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THE BREVARD VOLUME XXXV. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 19, 1930 Number 12 , ARTHUR LEDFORD ' HELD OFFICERS AT State Men Look Into Business End of Sawed-Off Shot gun and Keep Still AUTO INSPECTORS TELL OF THEIR EXPERIENCE Say Ledford Declares He Has No Tag, Will No Tag, Nor Be Entered ? " With a sawed-off shotgun, Arthur Ledford, resident of the Etowah section., is said to have held J. C. Champion and W. C. Mart'n at bay for about one hour Monday on High way 28. Messrs. Champion and Martin are automobile inspectors, in t/ie State Department of Revenue at Jtaleigh, and were in this section checking up on cars being driven without license. According to the account as given by the officers, Mr. Champion passed the car in whfch Ledford was riding, and seeing no tag otf the latter's car, stopped to see about tho matter. Ledford also stopped, it is said, and was on the ground when Mr. Champion turned to go back to the Ledford car. As he turned, Mr. Champion said, he lookbd straight into the dangerous end of the sawed-off shotgun, which Ledford had pointed directly at that particular spot in Champion's breast 'Where his heart was wont to beat with regularity, but which immedi ately began beating with pronounced irregularity. The otficer told Ledford that he wjjs an automobile inspector for the -tate, and only wanted to see h:m | about the car on which there was no tag. whereupon, Mr. Champion says, Ledford informed him that he had no tag. did not propose to buy any tag; furthermore, Ledford is said to have asserted, that he intended to drive his car anywhere he wanted to drive it, at any time, and did not in-, tend to ever btoy a tag for it; still and yet furthermore, Ledford is quoted as having said, he did not in tend to be bothered with any offi cers. and was ready to kill any offi cer that tried to interfere with him. At this time, it is said, Mr. Martin, who was following Mr. Champion, arrived on the scene, saw his fellow officej standing at the receiving end ?>f the artillery, stopped as quickly as he could aligfihted from his car, and started toward Ledford. Then, it is said, Ledford turned the sa.ved off shotgun until it pointed directly at Mr. Martin, who stopped, it is said quite readily and stood quite still. Then, it is said, Ledford kept the gun or. first one officer and then on the other until he had the two standing close together, just across the road from him. Mr. Martin thought, he says, that he had a chance once to get his gun from the holster while Mr. Champion was| talking to Ledford, and succeeded \ in drawing his revolver almost clear of the holster. Ledford caught the movement, began pulling back on the hammer of his shotgun now pointed straight at Martin, and j told him to drop it. He did. It is said Mr. Martin's gun slipped quiet ly and quickly back 'into place in his holster, clear to the bottom of it. j While the officers were talking with Ledford, they say, trying to reason with him, they made other efforts to gain a little advantage, but the slightest movement on the part of either of them was all suf ficient to bring Ledford into action, pulling the hammer of his gun back, pointing the barrel straight at them, too, and they say that this always caused the barrel of the gun to ex pand, and grow larger, large as a man's leg, sometimes even larger (Continued on page seven) WWNC FARM HOUR I S APPRECIATED Farmers Asked To Give Pref erence for Day Program Should Be Qiven J) Many farmers in Transylvania county have expressed appreciation of the farm program being broadcast each week over \V W N C, by Dale Thrash, county farm agent in Bun combe county. Some suggestion has been made that the time of this broadcasting should be changed. At present Mr. Thrash is on the air ev ery Saturday night. On account of the fact that many farmers are in town on that night causes several who would be interested in the program to miss Mr. Thrash's talk. It is believed that the date could be changed should there be an appre ciable number of farmers make such sugge^i^n. The Brevard News would ? like for the farmers and other peo rple int . steil ir. this farm broadcast ing to make known their preference v of the iri tht. G. 