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,
Mecca for Summer
Camps, Entrance to
Pisgah National Forest
and Home of Brevard
Music Festival.
Vol. 58; No. 26
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WBBO TO AIR CAMP CONCERT SUN.
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Men 18 Through 25 Subject To Military Duty
PEACE-TIME DRAFT
GAINS APPROVAL
OF CONGRESS
Inductions To Start 90 Days
After President Truman
Signs The Measure
MOST VETERANS FREE
Congress passed early last Sat
urday morning a bill providing lor
the induction into military service
of young men from 19 through 25
years of age for a period of 21
months. The President is expected
to attach his signature to the meas
ure prior to July 5. and men be
tween these ages will be subject to
draft after the lapse of 90 days.
Ii the meantime, men from 19 to
25 may gain exemption by enlist
ing in the national guard or reserve
units having regular training sched
ules and many thousands are doing
that.
Oliver H. Orr said yesterday that
he and the other two men who
served on the local draft board
during World War II, D. II. Win
chester and A. H. Harris, were re
appointed by Governor Gregg
Cherry on April 9, 1948. It was
generally believed at the time that
this action was based on the as
sumption that the 80th congress
would enact a draft law.
Major provisions of the draft
law follow:
Up to 161.000 18-vear-olds i>w
volunteer for one year of service
with the regular forces.
Doctors and dentists under 26
years of age are subject to draft
the same as other registrants. Also
subject to draft are those doctors
and dentists who completed their
education or received their train
ing under wartime programs.
The over all man power of the
armed forces is raised to 2,005.
882
Most veterans of World War II
would be exempt. This includes
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6 BILLIONS FOR
OVERSEAS RELIEF
Income Tax Reduction
Among Major Bills Enact
ed By 80th Congress
The eightieth congress before
quitting work early last Sunday
morning made $6,030,710,228 avail
able for foreign aid and provided
that while the money was made
available for a 15 months period
the President could spend it in
12 months if necessary. Other
major laws enacted by congress
were:
The Taft-Hartley Labor-Man
agement act.
The presidential succession bill,
designating the Speaker of the
House as next in line for the pres
idency behind the President and
Vice President.
The portal-to-portal pay bill, re
stricting claims for pay from the
time a worker reaches his place of
work until he leaves it.
A bill freezing social security
pay roll taxes at one per cent.
A rent control bill, permitting
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CALENDAR OF \
EVENTS
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Last week end for C and D driv
ers to take examination.
Thursday, June 24—Business and
Professional Women’s club meets
at country club at 7:00. Masons
meet in Masonic hall at 8:00.
Friday, June 25 — Annual Po
licemen’s ball at country club at
8:00.
Saturday, June 26—Second pri
mary between Charles Johnson
and Kerr Scott for governor. Ecu
sta vs. Martel Mills at Camp Sap
phire at 3:30.
Sunday, June 27 — Attend the
church of your choice. GI housing
committee meets at court house at
2:30. First concert at Transyl
vania Music camp at 4:00.
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Johnson-Scott Run-Off Primary
Set For Saturday, Interest In
Town And County Is Mounting
V ie For Governor
CHARLES M. JOHNSON,
above, state treasurer, will op
pose KERR SCOTT in the run
off primary election to be held
Saturday, June 26, for governor
of North Carolina.
W. KERR SCOTT, former com
missioner of agriculture, of the
state, is seeking the Democratic
nomination for governor of
North Carolina in the run-off
primary to be held Saturday,
June 26. His opponent is
CHARLES M. JOHNSON.
Red Cross Course Is
Offered At Sapphire
An accredited Red Cross course
in senior life saving will begin
Thursday (today) at 6:00 p. m. at
Camp Sapphire, and all persons
are invited to enroll in this course.
Instructors are Alex Kizer, Jr.,
and Bill Fetzer.
Classes will be held five days a
week, Monday through Friday, at
6:00 o’clock and will continue for
about three weeks, it was learned.
At the end of this period persons
in the classes will be qualified to
receive their senior life saving
certificates.
Polls Open From 6:30 A. M,
To 6:30 P. M. Only One
Race On Ballot
Interest in the second primary
of the gubernatorial race between
Charles M. Johnson and W. Kerr
Scott set for Saturday gained im
petus in Transylvania during the
past week with local supporters oi
the two candidates holding small
political sessions all over the coun
ty and distributing large amounts
of publicity material.
Veteran political observers pre
dict a good turnout at the polls
Saturday, and some contend that a
rain Saturday will keep the farm
ers out of the fields, resulting in
a vote as heavy as that cast in the
first primary on May 29.
Polls wifi open at 6:30 a. m.
Saturday at the regular voting
places and will close at 6:30 p. m.
The same election officials, except
the Republican judges who will be
replaced by Democratic ones to
conform with the state law, will
serve. The only run-off in the
county will be for the guberna
torial candidacy.
Regarding .Le primary officials,
W. A. Wilson, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee
>n the county, stated yesterday
that he felt that the two factions
should have the same considera
tion as though they were two po
litical parties.
in the May 29 primary, Johnson
led the field with a total of 1.123
votes; Albright was second with
598; Scott had 317; Barker got 29;
Stanley polled 13; and, Boyd was
low man with 9 votes.
