The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Voi. 53; No. 26
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1943
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FOURTH TO BE OBSERVED HERE
Work Or Fight” Meeting To Be Held Monday Night
GOVERNOR HAS
APPOINTED HARRY
STRAUS CHAIRMAN
Patriotic Meeting Will Be
In Courthouse. Public
Cordially Invited
BAND WILL PLAY
In response to a request and
proclamation issued by Gov. J.
M. Broughton, a county wide
meeting to discuss plans to end
any idleness and loafing in Bre
vard and Transylvania and to see
that every able-bodied person is
employed productively on a full
time basis will be held at the
courthouse here next Monday
night at 8 o'clock, Harry Straus,
whom Governor Broughton has
appointed as county chairman, an
nounced this week.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the patriotic meeting
and special invitations have been
sent to heads of organizations,
industrial leaders, merchants,
farmers, ministers, officers, coun
ty and town officials.
Before the program starts, the
Ecusta band will give a 15-minute
concert. Chairman Straus will
preside and state the purpose of
the meeting. The Governor’s proc
lamation will be read by F. S.
Best and talks will be made by
Ralph Ramsey, Carl Allison, May
or Verne Clement and Julian A.
Glazener. A plan of action will
also be adopted at the meeting.
The Governor designated Mon
day, July 5th, as “North Carolina
Day of Dedication” and called up
on every one to observe Indepen
dence day by seeing that every
able-bodied person is at work.
In a letter to Mr. Straus and
other county chairmen, he stated
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300 BEAN PICKERS
NEEDED IN COUNTY
Appeal Made For Local La
bor. To Bring In 100
Persons Today
At least 150 bean pickers are
needed in Transylvania to pick
beans this week and by Monday
approximately 150 more persons
will be needed, according to J. W.
Johnston, of Homestead, Fla., who
has 300 acres of beans in the coun
ty this season.
Mr. Johnston said that he is
having difficulty in getting enough
labor and has asked town and
county leaders to help solve the
problem. County Agent Julian A.
Glazener has requested that all
those who want to pick beans to
contact Mr. Johnston or his of
fice.
Mr. Johnston said that around
250 persons will be needed in the
county throughout the summer
months. High school students are
urged to help. Transportation is
provided to and from the field.
Approximately 100 persons are
expected to arrive here this morn
ing from Florida to pick and ar
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35-Mile-Per-Hour
Speed Limit Being
Enforced In State
Patrolman H. M. Morrow and
all other members of the state
highway patrol are enforcing the
state’s 35-mi le-per-hdUr speed
limit, and in the mayor’s court
here last Monday night several
cases of violation of the speed
law were tried, and offenders
were taxed $10 and costs.
The Patrolman is also picking
up and citing to court all drivers
who do not have their drivers’
licenses. Four of these cases
were tried Monday night and
fines of $10 and cost imposed,
with the fine suspended upon
condition that the operators
would get licenses at once.
Driver’s licenses are issued at
the courthouse every Wednesday
morning. All other officers are
co-operating1 with the patrolmen
in enforcing these laws.
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Germany Bolstering Balkan Defenses
German jitters over the Balkans, it is reported from neutral
sources in Europe and the Middle East, has prompted the High
Command to pour increasing numbers of troops, tanks, and dive
bomber squadrons into that age-old trouble area. Fear of an Allied
invasion through the Nazi satellite countries and captured Greece
has resulted in the massing of 63 divisions behind a strong line of
fortifications. Invasion fear has also caused Mussolini to declare
nine provinces in Southern Italy “operational zones" and to place
them under martial law.—(International)
Plans Are Now Being Made
To Establish Community
Ceiling Prices In County
Volunteer Price Panel Assis
tants To Get Prices From
Various Stores
In line with the President’s pro
gram of holding the cost of living
down, plans are now being made
to establish community ceiling
prices on all staple items sold in
Brevard and Transylvania county,
Jerry Jerome, chairman of the
county OPA price panel commit
tee, announced today.
Eight Brevard women who have
volunteered their services have
been appointed as price panel as
sistants of the local wartime price
and rationing board and will visit
various stores in Brevard and
make a list of items and prices.
