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VOL. XXXIV. No. 12 MARCH 21, 1929 MRS. NICHOLSON'S SUDDEN DEATH IS SHOCKTO COUNTY Died of Heart Failure Early Wednesday Morning, > While Dressing tv NERAL 3:00 O'CLOCK AT BAPTIST CHURCH Was Member of the Baptist Church ? Loved By All Who Knew Her News of the sudden death of ?.irs. Milan L. Nicholson, which occurred at her home on Caldwell avenue Wednesday morning, came as a great shock to the community. Mrs. Nich olson had apparently been in her us ual health, but upon arising about 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning and after being partially dressed, while standing at the dresser comb ing her hair, was stricken with heart failure. She fell over a chair, and Mr. Nicholson, standing nearby, attempted to catch her. ' but both were thrown to the floor, where Mrs. Nicholson died almost instant ly. Funeral services will be held i this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 I o'clock at- the Brevard Baptist j church, with the pastor, Rev. Wal-h lace Hartsell, officiating. Interment will be |i Gillespie cemetery. Mrs. Nicholson,' who was 53 j years of age, was, beofre her mar riage 26 years ago, Miss Oradia Mc-i^ Connell, daughter of Newton Mc-jt Connell, of Anderson, S. C. She ; has made Brevard her home during ' " her married life, and was a faithful and active worker in the Baptist church, of which, she has been a|* member for a long period of years, i Mrs. Nicholson was a good Christian I woman of strong personality, and's greatlv beloved bv all who knew i e ^ ' r i* Surviving members of the bc-'^ reaved family include the husband, three daughters and one son, includ ing, Mrs. Roy E. Cooper, of Co- ; hutta, Ga.. Odell, Mary and J. M., e of Brevard, besides one brother, r Jim McConnell, of Utica, N. Y., and t a half-brother, Joe Gray, of Ander- h son, S. C., and a large number of relatives and friends in Brevard and other sections. L Pallbear/s will be the six neph- l ews of Mrs. Nicholson, including, Roscoe Nicholson, Rad Nicholson, I Banks Nicholson, Santa Nicholson, all of Brevard, Calloway Nicholson, , of Asheville, and Adger Gray, of ! Anderson. S. C. |J In the event of rain Thursday j afternoon, the funeral services will , be postponed until Friday, it has been announced. EVERYBODY GOES TO "KIDDY LAND 9? in "In Kiddyland," the home talent comedy to be presented at the Bre- 'n vard High School auditorium Friday |r evening of/ this week, March 22, promises ah evening of fun and j tl laughter for the capacity filled house jJ which is^ expected to be present on i this occasion. The proceeds of the j n play, which will go toward the chil- j dren's playground and school beau-!3 tification fund, will, it it believed, jo be an added drawing card for ah large attendance. The play, which is sponsored byU1 the Woman's Bureau and directed;?: by Miss Lucille Smith, of the Mar tha Mason Producing company, i -Boston, Mass., comprises a cast of'd entirely local people, including -P prominent business and professional if* men of the town and young girls of IP the high school. Costumes appro- |B j>riate to the characters portrayed .pi will be worn by the performers, all , o combining to result in an enjoyable '[ ir event to recall memories of child- j tl hood days. - ff % JO' BOX SUPPER AT ENON $ ^ SCHOOL HOUSE THURSDAY P *- - ? ? 'vu A boxing contest and box supper" will bp fteld at the Enon school j 0 h'rtnse Thursday evening, March 21, *1 at 7 :3Q o'clock. Every one is in- , 8 vited. J s . . - t Lone Prisoner's j' Plight Relieved\ ' ]J pays t6 advertise; 1 ? Look hiirc what happened, and j *ow! . . Lkst week The , Brevard News told of a lone negro !h the county jMh with no .ccmpafty at all, sitting tn^re .24 hours k ^fay as the jail 5 only prisoner, ? " 1 Well, the responsive . chord had i been touched, and ere the bells of I midnight rang out Cm Saturday -night's stillness, jseVeraeen men had 'committed various offenses that op ened the jail for them, and for the rest of the night, and throughout the Sabbath, there was company aplenty in the jail for poor . old lone tfefpfo. Who savs the great heart of Tran sylvania county is not responsive, k' tvc;: t?