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THE TRANSYLVANIA TI *1 1 * 0™“- r; : ; ■ County A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County - VOL. 42. NO 1 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 193/. $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRAN S YLVAN IA LOCAL EMPLOYMENT , OFFICE WILL TAKE APPLICATIONS 13TH Registrants Asked To Call At Court House Wednesday Of Next Week The local employment office will only be open two (lays per month, according to advices received by The Transylvania Times on Wednesday from the district director. P. Lane Gaston, of Asheville. Next date for the office to bo open for receiving applications for work and for , re-registration will be Wednesday. Jan- j uary 13, between the hours of 10 a. m. I and 4 p. m. And, unless the schedule is changed, . next date for opening of the office will j be Wednesday, January 27. All records and other business per taining to the office will be kept in the Asheville district office. Mr. Gaston said, and requisitions for workmen will come ^ from that office, with notification being made by mail. Major works project which will oe | handled through the employment office in the immediate future is the highway work in Pisgah National Forest, and Mr. Gaston said Wednesday that a small crew would be worked on that job by the contractor until the weather cleared up, after which he expected the job to employ 75 to 125 men. The local office has been in cnarge of / Frank King for some time, and Mr. | King said that he offered to take care of the work during the registration for the Pisgah National Forest job, or for another two weeks’ period, without pay, but that orders had been received by the district office to close the office with the exception of the second and fourth Wed nesdays. and that his services could not be used, even though he bad offered to work gratis in an effort to get the work ers lined up for the Pisgah Forest road work. It is feared that the present setup will not be satisfactory, either from the road contractor’s viewpoint or from the local labor situation, and effort will be made to get the order changed for the Tran sylvania office. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported at the I.yday Me morial hospital on Wednesday were: Dan English. Frank Wolfe, Clyde Sit ton. George Valsame, James Valsame, j William Howard. Mrs. Thomas Black- j burn. Miss Margaret Dickson. - Father of Transylvania i People Buried In S. C. I — GRAY COURT, P. C. L. E. Hender son, 65, prominent Laurens county farmer, died suddenly at 9 o'clock Mon day morning at his home five miles west of Gray Court. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Jannie Henderson: four daughters. Mrs. AV. A. AVilson, Brevard. N. C.: Mrs. M. C. Summerel. Rosman. X. C.: Mrs. Jim Trammell. Duncan, and Miss Frances AL'nderson. Ware Shoals: six sons, E. w. Henderson, Fountain Inn; J. E., J. C.. Furman, and Henry Henderson. Gray Court, and T. C. Henderson. Princeton: four brothers. W. G. Henderson. Ow ings: L. C. Henderson. Greer, and T. L. and L. R. Henderson, Fountain Inn. and two sisters. Mrs. S. B. Bryant. Green ville. and Mrs. J. C. Bush, Inman. Funeral services were held at Dials Methodist church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. L. Langston, assisted by the Rev. AA'. A. Baldwin and the Rev. Marvin Owings. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Merrill Hen derson. Royce Bryant. Frank Bush. | Fred Henderson, Greg Henderson and Sam Armstrong. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. A\". T. Reason. Dr. AAT. T. Pace. Ross Young, C. A. Powers. J. M. Sumnieral. R. G. AVil son. Tom Bennett. E. T. Curry. J. B. Owings. AV. H. Barksdale. T. F. Babb. A. C. Owings. L. A. A\rillis and L. R. Brooks. Flower girls were Mrs. Jim Putman. Mrs. Jimmie Panders. Mrs. G. D. Babb, j Mrs. Jess Davis. Mrs. Pearl Alverson i and Mrs. Jimmie Simpson. Free Express Service Effective In Brevard Brevard is climbing into the Big City class at last, judging from announce ment made Monday by Station Agent John Bishop to the effect that the Southeastern Express company would hereafter give free delivery of express, within the city limits. The Southern Railway comoany has been giving free delivery' of freight for several months, and now with the ex press company joining in, a more clty fied effect is noted. Ella Mae Pool GREENVILLE, Jan. 6.