BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY, 17, 19?
RUG FACTORY TO BEGIN OPERATIONS HERE;
COMPANY ADVERTISING FOR OPERMTVES
W-A-N-T-E-D
, We are. seeking several applicants to work in Rug Fact&y.
Girls and Women 17 years old and up. Apply Thursday
afternoon, Jan. 17th (Today) at the Allison Building,
*' ^corner East Main and Gaston streets.
JP MOUNTAIN HANDCRAFTS, INC.
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The above advertisement is from
a concern now opening a manufac
turing business in Brevard.
Prank E. Peckham, head of the
Mountain Handcrafts, Inc., has been
negotiating for some time with the
Chamber of Commerce for a location
in Brevard, to place here the main
factory of a concern that sells its
products throughout the United
States and Canada. The industrial
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, with aid of Thos. H. Shipman,
of the Brevard Banking company,
landed the industry for the town.
The - products of the concern is sold
to department stores and- art stores
all over the country, and returns
. from the plant's operations is money
brought into "Brevard from the out
. side.
Lease for the building has been
signed with S. M. Macfie and asso
ciates. Contract for power and light
has been signed with the Brevard
Light & Power company. Machinery
' for the plant has been coming for
the past several days, while workmen
have been engaged in making al- j
terations in the building necessary !
for the new plant.
Chas. Hicks, Jr., is plant mana-J
ger, while Mrs. Chas. Ingle is super
iptendeMk of the work. The task of
selecting* force of women will be
gin today* and their training will
$tart immediately. Within a short
time it is expected that the plant will
\
be ready to begin shipments to the
customers of the concern. With ex
'c?ptien of the experienced officials
of the concern, women from this sec
tion will be given every position in
the plant, thereby making a payroll
of no small size for Brevard.
Plans were discussed for the erec
tion of a new building for this plant,
but it is the policy of the Chamber
of Commerce* to first utilize all build
ings now not in use before erecting
new structures, This plan, it is be
lieved, will work for the betterment
of the town, because it will convert
idle property into revenue-producing
property. Within a short time The
Brevard News hopes to be able to
make announcement of another plant ,
to be located, perhaps, on Broadway. |
This plant will be of such nature as j
not to be objectionable even }n the '
[very heart of the town.
i With several small plants here,
gradually placing all the non-paying;
.property in use, and at the same time
give employment to local people, ,
a . double advantage is received for
the community.
I The plant of the Mountain Hand
crafts Inc., was located here largely
through the splendid co-operation of ;
Dr. Macfie and his associates, as own
ers of the building, in that they made 1
a most reasonable price on the ren-:
tal of the building, and demonstrat- r
ed once again "Spank" Macfie's pub-1
lie spirit. |
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WOMAN'S BUREAU
MEAT BAZAAR
Commixes are at work on ar
rangements for the Children's Ba
zaar which the Women's Bureau will
sponsor in the near future,- the pro
ceeds of which will be used toward
beautifying and" ' equipping the city
school grounds. This feature of en
tertainment will be a community un
dertaking, in which all citizens and
school children will be given oppor-1
tunity of lending valuable assistance. i
^ JBtp following committees have
be?if appointed to supervise the var
ious dej^rtments of the bazaar: ,
Mrs. B.^?5\ Beasley, general vchair
man; Mrs. Oliver Orr, representing
the Parent-Teacher association; solic
iting committee, Mrs. C. C. Yongue,
Mrs. T. H. Shipman, Mrs. 0. L. Er
win; mailing committee, Miss Martha
Boswell, Miss Florence Kern; re
ceiving committee, Mrs. David Ward,
Mrs. J. T. Gheen, Mrs. Whitmire;
advertising committee, Miss Alma
Trowbridge; finance committee, Mrs.
H. A. Plummer, .Mrs. D. L. English,
Mrs. J. W. Smith; arrangements
committee, Mrs. Bill Fetzer, Mrs.
; Roy Long, Mrs. W. E. Breese.
