BREVARD, NORTH CARO UNA, NOVEMBER 13, 1929
VOL. XXXIV.
FATHERS AND SONS !
MEETING IS GREAT
EVENT FOR COUNTY
r^r) Young Tar Heel Farmers Show
Progress Made In
Agriculture
DINNER PREPARED AND
SERVED BY CLASS GIRLS
Silversteen Is Principal Speak
er ? Unusually Large Num
ber In Attendance
With the big assembly hall of the j
Home Economics department of the i
Brevard High school literally packed I
with fathers, sons and invited guests, j
the first "Father and Son Banquet"
of the Young Tar Heel P'armers of ?
the Brevard High launched its year's
work and activities with a bang last j
Tuesday evening. The dinner was I
prepared and served by the Home i
Economics class, under the direction j
of the teacher, Mrs. Pat Kimzey, and i
many expressions of a highly com- !
plimentarv nature were heard as to j
the fine dinner served.
Joe Tinsley, president of the
Young Tar Heel Farmers, directed
the program of the evening. Harry
Johnson gave a toast "To Dad," fol
lowing which several members were
taken into the association. The reci
tation of the "Country Boy's Creed,"
given by the new members, was an
impressive part of the program.
Albert Meece gave the "Future
Farmers' Creed" and the recitation
of this creed gave the fathers and
visitors an insight into the great
things for which this work stands.
Hubert Batson told something of
the history of the organization of
the Young Tar Heei Farmers, a
movement which started in Virginia,
and was later adopted by North
Carolina. The Virginia organization
was known as the "Future Farmers
of Virginia." The state organiza
tions followed rapidly, and the goal
which the boys in the state groups
have set before them is to qualify '
for memoership in tho Far- ;
mers of America," the national or- ;
Kanization made up of all the var
ious state organizations. The object
of the organization is to develop
leadership in agriculture, raise the
standard of farming, study and give
to the nation the best methods of
farming, and cause agriculture to
really come into its own.
Carl E. Bryson is treasurer of the
Brevard organization, and the read- 1
ing of his report was an "eye- 1
opener" to the men gathered about j
the board. Each member is required .
to keep record of his investments in
farming and stock, and the returns
upon same. One of the requirements
of the club is that of a savings ac
count, and the money that these
school boys had saved and had to
their credit was an amazing total.
Julian Glazener, teacher of voca
tional agriculture in the Brevard
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ALL CHURCHES IN I
WELCOME MEETINGj
i
Unique services were held at the
Brevard Baptist church Sunday
night when the new Mtehodist pas
tor, Rev. J. H. West, preached there
upon invitation from Rev. Wallace
Hartsell, the Baptist pastor. The
Methodists attended the services, and
the Presbyterian and Episcopal
churches held no Services at their
places, the members joining in the
union services at the Baptist church
to give welcome to the new Metho
dist minister.
Rev. Wallace Hartsell introduced
Mr. West, and Rev. R. L. Alexander,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
led the devotionals. The big audi
torium of the Baptist church was
packed to the limit for the services.
REV. lEWEST IN
CHARGE HERE NOW
Rev. J. H. West, newly appointed
pastor of the Brevard Methodist
church, preached his first sermon
here last Sunday morning, and the
big congregation present seemed de
lighted with him. In closing the ser
vices, the preacher won the hearts of
the members when he said, in simple
direct maimer :
"I am your pastor; I am your ser
vant; whenever you need me, any of
you, day or night, in sickness, or for
any cause of service, I am here at
your service and ready to come at
your call. AH I ask of you is that you
give me your love, your confidence,
your sympathetic co-operation in the
Master's work, and we shall have t
great year in the Brevard Methodist
church."
Rev. Mr. West hold* the record ii
the Western North Carolina confer
ence for staying the full time or
charges. For sixteen years he re
mained the full four-year period ox
four charges. Then with only ow
'/ break, he came back and was kep
od three charges for the full fou:
;yesrs at each place. Judging from th<
reception given him, Mr. West is jus
now beginning another four-yea
period as pastor of the Erevan
church.
?RA1SE HALF QUOTA
ON THE FIRST DAY
Red Cross Roll Call Campaign
Continues Until Goal
Is Reached
Annual Red Cross roll call, which
hao been in progress in Brevard the
!>ast week, reached one-half of the
'assigned quota in the first day's
[drive, and it is felt by the committee
in charge that the full quota will be
in hand by the end of the week. The
quota for Brevard and Transyl
vania county has been set as $200,
and since one-half of this amount
has already been raised, it is prac
tically an assured fact that the drive
will go over the top, according to a
| statement of Rev. R. L. Alexander,
chairman of Transylvania Red Cross
Roll Call.
