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% ? ; ? * J ' : 1 Wim ?? you xxxiii. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 19, 1928 Democrats To Eliminate Danger of Internal Strife i CANDIDATES TO BE SELECTED ON MAY 5 Mayor Robert* and Harry Nettles G'ven Great Applause at the Rally MISS MARTHA BOSWELL SUGGESTED FOR LEGISLATURE Precinct Meetings To Be Held on Saturday, April 28 ? Much Interest Thut the democrats in Transyl vania county intend to escape the hazards of bitter primary fights for nominations to various offices was clearly proven at the mass meeting held Wednesday noon in the county court house, it was decided to hold precinct meetings on Saturday, April 28, and on the following Saturday, May 5, a county convention will be held in Brevard, at which time can didates for the various county of fices will be selected. Chairman W. E. Breese presided at the meeting Wednesday, stating the purpose of tho gathering was to dis cuss the best plans for conductnig tho campaign. He urged all demo crats present to state their views, _ frankly and fully, to the end that > others could not charge that the af fairs of the party in this county are run by "a Brevard ring." "We want every democrat in the county to have a voice and an equal vo'ce in the af fairs of the party," Sir. Breese said. No mention was made by the county chairman as to the presidential race, except when he stated that the dem levats of this county should battle to win this county, and await the ac tion of the Houston convention be fore- starling national political talk. Chairman Brsese threw the meet ing opeii for suggestions as to the best methods to pursue in starting and waging the campaign. Pat Kini zey, lawyer, suggested that attend" ants at tlvs meeting go back to their ^Phonies, and tell all the good demo t crats, (and there are no bad ones, ^j^Lsaid) to get busy with the work BforgTTRteing the various precincts, arousing-interest and then at some near futur^date hold- another muss meeting, an:'! dtcido upon the very best, men possible as candidates for the various county offices. Dr. E. R. Pendleton, formerly of South Carolina, adm ttcd that po litical contests were new to him; that in his native place there was but one ?party. He wanted to know if there could be some way arranged where by the business management of the - county- could be selected with no re gard to political affiliations. He said he would be glad if there could be men selected for the commissioners' <..,.p who \ver< experienced in that line of work like Mr. Shipman is in bank ng, and in whom the people could place the utmost confidence, both as to ability and integrity. Mirs Martha Boswell placed the blame- for existing conditions square ly upon the democratic party, and vowed she meant by that to place the blame upon the individual mem bers of the party. "If conditions are not what they should be n this county,'" Miss Boswell paid, "no one is to blame except those of us who belong to the party. We have not been doing our duty. There is but one salvation for Transylvania coun ty, and that is build up a strong, clean, party and place in nomination for offices only the very best citi zens w'thin our ranks." It was Miss Boswell's opinion that there should be no compromise with the republi can party, no splitting "fifty-fifty" on any thing. She was for the party to wage its own battles, build up its own party, and offer to the t>rhl;" such fine character that the republicans would have to offer the very best they had, and through this procedure give to the county the best there '"s in county government. "We have the machinery with which to build a vigorous, victorious party," she said, "and our condition is not on account of any clique, any group, or any bosses. It js simply because we, as individuals, have not been (Continued on back page) BREESE TELLS WHY THE RESIGNATION Says Former Chairman Piekelsimer I Feared To Stand For Record of His Adio'nUtration ALLEGES FISHER KEPT TAX MONEY FOR FOUR MONTHS Attacks Former County Attorney for Fees Charged as Counsel for the Commissioners With keenest interest, the audience , gathered at the democratic mass j meeting in the court house Wednes- 1 day, in which there were many ladies ? and quite a few republicans, await- 