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°H2" THE TRANSY _ A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County 23. =^= J=^=^REVARD, NORTH CAROLINA—THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INFORMATION ROOM OPENS THURSDAY IN MAIN STREET BLDG. Booklets Bought — Full-Time Service Will Be Kept For Visitors Brevard Bureau of Information offi cially opens for business today (Thurs day) with the offices in the Itrccso building opposite tho court house on Main street. Mrs. Frank McIntosh will act as sec retary this summer, she having already taken over duties of this office, and is taking care of the people who are com ing here in increased numbers daily. Mrs. McIntosh will be assisted in the information work by Mr. McIntosh and Mrs. Kulpli It. Fisher, thus Insuring competent information service at all times for visitors. New booklets descriptive of Brevard and tlie community, have been ordered lithographed, and will be ready for dis tribution during the coming week. The supply of booklets earned over from last year has already been exhausted. Mrs. McIntosh reports, and Inquiries and requests for Brevard literature in the office now will require at least one thousand of the new booklets. Report at the meeting of the Infor mation Bureau Monday night was to tlie effect that many of the people who had paid their memberships had al ready received benefits through the Bureau of Information service, and that people in general were responding to the membership canvass. Any person or firm who has not been contacted is requested to stop by tin' Bureau of In formation office and register as soon as possible, as budget for tho year's work is being made up, and while ex : • s will he kept to a very nominal sum. it Is necessary that all have a part in the program. t \:; Indications now point to Brevard ii in: its banner season in years. Chance For Improved Stock In Transylvania 1 ((Iitsi'NfT. Comfy A'tont.J lime 20 is the day set tor the Red i d cattle s: ii to be held in Brevard. T' will b, six bulls and two heifers .in 'In.- sole to bo sold to the 1 • i This Is the first pro tu>n ■ a, of Red Polled, cattle to be t> > part of the state. If we . v appreciate seeing fine livestock ii, ! mi * lie farms of this county let show Htir appreciation by boosting •' is and other movements to get better simals in the county. As has been stated in tills paper j . versii times hef<ov tnose animals are I ini.i from the R, yno!ils-I,ybronk I'.irm This farm has m e or the finest R | Polled herds In the South and In this herd are some of the outstanding animals of the breed. le t us shew our interest and appreci ation for ric:- livestock by attending sale in fit. The hour of the sale M ill ',1. : t'i Ill'll 12 o'clock. Kiwanis Meets Today I>r. liar. 1.1 J. nrad" y iu;d the Re\. i hn I’. Simmons will have charge of the program at T.revwd Kiwanls clvih ; Thursday of this week, and will ex plain in detail tip ‘Ti-r brother" move «i ah the club has voted to sponsor. Killing Frost Here While S. C. Sweats ' ;,i:ii i . trust was reported in several • i sue •< ip county Sunday morning, with all , oMimunitles reporting some frost. \t IP ; .11 an,' in Gloucester, garden v. ,*efabh-s Injured in some In •.i • ; rm plants also reported damaged. \long v. ■ i thi heavy frost reports fi .m Tv;c ,nia county, comes word from Gr. i’ \i S. 0.. that the hottest v of ■ -ier was recorded Sat ay ■ I low at 67. NEW Williams Serial for This Newspaper , BEN AMES WILLIAMS The works of Ben Ames Williams, whose new story, "Hostile Val ley," appears serially In this newspaper, hardly need to be Introduced to America's millions of readers of good fiction, for they have long been popular In the large national magazines. In "Hostile Valley" he has created a worthy successor to ''Splendor," "An End to Mirth," "Pirates Purchase," “All the Brothers Wore Valiant," and hi3 other successes. 01 It, a large metropolitan daily newspaper has said, "Horo is a story with all oi the relentless feeling of destiny, tho influence of setting cn character, and the gripping diama of Hardy notion. . . . Swift, potent and Compelling." Bon Amos WlUlcpns was corn In Macon, Miss., In 1881, and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1110. Two years of his youth were spent in Cardiff, Wales, where hie father was the American consul. Ha workc 1 <n Boston newspapers until is storfos began to fi ll. Ho i3 mar ried and now makes Lis homo In Massachusetts in wi.nte- and Maine ir, cummer. HOSTILE VALLEY is a story of passion, hate and murder In back woo Jo Maine, which Williams knows well. Be gin It todey and fellow it e-.