VOLUME XXXV.
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BREVARD, NORTH CAK f)LINA, MARCH 5, 1930
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Number 10
FISHER
, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Will Require Survey and Inves
tigation by Department
of War Engineers
MUST SHOW FEDERAL
INTEREST IN MATTER
Commissioners Must Approve
Sale of Land to the United
States in the Future
That there is much red tape con
nected with obtaining government
aid in removing the jetties from the
French Broad river placed there fifty
years ago by the government, was
emphasized in a report made by
Ralph R. Fisher to the county com
missioners Monday and to the Cham
ber of Commerce Tuesday evening.
Mr. Fisher wa3 named by the Cham
ber of Commerce and by the county
commissioners as a committee of one
to go to Washington and see. what
could be done about the matter. It
was hoped that the government
would remove these jetties, which
may be done, to the end that many
hundreds of acres of valuable rivor
bottom lands might be reclaimed
from oveflow of the river caused by
these obstructions.
Mr. Fisher's report, while pointing
out the great amount of work ne^
cessary to do, indicates, however,
that there is a way to get this relief
if the citizens will work together on
the question and not give up in their
efforts.
Following is Mr. Fisher's report:
"To the Chamber of Commerce,
Brevard, N. C.
"Gentlemen:
I "I have the honor to report on my
work in Washington as a committee
from this body and the board of
county commissioners. I went to the
'capital on your instructions to maks
certain investigations in connection
with the flood conditions that exist
in the French Broad Valley during
heavy rains.
"I found that any a:d afforded
would come through the War De
partment, and not through tho De
partment of the Interior, as had been
thought by some of our citizens;
that the War Department has no au- !
thority from Congress to act in the I
matter; that it would not be possible !
to secure an act from Congress af- j
fording proper relief until an engi-|
neer fom the War Department made '
survey and investigation of the '
river, and the alleged flood condi- J
tions.
"If this engineer found that re
lief was needed and there appeared
any federal interest in the river,
that Congress, acting upon this re
port, may enact sufficient legisla
tion to give relief. It may be neces
sary to appropriate a certain per
cent of the desired funds, or as
(Continued on page four)
CROWDS PACKED
GLAZENER STORE
Necessary to Keep Door Lock
^ ed All Day, Opening at
Intervals Only _
I Brevard's newest business con
cern, A. C. Glazener, Inc., expressed
??oiriplete satisfaction with the open
ing sale here last Saturday. This
concern purchased the store formerly
owned by 0. L. Erwin, on Main
street, and tn last weeks Brevard
News announced opening Saturday
morning at 9:30 o'clock. A large
number of people were awaiting the
moment when the doors were to
open, some having been at the en
trance since shortly after 7 o'clock.
The store quickly filled, and it was
necessary to lock the door until the
crowd inside could be waited upon,
when the door would be opened
again for a few minutes, then locked
again, for the store would fill in a
loment's time. This plan had to be
l^ipt in force all through the day,
and until late Saturday night.
The sale was pronounced by many
older citizens here to have been one
of the most successful ever conduct
ed here, and hundreds of people vis
ited the store. Something over four
?2en hundred pairs of shoes were
[gold Saturday and Monday. The
crov.-ds were large practically all day
Monday, and good business was en
joyed through Tuesday and Wednes
day.
Mr. Glazener, manager of th<
storp, has another advertisement ii
today's paper in which he states thai
anotneT big surprise is in store foi
the people of the county this com
ing Saturday. The store will b<
closed Friday while arrangements an
being made for the special sale oi
Saturday.
Ono of the county correipond
ents to The Brevard New* sent
in last week some news items,
but failed to state where the
j| news was from, hence we were
unable to publish it. It is re
quested that news itoms submit
ted for publication always be
accompanied by the name of
writer and place from which
written.
