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VOL 4*- NO 7 BREVARD, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938 $1.00 PER YEARJW TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
DIPHTHERIA VACCINE
BE FURNISHED FREE
Health Unit Will Be Enabled
To Give Gratis Service
To School Pupils
Arrangements have been made
whereby diphtheria vaccine for use in
♦he school clinics "ill bo furnished
free, to the county health unit, and
the charge of 10 cents will hereafter
be eliminated.
Dr. O. R Lynch, health officer, said
there was some confusion in regard to
the charges, and It Is thought that the
funds may la* obtained through the
local Transylvania Red Cross chapter,
or other agencies Jos. S. Silvorsteen,
chapter chairman, was out of town
Wednesday, but local citizens have
guaranteed the cost of the vaccine to
Dr. Lynch. In event there are no funds
available from the Red Cross
Diphtheria tests for 4th and 5tb grade
students are being conducted in sev
eral schools according to schedule an
nounced In last week's Times, and ad
ditional dates have been set as follows:
March 4, Balsam Grove. Silversteen.
and Quebec: March 7. Montvale, and
Old Toxaway. At these five schools,
diphtheria and smallpox vaccines will
be administered at tbe same time, and
pre-school clinics for 1988-89 beginners
will also be held.
Pre-school clinics at other schools
will be announced next week.
A "Well Baby" clinic will tie con
ducted at Rosman on March 2nd. Dr.
Lynch announces, with Dr. Joe E.
Osborne In charge. The clinic will be
held In Dr. Osborne's office.
Miss Annah D. Patton
Died Late Wednesday
Mis Annah Drusllla Patton, highly
respected aged lady of the Pisgah For
eet section, died late Wednesday after
noon following an Illness of several
weeks.
Funeral services will be held Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock from David
son River Presbyterian church, with
Interment In the church cemetery.
Mrs. Norton Buried
at Cashiers Cemetery
CtJDDOWHEE. Feb. 13 (Special)—
Funeral services were held for Mrs.
M. A. Norton. SS. at the Methodist
church here today. She died at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. T. D. Sur
ratt. In Sylva. early Friday morning.
Interment was in the Zachary ceme
tery In Oashierrs Valley.
Mrs. Norton is survived by one sister.
Mrs. Ma-y Southern, of Relton. P. C..
Seven children. Mrs. Surrett. Svlvai
Mrs. Rllly Davis. Shelby; Mrs. F. H.
Drown. Cullowheei Mrs. Ella Fit/.Pat
rick. Dry-son Pity: Mrs. P. F Myers.
Dry-son Pity; E. N. Norton, Drevnrd
and R. E. Norton, of Pullowhee; 24
grandchildren, and nine great-grand
children
Pallbearers were grandsons: Elliott
Norton. Norton Myers. Norton Pur
rett, Frank Rrown, Jr.. Taylor Norton
and Fred Drown.
Former Brevard Man
Buried In Pittsburgh
Hilary D Drunot formerly of Dre
vard. died In Pittsburgh. Feb. 9. Mr.
Drunot 1 family resided here for
many yours nnd was well known and
esteemed by many of the older resi
dents.
He was secretary-treasurer of the
Toxawny company, rnd on dissolution
of that COMP my. removed to Pittsburgh,
to resume the practice of law. Ho was
a member of Dunn's Rock Dodge 217.
Ed Singletary Seeks
Clerk of Court Place
Ed. 11 Pit -Mary makes announce,
ment In tin "political column" of this
week's p ■ that he will be ft candi
date for I- rk of court In the Demo
cratic prlic v to be held In Tune.
Mr. Pin-let i-y is a well known young
man of th- upper end of the county
having P -ide Ills home In the East
Fork section for a number of years.
He lias hern working for th- federal
government for the past couple of
years, fttvl with th" state employment
service until a couple of months ago.
His tralnlt is regarded as especially
well for '! - work which a public of
flee would entail.
Former Resident Dies
at Spartanburg Home
OHBENVH.t.E. Feb. to Mrs. Ellen
Allison Anders, wife of O. P. Anders of
near Oreer route 5, tiled at u Spartan
hurir hospital at 1 o'clock Saturday af
ternoon nfler an Illness of 10 days.
