Wj THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES.) ®)
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County_
\r i en i\i on BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
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BREVARD MAN DIES
IN TRUCK ACCIDENT
Clyde McCrary Is Instantly
Killed Early Wednesday
Morning Near Asheville
Clyde McCrary’ of Brevard was In
stantly killed about 2:15 Wednesday
morning in a truck accident near Ashe
ville.
The truck In which Young Mr. Mc
Crary, Reid Leverett, and Ralph Smith
were riding left the highway about
three miles south of lliltmore. when an
oncoming car blinded Leverette. who
was driving, according to the two oc
cupants of the truck who were only
slightly Injured.
Mr. Leverette who was driving at the
time of the accident, said McCrary was
asleep when the truck left the road,
crashed Into a telephone pole, and turn
ed over on its side. The top of the
young man’s head was completely sev
ered. He was dead when removed from
the cab of the truck. Young Mc
Crary was leaning partly out of the
open window on his side of the truck
cab when the crash occurred, according
to story told by the two boys to Roy
Jones, Citizen carrier who happened
along a few minutes after the accident.
Mr. Jones aided Leverette and Smith
in taking the body from the truck, and
carried Smith to Blltmore hospital
where it was found that ho was not
severely injured, and later released.
The three men had been to Llnvllle
Falls where they loaded a heavy shovel
on a railroad car for shipping. The
truck belonged to C. W. McCrary Trans
fer company of Brevard, by whom the
young men were employed.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from Bre
vard Baptist church, with the Rev.
Paul Hartsell, of Johnston, S. C., former
pastor here, In charge.
Mr. McCrary was a graduate of Bre
vard high school, and a popular young
man here. He had been employed by
his brother for several years In the
transfer and contracting business.
Survivors Include the widow who was
before her marriage three years ago,
Miss Edna Mae Nelson, and a daugh
ter, Delores Jean, aged three months;
the parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc
Crary of Brevard.
Four sisters and five brothers also
survive as follows: Mrs. Charles Dlsh
er, Greensboro; Mrs. Ralph Paxton,
Mrs. Carl Bryson, and Miss Clarice
McCrary, Brevard; Carl, Charlie, Ar
thur. Harold and Fred McCrary, all of
Brevard.
Inquest was held Wednesday after
noon and the coroner’s jury held that
the accident was unavoidable and re
leased Messrs. Leverette and Smith
who were being held pending outcome
of the hearing.
Sixteen Graduates At
Pisgah Forest School
Sixteen members of the seventh
grade of the Pisgah Forest school have
completed the work for the year and
received their promotion certificates
presented by the principal, Miss Annie
May Patton.
Marguerite McCann received highest
class honors, and Donald Green, second
highest. Miss McCann wns also winner
of the D.A.R. history medal.
The following received promotion cer
tificates: Marguerite McCann, Donald
Green, Mary Ann Daniels, Mary Louise
Galloway, Josephine Curto, Ruth Nor
ris, Betty Roller, Ruth Johnson, Jack
Mackey. Alice Jackson, Roy Benfield,
Claude Leonard, Stella Parris, Evaughn
Allison, Helen Mulenex and Helen Ray.
Revival At Rosman
Revival services will begin at the
Rosman community house beginning
Thursday night of this week at 8 o’clock
conducted by Rev. Ralph Nix, evangel
ist of Edneyville. The services will
continue each night at 8 o’clock for 10
days or longer.
WILDLIFE GROUP TO
BE ORGANIZED HERE
Temporary Organization Set
Up Wednesday—Public
Meeting Scheduled
Temporary organization was set up
here Wednesday afternoon of the Tran
sylvania Wildlife Club, which will have
for Its purpose the protection and
propagation of wildlife and game in
this county.
Meeting was held at the home of
Randall W. Everett on Broadway, with
Tom Revell. of Charlotte, representing
the North Carolina Hunters and Fish
ers Association, leading discussion of
plans and purposes of-tho statewide or
ganization.
The state association through its
county groups, works with the various
set-ups in the state Mr. Revell explain
ed. and works out problems pertinent
to each of the communities in relation
to the movements made by the state
and federal agencies, already operating.
Effort will be made here to secure
members in the wildlife club from each
of the communities In the county, and
aim of the group is to set up fishing
and hunting areas where restocking
and protection will be carried on for
profit as well as pleasure.
Randall Rverett was named tempor
ary chairman of the Transylvania
group, with Osborne Bradley as temp
orary treasurer, and C. M. Douglas,
temporary secretary.
