THE BREVARD
VOL. XXXIV BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 16, 1929 No. 41
J. B. PICKELS1MER
FILES ANSWER IN
WHITMIRE ACTION
Denies Charges Made In Whit
mire's Complaint ? Claims
Privilege of Inquiry
ENTERS COUNTER SUIT
FOR $35,000 DAMAGES
Answer Avers That Mayor As
saulted and Abused De
fendant Pickelsimer
Answer to the damage suit filed
recently by Mayor T. W. Whitmire
against J. B. Pickelsimer, prominent1
Brevard druggist, was filed in Clerk j
of the Court Roland Owen's office
last Saturday. The mayor had sued
Mr. Pickelsimer for $25,000 damages
for alleged slander, and the answer
denies the charges contained in the :
complaint, says further that the de-j
fenaant Pickelsimer is the one who i
has been slandered, and files a
counter suit against Mayor Whitmire
in the sum of $35,000.
In the answer denial is made of
the charge that Mr. Pickelsimer
made the statements that were used
as a basis of tho action brought by
the mayor. The defendant Pickel- !
simer admits only of making inquir
ies concerning these reports, and
claims in the answer that these in
quiries were privileged and made in
good faith, because both Whitmire
and Pickelsimer are members of the j
board of stewards of the Brevard j
Methodist church, and the inquiries
made are declared in the complaint
to have ben only such inquiries as
would be made in an honest effort
by the defendant Pickelsimer in the
performance of his duty as a board
member.
A counter claim_Js then set up,
and damages in the" sum' of $35,000
asked, charging that Mayor Whit
mire assaulted the defendant Pickel
simer, abused him and spoke of him
in disgraceful manner, accusing the
defendant of~being unfit to operate
his business, all this being done in
the presence of good and worthy cit
izens, and these actions on the part
of the plaintiff "Whitmire has injured
the defendant Pickelsimer and his
business in the amount asked in this
answer.
Both men are prominent in the
business and religious life of the
community. Mayor Whitmire is
owner and operator of the Walter
mire hotel, owns much property in
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LADIES NIGHT SET 1
FOR MONDAY NIGHT
Meeting This Thursday at The
Blue Moon Tea Room ?
Special Program
Directors of the Brevard Kiwanis 1
club held a meeting at the McMinn
House Tuesday night, with Dr. C. L.
Newland as host. The day happened
to be Dr. Newland's birthday anni
versary, a fact not known to the
other board members, and forgotten
by Dr. Newland until Mrs. McMinn
brought in a birthday cake, placing
it by Dr. Newland's plate. Then the
fun began.
The meeting this Thursday will be
held at the Blue Moon, on Broadway,
and as nominations for officers of
the club for the next year will be
considered, a full attendance is ex
pected.
Ladies Night will be the order of
next week's meeting, the date having
been changed to Monday evening of
next week instead of Thursday noon
next week. The dinner will be
served at the Shipman camp on the
Pickens highway, near Rosman.
Much rouHne business was trans
acted. The directors voted to have
the president, Frank Clement, ex
press to the mayor and board of
aldermen the wish that Chief Brom
field be sent to the convention of
fire chiefs to be heUTn Birmingham
next week.
Charles M. Douglas, of The Bre
vard News, was elected to member
ship in .the club.
Plans will be discussed at the
meeting this week as to the time and
place of entertaining the shool teach
ers of Brevard.
NO MORE VOUCHERS
BE SIGNED UNLESS
ORDERS BEAR 0. K.
Statement By Mr, McNeely
Sets Forth Emphatic Rules
To Be Followed
PURCHASES MUST BE
O. K.'D BY THE AGENT
Chairman J. H. Pickelsimer
Backs McNeely Statement
On the Matter
C. R. McNeely, member of the
board of county commissioners,
county accountant and county pur
chasing agent by appointment of the
board of county commissioners,
makes statement that hereafter no
voucher for the county will be
signed unless the purchasing agent
has o. k.'d the order. This applies,
Mr. McNeely says, to every depart
ment of the county government, and
for every item of expense, except
that of payment of school teachers,
school officials and county officials
which are already provided for un
der the law. |
Supplies, repairs, material of what
ever nature, and any and all pur
chases for the county, must, Mr.
McNeely says, come through the
county purchasing agent's office.
Reports were going the rounds that
the schools in the county are not to
have any more wood furnished them
for heating purposes because, the
report went, that the men furnishing
the wood could not get pay for same.
When Mr. McNeely was asked about
this situation, he replied:
"The county stands ready to buy
wood for any school in the county
whenever and wherever it is needed.
