VOL. XXXIII. BREVARD, NORTH CAR OLINA, MAY 31, 1928 ( No. 22
Wallace Galloway Comes
Out for Ralph H. Zachary;
Henderson - Gillespie Quit
DEMOCRATS WOULD
ABOLISH OFFICES '
j
Tax Collector, Treasurer, and ;
Two Commissioner* Offices i
Slated To Go
WOULD HAVE SHERIFF
COLLECT THE TAXES
No Contest In Saturday's Pri
mary Except For State
Offices
Transylvania county democrats are '
making interesting announcements I
in this issue of The Brevard News, ;
highlights being as follows:
Withdrawal of Wallace Galloway ii
as a candidate for nomination for i
the legislature, and the publication of j
a letter over Mr. Galloway's signa- i
ture, praising Dick Zachary as "a !
good democrat, capable, young and !
full of vim and pep, with a desire to ]
serve his people. Mr. Galloway, in 1
his letter, urges his friends to sup- j
port Mr. Zachary.
Next is an agreement between W. Ii
B. Henderson and C. E. Gillespie, ?<
candidates for the office of Tax Col- j
lector, to withdraw from the race, j '
and urge upon the members of the i
legislature and state senate abolish
ment of this office, and further re
duce the operating expenses of the
county. There will be no democratic
candidate for the office of Tax Col- '
lector. These statements ajid re- 1
quests are contained in an advertise- i
ment appearing on another page of !
this paper.
Next in importance is a statement I
from Coleman Galloway, candidate
for the State Senate, and Dick Zach- (
a ry, candidate for the Legislature, 1
that they, if elected, will introduce ]
and make every effort to have enact- 1
ed into law, a measure that will -
~v abolish the office of Tax Collector.;)
' Further, the fee legislative candidates, t
W_.4uwmise, they will havee nacted legis- i
. > lationthat will reduce the number of ( 1
county commissioners from five mem- j
bers to three members. 1 1
There will be only three candi- , ?
dates for county commissioners cer- i
tified to the primary this coming Sat- i
urday. The county candidates will i
not enter the primary further than <
formal notice of certification that
they are the choice of the Transyl- ,
vania democrats for the various of- ]
fices. There are no contests what
ever in the democratic patty insofar j
as the county is concerned. ]
Following is the list of candidates '?
to be certified, for the offices of
each candidate:
State Senate: Coleman Galloway. ,
Legislature: Dick Zachary.
Sheriff: T. E. Patton, Jr.
Register of Deeds: Walter Whit
mire.
Coroner: Dr. Wilkerson. ,
Surveyor: T. B. Reid.
County Commissioners: R. P. Kil
patrick. Cole I. Lee and Lambert
Bagwell.
Saturday's primary, therefore, will
have no interest to either party ex
cept as to state offices. The primary I
will be held to select candidates for I
the offices of lieutenant governor, |
and for commissioner of labor and !
printing. ?
The republicans have already
named their candidates in regular ,
county convention.
Under the plan of abolishing the !
office of tax collector, it 7 is under- |
stood that the new law will provide
the collection of taxes by the sheriff,
as prevailed here prior to two years
ago, when the office was created,;
and W. B. Henderson was elected as j
the first officer. Active democrats ;
have figured a saving to the county I
several thousands of dollars annual- |
)y by abolishing the office of county j
treasurer, tax collector and two
members of the board of County
members of the board of county
commissioners.
In the statements appearing in
the advertisement the democrats call
upon the republicans to meet them
half way in their efforts to reduce
expenses through elimination of the'
above named offices.
PROF. FURMAN VISITS
DAUGHTER IN BREVARD
Prof. C. M. Furman, of Greenville,
i? visiting his daughter, Mrs. E. R.
Pendleton. Prof. Furman is 88
years of age, yet is most active and
takes a keen interest in all religious
and public affairs.
DELEGATES NAMED
TO convention!
