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VOL. 48: NO. 36 ■ BREVARP, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938 < $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA^COUNTY
College Officials
Active This Week
In Registering Of
Record Number
DR. EUGENE J. COLTRANE,
President, said Wednesday that all
attendance records would be broken
by the 1938 registrations.
C. H. TROWBRIDGE. Vice resi
dent, head of the Chemistry and
Physics departments proudly an
nounces new and modern eqjlp
ment for use this year.
Dean C. E. BUCKNER is a busy
man at Brevard College this wenk,
and is literally swamped with the
banner enrollment.
The Rev. EARL D. C. BREWER,
Is head of the newly created Public
Relations department for Brevaid
College, and has assumed his new
duties here.
Reaching On Hunting
{Preserves To Be Over
Poaching on the Tar Kiln Rod A
Gun club will be ended this season,
tf watchmen are able to prevent It, ac
cording to plans announced by mem
bers of the club.
W. H. OIney and V Earl Twiggs will
be or. the property during the rest of
the season, and have been deputised
to arrest any poachers who are caught
Last year, considerable damage was
done to the gam* are* b? poacher*.
College Greetings
In Second Section
Greetings from Brevard busi
ness people to the incoming
teachers and students of Bre
vard College are being carried
In this issue of The Times In the
second section.
Brevard Is proud of Its college,
and the business people and in
dividuals are making public ex
pression through The Times of
their interest In the Institution.
Students and teachers are re
| quested to file the second sec
| tlon of the home paper which
| carries the messages, as a bust
| ness guide.
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Paving of Bat Cave
Highway Sought By
Interested WNC Folk
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Official approval of plans of the Mar
lon Board of Trade to improve U. S. j
highway 64 from Old Fort to Bat Cave j
was given by the Brevard Chamber of
Commerce in meeting Friday evening.
Plans of the Marlon civic group Is
to urge on State Highway officials the
Importance of grading and surfacing
this link of highway—21 miles—which
would give Brevard an 11-mlle shorter
route to Marion, Raleigh, or other
points east.
In addition to making a shorter route,
the continuity of U. S. 64 would be un
broken by unpaved roadway, and would
bring Increased travel through Hen
dersonville and Brevard.
Highway 64 traverses the state from
Albemarle Sound through Murphy, and
with the exception of the 21-mlle link i
between Bat Cave and Old Fort Is |
paved Its entire length. j
The Marion group plans to secure
the assistance of a number of other
sections In pressing claims for Improv
ing the road, and it Is believed that the
state will agree with the petitioners
that the link Is a vital one.
COMMERCE BODY IS
CLEAR OF ALL DEBT
Membership Drive To Close
Sept. 20—Good Report
Made For Year
Brevard Chamber of Commerce Is
debt free.
Report of the finance committee
made last Friday evening to the com
merce body showed all current bills
paid. Including $234.50 for special ad
vertising literature, and $25 for special
Touring Magazine advertising.
It was voted that the bureau of In
formation would be kept open full time
during September, with offices to re
main in the city hall.
Mrs. John Smith reported that 92
people had paid Into the Chamber of
Commerce this year, and that there
were several other pledges which would
be collected during the next few days,
bringing the total collections for the
year to nearly $000. A vote of thanks
was given Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Ralph
Fisher and other members of the fi
nance committee for their work.
Revls Frye, leader of the Brevard
Municipal band, stated that a federal
(Continued On Pack Pane)
Young Aiken Girl Is
Buried On Thursday
ROSMAN, Sept. 7—Beulah Mae Aik
en. aped 12 years, dauphter of Mr. and
Mrs. Deroe Aiken, died at her home in
the Old Toxaway section Thursday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock, following an ill
ness of the past year. Funeral services
were held Friday afternoon at the
Old Toxaway Baptist church, conduct
ed by Rev. Nathan Chapman and Rev.
M. E. Summey. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her parents and the
following five brothers and two sis
ters: Arthur, of Ravenford; Howard,
T^eo, Ray, Earl, and Ossie and Mvrtle,
all of Old Toxaway.
Pallbearers were Looney Meece. Roy
Galloway Coleman Aiken. Walter
Meece. Ernest Aiken and Gus Aiken.
In charge of flowers were Lela Aiken,
Jessie Powell, Helen Galloway, Norma
Powell. Inez Chapman, Allenfee Chap
man..
Transylvania Boys Chosen
To Build Raleigh Log Hut
Transylvania NYA workers have been
selected to build a log hut on the State
Fair Grounds in Raleigh which will be
used as the National Youth Adminis
tration display rooms during the week
of the fair.
F. H. Holden, Transylvania director,
said Monday that one car load of logs
had already been shipped and that
others were being gotten out at this
time for use in constructing the hut.
