i THE BREVARD VOL XXXIV. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 9, 1929 No. 19 RECORDERS COURT NOW ESTABLISHED FOR THIS COUNTY D. L. English Named Judge ? R. R. Fisher Is To Be % the Prosecutor TO MEET ON FIRST MONDAY NEXT MONTH I Resolution Sets Forth Reasons I Why Commissioners Es tablished Court Transylvania county now has a General County Court, which will convene on the First Monday in June, and monthly thereafter, for J the trial of civil and erminial cases, i This court was etsablished by .the) board of county commissioners in; sesison last Monday. j. D. L. English, Brevard lawyer,' was named as judge of the court, j: and Ralph' R. Fisher, county attor ney was named as prosecutor. ^ j', clerk of the court has been ordered | to make all necessary preparations | for operating the county, court. > ] It is set forth in the resolution, covering: the creation of the court, < that *'it wouW result in a great sav- i ing to the litigants and also to the ? taxpayers of said county, * ' * ? The judge is to receive a salary of $2400 a year, while the prose cutor will be paid a sum equal to the fees paid a solicitor who is not on a salary. , . j1 Following is the resolution creat- - ing the County Court: "Resolution Est&HUhing A General County Court for Tran?ylv*ni?." C "WHEREAS, under Chapter 126 t public Laws of 1923, as amended oy r Chapter 85 Public Laws, Extra Ses-js sion 1924, Chapter 242 and 260, o Public Laws of 1925, and Cnapter[t 232 Public Laws of 1927, the Board jfi of County Commissioners of any County, arc authorized to establish a General 'Cou\>ty Court for their County, if in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners, the public interest will be best promoted by so doing", without an . election being called upon to establish such Court, and therein authorizing the Board of County Comksioners upon estab lishing such a court to appoint a judge thereof and fix his salary, and also to appoint a prosecutor for such Court, and fix his salary; "AND WHEREAS, at this time there are some four hundred and fifty cases pending on the Civil Is sue' Docket for Transylvania County and also a large number of criminal (Continued on page four) URGE EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL TEACHERS Urging the county school officials!" to give preference to Transylvania o men and women when contracting . with teachers for the coming year, I the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday !| evening directed the secretary to j write letters to the county superm-' tendent and to all school committee men, conveying the sentiment ot the Chamber of Commerce on tins, question. It was pointed out thatj several teachers will be dropped, t from the list this year because oflp the new school law, and in order that people of the county may not be thrown out of work while posi tions are given to people from other states, it was deemed advisable to ser.d the communication to the of ficials. . . It has long been the custom of the school authorities to give home peo ple the preference in employing teachers, all things being equal, and the commerce body wanted the of ficials to know that this policy is commended, and even a more strict adherence to the practice should prevail now. .If It is believed that Transylvania it county teachers, are. among, the state's best instructors; and as they are citizens of the county and tax payers here, the Chamber of Gom- [ merce believed that they should ; have first consideration. GOLFttUBTOOPEN WITH TOURNAMENT!' ______ !i On Tuesday, May 14, the Country! Club will be formally opened for j the season, and the first tournament : of the Spring will begin at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It is expected | /&at a large number of golfers will) ^?<0 n the scene for the opening, and! the committee is busy arranging de- . tails for the tournament. I Mrs. Harrv Patton. as hostess, will , have the club house in splendid con-] dition for reception of the members j and visitors, much work having been done to make the place as attract ive as possible. i The club house will be formally j opened Tuesday night at 8 o clock. All present and former members are urged to be present. The golf course is in the best con dition it has ever been, and all who are playing it now declare it to be without a superior anywhere. Hun dreds of golfers from other cities have expressed their intention ox playing here during the present season. ASHING LiNSE ADOPTED TO HELP RE-STOCK STREAMS] Commissioners Join Balance of | Mountain Counties In This Great Work $1.10 LICENSE PLACED ON ALL MEN OVER 16 YEARS | Will Mean Much To Future ofj the County As a Tour ist Center Transylvania county has joined the balance of the counties in the moun tain section, and will charge a li cense fee of $1.10 for all males fish ing by rod or reel, hook and line, or other methods, in the waters of Transylvania county. These license fees are to be used for restocking -he streams of the county, thereby making better fishing in the waters A Transylvania. This action was taken by the com- | missioners in the Monday session. I The resolution establishing this li ?ense fee is as follows. ?State of North Carolina 'Transvlvania County. "WHEREAS the fishing streams Ov his county are badly in need of re lt0 a nv and all methods of hook and j ne or rod and reel fishing in Tran- t y' "BE* IT "FURTHER . RESO LV ED * hat a copy of this resoluiton be lor rtrded to the Department of Con- t ervation and Development, Raleigh. ,f C., and that a copy be spread f pon the minutes of this Board g "Board of Commissioners of Tran jv sylvania County. jo "This the 6 day of May, ? l?l?