But the county commissioners have
instructed me .to get bids for all
wood for the schools from reliable
men in each neighborhood, and pur
chase the wood that can be had for
the lowest figures. Teachers are urged
to inform their pupils that bids for
needed wood for fuel will be received,
and I feel confident that the citi
zens of each community will make
bids for such wood, thereby giving
to the county its necessary fuel at
the lowest possible price. Any
teacher in the county, or the school
committee in any school district, can
get all the fuel they may need. All
that is required of them is consult
the office of the county purchasing
agent, and the wood will be pur
chased at the greatest saving pos
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ENGLISH CHAPEL
PUNS BIG EVENT
Plans are perfected for a great
Home-Coming program to be given
next Sunday at English Chapel, on
Davidson River. The program will
begin in the morning, breaking at
the noon hour for picnic dinner,
and an afternoon session being held.
English Chapel has had some of the
outstanding men and women of this
and many other communities as wor
shipers during their youth. It is ex
pected that hundreds of people
will attend the day's program, many
people from distant points planning
to attend.
REVIVAL TO START MONDAY
AT CARR'S HILL CHURCH
Rev. R. R. Mahaffey, pastor of
Carr's Hill Baptist church, an
nounces the beginning of a revival
meeting at that place, to start on
Monday night, October 21. The pas
tor and his entire membership ex
tend a most cordial invitation to all
people of the community to join in
these services, and other churches
are asked to take an active part, to
the end that Carr's Hill may have a
great revival.
UNUSUALLY LARGE PEAR
GROWN IN THiS COUNTY
One of the largest pears said to
have ever been grown in this sec
tion was brought to. The News of
fice this week. The pear measured
14 inches in circumference and 13
inches in length, and is an evidence
of the fact that it is possible to
raise fruit of unusual size and va
riety in Transylvania county undei
proper care.
Masons Ready for Big Home-Coming
Celebration Friday Evening and Nighi
All is in readiness for the great
Home-Coming gathering of Dunn's
Rock Masonic Lodge this Friday af
ternoon and evening. The first ses
sion will be held at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and at 6 o'clock the craft
will be called from labor to refresh
ment. and during this period enjoy
what promises to be one of the best
dinners ever spread before a crowd
of Transylvania county citizens.
Cards have been received from
Masons throughout the county and
from other sections, setting forth an
expressed intention of attending the
meeting. Labor will be resumed dur
ing the evening, and the third d egret
will be conferred by a. crack degrei
team of the lodge.
At the afternoon meeting then
will be special work, including th<
reading of memoriams to the breth
ren who have been called in deatl
during the past year.
All living Past Masters are To oc
cupy a seat in the East during thi
sessions. It is hoped to make thi
gathering one that will never b
forgotten among men and Mason
in Transylvania county, and it i
believed that every member of th<
Lodge in the county will be present
COUNTY DONS DRESS OF GOLDEN
HUE TO WELCOME ITS SONS AND
DAUGH1ERS OF YEARS GONE BY
! .
Happiness Reigns Supreme In Homes Where Reunions Are
Held ? Heartaches of Those Unable to Come Find Echo
In the Faithful Breasts of Loved Ones Here ? Ail Over
America the People Are Thinking of Home.
Nature clothed the county in its
most beautiful dress to welcome
home those who have come back to
their native county during this
Home-Coming Week. While the num
bers coming are not so large as it
was hoped, the fine letters received
from citizens in which they express a
never-dying love for the home of
their youth shows to what an extent
the county is loved by all who have
ever lived here.
This county is in its most gorgeous
dress during October, when the
heavily wooded mountains exchange
their dress of summer green to
that of a matchless October golden
brown, announcing that Jack Frost
has kissed their tender fibre and
tainted their surface witlTllie million
colors and hues of AuTumn. The
frost of early morn gives way in the
warmth of an October sun, while
the gentle winds waft a wondrous
welcome to all the former sons and
daughters of hill and vale who have
come back home for the week.
In many homes throughout the
county happiness reigns supreme,
whether it be in the house beautiful
that sits on the hilltop, or the min
iature mansion placed far back in
the shaded grove, or in the mountain
cabin where the bark of the faithful
| hound and the lowing of the lone
cow proclaims that a home is located
there, the happiness of the re-united
knows no bounds, and the joy of
father and mother in greeting son
or daughter is boundless and beauti
ful.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the boy or girl, man or
woman, who lives in a far-off place
FIREMEN GUESTS
OF KIWANIS CLUB
Observance of Fire Prevention
Week Provided Inter
esting Meet
With members of the Brevard Fire
Department as guests, the Kiwanis
club last Thursday observed Fire
Prevention Week by hearing a splen
did talk from Jas. S. Bromfield,
chief of the local fire department.