- i" >)>? old negro's lonelv enn- j * di. ion? M. T. I BACK HOME AGAIN Pleased with Accomplishments of the 1929 General Assembly Senator Coleman Galloway re turned to his home in Brevard Wed nesday from Raleigh, where he rep resented the Thirty-Second Senator ial 'district in the Upper House of General Assembly of North Carolina since the opening of that body on :;.nuary 11. The senator expressed joy in the experience that had been! his during the session, and a greater' joy in the fact that he is back in! his old home town, with family and I friends. U Senator Galloway, in talking about i the achievements of the session just I closed, expressed the opinion that, much valuable legislation has been ; enacted, and was especially pleased with the road measure, which gives the sum of $17,500 to this county. He is of the opinion that the school ? bill is as good as could have been ? obtained at this session, and says it means that Transylvania county's, share in the equalization fund from | the state will be $25,000 this year, ! as compared with $17,500 last year.1 While the tax reduction in the : county will not be as great as he ; would have liked it, Senator Gal- j ioway sees a reduction of from ten j ; to fifteen cents on the hundred dol lar valuation, however. It was learned here that Transyl vania county was highly honored, I j ,vhen the lieutenant-governor, on j j he morning of the last day of the j ;essioh, called Senator Galloway to|t he chair, and asked him to preside j >v.cr the senate for its last day's ' ession. This is considered a dis inct honor. Senator Galloway will give a I, ;tatement for next week's paper, j ' xplaining the laws that were passed 'j s he sees them. The time was too (J hort after his return here Wednes- , ay to get the statement in this is- j ue. Mr. Galloway is a strong demo rat, but in talking with The News xpressed his admiration for the epublican senators, declaring them o be men of ability, honor, and ighly respected by all the demo ratic senators. JIG REAL ESTATE DEAL IS RECORDED It udson McCrary Buys. House and Seventeen Lots From J. L. Whitmire ? j ?it; Another big real estate deal, 1 0 losed this week, gives impetus to an I ctivity thalt has marked the reall(] state market for the past several ic lonths. Judson McCrary has ' pur- c hased the new brick residence just 'y ompleted on Highway 28, near theijj )wn limits in North Brevard fromJp . L. Whitmire. In addition to theU ew residence, Mr. McCrary also'? urchased sev|.iteen vacant lots ly-'o lg along the highway and back into] le Whitmire property, formerly the. ordan tract. The new owner will, it is reported, j? love from his home on Maples, ;reet into the new brick residence, I * ad plans extensive improvements a the vacant property acquired by | s| im. !!j In the deal, Mr. Whitmire becomes j' le owner of the business property j ^ n Main street, adjoining the Joines?^ lotor company's building. 1 *From present indications, the new evelopment where Mr. McCrary has urchased these large holdings bids lir to become one of the most*im ortant residential sections about revard. Mr. Whitmire is now com leting two new residences just west f -his fine home oil top of the hill i the Jordan seefcioh, fl>id it is said iese will soon be sold and occu ied. It is reported that other uildings are soon to be erected, the I iMnes to be built according to the lans. and speculations of those for ^ horn they are being erected. j Commanding unsurpassed views ; . f all the surrounding mountains, j he new section is looked upon as n especially attractive place for uburban homes of the better kind. iREVARD GETS BIG PUBLICITY IN AD, was giVGfl iihusUal adver isShietit irt last Sunday's Memphis i jommerei&l Appeal, when a Whole f >age in the rotogravure se'cUbn was teVbtfcd tb Camp Chicki^a'w. The idvertisement cbntaihed illustra .lons of bc'p.ting ( the French; Broad river and other local scenes,] ?vhich carried tire beauty of thife section into lS0,000 homes. The headlines on the page adver tisement Wks as follows:: "Boys' Summer Heaven, Camp Chickasaw, at Brevard in the Heart of the Blue Ridge." In view of the' fact that Vice President T. G. Miller, of