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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES ‘HT A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County- --- ^§^4^0.9. " BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936. $1.00 PERYEARJN^TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REPUBLICANS WILL MEET ON MARCH 14 County Convention To Be Held In Brevard—Precinct Conventions Set Republic,in call for county anil pre cinct convention has been issued by Lewis l’. Hamlin, chairman of the ex ecutive committee, as follows: "I'ounty convention of the Republi can parly of Transylvania county is hereby called to meet at the county court house. Hrevard. North Carolina, at one o'clock. Saturday afternoon. March it. for the purpose of electing dele-sites to the State Convention and transaction of all business that may properly come before the convention. "Meetings of Republicans in the sev eral precincts of the county are here by called to be held at 7:30 o'clock p. ni.. Thursday. March 12. at the follow ing places for the respective precincts: Hrevard No. 1. 2, and 3, court house, Hrevard; Royd precinct at Enon school house; Cedar Mountain precinct, Ce dar Mountain school house; Cathey's Creek precinct. Seltca school house; I Minn's Rock precinct, Connestee school house: Eastatoe precinct, Rosman school house; Gloucester No. 1, Sllver M.-. n school house; Gloucester No. 2. Shoal Crei k school house; Hogback No. t. ijuebec school house; Hogback No. 2, l ake Toxawny school house; Hogback No. ::. Rohauey school house: and Lit tle River precinct, Little River school house. •■The precinct meetings will be called to order by the precinct chairmen or smile member of the precinct commit t,< Each precinct will elect an execu tin' committee one of whom shall bo designated as chairman, and a secre tary. They will also elect a vice-chair man who shall be a woman; one dele gate and one alternate to the county convention for each fifty votes or frac tional part thereof oast for the Repub lican governor in 1934. The precinct chairman is requested to bring the names and addresses of the several pre cinct committees as elected in their pre cinct meetings. “Lewis P. Hamlin. Chairman Transylvania County Republican Executive Committee." Recreation Center Is Needed In Community Interested citizens are advocating a recreation center for Brevard, to tie in with the work now started by the Na tional Youth Administration setup here, and to be the nucleus around which these Interested parties hope to build a permanent recreation center for young folk. That there is a decided need for such a place In Brevard lias been pointed out for some time by people interested in youth work in Brevard, and leaders assert that there could be no more ap k propriate time than right now to start JP such a movement. At present the recreation work Is functioning on a small scale under the supervision of Mrs. J. R. Hamlin and her associates. _ State Lecturer Will Visit Masonic Lodge ' .leff Nelson, lecturer for the Grand Lodge of Masons In this district will spend one week in Brevard lecturing to tlie members of Puna’s Bock Lodge, beginning Monday. March 30th. Mr. Nelson will be at the hall each day and niclit and instruct the members in de gree work. Each end every member is urged to make plans to attend these meetings. Regular communication of Bunn's Rock lodge wilt l*c held Friday night at 8:00 o'clock. At th» conclusion of the me* ting refreshments will l>e served. T«*n Graham Improving i r.rnhsm. one of the most popu- j nbers of the Brevard College council, was rcporti-d \o be lm Wednesday at noon. He is at Memorial hospital, ill with pneu tlns from the hospital Saturday rough Tuesday wore to the of it the young man was critically Wednesday hospital attaches j was decidedly Improved. Tele >m numerous friends of ir athlete of the old In in were received by The k ng as to his condition. ■ ' Mrs. Frank fJrahsun, of Fla., who are Brevard ;,n (dents, are here with their Coy Compton Winner In First Week Big Egg Prize Contest •y M. Compton, who lives on Route trevard, was winner of the year's icrtpttori to The Times tor the larg est hen egg brought tn last week. The brought in by Mr. Compton ir.eas ui 1 sever, and fifteen-sixteenths Inches around the long way and six laches a round the smaller way. several other eggs brought In Frlduy and Saturday neared the mark, but all were completely out-measured by the Black Minorca brought In by Mr. Comp ton. ' . The Times will give a year’s sub scription to the person bringing In the largest hen egg each week for the next fihree weeks, and the person bringing In the largest egg during the four week •friod will be given two dollars in mer ^ckindise at any store In the communi ty. For State Auditor KOSS rill , who announced Ilia candid:'. y for flic Democratic nomina tion for State Auditor on Monday, is a native of Sinithfhdd, Johnston county and tlic son of the late Congressman Kdward \V. 1’ou, who represented the Fourth Congressional District in Con gress for many years. High School Exhibit j Draws Much Comment j Much interest was shown by patrons I and friends of ISrevard high school in the poster book exhibition and