I THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
VOI. 41; NO. 14. BREVARD. NORTH CAROUNA-THURSDAY, APRIl.Ti»3«._SnWPERVEARWTRAWSYLVANIA COUNTV
TOM MASTERS GETS
FIVE YEARS IN P N
Superior Court May Complete
Criminal Calendar By
Thursday Night
Thomas Masters, 55-year-oUl resident
of the East Fork section, was given a
sentence of from five to seven years In
Superior court here Wednesday for the
staying of DeWitt Roper. This was the
principal case for trial on the criminal
docket.
The case grew out of the slaying of
Roper near the Masters' home on June
I, 1931. when the defendant claimed
that Roper was coming upon him with
an axe. after an argument had ensued.
The defendant, through his counsel,
W E. Rrcese. submitted a plea of man
slaughter, and after hearing evidence
in the case. Judge Pless sentenced Mas
ters to from five to seven years in the
penitentiary.
The criminal docket will very proba
bly lie continued through Thursday of
this week, according to Solicitor Clar
ence O. Ridings. Upon completion of *he
criminal docket, the civil docket will be
taken up.
Jurors selected to serve during the
coming week are:
Meal Norris. Brevard R-l: W. I
Ray. Pisgah Forest; Chas. B. Allison,
Brevard: E. D. Reid, Oakland; C'eo
Brittain. Brevard R-t; C. C. Kilpatrick,
Brevard; C. H. Holden, Brevard: J. M.
Gaines, Brevard; C. A. Mull. Brevard;
J. W. Dixon. Brevard R-3; William II.
Summey. Bosman; Joe Sinlard, Bre
vard; I. F. Shipman, Brevard; Paul
Keller. Brevard; J. W. Blackwell. Bre
vard; A. J. Lyday, Pisgah Forest; J. j
E. I.oftis, Brevard; Juie Reynolds. Bre
vard R-l.
The grand jut y had not completed its j
report at three o'clock Wednesday aft- .
ernoon, therefore the report was not
available for this issvc of The Times.
However, that body was expected to
complete its work during the day
Thursday.
; ;1i gr crowds have been attending the
sessions each day. with much interest
shown in some of the cases. Dispatch of
cases In a vrv rapid hut orderly tnan
n> r was started by the court Monday.!
with slower Jury irials being started)
Tnes'lny and Wednesday.
Calvert Young Folk
Elect Group Leaders
- '
Members of ’lie P. Y. P. U. of Calvert
Mt. Moriah church elected offi’ers Sun
day n.ght to s. rve for ’he next six
months.
They ..re os follows: President, Paul
Glazener. vice president, Rutli Morgan*
treasurer, Lucille Galloway; recording
secretary. Harry Morgan; chorister,
Paul Gliuener; pianist, liuth Morgan;
correspon ling secretary. E. J. Whit
mire: Group Captains, Helen Galloway
anu Walter Glazener.
Keno Party Tonight
A Keno party will be held at the com
munity recreation center on Woodlawn
avenue, the Puette house, Thursday
evening of this week, beginning at
eight o’clock. The event is sponsored by
the Fortnightly club.
Prizes of a varied nature have been
donated and are on display in the win
dows of Ratchford Plumbing shop.
Junior Class Play
Will Be Given At
High School Friday
• Find The Woman." the junior play
of the Brevard high school, will be
given at the high school auditorium
Friday night of this week at eight
o’clocck. The play is given for the pur
pose of raising funds for defraying
expenses of the junior-senior banquet
to be held Aprill 17th. Miss Martha
Boswell is director.
Three new parts have been written
into the play which has been released
this year by Samuel French, Inc., the
parts especially designed for three of
the junior actors.
Albert Williams will take one of the
Inserted robs as the "deaf old duffer";
Ruth Owen will port ray a “young wo
man with psvehic powers"; Helen Gal
b»way will appear as "the little girl who
stays out of bed." Also on the stage
will be the large white Persian cat be
:• giving to Miss Beulah May Zachary,
this being an innovation for Brevard.
New stag.- settings and effects have
been perb cted by the junior class boys
under the direction of Professor B. D.
Franklin, with appropriate lighting ar
tanged for.
