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; A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County ♦♦minimww*
VOL. 49: NO. 5 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939 $100 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
LOCAL PEOPLE IN
FAVOR OF as TAX
MONEY FOR ROADS
Legislature Undecided As To
Procedure In Diverting
$7,000,000 Funds
Of 1*1 people contacted by telephone
here Monday, 81 were against diver
sion of highway funds to the general
state fund, as proposed by tho gover
nor and the appropriations committee,
and 38 said they approved of the Idea
of diversion.
The telephone survey was made by
a representative of the force In the
state opposed to the movement to make
*7,000.000 available for emergency use,
this amount to be taken out of the
tax money paid by motorists.
A number of letters have gone from
Brevard to Representative Pat Klmzey
regarding the matter, both pro and con.
RAI-EIGH, Feb. 1—Governor Clyde
R. Hoey spoke before a joint meeting
of the senate and house here Tues
day night and warned the anti-dlver
slonlsts that they were endangering the
state's credit and Its best operation by
their attitude In the matter of making
*7.000.000 gas tax funds available for
general state use.
"The state.” Governor Hoey asserted,
Is one body, having many members, and
T am not willing for some members of
that body to perish while other grow
strong and flourish."
The fight by. the two groups Is hold
ing center of attention here this week,
and with the appropriations committee
asking for economy along most all
lines, the question of "money, money,
money," Is on the tip of all legislators'
tongues.
Through Tuesday, the appropriations
committee had slashed $161,901 from
the proposed budgetary set-up, and
were going right along with the var
ious state departments In what has
been termed by some as the “whittling,
est spree ever taken by a committee."
Absentee balloting, sales tax, and
liquor stores have been crowded Into
the background by the highway tax
fund matter, and another bitter fight
Is expected after the bill Is brought to
the floor of the house and senate.
Just when the legislature will end
Its work Is a thing that has also been
forgotten during the past week, and
those who at first prophesied a sixty
day session, nre wondering now Just
how long the 1939 term will last.
Big Egg Sent In
Arthur Jenkins of Maple street
brought an egg to The Times office
Tuesday that measured seven and
seven-eights Inches by six and one
quarter Inches, and weighed four and
one-half ounces. This Is the largest
egg seen here In some time, and was
nearly as large as the “daddy of them
all" picked up In South Carolina last
year by J. R. Wlckllffe.
Mrs. M. Neely Sells
Lyric To Publisher
Mrs. Mitchell Neely, who has been
writing poems for a number of years
as a hobby, has turned her attention
to song writing, which promises to
prove a profitable pursuit.
Mrs. Neely's first song, “Circus Sal
lle," Is now off the press, and is being
presented to the music market by a
well known publishing house in New
York City. The lyric for the song was
accepted for publication some time ago,
and according to the publishers, con
tains real commercial promise.
Since the music publishers of “Circus
Sallie” are also promoters, Mrs. Neely’s
song will be presented to musical di
rectors of the radio, stage and screen
as well as broadcasting orchestra
leaders. The song Is being copyrighted,
so that Mrs. Neely Is the sole owner
and protected for 14 years. While this
song Is being presented to the public,
a second song poem of hers has been
accepted and Is In collaboration. It will
be completed In the early spring. Mrs.
Neely has also received a number of
requests from other companies for her
lyrics.
PARALYSIS DRIVE IS
SUCCESS IN COUNTY
Dances at Brevard and Rosman
Attended By Over One
Hundred People
Brevard and Rosman dances spon
sored by the Infantile paralysis com
mltee, were successful, both as social
events, and In the number of tickets
sold.
More than 125 people attended the
dance at Brevard NTA building last
Thursday evening, and a like-sized
crowd was present at the community
building In Rosman Tuesday evening.
Amount collected at the two dances
reached a total of close to $120, check
up revealed, half of which will be sent
to the national committee for the pre
vention of Infantile paralysis, and half
to be used In the local health work In
this county.
In addition to the amount collected
at the two dances, collections made In
the offering cans placed In business
houses over the county, is expected to
swell the grand total to more than $150.
Harold Kilpatrick was committee
chairman for the county, assisted by
Mrs. Joe E. Osborne for Rosman, and
, a number of other committee members.
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Keep an eye open just before noon
today (Thursday) and you may be
able to prophesy the weather correct
ly for the next six weeks. Mr.
