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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
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Vol. 51; No. 33
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941
$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
FUNERAL IS HELD
FOR WM. MILLER,
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Coroner’s Inquest Be Conduct
ed Today Into Death of
Last Monday Morning
Funeral service was held yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock at the Oak Grove
church for William Miller, 36, native of
Sapphire, who died in the Transylvania
Community hospital last Monday morn
ing as a result of head injuries received
when he was struck by a car on High
way 64 near Calvert around Sunday
midnight. Rev. Wade Nicholson officiat
ed at the service. Interment was in the
Oak Grove cemetery.
According to reports released through
Shreiff G. D. Shuford and Deputy T.
E. Brown, who investigated the acci
dent, Miller was struck down by a car
said to have been driven by Carl Bar
rett, young resident of Rosman. Miller
and a companion, William Parker, had
been driving toward Brevard in a truck,
the officers said, and they ran out of
gas. At the time of the accident Parker
was attempting to flag the car driven
by Barrett, also headed toward Brevard,
when Miller stepped from behind Park
er into the path of the moving car. He
was carried for several yards along the
highway before the car could be stop
ped.
Miller was rushed to Transylvania
Community hospital for treatment, but
his condition was regarded as critical
from the outset. He died at 10:30 Mon
day morning.
Young Barrett was held in the custody
of local officers until late Monday morn
ing when he was released under $5,000
bond. No charges have been preferred
against him as yet, but a coroner’s jury
has been impanelled for an inquest into
the death at 3 o’clock today at the court
house. Coroner J C. Wike will conduct
the inquest.
Miller is survived by his father. David
H. Miller, of Sapphire: three brothers.
Noah C. Miller, of Rabun Gap. Ga., and
P. A. and Floyd K. Miller, of Sapphire;
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Owens, of Wash
ington. D. C.. and Mrs. Louise Har
rison, of Brevard.
CAMP EDITION IS
ISSUED THIS WEEK
All Camps And Many Firms
Have Cooperated In Pro
duction of Edition
Included with this issue of The Times
is the Boys’ and Girls’ Summer Camp
Edition, a 16-page tabloid featuring
stories and pictures about the various
summer camps in Transylvania county.
The Times is happy to bring this special
edition to its readers and sincerely
trusts that it will be of interest and
value to all who read it and to those
who have cooperated in its production.
Camps which have participated in
clude Deerwoode, Rockbrook, Carolina,
Transylvania, Keystone, Sapphire, Con
nestee, Eagle’s Nest, Cateechee. and II
lahee, all of the regular established
camps in the county.
Firms which helped make the edition
possible include the Ecusta Paper cor
poration, Long’s Drug store Brevard
Auto Supply, The Grill, Tran sylvan
Trust company, Hayes Motor company.
Co-Ed and Clemson theatres Tinsley's
Gulf Station, The Carr Lumber com
pany, the churches, D. Guy Dean. Gal
loway’s Cafe, Parson’s Jewelry stov.
Farmers Federation, Rose’s, Cent^^y|
Bowling alleys. Gibb’s Esso
Dixie Stores, Belk’s, Pet Dairy Pr
ducts. Hallie’s Shop, Western Auto A.
sociate store, Plummer's, B & B Feed
and Seed company, and Patterson’s.
The town of Brevard and Transylvan .
county also cooperated.
FARM AGENT RECOVERING
J. A. Glazener, Transylvania far?;
agent, is reported to be resting weii at i
the Veterans’ hospital in Johnson City, I
Tennessee, where he has undergone op- !
erations recently.
He expresses appreciation for the
many letters he has received from
friends and regrets that he will be un
able to answer them at present.
SCHOOL OPENING
PLANS ARE SET
Opening Day Programs Will
Be In Charge of Building
Principals
County Superintendent of Schools J.
B. Jones said here yesterday that plans
were gonig ahead for the opening of
all public schools in the county on Thurs
day, August 28, in accordance with an
nouncement made two weeks ago.
Opening day programs will be in the
hands of the individual building prin
cipals, but none of them have announc
ed a detailed program for that day.