Volunteer assistants will do the
same thing at Rosman and Pisgah
Forest. These items and prices
will be sent to the OPA office in
Charlotte and clerks there will de
termine community ceiling prices
for Brevard and Transylvania
county, the same as is being done
throughout the state and nation.
“In other words, instead of the
present ceiling price program,
based on the prices as of March
1. 1942, together with allowable
increases since that time, all items
sold in the community will have
the same ceiling prices,£ L. R.
Hamilton, of the OPA office in
Asheville, told members of the
price board committee and assis
tants at a meeting here last Fri
day.
The ceiling on the price of a
pound of certain meat will be the
same for the county, but indivi
dual stores may sell under that
price, he explained.
Miss Mattie E. Lewis is price
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MRS. GILLESPIE
IS APPOINTED AS
REGISTER DEEDS
Will Serve While Husband
Is Away In The Army.
Appointed Monday
At a special meeting of the coun
ty commissioners Monday, Mrs.
Melvin Gillespie was appointed to
serve as Transylvania county reg
ister of deeds while her husband
is away in military service.
Mr. Gillespie will leave tomor
row morning for Fort Jackson
where he will enter service.
Along with her teaching duties,
Mrs. Gillespie has assisted her hus
band in running the office, and
is quite familiar with all of its
duties, the commissioners stated.
In granting Mr. Gillespie a leave
ot-absence, the commissioners high
ly commended him for the fine
service he has rendered and ex
pressed regrets over having to
lose him, at least for the duration.
Mrs. Gillespie makes the 13th
woman register of deeds in North
Carolina. She is a native of Davie
county, but has been living here
since 1927 where she has taught
music and the first grade. She
is a graduate of the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina. She has been married
since 1934.
Pvt. Oliver H. Orr, Jr., of the
army air service at Camp Chaffee,
Ark., is spending his furlough this
week here with his parents.
New “Pay-As-You-Go" Tax Measure
Effective With First Pay Period
The new “Pay-As-You-Go” in
come tax law will become effective
the first pay period in July.
The bill is not a new income tax
measure in-so-far-as the amounts of
income tax payments are concern
ed, but the method of payment
and collection is changed.
It requires the employer to with
hold a certain proportion of your
wages or salaries every payday.
Beginning with the pay you will
receive for the first full work
pay period after July 1st., your
employer will withhold this tax
from your wages and salaries.
Therefore, you will begin to pay
your regular Income and Victory
taxes as you earn the income, sub
ject to the tax.
The money withheld is not kept
b> the employer, but is turned
over to the United States Treasury.
It is your money and stands to
your credit as a prepayment of
your Federal Income and Victory
taxes.
After the close of the year, your
employer will give you a receipt
showing exactly how much of your
money has gone to the United
States Treasury toward the pay
ment of your taxes. Be sure to
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EXPECT BODY OF
ALVIN ROCKWOOD
TO ARRIVE TODAY
Funeral May Be Held This
Afternoon Or Tomorrow.
Drowned In Florida
The body of Alvin Rockwood,
well known Brevard man who
was drowned near Tampa, Fla.,
last week, is expected to arrive
today and funeral service may be
held this afternoon or some time
tomorrow at the First Baptist
church.
No definite funeral arrange
ments could be made yesterday
because definite information could
not be obtained as to when the
body would reach here, it was
stated.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Rock
wood received a telegram from a
funeral home in Tampa, stating
that her husband was drowned
last Thursday and the body re
covered on Saturday. “We post
poned notifying you, pending pos
itive proof,” the message stated.
Rockwood was a prominent Leg
ionnaire and members of the Mon
roe Wilson post will assist in con
ducting the funeral.
The deceased was a native of
Massachusetts, but had lived in
Brevard most of the time for the
past several years. He sustained
permanent injuries in the first
world war and was unable to work
full time. However, he was active
in civic affairs and served as com
mander of the Legion post here.
He was 45 years old at the time
of his death.
He went to Florida last fall
and spent the winter at Fort
erce with his family. They re
turned in April and he went over
tc Tampa to help in coast guard
work. He may have been on a pa
trol when he was drowned.
