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VOL. 42: NO. 33.
BAPTIST CHURCHES
TO HOLD MEET 28
New Organization Will Hold
First Convention at Oak
Grove, Near Quebec
Announcement Is made that the
Workers' Council of the Transylvania
Baptist Association will meet with the
Oak GrQve church at Quebec on Sun
day, August 29, in an all-day session.
This council organization was set up
at the meeting of the association held
in Brevard last week, and will be com
prised of pastors, church officials, Sun
day school and Church department su
perintendents and lay members. Pur
pose is to stimulate church Interest and
work, ami to assist in working out
problems which may arise in Individual j
congregations pertaining to the work.
Those who attend the council meeting
are expected to bring lunch and spend
the day. Program as announced by the
Rev. N. H. Chapman, follows:
11 o'clock, song and prayer service;
11:15—welcome address to all delegates
and visitors, by J- K. Henderson; 11:25,
song and prayer: 11:20, Sermon by N.
L. Ponder: 12:15, lunch.
1:15. Special singing by Riverside
Quartet: 1:30, the place of young peoplo
in the church, by Valray Carter; 1.46,
general round table talks by alt who
will take part; 2:30, how to pastor or
lead the flock, by M. L. Lewis; 2:45.
how to reach our unsaved people for
Christ, by N. H. Chapman; 3:00, ser
mon, by Yancey C. Elliott; 3:30, elec
tion of officers for tha Council.
Squirrel Season To
Open September 15
Squirrel season will open In Transyl
vania county on Wednesday, September
15. according to J. D. Chalk, chairman
of the state department of game and
inland fisheries.
The word had somehow got noised
abroad here that the season would
open the first of September, but a
letter Friday from the commissioner
stated that Sept. 15 was opening date
for all western counties.
Bag limit for one day is 10 squirrels
with no season limit being set.
Aunt of Miss Piercy
Died at Coral Gables
Word was received here last week by
Miss Grace Piercy of the death of her
only remaining aunt. Mrs. Mary Byrd
Green, 79, at her home In Coral Gables,
Fla. Mrs. Green’s- husband, who died
some years ago, blazed a trail near Co
ral Gables, and now this widely known
and well traveled highway is known as
the Byrd road. Mrs. Green had no im
mediate survivors.
Miss Piercy had planned to visit her
aunt in Florida this fall.
Graduation
At College
On Aug.25
Brevard College summer school will
close Wednesday, August 25, with a
program of graduation exercises at 11
o'clock in the forenoon. The Rev. Reid
Wall, pastor of the Catawba charge,
will deliver the address to the graduat
ing class.
In addition to graduation from Emo
ry University. Mr. Wall has the Mas
ter’s degree from the same institution
and has studied two years in the Uni
versity of Chicago. He is considered one
of »he outstanding young ministers in
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence. Mr. Wall has been identified with
the Council on a Christian Social Order,
having been a charter member of that
organization. In accepting the invitation
to make the address. Mr. Wall referred
to Brevard College as one of tho most
outstanding social experiments In North
Carolina.
The following young people are ex
tracted to receive their diplomas: Price
Cornelius, Winston-Salem; Cecil Evans,
Lexington; Ray Goodman, Concord;
Joe Lee Heffner, Horse Sh#e; Mary
Lou Lattmn, Crouse; Eva Nolan Lei
cester; Marjorie Himell, Burnsville;
Thomas Porter, Bellwood; Irene Self,
Casar: Harold Severs, Charlotte; Kate
Sltton, Almond: Ed Swann, Andrews:
and S. B. Tweed, Fletcher.
The public Is cordially invited to at
tend the graduation exercises.
Mail Fraud Checked
By U. S. Department
The postofffce department at Wash
ington announces that another million
dollar swindle has been stamped out,
and that 24 members of the various
groups engaged In the fraud against the
public have been brought to trial and
convicted.
This latest swindle to receive atten
tion of the postal Inspectors Involved
promotion of the mythical "Baker” or
"Becker” estates In and around Phila
delphia.
The postoffice department warns that
any person who receives a letter per
taining to be from some law firm or in
dividual group which has for Its mission
interesting citizens In an “estate” or
similar heritage, the recipient should at
once contact the department at Wash
ington, and for a certainty Invest no
money in such schemes.