-ory week in tliis m -vspctp r. W. O. W. Memorial To Be Held At Rosman I 'USMAX. June 3.—Fitting memorial services will be held In the Bosnian high school auditorium Sunday morn ing at U o'clock by the Rostnan camp Woodmen of the World for departed brethren. The Rosninn Woodmen Circle will also join in the service. R. Lee Whitmire, prominent Hender sonville attorney, and :i former resident of this county, will deliver the memorial address before the fraternal organiza tion and the public which Is Invited to attend the services. Following the memorial services -it tne high school auditorium, members of the Woodmen Circle and the W- O. W. vlll unveil a monument to the late Miss Emma Jane McLean, who was a tnem b. r of the Rostnan Circle. W. E. McLean, consul commander of the Woodmen, and Mrs. Florence Winchester, commander of the ladies circle, extend an invitation to the gen eral public to attend the services. Brevard Woodmen will observe their memorial day service on Sunday, June 1 i. at Brevard Baptist church. Democratic Primary Election Holds Center of Attraction for Saturday With an i no. literally "combing •in' wninl.a f. r votes, the Democratic ;Timary nl ■), ill be held in Tran sylvania n .:”y Saturday. June C. pro mises in lx oil' of the hardest fought • a yea rs. Two men no- making the race for sheriff, tin'' : r r* a-’er of deeds, five for tin liu • j,I ices on the board of • ‘iiiimiss'nni i ‘wo for coroner, and several precinct officers also in the race. (it' 111 vs.-; interest is the governor s with four men looking with long ing eyes to the place of chief execu tive. Transylvania county will \ery . robably divide its vote between Hoey and Graham, with Mi Donald expected to run third, and McRae fourth. How ever, reports from over the state makes the race fnr governor quite different from the prospective county tally. Lem Brooks, for county tax collector, is unopposed, he having no opposition filed against him In the primary. Cos I’ax ton withdrew last week from the representative's race and left this field to Pat Klmzey. Otto Alexander was elected in 1934 for a four-year term and is therefore not to be voted on In this primary. County ticket to he voted on In the primary Saturday. Includes: For sher . iff. Tom Wood and George Shuford. M Register of Deeds, Jess Galloway. W' k L. Sims, and Henry Gillespie. Commissioners. A. B. Galloway, E. Carl Allison, John L. Wilson, W. L. Mull. M. Wallace Galloway. In Cathey's Creek township several mmi are out for constable. Including i •” ii Hensley. Lon Chapman, C. M. Lance. John K. Jackson. A. P. Rogers. 'I'lie polls wl|! open at sunrise—5:13 :n the morning, and elose sundown— 7:11. with all count outs expected to be i imipli ted before midnight All registrars will he called into the office of L. I’. Wilson. chairman of ilie lioard of elections at ten o'clock Friday morning for Instructions and supplies. Chairman Wilson states that no more absentee ballots will tie issued from his office after eleven o'clock Friday morn ing, as the lists will have all been cer tified to the registrars of the rreclm ts at that time, and that he will not issm any absentee ballots after that tim Vny person who wishes to secure i absentee ballot after 11 o’clock Frld morning. Mr. Wilson states, will havr secure same from the registrar of t precinct in which the ballot will ■ voted. Any person who becomes 21 year age prior to the general election 1 \ veinbcr. and who wishes to register a a Democrat, will be entitled to vote the primary. Mr. Wilson rules, provi ing such person register in the usual manner, and make affidavit that he will be 21 years of age before or on the < of the general election this fall. Unofficial vote of the primary will '» posted on the front window of The Times office early Sunday morning. l Home Coming Day at College Will Be Held Next Wednesday Two to three thousand friends of Bre vard College from various sections are expected to join In making next Wed nesday, June 10, which has been desig nated ns "Brevard Homecoming Day", an event of Importance to this commu nity and the college. Hundreds of persons of Brevard and Transylvania county are expected to attend the all-day event at tne eollegc, which begins at 10:30 o’clock Wednes day morning with the graduating exer cises on the college campus. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock on long tables to be provided on the campus. A general Invitation is extended by the college to all people of the community to attend the exercises and luncheon, and to come with well-filled lunch baskets. Especial emphasis Is placed on the fact that nil friends of the college everywhere are invited to bring their lunch baskets and eat with the group. The Women's Civic club, the Kiwanis chib and other organizations of Brevard are cooperating with the college In an effort to make next Wednesday one of the biggest events of its kind ever held here. The following committees have been uppolnted by the Civic club to carry out the various activities of the day: Regis tration committee—Mrs. Pat Ktmzey. Miss Berlin Ballard and Miss Jennie Aiken; hostess committee—Mrs. lluine Harris, Mrs. John Maxwell, Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, Mrs. J. R. Hamlin .Mrs. J. W. Smith and Mrs. Cordla King. Hr. J. Henry Highsmlth. of Raleigh, director division of instructional ser vice of tlie state education system, will deliver the literary address to the gra duating class on Wednesday, the exer cises beginning at t0:.'10 o'clock. Hr. Highsmlth is a graduate of Trinity Col lege and later was on the facuby at Wake Forest Coliege, For the past is years he n;is been a snpervism of sec ondary education in public schools of North Carolina. His presence !i<- • ' the college ommencenjont will attract ninny w 'n oi superintendents and prin cipal's throughout, tlm s ate to attend the exercises and the homocoming event here on Wednesday, it Is believed by the college authorities. One hundred and thirty-five gradu ates will be presented their diplomas on this occasion by F’resident F. J. Col trane. Of this number, 10 memhers of the class are residents of Brevard and Transylvania county. Through an error the name of Merrlmon Shuford, of Lit tle River, was omitted from the list of Transylvania graduates printed In Inst week's paper. The commencement exercises of the week will begin Sunday morning at the Brevard Methodist church at 11 o’clock, at which time the commencement ser mon will be delivered by the Rev. Claude IF. Moser, of Gastonia, presiding elder of the Gastonia district, of tha Method ist church. The Rev. Mr. Moser was pastor of the First Methodist church at Hendersonville for four years. He is a member of the board of trustees of Brevard College. FFe Is regarded as one of the most prominent and promising of the younger ministers in the confer ence. Vesper services will be held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock, at which time the paster, the Kev. .1. II. Rrondall, will address the stu dent body and congregation. Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the college administration building will lit; held the faculty reception, honoring the senior class. This event is open only to the college group. On Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock the young men's and young women's ora torical contests will take place at the college auditorium. Tile public is invited to attend all of the commencement exercises with the exception of the faculty reception. Following the homecoming luncheon n:i Wednesday, there will Vie separate im ethics of the three alumni groups at £ o'elo -i: The Rsvvurd College alumni j croup will meet in West Hell; Weaver Btilegc alumni will meet in the college • luditerimi.: and Rrevatd Institute .Viu i.iini will mi—t in the college library. BONUS BONDS WILL I BE HANDLED HERE Transylvania County Post Of fices Will Assist Vets in Getting Cash PoslM'ficrs i" fir. vot'd and Truiaji vui!ia county nr, prepared tn handle the pigment nl the soldier bonus bonds, whit'll an ftpcv'ti'd to begin arriving hen soon after .Tone 15. 1 .i.viiu-nts »vill 1,“ made in bonds o!