* Ja "Bv J H. Pickelsimer, Chan-man. jp Attest: Ira D. Galloway, Register ,e f Deeds." 10SPITAL SHOWER TO BE GIVEN LATER J ostponed by the Guild and the Hos tial association,, upon the urgent eauest of certain interests in the ountv that are anxious to partic^ ate in the observance, but which annot do so at this time. Officials f the Guild and of the association, lelieving it to be to the best mter st of the hospital purpose yielded o the request and announced the nffc"h?S h,d b?? d.?%by th? wo groups in making ready for the ibservance next Saturday, and sev ral interested friends bad gathered ?aluable gifts to be presented to the i insnital at the shower which had leen announced for Saturday loon. These are requested to hold iuch articles until announcement! nade of another, date, to be called vithin 3 short time* , ? Unusual interest has be^n.,sl??^ftJ? Hospital Day this year, and it is safe ?o predict that great success will jo announced when the event is fin illy held. MRS. WESLEY MXALL Mrs. W. C. McCall, of Sellca, died Thursday morning at Mission Hos pital, in Asheville, where she was taken Wednesday morning following an illness of the past week. Funeral services will be held Friday after noon at 2 o'clock at Cathey's Creke Bantist church. Mrs. McCall had not been in good health for several years, but since the death of her father, which oc curred in Epworth, Ga., Thursday of last week, she seemed to have taken a turn for the worse and died one week later. Mrs. McCall was the mother of nine children, who with her husband survive. Following are the children: Mrs. Joe Tinsley and Mrs. Van Huggins, Breavrd; Mrs. J. P. Milton, Greenville; Joe McCall. Mexico; Bob McCall, Brevard; Fred McCall, California; Alice, Ella and Mildred, Selica. T. W. Wfcitmire, Re-Elected Mayor BOTH PARTIES PLEASED WITH OUTCOME OF TOWN ELECTION Brevard's town election Tuesday iad an unusual effect, in that lead ers tf both parties expressed satis action with the results. The dem icrats elected their entire ticket, by najorities ranging around 200, and xpressed pleasure in their victory, vhile republicans were seemingly lated because of what was pro tounced a decided reduction in these najorities over previous town elec ions. Mayor Whitmire was re-elected by , majority of 186 over D. L. Eng ish, republican candidate. Th's Is he beginning of Mayor Whitmire's hird successive term as chief exec itive of the town. The entire democratic aldermanic icket was elected, with S. M. Mac ie loading the whole democratic orces with a vote of 515. J. A. Simpson lead the republican ticket irith a vote of 098. Three members f the old board were re-elected, s follows: W. M. Henry, R. P. Kil iatrick and J. E. Waters. The av rage democratic majority in the ldermen's race was 213. Some scratching was done by the i oters as indicated in the difference j letween the high man and the low man on each ticket. The high man [ on the democratic ticket for alder- 1 man received 515 votes, while the low man on that ticket got 488, a' difference of 24. votes. High man on 1 the republican ticket received 298, 1 and the low man got 263, a difference of 35 votes. Unusuai activity attended trie elec tion, and both sides w?re busy ail! throughout the day, getting out th? | vote. Good nature prevailed, and i candidates and their friend* seemed to have much enjoyment in their: fr?#ndly thrusts at opposing candi dates and their following. The official vote received by each candidate is as follows: For Mayor 480 2S4 |T. W. Whitmire D. L. English . . . For Aldermen jMacfie Waters Ashworth ; Henry ? ? | Kilpatrick 512 488 490 515 498 | Sitton Stokes Grogan . I McCrary I Simpson 263 284 298 292 273 Dog Tax Placed on Every Doggone Dog In the Whole Doggone County Hot Dog, and Dog-Gone! . The dogs of the county are going ' o help educate the boys and girls j if Transylvania. A dog's standing has been raised ind he is now to become personal ' iroperty, instead of being merely a log, dog-gone the dogged luck. | And the dogs are to wear a dog- . joned collar, a badge of their elevat- 1 ;d standard among things of value, ' md must not be stolen any more, , ind drug around like dogs used to )e. Nor must there b'j any m ire dog- ? jone dogs dogging around at nights f oy themselves, like dogs used to do. Word was received by the county :ommissioners Monday that a dog gone dog tax, state-wide, which an nuls all local or special laws hereto fore existing, is placed upon every log in every doggoned county in the state that comes under the equaliz ation act and shares in the equaliz ation fund for the public schools of North Carolina. Following are the provisions of the new law: Open female dogs, 6-months old or older, are taxed ?2 a year. All other dogs, male and female, are taxed one dollar each. The doggone dog tax must be paid to the tax collector, who, )n turn, gives the owner of the dog a