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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 7, 1929 XXXIV. VOL. Tax Rate Set at $2.13 In Meeting Of Board of County Commisioners V is REDUCTION OF 62 CENTS FROM PRESENT TAX RATE Poll Tax of $2, and Special Tax On All Dogs Passed In Resolution DEBT SERVICE AND THE SCHOOLS GET BIG CUTS Believed To Be Biggest Cut Made In Any County In North Carolina Transylvania county's tax rate has been reduced 62 cents from that prevailing: last year. This action was taken last Mon day by the hoard of county commis sioners, and is an even greater re duction than was predicted in this paper last week. At first, it was be lieved the reduction, based on the budget estimate, would be 52 cents, but at the meeting Monday, the date set for final action on the matter, further curtailment had been made and the rate of 13 "'Re' adopted. I.ast year it was $2.75. This is believed to be the great est reduction in tax rate made by any county in the state since the general program of retrenchment was adopted. Only one item is in creased. that of the tax levy for roads and bridges being 19 cents this year, wherein it was 17 cents last year. The biggest reductions wi re made on the debt service fund ami the school fund. The debt ser vk e fund rate was $1.00 last year, and this year the rate is 61 cents. The six-months school rate last year was $1.11, and this year it is 91 cents. Poll tax of $2 is charged against each person subject to poll, and all dogs in the county, six months old and older, are taxed, $1.00 on each male dog, and $2 on each female ?i>? .. :;tn; ;:ingent laws are made for vh'' in: and collection on dogs. i-\i:li!wing is the resolution adopt ed. selling the tax rate for the year: ?"The Board of County Commis sions ? met in regular session on the above date. The following members present : J. H. Pickelsimer, chairman; A. M. White ^C. R. McNeely; W. L. Talley and_S. R. Owen. "Resolution authorizing the levy ing of taxes for the Current Fiscal year of 1929 of Transylvania Coun ty. Xorth Carolina, Board of Com missioners assembled August 5th, 1929. ?'Whereas pursuant to Section 12 ^ f th " Fiscal Control Act of North Carolina, passed and ratified the 7th day o! Alarch 1927, by the General Assembly of North Carolina, in reg ular session, the Board of County Commissioners of Transylvania county, X. C., on August 5th, 1929, introduced and passed the following resolution and order: "Now Therefore Be It Resolved ami ordered by the Board of Com missioners of Transylvania County, N. C. "First, that the following rate of taxes be levied on each and ev^ry one hundred dollars valuation of property in Transylvania County, both personal and real: County General $ .15 Health & Poor .02 Road & Bridge 19 Debt Service . . 61 G Mo. School 91 Extended Term 25 Total $2.13 "It is further ordered that a poll tax of $2.00 be levied and collected on each taxable pbll. "It is further ordered that a dog tax of $1.00 for each male dog, and $2.00 for each female dog over six months old, be levied and collected. "Upon motion of A. M. White, seconded by W. L. Talley and car ried, the foregoing resolutions were carried by the affirmative vote of the following members." All members of the board voted for the resolution. M'CALL WINS SUIT ^ AND BOTH APPEAL W J. Frank McCall, suing the Glou cester Lumber company for bread of contrast and damages, which cast occupied most of the time of tlu Superior court last week, ended wit! a jury verdict in favor of McCall ir the sum of $2500, with interest fron December, 1923, to the present time Both sides appealed from the ver di?t and gave notice that the matte would be carried into the Supremi court. SERVICES AT ENON CHURCH Rev. E. R. Pendleton, of Brevard will preach at Enon Baptist churci next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock This church is seven miles out o Brevard on the Hendersonville har surfaced road, and visitors are invil ed. . rr JUDGE JOHN H. HARWOOD I Judge John H. Hanvood, of Bry son City, is presiding in this week's term of the Superior court. Judge James L. Webb was here last week, but asked to be relieved, and Judge Harwocd .ras seuc in nis ste&d. me Bryson City man, while a frequent visitor to Brevard, is now holding ' his first court here. Judge Harwood came into promin ence recently through his decisions in the