BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 3, 1929
mn
DEATH IS SHOCK
Passe? Away at St. Petersburg]
Late Tuesday? ^-Brother
at Bedside
BODY TO ARRIVE IN
BREVARD THURSDAY]
Was Postmaster Two Terms
and Had Charge of the
Jennings Property
- Charles E. Orr, one of the most
popular and well known citizens of
Brevard, died late Tuesday, after
noon in St. Petersburg, Fla., where j
he had gone in an effort to regain
his health. Dr. Chas. L. Newland,
the deceased's physician, and A. K.
Orr, brother, were with the popular
man when the end came.
Mr. Orr had been ill or a longi1
time, and the trip to Florida was)1
taken as a last resort in efforts to j'
rebuild his broken health. Dr. New-j1
land took Mr. Orr to the Florida J
city some ten days ago and. was
joined there by the brother, Mr. A. i
K. Orr. |j
Charles E. Orr was born in Pitts-;
burg about 48 years ago. He came ;
to Brevard 28 years ago and soon 1
established himself here and made a p
place in the community which
brought many honors to him. For
eight years he was postmaster ini
Brevard, and after that time became11
the personal, representative of Mr.
R. G. Jennings, a Pittsburg million
aire ami owner of the Fairfield and
Lake Toxaway properties. *
The widow and three children sur
vive. Mrs. Orr who was, before her
marriage, Miss Rowena Cooper, of
Statesville. A daughter, Miss Ro
wena, and two boys, Edmund and j
Buster, and two brother, A. K. Orr it
and Walter Orr, survive. jf
The body is expected to reach J
Brevard Thursday. Funeral ar- > :
rangements had not been made at!'
time of going to press Wednesday j
night, but interment will be in Gil- : t
lespie cemetery. s
Mr. urr was a member of St. P
Philips Episcopal church, a member
of Dunn's Rock Masonic lodge, a 1
director of the Brevard , Banking s
company, a member of the board of c
road commissioners, and one of the ,r
most active citizens of the county. s
DELIVERING MAE
IN BR?VARD NOW I
Wednesday, January 2, Gerald
Sitton and Leon English began Bre
vard's first free delivery of mail. It
was a red-letter day in the life of |
Postmaster Roscoe Nicholson, for he , r
had worked many, many years to d
bring this service to Brevard. h
It will be well for patrons of the;B
office to remember, however, that it j a
takes two cents to mail Brevard let- ! t
ters now. This additional cost comes j
with the free delivery service. But (
few people will offer objection to i c"
this, however, as the fact that Bre-jj
vard has free mail delivery service I
is worth much more than this addi- j v
tional cost.
Incidentally, the delivery service j j
costs The Brevard News one cent af^
pound extra postage, yet it takes The | ^
News to homes of the people of the j j
town, and this paper is more than ' j
glad to pay the extra charge in or- 1 *
der that its subscribers may have;i
The News delivered to the homes of j 1
its subscribers.
INTERESTING MEET j
OF COUNTY BOARD
Will Urge County Dads Tojj
Keep Farm Agent }'
At Work J
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Next Monday will witness an in- ?
teresting meeting of the board of
county commisisoners, because of '
the many important matters to come |]
before the board. One interesting'*
phase of 'the meeting will be a set- j]
tlement for former county attorney'!
? H. E. Martin, as it is said the board r
has notified Mr. Martin to be presents
at the Monday session and makei'
final settlement with the county for j
his transactions while serving as (
L-ounty attorney. |i
Another matter of intense interest >,]
will bt; the appearance before the j;
board of a committee from the |
Chamber of Commerce authorized j
to urge the board to reconsider its ;
action on the farm agent matter and 1
make possible a continuance of this j
work. This question seems destined
to be the cause of much discussion,
if not actual dissention, in the coun
ty for sometime to come. There are
those who expressed the belief that
Transylvania county must have the
benefit to be derived from the farm
agent, while on the other hand, it is
plain that the majority of the farm- 1
ers are opposed to this work.
Chairman of the board, J. H. Pick- j
elsrmer, makes the asertion that each
member of the board of commission- j
ers' would be heartily in favor of a
continuance of the work, providing a
majority of the farmers of the coun
ty want it, but the board, it is said,
must first be convinced that the
farmers really desire the farm agent?