Public meeting will be scheduled
within a few weeks at which time a
representative of the state association
will come to the county and explain
the workings of the association and its
county group members.
Democrat' Speaker
DAN TOMPKINS, of Sylva, will
speak at Rosman Wednesday even
nlg, May 22, at 8 o'clock at a meet
ing of the young Democrat club. Mr.
Tompkins, publisher of The Jack
son County Journal, and several
times member of the house of repre
sentatives, is candidate for Lieuten
ant governor on the Democratic
ticket. Monroe Redden of Hender
sonville, will also speak at the meet
ing to which the public In general is
invited. The meeting will be held in
the high school auditorium.
Excavation Work Is
Complete For New PO
Excavation work for Brevard’s new
postoffice building was practically com
pleted Wednesday, and contractors ex
pect to begin pouring cement within a
few days.
Dirt from the building site was placed
on the Macfie and Bromfield lots op
posite the new building site and, have
made these properties attractive.
Attending Fire School
Chief John Smith, Assistant Chief
C. F. Misenheimer and Joe J. Tinsley
of the Brevard fire department are at
tending the state firemen’s school in
Charlotte.
Oldest County Mason
Died Friday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the Mills River Methodist
church for Thomas Siler Gash, aged
91, who died Friday afternoon at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. John C.
Maxwell, following an Illness of several
weeks. The service was in charge of
the Rev. H. E. Jones. Interment was in
the church cemetery. Graveside cere
monies were in charge of the local
Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge, of which
Mr. Gash had been a member for 67
years.
Mr. Gash was born near Penrose in
Transylvania county on August 10,
1848. He made his home with his sis
ter in Henderson county for years,
later moving to Macon and Clay count
ies, after the death of his wife. He
made his home in Brevard with his
daughter, Mrs. Maxwell,, the past
several years. He married Nannie A.
McKee on December 23, 1879, to whom
were born three children, one of whom
still lives.
Mr. Gash was honor guest at a spec
ial Masonic celebration held in Brevard
on January- 26, when a certificate of
membership was presented him by the
grandmaster of the North Carolina
lodge, J. Edward Allen, for his 60
years and more as member and the
oldest member at that time of the
local lodge. He enlisted in the Con
federate army toward the close of the
War between the States, but saw no
active service, due to the fact that the
war ended within a few weeks after his
enlistment
Surviving are the daugKer, Mrs.
Maxwell; four grandchildren, Mrs. W.
O. Barrett, Thurlow S. Gash and Sid
ney S. Gash, of Horse Shoe, and Mildred
Maxwell, of Brevard; a daughter-in
law, Mrs. Siler A. Gash, of Horse
Shoe; two step-grandchildren. Mrs. T.
D. Bishop, of Bennettsvllle, S. C., and
Miss Gladys Hubbard, of Horse Shoe;
and two great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Mrs. Hattie Moore, aged 96, of
Franklin. Two sons, Siler A. Gash
and J. John Gash, died a number of
years ago.
Pallbearers were Brown Carr, R. L.
Gash, George Maxwell, B. W. Tran*
tham, A. M. Paxton, Jr. and Claud
Stroup.
Those in charge of flowers were
Misses Eloise Lewis, Mary Maxwell,
Bessie Jordan and Mrs. Glenn LookablU.
Moore and Trantham were in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Mayor Asks Public To
Visit WPA Projects
National Activity Week on all Pro
fessional and Service Projects May 20
25th to be known as "This Work Pays
Your Community,” week. Open House
will be held on all Professional and
Service projects to give every citizen
In Transylvania county an opportunity
of appraising the work done In the
county.
I sincerely hope that all our people
will take advantage of this opportunity
of seeing at first hand what has been
accomplished by this most worthy en
terprise. I believe that those charged
with the handling of these projects will
appreciate your interest In the splen
did work that ljas been done. 1 be
lieve that YOU will find much of in
terest.
A. H. HARRIS, Mayor.
Bookmobile Schedule
For Next Week Given
Bookmobile schedule as announced by
Miss Annie Jean Gash will be carried
out next week, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, as follows:
Monday, May 20—Powell’s Store, 10
a. m.
Cedar Mtn. School, 10:30 a. m.
Orr’s Store, Boylston Rd., 11:30
a. m.
U. D. C. Library, Brevard, 2-4:30
p. m.
Tuesday, May 21—Oakland. Postoffice,
10 a. m.