Mrs. Anders was horn and reared In
Henderson county. North Carolina, hut
has resided In Smith Carolina for the
past "0 years, hnvlnff formerly lived
at New Prospect for nine years and for
the pnst 11 years has resided near
Oreer Her husband. O. f\ Anders,
operated the Anders srcocory.
Mrs Anders was the daughter of the
late Mrs. Flora Townsend Allison of
North Carotlna and le survived by her
father. VT. S All'son; her husband. O.
P. Anders, and two children. Htrom C.
Anders and Oscar Fred Anders, Oreer;
one (frtmchlld: three brothers, J. H.
Allison Plsgah Forest. N. C.i J. A. Al
lison, Hendersonville, N. C.. and W. T.
Allison. Brevard. N. C.; three sleters.
Mrs. 3. F. l,onr of Horse Shoe, N. C.;
Mrs. Emmett Heeso and AT re. Kathleen
Burns. Fdsifah Forest, N. C.
Mr». John S. Verner
Buried In Columbia
Mrs. John 8. Verner, 85. mother of
Professor 8. P. Verner, died Thursday
afternoon after a short illness. Death
was due to pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon In the First Presbyterian
church In Columbia, 8. C.. with the Kov.
Dr. J. W. Jackson, pastor, and the Kov.
C. M. Jones of Brevard in charge. In
terment whs made In the churchyard
cemetery. Mrs. Verner lived for years
in Columbia, and had retnlned her
membership In the church there.
Pallbearers were John. James 8..
Win. D.. and David Verner. William
O'Bryan, and Joseph James —all grand
sons of the deceased. Officers and
elders of the Columbia church were
honorary pallbearers.
Surviving are three daughters and
two sons ns follows: Mrs. T.ewls O Bry
an, Klssimme, Fla.: Mrs. J. ft. James.
Trenton. Tenn.: Miss Lucy Verner of
Columbia. 8. C.: Professor Samuel P.
Verner of Brevard, nnd Charles V.
Verner of Newborn. N. C. One sister.
Mrs. Lucy Phillips Russell of Rock
ingham, 20 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Verner was a native of Chapel
Hill but had made her home In Col
umbia until a few years ago when she
moved to Brevard to reside with her
son. The husband has been dead 26
years.
Conservation Checks
Are Being Distributed
A total of $5,700.42 was received last
week by the local agricultural assoc
iation for distribution among 205 appli
cations in the county. In January, first
payments were made by the Washing
ton office to 49 applications which
totaled $1,312.19, or a total to date for
Transylvania farmers of $7,012.81 on
254 applications.
County Agent Glaxener said there
were approximately 100 applications
which have not as yet been officially
passed by the Washington and Raleigh
offices of the soil conservation pro
gram, but that he expected these to he
passed and paid at nn early date.
Transylvania county was first to re
ceive payment on the 1937 program,
and to date It Is not known that any
other counties have received checks,
while 264 applications from this coun
ty have already been paid.
Postoffice To Close Tuesday
Rrevard postoffice will be closed
Tuesday, In commemoration of Wash
ington's birthday. There will he no
city or rural delivery. The general de
livery window will be open from R to
8:30 and from 10:30 to 11 in the morn
ing.
Business houses in Brevard are co-operating to make
the three Dollar Days—Friday, Saturday and Monday—
an event worthwhile to the people of this community. YOU
CAN BUY IT IN BREVARD always just as cheap or cheap
er, and during theae three value-giving days, at a consider
able saving. '
Are YOUR Price*
On Local Merchandise
Fair To Purchaser*?
Turn now, Mr. Brevard merchant, to
page four, and read what the East
Fork correspondent to The Times has
to say about prices on merchandise dis
played In SOMEBODY'S window last
week.
The prospective purchaser was Im
pressed with the fact that the windows
she peeked In had prices that "com
pared favorably” with those In the
Sears catalog she received the same
week.