Mr. Jones said that some busses were
being replaced this year with new ones
while others were being reconditioned to
make them absolutely safe for the school
children to ride in. The bus routes, he
said, will cover the same mileage as
last year, with the exception of the
possibility that some six miles will be
added in the lower end of the county.
Duiring the summer time repairs have
been made on a number of school build
ings in the county, including painting,
of exterior and interior Of some.
MODERN ECUSTA CAFETERIA BUILDING
Shown above is the $60,000 cafeteria building recently
completed at Ecusta and opened to employes last week.
Said to be the most modern cafeteria in this section of the
state, it will seat around 300 customers.
(Times Photo by McNeil)
SUMMER SCHOOL
AT BREVARD TO
CLOSEFRIDAY
Four Students Are To Receive
Diplomas On Completion
Of Work
The current summer school session at
Brevard College will close Friday, Aug.
15, according to announcement by C.
E. Buckner, dean of the college and
director of the summer school.
Although no regular commencement
exercises will be held, Mr. Buckner
said, diplomas will be awarded to four
students who are this summer complet
ing requirements for graduation from
the standard junior college course.
Those to graduate are James Pickol
simer and Juanita Ward, of Brevard;
K. X. Kirkman of Greensboro, Route 1;
and Vivian Huff, of Liberty, South
Carolina.
Examinations for the close of sum
mer school are to be held on Thursday
and Friday of this week, with the final
examination period closing at 12:30 p.
m. Friday marking the end of the nine
weeks summer school term.
Approximately 50 students have been
enrolled at Brevard this summer, Dean
Buckner said.
Jaycees Sponsor
Dance Saturday
A round dance, under the sponsorship
of the Brevard Jaycees, will be held at
the country club Saturday night, be
ginning promptly at 9 p.m. (Eastern
daylight time). Tickets are now oil sale
at all the drug stores.
Music will be furnished by Dave
Burnside and his famous radio orches
tra of Greenville. S. C., secretary John
Anderson announces. Committee chair
men for the mid-summer dance are:
Joe Hunter, in charge of the music and
tickets; Ruel Hunt, decorations; John
nderson, publicity; Ed Rothbauer and
Karl Straus, chief marshalls; and
Ernest McFaul, gate.
SINGERS TO MEET
The Upper District County Singing
>nvention meets at Zion church on
unday, August 17, at 2 o’clock p.m.,
mvention members have announced.
Pion church is located- near Rosman.
/ 11 singers are invited to attend.
A SIX-YEAR-OLD
FLIES AIRLANES
ALL BY HERSELF
This modern machine
age caught up with blase
little Willie Kate Waters,
6, granddaughter of Mr.
.and Mrs. J. E. Waters, of
Brevard, last Monday
when she winged off to
Buffalo, New York, all by
her lonesome on a fast
passenger airliner.
Wee and winsome Wil
lie Kate was down for a
visit with her grandpar
ents, and she just had to
get back to “Noo York” in
a hurry—to see an ailing
doll perhaps—so she made
reservations on a plane
stopping at Greenville,
S C.. She didn't drive down
to meet the plane, but
once at the airport she bid
her grandparents adieu
and boarded the airliner,
bag, baggage and powder
puff.
On board, she settled
back comfortably for the
600 mile trip, smoothed
out the ruffles on her
thigh-high dress, and be
gan wondering how her
doll was getting along way
up in “Noo York."
THIRTEEN CALLED
IN AUGUST 20 DRAFT
Men Will Be Inducted At Fort
Bragg; Three Are
Volunteers
Thirteen Transylvania county men
have been called in the selective service
draft call for August 20, Mrs. Allie B.
Harllee, clerk to the local draft board,
has announced. They will be inducted
at Fort Bragg.
Men notified to report for induction
are D. C. Landreth, Jr., of Brevard,
Route 2; Frederick William Morris, Bre
vard. Route 2; Gordon Brown Prentice,
former Brevard College student from
Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Roy J. Bed
dingfield, Oakland; Ernest B. Todd,
former Brevard College student, Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina; Vetter H.
Hinkle, Sapphire; Walter William Hold
en, Brevard, Route 2; Joseph D. Blythe.
Horse Shoe; Melvin L. McCormick.
Brevard, Route 2; Lewis M. Meece,
Brevard, Route 2; James M. Alderman.
