TRANSYLVANIA
IS—
An Industrial, Tourist,
Educational, Agricul
tural and Music Cen
ter. Population 12,241.
The Transylvania Times
A Stale 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. 50
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HUDSON IS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
AAA Officials Chosen At Convention Friday
WILSON RENAMED
CH’RMAN, McCALL
ELECTED VICE-CHR.
Community Committeemen
Elections Wje r e Held
Last Thursday
WESTWOOD RE-ELECTED
T. J. Wilson was re-elected chair
man of the Transylvania county
Agriculture Conservation Commit
tee at a county convention held
here last Friday morning in the
court house with delegates from
the eight communities attending.
Richard McCall. of Balsam
Grove, was chosen as vice-chair
man. and J. L. Gillespie, of Bre
vard. R-l was chosen a regular
member. Fred Johnson was named
as first alternate and R. F. Glaz
encr as second.
Mrs. Julia Westwood, who has
served as secretary-treasurer and
chief clerk of the AAA committee
since it was organized here, was
re-elected to this position.
Community committeemen elec
tions were held last Thursday and
the outcome of the elections was
as follow;
Boyd community — Sam Orr,
chairman. II. C. Enloe. vice-chair
man. W. T. Simpson, regular mem
ber, and J. L. Gash and W. H.
Lyday. alternates.
Brevard community — Fred
Johnson, chairman, E. O. Shipman,
vice-chairman, Harley D. Lyday,
regular member, p^ T*B. JLane
and ! yncii Moore, aiior nates.
Dunn’s Rock community — Mar
vin Whitmire, chairman. V. B.
Waldrop, vice-chairman, B. A.
Hogsed, regular member, and Mad
ison Allison and G. W. Wrhitmire.
alternates.
Cathey’s Creek community —
John W. Dale, chairman, R. W.
Breedlove, vice-chairman, J. W.
Glazener. regular member, and
Charles Ziegler and John Canup,
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OFFICIALS SWORN
IN BEFORE JUDGE
Commissioners, Tax Collect
or A n d Register Of
Deeds Take Office
Judge Dan K. Moore, of Sylva.
swore in county officials, who were
elected in the November election.!
in the Brevard court house Mon-1
day morning.
Those who took the oath of of-1
fice were: W. W. Brittain, Lewis I
Osborne and Dewey Burton, com j
nnssioners: Frank F. King, tax col
lector: and. Paul Whitmire, regis
ter of deeds.
Following the brief ceremony,
the county commissioners con
vened and elected Mr. Brittain1
ch.'irman. Mr. Osborne was named
purdi ising agent and Ralph Ram- i
scy was again chosen county at- j
torncy.
Other business transacted by j
the board was as follows: postpon ’
ing action on a request that Neely
road from Gallamore hill to Park
View drive be widened and im
proved until a study of the coun
ty road system has been made;
and examining and approving the
bonds of the tax collector and the
register of deeds.
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday. Dec. 9 — Masonic
meeting at 8:00.
Friday. Dec. 10 — Boy Scout
Court of Honor at First Baptist
church at 7:30. Classroom teachers
meeting at elementary school at
S:00. Square dance at American
Legion building at 8:30.
Saturday. Dec. It — Santa re
turns to Brevard. Post office open
in afternoon. Music club meets
with Mrs. W. G. McFarland, 3:30.
Exhibition bowling match at Cen
tenniel Center between Ecusta
team and Rutherford county
All-Stars, 7:30.
Sunday, Dec. 12 — Attend the
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Largest Bear Killed In Pisgah
HAROLD SINIARD, right, is shown with his 340-pound bear killed
in the Pisgah Hunt last week. At left is Assistant Ranger JOHN
ELLER, who weighed in the bear. Siniard killed the bruin on Avery’s
Creek after having been on the stand little more than 20 minutes.
