THE' TRANSYLVANIA TAX LISTING STARTS ONE MONTH EARUER Listers Appointed By County Commissioners In Meet ing Here Monday Tax listing will begin the first Mon day in April instead of the first Mon day in May, according to action taken by the county board of commissioners In meeting here Monday. Change of listing date was made at the request of County Accountant Ralph I.yday who stated that by mov ing the listing date up one month, he would be enabled to get out the tax books earlier, and thereby assist tax payers in taking advantage of the dis count which ends the last day of No vember. Heretofore. Mr. I.yday said, it has been next to impossible to have the books ready in time to allow those tax payers to take advantage of the discount. Also, it was pointed out. the state regulations call for the listing to start on tile first Monday In April unless there is valid reason for postponement. Practically all counties In the state are listing during April, it was said. bisters appointed for the several townships Include: Royd, b. F. I.yday. lirevard. Geo. \V. Hayes. Cathey Creek, Rrlscoe Whitmire. Dunns Rock. George Maxwell. Kastatoe, W. C. Gravely. Gloucester. Obie Fisher. Hogback, Henry McCall. bittlo River, T. Hal Hart. Most Veterans Have Filed Bonus Papers Most of the World War veterans of Transylvania county have filed their applications for bonds to replace their bonus certificates, and with possibly a very few exceptions, claims for ad just i" | compensation certificates which is first step in receiving the baby bonds, have been filed. It is estimated that nearly one hun dred fifty soldiers have been assisted in filling their papers out in The Times office, and Dr. Carl Hardin had filled out over fifty before he was injured several weeks ago and was removed to Oteen hospital for treatment. Veterans, or dependants of deceased \ eterans, who have not filed applica tions for adjusted compensation certi ficates, are invited to see either Chief liort H. Freeman or any member of The Transylvania Times force at once. Veterans who have heen interviewed in The Times office have generally expresed the view that home ownership will be materially Increased with the payment of the bonds, with a number of the veterans already securing op tions on small pieces of property, final settlement to be made upon receiving the bonds. Others will do repairs about their homes and farms; still others will Invest in new enterprises of one kind and another, and manw of the I vets will just "pay up and start over’ ' with the money they receive. Ex-soldiers here will receive better! than one hundred thousand dollars in the negotiable bonds. Sunday School Work In County Organized ftundnj school workers of the Tran sylvania baptist Association met in conference foi organization at Brevard last Sunday. The outline and nature of the work was presented by Hev. Paul Hurtsell. moderator of the associa tion. and N. I,. Ponder, superintendent, Tlic churches were divided into (groups and group superintendents v ere named for each group. Those appointed for croup work were: C. W. Adcock. Boylston division: B. If. Ore. Pisgah Forest division: Elbert Bishop. Cedar Mountain division; E. Carl \llbon, Cherry field division; Prof. \V M. Hunt. Rosman division; and T. C. Henderson. Oak Grove division. Next meeting will be held in Brevard on the fifth Sunday in Mareh. The association will be represented lr. a convention at Hickory, N. C., on March 13-20. .\/:u i/fF/r.tf. to Mr. and Mrs Robert Whit son. Van. on Saturday, Febru Special Session Of legislature Seen As Vobable By Solons • ntativi W. M Henry and ..ator Ralph Ramsey are of the opin ion that a special session of the legisla ture will be called by the governor to bring the state under the federal social security program. Neither Mr. Ramsey nor Mr. Henry "would enjoy" spending a month, or posibly two months in the state capitol during the hot weather season, but both state that If the special session is called, they will attend. If thii session were to only consider the security program, the Brevard men say, there would be but little drawback to a special session, but they fear that once the legislature is called Into session, that another long drawn out meeting will be Imminent. Governor Ehringhaus was In Wash ington last week conferring with the North Carolina delegation there, and while no statement was Issued follow ing the meeting to the effect that a special session would be called, yet there was no denial of the necessity .Ji,r such a procedure, which