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A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County _
~VOL. 50^06 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940 fl.OO PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
COUNTY BONDS ARE
BEING RETIRED BY
RE FUNDING PUN
County Finance Being Put On
Better Plane Through Sys
tem of Payments
Total of $56,000 Transylvania county
bonds have been retired since the re
funding plan was put in operation
on July 1, 1937, according to state
ment made to the county commissioners
Monday by County Accountant Ralph
Lyday.
All expenses of the refunding plan
have been paid, the report showed,
and all semi-annual interest payments
have been met promptly.
Under the agreement worked out with
the bondholders, back interest that had
accumulated was refunded at one-fourth
the total amount due, and the Interest
rate average five and one-half per
cent was reduced to the minimum of
one and one-half for three years, grad
uating over a period of years to four
percent, but averaging less than three
percent over the entire period.
I.arger bondholders agreed to the
settlement before it was put Into effect,
and all the small holders have since
come In on the plan, with the except
ion of $51,000, 45 of which bonds have
not been located.
Under the plan, specific levy Is made
each year and any surplus accum
ulating over the Interest payment due
at the next six-month period Is used
to buy bonds, which are being secured
at less than 50 cents on the dollar.
Civic Club Names Its
Committees For Year
Appointment of committee chairmen
and members was the main business of
the February meeting of the Women’s
Civic club, held Monday afternoon
in the city hall building.
The following committees for the
year were named: Civics committee:
Mrs. J. W. Smith, chairman, Miss
Rose Shipman and Mrs. D. L. English;
program, Mrs. H. J. Rradley, chairman,
Mrs. J. B. Jones and Mrs. Roy Long,
welfare, Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, chair
man. Mrs. H. R. Bobst, Mrs. Fred
Zachary and Mrs. A. H. Harris; garden.
Mrs. E. R. Pendleton, chairman, Mrs.
John Maxwell, Mrs. Coleman Galloway
and Mrs. Carl Hardin: membership,
Mrs. J. C. Wike, chairman, Mrs. I^ee
Bauer, and Mrs. J. H. West; reereat
lon, Mrs. Ralph Fisher, chairman, Mrs.
C. U Newland. Mrs. Bess W. May,
Mrs. David Ward and Mrs. T. H.
Hampton. Jr.: hospitality, Mrs. A. B.
Gailoway. chairman, Mrs. Mary Scott
and Mrs. A. R. Gillespie: community
project, Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, chair
man, Mrs. Ralph Zachary and Mrs.
Oliver Orr.
The chairmen of these committees,
together with the officers, form the
executive board, which meots on the
Monday afternoon before each meeting
on the first Monday. Officers for the
current year include: Mrs. Oliver Orr,
president; Mrs. J. H. West, vice pres
ident; Mrs. A. H. Harris secretary;
Mrs. Ralph Zachary, treasurer.
Decision was made by the club to as
sist in the Finnish drive by con
tributing warm clothing to be sent
to the aid of Finland sufferers.
John W. Chapman Dies
After Extended Illness
Friends in' Brevard were in receipt
of news Tuesday afternoon of the death
in Charleston, __S. C.. of John West
Chapman, Jr., who died on Monday of
a heart attack. The body was brought
to Brevard late Wednesday for burial
here. The funeral service will prob
ably be held at the Chapman residence
here sometime Thursday afternoon,
though details could not be learned be
fore The Times went to press Wednes
day night.
Mr. Chapman had been in ill health
for some time, having passed through
many serious attacks of illness during
the past 10 years.
Surviving are his widow and a year
old daughter, Carolyn West; also his
mother, Mrs. J. W. Chapman, Sr., of
Brevard and Charleston, S. C.
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February 8th To 15th
Regular meeting of the Boy Scouts
will be held Friday evening of this week
at 7:30 o’clock, announcement has been
made by Scoutmaster Harold Norwood.
The week-end camping trip planned for
this week has been called off, due to
weather conditions. All Scouts are
urged to attend Friday night's meet
ing, as plans for Scout Week will be
discussed.
WATER SYSTEM TO
BE IMPROVED HERE
Increased Storage Space Will
Be Sought On Brevard
Water Shed
Plans were started Monday night oy l
the board of aldermen for improving
and extending the town’s water supply.
Walter Hart, county sanitarian, was
instructed to secure the services im
mediately of a state engineer to make
survey of the present water system,
and to make up a suggested plan for
increasing storage. Improving the pres
ent. reservoirs, and handling of the silt
proposition.
