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i ; ? \' 1 =^- ? ? ? - Great Holiday Program Arranged for the Fourth , SPORTS EVENTS, \ BASEBALL GAMES AND TOURNAMENT Full Day's Program To Bs Climaxed With Dance at the Franklin Hotel CASH PRIZES FOR ALL WINNERS IN EVENTS Thousands Expected To Spend Day In Brevard ? Band All Set Everything is in readiness for the big Fourth of July celebration to be held in Brevard. It is expected that people from all over the county will attend the event, many of whom will contest for the big cash prizes to be awarded the winners in each t'vent. Of course the day's program will be started off with music by Bre vard's own band, made up of Bre vard's own boys, and throughout the day the band will enliven the pro gram as only a good band can do. The sports events will be held 011 the school grounds, on Broad street, beginning promptly at 10 o'clock in the morning. The first event will be a 100-yard dash, free to all, and the winner to receive $5. Then, in rap id succession will come the following events: 100-yard dash for boys under 15 years of age, prize ?5. 100-yard dash for the camp boys, one boy from each camp entitled to enter, prize of $5. Potato race for girls, prize of $5. (.'limbing greasy pole, prize of $5. Chasing greased pig, the fellow who catches him to receive $5 and the pig. Tug-of-war, between Rosman men and Pisgah Forest men, winning side to receive""5X0. Running broad jump between men of Transylvania Tanning company and men of Sapphire cotton mill, winner to receive $10. Upon completion of the abovd sports events, a double-header base ball game will be played between I'i.sgah Forest and Brevard baseball teams, first game to be called promptly at 2:30 o'clock in the aft ernoon. The man making the largest number of scores in each game will be given a $5 cash prize. The games will be played on the new diamond in the McLean bottoms, just below King's Creek. In tlie afternoon also there will be the most interesting tournament ever held on the local golf course. While complete plans have not been perfected, it is said by the commit tee in charge that all will be in read iness for the start-off promptly at 2:30 o'clock, and it is believed there nil- be more players in this event than in any tournament ever played here in the past. The course is in perfect condition, and with a fair ? lay on the Fourth, the tournament will be a red-letter day in the game of golf on the local coursc. It is hoped that the holiday will go down in history as the most en joyable holiday ever observed in Brevard. J. D. MEDLIN INJURED ON WAY TO THIS PLACE J. D .Medlin, of the M. & M. Body Radiator Works, in Asheville, was injured early last Sunday morning at Beuna Vista, when his car col lided with a car being driven by Sam Cathey, it is said. Mr. Medlin was on his way with two compan ions, to spend several days in this county visiting friends and fishing. He is well known here. The injured man was taken to the Barker Me morial Hospital at Biltmore, where reports gave it Tuesday evening that he was still unconscious. He was injured about the head, and rela tives are concerned about his condi tion, LIBRARY OPEN MORNING AND AFTERNOON EACH DAY Hours for the summer schedule of the U. D. C. Library are now in ef fect ar.d will continue in effect through July and August. The op ening hours are from 9 to 12 each morning and from 2 to 6 each aft ernoon during the week. ? * SPECIAL COMMUNICATION * AT THE MASONIC LODGE * ___ * A special communication will * be held at Dunn'* Rock Masonic * Lodge this Friday evening, for * the purpose of conferring the * Fir?t Degree. All member* and * all viiitimg brethren are urged * to be present and a*?i*t in the * work. The now officer* will have * charge of the degree work, and * would appreciate the pretence * and encouragement of all mem * ber*. * I * i * I * CARNIVAL DANCE AT ' i * THE FRANKTfN HOTEL ' ? < { * People froia man; tcction ' 1 * arc coming to Brovi\rd in July " * Fourth to attend the formal op- ' * sniag of the Franklin Motets and ' * to ebjoy the Carnival dance dur- " i * injj the evsninp. Br?vard pwple ' , * are mitkin,g prsparationt to ?t- ' i * tend the function in iuje num- ' j * ber?, it it ?ai?T N<> cottume* * * will be worn by tho irue ti. a? ' < * the name of the dines mijhi * i * suggeit, the :nanagameni an- * i * nounce*. A genera! good tssne ;? ' * planned, and tho dinner and * , * dance in the iTertius will a'id R * | * brilliant climax to the holiday't * , * program. | ? ? DOUBLE-HEADER ON ! NEW BALL GROUND I I Diamond To Be Dedicated I July Fourth ? Mayor To Pitch First Ball ! Brevard and Pisgah forest base , ball teams have completed a new ball park in the McLean bottoms, ijust below King's Creek, and the grounds will be dedicated Thursday afternoon in appropriate style and manner. The double-header to be played between Brevard and Pisgah Forest will be played on the new diamond