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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53; No. 22
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AQUATIC SCHOOL TO OPEN WED.
“Pay-As-You-Go” Tax Measure Expected To Become Law
WILL WITHHOLD
20 PERCENT OF
INCOME IN JULY
Bill Also Provides For 75 To
100 Percent Abatement
Year’s Taxes
IN SENATE NOW
Starting July 1. individual in
come taxpayers in Transylvania and
the nation will be placed on a
“pay-as-you-go" basis, with 20 per
cent deducted from pay envelopes
after family status exemptions
have been determined, according
to indications from Washington
today.
On Tuesday the House, by a vote
of over 2 to 1, passed the com
promised Ruml plan and sent it
to the Senate where early action
is expected.
The final measure that was sup
ported strongly by Republican
members and by House Ways
and Means Chairman Doughton, is
expected to receive the approval
of President Roosevelt.
It provides for from 75 to 100
percent abatement of one year’s
taxes and puts payment of this
year’s taxes on a “pay-as-you-go”
basis.
The bill provides:
1. 100 per cent abatement for
each taxpayer owing up to $50 in
taxes for the one year, 1942 or
1943, in which he had the smaller
taxable income.
2. A flat $50 abatement for each
person whose abatement '/tSt
(1942-1943) tax bill is between
$50 and $66.67.
3. An abatement of 75 per cent
for all persons with an abatement
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TO HOLD CANNING
DEMONSTRATIONS
Miss Teague Plans To Hold
Demonstrations In All
Communities
Miss Annabel Teague is now
making plans to hold canning dem
onstrations throughout the county
this month.
In addition to demonstrations at
regular meetings of home demon
stration clubs, meetings are to be
held in all communities in which
this service is desired.
A group of local women who
have had home economics training
and experience will assist Miss
Teague in giving some of the dem
onstrations.
All communities that want this
service are asked to get in touch
with Miss Teague.
A full list of volunteer workers
and a tentative schedule of meet
ings will be published next week.
Miss Teague again reminded
housewives that June 15 is the
deadline for filing applications for
pressure cookers. The county has
been given a liberal allotment.
In connection with the demonstra
tions, Miss Teague stated that
canning is a very important part of
the food conservation program.
Fish Killed In
French Broad To
Be Replaced Soon
Provisions have been made to
restock the French Broad river
below Brevard with fish, replac
ing the large number that were
killed following the heavy rain
on Thursday night, May 20, J.
H. Bradshaw, district game pro
tector, said yesterday.
The fish were reported float
ing down stream on Friday, May
21, by game wardens.
Mr. Bradshaw said that after
an investigation of the incident
he had been unable to determine
the cause of the death of the
fish.
Thousands of fish were said
to have been killed.
Several local people said that
in their opinion the fish were
killed by acid released into the
stream from the Ecusta Paper
corporation. The official investi
gation, however, did not disclose
this information.
United States Nuns Flee Vengeful Japs
Carrying some personal belongings, these U. S. Sisters of
Charity are pictured as thev fled to the hills from the Yukiang
Mission Church in China. They had just received word that Jap
troops were on their way to Kiangsi Providence to slay, burn, and
loot the area in reprisal for aid given to Doolittle’s raiders. The
photo was brought out of China by priests of the Vincentian Order,
Four Vacation Bible Schools
Are Now In Progress With A
Total Enrollment Over 250
Will Continue For Several
Days. List Of Teachers
Is Announced
Around 250 boys and girls of
Brevard are in attendance at the
four Vacation Bible schools which
are now in progress at four
churches in the town. The schools
began last w^eek and will come to
a close the latter part of next
week, or earlier.
The First Baptist church has
the largest attendance, with a total
of 125 reported to date. The com
bined Presbyterian and Episco
palian school has an enrollment
of 60, and the Methodists report
an enrollment of 35. The enroll
ment at the Second Baptist school
was not learned.
Teachers and assistants at the
First Baptist school include: begin
ners, Mrs. Excell Lothery, super
intendent, Mrs. George Massey and
Mrs. Albert Payne; primary, Mrs.
Harold Runion, superintendent,
Mrs. Bart Charles, Mrs. James
Hawkins, Mrs. L. E. Bagwell, Mrs.
Bradley Combs, Mrs. B. W. Thom
ason, Mrs. Mitchell Neely, Betty
McCall; Juniors, Mrs. A. E. Hamp
ton, superintendent, Mrs. W. P.
Tindall, Mrs. Roy Long, Mrs. J. A.
Crisp, Mrs. R. A. Payne, Mrs. H.
