#lDBn?w38!9 - BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 21, 1929 VOL. XXXIV, OPAL CRANE , ST. LOUIS SCHOOL TEACHER, KILLED IN ACCIDENT PISGAH FOREST LATE TUESDAY, Miss Opa! Crane, St. Louis schoo teacher, is dead, and her body on its way back home for burial; Miss Mar guerite Meehan, a companion, is ir the Transylvania hospital; injured and R. C. Stinson, fireman of Con cord, N. C., is under a bond oi $1500 to appear at the December 1 1 nil of Superior court, all as a re sult of an automobile accident which occurred in Pisgah National Forest late Tuesday afternoon. Miss Crane was in a party of six ladies who had arrived in Hender sonville last Sunday night, register ing at the Ames hotel. Tuesday they engaged a seven-passenger Buick car from the Shipman garage, with Hil liard Stepp driving, and started out to view the matchless scenes from the top of Mount Pisgah. The party crossed the mountain from the Candler side, and were descending on the Brevard side. At a point about three-quarters of a mile from i lie Brevard entrance to the park, Stepp claims his car met a Hudson touring car. which crowded him to the edge of the roadway, and the bank crumbled, his car left the high v;i\ | lunged down a 30-foot em bankment, turned completely over and pinned the unfortunate woman beneath the car in the water's edge of Davidson river. Miss Crane and Miss Marguerite Meehan were on the front seat with the driver, while Mrs. Hattie Crane, the dead woman's mother; Mrs. M. T. Vick and daughter, Miss Ruth, and Miss Janet Mitchell, were on the back seats. Miss Meehan was injured, but all others escaped with minor bruises and scratches, while the driver of the ill fated car was also uninjured. Miss Crane's neck was broken, according to announce .. ..i inane by Coroner. E. S. Eng lish, and many other bruises and cuts about the head, body and legs were noticeable. Employes of the Hoosier Engin eering company, working nearby, rushed to the aid of the injured party, and succeeded in dragging the "body of the dead woman from underneath the car, which soon caught tire and burned all parts of the car that was not covered with water. CI. C. Kilpatrick was noti fied. and rushed to the scene with ambulance and hearse. Sheriff T. E. i'att >n. Jr., and his deputies were on the ground within a short time utter the accident. The five women were rushed to the Transylvania Hospital, and given medical atten tion. c oroner English soon was on nc. and ordered the body re moved to the Kilpatrick Undertak i . v.i. .is. Sheriff Patton placed Stepp under arrest. Upon Stepp's assertion that a Hudson touring car had crowded him off the highway, and upon the further evidence given by employes of the Hoosier Engineering company who were working nearby that they iiatt seen such a car pass, Sheritt Patton sent deputies into the forest in search of the car. A few miles above the scene of the accident the officers met a Hurson car, returning to Brevard. It was driven by R. C. St nson, of Concord, X. C., and with him were D. B. Koikes. Dick White. K. C. White, F. C. Carroll, all of Concord, and Dr. Carl Hardin, prominent dentist of Brevard. These men asserted that they had passed no car since entering the govern ment land except a Chevrolet car, which they had passed on Avery s Creek, some distance from the scene in question. , , Mr. Stinson was neiu, nu?c?ci, for a coroner's jury investigation. The following citizens were sum moned to act as jury: B. J. Sit ton. H. C. Aiken, Goode Loftis, J. C. Hendrix, Mitchell Neely and Hale Siniard. The jury, with the coroner, viewed the body in the un dertaking parlors, and then repaired to the court house, where the session listen until 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. '? tier many witnesses had testi fied, the jury brought in the follow ing verdict: We. the Coroner's jury find that the Hudson car did meet the Buick car and crowded the Buick off the road. We recommend that R. C. Stinson, driver of the Hudson, be held for the Grand Jury which sits at the December term of court." Bond in the sum of $1500 was de manded of the Concord man, which was given. Ralph R. Fisher, solicitor in the County Court, appeared for the state at the investigation; Wm. E. Breese represented Mr. Stinson, and Senator T. C. Galloway represented Mr. Stepp, driver of the Buick. Among the many witnesses exam ined, were Mr. Stepp, who told of a Hudson car crowding "his car frorr the highway. Charlie McCrary, em ploye of Hoosier Engineering com pany, testified he lifted the wires ir assisting a Hudson car to pass jusl a minute and a half or two minutes before he heard a crash around th( bend of the road. Among the witnesses examinee were Mr. Stepp, Charlie McCrary Sheriff Patton, Deputy Sheriff Wood Eck L. Sims, Judge D. L. English C. F. Jenkins, L. D. Martin, all o: Brevard. Mr. McCrary was first 01 the scene, and assisted in rescuinj the passengers of the overturne< car. and in helping to drag the dea< v . r.ora underneath the auto : EASTERN STAR'S ; PROGRAM ENJOYED Members of the Pisgah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star presented , an enjoyable program at the high i school auditorium Monday evening. 