Red Cross booths have been sta
tioned in the post office and the
Brevard bank and many solicitors
representing the various organiza
tions have been canvassing the busi
ness and residential sections for
memberships. The roll call of the
various women's clubs has not yet
been heard from, but when these re
ports are submitted within the next
few days it is felt by the committee
that the final goal will have been
reached.
The response to the call thus far
in the campaign is considered es
pecially good, but Mr. Alexander and
other members of the committee urge
that everybody prove their interest
and cooperation in the cause by join
ing the Red Cross, talking Red Cross
and wearing Red Cross buttons and
displaying the Red Cross in the
windows.
MANY KIWANIANS
IN ANNUAL MEET
Many members of the Brevard
Kiwanis club attended the district
meeting held at Greenville last
Thursday and Friday, Thos. H. j
Shipman, district trustee, was in ses
sion with the trustees of the two
Carolina on Thursday. Main interest
to the local delegates was that of
election of officers. Allison .Hunni- (
cutt, of Hendersonville, was elected, ;
and he had the hearty support of^he
Brevard club all the way through.
Among the prizes offered by var
ious clubs to the ladies in attend
ance, Mrs. Paul Smathers, of Bre
vard, won a handsome gift from the
Belmont club.
Secretary Rush Whitmire, of the
Brevard club, won much praise at
the Greenville convention for the
interest he has shown in his work
both here and at the Greenville con
vention.
RAMSEY HAS CHARGE OF
THURSDAY'S CLUB PROGRAM
Ralph H. Ramsey is to have charge
of the program this Thursday noon
at the Kiwanis meeting. Members of
the club always expect an unusually
good program when Mr. Ramsey is
in charge of the meeting, and it is
believed a full attendance will be
recorded at Thursday's meeting.
TO SHIP CARLOAD
FOOD TO ORPHANS
According to the annual custom of !
the Baptist Sunday Schools of Tran
sylvania county, a car load of pro
duce will be sent as a Thanksgiving
offering to the Baptist orphanage at
ThomasvCle.
This has been a custom carried
out by the Transylvania Baptists for
the past five years practically a car
load of farm produce having been
sent each year to the Baptist orphan
age at Thanksgiving time.
Rev. W. S. Price Jr., who is in
charge of this work, requests that all
people throughout the county who
desire to help in this worthy cause
have their produce .ready in time to
fill the car, and announces that the
car will be at the following stations
on the dates given below:
Lake Toxaway, in charge of C.
VV. Henderson, Tuesday, Nov. 19.
Ros-man, in charge of E. Carl Al
llison, Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Brevard, in charge of G. C. Kilpat
rick, Thursday, Nov. 21.
Penrose, in charge of D. H. Orr.
Friday, Nov. 22.
ONE DATCPAY TO
BAPTIST ORPHANS
' /
Every Baptist in Transylvania
, county is urged to give thf. price of
? one day's work r,o the Mills Home
i Orphanage on Thanksgiving of this
1 year.
Many boys and girls are having to
i be turned down because of the Tack
? of funds. If you are a Baptist it if
1 your crphar.age, and the price of
- one day's work for the whole year
) won't hurt you, but will do a world
2 of good at Thomasville.
t Won't you begin today to ^akt
r care of this request? Send i<
e through your Sunday School to K. D
t Covington, Treasurer, Thomasville
r N. C.
3 Yours in behalf of our orphanage,
W. S. PRICE, Jr.
ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM IS
GREATLY ENJOYED BY LARGE
NUMBERS OF CITIZENS HERE
With the American Legion, the
city scfiools and the Red Cross tak
ing leading parts in the program, Am
mistice Day was celebrated! here
Monday in a manner that won the ap
proval of the community. Practically
all the stores in town closed for the I
day, and the program given in the
High school auditorium was enjoyed
by the school children and several j
hundred people of the town and coun- '
ty. !
The Brevard Municipal Band, un-j
der the leadership of Prof F. J. Cuf-i
ter, added much to the enjoyment of
the day with the splendid musical
program. The Boy Scouts and the
Girl Scouts took prominent part in
celebration.
Walter Duckworth, commander of
the local post of the American Legi
on, was in charge of the program and
presided at the meeting. On the plat
form with the commander were the
following representatives of the
various groups in the town:
J. S. Silversteen, president of the
Transylvania Chapter of the Ameri- 1
can Red Cross; R. H. Ramsey, rep
resenting the American Legion ; Prof. 1
J. B. Jones, representing the schools;
Rev. H. Perry, representing the ?
churches; Rev. R. L. Alexander,,
chairman of the Red Cross Roll Call 1
committee, and Rev. J. H. West, who
pronounced the benediction.