1 oil what many had considered the most interesting part of the meeting. It had been announced that infov- , illation would be given as to why "J. H. Piekelsimer had resigned as chairman of the board, and why Ralph R. Fisher had been fired as county attorney." ' j Chairman, Wm. E. Breese, at the conclusion of the speaking program, approached this subject and gave what he interpreted as these reasons. Mr. Breese said he felt compelled to give these facts because there had been so much talk going on, propa ganda being spread ore r the county,; as to the conditions n.'iv existing in! Transylvania. He said the republ.i- 1 cans promised til? people an admin- [ istrat on of economy, .and he pro- 1 posed to show how they had failed to live up to th Mr promises. At the last election, Mr. Breese said, as is well known, two republi cans and one democrat were elected to the board of county commission- ; ers. At the session of the legis lature following this elect on, there was a movement state-wide in scopc to increase board memberships to five in those counties where only thr;e were charged with the business ? f the county. This was done for Transylvania, and the number in c catfd to five members. Very natur r.:!y, Mr. Breese said, the two addi i-u-.nbi.rs s'lecte-.i were ilemo- . ctati, lit before ,tii?s had taken place, . vlu'- Kcr said, the board had em ployed Mr. Fisher as eouiity attor t\ ?v. end ehi'.'ged further that h* arid . Ho'cnd Owen, clerk of the court, I brought about the discharge of Eek ? Sims , as rural policeman and em- j ployed Frank McCall, a republican,) at an increased salary of $2"> the j month over th.- amount that had been i . aid to Mr. Sims. Then Mr. Fisher, Chairman Breese j said, drew from the county the sum ' of ?1-198.25 for services of which there are records. He charged a ' fee of $300 for appearing for the county in ths lawsuit between the county commissioners and the road commissioners, Mr. Breese said, and he charged the county $100 for ap pearing in the "railroad case." j Mr. Breese said the back taxes had been turned over to Fisher for j collection; that Mr. Fisher collected about $2400 from some lumber con. j cern in .Balt'triflire some time in j June; that the check for this amount j was deposited to Mr. Fisher's per sonal account in the bank, and re-J mained th:re, the speaker said, un-' til about the nv'ddle of the following j October, although the county was , needing money; Mr. Breese de- . clared the county attorney did not] even pay interest on the money, al though the county was borrowing money and paying interest thereon. Chairman Breese charged that Mr. Piekelsimer knew about this check, having endorsed it. In addition to this, the speaker said, Mr. PickeJ simor dreaded to meet the public not nnlv on the record of the party, in the face of these th'ngs that had taken place, but the former chair man also dreaded the coming of the day when the public should learn all ; about the assessments of the Pickel- j simcr property as compared with ad- j jacent property of others. Mr. [ Breese asserted that all these facts I would be given the public in due ( time, and that Mr. Piekelsimer knew it would be so, and that, in h:s ; opinion, is the real reason that the] former chairman resigned. HAMPTON NOMINATED ON STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET i A. E. Hampton, popular insurance man of Brevard, was honored in the . Republican state convention held in ? Rnleieh last week, when he was nominated on the state ticket for In surance Commissioner. Mr. Hamp ton is a native Transylvania boy, has been in business here since young manhood, is United States Commis sioner for this district, and is con sidered one of the outstanding cit izens of this county. Mr. Hampton is a Baptfct, being an officer in the Brevard Baptist church. He is now connected with the C. P. Wilkins In surance company. The state ticket as named in the oonvent'on, follows: For Governor ? Hcrlicrt F. Sea ? will, of Carthage. Lieutenant Governor ? \V. H. Fish er, Sampson county. Secretary of State ? Mrs. H. J. Tighe, Buncombe county. Attorney General ? J. N. McCrary, ! Davidson county. Auditor ? John W. Yeager. t'ntaw ba county. Treasure r ? John H. Johnson. 