Many other matters of minor im
portance. will be disposed of at the
M'.nd- .y meeting.
SUBSTATIONS TO
BE ERECTED HEREI
One at Davidson River and
Another In Brevard,
It Is Said
MUCH EMPLOYMENT TO
BE GIVEN MEN HERE
Several Carloads of Steel ? Be
ing Unloaded t Means
Lots To Brevard
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Preparations are being made for
erection of a sub-station by the Car
olina Power and Light company at
Davidson River, and a tract of land
has been purchased from 0. L. Er
win upon which to build the station,
ft is on the main line of the big
power company that runs from the
Waterville plan tto Greenville, South
Carolina. High tension wires are to
:arry the current generated from the
big plant at Waterville to Green
irille, and towers are to be erected
clear across Transylvania county.
Much material has been unloaded at
Pisgah Forest for these towers, and
t is expected that work will soon
t>egin on actual construction of the
;owers and of the sub-station.
Reports are to the effect that it
will be at least 18 months before the
:urrent will be sent through this
:ounty into Greenville. Surveys have ?
seen made, however, it is said, from j
Kendersonville to the Davidson J
River sub-station, and it is said i
power will be sent from Henderson
rille to the plant here, pending com
pletion of the Waterville plant.
Steel is being unloaded at the .
Brevard station by another power}
:ompany, presumably the Duke com- 1
jany, and it is said a sub-station is J ?
o be erected in Brevard. Some say,
he operations of the two companies J
ire really the same and one thing, j
is officials who have made negotia- <
ko vi&ivcnto ????? v
ions for land and rights of way ?
lave represented both concerns.
Men who seem to be in a position
...
w... ? m
o know what they are talking about,
ay that tens of thousands of dol
ars will be spent here during the
lext few months on the work build
ng sub-stations, erecting towers and
bringing wires throughout the
:ounty. Some business men are
naking arrangements to care for the
idditional business to come to this
ection from the large amount to >
?e expended in erection of these jt
>ower lines. (j
ML MORGAN WED
IN ATLANTA, DEC. 20
Mr. Dal Morgan, son of D. Mor
nan of the Middle Fork section,
lied of diabetes in a government
lospital in Atlanta on December 20.
Ir. Morgan was a World War veter
,n and had been in the hospital for
he p?;t five years.
Funeral services were held at the?1
)ld Toxaway Baptist church Satur
lay, Dec. 22, conducted by Rev.
Nathan Chapman.
Deceased is survived by his wife,
vho was before her marriage, Miss
Jeulah Hendricks, daughter of Ed
iendricks of the Old Toxaway sec
ion and two children; also his
ather, D. Morgan; brother, Lee
morgan and sister, Mrs. Norman I
klurphy, all of Rosman.
WINNERS IN THE
ESSAY CONTEST
Whitmire Motor Sales company's
>rizes, offered for the best essays
vritten by school children on the
;ubjects of "Why Sixes Are Better
;han Fours," and "Why Father
Should Buy a Chevrolet," created
nuch interest and friendly rivalry
imong the boys and girls in the
ichools.
Winner of the first prize, $15.00,
ivent to Weldon Galloway of the
Rosman High Schojol, while the sec
ond prize, $10.00, was won by Miss
Lucile Kiddy of the Brevard Gram
mar School. Messrs Oliver H. Orr,
r F .Middleton and Otto Alexander
acted as judges in declaring the
winners of the prizes.
The prizes were -awarded Satur
day night, at the close of the day's
opening, during which the Whitmire ,
boys displayed the new Chevrolet j
Six. Big crowds attended the dis
play throughout the day until late in '
the evening, and many hundreds of {
people called to inspect the new I
Chevrolet.