Under ordinary circumstances, the
town's water supply is adequate for all
needs, with ample reserve storage, but
the recent continued freeze which re
tarded flow at the Intake, plus the wast
age of water caused by users allowing
spigots to remain open, nearly ex
hausted the reservoirs and necessitat
ed cutting the flow off entirely on two
occasions in order to have water in
case of fire.
Water meters, it was felt by the
board in discussing the problem, would
solve the matter, but cost of installing
meters on property of all users would
incur a huge deficit in the water bud
get. and this was passed up for the time
being.
The general consensus of opinion
was that an extra storage basin would
take care of the needs for ten or more
years, and would at the same time,
eliminate silt to great extent.
Definite action on the matter will
not be taken until the engineer from
the state department has made survey
of the system, and suggests plan for
improvement.
SHERIFF OFFICE TO
BEFOUR-YEARTERM
Coroner Wike and Sheriff Shu
ford Will Hold Over
Without Election
Sheriff George D. Shuford and Coro
ner J. C. Wike will serve two more
vears without the trouble of going
through a primary or election, accord
ing to supreme court ruling which was
handed down in Raleigh last Friday.
RALEIGH, Feb. 2—Sheriffs and cor
oners in North Carolina's 100 counties
are serving four-year terms which will
continue until December, 1942, the state
supreme court held in a unanimous
decision today.
Opinions next will be handed down
February 28.
In the sheriff-coroner case, the court
held specifically that a constitutional
amendment increasing terras of office
of the officials from two to four years
applied to sheriffs and coroners elected
in 1938.
The decision reversed a finding of
Superior Court Judge Leo Carr, who
ruled that the Alamance county hoard
of elections should allow an election this
year for sheriff of that county.
In oral arguments before the supreme
court, some attorneys had asserted that
the amendment did not apply to sheriffs
and coroners elected in 1938, since the
referendum vote on the amendment
and the election of the county officials
were held on the same day.
The court, however, held that the
amendment had been ratified and was
a part of the state constitution on the
date that county officers assumed their
duties—the first Monday in December,
1938. The opinion was written by As
sociate Justice J. Wallace Wlnbome.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Mem
orial hospital on Wednesday Include:
Fred Garvin, Mrs. L. F. Cooper, Ben
Wright, Spencer Chapman and Lee
Springs.
Cullowhee Leader To
Speak Here Sunday
Dr. Phil Elliott of Cullowhee will
preach at Brevard Baptist church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, it has
been announced by the pulpit commit
tee.
Dr. Elliott Is head of the Religious
Department at Western Carolina
Teachers College, and Is widely known
as a church worker and speaker. For
the evening hour the Baptist congre
gation will Join with other churches
of the town In the Union Church
Loyalty service at the Methodist
church.
BEER LICENSE CASE
CONTINUED MONDAY
Petition of State Board Re
quested Little Rock Be
Closed Here
Hearing was continued Monday by
the board of county commissioners in
the matter of beer license revocation
for Little Rock Beer Garden and Ser
vice station on North Broad street near
Kings Creek bridge.
Guy Caldwell, operator of the beer
garden and service station, had been
summoned before the commissioners
at behest of the Brewers and North
Carolina Beer Distributors committee
of North Carolina.
Petition of the Btate group alleged
that the beer dealer conducted a public
nuisance, cited that complaints had
been filed by Brevard citizens with the
committee at Raleigh, and requested
that the operator’s license be revoked.
Caldwell appeared before the com
missioners and had witnesses who testi
fied that the place had been run in a
manner which had been suggested by
local officers during the past few
weeks, and that to knowledge of the
witnesses, gambling had not been going
on there within the past several weeks,
if ever, and that the proprietor, Cald
well, had not been selling whiskey.
Chief of Police B. H. Freeman told
the commissioners that he had had
numerous complaints about the Little
Rock, and that he had recommended
several weeks ago to the board of
aldermen that the man’s license for
selling beer be revoked.
Caldwell appeared before the board
of aldermen, Chief Freeman said, and
told the board that he would improve
the place if his license were left in
tact, and that he would close earlier
in the evening. The chief said that
he had heard less complaint since that
time.
Mr. Caldwell denied that he had
“kept” a woman on the premises, and
there was no evidence presented to
the commissioners that he had.