Mr. Silversteen made an earnest '
appeal for support of the Red Cross, j
and in his address there ran a note
of optimism that the nations of the
world were tired of war. and that '
peace is the desire of all the peoples
of the world. He paid great tribute 1
to the courage of the men who
fought in the last great war, and
gave especial praise to the boys from
this county who contributed to the 1
success of the Allies. Through it all,
and for all nations, wherever men
were in ik< 1 f ! Ilie Red Cross
was there i-, * aid. And it^
function ii, j the speaker
said, ure ahtrost ?? mipuiiant,' "bo
cause the Red <'r<> r"es to the aid
of all sufTi-ni everywhere in
America, wheiu'vci mid whereVci
disaster comes and causes human
I suffering, the Red Cross is there to
'offer aid and comfort.
R. H. Ramsey, a veteran of the
World War, 'gave graphic description
of the life that was led by the man
in actual service. "War meant but
little to us," he said, "back yonder
in 1914, when so many of us fifteen
and sixteen year old boys read in
the papers about England, France,
Germany, Austria, being at war. It
was a thing far removed from us.
But time passed, and in 1918 we
who had been mere lads when the
great war started, were the ones to
take part in the war when America
threw her forces into the conflict.
Then it was that we began to real
ize something about war." Mr. Ram
sey, an eloquent speaker at all times,
held his audience spellbound as he
traced the purposes of the war, its
real meaning, its great victory. And
from that war there had come into
existence this organization known as
the American Legion, an organiza
tion of those who were in the World
War, an organization of warriors
banded together, not for the pur
pose of keeping the war spirit alive,
but rather for the greater purpose
of assisting in maintaining peace
between the nations of the world.
The other great object of the Ameri
can Legion is that of rendering aid
to those who were wounded or lost
their health in the war.
Prof. J .B. Jones, head of the
schools in Brevard and a veteran of
the World War, made a thought
provoking speech on the things we
had learned from the great war.
Among the things learned from the
war is that education does not avert
war, because Germany, the aggres
sor in the last great war was at that
time the most highly educated na
tion in the world. We learned that
war has lost its glamour, that it is
muiiiiy reality, living in trenches,
with no washing of clothes or bath
ing of body for days at a time,
rl ,1 it fs a biOody work, for war is
'"Ished. We learned that it low
Iho standard of manhood becausc
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ELECTRIC RANGES '
PROVING POPULAR
Large crowds attended the elec
tric range cooking demonstrations of
the Southern Public Utilities com
pany at their Main street offices oil
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week. Miss Vera Howard, elec
tric range expert, conducted th
demonstrations, and proved her skill
in the art of cooking, as well as the
advantages of an electric range as
a desirable method of cooking.
The series of cooking classes was
given by the Southern Public Util
ities as a part of the campaign this
company is waging to introduce the
Hotpoint electric ranges in this
community. The demonstrations
were free and open to the public,
and many citizens availed them
selves of this opportunity to be
come better acquainted with this
modern method of cooking, and many
expressed their desire or intention
of purchasing one of the ranges.
MADAME BUTTERFLY TO
BE ON AIR SATURDAY
Next Saturday evening, from 7 tc
8 o'clock, all radio fans will be giver
an unusual treat, a program having
been arranged to give, for the first
time on the air, the beautifu'
Puccini opera, "Madame Butterfly.'
This program is given by the Amer
ican Radiator and Standard Sanitarj
Corporation, with the co-operatior
of their local dealers throughout th<
country.
R. P. Tharp, Brevard plumber, ii
local dealer for this big corporation
and he urges all who enjoy fine pro
grams over the radio to listen in thi:
Saturday evening between 7 and ?
o'clock.
ORPHANAGE GROUP
i TO BE HERE SUNDAY
Spccial services will be held at the
I Brevard Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning at the eleven o'clock
hour of worship. The service will be
'in charge of the Mountain Orphan
age of Black Mountain, of the Ashe
? ville Presbytery, and it is said that
I a very interesting' program will be
presented at this time. Thirty chil
dren of the Orphanage will take part
in the exercises. Special services
have been conducted by the' Orphan
ape children in practically all the
Presbyterian churches in the Ashe
ville Presbytery. The public is
piven a cordial invitation by the
pastor, Rev. R. L. Alexander, to at
tend this service next Sunday morn
ing.