The mall order people who sent out
the catalogs thought their merchan
dise was worth advertising and that the
prices were fair enough to put In print
—and people patronize them—YOU
know It.
If you are not afraid of comparison,
tell the folk In Transylvania what
you’re selling, and how much you get
for It—and they’ll buy.
The Times has the largest pald-ln
advance circulation, per capita, of any
weekly newspaper In the two Caro
lines, and the advertising rates are
very reasonable. If you’re not ashamed
of your prices, tell the people about
them. __
LOCAL PRISON CAMP
WILL ID GUARDS
Honor System Will Not Be In*
•tolled at Calvert, Says
Director Johnson
The Calvert Prieon camp will not be
made an "honor camp," according to
advice received here this week from R.
Grady Johnson, state director of pris
ons.
A large number of citizens wrote Mr.
Johnson last week protesting the con
templated movement, and also to Gov
ernor Hoey, asking his Intervention.
A petition was signed by a group of
leaders last Friday and also sent to
Supervisor Johnson, asking that the
status of the camp be unchanged.
It was oolnted out by those Interest
ed, that prisoners In an "Honor or
trusty camp” would be allowed to work
without guards over them, and certain
other restrictions which are now In ef
fect at the Calvert camp would have
been lessened.
Supervisor Johnson said that the
change had been contemplated In the
prison department of the State High
way and Public Works commission,
but that It would not be made effective,
Inasmuch as there was considerable
protest against It.
Brother of Local Man
Better Lespedeza Seed
Pays In die Long Run
(J. A. Glaze nor, County Agent)
Lespedeza Is one of the greatest soil
builders we have ever tried In this
county. The same thing Is being said
about It In other sections of the coun
try. In quality of hay It ranks very
close to alfalfa. As a pasture crop It
furnishes grazing In the dry part of
the year when so many of the pastures
are dried up. We would have to look
to a great deal more research work
than has been done before finding an
other legume to replace lespedeza.
Thousands of pounds of lespedeza
seed are going to be sowed in the coun
ty this year. Some farmers have al
ready bought as much as 1,000 pounds
per farm.
In buying these seed may I remind
the farmers of the Importance of get
ting good seed even though they may
cost just a little more. Look for the
purity test which the North Carolina
law requires to be placed on all seeds
In quantities over ten pounds. It will
pay us to study the purity of the seeds
rather than give all our attention to the
price tag. Most of our farms are well
supplied with weed seeds, especially our
bottoms. Trashy, high per cent of
weed seeds along with dodder In the
lespedeza will cost more In the long run
than better seed having a high per
cent purity test
The varieties of lespedeza being
recommended for this county are
Korean Kobe, and Common. For sow
ing In pastures a mixture of Korean
and Common will give a longer graz
ing period than either sowed alone. For
hay the Kobe Is giving the greatest
yield, however, either Kobe or Korean
will give splendid results, provided
enough seed per acre are sowed. For
best results one should sow 20 to 40
pounds per acre.
UDC Library Will Be
Operated Thru WPA
Arrangements have been made
whereby the UDC library will be open
this summer with a regular attendant
In charge at all times. The library Is
expected to open to the public within
a week.
Miss Annie Jean Gash will have
charge of the project, which will be
under the WPA library division, and
will also have charge of the repairing
and mending of the books.
Special request is being made that
those people who have borrowed books
but forgot to return them to return
them at once. There wtll be no over
due charges, If the books are returned
within the next two weeks.
Any persons who have books which
may be used in the library, are also
requested to bring them to the library.
Upper Transylvania Residents
Seeking Better Bus Schedules
People of Upper Transylvania coun
ty, especially that large nnmbor of
citizens who live west of Rosinan, feel
that they are being "left out In the
cold" Insofnr ns transportation to their
logical market Is concerned, and they
nre asking Rrevard business men to
help them remedy the situation.
There Is a bus—operated by tho
Smoky Mountains people—goes up In
the morning and hack In the afternoon,
through Brevard.
