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p TRANSYLVANIA IS— An Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Agricul tural and Music Cen ter. Population 12,241. The Transylvania Times A State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper And An A.B.C. Paper TRANSYLVANIA IS— The Land of Waterfalls, Camps, Entrance to Mecca for Summer Pisgah National Forest and Home of Brevard Music Festival. Vol. 58; No. 17 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1948 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY INSPECTION LANE IS OPEN HERE Transylvania County rnmary Oiiicials Named ELECTION BOARD APPOINTS JUDGES AND REGISTRARS Republicans Will Participate In May 29 Primaries Throughout State BOOKS OPEN MAY 1-15 Judges and registrars for the 19 precincts in Transylvania coun ty have been appointed to serve for the Democratic and Republi can primaries May 29 by the county board of elections, con sisting of F. E. Shuford, chair man, W. F. Short and U. G. Reeves. Registration books will be open in all the county precincts from May 1st to May 15th. the board of ficials stated. These books will be at the voting precincts on Satur days May 1. 8 and 15th, and at the homes of the registrars on other days. May 22 will be challenge day, and the primaries will be held on May 29th. The Republicans will participate in the primary, since several can didates have filed for the same office, necessitating the primary. Officials Are Listed In the following list the first n»med is registrar, the second named is Democratic judge and the third named is Republican judge: Boyd: Dave Holliday, Randal Lankford and Arnold Brown. Brevard No. 1: J. W. McMinn, W. C. Bangs and Carl Eldridge. Brevard No. 2: M. W. Galloway, C. R. Sharp and C. L. Scruggs. Brevard No. 3: Fred Johnson, Clyde A. Shuford and Y. J. Mc Crary. ^revard No. 4. W. M. Case, R. T. Kimzey and Louis Moore. Cathey's Creek: Gaston Morgan, Ralph Paxton and John Dale. Cedar Mountain: Mrs. J. E. Pace. Ruffin Wilkins and Paul Jones. —Turn To Page Five MAW PLANS FOR NAT’L MUSIC WEEK Week Of May 3-10 Will Be Observed With Presenta tion Of Recitals A concert by Marjorie McClung Parker, soprano, of Marion, and an organ recital will be featured here during the observance of Na tional Music week. May 3-10 ac cording to Mrs. Walter Straus, chairman of the committee of the Brevard Music Lovers club, which is sponsoring the programs. Mrs. Parker, who was a fea tured soloist here last summer at one of the Sunday afternoon con certs at Transylvania Music camp, is well known to Brevard audi ences. She will present her con cert in the high school auditor ium Monday evening, May 3, and will be accompanied by Mrs. D. P. Miller, of the college music de partment. Her program will in —Turn To Page Five *' " "—"—"—“—-—■——■- w —♦ CALENDAR OF i EVENTS »• - - — ..— -.* Thursday, April 22 — Inspec tion lane open through Friday, April 30. B & PW meets at coun try club at 7:00. Masons to meet in Masonic hall at 8:00. Friday, April 23 — Baseball game, Mars Hill vs. Brevard col lege, college diamond, 3:00. Dis trict Scout meeting in Gaither’s cafeteria, 7:00. Associational meet ing at First Baptist church, 8.00. Dr. W. F. Stinespring to speak at college, 8:00. Ecusta Fun and Frolics repeat performance, in cafeteria, 8:00. Saturday, April 24 — Ecusta vs. Hazelwood on Ecusta field, at 3:30. Whitaker speaks to Young Democrats in court house, 8:00. Sunday, April 25 — Attend the church of your choice. Unveiling of monument to Craig Sisk in —Turn To Page Eight Democrats And Republicans Offer Men For All Principal Offices To Be Filled In Fall 4 To Speak Here DR. W. F. STINESPRING, professor of Old Testament in the Duke Divinity school, will speak here Friday night in the Brevard college auditorium on “Political and Religious Prob lems in Palestine.” He is well informed on the subject and is in great demand as a speaker. The public is invited. t DR. STINESPRING TO SPEAK HERE AT BREVARD COLLEGE Authority On Problems In Palestine Lectures Friday Night. Public Invited Dr. W. F. Stinespring, profes sor of Old Testament in the Duke Divinity school, will lecture here in the Brevard college auditorium Friday night at 8:00 o’clock, on “Political and Religious Problmes in Palestine.” Dr. Stinespring is a well known authority on the problems of the Holy Land and can speak freely and impartially from his own per sonal experiences there. He served as head of the American School for Oriental Research