He is survived by his wife and
one daughter, Dorothy Gay.
CONDITION OF
ERNEST BALL IS
NOW IMPROVING
Gardner Still Being Held In
Jail Pending Outcome
Of Ball’s Condition
The condition of Ernest Ball,
18-year-old Connestee boy who was
seriously cut across the stomach
with a knife here last Saturday af
ternoon by Charles Gardner, of
Mitchell county, is improving rap
idly, it was learned at the Tran
sylvania Community hospital yes
terday.
For several days Ball’s condition
was extremely critical because
the long gash across the abdomen
cut the liver in several places.
Gardner was arrested a short
time after the affray occurred
here in front of the Canteen cafe
and had not been released from
jail yesterday afternoon, pending
the outcome of the injured boy.
Chief Freeman said his inves
tigation disclosed that Gardner
was in the cafe when Ball walked
in with a girl, whom he identified
as Gladys Houston, of near Bre
vard. Neither of the boys knew
each other, he said, but they got
into an argument over the girl.
Going outside of the cafe, Ball
is alleged to have struck Gardner
with his fist out on the sidewalk
and then Gardner is alleged to
have cut Ball with a pocket knife.
The boy is said to have walked
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Duke Power Official
To Address Kiwanis
Club Friday Night
John Paul Lucas, of Charlotte
and a well known official of the
Duke Power company, will speak
at the regular meeting of the Bre
vard Kiwanis club which meets at
the Bryant house here tomorrow
night at 7:30 o’clock.
President Paul Tindall has set
the month of July as honor roll
month and is urging every Kiwan
ian to have a perfect attendance
for the month.
Junior Commandos Stage A Parade Here
In celebrating a successful scrap metal collection drive, Tran
sylvania county Junior Commandos, sponsored by the Jaycees,
staged a parade here last Saturday afternoon and enjoyed a
theatre party given by their sponsors. Leading the parade were
Fred Taylor, Jaycee Commando chairman; Pfc. John Anderson
and Seaman Vernon Fullbright, former Jaycee presidents; Howard
Wyatt, county salvage chairman, and Paul Pipkin, flag bearer.
Lions Club Won Blind Trophy
And Three Second Places At
Annual Meeting In Winston
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j Times Praised For
| Winning Award
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Two Tramps Have
Packs Filled With
Many Odd Items
Two aged men with large packs
on their backs were arrested by
Sheriff Hayes and Chief Tom Wood
at Rosman a few days ago on sus
picion. An investigation of the
packs disclosed some unusual in
formation. Instead of carrying
time bombs and such, as had been
suspected, the packs contained all
kinds of small items such as razor
blades, safety pins, scissors, etc.
After the men had spent the
night in jail, officers said they
were convinced that the tramps
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Local Club Receive ! District
> Honors For Attendance
And Activities -
The Brevard Lions club won a
“lion’s share” of honors at the
21st annual convention of multi
ple district 31, Lions International
of North Carolina, held in Winston
Salem last Sunday and Monday.
The local club won first place
and a trophy award for having
done the most outstanding work
on the blind and sight conserva
tion program in district 31-A.
In this district, the Brevard club
also won second place for having
the best all-round program of com
munity activities and second place
for attendance. The Murphy club
won first place in attendance and
Shelby won first for activities.
To Honor Secretary Ayers
Secretary Ike Ayers, of the Bre
vard club, tied for second place
in the secretary’s award contest.
The club will meet tonight at 7:30
at the Bryant house and this meet
ing will be known as the “Ike
Ayers meeting.” Tomorrow Mr.
Ayers will leave for Fort Jackson
where he will enter service. He is
a charter member and has a per
fect attendance record for the past
five years.
There are three districts in the
state and all of them were well
represented at the convention.
E. H. McMahan, retiring presi
dent, J. I. Ayers, retiring secre
tary, D. J. Luther and Jack Trant
ham, all of Brevard, attended.
Dr. Amos Abrams, of Boone,
was elected governor of this dis
trict and Wesley Brown, of Ashe
ville, retiring governor, was en
dorsed for membership on the
executive committee of the board
of governors of Lions International.