Believed County Will Name Dele- J
gation To Raleigh Favorable
To Smith
Delegates selected in precinct |
meetings last Saturday to attend the
Democratic county convention, will
meet at the court house in Brevard
on Saturday^ June 9, and select dele
gates to attend the state convention
in Raleigh. The state convention
will elect delegates to attend the na
tional convention to be held in
Houston, Texas, on June 26.
Precinct meetings in Transyl
vaniu county, it is said, were har
monious, the question of Smith or
Hull delegates being raised in only
Dne precinct meeting. In Brevard
No. 2, a vote on the presidential nom
inee was demanded, and resulted in
28 votes being cast as favoring
Smith, eight for Hull and three for
Reed, out of the 39 voters attending
the meeting.
Delegates selected at other pre
cinct meetings, while uninstructed,
are said to be, in the majority, fav
orable to the Smith candidacy.
LOCAL MEN ATTEND
KIWANIS MEETING
Di*trict Gathering at Hendersonville {
Pleaaed With Brevard
Speaker*
President Thos. H. Shipman, Patji
Kimzey, Ralph Ramsey, Frank '
Clement and Clarence Yongue, at- h
tended the district meeting of the i
Kiwanis club held in Hendersonville J
last Thursday. President Shipman i
was chairman of the Brevard dele- i
gation, and introduced the Brevard ?
speakers. Ralph Ramsey expressed ?
appreciation of the Brevard club for ]
the part Hendersonville Kiwanians ;
played in making the local organize- i
tion one of the Dest in the state. It
ivas Hendersonville members who I
organized the Brevard club, and :
Hendersonville men have often vis- i
ited here, lending their support and <
Bncouragement to this club. i
Pat Kimzey pleased the meeting I
with an inspiring address on the
benefits of co-operation, and urged
Hendersonville and Brevard to work *
together, not only as Kiwanis clubs, '?
but as towns and communities.
Mr. Yongue, speaking on truck j
growing, gave an outline of what 1
could be accomplished in the two 1
counties, should truck growers make 1
a business of their work, and use 1
business methods in conducting the
trucking business.
Many members from other clubs I
offered fine suggestions for the pro
motion of the sections represented
in the meeting, and Hendersonville
was jjiven a vote of thanks for 1
bringing the clubs together. tj
6AGEANTTICKETS I
ARE ON SALE NOW!
Tickets for the Rhododendron'
pageant to be held in Asheville on '
the night of June 5 are now on sale
at Plumnier's, Patterson's, Pushell's,
Macfiie'f and Davis-Long Drug
stores and the Building & Loan, the
price of each ticket being fifty cents.
The town selling the most tickets
over and above 200, in proportion to '
the population, will be given a prize
of $100, therefore, we feel it is [
worth while to enter the contest and
win the prize for Brevard.
Mrs. D. I.. English,
Chmn Ticket Committee.
BUREAU MEETS MONDAY
AFTERNOON, AT 3:30
June meeting of the Woman's Bu
reau will be held next Monday!
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the!
Chamber of Commerce room. An
unusually interesting program on
the subject of the Rhododendron has
been arranged by Mrs. H. E. Erwin
and her group, and a full attendance
is urged.
Directors of the Bureau will hold
their regular meeting on Friday
afternoon of this week at 3:30
o'clock at the Chamber of Com
merce.
^TO ALL BOARDING HOUSES:
As your summer guests arrive, please furnish us with
the name and home address of each one of them. We
want to publish their names both in The Brevard News,
and in the home paper of each visitor.
. In this way milch valuable advertising can be had
for this section, and at the same time give recognition to
I - . '
oui4 visitors.
I
IGIffiliiSMiM'AT.'.
0. L 13 ENJOYABLE
Thirly-'Six Graduates ? Young Men
and Worsen Going Into
Various Activities
MEDALS AWARDED MANY
WINNERS IN CONTESTS
Has Been Great Year In the Insti- j
tute's History Christian
Influence Felt
?
Brevard Institute held its 3!iril ]
annual commencement the past
week, the exercises concluding on
Friday night with the address to the i
graduates delivered by the Bcv. ?!..