The race Saturday is expected to
be much closer between Johnson
and Scott than it was in the first
primary. Headed by Frank King, a
number of Albright supporters
have switched to Scott and are
busy campaigning in the town and
county. Johnson supporters here,
while as optimistic as ever, are
making an all-out effort to secure
votes for the state treasurer, now
a candidate for governor. Scott re
signed his job as commissioner of
agriculture to enter the guberna
torial race.
VFW Post To Meet
At New Clubroom
The members of the Lewis Earl
Jackson post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will hold their first
meeting in the new club room in
the remodeled Neely’s store build
ing on the Brevard-Pisgah Forest
highway next Monday night, June
28th., it is announced today.
The building is located opposite
Green Acres, just beyond the city
limits and the meeting will begin
promptly at 8:00 o’clock. Divided
into several sections, the building
has a meeting place for the post
members and the auxiliary as
well and a recreation room. Com
mander Clark Grisson urges all
members to come out to inspect
the new quarters.
Making Progress In Sunday School
Enlargement Campaign In 20 Churches
The Sunday school revival and
enlargement campaign now in
progress in 20 Baptist churches in
the county is moving along suc
cessfully, according to L. L. Mor
gan, head of the Baptist Sunday
School program in North Carolina
and director of the campaign.
Study courses are being held
nightly in the participating
churches and attendance is report
ed to be good. The 27 student
workers and teachers assigned to
the churches are leading the
courses. They are also assisting
the pastors and officers in the
church with a program of enlist
ment in the communities.
A mass meeting of the students
and representatives from the
churches was held Tuesday after
noon at the First Baptist church
and another will convene Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the same
place. Dr. J. N. Barnette, of Nash
ville, Tenn., who supervises the
Sunday school program in the en
tire Southern Baptist Convention
territory will speak at this closing
session. He is now at Ridgecrest
attending the Southwide Sunday
School Week.
At the preliminary gathering
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Proving That 2-4-D Kills Weeds In Corn Fields
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The photo above vividly shows the effectiveness of the chemical 2-4-D in the killing of weeds in a
corn field. At the weed killing demonstration last Thursday afternoon on the farms of C. K. and Lewis
Osborne, County Agent Julian Glazener showed the group the rows of corn in which Mr. Osborne is
kneeling. This part of the field had been sprayed 48 hours before and rain had fallen in the meantime.
The rows in which Mr. Glazener is standing had not been sprayed and the contrast is strikingly pho
tographed. The chemical, not a poison, stimulates growth, causing the weeds to wilt and die. A picture
of a power spray is on page five, first section. (Staff Photo)
DR. CARTLEDGE
SPOKE SUN. TO
! PRESBYTERIANS
'Local Church Members To
Participate In Campaign
For King College
Dr Howard Cartledge, of Bris
tol, Tenn., and Brevard, spoke at
the morning worship service at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
concerning the church’s education
al responsibility. Dr. Cartledge, who
is a leading chemist, pointed out
the great need today of a Chris
jtian leadership of thought and
| life.
“We need leaders who can bring
the worlds of science, politics,
economics and world affairs into a
Christian system of thought and
life.” Dr. Cartledge pointed out.
He stated that church colleges are
the only institutions which are ca
pable of producing superior Chris
tian leadership of thought and life.
King college, at Bristol, has
launched a campaign for $500,000
for a new science building and
other additional essential equip
ment. Beginning Sunday, the Bre
vard-Davidson River Presbyterian
church will launch its every mem
ber canvass to meet its part of this
need. Members will be asked to
make pledges covering a period of
three years, or 30 months. The
portion of this fund on a per cap
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Meeting Of Legion
Post To Be Held In
Memorial Building
With construction on the new
Memorial building nearing com
pletion, Commander Raymond F.
Bennett announces that the mem
bers of the Monroe Wilson post
of the American legion will hold
their initial meeting in the mod
ern structure next Monday night,
June 28th., at 8:00 o’clock.
At the meeting a report of dona
tions on the building and to the
car fund will be made and Com
mander Bennett urges all veterans
to come out and inspect the im
pressive structure. “We have a
building of which we can be truly
proud,” he declares, and all ef
forts are being made to have ev
erything ready for the formal op
ening on Saturday night, July 10.
At that time the new Chevrolet
car will be given away and a
square dance will be held.
Town Board Hears Testimony On
Poisoning Of Dogs Here In April,
Action Promised At Early Date
COLTRANE MAKES
REPORT ON MEET
IN LOS ANGELES
Carolinas District Governor
Attended International
Convention Of Kiwanis
Dr. E. J. Coltranc, Kiwanis gov
ernor of the two Carolinas, report
ed on the Los Angeles internation
al Kiwanis convention at the meet
ing of the local club at the Bryant
house Friday night.
The Brevard man. who heads 90
clubs in the two states, said that
a steady growth was reported in
a number of clubs and their mem
bership represented at the con
vention. A definite stand was tak
en on moral issues presented at
the meeting also, Dr. Coltrane
added.
