I “ST! THE TRANSYLVANIA TIME 1ST I \ A Newspaper Devote'd to the Best Interest'of the People of Transylvania County VOL. 49: NO. 9 ' BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY ONE-MILE POUCE BILL REPEALED THURSDAY Jurisdiction of Town Officers Restricted To Area In Brevard Limits Repeal of the 1935 public-local meas ure giving Brevard police officers Jurisdiction one mile beyond the town limits was completed last Thursday In the legislature. The senate passed the repeal meas ure Introduced In the house by Rep resentative Pat Kimzey, without dis senting vote, and the law Is now re pealed Insofar as the police going outside the town limits, except on the town-operated golf course, which was left as It formerly stood. Ix>cal opposition to the repeal meas ure did not go to Raleigh for a hearing before the committee, although the matter was taken up with Senator Chester A. Oogbum. Under the act as passed In 1935, Bre vard policemen had Jurisdiction for one mile beyond the town limits for patrolling and making arrests. The act Is now repealed under the bill In troduced and passed by Representative Kimzey. and policemen of the town will In effect, "stay In their own back yard.” Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Orr Sunday Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the residence on E. Main street for Mrs. Rowena Orr, 59. who died early Friday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. M. Cooke. In Florence, S. C. Death was due to heart trouble, of which Mrs. Orr had been a sufferer for several months. The Rev. Harry- Perry, rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal church officiated at the service. Interment was In Gilles pie cemetery. Mrs. Orr was a member of a promi nent Transylvania county family, the daughter of the late Will Cooper. Her husband, C. E. Orr. who died In 1929. served as postmaster at Brevard for nine years under President Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft. He was also connected officially with the state highway commission and with the Toxaway company. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. H. C. Harrison, of Alfred. N. Y.. two sons. Rufus, of Brevard, and Edmond, Of Wllmlnfjton. Two sisters and one brother also survive, Mrs. C. M. Cooke and Mrs. Josephine DeVarie. of Flor ence, S. C.. and Rufus Cooper, of Statesville. Pallbearers were Ernest Webb. Carl McCrary. Frank Duckworth. A. O. Kitchen. Sam Allison and C. C. Ton gue. In charge of flowers were Reba Kitchen, Mrs. Ashe Macfie. Roberta Bryant. Mrs. John Hudson. Elizabeth McCoy, Mrs. Ed Cantrell. Willie Kate Waters. Moore and Trantham funeral direc tors were In charge of arrangements. Visiting Rector Will Speak Sunday Morn Celebration of the Holy Communion will be observed at St. Philip's Episco pal church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, In charge of the Rev. Her bert Cary-Elwes. vicar of Saluda, an nouncement has been made by the rector, the Rev. Harry Perry. Special services will continue at the church through lent, each Wednes day morning at 10: SO o’clock and each Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. SHOP AND STORAGE HOUSE IS START ) NYA Building at Brevard To Serve Youths and High School Purpose Work was started Monday on a work shop for NYA boys at Brevard high school, and a storage warehouse for the school. The building will be SO feet by 80 feet and will be fitted to provide workshop space for the NYA boys, and for conducting classes In wood working and general farm utility struc tures. Power machinery has been provided for the shop by the state National Youth Administration, In recognition of the outstanding work that has been done here In the work. Flooring, celling and weatherboard ing, as well as much of the framing for the building were salvaged from the Balsam Grove CCC camp, and shingles for the structure are being cut by the NYA boys. Flave H. Holden, supervisor, Is In charge of the work. The building Is to be located Just east of school garage. Demonstration In Hog Feeding Started Here fj. A. Claeener, County Agent) E. Carl Allison of the Cherryfleld section started a hog feeding demon stration this week with SO nice shoats. AH the shoats were given a worm treatment before placing them on the three-acre pasture, com and supple ment feed. Mr. Allison Is keeping a complete cost record of the demonstration as he [ is anxious to see what his com value will be as the result of feeding It to hoga. Brevard Institute Group Will Conduct Meeting In Asheville “““ Annual meeting of the Women’s Missionary council of the Methodist church will be held at Central Meth odist church In Asheville. March 8 to IS. This council was the governing body under which the former Brevard Institute operated. Delegates from 23 southern states and eight foreign countries will be In attendance during the five-day ses sion, and a dally attendance of more than 1,000 persons Is expected. This year’s convention of the coun cil promises to be one of the most im portant In Its 29-year-old