The logs that were shipped Monday
were secured off the lands of Fleet
Shipman.
Charles Merrill ana jonn uraveiy
left Tuesday for Raleigh to start work
on this display hut, and Mr. Holden
plans to leave for Raleigh later In the
week and take four or five more boys
down to complete the work.
The log hut will be dedicated on
October 11, by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
Little River Baptist Church Centennial Sunday
Celebration of the hundredth an
niversary of Little River Baptist
church, pictured above, will be
staged Sunday, Sept 11, with an
all day program being arranged.
Home coming day will also be ob- .
served for the Little River church
and community and hundreds of
people from far and near are ex
pected to be In attendance. The
program wlH begin at 11 o’clock In
the morning, and continue through
the day, with short talks, singing,
and special music to be featured.
Professor C. H. Trowbridge of Bre
vard College will make principal
address of the morning.
History of the church will be giv
en by W. Ernest Merrill, who has
also prepared a special article for
The Times which Is printed on the
sixth page of this Issue.
Brevard College campus Is alive
with young people who have come
from different parte of North Caro
lina and other states to spend a
year as residents of the college
community.
In addition to more tnan iuiy
students, who were here over the
week-end, freshmen began arriv
ing early Monday morning and they
are still coming In. Dean C. E.
Buckner and his associates hoped
to complete the registration of
freshmen by Wednesday night.
Seniors are expected to arrive
Wednesday. Several members of
the class have been here for the
past several days. Thursday has
been set aside for the classification
of seniors with the hope that the
classification of all students can be
completed Thursday so that classes
may begin at .eight o'clock Friday
morning.
First regular chapel program has
been arranged for 11:45 Friday
morning. The seats In the auditor
lum have beer, repaired and new
seats added so that It may be pos
sible to accommodate every student
in the regular student assemblies.
All available space In the dormi
tories has been filled. In order to
accommodate the unusual number
of young men who have asked for
admission, 14 additional beds have
been placed In Taylor Hall and six
or eight additional beds In Ross
Hall. Young men have been quar
tered In three small cottages on
the campus. Arrangement has
been made for Mrs. D. L. Englirh
to accommodate sixteen young men.
Under direction or Mr. ana rars.
John B. Bennett a student retreat
was held at Camp Transylvania
last Saturday and Sunday. Eigh
teen students representing the stu
dent council and other arganiza
tlons spent several hours both days
discussing the college program and
making provisions for the reception
of new students. This retreat had
been arranged by Dean Buckner
early In the summer.
Paul Jones Awarded
Merit Certificate
John Paul Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Jones of Brevard, has been award
ed a special certificate of honorable
mention for his entrv in the 1937-3#
American Youth Forum contest.
The contest, which was sponsored
by the American Magazine in order to
stintulate clear thinking on the part of
the youth of America, was participated
in by high school students throughout
the United States. A total of 231.384
pupils competed for prizes
Young Jones entered a . two-thous
and word essay on the subject, "The
America I Want." Those receiving hon
orable mention In the contest will be
announced In the September Issue of
the American Magazine.
Brevard Men Going To
Big Game Area Today
R. W. Everett and Walter Weilt
plan to leave Thursday for Jackson
Hole. Wyoming, where they will hunt
on the big game reservation
The two Brevard sportsmen are
among the lucky 25 who will be allow
ed to kill moose on the only reserva
tion of Its kind in the United States.
They will also be permitted to kill one
deer, one bear, and one elk each. Ap
plications from many sections of the
country are received each year for
moose hunting, it is said, and the two
Brevard men who made Joint applica
tion are considered very lucky indeed
wife of the president, In a special cere
mony.
Transylvania youths were selected by
the state administration of the NTA
to build the display building due to the
fact that this county’s projects have
been outstanding in the state since
start of the program of work two years
ago.
The recreation building at Brevard
high school was the first of Its type
to be built in the state, and It* style
has been followed by other counties
which have since started the work.
The building will contain four rooms,
two to be 15x20 feet, and two 15x25
feet. During the state fair, NYA work
ers will operate wood-working machin
ery. and other crafts In the building
to show the type of Instruction that
has been given the youths under the
NYA movement.
BLUE RIDGE PARK
ROUTE ASSURED BY
TENNESSEE BALD
Entrance Through Cherokee
Indian Reservation An
nounced As O. K.
Final approval of the Tennessee
Bald-Balsam Gap routing for the Blue
Ridge Parkway was given in Washing
ton last Thursday, and approach to
the Great Smoky Mountains National
park was also definitely settled.
The 11-milc stretch from Wagon
Road gap intersecting highway 281 had
already been approved by Secretary
Harold L. Ickes and action on the 14
mlle link assures Transylvania of a long
stretch of the scenic highway along
Its borders.