Two methods of transportation to the
Quebec, flloucester, Toxnwny. Oakland
sections, both making round trips
dally, but still the people have no way
of getting to Brevard to do their trail
ing unless they happen to have ears
. . . and It so happens that a lot of
people who "used to" drive automobiles
are doing a lot of walking right now,
but they do need supplies.
The Southern Railway operates a
daily mixed train to Bake Toxaway* and
return -but It goes up In the after
noon. turns right around and comes
hack. A person from Upper Transyl
vania who wishes In come to Brevard
via train and do his shopping, and re
turn the same day. cannot do so by
using the Southern accommodations.
The Smoky Mountain Stages operate
n daily bus VP through the Quebec1,
Lake Toxaway sections each day, going
t'P In the morning at 10:10 and re
turning to Brevard about 1:20. But
people In the upper end of the county
cannot use Its facilities to come to Bre
vard and go back the same day.
Lending citizens of the sections which
are seemingly Isolated, have appealed
to The Times to secure aid for them,
and have made formal entreaty to the
Brevard Ktwnnls Club which Is com
posed of Brevard business men.
These citizens of Upper Transylvania
naturally need to come to the county
sent on business, nnd they naturally
wish to come to Brevard to spend their
money for clothing, medlelne. groceries,
hardware, nnd the thousand and one
other things which the fnrm home
needs. However, they point out, un
less they have a ear of their own. they
nre "loft out In the cold."
Suggestion has been made by the
citizens of the section most Interested,
that the Ashcvllto to Anderson Smoky
Mountain bus, swing right at Rosmnn
In the afternoon nnd go up highway
M as fur as Lake Toxaway and return.
In the morning, the further suggestion
Is made, the bus coming to Brevard
from Anderson could swing up to Lake
Toxaway from Ilosmnn. and return,
without Interferrlng a great deal with
Its present schedule.
At present, this change (at Roarnnn
to ‘Lake Toxaway and return) seems
the moat logical one. The suggestion
Is being made to tho Smoky Mountain
Stages people, and Influence of Bre
vard business men who value the pat
ronage of their upper county neighbors
Is requested.
The present bus schedule Into Bre
vard from Asheville and Henderson
ville Is very good, with two lines—the
Greyhound nnd the Smoky Mountain
both operating, but for the people west
of Rosman, who want to spend their
money In Brevnrd. It Is just about as
poor ns It could be.
The following letter has been sent
to the Smoky Mountain Stages, but
sufficient time had not elapsed for reply
before The Times went to press Wed
nesday afternoon.
February 18, 1938
Smoky Mountain Stages
Asheville, North Carolina
Att.’’Traffic Manager
Oentlpmon:
Your attention Is respectfully called
to n transportation situation which ex
ists In tipper Transylvania county,
with especial emphasis on the Quebec.
Bake Towaway. and aioucester com
munities.
While your Company operates a bus
from Franklin to Brevard In the af
ternoon, and one through Ttrovard In
Franklin. In the morning, people of that
wide section west, or southwest of
Bosmnn have no facilities for coming
Into Brevnrd, doing such trading ns
they have to do, and return the same
day.
There Is a train running through
Brevnrd to T.nkc Toxnwny. but It goes
through Brevnrd around two o'clock,
nnd aflcr reaching Toxnwny. Immed
iately turns around for the return trip,
lienee, the people cannot use this.
The suggestion Is made that the An
derson. S. C., bus which comes through
Bosinnn to Brovntd nnd Asheville via
Mills River, swing left nt Busman In
the morning, go to Tjike Toxaway, and
bark Immediately. Tn the afternoon,
the bus to Anderson could swing right
nt Bosmnn. go to Bake Toxnwny and
return Immediately to Bosmnn nnd on
to Anderson.
In this way, people of the upper end
of the County would be ennbled to come
In to Brevard nnd back the same day.
and nt the same time, not Interfere
a grent deal with your Anderson Bre
vard schedule.
Your Indulgence In the matter will
he appreciated by the people of the
sections served, and by the business
men of Brevard. If The Times can bo
of any assistance In this matter, or can
furnish any further Information, please
feel free to call upon us.
Thanking you In advance for your
consideration, we are,
Very truly yours,
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
By: C. M. Douglas, Publisher.