for four years and upon his return he was appointed as official delegate of the Anglo-American commission to study the Jewish problem. In 1946 he once more returned to Palestine with the UN commis sion to continue his studies and to make reports. The well known lecturer speaks Hebrew and Arabic fluently and has written a number of ai'ticles on Palestine for scholarly maga zines. He is not only acquainted with the present conditions there, but knows the historical back ground well enough that he under stands the claims of both the Arabs and the Jews. —Turn To Page Five Six Candidates File For Jus tice Of The Peace In Brevard Township Both parties will have full tick ets in the primaries here on May 29, townships excepted, it was dis closed by Fred Shuford, secretary of the board of elections, when the time for filing closed Saturday af ternoon at 6 o'clock. There has been one withdrawal since that time. Miss M. Thelma Galloway, of Rosman, signed to run for the house but withdrew this week. There will be a contest between Democrats for three offices. The present county board is offering and E. W. Medford got into this race. Paul Whitmire and Wood Paxton are opposing each other for register of deeds and both Buck Owen and Don A. Lance are seek ing the nomination for constable in Cathey’s Creek township. Those who filed in this county were: Senate—T. N. Davis, Republican. House—E. Carl Allison, Demo crat, and Ralph Fisher, Republi can. Tax Collector—Frank King, Dem ocrat, and Avery C. Neil, Republi can. __ ... ... ' or Deeds—Paul W. • ^ Register Whitmire and Wood Paxton, Dem ocrats. and W’illiam S. McNeely, Republican. Commissioners—E. W. Medford, Dewey Burton, C. Lewis Osborne and Willis Brittain, Democrats, and Claude Stroupe, Lynch Moore and E. O. Shipman, Republicans. Justice of the Peace, Brevard township—M. M. Feaster, Sid Bar nett. J. C. Hendrix. W. L. Wood, H. V Smith and L. P. Beck, Dem ocrats. Little River—A. B. McCall, Re publican. —Turn To Page Five MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED SUNDAY VFW Posts To Hold Special Ceremony In The Pisgah National Forest A monument to Craig Sisk, former employee in the Pisgah National forest here who was killed in action in World War II, will be unveiled in a special cere mony Sunday afternoon at the site located near the Davidson River equipment depot by mem bers of the VFW posts of Brevard, Hendersonville and Canton, Clark Grissom, commander of the Lewis Earl Jackson post here, announces today. The service will begin prompt ly at 2:00 o’clock and Commander Grissom urges all VFW members to attend. Allen E. Brown, dis trict commander from Henderson ville, will be in charge of the —Turn To Page Five Local Draft Board Is Appointed By Governor Cherry As Reserve Unit A. H. Harris, Oliver H. Orr and | D. H. Winchester, former mem bers of the Transylvania county draft board during World War II, have received appointment by R. Gregg Cherry, governor of North Carolina, to serve in the state Se lective Service reserve. The reserve is being formed throughout the state so that it can begin operations on short no tice should congress enact the peacetime draft or universal mili-1 tary training. Before such legis lation is passed, the local reserve board will remain largely inac tive, however, the members have been instructed by the governor to meet, elect a chairman, select a temporary office and arrange for volunteer clerical help until such time as the board is placed in active duty, should the need arise A. F. Mitchell, who served with the board during the war, has also been requested to act as appeal at torney. The letter of instructions sent out by the State Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts, quoted from the report of the president’s investi gating committee that recommend ed selective service as a means of being prepared in case of an emer gency. The onset of any future war would be sudden and catas trophic, and preparedness would be of utmost importance, the re port stated. —Turn To Page Five Model-T Ford Passes Through Inspection Lane Here ... Shown above is BOYCE BISHOP, Brevard auto dealer, and his Model T Ford, which is more than 25 years old, going through the motor vehicles inspection lane here. This venerable roadster passed the examination while many new cars were rejected. C. P. Sawyer, who is pictured above checking Mr. Bishop out, urges all Transylvania motorists to bring their vehicles to the inspection lane between now and