Music for the occasion will be render
ed by the junior boys band, and junior
boys and girls will act as ushers.
Chief carpenter for the production
will be Foy Holden; vdectricians. Ed
ward Blythe, Billy Lyday. and Riley
Ileddingfield; wardrobe mistress, MaWe
Meece; back stage managers, Mae Gal
lamore, Kathryn Case, Elsie MeJunkln,
Charles Duckworth.
Following is the cast of characters:
Hannah Welcome, who runs a select
boarding-house, Nina Lou Rustln; Bel
la Karns, maid of all work at the Wel
come home, Mary Holden; Inspector
Con C. Bungle, who is all that the name
implies. George Souther; John Camp, a
policeman, Ray Carter; Mazie Marsh,
who delivers a package. Reba Nichol
son; the Woman in Red, a mysterious
figure, Edna McCrary; Roscoe Lord, a
window dresser, Billy Nicholson; Anne
Fuller, a pretty young girl, Kathryn
Fulton; Boris Ivan, a Russian gentle
man, Richard Enloe; Fannie Frost, a
novelist, Irene Tinsley; Caroline Frost,
sister of Fannie Frost, who has psychic
insight. Ruth Owen; James J. Smith,
a lodger for one night, Albert Wil
liams; Major Malcolm Henry Burleigh,
southern gentleman, Charles Allen;
KUa Allchin, who Is on a diet, Jane
Yongue; Alice Welcome, Miss Hannah
Welcome’s niece, Helen Galloway.
Red Cross Relief
Donations Exceed
Transylvania Quota
To the people of Transylvania county:
On behalf of the Transylvania coun
ty chapter of the American National
Red Cross, the committee and officers
having In charge the collection of the
quota for ' the flood sufferers, wish
to thank each and every one who has
contributed, and assure you of appre
ciation for your generous donations.
We want to especially thank the
students and teachers of the Brevard
College, and the students and teachers
of the Brevard high school, the Tannery
employees, and particularly the ladies
of the Sewing Room.
We want to thank the chairman of
the committee, Jerry Jerome, tlie other
members of the committee, C. M. Doug
las. editor of tho Transylvania Times,
and all the ministers, who helped in
making the drive so successful.
Tibs chapter has exceeded its quota,
and lias mailed to National Headquar
ters check for over $:!00.00, and It Is
hoped that we will have an additional
amount to send beyond our quota.
Again thanking each and every ono
for your liberality.
Masonic Lecturer Here
Jeff Nelson, Masonic lecturer, has
been giving daily and nightly lectures
this week to the members of the Dunn's
Ruck lodge.
A special communication will be held
Friday night at 8 o'clock for the pur
pose of practicing tPe third degree. All
members are urged to be present, and
a cordial invitation is extended io visit
ing Masons.
County Farm Values
Have $41.42 Average
Farm land In Transylvania county j
has an average per acre value of $11.42,
with the average farm in the county
averaging a total value of $2,416, ac
cording to a survey made by the 1935
census of agriculture as published in
the State News Bulletin.
The average farm in Transylvania
has a total acreage of 58.3, the survey
reveals, with the average harvested
acreage being 13 per farm.
Average per acre value o? farms
throughout the entire state is $31.24;
average farm acreage Gfi.2; average
acreage harvested 19.8: with average
value of each farm in the state includ
ing land and buildings being $2,069.
Highest per acre value of land and
buildings is found In New Hanover
county where the average value of each
farm Is set at $’ 826. Graham county
hanks at the bottom of the list, with
acre value se. at $12.62, and farm value
set at an average of $’156.
Schoolmasters’ Club
A meeting of the Schoolmasters' club
will b" htld Friday evening of this week
at six o'clock at tbe home of Mrs. Ethel
Harris.
This will be a supper and business
meeting, which all school principals in
the county are expected to attend. Sup
erintendent J. B. Jones, president, will
preside.
Legion Meeting
Next regular monthly meeting of the
American Legion will be held on Thurs
day night of next week, April 9. at
eight o’clock, in the court house.
Commander Brown Carr stresses the
desire for a full attendance of all offi
cers and members, and also extends in
vitation to any ex-service men to at
tend.