Killed by Locomotive
News was received by F. Brown
Carr on Saturday of the accidental
death by a locomotive of his brother,
Ralph Carr, at Waukegan, 111., his
home city.
The tragic accident took place on
Saturday, and funeral services and bur
ial were In Waukegan on Monday. Mr.
Carr, 8# years old, was connected with
the Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul
railway. He Is survived by his wife
and five children.
Grange Meet Monday
The Idttle River Grange will meet
at the school house on the evening of
Feb. 21 at 7:30 o'clock.
R. J. I.ydny, teacher of vocational
agriculture at Brovard high school, will
talk on "Improvement of a Home Or
chard." Music will be furnished by the
Grange string band.
Attend Asheville Meet
Jos. 8. Sllvcrstecn. Ralph H. Ramsey,
W. R Brcese, R J. Collrnne. and O. M.
Douglas, were Invited guests at the an
nual nicotine of the Asheville C'hnmber
of Commerce last Friday eveniner. when
the commerce body was host to Krnest
R Norris of Washington, president of
the Southern Railway company.
New Arrival
Born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Owen
on Thursday, February 10, n son. Harry
Paxton Owen, Jr. Mrs. Owen was for
merly Miss Louise Norton, of Brevard.
In case such hooks to ne uonaica are
worn or the backs damaped, the work
ers In the library are capable of mak
Inp pood repairs, and these books will
plve years of service.
The project will be operated as the
"TTDC Library," the name which It
has been known by for years, and there
will be no membership fees.
Musical Program at
College Saturday Eve
Miss Virginia Gustafson, and Pro
fessor George Tracy will give a public
recital In Brevard College auditorium
Saturday evening at 8:16 o'clock.
Miss Gustafson and Mr. Tracy arc
members of the faculty of WCTC, Cul
lowhee, the former being Instrucjor In
violin, and the latter In piano. The
recital will be open to the public, and
no admission will be charged.
Pisgah Forest Deer
Featured at Clemson
“Pick Your Favorite” Is title of a
Grantlnnd Rice sport that will be shown
at the Clemson Theatre on Thursday
afternoon and evening of this week.
The short feature shows the fawn
feeding and rearing that Is being car
ried on in Pisgah National forest, and
was taken this summer. The feature
Is being shown In all sections of the
United States.
Corn Show-Banquet Saturday
For Transylvania-Henderson
Second annual two-county corn show
will bo hold at Hendersonville on Sat
urday of this week, with a large num
ber of formers, vocational op. and 4-H
club boys expected to attend from this
county.
Only those who entered the com
growing contest wilt be eligible to en
ter exhibits and compete for the cash
prizes In the corn show, but the ex
hibition will be open to the general
public, with no entrance fees to be
charged.
The show will be held In the Ames
Hotel, and the banquet will also be held
there at 1 o’clock Saturday evening.
The show will be open to the public
at one o'clock Sat unlay afternoon, and
all entries are requested to be placed
by 11 o’clock Saturday morning.
Another corn Judging contest has
been arranged for the adult farmers.
This will fco open to fanners of the two
counties having confidence In their
ability to select pood corn.
Cash prizes for best yields In each
of the two counties will be awarded at
the banquet. Saturday evening. These
prizes range from $85 down to M. vttl>
winners In each county receiving the
same cash prize*.
The silver loving cup will be award
ed to J. D. Hooper, young Mills River
'vocational agriculture student, for (he
highest yield In the two counties of any
entry. Past year the cup was won by
T. J. Wilson of Rrevard.
Professor S. C. Clapp, head of the
Swannanoa test fRrm, and P. L. Home
wood, county agent of McDowell, will
Judge the corn show entries. The
prizes for yields have been worked out
by the two county agents, and will be
awarded on that basis at the banquet.
The Amos hotel has planned a tasty
dinner for the event Suturday evening,
and the cost will be 66 cents each.
Reservation should be made by Friday.
It is announced.
County Agents O, D. White of Hen
dersonville, and Julian Oiasener of
Transylvania, have worked out the pro
gram for the evening, which will in
clude such prominent men as Col J.
