BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 9, 1926
VOL. XXXI
JOHN TiNSLEY GIVEN ROAD SENTENCE;
CLEARING DECK FOR IMPORTANT CASES
Many Minor Caiei Already Disposed
of ? Several Submissions by
Defendants
BARN BURNING CASE MAY I
BE HEARD DURING WEEK
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Special Ventre for Louis Whitmire,
Charged with Murder ? Eden
and Lynch to be Tried
Criminal term of Superior court
began Monday morning, with Hon
orable Michael Schenck, of Hen<! ;r
sonville, presiding. J. Will Pless,
Jr., of Marion, the genial solicitor
of this district, representing the
state in prosecution of more than
one hundred cases on the docket. |
Court machinery is running
smoothly, and already numerous
cases have been disposed of, many
by submissions. All the minor
cases are being threshed out, clear
ing the decks for the bigger cases
that are awaiting trial.
There is a barn burning case,
which it is thought will be reached
this week. The shooting case in
which Sylvannus MeCall is charged
with shooting Mr. Samuel Owen,
may be reached Friday or Saturday.
Chief interest centers in the
case of Louie Whitmire. charged
with the murder of Jesses Masters,
and that of R. A. Edens and C. F.
Lynch, charged jointly with the mur
der of John Chapman. Tl?se cases
may not be reached before next
1 week. A special venire is called
for in the Whitmire case, jurors. to
be summoned from the county ex
cluding Cathey's Creek and Easta
toe townships.
So far only minor cases have
had attention of the court. The
case of Dave Henry, charged with
driving while drunk and public
drunkenness, was heard Tuesday.
Henry was given a heavy fine.
John Tinsley, with many charges
against him, drew 12 months on the
roads in settlements of his several
sins against the state.
KEEN INTEREST IN
TEACHERS' MEET
At the regular meeting of the
Transylvania Local N. C. E. A. held
Saturday morning at the High
School building several discussions
of interest and significance were led
by members of the faculty and oth
ers. The program committee had
previously arranged a splendid pro
gram on different phases of health
questions.
Following the devotionals con
ducted by Rev. W. H. Hartsell, pas
tor of the Brevard Baptist church,
Dr. T. J. Summey spoke on the sub
ject of "Conservation of Health,"
"giving a resume of what had been
done since the beginning of medi
i cine up 'to the present time, telling
something of the history of surgery
in different important hospitals
throughout the country, and the ob
servance of public health laws in
general. Dr. Summey, in the course
of his remarks, advocated a full
time health officer for this county
in order to decrease contagious dis
eases.
Miss Florence Kern spoke in an
interesting and instructive manner
of the relation of the school to the
health of the child, telling some
thing of the health work in the
schools and of the efforts at the
present time for the" undernour
ished and diseased children in the
schools of the county.
The Brevard teachers rendered
musical selections after which J. A.
Glazener showed a number of
health pictures, illustrating various
conditions of health as compared
with those of disease.
This program was followed by
group meetings, including those of
, the Primary and Grammar grades
and High School groups, at which
were discussed subjects pertaining
to the problems of the different de
partments of the school.
In the Primary group discussions
?were made by Dr. Summey on
"Symptoms of Contagious Dis
eases;" by "Miss Florence Kern on
"Health Crusades in the Schools;"
and by Miss Mary Strozier on "The
Relation of Physical Education to
Health Program in the School."
' - In the High School group Mrs. V.
A. Crawford led a discussion on
?"The Essentials of High School
English." followed by a round table
discussion. . .
BUREAU ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
Of unusual importance and inter- 1
est was the meeting of the Woman's
Bureau held Monday afternoon at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year was in order, the elec
tion resulting as follows: President,
Mrs. 0. L. Erwin; vice-president,
Mrs. Oliver Orr; treasurer, Mrs.
Beulah Zaehary; secretary, Miss
Alma Trowbridge. The officers were
all re-elected with the exception of
the treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Breese,
who resigned from the office on
account of. holding a similar office
in another important organization.
The Bureau went on record that,
as an organization, none of its mem
bers will buy or get any holly for
Christmas decorations, this action
being taken to discourage its use in
order to preserve the growth of the
tree for future years of beautifiea
tion. A request was made that the
public co-operate with the ladies in
this movement to save the holly
trees of this section from further
abuse by refraining from the use of
its branches for decorative pur
poses.
Mrs. Beulah Zaehary, as chairman
of the committee to arrange for the
planting of dogwood trees on the
high school premises, reported that
15 dogwood trees had been planted
on the grounds and that the re
mainder of the 25 trees to be plant
ed would be set out by Prof. J. A.
Glazener and his class of boys,., at
Mr. Glazener's request, thus saving
for the Bureau $20, which amount
will be used by Mr. Glazener in
otherwise beautifying the school
grounds.