W. 0. W. OFFICERS
1 TO BE INSTALLED
On next Monday night the newly
elected officers of the Woodmen of
the World will be installed, the cer
emonies to be observed in the Wood
men Hall. AH members Of the lodge
are expected to be present and lend
their support to the new officials. -
The Woodmen organization is ex
periencing a most splendid growth,
and members of the organization
look to 1929 as being the most suc
cessful year in the history of the
local lodge.
Refreshments will be served at
the installation meeting Monday eve
ning.
KIWANIANS NOTE!
Regular meeting will be held
thi# Thursday noon. Waltermire
Grill. Be there/
MESSRS. GALLOWAY j
AND HAMLIN LOST;
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Word has trekled back to Brevard i
that the members of the North Caro- 1
lina General Assembly from Transyl- ]
vania county had most unusual ex- ]
periences.. on their trip to Raleigh.
It seems that Senator t^dlemfln Gallo- 1
way and Representative Lewis P. \
Hamlin, accompanied by Wallace i
Galloway, left Brevard in the after-1!
noon, late, intending to drive into '
Raleigh by daylight next morning. ,
Well, the story goes, the trio got 1
lost many, many times on the way,
and in trying to follow Highway No. (
10, the numbers got mixed and
sometimes they were aroused to the
fact that they were on Route 150,
175, 221 or whatever it might be, '
except, of course, No. 10. Then rer
tracing was necessary unfcii they
again found themselves on Highway
No. 10.
After many harrowing experiences,
such as come only to men of the ;
mountains who try to travel in level <
; countries, the party reached Cary,
North Carolina, which every school
child knows is on the outskirts of .
the city of Raleigh. New routing of
No. 10 through Raleigh is by. way j
I of the residential district, and when j
! the Transylvania boys left Cary they
went on through Raleigh, on toward!
the coast town of New Bern. When
|many, many miles had been travers
ed, a council was held and it was de
cided that something was wrong,
somewhere.
One member of the party said :
! "Fellows, let's go Dack to that
small town we just passed through,
j spend the rest of the night there,
and go on to Raleigh early in -the
morning."
J Retraced steps were taken. The
! trio returned. They drove up to a
man on the streets and asked:
i "Is there a hotel here where we
jean stop until daylight? .We are on
I our way to Raleigh. " We are .mem
|bers of the legislature and must be
: there early."
! The man scratched his head, looked
them over, took them down to the
Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, and said : j
j "Gentlemen of the General As-|
sembly, this is Raleigh. Go to bed ;
and forget it. You'll be alright in
the morning." . i
Nearly Two Huhdred Memberships
For Chamber of Commerce In Day
In. one of the most enthusiastic
meetings ever held by officials of the
Brevard "Chamber of Commerce, the
directors had dinner at the Waiter
mire Grill Tuesday evening and
heard reports of the day's drive for
memberships for the year 1929.
According to "the report, there were
nearly -two hundred memberships se
cured in the first day's work on
Tuesday, and plans were perfected
for continuation of the drive on
Wednesday and Thursday, final re
ports to be made at a meeting next
Tuesday evening. It is hoped to
have practically every business con
cern in the county enlisted as mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
when the drive ends next Tuesday.
President T. W. Whitmire anc
.Vice President T. G. Miller were in
(charge of the meeting, and both ex
pressed their elation over the day's
.work. It was said by many of the
.directors that nothing can defeat a
; spirit like that shown by the Bre
vard people, and the great response
to the appeal of the Chamber . of
. Commerce is taken as an indicafcfon
that 1929 will be the banner year in
Brevard's history.
i It is believed there will easily be
three hundred memberships secured
before the close of the drive next
Tuesday. With that number oi
people interested in this section's
growth, all working togeher in per
fect accord, it is confidently expect
ed that success for the year is as
Isuved.