history, since It will be the last session before for mal unification of all branches of the Methodist church Into one Methodist church, '• which merger will take place In Kansas City In April A significant fact In connection with this final ses sion is that the first session of the council 29 years ago was held also In Asheville. Noted churchmon, bishops and re turned missionaries will appear on the program. The conference will open Wednesday night at 7:80 o'clock, and day and evening sessions will follow during the five-day period. BREVARD PASTORS ARE INVITED TO CCC CAMPS At the Instigation of Captain Strib llng, Chaplain U. S. Army reserve, various pastors of this community have been Invited to come out to Camp P-28 at John Rock In the Plsgah For est, and conduct religious services for the enrollees, on Friday nights. The inspirational programs will be a great asset to the Camp program and will mean much, the officers state, to these boys who in most Instances are far from their home communities. The Rev. Yancey C. Elliott, local Baptist minister, conducted services at the camp last Fridav. Cancer Control Drive Here By Ladies Club A cancer campaign will be started In Brevard and Transylvania county in April, sponsored by the Fortnightly club, in cooperation with the American Society for the Control of Cancer. April has been set aside by special act of congress as Cancer control month .throughout the country, and an en listment campaign will be made, invit ing support of every man and woman. The enlistment fee Is one dollar, of which thirty cents is used by the American Society In Its educational program to make people cancer-con scious, and seventy cents is returned to the state. The campaign slogan "Early cancer Is curable—fight it with knowledge,” will be launched for the educational build-up for enlistment month SELICA COMMUNITY NEWS TOLD BY CORRESPONDENT Mr. and Mrs. A1 Bryson had as their guest Sunday, Mr. Bryson’s cousin, Jones Rogers, of Anderson, S. C. Mrs. Crate McCall and son Junior, of Cashiers, were visiting here last week. Davis Barton Is spending this week with relatives at Etowah. Mrs. Robert Garren spent one dav last week visiting her sister, Mrs. Tom McKinney and Mr. McKinney. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Galloway and fam ily have moved from the Harkless Bar ton place to the Case place on the! Hannah Ford road. Mr. and Mrs. James Passmore have moved to the Oat Bryson place. Rev. J. R. Bowman, of Rosman. spent Tuesday in this section. Miss Ruby Nell Roberts, a 13-year old girl preacher, will preach at Sellca next Sunday night at 7:30. The pub lic is invited. The next community prayer meeting will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Florida Fowler Wednesday night conducted by Miss OUle Galloway. Mrs. Mindy McKinney, who Is stay ing with Mrs. L. W. Brooks, is spend ing this week with relatives at Pick ens, S. C. Misses Nellie McKinney and Jessie Whitmire visited Mr. and Mrs. Davis Whitmire at Rosman recently. Miss Bessie Blythe Is very ill at this writing. Others on the sick list include Ruth White, Mrs. Florida! Fowler, Alton Eubanks and the small children of TJlys Barton. Prayer meeting at Cathey’s Creek church Friday night and at Sellca church Saturday night ———-1 Ecusta President Pleased t • With Progress Being Made At Cigarette Paper Plant President Harry H. £)traus 0f Ecusta Paper Corporation was here Monday and said that he was pleased with the progress being made at the new cigarette paper plant at Plsgah Forest. Mr. Straus expects to be here for sometime, he said, and also stated that he expects to make Brevard his home In the near future. "X am looking for a place for myself and family," the president of the big corporation said, “and I am also concerned about places for the people who are now moving In, and the others who are to be brought here to help operate the plant” There will be need for a number of new houses, and possibly apart ments, Hr. Straus Intimated In a brief conversation with The Times editor, and plans will be discussed within the next few days for tak ing care of the Influx of people to the community. Temporarily, Mr. Straus Is stop ping in Asheville, where he will be Joined next week by his family for a visit of several days. "I am now what your paper calls ‘mountain’ man," the genial manu facturer said, "and I like It . . . this Is soon to be home for me and I know that I shall like it very much.” Mrs. Roy Smith Winner Of First Week Big Egg Contest An egg weighing three and five eighths ounces was heavy enough to win the cash prize of one dollar In The Times Big Egg contest last week. Mrs. Roy Smith of Brevard brought the egg In, and thought It was pretty light, but she was willing to take a chance, and her chance was good ... or rather the chance egg her Rhode Island Red hen laid was good enough to win a new dollar bill. Mrs. D. R. Bryson of the Keystone section, and Otis Moore of Balsam Grove brought In entries that were only a fraction lighter than the one brought In by