BREVARD BABY WINS
NEW YEAR PRIZE
Little Miss Nancy Jane Loftis, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goode
?'oft is, has the distinction of being
the first baby born in Transylvania
county in 1929, since she made her
advent into this world at 3 o'clock
in the morning of January 1, New
Year's day. For this distinction of
being one of the first five babies
born in Western North Carolina in i
1929. the little miss will receive a |
^ prize' of a ?5 bank account, award"
?d bv The Asheville Citizen accord
: ;ng to previous announcement of
!-hat pupc-r. ; ? : ? j
H. Patterson, Popular Merchant
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BREVARD MERCHANT LEAVING
CAUSES MUCH REGRET HERE
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H. Patterson, owner of Patterson^'
Department store, is now closing fete
msiness in Brevard. He has been'
lere for little more than seven;
rears, and during that time of op#*- J
iting the department store he has
nade hundreds of friends in Tran-j
;ylvania county who will regret ills
fbing. Mr. Patterson has extensive j
msiness interests in Hendersonvitye, !
vhich demand his personal att#n-|
ion, and he gives this as his reason
'or closing the Brevard store.
Nathan Morris is Mr. Patterson's
local manager, and his uniform cour
tesy has made many friends and
patrons for the Patterson establish
ment,
Ml*. Patterson is not only a mer
chant of the finest kind but is also
a man of sterling qualities, whose in
fluence for good is felt wherever the
man moves and has his interests.
The people of Transylvania county,
generally speaking, regret Mr. Pat
terson's leaving here, and are unan
imous in wishing for him continued;
success in his endeavors wherever]
they mad be made. j
FEAR MURDERJN CONNECTION
WITH ACME TRUCK ACCIDENT
Intense excitement prevailed in Brevard Saturday night
*-hen report was made to Special Officer Eck Sims that a two
;on Acme truck had been found at the foot of Connesstee Falls,
;urned turtle. Many people went with the officer to the Falls
last Saturday night, and search was made for a victim of the
accident as it was very naturally expected one would be found
underneath, the truck.
On Sunday many hundreds of people gathered at the
Palls, and watched with interest the removal of the truck, as
the K. & M. Auto company, with crane and block and tackle,
began the huge task of raising the truck to level ground.
Investigations disclosed the fact that the truck had beenj
purchased by a man by the name of Moore, living near Green
ville. A younger Moore had the truck, it is said, in Brevard
during the Christmas holidays and left here on Wednesday of
last week for the South Carolina city.
Neither of the Moores have been located as yet, and it is
the theory of some officers that the driver of the truck may
have been murdered, the body thrown into some recess of the
mountains and the truck driven over the Falls in an effort to
throw suspicion away from the scene of the crime.
Officer Sims is still investigating the case, and until the
owner of the truck is located the manner of its disastrous trip
over Gonnesstee Falls will remain a mystery.
This is said to be the first tragedy that has" occurred at
Connesstee Falls since the days of Indian lore, when an Indiar
girl dashed herself to death over the Falls because her father
would, not permit her to marry the "pale-face" who had comc
into that community, and with whom she had fallen in: love.
Her name was Connesstee, and this gave the name to the Falls.
Uncle Dan Hyatt Fighting Death
In Lonely Cabin Home on See-Off
"Where is Sheriff Patton?" an
irate citizen asked Monday, when j
trying to find the sheriff.
"He is over -at the jail, wrapping I
up some blankets," was the reply.
Wrapping up blankets! The sher
iff of the county over at the jail
wrapping up blankets? What for?
This is the answer, as The Bre
vard News found.
"Uncle" Dan Hyatt, an aged cit
izen living on Black Knob in the
See-Off Mountain section, ;had been
reported as being very ill, with not
sufficient cover to keep him warm-(
Jimmie Holden, of that section, had
reported Uncle Dan's plight to the
sheriff, so the sheriff had gone to
Jailor Barnett, and they had agreed
to send a couple of warm blankets
to Uncle Dan, that he might be kept
warm during the few remaining
weeks .he has to remain in the neigh
borhood in which he was bom and
reared.
Out there on the great mountain,
where the winds from the North
come with piercing power, Uncle
Dan was putting up his last battle
against the odds stacked against
him. He cannot get well, friends
say, but the county can help him
keep as comfortable as possible dur
ing the time he has left to be here
Uncle Dan has a good reputation as
a citizen, and is held in high esteem
Mr. Holden asked a physician in
Brevard to go see Uncle Dan, anc
see if he couldn't relieve, somewhat
,the pain that was tearing him ti
pieces, and the doctor asked:
"Who is to. pay mc for the' trip?"