McDowell Superior court, where he granted an injunction re straining the striking employes in the cotton mills in Marion from picketing or otherwise interfering with resumption of operations in the mills affected by the strike. Incidentally, the strikers are con tinuing their picketing activities, despite the injunction that had been granted. COURIER EDITOR PRAISES SECTION Sugge'ss Surfacing of Caesar'^ Head Highway as Bre vard's Greatest Need Ainviig uie many disti?gui>ned visitors to Brevard this summer, an outstanding one last week was Co!. W. W. Ball, editor of The News and Courier, the oldest paper in South Carolina, published at the metropolis of the Palmetto State. Col. Ball lives in Charleston when he works, but at Caesar's Head, on the line of Transylvania county, when he wishes to refresh his soul. He has a summer home almost right under old Julius' nose and he said that the eagles play round his feet there. Col. Ball has had a prominent career in journalism in our sister state. He was editor of The State, at Columbia, then filled the chair of Journalism at the State University, and then took the editorship of the Charleston paper when Asheville en ticed Robert Latham. He is a native of Laurens, S. C., of an old planter s family, one of the pioneers of the ( South. Col. Ball is an enthusiastic booster for a hardsurfaced road by Caesar's Head to Greenville. He said that there were three mountain scenes which have appealed to him as out standing, among the many he has visited; two of these being in or near this county ? Toxaway and Caesar's Head. The third is Mount Mitchell. Col. Ball has shown what he thinks of the Brevard-Greenville road by putting his home beside it. He considers that the development of that road would be of enormous value to this section. Its scenic at tractions are far superior to any ac cessible highway in Eastern Amer ica- . , c Col. Ball was greeted by many of his old friends here, among them our veteran dean of fellow-towns men, Mr. Louis Bell, Mr. Breese, Mr. Gash, Mr. Patton, Mr. Barrett and his fellow-alumnus, Mr. Verner, whom he had not met in nearly forty years. With the last two it was I "Billie and Phillips,," and bystand ers were much amused at the two ' grey-haired men harking back tc boyhood days and ways. Col Ball is going to boost the 1 Greenville road and Transylvania in his paper, and the people of thi; countv are haDpv in having him foi a resident neighbor as well an in ? fluential friends in the "low i country." BEREA PICNIC The Berea North Carolina Picni< will be held at Spruce Pine, Satur day August 17th. All interested ii Berea College are urged to attend. r REVIVAL AT LITTLE RIVER 3 BAPTIST CHURCH THIS WEE1 1 Rev. Arthur Vaughn, of Ceda Mountain, is conducting a revival a I, Little River Baptist church thi h week, and it is reported that man people aiu showing groat interest i f the ? meetings. Rev. Mr. Vaughn i d a splendid preacher, and the peopl of the county always delight in a L opportunity of hearing him. SCHOOLS AND ROAD ! LAWYERS DROPPED BY COMMISSIONERS Also Cut Item from Budget for E. L. Sims, Highway Patrolman NO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR J FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS j Cut the Pay of School Board i Members One Dollar A Day Each In the budget adopted by the board of county commisisoners Mon day, no provision is made for re taining Eck L. Sims as highway pa trolman, the item in the road board budget callinc- for this account being | stricken out. by 'he county commis sioners. Mr. Sims is still serving, however, as highway patrolman, i The same action was taken regard ing attorneys for both the school board and the road board. Hereto fore each of the county boards have i had an attorney, but under the ac I tion of the county commissioners Monday, ilems providing for the em ployment of these attorneys were dropped from the prepared budgets. Chairman Pickelsimer, when <iues I tioned about the" matter, stated that ] the county has a county attorney i whose duties are to all the county j boards and county interests, and the ? | board of commissioners felt that il . | was needless expenditure to employ an attorney for each of the boards ' j except when peculiar conditions arise ' j that make such employment neces- , sary, and then the county officials ( may engage an attorney for such purpose. : There will be no athletic director: in the schools according to similar . | action taken by the commissioners I j ' concerning this work. Items provid- 1 , ing pay for such directors were < u: j j i out of the budget as adopted, anil ! | there can be no athletic directors j: ! employed in the county schools. T 1 1 ? ' commisisoners stated that all e>:< the essential work of the schools Irad j , been cut out in making the reduction j in the tax rate. i A dollar a day was cut by the I commissioners from the pay that ! members of the school board have ' been receiving for attending board j ! meetings. The pay heretofore h.