S. Hiatt, pastor of West Ashe vi He
Methodist church, who spoke forci- i
bly and convincingly on the subject, '
"The Voyage of Life." Seated on i
the platform with the speaker of the '
evening were Rev. A. L. Aycock, i
pastor of the Brevard Methodist .
church, Superintendent J. F. Win- j
ton and 36 piembers of the graduat- ,
ing class of 1928, of whom 26 were |
young ladies and 10 young men. j
The 15 young people who received (
certificates in the commercial -de- ,
partment occupied seats at the j
front of the auditorium. i
Preceding the address by Bev. '
Mr. Hiatt, the valedictory address t
was given by Opal Goodman, of j
Concord, president of the senior i
class, and the salutatory by Ethel j
Williams, of Penrose. ?
At the conclusion of the address t
of the evening, diplomas were pre- '
sented by Superintendent Winton to ]t
Ihe 36 young people completing the j t
high school course, and certificates ,<
to the 15 completing the commercial <
course, either in shorthand, type. J
writing or bgokkeeping. Medals t
were also Awarded at this time .to 1
the winners in the reading and dec- ;<
iamation contest held Wednesday i
night, the reading medal going to i
Eugenia Wells, of Brevard, and the c
declamation medal to Clyde E. 't
Clark, of Flat Rock.
The commencement exercises '
proper began on Sunday morning, I
when the baccalaureate sermon was M
delivered at the Mothodist (jhurch '
by Rev. Albea Godbold, pastor of J
Brevard Street Methodist church, <
Charlotte. J
Exercises were continued Wcdnes- 1
day night, when the annual reading
and declamation contest was held in i
the Institute chapel. In addition to t
the two prize winners mentioned, ?!
others taking part on the program ,1
were : Alice Bolin of Henderson- |f
ville, Mary Louise Sanchez of fam
pa, Fla., Jack Wildey of Asheville, |t
Pierce E. Cook of Rembert, S. C.,
and Cecil Hefner of Wingate. ,t
On Thursday morning occurred js
the senior class day program, with
inter-society athletic games in the
afternoon, and the annual music re- ;j
cital in the evening, concluding the ij
exercises with the graduation pro- ,
pram Friday evening. , It
The school year jtfst closing has :y
been generally pronounced a most
successful one under the efficient^
superintendency of Rev. Mr. Winton,
who has just completed his first .
year as head of this institution. A
iarge student body numbering more
than 200 young people from various ,*
sections of the country, and an able js
corps of teachers associated with ~
Mr. Winton, have all combined to ,
make the school year a success, and k
give promise of a continuance ?*.j
the splendid Christian influence ex- I
erted by this institution in the past. js
STATE0FF1CIAL i:
PAYS VISIT HERE
C
Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley, member of *
the State Equalization board, visited J
Brevard last week and was in con- J
ference with the school board, J
Superintendent T. C. Henderson,
Prof. J. B. Jones and many interest
ed citizens. The object of the meet
ing was that Mrs. Kelley might, in
behalf of the board, obtain first
hand information as to this county's f
actual need regarding its school sys
tem. . ,
Transylvania county received
from the equalization fund last year
about $20,000, and it is hoped that
this year's allottment will be even
greater than that obtained for local
work last year. .
There is growing sentiment
throughout the state to increase the j
equalization fund from the three and .
and one-fourth million dollars allow
ed last vear to at least ten million ,
dollars at the next general assem- 1
bly. Citizens attending the confer- i
ence here last week report that!
many candidates for the legislature!
and state senate are being queried j
before the primaries as to the posi- jj
tion they would take, if elected, on (
increasing the equalization fund. It
was further reported that there is j
wide-spread interest in this move- (
ment, and it may prove a live issue
in the state during the campaign
just now beginning.
Mrs. Kelley was furnished with
full information as to this county's
school situation and of the valiant
fight being made by the citizens, and
seemed impressed with the fine
school spirit which she found here.
OLIVER THOMAS
Oliver Thomas, aged about 60
years, died at his home near Quebec
early Wednesday morning, after an
illness of several days with measles.
Funeral services will lie held on
Thur??ln> jit the OaV f!r?'V? ft:,|?t!?f
Intel,
Surviving Mr. I hon u> ic ? f
[an I ? it III "I ten ehil'll", ? .