0. Yongae, one of the best known farmers in t'le coun ty. says he would prefer any other night in c'ne week to that of Satur day night. What do you tSink about ic? Please give your opii m as to the best night for this farm broades r.ing and the information will ? :> transmitted to '.V YV",X C. CHEVROLET COACH SOON TO BE GIVEN TO ITS NEff OWNER Is Your Name Entered on the List of Those Fortunate News Subscribers? | IF NOT, BETTERACT AT ONCE, FOR Y$OU MAY WIN Time Flies. So Doei Opportun ity ? (iet In Now and Make a Try Well, do you want the new Chev rolet Six Coach? Go down to the Whitmire Motor Sales company, on East Main street and look at it, and think just how you would feel driving it home! Some one is going to win this car. and it is not costing any one a single extra cent in money, and but a little time. Just figure out how many people you think there are living in Tran sylvania county, and submit your es timate. This offer is open to every one, everywhere, whose subscription to The Brevard News is padi up for the whole year of 1930 ? this present year. If you are behind, then all you have to do is to pay up your back dues, and enongh to pay for this full year, and then submit your esti mate. If you are not now a subscriber, j then all you have to do is to sub scribe to The Brevard News, pay one year in advance, and submit your es timate of the number of people Jiv- | insr in this county. I The government will begin taking j the census on April 2. There will be ? two census takers in Brevard town- i ship, and one each in the other townships. It will nc.t take these people very long to count the folks in the county. Their figures, as given out by thp government, will decide who wins the automobile. The man or woman who makes the nearest correct estimate of the number of people in the county will be given the car, absolutely free, with extra tire, bumpers, and even filled with gas and oil and ready to ride home. In case of tie, those tying will settle the prize between them aRree able to their own terms. We give but the one prize. I.ast week Pisgah Forest was ahead of ?ny other one posloffice in the number of estimates turned in. This week Risman takes the lead, with Toxaway a close second. Of course, estimates are being turned in from many points and postoffices. From Boston, Mass., to the state of Wash ington, the estimates come, and from Detroit, Mich., to New Or leans. If people that far away are interested in the county, and study ing the population figures, surely all the citizens of the county will be sufficiently interested to turn in their estimates. Brevard stands at the bottom of the list, with number of subscribers taken into consideration. Fewer peo ple, accoding to the number on our list, have submitted estimates in Brevard than from any other post office in the county. This, we be lieve, is because the people viirht here at home think they can gain something by waiting until nearer j f.hn elose. The closing of the event will eonio I with a suddenness some day that will leave Brevard people out of the running. Better come in NOW, and tret the matter off your mind. This MUST close lonjr before the census taking is completed. It will be closed the very minute that a cer tain number of names are placed on the list with subscriptions f>aid up I'd ? the year. Then it will end, with but one announcement, and after that day and date all subscriber.' whose subscriptions are not paid up in advance will most certainly be dropped from the list. So one mig:ht as well come on in and pay up now, while that one can get an opportunity to win a new Chevrolet automobile. We're giving this car away simply to tret our subscription i list on the paid-in-advance plan, a plan which we most certainly shall ! maintain in the future. We hope ev ery one will take advantage of this | opportunity. We'd hate for you to say : "Well, well, that is the very number I would have estimated," when it is all over, and your oppor tunity to win the car gone forever. The safest plan is to do it now. Be in the runninp. You can figure as closely as the next one on the population of the county. The fig ures iriven below show you how the population has increased in the past. Work and win. It won't hurt you to figure on your county, anyway. It is an education to all of us. It was our inenti. n to publish the names and address of all who have ubmitted estimates in this week's paper, but. on account of lack of room this cannot be done. In next week's naper all the names and addresses will be published. Of course the es timates will not bo published, simply th ? names and addressse, just to show the large numl er of people in he various section who are taking y>arl in this worth-while plan. 1 !