The Transylvania Times
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TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY
Brevard, N. C.
THE NEWS THE TIMES
Estab. 1896 Estab. 1931
Consolidated 1932
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1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Thursday, April 22, 1943
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The group of women here who are now
making plans to organize a Brevard Busi
ness and Professional Women’s club are
to be commended and we hope that noth
ing will prevent them from perfecting the
organization. Such a club provides a won
derful opportunity for good1 fellowship
and will enable its members to contribute
more to the civic life of the community.
The colored people are certainly entitl
ed to have better school facilities and we
were impressed by the statement made by
Supt. J. B. Jones the other day.
“During my next two-year term, I hope
to see a Rosenwald school building con
structed.” he declared. To that we say,
“Amen.” Let’s everybody resolve to help
carry out this goal.
In these days of hard work, stress and
strain, as well as of intense anxiety, it is
important for everyone to play and relax.
The Ecusta Fun Festival last Friday night
provided fine nerve-strained relief tonic
and we commended Mr. John Eversman
and the Ecusta Paper corporation for
sponsoring such a highly entertaining pro
gram. We understand that they plan to
continue this activity and we hope they
do.
To The Graduates
Getting a diploma from high school is
an achievement and represents years of
work and study. Tomorrow night ninety
four Transylvania county boys and girls
will receive this coveted award. To them
go our hearty congratulations and sincere
best wishes.
We regret that they are to embark upon
a world over which the dark clouds of war
hang heavily, and we know that life for
them is not going to be a bed of roses. Ac
tually it never has been, even during peace
time.
In spite of the grave uncertainties con
fronting all of us, we firmly believe that
we will win this war and that the world
of tomorrow* will be a better world in
which to live than civilization has ever
known.
Upon the youth of today rests a great
responsibility, a great challenge. History
is being made rapidly now and high
school graduates of 1943 have the oppor
tunity of molding a more perfect civiliza
tion.
Keep The Lunchrooms!
With the closing of the schools taking
place throughout the county this w'eek,
now' is a good time to start making plans
for the 1943-44 school year.
We are glad that plans have already
been made to take advantage of the
state’s new' offer to pay all expenses for
a nine months’ term and that next year our
schools will be operated on a nine-month
basis.
From information obtained this week, it
is apparent that a large percentage of the
teachers will have been re-elected and
that they will return, although some of
them could probably find better paying
positions in direct war work. They are to
be highly commended for their loyalty
and devotion to the teaching profession,
which is one of the most essential profes
sions of all.
Among other plans we think should be
made for the next school year is the con
tinuance of the hot lunchroom program.
Aided by the WPA, nine schools in the
county operated lunchrooms this year and
well-rounded hot lunches were served
daily to an average of 1729 children. But
now the WPA is being discontinued and
support of the program must be found
from other sources. The WPA assistance
consisted chiefly in providing cooks and
paying their salaries. This service cost
the WPA around! $10,000. A good deal of
the food was furnished free by the sur
plus commodity agency. Each school or
the sponsor of the lunchroom project had
to provide fuel, equipment and repairs.
Supt. J. B. Jones has already given a lot
of thought to the possibilities of continu
ing the program. He estimates that the
total cost to the county would range be
tween $10,000 and $15,000. If Parent
Teachers Associations will assist, and! at
least two of them have indicated that
they will,* this cost could be greatly re
duced.
The communities could furnish food,
the Parent-Teachers Association could
help provide labor and in the larger
schools, higher prices could be charged
for the hot lunches.
Unquestionably the program has dem
onstrated its value and importance and
should not be discontinued.
Let’s Buy A Bomber
Wouldn’t you thrill with delight if you
knew that during the summer months a
large bomber named “MISS TRANSYL
VANIA’’ would fly over Berlin, Rome or
Tokyo and drop devastating bombs?
Wouldn’t a feeling of joy run all over
you if you knew that an airplane that had
been made possible with money which
you had' invested in war bonds, were to
sink an enemy ship and hasten the day of
Victory?