the Bre vard Chamber of Commerce, will soon be working in the section cov-'i ered by The Comercial Appeal, in an effort to bring tourists to ? this community, this page adverisement is .'considered the most timely and valuable publicity Brevard has ever received; POWER DAM LAAL L?aSlO is r THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . . ~i ' . ' To Be Used as Drawing Card for Tourist Trade ? Best Trout Fishing in County ? Ten Thousand Trout to Be Placed in Lake Each Year for a Five-Year Period ? Messrs. Pick elsimer Make Possible Big Attraction for Visitors and Tourists. What is considered the most pro gressive and important step taken by the Brevard Chamber of Com merce in many years was the con sultation of a deal this week where by the Brevard Chamber of Com merce-leased from the Cascade I Power company the big dam that stores the waters for that company's plant on . Little River. This large | body of water, covering 125 acres, was leased for the purpose of pro-, viding real fishing for the tourists that come to Brevard. For many years the Chamber of I Commerce has been stressing trout , fishing in this county as one of its main features of attraction. Re stocking of streams has been going ; steadily on, but there have been so many people coming here because of this attraction that it was found j necessary to make larger provisions j for his sport. The lake waters of the power dam have long been one of the best fishing centers in the coun- . j. ty, and the Chamber of Commerce laid the case before the officials of the Cascade Power company, show- i ng what it would mean to this com munity for the civic body to control ] ;he lake for the benefit of the tour- I sts. ] Dr. E. S. English, president of ( ;he power company; J. H. Pickel- ] iinier, secretary; J. B. Pickelsinier, 1 and C. W. Pickelsimer, directors, mot the Chamber of Commerce in a magnanimous spirit, and leased the lake to the civic organization for a period of five years at a figure much lower than they could have received from private individuals who would have made a commercial fishing lake of the big waters. The fine spirit of co-operation and community interest manifest by the Messrs. Piekelsimers and English has been the subject of conversation among citizens of the town since this deal has been closed, and many words of commendation for the power company officials have been expressed. One provision of the lease is that the Chamber of Commerce will re stock the lake with a minimum of teni thousand fish annually. It is expected that TKe re-stocking pro- i gram will call for two or three times j that number each year. J Jerry Jerome, John W. Smith and M Vice President T. G. Miller acted ' for ;the Chamber of Commerce in . closing this deal. Itj is generally believed that the < leasfcig of these waters by the Cham- 1 ber 'of Commerce will be the direct ? means of bringing many hundreds af people to Brevard who would not 1 have come here had it not been for ^ .his action. 1 9 PEOPLE KILLED 1 IN S. C. TORNADO; Tom Wood and Eck Sims Had Narrow Escape From Tragedy - ' I A torna(|) of less than a minute's uration suddenly swooped down on i he little town of Six Mile, S. C., ine miles from Pickens, Wednesday ight of last week and virtually i ,'iped out two families, fatally or i eriously injured several others and < ompletely demolished four houses. ; 'he victims of the storm included )cputy Sheriff G. N. Garrett, Mrs. ] Jarrett arid their two sons and a j aughter, and Mrs. J. C. Garrett and \ hree young daughters, the family f Postmaster Garrett, of Six Mile. ( The rushing wind tore a path of j eath and destruction across the . ounty in which the little own is lo- ] aed, about three miles long and 300 ( ards in width. In addition to the , ves lost and injured persons, much , roperty damage resulted, with ^ L-arcelv' a house left standing that j ?as not wrecked almost beyond rec- j gn'tion. ? ? ? . \ One child was hurled by the huge i ivister about 100 yards through the i ir, striking the school building, { 'here she was found a short time i iter, and died soon after being re- j loved to the hospital. ] Accompanying the terrific wind ? torm