1 The entertainment was given under the direction of the Boston School j of Expression and Dramatic Art. of | which Dr. John K. Lacock is presi- 1 dent. Included in the evening's program j were vocal selections, readings, solo, chorus and povelty dances and two one-act plays ,one of which was en titled, "Joint Owners in Spain," the program concluding with the sec ond play, "Sister Masons." The entertainment was pronounc ed a huge success, and was appar- i ently thoroughly enjoyed by thej large number of people in attend- 1 ance. The program was presented t for the benefit of the local chapter j Eastern Star, which has only re- 1 cently been organized in Brevard, j Jessie McAmis An unusually sad death occurred I last Thursday, when Jessie McAmis, I ten-year-old daughter of Mr. anil } Mrs. H. J .McAmis, died, following an operation for removal of tonsils, The McAmis family lives in Hender sonville, and the little girl was briught here for the operation to be performed^ by her uncle, Dr. Robert L. Stokes.' The operation had been completed, and the little patient was placed in the usual position follow ing such operations, when embolism j caused death. A blood clot, it is said by sur geons, strikes the respitory center and stops breathing, while heart action continues for some time, as in this case. It is said the little girls' heart continued beating for some twenty minutes after she had stop ped breathing. Funeral services were held Fridav night at the Baptist church, with Rev. W. H. Hartsell and Rev. Shoun. j of Washington, D. C., conducting! the services. Interment was made j at Gillespie cemetery. The little girl was a favorite with j her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Stokes, and the Brevard sur- . geon and his wife were deeply touch- j ed by the many kindnesses shown | them and the parents of the cliildj by Brevard people during their j troubled days. ; t TEACHER TO ENTERTAIN ALL FORMER PUPILS Mrs. Walter L. Boosts, formerly Miss Maggie N'eely, is planning a re union of all her former pupils and members of their families to be held at the Boggs home. Liberty. S. C.,| on Thursday, August 29. The re union is expeeted to bring many friends back together for the whole day's program. Mrs. Boggs invites all her friends, in addition to her former pupils, to spend the day with her at that time. PISGAH FOREST DEFEATS FOREST CITY TEAM, 7-6 Pisgah Forest defeated the fast I semi-pro Forest City team on tfie I McLean Field Tuesday afternoon by I the close score of 7-6. Features of the frame were the twirling of Gib- ! son for the locals and a homer by i Simmons in the fifth, giving Pisgah I I their winning run. REV. R. L. ALEXANDER WILL BE ORDAINED A meeting of the Asheville Presby tery will be held at the Brevard Presbyterian church Thursday night of this week, at which time the pas tor, Rev. R. L. Alexander, will be , ordained and installed. Those taking part in the service ' will include, the Rev. Dendy, o f J Weaverville. Rev. E. T. Wilson, of j Asheville, the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of I . Montreat, and others. ! CAPTURE BIG STILL Rural Officer Eck Sims was instru-| mental in capturing a still Monday. I and 18 gallons of liquor on Diamond Creek, it is said. The capture was made in the vicinity of the recent house burning in that locality, but no arrests were made. ? j mobile Most of this evidence con > nected the Hudson with the acci i dent, or was corroborative in nature. Mr. Stinson, and his four compan ? ions from Concord, and Dr. Hardin i of Brevard, all occupants of the ; Hudson car, testified in positive i manner that they did not pass the s Buick car, or any other car after en tering the national forest, until th"v 1 passed a Chevrolet car on Avery's , Creek. , The body was taken to Asheville , Wednesday, and, with the mother f accompanying it, was started on the l way back to St. Louis for burial. ; Other members of the St. Louis party i planned to leave Thursday for their 1 homo. Tho men from Concord left - Wednesday morning. jBIG CROWD GREETS I THE MEN'S WEDDING Local talent again demonstrated their ability to captivate a large audience with an evening's enter tainment of fun and laughter, when men of the town presented the Wom anless Wedding Thursday evening at the high school auditorium. The event was given under the auspices of and for the benefit of the four churches of the town, and was direct ed by Mrs. Ralph Fisher. A packed house greeted the bridal party as they entered the auditor ium, each escorted to the stage by the ushers and properly introduced. From the time of entrance of the first member of the bridal party to the last number on the pragram, the house was kept in an uproar, the large audience