Is taken Jjpnerally to mean that the special vs*,sion will be called. •oajjaro t5Vi-ty »*/u y i MANY A SILK-STOCKINGED GIRL GETS A RUN FOR HER MONEY! DUKE POWER ANNOUNCES STOVE-HEATER CAMPAIGN Annual electric stove anil hot water heater sales campaign is being started this week by the Duke Power company office here, and Manager J. M. Gaines states that there is Increased interest in the two up-to-date electric appli ances. Complete details of the sales event will be found in this issue. Amateur Boxers Will Fight Here Thursday Brevard fight fans will be permitted to see two champions in action here Thursday night of this week when the boxing team under Edwin Wik* meets the Y. M. C. A. team from Asheville. The meet will be held In the high school auditorium, and will begin promptly at eight o’clock. Admission of ten and 25 cents will be charged, pro ceeds to go to the athletic fund. nick Sinlard, captain of the Brevard team, is the Western North Carolina champion In the 145-pound amateur class, while David Barton also holds title to the 100-pound1 championship. Six other bouts of three rounds each will also l)e on the program. Refinancing Brevard Indebtedness Sought Methods of a refinancing of the town's indebtedness were discussed at the regular meeting of the board of aldermen Monday night, and a favor able report was made by City Clerk Harry Patton to the board in regard to the preliminary work already done. Mr. Patton and City Attorney Ralph Itamsey conferred with the local gov ernment commission in Raleigh last week, and the report showed that the state officials were ready and willing to cooperate in any way to bring about a settlement of the town finances that would be acceptable to both the bond holders and the taxpayers. Tom Graham Improving Condition of Tom Graham, popular Brevard college student, who has been very ill at Lyday Memorial hospital, is reported to be vastly improved. KEfiO PARTY A benefit Keno party wil be given on Fridny evening, March 20. sponsor ed by ttie Pisgah chapter O. E. S. The proceeds will go to the Masonic and Eastern Star home at Greensboro. Indian Name for French Broad River Has Many Different Interpretations TAH-KEE-OS-TEE, Indian name for the French Broad river, is interpreted by different authorities to mean nearly the same thing, but still slightly dif ferent. Two out of five people who have been to The Times office since last week in regard to moaning of "Tah keeosteo” gave "racing river” as Indian meaning of the word. Mrs. Jasper Orr and Dr. A. \V. Long, cited historical authorities for “racing river.” Mrs. T. H. Shipman sent in a note saying that the word, the best she could determine, meant "siient waters," and that Davidson river was known In Indian'language as ECUSTA cr "laugh ing waters." Oliver H. Orr referred to a volume of "North Carolina Poems" by E. C. Brooks that named the French Broad "racing water” as Indian name. Mr. Orr said, however, that the French made a trip from the Ohio valley into Western North Carolina and gave it the present name. Dr. E. S. English said that "river of rest" was given the French Broad years ago by Cherokees who came into this section enroute to the lowlands for basket material. Indians told Jim Clay ton, an uncle of Dr. English that by reason of the fact that the French Broad was oftime out of Its banks when the Indians reached this section, and that sometimes camp would have to be made for several days while the river was subsiding, the Indians dubbed it "river jof rest." Davidson river was known to the Indians, Dr. English said his uncle told him, as ECUSTA, or "galloping waters.” Mrs. Jasper Orr sent in a verse from a poem by L. A. E. Stikeleather, which designated the French Broad as “racing water." and also gave a possible reason for this county’s name of Transylvania. The verse reads: "Mid fair ’sylvania’s glens, where Is your source And where an Infant brook, you start upon your course Of league on league that stretches to the sea. l:i thought I visit you today, Tahkeeostee." Mrs. Norma Chapman King of Kings Mountain, sent in a poem which gives the name of "Racing Water” to the liver. The poem follows: KACIXO WATER i By Mary Bayard Clarke) Racing water, w'10 can paint, theo, With thy scenery wild and grand’' it would take a magic pencil Guided by a master hand. IP're are towering, rugged mountains. Granite rocks all scarred and gray, Nature's altars whence her incense Floats in wreaths of mist away. At thy feet the murmuring' waters Now are singing songs of praise, Or in sonorous