‘ $50 denomination arm check for :m\ portion of tin amount due. a veteran that does not make >50 The bonds will be delivered in person to tbe veterans by a liv inber ol' tin- postal service from tbe office which serves the veteran, and n receipt luneii from tile veteran. While the bonds will not he Convert ed into cash by any Transylvania coun ty postoffice, yet it Is pointed out in the instructions that have h»en received here tint the pustoffice wiiich serves the veteran will he the correct place through, which th" veteran may revive cash for his bonds Veterans mint be Identified, or bo known to tbe postoffice where ho takes his bonds for converting them into cash, and for this reason the postmaster general has made any office of tilled or fourth class paying agent. The postoffice in this county will not convert the bonds into cash but will assist the veterans by sending them to district headquarters at Asheville from which checks will he sent. When a veteran desires to cash a bond, he can I bring it to Die local postofflcc which will give him a receipt anu send the I bond to Asheville and from office checks will be mailed direct to the per son. There will be no charge for certifica tion of bonds at a local postoffice, and as postmasters in the county know in person the people who are served from their offices, matter of converting the bonds into cash will bo made an easy matter. Taking Die bonds to a central paying office such as Ashe-nie or ('harlot(e, will be an inconvenience to the veteran, as well a -enuiring him pi furnish identification. Dry Weather Here Damaging to C rops TYranwMa-v '■ ■’ <' nineteenth ,iav i i -■ . ■ n recorded at (he vation station !lt mding to Clerk 11, n! in tome sections of (j i dr\ weather has pre v .ret ,c instances are suffering onged drought, with po the most serious damage. Sunday School Group Will Meet Here 7th insyivania Associational Sun t-otlng will be held in the tist church, Sunday, June | 'rogram runs from 2:30 to , j m. i n the duties of officers will . L. Ponder. A discussion on ' \ National Standard of Ex i. will be given by Rev. Paul jpn ■ ii. it Is expected that Prof, llu : male o.uartet, of Rosman, will fun music for the event. Pastors ir; d to attend these meetings, i, i nd department superintendents, Nur.d.T school officers and class teach i ami all arc urged to he present. —N. L. Ponder. Hi Mew Paint Jobs Add To the Attractiveness Of Business Section New paint. r., w imiiros. and rerr.od iMna has been loo,. very offo. lively by rsctornl I usi firms in Brevard dcr ai ■ file past si\ i*i-iI weeks, addlnir Ilinrl: i lie ,,th i was if t|a> town. S',,;- fronts, and interiors, have i nine in for r madly share of tile improve ments, and with a unified effort on the ;.,,rl of al! uptown business house? in keep lifter and trash off th“ .streets and sidewalks Brevard would be one of the neat places in this section of the state. Notable aruoits the improvements are those that ha.vi- been made in the post offii'i;. where the entire room and all fixture*: have been re-finished, new !i htinrr fixtures liuny, and Improved dam's put tip. Singing Convention Organized in County organization of a singing convention V.-..S perfect oil at Middle Fork Baptist chtirrti last Sunday afternoon with next m "•ting to lit- held at Carr's Hill Bap tist church on Sunday afternoon June itl. at C o'clock. Tin Rev. Nathan Chapman was elected president of the Third Sunday hinging convention. At the all-day singing held hist Sun day at Middle Fork, Ramsey quur tet of Central, the Riverside quarter, tlv Harmon quartet, and other singers joined in making the occasion an enjoy able one. Brevard Advertised On Amateur Program Western North Carolina in general was given a great boost last Sunday evening, when the Major Bowes ama teur hour featured Asheville and the surroundir - sections. The m was lavish in liis descrip tion c unties of Western North Car was estimated that at ],. illion people learned •c tains through the bro, in. -tings from Brevard to the . • - ■ - nt by Mayor A. H. Harris Salmon Made Editor College Publication Odell Salmon •.v:m <•».