—Ella Mae Pool, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle pool, died at g local hospital Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock after a short Illness. Mr. and Mrs. Pool reside near Marl t etta in Cleveland township, and have ' the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The little girl at tended Middle River school. In addition to her parents, she is sur vived by one sister, Bobby Jean Pool, and a brother, Russell Pool, and her ma ternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Dilly Wilson, of Brevard, N. C. Funeral services were held from Gap Creek Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev. Homer Couch of ficiating. Interment was made In the church cemetery. Ask Tinsley Brown about Times Want Ads Up at Balsam Grove where homes are just a mite scattered and tele phones are even scarcer, Tinsley Brown lives and makes a pretty good go out of farming as a business ven ture. Naturally, Mr. Brown takes the Home Newspaper, and he watches the Want Ads closely each week. So, when he had a bunch of pigs to sell, he sent a quarter to The Times office and told the newsman to insert a "for sale” adv. In the want column. In three days. Mr. Brown had sold his pigs, had his money, and took it upon himself to come by the office last Saturday and tell the editor that "It Pays To Advertise.” College Opens For After-Holiday Work; Basketball Game 9th Students were returning to the cam pus Sunday and Monday to begin the New Year with tremendous resolutions (as a result of vacations at home.) Eight new students entered the college Mon day. They are Misses Christine Austin, a transfer from Appalachian State Teach ers’ College; Margaret Slagle, Franklin; Mary Sue Jennings, transfer from Cui lowhee; Alfred Buchanan, Cullowhee transfer: J. W. Hall, transfer from State: John C. Orr, Brevard; James Reagan, Lexington, and Hillary Tran tham, Fairvlew. According to Dean C. E. Buckner, there are approximately three hundred and seventy-five students re gistered to date. Conch Ranson is whipping his team into shape for the hardest game of the season which will be played with Tex tile Industrial Institute of Spartanburg. Saturday night, in the high school gym nasium at eight o'clock. Jimmy Rogers, forward, is the only letter man from last year. Frank Cauble will assist at for ward position. Leon Stubbs will proba bly play center while “Al" DeShaw and i "Cap’ Hyatt are scheduled for the po sitions of guard. Rogers is five feet, ten inches In height and weighs 150 pounds. He is a product of one of the great Wal ter Skidmore teams which made history for Charlotte In the basketball world. H» Is fast, elusive and loves the game: Hyatt from Canton was a star for his high school; last year he was a member of the squad which was runner-up in the state tournament. Tn all probability he will be a main cog in the eagers’ me- ■ chine this year. PeShnv is a freshman of very high ambition in the world of sports. He was captain of his team as a high school senior and is showing un as well as he did on the football team. Stubbs is considered as one of the fast est men and was shifted from the for ward position to.ccnter. Cauble has had a wide experience in high school and is showing up well as forward. Asks Seals Sale Reports A request is made for the return to Mrs. O. H. Orr, chairman of the county Christmas seal sale, of all unsold seals and the money taken in for stamps sold throughout the county. It Is necessary that these be sent In at once In order that the reports may be Bent In to head quarters. Capt. Patton Very Low Capt. T T. Patton was reported to be critically ill at his home at Pisgah For est late Wednesday. Mr. Patton has been very low for several days, and his re covery is considered very doubtful. Refinance Program Approved By Brevard Final plans were given official o. k. by the board of aldermen in their meet ing Monday night for the contact of all Town of Brevard bondholders, in the move 10 refinance the town’s Indebted ness. Attorney Ralph Ramsey explained that the plan would be printed in detail and a copy of the booklet sent to each bondholder. Financial survey of the town, and the county, as well as letters of endorsements of the plan from the Local Government