Secretary Ickes and the Indian Ser
vice agreed upon an entrance of the
parkway through the Cherokee Indian
reservation, and the park service will
pay the Cherokees $40,000 for use of a
12-mile stretch.
Tinder the arrangement worked out
the long-delayed transfer of that por
tion of N. C. route 107 In the park will
be made to the National Park service
at once. The park service has agreed
to approve the road and to build links
connecting Black Camp gap, Helntooga
ridge and the Flat Creek tourist center,
which has an elevation of 5,000 feet.
Frank L. Dunlap, chairman of the
North Carolina Highway commission,
Charles Ross, attorney, and R Gettys
Browning, chief locating engineer who
has had much to do with location of
the parkway near Brevard, attended
the conference In Washington.
Present_plans call for formal open
ing of the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional park next spring, and many not
able national figures are expected to
visit this section of the state at that
time, and attend the dedication cere
monies.
Transylvania county will have two
Important highway connect'ons with
the parkway—one at Wagon Road gap
where the new 284 will connect, and
at Tennessee Bald where the Rosman
Bunburst road will tie In.
The 26-mlle stretch from Wagon
Road gap to Balsam Is expected to be
let sometime this year, and will be the
first part of the route open west of
Asheville. Use of the Rosman-Sun
hurst and 284 highways will be made
for connecting links.
New Arnrali
Bom to Mr. and Mr*. J. P. Housed
a son, Charles Perry, on Monday, Sep
tember 6.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs. Taft Owen a
son on Monday, September 5, at Lyday
Memorial hospital.
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Special Rates To
County Students
The Times will be sent to the
college boys and girls who are
going away for the entire nine
months' college term for only one
dollar. Parents seldom think to
write the boys and girls In school
about all the many activities In
which the student Is Interested.
Send them The Times Instead
and keep them Informed of local
events. It will be like a long let
ter from homo each week. Start
their subscription now. 11.00
will pay It up until the close of
school next June.
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MAY OPERATE BUS
LINE GREENVILLE
TO BREVARD SOON
Greyhound Company Plans
Passenger and Express Ser
vice Via Travelers Rest
The Atlantic Greyhound corporation
has filed a petition to operate a pas
senger and light express route from
Brevard to Greenville, S. C„ via Trav
elers Rest and Cedar Mountain, accord
ing to announcement from the Inter
State Commerce commission at Raleigh
last week.
While details of the plan of opera
tion have not been received In Brevard,
It Is understood that plans of the Grey
hound line are to give through fast
service between Brevard and Green
ville.
Brevard people have been Interested
In such a line for some time, and the
announcement that a line may be es
tablished will be welcome news here.
Date of hearing on the proposed
route has been set for October 2f, at
Charlotte after which time. If the peti
tion Is granted, the connecting line
will be started.
Future Farmers Name
H. Batson President
Brevard Chapter of Future Farm
ers of America held Its first meeting
of the school year last Monday, Sep
tember the fifth, In the high school
auditorium, presided over by Profes
sor R J. Lyday.
The following officers were elected
to serve the chapter during the com
ing year: president, Homer Batson;
vice president, Lester Brown; secre
tary, Marvin Jones; treasurer, Robert
Tinsley; reporter, Fred Olazener; watch
dog, Weldon Melsenheimer. The boys
appointed to serve on the program com
mittee were Homer Batson, Lester
Brown, and Herman Rahn.
The total enrollment of the chapter
Is eighty boys, which Is the largest en
rollment Jn Its history.
The boys, under the capable guid
ance of Professor Lyday, are looking
forward to an enjoyable and profitable
year In the study of vocational agri
culture.—Fred Olazener. Reporter.
PROGRESS NOTED AT
ECUSTA PLANT WITH
BIG CREW WORKING
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New Concern Will Manufac
ture High Grade Cigarette
Paper From Flax
Concrete base for the high smoke
stack at the Ecusta Corporation's new
plant at Pisgah Forest was another
milestone passer) last week in construc
tion of the $2,000,000 plant, completion
of which will mark the beginning of a
new Industry In the United States—
that of making fine cigarette papers.
Better than 800 workmen are en
gaged on the construction job which
Is under the Flske Carter Construction
company of Greenville. Concrete, steel,
and brick are being combined by the
workmen to create a new scene In the
Davidson River valley each week.
Lower building, which will be a raw
products warehouse, Is nearing com
pletion, and brick and steel are being
joined on the machine and carpenter
shop, on the main building which will
house the heavy machinery, and on
the finished product warehouse.