A motion went into effect that
the Bureau send a basket of cat- J
ables to the County Home as a j
Christmas remembrance. To make (
arrangements for this the following j
committee was appointed: Mrs. R. .
H. Zaehary, Mrs. W. H. Duckworth !
and Mrs. R. B. Lyon.
PATWSOFFiCE
; IS NOT AFFECTED
Monday didn't mean nnnb to the
office of county treasurer, more than
Mr. Ed. Patton having to take the
oath of office again. Succeeding him
self to the office, and having things j
running smoothly as usual, the for
mality of being sworn in was the on- !
ly break in the daily routine. Miss
Marion Yongue, assistant to Treas
urer Patton, will continue with the
office. This is the beginning of Mr.
Patron's third term as county treas
urer.
OWEN NAMES HIS
DEPUTY CLERKS
Ro.c.nd Owen was holding court
within a few minutes after taking
oath of office as clerk of the Su
perior court of Transylvania county,
and handled the affairs like an old
verteran at the game. The new clerk
has named T. H. Hampton as office
deputy and T. T. Loftis as court
deputy. In these two men Mr. Owen
has able assistance, for both have
filled the clerk's office in the past.
Mr. Hampton was clerk of the
court 28 years ago. Ltaer Mr. Lof
tis was clerk for. 12 years.
DEATH OF MRS LEDBETTER j
Mrs. Ledbetter died November 24,
at her home at Davidson River,
after a short illness of five days and
was buried at the old Davidson
River cemetery, November 26, be
side the body of her husband, who
died three years ago.
She leaves to mourn her loss, a
son, Dr. P. B. Ledbetter, U. S. N.>;
and one daughter,' Mrs. Edna Kep
hart, and four grandchildren.
Dr. Ledbetter, who is now sta
i tioned at Mare Island, Cal., was un
able to attend his mother's funeral.
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"FLAPPER GRANDMOTHER"
SUCCESS OF THE SEASON
Owing to the unusual merits
oft the "Flapper Grandmother" ?
j coirtedy presented here Tuesday
night, and we deem it advisable
to defer account of: sam'e until
next we?k's issue in order to
,j?ive the production. fyll justice.
DAVE HENRY SHOT BY
HIS WIFE AT LEICESTER
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Dave Henry was shot by hi# wife early
Wednesday morning at pie home of Mrs. Hen
ry's parents, Mr. and lyirp. Joe Wells, at Leices
ter. Henry is in a hospital in Asheville, and it
could not be learned whe her or not the Brevard
man is seriously woundec . It is said he walked
into the hospital, just ab< ut as he did here last
Vluly when his wife shot tyim four times with a
.32 calibre pistol.
Henry was seen in JJrevard late Tuesday
/evening. Earlier in the dfty he had been given a
heavy fine in Superior Court on charges of driv
ing while drunk and reckless driving.
Quite a lot of excitement prevailed here
last July when Mrs. Henry shot her husband, and
this second shooting comes as a surprise to Bre
vard, as it was thought {he Henrys were living
together in peace.
FIRE INSURRANCE RATE IN ONE TOWN
75 CENTS THE $100-SAME COMPANY
CHARGES $1.57 THE $100 IN BREVARD
Fire insurance rate in a small town in the state of New
York is 75 cents the $100. In the same company, the rate in
Brevard is $1.57 the $100. Both policies based on the three
year period.
A citizen living in Brevard and owning property here and
in the New York town, was attracted by the editorial in The
News last week, when it was stated lire insurance rates are
much too high here. He brought both policies, the one cov
ering his property in the New York town and the other
covering his Brevard property, to The News office and asked
why the difference.
The New York town is a small place, with a fire fighting
apparatus consisting of a hand-reel wagon, with only one
paved street in the place. There the rate is 75 cents the
hundred dollars.
In Brevard, with all the miles of paved streets, with an
abundance of water, with fine fire fighting machinery and a
splendid fire department, the rate, in the same company, is
$1.57 the hundred dollars.
Think it over, Gentlemen of Brevard, and see if you are
willing to continue to contribute to such outrageous and
discriminating costs of fire insurance.
PiCKELSIMER IS
NAMED CHAIRMAN
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J.' H. Pickelsimer was elected
chairman of the board of county
commissioners last Monday morn
ing, immediately after the ntwly
elected board had taken the oath of
office. Magistrate F. E. Shuford
administered the oath to the mem
bers. Former Chairman Lyday
made the motion that Mr. Pickel
-i.nr-r be chairman, and this was sec
onded by Commissioner White.
Mr. Pickelsimer is president of
the, Pisgnh Bank, secretary-treas
urer of the Cascade Power company,
and is one of the best known men ;
in the county.