1 Wildes county. i Superintendent of Public Instruc tion ? I. G. Grier, Wautauga ounty. Commissioner of Revenue ? Noah O. Pitts, Burke county. Commissioned- of I.abor and Print ing ? I. B. Joslin, Forsyth county. Commissioner of Insurance ? A. K Mumpton. Transylvania county. Corporation Commissioner Dr. .1. tl. fii?irtf. l.ilierty. Commission r "f Abrirulturc- D. A. Patterson. Scotland rounty. (Continued on hack pairet PRITCHARD NAMED STANDARD BEARER R. K. Fisher Elected as Alternate to National Republican Convention LEWIS P. HAMLIN PLACED PRITCHARD IN NOMINATION Convention Held In Asheville Tues day ?? Many Transylvania Men Present George M. Pritchard, of Asheville, was nominated by the republicans of the Tenth Congressional district as that party's candidate for congress n the coming election. Mr. Pritch ard was placed in nomination by Hon. Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard law yer, who Jtacl been urged by hun dreds of republicans to allow his name to be offered as congressional ! candidate. j Another recognition of Transyl vania county came when Hon.' Ralph j R. Fsher was elected as alternate to the Kansas City national convention ' to be held in June. Both -Mr. Fisher and Mr. Hamlin have been congres- 1 sional . cand dates in the past, and are well known throughout the district, j Judge W. C .Mcokins of Hetider son'ville, and Gov. C. J. Harris of Jackson county were named as dele gates to the national convention. | Hon. L. L. Jenkins, Asheville banker and capitalist, was selected as elec tor for this district in the presiden tial campaign. Mr. Hamlin's name had been placed before the conven tion for elector, and was withdrawn at his request, that Mr. Jenkins might have the place without opposi- i lion. Many members of the party at- . tended- the convention from Transyl-j vania county, who are authority for; the statement that it was the most enthusiastic congressional conven tion ever held by their paity n this , district. Mr. Hamlin stated in presenting the name of Sir. Pritchard that he j wanted above all els," to see the candidate of his party successful in ' ti e coming election, and that lie be-| lieved ho could do much better work in the campa'grt for the election of the Asheville man than he' could do :i: his own behalf, because then lli: re would be nothing of the ele- , >n.nt , of personal interest in the campaign which .he intends to make j for his party. FISH NURSERY IS . FILLED WITH TROUT Thousands of Little Fellows Growing Nicely ? P?rt of Kiwanis Club i'rogrnm Sixty thousand speckled trout and 35,000 i ainbow.3 art- growing and gaining ev.ry day in the fish nursery recently installed at Pisgah Forest. ; Messrs. Ed. McCoy, John Smith, ; Randall \V. Everett and .Jerry Jevonie, K'wanis committee having this portion of the club's program in charge, have lost no time in start injr the good work which is to have such tremendous bearing on the fu ture of this county as a paradise lor i vacationists who enjoy fish'ng. This committee is going right ah.-ad with its work of constructing: , still lamer quarters for th -j fish, and it is hoped to place hundreds of ? thousands of trout -n the streams of : the county during late summer and'] early fall. Heretofore the little fel-,1 lows have been brought front the ; government fish hatchery and placed ( '? directly in the streams. It is ostint- 1 , ated that not over five per cent of the fish so placed have survived, j' With the installation of the nursery, where the fish are kept and cared;! for until they reach a certain sistfl, :t is confidently believed that 90 per j cent of them will live. It means much to this section to have the stream stocked with trout. It is agreed that no other one thing , would attract so many visitors to.}1 this section as would well stocked., streams for the pleasure of the vis- J : itors. OLD TIME SINGING EVENT AT ETOWAH, First Sunday in May will be mark- \ cd by the Old-Time Singing conven tion at Ktowah, at which hundreds ?f people from all section of Tran sylvania and adjoining counties are expected to be in attendance. This .