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if +.x.,iilmrn U\*dk aAVvV BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 28, J 929 CHILDREN T IN WRECK School Bis Turns Over -7- 18 Children Riding In the Car Narrowly Escape One ,?/ the ' county school buses over on Highway No. 28, on [north side of Gallamore Hill, sday afternoon, slightly injuring e of the eighteen school children! were riding in the bus at the . The machine was in charge of I McCall. | Mr. McCall stated to The News that he was going toward Pisgah) Foie st, having just passed McCrnry j , Piling Station, when a car driven* by j Lloyd Campfield passed him. A large trx*ck, he said, was coming in the other direction, meeting them. In an,' effort to escape collision with; the truck, the; bus driver said Camp field cut in in front of the - school t>us, forcing that machine off the pavement, into the mud along the ' roadway. Before he could regain I control of the bus it had plowed down the embankment until the tilt caused the bus to turn clear over onto its side. Those who visited the scene of the' accident expressed surprise that alii the. children were not seriously in jured or even worse. The glass in 1 the windows of the bus was shattered. [ Near the scene there is a curve, and ? it is believed young Campfield failed to see the approach of the truck com ing the opposite direction until he had passed the school bus or was alongside of it. Hildred Lewis, niece of Mrs. P. W. Jenks, Pisgah Forest, was the most seriously injured of the three that were hurt. She was taken to her home, where Dr. G. B. Lynch treated her. Albert Lyday, son of Mr. and Mrs. . ? James Lyday sufered a mashed foot. ? Albert Meece, son of Mr. .and Mrs: . Judson Meece was hurt about the hips and left arm. . . i These were also treated by Dr. Lynch, and their injuries, while pain ful, are said to not be so v^ry Serious. ! People who were passing the scene assisted in taking the children to their homes. j.-- J FORMER RESIDENT ; LAID TO REST ME ' I Funeral servi?es-were held Friday 1 afternoon at the Brevard Methodist' . church for Miss Arra Lankford, who 1 died Thursday afternoon in the j Rutherfordton hospital, following an j illness of several weeks. The ser vice was conducted by Rev. Mr. Wall, pastor of the Saluda Metho dist church, of which the deceased was a member. ,< Miss Lankford was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lank ford. She was a native of Brevard but moved to Saluda about ten years: ago, where she was a member of a' prominent business firm. She was in her sixty-second year. In addition to a host of friends ?and relatives in this section, Miss Lankford is survived by two broth-! ers, one half brother and one half: sister. * ' MAKES ARRESTS ON CHARGE OF THEFT Mark Whitmire, of Quebec, re ported to the officers early Tuesday morning that some one had helped themselves to his chickens Monday night. Rural Policeman Eck L Sims answered the call, and Tuesday afternoon trailed the stolen chickens for about one mile, finding the .chick ens, he states,, being cooked on the sitove in the home of Erwin Phillips, at Reeds Siding. Mrs. Phillips "informed Mr. Sims that Hall Fisher, of Easley, S. C., a former resident of that section, had brought the?chsdrensi to her honje. She also -said,- it- is 'reported, 'that Fisher has been staying with the Phillips. Mr. Sims found Fisher at Lake Toxaway, arrested him and brought him .to" the county jail, to be held for preliminary hearjje today. The chick ens were of the Bhode Island breed, agd?a' clean sweep was made, it is reported, five d^gs having been taken at the time the chickens were lifted off thtir roost * Mr. Sims reports that he now - has evidence for tae> arrest of two men tfto are said to have stolen thirty chickens from Mr. .Whitmire one year ago, and that these arrests will soon .. be mad*. .Also, the officer says,* The ' is op the ~JM$k 'of the thieves who stole.