GALLOWAY'S BILL
DRAWS FIRE FROM
THE FOLKS AT HOME
Provides For Placing Tax Col
lector's Duty In Hands
of the Sheriff
$2000 SALARY INCREASE
INCLUDED IN MEASURE]
Provision For Automobile Ex
pense Allowance Causes
Most Complaints
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Senator Coleman Galloway's bill
introduced in the legislature last
week, abolishing the office of tax
collector and placing this work in
the hands of the sheriff with an in
crease in salary of $2,000 per an
num and expense allowance for au
tomobile, created much discussion in
Transylvania county. Representative
Lewis Hamlin, in an effort to block
the passage of the prposed measure,
wired citizens of the county if they
opposed the law to lodge protest
with Senator Galloway. It is un
derstood that many messages have
been sent from the county to Senator
Galloway, the strongest among which
was a message of resolutions adopted
at the meeting of the Junior Order
last Saturday night.
The sheriff's salary at present is
$3600 a year. The proposed in
crease, therefore, would raise the
salary to $5600, with automobile ex-,
pense allowance for time in active,
service on county business. 11
It will be recalled that both par- ?
ties advocated abolishing the off ces
of tax collector and county treasur
er during the campaign of 1928. .The ?
democrats placed no nominee in the
field for these two offices, while the ?
republicans nominated W. E. Ship
man u tax collector and W. L. :
Couch^as county treasurer. It was '
generally understood, however, by ;
these men that as soon as legislation ;
was Enacted it would abolish the of
fices and that they would of^ course
retire. Republicans and some demo
crats have stated that the saving ef
fected by placing the tax collectors
office with that of the sheriff, with
automobile allowance, is so small and
no saving at all, hence the complaint
against the measure. The bul ha$ jj
passed the Senate, and those oppos- h
ed to it will endeavor to block its <
passage in the House. j]
Senator Galloway on Monday in- <
troduoed a. bill and asked. for unanwji
mous consent for immediate action i
or reduction in the number consti- ? <
tuting the board of county commis-j(
sioners from five to three. Objection
was raised and unanimous consent;]
was not granted, therefore the bill,
must take its natural course and be i,
/oted upon in regular form.
So far Representative Hamlin has
offered no bill. .<
ADULT CLASS TO ?
BE FORMED HEREj!
This is to announce to all adult ,
persons who are interested in re- (
ceiving assistance in their poultry j
problems that an evening class is to
be organized this Friday evening,
January 18th at Brevard Highl(
School. Those taking advantage of jj
the organized instruction through |(
class room study and discussion are !
entitled to supervision by the argicul- J
tural instructor in handling their,'
practical work at home. There is no |
cost for this course of study and it i
is hoped that several will take ad-j
vantage of the opportunity offered;^
and will be present Friday evening I
at 7:30 o'clock.
J. A. GLAZENER,
TOKEN PRESENTED
TO JERRY JEROME
One of the interesting events at
the meeting of the directors of the
Brevard Kiwanis club was the pre
sentation of a token to Jerry Je
rome, retiring secretary, as an ex
pression of appreciation of his ser
vices to the club. Mr. Jerome has
been secretary of the club since its,
organization, until' this new yearsj
administration, when press of private,
business made it impossible for him !
itti ? lonj?ejf? 'serve as secretary.
Jerry Jerome made a most splen- ;
did repufetion as secretary of the
club, and the token presented him by]
; the directors was an effort to express |
the club's appreciation of his unsel-;
fish services. j
MOLL COMPLETING
BIG JOB AT ENKA
M. A. Mull, one of Brevard's best
known citizens; is completing a big
job on the Ehka plant at Asheville.
Mr. Mull has for many weeks been
foreman on the pile-driving wiirks in
connection with the. construction of
the plant that is to house the E.;ka
factory. Several people from Tran
sylvania county are working on the
! Enka job, and many of them secur
? ed th^ir positions through Mr. MulJ.