< nging convention has been a pop ular event of the past 1(5 years, and increases in 'attendance and interest with each year. A cordial invitation is extended to the general public to be present at , the Etowah church the first Sunday in May, and all are requested to | bring basket dinners. ?J. M. Orr is ? ha rmati of the sing- ? ing convention, and S. 1'. I.ance is secretary. > WANT ADS BROUGHT RESULTS TO MR. WOODj \V. I.. \Voo?| writes us that from | tin* one advertisement which he ran ? in last week's Hrevanl News he sold i k ::n fine ?hii*k"iis. The advertisement [ m i?>l Mr. Wood "J"! cents. If yon have ! I -?iim;thimr that you want to sell j i there is a possibility ? ? f y??i:r do:ns? j |.eiii.l:y ;e Well, ii? it a Ivi-rfi.-f- ? ments in The Hrevard News pays thej advert iser. ROSMAN PROGRAM MOST INTERESTING Commencement Exercise* at High School Began La?t Sunday PRINCIPAL WILSON MADE FINE RECORD IN WORK. Friday Evening Devoted to Gradua tion Exercises, Awarding of Medals and Diplomas C <> hi 111 o li e e m e a t exercises for Ros liian High school began hist Sunday morning, when the ltcv. A. N. Coy pening, of Mars llill college, preach ed the baccalaureate sermon. A most beautiful musical program was ren- ; tiered by members of the school fac- 1 ulty and student body. The - program will be continued th's Thursday evening, with class day exorcises, mid will come to a close j tomorrow (Friday) evening with: graduating exercises. Rosman High has enjoyed a splendid year's work under the able leadership of Prtff. E. D. Wilson, who has had the assist ance of an unusually strong force <>f teachers. The program for Friday evening's exercises, wh ch begin promptly at 8 o'clock is as follows: Piano Duet .... Mrs. E. D. Wilgoii,. Miss Ripley Address .....' Mr. Andrews Vocal Solo ............. Mrs. Byrd i Presentation of Diplomas ........ ?; ; Mr. E. D. Wilson Presentation of Seventh Grade | Diplomas and Certificates of Honor Mr. C. R. Sharp ; Awarding of Medals to Seventh Grade History Students Mis. E. W. lily the Awarding ol* Scholaish p Medal, Essay Medal and Basketball l.etters ... Coach D. M. Robinson' Awarding of Barrett Editorial Medal James F. BairL-tt, Following are the members of the Senior class: Ora Abiloe Owen, Mary .lane Price, Frankie Geneva Paxton, Willie Mar e Whitmire,- . Beulah Cornelia Rice. Ben T. Wilson, Garrett D, j Anglin, Chas. Lyle Henderson, Bur dette B. Wilson. TALENTED PIANIST TO GIVE RECITAL Miss Ruth Rankin To Appear at Brevard Institute Saturday Evening, April 21 On Saturday even'ng, April 21, lit eight o'clock, Brevard music lovers will hav^ the opportunity of hearing an unusually interesting interpreta tion of fun-pus composers. Miss Ruth Rankin of Boone, N. C., and New York City will render. a rec tal in ill? auditorium of the Institute. . ! Rank'n, daughter of Dr. J. 1 >. k* ?!:??' of" th-j Appalachian State j ?! r.jo'.i:', has already made! ji'ace -among the umisu- [ ui!y taliMi.ii pianists of ihe country. She. is a; prese nt studying "'n the ? -hilliard i'.'h-jol of music in New York City, and is at the same time teaching in New York. She has iriven various recitals throughout .North Carolina and other states, and is at th's time in her home state for ! the purpose of appearing in recital , before the Convention of the No nil j Carolina Federation of Music clubs ' in session at Sanford from the 18th to the 20th of April. She will play ! in Sanford on the evening of the 19, | Find will appear in Brevard on the following Saturday evening. The j Institute is unusually fortunate in 1 being able to interest Miss Rankin in a visit to the city at this time. Her program will be in three arroups, as follows: I French Suite in G Major .... Bach Capriccio in B Major Brahms Intermezzo A Major Brahms 1 Rhapsody in E Flat ...... Brahms j II Sonata F Major op 10 No. 2 Beethoven! Etude C Minor Chopin j Etude F Major Chopin I III i 1'riaiia Albeniz Prelude <; .Major .... Rachmaninoff I'relude A Minor Debussy' l.a Campanella I.iszt-Busoni The program at the Institute is <pnits?rcd by the Music department, und :s primarily in the interest of ? tin development of musical apprecia- ' lion mi the part of the students. Ad mission outside the faculty and stud mt body will be by invitation. B!G LIGE" OWEN GETS 2-YEAR TERM "Big Lige" Owen was given a sen- j tence of two to three years in the penitentiary in the Superior court last week after trial on the charge of burning the. barn belonging to Herman Kitchin The trial consum ed about three days, and the jury was out for some time in its | deliberations. The jury verdict was j guilty. with recommendations to the ????ni t t"i mercy in imposing sen- 1 t ? nee. Win. K. I!i ??