I “2" 1 THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES SF \ Merit \ A Npwsoaoer Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County ^ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY VOL. 49. NO. 2* __. — .. _!_—— u———=i—a——jss 24 NEW HOMES BUILT THROUGH HELP OF SAVINGS AND LOAN Total of 62 Loans Made Since July 1936—Dividend Paid For Half Year Semi-annual dividend checks amount ing to $1,516.11 have been mailed to 106 shareholders of the Brevard Fed eral Savings and Loan association, it is announced by Jerry Jerome, secre tary. The association pays 3% annual divi dends, and this was the half-yearly payment. Organized one year ago the local as sociation has played an important part In the community's progress. During the past year the association has financed the building of 24 new homes, purchase of 15, refinanced 13 loans on homes, and provided funds for repairs to 1#. Officers of the Brevard association Include: Jos. S. Silversteen. president; A. F. Mitchell, vice president: Jerry Jerome, secretary: F. D. Clement, W. D. Gash. W. L. Mull, T. G. Moody, Dr. C. L. hfewland. It. H. Plummer, di rectors. Governor Hoey Unable To Attend Gathering Governor Clyde R. Hcey, who had been invited to attend the annual Gil lespie reunion at the home of B. A. Gillespie on East Fork. Sunday. Governor Hoey wrote Eck Sims that he had to be in Wilmington on that date. Music and short talks will be feature of the occasion, and all friends and relatives of the Gillespie family are Invited to attend. Dr. H. McCoy Dies In Hawaii After Illness j Word has been received by E. P. McCoy of Pisgah Forest from Puune, Hawaii of the death of his brother. Dr. Halliburton McCoy., 49. who died Sun day afternoon . Dr. McCoy was a natr/e of Asheville, son of the late T. C. McCoy, and spent his boyhood days In Buncombe county. He was a brother of Tom McCoy, for mer assistant district attorney, of Ashe ville. The deceased had been in Hawaii for some time, on account of his ill health. Balfour and Spinners Play Here Saturday Balfour of the Blue Ridge Industrial League is scheduled to play the Pis gah Spinners here Saturday afternoon at 3:30. The game will be played on the high school field, and either White or Press lv will be on the mound for the local nine. The Tanners will play at Hazelwood Saturday afternoon for the first game of the second half. Canton won the first half of the schedule which ended last week. Educational Tour In U. S. Forest Planned Pisgah Forest rangers and the Bre vard Chamber of Commerce plan to con duct a "show me” tour through Pisgah National Forest In order that -local people may be Informed of the natural assets the forest has for this commun ity. and to learn of the attractions the preserve has for tourists. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last Thursday evening it was brought out that majority of the Brevard people are unaware of the at tractions the forest has for visitors, because few of the people here know of these things. Well built roads traverse most of the forest, and with addition of the paved highway 284 from the entrance to Wagon Road Gap the entire area is ^ made much more accessible. Definite arrangements will be worked out by the ranger service and the Chamber of Commerce and the tour staged during this month. MICKIE SAYS— f SUBSCRIBE FOR ~TWS\ NEWSPAPER. FOR TIE ABSENT SON OR DAUGHTER ■*EV'r y eopy will, be LIKE A TRIP BACK HOME l TO THEM / 4-H Representatives To Attend Meeting at Raleigh, July 24th When the annual 4-H Short Course is held at N. C. State College July 24 29, Transylvania County will probably have several representatives , from among itiTfarm boys and girls. One of these will be Gerald Allison of Cherryfield, who was selected as the outstanding 4-H Club boy in the coun ty for 1938. The honor carried with It a scholarship to the State College event, given by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau of which A. G. Floyd is State director. The 4-H Short Course combines edu cation recreation, and inspiration and offers farm boys and girls an opportun ity to exchange ideas, receive the latest Information on agricultural and home making developments, and engage in programs of entertainment and games. Mrs. Laura J. Wilson Buried Friday Morn Mrs, Laura J. WilBon, 84-year-old resident of the Enon section, died at her home Thursday morning at 6 o’clock following an illness of two years. Funeral services were held from the home Friday morning at 11 o’clock, with the Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor Bre vard Methodist church, In charge. In terment was made in Davidson River cemetery. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. T. F. Middleton, of Enon where the aged lady made her home for the past num ber of years; and Mrs. C. F. Woodfin of Campobello, S. C.; one son, T. J. Wilson of Brevard; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The hus band. George W. Wilson, well known figure in political and agricultural circles in the county for years, died in 1913. Mrs. Wilson was bom in Wythevlile, Ya., December 25, 1845. She was the daughter of Jacob and Jane Miller. In 1866 her father moved his family from Wytheville to Jackson county, near Cashiers Valley. Later they mov ed to Waynesville, which was their permanent home. She married George W. Wilson, April 25, 1877, moving to Transylvania county, where she lived until her death. In charge of flowers were Mrs. Frank Woodfin, Mrs. Gus Patton, Mrs. Davis Woodfin, Miss Mary Maxwell, Miss Margaret Wilson and Miss Sara Mc Crary. Pallbearers at the funeral were Frank Woodfin, Ralph Woodfin, Davis Wood fin, Jeffray Wilson. Wilson Middleton, Billy Middleton. Osborne-Simpson fun eral home had charge of arrangements. Lower South Mills To Be Open For Fishing Lower South Mills river will be open for fishing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week, July 12, 13 and 14, according to announcement by Jack Fortin, ranger. Since last fishing date on this stream, 1.800 brown trout measuring 10 inches or more have been planted in the stream. This stream was the best of any open this season. Ranger Fortin said, when it was opened in May for fishing. Only 40 permits will be issued for each of the days, and local people who | expect to fish in the stream next week are reminded that permits should be ■secured at once. Camping will be permitted at Turkey Creek and Cantrell Creek, but permits are necessary. Checking stations will be maintained at Turkey Pen and at Lower South Mills River, and those using the Turkey Pen station \yill be required to check in and out at the Turkey Pen station. At Lyday Hospital Patients reported at Lyday Memorial hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. Charles Hamilton and infant daughter Agnes Katherine, born Sunday, July, 2, Mrs. Tommy Landers, Roy Collins. Mrs. P. N. Page, Miss Ida Lance, Glenn Meece, Harvey Radford. JURORS ARE NAMED FOR SUPERIOR COURT , Mixed Term Will Convene In Brevard July 24—Judge Rousseau Coming Jurors for the July-August term Su perior Court have been drawn by the jury commission for two weeks, as fol lows: First Week J. L. Wilson, D. H. Winchester, H. B. Glazener, A. E. Hampton, C. W. Tally, Freeman Nicholson, B. F. Cox, Carlee McCall, J. M. Meece, C. C. Gar ren, W. H. Hoxlt, F. Lewis Johnson, P. A. Rahn, T. C. Henderson, Alney McCall, Guy Whitmire, W. C. Austin, Arthur Sentell, John Pickelslmer, P. E. Raxter, J. F. Morgan, L. F. Lyday, Austin Brown, Arch Galloway, J. E. White, Jim Waters, Jason McCall, C. W. Owens, G. W. Whitmire, G. H. Woodard, G. H. Lyday, H. Roy McCall, Henry Chapman, J. J. Jackson, Warren Galloway, Amos McCall. Second Week Winston Ashworth, Harry P. Clarke, R. W. Lyday, Fred Stroup, R. L. Mc Gaha, Julius Owens, R. D. Bosse, Ral eigh Waldrop, Grady Shipman, Cecil King, Glenn Galloway, E. D. Fisher, E. P. McCoy, C. A. McCall, C. B. Hol den, S. R. Owens, Frank Whitmire, Leo Brittain. The mixed term opens on July 24, with Judge J. _A. Rousseau of North Wllkesboro, scheduled to preside. BREVARD COLLEGE EXPANSION PLANS GET OFFICIAL O.K. Erection of Laundry Is Provid ed For By Friend of Local Institution With fifteen of the eighteen members present, the Board of Trustees of Bre vard College held Its annual meeting at the college on Friday, June 30. The members were luncheon guests of the College in the West dining hall, after which Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Cornelius, chairman of the Board, presided over the business session. Recommendations of President E. J. Coltrane relative to the development of the college were accepted. These recommendations include Increase of endowment fund and provision for rais ing annually a sufficient amount of money to cover the cost of the student labor program. The Board also auth orized the erection of a laundry for which money has been piovlded by a friend of the college. It is expected that construction on the laundry will begin at an early date. Members of the Board are Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Cornelius; Rev. C. M. Pickens, Thomasville; H. B. Kelly, Henderson