Republicans To Meet
In Asheville Today
Republican congressional nominee for
the eleventh district will be selected at
a meeting of party leaders to be held in
Asheville court house at two o’clock
Thursilay afternoon.
Clyde Jarrett of Andrews, and Halsey
13. Leavitt, of Asheville, have been
prominently mentioned as possible can
didates, with the more than possible
chance that there will bo several other
I candidates in the field for nomination
by the party convention Thursday.
County Pupils Win
Several Places In
District Art Meet
Students of Brevard and Transyl
vania county schools were winners of
a number of honors at the exhibition of
art work of Western North Carolina
school children, held Saturday in Ashe
ville. The contest was sponsored by the
second district of the Federation of
Women’s clubs.
Winners in this district contest will
be eligible to compete in the state finals
to be held in Raleigh on May 2nd.
The entries made in the Asheville
exhibit were winners in the local
schools in the recent creative art con
test held in Brevard.
The following Brevard and Transyl
vania county students were prize win
ners in the district contest:
First prize winners: Jack Morgan,
pen and ink drawings: Lewis Hamlin,
design: St. Clair Austin, soap carving;
Fred Glazener, clay modeling.
Second prize winners: Odell McCall,
pencil drawing; Ellen Sentell, pen and
ink, Davidson River; Katherine Eng
lish. pastel; Martha McFtae, water
color.
Honorable mention: Merle Michael,
pencil drawing; Odell McCall, pastel.
The Brevard school also won second
sweepstakes prize, and was awarded a
watercolor by Antoinette Rhett, donat
ed by Mrs. L. V. Sutton, art chairman
of the federated clubs.
The prizes will be awarded the win
ners at chapel exercises Thursday
morning at nine o'clock, at the Brevard
high school.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
AT ROSMAN APRIL 19
Former School Principal To
Be Honored In Fitting
Exercises
ROSMAN.—April 19th has l>een set
as Memorial Day at Rosman high
school when the memory of Professor J.
E. Ockerman will be honored.
An appropriate plaque, giving dates
of the arrival and departure of the
prominent and respected school man
who had much to do with the progress
of the Rosman schools will be repre
sented by the Senior class at the time.
Mr. Ockerman came to Rosman in
1919, at which time the school building
here was a small affair that barely
took rare of the children. When he left
in 1921, a new program of building had
been started which culminated in the
present adequate buildings, and at the
same time gave the school a start by
which the interest of the people of the
upper end of the county has been con
tinued with decided benefits.
Mr. Ockerman came to Rosman dur
ing the superintendency of A. F\ Mitch
ell of Brevard. Members of the board of
education at that t'me were Edwin
Porr, F. D. Wilson, and B. A. Gillespie.
Other county committeemen who served
during the time that Professor Ocker
man was at Rosman, included W. H.
Duckworth. C. If. Osborne, J. M. Gallo
way A. E. England.
A. M. Paxton was chairman of the
local school committee when Mr. Ocker
man came to Rosman. with A. M. White
and Jos. P. Silverstecn as other mcm
l>ers of the board. J. W. Glazener, E. A.
Glazener and h. E. Powell also served
the school as committeemen during the
time.
Miss Beulah Reid was first graduate
of the high school under Piofessor
Ockerman. iho records here disclose.
An Interesting program is being ar
ranged as a memorial service by Pro
lessor \V. M. Hunt, principal, with the
high school glee cluh furnishing the
music, complete announcement of the
program which Is expected to draw
many people, will be made within a few
days.
Lunch Room Donation*
Many contributions have been made
during the past week to the school
lunch rooms In Brevard and Rosman,
for which Miss Jackie Clayton, super
visor, expresses appreciation.
The following have donated supplies
or cash during the past week: Mrs. P.
F. Yerrer, Mrs Frank King, Wednes
day club, Mrs. Gus Gillespie, Mrs. C. L.
Erwin. J. FI Eufty, S. F. Allison, Mrs.
T. P. Wood, Mrs. Ralph Zachary, F'rank
Rvmer. Mrs. Avery Case. Mrs. W. M.
Cloud. Mrs. T. J. Wilson, Bill Morris.
Miss Clayton states that odd dishes
and spoons are especially needed at this
time, and that any donations of this
nature will be greatly appreciated.