Groundhog will open his eye Just be
fore the noon hour, take a stretch,
and maybe come out of his den and
look things over.
If the sun Is shining, he'll see his
shadow, suffer a shock similar to
that of a wart hog looking Into a
mirror for the first time and will
rush back Inside. That means
there’ll be six weeks of winter weath
er.
If the sun Isn’t shining, he, of
course, will not see his shadow. He
then will be prepared to go calling,
with composure, on his girl friends.
That means winter Is over and spring
Is not far ahead.
Brevard Student* Will
Attend Boone Meeting
_
Eight members of the Forensic Club
will represent Brevard College In the
Appalachian Forensic Tournament, Ap
palahlan State Teachers college, at
Boone, on Feb. !-6. These students
will participate In oratory, extempore
and after-dinner speaking as well as
debating.
The delegation consists of: Billy
Shipman, Hendersonville; Wayne Mc
Lain, Statesville: Jennings Ballard,
Alexis; Brice Ratchford, Gastonia; Del
bert Byrum, Charlotte; Mildred Grif
fith, Burnsville; June Marian, Pin
nacle; and Henry Rldenhour, Coolee
mee.
The group will be accompanied by
Bunyan Andrew, sponsor of the Inter
national Relations Club, and E. D. C.
Brewer, director of the Department of
Extension and Promotion.
Officers of the Christian Student
Movement on the Brevard College
campus were Installed Wednesday af
ternoon In an Impressive service in the
college auditorium.
To the processional hymn the fifteen
officers formed a cross before the chan
cel. Responsibility for the religious
life on the campus was accepted, as
each officer knelt, holding high In the
right hand a small lighted cross
Bridge Is Widened
Near North Brevard
A needed Improvement Is being put
In by the state highway department
at the town limits near North Brevard.
The narrow bridge is being widened
to 80 feet.
The bridge that has been in use there
for several years was too narrow to
carry the heavy traffic, and through
the offices of Ernest H. Webb, district
engineer, the Improvement was secur
ed.
Kiwanis Club Meet
Members of the Brevard Klwanls
club will hear a lecture on social hy
giene at the meeting Thursday at
noon. The meeting Is being held as a
part of the nation-wide observance of
"Social Hygiene Day.”
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Honor Roll
We thank the following friends who
have remembered to send in their re
newals since Wednesday of last week;
L. P. Wilson, Yanceyvllle
Rev. E. R. Pendleton, Brevard
V. C. Orr, Penrose
S. C. Yates, Landrum
Mrs. Vance Galloway, Lake Toxaway
Louis Orr, New Mexico
C. C. Hall, Lake Toxaway
E. M. Giles, Brevard
J. R. Wickllfle. Cedar Mtn.
Mrs. Ada Lee Anders, Pennsylvania
R. H. Orr, Brevard, R-l
Mrs. H. G. Stophel. Rosman
W. W. Pruette, Plsgah Forest
F. V. McCrary, Easley, R-2
Mitchell Holden, Brevard R-l
Frank Case, Brevard, R-2
Jess Chapman, Rosman
Mrs. Bates Patton, Plsgah Forest
Mrs. Cordla King, Brevard
Mrs. W. S. Lankford, Brevard R-2
J. J. Patton, New Smyrna
O. L. Erwin, Brevard
J. W. Smith, Brevard
W. R. Lewis, Easley.
T. K. Chamberlain, Brevard
Mrs. Tom Barnett, Plsgah Forest
Mrs. Frank Jenkins, Brevard
We are happy to send the paper to
the following new subscriber^ this
week;
Mrs. Mary Miller, Lake Toxaway
Walter F. Lemons, Stonepville.
Young Girls To Hold
“Focus Week” Feb. 5
Focus week will be observed by the
Junior G. A. organization of the Bap
tist church from February 6-10.
The girls will attend church Sunday
morning and sit In a body for the
sendee. The week's observance will
end with a banquet at the church Fri
day night, given by the counselor, Mrs.
A.’e. Martin.
Send In Your Renewal
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T. H. Hampton To Ha?x
Song Dedicated To His
Birthday February 9th
T. H. Hampton, who will celebrate
hla 89th birthday next Thursday, Feb
ruary 9th, will be honored ovfer NBC
with a special hymn dedicated to the
occasion.
The Rev. Edward McCue, gospel
singer who Is heard every morning at
9:45 from Indianapolis, lias written Mr.