was a hard rain, rendering i 11 roads into Six Mile almost im- 1 < assable. Hundreds of people from-., freenville and all nearby towns 1 ashed to the scene of the catastro-^ he and rendered every possible as- ( stance to the stricken town. p Of local interest to the tragedy is j s ie fact that 6ftly a short time bS?p ore the storm, Rural Officer Eck'j ims and Depoy Sheriff Tom Wood, ! f Transylvania county, were in con-jt Jrence with Deputy Garrett in hiS;l ome at Six Mile regarding a search J jr a man wanted in Transylvania, j ] he local officers were invited by,] le South Carolina deputy to spend;? le night with him, but they stated j j riat it would be necessary for them|< 3 return home that night on ac- 1 ounty of pressing duties. In only a 1 hort time after Officers Sims and i Vood left the house, the tragic 1 1 atastrophe occurred to the Garrett ' ( amily, the tornado wiping out the'] ntire family. . . . SENIORS HONORED BY JUNIOR CLASSji Banquet Declared To Be Most Interesting Event of the Year ( Outstanding among the courtesies extended the 1929 senior class of the Brevard High School was the iuiiior-senior banquet held Friday evening in the Tinsley building, ivhich event proved one of the most enjoyable social gatherings of the year. In addition to the thirty eight seniors and .thirty-eigflit * jun iors present, was also the entire membership of the high school fac jlty. The senior class color and flower of rose was effectively carried out in the table and room decorations and in the elaborate menu served at ;he long tables arranged for the oc :asion. The entire scene presented ivas one of a veritable flowerlfend, ' ivith the rose arbors and greenery J1 forming an attractive background ji For the prettily decorated tables, " radiant with streamer decorations in j 35 rose, vases of roses, rose cups filled ( e ,vith mints, handpainted place cards v n the form of bookmarks, and pro grams and paper napkins in the pre vailing flower and color. An air >lane trip into the future, revealing prophecies of each member of the . senior class, proved an enjoyable]^ feature of the occasion and. further^ >mphasized the color suggestions. P \ssisting in serving were young !_ ady members of the junior and soph- 1 )more classes, all charmingly dress- _ id in rose costumes, who, together J vith the handsomely gowned juniors] I ind seniors seated at the tables, lent ?harm and beauty to the flowerland scene. - 1 The following program was pre ;entedi Welcome, Fred Miller; song, jyl class; toast to seniors, Mollie Snelson; song; toast to faculty, q Mark Taylor Orr; toast to school, ^ Ethel McMinn; school song; toast to * ithleics, T. J. McCall; toast to high * deals, Laura Verner; toast to mem- n ):ies, Mary Nicholson; song. c The following menu, prepared by ^ tlie Ladies Aid of the Methodist n c lurch, was served; Fruit cocktail, j Hery, olives, chicken a la King*^ : anberries, creamed potatoes, greetl )s peas, hot rolls, butter, rose salad, ice^ cream, cake, coffee, mints. jr NOTICE TO BREVARD SUgSgRl&ERS , All subscribers living in who are behind in their subscription to The fttev&Vd News will be taken ftidm the list after this unless subscriptions are paid this week. It is with relflfet we make this announcement, but the time has conre 'When we can no longer buy paper and ink, pay prmte*%, rent, power, and the dozens of ex penses incident to 'publishing The News, vnithout making collections for the paper. Those who are behind two arid three years ftefed not pay all they owe, if it is inconvenient, but we must have a partial payment, at least. Subscribers on the rural routes, and those receiving their papers at other postoffices, will be given another week to make payment. After another week we shall be forced to remove from our list all names that are in ar rears unless special arrangements have been made for carrying such papers, for a longer period. We do not want to lose a single subscriber. We feel confident that you will understand that nothing but abso lute necessity would cause us to take this course. We wish wb could print the paper free, aijld never mention money. But it cannot be done. Will you meet us halfway? itfci". iiAlviLlN