W. Harretson, dean of State College:
F. H. Jeter, agricultural editor State
College: Roy Sloan, district agent; Roy
H. Thomas, state director of vocation
al agriculture; Tel H. Stafford, dis
trict director vocational agriculture, and
others.
FEDERATION PLANS
OPENING SATURDAY
New Concern Here Will Hold
‘Open House' to General
Public During Day
The Fanners Federation will open
its 17th warehouse Saturday, February
19, In Brevard.
Starting at 10 o’clock in the morning,
there will be a program In the ware
house, the former Allison building on
East Main street. Music will be sup
plied by the Federation string band,
and brief addresses outlining the work
of the farm cooperative and Its plans
for development In Transylvania coun
ty will be made by James G. K. Mc
Clure, president; Guy M. Sales, gen
eral manager; Vance Browning, edu
cational director, and others.
Federation officials announced this
week the appointment of Robert Cald
well, connected with the Waynesv|lle
Federation warehouse for the past two
years, as manager of the new unit In
Brevard. David Norton, a Transyl
vania county boy. has been here several
weeks preparing for the opening of ths
new warehouse, and was slated to be
come Its manager. Several days ago,
however, the Federation found that It
would need Mr. Norton’s services at ths
central warehouse at Asheville, and
the appointment of Mr. Caldwell to ths
Brevard position was decided upon.
The Allison building which the Farm
ers Federation recently bought, Is ad
mirably suited for the co-ops purpose.
A three-story frame structure. It sup
plies ample space for display and stor
age. Approximately 180 persons have
subscribed to stock shares and many of
them already have paid their subscrip
tions.
In seventeen ana a nair years me
Farmers Federation, Inc., has grown
from a small local cooperative enter
prise formed by a group of farmers In
Falrview township, Buncombe county,
Into an organization which operates 17
warehouses In 11 Western North Car
olina counties and whose membership
totals approximately 8,500 stockhold
ers. The volume of business has In
creased from 87.000 for the six months
the Federation operated Its first year,
1920, to *1,144,188 for the year 19*7.
The Federation maintains a market
ing department through which the pro
duce of mountain fanners Is handled;
(Continued on back wee)
Stealing Take* Spurt
Here, Lands Many In
Transylvania Bastile
Four new cases for Superior court
were chalked up last week by 8betlff
George Shuford, all four rases being
larceny charges.
George Prldmore and his son Melvin
of the Jeter Mountain section, were
arrested for stealing two turkeys from
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Walker The man
and his son confessed to stealing the
turkeys and taking them to Hender
sonville where they were sold. The
turkeys were returned to their owners,
and the man and his son bound over to
court under *300 bonds each by Magis
trate Fjed Shuford.
Troy and Manual Owen, cousins, of
the Gloucester section, were bound over
on charges of stealing gas from the
Balsam Grove school bus. County Sup
erintendent Jones reported that several
instances of petty thievery of school
and truck equipment and supplies have
been going on In the upper end of the
county, and arrest of the two young
men followed last week.
Odell Davidson of Brevard was bound
over for chicken stealing Saturday. The
young man has been In the tolls of the
iaw before, on several occasions for
drinking and disturbing the peace.
Marlon Covll of the Carson Creek
section was arrested and bound over
to court on a charge of chicken steal
ing.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
Paul Smothers. Mrs. Harry Owens and
Infant son. Harry, Jr.. Baby Peeples,
Mrs. Ida Payne, Sarah Jane Townsend,
Marvin Plekens. James Smith, Howard
Owen, Mrs. Otto Alexander and Infant
daughter, Sara Love.
Federal Income Tax
S. Ej Varner, Internal revenue col
lector. announces that he will be at tho
Waltormlre hotel on Monday, March
7th, to assist any Transylvania county
persons who wish his service In filing
federal Income tax reports. The re
ports for 1937 must be In by March
16th, he said.
Smilin’ Chadta Sayf
*Y* canH arv.
hone# opinion mm
a man in bve-nor
one with a groudv