'OFFICERS WILL BE
ELECTED TONIGHT
,lNew Directors Named By C.
| of C. Will Elect President
and Vice President
! With a large number of members
! present, the Brevard Chamber ol
|Co.nmerce elected directors Tuesday
night, and the new board will meet
' Thursday night for the purpose of
"electing officers and starting the
' year's work. Following are the
names and business classifications of
the twenty-five men chosen as the
new board of directors, from which a
{president and vice president are to
be selected:
J. Mac Allison, furniture and hard
ware merchant; James S. Bromhela,
coal, ice, laundry and drayage busi
ness ; Willis Brittain, B. &. B. Feed
Co.; James F. Barrett, Editor The
Brevard News; Wm. E. Breese, law
yer and chairman of the board ol
road commissioners; Frank D. Clem
ient, jeweler and theatre business,
10 L. Erwin, merchant and farmer;
'Ralph K. Fisher, lawyer, county at
torney; Julian A. Glazener, instruc
tor of agriculture, Brevard High
School ; Ashley H. Houston, furni
ture; Jerry Jerome, building and .
loan: Fred Johnson, grocer; fa. M. I
Mactie, druggist; T. G. Miller, agent.
Southern Railway company; James
M. Gaines, manager Southern ruo
lic Utilities company; Hinton Mc
Leod, teacher and camp director; Dr.
Chas. L. Newland, phvscnan ana
surgeon; R. L. Nicholson, postmaster;
Oliver H. Orr, cashier Pisgah Indus
trial Bank; Henry A. Plummer, mer
chant; Thos. H. Shipman, president
Brevard Banking company ; John w.
Smith, barber snop proprietor; Jos.
S Silversteen, capitalist and manu
facturer; T. W. Whitmire, mayor
?nd real estate; Clarence C. Yongue,
farmer.
CITY OFFICIALS 1
TO MEET TONIGHT
Woman's Bureau, C. of C. and
Others To Urge Park and
Swimming Pool
All members of tne Chamber of
Comm??=? .1 the Woman's B???,
the Kiwanis club, and any ana
citizens interested in esUbhshmen
of a park, playgrounds and a swim
ming pool for Brevard areurged to
(be nresent at joint meeting
held" this Thursday evening at 7 .30
o'clock. The mayor and board of
aldermen will be present, and the
question of providing these atten
tions for the summer visitors will be
acted upon.
For a long time the town has fe
the need of such improvements, and
the Woman's Bureau undertook
some time ago to crystallise senti
ment for such additions. Many meet
ings have been held by the women's
Sup, and much study given to the
matter. Then the Chamber of Com
merce began an active
it later being joined by the Kiwanis
?lub Every one who has given the
question any thought at a agree
that the town netds such attractions
not only for its own people, bu
more especially as a card
to get tourists here and have a
*i!aee to offer them while spending I
vacations In this community. I
It is expected that a large crowd
will be present. R. H. Morrow and
j M Gaines have been making sur
veys for the Chamber of Commerce
and will present the question to the
town council Thursday evening for
the Chamber of Commerce.
iSILVERSTEEN AND .
FISHER ARE NAMED
Transylvania county will send a
full delegation to Raleigh on the
31st of March, to attend the state
meeting: of citizens who desire tax
reform legislation. Chairman J. H.
Pickelsimer was instructed by the
board to name the delegates, and
jR. R. Fisher, county attorney, and
Jos. S. Silversteen, capitalist, were
named. It is expected that 'Chairman
Pickelsimer will name other delc
' gates as soon as he ascertains the
1 names of those who would attend.
1 Transylvania commissioners arc
' not favorable to the calling of an
? extra session of the legislature, it
? is said, but are in hearty accord with
plans to study the tax question and
! be prepared at the next session of
1 the general assembly to procure
1 remedial legislation on the tax quss
r tion. These members expressed the
" belief that the meetings now being
8 heJ4 throughout the state, and the
e big central meeting to be held on
1 March 31 in Raleigh, are good foi
the state and will result in much foi
the tax payers of North Carolina.