Siniard is only one of the many local hunters who killed deer or
bears on the hunts which ended Saturday. (Times Staff Photo)
Laymen Circulating Petitions
Asking For Election On Sale Of
Wine And Beer In Transylvania
A. M. Paxton Heads Cam
paign. Workers Obtained
In Churches Of County
Petitions to be circulated in
Transylvania county asking the
board of commissioners to call an
election on the sale of wine and
beer were distributed to members
of a dry citizens committee at a
meeting held in the Sunday school
building at the First Baptist church
here last Sunday afternoon.
A. M. Paxton, of Rosman, chair
man of the group, presided and
Melvin Gillespie acted as secretary.
Thirty-one people attended the
meeting, including the following
citizens from the different pre
cincts.
Boyd—Claude Davis.
Brevard No. 1—Herman Eaker
and N. A. Miller.
Brevard No. 2—Rev. Clyde Col
lins.
Brevard No. 3—Fred Monteith
and Clarence Curley.
Brevard No. 4 Prof. C. H. Trow
bridge.
Cathey's Creek—Hubert Clayton.
Cedar Mountian—Rev. S. B. Mc
Call.
Dunn's Rock—G. W. Whitmire.
I tatO G. M. Israel and W.
R. Galloway.
Gloucester No. 2—Richard Mc
Call.
Little River—Rev. F. M. Barnes.
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B & PW CLUB BUSY
REPAIRING TOYS
FOR NEEDY TOTS
To Make Distribution On
Saturday, December 18.
Appeal Made
Members of the Business and
Professional Women’s Toy Shop
committee, who. along with other
members of the club, have been
working on their project for needy
children at Christmas, announced
today that toys will be distributed
on Saturday, December 18th.
The method of distribution will
be the same as last year, it was
decided. Members of the commit
tee will secure from the welfare
department, churches and schools
the names of needy families. Let
ters will be sent to the families
inviting them to pick up their toys
on Saturday at the building for
merly occupied by Martin's taxi
next to the post office.
“There is still a lot of work to
be done on the toys,” Dot Poole,
chairman, points out. She urged
all B & PW club members to voi
unteer for work at the shop every
possible night between now and
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Will Hold Special Election Here On
Dec. 18, To Name McKee Successor
There will be a special election
in Transylvania and the four other
counties in this district on Satur
day, December 18th, to choose a
successor to the late Mrs. E. L.
McKee as senator-elect from the
32nd district, Frank Duckworth,
chairman of the county board of
elections announces today.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry. Sat
urday set December 18th as the
date for the special election, and
candidates to the office will be
nominated this week.
Mr. Duckworth announces that
all the voting places in the county
will be open on Saturday week.
Mrs. McKee had served three
terms in the state senate and was
elected in November for the four
th term. She died suddenly Sat
urday, Nov. 27, of a heart attack.
BEEKEEPERS TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
Transylvania Beekeepers associa
tion next Tuesday night, Decem
ber 14. at 7:00 o'clock in the NYA
hut. The meeting will be held in
conjunction with the FFA group
and colored slides pertaining to
bee culture will be shown.
There will also be an election of
officers and all beekeepers and
interested persons are urged to
attend. Gerald Sitton is chairman
of the group and Dr. Verne Hill
is secretary.
HUNTS IN FOREST
ENDED SATURDAY
244 DEER KILLED
Local Hunters Have Good
Luck. Season Highly
Successful
Hunters in the Pisgah National
forest killed 244 deer and 11 bears
during the recent hunts which
ended last Saturday, according to
a report by Assistant Ranger John
Eller. This number does not in
clude 40 deer and one bear bagged
on the Sherwood hunt, he said.
In commenting on the success of
this year’s organized hunt, Mr. Eller
was quick to point out that the
tremendous rainfall and bad wea
ther hampered the hunts consider
ably. “Although this year’s kill
was considerably more than last
year’s, 1 believe hunters could have
killed a great many more had
weather conditions been more favor
able,” the official added.
Local men continued to meet
with success during the last days
of the hunt. George Massey. Bre
vard, bagged a 120 pound buck,
while Fred King, Pisgah Forest,
killed a 140 pound buck.