ROSMAN SCHOOL NOT
TO BE CONSOLIDATED
County School Board Chairman
Says No Such Move Ever
Contemplated
Spiking a rumor to the effect that the
Bosnian district schools were to be
consolidated with Brevard, Dr. C. L.
Newland. chairman of the county board
of education, said Monday that there
was no such thing in mind, and that
the proposition would be Impossible If
It were to be tried.
"There would be no sense to such a i
move,” the chairman of the school
board said. "In the first place, the Bre
vard school buildings are crowded, and
there are no funds with which to build
new and larger buildings, which would
be the first thing necessary if such a
move were put into effect."
The chairman said that he had heard
of no such rumors when approached
by a Times representative, and said
further that the board would not even
consider the move if it were brought
before It.
Memorial Services At
Quebec Church Sunday
By Woodmen Circle
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ROSMAN, Aug. 18.—Memorial serv
ices will be held Sunday afternoon at
the Whitmire cemetery, Quebec, for the
late Annie Lyday Whitmire.
Ladies of the Rosman Woodmen Cir
cle and men of the Woodmen lodge
will join in the service, at which time
a monument will be unveiled for the
late member of the local circle.
The program will begin at 2:30, and
will Include musical numbers appro
priate to the occasion, and an eulogy
by A. R. Galloway, of Brevard, district
manager for the Woodmen.
Canton Scout Troop
Camping Near Brevard
Troop Two, Boy Scouts of America,
from Canton, are camping this week at
Lake Sega, where the boys are enjoying
a week's vacation, and at the same time
doing merit badge work.
Nineteen boys, together with their
scoutmaster, Melvin Crisp, are at the
lake. Three patrols comprise the troop,
with Frank Childers, Ernest Newman,
and Rail Hicks, patrol leaders.
Agriculture Boys In
Camp At White Lake
—
Ten agriculture boys of the Future
Farmers of America, of Brevard, at
tended a week's encampment at White
Lake, In the eastern part of the state,
last week. Games, swimming and other
recreational features were enjoyed at
camp. One day was spent at Carolina
Beach.
The boys were accompanied on the
trip by their leader, Randal J. Lyday,
Mrs. Lyday, and R. T. Klmzey.
Mayor Mitchell Better
T. M. Mitchell, former mayor of Bre
vard. and prominent citizen of the Bre- I
vard community, was reported to be
improving at his home on Wednesday,
where he has been seriously ill for the
past two weeks. Mrs. J. B. Page of Bel
mont, and Blanton Mitchell of Wash
ington, were called here the first of
the week on account of their father’s
illness.
Association To Meet
With Boylston 1938
Boylston church was selected as meet
ing place of the Transylvania Baptist
Association for 1938, with the Rev. W.
S. Price, Jr., of Brevard, named as
preacher for the annual sermon.
Date of tho associational meeting was
changed from Wednesday and Thurs
day after the second Sunday in August
to the same days after the first Sunday,
which will be August 10th and 11th.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Catherine
Case, Mrs. Richard Watson, Mrs. Mitch
ell Neely, Mrs. J. L. Morgan, Mary Ann
Ramsey, Mrs. Lewis Osborne, Mrs. J.
E. Rufty, Mrs. H. L. Burnette and In
fant daughter, Blanche Maxine, born
Monday, August 16, Roger Daughty, Jr.,
O. A. Jones, Harrison Rhodes and
Charles Osborne.
Smilin' Charlie Says
"TO feller who
leads a double
life is apt t'
be beside him
self once in.
a while”
Safety Parade Will Feature Magic Car Here Friday Afternoon
A drlverless car will thread Its way over the main business section of Brevard, Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock, as a part of the Safety Day Parade to be held here.
Large Crowd Expected To See Safety
Parade In Brevard Friday Afternoon
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Mad Dog Killed Near
Brevard Country Club
A mad dog was killed by Walter
Glazener near his home lr. the Country
Club section last Friday night, after
the dog had bitten two of the Glazener
dogs.
Head of the dog was sent tiv Raleigh
by the county health unit and a tele
gram was recevled from the hygienic
laboratory’ Monday afternoon stating
that the dog was mad.
Mr. Glazener is having his two dogs
treated by a veterinarian in Henderson
ville, and In addition is keeping them
in closed pens for observation.
Mr. Glazener said he was sure the
dog bit one other, and possibly a num
ber of dogs in that section, and advises
that all dogs in the section be conftned
and watched carefully for a period of
several weeks.