evidently enjoying the evening's fun to the fullest. All participants in the wedding, from the bride, J. H. Pickelsimer, and groom, Verne Clement, down to the little flower girl, Lewis Johnson, ' all received hearty applause and ; evoked peals of laughter from the | responsive audience. The costumes were ludicrous, though particularly appropriate to the various charac- 1 ters represented, and added much to I the enjoyment of the occasion. Many expressions of delight over the enjoyment of the entertainment were heard from those in attend ance, and a neat sum for the benefit of the four churches of the town was realized, it is understood. RECITAL AT METHODIST CHURCH NEXT MONDAY A benefit recital sponsored by th'.' choir of the Methodist church will be given at the church Monday eve ning at 8:15, August 2G. The pro gram will be featured by selections by Mrs. B. H. Gault and J. E. Sny der, assisted by local talent. Mr. Synder, who is organist at St. Luke's Church, East Hampton, New York, comes to Brevard highly rec ommended as an organist. Other numbers on the program will in clude vocal, organ and piano" solos. | A silver offering will be taken, which will be used to defray the ex- , P' nse of tuning the organ. A cor dial invitation is extended to local , people and visitors to bo present on this occasion. MOORE RECITAL I'iasio pupils of Alvin Moore will [five :? recital in the old High School building on Friday evening at K o'clock. Included on the program will be violin solos, readings and selec- j tions by the Brevard orchestra. All those interested are invited to bo , present. LAWN FESTIVAL IS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Franklin Hotel's spacious lawns presented a scene of beauty and charm Tuesday afternoon and night, when members of the Guild of St. Philips Episcopal church staged then annual lawn festival for the benefit of the church building fund. The afternoon was given over to the sale of fancy articles, eatables and attractions in the various tent booths scattered about the lawn. The event of the evening was in the na ture of a gypsy fete, the gypsy theme being carried out in the dif ferent numbers appearing on the program. Those taking part in the I evening's entertainment wese attired , in attractive costume appropriate to ? the occasion, all combining to present a delightful scene and an equally en- 1 joyable program. Including in the varied program were several solo I gypsy dances, vocal solos, a mysteri- ] ous dance of the nymph and the , fawn, vocal duets, and the conclud- j ing of the program by several se- 1 lections of the negro spirituals by j the Silver Lee Quartet. Out of town talent contributed much toward the evening's enjoyment with their music and dancing, and among the local offerings on the pro gram which were apparently especial ly delightful to the audience was the vocal duet by Misses Dorothy and Adelaide Silversteen, singing "Caro lina Moon" and an equally enjoyable encore. Alvin Moore's vocal solo, "Danny Deever" and Nancy Macfie's solo gypsy dance also were most favorably received by the large aud ience witnessing the program. Adding further to the effectiveness of the occasion were the numerous vari-colored tiny electric lights strung in pleasing effect about the lawn and | surrounding the natural outdoor i stage where the program was present- 1 ed. The fortune telling booth anil various attractions provided for th' j children all contributed much toward j the success of the event. Ice cream i and cake and other delicacies were served during the afternoon and eve- | ning on small tables attractively ar-| ranged about the lawn. PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT ENON I An all-day work in? on the Enon cemetery will be held Saturday of this week. Everybody interested in the work is requested to come with tools prepared to assist in cleanin;.' off the graves. * Sunday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock at the Enon church memorial services will be held, conducted by Rev. Wal lace Hartsell. The graves will be decorated with flowers before the services begin. Boston School of Expression In Farewell Recital This Evening Final entertainment of the Boston School of Expression and Dramatic Art will be held at the hiirh school auditorium Thursday evening, Aug ust 22. An interesting and varied pro gram has been arranged for the oc casion, participated in by members of the school, assisted by local tal ent. Included on the program will be readings, vocal and piano selec tions and three one-act plays, inter spersed by selections by the Bre vard orchestra. There will be no admission charge, and the public is invited. PISGAH FOREST WINS FROM CANTON 3-2; BREVARD LOSES TO MARSHALL 7-6 Carrmen Win Their Game In Ninth Inning ? Nine Hits ; In Entire Game i Pisgah Forest "took the lion by ( the beard" and forced him to jump through the loop Saturday afternoon when they defeated the classy Canton Y team 3-2 on