tea given by the junior and sophomore English classes Friday afternoon at the high school building, under the direc tion of the teacher. Miss Martha j Hoswell. Honors were awarded in the poster j book contest, with the following stu- | dents being adjudged the best: Martha j Kate Moore. Uennaissunce Costume; | Harleston McIntosh, English Costume) of the Middle Age; Louise Moore, Mildred Henderson and Nina Lou Rus tin. Notre Dame; St. Clair Austin. Greek Architecture; Charles Allen, Tower of \ London; Janet Jenkins, Mary Alice | Feaster, lioma Antique; Odell Scott. | Castles; Vera Hayes, House of Tudor; ! Mary Helen Galloway, Juanita Free man. Midsummer Night's Dream. A varied assortment of projects was displayed by the students, illustrating in excellent manner their voluntary work, which was supplementary to the regular class room work. Striking ar tistic ability, neatness, painstaking work and careful study were all clearly demonstrated in many of the books on exhibit. The high class work of the black board drawings by the English pupils also attracted much attention on the part of the visitors. The drawings rep resented the pageant of the centuries from 500 II. C. to 1588 A. D., Including Greece. Pagan Home, Christian Home. Knighthood. Gothic architecture, cas tles, the Crusades, and 18th, 15th and j ltitli century costumes. Following the exhibit, the guests were 1 invited into an adjoining room where tea was served by a number of young ladies of the two classes. Judges in the contest were Mrs. E. ,T. Colt rune, Mrs. F. E. B. Jenkins and Miss Beulah May Zachary. ■ The project books of Martha Kate Moore and Harleston McIntosh have been accepted for permanent record, it' is announced by Miss Boswell, and the other books will be held for further correction before filing in the school records. Sunday School Meet Be Held Here Sunday Leaders in Sunday School work in the Transylvania Association will meet in the Brevard Baptist church. Sunday afternoon. March 1st, a' 3:00 o'clock, to organize for definite work. Several pastors and Sunday school workers have promised Intentions of attending this meeting. Each church is -xpected to have representatives pres ent. Pastors and superintendents of Sunday schools are urged to attend. \. L. Ponder, Associations! Sui t. I I Unemployed People Urged To Register; “Tilt* North Carolina Stale employ- I mi nt Service, located til the court I house, tinder the direction of Frank | i\ King, manager, tins practically fin ished the major portion of taking re lief cases from the relief rolls an.] plac ing them on Works Progress Adminis tration jobs. This office is now desirous that all unemployed persons who are still look ing for work on non-relief status, or otherwise, keep their applications in the employment office renewed from time to time in order that they might be eligible for any jobs secured by this service. These applications can be re- J in wed by persona coming into the of fice. or by mail or telephone. The locs.i manager states that the majority of applicants are not aware of the fact that it is necessary to renew their ap plications at least once every ninety days, In order to be kept in the active files of this service. If this is not done, the employment office takes it for granted that such persons have se cured employment, or for various other reasons are not looking for work through this office. The files for Transylvania county are located in the court house, and the office is open daily from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. The employment service Is also anxious for those needing workers of any nature to contact this service." FARMING IN COUNTY AT VERY LOW EBB Fact* Discovered Cause For New Impetus In Hard Work Program Farming, in the real sense of the word, is at its lowest ebb in Transyl vania county in years. This was con sensus of opinion as expressed at a meeting of farmers and business men held in the county agents' office Satur day afternoon. However, there is every reason to believe, llie farmers also were unani mous in asserting, that tlds condition has no reason for continuing to exist in this county, and tlie farmers present expressed themselves as more than will, iug and ready to set about rectifying l he condition. Careful survey had been made by the representative farmers at the meeting, and their reports were verified by a survey which hail been made by tlie county agents, and the federal crop authorities. The several men present were com munity committee chairmen, repre senting different communities of Tran sylvania, and were regarded as being able to comprehensively speak for the sections they represented. Livestock, including beef and milk i attic, horses, hogs, poultry, and. sheep, ns well as the natural resources of tiiriber, have been diminishing since (Continued on Back Page) Bonus Applications Still Being Filled Out In Times Office From all sections of the county ex soldiers continue to come to The Times office to have their applications for bonus bonds filled out, and veterans are .requested to remind their buddies that early filing of their papers is essential. Approximately 175 or more papers | have already been filled out and mail ed