no*es triumphant A majestic pacn raise. Down the canyon's rocky gorges Now they wildly, madly sweep, As. with laughing shout exultant, O’er the rocks they Joyous leap. Then in calm and limpid beauty Still and deep they silent flow, With the verdant bank o’erhanging Pictured In the depths below. Pulsing from the heart of Nature, Here thy "Hot Spring’s" genial gush There, like stream from Alpine glacier Down the mountains coldly rush. Tah-kee-os-tee—Racing Water— Was thy sonorous Indian name But as “French Broad" thou art written On the white man’s roll of fame. Perish that—but live the other! For on every dancing wave Evermore Is shone the beauty Of the name the Red Man gave. MRS. TINSLEY FIRM BELIEVER IN CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Classifed advertising in The Transylvania Times pays big divi dends. Mrs. John C. Tinsley of Maple street is one of the best boosters for the little 25-cent ads this paper has, because Mrs. Tinsley has thor oughly tried out the pulling power of the classified column and finds that it pays. Each storing for the past six gears Mrs. Tinsley has been using the want ad column to tell folk about the shrubs and plants she has for sale, and each year her business is increasing. In Mrs. Tinsley's words—"Most people know about the things l have to sell, but I find it pays to remind them each spring through the pa per that it is time to s<’t out shrubs and of course the fart that I want to supply them." Brevard Composition Be Broadcast Tuesday Over National Hookup Those who appreciate home talent will have the opportunity next Tues day morning, March 10, of listening to a broadcast by the National Broadcast ing company of a musical composition by Donald Lee Moore, of Brevard. “Romance," a woodwind ensemble composed by Mr. Moore two years ago, will be broadcast from the Washington studios of the radio concern, by the 1'nited States Marine band. The Brevard composer’s number will lie played during the "Dream Hour," coming on between eleven and twelve o'clock. Of especial interest in connection with the broadcast Is the fact that the band was at one time under the leader ship of Sousa. Teachers Of County Will Meet Saturday All teachers of Transylvania county are called to meet in Brevard high school auditorium, Saturday morning at ten o'clock. Prof. J. B. Jones, Issuing the call for the meeting, stresses the fact that weather conditions have been such during the past several months that the monthly meetings were discontin ued. ami in view of this fact requests all teachers to be present. Professor Jones announces that a special session will he held at Cullowhee Saturday morning for teachers Inter ested in Geography, beginning at nine o'clock, and any teachers who care to attend the Cullowhee meeting may he excused from the county teachers meet ing. Declamation Contest At High School Friday A silver medal will he awarded to the pupil winning the W. C. T. U. declama tion contest which is to be staged at Brevard high school auditorium Friday morning of this week at nine o’clock. In addition to the silver medal, the winner of the Brevard contest will be given a trip to Sylva. An invitation is extended to the pub lic. to attend the exercises. Following are the students and their subjects: "Crossing the Gorge." John Paul Jones; "Youth Must Choose," Tom Gal loway; "The Deceiver," A. B. Galloway, Jr.; "The Camels Nose,” Edward Gla zener; “The Heal Public Enemy Num ber One,’ 'John Walker. One Hundred Dollars In Cash Offered 10 Best Corn Growers In Transylvania One hundred dollars in cash prizes will be paid to farmers of Transylvania county in a corn growing contest which is being entered into jointly by Tran sylvania and Henderson counties. First prize in the corn growing con test will be $25 cash, second $15 cash, third $10 cash, with the best yield in the two counties to he given a loving cup for which the State Trust com pany of Hendersonville is paying fifty dollars. In all ten cash prizes will be given to Transylvania farmers ranging from $25 down to $2. Similar prizes will be given to the ten winners in Henderson county. Flans and details of the Henderson Transylvania Corn Contest were work ed out here last Thursday when coun ty agents and agriculture committees and business men from the two coun ties met in Julian Glazener's offioe. While the corn growing contest will be known as a two-county event, cash prizes contributed in each of the coun ties will go to the ten highest rating corn growers in Henderson, and in Transylvania. The