ville: W. H. Bobbitt, Charlotte; H. A. Dunham, Asheville; James E. Lambeth. Thomasville; Rev. C. H. Moser, Gas tonia; Mrs. Bess Gray Plumly, Winston Salem; Mrs. C. C. Weaver. Charlotte; Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva: J. H. Plck elslmer. Brevard; Rev. A. W. Plyler, Greensboro: Rev. J. H. West. Brevard; Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr.. Wadeshoro; R. O. Lindsay. High Point; Rev. James B. McLarty, Mount Holly; R. T. Amos. High Point. Guy Weaver, Asheville. Second Half Softball League Starts Today Brevard College, winners of the first half, will meet the WOW in the first game of the second half Thursday evening on the college field. The Col lege team had a record of ten victories and one defeat for the first half. The Woodmen were in second place with seven victories and the same number of defeats. The CCC team was in third place with four wins and eight defeats while the Lions Club was in last place with four won and nine lost. Ten leading hitters for the first half were Holt .478, Teague .429, Wood .419, J. Young, 415, Jackson .388 B. Young .372, Coggins .66, Kitchens .353. Hendrix .348, Gilliam, .344 and Sisk .321. The CCC camp P-66 has entered a team for the second half which puts five teams in this half. Schedule for the first week of play is July 6. Col lege vs. WOW; July 7th Lions Club vs. F-28; July 10, P-66 vs. College; July 11, P-28 vs. WOW; July 12, Lions Club vs. P-66; July 13, Lions Club vs. College. Delinquent Taxes To Be Advertised Soon Delinquent taxes for the year 1938 will be advertised In The Times in August, and sold the first Monday in September, according to order made by the board of commissioners Monday. Additional advertising costs, as well as sale costs will be added to the taxes now due, under the foreclosure law, and the time limit of August was al lowed, the commissioners pointed out, in order that taxpayers might be saved these additional costs. Revival Service at Pisgah Closes Friday Revival services at Pisgah Forest Baptist church will continue through Friday of this week, according to the Rev. ,ir. L. Underwood, pastor in charge. Sunday morning and evening services were banner attendance services of the meeting which has been in progress there for the past ten days. A large crowd overflowed the church Sunday evening, it is reported, and spiritual interest can high. More than 25 people have been con verted during the meeting, ganging in age from children to past seventy. Books at UDC Library New books added to the rent col lection at the U. D. C. library include: The Exile, The Fighting Angel, Buck; Steele of the Royal Mounted, Curwood; Spirit of the Border, Grey; Red Lamp,, Rinehart; Strong Poison, Sayers; Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck; The Daffodil Murders, Wallace.__ •The Oldtimer WMJS-FlWv I6C7T1MIN SHALLOW WTO **«' &g& 'Sards'™-s®© BJSaitfCgHI^MW-iHWIIWA-Oife; FISH] Cascade Lake Dance Slated For Friday A dance will be given at Lake Cas cade Inn on Friday night of this week, it is announced by Mrs. W. P. Raines, manager. Opening of the hotel last Saturday brought many people to the inn and to the lake _where boating swimming, and fishing facilities are afforded, ae well as the hotel services and the rental of cottages around the lake property. Bridge Party Plans Announced For 14th Plans are underway by the Women’s Civic club committee for the annua! benefit bridge party to be given at the NYA hut Friday evening, July 14. The party, which is sponsored each year by the civic club, is for the bene fit of the annual flower show and other activities of the club, Lovely prizes have been donated by the mer chants and individuals, which will he awarded the various winners. A very nominal admission will be charged. Townsend Club Meet A meeting of the Townsend club will be held at the NYA hut Wednes day night. July 12. at 8 o’clock, an nouncement has been made. All in terested are invited to attend. TAX RATE FOR TWO UNITS REMAIN SAME ^udget Estimates For County and Town Call For Levy of $1.62 and $1.40 Tax rates for both the county and town will remain the same as last year, according to tentative budgets adopted by the commissioners and ald ermen in meeting here Monday. County Hate 1.62 Tentative tax rate for Transylvania county was set at $1.62 on the hundred dollar valuation by the board of com missioners in their first meeting of the new fiscal year. Increases were shown to be necessary in the debt service levy, school supple ment, and welfare department, while