-i^ : . been at the rate of five dollars a I ' day. It was found, it is said that the 1 law provides a rate of four dollars a day instead of the five, and the I commissioners trimmed the budget to allow the smaller amount to the school board members. STRUCK MATCH TO \ I SEE GAS; AND THEN-i I ^he Same Old Thing Hap pened?He Is In Bed, of Course The world does move ? and people still strike matches when filling: a | vacuum tank in an automobile with ( gas. The last striking illustration of the j j fact that people never learn very much from the experiences of others j was that of the case of a colored | citizen of the Glade Creek section by the name of Walker. Last Sunday evening, so the narra tive runs, Walker had been driving i tive runs, Walker had been driving mountain and valley. So absorbed was he in the beauties of this section that he failed to notice his gas sup ply. Along about the time that big dark descended upon the .face of the earth, and the angels began hanging out the stars for the night, Walker's ? gas tank became dry ? dry as a bone. After much walking, Walker pro 1 cured some gasoline, filled his tank, ? and still the car failed to turn ori '.spin. The vacuum tank was empty.! ' j Drawing some gas from the tank,| I Walker proceeded to fill his vacuum , 1 j tank. The light from the stars, while j I j beautiful in all their distant glory, ! failed to furnish sufficient light. however, for him to see the small | ' hole into which he must pour the, ? gasoline inlo the vacuum tank. I That old, old idea, which has been 1 the cause of many explosions be-j fore, came to Walker, so he struck c a match ? and the same old story re ? . suited. s I The explosion that always follows such fool actions, demolished Walk er's car, burned the rubber from the ? wheels, and made the whole shebang ^ look like a coffee mill when the I crank has been lost and the lid comes r j loose." WKen it was over, and it I I didn't last long at that, Walker had s I no skin on his forearms, or on his y j legs from the knees down. n I Such is life when a match is used 1 as a flashlight about an automobile, e Yet folks will go on doing it. just as " long as the world stands and matches and automobiles are made. After 420 Hours m the Air Dale Jackson (left) nncl Forest O'Brine immediately after they landed from their Curtiss-ltobertson monoplane, St. f.ouis Robin, in which they established a record of 420 hours 21 minutes fur endurance IliBbt. The plane was refueled 47 times. Ralph R. Fisher Resigns Office of Solicitor in County General Court Solicitor Ralph R. Fisher has re-| signed as prosecuting attorney in ? the County General court, his resig | nation to become effective the first | day of September next. Mr. Fisher J R'as elected when the new court was | created a few months afro, and ha- j conducted many cases for the state j in the short time the court has been ; in existence. Mr. Fisher's friends state that his 1 reasons for resigning the office are ' based upon certain conditions \ h.-xt make the work of solicitor extraor dinarily burdensome. He is servicv officer for the American Legion, it i is pointed out, and chairman of the j republican county executive com- ! mittee, both of which call for con - 1 siderable time and labor. Then, ioo, he had built up a splendid private practice, his friends emphasize j much of which he cannot continui I ROBT. E. LEE DAY TO BE OBSERVED The Robert E. Lee Program, to I be given at the Brevard High School j Friday evening by the Boston School j of Expression and Dramatic Art, I promises to be one of the most en- ' | tertaining and instructive events of | the year here. Prof. John K. La- ' cock will give an illustrated lecture ! on Robert E. Lee, the illustrous fig- i ure