grand sweepstakes prize pro vided by the Hendersonville hank will go to tiie farmer In the two counties that makes the highest score, thus giv ing one farmer in either Henderson or Transylvania county, the loving i cup and $25 in cosh. Score card for determining the ten highest corn growers in each of the counties as adopted by the planning committee which spent several hours going over the proposition, will give a rating of 75 per cent for the largest yield on a one-acre plot of ground, and 25 per cent for profit on the acre, with uniform cost system to be used in de termining the cost of production and net profit of the one acre plots entered in the contest. Any farmer in euner nennerson or Transylvania county is eligible to enter the corn growing contest. Also any vo cational agriculture student, 1-H club member or lady farmer in either of the counties. There are no entrance fees to the farmer, and each farmer will lie allow ed to use his own judgment or plans for raising the one acre which he en ters in the contest, selecting such seed, fertilizer, etc., as he sees fit. Requirements are that records be kept of the work and cash outlay on the one acre plot entered, with approv ed state record books to be supplied each farmer entering free of charge b> the county agent. Rental cost of each acre will be based at with seed and fertilizer at actual cash value. Manure used on the acre will 1* charged in the record which each contestant keeps at one dollar for each average two-horse wagon bed full. Tractor use will be charged at one dollar per hour; man labor at 15 cents per hour; horse hours at 10 cents. Only one acre may be entered in the contest, the farmer to select this acre In any place he chooses. The acre must be selected at planting time, and will he measured at that time or later, by the county agent, assistant agent, or vocational agriculture teacher. Selecting of the 15 highest yields will he made by the two-county committee composed of the county agents, assist ant agents, and agriculture teachers of the two counties, the committee to go through all the one-acre plots entered In the contest and use approved field measuring methods to determine 15 highest yielding plots. After the corn has been gathered and shucked, five bushels will he taken from the pile of corn, shelled, and the shelled corn weighed to determine the actual yield of shelled corn on the acre, which Is the determining factor in the 75 per cent given for yield. This yield, to gether with the 25 per cent given for net profit on tho acre, after costs of seed, fertilizer,, rent,, and lubor has been deducted, will he the basis on which the highest scorers will be se lected. After the ten highest scorers in each county have been determined the re cords in each county will he checked to determine the loving cup winner of the two counties, and if a Transylvania county farmer wins over all conteslants in both counties, a corn show and banquet will be held in this county, and vice versa. All farmers entering the corn grow ing contest will also he eligible to en ter the corn show, which will be held in tho county of the farmer making the one highest score. At this show ten ears of corn will he submitted, and Cash prizes will be given for the ten best ten-ear lots In the show. Final details of the ten-ear show have not been completed, hut will lie announced later through the county agents' of fices. Following the corn show, a Banquet will he held at which all the entrants will be present. Charges for this ban quet will be one bushel of corn or equivalent thereof in cash. It is believed that nearly a hundred farmers will enter the contest from this county, and probably 150 in Henderson county. Those attending the meeting here last Thursday to work out plans of the corn growing contest were: County Agent Glazener, Assistant Agent Man •ss. Dean W. Colvard of Brevard Col lege, Superintendent J. B. Jones and C. M. Douglas, all of Brevard: T. J. Wilson, E. O. Shipman, and E. Carl Allison, the Transylvania Farm Plan ning executive committee; County Agent G. D. White, E. W. Hamm, of the Chamber of Commerce, F. C. Shel ton, and Wade King of Hendersonville. At the noon hour these men were guests of the Brevard Kiwanls club for luncheon, where the proposition was explained to the business men of Brevard, and was given hearty ap proval. Agriculture Classes Organize Federation Atrrk'ulture students and teachers In Transylvania and Henderson counties organized the "Transylvania-Hender son Future Farmers