Lake Toxaway School, 10:30 a. m.
Balsam Grove P. O., 12:30 p. m.
Rosman Community House, 2 p. m.
Wednesday, May 22—Little River
School House, 10 a. m.
Blantyre, J. L. Gash res., 11 a. m.
Penrose, Mrs. Hammett res., 1 p.
m.
Pisgah Forest P. O., 2 p. m.
Don Richardson Here
Mr. and Mrs. Don Richardson, of
Charlotte, of the Don Richardson Sum
mer Music camp for boys and girls,
were Brevard visitors Wednesday in
the interest of their school, which will
hold the summer session at Brevard
College from June 17 to July 27. The
six weeks' course will include intensive
training in private and class instruc
tion and supervised practice.
Mrs. Kate Johnstone
Funeral Rites Friday
Mrs. Katherine Richanna Byrn John
stone, 87, a resident of this commun
ity since 1923, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Hilliard Booth in Bre
vard, Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
after an Illness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the grave
side In St. Paul’s in the Valley cem
etery. The Rev. Harry Perry, rector
of St. Philip’s Episcopal church, con
ducted the service.
Mrs. Johnstone was a native of San
Antonio. Texas, the daughter of Citi
zen and Agnes Clark Byrn. She was
educated in private schools. She was
twice married, first to Hamlin Beverly
Pelling, from which union one daught
er, Mrs. Booth, survives. Her second
marriage was to Dr. Joseph Johnstone,
of Edinburgh. Scotland, supervising
British consul for Central America,
located in Nicaragua,
Surviving, in addition to her daught
er, are two grandchildren, Mrs. J. B.
Bennett, of Rancocas. N. J.. and Deling
Booth, of Columbia, S. C.; three great
grandchildren, Patricia and Chandler
Bennett, of Rancocas. and Elizabeth
Byrn Booth, of Columbia.
Active pallbearers were A. E. York.
Dwight Moffitt, Rufus Orr. Randall
I.ankford, Oarland Sledge and Ashe
Macfie. Honorary pallbearers were
members of the local Masonic lodge.
Moore and Trantham funeral directors
were In charge of arrangements.
Poultry Picture Show
Moving pictures of "Chick life be
gins” and "Hen makes an egg" will
be shown Friday night of this week in
the county agents office by the B&B
Feed company and Purina Mills. In
vitation to farmers and those Interested
In poultry raising is extended by the
company to attend. Admission will
be free.
Camera Club Meeting
The meeting of the Brevard Camera'
club will be held Tuesday evening. May
21 at 8 o'clock In the city hall auditor
ium. All members are requested to
bring their cameras, as every one pres
ent will be given an opportunity to take
portraits.
All Schools Closed
Wednesday Afternoon
All schools of Brevard and Transyl
vania county came to a close Wednes
day, or at earlier dates within the
week, for the summer vacation of three
and one-half months.
Formal closing exercises were held
in the Brevard and Rosman high
schools and elementary schools, and in
a number of the other schools through
out the county. Due to the lack of an
assembly room, several of the schools
completed the year's work without a
pre-arranged program being presented.
The majority of the teachers who
live at a distance outside of the county
have returned to their homes for the
summer vacation. Some of the teachers
will attend summer schools In different
institutions.
Services At Blantyre
The Rev. Nathan Chapman, pastor
of the Oak Grove Baptist church, will
preach at the Blantyre church Sunday
afternoon at 2:80 o’clock, announcement
has been made.
Cedar Mountain School
Gave Program Monday
Closing exercises for Cedar Mountain
school were held Monday with a good
attendance of parents and patrons. The
exercises consisted of May Day play
lets, May pole dance, Hansel and Gretel
operetta, and other short numbers.
The program was presented In the
open school grounds, where Nature so
kindly set a stage of trees, shrubs,
rocks, and vines to accommodate all
the parts of the program.
Following the program which was
the first of Its kind held In several
years, athletic contests were held and
prizes awarded for the winners.
County Superintendent Jones and
editor of The Times were visitors to
the school on Tuesday and enjoyed
lunch with the children.
Stamp Club Meeting
Brevard Stamp club will meet Thurs
day evening of this week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Norwood, at
8:15 o’clock.
Recreation Park To
Be Opened On Monday
Formal opening and dedication of
the recreation park on Jordan street
will be held at the park opposite the
post offire Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock. The event Is in observance of
National WPA week.