RE-ORGANIZE B.Y.P.U. AT
ENON BAPTIST CHURCH
Members of the Senior B. Y. P. U.
of the Brevard Baptist church met
. at the Enon Baptist church Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of re
organizing the senior B. Y. P. U. at
i that place. About 20 members of. the
i local organization were present a.id
; a splendid meeting is reported held
; on this occasion.
! The program was presided over by
Miss Mary Frances Biggers, and many
? helpful and interesting talks were
given by other members of the Bre
1 vard organization, including a talk
! on "The Aim of the B. Y. P. U.," by
Miss Helen Sitton; "What the B. Y.
s P. U. Has Mear.t to Me," by Miss
, Myrtle Barnijtt; "What the B. Y. P.
? U. Has Meant to the Church," by
i Miss Maporie Garren; special musical
! selections were rendered by Miss Big
gers and Miss Geneva Neill.
MILWAUKEE WOMAN |
TO BE HEARD HERE
District Meeting of B. & P.
Women to Convene Here
on November 26th
Plans are being perfected for en
tertainment by the Brevard Business
and Professional Women's club of
the district meeting of Business and
Professional Women's clubs, which
will convene in Brevard in an after
noon jind evening session on Tues
day, November 26.
| The principal speaker of this
meeting will be Miss Lutie E.
Stearns, of Milwaukee, Wis., who
will speak on the subject, "The
Business of Being a Business or
Professional Woman." Miss Stearns
is an able speaker of national re
pute, and the district considers it
self very fortunate in being able to
secure her for tHis occasion. She has
had 14 years of successful experi
ence on the lecture platform and is
! listed in the Speakers" Bureau. She
is a former president of the Mil
waukee Down Town Club of Business
and Professional Women, and has I
lectured before clubs and conven
tions in many different states.
Miss Stearns spent ten weeks in
Europe last summer as a member of
the American Institute of Interna
tional Relations, visiting seven coun
tries and hearing over 100 speakers.
Other speakers connected with the
wcrk of Eusiness and Professional
Women's clubs in the state are ex
pected to be present at the meeting
to be held here, and an interesting
and helpful program is being pre
pared for the day. *
FhANYSUFFER in
! BIG MARKET CRASH
Much suffering, it is said, has been I
caused throughout the United States
because of the utter collapse of the
New York stock market. Prices .
have been going down for many j
I days, and fortune after fortune have
| been wiped out. It is said that fam- 1
[ilies whose savings were invested in I
the various stocks and bonds listed '
on the exchange are now destitute I
because of market conditions.
Blame for the conditions existing
is placed upon the speculators and
gamblers in the market. It is this
element that caused the inflation of
prices, and the mad panic that fol
lowed when prices started down
ward. Not much sympathy is heard
on the street for the speculators
and gamblers, but the fact, it is
often stated, that those people who
had invested in reputable stocks,
had been dragged to the bottom with
the speculating crowd brings them
to an unusually hard place.
Authorities state that every city,
town, village and hamlet in the
United States have felt the depress
ing effects of the stock market con
ditions. Several people in Brevard
and Transylvania county had their
savings wiped out in the past few
weeks, as stocks they had purchased,
many of them a long time ago, went
away, below the price which had been
paid for FHem, forcing the holders
here to sacrifice their entire hold
ings.
THE THIRTEENTH
CHAIR TO BE HERE
A play, "The Thirteenth Chair,"
will be presented at Brevard High
school auditorium next Tuesday night
? November 19, at 8 o'clock, given
i under the auspices of the St. Phii
jips Guild.
| The play, which is presented by
the Little Theatre Guild, of Ashe
ville, is r th?ee-aci thrilling murder
mystery, and is said to have been
exceptionally well received before a
large audienca in Ashevillie. It. had
a long run on Broadway in New
York, and has the reputation of be
ing one of the greatest mystery
plays ever staged. it is said
that an unusual treat is in store
for all who attend the performance
here on Tuesday night. Included in
the cast of characters will be a num
ber of people who are well known
i in Brevard, among whom include,
Mrs. Mark Griffin, Mrs. Eugene C.
Gler.n,. Miss Eliza Cox, and other tal
ented performers of Asheville, many
of whom have played with the Caro
lina playmakers and elsewhere.
ISBSPElWORK ON
ACCOUNT OF RAIN
Work at the big development nea>
Cherryfield has been suspended foi
a while because of the heavy rains
causing- so much hindrance to th<
construction of the dams, Mr. S. A
Benjamin, owner of the propert;
and builder of the place of pleasure
!is expected to be in Brevard durirf
the next few days.