One of the major reasons why
the club won the Blind trophy was
because of its fine service in get
ting Philip Price set up in business
here.
Board Will Not Hold A Special
Canning Sugar Registration Here
Since stamps 15 and 16 are each
good for 5 pounds of canning su
gar, no general canning sugar reg
istration will be held by the
Transylvania rationing board of
fice here, but all persons who will
need more canning sugar are ask
ed to register with the board af
ter July 15, Dr. J. F. Zachary,
chairman of the board, announced
today.
Those who have emergency
needs for canning sugar before
July 15 may also apply at the
board, but unless the need is im
mediate, Dr. Zachary requested
that people wait to register for
more sugar until after July 15.
“Until that time the clerks will
be rushed looking after gasoline
and tire rationing,” he said.
Registration, he said, would be
continued right on until the last
of October. “So you see there is
registering for more canning su
gar until the real canning season
starts,” he explained.
Each person will be allowed a
maximum of 25 pounds of can
ning sugar for the season.
Miss Helen Bryce, of Richmond,
Va., was guest last week at the
home of Mrs. Lottie Duckworth.
A BAND CONCERT
AND DEDICATION
SERVICE MONDAY
Big Ecusta Picnic Monday.
Stores And County Of
fices To Be Closed
DANCE MONDAY NIGHT
The Fourth of July observance
in Brevard and Transylvania will
feature a county-wide band con
cert and special dedication service
at Brevard high school Sunday
evening and a big picnic for all
Ecusta employees and their fami
lies at Camp Sapphire all day Mon
day.
Practically all of the stores in
Brevard, with the exception of
drug stores, cafes and filling sta
tions, will be closed on Monday.
Town and county offices, bank and
post offices will also observe the
nation’s 167th birthday on Monday.
Instead of meeting on Monday,
members of the county and town
boards will meet Tuesday and the
local mayor’s court is to be held,
next Tuesday night.
Band Concert At 7 P. ML*
The Fourth is expected to be
quietly observed here Sunday. At
7:15 o’clock in the evening, Ecus
ta band will give a concert on the
courthouse lawn. At 7:45 the band
will lead a parade from the square
to Brevard high school and a spe
cial county-wide service is to be
held ‘here, starting at 8 o’clock
unchlP the sponsorship of the
A. ierican Region post, together
with the co-operation of the min
isters here and members of the
Brevard Music Lovers club.
Le g i o n Commander William
Wallis today requested all mem
bers of the Monroe Wilson post
and all servicemen in either the
first or second world wars to join
in the parade. He also invited the
boy and girl scouts, the Kiwanis
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BLACKOUT TUES.
SUCCESSFUL HERE
Unexpected Air Raid Warn
ing Finds Local People
Ready To Act
Brevard’s Civilian Defense or
ganization proved Tuesday night
that it is ready to function when
and if really needed by having a
rear-complete organization at their
posts and functioning within a
few minutes after the first warn
ing signal was given over the
sirens and whistles here.
Over 50 wardens and workers
showed up at their posts by the
time the signal came of the sirens,
having been notified by telephone.
Firemen and wardens were especi
ally noted at their post early, and
a 75 percent staff in headquarters
were added to by a large percent
age of drivers and messengers.
Industrial plants were not requir
ed to black-out for the practice.
A heavy downpour of rain
heightened the real “blackout”
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Mayor’s Court To
Enforce Vagrancy
And Idleness Law
In accordance with Governor
Broughton’s appeal to all may
ors, judges and law enforcement
officers, every effort is going to
be made in this county to en
force vagrancy and idleness laws
and ordinances, it was revealed
here this week.
When Wade Bagwell was cited
before the mayor’s court here
Monday night, Mayor Clement
declared that he was going to
use the full influence of his
court to see that every able
bodied person in the county is
employed on a fulltime basis in
co-operation with the Governor’s
work or fight program. The Gov
ernor has also asked the press
to co-operate.
Mr. Bagwell explained that he
is engaged in vaccinating dogs
and the case was continued for
two weeks.