- ??Jtisl! JSeJaWes '.from' Henry Chapman,- of Quebec. Officers ex Teaa-Jfceir determination to. put a thieving in this county. ' 'T- C ? ? ? . ' add died Fer <* Tryon and lived in the faith of Christ The funeral ser vice was conducted by Rev. S. R. Robinson, of Tryon, and the remains were laid to rest in Mountain Page cemetery. * *1 ? LAST CALL FOR CHARTER * ? MEMBERS EASTERN STAR * ? ? ... ? ? * Notice is given that those * * who desire to become enrolled * * as members of the Eastern Star, * * now being organized, will do * * well to act at once. The num- * * ber that can be taken in as char- * * ter members is limited, and this * * limit is about reached. * * Any Master Mason, or the * * wife, mother*, sister or daughter * * of a Master Mason, may make * * application for membership in * * the Eastern Star. * * The chapter will be organized * * at an early date. * * For further information call * * or see Dr. J. F. Zachary. * * ? * * * * * * ******** FIREMEN BANQUET AT CENTRAL CAFE Brevard's fire department staged an especially attractive banquet at the Central Cafe last Thursday eve ning, with 17 members of the ? de partment present, three guests and ine police force of the town. Chief | ! Bromfield acted , as toastmaster, and^. many valuable suggestions were I made as to the future of the fire J department. ?:n A committee was appointed to ' | meet with the town officials, and go; j over with them the needs of the , department, chief among tthich is \ the installation of a siren to call j members of the department when their services are needed. Another . matter discussed, or rather discussed : again, was that dealing with those ] people who persistently crowd the " streets in front of the fire truck * when the department is on its way. to : a fire. This matter has long been a question of intense interest, but ' so far the discussions have had but ? little effect. It is hoped by the de- : partment measures will soon be adapted that will put a stop to this' practice. i'J Jos. S. Silversteen sent the de-jj partment a check for $25 to apply [ on the expense of the banquet, and 1 members of th^ department express ed regret that Mr. Silversteen was out of town and could not attend the meeting. A rising vote of thanks was given Gus Roman for the splendid dinner prepared for the laddies. . FORTY - SIX DEEDS REGISTERED HERE Register of Deeds Ira Galloway had a busy month in February, 181 instruments being filed for registra tion during February. Of this number there were 31 straight deeds, showing that sales of > real estate here averaged more than I one deed each day for the month, in- 1 eluding Sundays. There were fifteen deeds to rights of way, made by property owners between the Henderson county line j and Brevard. These -rights of way' were deeded to the Duke Power company. The largest of these deeds was that given by 0. L. Erwin, et al, to the Duke Power company at Dav idson River, in which - nearly four and one-half, acres are included in the lot. It is understood that this plot was purchased for a site for the sub-station. Deeds for straight sales of prop erty and those including rights of i way, tota| 46 deeds for the month of February. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway assert this is the biggest month the office had experienced . since they took charge more than two years ago. It is indicative of the tremen dous activity in real estate circles here. BEE CUM STOLEN , FROM MR- COOPER! There have been many cases of theft and petty larceny reported to the officers during the past few weeks, and efforts are being mad*' to catch the thieves. The latest and. mo*t unusual theft was that reported by Sam Cooper of Pisgah Forest. Some one, early .last Sunday morning, stole his bee igum, bees, honey and all, and then broke into the mill. Mr. Cooper is offering a reward of $25 for information thafwill lead to conviction of the thieves. Citizens generally are asked to ! assist the officers in apprehending the thieves who have been pilfering .here- of 'late.' Th&ves'h^e- been,nnT usually active since Christmas it< is reported. . : !.v WOMAN'S BUREAU MEETS j F?aa? . ?