Hampton that a special hymn will be
sung at that time for him.
Mr. Hampton, who has led a promi
nent life in Transylvania county, is
able to see to read without glasses, and
walks to town most every day unaided.
Little Theatre Meet
Regular meeting of the Little Theatre
will be held at the city hall Friday
evening at 8:16 o'clock. The program
will be In charge of Mrs. Edwin Wlke,
who will present some of the high
school students In readings from Booth
Tarklngton.
Kyle Named Officer
For Asheville Club
A. G. Kyle of Brevard was elected
vice president of the Asheville Camera
club at a meeting held last Thursday
evening at the S & W Cafeteria.
Gregory Schmidt of Asheville was
named president, and Norman Grelg,
secretary. Plans were made at the
meeting to hold the annual salon show
ing In the Asheville Chamber of Com
merce building In the Arcade build
ing.
The show will be held on February
2, and cash prizes will be given for
best entries by members of the club.
Little River Grange Meet
A grange meeting will be held at
the Little River school Monday even
ing at 7:80 o'clock. J. P. Ammons will
be In charge of an entertaining pro
gram following the business meeting.
LOCALCHILDREN TO
BE HEARD OVER WBT
Madison County Youths Will
Compete With Transylvania
Group Saturday
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The four winners In the recent Toung
American show held here will be heard
over the weekly broadcast from WBT,
Charlotte, Saturday morning at 10
o’clock, announcement has been made
by the Norge broadcasters and the Bre
vard Lions club, sponsors of the con
test here.
The four winners from Marshall will
compete with the Transylvania county
contestants at Saturday’s broadcast.
One of the eight contestants will be
adjudged winner of the day. The win
ning contestant on Saturday’s pro
gram will return to Charlotte In the
spring to compete In the finals of a
Carolina-wide contest, and the two
winners In the Carolines will be given
a free trip to the World's fair In New
York.
The Transylvania boy and girl win
ners to broadcast over WBT Satur
day morning will Include: George Simp
son, Jr„ and Paul Jones, Brevard, Mil
dred Greene, Rosman, and Onelll Owen,
Sellca.
Sheriff Shuford Now
Acting County Jailer
Sheriff George Shuford and family
have moved Into the living quarters In
the Transylvania Jail, vacated this week
by Mr. and Mrs. Buck McCall who are
building a new home near the Waverly
Morris place Just off the Boylston road.
Deputy Sheriff McCall has been serv
ing as Jailer for the past two years,
and recently accepted full time work as
officer for the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion. __
LILLIAN ZACHARY IS
SELECTED TO CARRY
D. A. R. CITIZENSHIP
Popular Young Brevard Lady
Choaen By Faculty and
Student Groupa
Miss Lillian Zachary, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Zachary, has been
chosen by the students and faculty
of Brevard high school as the school’s
best citizen for the present scholastic
year. This honor will entitle Miss
Zachary to represent Brevard In the
state contest, sponsored by the national
organization of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, In the annual
D. A. R. good citizenship pilgrimage
to Washington.
The purpose of the state-wide con
test la to select from candidates rep
resenting every city and town In North
Carolina the outstanding young lady
high school senior In each school. Win
ners from each state will be given an
expense-free trip to Washington, D.
C., at the time of the meeting of the
Continental Congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution In the na
tion’s capital In April. These state
winners will be presented to the as
sembled delegates, and each one will be
decorated with a D. A. R. good citizen
ship pilgrimage award.
Miss Zachary, 16 years of age, a
member of the senior class of 1989 of
the Brevard high school, was consider
ed by popular vote of the senior class
and the faculty the best qualified to
represent the school and Brevard In
this nationally known contest.
The qualifications to be taken Into
consideration In the awards for this
high honor Include: dependability, ser
vice, leadership, scholarship and pat
riotism, to be Judged upon records of
four years’ attendance In high school.
Among the scholastic attainments of
Miss Zachary during her high school
career qualifying her for the award of
best citizen are "Included: Uniformly
high grades since she entered high
school, making nothing but A’s with
but two exceptions; senior editor of
the school newspaper: commencement
marshal In her Junior year; secretary
of the senior class and member of the
home room executive committee: Girl
Scout patrol leader: president of the
school Junior music club; assistant to
the senior English teacher; member
of the school glee club and assistant
pianist for school assembly; outstand
ing dramatic ability, having played
the leading role In the Junior play and
assembly play, and will have a leading
part In the senior class play In April;
accomplished reader and pianist; active
In sports and school athletics, various
civic activities and vacation Bible
school helper.