Tax Listing Starts
In County Monday
Tax listing will be started in four
townships during the coming week,
April 6-11, according to official an
nouncement In this week's Times by
Ralph Lyday, county accountant and
tax supervisor.
In Boyd township, L. F. Lyday will
be at J. C. McCall's store on Monday:
Carl Orr residence. Tuesday: Blantyre,
Wednesday: Penrose Thursday; Enon
school house Friday and Saturday.
Brevard township, George W. Hayes
will be at Davidson River, Monday; Pis
gah Forest postoffice, Tuesday; Carr
Lumber company store. Wednesday:
Brevard court house the remainder of
the week, and through the 25th.
In Dunn's Rock township, George
Maxwell will be at Round Top school
house, Wednesday; Connestee school
house Thursday; Sea Shore, Friday;
Powell’s store, Saturday.
In Little River township, Hal Hart
will be at McCrary's store, Wednesday
and Thursday; Cedar Mountain post
office, Friday and Saturday; completing
the listing at his residence on Monday,
April 13.
Complete list of dates will be found
on another page in this paper.
AT LYDAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
Hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
Jasper Orr, Mrs. U. C. Barton and in
fant daughter, Margaret Hazel, born
March 20, Miss Lula McCall, Mrs. W. B.
Kilpatrick, Herman Brown, Wilkie
Bishop, Bob Dickson, Mary Freeman.
More Births Than
Deaths During Year
Transylvania county’s population
had a natural Increase during 1935 of
213, according to the record of vital sta
tistics compiled by Register of Deeds
Jess Galloway.
Two hundred ninety-eight births were
recorded In the county, the report
shows, with but 85 deaths.
Baptists To Gather
At Sylva April 10th
SYLVA, Mar. 31.—Plans for the an
nual Western Regional Convention of
the North Carolina Baptist Training
Union, which will meet in Sylva Aprill
10 and 11, are now being made.
This region embraces 17 Baptist as
sociations in the nineteen western coun
ties. The Tuskaseegee association, with
which the convention will meet hopes
that each association In the region will
be well represented. A well-planned
program will be presented by workers of
the State department. Several promi
nent ministers and others from various
parts of the State are on the list of
speakers and their subjects will be top
ics of much interest and vital import
ance to young people.
Hauptmann Gets Short Reprieve
BRUNO RICHARD HaUPTMANN,
convicted slayer of the Lindbergh
baby, was given a "•18-hour or long
er" reprieve Tuesday night just be
fore be was to be electrocuted In
Trenton, New Jersey, prison. The
reprieve was given after the grand
jury there had spent several hours
investigateing an alleged confession
by a disbarred lawyer by the name
of Paul 11. Wenclei.
The reprieve called for an exten
sion of 48 hours (or more) from
eight o'clock Tuesday night. Huupt
mann was said to have written a
letter to the governor cf New Jer
sey and one to his mother just be
fore he was scheduled to be put to
death, in which lie declared that he
was Innocent.
Local people were literally ‘'Hang
ing on' their radios at eight o’clock
Tuesday night, some pooh-poohing
the idea that Hauptmann would
really be executed, some asserting
that he would, some declaring that
the man should not be killed, and
others emphatically saying "kill
him.’’ __
Wilson, Miller and
English Members Of
Board cf Elections j
_______
L, p, Wilson and N. A. Miller. Demo
rnits, and Judge D. L. Snglieh, Repub
lican, were named as the Transylvania
county board of election in meeting at
Raleigh last Saturday.
Mr. Wilson served two years ago as
chairman of the board of elections.
The new board Is expected to meet
at an early date and organise by elect
ing a chairman, and a secretary. Quite
a bit of extra work and responsibility
will be placed on the county board of
elections this year, as it is a presidential
year, and also there is a new registra
tion for Transylvania county.
Decision was made by the state board
in Its meeting last Saturday that ab
sentee ballots used in primaries and
general elections would be marked "ab
sentee' at the top of the ticket.
Names of candidates for Congress
will be placed on a ballot with State
officall.s, making only two tally lists
necessary. The county candidates will
he placed on one ballot.