Commission, and the N’orth Carolina Municipal Council will be printed In the booklet that is to be mailed out. MICKIE SAYS— fVO POLITICAL CA.VPIPATE\ EVER SAYS,"EVERYBODY MOWS ME-1 DOVr HAVE to advertise!' getth/' votes '/? gettiij 1 trade i aaeaus v'gotta go j AFTER ‘EM*- ANP ( ADVERTISE/ JaLyboty ,, Wso i HuiOw ' He Can. £it .Down , and (b<5WG& Large Group Local Students In College Eighteen colleges, universities and other institutions of learning and eight states and the District of Columbia are represented by the 26 or more young people from Brevard and immediate vi cinity who are in attendance there the current school year. Local young men and women attend ing out of town institutions, the ma jority of whom spent the Christmas holidays at their homes here and have returned to resume their school work, include Mary Sue Jennings. Mack Feas ter and Glenn Galloway, Western Car olina Teachers College, Cullowhee; Ed die Varner, University of South Caro lina, Columbia; Mack Allison and Rich ard Grimshawe, The Citadel, Charleston. S. C.; Eugenia Coltrane, Guilford Col lege. Greensboro; Mark Orr, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill; Kathe rine English, Mrs. John McLean. Mrs. Hinton McLeod and Virginia Powell. Women’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Charlotte Patton, University of Georgia. Athens: Walter Clayton. Wake Forest College, Wake Forest; C. K. Osborne, Jr., and Lewis Hamlin, Jr.. Mars Hill College. Mars Hill; Henry Carrier. It. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md.; Helen Car rier. W.vchwood School, Westfield. N. J.: Jack Miller. U. S. Navy, Annapolis. Md.: Fred Miller, XT. S. Army. West Point. N. Y.; Ruth Pickelsimer, Berea College. Berea, Ky.; James Pickelsimer, Christ School, Arden; Sam McCullough. Berry School, Rome. Ga.; Dorothy Everett. Marjorie Webster School, Washington, D. C.; Ora Holt I.ong, Randolph-Maeon College, I.ynchhurg, Va. P. T. A. Meets Tuesday The January meeting of the P. T. A. will he held Tuesday afternoon ar 3:15 at the elementary building. The Rev. J. H. Brencall will be the speaker of the occasion. Kimzey Expects Long Session Of Assembly _ » Representative Pat Kimzey left here Tuesday morning for Raleigh where he will a.sumo his place in the lower house of the general assembly which convenes at 11 o'clock Thursday. Mr. Kimzey stated that he did not look for the session tn he over before April first, and possibly May first would be more in keeping with closing date of the legislature. After conferring with the county com missioners and the hoard of aldermen here Monday and Monday night. Mr. Kimzey said that there was very little local legislation to be proposed in the 1937 session for Transylvania county, as matters now stand. Biggest fight in the law-making body, he said, would in his opinion, be over the liquor laws and the sales tax ques tion. A state-wide iiquor control act will very probably be submitted early in the session, and eastern counties which already have liquor stores under a "county option" plan are expected to muster all the strength possible to main tain their position, while other sections are expected to seek a state-wide uni form law. Mr. Kimzey said that he was strictly against any county option plan, believing that there should be either a state-wide dry' law or a state-wide sales plan adopted. Sales tax on basic food commodities, such as flour, lard, sugar coffee, and meal, will in all probability be passed in some form at the 1937 session as will a tax exemption on small homes used as dwelling place of the owners. County Schools Open All schools of the county opened Mon- I day morning following the two-weeks Christmas vacation. Reports from some ol' the schools are to the effect that at tendance the first two days this week was cut on account of the high water Masons Will Select Officials On Friday Friday evening, January 8th, at 8:00 o’clock. Dunn's Rock Dodge No. 267, A. F. & A. M., will meet in regular com munication. This meeting is an impor tant one as the officers for 1937 are to be elected. All members of the lodge arc urged to be present. Visiting Masons are welcome. Refreshments will he served at the conclusion nf the meeting. Mrs. Reid’s Mother Duried December 26 Mrs. T. E. Reid has returned from Eatonton, Ga.. where she attended the funeral services