#? ; Bazaar will be made at this meeting, and a full attendance of members is desired. Go to Sunday School somewhere [Sunday. r / ' ? OFFICIAL REPORT OF LOCAL LEAGUE Citizens and Taxpayers League Speaks Plainly About, Several Bills ?V . I' Following is an official report of' the activities of the Citizens and Tax; Payers League of Transylvania' made at a meeting Tuesday night and given out for publication in The Brevard News: j "A delegation representing the j Citizens and Taxpayers' ? League of1 Transylvania county went to Ral eigh last week, in the league's inter- j est and expressed its approval of the j provisions and principles of the 8 months' school bill, also the bill ad ding one cent extra to the gasoline., tax for the benefit of our county roads, (this last bill has since pass-) ed its final readings and is now a*i law), both of which will materially.!, lessen ,the tax burdens in Transylva- j ilia county. "We felt that the Workmen's^ Compensation bill was a hoax, and , therefore offered no endorsement of same. The maximums allowed in" case of accident or death were, it seemed to us, entirely inadequate,^ and the provision that an unmar- ' ried boy or man, without dependents, [ :ould not or his estate could not re- I :over in case of death, were suffi-i :ient to condemn any good features &e bill might have carried. This ] ast feature would, necessarily, op- , ;rate Against men with fafnilies get- j ;ing employment, since the risk to j lis employer is so much greater. j "The proposed bill (which at "that i ;ime had not been introduced) giving 1 ;he county commissioners of Tran-. < iylvania county authority to issue t md sell a substantial amount of i :ounty bonds for the purpose of re-' 'unding. a like amount of, county j iebt, extending the time for . pay-, j nent over a number of years and , hus temporarily reducing county j axes did not, for certain reasons, ( neet the approval of our delegation. j jur objections to this bill were made , cnpwn to both Mr. Hamlin and Sen- j itor Galloway and we hope same has } >een amended so as to merit public ( ipproval. ? j "We also went to our local repre- . sentatives and before legislative :ommittees on questions of local eco lomy and were accorded very cour- ( ;eous and respectful hearings, but , without assurance that the campaign , < )ledges of economy would be adher- 1 , to. ' . . ? . , . j ( "That the Teaders of any coimrra- jj lity should become both so deaf and -j jlind to community needs because!,* )f political jealousy and bias is in-'i leed pathetic ? that men' elected to serve the masses and not the classes (J should reverse this order, of their ? >wn volition, is most pitiable. "We know the needs of the tax- j payers of the county as well as cheir attitude toward proposed local legislation ? having heard hundreds ! express themselves on these matters ? and it is with deep and sincere : regret that we say to you that 'petty \ politics' has again defeated your ? ivishes and closed the door of hope in your face. J; "Committee Citizens and Tax i Payers League, i "By M. W. Galloway." GEORGE WASHINGTON PROGRAM ENJOYED Sponsored by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev olution, a George Washington pro gram, unusually interesting and well rendered, was given by pupils of the Grammar grades at the . Elementary school building Friday afternoon, be fore the student body and many of the patrons of the school. The program rendered was partic ularly appropriate to the occasion celebrated, and much credit for its success is due the faculty members who directed the children and to the D. A. R. in sponsoring the movement The program in its presentation told well the story of this great man, in music, songs, talks and playlets, and awakened in vthe hearts of the chil dren as well as the adults present a finer "spirit of patriotism. The following program was pre sented: Star Spangled 'lianner by the HigE^ School orchestra; pledge t? the flag and Lord's prayer led by Mrs. E. W. '.Btythe, regent of the D. A. R.; AmeiHea by the orchestra; talk by Mrs.'Blythe, pointing out the rea sons for honoring and revering the &ame of George Washington; play ;and, minuet by third grade children dressed in costume, entitled, "In TJie Days of Washington patriotic song by the class; play by the pu pils of the fifth/and seventh grade showing the proper ,re6oect for the national flagand'somethiry of its history and meaaing. GREAT ACTIVITY IN C. OF C. WORK ? -r? ? \ Great activities mark the work being done by the Chamber of Com merce during the past weeks: At the meeting Tuesday night, presided over by Vice President T. G. Miller, reports were made by the various committees, and these reports showed that each group is