decreases are expected to be made in several other funds to offset the raise. Summary of the budget estimate will be found on another page of The Times, and the budget estimate in its entirety may be seen in the register of deeds office where it will be filed for 20 days Town Hate 1-iO Town of Brevard rate will remain at $1.40 on the hundred dollar valuation, estimated budget figures adopted by the aldermen Monday night show. Increased revenues from the water departments, and from an increase in the property valuation for the year are expected to offset some of the increas ed expenditures which are anticipated for street improvement and other nec essary expenses which will have to be increased during the fiscal year. Largest single item of expenditure will be Improvement of streets. Flans are being made to buy equipment and co-operate with the WPA In improving approximately six miles of unpaved streets, as well as do repair work on some of the paving. Prison Camp Dog Is Used To Advantage In Tracking Thief Superintendent W. B. Bailey of the state prison camp has a young blood hound that seems to be living up to all the promises that were given concern ing him from his former owner. Mr. Bailey and Eddie Varner took the year-old dog to East LaPorte Wed. needay morning, and within three hours had trailed a suspect to his home six miles distant, and the man waa under arrest. The man Is alleged to have broken into the East LaPorte Store company during the early part of the night. The dog was allowed to smell some of the art.'cles the alleged thief had dropped in leaving the store, and within three hours had “treed” the man In his bed. Hendersonville Road Closed for Surfacing Hendersonville road, Plsgah Forest to Blantyre, was closed Wednesday by state highway forces who are engaged in surface-treating the link. Detour from Brevard toward Hen dersonville or AEheville is via Boyls ton road, NC-280 to Blantyre road and two miles back across county road to U.S.-84. This road has been condi tioned and is in good shape. Surface work on the Boylsotn road was com pleted Tuesday, and the link of new highway from Little Mountain to the county line is an excellent one. Ernest H. Webb, district engineer, said Wednesday that he hopes to have the Hendersonville road open Sunday if he has favorable weather for prime coating. County Record* Will Be Indexed By WPA Order was made by the County Com missioners Monday to have records in the register of deeds office and the clerk of court office indexed. The work will be done by the WPA. and total cost to the county will not be more than $100, for supplies neces sary, including index record books. Kiwanis Markers Are At Brevard Routes Attractive club markers have been erected by the Brevard Kiwanis club near the edge of town on North Broad street, and Greenville Road, and serve both as welcome signs for visiting Kiwanlans and as attractive designat ions of the town the traveler is enter ing. A third marker will be placed on the Pickens-Anderson highway near South Brevard at an early date hy the Lions club, and will add materially to ap pearance of the town. Square Dances Will Be Rosman Feature Square dances will be featured at Rosman community building each Fri day night during the next two months, it is announced by Dan Glazener. Fisher String band is slgted to pro vide music for the dance on Friday night of this week, which begins at 8:30 o’clock. Golf Playing Takes On New Life Here With Improvements of Brevard Course Interest In Brevard Golf course has exceeded all expectations, and increas ed number of players has been noted each day since the course officially opened last Saturday. Work on the greens and fairways has been going forward for weeks, and the greens are now pronounced to be In the best shape In years. The fairways have been straighten ed up, and roughs cleared, and two workmen are steadily employed on the course. - Temporary quarters have been set up at top of the hill, near number one tee, with W. C. Brenks in charge. Work of building a club house was started Wednesday morning by the Works Progress Administration, and crews are also engaged in clearing roughs preparatory to extending fair ways and possible change of number seven and eight greens. Avery Case is foreman in charge of construction for the club house, with W. A. Wilson as supervising engineer. Plans call for erection of a club house containing a dance floor of 2700 square feet, locker rooms and showers for ladies and men, office, kitchen and porches on the first floor; living