BREESE IN RALEIGH AT
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
Wm. E. Breese, member of th?
board of trustees of the UnJvertltj
of North Carolina, is in Raleigh anc
Chapel Hill this week, where th<
board has been called for the purpose
of electing a successor to Presides
W. H. Chase, of the University.
10. L Erwin, As Me Appears Today
OLDEST MERCHANT
IN W. N. C. RETIRE
In the two photos herewith are
shown 0. L. Erwin, for forty-four
years a merchant in Brevard and
Transylvania county, being- the old
est merchant in point of continuou:
business operation in Western North
Carolina. The baovs picture is from
a recent photo of Mr. Erwin, while
the smaller one is a picture cjf th<
Brevard man when he began his mer
cantile career at Calvert 44 years
ago.
Mr. Erwin sold his Brevard store
last week to A. C. Glazener, Inc.,
but still retains an interest in the
business of J. W. Glazener & Co..
Rosman, and is owner of large farm
lands and town property.
Mr. Erwin expresses his apprecia
tion of his friends in the following
statement:
"In retiring from the mercantile
business in Brevard, 1 wish to give
expression of my gratitude and ap
preciation to my many friends
throughout the ' county for their
patronage and loyal support during
the forty-four years of my business
life.
"0. L. ERWIN."
LYCEUM NUMBER
HERE WEDNESDAY
Fourth and last in the series of
Lyceum numbers will be given at the
Brevard High Schol auditorium next
Wednesday night, March 12. This
entertainment was postponed from
last Monday night, which was the
previously announced date, but it
was found necessary to change it to
next week.
Miss Fern Casl'ord, reader and en
tertainer, will appear in this last
number, in her versatile role. She
is said to captivate her audience with
her varied type of program .With her
clever character sketches and play
cutting she portrays the actual char
acters on the stage. She is said t'
portray the Chinese Maiden, the
Italian peasant girl, the old tody and
the old man as if they had actually
been on the stage with her. She is
declared to have a wide range of
impersonations, from child to old
man and from funny comedy
sketches to the dramatic and, rub
lime personages of history.
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Mr. Erwin as Was
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VETERAN OF WORLD !
WAR BURIED HERE;
Hugh T. .McCarrell, former resi- j
dent of Brevard, died last Saturday
evening in the Veterans Hospital,
Augusta, Ga., and the remains were
brought here for interment. Funeral
services were conducted Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock at the home of
the deceased's sister, Mrs. S. W.
Radford, and burial wrs made in the
Gillespie cemetery. Rev. E. R. Pen
dleton conducted the services.
The deceased was a World War
veteran, having seen much active
'service overseas. Death was result
J of shocks and nervous breakdown as
a result of these experiences.
The widow and one child two
[years of age, survive. In addition to
Mrs. Radford, two other sisters and
.one brother survive, as follows: Mrs.
T. E. Hume, Greensboro, and Mrs.
;M. M. Howard, Asheville; and the
'brother, Harold McCarrell. The
jbody was accompanicd from Augus
;ta to Brevard by relatives of the
'deceased, Mr.* and Mrs, Reed Kirl;
'and Mrs. Wm. R. Folds, of Atlanta.
Pallbearers were: R. R. Fisher,
I Leonard and Oliver Simpson, L. P.
I Hamlin, George Nicholson and J. M.
iTatum.
County Commissioners Requested
TcF Re-Instate All Items Deducted
From the School Board's Budgei
Formal request was made by the
school board Monday to the board of
county commissioners that all items
deducted from the school board's
budget now be re-instated. It will
be recalled that the county commis
sioners cut the sum of $4,990 from
various items in the budget as pre
pared by the school board last sum
mer. Members of the school board
assert the budget was prepared, sign
ed by the school board and by the
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, and then sent to Raleigh
for adoption by the state. Some
time later, it is said, the county com
missioners cut out some items in
the school budget and reduced other
items, mrJcing a reduction of the ag
gregate in fhe sum of $4,990.
The action was resisted at th<
time by the school board, its mem
bers declaring that the origina
budget estimate as prepared by thi
board and signed by the chairman o:
the board of county commissioners
ought to stand. This renewed ef
fort to have the commissioners re
instate the items and the amount de
ducted is said to be based on the re
cent decision of the Supreme court
in which it was declared that th<
school board is recognized as a par
of the state government, hence no
to be classed purely 'as a division o
the county government.