CfeJi'Y AiTOKHY
ftpniM
Says County Cannot Force Collection j
of .Taxes on Southern
Railway Lot
THE W. K. WHITMIRE LOT
OBJECT OK CONTENTION
Ordered Removed From I.ist of
Property To Be Sold For
Taxes Monday
Considerable interest has been J
taken in the lot owned by the Sou- ?
them Railway company near the
depot, which has been advertised t
for sale for taxes. County Attorney I
H. E. Martin has rendered his opin- J
ion to the county commisisoners, in j
which he sets forth that the county
cannot force collection of taxes on '
this lot, and give's his reasons there- ]
for as follows:
"The County of Transylvania was
restrained from collecting the taxes
of 192G and the previous years j
thereto on the Depot lot of the i
Southern Railway company in the j
town of Brevard," N. C., by an order :
signed by Judge Walter E. Moore ?
in the above entitled action, from
ivhich the county did not appeal,
rhis action was valid because of
the authority given under section
358 of the Consolidated Statutes,
.vhu'h expressly provides that an in- j
junction may be obtained from the j,
tale of property for taxes where the 1|
mx assessed or levied is illegal, or
jnauthorized or invalid. This sec
Ion of the law has been construed 1,
>y the Supreme Court in the case j
>f R. R. vs Commissioners, 183 N. '
3, 268, Judge Stacy saying "In this ,
jurisdiction a taxpayer may contest |(
he validity of an assessment or col
ection of tax upon his property in
>ne of the two ways: First, he may .
jay the alleged illegal tax under t
>rotest and bring an action to re- ^
:over it back; Second, he may, if
he tax or assessment, or some part | j
hereof, be illegal or invalid, or be
evied or assessed for unauthorized!
mrposes, apply for injunctive re- j
ief without paying the alleged il- {
egal or invalid tax in advance; j
\so see Sherrod vs. Dawson 154 N. i
3. 525, Purnell'vs. Page, 133 N. C. ,
t25, R. R. vs. Commissioners, 148 ^
?J. C. 225. j
"After the judgment above re- ;
'erred to was rendered, from which (
here was no appeal, and the time ,
'or appeal has passed, the Southern .
Railway company has not been nott- j
ied ^according to law to show cause j
shy this 16t should not be placed on I
he tax bOoks. Therefore, Transyl
?ania County cannot legally enforce | .
he collection of any tax against |(
aid lot. |i
"Under the authority of the Su- K
5reme Court, in order to hold the j,
Southern Railway for taxes on the t
3epot lot, the county must notify ,
he company and give them an oppor- :(
unity to be heard before the lot can
>e placed on the tax list. (
"In view of the premises afore- j
;aid, I advise you, the County Com- |,
nissioners of Transylvania County, ij
o charge off the item of $145.70 ,
i gainst the Southern Railway com- i
jany 1927 taxes on the Depot lot,
ind not attempt to collect tax on
lame. It would cost the County
ibout $200.00 to prosecute this ac- }
ion, and they would be sure to lose \
he case. I do not believe in spend- !,
ng the taxpayers' money in this,,
nanner. I do not approve of per- |t
ions interested in the lot otherwise
ising the county and the taxpayers .(
nonev to further their own ends.
"This 24th day of May, 1928. |i
"H. E. Martin,
"County Attorney." jJ
"We the undersigned Commission- |
>rs, hereby authorize H. E. Martin,
bounty Attorney, to advise the Tax |
Collector to charge off as error the ,
?145. 70, 1927 tax on Sou. Ry. L)e
jot lot and withdraw same from ad
,-ertisement. ? j
"This 24th day of May, 1928. jl
"E. J. WHITMIRE I
"A. M. WHITE <
W. C. McCALL," I,
rAX SALE WILL BE j;
HELD NEXT MONDAY ;
I
Next Monday at noon the tax sales (
>f property on which the taxes re- it
nain unpaid will begin. The sale,;
will be held at the court, house door. |i
Jnder the new law, it is said, such
property as is sold next Monday may
je redeemed by the owner during
tht next twelve months upon me
payment of the taxes, plus 20 per
cent additional. If such property is
not redeemed within the year, then
mother sale is made at the expna
tion of the time, and any one make*
the highest bid. pets the property
just the same as if it had bit
bought at a trustee s sale und?r ?
deed of trust, according to official
of the county.
