legislature, to nf
j fer my services to assist the other of
ificials In every way 1 possibly cun to
| ward getting the county and town fi
nances in order, for I do not believe
that the citizens can expect business to
I improve as it should, or a normal real
estate market return until some fair
settlement is made of the bonded in
debtedness and the tax question set
tled.
"If nominated by the Democratic
party, and elected by the voters to the
Legislature. I promise to serve the in
terests of the citizens of Transylvania
county as a whole to the best of my
ability."
Mr. Kimzey received his education
at Davidson River and Brevard high
school, graduating from the latter in
stitution in litlS with honors. He was
elected president of the class and won
J the county declamation contest that
J year. He received his A. B. degree from
Davidson College in 1023. graduating
as an honor student.
Following his graduation he was head
of the History department of the Uni
• versify Military School at Mobile. Ala
bama. for two years, later completing
his course in law at Cumberland Uni
versity Law School in 1!>26. and was ad
mitted to the practice of law in Ten
nessee and N’orth Carolina. He opened
law offices in Brevard In the fall of
1 •♦20, and built up a wide practice.
In 1 !*33 Attorney Kimzey was placed
in charge of liquidation of all closed
banks in Transylvania. Henderson, Polk
and Rutherford counties, and one in
Cleveland county. All liquidation work
has been completed with the exception
of three of the institutions—Brevard,
one at Hendersonville, and one at
Forest City. All assets of the Brevard
bank have been sold by Mr. Kimzey
and he expects to have the liquidation
completed within sixty days. Twenty
per cent of claims to depositors have
already been paid in Brevard, and with
funds on hand it is expected that this
will lie raised to nearly forty cents on
the dollar for remaining depositors.
At present the candidate for Repre
sentative, is a member of the Demo
cratic Executive committee of the 18th
judicial district, past president of the
Brevard Kiwanis club, past vice-presi
i dent of the Brevard Chamber of Com
j mercc, and was selected as first presl
I dent of the Young Men’s Democratic
[club of Transylvania county which he
i organized in 1828. He holds a commis
jslon of 1st lieutenant Infantry Reserve
(Corps of the United States Army.
| Recreation Program
Given Endorsement
—
Twenty-one leaders in the civic and
social life of Brevard met Friday after
noon at the county agent's office and
gave endorsement of the recreational
program that is being started here un
der the WPA as a part (W the National
Youth movement.
Representatives of the several or
ganized groups in the community ex
pressed desire to take part in the move
ment for supervised recreation, and
pledged the organizations which they
represented to assist Mrs. J. R. Hamlin
and her assistants In making the move
ment one of worth In the community.
It was pointed out by Mrs. Hamlin at
the meeting that it is the purpose of
the supervised recreation program to
fit in with the needs of the community,
and that in no case will the work con
flict with projects of any nature al
ready undertaken or to be undertaken
by organized groups in the community.
Among the plans discussed by the
advisory council which was asked for
expressions by Mrs. Hamlin, were:
school ground play supervision, string
bands, community sings, creative art,
beautification, teaching of w;eavlng,
scout work, pageantry, and other type
leisure time projects.
Among the organizations represented
at the meeting, and from which pledges
of assistance and assurance of coopera
tion were giver, were the American Le
gion, county and city school systems,
Wednesday club, Civic club. Music club,
Little Theatve, Klwanis club, U. D. C„
D. A. R., Mathaasian club, Fortnightly
club, and the P. T. A.
Supervisors will be selected by Mrs.
Hamlin from those eligible to take part
In the National Youth program, and
these workers who are now taking a
special course in recreation, with the
assistance of the community are look
ing forward to making the movement i
one of real worth to the young people
of the town.
For Representative ]
W. PAT KIMZEY
Six Cases Bring In
Eight Dollars When
Tried Before Mayor
Six cases In mayor's court here Mon
day night netted u total in cash of eight
dollars and five cents....and all of the
six cases were for public drunkenness.
Visitors at the weekly session heforo
Mayor Harris were forcibly struck with
the fact that there had surely been
enough money to buy hooch or some
thing of an intoxicating nature to get
drunk on. but no money with which to
pay a three dollar fine and costs.
Checkup on the several cases tried
revealed also that, in some of the cases
there were families dependent upon the
defendants, and evidently only enough
cash to scare up one fine for the six
violations.
“What's the remedy” was a general
discussion entered into by several peo
ple following the adjournment of court
and the answer is still a question—
"What’s the remedy?"
Among the questions asked were:
Who is selling whiskey to people who
do not have enough money with which
to furnish decent livelihood for the
family?
And another question:
Are there outside agencies, operated
by people who know nothing of the
general conditions here, and nothing
of the people who habitually are up in
mayor's court or before a justice of the
peace, or has it come to the place where
local people are so unxious to sell
liquor that they have no regard for any
moral principles at all?
Bible Presented To
Rosman High School
ROSMAN. Feb. 5.—On Thursday
morning. January 30, Lewis P. Hamlin,
of Brevard, presented to the Rosmiin
high .school a Bible, the gift of the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics at Brevard. Lawyer Hamlin
spoke on “law and order" before pre
senting the Bible, He emphasized the
necessity for laws In an organized so
cietj to insure order in carrying out
the purposes of that society.
Following the presentation of the
Bible, each pupil of the high school
was presented with a copy of the Gos
pel of St. John. Those copies were sent
to the school for distribution by the
Bilile Institute Colportage Association,
of Chicago.
Plummer’s Clearance Sale
Annual February clearance sale is
heing featured at Plummer’s store this
week, the sale starting on Friday. In a
page advertisement in this issue of The
Times, Mr. Plummer sets forth some
of the worthwhile buys at his place.