It .s expected that other work
will be assi"n"'"1 to Mr. Mull just as
? soon as the task upon which he is
now engaged is finished. ......
ilR. PltKELSIMER
SAYS RUMORS ARE
??i SWWtV
No Shortage In Brevard Bank
.With County Fund*,
He Says
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TO DISCREDIT THE BOARD
Or to harm the bank
Whatever the Purpose, It Is
Now Killed By Statement
of Chairman Pickelsimer
Concerning what is branded as an
unfounded and absolutely false ru-1
mor heard on the streets that* the'
Brevard Banking company is snort
in the county's funds to the amount
of $74,000, J. HT Pickelsimer, chair
man of the board of county commis
sioners, issued the following state
ment for publication: t
* "This rumor that the Brevard >
Banking company is short in its j
accounts with ehe county funfl is i
not true. I do not know whether)
the rumor was started for the pur- 1
pose of discrediting the Commission
ers or of doing harm to the bank, ?
We have had a thorough audit made t
of all the county's business since the |
present board took charge of coun-[
cy affairs, and no shortage or dis- 1
crepencies were found to exist any
where. Had any such shortage ex
isted, or any shortage of amount
been found, the commissioners would '
have called for immediate settle
ment.
"In fairness to my associate! on
the board, and in fairness to the J
Brevard Banking company, I ask]
that this statement be published, 1
that the people of the county may
know once and for all that tie ru-|,
mor is false and without foundation
of fact." '
"J. H. PICKELSIMER, Chmn.".]
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STOCKHOLDERS IN
30TH ANNUAL MEET ;
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Stockholders the Brevard Bank- ;
ng company , h^fi their 30th annual 1
meeting Monday, January 14, re- <
ilecting- all bf^the officers and di-'<
rectors and. naming J. M. Allison, j
we of Brevard's foremost business '
ran, on the_ board of directors to
iilTHe vk*cancy "cr'6ated by -the- death
>f C. E. Orr. A semi-annual divi
iend of five per cent was declared,
and a large sum placed to the sur-jj
plus account. 'j
Stockholders paid tribute to the
splendid work of the officers and
jmployees of the institution and ex
pressed appreciation for the splen
lid manner in which the board of
JirectOrs had functioned with the
officers of the bank. A brief history
)f the institution was given by one
)i the oldest stockholders, who told j <
>f the bank starting 30 years ago r
>vith a capital of $15,000, and at the
first annual meeting of the stock- j
adders there was a deposit of $60,- 1
300. .This was contrasted with the
aver one and one-half million dol
lars which the bank enjoys now, and
an expression of appreciation was
?iven to the people of Transylvania
county whose confidence -and support
have enabled the institution to make
this rapid growth.
Following is a list of the officers
and directors named at the meeting:
Officers: Thos. H. Shipman, pres
ident; Jos. S. Silversteen, vice pres
ident; Annie L. Shipman, cashier; R.
J. Duckworth, N. A. Miller and J. I.
Crawford, assistant cashiers. Di
rectors: Jos. S. Silversteen, chair
man, R. W. Everett, W. Mk Henry,
C. C. Yongue, W. S. Ashworth, J.
M. Allison, Thos. H. Shipman.
HISS hartseliTis
GIVEN HIGH HONOR,
I
Miss Emma Hartsell, who is in her
junior year at Meredith College, Ral
eigh, has recently been highly hon-j
order in that she has been made _
sponsor of the Euzealian club of;
Wake Forest College for 1929. Miss I
Hartsell won this place of distinct- '
ion over a large number of other j
young college students. I
Other honors have been conferred [
upon Miss Hartsell during her col- 1
lege career, since she was also made i
sponsor of the Mars Hill club, from 1
which junior college she was gradu
ated in 1928.
LEGION TO MEET
t ON JANUARY 24
A meeting of the American Legion
will be held Thursday evening, Jan
uary 24, at 8 o'clock in R. R. Fish
er's-law offices, at which time all ex
soldiers of the county are urged to
attend.
"At a recent meeting of this or
ganization the annual election of of
ficers was held and the following
elected: Commander, W. W. Duck
worth; vice commander, B. H. Free
man; adjutant, S. S. Gurley; service
officer, Ralph Fisher; chaplain, F.