Fishing Season Will
Open In County 16th
Pishing season in Transylvania coun
ty opens April 16, according to E. R.
Galloway, county game warden.
There has been some confusion here
in regard to opening date of the trout
season in the county streams, with va
rious interpretations being placed on
the law governing the open and closed
season, with some reading the law so
as to make the season closed until In
June.
However, Warden Galloway received
correction notices from the state de
partment Monday with the following
notation printed thereon: "Correction
in Pishing Season—Drown, Rainbow
and Brook Trout—April 16 to Augpist
81.”
Brevard Business
Houses Are Making
Fine Improvements
Several Brevard business houses are
making nice improvements, some al
ready completed, and others in process
—adding much to the attractiveness of
the town.
The United Variety store is doing the
biggest job, renovating the interior of
their store in the McMinn building, and
replacing the antiquated front with one
more modem.
Tinsley Barber Shop has “made over”
their place, with new paper and paint,
lattice work, and a semi-partition.
Osborne-Simpson Funeral home has
gone over their entire building, and
has done considerable work in the in
terior, in addition to placing grass sod
in front of their place.
The new beauty shop of Mrs. Mabel
Bramlett Nicholson is a complete turn
over, with the old office room next
door to The Times office being made
into a place of real niftiness.
The new home of the Little Theatre
and Civic Club is also undergoing the
growing pains of hammer, saw and
paint brush, and promises to be a
homey and attractive place.
Several other business houses are
planning improvements within the near
future, with quite a number of fresh
paint jobs in the offing.
CRIME COSTS* |
COUNTY $90 DAKY
Bill For Each Citizen Esti
mated at $120 per Year
by Judge Pless
Crime costs each and every citizen in
Transylvania a total of $120 per year,
and costs the county an average of $90
per day, according to statistics quoted
hy Judge J. Will Pless, Jr„ in his charge
to the grand Jury here Monday morn
ing.
A total of 8,000 prisoners are now In
camps, prisons and otherwise confined
In the state of North Carolina, the
Judge said, with the crime cost total
ing $9,000 per day In the state, and the
bill for other correctional Institutions
in the state such as training schools for
delinquent boys, girls, and women
costing $329,000 per year.
Judge Pless was stressing the tm
l>ortance of Jury service to the eighteen
men selected to serve as grand Jurors,
and the other eighteen who had been
chosen for petit Jury service, and point
ed out that the cost alone of crime In
the country' should suffice to create a
desire in the minds of business men to
give their time and services to the j
(Continued on Back Faye.)
Most Bonus Papers
Have Been Sent In
By County Veterans
Only five applications for baby bonds
were made through The Times office
last week by veterans of Transylvania
county, pointing to the fact that most
of the veterans have made their appli
cations.
While there is still ample time to
make the applications, veterans are re
minded that the present is always far
more acceptable, and those who have
not made application are invited to
come to The Times office at any time
for assistance.
TREASURY IS SET TO PAY BONUS
WASHINGTON, March 27. — The
treasury department today completed
the machinery for distribution of $2,
491.000. 000 In cash and bonds to some
5.000. 000 ex-service men during the
last half of June.
Delivery of the bonds and checks willl
begin on Juno 15 by registered mail and
will continue as rapidly as bonus claims
can be checked, approved and the bonds
and checks made out.
Shipments of adjusted service bonds
are now going forward to federal re
serve banks from the treasury depart
ment, Actctng Secretary' Wayne C.
Taylor announced.
Except for veterans residing in Wash
ington and In the Richmond, Va., feder
al district, payment will be made to
veterans by the federal reserve banks
of their respective districts. Veterans
living in the Richmond and Washington
areas will be paid direct from the treas
ury department.
The bonds will be made out In de
nominations of $50. Veterans’ claims
will be paid with these bonds to the
nearest figure divisible by 50. The re
mainder will be paid by check. The
bonds mature In 1945, but are cashable
at any time. They will earn 8 per cent
interest, after the first year, as long
as they are held by the veteran.
BREVARD COMPOSER
HONORED BY CLUBS
Donald Lee Moore’s Spiritual
Number Gains Wide
Recognition
Donald Lee Moore, local composer, of
whom Brevard has every reason to be
proud, won an ovation at the annual
meeting of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Music Clubs, held last week at
High Point, when his prize winring
composition was sung before the large
gathering.