tag which must be worn at all times on his collar ? that is, the dog's collar, not the owner's collar. And all owners of a dog or dogs must list them with the tax lister, just like he would list a mule, or a cow, or a horse, or any other prop erty, and failure to so list such dog or dogs is punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or 30 days in Transylvania county's fine jail. It is further provided that all such dogs must be listed on or before the first day of July, and such taxes must be paid on or before the first day of October, and if not paid on or before the first day ofy December, then another fine of fifty dollars, or 30 days in jail, is meted out to the owner of the dog. Tax listers must make diligent in-j quiry in each township as to dogsj owned, and list same. If a man buys| a dog after the first day of July, it J is his duty to inquire of the tax col lector if that dog has been properly listed for taxes. The law further provides that no dog: will be allowed to run around at night by himself. His owner must be with him, and hold one end n f a leash that is properly fastened to the dog at the other end of said leash. The new law has no respect for some dogs. It is set forth that any one may, without fear of punish, ment, kill any egg-sucking dog, sheep kiling dog, or a dog that kills poultry. , But the fellow who steals a dog that is listed is considered a real thief, and so treated in the courts, ljust the same as if he had stolen a | Jersey cow, or sichlike. j This money from the dogs goes to the school fund. to weWmenew ! MINISTER SUNDAY Brevard church people will engage in an unusual service Sunday night when the congregation of the Metho dist church, and the Presbyterians of the town, will meet with the Baptists, at the Baptist church where the new Presbyterian minister, the Rev. R, L. Alexander, will preach. The new pas tor was elected to the Brevard Pres Ibyterian church recently, and this Ipian to have him preach at the Bap tist church, with the other churches [combining their congregations foi the evening is the town's way oi saying its welcome to the new min ister. It is expected that the Baptist churgh will be filled to overflowinj ? with members of the three churches .?'and others who may want to attenc the services. ("CLEAN-UP" WEEK PLANS PERFECTED Session Mtnaay Shows Big| Results for Local School Ground Work TAKE PART IN FLOWER SHOWS THIS SUMMER! Town Asked To Assist Inj Cleaning Brevard and Keeping It Clean That the recently staged Children's Bazaar was a distinct success, and fell only slightly short of the original goal set, was revealed at the meet-; ing of the Woman's Bureau held Monday afternoon, when the rePorti Hven by the general chairman, Mrs. | B. F. Beasley, and the treasurer,! Miss Katherine Griffin, disclosed the. fact that a net proceeds of approxi mately $450.00 was realized from] this benefit sponsored by the Wo-| man's Bureau for the school grounds , beautification fund. The o rigmul . goal set by this organization was! $500, and ft is thought by leaders ol, the. movement that this amount! might have been exceeded put for; the f ict chat the endurance powers . of th- Bureau members in charge of; the undertaking were limited. Th ? success of the Bazaar was at tributed by Mrs. Beasley, general chairman, to three main things, nair.dy, organization, cooperation and inspiration, with much credit for its success, she says, due the. Bureau president, Mrs. O. L. Erwin, while the latter attributes the suc cess to the fine spirit of cooperation and noticeable lack of friction and to tho untiring efforts of the general ^ chainr.cn Mrs. Beasley. Now hat the money is in hand for beautification of the -school grounds and children's playgrounds, | the Bureau discussed quite at lengtn, pUns for th* accomplishment ci( this project, work on which is ex-:, pected to begin at once as soon as , proper plans and specifications can be drawn up and put into effect. , .Discussion was made and plans; formulated for the clean-up cam-j paign, which will be Brevard s big , event of next week from May i3 to[ 18, sponsored jointly by .he ( man's Sureau and the Kiwanis clu~, i and other organizations of the town. Mrs D u. English was appoint*^ eener&i chairman, representing tfce, Bureau, who will map out xor.es m j th? residential section for the clean j ap~ campaign, and was authorized to | offer prizes for the largest pile of; trash accumulated on certain streets,,, announcement, of which appears else- , where in this paper. The Bureau will sponsor the cleaning up of the resi-, dential district, .while the busings , district will be w charge of the wanains. The Boy Scouts w^ll bej asked to clean up a certain \acant| lot in the town. >. The matter was discussed anc act ed upon of the Bureau assisting an official representative of Ae Curtis Publishing company m sohcitng sub pcriptions for the Ladie8,. Journal, the Bureau to reahze 40 ner cent on each subscription se cured It was voted to undertake this business venture, and *ad.?? were appointed to accompany the representative each day this week to every home in the town, soliciting :"W25&r. .