April 30. (Staff Photo) POLITICAL 1 ACTIVITIES | Local - State - National j ALBRIGHT SPEAKS HERE Climaxing an all-day tour of Western North Carolina, Mayne Albright, gubernatorial candi date, spoke at a political rally in, front of the Brevard court house last Saturday night. Al bright briefly outlined his plat form, which advocates progress in education, roads, health, pub lic welfare and indnstrial ex pansion. “Although the Democratic par ty has made great strides of prog ress in North Carolina, we are now losing leadership and falling • be hind,” the young candidate stat ed. Continuing, he said, “A new interest has been sparked in poli tics by the veterans, and this turnover can cause a political up set.” Albright, who is striving for j clean politics, stated that he did not fear the machine as much as he did political apathy. He con cluded with a note of optimism and said that he believed that a new era of political history had dawned in North Carolina. YOUNG DEMOS MEET The Young Democratic clubs of the 12th district will hold a district organizational rally in Waynesville April 24, with the Haywood club acting as hosts, and a large delegation from the —Turn To Page Five District Council To Meet Friday Night The regular meeting of the Tran sylvania District committee of the Daniel Boone council of Boy Scouts of America will be held Friday night at Gaither’s cafeteria at 7:00 o’clock, Rev. Wilbur G. McFarland, district chairman, an nounces today. This will be an important meet ing and all committee-members are urged to attend, the chairman states. RADIO SHOP, JEWEL SHOP MOVE TO EAST MAIN STREET Bryant’s Radio shop, formerly lo cated in Times Arcade, has now moved to East Main street across from the court house and is now open for business at the new ad oress, according to Elmer Bryant, owner. The Jewel Shop, operated by I. D. Pate, shares the building with Mr. Bryant. The radio shop is next door to Gaither’s cafeteria, and all friends are invited to come in and inspect the shop at this new location. Mayor Varner Offers Reward For Apprehension Of Party Who Put Out Poison In Town IRWIN SCHRANZ TO STAND TRIAL ON THEFT CHARGE Effort To Hush Scandal In Lions Club Fails; Key Wit ness Evasive, Confused With a view to maintaining the prestige of the club and the ma jesty of the law, a prominent Lion, Erwin Schranz, is going to be brought to public trial in the high school building here May 8 at 7:30 p. m., on what A1 Montville, who is in charge of the proceedings, de scribed as a heinous offense. As a matter of fact, there are two charges, according to A1—stealing Frank Kerber’s wheelbarrow and assault with a deadly v/eapon. It was first learned that Mr. Schranz had deviated from the path of Lion rectitude when he was ar rested at a club meeting by Chief Banther in April. Several Lions present immediately sensed that the reputation of the club was involved so they speedily offered to go bond for the culprit and to sweeten the chief invited him to stay and eat. An effort was sub sequently made to hush the whole matter up but the affair leaked so the Lions decided to make a clean breast of the whole thing by hold ing a public trial and inviting the —Turn To Page Four Thorough Investigation Be ing Made; Offense Is A Felony Under Law Highly indignant citizens be came more and more aroused dur ing the past week as the number of poisoned dogs in Brevard rose to more than 40, and 30 were un officially reported poisoned in up per Transylvania. As a result of the mass slaughter of dogs, S. E. Varner, mayor of Brevard, is of fering $300 reward for the appre hension of person or persons who indiscriminately scattered poison in the community. “We want the people in the county to know that a thorough investigation is being made, and every effort will be exerted to track down the party guilty of this inhuman act,” the mayor stated. The mayor urges that all persons knowing information pertaining to the poisoning of dogs here report their information to him as quick ly as possible. Numerous persons have con tacted the mayor and offered sums of money to be used either as a reward or to cover the expense of the investigation in the search for the parties guilty of spreading the strychnine poisoning. According to the mayor, the spreading of the poison in the com munity which resulted in the death of a large number of dogs and endangered the lives of a large number of children, is a felony under the statutes of the state of North Carolina. Total