Brown Carr; finance, Ralph Duck
| worth; historian. R. H. Ramsey;
|sargeant-at-arms, Winston. Ashworth.
riKfcV AftD KAM NUl
TO SERVE COUNTY
AS ITS TREASURER
Telegrams Sent GaHoway and
Hamlin Stating Bank's
Position
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REFUSES TO BE DRAWN
IN POLITICAL SQUABBLE
W. C. McCall, Republican,
Made Motion To Make
Bank the Treasurer
Announcement is made that (he
Brevard Banking company Will not
act as treasurer for Transylvania
county, and telegrams have beerilor
warded to Senator Coleman Gallo
way and Representative Lewis Ham
lin stating the bank's positvm on
the matter and asking these repre
sentatives to make no effort to have
legislation enacted which would
name the Brevard Bank as treasurer
for the county. .
"IJhos. ,H. Shipman, president of
the Brevard Banking company, has
issued the following statement ad
dressed to the citizens, setting forth
the bank's reason for taking this ac
tion.
Mr. Shipman's statement follows:
"To the Citizens of
"Transylvania County:
"During April 1928 one of the
commissioners, Mr. Wesley C. Mc
Call, a republican, kindly suggested,
that the Brevard Banking company,
act as treasurer of the county, and
requested that they do it in order
to cut down the expenses and make
a aaviag to the tax payers of the
county of $1600.00 per annum.
"This was finally passed upon by
the L'oard of County Commissioners,,
and agreed to unanimously by the.
five members of the board of coun-.
ty commissioners and the Brevard
Banking company, and the only
thought in the minds of the com-,
missioners and the Brevard Banking
:ompany was making a saving for
the tax payers by this move. How
ever, after the election of Novem
ber 1928 some question arose as to
the legality of the action, and the
treasurer elected was instructed to
serve until such time as some legisla
;ion was paeaM abolishing the office
so there would be no legal question
jn' that subject.
"For some unknown reason in-:
stead of every one looking at it from
a standpoint of making a saving to
the -tax payers there has been, -an iPz
sinuation that this was a political
move and politics injected in a mat
ter that is purely an economic sav
ing to the county. The Brevard
Banking company not wishing to be
mixed up any way politically, has
wired both our Senator, Hon. Cole
man Galloway, and our Representa
;ive, Hon. L. P. Hamlin, that under
no circumstances will it serve as
treasurer of the county, and that
any legislation that may be passed
should not inculde the name of the
Brevard Banking company whereby
it is to serve as treasurer."
Following is a copy of the tele
grams sent to the Transylvania
county legislators:
y ' "January 14, 1929.
"Senator T. C. Galloway,
"State Senate,
"Raleigh, N. C.
"The Brevard Banking company
wishes you not to consider any prop
osition nor does it wish you to in
troduce any bill designating the
bank to act as county treasurer stop
We feel we can best serve the in
terests of the county as county de
pository and we fear the duties of
the county treasurer and county
depository may conflict stop We
thank you for your consideration of
us in the matter. fJ
"Brevard Banking Company.
LOCAL ATTORNEYS
IN MURDER TRIAL
Everett Osteen, a native citizen
of this county, was in Brevard dur
ing the early part of_ the week in
conference with his attorneys, Ralph
Fisher and W. E. Breese, making
plans for Mr. Osteen's trial, which is
to be heard in Pickens, S. C., on
the third Monday in February.
Mr. Osteen was charged with kill
ing Leo Calhoun at Pickens on
Christmas day. Mr. Osteen is wel
known throughout this county and
has many friends in this section.
ItoU nunMED MEN
WORKING ON POWER
LINES IN COUNTY
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[Most All of Men on Job
Are Citizens of Tfcis
v -V , C#trtty - Vg.