Thursday afternoon. Ded ication exercises will include adresses by Hon. Ralph R. Fisher and Hon. \Vm. E. Breese , while Mayor T. W. 1 Whitmire will pitch the first ball to be thrown on the new diamond. Officials and members oi the ball teams have done yeomanry work in preparing the new diamond, which is said to be one of the best in any small town in the whole country. At the double-header this Thurs day there will be given a $5 prize to some fan who attends the game. The details of the plan will be ex plained at the grounds before the first game starts Thursday afternoon. A record-breaking crowd is expected for the double-header, which starts at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. JUNIORS GOING TO ! BIG CONVENTION ! Many members of the two Junior 1 Order Councils in Transylvania i county are going to spend the Fourth of July at Waynesville, where an all-day celebration will be j held at the Haywood White Sulphur ! Springs hotel. Following is the pro j gram that will be observed: I. Parade of all Juniors, Court 1 House Square, South Main street, | Boyd Avenue to picnic grounds. .Forming at 10:30 to band music. II.00 \ v Principal address b> lex Judge II' I', l.ane, Asheville. M Addresses by Congress man Pritchard, I.. P. Hamlin, and | others. j 12:30 ? Dinner on the grounds. I 2:00 P.M. ? Exercise by Mary C. T nn frvn r?*?il nano-hforc /i"f AmpriVa. | 3:30 P.M. ? Gaines, contests fot > prizes, ball game, etc., under direc I tion of Mr. S. P. Meares, of French Broad Council, Asheville. Interspersed in this program will be music. ROSMAN GIRL IS HIGHLY HONORED Miss Azilee Owen, of Rosman, at tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. L. Owen, has been elected secre^ tary and treasurer of the North Car olina College for Women Sundaj School department at the First Bap' tiat church, Greensboro. I Miss Owen has a charming person : ality and is quite popular among t.h< I members of the church as well as or , the college campus. Her devote< Christian life is an inspiration t< | all those who know the young lady ' After having completed the commev , cial course prescribed at the collegi . this spring, she returned at the be ginning of summer school to com I plete the B.S. H.E degree. i MILK INSPECTION TO BE INAUGURATED IN COUNT! i It is expected that an ordinanc will soon be adopted by the towi authorities whereby all milk offerei ; for sale in the town- must be in i spacted, and marked according t I its grade. The inspection ordin | ance carries with it inspection o ? dairy barns, milking facilities, am | test of dairy herds for tubercula ? germs. This section has been nuusu I ally fortunate in having a pure mil' ; supply, but with the growth of th , town, and the thousands of tourist I coming here annually, it is though I to be best to Jiave milk inspection. CAMPERS FLOCK TO TRANSYLVANIA CO. | Whole Countryside Alive With Happy Bands of Sum mer Guests 'I Brevard and outlying districts are ' I verily alive with campers since the ' | opening during the past week of the 'j 14 summer camps for boys and girls ' . operating in Transylvania County. ' j The enlivened activity along the ' | streets and in the stores gives evi ' | dence of the presence in Brevard of ' I hundreds of young people who are in attendance at the various camps lo ' j coted in this immediate section. All ' | of the camp* will be in session for a I ' ? period of eight weeks. i || Of the 14 camps in operation in , ? the county, six ars for boys and . : eight for girls, the ages of whom ,j range from six to eighteen years. { , i The six boys' camps now operat , | irig here, with their directors, in | elude: Camp Carolina, directed by' |D. Meade Bernard; Cam? Sapphire, | I director, Wra. McK. Fctzer; French I Broad Comp, director, Capt. H. E. ; Kair.es; Cf.mp Transylvania, direc tor, J. A. Miller and Capt. Moore; Camp Chickasaw, director, George Morris; Camp Cherryfield, owner, A. H. Kizer. Comprising the eight girls' camps! and their directors are: Camp Key-' stone, director, Miss Fannie Holt;j Camp Rockbrook, directors, Mr. an<l| Mrs. H. N. Carrier; Camp lllahee, i directors, Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Mc Leod; Eagles Nest Camp, director, Mis sCarol P. Oppenheimer; Camp Perry-Ann for Jewish Girls, direc tor, Mrs. Luther Pushell; Camp Toxaway, director, Miss Katherine Davis; Camp Merrie-Woode, director, Mrs. J. C .Day and Miss Mary Turk;i ! Camp Connestee Cove, director, j | Mrs. D. R. Roof. FLAN FLOWER SHOW FOR AUGUST 15TH I An interesting program in charge | of Mrs. B. F. Beasley featured the | 'July meeting of the Woman's Bu- ] reau which was held Monday after- 1 noon at the Chamber of Commerce J rooms. Mrs. Beasley opened the j I program with a few pleasing intro-l i ductory remarks, after which Miss Helen Erwin rendered a vocal solo, ( "Consider the Lillies," followed by nj violin solo by Miss Sadie North ami I a recitation by Mrs. Roy