The commissioners took no actioi
on the request at Monday's meeting
It vas not stated just when the mat
ter would b< attention by th
. .ty t'o."5i?5iss;oners.
V/HG WILL DIVE THE NEW CHEVROLET HOME
& BIG QUESTION IN MINDSlff MANY PEOPLE
The One Making the Nearest Correct Estimate of the Number
of People In Transylvania County Is the One Who Will Get
the Car ? Many People Are Already Sending In Their
Estimates ? How About You? ? Have You Placed Yours?
Your Opportunity to Win Just as Good as- Any Mr. Man's.
All. off for a try -at winning the ,
Mew Chtvrolet Coach.
It costs nothing, not an extra
p^nny, and no work to do but to fig
ure out how many people you think
there are in Transylvania county.
It is absolutely fair and square
the fairest and squarest contest of,
skill you ever etotered.
YOU have just as fine opportunity!
to win this brand new car as any-]
body else in the world.
Already the. estimates arv coming |
in, from as far away as the state cf i
Washington, clear on the Pacific i
coast!
Are YOU going to sit idiy by, and
perhaps lose a new Chevrolet car?
We are re-printing the census as
taker ten years ago, and giving you,
in addition the number of votes cast
in all the elections since 1910, to .
help you make up your estimate of ,
the umber of people now living in
Txiii.-tylvania county.
A. k your friends what they think 1
about, it. Ask your teacher to help
you, you boys and girls in school, 1
and you help your parents figure on '
thu mcrea3e in the last ten years, and j
suli.iit YOUR estimate of the coun-f
ty's population this year. j!
WANT FORD SCHOOL
TO LOCATE HERE
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Effort is to be mads to persuade
Mr. Henry Ford to establish one of]
his schools in Transylvania county. !
Mrs. Carrie Doraett, of Brevard
und Washington, has already been in
communication with Mr. Ford, and
is reported as having received some
encouraging letters from the auto
mobile manufacturer regarding the
matter, ? f
Mr. Ford has set aside several mil
lions of dollars for the purpose of
establishing schools where High
School graduates may take special
courses of instruction which pre
pares them for life. It is intended
especially to help the young man or
ivoman who has finished High school '
but cannot afford a college course.
All branches of mechanics are to be
taught, and a practical education, or
training, added to the High school
course.
It is believed this section would
prove the most ideal spot to be
found anywhere for the establish
ment of one of these schools. Let
ters are being mailed to Mr. Ford,
urging him to send representatives
here for the purpose of looking over
the field. Many complimentary words!
have been spoken for Mrs. Dorset!
for her fine interest in Transylvania
county.
W. H. DUCKWORTH |
IN RACE FOR HOUSE!
W. H. Duckworth, prominent citi
zen of the county, makes announce
ment in today's paper that he is can
didate for nomination on the demo
cratic ticket for the legislature. Mr.
Duckworth represented this county
in the 1923 session of the legisla
ture, and his friends claim that he
did much for the county at that time.
He is credited with giving Transyl
vania county the Australian ballot
law, and friends lay stress upon the
fact that it was Sir. Duckworth's
bill that placed the county offices 011
salary basis.
Mr. Duckworth has been active in
public affairs for a great many years. '
and his entry into the race for rep- 1
resentative will add zeal to the pri
mary campaign.
ROAD TAX MATTER
MAY BE ADJUSTED
Wm. E. Breese, chairman of the
board of road commissioners, asked
the county commissioners in session
Monday to join the read authorities
in permitting citizens of the county
to work out their road tax at the
prevailing wage scale for such
labor, in lieu of demanding the full
i six days' work on the roads as re
quired by law. The road tax is four
dollars, or six days work on the
roads. Mr. Breese called attention
of the county commissioners to the
scarcity of money just now, assart
ing that many of the citizens would
have to work the road tax out be
cause they didn't have the ?4 with
which to pay; that at the rate pro
vided in the law, the citizens so
working the six days would be labor
ing at the rate of 66 2-8 cents a
day, wor!dng six days fcr four dol
lars.
