TH VOL. XXXIV. COMING HOME NEXT WEEK TO BE WITH LOVED ONES AGAIf Hundreds of Handclasps Wil the Mark Meeting and Greeting of Friends REV. J. C. OWEN EXPECTEI TO VISIT OLD SCENES HERI Others Cannot Come, But Ar< Writing of Their Interest In the Home Town Word is coming from every sec tions that people are coming bacl home next week, to see the sectior and visit the folks which they left in years gone by. Many families are expecting relatives and friends, anc making preparations for their recep tion. There will be reunions of fam ilies separated for many, many years There are outstanding men and wo men in other sections, men and wo men who. as boys and girls roame< the hills and traipsed the valleys ol Transylvania county. Mr. Luther Aiken, prominent citi zen of Brevard, is making every prep aration to entertain those who are coming to visit him. One man in particular that Mr. Aiken hopes to see is the Rev. J. C. Owen, now living at Easley, S. C. In speaking of this noted m,-n ister ,Mi. Aiken sa'd: "He >s one of the biggest men that this county ever produced. I admire him because he was the first native son to graduate at a standard college, the first to go to a foreign mission field, the first to have an honorary degree conferred by a college. Mr. Owen, I believe, holds a higher schol astic decree than any other native son of Transylvania county. He is recognizod*as cn3 of the county's greatest evangelists, and has carried the banner of Transylvania county aloft in many fields of achievement. There are many other fine men and women who will be here, but some how 1 admire Mr. Owen most of all, because of the great success that has come to him. He has reached his pinnacle because he is a fine, clean, Christian man." It would make interesting read ing, should this paper be able to pay tribute to all the men and women who were reared here and who have made their marks in other fields. Per haps other citizens will furnish such sketches about men they know and (Continued on back page) HOWELL BOYS TO BE TRIED THURSDAY Assailants of George Shuford on Trial In Jackson County Court Trial of the Howell brothers for murderous attacks made on George Shuford and his truck driver, W. M. Pearce, recently, is to begin in Sylva this Thursday, and several friends of the Brevard men are attending the trial. The Howells are charged with hav ing assaulted Mr. Pearce first, and then dangerously wounding Mr. Shu ford when he went to the rescue of his driver. The Brevard men were driving along Highway 28, and had crossed into Jackson county, when the Howells, it is charged, passed them and the trouble ensued. Mr. Pearce was driving a truck, and Mr. and Mrs. Shuford were following in Mr. Shuford's car. The men stop ped Pearce, it is said, and were beating him up. Mr. Shuford made effort to help his driver, and was knocked in the head with an iron, and then slashed in both sides with a knife. He wa3 in the Transyl vania hospital for several days, at first his family and friends having but little hope of his recovery. The Howells were captured three days after the brutal attack at the home of their father in Haywood county, Sheriff T. E. Patton, Deputy Sheriff Tom Wood, Yancey McCrary. Crocket Hendrix and other Brevard men kept the hunt going until the men were located, identified by the Shufords, and lodged in jail. The men who are charged with the crime are said to bear bad repu tations, being known as dangerous fellows in their fighting moods. After the trial Mr. Shuford will return to work with the Whitmire Motor company, where he was con nected for many years as salesman of the Chevrolet cars. He is one of the most popular men in the county, and numbers his friends by the hun dreds. SOME ONE SPOILING THE PLEASURE OF ALL FANS Some one in Brevard it making it utterly imponible for fans to (at th^ results of the World Series ball game* being played between the Athletics and the Cubs. An old set is being used by some one in town that simply knocks other radios into a /-ockad hr.t , and spoils the pleasure "f all the peo ple of the town who are trying to "listen in" on the big game*. It is believed that whoever it is causing this disturbance will glad ly stop it when it 11 'Icnovm they are spoiling the pleasure of their friend* all over town. "Editor "Will you allow me space in your paper for a few words in reply to an article which appeared in your paper of last week in regard to the Purity Products company charging the tax payers so much for the coal furnished the schools. Will say to start with that the tax payers got full value for every cent they paid