Naturally your answer is “yes.” And
do you realize that you have just such
an opportunity? True to its reputation,
Transylvania county has already more
than doubled its Second War Loan Drive
quota and if we can only sell about $55,
000 more in war bonds, we will reach the
$300,000 mark and thereby enable the
county to buy a large bomber and to name
it. “MISS TRANSYLVANIA.”
Wouldn’t every one of the thousand
men in service from this county be delight
ed with that news and wouldn’t they be
proud of their folks back home and of the
job we’re doing on the homefront? Of
course they would!
That’s the goal our war bond committee
has set and to reach that goal every single
man, woman and child in the county must
buy all of the bonds possible.
And unless we “buy until it hurts,” we
will not be making any sacrifice, because
we must remember that “they may give
their lives, while you will only be lending
your money.”
It can be done. Let’s buy a bomber!
Politics Warming Up
At a time like this when unity is so vital
to the success of the war effort, it is grat
ifying that there will be no political con
troversies in the Brevard and Rosman town
elections.
The political outlook in the state for
next year,however, is not so harmonious.
Even though the election is a year off sev
eral candidates are already running for
Governor and at least two for the United
States Senate,
Judge Wilson Warlick, of Newton, and
Dr. Ralph McDonald have formally an
nounced their intentions to seek the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor and Gregg
Cherry, of Gastonia, has clearly indicated
that he will be a candidate.
Senator Robert Reynolds has declared
that he will seek re-election and although
he has made no formal announcement,
Max Gardner, former Governor of the
state, is definitely running against North
Carolina’s j.: uior senator.
So there we have the stage already set
for what could easily be a hot political
campaign for both nominations for Gov
ernor and for Senator. All five of these
men are able and experienced politicians,
and if they really decide to run, all five of
them will turn on lots of steam.
Unless the end of the war is in sight by
next spring, we wish it were possible for
some plan to be worked out whereby the
voters could pick their nominees and offi
cers without having to go through a long,
and perhaps bitter political race.
We liked the way England celebrated
Hitler’s birthday by delivering smashing
blows on Berlin and other German cities.
The modern devil is also being given fine
birthday presents in North Africa, too. Be
fore this time next year, we hope the Al
lies will celebrate his birthday in the
streets of Berlin!
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By PaulMallon
WASHINGTON, April 21— Mr.
Roosevelt left out the most impor
tant point in his statement pro
testing congressional repeal of his
$25,000 salary limitation.
He built up a case of how awful
it is that anyone could make more
than $25,000 a year in wartime
when others are sacrificing their
lives and work for so much less.
That is the CIO case. They built
up the idea that big salaries are
unfair to the poor man.
The opposite happens to be
true, as can be proved.
This $25,000 salary limitation
would cost the government $100,
000,000 a year in taxes. The peo
ple’s treasury, the poor man’s
treasury, would lose that colossal
sum in wartime when Mr. Morgen
thau is scraping for every cent he
can get. This $100,000,000 defi
ciency would have to be met, not
by the rich, but by the CIO work
ers and others who would have to
pay more taxes.
The estimate of this $100,000.
000 tax cost has been furnished
by Colin F. Stam, chief expert of
the joint congressional commit
tee on taxation, an impartial au
thority, and also the best. Far
better for the poor man it will now
be, as the high salaried man will
be permitted to earn without lim
it—and the treasury will take
most of it away from him in taxes.
Actually, those who earn above
$25,000. net after taxes, will be
allowed to retain 10, 20 or 30 per
cent of what they make above that
figure. The government will get
the 70. 80 or 90 percent of their
earnings. If it tried to get it all,
obviously the big movie actor, the
outstanding lawyer or professional
man. would just earn his $25,000
and quit.
Ask me why the government
made such a foolish proposal or
the CIO endorsed it, and I cannot
answer. Perhaps, some political ad
vantage might accrue to those es
pousing any action against high
wage-earners, even at the cost of
$100,000,000 to the government in
a year. True, also, the average
man does not stop to figure these
things out.
At any rate, the move to limit
salaries is dead by congressional
action. Let no one erect over its
grave any false notion that it
would have helped the poor man
or anyone else.