Masquerade Ball To
Be Center Of Week's
Social Affairs Here
Number one public social event of the
summer will be that of Friday evening
of this week when a masquerade caba
ret dance will be given at the Brevard
City Gym.
The Jack Wardlaw CBS orchestra
has been secured for the event, which
promises to be a gala affair, and will
start at 9 o’clock. Prizes will be given
for attendance, Mrs. Frank McIntosh
announces, and everything will be done
to make the party a success.
The Wardlaw orchestra is one of the
best in the South, and has been playing
for dances of the higher type in Hen
dersonville this summer.
Mrs. McIntosh, who was associated
here with her husband last season in
staging successful dances throughout
the summer, has been giving square
dances at the gym on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings of each week with
decided success, and that the Friday
evening event will be a top-notcher is
a foregone conclusion.
Windstorm Damages
Crops Along Valley
A severe wind and rain storm did
considerable damage last Wednesday
afternoon to corn growing in the
French Broad valley, especially east of
Brevard.
The hard rain was accompanied by
a sweeping wind that broke corn off
above the ground, and laid other down
near flat. The contest field belonging to
T. J. Wilson was damaged to such
extent that Mr. Wilson says he will de
finitely be out of the race for the silver
cup which he won last year in the corn
growing contest between farmers of
Henderson and Transylvania counties.
Road Worker’s Life Saved
By Transylvania Residents
_
O. A. Jones, of Jackson, N. C., owes
his life to a group of four men who
pulled him from Davidson River last
Sunday afternoon and brought him
back to life after he was apparently
drowned.
JoneB was driving a heavy motor
grader machine along the. Davidson
River road about a mile above the
swimming pool when It left the road
and plunged down a 20-foot bank Into
the river, where he was submerged and
entangled In the wrecked cab of the
machine.
A motorist from Mississippi, who was
following the machine witnessed the
accident and turned back down the road
to the home of Carter and Chester
West, who went to the scene and pulled
the man from under the water.
The Mississippi man then went down
to the Davidson River swimming pool
where he secured the aid of Lewis
W. Morris and A. W. Allen, who ad
ministered artificial respiration and
soon had the man breathing.
The man was said to be under the
Tffcter from five to eight minutes, and
after the men started working with
was unconscious for nearly half hour
him. An ambulance was summoned
from Brevard and Jones was brought
to Lyday hospital where he was re
ported Wednesday to be getting along
very well.
Mr. Allen, who Is Boy Scout executive
for the Daniel Boone council, wes
spending the day at the picnic grounds
near the swimming pool, and as usual
had his first aid kit with him. Young
Morris, whose home is at Rome, Ga.,
has been attendant at the swimming
pool for the past two summers, and had
studied first aid and life saving from an
approved text book. The two men, Mor
ris and Allen, soon had the drowned
man breathing, and assisted In bring
ing him to the hospital where medical
care was given.
Young Morris Is an enrolleo at the
Balsam Grove CCC camp, and Is detail
ed to look after the swimming pool and
picnic grounds. Scout Executive Allen
said that the young man deserved much
credit for his aptitude In the work un
der stress.
The machine was pulled from the
river Monday morning by the Ragland
Construction crew, by Whom Jones Is
employed on the highway job In Plsgah
National Forest
Driverless Auto Will Be
Big Feature of State
Sponsored Event
Arrangements have been completed
for an Interesting safety program In
Brevard Friday afternoon, main feature
of which will be a parade at 3 o'clock
demonstrating a "magic car."
A Chevrolet car without a driver will
turn the corners, stop, go, blow its
horn, and perform all the functions
that a car would do if it were piloted
by a careful driver, yet there will be
no one In the car.
Captain J. J. Lynch, safety expert,
who has been staging similar shows
over the state for the past year will
control the car from another car sever
al feet in the rear of the magic car.
The parade will emphasize sane driv
ing and safe walking, and the "magic
car" is used to demonstrate the fact
that an automobile within itself is not
[a dangerous piece of machinery, and
only becomes such when it is not
handled correctly.
Official approval has been given the
safety parade by the state department
of safety, Mayor and officials of Bre
vard. and by the public in general
where the parade has been staged.
It is expected that a large crowd of
people will be on hand Friday afternoon
to witness the parade. In addition to
the magic car, the fire department,
Boy Scouts, officials, and others will
take part.