T. McDaniel, Mrs. Walter Kay,
Mrs. Ed Morgan, Mrs. T. E. Reid;
intermediates, Mrs. A. J. Bedding
field, Mrs. A. B. Galloway, Mrs.
Riley Merrill.. Rev. B. W. Thom
ason and Mrs. W. P. Tindall are
general superintendents, Susan
Redden is general secretary, and
Mrs. Flora Shytle is general as
sembly pianist. Closing exercises
will be Friday night, June 11.
Teachers and assistants at the
Presbyterian-Episcopal school are:
primary, Flora Lyday, Rosalie
Aherns, Barbara Bobst, Mrs. Rose
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JACKSON FOUGHT
JAPS LAST YEAR
ON GUADALCANAL
Transylvania Man Has Been
In Thick Of Fighting.
Visiting Here Now
Staff Sergeant Huey Jackson,
who is now spending a much-earn
ed furlough visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Jackson,
who live in the Little Mountain
section, has seen a great deal of
action in the Pacific war area
against the Japs.
He was among the first U. S.
army troops to land on Guadal
canal after the Marines had gain
ed a foothold. As a member of a
field artillery unit, he was in the
thick of firing and fighting for
several months.
Staff Sergeant Jackson has also
seen action in Australia and New
Caledonia, as well as other Pacific
islands where he was in the thick
of fighting.
Jackson was one of the first
to enter service from this county.
He has been in service around two
and a half years. Previously he
worked at Ecusta.
He says the Americans are real
ly making it hot for the Japs in
the Pacific and that the sun makes
it hot there for the Americans.
The temperature stays around
120 degrees almost all of the
time and only varies about 15 de
grees between summer and winter.
His furlough ends Friday at
which time he expects to resume
fighting against the Japs.
Regular Summer School Session At
Brevard College Will Open Monday
The prospects are bright for
good enrollment at Brevard col
lege for the summer session which
will open next Monday morning,
June 7, Dr. E. J. Coltrane announc
ed today.
To meet wartime emergency
educational needs, the college is
offering this summer, for the first
time in its history, an accelerated,
streamlined course for high school
students who can meet certain re
quirements and who have at least
eight credits.
“A high school student entering
Brevard college June 7 with eight
units of credit and remaining here
through the summer and fall ses
sions will be ready fqr admission
in the freshman college class next
February 1.” Dr. Coltrane said.
For the duration, the college
will be in continuous operation.
Three full semesters of college
work are offered. The summer
session starts June 7 and ends
September 18.
Dr. Coltrane also announced
that college students who stay in
school continuously for any two
semesters can complete a regular
college year.
“Boys who expect to enter some
branch of military service will find
at Brevard college several types
of programs which will prepare
them for efficient service to their
country and guarantee their pro
motion in th£ armed forces.” he
stated.
INDUSTRY TOLD
TO PLAN FOR
REPLACEMENTS
All Physically Fit Men Un
der 38 Are Scheduled For
Military Service
Industry should make plans now
to replace all men under 38 who
are physically fit for army service,
state selective service officials told
Transylvania and other Western
North Carolina draft board offi
cials at a meeting in Asheville
Tuesday.
Attending from here were Chair
man A. H. Harris and Oliver Orr,
members of the local draft board;
Attorney Mitchell, appeal agent
and Mrs. Harllee, clerk.
Major Charles R. Jonas, of the
co-ordination division and Major
Hugh L. Caveness, state adviser
on occupational deferments, spoke.
They stressed that an employer
can exercise some control over the
time his men are to be drafted.
It was pointed out that the system
calls for “an orderly withdrawal
of men from industry for the
army.” Draft board officials were
told they should make it plain to
employers that they will not be
suddenly bereft of help, but the
withdrawal will begin evenly and
will continue consistently and in
orderly fashion, allowing time for
replacements. These, it was stated,
should come from men 38 and
over, those who are physically un
fit for army service and women.
They were also told that the
state selective service system will
not require one board to fill calls
with fathers while single men and
married men without children are
on rosters of other boards.
The only single men and mar
ried men without children who
will not be called before fathers
are drafted are those high on the
list of occupational deferments.
The local board did not classify
any registrants at the meeting last
Monday night.
Yesterday Mrs. Mildred C. Fin
ley, clerical auditor supervisor of
the state system, Raleigh, was
here.
SOYBEAN VARIETY
DEMONSTRATION IS
STARTED TUESDAY
Nine Different Varieties Are
Planted On Deer Park
Home Farm
An interesting soybean variety
demonstration will be conducted
this season on the Deer Park Home
farm by James Dickson, operator
of the farm, in co-operation with
the extension service, Julian Glaze
ner announces.