In addition to her scholastic and
other attainments, Miss Zachary has to
her credit a striking personality and
many traits of character which com
bine to make her one of the most
satisfying and satisfactory students
Brevard high school has ever had. She
Is a typical American girl, popular
among her fellow students and the
faculty. She Is a member of the Bre
vard Methodist church, and a faithful
and conscientious worker In the var
ious departments of church and Sun
day school activities. Her outlook
on life Is that of youth at Its best. She
sees the wrong, yet she has the courage
to believe that there Is a solution and
that her generation must find In. Her
teachers have expressed the opinion
of her that she Is the soul of punctual
ity, absolutely trustworthy and honest
—that nothing she speaks or writes
need ever be questioned: does not shirk
to assume responsibility; unselfish
service predominant both at school and
In the 'family life; faces life Joyously
and In the spirit of youth who finds a
way.
Of true patriotic ancestry from the
days of the American Revolution to
the present, Miss Zachary is recogniz
ed among those who know her best,
as one who stands for all that Ideal
American citizenship means.
* iome Business Firms Must Fill Out as Many
116WS ltCDK As 141,000 Government Reports Annually
D. A. R. Representative
MISS LILLIAN ZACHARY
Storms Sweep East
During Week-End As
Local Streams Rise
Sunday midnight brought the win
ter's heaviest rainstorm, accompanied
by high winds, and severe lightning.
The continued rains through the
night sent the French Brqad river out
of Its banks In several places, although
no serious damage was reported from
high water.
The electric generating plant of the
Cascade Power Company on Little Riv
er was damaged slightly by the severe
lightning, but service was uninter
rupted.
The wind reached Its highest veloc
ity around midnight Sunday, and slight
damage was done in Brevard to signs
and awnings that had not been tight
ened down the previous day.
Reports from various sections of
Northern and Eastern United States
areas were to the effect that traffic
In many centers was stopped by the
heavy snowstorm, and 60 deaths re
ported.
Fifteen Inches of snow was reported
In New England, closing most of the
schools, and from six to 10 Inches re
corded in Michigan, Missouri and other
northern central areas.
Here-There
Over the County
fj. A. GUuener, County Agent)
James Dickson, manager for the Al
lison farm known as Deer Park Home,
Is putting out 6000 locust seedlings
again this year. Mr. Dickson put out
this same number last spring and was
most successful In getting them to live
and grow. Work of this kind that Mr.
Dickson is doing because of his keen
Interest in Improving the farm will re
main as a memorial to his untiring
efforts In coming years.
Otto Alexander and E. H. Jones have
each received 1000 locust seedlings to
be set on their farms. Mr. Alexander
put out around 2000 last year.
Here Is hoping that a great many
more farmers will look about their
places and see if they cannot find
small or large areas of land that would
be wonderfully Improved by setting out
locust. These locust seedlings can be
had for planting such land without any
charge to the farmers provided the
area where they are to be planted
meets the requirements. All farmers
Interested iu belling these seedlings
should make application for them at
the county agent’s office.
C. C. Tongue, the pioneer In thie
county In the uee of an electric fence
for hogging down corn, says that his
conviction of a good hog is to start
with a good pig. To get such a fel
low one must have good breeding
stock, well fed, housed and managed
and then give Mr. Pig just a little more
by preparing wnat Is known as a creep
where he can go and help himself at
all times. Raise the pigs on clean
ground, give them some good grazing
and watch them make hogs of them
selves.
Lions Club Meet
H. E. Ochsner, supervisor of Pisgah
National Forest, and Dr. G. B. Lynch,
county health officer, will make brief
addresses at the weekly meeting of the
Lions to be held Thursday evening
at 7 o’clock.
Mr. Ochsner will discuss possibili
ties of a Scout camp in the Brevard
section of the forest and Dr. Lynch
will discuss "Social Hygiene.”
Sunday School Meet
At Blantyre Church
A Sunday school meeting of the
Transylvania association will be held
at the Blantyre Baptist church Sun
day at 2:80 o’clock.
The general theme will be "Sunday
School Imperatives.” Enlargement for
evangelism will be given special em
phasis. All interested in Sunday
school work are Invited to attend.