t<> headquarters from this county, but it is estimated that there are still a number of veterans who have not [ filed. Blanks have been received by this office for filing adjusted compensation service certificates, and any ex-soldier of the World War who lias not as yet filed for this "first paper" are invited to come in and have tin necessary work taken care of. There is no charge for the filing of papers, or the notarial seal on bonus bond or papers of any type for the ex soldiers. Much Interest Here In Club Art Contest In County Schools Much interest Is being shown by high school and elementary pupils of the Brevard and county schools in the creative art contest, now in progress, sponsored by the Mathatasian club. Two groups of prizes are offered by the club for the best original work submitted, one to high school pupils and one to elementary grade students. The contest will close on Saturday, March 21. Drawings, paintings, soap sculptur ing and a variety of work in creative art will bo submitted in the contest, it Is expected, by pupils from various schools throughout the county. Teach ers are urged to cooperate in the work and to encourage the children to enter the contest. BROWN CARR ELECTED HEAD OF ARMY GROUP p. Brown Carr lias recently been elected to the presidency of the Re serve Officers Association of Western North Carolina, and officiated at a meeting of the officers in meeting Tuesday night at Asheville. Lieutenant A. P. Nesbit, comma* h r of CCC P-G6 accompanied Mr. Carr to the meeting Tuesday night. Spring Football Tilt On College Schedule Spring football practice got under way at Prevard College field Tuesday, with over twenty men reporting to Conch James. Only Freshmen aro working out. Tho practice will consist mainly of fundamentals, blocking, tack ling. charging, stance, punting, pass ing, and receiving passes. Coach James hope3 to uncover some likely material for next fall. Several ietterruen that are expecting to return next year and who will take spring work, ere Odom, Lail, guards; Ash worth. Gray. Lance, Harding, tackles; Huggins, Edwards, Swann, Severs, ends; E. Clayton, Thompson, Salmon, Ardrey, Reno, backs. Several new faces are espected to be seen on the field. The practice will continue until March 20th Hundred Students To Graduate From College Diplomas will bo granted to over one hundred students of Brevard Co'lege on June 10th, when graduation exercises will be held. The Rev. Claude H. Moser of Gastonia, will preach tho baccalaure ate sermon. Eleven students will gradu ate on March 24. Program for the next two years is set out in a bulletin just published by the college, two thousand copies of which are being mailed to ministers, laymen, and other citizens who are interested in the work the college is doing here. FREE SHOWS GIVEN | BY FORESTRY DEPT. Brevard, Rosman, Pisgah For est, Balsam Grove Schools Will Be Visited Picture shows are being given in .several county schools this week by the National Forest department, de picting some of the things that are gained by forest protection In Western North Carolina, and accentuating the value of assisting the forestry service in its worthwhile work. .Schedules as announced by Hanger Imncan and Assistant Seely, who are in charge of the picture show programs, are as follows: Brevard high school, Thursday morn ing at nine o'clock; Pisgah Forest or Davidson River school, Thursday after noon at one; Rosman high school, Fri day afternoon at one; Balsam Grove, Monday of next week at ten-thirty. Tlie free show, which is comprised of both educational and comedy reels, shows something of the work being done for stream flow control, recrea tional value of the national and adjoin ing forests, timber conservation and development, restocking of streams with fish, and other values to this section to he derived from the national forest and its program. Mr. Seely was in The Times office Monday and stated that school officials here and in other counties were giving the best of cooperation. Business Outlook Is Good Says Lumber Company President Business outlook for Carr lumber company, and in general throughout (he country, is vastly improved, ac cording to Louie Carr, president of the Carr Lumber company at Pisgah For est and also of a large lumbering con cern in New Mexico. Mr. Carr is here for several days, coming to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of the Pisgah Forest company, an.I he is firmly convinced that tlie ne\i four years at least will be decidedly better than the past two. Bitterly opposed to the government’s present spending of money, Mr. Carr buses his assertion that business will continue to improve on the belief that outlay of government money for "doles" is fast going into the back ground. and that people will be put more and more on their own means of support, which the enterprising lum berman declares is good for the whole | country. — M. L. Lewis Elected Pastor At Mt. Moriah ROSMAN, Feb. 26.