Planting of nine different varie
ties has been completed. The pur
pose of the demonstration is to
test the yield and the oil content.
Each variety covers about one
twentieth of an acre.
“This is the first complete test
for seed and oil,” Mr. Glazener
said.
Other tests are also being car
ried on at the Deer Park Home
farm. These include tests in varie
of Austin Winter peas and barley.
Another significant thing that
Dickson has done during recent
months is to set out 5000 locust
trees on the farm.
YES, SIR, YOU CAN
GET YOUR CUFFS NOW!
If you have been worried be
cause your “victory” suit didn’t
have any cuffs, you can stop
worrying now because in the
future your trousers can legally
have cuffs!
The WPB has lifted the “no
cuff” ban, provided they can be
made from the average 3-inch
“turn-up” allowance on trous
ers manufactured from wool,
gabardine and heavyweight cot
ton and rayon material.
The WPB said 300,000 gar
ments had been made from cuff
material obtained during the ban
period.
Demand Action Of Congress Now!
Every American citizen who loves his country and who desires
above everything else a speedy and victorious termination of the
war should forthwith write his congressman and senators demand
ing that resolute action be taken NOW to reopen the coal mines.
We record it with deep humiliation and concern that our Chief
Executive after solemnly pledging to the nation a scant four
weeks ago that coal would be mined appears to be unable or un
willing to act. That places the matter squarely before congress.
The American people at this critical hour are not in a mood to
countenance equivocation or delay. They demand courageous and
effective action . . . NOW!
“No contract, no work,” the miners chanted as they marched
from the pits at the instigation of John L. Lewis. The action of
Lewis and his henchmen, in the language of the WTar Labor
Board, which he has arrogantly and repeatedly defied, “challenges
the sovereignty of the United States in time of war and gives aid
and comfort to our enemies.”
The constitution defines such action as treason. Lewis and
his miners are in open rebellion against the government of the
United States. Whatever the merit of their claims or grievances
may be, there can be no justification for such conduct. The adju
dication of the dispute among Lewis, the operators, the WLB and
Secretary Iekes is no longer the fundamental issue presented to
the American people by Lewis’ arrogant action. The question is,
shall the American people countenance treason?
Lewis at this critical hour has definitely aligned himself with
the enemy by hampering the war effort and brought reproach
upon thousands of patriotic miners. We repeat: Write your mem
bers of congress now! Urge that they take such action—any
action—that will revive the coal mining industry and expedite
the war effort.—An Editorial.
Annual Meeting Of Womans
Missionary Union To Be Held
In Brevard Next Thursday, 10th
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASS’N. TO MEET
HERE ON SUNDAY
June Session To Be Held At
Second Baptist Church.
Price To Speak
The June meeting of the Tran
sylvania Sunday School Association
will be held at the Second Baptist
church here this Sunday, starting
at 2:30 o clock and closing at four,
Supt. Fred Monteith announced to
day.
Rev. Mr. McGuire will have charge
of the devotionals and Rev. W. S.
Price will speak on the subject of
“A Revival in Every Church.”
During the business session, each
superintendent will be requested to
give a report.
“We would like for every church
to see that the Sunday school is
represented at this meeting,” Mr.
Monteith said. “By working togeth
er, we can accomplish the things
that we would like to accomplish
in our Sunday school work, other
wise we will not.
“We owe it to our children and
our neighbors’ children to have
good, live Sunday schools for them
to attend.”
Major H. J. Bradley, Mrs. Brad
ley and their son, John, of Mag
nolia, Miss., are visiting relatives
and friends here.
Approximately 100 Expect
ed To Attend. Will Meet
At Second Church
Approximately 100 persons from
the 15 churches of the Transyl
vania Baptist association are ex
pected to attend the annual meet
ing of the Woman’s Missionary
Union, which will be held in the
Brevard Second Baptist church
next Thursday, June 10, in an all
day meeting, it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. J. A. Anderson,
superintendent.
The main feature of the morn
ing session will be an address,
“Christ Exalted in all the King
doms of the Earth,” by Mrs. J. S.
Farmer, of Raleigh, State W. M. U.
president. The program theme for
the day is “Christ Pre-eminent.”
Highlight of the afternoon session
will be an address by Miss Bertha
Smith, missionary from China.