Brevard; Leroy William Searcy, Bre
vard, Route 2; Jones Garren, Cedar
Mountain.
, The three volunteers in the group are
|D. C. Landreth, Jr., Frederick William
j Morris, and Walter William Holden.
Mrs. Harllee announced that the
September 11 call quota was for eleven
white men.
JENNIE BOWEN’S
WILL CLOSE OUT
Closing Out Sale Be Staged At
Her Shop Beginning To
morrow Morning
Jennie Bowen’s, ladies’ exclusive
ready-to-wear shop which has operated
in Brevard for the past several years,
will be discontinued here, according to
announcement by the operator, Jennie
Bowen. Beginning tomorrow, a closing
out sale, featuring outstanding values
in ladies’ ready-to-wear, will be held
in the establishment on West Main
street.
Jennie Bowen, in making the an
nouncement that she would close her
shop in Brevard, said she was sorry that
she had found it necessary to close her
shop here, but that her business in
Hendersonville is taking all of her time.
She said she sincerely appreciated all
of the business the citizens of Brevard
and Transylvania county had given her
and that her business relations here
had been very pleasant. She urges all
of her customers to come in and take
advantage of the greatly reduced prices
during the closing out sale.
The shop will be closed all day in
preparation for the sale, she said.
Series Of Home ^reak-Ins Here
Prove Baffling To Local Police;
Fingerprints Are Being Taken
ONS FUND QUOTA
EASILY REACHED
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Total of 165 Persons, Firms
Make Contributions To
Ambulance Fund
One hundred fifty-six persons and
firms contributed $211.67 toward the
Old North State Fund, over-paying the
Transylvania county quota by $11.67.
A committee tor the county was nam
ed several weeks ago by Governor J.
M. Broughton, and request made that
as many people as possible be asked to
make small contributions to the fund
which goes toward buying an airplane
ambulance for use by British civilians.
Total cost of the ambulance is $75,
000, and was underwritten by a group of
patriotic citizens of the state. The am
bulance will be delivered to London
within a few weeks, and will be used
exclusively for evacuation and hos
pitalization of civilians who are wound
ed in air raids.
People in all sections of the state are
making contributions to the fund, it
was announced from Raleigh first of
the week, and at the same time, Tran
sylvania was listed as one among the
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HOUSE VOTES FOR
EXTENDED DRAFT
Passes By A Narrow Margin .Of
203 To 202 Votes On
Tuesday Night
WASHINGTON.—In an atmosphere of
hushed tension alternating with clam
orous uproar, the House passed the
army service extension bill last Tues
day by a single vote—203 to 202.
By that narrow margin, it saved the
administration from a devastating de
feat and apparently assured the ulti
mate enactment of the legislation, per
haps by the end of this week.
Twenty-one Republicans joined 182
Democrats in voting for the bill. The
oppositoin votes were cast by 65 Demo
crats, 133 Republicans and four minor
party members. (All Carolinians voted
for the bill except McMillan of the Sixth
South Carolina.)
The measure had already received
Senate approval in different language,
but the principal provisions exactly the
same:
The President is empowered to keep
draftees, militiamen, reservists and
army enlisted men in the service for a
maximum period of 18 months beyond
the term for which they were inducted.
All will receive a raise of $10 a month
after they have completed one year in
the Army. (The present basic army pay
is $30 a month.)
The previous restriction limiting the
number of draftees simultaneously in
the army to 900,000 is removed.
Subject At Methodist
Church Sunday Given
The pastor, Rev. E. P. Billups, will
preach at. 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morn
ing using as his subject, “Sensitive to
the Divine”.
The Methodist congregation will unite
with the Baptist congregation at the
Baptist church on Sunday evening at
8:00 o’clock Visitors are welcome at
both services*.
Reports Indicate German
Tliird Offensive Stopped
Moose Lodge To
Sponsor Minstrel
The local lodge of the Loyal Order of
Moose has voted to sponsor a minstrel
show at an early date, proceeds raised
from which will go toward equipping
the nursery for the Transylvania Com
munity hospital, John A. Ford, secre
tary of the lodge, announces.
Mr. Ford stated that some members
aire still confused about the hour of
meeting. Meetings are held each Mon
day evening In the Woodmen Hall on
Broad street at 8 o'clock daylight sav
ing time, he emphasized.