The county commissioners! refer
red the flatter ta attoraoy-general
of the state, taking tike posifc.oa that
county commissioners (To 71 ot have
iDthority to change or' 'repeal or
tmend state laws.,
The United States government
will start taking; the census of the
county ion April 2. The United
States government census figure#
will determine the winner of the new
Chevrolet coach, which is dowa
there at the Whitmire Motor com
pany's place right now, and will b?
ready for the man or woman, boy ok
girl, whose estimate comts nearest;
that figure found to be the county's
population by the census ulren.
That car will be waiting for its new
owner, all complete, with extra tire,
bumpers,- and alj, filled with gas and
oii, ready to roil you home.
If you get your estimate into the
office of The Brevard News on or
before the Tenth day of March, and
that number Wins the car, you gut
two eztra" tires, Firestone make,
Bold by Carl McCrary. So it will pay
you to act NOW ? at, once.
Only our subscribers whose sub
scription is paid up for the full yeaz
of 1930 ? this year ? can entc;.- ' aa
estimate, you know. If yon* suit
acriptioc is past due, then pay up for
this whole year and you axe qualified'
?that's all. You most certainly get
jrour money's worth in The Brevard
News, and this prize ie being offer
ed only to those who are on nnr list
ind paid up for the year. If you
irs not a subscriber, then al! yon
have to do is tc subscribe for one
rear, pay in advance, and er.ter your
istimate.
Be certain to send in your ea
.iraate in the name of the person.
?ho is receiving the paper, or who '
? subscribing to the paper. That is,
f John Jones m getting the paper,
md SaJiia Jor.es is his daughter,
lo not submit the estimate in the
lame of Saily Jont's, but submit it
n the nume of John Jonee, the one
vbuse name is on the subscription
tftt
Do not eend bet one estimate for
me subscription- Some of out sub
icribers are sending in an estimate
'or each member c.f the family ? the
nan w'60 takes the paper, his wife
md each of his children. That is
lot right Just one estimate for
;ach subscriber. All the family caa
lelp figure out the estimate of the
:ounty population, if all members of
;he family desire to help in it, but
>nly one estimate to each subscriber
s allowed.
Sit down right now. Begin fig
iring like this: In 1920, when the
government took the last census,
.here were 9503 people in Transyl
vania county. Let's see. How much
(Continued on page four)
rHE ASSOCIATED
CHARITIES' PLAN
ro Meet Twice Weekly to Hear
Requests for Aid ? Tues
days and Thursdays
Directors of the Associated Cliari
:ies will meet each Tuesday and
Thursday, from 11 o'clock in the
morning until 1 o'clock in the after
noon. in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms for the purpose of receiving;
those who desire to see these offici
als. The work of the Associated Char
ities has become so burdensome that
the directors were forced to adopt
this plan, in order that these men
might have time to attend to their
own Business.
All people desiring aid from The
Associated Charities, or having any
kind of business to transact with
this group, will have to see them
nt this time on Tuesdays and Thurs
days, as the members of the board
have stated positively that they can
not give time and r.tteution to the
work all through the week, as has
been done in the past.
It is requested that no more visits
be paid to the homes or officos of
the board of directors of The Asso
ciated Charities, unless some extreme
case where immediate attentidn is
demanded. All business will be trans
acted at the offices of the Chamber
of Commerce, oa the above . named
days and hours, ?Tuesday ar.d fliprs
day, fiom 11 o'clock in the morning
until 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
HALT! TAKE NOTICE I
Toe Business and Professional
Women'* Clnb of Brevard will
edit next week's issue of Tfe
Brevard l>iews. Watcfc for it,
for there are many fine articles
?.nJ eJl'.critLi cfvrntnt te the
readers uf tbis pa pgr. Tlie amtn
fctrs of the club wiQ appreciate
your aiBiitiBM in this undertab
in(. Aajf aewj item*, social #??
tiritiei , or suggestions ?> gMu
ibem wiH be appreciated pot
only by those tpinndid <r?p?i,
but by Tke Ewird Nmn a Ue.
Our county ewrMpoadtnh are
urged! to send la ianir bttdt ?
uiubJ, *r.d We!p make tku iuw
on- of the Most interesting erer
published. ? Editor.