The meeting was held at the Central
Cafe, where Gus Roman had pre
pared a splendid dinner for the club
members and their guests.
Chief Bromfield told of the new
laws governing the erection of build
ings within the fire zone of the
twons and cities of North Carolina,
and urged the Kiwanis club to lend
its influence in seeing to it that
these laws are strictly enforced in
the future. The Brevard Banking
company's building, the Clemson
Theatre and the Joines Motor com
pany's buildings are the only fire
proof buildings within the fire zone
in the town, Mr. Bromfield said.
.The chief urged the members oi
the club to assist the fire department
in another way. It has been the
practice here, the chief said, for
some people to rush their cars into
the line when the fire alarm sounds,
often impeding the progress of the
firemen He plead wi>.h the mem
oe*--; to assist in having everjbody
keen their cars parked "to sid - of
of ttv? stieet until the trucks hive
all passed.
Another hindrance experienced is
that of men offering to help the de
partment in fighting a fire , oftcr
serving only as a hindrance to the
members of the company. In cast
of need of additional help, th.? chiei
said, he or his captain would cal'
for such help, and the greatest hell
the bystander can be is to stay oul
of the way.
Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor oi
the Precbyterian church, was a gues
at the luncheon. J. M. Gaines, man
age i' of the Brevard branch of thi
Southern Public Utilities company
was an inivted guest, and was intro
[ duced to the members of the club.
kentucxyMe is
!. VISITED BY FIRE
' i The Kentucky Home, one of thi
most popular hotels of Henderson
ville. was threatened vnth dr.struc
' tion by flames ear's last Sa;:urda;
? morning, but due to the fir.e work o
the Hendersonviile Fire depart
3 ment, the damage was confined to
- the roof and to the top story. Thi
- structure is of wood, and the fac
i that the firemen swceeded~in savini
any of the building is considerei
- nothing short of marvelous, accord
e ing to- Chief Bromfield, of the Bre
s vard Fire Department.
e The roof and top story were do
s stroyed, it is said, but the* remainde
s of the four-story building is slight!,
e damaged, according to Brevard me
:? who visited the scene of the fire.
and cannot come home during
week. Many heartaches are cau.v
such people, and these heart throbs
find echo in the bosoms of their peo
ple here, who hoped in vain that
their loved ones would find some way
of making the grade and coming to
the old home for this occasion. Let
ters have been received by this
paper that are piteous in express
ing the appeal and urge to come
home, but circumstances are such
that the journey is impossible at
this time. One young man wrote:
"I have received copie3 of The
Brevard News telling of Home
coming Wees. I so wanted to come!
While reading the paper and seeing
the names of my people and those of
my friends in its columns, I couldn't
realize that I am two thousand miles
away. I just seemed to feel that J
was back there at Cherryfielci, and
the lowing of the cattle, the neigh
of the unfed horses, the bleating of
the lambs and the bark of my dogs
came to m.e as clearly as in the days
of my boyhood, when I started feed
ing the stock their evening meal. I
can. now see my old mother standing
in "the kitchen door, calling to me to
give special attention to a little
calf that was wobbling about the
cow lot, or place some fresh straw
in the bed for the little lamb that
was not as strong as the other ones.
There is my old daddy at the wood
pile, searching for a big back log
that would burn throughout the
night, leaving a heaping pile of
glowing embers from which to start
the early morning fire next sunrise.
0, how I long to be there! May God
[bless every one of you."
ASHEVILLE MEN TO
BE SPEAKERS HERE!
R. R. Reynolds and L. L. Jenk
ins Invited to County
Club Meeting
Meeting of the newly formed
County Club will be held in the
court house one week from Saturday
night, October 26, at 7:30 o'clock, at
which the Hon. Robert R. Reynolds
and the Hon. L. L. Jenkins of Ashe
ville, will be the speakers of the eve
ning. Mr. Reynolds is a strong ad
vocate of the County Club organiza
tion, and is one of the outstanding
democrats of Western North Caro
lline. Mr. Jenkins is also a great be
liever in the County Club work, and
is an outstanding republican, now
being treasurer of Buncombe county.
These facts are mentioned because
of the fear expressed by some peo
ple here that the County Club move
ment is a political movement, hence
jthe invitation to outstanding leaders
I in both parties to address the meet
ing and show that there is nothing
of a political coloring in the move
ment.
The meeting scheduled for last
week was not held, due to a misun
derstanding as to tffo Hour. Some
thought it was 12 o'clock, noon, and
I others thought it was 2 o'clock.