An oddity in the kills was re
ported by Mr. Eller, who said that
three bucks were tied for first
place according to size. They were
a 200 pound, nine-point buck with
ja 21 inch spread, killed by Horace
Bailes, Burlington; a 200 pound,
10-point buck with a 19 inch spread
bagged by Bill R. Darlton, Jr., of
Greensboro; and a 200 pound 8
point buck with a 16 inch spread
killed by Dr. C. A. Thompson, of
of Sparta.
The best head found by ranger
officials in the kills brought in
was that of a 162 pound buck
which had 12 points and a spread
of 22':; inches. This buck was kill
ed by Jack Alexander, of Mar
shall.
Harold Siniard, of Brevard, kil
led the largest bear, a 340 pounder,
and set a record for the Pisgah.
i Rainfall reports from the Pis
gah during November set an all
time high, the ranger reported,
with a total of 23.44 inches re
ported on Big East Fork during
the month. The last 15 days of
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i
RESPONSE IS GOOD j
TO SALE OF SEALS
Johnson Reports That $373
Has Been Raised To
Date In Campaign
The total amount received from
the sale of Christmas seals by
the Transylvania tuberculosis as
sociation to date is $373.28, ac-j
cot din!; to a report today from
the secretary, Dorothy Johnson.
In comparison with the total
amount raised by the 1SI47 cam
paign. this is little more than
half the amount, Miss Johnson
points out, since $642.15 was rais
ed last year. Officials urge that
all who received the seals con
tribute as soon as possible.
“More than 75r?> of these funds
remain in our county,” one of
the officials pointed out. In de
scribing the work of the TB as
sociation. it was further learned
that a portion of this money goes
to the State sanitorium at Black
Mountain, which serves the peo
ple of this section.
Public To Inspect
Duke’s Plant
The now addition to the Duke |
steam generating plant at Cliffsidej
will be energized tomorrow and the >
general public has been invited j
to inspect the huge $20.000.000!
establishment between the hours!
of 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Approximate
ly 100 distinguished guests are ex
pected for the event, including
Charles E. Wilson, president of
the General Electric Co.
The Cliffside plant, with the new
addition, will generate nearly
300.000 horsepower and is the lar
gest of its kind in the southeast.
It is the largest unit in the Duke
generating system.
“Choo Choo” Makes Hit With Brevard Kids
ALL AMERICAN CHARLIE “CHOO CHOO”’ JUSTICE, of the
University of North Carolina, made a big hit at the Brevard-Canton
Paper Bowl preliminary game last Saturday afternoon, and he is
pictured above autographing a program for little “Choo Choo” Grant
or the Brevard Midget team. At the left is Dottie Kizer. Before and
after the contest, which lie officiated, Justice was kept busy signing
hundreds of programs for the boys and girls. (Times Staff Photo)
Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Chosen, Officers To Be Elected
At Meeting Next Tuesday Night
! Given Life Sentence
L
J. DOVER HUDSON, above,
was given life sentence at hard
labor in prison Wednesday morn
ing by Judge Dan K. Moore. The
defendant pled guilty to acces
sory before (he fact of first de
gree murder of his wife at her
home at Penrose last Saturday
morning.
Fisher Receives Highest Vote
For Fifth Straight Year.
Douglas, Ayers Second
Ballots were tabulated and di
rectors for the Brevard chamber
of commerce were elected at a
special meeting of the organization
in the room over the city hall
Tuesday night.
Officers will be elected from the
list of the board of directors next
Tuesday night at the regular meet
ing, which will begin promptly at
7:30 o’clock. Jerry Jerome, the out
going president, announces.
The local chamber of commerce
now has a paid up membership of
151 members.
Ralph R. Fisher, prominent Bre
vard lawyer, received the highest
number of votes cast in the bal
loting. This was the fifth straight
year that Mr. Fisher has been high
man in the election of the direc
tors. C. M. Douglas, well-known
civic leader, and J. I. Ayers, com
mander of the WOW, tied for sec
ond place in the election.
Other directors elected are as
follows: Jerry Jerome. John An
derson. Verne Clement, Lewis P.