Music will be provided by the Bre
vard high school band, under the di
rection of Mrs. Clyde McDonnld, of
the federal music project. Several short
talks will be heard by local residents,
telling something of ihe recreation
(lark, which is for the free enjoyment
of the townspeople as well as visitors.
The completion of the amusement
park has been made possible through
the WPA recreation project, under the
supervision of Mrs. Bess W. May and
her recreation leaders, in cooperation
with town officials, the Kiwanis and
Women’s Civic club, F. H. Holden and
his NTA group, the Brevard Garden
club, sponsors of landscaping and beau
tifying the lot. J. S. Silvcrsteen and
other property owners who offered free
use of the vacant lots as a recreation
park for the general public.
County supervisor of the WPA
recreation project Issues an invi
tation to the general public and
visitors to attend the formal opening
ceremonies Monday afternoon, and to
make use at any time of the various
free amusement facilities provided at
the recreation park.
Teachers For 1940-41 School
Term Announced By Officials
R. T. Kimzey will again head Bre
vard high school, and E. P. Tllson the
Rosman high school, according to of
ficial list of teachers for the 1940-41
term released Wednesday. E. L. Pon
der was re-elected principal of the Ros
man elementary, and John E. Rufty was
re-elected at Brevard.
County Superintendent J. B. Jones
said the committee for each of the dis
tricts made very few changes in the
personnel of the various schools of the
county, and submits the following list
which is nearly complete:
BREVARD DISTRICT
Brevard High—R. T. Kimzey, princi
pal; Miss Earleene Poindexter, B. D.
Franklin, C. E. Wike, Mrs. Prances
DeLong, Mrs. Sara Tilson, Miss Alnslee
Alexander, Mrs. Antoinette Wlke, Miss
Elizabeth Jarvis, Edgar Cox, Randall
Lyday, Alvin Moore.
Brevard Elementary—J. E. Rufty,
principal; Miss WiUie Aiken, Miss
Agnes Clayton, Miss Josephine Clayton,
Miss Julia Deaver, Mrs. Annie W.
Reid, Mrs, Maxine R. Rufty, Mrs. P.
P. Sledge, Mrs. Hattie Vemer, Miss
Eloise Lewis, Mrs. Bernice Holllfleld,
Mrs. Velma Brittain, N. L. Ponder, Miss
Edna Earle Nanney.
Cedar Mountain — Mrs. Mary L.
Moore.
Connestee—Mrs. Flora A. Pickel
simer, principal; Miss Margaret Gash.
Little River—C. C. Nanney, princi
pal; Miss Sallle S. Merrill, Miss Julia
Wood.
Penrose — Mr?. Nfelle B. Cassada,
principal; Miss Myrtle Whitmire.
Pisgah Forest—Miss Annie May Pat
ton, principal; Miss Mamie Lyday, Miss
Flora Lyday, Mrs. Roxie Neely, Mrs.
Mildred Townsend.
Sellca—Mrs. Mamie Dale, principal;
Mrs. Marion English.
DISTRICT S
Rosman High School—E. F. Tilson,
principal; Miss LaVerne Whitmire, L.
H. Thomas, Mrs. Laura M. Hamed,
Glenn W. Galloway, E. L. Lunsford.
Rosman 'Elementary—E. L. Ponder,
principal; Miss Ophelia White, Miss
Flora Reid, Mrs. Ruth M. Stroup, Miss
Helen Allison, Miss Ruby Whitmire,
Miss Fleeto Freeman, Miss Ruth Whit
mire, Miss Thelma Galloway, Miss
Rachel Orr.
Balsam Grove — T. C. Henderson
principal; Mrs. Florence Winchester.
Lake Toxaway—L. C. Case, Jr., prin
cipal; Mrs. Rosa Callahan, Mrs. Lola
Lusk.
Montvale—Miss Elsie C. Morgan.
Quebec—Miss Geneva Paxton, prin
cipal; Miss Mary Morgan.
Sllversteen— Miss Helen Henderson,
principal; Miss Vera Whitmire.
Rosenwald (Brevard)—J. P. Sartor,
principal; Mrs. J. H. Johnstone, Ethel
wyn K. Mills, Synetha F. Glenn.
The following statement Is made from
the State department, relative to teach
ers certificates:
I am calling your attention to this
change so that you may, If you de
sire, inform those teachers who may
not now hold the Class A Certificate.