Tax Collector Henderson expects
many property owners' to pay their
taxes before next Saturday
and avert the sale of their property
on the following Monday. Many
people have paid during the past
few days, i< is said.
PENDLETON TO PREAC" ?
AT OAK GROVE CHURCH
Rev. E. R- Pendleton will preach
at Oak Grove Baptist church on next
.Stindav morning, and at T.ake Toxn
way Baptist church .... 'he se.-oiul
Snndiiv mmniiii' in June. "r,
in John- i it\. I ' in;..
I,?i iX ? i in
Mi Jtl.ov i.it r t ? oiifd appoint ijiellt*.
'Rev. E M. A
While k Rk
FIRE DOES SLIGHT
DAMAGE TO HOME
Fireman Knocked Down By Car ?
Dangerous to the Firo
Department
Fire did slight damage to the home
of A. W. Hunnycutt, on Whitmirc
street late Saturday night. 1 he
tire was discovered by Mr. James
Hayes, next door, and the alarm was
riven. Considerable difficulty was
experienced by the firemen in l?cat~
ing the fire, which was in the laths ol
plastered walls. A hole was burned
through the kitchen floor.
Fortunately, the fire was extin
guished before the blaze reached a
5-gallon oil can, which was in the
kitchen and but a few feet from the
burning wall and floor. _ Had the
blaze reached the oil can, it is said,
there is strong probability that a
liisastrous fire would have resulted.
In making his report, Chief Brom
field sad but little damage was done
to the building, and no damage at all
to the contents of the house.
' One of the firemen barely escaped
ferious injury as the fire truck stop
>ed to make hose connections. An au
tomobile which had been following
*losely upon the heels of the "r
?ruck, knocked the fireman down, it
s said, but did not cause any serious
nJOnce again members of the fire
lepartment call upon the people to
je more careful in following the
rucks, or in driving through the
ines while the boys are fighting the
ire. It is said the firemen have much
'reater fear of injury from cars fol
owing them than they experience in
?ctually fighting the fires. Attention
s called to the fact that the depart -
nen is made up of volunteers, who
ight the fires and protect the town
without pay. All of them are work
ng men, most of them havingfamil
es to support. The very fact that
hey are members of the fire company
?auses them to have but little msur- j
uice on their lives, as companies hes
tate to accent firemen as risks.
Members of the fire company, there
'ore, feel that the public should be
nore considerate of the welfare of the
iremen. It is freely predicted that
mc or more deaths will result from
he careless and reckless manner in
vhich some people follow the fire
rucks in swiftly moving cars. It is
o avert such accidents that tne
iremen request The Brevard News to
ince again call upon the cit'zens to
lse utmost caution when the truck is
>n its way to answer an alarm.
The incident of last Saturday night,
vhen a fireman was bowled over by *
following car, should be sufficient
earning.
Fire de'partment answered an
?larm Sunday evening at the resi
ience of Mr. and Mrs. Rush Whit
nire. The Whitmire family had
.pent the day in Asheville, and on
returning found that their refriger
itor motor was badly smoking and
hat the house was filled with smoke.
S'o damage was done otherwise cx
:ept to the motor.
muchworkbeing
DONE ON HIGHWAY
.
R L Hip Jon," United States for
>ster in charge of the work on the
government highways through Pis
rah Forest, reports the road to be in
Excellent condition for travel, and
.av? it is the purpose of the service ,
o keep it in tip-top shape throughout
he summer. There is no more boau
ifnl drive in the whole world than
hat across I'isgnh mountain. through
lie government land.
It i? expected that large numbers
,f tourists will travtj over this m ? ,
? resting highway during the coming
ieason? and the fact that the govern
nent is maintainnig a large force of |
nen on the roads is a guaranty tl.nt .
he highway will be in excellent ?n- ,
lit ion throughout the season.