BACK IN BREVARD Was Minority Leader in House ? Given Fine Watch as Token of Esteem Representative Lewis P. Hamlin, legislative member from Transyl vania county in the General Assem bly just adjourned, returned to his home Wednesday afternoon. The Transylvania man was given high honors in the legislature, having served as minority leader in the house of representatives. Mr. Hamlin has, of course, had much hard work to do in his posi tion as leader of his party in the sessions; but expressed his apprecia tion of the honors that had been Given him. In the closing session Tuesday the republican members of the legislature presented Mr. Hamlin! with a fine gold watch, properly in- J scribed and expressing the high es teem in which he was held by the j group which had chosen him as I leader. ^>v\ ? I "They are fine fellows," Mr. Ham- i lin said, in speaking of his republi- j can colleagues, "but there were ) many fine fellows on the democratic side also," he continued. Mr. Ham lin gave great praise to the speaker af the house, Mr. Graham. "While he is a democrat, the speaker was just jis fair and courteous to the republican members as he was to the iemocratic members, and he cannot ae praised too highly," Mr. Hamlin said. The representative was too tired,! le stated, to give a statement of the j work done in the General Assembly, j md plead for an extension of time j mtil next week, when he will give ' lis version of the activities of the j egislatur , and his opinion of the various 1 lis that were enacted into i aw. PLANS FOR BAZAAR } ABOUT COMPLETE . li Committees Named, and Or-!i ganization now Working With Precision .1 Arrangements for the Children's:. Jazaar are rapidly being perfected ! nd everything is expected to be in ! eadiness for its presentation to be- j in on the evening of Monday, April . in the room formerly occupied >y Pushell's store on Broadway. Committees have been, named to I ssure, success in the various de-j artments, and all are at work on inal preparations for the different! hases of the bazaar. A program of j inusual interest is being planned', or the event. Following are the committees ap- | ointed : Arrangement and decora ion committee: Mrs. W. E. Breese, ( Irs. Roy Long, Mrs. W. McK. Fet- ( er, Mrs. S. M. Macfie, Mrs. Clar- ] nee Yongue, Mrs. T. H. Shipman; j window committee, Mrs. B. F. j leasley, Mrs. H. E. Erwin; refresh- < lents committee, Mrs. Harry Pat- ] tin, Mrs. D. L. English, Miss Rose ^ hipman, Mrs. Arthur Harrell, Miss , ?race Piercy, Mrs. W. H. Duck- < rorth, Mrs. S. W. Radford, Mrs. W. j 1. Harris; solociting committee, , Irs. B. F. Beasley, Mrs. 0. L. Er- j rin, Mrs. T. H. Shipman, Mrs. C. , L Yongue. r] J. D. C. LIBRARY IS I' STAGING SUPPER' . i Members of the U. D. C., anxious j* 3 make improvements in the U-. D, ( '. l'brary, have gone to considerable ( rouble and expense in preparing ( or the big oyster supper to be given ^ t the Central Cafe Thursday eve- . in g from 6 to 9 o'clock, the pro- ( eeds from which are to be spent ( i buying new books and making j eeded additions to the library. It is believed that many peopU v4ll attend the oyster supper, in. tead of eating supper at home, and ielp along with this great work that neans so much to the community. U1 people are agreed, it is known, hat the library is one of the town's nost attractive centers to citizens, ind visitors alike. ! As an indication of the intense j nterest which the Kiwanis club is taking in the library, the whole; :lub will take dinner at noon today' it the Central Cafe, the U. D. C. setting the dinner, and the proceeds from his club luncheon will go to the library fund. The Kiwanis meeting will be held at the usual hour ? 