-editor-in chief of the Brevard '"Ml• ;o Clarion at a meeting of student.1; held Tuesday afternoon. He will li; , charge of the editorial work of the college paper during lti.lG-37 school year. Miss Evelyn Swaringen was named associate editor; Bob Sumner, business manager; and Clem Thomas, circulation manager. Soft Ball League Is Assured for Brevard Groups from the several churches and Sunday schools in Brevard are working on plans to again have a soft ball league In Brevard this summer, with play to start within a few days. Teams will be entered from the Bap tist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches, with one team to represent each of the churches, or the Sunday school as the case may be. Manager for each of the teams will be selected by the players, and an ex ecutive committee composed of leaders in the churches will make up a sched ule, rules and regulations, and select a president to have charge of the playing. To Speak In Brevard ! 1)U. J. HUNKY HIOHSMITH, of Ita- J leigh, who will speak at Brevard Col- | lege Home Coming Day next Wed nesday. BABYFATALLYHURT WHEN HIT BY AUTO Small Leonard Child Victim Of Unavoidable Accident Sunday Morning Charles Harrison Leonard, 15 months- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Leonard, was fatally injured Sunday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Liverett when he was run over by u cur driven by Reid Liverett, an unele. Held Liverett and his father had been nut in the car and had returned to the Liverett home near the King Creek luidge Sunday morning. Stopping the] jititii in th'-' yard, ill" elder Mr. Liverett ac.d Reid talked for several mtmit* with the baby’s mother, ami the chlid evidently walked unnoticed In front of tli" "ir. \Vh"M tie ear was started up! ’.! stun k tin l,.;!/y, and two wheel* j passed over its body. The baby died I sboiti-. after ixdiur carried to the lias- j I'M!. ' l‘'uneral si i vices were beid Tuesday ntt rnooii at the Llverr.tt homo with the R'-v. H L. Soothers and the nov. (’an Blythe in charge. Interment was ramie in Oakdale ccS&fory. Hendersonville. T'licles of the child wore paUbeiireoi, Hiineial arran-'otnents were In charge of Osborne .Simpson Surviving arc th" parents, two smell brothers and one sister. 4-H Club Meet The Brevard I H Hub will in. e1 Mon th > afternoon at i o'clock in the county .agent's office. Cos Paxton Withdraws From Assembly Race Cos Paxton, in tlio ratio for nomine tion ns representative in the Oneral Assembly, withdrew his name Saturday afternoon, leaving the Democratic field to Pat Kimzey. Mr. Paxton’s name will be blotted nijf on the Democratic primary ballots which will Ire voted Saturday. The following letter publicly announces tin withdrawal of Mr. Paxton, and at the same time expresses Ids thanks for m pport. given him. • IMitor The Times: ySS want to announce through your paper that T am withdrawing from the rate for the Legislature, and take this opportunity in thanking my friends for Mil Interest the.v hare taken ir my be half. "COM PAXTON." Brevard, May no. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported at Lyday Memorial hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. A. r. Nesbit arid infant son. horn on Fri day, May 29; Mrs. Paul Kellar and in fant son, born on Monday. June 1; Mrs. Vergil Edmundson and infant daughter, born on Thursday. May 28; Mrs. Until Lcng and infant daughter; Mrs. Verdle Blythe, Mettle Anderson. Condon Bax ter, Pale Orr. K. C. Wilson. Albert Bishop. George Bishop, Waller McGnha. Luther Boss. Frank T.7I1. _ _ _ RELIGIOUS TRAINING GROUP AT SAPPHIRE FOR WEEK OF STUDY Camp For Girls Will Open June IS; Boy* Coming Two Week* Later Camp Sapphire will be the scene of much pre-camp activities beginning Monday morning of next week when around 200 young people and leaders will assemble there for a week’s confer ence. The conference is under supervision of the deptart ment of religious educa tion of the United Christian Missionary Society cooperating with the Churches of the Disciples of Christ of North Car olina. and will bring people hero from various sections of Eastern America,, majority however, coming from North Carolina points. This will bo the eighth annual con ference of the group, and will be for young people between the ages of 1G and 23 years. All the young people who come to the conference camp at Sap phire next week must have been rec ommended and endorsed by his pastor, or officer of his church, thus an ex ceptionally high class group is expected. Church and community leadership courses will lie stressed at the confer ence, with trained workers and loaders in charge of the various phases of study and activities. E. B. Quick, of