Mrs. Smith. College Students To Attend Charlotte Meet The Brevard college Forenslo—club will participate In the North Carolina Junior College Debating conference to be held In Charlotte, March 3-4. Members of the club will Indulge in extemporaneous and after-dinner speaking, dramatic reading, oratory, and debating for both, men and women. Rev. and Mrs. Earl D. C. Brewer will accompany the group to the con ference. _ Rev. Earl D. C. Brewer, director of the department of Promotion and Ex tension, Is speaking at Paine college, Augusta, Ga., this week. President Peters of Paine college re quested that_Mr. Brewer be released from his obligations for these special services during * "Religious Emphasis Week." Mr. Brewer taught a course In "Rec reational Leadership” In the school for Christian Workers at the First Meth odist church In Charlotte last week. Baptist Study Course Ends Session Friday A training union study course Is In progress at the Baptist church this week, led by Miss Velma Preslar. of Raleigh, field secretary of the Baptist Student's Union of North Carolina. Classes meet eaclT evening at 7:15 o’clock In two 45-mlnute periods. The study course began Monday night and will conclude Friday night with a banquet supper at the church at 7: SO o’clock, at which time the Rev. W. E. Wall, of the First Baptist church of Hendersonville, will be the principal speaker. Leaders of the various departments of the training course this week In clude: Miss Preslar, senior teacher on “Our Doctrines,” by Tribble: Ralph H. Ramsey, Intermediate teacher on "Plan of Salvation,” by Crouch: Rev. Yancey C. Elliott, junior teacher on "The Jun ior and His Church,” by Roope. Little Theatre Meet Regular meeting of the Little Theatre will be held Friday evening of this week at 8 o'clock, announcement has been made by the president, Mrs. John Vemer. The meeting will be held In. the city hall building. 1 Other entries Included eggs sent In by Mrs. F. Bagwell of Brevard; . James Holden of Brevard; and Mrs. U. G. Gillespie of Brevard R-l. The contest will be continued for four more weeks, with a dollar prize being given each week for the heav iest egg. There Is no way of telling who will be winner until the eggs are placed on accurate scales and weighed. Incidentally, none of the eggs are wasted—the editor bought a ham from T. C. Hamilton down at Little River last week, and the ham, a refrigerator, a hot stove, and a good appetite, all combine to see that all the eggs go to a good causa Mr*. W. S. Ashworth Died Monday Morning Ur*. W. 8. Ashworth, 78, wife of a former prominent business leader and county official, died at her home on King street Monday morning. She hail been in 111 health for several years. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday morning ai 11 o’clock by the Rev. Yancey C. Elliott of Brevard Baptist church, and the Rev. E. P. Billups of the Brevard Methodist church. Interment was made In Gillespie cemetery. Pallbearers were David, Channon, Harry, and Earl Ashworth, Clyde Shu ford, and George Crane, all grandsons of the deceased. Osbome-Simpson had charge of arrangements. Surviving are five daughters and three sons—Miss Reba and Miss Louise Ashworth of Brevard; Mrs. G. H. Pax ton and Mrs. George D. Shuford of Brevard: Mrs. R. E. Williams of San Francisco, Calif.: Clyde, John and Charles D. Ashworth all of Brevard. The husband died several years ago. In addition to the surviving children, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Crane of Greenville, and Mrs. Lizzie Crawford of Piedmont, also survive, and the fol lowing brothers: Perry Orr, Pisgah Forest: Columbus, Vonley, and Syl vester Orr of Penrose: and J. H. Orr of Hartsvllle, 8. C. Sunday School Meet At Mt. Moriah Sunday An associations! Sunday school meet ing will be held at the Mt. Moriah Baptist church Sunday afternoon, be ginning at 2:80 o’clock. R j. Lyday will conduct the devo tional period, followed by report on study courses for 1938. Julian A. Glazener will speak on "Training for Evangelism,” after which department conference will be held at 3 o’clock. Other speakers will Include: Rev. Tancey C. Elliott, Vacation Bible School: J. W. Glazener, young people and adults; Miss Helen Owen, Inter mediates; Miss Lorena Merrill, Jun iors; Mrs. Arthur Whitmire, primary; Mrs. R J. Lyday, beginners; Mrs. Excel Lothery, cradle roll . Reassembly for announcements will ' be made at 8:45 o'clock. Coltrane Speaker At Baptist Church Sunday Dr. E. J. Coltrane, of Brevard Col lege. will deliver the message at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning at the Baptist church, In the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Tancey C. Elliott, who will leave Saturday for Concord, to take part In a week's city-wide train ing and evangelistic campaign At the evening worship hour at i: 10, the young people will be In charge, with Charles Allen, training union director, as leader. The theme will be, "We Are His Witnesses." Others taking part on the program In three-minute talks will be: Vance Jack son, Evelyn Cauble, Geraldine Hicks, Rachel Hamlin, James Crisp, George Simpson, Jr., Junior Miller, Emma Sue Gray, Beatsle Moore, Lorene Redding and NeH Duckworth. 