working all the time for the advancement of Bre vard. ' The Agriculture Committee has been doing splendid work, and is, perhaps, tne most active committee in the organization. The Tourist Committee told of the 20-page booklet now being printed, aiid of plans to send Mr. Miller out with them. It was decided at the Tuesday meeting to send the Brevard man into the Central West instead of spending his time in the South. t J, The 'directors ordered communica-' tion sent to Raleigh, urging the., appropriation for the game bill, and; i^rote-stipg against proposed legisla tion to remove . fishing license from-j those fishing in their own counties. UNV FIRMS SEND GIFTS TO BAZAAR! Work is progressing satisfactori ly on the Children's Bazaar, which jvent will be staged in Brevard early in April' by "the Woman's Bureau, as sisrted by the Parent-Teacher assoc iation. This feature of entertain ment promise# to be one of the jiggest events of the year, the pro-r ;eeds of which will go toward beau-'; iifying and equipping the school! jrcunds. ; j Many beautiful and useful dona-j ;ions "have been contributed to be . i Dlaced -on. sale at the bazaar and I jth-ers' arfe arriving daily, according ? ;o a statement made by the general { chairman of the bazaar, Mrs. B .F. i Beasley. The majority of these do-j lations have come from outside firms, all of which have responded i nost generously to the call from the :ommittee. Local merchants have J : lot yet been solicited, but it is ex-lj jected that generous responses will '> ilso be made by them. ( The following outside firms have ( :ontributed toward this cause: Mont gomery Ward, Bellas Hess, Bess Sandy company, Pearce-Angel com-i1 iany, New Port Mills, Park-Davis t| jompany, S. P. Nelson, Pinnacled Mflls, Robert Johnson ft Co., Swan '1 ^btam Hat company. j' HONOR PlTHOUD AT BIRTHDAY DINNER tk i \ \ Mrs. J. L. Saltz, owner of the Waltermire Grill, honored "Pete" Pithoud, popular superintendent of the Hoosier Engineering company, Tuesday evening,, with an 41hborate Birthday dinner. Officials of th? Hoosier company, and officials of the Carolina ; Powfer and Light com pany, were guests at the banquet. The Brevard High School Orches tra, with Miss Robinson directing and Miss Call at the piano, furnished mu sic for the occasion. Mr. Pithoud has made hundreds of friends here since be began work on the construction of the power lines hrough the county. There is a large force of men under his direction, and j the fact that Mr. Pithoud employs local men, and patronizes local bus iness houses, whenever and, wljerever possible, first attracted the ttfwn to the fairness of the man. Full account of the happy event will be published in n?xt week's pa per. , ? | FATHER - SON BANQOET WAS ENJOYABLE EVENT About thirty "Dads" and the same number of sons gathered at the Methodist church Tuesday night for a Father-Soli banquet sponsored by the Men's Bible class. . < Dr. J. F. Zachary, president of the men's classy presided at the fes tive board on -Which a bonritetus re past was served by the local branch of the Woman's 'Missionary Society. After the invocation by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Aycoek -a general fall-to was observed by fathers i*id tons alike for- a period of twenty Jflinutes, after which each yqung gnett was introduced to the -assembly ,by their respective hosts. Shirt talks wer$ made by -? number of the older men, and a very appropriate three minute speech, -by MaHsTaylor On-, expressing the- thanks tol the boys for honors of evening. . _ . ; ; ' '*? ? ?!' ,.r " 'At. -V ? j- .. ?? ??-w.i -mii' ( | j 1 EVERYBODY'S GOING TO TH?jOJCSU*f?tR SATtWD W NIGHT AND HEIJP THE LADIES BEAUTIFY PLAYGROUND Saturday night is the time. The Tinsley Building is this plate. A Bex Supper is the event. To iwjgik place for the school children to play is theiMU^o^/ ^Jfiftjr: cents, i$the cost of a box. The Elementary Parent-Teacher Association is staging the event. Everyone intereiMj fcrthe aoliool children we invited to attend, AH Women wab dit&*? t<?- &dp in this great work are urged tobring boses,r i Announcement of the event has beear made at meetings of the churches last Sunday, and tfcevmfts&tefs spoke highly of the great purpose. All civic organizations have likewise made announcement of the ^coming event and urged their ?