At suggestion of counsel for the beer
seller, Lewis P. Hamlin, the hearing
was continued until the first Monday
in March, at which time it is plan of
the board of commissioners to have a
representative of the Brewers and
North Carolina Beer Distributors pres
ent in line with the alleged fact in
their petition that petitions and affi
davits had been presented to the Ral
eigh office.
In checking the license application
law following the meeting, the register
of deeds announced that hereafter, any
applicant for beer license would first
be required to have license from the
town (If inside incorporation) and the
next step would be to make applica
tion before the board of commissioners,
and not to the register of deeds as has
heretofore been the case.
Brevard Boy Named
On Mars Hill Roll
Tom Galloway, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Coleman Galloway, of Brevard won the
honor roll for the first semester at
Mars Hill College. He was one among
40 out of 850 students to make this
scholastic honor.
Young Galloway, a freshman at Mars
Hill, was a graduate of the Brevard
high school in the class of 1939.
Camera Club Formed
By Photography Fans
A1 G. Kyle was elected president of
the Brevard Camera club, at the meet
ing held Tuesday evening at the city
hall.
Other officers elected for the ensuing
year include: B. C. Olney, vice presi
dent: H. E. Norwood, secretary; J. H.
Hollifleld, treasurer.
The above named officers with the
Rev. C. M. Jones, will form the board
of directors.
The president appointed the following
committee chairmen: C. A. Schoenk
necht, program_committee; Nat Town
send, print committee: Roland Wilbur,
membership committee.
The next meeting of the club will be
held Tuesday evening, February 20, at
8 o’clock at the city hall auditorium.
An interesting program is being plan
ned for this meeting. A cordial invi
tation is extended to all visitors.
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COUNTY ROADS ARE
IN POOR CONDITION
Snow and Freeze Leave Many
Side Arteries Muddy—
Pavements Injured
Many of the county roads were re
ported near or totally Impassable Wed
nesday, and some of the main highway
links show that damage of the recent
severe weather is taking toll in broken
pavement.
Mail carriers from Brevard were un
able to complete their routes Tuesday,
although Joe Poole on RFD 2 made all
his route except half mile; Harry
Loftis on RDF 1 was forced to skip
four miles, and the service he gave
in many sections was reached in round
a-bout fashion.
Neither of the mail carriers from
Brevard arrived back in Brevard until
after 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and
both said they had been "stuck" In
the mud on several occasions during
the day.
School buses are making such of their
routes off the pavement as possible,
but some of the side roads are not be
ing attempted.
The road to Rosman, US 64, is said
to be badly scarred and breaking up
since the freeze and resultant soft thaw,
and considerable repair work will be
necessitated on the stretch.
Unpaved streets in Brevard are In
"soft” shape, and even some drive
ways into residences are avoided by
delivery trucks.
Practically all of the snow and Ice
have melted during the past few days,
and this has added to bad road con
ditions. In. Brevard, several water
users are still “frozen up", although
most of the mains have been repaired
and are in service.
Innumerable pipes in residences
throughout the town are in bad shape
due to the freeze, and many people
are carrying water from neighboring
homes for use.
Square Dance Saturday
A benefit square dance will be held
in the former Belk’s store building on
West Main street Saturday night from
9 to 12 o'clock. Miss Elizabeth McCoy
and Ernest McFaul are sponsoring
the dance.
Jimmy Morow will call the figures
and Sherman band will furnish the
music.
Toxaway Road Will Be
Widened and Improved
Widening and improvement of high
way 64 between Lake Toxaway and the
Jackson county line was started by the
state and WPA forces Monday morn
ing.
Engineer Ernest Webb said that
plans call for widening the surface of
the road to 18 feet, and improvement
of the shoulders as well.
A rock crusher has been set up near
the Lake Toxaway bridge, from which
quarry the rock will be taken.
Present road bed is only 14 feet, and
the additional four feet of surface will
be a material aid to that stretch.
Finnish Relief Fund Chairman
Named For Transylvania County
A special account Is being open
ed in the Transylvania Trust com
pany this week for the Finnish Re
lief Fund, and contributors who de
sire to aid the Finns are asked to
leave their contributions for the
cause at The Transylvania Times
office.