Former Chairman Lyday has
spent about thirty-five years in pub
lic service of the county, most of
this service being rendered in of
fices carrying lots of work, but lit- ,
tie remuneration. The third mem
ber of . the new commission, Mr. A.
M. White of Rosman, has seen much
service in his own town affairs, but
this is his first opportunity of serv- '
ing the county. |
| Many citizens have been heard to
express the opinion that the county
has an exceptionally strong board of
commissioners, men of business
ability and splendid judgment.
TELEPHONE LINE
: SERVES LAKE SEGA ;
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SeVen residences have been com
jpleted in Lake Sega during the
year 1926, and last Saturday
marked another great step ! forward
in this section when the telephone
line to the pretty suburb was com
! pleted and the first phones installed
in? some of the new homes.
This record is most encouraging
not only to Mr. R. E. Lawrence,1
owner of Lake Sega, but to the
city as a whole. It is indicative of
the steady and continual growth of
this section.
SCO IN BAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Baptists of Brevard were highly
elated last Sunday when five hun
dred people attended Sunday School
at the Baptist church. This large
increase in both attendance and in
terest was the direct result of the
week's work condactcd by J. H.
Barnette, Benjamin Favel and Miss
Sophia Berghouser, experts in Sun
day School work. Mr. Barnette is
considered one of the leading Sun
day School workers of the South,
and his work here last week is con
sidered most remarkable.
There are 65 officers and teach
ers of the Sunday School at present,
and fifteen classes hold sessions in
the Kern home, just back of the
church, purchased some time ago by
the Baptist church. *
Many people of Brevard are of
the opinion that the Baptist church
here has the largest Sunday School
attendance of any church in any
city the size of Brevard in the
whole country. ,
The pastor, Rev. . H. Hartsell, is
highly elated over the keen interest
and large increase in membership
of the Sunday School. Following is
a. list of the officers and teachers of
the Baptist Sunday School:
NICHOLSON HOME
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire destroyed the home of Mr.
H. P. Nicholson, in Little River, last
Saturday, burning the building to
the ground. Most of the furniture
was saved, however, which cut the
loss to some extent.
NOTICE.
Reward foi- persoiis responsible for
explosion on Election Night is hereby
withdrawn. Ful particulars will be
published next week.
T. VV. WHITMIRE, Mayor.
DRUNKEN DRIVERS TO WORK ON ROADS
INSTEAD OF JOYRIDING OVER THEM
THE PRAYER CORNER
"KEEPING CHRISTMAS" |
"He that regardeth the day, rc-J
gardeth it unto the Lord" ? Romans
14:6.
It is a good thing to observe '
Christmas Day. It helps one to feel
the supremacy of the common life
over the individual life.
But there is a better thing than
the observance of Christmas Day,
and that is "Keeping Christmas."
Are you willing to stoop down
and consider the needs and the de
sires of little children, to remember
the weakness and lonelinees of peo
ple who are growing old, to stop
asking how much your friends love
you, and ask yourself whether you
love them enough; to try to under
stand what those who live in the
same house with you, really want,
without waiting for your ugly
thoughts, and a garden for your
kindly feelings, with the gate open
? are you willing to do these thing*,
even for a day?
Tfnn you can keep Christmas.
A 10 you willing to believe that
love is the strongest thing in the
-world ? stronger than hate. Stronger
than evil, stronger than death ? and
that the blesed life, which began in
Bethlehem nineteen hundred years
ago, is the image and brightness of
Eternal Lova?
Then you can keep Christmas.
And if you keep it for a day, why
not always?
But you can never keep it alone.
A PRAYER FOR KEEPING
CHRISTMAS -
Our Heavenly Father, we thank
Thee that Thou didst so love us.
Thy erring children, that Thou
didst send Thy beloved Son to
the propitiation of our sins, and iuu
for ours only, but also for the sins
of the whole world. Help us to keep
the day of His Birth with glad and
thankful hearts.
Make us willing to stoop down and
consider the needs and the desires
of little children ; to remember th.
i weakness and loneliness of the peo
' pie who are growing old.
Give us grace to stop asking how
much our friends love us, and ask
ourselves whether we love their.
I
I enough; to try to understand what
those who live In the same house
with us really want, without waiting
for them to tell us. Enable us to
make a grave for our ugly thoughts
| if we have any, and make a garden
! for our kindly feelings with th.'
' gate open ? . So shall we kn p
Christmas, even for more than
day.
Make us willing to believe that
love is the strongest thing in thv
world ? stronger than hate, stronger
than evil, stronger than death, and J
that the blessed life which began in
Bethlehem nineteen hundred years
ago, is the image and brightness of
Eternal Love. So shall we indeed
Keep Christmas, not only for a day
but always. But Oh, Heavenly
Father, write it indelibly upon
our hearts, that we can never keep
it alone. And this we ask in th?