[President Osborne is making prep
arations for a great meeting to be
held one week from next Saturday,
and is anxious that all citizens of
the county, who are interested in
the county's advancement, to attend
the meeting.
HATCHERY PAYS 9
PER CENT DIVIDEND
The Brevard Community Hatch
ery, Inc., will pay nine per cent divi
dends this year on a |6000.00 invest
ment. It will be recalled that the
people put in onlv half the capital
stock and with that as a working
working unit the other half, whicl
was accounted for with notes in the
beginning, has been paid off giving
the stock holders an increase of 6C
per cent in stock value.
Owing to the fact that there has
[been some trading of stock certifi
cates, it will l-e necessary for ihe
stork holders to mail in their certifi
cates or present them in person tc
Jerry Jerome at the Building anc
|Loan office. This requirement niusl
be met bei'ore checks will be issued
Kindly do this and get your checks
at once.
C. C. YONGUE. President.
J. A. GLAZENER, Manager.
MR. PEACOCK IMPROVING
Brevard friends of L. J. Peacock
Jr., will be glad to learn that be i:
making recovery from a recent ill
ness which was considered mos
serious. With his wife and little boy
Mr. Peacock is in Lexington, havin;
recovered sufficiently to leave th<
hospital. He mil be able to i-etnrn f
Brevard ahout the middle of Novem
ber, it is believad.
D. A. R. CONCERNED
OVER ACTIVITIES
OF COMMUNISTS
k/pcan?io ni> i/ioi iivi
Here Advocate Removal
of Red Agitators
PROMINENT WOMEN AT
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Mrs. J. S. Siiversteen Acted as
Hostess ? Much Work
Accomplished
Much interest and a good attend
ance marked the annual district
meeting of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, which conven
ed in the Brevard Baptist church in
an all-day session Monday, October
14, with the local Waightstill Avery
chapter as hostess of the day. On
acconnt of the recent illness of the
regent of the local chapter, Mrs. E.
W. Blythe, the courtesies of the oc
casion were in charge of the vice
regent, Mrs. J. S. Siiversteen, who
graciously presidecfas hostess to the
visiting delegates.
The meeting was presided over by
the district director, Mrs. J. Harden
Howell, of Waynesville. Delegates
were represented from the four chap
iters in the district, including, Ashe
ville, Hendersonville, Waynesville,
and Brevard. The morning session
was given over to greetings, respons
es, addresses, musical selections;
while the afternoon session, follow
ing the excellent luncheon served by
ladies of the Baptist church, was
taken up with reports from the var
ious chapters and a round table dis
cussion.
The meeting opened with piano
^elections by Miss Dorothy Siiver
steen, followed by the processional
led by the pages," Mrs. Albert G. j
Kyle, Mrs. R. H. Ramsey, Mrs. Re- 1
becca Blythe Glenn, Miss Emma:
Deaver and Miss Rebecca Patton.j
the latter of whom led the proces-j
sion, bearing "Old Glory." Missj
Dorothy Siiversteen. also one of the j
pages, played the processional march. |
The principal addresses of the day!
were given by the state regent,
Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker, of South-;
ern Pines, and Mrs. Ralph Van Lar.-j
dinjrham, vice president general, of !
Charlotte, both of whom, in their j
forcible and timely remarks, told of
various activities of the state organ
ization and of its many accomplish
ments, condemning also the com
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FOOTBALL FRIDAY
TO BE A THRILLER
Action, thrills, suspense, etc. etc.,
plus, are offered Brevard football
fans Friday afternoon of this week
when the stiff eleven from Weaver
ville High meets the local Blue
Devils on the Brevard High School
grid.
With one victory and owe tie to
their credit, the locals are looking
pretty good, and then, "besides, there
is the stigma of a 25-0 score still
oustanding from last year, when the
Weaver bunch completely squashed
the locals on the Weaver field. No
boasts have been made by Coach
Tilson concerning the game Friday,
but loyal fans are betting on the
home team. The game will be called
at 3:45, and any Brevardite who
3tays away from the game will miss
some real football.
To add interest to the local boys'
efforts. Leonard Simpson, of Simp
son's Barber Shop, has offereed and
now has on display in his front win
dow, beautiful silver loving up to
be awarded to the most valuable
player on the Brevard team this
season, the deciding committee to be
chosen from among fans who know
the game and see the boys in action
regularly throughout the season.