the Purity Products company. And if they will search the records in Mr. McNeely's office they will see. We do not ask them to take any body's word, for the records are there to speak for themselbes. And then ask some coal dealer in Hen dersonville or Asheville what they think about the price they paid. Also see if you can find out what you have been paying for the coal that was bought for the schools for the last two or three years. What I found in the office never said how much you paid for, nor what you paid per ton for it. It just said so many hundred dollars for coal for schools. Now, is the cheapest the best? We could have sold the county cheaper coal. I certainly do not think it would have been a good buy to have bought it. Mr. Mc Neely used good judgment in buying dealers, and I suppose he bought from the man making the lowest price. I ? certainly think Mr. Mc Neely used god judgment in buying the quality he bought. He had the opportunity to buy the same kind of coal from the other dealer. The reason he didn't is because he bought where he got the best buy. "Now, if the tax payers had got ten for the paxt six or eight years as square deals on everything as they did on this coal, they surely would be far better off than they are, and you wouldn't see so much land sold for taxes every year. (Signed) "W. L. MULL, President, "Purity Products Co." SOUTHERN PUBLIC OFFICIAL NOW HERE Mr. J. M. Gaines, of Charlotte, manager of the Brevard Branch of the Southern Public Utilities com pany, has arrived in town and as sumed charge of the affairs of the new concern here. Mrs. Gaines, a bride of but a few weelcs, is with her husband, and they are living at the Waltermire hotel. Offices are being opened in the Waltermire Building, alterations be ing made to accommodate the re tail part of their business as well as general offices for the concern. Elecrical devices of all kinds will be carried in stock and sold to the pa trons of the utilities -company. Mr. Gaines expressed pleasure in being selected for the post in Bre vard, being especially impressed with the beauty of the place and the fine spirit of the people. The young people will be great additions, also, to the social life of the com munity. HOLDING REVIVAL AT THE INSTITUTE Rev. E. L. Kirk of the Acton Methodist church, Asheville District, is here assisting the faculty at the Brevard Institute in the conduct of a special series of meetings which will continue throughout the week. Mr. Kirk is a young man, but with a wide experience in working with young people. His messages are forceful and convincing, and it is expected that the efforts of the week will be productive of marked re suits in the lives of the student group. INDIAN FAIR IN PROGRESS Many people ara attending- the Cherokee Indian F&ir, now in prog ress in Cherokee. This annual went is one of the most interesting af fairs staged ir. Wetsem North Car olina, and always draws a big crowd. The fail will last through iVJday. ^(mW^?r^9z^DistnctMeeting Mra. Julian P. Kitchen | Seretary of First District Singing America Greetings from the Hostess Chapter Mrs. Joseph S. Silversteen Acting Regent Waightstill Avery Chapter Greetings Mr. W. E. Breese| Member of Society of the Cincinnati Response Mrs. Ralph M. Pfaff | Regent Edward Buncombe Chapter Address Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker| State Regent Vocal Solo Mrs. Hugh Walker I Address Mrs. Ralph VanLandingham Vice-President General Greetings Mrs. R. Duke Hay i State Historian Greetings Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn| State Librarian Vocal Solo Mr. Alvin Moore | Greetings from Distinguished Guests Adjournment for Lunch. 2:30 P.M. Reports of Chapter Regents: Mrs. Ralph N. Pfaff Edward Buncombe Chapter Mrs. Frank A. Ewbank Joseph MacDowell Chapter Mrs. Charles E. Quinlan Dorcas Bell Love Chapter Mrs. E. W. Blythe Waightstill Avery Chapter Reports of Committees Round Table Discussion and General Business Adjournment. BOARD RECEIVES PATTON'S REPORT Gets New Tax Bills ? $201, 984.81 Amount To Be Col lected for 1929 Taxes Sheriff-Tax Collector T. E. Pat-( ton, Jr., made settlement with th? : county commissioners at the regu lar meeting Monday, turning over the last of the collections made on the 1928 taxes, and received from the board the 1929 accounts. This year's taxes, to be collected for| 1929, amount to $201,984.81, not! counting the corporation taxes. Report was made that there is an ' amount of nearly eight thousand ? dollars uncollected or unsettled on the 1928 taxes. Much of this, it is said, is in bad checks, checks being held