8pecial music will also be a part of the program Family Day Program At Methodist Church Family Day at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock will conclude the Loyalty Endeavor period which has been in progress at the church the past four Sundays. Families are asked to sit together, and It is hoped that a number of fami lies will have a 100 percent represen tation. The pastor, the Rev. E. P. Billups, will have as his sermon sub ject, "The Home Teaching Religion." Appropriate music will be rendered by the choir. Last Sunday, observed as Men’s Day, was attended by a large audience. The men sitting in a body practically fill ed one side of the church auditorium. LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND BOONE DISTRICT MEET Several officials and workers con nected with the Transylvania county recreation group of the WPA have re turned from a two weeks’ training course in arts and crafts at the Ap palachian State Teachers College. Boone Those from Brevard in attendance were Mrs. Arah Hamlin, area super visor, Miss Bertha Jean Hampton, pro ject supervisor for this county, Mrs. Lula Kilpatrick, who taught a course in basketry at Boone, and Homer Corn, of the local recreation set-up. The conference, which proved highly enjoyable and profitable, was conducted by Miss Lawler, national consultant In arts and crafts^ of Washington, D. C.. assisted by Miss Lineburger. MACEDONIA NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST RECORDED "Aunt” Darcus Galloway Is reported to be In a serious condition. Miss Fannie Jones has returned to spend several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Hobert Broom, after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jones, of Plsgah Forest. Misses Georgia McCall and Lillie Mae Hogsed spent the week-end visit ing friends and relatives at Balsam Grove. The many friends of Uncle Link Mc Call will be sorry to hear he Is still In a very serious condition. J. B. Batson spent Sunday afternoon with McKinley Stamey. Mrs. Spurgeon Owen visited with Will J. McCall and family Thursday of last week. Rev. Nathan Batson has moved Into our community. < Misses Ola Paxton and Vera Whit mire spent the week-end at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Parmer Anders and daughter visited with Mrs. Anders’ par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Devore. Sun day. Miss Gladys Owen, who has had the measles, Is reported to be able to re turn to school. Lillian McCall spent Sunday night with Mack McCall and family. Mrs. Mack McCall called at the home of Aunt Coonle Galloway., who Is very 111. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riddles visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Owen recent ly. Nathan Vance of Brevard was a Macedonia visitor Sunday ^afternoon. Harold Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Owen had a very serious ac cident While cutting timber the axe glanced and cut his leg very badly. J. B. Hall has purchased a new truck. Fred Kilpatrick Is getting along fine at present. He has been In a very dangerous condition for several months suffering with a fractured arm but Is doing nicely now. 2-County Corn ... Pinal plans have been made, and ar rangements are being worked out for staging the annual corn show here Saturday for the Transylvania and Henderson growers. Tables for displaying the com are being erected in the county agents’ office on East Main street, by the Vo cational and 4-H club boys, and the show proper will open at 1 o’clock Sat urday. All entries In the com show are re quested to have their com placed not later than 11 o’clock Saturday morning, for Judging. Only those who entered the contest last spring, are eligible to enter com for prizes. S. C. Clapp, of the Farmers Federa tion, and Assistant County Agent Elam of Madison county will Judge the corn, under the following classl fl cations: Holcombe’s prolific, lance’s prolific, white single ear, and yellow com. Prizes of fertilizer and soda are being offered for winners In the com show. At seven o’clock the banquet will be held In the Brevard College dining hall, with 126 farmers and Invited guests expected to attend. The dinner will be prepared and served by girls of the college, and boys under C. S. McCal lum will act as escorts for arriving guests. Julian Glaxener of Transylvania, and G. D. White of Henderson will pre side at the banquet, with the farmers and boys who entered the growing con test as guests of honor. Dr. H. T. Hunter, President of West em Carolina Teachers college, will be speaker of the evening. Among the Invited guests expected are Fred Sloan, district county agent; Tal H. Stafford, district supervisor of vocational agriculture; Roy H. Thomas, state supervisor of vocational agri culture; John Fox, of 3tate College, and other guests from Brevard and Hendersonville. County agents from several coun