^embers to participate. So long. Will see you at the Box Supper Saturday night! j BUT LITTLE DONE I N LEGISLATURE Gas Tax Only State-wide Bill To Have Passed During Present Session , But little legislation has been en acted in Raleigh bo ? far, and two weeks alter this week the regular session will end. The gasoline tax law, providing one cent additional tax on gas, this to eo to the counties and relieve tne counties of road tax, is the only state-wide measure of importance that has been passed. As to local legislation, nothing has been done but hearings held on measures introduced by Senator Galloway and Representative Ham lin. These bills concern th|ei con solidation of county offices. ? ,1 i The Workmen's Compensation bill J seems doomed to defeat, its oppon ents succeeding in tacking on amend ments, which means tnat more com mittee hearings must be held, delay ing final action. The same applies to Australian ballot bill. There is hope for final action on ^ the school question, there being t many bills before the legislature. ^ The McLean bill, providing an ?-|V month's term with 40 cents maxim um school tax on property, and an other, providing a six-months term with 28 cents maximum school tax on property, are being fought out in both houses. -C . There are hundreds of bills to be acted upon in the remaining two weeks, and it is not known. ?} course, whether local legislation af fecting Transylvania county will be lost in the rush or whether the rep resentatives will be able to get final action on the measures. INCOME TAX MAN HERE NEXT WEEK Notice has been received that C. j R. Hamrick, ^puty Commissioner of e Revenue, will be at the WaltermiW ^ Hotel on Thursday and Friday, MafChf| 7 and 8,' for the purpose of assisting i citizens in preparing their state in come tax returns. , All married -people with an income of. $2000 a year, and ^l single per sons with an income of f1000 ? ^Ib are hound to make returns to the , p state. All corporations, regar^ess^ of income, must file returns. All re turns must be in Raleigh on or before j the 15th day of March, otherwise a?t penalty will' be attached. TO ORGANIZE CLOB HERE SATURDAY EVE The Hunting and Fishing Club, now being organized in this county, will be performed at the county court House Saturday evening, when .all those who have signed the organiza tion papers are expected to attend and assist in perfecting the dUi^, name officers and select committees, and determine the by-laws that will rule the club's activities. ^ Up to Tuesday noon, of this one hundrd and three .men of the, town and county had si^ecf the or ganization papers, and it w.believe the club will prove to be one of th most popular organizations in the county, and will render real service to the community. The list . contains the names of the leading men of a parts of the county, and those cita zens who have not been seen are urg ed to attend the meeting .Saturday night and join with their neighbors m forming this club. i It ig expected a large crowd will [attend the court house meeting jhis Saturday night E. R. Galloway, ?ame warden, has been active y P to perfecting, this new ctoV MANY FARMERS^TTEND CLOVER MEET MONDAY j ' " C I Many interested farmers and others, attended the "Clover meet ing" at the" High School .building last Monday, which had been calle^ by Juhaif Glazener^fer the purpose of giving study to 5 clovers. Les pedeza, . recently introduced < into this sestion, was given special study, j ' It is Mr. Glazener's intention to hold many sftch meeting^ '.toM the end that farmers may help -one an other in the .study .of legumes, soil,1 proper crops for certain soils, and: all phases of questions 'that have di jreet bearing' uj^nr agriculture. The meeting Monday was most in teresting, and it 'is safe to predict that^ the/ next meeting ? -will > h*v0 tmanv. '.more V iri- attendance , Man* [mariced the first ipeetarig, or intfer1 (est Jn these studies is increasing all |the:t??e. ' f ' 1 it is 1?aid by" towi^lficialsTS^ for the pjirpose of paying other bonds which will ^mature at an earty date. It does not mean that the town is go ing in debt to that amount, or in. any/ amount, for the money from l,hese bonds will be used to pay Wee, nniount