Atlanta, Ga., will be conference director and ono of the In structors; Charles L. Brooks, of Paris, 111., will be conference dean; Leland Cook, of Kinston, will be dear, of men; Mrs. It. F. Hill, of Kinston, will be dean of women. The faculty will be composed of 21 young people. Following closing of the church con ference on June l i. the Sapphire Girls Camp will open for a pcrioJ of two weeks, under direction of Mrs. Bernard Fotzor. of Concord t od Mm. Bill trai ler. of Brevard. Tills two-weeks camp will 1." attended by around fifty girls from North and South Carolina and Georgia. Board Equalization To Meet on June 15 ; The coutity commissioners vv ll sit as I a board of equalization in the commis sioners room ut the court house Mon day, June 15. according to announc* incut being carried In this week's Times. Taxpayers who have any matters they wish to bring before the board in re gard to valuation sit the last osMessnient are invited to appear before the nr,aid on June 15. Play Will Be Given at Rosman Hi School ROSMAN, June 8 - The Indies Aid of Ttosman Baptist church will present ■•Miss Blue Bonnot," a comedy-drama at the Rosman high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week, the program to start enci ■ evening at 8:15. Scene of the play la laid in a small South Carolina town, where a psychol ogy teacher goes to promote a romance, and falls in love herself. Extra attrac tions are chorus biinioers with the larijt group appropriately costumed. KUkBig Rattler Vcssle McCall, who lives we Brevard, reports killing a flve-foo tie snake in Spico Cove last Young McCall said the snake h rattles. Tonsil Clinic For Children at Hospital Many children of (ho communh takinp advantage of the tonsil held at Lyduy Memorial hosr-ita week. The elinir is for children • apes 6 to 1(5 It is expected hy hospital aulh that 25 or 30 children will have i pone tonsil operations hy Saturday, when tlie clinic closes. The clinic Is sponsored by the board of trustees ot the hospital, and the operations are per formed by members of tire ho3ptta. rtaff. National Aquatic School Opens at Camp Carolina On June Fourteenth The National Aquatic School, com monly termc-d the Red Cross Life- Pav ing Institute, will open at Camp Caroli na. near Brevard, on June 14. with an enrollment of two hundred. fiamone S. Eaton, of Washington, I>. C., director of the camp, accompanied by Mrs. Eaton, arrived in Brevard Tuesday, and immediately began on plar s for opening the camp. “Ray", as Mr. Eaton is known in Brevard, stuted that banner enrollment was already as sured. but that he was making provi sion to take care of all local citizens who care to enter. Harry A. Kenning, associate director, and Jimmy McMillan, are expected to arrive the first of next week, with pos sibly others of the faculty group to be here before opening of the camp on June 14. Outstanding Instructors from all sec tlonu of the country will be here for the ten-ilay school, some of the faculty having beer, on the staff for several years. Mr. Eaton is especially desirous of enro ling as many local pupils as pos sible Local citizens may register for Individual courses, or enter the school for the ten day period for the nominal sum of ten dollars, this being far below the cost to outside students who ar. necessarily charged with board and keep, plus their traveling expenses. With the several summer camps In this immediate area, and the large num ber of tourists who come here each year, as well as for the fact that train ing at the National Aquatic School broadens out into all phases of life saving, it Is expected that Transylvania county will have a good representation in the student body. Regular courses of study during the ten-day period will Include life savin*, first aid, accident prevention, swim ming, diving, canoeing, boating, water stunts and games, aquatic pageantry, as well as special courses for advanced pupils. Camp Carolina Is one of six schools to be held this year In the United States. Others will be held at Culver, Ind., South Hansen, Mass., Annapolis, Md., Chautauqua, N. Y„ and Narrows burg, N. Y. At the close of tho institute each year a we ter pageant Is produced, using all student? and faculty members, and draws several thousand people to the large natural amphitheatre at beautiful Camp Curolina lake.