The parade will form at the city
hall on West Main street, move up to
the square, turn right on Broad street
to Jordan, left to Maple, left again to
Main, and west to the city hall where
Captain Lynch will give an address on
safety of walking, and sanity In driv
ing.
Several business concerns are coop
erating to bring the parade to Brevard
The Standard Esso station on Broad
street will furnish the gas on which the
car is driven; a battery will be furn
ished by the Howard Whitmire servleo
station ,and the magic car itself will be
provided by the McCrary Auto Service.
The car will be seen on the street in
front of the Canteen Cafe between the
hours of 12 and 1 o'clock at noon Fri
day, in charge of Captain Lynch.
Highway patrolmen from the district
office will be here for the parade, as the
state highway patrol gives full endorse
ment of the program which the team
of Hosier and Lynch has been putting
on in various North Carolina centers
for the past year.
At Presbyterian Church
At the Brevard Presbyterian church
Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock hour
a special feature will be musical num
bers by Miss Janet Elder and the girls’
chorus of Keystone camp. The sermon
will be preached by the pastor, the Rev.
C, M. Jones. Visitors are cordially wel
comed.
Brevard Scouts Will
Aid In Safety Parade
The Brevard Boy Scout Troop will
enter the Safety Parade In Brevard, on
Friday, August 20, at 3 o'clock. All
Scouts who have uniforms are request
ed to wear them; those who don’t, to
try to borrow them. They will meet
about 2:30 at the City Hall, Join the
parade carrying flags and safety ban
ners.
The parade will feature a driverless
car to be piloted by remote control, by
Capt. J. J. Lynch, well known safety
crusader. Motorcycle i>atrolinen, the
Brevard fire department, city and coun
ty officials and business concerns will
enter the parade also.
—Oliver Orr, Reporter.
Prizes Announced For
Brevard Swim Meet
Edwin Wtke, manager of the munici
pal swimming pool,announces that free
tickets to the pool wliil be given as
prizes to winners In the swimming meet
which Ib to be held next Monday after
noon, August 23, at S o’clock.
Four free swims will be given for
first places, and two for second places
in the three classes.
The competitors will be grouped in
ages between six and Id years: 10 and
14 years: and over 14 years. The two
younger classes will compete only in
swimming, while the older group will
also give diving exhibitions.
Bar Members Plan
To Attend! Meeting
Members of the Breve,rd Bar associa
tion are planning to attend the meet
ing of the 18th dlstict association
which will meet In Merlon on Satur
day of this week.
Pat Kimzey of Brevard, is president
of the district association, and an
nounces that an interesting program
has been arranged for the day by the
Marion bar, which includes speeches
by leading lights of the state bar,
luncheon, swimming, and golfing.
The meeting will be held at the Lake
James club house. An address will lie
made to the lawyers by Herlot Clark
son, justice of the hr. C. Supreme
court. The program will begin at 10:30
and end at 8.
Washington Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith and son,
of Washington, are visiting the for
mer’s father, N. E. Smith in Little Ri
ver. Mr. Smith left here 21 years ago
for the west coast and this is his first
visit home.
State Blind Worker
On Inspection Trip
Mrs. Madalfne P. McCrary, field su
pervisor for the State Blind Commis
sion, was In Brevard, Monday, checking
with Mrs. C. T. Patton In regard to the
program for blind people here.
Mrs. McCrary said that there were
33 blind and partially Mind people re
ported In tbls county, end that It was
desire of her department to be of such
assistance as her department would be
able to give In the several Individual
cases. Work among the blind is a part
of the social security program which
is being Instituted In all counties in the
state.
To Clean Orr (Cemetery
Announcement Is macle that the Orr
cemetery In Little River will be cleaned
off on Tuesday, August 24. All people
who have relatives or friends buried
there aro requested to come to the
cemetery prepared to spend the day
working if necessary.
Temperature pmi Rainfall
In Brevard
Week Ending August 17,1937.
Date Max. Min. Rain
August 11 . 83 86 .72
August 12 . 81 62 .76
August IS . 8! 68 .19
August 14 . 81 66 .12
August IS . 8i 66 .04
August 16 . 85 64
August 17 . S3 62
Average . 84 64 .24
MACK PERRY FOUND
DEAD WEDNESDAY AT
HOME OF BROTHER
Ex-'Soidier Believed To Have
Been Victim of Whiskey
Or Weak Heart
McKinley (Mack) Perry. 41-year-old
resident cf the Cedar Mountain section,
died sometime during Tuesday night
from either a weak heart or over-drink
ing of whiskey.