21 o'clock till 1 o'clock. The j main oyster supper will be on from ; 6 to 9 o'clock in the evening. WOODMEN CONVENTION ENDS AT CHARLOTTE] Several Brevard people attended the State Convention of the Wood Men of the world whith was held in Charlotte the first days of the week. The Woodmen Circle held a conven tion at the same time, and delegates from all over the state were in at tendance. W. II. Grogan, Jr., Mrs. Grogan, Misses Marjorie Garren and Hassie Tinslev represented the -Brevard or ganizations in the state meeting. ; 'V ;v'>. \ ? ,) I GSM i MEETING OF FARMERS GALLED SATURDAY NIGHT Permanent Organization Ha* Been Effected and the Officers Named TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE FOR TOBACCO | All Interested People of Coun ty Urged To Attend the Meeting I Realizing the great need of a ? closer cooperation between' the bus iness men and farmers of Transyl jvania county, a number of business men and farmers met at the Cham 1 ber of Commerce Saturday night for the purpose of devising ways to j help each other promote the general 1 welfare of all concerned. Many sub jects were discussed whereby moans could be raised to help the tax bur dened farmers of Transylvania coun ty. After due consideration, all en tered in the raiding of tobacco, poultry, and dairying. A temporary organization was perfected with the following ofVcers from various parts of the county: F. II. Holden, president; .Mrs. Robert L. Stokes, secretary. Vice presidents of different town ships were; R. S. Boyd, Boyd town ship; II. P. Clark, Dunn's Rock; 10. L. Hamilton, Cathey's Creek; Riley Merrill, Little River; Charley Grav ely, Eastatoe; Spurgeon Owen, Gloucester. Investigation has already beeu made of Madison county, where they grow $1,000,000 worth of tobacco every year. The Brevard Banking company and Southern Railway are giving away a liberal supply of seed and it is desired that 50 farmers plant from 1-2 to 2 acres each. Two hundred dollars is offered by the Brevard Banking company and business men at end of the season as a gift to some farmer's best effort, this being determined by the Farm ers' Club. There will be a meeting Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock, March -'i, at the Chamber of Commerce. An invitation is extended to every farmer in the county to come, and bring your wives. Let us cooperate and make Transylvania a real live farming section. F. H. IIOLDEX. Pres. MRS. R. L. STOKES. See. OFFICERS NAMED BY EASTERN STAR Organization of an Eastern Star ?hapter was perfected her.-' last Thursday, with 36 citizens of the own enrolling as charter members. Following were the officers elect id: Worthy matron, Mrs. W. H. Un lerwood; worthy patron, Rev. Wal lace Hartsell; associate matron, VIrs. Harry Patton; conductress, VIrs. A. H. Houston; associate co? luctress, Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer; Ylarshall, Mrs. J. F. Zachary; sec retary, Mrs. Jerry Jerome; treas irer, Mrs. E. S. English; sentinel, 3. F. Allison; organist, Mrs. KJ ^oftis; chaplain, Mrs. Roscoe Nichol son ; warder, Miss Catherine Os >orne; star points, Mrs. H. A. Plum ner, Mrs. W. W. Pruette, Mrs. Louie Loftis, Miss Reba Ashworth and Hiss Nell Aiken. The first meeting was held Thurs lay afternoon in the Masonic hall, ifter which a banquet was served at he Waltermrre Grill to fifty or nOre members and guests - present, ncluding twenty members from the \sheville and _ Marshall chapters, yho were guests of honor of the )tca^i6rf. These 'guests, together Grand Patron Marshall Dilling, of Giastonia, assisted in_the installa tion and other features of organiz ation. Following.- the banquet. an evening session was held, furtiiei carrying out the program of organ ization. Couch Cries For Help ; Not Needed '.i "Help me, and help me noxiY" This cry of distress came from County Treasurer Luther Couch, as he tumble into the raging waters of the French Broad river last Satur day. He had started to cross at Pen rose, it is said, when the waters had covered the bottom lands from the railroad station to the High bridge at Penrose, where >certain debts havf been paid in the past. When about half way across, the boat capsized, and Mr. Couch went under, in the going, he lost a new $6 hat. It is said Mr. Couch called for help, and called loudly, and in a tone of voice that carried evident sincerity with it. Friends on the bank wore making ready to go tc his rescue, when the popular Little River man happened to let his feet go downward, and they (his feet) struck bottom, and the water was only waist deep, he found out. Mr. Couch waded out, grinning, but happy? only he couldn't forget the loss of his hat, it seems.