Federation" in a meeting held at Brevard la3t week, with tnc view of correlating the work in the two adjoining counties for mutu al benefit. Officers elected to serve the two rounty federation included; TO. C. Wil son. Brevard, president; Creston Kil patrick, Fiat Rock, vice president; J. W. Bayne, Ranna, secretary; Charles M<'Neely, Rosman, treasurer; Grady Greene. Fletcher, reporter; Horace Wells, Edneyville. watch dog; R. J. Ly da.v, Brevard, advisor. Tentative program adopted for the federation which Includes the two agriculture chapters In Transylvania and six in Henderson, is as follows: Recreation, including camping trip and baseball tournament; string band; educational tour; trip to White Lake; judging contest; public federation pro gram; entertainment for federation meetings; county-wide father son ban uuet; and meet once each two months during the year. All agriculture departments of the two counties were represented at the meeting, as follows: Rosman, B. L. Lunsford, Charles McNeely and John Rogers; Brevard, R. J. Lyday, Malvin MeGalia and E. C. Wilson; Dana Edneyvtlle, II. L. Davis J. W. Bayne. Hobart Pace. Horace Weils and Hollis Justus; Flat F.ock-Etowah, W. A. Franklin, Creston Kilpatrick, Bnsro Anders, Vick Williams, Alonza Davis; Mills Rlver-Fletche*, E. T. F.isbie, Nell Evans, Latvreuce Burgin, Grady Greene, Floyd Ward. Ta! H. Stafford, district supervisor of the vocational agriculture work in Western Carolina, was also present at the meeting, and gave his endorsement of the two county work that is being undertaken. Business Men Meet With County Agents Business men and leading citizens of the town have been asked to meet for half an hour in the office of County Agent Glazenor tonight (Thursday) at seven-thirty o’clock sharp. Matters of interest to the business men of the town as pertains to the agricultural program in this county will be briefly presented by Mr. Glazen er to the business men, and especial attention is called to the fact that while the meeting is one of high importance there will be no long-drawn-out pro gram, and the business of the meet ing will be over by or before eight o'clock. IFIRE DEPARTMENT IN QUICK RUN TO BLAZE Quick action on the part of Brevard fire department last Saturday halted a grass and brush fire In the Park avenue section that was endangering several buildings and residences. Several of the residents of the im mediate Park avenue section have asked The Times to publicly express their appreciation of the fine work lone by the fire department. Club Women Interested In Better Agriculture Featuring the regular meeting of the Women's Civic ciub, held Monday af ternoon in the county agent’s office, was an interesting and informative talk on Soil Conservation by Julian A. Giazener, county farm agent. The importance of soil cultivation and crop rotution as a means of check ing soil erosion was stressed by Mr. Giazener. It was pointed out that there are new in Transylvania county 1?,000 acres of abandoned sol! with 75 per cent of the topsoil gone due to erosion because of lack of proper care of the Iund. Strip terracing for gardens and lawns was recommended by the speak er as a successful means of protection from soil erosion. The downward trend of the pou'try situation in this county was deplored by the county ovenl', who stated that this valuable source of revenue in farnvng would never be im proved until the farmers pay more attention to the culling of the flock, to proper feeding’ and housing and other essentials. "Lime, legumes, live stock and poultry” is the four-foid farm program for Transylvania county which is being particularly stressed by the county agents as of vitul Importance in successful farming. Routine business of the club was transacted, in charge of the president, Mrs. Oliver Orr. It was announced that the recently leased new club room In the postoffice building would be ready for occupancy in time for the April meeting of the club. The following committee was named to get the room in readiness for use: Mrs. T. A. Barg, Mrs. Ethel Harris, Miss Rose Shipman, Mrs. Beulah Zachsry and Mrs. Harry Bradley. Superintendent J. B. Jones spoke of the work now underway of tearing down the old condemned primary school building, and of the necessity of mov ing the shrubbery donated and planted around the building several years ago by the Civic club. The club voted to have the shrubbery dug up and re-set around the high school building. LUNCH ROOMS OPEN ROSMAN-BREVARD Hot Food For Undernourished Children-—Aid Needed From