Realty Transfers
The following real estate transfers
have been recorded In the office of
Register of Deeds Jess Galloway dur
ing the past week: Jeanette Talley
Robinson to Edward Norwood and wife;
J. W. Jones and wife to Floyd Jones
md wife; Gurney P. Hood, commission
er, et al, to Graham K. Hobbs, comr.
Much Interest Here
In TVA Legal Ruling
Many people In this community were
disappointed Monday when the United
States Supreme Court failed to rule on
the constitutionality of the Tennessee
Valley power "yardstick” program, de
cree which was expected to he hand
ed down.
A number of telephone calls were re
ceived at The Times office Monday af
ternoon, requesting information on
the supreme court decision, and opin
ions an to outcome of the decision were
about evenly divided as to probable ac
tion of the court
Extra Service Added
By Southern In Town
Announcement Is made by the South
ern Railway system that on and after
Wednesday of this week the Southern
will give free pickup and delivery ser
vice on freight shipments of leas than
a car load.
Arrangements have been made by the
local agent, J. E. Bishop, to have the
Biomfield Transfer service take Cara
of the delivery and pick-up In Brevard,
f.he free service extending to the city
limits.
DR. C. HARDIN OPENS
BONUS OFFICE HERE
Brevard Dentist Offers Free
Services To Veterans
Of Transylvania
Monroe Wilson Post N'o. 88 of the
American Legion nt Brevard has estab
lished "Bonus Headquarters" at the
office of l)r. Carl Hardin, adjutant of
the post, for the purpose of aiding tho
Veterans of Transylvania In any way
possible in correctly filling out their
applications for bonus bonds.
According td Dr. Hardin, an ample
supply of application blanks were re
ceived at his office on Friday of last
week, but not In time to get an an
nouncement in last week’s Times. News
of this sort circulates rather rapidly
however, and quite a number of the
veterans have already taken advan
tage of the Legion's service here to
get their applications off early.
As Dr. Hardin explains, bonus bonds
and cash balance will be mailed out to
veterans In the order in which the ap
plications are received by the various
Veterans’ Administration offices. "So,”
says Dr. Hardin, "If you do not receive
yours by return mail there is no use to
write In to headquarters as same will
be taken care of In due time.”
Veterans are requested to bring their
discharge certificates and their PINK
SLIPS—(their receipts for their certifi
cates at the time of the 1931 loan) or
their bonus certificate if they have not
previously borrowed against them or
have repaid the loan.
Dr. Hardin states that a number of
the men making applications have lost
ihelr pink slips. In this case the appli
cations are sent In with whatever In
formation available as the Veterans’
Administration has complete records
and except that it may cause some de
lay it is not thought that loss of the
pink slip will cause much serious dif
ficulty.
It is also found that some veterans
have lost or misplaced their discharges
and are unable to furnish their service
serial number, date of enlistment, date
of discharge, etc. In such cases It will
be necessary for the veteran to make
application to Washington for a dupli
cate of his discharge certificate, unless
he has had it registered at the register
of deeds office. All veterans who have
not done so are urged to have their dis
charge registered and thereby avoid fu
ture inconvenience. The local Legion
Post Is providing this service free of
charge to any and all veterans wheth
er they he members or not.
Stress is laid on the fact by Adju
tant Hardin and Commander F. Brown
Carr, of the local Legion post, both of
whom have had correspondence with
the state and national Legion head
quarters. that every veteran of the
World War should avail himself of the
advantages offered by the American
Legion as an organization which func
tions primarily for the veterans. Tho
American Legion post Is proving its
worth now In tlie matter of handling
the numerous details necessary to es
tablishment of claims of the veterans.
For the benefit of veterans, (whether
they are members of the American Le
gion or not makes no difference) Dr.
Hardin keeps his office In the Breese
building on East Main street open each
evening from 8 to 9 o’clock.
A communication received this week
by Commander Carr warns against
veterans accepting heavy cash dis
counts for their “baby bonds" before
they are received. It is specifically
pointed out that bonds will be worth
exactly $50 each on and after June 15th
of this year, and for a veteran to con
tract to sell his lionds now for heavy
cash discount is "cheating himself" the
official communication sets out.
Old Clothing Asked
For Needy Children
Announcement is made by the under
privileged child committee of the Ki
wanis club that clothes and shoes for
underprivileged children from the ages
of 1 to 15 will be gathered ut the homes
Friday afternoon. Those having such
clothing who could bring them to Mrs.
Charlie Patton's office in the court
house on Friday ure requested to do so,
and they will be distributed to the
needy ones by the Kiwanis committee.
Members of the underprivileged com
mittee are: Dr. H. J. Bradley, Rev. jf.
P. Simmons and Ralph James. If any
people have clothing that are suitable
for wear by the above mentioned
groups of children, and are unable to
deliver them to Mrs. Patton’s office,
they are requested to get in touch with
either of the Kiwanis Club committee
members.
Public Buildings In
Community Favored
Need for two public buildings In
Brevard were chief civic topics of Inter
est discussed at the meeting of Bre
vard Kiwanls club last Thursday—
postoffice and extension building being
two brought to attenttor. of the dub.
W. D. Gash was appointed as chair
man of a committee to ascertain the
status of Brevard In securing a federal
building for the postofficc.
Julian Glaxener was appointed chair
man of a committee to Inquire into pos
sibilities of securing a building to house
the extension work, 4-H, fanners meet
ing place, and laboratory for the coun
ty.
Committee appointments for the club
year wore announced by President C
L,. Newland, and need of every member
co-operation was stressed by Vice Prea
ldant Paul Harteeli, who Is chairman
ex officio of all committees.
Mr. Thompson of Atlanta, Ga., was a
guest of Brown Carr at the meeting.