BREVARD TORNADO
VICTOR OVER MARS
HILL BASKETEERS
Decisive Battle Won By Chris
tenbury Outfit Over Foes
of Long Standing
Brevard College Tornado blew th*
tall clean and clear off the Mars Hin
Lion here Tuesday night In a basket
ball game that was a hurricane affair
all the way. Final score read: Bre
vard 44, Mars Hill 27.
This pointed victory gave the
Christenbury quints their 7th victory
of the season against a single loss to
Belmont Abbey, and was the first time
this year that Mars Hill has been
beaten by a Junior college quint.
Peterson again led the scoring for
Brevard, with 21 points to his credit,
making his total average per game this
season of 19.
With the score standing 18-15 at the
end of the first half In favor of the
Christenbury team, additional baskets
were looped after Intermission that
put the game on Ice within a few min
utes, and defense of the Brevard crew
kept the opposing score to 12 during
the second frame.
Lewis, Peterson, Daniels, Hendrix,
and R. Young played the game for
Brevard, with J. Young as substitute.
A full house was on hand despite the
fact that two other games were sched
uled In the county.
Hitler Radio Speech
Causes Little Alarm
Little Interest was shown In Bre
vard Monday afternoon In the radio
speech made by Chancellor Adolf Hit
ler of Germany, and broadcast over the
national networks.
Speaking for two hours and 14 min
utes, the fuehrer declared that Italy
and Germany were teamed up to with
stand any oppression of democracies
or coalition of western powers, and he
pointedly referred to Secretary of In
terior Harold L. Ickes of the United
States as a "war monger.”
He demanded that Germany be giv
en back her territorial possessions
which were taken from her after the
World War, but said that his country
was most prepared to go to war to ob
tain such possession.
’Hitler spoke In a frenzy, as Is his
custom, and cheers could be heard re
sounding through the large halls, as he
strafed England, France, and other na
tions whom he termed "lnterferers In
Germany’s business.”
Reports Tuesday from Washington
were to the effect that the nation's
chief executive had been but little dis
turbed over the speech.
Negro Minstrel Here
Friday, February 10th
A negro minstrel, entitled, "The
Great Chicken Stealing Case of Eben
ezer County,” under the direction of
the Balsam Grove recreation leader,
Donald McCall will be given in the
Brevard NTA hut, Friday night, Feh.
10, at 8:00 o'clock. Admission will be
16 cents and 26 cents, and proceeds
will be used for the lunch room. The
cast of characters Is as follows:
Jeremiah Jehosaphat Wiseman, the
Judge, Donald McCall; Julius Caesar
Longfellow Johnson, Attorney for
plaintiff. Viola Galloway: Abraham
Augutus Cicero Smith, attorney for
defendant, Hattie Galloway: William
Jennings, Jonathan Brown, clerk of
court, Inez Long: William Harrison
Tubbs, sheriff, Ernest Galloway: James
Calhoun Emerson Bones, defendant,
Lucy McCall: Matilda Mahnda Cun
ningham Jones, plaintiff, Ola McCall:
witnesses for the defendant, Martha
Washington Eliza Bones: defendant's
wife, Viona McCall; Rev. Ebenezer
Sideburns, negro minister. Zella Mc
Call.
LOYALTY PERIOD AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Effort Will Be Made To Bring
Attendance of Members To
Highest Possible
Loyalty Endeavor Period will be ob
served at the Brevard Methodist chnrch
for five weeks, beginning next Sunday,
which will be known as roll call Sun
day, announcement has been made by
the pastor, the Rev. E. P. Billups.
The slogan and aim of this special
campaign is "Every member present
every Sunday.” and It Is felt by offi
cials of the church that this goal can
be accomplished only by 100 per cent
cooperation of the members.
Beginning the campaign next Sun
day as roll call Sunday with every
church member present the succeed
ing four Sundays will be observed as
women’s day, young people’s day, men’s
day and family day.
The church membership was can
vassed last Sunday afternoon by lead
ers' working In groups of two and go
ing into each Methodist home request
ing signatures of names pledging In
sofar as possible to attend church at
least one time on each of the five suc
ceeding Sundays of this loyalty cam
paign.
The pastor has asked the pertinent
queetlon, "Wouldn’t you be surprised
to come to church some Sunday morn
ing and not be able to get a seat?”
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