Of 948 Transylvania Farmers Participating In 1948 AAA Program A preliminary check of farm plans filed with the county Agri cultural Conservation office, indi cates that 948 Transylvania coun ty farmers will cooperate in the 1948 Agricultural Conservation program, said T. J. Wilson, county ACP-chairman. “This is 96 per cent of all farm ers in the county and a check of these farm plans also shows that the lime and phosphate practice has been selected by more farm ers than any other to meet the conservation problem on their farms,” the chairman states. Oth er leading practices included in farmers’ plans this year are seed ing permanent pastures and win ter cover crops. Mr. Wilson said that with reduced funds this year ‘ every dollar will have to do dou ble duty.” As in the past, every effort will be made to get value received for funds spent for con servation. “As farmers, we have the re sponsibility to cooperate in the ef fort to conserve water and soil— ‘.he source of our food, most of our clothes, and a good share of our shelter,” he said. Assistance under the program represents the interest and respon sibility of all the people in the country in saving our soil, Mr. Vv ilson continued. Divided among the 145 million people in the country the $150 million for the —Turn To Page Five EARLY EXAMINING OF ALL VEHICLES URGEDBYSAWYER Total Of 622 Cars, Trucks Checked In Past Week. More Than Half Pass OPEN UNTIL APRIL 30 The mechanical inspection lane for motor vehicles in Transylvania county is now open and will re main so through Friday, April 30. According to C. P. Sawyer, who is in charge of the inspection unit here, a total of 622 vehicles have been examined in Brevard during the past week, with more than half passing the thorough tests. The lane, located on West French Broad street, is open daily from 8:00 o’clock to 5:00 with an hour off for lunch, and the Satur day schedule is from 8:00 to 12:00 o’clock noon. Mr. Sawyer urges all motor vehicle owners to have their cars and trucks inspected imme diately and not to wait until the last day. The inspection unit will return to Brevard for another two weeks’ period in July, and all ve hicles must be examined during 1948. Makes Statement “Just because your car is a new model is no sign it will pass,” Su pervisor Sawyer strongly empha sized. The percentage of new cars that receive a rejection atieker is sujwisingly high, according to Mr Sawyer, who also stated that ve hicles with gutted mufflers and those not showing front license ! plates will be turned down. “I cannot stress too strongly how important it is for car owners to have their cars checked at a ga rage before bringing them to be inspected,” the supervisor said. “This would save time and trou ble for us who are operating the j lane as well as car owners. In j Haywood county, where the unit I was prior to coming here, Mr. —Turn To Page Five AUXILIARY GETS MEM’L PLOT DEED I _ JWork Proceeding Rapidly On Shrine To Veterans. Dedication On May 30 The deed to the Memorial plot in Gillespie cemetery was present ed to members of the American Legion auxiliary at their meeting last Monday night by Mrs. Street er Fisher, chairman of the com mittee. This plot will serve as a memorial to veterans of all wars from Transylvania county and will be dedicated at Memorial day ser vices May 30. The rock wall around the plot has been completed and the gran ite monument has been set, ac cording to the chairman. Grass will be planted this week under the supervision of Bob Bolt. The bronze tablet has been ordered and upon its arrival will be placed on the monument along with the American Legion emblem. —Turn To Page Five Cancer Campaign Falling Far Short Of $400 Goal Here The annual campaign to raise funds to fight cancer is underway here under the sponsorship of the Brevard Fortnightly club, and Mrs. G. H. Lyday, chairman, states today that only $100 of the $400 goal has been reached. “Although the Cancer drive will continue through the end of this month, we are very discouraged about the lack of contributions to date,” the chairman commented. She explained that of more than 200 letters sent out, very few re cipients of the letters complied by sending contributions. Mrs. Ly day strongly urged persons to mail in their contributions either to her cr to Melvin Gillespie, treasurer for the drive, in order that thiq county will not fall short of the allotted quota. —Turn To Page Font
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