While Vice President Wallace
is better known for his quart of
milk a day procurements, he once
said months ago that our military
expenditures after this war would
have to be “cut" to $20,000,000.
000 a year.
Some talk that our 2-ocean navy
will have to be a 4-ocean navy and
air force explains this tremen
dous figure—more than 20 times
as much as we spent for defense
in our slumbering days after the
last war.
But whether defense is to cost
$20,000,000,000 a year or not, the
new debt increase bill which the
president let become law without
his signature because of his ob
jection to the $25,000 salary rider,
shows what a tremendously ex
pensive government we will have.
When the debt rises to $210,
000,000,000, the interest costs to
the treasury will be more than
$5,000,000,000 a year — nearly
enough to run the whole United
States government in the Coolidge
era.
Executive and administrative
costs lately have averaged about
$7,000,000,000. Consequently, gov
ernment—even without defense—
must cost $12,000,000,000 a year,
or $2,000,000,000 more than the
New Dealers ever spent in their
wildest spending year before the
war.
If you add on to this only 25
percent of Wallace’s estimate and
place defense cost at $5,000,000,
000 a year, you will have an an
nual federal budget of $17,000,
000,000 a year—twice the size of
the average New Deal spending
outlay.
House Ways and Means Com
mittee Chairman Doughton was
wined and dined at home recently
and, therefore, came back strong
er than ever against Ruml, etc.
He was angry at reports that
Democratic floor leader Mac-Cor
mack was working behind the
scenes to get something out of the
tax mess in a pay-as-you-go line.
The situation is still inexpli
cable. All concerned sometimes
feel that they look like bewilder
ed children rather than tax lead
ers, and they are right in that
conclusion, at least. . . .
. . . Some serious “MacArthur
for President” talk is heard in
Republican circles for the first
time. One of the favorite sons pri
vately lists MacArthur as his per
sonal candidate (does not want his
name used yet). . . .
. . . What brought this talk out
was the Stimson order designed
to prevent anyone in the army
from ranning fora political office
•DARKEST AFRICA!"
COME ON,
FEET!
Dehydrators Are Made At Rosman
School At Cost Of Only 10 Cents
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Thrifty Dehydrator
Here’s Cecil Brown, a ninth
grade student at the Bosnian
high school and his unique de
hydrator which he made at a
cost of only ten cents.
Another Shipment
of Yarn Arrives
Yarn for the February knitting
quota has arrived, Mrs. J. W.
Smith, chairman, has announced,
and knitters for this Red Cross
project are asked to begin on the
work for the required garments.
This shipment has been much de
layed in transit here due to over
crowded conditions of transporta
tion.
Those who have in their pos
session any garments, finished or
unfinished, from the previous
quota are asked to bring them
at once to Mrs. Smith at the
knitting work room in the lib
rary.
Mrs. Summey’s Niece
Dies In Hospital Here
Mrs. B. E. Caldwell, 62, who had
been in Brevard two months with
her aunt, Mrs. T. B. Summey, died
in Transylvania Community hos
pital last Friday morning, follow
ing a stroke she suffered two days
previously at the home of her
aunt. The body was removed to
Spartanburg, S. C., her former
home, where funeral sendees and
burial took place Sunday after
noon.
Survivors are two married daugh
ters, one living in Atlanta, Ga.,
and the other in Boston, Mass.
Both were called here at the
death of their mother. Seven step
children also survive.
In addition to her aunt, Mrs.
Summey, Mrs. Caldwell also had
a brother, Sam B. Allison, living
in Brevard.
Moore-Trantham funeral di
rectors removed the body to
Spartanburg.
“Gimmie an all-day sucker,” the
youngster demanded of the candy
man. He was handed one.
‘‘Looks kind of small,” remark
ed the youth looking at it doubt
fully.
other than he now holds, or held
when placed on active duty. The
order thus helped the MacArthur
idea. If anyone wants MacArthur
to run for President, such an or
der will certainly not stop him.
. . . After getting a fourth term
organization started and putting
forth the idea to the country, the
administration game is now to soft
pedal ail talk along that line. You
hear very little discussion, even in
congressional cloakrooms.