ah bonds now maturing. } TOWN SORROWFUL BECAUSE OF DEATH ;r 'f. Passing of Rev. E. R. Welch Brings Sadness Upon Community " The community was shocked Fri iay on learning of- the death of iiev. E. R. Welch, which occurred at ;he French Broad hospital, Ashe rille, on Tuesday following an fll less of ten days from pneumonia, the funeral service was conducted n the West Asheville funeral par ors by Presiding Elder J. P. Kirk, nterment was in ? Riverside ceme tery, Asheville. Methodist pastors >f> Asheville and vicinity acted as jallbearers. For three years, from 1923 to '25, tfr. Welch served as pastor of the irevard Methodist church, and made nany friends during his pastorate lere. He came to Brevard from the chestnut Street Methodist church, isheville, of which church he was liSBtor for two years. Prior to that ime he had served as pastor of the Yadesboro and Lenoir Methodipt hurches, the congregation of the atterf church giving Mr. Welch a rip to Palestine. During the World Var, Mr. Welch volunteered his ?er iceg, and was stationed at Camp Jreene, Charlotte, serving as chap airt with the rank of Captain. In he early days of his ministerial fork, Mr. Welch was identified with everal churches and with ..^educa ional work in Oklahoma/ ' * " * Mr. Welch is' survived by his wife nd one daughter, Elizabeth, who take th?ir home it Biltmore. * '? IUT0S COLLIDE AT CASCADE CORNER In a collision at the corner of 'rench Broad and Caldwell Satur ay night, two men were hurt and oth cars damaged. Plato Pressly, f Gloucester, driving a Ford, with toy Holden riding with him, collid d with Carl Kilpatrick, driving a lodge. Pressly was coming intO 5wn~ and Kilpatrick was going Drth, it is said, when the collision ccurred. Holden suffered the most severe ijuries, being cut about the face;, ead and neck, the latter wound arely missing the jugular vein, 'ressly was cut on the face. Kil atrick escaped, injury. The Ford car, it is said, was urned completely around in the ollision, while "the- Dodge was nocked off the road. Both cars are eported to be greatly damaged. . Preliminary trial was ? had Mon ay, and both drivers bound over to luperior court. MR. CARR SPENDS VACATION HERE Mr. LOuis Carr has returned io Uamogerdo, New Mexico, after hav ng spent several days at Pisgah For (St. The big lumberman came here or the annual meeting of the stock lolders of the Carr Lumber company, vhich was held last Thursday. At he meeting all officers were re jected, as follows: Louis Carr, president. Joseph Keyes, vice president. W. W. Croushorn, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Carr talked interestingly of the umber operations in New Mexico, rhe concern here, while a different :orporation from the local concern, is owned, practically, by the same rroup that owns the Carr Lumber company here, it is said. While in love with the- West, Mr. Carr is still a big booster for this sec tion. There is not the natural beauty in the mountains of the West makes this section, he says. / . .. Officials of the Carr Lumber com pahy, in speaking Of the year jnkt closed, stated they had done a better business than they expected; to idO, and expressed the belief ihat 1929 will see a general revival in "business . conditions throughout fye country." ' DR. SEVIER ? PRE ACHAT - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - '???? " ' t _?* . \ Rev. Joseph R. Seyifil1, president. 1 Fagsifern School for* Girls, Hendey sonville, will preach ,at the. B re vara Piresbyterian church next '"Sunday morning- at llo'doek.-- A tordiat' m vitation is extended t0 all,nieo4??*r and friends to attend this .service. ?1 < * { Ip ;'M .? 4 ? ' ? - ReW- E. G-: itedf or^, paator Of Hie Long Creek Memorial :Baptkt church, Dallas, :N. C., . died Morganton hospital on Monday ?I fest following an illness of _ .services *are Mdtk following d?y in the church 6t ' t^h ' h^^d 'fceeh. pMor for more than a} jfr#r.c ' : f?. ? ;;; Mr. ;fcetifwalil?s'-well known cita fcransyWaiua, jane* he was: ?r farmer resident of Piiisah, Forest. aiid wae pastof of the En6n BftpjEist churdi for a number of " years," / and-wade many friends during his residence in the community: He was 44 years of age . and a native, of Georgia. Mr. Ledford is." survived bj hw wife and nine clUljJren. - ,.-1