for her mother, Mrs. W. A. Walton, who was buried December 26th. Mrs. Walton, who is well known In this section where she has often visited her daughter, had been ill hut one week with pneumonia, and died on Christmas Eve. Surviving are four daughters and two sons. One daughter. Miss Wilma Walton, taught school at Rosman for two years. She was carried to the Pied mont Hospital at Atlanta, on Tuesday of last week, where she is very 111. Fowler Infant Dies In South Carolina William Edward, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Fowler, of Pickens, was buried in Sunrise cemetery, near Pick ens, last Wednesday, with the Rev. H. A. Newton in charge of the rites. The infant is survived by his parents, and hin grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Snipes. The mother will bo remembered here as Miss Sophie Snipes. Incoming And Retiring Kiwani3 Presidents PROF J. B. JONES DR. O. L. NEW BAND Professor J. B. Jones, county superintendent of schools, will take over duties as president of the Brevard Kiwanis Club at the meeting Thursday. He succeeds Dr. C. L. Newland who has served during the past year, and who has been instrumental in building the club's membership and rating to a new high ljvel. Other officers of the club for 1937 include: E. J. Colt rone, vice president; Dr. H. J. Bradley, Rev. j. H. Bvendall, F. Brown Carr. Jerry Jerome, and Dr. Newland, director. Offices of secre tary. and treasurer wili he filled by appointment. LAW VIOLATORS IN COUNTY COST MUCH County Paying Large Sum For Jail Feed—Commission ers In Meeting Tjiw violators are costing Transyl vania county entirely too much, was opinion of the county commissioners in session here Monday. Cost of feeding prisoners in the coun- j ty jail for 21 days in December. 7th to 31st, was $10B. with some of the prison ers being old "repeaters,” or those who have been violators on many previous occasions. The board did not kick about the amount of the bill presented by Jailor McCall, as it was in order every way, hut commented on the fact that a county no larger than Transylvania should not have as many violators as those enumerated on the "feed hill." Other matters taken up during th" all day session cf the board was per taining to the proposed debt settlement which the commissioners and Attorney Pat Khnzey have been working on for some time; disposal of county proper ty; liquidating of notes and other paper which tlie county tool; over as collateral from the defunct Brevard Banking company. Cooperating with the Works Progress Administration In the operation of sew ing rooms, carrying on of the Recrea tional program, and providing work of cleaning the Jail and court house under WI’A sponsorship, were also taken up at the meeting. Report was made by Mrs. T. J. Wil son and Mrs. C. T. Patton to the effect that hundreds of dollars worth of cloth ing and supplies for the homes of the poor had been provided by the sewing rooms at no cost to the county, and in addition, had provided work for a large group of women. Excessive Rain Here During Past 2 Weeks With an average of a little over 65 inches of rainfall for the year. Brevard seems to he stocking up in advance. A total of 3.69 inches of rain fell here on January 2 and 3, according to the official bureau. In December a total of 10.42 inches was recorded by City Clerk Harry Pat ton, and with a seeming new start Tuesday, January bid fair to outdistance December. The French Broad river has been out of its banks for several days, and while no serious damage has lieen reported, roads over the county are becoming nearly impassable. District Highway Engineer Ernest Webb reports that all through lines have been kept op9n, although several slides have occurred In his district. The largest slide In this county was on the Gloucester road when an estimated slide of 300 yards of stone and soil slid into the highway. However, highway employes and all prisoners from the Calvert camp soon had the road open. License Tag Sales Increase Over 1936 Auto license sales are considerably ahead of the same period last year, ac cording to checkup made by Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary. Transylvania county li cense bureau operator. On January 6, 1937. a total of 583 tags had been placed, while one year ago only 495 had been sold, a gain of 88 for this