The morning session, which will
open with a hymn and the watch
word given in unison, will include
the following other features on the
program: devotionals, Mrs. Harold
Norwood; greetings, Mrs. Marvin
Edney; response, Mrs. J. L. Gilles
pie; recognition of visitors, by the
pastors; business, conducted by
the superintendent; Christ exalted
in the local society, by W. M. S.
presidents and young people’s
leaders; Christ exalted in the as
sociation: Superintendent, Mrs. J.
A. Anderson; mission study, Mrs.
J. W. Glazener; community mis
sions, Mrs. S. F. McAuley; training
school, Mrs. Ed Mackey; Margaret
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DeMolays Sponsor "Write Letters To
Men In Service Campaign" In County
With a slogan of “They Fight—
We Write, The More We Write
The Better They Fight,” the Bre
vard chapter of the order of De
Molays has launched as a major
project a Transylvania county
“write letters to men in service
campaign.”
The DeMolays are urging that
individuals, civic clubs, churches
and all other organizations write
more letters to men in service.
Such a campaign, they say, will
boost the morale. “Nothing else
will cheer them up quite so much
as letters from home,” it is stated.
As a direct service feature of
this letter writing campaign, the
DeMolays propose to compile a
list of names and addresses of all
men in service from this county
and to keep this file up-to-date so
that it will be available to every
one.
To obtain this information, the
DeMolays are asking the parents,
relatives and friends of men in
service to send them the names
and present addresses of the men.
They are also asking these same
individuals to notify the men of
this project and to ask that in
the future they send the DeMolays
a card giving any change of ad
dress.
The project was discussed at a
meeting with representatives of
other organizations, held here in
the courthouse a few days ago.
All of them pledged full co-opera
tion.
Another appeal is made else
where in this issue.
TO HOLD NATIONAL
RED CROSS SCHOOL
AT CAMP CAROLINA
Will Last 10 Days. Students
From Large Area
Will Attend
STAFF WILL MEET
The Red Cross National Aquatic
school,* which attracts the atten
tion of water front officials of
Eastern America to Brevard twice
each summer, will open the 20th.
annual session at Camp Carolina
next Wednesday for the first of
two 10-day periods.
The first session will last 10
days, ending June 19 and the sec
ond one will be staged from Au
gust 21 to 31.
Harry Kenning is expected to
direct the school again this season,
and the school’s staff, which is
composed of top men in their
field, will meet the first of the
week.
The students for the aquatic
school, who are chosen by Red
Cross chapters over the South
eastern area, represent a large
number of states and take the
courses of study here in order to
qualify themselves as instructors
in their home Red Cross units and
to become camp counselors.
The Brevard school is one of
five such schools conducted in
eastern America.
The curricula offered includes
fir/*> aid, swimming, diving, boat
ing first aid and accident preven
tion, canoeing and so on.
COUNTY DOUBLES
MAY BOND QUOTA
After Record Month, May
Sales Were Far Better
Than Anticipated
After having made the second
best record in North Carolina in
war bond sales in April, Transylvan
ia came back strong in May and
more than doubled its monthly
quota, Chairman E. H. McMahan
announced yesterday.
The county’s sales during May
were over $60,000, while the quota
was $29,350.00.
Sales were reported as follows:
Pisgah Forest post office, $18,
806.25;Brevard Federal Savings and
Loan, $9,973.25; Transylvania Trust
company, $8,887.50; Brevard post
office, $2,643.75 and Transylvania
Tanning company, $365.25, making
a total of $40,667.00.
In addition to that, the Federal
Reserve has given the county credit
for about $20,000 more, $15,000 of
which was believed to have gone in
too late in April for credit.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients reported yesterday af
ternoon to be in Transylvania Com
munity hospital were: Mrs. D. R.
Cathey and infant son, born May
29, Mrs. E. W. Gevedon and in
fant daughter, Barbara Joan, born
May 26, Mrs. Maxie Head, Mrs.
John R. Hudson.
Cost Of Getting
Drunk In Brevard
Is Nearly Double
The cost of getting drunk in
Brevard has nearly doubled
since the election of Mayor
Verne Clement.
A few months ago the aver
age first offender got off by pay
ing fines and cost amounting
to around $10.00, but in the
Mayor’s court now the fine is
$10, plus $8.05 cost, making a
total of $18.05.
“The cost of most everything
else has advanced and I see no
reason why public drunkenness
shouldn’t cost more too,” the
new Mayor declared.
In addition to that, it is point
ed out that the cost of liquor
has also advanced considerably.
“Considering everything, it ap
pears that only a rich man can
drink now,” some one asserted.