Long. The ] musical selections were accompanied on the piano by Mr. Alvin Moore. Discussion was made of the ap proaching flower show to be staged in Brevard August 15, and plnn1 were laid which will be put in motion immediately leading to a successful event of this annual summer enter tainment feature for tourists and residents. Mrs. T. IT. Shipman re signed as chairman of the flower show for this year, and no successor for this position has yet been ap pointed. Light refreshments were served at the conclusion of the meeting by a committee of members. BIG CROWD HEARS Brevard's own band played its l ist 1929 concert last Saturday evening1 to an audience that filled the art house lawn and the streets for ninny blocks in all directions. There was one of the biggest crowds in town ever seen here, and all were highly pleased with the concert. The bandstand has been complet ? ed, having been erected on the site where stood the old stand that was destroyed in a windstorm several weeks ago. At the concert Saturday evening the cars were parked so thickly on all streets that late comers had to go three and four blocks from the square to find park ing space. Brevard is proud of its own band, it being made up of Brevard's own boys, and is under the leadership ef Prof. F. J. Cutter. The town and county shares in payment of the ex penses of the band, and the people from all sections of the county come into town to enjoy the concerts. Vis itors in the community are especial ly delighted with the concerts. BIG CLASS INITIATED IN WOODMEN ORDER A Woodmen initiation was held at Balsam Camp No. 116 Monday night when a large delegation of W. 0. W. members from Cashiers met with the lecal camp. Nine men were in itiated at this meeting. Another class will be initiated in two weeks, according to announce ment of district agent, W. H. Gro gan, Jr. It is expected {Hat E. B. Lewis, state manager, will be present on this occasion, and address the gathering. KU KLUX KLAN TO ?WOOP DOWN UPON FOREST CITY Members of the Ku KIux Klans throughout the Western part of the state will 'attend a big Fourth of July celebration in Forest City on Thursday. There will be hundreds of visitors in that city, where all-day program of speeches and music, with a picnic dinner, will be enjoyed. ?? ? i ll MMCiVlCTlONS" IN COUNTY COURT Sessions Continue Throughout Wednesday, Possibly All Week Transylvania's Genera) County Court was in session all of Monday and Tuesday, with prospects of run ning on throughout most c-f the week, special casts having been set. for the lsst of the week. Some thirty eases were disposed of Mon day and Tuesday, with many sub ' missions on the part tf defendants, others being convicted, while but few acquittals marked the docket. Unusual interest is being shown because of the attitiide of the coun ty _ officials on bonds. The court is having defendants called out and their bonds forfeited when such de fendants fail to appear. Some court attendants have remarked that noth ing but gilt edge bonds are accept ed now, and it is becoming increas ingly harder for men to get others to go on their bonds than has ever been noticed heretofore, it is said. Records so far show that Solicitor Fisher has secured many convictions of the cases that have gone to trial, and in one remark maue by the_so licitor in court Monday there seem ed to be gefleral assent. Jt was when the solicitor remarked that he is going to the bottom of certain conditions in one section of the county where considerable stealing has been going on. People must not be kept uneasy about their posses sions, nor live in fear of prowling thieves, the solicitor intimated. A majority of the cases heard have resulted from violation of the liq uor laws and because of whiskey drinking. One young man in the town who has given the authorities and his relatives much trouble be cause of drinking and driving a car while drinking, was placed under heavy bond to appear at the Octobpr term" of court and show that he has not violated any law, nor driven an auotomobile in that time, except to drive a truck in his usual avocation. NEW BUSINESS TO OPEN ON THURSDAY On July Fourth Brevard's newest business enterpise will observe its formal opening:, and two young. men of the town will make their bow to the people of the county in a busi ness venture that gives promise of much success. The L. & S. Service station, located on the corner of Broad and Jordan streets, next door to the Waltermire Hotel, is the name of the new concern. Goode Loftis and Hayes Shipman are the pro prietors of the new concern, and tliej are opening the first Sinclair ga^ station to be operated in this sec tion. As an inducement to the people to visit their new place on the opening date, the new firm, according to an advertisement in this issue of The Brevard News, is offering to grease each car free which is serviced with five gallons or more of gas on the opening day, Thursday, July