The man died at the home of his
brother Will Perry, who lives Just off
the Greenville highway in the See-Off
section, and members of the family
were uncertain as to the time of his
death.
Sheriff George Shuford and Coroner
John Kilpatrick were summoned to the
home of Will Perry on Wednesday
morning, and after Investigating the
matter, decided that an Inquest wae un
necessary.
Milas Perry, who was at the home of
his father Tuesday night, said that
Mack went down to the creek below the
house shortly after dark; that Meek
had been In a rather nervoue and weak
ened condition due In part to over
drinktng; that he and his sister went
down to the creek and brought the 111
man back to the Will Perry porch
where he asked to be laid on the porch.
The man was left lying on the porch,
Milas said, apparently the worse from
drinking which he was In the habit of
doing, and that he was found still ly
ing there Wednesday morning by Will
Perry. The man was dead when first
seen Wednesday morning, Will Perry
said.
The deceased had been living in South
Carolina, near Marietta, It was disclos
ed to the sheriff, and had been brought
to the Will Perry home Tuesday after
noon by a man named Walter Ellen
burg, who said that he would return
the following day, and left the Will
Perry home, presumably to send a doc
tor out from Brevard. However, no doc
tor showed up, the family said.
Two small bruises Bhowed on the dead
mans forehead, but they were not suf
ficient to cause death, Coroner John
Kilpatrick said. His face was discolored
and misshapened due to the fact that
he had lain face down for possibly 12
or IB hours when the coroner viewed
the body.
Funeral services will be held at 11
o’clock Thursday morning from fhe
Dunn's Creek church, and Interment
will be made In the cemetery nearby.
Perry was an ex-soldier, and the Vet
erans Administration authorized the
funeral expenditures for him. Kilpatrick
Funeral Home had charge of arrange
ments He enlisted In the army on
August 7, 191$, and was honorably dis
charged from Fort Wadsworth, S. C„
on February 28, 1919.
He is married and has a wife and
three small children In South Carolina.
He Is also survived by his mother, three
brothers, and two sisters.
Free Books
For Pupils
Elementary pupils of Transylvania
county schools will have free school
books this year, according to announce
ment made by County Superintendent
J. B. Jones.
Students of the two high schools will
not be allowed the use of free text
books, but will be given the privilege
of rentals at one-third the cost of the
books, Mr. Jones said.
For the grades one to seven, there
will be only one book to buy for each
child, a Supplementary Reader, which
will range In price from 10 to 75 cents.
Checking on tho required books which
an average student In an elementary
school will use. It was found that the
saving would amount to excess of $3.00
per student, to the parents. A fifth
grade student would be required, under
the old setup, to buy books amounting
to J8.75.
£. C. Heath Buried
At Cedar Mountain
Funeral services for Earle Connor
Heath, who died at nine o'clock at a
hospital In Greenville, Saturday night,
were held at Rocky Hill church at Ce
dar Mountain, Monday morning at 11.
The services were conducted by Rev.
A. L. Vaughn and the Rev. J. E. Fin
ley. and Interment was in the family
plot In the church cemetery.
The pallbearers were his brothers-ln
law. The flower girls were Misses Essie
Bishop, Eld red Burns, Pall Summey.
Hazel Heath. Ruby Robinson, and
Frances Bishop.
Mr. Heath was 22 years old, and was
a member of Sana Souct Baptist church.
He Is survived by his foster father,
E. A. Heath, and the following foster
brothers and sisters: Jack Heath, of
Asheville; Walter Heath, of Greenville;
Mrs. Eottie Hamby, Mrs. Joe Pace and
Miss Sidney Heath, of Greeuville; Mrs.
D. 1m Allison and Mrs. P. K. Jones, of
Cedar Mountain; and Mrs. Perry Tay
lor and Mrs. EdgaraStreet, of Florence.
8. C.
Driven License
G. A. Stewart, drivers license Inspec
tor of the state highway patrol an
nounced Tuesday that he would be In
Brevard at Sheriff George Shuford’s
office on September 3rd, between the
hours of 1:30 and 6:30 in the after
noon, and that from that date he would
be In Brevard every-otber-Prfday
through the fall months.