R. E. Lawrence Has Taught
The Boys And Girls How
To Make Them
At a cost of only ten cents, the
vocational boys and the home eco
nomics girls of the Rosman high
school have been making econom
ical and efficient dehydrators in
vocational work shop at the school.
These dehydrators, believe it or
not, will operate spendidly, too.
They will dry all of the fruits and
vegetables a family will need at
no extra cost, Instructor R. E.
Lawrence states. They work on a
wood or coal kitchen stove and
can be used while meals are being
prepared, thus using heat from
the top of the stove that has been
lost for generations.
Dehydration is the same thing
as drying fruits and vegetables.
Dehydration means taking the
water out of food. The faster the
drying, the more food value is
saved. Dehydration is a fine meth
od of preserving certain fruits
and vegetables.
Electrical dehydrators get quick
est results, but the homemade
kind that uses heat from the stove
is effective. Miss Teague, county
home agent, has been demonstrat
ing homemade dehydrators for
over a year, and now Mr. Law
rence has perfected a more simpli
fied model that can be constructed
for only ten cents.
The dehydrators at Rosman
are mode of one-by-two slats of
wood and are simply a frame made
to fit over the top of stoves. The
front part of the frame is sup
ported by two upright slats with
a nail driven in the bottom to
keep the ends from getting hot
and the back part of the frame
rests on the warmer of the stove.
The frame may be covered with
screen wire, poultry wire, or with
wood slats placed one inch apart
on the frame. This is then cover
ed with cheese cloth to keep fruits
and vegetables off of the wire.
The dehydrator may be built two
decks high and may be lifted off
of the stove when not in use.
A variety of fruits and vege
tables may be dehydrated, such as
corn, beans, carrots, okra, spin
ach, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, to
matoes, blackberries, peaches, ap
pies, etc.
Funeral Service Is
Held For Egerton
B. T. Egerton, a former resi
dent of Brevard for many years,
died Monday morning at the
home of his brother-in-law in
Hendersonville, following an ex
tended period of ill health. Fun
eral service was held in Render
sonville Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. B. W. Thoma
son, pastor of the Brevard First
Baptist church, of which Mr. Eg
erton was a member.
Mr. Egerton, 88, was one of the
oldest locomotive engineers on
the Asheville division of the Sou
thern Railway, and was one of the
first engineers on the Henderson
ville-Brevard run, having served
on the line for 45 years. He retir
ed from active work about five
PELLEY BOND OF
$7,500 IS PAID
Former Brevard Woman
Was One Of The Co
signers Of The Bonds
Buncombe county received a
check this week for $7,500 for
payment on the bond of William
Dudley Pelley, erstwhile Silver
Shirt leader and this brings to
$10,000 the amount collected in
cash on the bond of Pelley when
he failed to appear in superior
court.
The first payment was made by
George B. Fisher, co-signer of the
bond with Mrs. Carrie Thrash Dor
sett, of Brevard and Asheville. It
was declared forfeited some time
ago.
A superccdeas bond was posted
some time ago by Marion B.
Hayes, of Asheville, to block fore
closure on the property of Mrs.
Dorsett for the amount of the
bond. The $7,500 check was sign
ed by Mrs. Marion B. Hayes. The
money will be turned over to
the board of education of Bun
combe.
The supreme court found that
Pelley was sentenced to serve 15
years in federal penitentiary by a
district court. Bonds were order
ed forfeited when Pelly failed to
appear.
Pre-School Clinics
Held In The Schools
Three successful pre-school
clinics have been held at Bre
vard, Rosman and Pisgah Forest
elementary schools, according to
information from the county
health department.
They were conducted under
the direction of Dr. Mary Michael,
assistant health officer, and Mrs.
J. R. McCracken.
A total of 47 children who plan
to enter the Brevard elementary
school were examined at the
clinic here. At Rosman 43 chil
dren were inspected and 16 at
Pisgah Forest.
The clinics were sponsored by
the P-T. As.
years ago. His wife, the former
Miss Cora Broyles, died a number
of years ago.
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