PENDLETON TO PREACH
Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of the
First Baptist church here, Is spending
the week in Townville, South Carolina.
E. R. Pendleton will fill the pulpit In
the absence of Mr. Thomason next Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock, it has been
announced.
Soviets Announce Nothing Im
portant To Release In
Communique
Comparative calm descended on the
eastern front Wednesday, indicating
the Russian resistance had put a check
to the third German offensive from the
northern lakes to the fields of the
Ukraine. The early morning Soviet
communique announced significantly
that there was nothing important to re
port from the front. The Red air force
continued action over land troope lock
ed along the 1,800 mile battle lines.
At the same time, German military
sources declared that German troops
stormed forward to the shores of the
Black sea, hemming in large Russian
forces in the Odessa area and making
the Red army’s position in the Ukraine
virtually untenable.
Marshal Philippe Petain fatefully
summoned Prance to collaborate will
ingly with Germany, gravely calling
upon the nation to share with
her conqueror in recasting the map of
the world, and threatening to smash
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TIMES WILL RAISE
RATES SEPT. 15TH
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Announced elsewhere in The
Transylvania Times today is a
change in the subscription
rates, effective September 15.
There has been no advance
in rates since The Times was
established in the early 30fs,
and since that time the paper
has increased in size as well as
new features being added.
Publisher Ed M. Anderson
pointed out that a slight ad
vance in the rates was neces
sary at this time because of
rising prices on practically all
materials used.
Subscribers, however, may
take advantage of the present
rates before September 15 and
are urged to renew or to send
in new subscriptions at once.
The new rates are announced
in detail in the advertisement
in this issue of The Times.
Plummer’s To Hold
Summer Clearance
Plummer's, one of Brevard’s leading
department stores, will stage their
j ninth annual summer clearance sale,
| beginning Friday morning of this week.
I Prices have been slashed to the bot
tom for this event, Robert Plummer,
manager, announces, and he urges all
of his customers to come in and take
advantage of the quality merchandise at
the very low prices.
DAHLIA SHOW IS
SET FOR AUG. 23
Annual Event Will Be Held At
College Gymnasium; Silver
Cups Awards
Brevard’s 12th annual dahlia show
will be held in the gymnasium of Bre
vard College Saturday afternoon and
evening, August 23, from 1 to 9:30
o’clock, sponsored by the Transylvania
Dahlia club.
The dahlia show, which has for its j
main purpose to encourage and inspire ]
dahlia growing in Brevard and Transyl
vania county, will be open to all dahlia
growers in the town and county, who are
urged to enter one or more in the dif
ferent classifications. Exhibitors are
asked to have their flowers at the build
ing by 11 o’clock Saturday morning in
order to allow plenty of time for ar
rangement before the judges begin their
work. Members of the club will be in
readiness to assist exhibitors with ar
rangement of their dahlias, if desired.
Exhibitors are asked to bring their own
flower containers.
Three silver cups will be awarded,
besides 14 other prizes and ribbon
awards. The dahlia show classification
will be printed in next week’s paper.
Dr. G. B. Lynch is general chairman
of the dahlia show. Other chairmen and
committee members include: John Ash
worth, co-chairman; F. E. Shuford,
classification chairman; Mrs. John
Maxwell, entry chairman; Mrs. Brown
Carr, publicity and prizes; Mrs. C. ft.
Sharp, ribbons; Mrs. Marcus Williams,
registration chairman; Miss Julia Denv
er, building and staging; John Ashworth
show room and tables.
FARM TOURS TO
OPENHERETODAY
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Visitations Will Be Made To
Demonstration Farms In
The County
The annual community farm tours
for Transylvania county, sponsored by
the county farm agents and the Agri
cultural Extension Service, will get un
der way here today, Edwin L. Shore,
assistant county farm agent, has an
nounced.
Mr. Shore said that tours win be made
to the various demonstration farms in
the county, with about 10 fairms to be
visited each afternoon of the four-day
schedule. The public is cordially invited
-to make these tours with the agricul
tural officials, he said, and some trans
portation will be furnished if officials at
the county agent’s office are contacted.