*jtion, WWNC BROADCASTS BREVARD PROGRAM AT NOON THURSDAi Kiwanis Club To Entertain Manager Sheppard and Assistant Manager Smith at Noon Luncheon ? Radio In Dining Room To Receive the Braodcast from W W NC ? Town Highly Pleased with Program. G. 0. Shejjpard, manager ? 6f W W N C, and Assistant Manager Smith, will be guests of the Brevard Kiwnais club this Thursday at noon, nad while these officials of The Cit izen's Broadcasting company are guests of the Brevard club, a pro gram will be broadcast from the W W N C station in Ash*ville, dedi cated to Brevard and to the Brveard Kiwanis club. All members of the club are planning to attend the gTeat event which wlil be held in hte private dining room of the Walter rrrire Hotel. The progrma is to begin promptly a tl2 o'clock, and all members/ of the club arc expected to be at the hotel before the hour, so all can hear the very ' beginning of the program. R. P. SILVERSTEEN CALLED SUDDENLY I _ _ Victim of Heart Attack ? Brother of J. S. Silversteen ? Prominent Attorney Robert P. Silversteen, brother otj Joseph S. Silversteen of Brevard/* died suddenly Monday morn:ng at his home in Scranton, Penna. Mr. ' J. S. Silversteen was notified of the sudden death of his brother, ant! left immediately, with his daughter, Mrs. [ Albert Kyle, for Scranton. Robert P. Silversteen was only H7 ' years of age, but had already won i fame as an orator and lawyer, being j district attorney in Lackawanna ? county. His pleasing personality ? coupled with a great oratorical abil- : ity made him much sought after as 1 a speaker, and much of his time was | devoted to the platform. He was j married and there vwere two children left with the widoiv in the stricken I home. . Mr. Silversteen had an nounced his intention of spending ; the summer in Brevard with his j brother at the clatter's home here j Silvermont. He was a graduate of : Cornell, and took post graduate work I at Columbia University. The deceased was a director of the four Transylvania county industrial 1 plants, the Transylvania Tanning , company, the Toxaway Tanning com- 1 pany, the Rosman Tanning Extract j company and the Gloucester Lum- , ber company, all of which plants j cosed Wednesday afternoon as a I mark of respect for the beloved man. Brevard friends of Jos. S. Sil versteen, knowing of the unusual strong ties that bound him to his younger brother, sympathized deeply with him in the anguish that came to him in the sudden death of his brother. P.-T. ASSOCIATION j IN REGULAR MEET Opening the meeting of the Par- | ent-Teacher association held Mon- : day afternoon was an enjoyable i program presented by children of Mrs. John McLean's kindergarten class, after which devotionals were led by Rev. J. H. West, pastor of the Methodist church. " Miss Martha Boswell was speaker | of the afternoon, telling interesting ' arid instructive facts regarding pro posed legislative measures, with par ticular reference to educational laws at the next session of ihe leg islature. Rome of the measures : stressed by Miss Boswell were the ? 8-months school term for the entire I state, compulsory school attendance' laws and child labor laws. The president, Mrs. H. L. Wilson, appointed a nominating committee for the election of officers, as fol lows: Mrs. J. E. Loftis, Mrs. F. P. ; Sledge and Mrs. Duckworth. At the April meeting, which will be I the last meeting of the school year, election of officers will take place 'and other matters of business trans acted, followed by a social feature. BLHMTSM I REGISTER'S RACE Clyde Blythe, well known young man of the Penrose section, makes announcement this week of his can didacy for nomination on t! > demo cratic ticket for the office of regis ter of deeds. Mr. Blythe was a can didate for this nomination four years ago, making a fine