At the upper ena or me property,
groups of workmen are engaged In
building a huge filtration plant that
will take the water from the changed,
course of Davidson River and remove
the last vestige of the small amount of
lmpurltlea that may creep In after the
crystal flow leaves Its headsprings In
the Plsgah National forest watershed.
New channel for Davidson River Is
i near-complete, and a few hours work
by the giant steam shovels will turn
the stream to the right after It passes
the bridge on highway 280. A pumping
station near the Indian Mound Is be
ing put In to pick up the water and
send It through the filtration plant,
and on Into the main buildings where
It will perform a great part In the
changing of raw flax Into the finest
of cigarette papers.
Plans of the Ecusta Corporation are
to have the plant In operation next
spring, and North Carolina, which Is
the nation's leading state in manufac
ture of cigarettes will then be able to
produce an all-N.C. product, with the
tobacco, the paper, and the workman
ship all furnished by Tarheels.
Nearly three hundred Transylvania
people are now employed on the con
struction work for Ecusta, and when
the plant Is completed many more
county men and women will be given
first preference for employment by the
new concern. One of the deciding fac
tors In the decision of the plant offic
ials to locate this Industry here was
the fact that there Is sufficient local
labor of a high type available.
The plant Is being constructed along
the latest lines to provide ideal work
ing conditions to Its employee* and at
the same time produce cigarette
papers that will duplicate If not sur
Ipass the fine papers that have here
tofore been imported from France.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memoriaf
hospital on Wednesday were: Walter
Dowdy, Alton Hubbard, Mrs. Taft
Owen and Infant son. born Monday,
September 5, Mrs. Arthur Pack and In
fant son, born August 27.__
Transylvania Dahlia Show
Be Held Here Saturday
Rev. H. Perry Wins
Handicap Golf Meet
Rev. Harry Perry was top flight
man in the Brevard Country Club
handicap tournament held last week.
Other places went to L. H. Loftis,
second; Edgar Loftis, third; Joe Poole,
and Bill Warren, fourth; J. W. Smith,
fifth.
Bill Warren was low score man with
95, but had a low handicap, putting
him back to fourth place. .
The golf committee was well pleased
with the tourney and with the fine
spirit of co-operation showm by the
merchants and business people In giv
ing prizes.
Lions Club Organizer Here
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barnett Napier of
Chicago are stopping at the Plcrce
Moore hotel for ten days while Mr.
Napier who Is commissioner for Lions
International interviews prospects In
the community looking toward organ
ization of a Lions Club here.
Lyle Henderson Photo
In Association Set
A photograph made by Lyle Hender
son, eon of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hender
fon of Quebec, has been nelecied among
150 pictures for the loan collection of
the Photographers Association ofj
America.
The collection plcturee were chosen
from about 2,000 exhibited at the or.
ganlzatlon’o recent convention in Chira
ga, 111. Mr. Henderson attended the
convention. The picture by Mr. Hen
derson will be exhibited In Asheville
for the next few days at the Mountain
Exchange shop on Haywood street, It
was announced.
Mr. Henderson, who Is connected
with Preston's Studios In Asheville, has
been doing photography work for aev
eral years, and several of his pictures
have been selected by Southern and
state groups as outstanding work.
Annual Flower Event Is Ex
pected To Draw Visitors
From Many Sections
For Display
The annual dahlia show, sponsored
by the Transylvania Dahlia Club, will
be held Saturday at the NTA hut, be
ginning at noon, and will be open to
the public until 10 o'clock at night.
All exhibitors are urged by officials
In charge to bring their flowers early
to allow time for arrangement before
work of the Judges begins.
A splendid collection of prizes will be
awarded, practically all of which win
be valuable In the arrangement of
flowers. The most expensive prizes will'
be awarded for the most difficult ox
| Buds win be permitted In arrange
ment section. Flowers in Classes 8 and
i do not have to be grown by exhibi
tor, it is pointed out. A silver cup will
be given In section I to the person
winning the greatest number of points.
First counts two, Section I.
The person living in Transylvania
county who exhibits the larggest and'
boat dahlia win be awarded a silver
cup, with the winner's name engraved
thereon. The same person mast have
won the rap three years in succession
in order to become its owner. .
The petals of the largest and most
perfect dahlia, grown In Transylvania
county, will be counted, and the per
son guessing nearest to the correct
number of petals will be given a prize
of a bulb of tho same variety of dah
lia. Tbis contest will be conducted by
Mrs Q. B. L,yr.ch. Each visitor win bo
given a ticket, entitling the person to
guess any time during the operiner
hours.
a silver orrenngr win
doer. Mr. and Mrs. G.
of the Nlc-Nar Ntneriw
will act aa Judges for their
nere.
Lynch is president
Dahlia club, and
la chairman of
HQ