—Rev. M. L. Lewis, of Henderson count}, has been elected pastor of Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist church at Calvert. He will move with his family this week to the former Joe Zachary place, now owned by Austin liogsed. at Calvert. The Rev. Mr. Lewis comes highly recommended as a pastor, having served as pastor of Fletcher Baptist church for seven years. He was al -a pastor for a number of years of liana Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Lewis will give the church half time, that is one service each Sunday, either in the morning or at night. The next Sunday the service will be held at eleven o’clock. The pub lic is invited. I Roads Closed To Big Trucks Through N. C. All roads of the county have been closed to trucks which weigh with their loads over five tons. This action was taken by the State ■ Highway department In an effort to I minimize damage from heavy traffic | to die bituminous surfaced reads over I the entire state. Excessive wet and cold weather ha? I done considerable damage to the state j highway system, and the order stop I ping heavier traffic was made to pre sent further damage. All main high I ways in Transylvania county are af fected by the order. Some of the main I state links are still open to the heavier traffic. The order is to remain in ef fect for thirty days. The Boy 1st on road. North Brevard to Mills River, was closed last week to all through traffic, this link being in bad condition. It ia estimated that the state system lias been damaged more than three mil lion dollars during the past two months by the bad weather. Farmers Day Will Be Featured By Kiwanis Thursday will t* farm day at Brevard Ktwanls club, when agricultural Inter ests of Transylvania and Henderson counties will have charge of the dub program following the luncheon. County Agent G. D. White and sever al farmers from Henderson county will he special guests of the club with the Transylvania farm planning executive committee, O. E. Shipman, T. J. Wi. son, and E. Carl Allison, together with Assistant Agent Maness, Randall Ly day, B. L. Lunsford ,and Dean Colvard representing the vocational agriculture classes in the county, and Julian Glaz ener and Willis Brittain representing the Klwanis club farm committee. Plans for staging the Henderson Transylvanla com show will be pre sented to the business men by the ag ricultural interests. Seeking Presidency GOVERNOR ALF LANOON of Kan sas, is making a strong i>i<l for nomina tion on the Republican ticket for President. WPA Launches New Sanitation Project A new project has been launched in Transylvania county under the Works Progress Administration with view to improving public health condi tions in the county by replacing un healthy, antiquated privies with mod ern, sanitary structures built accent ing to plans approved by the state department of health. An allotment of between $G,000 and $7,000 has been provided for the project and work starts Monday providing modern sanitary facilities. Several men will be put to work on tlie project with W. F. Hart as fore man. John Floyd, of Asheville, district representative of the state department of health, has general supervision over tlie project. lOxplainlng the project this week, Hart said it offers everybody in the county an opportunity to obtain modern privies, complying with legal require ments. by providing the necessary ma terials. Labor for building the privies i will bo supplied without charge by the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Hart estimated that the materi als for an approved type of privy, in cluding lumber, hardware and cement for a concrete foundation, would cost approximately $14. This cost, however, will be considerably smaller for those who already have much of the materials available on their farms. Persons who do not now have sani tary privies and desire to have new ones built by WPA labor were request ed by Hart to notify him. He said he desires to group the work by sections so as to avoid waste of time by the laborers in unnecessary transportation. Capt. T. T. Patton III Capt. T. T. Patton, respected resi dent of the Pisgah Forest section, is very ill at his home. Mr. Patton, who is 88 years old, has been in bad health for several weeks. WFBC Goes On Chain Program March 1st WFBC, Greenvilla radio station, un nouncss through tho columns of The Times Hint effective March 1st, the sta tion will go cn the NBC network, ana will at the same time increase its wat tage to 5000. Transylvania people are already well acquainted with Station WFBC which is operated by The Greenville News Piedmcnt company, and have been reg ular listeners to the splendid local pro grams that they have been giving Ir, • he past. The Sunday afternoon pro grams ot vocal music is of especial in terest 10 the people here. Sunshine Dispels Ail Winter Signs Winter loft this section over the week-end. with sunshine and singing birds dispelling the longest siege ot mean weather this section has seen ir, many a year. Monday's high thermometer readtns renorded by Marry Patton at the offi cial weather bureau sta.tion here w-as iic above with the low only coming down to 3G above. Tuesday’s high was 76 with the low reaching only down to 45. Along with the sunshine that follow ed close upon the heels of snow last Friday, reports show that flu and pneumonia ca3cs in the community arc materially Improved. Rainfall for the past two montftS has been very high, 12.14 Inches being