Name of Thy Blessed Son, our Sav
iro ,who loved us and gave Himself
for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. |
I* Intimation Contained in Judge
Schenck'a Masterful Charge
to Grand Jury
APPEALS FOR TENDER CARE
OF COUNTY'S AGED POOR
The, Home and Womanhood Pro
tected by the State ? Duties
Clearly Outlined
Quite informally, purely extem
poraneously, and in the most simple
manner and Words, Judge Michael
Schenek delivered his charge "-?< th?
Grand Jury last Mondi.y. The
charge was pronounced by m?:.y i?>
be one of the finest ever
the Transylvania court h?u*.. \
fense of the home, protection ;h< \
purity of womanhood an. I ue ??aiv 1
of the aged and helpless u. r. neld
out by the able jurist as tin >trtcV.
greatest duty to its citizens
Duties of the Grand Jury, J
Schenck stated, arc three ? f iid,
First, to present bills of indie" -nts
coming from the solicitor vhen
probable cause justify, and infuse
indictments whe-n there is not, "af
rit-lent probable cause to justify the
trial of the accused. Second, to
make presentments to the solictor
when information comes to the body
that any one has violated the 'aw,
Third, to examine and report or. the -
property owned by Transylvania
county, and investigate treatment
being accorded the prisoners and
inmates of other county institi: liens.
Each of these duties were t*:en
fully explained by the judge, "who
stated it was just as much th; duty
of the Grand Jury to protect the
citizens as it was to uphold '.he
Jaws of the state. In other words,
Judge Schenck held, it is the rl
Jury's duty to see to it that : . ?>
zen is not embarrassed by beii:_- tried
on a charge in the criminal i curt,
unless sufficient evidence is ir -n'l
to warrant such trial, as it is see
To it that men are tried ai. .
whom there is found sufficient v -so
ior their trial.
The usually smiling face ? " 'He
judge held a look of severity *n:le
advising the Grand Jury t" their
duty in regard to men who Hrivo
automobiles while under the irifln
? nee of whiskey. The state ar-J the
county operate under the compul
sory school attendance law; in the
state's advancement there arc con
solidated schools to which tlu ? tiil
'iren of the county journey bach and
forth in buses; this is one "f the
greatest advantages of tru v -o<l
roads of the state, this scho'i: ar
rangement which gives to the rural
. hild the same advantage enjoyed by
the child of the city; but tlu i iil
Iren must go and come from -chool
iin the highways. The drunkt an- ? .
lomobile driver jeopardizes th< iiwss
?af all such children, the jud,f
ar.d there is to be no mercy for - li-'H
men in this court. In fact, the
judge intimated to the Grand Jury,
if they have information of men who
have been so jeopardizing the lives
of Transylvania's little children,
and will return a true bill, and ev
idence is produced in court that
shows they have been driving auto
mobiles while intoxicated, the court
^vill see to it that they will not
bother the people of this county any
rr.')Te for at least one year, '."his
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KIWANIANS ENTERTAIN FOOTBALL
! CLUB; ELECT DR. SUMMEY PRESIDENT
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i Dr. TJiomas J. Summey was elect
ed president of the Kiwanis club at
the meeting of that organization
last Friday evening. It was the an
nual election of officers, and Dr.
Summey succeeded W. E. Breese.
The latter was given a rising vote
of thanks by the club for the great
part he played in the first year of
Kiwanis life in this city.
Julian A. Glazener was elected
vice president, and the following
were named as directors for the
' coming year: . '
i ,T. H. Shipman, Frank D. Clem
! ent, R. E. Lawrence, Joseph S. Sil
| vtrsteen, J. M. Allison, H. A.
Plummer and James- F. Barrett.
Retiring President W. E. Breese
was unanimously selected as dis
j trict delegate, one of 'the' highest
? honors, ' in . Khysnis. circles. v _ ? . ^
?f The social side of the" meeting
i was devoted to an entertainment o;
i the Brevard High School footb;."
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players, but as matters devsloped it
iS better to say the football players
entertained the Kiwanians. In ad
dition to being good football play
ers the Brevard boys proved them
selves to be excellent public speak
ers. Jack Trantham's response was
especially strong, as he outlined tho ?
i essentials In good football playing.
| He declared the man who played
' football for his own individual
glory has no place in the great
game. Team work is the one thing
that spells sucess, he declared. Fivo
things enter into hte successful gamo
of football, the young man declared,
these being "work, fight, spirit,
speed and brain." Of the five, Mr. ,
Trantham declared, brains is the J
greatest ? the ability to think your /
' game out and to think out the plajM
[the opposition' will ta'ake, ?win" more
'giunes than t^ll physical atfrftgth^am
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