in Southern history, and it is, pronounced one of the most gripping' lectures ever given of the great man I of the South. Prof. Lacock uses one ] hundred beautifully colored lantern I slides during the lecture. Other features of the program will be a reading on Robert E. Lee, il lustrated Southern songs, instrumen tal and vocal solos, including num bers by Alvin Moore and Mrs. Mary Jane Walker. A small admisison : charge is to be made, the proceeds going to the U. D. C. Library and the High School Library. The Bre vard orchestra will furnish the music | for the evening's program. It is expected that a large crowd will witness the Robert E. Lee pro-! gram. MILK ORDINANCE j NOW BECOMES LAW Passing third and final reading, the new milk ordinance became law at the meeting of the town daddies last Monday evening. The ordinance was published in the last two issues of The Brevard News, and makes provision for rigid inspection of dairies, dairy herds and dairy prod ucts when such products are sold or oefFred for sale in the town of Brevard. Different grades of milk are given strict classification, and those engag ed in selling milk are bound, under the ordinance, to pfainly mark the grade of milk being offered for sale. WOMEN'S GUILD TO PRESENT GYPSY FETE, AUGUST 20TH A Gypsy Fete will be staged on the Franklin Hotel lawn Tuesday a'fternoon and evening, August 20, sponsored by the Women's Guild of St. Philips Episcopal church. Th? event will begin at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and an interesting pro gram which has been arranged wil be presented at 8:30 o'clock in th< j evening. - and serve as solicitor at the same I time. Mr. Fisher is also county attorney, j and there are some six hundred cases ? now pending in this line of work, ; besides the matters that arise almost , daily calling for his activities in con- 1 nection with this office. These varied duties are pointed ! out by some as Mr. Fisher's reasons i for resigning as solicitor of the j County Court. Other friends a--!- j vance the opinion that the main reas- j on for the resignation is the fact that Mr. Fisher's work in court hasj been largely for the defense, and that the duties of prosecuting at torney do not appeal to him. No announcement has bee:i made as to the successor of Mr. Fisher. The name of Lewis P. Hamlin is ' heard by many interested people, 1 and it is almost certain that he will | be named as the new solicitor in the | County General Court. THIEVES BREAK IN HOOSIER OFFICE Thieves broke into the offices of the Hoosier Engineering company Monday night, and made away with two cameras, one of which was an especially fine one; two field glasses, fountain pen set, and other valuable j articles. The desk drawers and files had been rifled also, as if the ! prowlers were searching for money J or checks, and papers were scattered ' about the office floor. One of the field glasses, owned by Pete Pithoud and used in his work on the construction lines, was an es pecially good one, for which Mr. Pithoud recently paid fifty dollars. A camera stolen was a $75 affair. It is believed by some that the thief expected to find checks that had been made out for supplies and on payroll, which he expected to have, cashed in other towns. Officers are working on the case, j and it is believed arrests will soon be made. , BIRTHDAY SALE AT I f PUSHELL'S STORE ! I Pushell's Department Store is con ducting a sale in observance of its seventh anniversary here. It is one of the leading department stores of the town, and has had much to do in the progress of this community. The sale starts at 9 o'clock this Thursday morning, and in commem oration of the aniversary date, Pushell is offering what is considered rare values by tfi ose who have read the announcements and noted the prices. I Pushell now occupies the store for merly used by Patterson, on Main street. With him is Nathan Morris, owner of Morris Footwear, with a splendid shoe department in the big j store. Both businesses are .celebrat I ing this anniversary event. Before moving to its present location, Push | ell's was in a big store building on 1 Broad street, facing the Waltermire hotel. Larger quarters were need I ed for the concern, so when an op ; j portunity presented itself, the com ? j pany secured the present location, on ! Main street. ? j It is expected that large numbers I j