Fourth. This offer is made also to introduce the firm's new air pressure greasing machine. Read their half page ad vertisement for further particulars. TO SITASBOARD OF EQUALIZATION Notice is given that the board of county commisisoners will sit as an Equalization Board on Monday, July 8, for the purpose of hearing any tax-payer who feels that assessments against his property should be changed. The tax listers have com pleted their work of assessments, the report turned into the county com missioners, and under the law, the commissioners now sit as an equal ization board, to hear any complaint or suggestion from any property owner as to the assessment placed against his property. It is also pointed out that after these hearings shall fiave been held on the date designated, that property owners will not have another chance of entering protest or making sug gestions, hence the strict injunction to appear on the above date and of fer whatever suggestion that may be in mind. Those who^feel that their assessments are too "nigh, or on an unequal basis with assessments on property about them, are given this day in which to enter their protest or ask for equalization. DICK BREESE, OF MEMPHIS, VISITING IN BREVARD NOV* Dick Breese, of the staff of The Memphis Commercial - Appeal, ii spending several days in Brevard visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs Wm. E. Breese. Young Mr. Breese is editor of the rotogravure sectior of the big Memphis newspaper. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY TO MEET THURSDAY, JULY 11 In view of the fact that the Fourtl of July falls upon the first Thurs day of th? month, the next regulai monthly meeting of the. Woman'! Auxiliary of the Presbyterian churcl will be held at the Hut on the seconc Thursday. July 11. 'GREAT WORK DONE BY MR. HENDERSON Retiring Supt. of Schools Had' Much T cDo With This j County 's Progress i Early Monday morning of this i ' week a public official of Transylva ' ilia county retired to private life for the tine being. Because pf the great part he has had in the ^progress of the county, and the wide -influence he has exerted in the lives of the citizens, The Brevard News here-1 with gives a brief resume of ch? work and activities of Prof. T. C. Hen-, derson, retiring superintendent of public instruction in Transylvania county. i Prof. Henderson v.ai born and I , reared in Transylvania county, u na- J tive of the Quebec section. In tha ! nineties he taught school, when the salary was $20 a month and the av erage school term was two months I in the year, this being lengthened in some sections by another two month- 1 , term which was made possible by ' patrons of the school raising the i ! necessary money by popular sub I scription. In 1905 Mr. Henderson was first j j elected as county superintendent, ' serving until 1917. At this time he: went to the Indian Normal school at Pembroke ,as head of that Institu-j tion, remaining there until 1923 when he again was selected as county superintendent of schools in Transyi | vania. ; :id held the office until lust ! Monday, when he was succeeded b, 1 S. P. V erner. When Prof. Henderson was first elected as county superintendent,! the total value of all school proper ty in the county was $5,625. Today it is valued at $540,245. The aver : age school term was 80 days in the year then; now it is 100 days in th ] year. i There were no High schools in the ! county then; now there are two. The i average daily attendance in 1005 in all schools was 892; the average last year was 2,054. This year there were 60 gradu ates in the High schools, and 140 pupils promoted from the elementary to the High schools. The two High j school buildings have been erected during the past four years. Prof. : Henderson has had much to do in i making possible the rapid advance- , ment of the public school system in , , the county and when asked by The | Brevard News to say something con | cerning the work that has been done (replied: "I am extremely proud of the fact ; that every child in the county has an j equal opportunity to obtain a High school education. ; "Provision has been made sine 1924 to give to every child in the county who has completed the course of study in our elementary schools the privilege of attending an ac credited High school and securing a High school education on equal ! terms with every other chUd in the j county. , ? . 