Hamlin, J. M. Allison, Don Jen
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Members Of 100-Bushel Corn Club
Are Honored By Kiwanians Friday
More than 80 people attended
the annual banquet of the Brevard
Kivvanis club last Friday night in
Gaither’s cafeteria which was held
in honor of the 33 members of
(lie 1948 100-Bushel Corn club of
Transylvania county.
D. S. Coltrane, commissioner of
agriculture, was the principal
speaker and highly praised Julian
Glazener, the county agent, Ran
dall Lyday and C. H. Bales, and j
their assistants for the remark
able progress that has been made j
in Transylvania county in corn!
growing.
Mr. Coltrane said that much pro
gress has been made in the field I
of agriculture in North Carolina
in the past decade and that it was
definitely in the class of big busi
ness. He said that the progress
made had been due to the national
tarm support program, more di
versified farming, soil conserva
tion, rural electrification, and a
better market for farm products.
The commissioner said that the
objectives now being sought were:
A balanced production of farm
commodities with prices which are
fair to both the producers and
consumers; the conservation and
most efficient use of the basic
soils, forestry, water and mineral
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PLED GUILTY IN
HOMICIDE CASE,
ACTION ON WED.
Wife Of Defendant Found
Dead Last Saturday At
Home Near Penrose
OTHERS MAKE PLEAS
J. Dover Hudson, 49, was sen
tenced by Judge Dan K. Moore, of
Sylva, in superior court here Wed
nesday morning to serve the bal
ance of his life at hard labor in
prison after the defendant had
pleaded guilty to accessory before
the fact of first degree murder as
a sequel to the violent death at
Penrose early Saturday morning of
his wife, Mae Mary Hudson, 45.
Ralph Fisher submitted the plea
for the accused man and it was
accepted for the state by Ralph
Ramsey, acting for Solicitor Clar
ence Ridings. Hudson after re
ceiving sentence was remanded to
the custody of the sheriff and wilt
be taken to Raleigh soon to begin
sentence. He showed no emotion
when sentence was passed but
seemed to be ill at ease during the
proceedings. Every seat in the'
court room was filled and the crowd
listened with rapt attention.
The state put up several witnes
ses, the first being Sheriff Bert
Freeman, who told of going to the
home early Saturday morning ancl
finding the woman dead. He saitf
that at first Hudson denied any
connection: with the crime, but
later stated to him that after she
attempted to shoot him, he threw
a quilt over her face and later
held her nose and mouth until she
quit struggling.
Weldon, a young son, testified
as to the incidents at the home on
the evening of the tragedy. About
3 o’clock he said he heard his
mother scream and the sound of
struggling on the bed. Witness
went back to sleep and was arous
ed by his father, fully dressed, who
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i WILDLIFE GROUP
| SEEKS SUPPORT
| Jack Brown Is Named Game
Protector. President Ap
points Committees
An intensive membership drive
is being planned by the Transyl
vania wildlife club in effort to
secure support from residents of
the county in fish and game prop
ortion and protection program
here, it was announced by Ken
neth McDarris, president of tho
local group, following their month
ly meeting at the city hall Wed
nesday.
A game protector has been nam
| ctl by the state for this county,
: President McDarris reported at
■ the meeting, and he introduced
Jack Brown, of Penrose, as tho
| new official. Mr. Brown has al
ready assumed his duties and will
assist county residents in stocking
streams, lakes and in carrying out
other phases of the production
work, the president stated.
Committees to serve during the
year were suggested by the presi
dent and approved by the large
group of members present as fol
lows:
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Court Of Honor To
Be Held At Baptist
Church Friday, 7:30
The regular monthly court of
honor for the Boy Scout troops
in the Transylvania district is
slated to be held at the First Bap
Itist church here Friday night, at
17:30 o'clock, according to Jack
: Trantham, chairman of advance'
{ments.
In addition to the usual advance
ments and presentation of merit
| badge awards, a technicolor mov
ie on Scouting will be shown.
Mr. Trantham issued a special
invitation to Girl Scouts to at
tend and see the Scouting movie.
All parents . and friends of
Scouting are cordially invited to
attend this program.