That made Mr. Holden angry
hence his visit to Sheriff Patton ant
to the Jailor, where relief was of
fered without any question as t<
'pay. Not only blankets were sent
but otftpr things that would contrib
,'ute to Uncle Dan's comfort.
TUESDAY NIGHT
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Chamber of Commerce To
Name New President
and Directors
MAYOR WHITMIRE TO BE j
NAMED, IT IS EXPECTED!
New Plan To Be Tried Out?!
All Members To Work
for Body
Tuesday evening of next week!
members of the Chamber of Com
merce will meet for the purpose of,
electing officers for the year 1929.
James S. Bromfield, consideerd one I
of Brevard's most successful busi- ,
ness men, is the present president, |
having served throughout the year
of -1828. Under his leadership the
Chamber of Commerce has done
mod I for Bfevard and Transylvania
county, and1 because of his direction
it . is generally conceded that Bre-;
vard had more summer tourists in j
1928 than any other town in West-i
em North Carolina. ;
Mayor T. W. Whitmire is .vice
president of the organization, and it
is generally believed that he will be
selected next Tuesday evening to
head the Chamber of Commerce,
during 1929. Mayor Whitmire is one
of the most progressive citizens ot .
the town, and many citizens fee l
that he will be a worthy successor |
to President Bromfield.
. A new board of directors will be
elected, or instead of the board an
amendment to the constitution and
by-laws will be adopted, whereby all
members of the Chamber of Com
merce will be entitled to voice and
vote in the meetings, acting as the (
board of directors. !
Plans are made for reception of,
an unusually large crowd at the]
Chamber meeting Tuesday evening,
as it is oxpected all citizens of tne
town, both men and women who are i
interested in Brevard's growth, will
be present..
All HOPEFUL FOR >
GREAT NEW YEAR;
Continuing the optimistic views as
expressed by many Brevard business
men last week, others are looking for
.the greatest year in the towns his-,
itory during 1929. Trantham s, the
1 men's and young mens store, is oi
the opinion that 1929 will be unus-|
ually good. A new business in town j
fa Sat of the B. and B. Feed and
I Seed Store, which has been m WW1*;
ness about one year and accordmg
I to statements made by the Brit
| tian Brothers, of this firm, Transyl
| vania county is making great strides
along agricultural lines.
Ed. McCoy, magistrate, postmaster
and merchant of PisgahForestsays
he is looking for the biggest year s
business this year that he has ever
enioved. Sid Barnett's place, the
big machine shop works of this com
munity, is likewise optimistic about
1929. Barnett's is also located a
pisgah Forest. Brown Carr, man
acrer of the big store of the Can
Lumber company at Pisgah forest,
savs Brevard is just now beginning
to grow, and he looks for the best
year's business, generally speaking,
this section has ever known.
Hamilton-Case company, succes
sors to the Thompson Milworks com
pany, is making Pr?Paratl,0nsocfJo
addfng many dozens of emp byes to
their force. This firm is the one
big furniture and woodworking con
cern of the community, and then
success is freely predicted by all
who know them. ,
There are the camps and tne
hotels all of which make statement
that each expects a larger business
in 1929 than ever before
Taken all in all, this New Year
witnesses great enthusiasm in this
community.
TO H0N0RHAML1N
ON HIS DEPARTURE
nirht at \ehich time a supper will
honoring the CoungUor
of the Juniors, the Hon. LP. Ha m
lin, who is to leave the following
week to take his seat '"the North
'! Carolina legislature. Mr. Hairim
has been councillor of the Jumors
1 for the past year, and was elected
'to the legislature in the Novembc
election He will leave here Janu
ary 7 for Raleigh, to take his ^ sea t.
iayCards are being sent . out
'members to attend the meeting
! i Saturday night and do honor to th
?^head of the organization who is to
i be a member of the coming genera!
i i assembly. _
I SON ofToSmer^esidents
DIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
'1 C. L. Wingjo, Jr., age 1?, son oi
Mr and Mrs. C. L. Wingo, of In
"In, S. C? died Frtd ?y,
21st, of flu and pneumonia at th?
home of his parents at Inman
Mr. Wingo was a student a
Tigersville School and was home _fo
the Christmas vacation at the timi
of his death. .