The tours will begin about 2: SO o’clock
and return will be made to Brevard
around 6 p.m.
The schedule of dates and communi
ties to be visited follows: Thursday,
August 14, Little River; Friday, August
16, Brevard-Dunn’s Rock; Monday,
August 18, Gloucester-Lake Toxaway;
Tuesday, August 19, Calvert-Cfcerry
field.
Clothing, Jewelry, Money Are
Among Articles Taken
From Homes Here
A series of break-ins to Brevard
homes have temporarily baffled local
officers In their attempt to track down
the burglar or burglars, but Chief of
Police B. H. Freeman said here yester
day the meager clues were being sifted
and that finger prints were being taken
from a window of one of the homes en
tered.
Four private homes have been entered
within the past week here, Chief Free
man said, two of which were tempor
arily unoccupied. Homes entered were
listed as those of Nat Townsend and
Horace Hall, on Parkview Drive, and
Walter Hart and Jerry Jerome, just off
Park avenue. The latter were unoccu
pied for the summer.
The report issued by local officers
stated that nothing was missing in the
homes of Nat Townsend and Jerry
Jerome, but that a number of articles
were taken from the other two. All were
entered at night. The fact that the
burglar or burglars entered the homes
of Mr. Townsend and Mr. Hall when
they were temporarily out, indicates
that the person or persons entering
knew pretty well the daily habits of
these two families, officers said, and
therefore they are pretty well satisfied
that the break-ins were made by a per
son or persons living in or near Bre
vard .
Articles taken from the home of Wal
ter Hart were listed as jewelry, ladies’
clothing and a small amount of money.
A portable typewriter, portable sewing
machine, rings, and a lady’s watch were
given by officers as the articles taken
from the home of Horace Hall.
Chief Freeman said that fingerprints
were being taken off the window of
Hall’s home where the entry was made.
He said he hoped that this, together
with other clues which he did not re
veal, would enable them to track down
the guilty person or persons.
The epidemic of break-ins has brought
anxiety to the entire community, and
inquiries have been plentiful at local
hardware stores for pistols. In making
these inquiries, local citizens stated
that they hadn’t ever kept firearms in
their homes, but if such as this kept up
they felt like they needed them for
protection.
TO CONDUCT FIRST
AID COURSE HERE
Certificates Will Be Awarded
In Junior, Standard, Ad
vanced Aid
A 20-hour course in first aid under the
auspices of the American National Red
Cross, in which certificates in junior,
standard, and advanced first aid will be
awarded, will be opened in Brevard next
week, Carl M. Gross, who will instruct
in the first aid course, has announced.
Classes will be held each Tuesday and
Thursday evening1 from 8 until 10 p.m.,
and the first class will be conducted next
Tuesday evening probably. The Red
Cross work room over the City Hall
will be used as a classroom.
Instruction is absolutely free, Mr.
Gross emphasized, and both men and
women will be welcomed to the classes.
He pointed out that the course would
be beneficial to people in all walks of
life and that knowledge gained in such
a course may mean saving a life or a
limb some time.
Mr. Gross said that all members of
the local fire department are especially
urged to enroll for the course, and he
stated that provisions for making up
classes would be made for those who
wish to enroll and who are working
shifts at Ecusta or other industrial
plants in the county. Henry Newbury,
safety director at Ecusta, is expected
to enroll for the course along with a
number of other Ecusta employes.
Those desiring further information
about the first aid course should get in
touch with Mr. Gross prior to the open
ing of the first class next Tuesday. He
is manager of Carlton’s Jewelry store
on West Main street, and may be con
tacted there.
Dances, Sings Are
Drawing Big Crowds
With upwards of 3,000 people attend
ing the Monday night street dances, and
600 to 800 attending the Thursday night
community singings, the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce is going forward
steadily with its plans for summer en
tertainment.
“Big ring, circle left, and....”, the
street dances are attracting people from
South Carolina and even parts of Geo
gia each Monday, along with hundreds
of summer visitors and home folks as
well.
At the Thursday night singing, also
held on South Broad near the high
school, many visitors register at each
event, and over a hundred of these have
asked the privilege of keeping the song
programs.
In normal times France imports three
times as much wine as she exports