< " the Bureau and to the community were discussed, including the formu lating of plans for the annual flower show to be staged in August', th rhododendron pageant, which is t be an even? of June in A.hev lle, and other matters of more or less I importance. CHICKENTH1EVES MAKE GOOD HAULS Chicken thieves are beginning an active campaign in this community, the latest reports of their ^tovitaes coming from the home of Miss Mar t? Boawell, and from the Simpson ] L.m? Tt is said the thieves got alii the chickens from Miss Boawell s | yard ?x?pt home the marauders got 20 of a. fine 6hode Island purebreds as could , be found in the county. | Eck Sims took his blood hound t . the places and trailed the thieves to a point on the street near the depoV .where it is presumed the fowls were placed in a truck and, of course, the tr8li !s?1aid that chicken thieves are going about their business in a sys tematic manner Big trucks are used it is said, and each group of thieves has a route all its own, and work their routes just the same as _a na 1 carrier delivers mail to his patrons. ? woM^URc? People interested in the Oak Grove cemetery are urged to meetatthe church Saturday morning and assist in cleaning the cemetery pounds and beautifying the graves. Th? dav is observed each year on Me morial Day. May 10th, but becau* of the tenth falling on Fnday it was postponed one day so the peo I pie could give up Saturday to that Iwork. UVED A CENTURY, THEN PEACEFULLY WENT TO HIS REST "Uncle Doc" Clayton, County's Oldest Citizen, Called In Death BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Buried In Casket Made from Cherry Tree Grown on His Farm In the Davdison River Presbyter ian church, organized one hundred years ago, relatives and friends gathered Monday morning to pay the last tributes to "Uncle Doc" Clay ton, who was born in the same year the church was organized, and who celebrated his one-hundreth anniver sary last Christmas Day. Rev. Jesse R. Owen, of Mars Hill, conducted the services, and he, too, fitted into the beautiful picture because Mr. Clayton was a member of the min ister's first congregation, some thirty add years ago, when the well known praacher was first entering upon his life's work. Among those who at tended the services were many who are themselves feeble with age, yet they remembered when E. B. Clayton was a young men while they them selves were mere children. Mr. Clayton died just after mid night Saturday night, a' his home where he has lived throughout the century whose history the deceased helped to make. All this section wi'.s in Buncombe county when the de ceased was a young man, and later became a part of Henderson county. In the sixties tTie county of Transyl vania was formed, thus making Mr. Clayton a native of tbree counties, although having lived all his life at one place. The deceased was buried in a beautiful casket made from the lum ber sawed out of a v.ild cherry trie, grown on his placy. The tTftft v.as sawed up three year? age, aid the lumber thoroogiuy seasonec. Im mediately after the bfg celebration cn Christmas Day of Mr. Clayton's anniversary., he began urging bis son co have the :askf?c rriadc. Mr. Ftlix Norton, of Brevard, was engaged for this work. I n ordering the trim mings for the casket, the screws for the lid were not included in the shipment, and these were sent out by vhti factory in a special nreiev. It (Continued on page four) I4H0NEY WINS IN ROSMAN CONTEST J. R. Mahoney was re-elected Tuesday as mayor of Rosman by a majority of 33 votes over his op ponent, N. F .Galloway. Mahoney re ceived 117 votes and Galloway was given 84. In the aldermanic race, Craig Whitmire was low man, leaving E. M. Collins, G. C. McClure and Free man Hayes as aldermen-elect for the town. Mr. Whitmire was only two votes behind the next low man, and much interest was taken in the elec tion throughout the day. Following is the ballot for aldermen: Whitmire 110 Collins 123 McClure 131 Hayes 112 TAX USTERS BUSY PREPARING USTS Tax listers appointed by the county commissioners for listing the 1929 taxes will begin work immedi ately. Following is a list of the men who will do this work in the various townships: Brevard township ? W. S. Price, Jr., and J. P. Mason. Boyd township ? Vellie Brown. Cathey's Creek ? W. P. Bell. Dunn's Rock ? Ed. McGaha. Eastatoe ? W. H. Summey. Gloucester ? W. E. Hall. Hogback ? Hall Hinkle. Little River ? M. L. Hamilton. County commissioners and the list takers are very anxious that all the people of the county assist in this work. It is the duty r>f each 'and every citizen to list their prop erty for taxation, and when the cit izens co-operate with the list takers, the work is more readily done and the expense of listing the property is thereby held to a minimum. Citi zens in each township are urged to see the list takers as soon as possible iand list their property. [LITTLE CHARLES SITTON RECOVERS FROM INJURY Charles Sitton, eight-year-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Sittrn. is re covering from an injury received Monday when he fell, striking his head on the pavement. The lad was playing, and ran into a win that had been stretched to protect the lawn. He vas tripped, and in falling struck his head on the pavement. He was nn conscious for several hours, and much concern was felt because of his con ? dition. Wednesday he was able to bflj Jun. and was making rapid gains.