1 "In order to give to the Higni school pupils opportunities other than the usual public school courses, provision has been made for ar.d courses established in vocational agriculture and home economics in oui High schools. This has been done within the iast four years. These courses were provided because we considered it to be fully as HTipoi - ant that our children should be . mitted to be guided in useful voca tional subjects as we|l as in any other course of study. Equipment i purchased and provision made for a commercial course in Brevard High school for the ensuing year. This course will be open without charge to High school juniors and seniors (Continued on back page) IBIG IMPROVEMENT AT THE WALTERMIRE Wonderful improvements have been made in the Waltenr.ire Hotel during the past few weeks, the . most outstanding of which is to be i j found in the lobby of the hotel. Re painting and papering, and new fur nishings have converted the Walter mire into a most attractive place. ! This hotel is the largest commercial, all-year-round hotel In the town, and enjoys a splendid patronage throughout the year, being especial ly popular during the summer season. The new touch given the place adds much to the town's hos telry. | PENSION BOARD TO MEET MONDAY. JULY THE 15TH L. W. Brooks, J. M. Thrash and. T H. Galloway, constituting the coun ty pension board, met and organ ized in the office of Clerk of the Court Owen last Monday. The nexl meeting will he held on the 15th, 1 1 when many matters of interest to 1 1 the people concerned wilt be acted upon. i** * > i ' il. Brief Sketch of Man'a Actiri ties Who Now Headi School System Last Monday, Prcf. S. P. Vernet assumed his duties as superintendent of public instruction in Transylvania county. Because of the intimate touch this office has with th?- youth ot. the county, and the great influ ence which the head of the school system wields over the lives uf the county's boys and twirls, The Bre v.wd News ceems it an important task to properly introduce Prof. Venier to the citizens. The new superintendent says he considers i.imseif a living exam pie of the beneficial influence of thr cli matic and other conditions of W'ezi ren North Carolina. Coming here after more than a quarter of a cen tury of extraordinary hardship." in the tropical climates of Central Africa and South America, including nearly fifty attacks of malarial fever, Mr. Verner is now in such ex cellent health that he has not missed a day from work for many years, and he frequently puts in ten hours a day on his farm when not engaged in teaching or writing He says he is a completely re-made man, and he credits the mountains with the change. Mr. Verner graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1892, the youngest man in his class and the youngest graduate up to that time, with an average ol above 95 in all studies. He made the highest record in mathematics and history ever made there. Then he tried school teaching, and then en tered the service of the Southern Railway. His next step was to plunge into Central Africa at th .itre of 21, as business agent for the I.uebo Mission. Returning home aft. three years, he married Miss Hattie Dun lop Bradshaw, then head of the De partment of Mathematics of the Ala bama Normal college, whosi father was a Confederate soldier under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forve.-t and was left for dead on the battlefield but Was taken up by the Federals and carried to Johnson's Island. Mr-. Verner is also descended from f'apt lap, of the Revolution, and Nar (Continued on back pave) SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO MEN Grady Galloway and M: fore Moore are to be tried Frida ?'?rTi ing in Judge English's court on .. charge of burning a house in tht Diamond Creek section. Thi- house, it is said, was unoccupied at th time of the alleged fire, last Sunday night. It is the same hou?-?-, it is said, in which the family '-f .lohn ' Wood lived a few weeks a^o whex some parties are charged w th hav ing shot into the Tiouse. tui nt d the stove over and destroyed the -'jj per that was being prepared. Deputy Frank Jordan, of Asheville, state insurance officer, is ---t.-fi to have sworn out the warrant fo;- the two men in the burning can?. Eck I Sims took his bloodhouf?,v to the scene of the burning, and it is said the dog cracked the two men. and it is largely upon Thi.- evidence that the charges are prefeTK'u. COUNTY BUDGET TO BE ADOPTED SOON County commissioners will meet on Monday, July 22, and adopt the budget for county expenses during the new fiscal year. This new year began on July first and runs through June 30, 1930. All expenses for county government must be include* in the budget. The budget report has been made, and is being give* careful consideration by the county authoritiea. The proposed budget will be pub lished next week, according to law, that citizens of the county way know of all intended items of expense, pay ment 03 bonds, interest, ar<! so on, as provided in the budget. * NO KIWANIS MEETING ON ? * This regular Thursday ? * ? * On account of the holiday, * * there will he no Kiwanis meet- * * ing thi* week. The next meeting * * will be held on Thursday, July * *11, at noon, at which tine ? * Brown Carr, the hard of Pisgah * * Forest, will haTit charge of the * ' program. Mr. Carr has a sur- * * prise in store for the Kiwanians * * and it is believed his program ? * will be an "eye-opener." ? * ?