Mis Drowns
'er Swimming
j Ucv. l'rrink K. N'mIIs. Jr., Methodic!.
; minister, was drowned while swim
ming in the I've Doc river late Tues
day afternoon, according to reports
received in lireva rd. The drowned
man was a scii-in-law ox" .\lr.-r. Cordia
King, having married Miss Kdna King
in the. Brevard Methodist church last
(August. Mrs. Kins' and daughter,
j.Mrs. Clifton DuKant, left Wednesday
| morning for the Nails home at Liles
. ville.
| The Charlotte News, in telephone
?communication with The Brevard
'News Wednesday morning, said re
ports reaching that office were to
the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Nails,
who live at Lylesvilte, went to the
power plant at Bluit Falls, near
jLyesville, where Mr. Nails intended
; to take a swim. He had on his
bathing suit and shoes. Mrs. Nails
j was left at the plant, and her hus
band went on t<j the waters where
he intended swimming.
When Mr. Nails failed to return
on time, Mrs. Nails and others went
| to see about him. His shoes were
| found on the banks of the river, but
! nothing could be found of him.
Officials and neighbors were
; dragging the river for the body
i Wednesday, and up until a late hour
in the afternoon the body had not
jbeen recovered.
I Parents of the Rev. Mr. Nails arc
well known here, where they have
'spent many summers. Young Mr.
Nails was very popular in Brevard,
and his marriage to Miss King last
August was one of the social events
of the season.
YOUNG BOY BEING
HELD HERE IN JAIL
Says He I* From Philadelphia and
His Name !? Ernest
Johnson
Exceptionally bright, experienced
far beyond his years, a fifteen-year
old lad, according to his own asser
tion, was in the county jail Wednes
day, kicking the cage, cursing all
Who tried to help him, and meeting
every offer, of assistance with the
curt statement o i "Then get me out
of here!"
| The lad came to Brevard Tuesday
afternoon, with a traveling salesman
I who had given him a ride. The sales
man was going to South Carolina,
'and di'd not want to be taking the
|boy any further. Officers- were
called, and the boy was turned over
to Mayor Whitmire. The mayor
kept trie boy in the hotel Tuesday
night, giving him room and bed.
I Wednesday morning, it is said, the
lad refused to make reply to any
I questions, further than to say his
I name is Ernest Johnson, and that he
| came from Philadelphia. Policemdn
i Freeman wired the address given by
jthc boy, and he was held, pending a
i reply to the message. Upon being
I placed in the big room at the jail,
ithe boy is said to have torn up two
icots, broke several pieces of furni
ture and made a rope of sheets and
tried to hane himself.
A representative of The Brevard
I News tried to get the boy to tell of
j his people, so they could be notified
i and instructions obtained as to the
l best way to serve the lad. He would
itell nothing and say nothing but
(that he wanted out, al the while
! cursinsr the officials and those who
'were trying to help him. When ask
ed his father's address, he replied
that he had no father, but would
give no further information.
' State papers were notified and
WWNC was asked to broadcast the
information about the boy, hoping
thereby to get in communication
with his people.
CHICKEN DINNER FOR ALL
JUNIOR ORDER MEMBERS
On Saturday night, June '.<? num
bers of Transylvania Council, Jr. O
U. A. M. will hold an open meeting
for the families of the members and
for a few invited guests. A chicken
dinner will be served, and it i* er. ?
pected that a large crowd of .liinio? i
and their families will j.tlcn,' the
meeting.
TRY FIRST AT HOME
WHETHER it is something we want to buy, or sonic
service we wish performed, why not try first at home?
There is not a single one of us in this entire commun
ity but what will benefit to an appreciable extent if
each member of the community practices this simpk
rule.
We want our home town to grow and prosper ?
want it to be a place in which we will be proud to
live. To realize our desires and our dreams of a bet
ter home community we must, one and all, do our
share toward making it better ? and the one big step
toward that end is taken when we each one try first
(n fulfill our n?*ed*? from home roniniunitv souree*-.