It '.s said by some who claim tc b<
in a position to know aboui the mat
ter, that work will be resumed whei
weather conditions warrant, ?nd wil
then be rushed to completion. Sew
forty men were engaged oa the con
sturction work before this terr.poiar;
close-down, and these are now with
out employment.
MAN OF MYSTERY IS
VICTIM OF TRAGIC
DEATH AT ROSMAN
Shot By Own Gun While Re
sisting Arrest By Offi
cers of the Law
BODY BURIED SUNDAY
IN COUNTY HOME PLOT
Nothing Can Be Learned of
Man's Family ? Coroner's
Jury Findings
I ?????
i Ed. Gordon, about whom next to
nothing can be learned, was instant
ly killed last Friday afternoon at
Rosman by a bullet which passed
through the fore finger and thumb of
i the right hand, entered the man's
abdomen, ranged upward and punc
tured the heart, tearing its way clear
through the body and lodging in the
man's spinal column. Desith was said
to have been instantaneous.
The tragedy occurred when Chief
of Police Moss of Rosman, with the
[assistance of Special Officer Kiel
Powell, made effort to t.rrest Gor
don. Report, it is said, had been
made to the officers that Gordon had
been shooting at a dog in the neigh
borhood near Rosman, and that he
was carrying a gun. He was found
at the Rosman Motor company's
garage by the officers, and the trag
edy followed.
Dr. E. S. English, coroner, and
Sheriff Patton's offices were noti
efid, and these officers went immed
iately to the scene of Ihe tragedy.
An inquest was ordered by the cor
oner and a jury emparelled. The
following verdict was returned by
the coroner's jury:
"The deceased came to hif death
by the discharge of a pistol in his
own hand while resisting an offi
cer."
Evidence at the hearing showed
that a scuffle ensued when the of
ficers made effort to arrest Gordon;
that Gordon had drawn a pistol
from his shirt bosom, and was 'try
ing to get it in range with Chief
Moss, who was behind Gordon, hold
ing him. Powell, the evidence
[showed, gTateted the gun at or about
; the time of the shot. Oiily one- sUot
was fired.
Willard McCall, with whom Gor
don had spent Thursday night be
Jfore the shooting, was an eye wit
jness to the shooting and testified that
.the deceased had not been drinking;
.that he had seen no gun in Gordon's
I possession, nor had he witnessed
I Gordon shooting at any object on
I the previous day.
! Robert Owen testified that Gordon
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MEN CHARGED WITH
ROBBING A ROOST
Deputy Sheriff Tom Wood made
arrests of four men last Thursday
on a charge of stealing ;hickens that
caused the officers no little trouble.
The chickens were stolen the latter
part of October, the roost of Mrs.
S. A. McCall, near Piscah Forest,
being robbed. Jennings Roger? and
Buck Pressley, young white men,
were first arrested by Sheriff Wood,
and later the arrests of Oscar Clark
and his son, Lowell Clark, were ef
fected. The Clarks were located by
the officer at the New Found section
of Buncombe county.
It is said the men have confessed
to the theft, and ar? at liberty under
bonds. The two Clarks are under
bonds of $2000 each, while the other
two gave bonds of $300 each. They
will be triea in the County Court be
fore Judge English on the third
Monday in December.
LOCALMAN ROBBED
BY NIGHT PROWLER I
Wm. H. Grogan, Jr., r,i Brevard,
district deputy of the Wocdcien of
.the World, was robberi lest Thursday
J night in his room at a hotel i n Syl
,va, and James Sharp, C'nnton nrgro,
is in Jackson county j.iil, held for
the February term <.f Superior
court on a charge of first degree
burglary. The negro was captured
within a few minutes, and the money
. recovered, there being about $28 in
the man's possession t^ftt he admit
ted having taken from Mr. Grogan's
pockets.
[ A spring lack on the room door
' did not catch, and the iiogro entered
Mr. Grogan's room through this
door. The negro was found in the
waiting room at the Southern Rail
: way station shortly after the theft.
* Mr. Grogan was awakened as the
men left the room, and upon investi
? g&tion, found that his pockets had
' been rifled. lie awakened A. E.
> Hampton, also of Brevard and a
? guest in the hotel thai; night, and
they notified the officers.
The unegro was given a prelimin
- ary hearing next morning in Judge
] Dan Tompkin's court, and ordered
' held to the Superior court.' The ne
5 gro is said to have plead guilty to
- entering the room, tnt denied that
f he broke into the sleeping quarters.
- The death penalty is ir. posed in this
state for first degree burglary.
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