I am quite certain any teacher who
now holds a Class B, and who has
been securing credit regularly since
that certificate was Issued, will be
able to complete the requirements for
the Class A by taking advantage of
summer school work In 1940 and 1941.
By Septemebr 1, 1941 only those teach
ers who now have a certificate of
lower grade than the Class B should
be unable to complete the requirements
for the Class A certificate. The num
ber of teachers who do not now hold
the Class B Is quite small, as you
know. If teachers take advantage of
this extension of time In which to se
cure the Class A Certificate without
a degree by September 1941 there
should be practically no teachers with
out the Class A Certificate.
James B. Hillman, Director,
Division of Professional Service.
To Speak Here
ROBERT H. McNEIL, Statesville
attorney, and candidate for Republi
can nominee for governor, will speak
at Brevard court house Monday
night, May 20, at 8 o’clock. Mr. Mc
Neil Is regarded as an outstanding
gubernatorial candidate on the Re
publican ticket, and was invited here
by leaders in the local party. He Is
said to be a forceful speaker, and will
discuss the national and state Issues.
Music for the occasion will be pro
vided by a string band.
Census Figures Not
Ready For Release
Unofficial figures will be released
through the district census office next
week, it is expected, for Transylvania
county.
District Supervisor Flack said over
long distance telephone Wednesday that
the count had not been completed here,
but that he hoped to have all the com
munity tabulations in shortly.
Definite totals will not be released
for several weeks, in opinion of Mr.
Flack. Prizes which were offered by
The Times for nearest guess to the
population of the county will be mailed
as soon as official figures are received.
AID IS SOUGHT FOR
WAR-TORN NATIONS
Red Cross Drive Here Seeking
$600 For Helping Belgians,
Hollanders, Luxembourg
The American Red Cross Is calling
on Americans for aid to the suffering
and war-stricken peoples of Holland,
Belgium, and Luxembourg, and has ask
ed the Transylvania Chapter to do its
part, as It has in the past years.
Quota for Transylvania county has
been set at $600, and while plans of the
local chapter are not complete for rais
ing this large amount, details were be
ing worked out Wednesday, and will be
presented to the people within the next
few days.
In the meantime, any contributions
for the Red Cross may be left with
Jerry Jerome at the Building £ Loan
office, at The Times office, or with the
chapter chairman, J. S. Silversteen.
Following is statement by Chairman
Silversteen setting forth the call
To the Citizens of Transylvania
County:
The following telegram has just been
received from Mr. Norman H. Davis,
head of the American National Red
Cross:
“With the Invasion of Holland, Bel
gium and Luxembourg the war has en
tered a phase which will Inevitably
and at once bring widespread and ap
palling suffering to millions of helpless
men, women and children. In order to
inaugurate widespread relief meat.urea
the American Red Cross Is at once
launching a campaign for a minimum
war relief fund of Ten Million dollars.
‘Your Chapter quota Is $600.00 dol
lars. Please, at once mobilize the en
tire leadership of your chapter and
community in order t.hdt your quota
may be raised and exceeded without de
lay. Chapters may retain fifteen per
cent of collections to cover their local
war relief expenses. Letter of Instruc
tions follows.”
Since this telegram has been received,
the horrible suffering of the civilian
populations of the low countries, as we
learn from all newspaper reports, Is
beyond description, and I feel sure that
every one appreciates our blessings as
free Americans, and hope that when a
Committee calls on you, you will give
to the utmost of your ability.
Joseph S. Silversteen. Chairman,
Transylvania County Red Cross.
Dahlia Club Meeting
The Dahlia club will meet Tuesday
evening at 8 o’clock In the office of
Fred Shuford, announcement has been
made.
Selica School Holds
Mothers Day Program
Mother’s Day program was observed
at the Selica school last Friday as the
closing exercises, with parents and
citizens visiting the school.
Work of the grades was displayed
for benefit of the visiting parents, and
a short musical program was given by
Oneal, Arizona, and Iona Owen, fol
lowed by a program by the upper
grades.
Fifty people were guests at the
noon-day luncheon prepared and served
by the WPA lunch room. Food for
the occasion was provided by the teach
ers, Mrs. L. A. Dale, and Mrs. Marlon
English.