D. E. Croushorn, of Los An
geles, Calif., and a brother of the
late W. W. Croushorn of Pisgah
Forest, was a guest of Brown Carr;
and Herbert J. Schain, manager
of the Gloucester Lumber company
store, was a guest of A. H. Harris.
W. W. Huber, president, presid
ed over the meeting.
Two Witnesses Tell Of
Threats Made By Rudd.
Strychnine Bought
Testifying under oath Monday
night before the town board of
aldermen, who met in special ses
sion to probe the mass killing of
dogs here last April, Mrs. Dorothy
Stamey said she heard James Rudd
make the statement that he would
“kill all the dogs on Pinnacle
Ridge if he had to stand a law
suit in hell.” Her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Missouri Stamey, also told
Mayor S. E. Varner, who presided
and members of the town board,
that she heard Rudd make the re
mark that he was going to shoot
some dogs in the neighborhood if
they didn't stop keeping him
awake.
These statements were allegedly
made around the first of April
and the first Mrs. Stamey stated
some dogs in the neighborhood
subsequently died.
The poison register from Mac
fie’s drug store was produced at
this point by Ralph Fisher, who
represented Chief B. F. Banther,
one of the accused officers. It
showed that on April 3 Rudd pur
chased one-eighth ounce of strych
nine for the ostensible purpose of
killing moles. Dr. Verne Hill said
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Folk Jubilee Declared Successful,
Jackson And Three Bobs Win Prizes
The second annual Transylvania
folk jubilee, sponsored here by
the VFW, ended Saturday night
after three highly successful per
formances with Jess Jackson and
the Three Bobs winning cash
prizes. The gold loving cup for
the best square dancing was pre
sented to the Smoky Mountain
team of Bryson City.
Jack Huggins was master of
ceremonies for the three-night
jubilee, which featured more than
100 musicians and seven square
dance teams.
Good crowds attended the jubi
lee each night and a capacity aud
ience filled the high school audi
torium for the Saturday night per
formance. Teams which competed
Saturday night for the trophy
were Walt Wood’s Brevard team,
the Sylva team and the winning
Smoky Mountain team, led by Jim
my Cooper.
The climax of the evening was
when Mr. Jackson, banjo player,
was presented the $15.00 cash
prize for the best individual per
former, and the Three Bobs, vocal
group, were awarded the $25.06
prize for the best group entry.
The Three Bobs are Bob Dunn,
Bob Jackson and Bob Tinsley.
TO PUBLICIZE
COUNTY DURING
RADIO PROGRAM
State Network Will Probably
Carry Future Perform
ances This Summer
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
The initial concert of the 1048
reason at the Transylvania Music
camp will be broadcast Sunday
■ fternoon, June 27th. over Station
WBBO, Forest City, at 780 on the
dial. President Ed M. Anderson
announces today.
Beginning at 4:00 o'clock, the
concert will last for one hour, and
several announcements concern
ing the attractions of Brevard and
Transylvania county will be made
during intermission.
Under the direction of James
I Christain Pfohl, the orchestra will
be comprised of faculty and staff
members. The public is cordially
invited to attend the performance
and to inspect the many improve
ments which have taken place at
the music camp during the past
year.
There is a possibility that the
Sunday afternoon broadcast, orig
inating at the camp and being
aired over WBBO, Forest City,
will be carried on the North Caro
lina State Network, but final de
tails had not been completed by
noon Wednesday. However, con
certs on the following Sunday af
ternoons will, in all probability be
carried over the network, from,
the coast to the mountains, as
well as the Forest City station,
Mr. Anderson declares. Beginning
the second week in July, the Fri
day night concerts from the camp
| will be aired over WWNC, Ashe
ville. and W'BT, Charlotte, will
most likely carry 30 minutes of
the Sunday concerts during next
month.
The seating capacity of the aud
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POLICE TO HOLD
BALL ON FRIDAY
Large Crowd Is Expected
To Attend Function At
Country Club
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the Brevard policemen’s ball
to be held at the country club
Friday night beginning at 8:00
o’clock. Chief B. F. Banther re
ports today.
Proceeds from the event, which
will be marked by round and
square dancing, will go for the
benefit of the special fund of the
Brevard police department, used
for the purchasing of necessary
equipment from time to time, the
chief states.
Music for the ball will be fur
nished by the Ecusta string band,
and tickets may be secured from
any member of the local police
force at $1.00 each.
Last year the first annual po
licemen’s ball here was highly
successful and more than $500 was
raised for the special work of
the department, it is reported.
To Hold Meet Of
GI Housing Group
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a special meeting
of the Brevard GI Housing com
mittee Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in the court house here
and all other interested persons
are asked to attend, Cecil Hill, the
chairman, Announces today.
There is a strong possibility that
additional prefabricated houses
can be secured for veterans in this
vicinity, it is reported, provided
the demand is sufficient, Mr. Hill
says.
The units, to be brought from
Charleston, S. C., are similar to the
38 erected in Brevard and Transyl
vania last year and will cost $1,
250 plus dismantling and trans
porting charges. Interested veter
ans are urged to attend the meet
ing Sunday.