year. State Motor Vehicle officials Issued the statement several days ago that no extension of time would be granted for motorists in purchasing tags, but so far no arrests have been made in this county. Rosman Services The Rev. H. O. Huss, pastor of Ros man Methodist church, announces that there will be services at 11 o’clock Sun - day morning, and also in the evening at 7:15. Sunday School will be held a* 10 o’clock Sunday morning with Harry Swafford as superintendent. Services will be held at East Fork j Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Huss. HONOR ROLL ~ The Times expresses appreciation to the following subscribers who have sent in their renewals since Wednesday of last week: Oscar Galloway, Lake Toxaway. Earl Parker, Wolf Mountain. R. R. Deaver, Tampa. Mrs. M. C. Shipman. Pisgah Forest. O L. Erwin, Brevard. W. L. Morris, Pisgah Forest. Cliff Ba.vnard. Brevard. J. H. Raxter, Brevard R-l. A. K. Orr, Asheville. Nathan Morris. Kentucky. Mrs. J. M. Meece, Brevard R-2. L. P. Beck, Brevard. Mrs. Claude Ray, Brevard R-2. Welch Galloway, Asheville. H. P. Whitmire, Rosman. O. E. Merrill, Penrose. Ira D. Galloway. Ohio. W. T. Whitmire. Brevard R-2. Ralph Lyday, Brevard. A. C. Lyday, Brevard R-2. T. E. Patton, Charlotte. New readers of the Home Newspaper who have subscribed since Wednesday of last week are: Dewey McCall. Brevard R-3. Mrs. W. D. Langston, Goldsboro. Mrs. Grace Smathers. Statesville. Mrs .1. S. Nicholson, Brevard. 1 Rush Whitmire. Richmond, j Miss Alberta Jenkins. New Orleans. W. H. Surrette. Brevard R-2. Roland Whitmire, Asheville. Dr. G. C. Bernard Is Victim Of Pneumonia Funeral services of Dr. G. C. Bernard. 48. of Kannapolis, who died early Sat urday morntnir in a Charlotte santtori um, were held Sunday afternoon at the Kannapolis Presbyterian church. Inter ment was in Elmwood cemetery. Char lotte. Surviving Is his widow, formerly Miss Ruth Brooks, of Brevard, and two bro thers. Dr. Bernard had been a Brevard vis itor on various occasions, when his wife visited relatives here each summer. He had been 111 about two weeks death j belnpr due to double pneumonia. He had I been a prominent dentist in Kannapolis for 17 years, and was a member of the Cabarrus county board of health, and a Mason. He was quite an extensive pro perty holder In Kannapolis. Mrs. Bernard has three sisters and one brother llvtnp In Brevard. Mrs. W. S. Price. Mrs. C. R. McNeely, Mrs. Em ma /tachary and Mr. Lem Brooks, all of whom attended the funeral of Dr. Bernard Sunday. Baptists Issue Call To Rev. Y. Elliott The Rev Dr. Warren, head of the de partment of Bible at Furman Unlvprslty will preach at both morning and eve ning' services at Brevard Baptist church next Sunday. Dr. Warren preached here last Sun day. and following the morning service last Sunday morning, the congregation vo.ed io extend a call to the Rev. Yancey Elliott, of Clayton, N. C., as pas tor of the church. The Rev. Mr. Eiiiott had not been heard from Wednesday morning, but it is expected that he will accept the call, and take charge here around the first of the month. Civic Club Members Make Plans For Year Plans for the coming ^pear's work of the Women's Civic chin Wers discussed and outlined at the January meeting of this organization held Monday after noon in the club room. Three directors were elected, Mrs. Beulah Zachary. Mrs. Thowald Berg and Mrs. C. L Nawland, to carry on the activities of the club with the recently elected officers: Mrs. O. H Orr. presi dent; Mrs. H. J. Bradley, vice president: Mrs. Coleman Galloway, secretary: and Mrs J. W. Smith, treasurer. This board will assist in naming the chairmen of the different committees, who will also be members of the board of directors. Objectives for the club’s major activi ties for the year were discussed, each member offering some suggestion of helpful operation. BUSINESS BETTER |fl HERE DURING PAST YEAR, SAY LEADERS — Business Men Look Forward To Increase In AH Lines During 1937 Business In Transylvania county wss decidedly better In 1936 than it wae !n 1935, and prospects for a still greater increase for 1937 is confidently looked forward to, according to a survey made by Mark T. Orr. who interviewed near ly all business houses and leaders here last week. •■Best business since 1923" wac the general concensus expressed to Mr. Orr, who spent three