Mr. Moore's composition, "I Tremble,”
a negro spiritual, won first prize In the
song contest, sponsored by the North
Carolina Federation of Music clubs, for
which he was presented a cash award
at the State meeting. This Is the first
prize of this nature to be offered by the
State Feredation and it was Mr. Moore’s
first and only entry into any musical
contest. He composed both the words
and music. There were around 100 en
trants In this contest, with whom Mr.
Moore competed for the award. Honor
able mention was given another con
testant. but there was no second award.
Alvin Moore, brother of the prize win
ner, and also a composer and mudoian
of note, sang the winning selection,
playing his own accompaniment. Rendi
tion of the selection was followed by re
peated applause, the appreciative audi
ence not being satisfied until a second
hearing was given, which was also
loudly applauded. The composer made a
few remarks in presentation of hts se
lection before It was rendered by his
brother.
Mrs. M. A. Baldwin, of Raleigh, con
test chairman, made tie prize award
presentation speech. ShJ read c letter
from one of the judges. Charles Wake
field Cudirmn, nationally known com
poser, who commented moat favorably
on Mr. Moore's composition. He said, in
effect, that it was one of the best songs
of its kind that had over been written
of the spiritual type. He further Btated
that It is true to folk song type, ar.d Is
also practical—could be used on almost
any occasion. He predicted Its popular
ity for future adoption as a typical
folk song. The composition was also,
given high commendation by the na
tional president of the Federation of
Music clubs, who was present at the
meeting.
Mr Moore’s winning selection will be
given wide publicity over the state and
nation. A feature article, accompanied
by Ms picture, will appear In an early
edition of the National Federation of
Music Clubs magazine, and also In the
daily press ever the State. The National
Federation Is also using the manus ript
in Its activities, and will present It at
various club and other gatherings in
different sections of the country.
Mr. Moore has been composing words
and music since he was 14 years of age.
His first composition to win public rec
ognition was a march, “United Wo
Stand," which was played over the ra
dio from station WLW, Cincinnati, by
Henry Fillmore and his military band.
It Is Interesting to ncte that Mr. Moore
composed this selection when ho was
confined In a hospital, recuperating
from serious inluries received in an
automobile wreck.
Many of Mr. Moore’s compositions
i (Continued on Back Page.)
Many Books Overdue
At Local Library
A number of the readers of the U. D.
C. library have over-due books which
they have not returned, and the libra
rian requests that all of these books be
returned to the library without further
delay.
These books are from the traveling
library at Italeigh and must be returned
as soon as possible. Those who have any
of these books in their possession are
asked to call at the library at once with
the books.
Blue Bonnet Chosen
Beauty Parlor Name
Sixty-eight ladies submitted names for
the new beauty shop that is being open
ed next door to The limes office by
Mrs. Mabel Bramlett Nicholson, In re
sponse to an advertisement in this pa
per last week to the effect that a free
permanent wave would be given for
the most appropriate name.
"Blue Bonnet Beauty Shop” was se
lected by the judges as the most suita
ble from the 55 names submitted, Mrs.
Flax A. Lawrence being the prize win
ner. Among the names submitted were
six "Mabel's Beauty Shop,” four “Ar
cade Beauty Shop.”
Mrs. Ernest Tilson of Brevard high
school faculty, Miss Della Shore of the
Brevard College faculty, and Miss Bo
wena Orr, prominent young lady of
Brevard, were the judges in the name
contest.
The new shop will open Friday of
this week, with Mrs. Nicholson and
Mrs. Neva Rramlett Galloway In charge.
Both ladies have been in the beauty
parlor profession for several years in
Brevard.
Heavy Rains Damage
Property In W. N. C.
Nearly two Inches of ralr. fell In
Transylvania county last Thursday
morning, according to Harry Patton,,
official weather station observer at
Brevard.
The French Broad river was out in
some places Friday and Saturday, but
no serious damage was reported In the
county.
In counties west of Transylvania con
siderable damage was reported, with
railway bridges and dwellings being
washed away near Sylva, and Bryson
City reporting two feet of water In
Main street.