REV. WALLACE H. HARTSELL
TO PREACH AT ENON CHURCH
Revi Wallace Harrtsell- has been
called as pastor of the Enon Baptist
church., and will preach there next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
: members of that church and the cit
i izens of the community in general
' have been heard to express great
f pleasure that the popular pastor of
1 the Brevard Baptist church is to
preach at Er.or. on Sunday after
; noons. It is expected that many
. Brevard people will attend the ser
? vice next Sunday at Enon.
WOMAN'S BUREAU
SIGNS CONTRACT
FOR SCHOOL WORK
ucauiiuwauun or luocai jcnooi
Grounds To Be Started
In Noverrber
HICKORY FIRM EMPLOYED
AS LANDSCAPE ARTISTS
To Cost Considerable Sum ?
Women Raised "he Money
For This Important Work
Perfection of plans of the Wo
man's Bureau for b?autification of
the Elementary and Primary school
grounds have been effected during the
past week, whereby actual work of
beautifying the grounds will be
started on an extens.ve scale early
in November.
Acceptance by the Bureau of plans
submitted by the Howard-Hickory
company, of Hickory, one of the
largest and most widely known nurs
ery and landscape gardners in the
country, gives to this company con
tract for the work. The contract has
been properly signed by Mrs. 0. L.
Erwin, president of the Woman's
Bureau, and the Hickory concern
ivill send their representatives to
Brevard early in November to begin
;he work of planting shrubbery and
blooming plants around the school
premises, according to their pre
arranged and accepted plans and
;pecfications.
The plans as submitted to the Bu
reau for inspection and acceptance
:al! for an extensive planting, ac
:ording to the manner of expert
andscape gardners, otr greenery and
flowers of many and rare varieties
around the school buildings and on
:he school lawns, and it is the belief
:f the Bureau membei-s that comple
tion of the undertaking will result
n a display of the outstanding beau
ty spot in Brevard, :ind one which
:he entire community will be en
abled to enjoy and be Justly proud
jf.
The accomplishment of this project
rails for the expenditure of a con
siderable sum of money on the part
jf the Woman's Bureau, which is
made possible by the proceed* of
the Children's Bazaar, which the
people of the town so generously
patronized the past year, and through
other efforts to raise money, which
the Bureau has put forth during the
past few months, with the end in
view of school ground beautifka
tion.
YOUNG TAR HEEL
FARMERS TO FORE
Activities of Club Are Numer
ous ? Gold Pi*iz?!s To
the Winners
Although the Rosman Young; Tar
Heel Farmers have been compara
tively quiet for the past few months
they have been very much awake on
their respective farms back home.
It won't be long now until we
will know who is going to win the
corn and potato contest. The Bre
vard Banking company and the B.
& B. Seed Store are giving $10 in
gold, each, to the winners of these
contests.
The class_has 500 Stark's Delicious
and Stayman apple trees growing
that they grafted last spring, which
will be set to permanent orchards
this winter.
Recently three members of the
class, Robert Gravely, Bruen Hug
gins and Walter Glazener went to
South Carolina and purchased some
purebred calvcs, by which they hope
to introduce better milking stock in
i to the community.
I The class recently sent Robert
Gravely, Ralph Galloway and Clax
ton Henderson as representatives to
ithe District Judging Contest at Bilt
more; the boys did exceptjoually
well, winning third place as team in
the entire district.
At present the boys are working
out which will be the most profitable
crop for them to grow the coming
year.
This week Prof. Cline of the Ex
periment Station at Raleigh will be
in the community assisting Prof.
Corbin in putting out a test in fer
tilising wheat. Recently Dr. Wil
liams, Director of N. C. Experiment
Station, visited the Rosman com
munity tc observe the corn fertilizer
work going on on Mr. Allison's
farm.
Cokred W orkmasi Given Big Verdict
In Damage Case Heard Here Monday
? ? ? ? m m 'PP'- ?? B>* 'ii <#!
Will Gir<iin. colored, was: awarded
a verdict of $12,000 by the jury in
' County Court Monday, against the
. Ca.rr Lumber company for injuries
I received while in the employ of the
, big concern. Gnrdin had sued for
$50,000, claiming permanent injurs
; in the accident. The jury rttorned
) rhe verdict for $12,000.
Raiph It. Fisher of Brevisrd, rep
resented Gardin, while J. Bet Smatk
era of Asbevilie, and W. F.. Bi.'eotft of
Brevard, appeared f<n Curr Lumber
company. This is said to bi; one of
the largest verdicts ovor returned in
a personal injury ease- in the comity
courtb here. The cas?; was heird in
one day, the jury rewraiajr tit ver
? ' diet late Monday. This was the only
jcase tried in County Court this week.
iThe next regular tem of County
Co''rt will be held on the first Mon
day in Novembar.E. RJ "
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