the hitter's home ground. The game was an undecided vic tory until the ninth frame. Both teams were playing a first class kind of ball and hits were noticeably scarce throughout the game. Gibson, for Pisgah Forest, allowed only six hits during the nine innings, while | Fish, for Canton, let the Carrmen down with three. Pisgah Forest scored first in the third when Morris was safe on an error by the catcher, safe on second when the second baseman erred, and came home on a two-bagger by Gib son. Canton retaliated by scoring two in the fourth. Cater, first man up, was hit by pitcher stole second, and came home on a two-bagger by Price. Price was safe at home when Smath ers, who followed him connected for a long single. Again in the sixth : and the seventh, Canton was near I scoring when they got two hits in | each frame, but failed to cross the '? plate, and the two teams went into j the ninth 2-1 in favor of Canton. | Osteen, first up for Pisgah, went out, at first; Ross was safe on an ' error by shortstop; Clayton was out 'to left field; Bryson singled and j Ross went to second, kept going and I was safe at third. In the mix-up j Bryson was safe on secofid, and j Pruett smacked a perfect "Texas i Leaguer" over second to tally the t two needed runs. Morris was out ' pitcher to first. Canton placed th: ee men up in their half of the ninth, and those three men sat right back down ? Cogburn was out to Short i'.' center in a good stop, and the next two men were out via strikeouts. Holt's Crew Fail To Keep Vis-; itors from Crossing the Home Plate Sadness prevailed throughout the 1 game on McLean Field Saturday aft- 1 ernoon, when Marshall put the props under Holt's Brevard crew for a 7-6 | win. 1 Inability to be at the right place J at the right time and do the right I thing seemed to be the Brevard out- '? fit's trouble. The Marshall bunch, who have heretofore been easy pick ings for the Brevard and Pisgah teams when on the local diamond, played a different game altogether Saturday. They were wearing hit ting clothes and managed to connect for eleven safeties, three of which came in the first inning and two of the later ones being for circuit I clouts, coming each time with a man on. They scored two in the first" i inning, two in the second, two in the seventh and one in the ninth. I Brevard was able to connect safe ly for ten hits during the game, but had them scattered over the entire nine innings. They bunched three hits in the sixth for their first two scores. Again in the eighth they managed to tally three runs and one j in the ninth. i Holt, pitching for the locals, was! touched for ten hits in six and one) half innings. Payne was more tight : with his delivery, and allowed only one hit during- the remainder of the game, though he walked two men in the crucial ninth, which, coupled 1 with a perfect infielder tallied the run needed by Marshall. Canton Here Saturday j Canton will play Pisgah here Sat urday afternoon at 3:30 on McLean ! Field. Brevard goes to Marshall. I It is expected that local fans will j see Harry Clayton, dapper little ' shortstop for Pisgah, perform on the mound for the Carrmen. Payne or Kilpatrick will hurl at Marshall. MANY CASES HEARD IN COUNTY COURT Van Tinsley Found Not Guilty in Case Charging Him With Abandonment. HEAVY FINES GIVEN THREE BREVARD MEN Dynamiting for Fish I3 To Prove An Expensive Proposition Van Tinsley, charged in an indict ment with non-support by his wife, Edna Allen Tinsley, was found not guilty by a jury in the General County Court late Wednesday after-' noon. The case has attracted much attention, both the Tinsley and Allen families having large connections throughout the county. A mistrial resulted in the case last week, and a new jury was ordered summoned and the case opened again Monday. 1 The jury was out more than twenty- ! four hours before a verdict was re- 1 turned. ! Many other cases have been dis- f posed of, among which heavy fines were given Aut Aiken, Overton Muil . and Lolia Tinsley, charged with as- j sault upon a negro, by throwing [ bottles at the colored man and chas-i ing him about the streets. Aiken | drew a fine of $20; Tinsley was j given a fine of $35, and Mlull was 1 taxt 1 $50. Each defendant was I taxed, in addition, with one-third of the costs of the case. That dynamiting the rivers in ! Transylvania county is not a very economical way of fishing was dem onstrated in Judge English's court this week when four men were tried J and found guilty of dynamiting. I Judgment will be pronounced on the! First nday. Intimation was given ' that Cri?s would range from $50 to j ?150. and in event the fines could! not be paid, jail sentences ranging as high as four months would be ; handed out. Those charged with lh< offense and found guilty were Frank 1 Galloway, Hayden Crane, Fred j Fisher and Esby Buckner. Court adjourned Wednesday until j the first Monday in September. Sev- ! era! civil matters were before the j court, in addition to the large ciin:-; inal docket. FINE YOUNG MAN called in mm Overton Lewis, aged 23, died at 1 his home here early Sunday morning, j following an illness of the past sev-j eral months. Funeral services were ! conducted at the residence Monday ! morning at 10 o'clock, following i which the body was removed to the family's former home at Walhalla, S. C., for burial. Officiating ministers were Rev. A. L. Aycock, pastor of' the Brevard Methodist church, Rev. I Wallace Hartsell. pastor of the Bre vard Baptist church. Mr. Lewis was a member <>f lh'.