Former President Herbert Hoover
and State Director W. T. Bost of
Raleigh have appointed C. M. Doug
las, editor of The Times as official
chairman of the Transylvania Fin
nish Relief Fund, and a record of all
contributions will be made in The
Times office, and funds deposited In
the bank to credit of the Finnish
Relief F*und, Inc.
No concerted drive will be made
in this county for funds to send to
the Finns, but all people who feel
that they would like to have part in
the relief work for the little nation
that is now engaged in an undeclared
war with Russia are asked to leave
their donations at The Times office.
Names of donor* will be publish
ed from week to week, with all who
make contributions through each
Tuesday to be listed In the paper
Issued Wednesday afternoon.
North Carolina has been asked by
Mr. Hoover to raise $76,000 for the
Finnish Relief Fund, with total of
the nation expected to reach $5,
000.000.
Ladles of the Women’s Civic club
voted in their meeting Monday af
ternoon to aid the Finns, and made
the suggestion at the meeting that
any citizens of the county who had
woolen clothing that was suitable
for children or adult, could make
a contribution. The clothes must
of course be serviceable, clean, and
only woolen clothes are acceptable.
The clothing may be left at The
Times office or at the home of any
member of the Civic club, and
should be sent In not later than
Thursday of next week, Feb. 16,
for shipment to Finland.
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Union Service* Will
Be Held Sunday Eve
Union services of all churches of
Brevard*will be held at the Methodist
church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock,
as a feature of the church loyalty
campaign in progress by all denom
inations through February and March.
The first In the series of union ser
vices was held at the Baptist church
last Sunday evening. This service was
In the nature of a farewell for the Rev.
Yancey C. Elliott and family, who left
this week for their new home in
I.incolnton, where Mr. Elliott has as
sumed his duties as pastor of the Bap
tist church. The service was attended
by members of all denominations of the
town, and the sermon was delivered by
Mr. Elliott.
Many expressions of regret have been
heard by members of the Baptist church
and by residents throughout the com
munity regarding the departure from
Brevard of Mr. Elliott and family for
other fields of labor.
P. T. A- Meets
The February meeting of the P.T.A.
will be held at the grammar school
building Tuesday afternoon at 3: St
o’clock. A feature of the program will
be celebration of Founders Day. It it
urged by the president, Mrs. C. E
Buckner, that as many members at
possibly can attend this meeting.
Kesterton To Preach
PENROSE, Feb. 7—The Rev. J. W
Kesterson of Dana, has been Invited tc
preach to the Er.on folks at 11:00
o’clock this Sunday. It is hoped the
weather will be favorable for a good
attendance.
CAR ROBBERIES GFT
FIVE PEOPLE JAILED
Crime Wave Broken By Local
Officers—Many Stolen
Articles Recovered
Walter Justus, 17, of Hendersonville
and George Pruitt, 18, of Walnut Hol
low section of Transylvania county
have admitted breaking Into a numbei
of automobiles here three weeks ago
and led officers to various places when
most of the loot was recovered.
The Henderson county and Transyl
vania county youths were placed lr
jail last week, and later, John Pruitt
40, and his daughter Doris, 16, togethei
with J. P. Reece, all of the Walnul
Hollow section, were arrested and pul
In jail as accessories.
Goods valued at $600 to $800 were
recovered by officers, Including cam
eras, shotguns, pistols, flashlights
gloves, tools and other items. In ad
dition to the articles stolen from the
cars In Brevard and at Ecusta, grocer
ies which had been taken from Mrs.
Robert Meeklns' store at Henderson
ville amounting to around $50 were alsc
recovered.
Operating in Brevard, at Ecusta, and
Hendersonville, the two youths made
wholesale raids on automobiles, break
ing locks, and glass In their rounds to
gain entrance to the cars. As many as
a dozen cars were broken into during
one night
Most of the stolen articles were hid
den about the home of John Pruitt
tether of one of the boys, and other
Items were hidden In sink holes, hol
low logs, and creek banks in the Wal
nut Hollow and East Fork sections.
Two automobiles were stolen during
the rounds made by the boys, both ol
which were recovered. ,
County, town, Ecusta, and highway
officers have been at work on the case
for two weeks and It Is expected that
other arrests will be made during this
week.
Stamp Club Meeting
Regular meeting of the Brevard
Stamp club has been postponed from
Thursday night of this week to Thurs
day night February 16, announcement
has been made. The place of meeting
will be stated In next week’s Issue of
this paper.