of people will come into town from ; ] all sections of the county to attend i the sale now being conducted. COURT IS HEARING BIG DAMAGE SUIT OF DONALD MOORE Suing for $50,000 Personal In juries Received In An Auto Wreck T. C. HENDERSON PART DEFENDANT IN SUIT Many Men from Carthage At tending Court ? Other Cases Follow One of the most important cases to be tried in this session of the Superior court is that of Donald Lee Moore, young Brevard musician and composer, who is suing the Safety Transit Lines and T. C. Henderson in the sum of fifty thousand dollars. This action is started by Mr. Moore for recovery of $30,000 damages for injuries claimed to have been re ceived in an automobile collision near Carthage, on March 21, 1928. Mr. Moore was a passenger in the car owned and driven by Mr. Hen derson. With them was Julian Glazener, and the three Brevard men were on their way to Raleigh to attend a convention of school teachers. The car in which they were riding collided with a bus, and the three men were seriously in j-.ed, spending many days in a hos pital at San for1 ?)"' in Charlotte. All three Brevard men were" ifT jured, and all have cases coming up in court as a result of the collision. Several men from Carthage and nearby points are in Brevard now, atending -the trial, among them being M. G. Dalrymple, a farmer; I). H. Parks, Ford dealer; C. A. Vow, mail carrier in Carthage; D. C. Fields Carthage; T. L. Cagle, superintend ent of water works in Carthage; R. L. Jones, merchant; Burch Knott, mail carrier; Curtis Fields, sales man; Walter Porter, Carthage; W. O. DePree, auto dealer; Jett Pott?, bus driver on the car that collided with the Henderson car; C. A. Kiv ett, Standard Oil dealer; R. G. Fry, ex-sheriff Moore county, and The? Gregory, of Asheville, all interested in the ease. Clyde I)ougla?, prominent att'i ? ney of Raleigh, with Judge D. I English, of Brevard, represent > defendant, bus. lines. A. Hall Joi'i son, of Asheville, and ffm. K. Breese, of Brevard, are attorneys for Mr. Henderson. Ralph R. Fisher represents Mr Moore. Following are the members ?>( the jury hearing the case of Moorr against Henderson and the% Transit company: Jethro Sentell, R. L. Capps. R. S Boyd, W. A. Allison, J. C. Wike, K. Bryson, Oat Bryson, J. M. Jone*. J. M. YViHams, James Alexander and C. O. Robinson. RETURNS HOME TO SEE MOUNTAINS Left Here at Age of Eight Years ? Father Came With Sherman An interesting visitor in Brevard now is Mr. Sherman W. Tracey. of Chicago, who was born in this com munity, and whose father owned the first store and conducted the first mercantile establishment here. Mr. Tracey was born in a house that s;:t about on the spot where Car! Mc Crary's service station is located. The father of the Brevard visitor, Samuel J. Tracey, came into the South with Sherman's forces during the Civil War, and after the war. came into this section and settled here, being attracted by 'the beauty of the mountains and valleys. He married Miss Arminda Hogsed. daughter of a prominent citizen of the county, in December, ]86.">. When Mr. Tracey was four year* of age, his parents moved West, re turning to Brevard a year or two later, and remained here until the lad was eight yeas old. This is his first visit to Brevard since that time. He says he has always carried a picture of these mountains and val leys in his mind, and determined from year to year to return and see if the place was really like the pic ture he had been carrying always in his heart. He says he is happy be cause the mountain peaks look the same, and the' valleys, except for the absence of the forests, and the streams, too, are exactly as he re members them. I The home of his grandparents was located somewhere near the place where Rockbrook camp ist now locat j ed, and he played as a little boy on the hills about the place. There he i dug tunnels anS built bridges. In , later yeais he became interested in , tunnel work, and is president of the , Chicago Tunnel company, which ha? i built most of the tunnel systems un der the streets of Chicago. Mr. Tracey is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hogsed. rela tives of his, and members of his mother's family That he is a man of affairs and has had much activ : ity in the business world, is easily noted by the air of success and pros i perity which mark him as one of great energy and ability.