ties, vocational teachers from Transyl vania and Henderson, and other agri culture workers In this district are expected to attend the com show and banquet, along with several newspaper men from other towns. Vocational agriculture students and teachers, and 4-H club members are co-operating In the annual event . j Admission to the banquet will be by ticket with the price having been set at fl per plate. In the case of the vocational agriculture boys, they will each take a bushel of corn to the B 4 B Peed company, who have agreed to pay $1 per bushel for one bushel of corn from each boy who Is eligible to attend. At the banquet, prizes for growers In each county will be awarded, as well as prizes won at the corn show Satur day afternoon. The sliver loving cup will be pre sented to Gerald Allison of Cherry field, Transylvania high grower, and Reid Lance of the Mills River section of Henderson county, each of whom grew 118 bushels of millable corn on one acre of gronadL 1 . t DUKE SUB-STAHON AT DAVIDSON RIVER READY FOR SEN I Serving Ecusta Paper Corp oration — High Voltage Is Available Duke Power company has completed a sub-station at Davidson River, pri marily for electric service to Ecusta Paper Corporation, according to state ment by the company. The station Is located on property which the company purchased several years ago, and Is at a point where the transmission lines of the Duke and Carolina Power A Light Company cross. The sub-station has a capacity of (,000 hone power, and Is so con structed that power may be used from the plant of the Cascade Power company on Little River, the Duke line from Hendersonville, or the high ten sion line of the Carolina Power A Light company. The Duke line Is 44,000 volt capacity, and the Carolina line Is 115,000 volt capacity. Power from the new station is transmitted from Davidson River to the Ecusta plant over a 44,000 volt transmission line approximately a mile and_ quarter. A 6,000 horse power sta tion has been built at the Ecusta plant by the Duke company for transform ing 44,000 volts to 575 volts for the various motors In the paper plant. These two stations are equipped with the latest developed switching and control mechanisms. G. C. Wylie will be In charge of the Davidson River station, with three men assisting him. Methodist Youths To Meet In Waynesville Announcement has been made of a Yquth Crusade rally of the Methodist church, which will be held at the First Methodist church In Waynesville Tues day night at 7: JO o’clock. It Is expect ed that 1.000 young people from the various churches of the Waynesville district, of which the Brevard church la-a member, will attend the rally. The young people will have the re sponsibility of the program, with lead ers from the young people's union of Haywood and Jackson-Ewaln counties to be In charge. Two outstanding ad dresses will feature the program, In cluding. "Youth Moves On,” by the Rev. W. A. Kale, of Mooresvllle, and “Ready For Life’s Opportunities,” by the Rev. W. A. Stanbury, of Ashe vllla RECREATION CENTER TO GIVE PROGRAM FRIDAY The recreAtlon center, corner French Broad and Caldwell streets, will be open to the public Friday night from 8:30 to 11 o’clock for dancing and games. Music will be provided by the nickelodlon and radio. There will be no admission charge. ^ Chaperones for the evening will be Mrs. T. H. Hampton, Jr., Miss Bertha Jean Hampton. Miss Roberta Bryant and A. G. Galbraith. BOYD GRANGE MEET SET /FO^ TUESDAY EVENING Boyd Grange will meet Tuesday evening .of next week, March 7, at 7:30 o’clock, at Enon school. A program of Interest has been plan ned, and refreshments will be served. PUBLIC REQUESTED TO ATTEND C OF C Plant For Work of Immediate Future To Be Discussed Friday Evening Housing facilities, the tourist sea son, and possible contacts with In dustrialists will be matters of Interest at the meeting of Brevard Chamber of Commerce Friday evening at 7:10. The meeting Is to be held In the city hall, and all people of the community are Invited to be present and take part in discussion of matters pertaining to the town's welfare. It la pointed out by officers of the commerce body, that while directors are naturally expected to attend the meeting, all people of the community are extended a cordial Invitation to ho present inasmuch as whatever work Is done or whatever plans are made are for the community, and not for the board of directors. . A drive Is being made by combined Interests of North and South Carolina to attract Industries to the two states, and copies of the publication Just Is sued by he Clark Publishing company of Charlotte will be displayed at the meeting:. Civic Club To Study Hidden Taxes Monday ■ ■ Hidden taxes will be topic of dis cussion at the meeting of Brevard Civic club Monday afternoon at l:*0 o'clock. Ihe meeting will in the city ball auditorium, and Mrs. J. B. Jones wlU lead the discussion. The study Is being made for .Information, It Is pointed dut, and the general public 1»

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