^PENDINH MUCH HiONEY
| WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES
' Company Official Delighted
) Fiatf^pirit Shown
Employes Here
i Two hundred and seven men. are
'now working in Transylvania .county
? for 'the Haosier Engineering coinr
? pany. tjfe concern that is erecting
the l&ftt l'"es from Watervillo,. via
Cantra through Transylvania . coun
ty a^o into Greenville, S. C. Most
of these men are native Transylvania
citizens, as it is the policy .of -the
jjoosier people to employ county
-juen in each county through whfch
Mhey erect power lines. Not only
'-^Q8S the. Hoosier company co-oper
*'ate in this way with local people,
but every purchase it is possible to
make with local business house's is
made in the sections through which
they build.
J M. A. Pithoud is construction, .sup
erintendent for the Hoosier people
and he makes headquarters at' the
Waltermire hotel. A lafrge number
of the men are stopping in Brevard,
and- their presence here is plainly
noticeable.
Mr. Pithoud states that he has
never been in another- town where
the people show a finer spirit of co
operation than that * experienced
here, and he is well pleased with the
manner in which the men of his com
pany are treated by Brevard.
i One or two property owners
through whose property the lines
must be run were somewhat exorbi
tant in their demand for prices on
rights-of-way, but taken as a- whole,
Mr. Pithoud says, the property own
ers have been exceptionally fine to
his company. - ?
MRS. KIPP HONORED
; IN FLORIDA PAPER
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? The Daytona Beach Times, l)ay
tona Beach, Fla., under date of Jan
uary 6, contains an interesting sec
tion. by tbe^fitot^of tlie
American Leagtte ofPen Women of
that 'city. ;
i Members of that organization ed
ited the section, which is replete with
a varied assortment of interesting
articles written by members of the
Florida city league. Of particular
local interest in this special edition
iis the fact that Mrs. Elmer Kipp, a
! summer resident of Brevard, is a
! member of the A. L. P. W. and is
'one of the contributors to this vol
ition. The department of House and
Home, which occupies a full page of
'the special edition, is compiled ?y
Mrs. Kipp and contains many helpful
suggestions and appetizing recipes
for housekeepers. Mrs. Kipp s pic
ture appears with the contributions
'on this page.
? The edition is well prepared and
| well written and altogether interest
ling, reflecting credit on the Florida
city league and the individual ??ni"
Ibers who participated in its publica
i tion.
FORMER RESIDENT
1 DIES IN COLORADO
Leonard E. Jenkins, a former
Brevard resident, died at his home
in Bayfield, Colorado, on December
5, following an operation in a Den
ver Colo, hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held in the Bayfield Pre^
Ibyterian church and interment was
in the Bayfield cemetery.
Mr. Jenkins left Brevard lor the
West in early manhood, where he has
since made his home, and was ac
tively engaged in the business and
community life in the city in which
he lived for 18 years.
j In addition to his wife .and two
sons, Mr. Jenkins is survived by a
! sister and three brothers, ^ living
| in North Carolina, two of the
?brothers being Frank and Arthur
[Jenkins, of Brevard.
Profit of $93.88 Made on Ninety
Pallets in Four Months^ Recori
Net profit of $93.88 on 90 pullets ,
in four months is the record estab-l
Jished by Julian Glazener, and strict I
aeconnt was kept of all costs in
connection with the business. Mi-.
Glazener took the chicks that were
hatched on April 6th ,laat year, and
these began laying about the first
of September. From September
first to December 31, these pullets
laid a total of 4,666 eggs, or 388 l>-,9
dozens. The eggs were sold at an
average price of 46 cents the dozen,
bringing a total of $178.88.
Mr. Glazener spent for all expens
es in these four months the sum of
$85.00, including light bill, leaving
a net profit of $93.88.
These pullets cost Mr. Glazener an
average of 80 cents each to feed
from hatching nntil September first,
when laying began, and he now can
sell them for more than a dollar
each, showing an increased valuation
in hia-0eekt in addition to the prof
its made during the four months.
These, figures on expenses *nd ' re
ceipts have been carefully kept, for
(the purpose of showing that, there
is real money in the poultry business.
; Complete statement of all receipts
iand expenditures as kept by Mr.
JGlazener was submitted to The Bre
vard News to show the absolute ac
curacy of the account