quar ters for caretaker in the second story, and caddy quarters and tool storage space in the basement. City water is already piped to the club house location on present number seven green, and electric lights are also available from the Duke Power lines nearby. Plans are to have the club house in operation by October first, of this year, and an entertainment committee will be appointed to arrange social activi ties there for members and the pub lic during the winter and spring months. Memberships are being _, sold by a committee composed of*R. H. Plum mer, Rev. E. P. Billups, Rev. C. M. Jones, E. H. Boys, Dr. C. L. Newland, and John W. Smith. Jerry Jerome has been named treasurer for the committee. ‘LOOKOUT STATION BE CONSTRUCTED ON SCENIC HIWAY New Pugah Fore»t Road Now Complete and Bringing Many Visitor* Plans of the United States Forestry service and the Bureau of Public Road are being made up whereby a lookout station will be built at Green Knob on the Fcenlc parkway. No definite announcement has been made by the service as to actual size and parking space to be built, but ten tative plans call for an area adequate to care for 50 or more cars at one time. Point of the lookout Is north of Look ing Glass Rock, and from this place 1 the entire Mills River headwaters area, Davidson Rlvor and Gloucester section are joined In one view. The new highway, from entrance of the forest on 280 near Plsgah Fcrest to Wagon Road Gap was opened to travel last Saturday morning, and hundreds of cars made the trip over the scenic road ■ during the week-end and holidays. Work on the scenic parkway from Wagon Road Gap south Is progressing, with much of the excavation already being done for more than half tho five mile distance now under contract Albert Brothers are contractors on the road, and J. M. Francesa company Is doing the stone work for retaining walls, A. E. Demaray, director of the De partment of Interior, In a letter to the Western Carolina Advisory Committee on June 27, states that advertising for bids on Section 2-V-l (Beeci; Gap northward) will be carried out within the next few weeks. Original plans were to let the entire seven miles from the end of present project being built by Albert Broth ers to Tennessee Bald, but the director states that Increased expenses brought about by necessity of a 700-foot tun nel will cause part of the link to be carried over into 1941. It is unofficially understood that Section 2-V-l will be for five miles, leaving a two-mile gap between Beech Gap project and Wagon Road Gap project to be contracted In 1941. Cooking School Here Thursday and Friday Mrs. R. L. Allison, of Asheville, has announced that she will conduct a free cooking school in the court house in Brevard, Thursday and Friday af ternoon, from 3 to 5, at which time in struction will be given in Summertime Cooking, balanced meals, and baking. She will also devote time to recipes both old and new. Ladies of the Brevard Methodist church are sponsoring the school for the two afternoons, and several mer chants and business houses are co operating In supplying equipment and materials. Attendance prizes will be awarded each afternoon. Benefit Dance Here Next Tuesday Night A benefit square dance will be given by the Waightstill Avery chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo lution Tuesday evening at the NYA hut, beginning at 9 o’clock. The event is for benefit of the D. A. R. scholarship fund, and is also in observance of the 50th anniversary of the National Society. Tickets at a small admission charge are on sale by the chapter members and will also be on sale at the door Tuesday night. Attractive prizes wilf be awarded the winners. BANK DEPOSITS HERE ARE MATERIALLY UP Assets of Transylvania Tiyst Company Nearing Half Mil* lion Dollar Mark Gain in deposits at the Transyr vania Trust"company showed a gain of nearly $100,000 during the year ending June 30, 1939, statement of the local bank issued Monday shows. Gain of $28,030.20 was shown In de posits for the past three-months per iod. Total deposits as of June 30, this year were reported in the quarterly statement as $396,714.41, a gain of $97,264.38. Assets of the bank are listed at $468,259.67. Organized In November 1931, the local bank has shown a steady ££pwth in both deposits and assets. J. H. 'Piekelsimer is president, Ralph J. Duckworth, cashier, with the following directors: P. D. Clement, Lewis P. Hamlin, C. R. McNeely, W. L. Mull, C. W. Plckel slmer, J. H. Pickelslmer, Jos S. Silver steen and W. R. Smith. -• Dillingham Added T