days interviewing all type business leaders as well as farm ers. Statistics given The Times represen tative by employers showed that a de cided gain had been made in payrolls during the year, and that production of manufacturing plants was materially increased. Farmers received better prices for their products, and a fairly good crop In most Instances added to the cash In come on the farm, pius payments of the soil conservation bureau which will have paid nearly 110,000 to local farmers by the end of this month. Addition of the A. W. Wheeler & Son hosiery plant is expected to add to the Brevard payrolls, and work starting on the Pisgah National Forest road—284— will also take up considerable slack in the unemployment situation here for the next several months. Real estate dealers who were Inter viewed furnished the most conclusive barometer of genera! conditions, in the statement that bona fide land sales were more numerous during 1936, with much unemeumbered property changing hands. Altogether. Mr. Orr reports that bus iness was decidedly better during the past year, and that a better year will tie had during 1937. __ Makes Plea For Care Of Forests In County Paper and pencils, houses and hoops, desks and doors, soap and shoes, air planes and automobiles, baseball bats and boats, all these and hundreds more depend upon forests. We would be alarmed if we were told that there was no wheat crop this year. We need a timber crop every year, just as we need a wheat or corn crop. Our forests are going faster than they are being replenished. This is due to cutting for our needs and to destruction by forest fire, insect pests, and diseases. A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless. The loss of timber caused by forest fires each year is enormous. In the year 1934 there were nearly one hundred seventy thousand forest fires in the United States. This was at the rate of four hundred and sixty-five every day.. A large percent were caused by care lessness of tourists and campers and • men who set fire to forests. Forests help control floods, they act like a big sponge. The thick mat of' leaves will absorb lots of water. In times; of long heavy rains, if the forest soil/ la; unable to soak up any more, the water that runs away is clearer and purer than water that flows over unforested land. That is because the forests are tightly holding the soil in place, instead of letting it be washed away by rain. Each year lots of the best and most fertile soil is washed away. A child should be taught the vital part forests play in the world before him and to realize that these blessings may be made perpetual if cared for in time. North Carolina has about twenty-two million acres that are either producing timber or best adapted for timber pro duction. About fifteen million is under forest fire protection. It is an undisputed fact ‘.hat the forests in North Carolina is one of her greatest assets, and that forest fires are the greatest enemy. Through the cooperation of Transyl vania county the state and government, 'we are improving and making it possible | to locate and extinguish fires before I they have done much damage. We have | two towers equipped with telephones land a CCC camp in the interest of for est protection. I hope each citizen will do his par* in this important, work, especially during the brush burning season. E. R. Galloway. Jess Galloway Gets Position In Assembly Jess A. Galloway, tor the past six years register of deeds for Transylvania county, left here Sunday for Raleigh where he has been appointed as clerk In the enrolling department for the state senate. Mr. Galloway received notice of his appointment last week from Lieutenant Governor W. P. Horton. The position will iast through 'he sessions of the general assembly. Highway Patrolman Needed In County Transylvania county has been without a highway patrolman for a number ot months, and leaders here ore beginning to wonder if this Is not one of the “lost colonies' Insofar as the state patrol sys tem Is concerned. Leaders here point out that traffic >.egulat!ons over the county are being disregarded In increasing number of in stances, and lhat recRless driving is be ing noted, especially at night, since the patrolmen have railed to malte their rounds here. *.v
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