C. of C. Meets 15th
Chamber of Commerce meeting has
been set for Thursday evening of next
week, February 16, at 7: SO o’clock.
Plans for work to be done this spring
and summer will be taken up at the
meeting, and all people Interested In
the community are Invited to attend
and take pert In the meeting.
HOSPITAL BUILDING
FUND UPPED BY
FARAWAY FRIENDS
Suggestion Made That Peopla
Here Write Friends And
Ask For Assistance
—
Two checks for The New Transyl
vania Community hospital came to The
Times office through the mall during
the week, and one of the donors who
lives over a thousand miles away, sug
gested that letters be written each In
dividual who Is Interested In the hos
pital, calling attention to friends In
distant places to need of the hospital
here.
This friend of the community had not
been solicited, she said, nnd had only
learned about the progressive step
through the home paper.
"There are many people, in many
sections," the friend wrote, "Who
would be glad to contribute to the build
ing fund if they were approached by
letter, and please make suggestion
through The Times that the home folk
write their friends about the work.”
Funds are coming In each week,
from various sources. Treasurer George
Wheeler reports, and those In charge
of the hospital drive are of the ex
pressed opinion that the $25,000 mark
will be passed provided those who
should become Interested in the work do
so at once.
Thermometer on the court house
lawn showing the amount already on
hand stands at $15,000 and if letters
are written as suggested by this ar
ticle It is believed that within two
weeks the "mercury” could be moved
up near the 20-mark by donations from
"outside” friends.
CEDAR MTN. MAN IN
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
Richard H. Pearson Instantly
Killed When Log Crushes
His Body Wednesday
Richard Hues Pearson, 23, of Cedar
Mountain was instantly killed in the
Auger Hole section of Upper Tran
sylvania county Wednesday morning
while cutttng logs.
Death was caused by a heavy log
crushing the young man into a pond
of water, and although the log was re
moved within a couple of minutes by
companions, Mr. Pearson was dead,
evidently from blow of the falling tim
ber.
Mr. Pearson was employed by J. E.
Bryson on a logging contract in the
Auger Hole section. He was working
with Walter Hamlin and Wylie Owen
when the accident occurred.
His companions said that they had
Just sawed through a heavy spruce log,
which was lying on a bank of a small
stream. Pearson was on the lower
side of the log, and while the men had
expected the heavy piece of timber to
swing around into the water, Mr. Pear
son evidently misjudged its direction
of rolling, and failed to clear himself.
The log caught the young man full
length and mashed him into the pond
of water nearby. A skldder was being
used a short distance away, and the
log was removed within a few minute*
but the blow had apparently snuffed
out his life.
The body was put Into a light truck
and brought to Rosman to Dr. Joe
Osborne, and later to the Osborne
Slmpson Funeral home where It wat»
prepared for burial.
Funeral service will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from Cath
ey's Creek Baptist church, and inter
ment will be in the cemetery nearby.
The Rev. George Baker will have
charge of the rites.
Surviving are the parents. Rev. and
Mrs. S. B. Pearson, three sisters and
three brothers, all of Cedar Mountain.
The sisters and brothers Faye, Ruby,
Cora, Clarence, John, and Harley Pear
son.
Income Tax Man Here
Aid on state Income reports and In
tangible tax listing will be given local
people on March 6 by Carl Felmet,
deputy collector, who will be In the
clerk .of court office on that date.
Electricity Used To
Thaw Brevard Pipes
In Very Short Time
Many of Brevard’s residents saw elec
tricity used to thaw frozen water pipes
for the first time during the past week,
and marveled at the quickness and
throughness of the Job done by “Reddy
Kilowatt"
Where a pipe was frozen under a
street or pavement and expense of dig
ging into the line would have been tre
mendous, a heavy set of cables was at
tached to a part of the frozen pipe,
near the residence or outside the street
—another part of the cable attached
to water hydrant sometimes ZOO or
more feet distance, and the Juice turn
ed on. After a short while, sometimes
not more than five minutes, the ice
was melted in the pipe line and here
came the water, free and easy.
Time required for hooking the device
up was In most cases far more than
that consumed In thawing the pipes.
The Duke company was employed
by the town to thaw pipes under the
pavement, and property owners who
wished pipes on private property thaw
ed out used the portable outfit belong
ing to Sid Barnett’s Machine shop.
Several hundred dollars was the esti
mated saving to the town by use of the
electric outfit
.