DEMOCRATS SEEKING
W.N.C. RECOGNITION
Ralph H. Ramsey Jr., Named
To Chairmanship—Delegates
Named To State Meeting
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., was elected
chairman of the Transylvania Dem
ocratic Executive committee at the con
vention here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Joe E. Osborne was named vice
chairmen, C. Lewis Osborne was made
secretary. Nineteen delegates were
elected to the state convention which
meets in Raleigh on Friday of this
week, May 17, as follows:
Mrs. Jos. S. Silversteen, R. L. Gash,
A. G. Kyle, R. F. Thomas, H. H. Patton,
George D. Shuford, R. H. Ramsey, Jr.,
Pat Kimzey, Otto Alexander, T. E.
Patton, Jr., S. E. Varner, Dr. Joe E
Osborne, Mrs. Avery Justus, Mrs. Jor
dan Whitmire, Mrs. Annie M. Douglas,
T. J. Wilson, M, W. Galloway, Joe P.
McLeod, and Jess A Galloway.
Any Transylvania County Democrat
who wishes to attend the state con
vention will be given credentials as an
alternate, and will be given a seat in
the convention, It was voted following
election of the delegates.
Otto Alexander, retiring chairman,
presided at the executive session which
elected the new committee heads, and
also at the general convention.
Executive committee members whose
credentials were presented and named
officially to represent the various pre
cincts during the coming two years
include: Boyd, P. A. Rabn; Brevard 1,
C. Y. Patton; Brevard 2, C. L. Osborne;
Brevard 8, Joe P. McLeod.
Catheys Creek, Joe Bryson; Cedar
Mountain, Paul Roberts; Dunn’s Rock.
Coy Compton; Eastatoe, Prank Mor
gan; East Pork, Charlie Gillespie;
Gloucester 1, Obie Fisher; Gloucester 2,
Orville Long; Hogback 1, Gus Bag
well ; Hogback 2, L. C. Case; Hogback 8,
E. A. Fteid; Little River, Frank Shu
ford; Old Toxaway, FFal Chappell;
Rosman, Flem Glazener.
Delegates to the state convention
will go uninstructed, according to vote
of the convention. Matter of voting
for or against third term for President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was discussed
by several members of the convention,
but prevailing vote was that the dele
gation go uninstructed in this matter
as well as others which may come up
in Raleigh on May 17.
Reapportionment for benefit of. Pied
mont and Western Carolina came in
for discussion, and the following res
olution was adopted by the body:
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dem
ocrats of Transylvania County favor
a reapportionment of House members
and a redistricting for Senate mem
bers by the 1941 session of the North
Carolina General Assembly, based on
the 1940 Census, in order that the
western section of the State may not
be deprived for another ten years of
Its just and proper representation in
the General Assembly, and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
the legislators) from this county be
urged to recognize (his) their duty
to support the Constitution and the
wishes of this convention to work act
ively and diligently for legislation to
bring about reapportionment and re
districting in the State at the next ses
sion of the General Assembly.
The convention went on record to
support men from the Western and
Piedmont sections for prominent state
posts until the dedlstricting is done
In accordance with the constitution, by
adopting the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED: That we, the
Democrats of Transylvania County
hereby declare that we will encourage
honorable, able and trustworthy citizens
of the piedmont and western counties
of the State to become candidates for
all State-wide elective executive of
fices, (meanwhile endorsing the plan
of alternating candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor between oast
and west, and of a United States Sen
ator each from east and west) and
that, other things being equal, we
promise to support candidates for these
offices from the piedmont and west,
until these sections get a fair and
equitable representation in State of
fices and thus have a proper and Just
voice in the operation and business
of the State.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs.
Charles Revis and Infant son, born
Monday, May 13, Mrs. H. P. Clark,
Louis Free, Johnnie Stewart and Emer
son West.
By-Laws Adopted For
Merchants Association
By-laws were adopted by the Bre
vard Merchants association at the meet
ing hold Monday night, and plans made
for carrying on the work here.
Election of officers will be held by
balloting, members to be notified by
mail this week.
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Paxton, Jr., of
Rosman announce the birth of a son,
Carlton Merrimon, on Tuesday, May
7. Mrs. Paxton was before her mar
riage a few years ago, Miss Marie Moore
of Rosman and Asheville.
Ecusta and Brevard
Play Away Saturday
Ecusta and the Tanners teams are
both scheduled to go visiting Saturday
afternoon, with the former playing at
Enka, and the latter at Tryon.
Last Saturday’s games proved dla-'
astrous to the home teams. Ecusta
lost to Tryon by the score of 8-5. and
the Tanners lost to Beacon 12-9.
Carr Lumber company’s team also
lost In their first game of the season,
to Hendersonville by the score 7-1.