re corded for January, and 5.52 in Feblti ary. This Is nearly one-third the usual rainfall for the entire year. Roads in the county are reported in much better shape, and state high ways are also Improving. WILLIS CAUBLE MADE DIXIE STORE MANAGER Willis Cauble has been placed In charge of the Dixie Store in Brevard, succeeding W. G. Wilson, who has been transferred to Greenville by the Dixie chain. Mr. Cauble has been connected with the Dixie for some time. He is assisted in the store by Scott Dillingham, for merly with the Standard Service sta tion on Broad street. CORN SHOW PLANS BE MADE THURSDAY Transylvania And Henderson Farmers Will Compete For Prizes F’lans will be completed bcre Thurs day for staging the first annual Tran sylvania-Henderson county corn sFiow which will bo bold either In Brevard or Hendersonville this fall. A meeting wil! bo held in the county agent's office by the farm committees from the two counties at which time final plans and details will be worked out for the annual event. Cndi-r the tentative plans agreed upon by county farm agents and representa tives from farm and business groups of tin' two counties several weeks ago, farmers of the two counties will com pete for prizes for best corn growing, with different classes to be set up for yield, cost-yield, grades, and corn for seed. Prizes will be given In the several classes, the prizes for farmers of the two counties to he furnished by citi zens and interested parties of the two counties, with grand prize for the best corn grower in the two counties to bo a silver loving cut) which will cost in excess of fifty dollars. Following the meeting Thursday morning, the group will Fiavn luncheon with the Brevard Kiwanis club at the England Home on West Main street, where the completed plan will be pre sented to business men of the town. Those who will represent Transyl vania county in the meeting Thursday are the county agents, O. E. Shipman, T. J. Wilson, and E. Carl Allison, with County Agent White and a group of farmers and business men coming here to represent Henderson county. Amateur Boxers Will Fight Here Next Week Ed Wike’s boxing class will do battle here on Thursday night of next week. March 5, with the group from the Asheville Y. M. C. A. The eight or more bouts will be held In the high school auditorium, where an excelent ring will be set up on the stage, and where practically all seats will be of the ringside type. Professor Wtke's boys have been working out for a couple of weeks, and some likely fisticuff material is In the making. Five boys are members of the 1935 team that made such creditable showing against visiting boxers, and in addition there are nine new would-he Tunneys out. Members of the last year group who will see action in the March 5th bouts, are Dick Siniard. David Barton, 0. K. Osborne, Jr.. Francis Allison, Clifton Moore. New men, from part of the boxers for next week’s program wilt be chosen, are Chandon Ashworth, Marshall Loftis. L. C. Wilson, Mulvln McGaha, Janes Glazener, Charlie Clay ton. Bruce Petit, Paul Simpson, Grady Baynard. Daddy Of All Stills Cut Down By Sheriff The biggest, bravest, and most com plete of all stills ever to be destroyed In Transylvan'a county was the one cut down last week by Sheriff Tom Wood, in the Conncstee Falls section. The still was capable cf cooking 147 gallons of mash at one time, and if copper means good linuor, produced an excellent brand of fire-water, as the outfit was completely and well made of copper. That the moonshiners were brave, as well as shrewd is proven by the fact that the still was operated lass fhan one hundred yards from the Brevard Greenville highway, about one mile above Con nest ee Falls, a small creek on the northern side of the highway furnishing tha necessary water for con densing, and whatever amount of '"wash-ups" were used. Sheriff Wood said that he had never I seen a still located sc near the high way, In such a permanent location. A large log and slat shed bad been con structed in the s'do of the hill in which the still, the fifteen barrels of beer, and other things that go with Illicit dis tilling were housed. Water was brought into the shelter by means of a home * made pipe line hewed from timber. Second growth timber about the plant Indicated that the still had been operated in its unique location for at least two years, and there ts no way of estimating the rumher of gallons of "mountain brew" that has trickled from the worm of the excellent copper outfit. 2 New School Buses Will Be Received For County Schools Two new school bases for use in the Transylvania county system will be received here the last of this week, Oour.ty Superintendent J. B. Jones sold Monday. The new and modern buses will re place old ones that have been con demned as unsafe for some time, but have been "nursed" along until new ones could be procured. One bus will be planed on the Sllver steen to Rosman run, and the other on the Blantyre to Brevard route. Two new buses have already been added to the county syetem during this school year, and Professor Jones states that he haa definite promise of two more In Jnly of this year, which will Rive Transylvania nine up-to-date transportation units.