showing in a three-cornered race in which Prof. J. E. Ruftv was successful. He is an adopted son of the late Dr. A. E. Lyduy, and has many friends throughout the county who express themselves as being confident that Mr. Blythe will if nominated rnd 1- ."ted, fill the office, nceeptably, leclaring him to be especially fitted or the work. Brevard and Transylvania county! people who have radois are urged to! tune in on V/WNO at 12 o'clock,! ,and htfp.r the prog-ram that is dedi <pted to this town. Messrs Sheppard ar.d Smith will address the club members at 12:30, and they have some interesting in ; formation to give to the men of Brevard. Brevard recognizes the ? honor that is being bestowed upon it In having these officials here, and having a program broadcast dedi cated to this town and to the Bre vard Kiwanis club. WWNC is ren dering a distinct service to all of Western North Carolina, carrying .hourly messages of this wonderful j I section to people everywhere, and is j 'rapidly becoming the greatest asset' in all this section. J. B. Matthews, at the Insti tute, Speaks on "The Adventurous Life" J. 15. Matthews, general secretary "for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, traveler and educator, spoke to the students of Brevard Institute and to a, few of their friends Saturda, morning. Mr. Matthews' subject was, "The Adventurous Life." It is true, he said, that many young people today depend on thrills to make life inter esting, and having tasted all the thrills, feel that life is boresome and monotonous. These people should try the never ending thrill of con tacts in hurfian relationships. If one becomes a world citizen, he will not find life dull. If one becomes a world citizen he will find himself more sensitive to things everywhere. The time should come when instead of replying to the usual "How. are you?" with "I am well, thank you," one will answer. "I am starving to death on the Yangste, I am feeling the thrill of a new experiment in government in Moscow, I am op pressed by a facistic strut on the Tiber, or I am walking the streets of Chicago and Detroit hunting a job." To feel this way about the world will open up never ending av enues of adventure, and life will never become repetitions. Mr. Matthews illustrated his talk with personal experiences in Russia. Turkey and in the United States. He emphasized the fact that we do not need to go far abroad to seek op pression. Certain groups of textile workers in North Carolina are suf fering terribly for lack of food ami have received injustice at the hands of both their employers and the courts. Mr. Matthews was ably fitted to talk about world citizenship. He has worked and taught school in Java, China and India. He has traveled widely in Palestine and Europe, studying particularly the political troubles of England, Russia and the Germanic countries. He has been a leader in the youth movement both ill this country and Europe and has di rected all his efforts toward bringing about peaceful relations between na tions, different races and different industrial groups. DRAMATIC CLUB MAKES GREAT HIT As an additional feature of the regulaV program at Clemson lheatre, the Brevard Dramatic club presented a varied program on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, which proved highly enjoyable. Following was the program pre sented: "Waltz Clog," by the Sun shine Chorus; "He's So Unusual, by Miss Sue Garren; "Moonlight Bal let," by Miss Emily Schenck; song and dance bv Mrs. Rush Whitmire and Mrs. Frank Carr; Jazz toe dance by Miss Millicent Livingston; "If 1 Had a Talking Picture of You," by Sarah Jane Whitmire and Sonny Carr; "Old Fashioned Yesterdays, bv Miss Sue Garren f6llowed by ! "Minuet in G" by the Misses Sue | Garren nad Emily Schenck; Aero ? ba'ic solo by Miss Martine Pearce ; | "Keep Your Sunny Side Up." by ? Miss Emmy Lou Wilkins; "The Onu That I Love Loves Me." by Miss Sue Garren; "The Breakaway. ' by the Sunshine Chor-1--. SHERIFF T. E. PATTON ILL FOR SEVERAL DAYS T. E. Patton, Jr.. sheriff-tax col lector of Transylvania county, ha been ill for the past several days. Last week he was in Asfcevi'le for treatment, -efurning *<?