<?-!?? and It. R. Fisher ?aim*' ? :;; filoyed l?v the prosecution [ ? mi ii>?i?:ed tin -ulicitor. while Ifam :.r ;utd an?l ('olo'lian (!allo- f v lift ?"!**? . ' ill- 1*. Notiic of appeal to ;j>?- Supreme j court was sriven. High Successful Year 'or FORTY MEMBERS IN THE SENIOR CLASS Superintendent Jones and Teaching Staff Are Highly Praised for Their Work MUCH PROGRESS MADE DURING YEAR CLOSING Many Well Known Young Men and Women Included in the Senior Class With forty members in the Senior class, the Brevard 1 1 iyh School is approaching the end of what is pro nounced the most successful year in the school's history. Many citizens have been heard to express the opin ion that more real progress has been made during' the year just closing'.] than in any other year's work since j the High school was established. Prof. J. B. Jones and his able staff of teach.- rs have been the subject of many flattering and highly coinpli-.! meritary statements during the past few day.-:. " I Folio-. ' ng is a list of the members ? of the Senior class; Ezra iinos, Jack Barrett, Bonnie | Batson, Margaret Bowen, Alice 1 Bowen, Mildred Clayton, Josephine Clayton. Jeanette Collins, Martha Cowan, Joe Duckworth, Vernon" Full- ' br.'ght, paulette Gillespie, Paul Glaz ener. Annie Hamilton, Thojnas Hamp ton. Edna May Henderson, Vera Ji.i.s, Ar.: v Jenkins, Lilian Jenkins, 1 D.iaothy "etzev, Louise Kimsey, | Woodiow ivil patrick, Alice McCall, Leota McCrary, Margaret Miller, Thomas Mitchell, Billie Middleton. Martha Osborne, Belle Reed, War ren Scruggs, Harry Sitton, Helen Sit ton, Modecia Saltz, Edna Mae Saltz, | Adelaide Silverste.en, Robert Mor ris, Margie Whitmire, Julia Wood, Edna Mason, Beulah May Zachary. CATTLE SHIPPED FROM THE COUNTY One carload of cattle was shipped from Brevard last week by Mr. W. L. Aiken, and the tidy sum of $2, 717.04 was added to the bank ac counts of var'ous citizens of the county who raised the stock. This statement is sufficient answer to thus- who question the possibil.ty of raising stock in this county. The biggest price brought by any one head of the lot was that pa d Mr. Everett Talley for a steer, v bicii l>r< v-rht. him $110. (SO. Follow ing is a table, showing about how the lot ran in price, and th i nam'' of the man who sold them : Carl Talley, steer $70.86 Carl Talley, steer .... 104.00 Everett Talley, row . . 03.00 Everett Talley, heifer . ? 8l.!?0 Everett Talley, heifer . 106.74 Everett Talley, steer . 110. GO ; Everett Talley, steer . . 96.00 i W. A. Cannon, 5 steers 529.00 W. A. Cannon, 4 heifers 342.47 C. E. Tinsley, 1 head . . . 1002.00 W. L. Aiken, cow .... 88.82 \V. L. Aiken, steer . . . 85.50 Three car loads of fine cattle were shipped from Brevard this morning, there being 75 head, none of which brought less than 100 the head, it is said. This makes the second ship ment of cattle from the local market during the past week, leaving some thing over twelve thousand dollars of ni sv money here for th:s great money crop. BAPTISTS REPORT GREAT PROGRESS Baptists of the county met at the Brevard church Monday cven'ng and made report of the .progress ocing made in the Centennial campaign now being waged for the purpose of raising a million and- a- half dollars for* educational purposes in this state. Splendid reports were read at the meeting, and it was shown that more than two thousand dollars of Transylvun'a county's allotment has been raised already.' The allotment for this county is. said to be $5,500. 1 Many noted Baptists. of the state, including the Rev. Dr. 1. M .Mercer, Dr. H. F. Brinson, and W. M. Hug gins, who is state secretary of the Baptist association, were present anil made inspir ng speeches. Two churches in the county re ported their full quotas of this coun ty's allotment, these being Mt. Mo riah, of C-herryfield, and Oak Grove ' church. There will be another meeting held in Brevard noxt Monday ^evening, ' and it is expected that Transylvania county's full quota will be reported at th s meeting. PIANO RECITAL TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY EVENING Students uf the Rrevnrd High School will present a piano recital at the school iiuditoi-iuni I-'r day evening ??f this week at X p m. Tlu- students will assisted by the High S<-h"?