The Winso's lived in Rosman loi
a number of years, Mr. Wingo beuU
manager of the Gloucester Lumbei
^company store.
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Business and Professional
men/ and Kiwanians Are
. Sponsoring Work
TO AID THOSE WHO
ARE IN NEED IS PLAN
.
Young. Men and' Women Urged
. To Offer Their Services .
To the Sick
Appeal is being made for assist
ance in caring for people suffering
from influenza in this community.
There' are but few nurses in Tran
sylvania county, and ? these are all
busy during th6 widespread illn;;ss
of the community, hence the call for
volunteers to assist those who are
sick.
"The Business and Professional
Women's Club, working in conjimc- '
tion with the Brevard Kiwanis Club,
has Assumed the responsityljiy of
furnishing, nurses and assistance to '
those who need it. The office of the
H. R. Walker Insurance company
has been designated" as headquarters
for receiving, offers , of volunteer as
sistance, and it is to this place that
those needing nurses may telephone
their demands.
There will be many cases where
such services must be gratis, and
those offering their services need
expect no pay. On the other hand,
there are many people who are will
ling and anxious to pay liberally for
services during the illness in the
homes.
Any young man or young woman
of the community who is not engaged
| can find plenty to do if they will but
volunteer their services now. Per
haps there will be no other time
when the young people could be of -
so much assistance as just sow, if
they would but offer their services.
' There are people in this commun
ity suffering from flu who cannot)
get a drink of water for thertiselves;
nor have food, unless it is brought
to them. Many of these people must*
[depend upon members of their fam- s
flies to make these services. Often
[there are no members of the family
except those suffering from the flu.
Any igan or woman who will vol
unteer to serve the community by
waiting upon the sick is urged to
i telephone 67 and find out just where
| their services are most . greatly
heeded.
Many families are suffering not
only from flu, but from the lack of
proper* nourishment. Soup is needed
I in many homes, and those who arrf
[willing to make soup and. send it to
jtbe homes -of the needy may also
call No. 67.
[ It is not the intention 01 this
| paper to alarm the people of the
community, but to call attention to
the fact that the services of all able
bodied people are needed just now,
and The Brevard News is of the
opinion that all who are able to
serve their fellow beings will make
immediate offer of their services.
| Phone 67 and full information
will be given.
Frank D. Clement, Rev. Wallace
Hartsell and Mrs. Mary Jane Walker,
officers of the Kiwanis club and the
Business and Professional Women's
club, are the ones who will give full
information as to the need? of the
[community.
FLU EPIDEMIC IS
i CAUSING CONCERN
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| Physicians Urge Public To Us?
Caution ? Situation
Not Bad
>
Physicians are urging greater. cara
on the part of the people concerning
the spread of the flu epidemic which
has been raging generally for the parit
, several weeks. Health authorities <in
I Washington have issued notice thaLa
second wave of the contagious dis
ease wjll be . experienced throughout
the country and will be nidre viol
ent that the one now in its last
stages. Another danger that is
pointed out by physicians is that of
[pneumonia following flu. It is re- -
I ported that there are several ca Sear
j of pnaemonia in the county at pres
jent, and in each instance the victims
| had first been sufferers from influ
enza. Health authorities in Wash
ington urge tiiat when one experi
ences the. first effects of a cold to go
,to bed and call the family physician
I immediately. -It is also urged that
cases wherever possible be isolated,
| and that any memben of a family
(showing symptoms of the disease be
iput into a room by themselves and
; I kept away from, the, balance of the
family. - ?V.
Transylvania county Jus been ej- <
ccedingly fortunate both from a
standpoint of a nrttd -form of the
experienced here, and also in the
small number of people contracting
.the disease. This good fortune, h#w
]ever, is not . to he considered a i n
cense to lower the plan of the pre
vention of the disease. It sh<#il<t
on the other hand, cause the citizens
I to be all the more careful that the .
county may cscape the . intense suf
fering and ravages of the disease
that have been made on other coun
ties. /
A few cases- of measles have been
reported, and this, too, will serve to
make, the people of the county more
careful. I*
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