> . Brevard Mends:* Oil Wednesday :!iorninp j the sheriff returned to Asheville for further treatment. i \ GREAT CROWDS TO GATHER NEXT WEEK FOR ROAD MEETING Stikeleather T-o Be Principal Speaker at Big Dinner Meeting Here CHAMBER QFCOMMERCE PLANNING CAMBAIGN Woman's Bureau To Serve Din ner tor Meeting In. the j Masonic Hall Arrar:gemnots are being made for a great meeting of ths business men of Brevard in 4 farmers from the county, to be held one night next week, at which time James G. Stikeleather. highway commissioner, wil! be the principal speaker. Th-e meeting is to be held in the Ma sonic Hall, and the Woman's B (arena of the Chamber of Commerce will serve the dinner to the members o:,'. the Chamber of Commerce and a!) business men, professional men and farmers who care to attend. Mr. Stikeleather will talk on a question that is of vital importance to the people of the community ? the high way: and their improvement. Wires have been .-wit to J. Fau Lueas, vice president of th<? Sou thei n Public Utilities company, ant it is believed he too will be present This meeting was planned at meeting of the directors of th Chamber of Commerce held Tuesdaj evening in the private dining roor. of the Waltermire Hotel. The di rectors had gathered at the Chmabei of Commerce rooms for the rcgulai weekly meeting, then invited to take the sessions to the Waltermire, where surprise awaited the direc tors ;:i the form of refreshments served by President T. W. Whitmire, '? head of the Chamber of Commerce, j Miss Mattie E. Lewis, secretary of j the organization, made splendid re- 1 ports of the numbers of inquiries be- j ing received now for houses, board- | ing places for the summer, indicat- ! ing that Brevard will have an unus- j ually fine summer. Other reports ' made at the meeting, some concern ing the industrial end of the work, combined to make the meeting Tues day evening one of the most interest ing ever held by the board of direc tors of the Urevard Chamber of Commerce. With the proper work and activity, it is an assured thing that Brevard can have the greatest . season this year in its history. Tickets will be on sale soon tr> those who desire to attend the din ner-meeting next week. It is be lieved there will be at least one hundred men at the meeting. Much depends upon this meeting, and all who have the interest of" the com munity at heart will make every ef fort to be present, and take a pro gressive citizen's part in carrying on the work without which the com munity cannot make its proper prog ress. Nothing is -of greater import ance to this section than the mattei of highways, and all citizens will be interested in hearing Mr. Stike leather. , The following men have charge of | (Continued on page seven) LEGION TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING Monroe Wilson Post, Xo. 88, of the America nLegion, will meet Fri day evening at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, to hear an address by Division Vice Commander C. A. Pennington, of Oteen. All World War Veterans, whehter members of the Legion or not, are urged to attend this meet ing and hear the distinguished Legiori official. There are many matters of im portance to all ex-service men to be discussed by the vice commander, matters pertaining to the welfare o: the men who were in the servcie, and officers of the local post urge all ex-service men, those belonging to the Legion and those who do not : belong, to be 011 hand promptly at 8 o'clock, as the meeting is to start,) on the dot. After the speaking, the Legion will elect officers for the next year. CORBJN CLASSES ! DRAW BIG CK0WD*j Eve:''i:g class meetings eonductcd by Prof. J. F.'Corbin at Rnsman are reported to be progressing in nne shape, with the attendance and in terest increasing beyond expecta tions. Motion pictures on the grow ing of potatoes were shown at th last meeting, and the meeting th:. week will feature pictures on thc raising of hogs. The meeting next week, March 2"> will begin at 7 :30 o'clock, and will featu.e celery growing. It is re quested that every farmer in th county interested in this matter be pi ser.t at this meeting, and it I: rjred especially that the men who uuilc 13; trip to Florida in the in 1 r.f r< !o>v nil'ure bo presenH : of their., experiences. I J * ANNUAL JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET DECIDED SUCCESS I' iffy-Three Juniors Entertain 37 Seniors- ? Bfue Moon Scene of Festivities CLASS COLORSM INGLE IN B!G BANQUET HALL Paul Schachncr aa Toatbnatter Kept Things Humming ? Faculty Present Genially pronounced one .?f the most delightful junior-senior ban quets ever held, was tnat of last Friday nigh', when tie junior clans of the Brevard High School enter tained the senior class with i ban quet at the Blue Moon. More j.'njui one hundred juniors, seniors ind fac ulty members corupiisel 'the num ber of those enjoying this annual High1 School occasion. The lf.rge banquet room was ef fectively decorated in the class col ors, pink and green of the senior ciaiss, and lavender and gree'u of the junior class, till combining to re flect a charmir.fr scene. Sherwood Forest was cltvei'ly imitated in the mom and wall decorations vt i^roon branches arid vines, causing one to feel on entering the. room that he was actually in u beautiful natural ? green forest. The forest note and predominating colors were further emphasized in the ha.j;<! painted place card? on which appeared toe Jester of Sherwood Forest, each Btj card bearing the words, "Kat. Drink and Be Merry," The fa\ors ui mint . cupn containing pink and jireeo mints were in the shape of Eabinhood caps, tond lending further to the ef fective scone were the tal! pink tapers in green candle holder-, the miniature pine trees adorning the. pink ice cream and the confetti ba;;s of pink and lavender. The ten young ladies serving at the long tables were attractively dressed in Robin hood costumes. The following interesting program was rendered : Toastmaster, Robin Hood, Paul Schachner; Welcome to Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood; song; "To King Richard and his Knights,'* by Jean English; "To Ye Lords ami Ladies, u by Mollie Snelson; song: "To Maid Marion" (High Ideals), by Glenn Miller; school song: res ponses to toasts by Julius Hinton, senior class president, and .Mark Taylor Orr. The highly enjoyable menu was as follows: Fruit cocktail, creamed chicken, rice, cranberries, green peas, celery, rolls, fruit salad, ice cream, cake, iced tea, mints. The 37 seniors present included: Jack Ashworth, George Bryson, Jul ius Hinton, Samuel Henderson. Har old Kilpalrick, Alexander Lance, Albert Lyday, Wilson Lyday, Jos- ' eph Alfred Miller, Charles Morgan, Thomas McCall, Mark Taylor On. Robert Reid, Garland Sledge, Hay Shipman, Joe Tinsley, Holland Tal ley, Agnes Anne Bowen, Edith Marie Burnette, Frances Dalton. June Grogan, Bessie Lily Gravely, Tina Hedrick. Mary Elizabeth Hamilton. Ada Hedrick, B. J. Hampton, Mary Jenkins , Elizabeth Mills. Edith Mull, Mary Nicholson, Pauline Pow ell, Leslie Reid, Laura Verner. Mar tha Vaughn, Almeta Waters. Gladys Wood. The junior class comprises 53 members, as follows: Paul Schach ner, Dixie Jones, Ruth Perry. Sue Hunt, Margaret Bryson, Bess Reid. Mildred Hamilton. Flora Reid. Agnes Jones, Jean English, Sara l.?uis< (Continued on page seven) OLD FIDDLERS TO FIDDLE FURIOUSLY Contest To Be Staged at High School Building Friday Evennig, March 28 ????? Coach Tilson is planning an OH Fiddlers Convention,' only the pro- ? pram includes numbers by string bands, Danjo solos, and all kinds oi string: music. The affair is t ? > be held at the Brevard High School on Friday evening, March 2 8, and a small admission is to be charged. Prizes are to be awarded to the best number, the second best and the third b> -i. whether it be the fiddle, banjo or string band. All musicians of the c y desiring to enter the cc ? te ? urged to communicate v. 'h lV:.r Tilson at the Brevard Ki'rit fc'cfrool, at once. Judges for the event are to be se lected as follows: one from the up per end of the county, one fron. Bre vard and one from the lower end of the county. The proceeds are to go toward wiping out the indebtedness of the Athletic association. The boys. -in purchasing their basketball, baseball and football outfits, and in the ex penses of the games played, find tbemselve.. >n debt, and this fovm of entertainment is beimr giveR:ifor the purpose <if clearing these debt*. !t i? believed that a large crowd will witness the musical contest, as thi county has some of the finest instrument performers U> be | : .. liic c 'ur.iry.