>! [orchestra and ulee elub. DR. RONDTHALER TO DELIVER ADDRESS Rev. Dr. L. T. Wile* to Preach Baccalaureate Sermon Next Sunday Morning CLASS DAY PROGRAM I OBSERVED NEXT THURSDAY Graduating Exercises Friday Night of Next Week ? Fine Program Arranged Rev, Dr. J,. T. Wiles pastor of the Presbyterian church at .lienil-.'i sonville, will pi-each the baccalaur eate. sermon next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, opening the commence ment exercises for the Brevard High school. Class Day program will he rendered Thursday evening follow ing, at 8 o'clock, and graduating ex ercises will be held Friday evening at which time the school formally closes its year's work. Qf interest to the whole county is the announcement that Rev. Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, of Winston Salem, will deliver the address to the graduating class. Dr. Rond thaler is recognized as one ?<f the greatest men of the South. ;:ml . no stronger man could have been found anywhere for th's occasion. Following is the program arranged for the commencement excretes, be ginning Sunday morning alid closing the following Friday evening: Sunday, April 22, at 1 1 o'clock Prelude ? Intermezzo . George Bizet High School Orchestra Hymn . Own ward Christian Soldiers Invocation . . Rev. Wallace HnrtsOll Send Out the Light Gounod Glee Club Offertory ? Hope Eternal: Zamecnik Orchestra Scripture Reading Sermon Dr. L. T. Wilts Hallelujah Chorus . . ..... Handel Glee Club Benediction . . . .? Rev, A. L. Ay cock Postlude ? March Romaine: Gounod Senior Class Dr.y Profrsr.i Thursday April 23, 8 o'clock Music Oiviicsira Address . . . ,-T or.; Har.iplcr. History Hilly Mddleton Poem .... . . . ..... Louise* Kinr/.cy Song Seniot* Class Prophecy ..... Adelaide Silversteen Grumbler ....... Vernon Fullbright Will Vera Jones Song .... .?'? Seni: Class Graduating Exercises Friday, April 27, 8 o'clock Music Orchestra Invocation . ... . Rev. V. A. Crawford Salutatory Lilian Jenkins Valedictory . . Beulah Mae Zachar.v Address Dr. Howard E. Ron Ulialer Presentation of Diplomas ...... ........... .1 . Prof. J. R. Jones Benediction Rev. Harry Perry POULTRY CAS HERE AGAIN ON FRIDAY Friday, April 20, the )ouU.> t-r.r of the Fanners Federation will once again be parked' on th: siding at the Southern Rr.ilway freight hti'.tion for the purpose of buying pcultry. The car is at Lake Toxawny today (Thursday) and will be here tomor row (Fr'day 1 morning. An advertisement in this issue of The News gives the prices to lv> paid by the Federation for poultry. Mr. George Evans, in charge of this work for the Federation, is confident that he will load a solid car. in Transylvania county on this J-rip. This is the third trip the poultry car has made to Brevard this year, and at the two previous dates hero Mr. Evans purchased hundreds of dollars worth of poultry. It is hoped that the Federation will receive ? sufficient co-operation here to cause t-he big concern to keep on sending cars here at regular intervals winding up in giving the people of this county a cash market, at the ear, for all farm produce of all kinds, in addition to that now pertaining to poultry. REVIS GETSTYEAR IN STATE PRISON Joe Revis was given a sentence of not less than one year or more than ( two years in the state penitentiary for slaying his son-in-law, iJly-i Rob inson. Sentence was pronounced last Friday, after a jury fiad found Revis guilty of manslaughter. The crime for which the aged man must pay the penalty, was commit ted on January 17, at the lonely cabin occupied by the Revis ami Robinson families in Hogback town ship. Revis shot Robinson, tie says, in defuse of his own 1 fe and that of his daughter, Mrs. I.tturn Robin son. i Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., was assisted in the a si- for the *.ate by County Attorney II. K Mr.rtin. and R. H. Fisher was employed In the Robinson family to in ihe priisecttt -on. 1>. I . Kier'i-'h :.?! i M -:-" I in iiikI K iivv.t weir alt'-is- ; > i ?:* the defense. * ,*i
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