-l Brevard Methodist church, and wh-| held in high esteem by a host of ad miring friends. He was known to al- , ways have a kind and pleasant word for all with whom he came in con-1 tact, and will be sorely missed by his : neighbors and numerous friends i throughout the community. He is said i to have borne the pair of his diseases j which caused intense suffering with great patience, greeting his friends) at all times with a smile and a cheery j v.or ?j Surviving are his"mother, Mrs. M. I K. Lewis, three sisters, Mattie and Eloise Lewis, and Mrs. Helen Terry, of Atlanta, two brothers, Lamar Lew is. of Wilmington, and A. K. Lewis, of West Asheville. two half-brothers, E. E. Lewis, of Weaverville. and Ar- j thur Lewis, of Hamlet, besides liu-j merous other relatives in this county and elsewhere. SERMON FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE SUNDAY MORNING | Next Sunday morning at the Bre- J vard Presbyterian church special services will be held for the young I people members of that church who j will soon leave to enter various col-; leges. A sermon suitable to the | occasion will be delivered by the pas- j tor. the Rev. R. L. Alexander. Announcement is made by the j pastor that the last of the Sunday I night musical services will be held next Sunday night, bringing to a close what has been generally pro nounced a very successful series of special summer Sunday night services 2 HOME-COMING DAY AT CARR'S HILL BAPTIST CHURCH Carr's Hill Baptist church will observe Home-Coming Day on the First Sunday in September, and a great program is being arranged for the occasion. The program will be |gin at 10 o'clock in the morning, ad journing for an hour at noon, when a picnic dinner will be enjoyed, and thcr. the program romuleted in the pf'ornoon. Many people from South C-'rolina will be on the program, sinking solos, duets, and special numbers, to add interest to the program. Short addresses will be made by invited speakers, and members of the church having?the program in charge extend an invitation to the public to attend the celebration. MAKING PLANS FOR SCHOOL OPENING High School Office To Open Next Monday ? List of Studies Given SCHOOLS OPEN YEAR'S WORK ON SEPTEMBER 2 Books For Elementary Grades Obtained at the Brevard Pharmacy Superintendent J. B. Jones, of the Brevard schools, announces that beginning Monday August 2'ith the office of the Brevard High school will be open to the public daily from nine to twelve and one to three o'clock. Parents and pupils are invited to come in and make plans for the reg ular session which begins September 2nd. A complete supply of high school text-books has been received and thtse may be secured at the office by those who wish to purchase early to avoid the rush. Following is a list of books by grades: 8th Grade Tanner ? Correct English Scott ? Literature and Life. Hook One Gray and Jenkins ? Latin for To-day, First Year Wells-Hart ? New High School .Arith metic Pieper and Beauchamp ? Everyday Problems in Science Trilling and Williams ? A Girl's Problems in Home Economics Hughes ? A Text-book in Citizenship 9th Grade Tanner ? Correct English Scott ? Literature and Life. Book Two Gray and Jenkins ? Latin for To-day, Second Year Wells and Hart ? Modern High School Algebra, Revised Smallwood and Bailey ? New Biology Hazen ? Modern Europe, Second Edi tion Trilling and Williams ? Art in the Home and Clothinn 10th Grade Tanner ? Composition and Rhetoric Scott ? Literature and Lift . Book Three Chardenal ? The Phonetic Chardenal Smith ? Essentials of Plane Geom etry Gordon ? Introductory Chemist* Webster ? Early European History, Revised Gregg ? New Rational Typewriting Gregg ? Shorthand Manual 11th Grade Tunnel- ? Composition and Rhetori^ Scott ? Literature and Lit' I!<>ok Four Chardenal ? The Phonetic Chardenal Black and Davis? New I'-actual Physics Beard ? History of the Unite *i Slates Revised Gregg? New Rational Type itinv Gregg ? Shorthand Manual No pupil will need all the ? ?">?> in any grade, but they should :? >e!e<-' ed according to the subj- 'is 1 1 = ^ child takes. Books for the Elementar; u. -?i may be obtained at the J'revaro Pharmacy. CAMP PERRY-ANN IN ANNUAL REVIEW Camp Perry-Ann was the ne cf gaiety ami enchantment faesday evening, at which time th. .?..t'.p': annual Review was held ?? the spacious recreation hall. Th. thirty five or more young lady .:i::;pers flitting about in their many i.?r