for collection, and personal taxes. The personal taxes uncol lected are in small amounts, and owed by citizens throughout the county. The tax collector was in structed to clear up these items at once, and it is probable that actions will be started against several citi zens who have failed to pay their last year's taxes. The commissioners transacted much other business of a routine nature. MR. LOUIS CARR ON VISIT IN BREVARD Mr. Louis Carr, head of the big Carr Lumber company, with still larger operations in New Mexico, is spending the week here, planning to leave Saturday night on his return trip to the west. Mr. Carr's New Mexico mills cut nearly three million feet of lumber in August, which is a fair average of the output. When asked how long the operations in the west would continue, Mr. Carr said: "There ifl [timber enough in our boundary to keep me going at full speed as long as I live, and then keep my children busy as long as they live, and then keep my grandchildren busy as long as they live." New Mexico is a great country in every respect, Mr. Carr says. Fruit grows fine, vegetables are grown there and shipped all over the west ern half of the nation, while agricul ture is conducted as a real business basis. Mr. Carr reports business good in the southwest, and money plentiful. But, Mr. Carr says, he is always glad to get back home, and see his many friends here. It was here in these mountains .that the genial giant first seeled the heights of suc cess, and became an outstanding fig ure nmonfr the really big business men of the country. COUNTY COURT IN WHIRLWIND SET-TO Eighty-odd Cases Disposed of < ? Tightening up on the Bondsmen Cases were disposed of in County ] Court Monday and Tuesday in great rapidity, some eighty-odd cases be- ' ing disposed of in the two-day ses- [ sion. None were of general inter- ? est, however. One case in which ? probable cause was found resulted in 1 binding two young men of the Cher ryfield section over on the charge of second degree burglary. Action of the court is tightening up on bondsmen where the defend ants were not in court gave rise to the assertion that hereafter a man must be of pretty substantial sort in order to induce any one to go bail for him. Friends do not mind standing good for a fellow's appear ance in court on a given day, provid ing the fellow is to be there. But when large numbers fail to attend, and their bondsmen are called upon to "cough up" the amount of the bail, then it is that men swear off. Chances are that many who persist in violating the law in the future will have to spend the time in jail until their cases are called on ac count of the treatment some defend ants have handed out to their friends who went bail for them. TO ENTERTAIN THE FIREMEN AT LUNCH As this is Fire Prevention Week, the meeting of the Kiwanis club is to be devoted to a study of this im portant question, and James S. Bromfield, chief of the Brevard Fire Department, is in charge of the program. Civic clubs, schools, wo men's organizations, "and many other agencies are stressing the importance of fire prevention measures through out the nation, and statistics show that much has bene done in the past in reducing loss by fire because of the observance of this week. Chief Bromfield is expected to give information as to the best methods of fire pretention and make sagges tions as to how the public can assist the fire fighting forces in saving property from destruction. As a mark of appreciation of the services of the Brevard Fire De partment, all members of that im portant group have been irvited to be guests at the club meeting today. The meeting will be held at The Central Cafe, Gus Roman's place, at noon. Wednesday. The children are as follows: Walter Merrell, Miss Mary Mer rill, John Merrill and Virgil Merrill, all of this county; and Tom Merrill of Biltmore; Leon Merrill, of Uma tilla. Fla., and Vernon Merrill 01 West Palm Beach. In addition to these there are three grand children who were reared in the home of the deceased, L V. Merrill of ttest Palm Beach, and Harold and Paul, bright young boy3 at the Merrill h?Periy Merrill, a brother of "Uncle Baxter," lives nearby, and he is now , the onlv living child in what was a): family of |iirteen children. The {. deceased joined the Baptist chuicn when he was but a little boy, anil had lived a most useful and beauti ful life. Always a good neighbor, Mr. Merrill was noted for his gen- ; erous hearted treatment of all about him, and in the days before the un-j' dertaking business reached its pres-l ent perfected state, Mr. Merrill was < called upon