Citizens Hot lunches for underprivileged chil dren are being furnished at the Bos nian and Brevard schools, through the donations of interested citizens of the two communities. Supervisors in the lunch rooms are being furnished by the WPA, but there are no public funds that can be tapped for use in buying the necessary sup lilies. Miss Jackie Clayton, in charge of the work for this county, states that the work will be continued in these two schools, and will he added In other schools of the county, only and If the citizens are sufficiently interested in the undernourished and underprivileged children to assist in providing the food. Potatoes, corn meal, dried fruit, flour, canned goods, vegetables, and other articles are requested for use In tho lunch room work. Those interested In helping the work along, and who do not have commodities to donate are requested to give cash. Several people at Brevard have made donations to the local lunch room. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rufty, Mrs. S. P. Verner. Mrs. Eila Lewis, W. E. Breese, Mrs. H. M. Miller, Mrs. J. R. Hamlin. Mrs. Ed Loftts. Mrs. T. J. Wilson, Mrs. Roland Whitmire. Miss Josephine Clayton. Mrs. Carl McCrary, C. M; Douglas. No checkup was available of (he sev eral" people who have ma le contribu tions at the Rosman school, where Mrs. Bryson in in charge cf the lunch room. Mrs. Mary II. Mills Is in charge of the Brevard room. Miss Clayton hopes to he able to have lunch rooms in operation ut the David son River school and the Brevard color ed school this week. Around one hundred fifty children are being giver, food at the two lunch rooms now in operation. County Working For Settlement Of Debts Most of the meeting of the county commissioners Monday was taken up with discussion of a settlement of th« county's indebtedness through a re-fl nancing plan which County Attorney Breese has been working on for some time. Final arrangements have not been worked out to the place where they can be announced, but the commission ers are of the opinion that satisfactory arrangement can be made whereby the tax payers will be enabled to take care of the county's debt through re-financ ing without over-burdening. One of the first steps necessary the settlement will be that of with drawing bonds from payment of debt service portion of taxes, it was pointed out in a letter from the local govern ment commission of Raleigh, through which the deal with the bond holders will have to be made, and tax payers who want to riake a saving on the pay ment. of their back taxes are reminded that the length of time In which this saving by payment with bonds is short enlnfc*. Public Performance At College Saturday "Skidding," a three-act comedy, will l bo presented by members of'the dra matic club of Brevard College on Saturday evening of this week at eight o'clock In the college f.udltonum. The play, which ran a year on Broadway, presents a fresh and hllari ou dy amusing p.cture of the American family. Humor blended with pathos and philosophy makes Sk'dding more significant than the average comedy. The cast of characters fellow?: Aunt Miliy, Mary Furr; Andy. Russell An drews; Mrs. Hardy. Frances Goforth: judge Hardy. Johnny Hoyle; Grandpa Hardy. Woodrow Patton; Estelle Har- • . dy Campbell, Bernice Brantley; .Mari on Hardy, Susie Mollame; Wayn< Trintcn fII. Leroy Lail; Myra Hardy Wilcox, Billy Bundy; Mr. Stubbing, Charles Stackhouse. Miss I.ucile Smith !s coach; Bob Dixon is business manager; and Lay ton I’res.son Is stage manager. Mrs. Wade Lyday Wins Second Week Prize In Times Big Egg Contest Mrs. Wade Lyday of Brevard B-2, won the year’s subscription to The Transylvania Times last week by bring ing in the largest hen egg. Tho egg brought by Mrs. Lyday measured seven and seven-eighths Inches by six and three-fourths. M-s. Lyday will be given a year’s subscription to The Times and her egg will be entered tn the contest for the two dollar prize which will bo given away by The Times two weeks hence to the person bringing In the largest egg during the four weeks. Coy Compton of Brevard R-l won the first week with an egg measuring seven and fifteen-sixteenths bv six Inches. Next two largest eggs were brought In by Floyd Jones of Lake Toxaway, am) Mrs. Addle Rhodes of Brevard R-l. The contest continues two more weeks, this and next, with one year subscription being given each weok. and the grand prize of two dollars, for the largest egg brought in during the four weeks. In case of tie, same prizes will be given to tying entrants.