to make many coffin* in which to lay away members of the 1 families in his neighborhood. Reins ? .in expert in woodworking, the task : of making coffins for his neighbors when death visited their famines seemed to fall to him, and it is said of . him that none of his work was ever < permitted to keep him :rom going to the aid of his neighbors in i trouble. The Merrills in this county were among the first settlers here. _ ami descended from tht old benjamin Merrill who took scch an important part in the fighting waged by } company of men known as Ttie K g ulators, early settlers who objected to English rule and taxation evsn . before the Revolutionary War was waged, and showed their objection bv defying Governor Try on. Rev. J. P. Scott conducted the fun eral services at Little River Baptist cnurch, and the body was then law ; to rest in the cemetery nearby in , the beautiful Little River valley, where he was born and reared, an ^ had spent his life. MMLEOASS i TO HAVE BANQUET ; i All in in readiness for the dnitier ; and business meeting of tn$ Mtens Bible class of the Brevw-d M^^t church. The meeting wll he ndd at Mr. Breese s camp, Maiden hair Mills, this Thursday evening Tn dinner is being P^pare, by Mr. Sam Allison, noted for . his ability at making barbecuf and aicbhkc. I - ? said that many squirrels will be in the not Dr. Zaehaty, Beverly Tran tham and other -ne huurred per cent marksmen having been she, lint. t..ftj woods during the wee i. Y All members of the cmns art ex pected to be on 'wed. Thoae who have not been attending clsaa k cently are giver, a special invitation and many men in the commnrntj wiio would Stte to becow a member - the clsfis are urged to a"*1"*- th Everybody is to meet at the church in time to leave there promptly at 7 o'clock Thursday eve- . ningMl who have cars are expect, ed to bring them so there wiU l*; ample room for taose not having cars. newspaper life TO BE SHO WN HERE Lombard, will be shown at "enwon ? Theatre next Monday 3,)d "uesday. This ft"" an amazing picture story of newspaper life, of a reporter who was accused o? a murder ol wnivh he was innocent and of ms wife who citing to him through thick and thin. It is a story o:? the inside workings of a big city newspaper office, where speeding typists, tclephonef. and telegraph cring the news of tne world tti every fireside in the land. It vivfdlv pictures a tragedy with all its drama and thnlls, which tried the souls of a faithful wife and her innocent husband. this proposed plan during the com ing year. It was suggested that the city officials might render some fi nancial assistance to the Bureau to ward the erection of a pool, and that other organizations of the town could be induccd to lend th?i>- *up pon and cooperation \i> the under taking. A committee, with Mis.; [Catherine Griffin as chairman, was appointed to investigate and agitato the matter, with the end in view of (petting the people at the community ami else where sufficiently interested to make of this project a surety. Th^ other members of this committee include Mrs. L. B. Haynes and Mrs. Beulah Zachary, Other matter* of importance to the Bureau and to th? community were transacted, and plans dis cussed leading toward the ueneral welfare and beautifi cation of Sre rard. An interesting program was in :harge of Mrs. C. C. Vor.gui1, which was presented at the conclusion of tha business session. Mrs! W. E. Breese read an article on South Af rican flowers and on "The Home Its Needs," followed by reading- by Mrs. Frank Jenkins :relatine to mod ern tendencies in education with ref erence to crime. Light refreshments were served by the committee follow ing the program. MRS. JOHNSON" INSTITUTE, Her Coming Is Saiid To^Add Strength to th? Depart sneat oi Music Mra. Julian Johnson of Rock Hill, S. C., has arrived in Brevard to take a place on the faculty of the K'hoo! of music at Brevard Institute. Mrs. Johnson, an honor graduate i)t the New .England Conservatory of Music in Boston, has been prorain s.it ill both musical and church cir clej in South Carolina for a number vl year!. She was for several years, a teacher in Winthrop college, and been for fiftsen years organist in. Saint Joba'a Methodist Episcopal Cbarck, South, at Rock Hill. In ad dition t<> these duties she has found time to serve as president of the Woman's Missionary society of the upper South Carolina Conference, ;vnich position r.he still holds. Brevard Institute is very fortun ate in being able to secure the ser vicer of Mrs. Jchnsor, whose addi tion to tilt, department already sc. ably headed by Miss Merritt, g.i