ARTHUR LEDFORD
HELD OFFICERS AT
BAY WITH SHOTGOT
(Continued from page one)
than a large man's large leg.
Ledford Is said to have sent his
youngftr brother to the Ledford hom<
nearby, with instructions to brinj
the automobile papers and convinc<
the officers lhat he was driving hi;
own car. Upon return of the boy
with the papers, the officers hopec
U' get an instant's advantage as Led
ford handled the paper, grab him ofl
fruard and disarm him. In this
f.edford foiled the officers, by hav
ing the boy place the papers direct
ly in the hands of tha officers, not
touching: them himself. It was be
cause of this that the officers learn
ed the man's name.
Ledford Is said to have asserted
that he purchased the shotgun and
sawed the barrel off, for the sole
purpose of killing a man by the
name of Brock, rural policeman in
Henderson county who had arrested
Ledford some time ago on a charge
of speeding. After this recital, Led
ford is said to have asserted that he
would kill any other officer who, tried
to arrest him.
Mr. Champion states that he told
I.edford he did not want to arrest
him. hut simply wanted to help in
irettinc his license straightened out.
Mr. Champion asked Ledford to meet
him in Brevard next day, and in
talking in this manner, the officers
managed to gat away from Ledford,
who kept his gwr. on them until they
crot into their cars and drove aw*y.
Turning a bend in the highway,
the officers stopped, turned their
cars and started back toward Hen
dersonville to get the sheriff and
bring him with them to arrest Led
ford. They met L^d/ord driving to
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SMITH'S BARBER SHOP
We Pay Cash for
Chickens, Eggs,
Potatoes and Corn
Heavy Heng 22c
Light Hens 18c
Light Fryers 28c
Heavy Fryers 22c
Stags 15c
Roosters 10c
Clean Fresh Eggs:
Cash 18c i
Trade 20c
Corn per bushel:
Cash 90c
Trade $1.00
Potatoes, per bushel $1.50
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ubject to change *ajr tisaf
ward Brevard, and when he saw th
officers again he leveled his gun a
Champion and it pointed at him unt
the officers passed and went on thei
way toward Hendersonville.
When Hendersonville ^officers wen
I to the Ledford home, the youn
man, who is about 25 years of ag?
? was gone. His arrest is expected a
?any time.
Mr. Champion has been an office
I for the past thirty years, havini
. served as an officer in Vane
, county for a long time. For mon
, than three years he has been on hi
, present work for the state, spendini
| most of his time in Western Nortl
Carolina. This is the first experi
I ence of the kind he has ever had, hi
says. "Western North Carolini
f people are the best people to deal
| with I evsr saw," Mr. Champioi
. said, "And 1 do not want this isolat
. ; ed case to ba interpreted as being
' 1 the spirit of Western North Caro
. ; lina. It is not so. They are good
.'people here, kind and fair and hon
j est." Mr. Champion has manj
. | friends in Transylvania county whe
I assert that his common sense is s
1 greater attribute lhan even the
f | courage which he is known to pos
sess.
j Mr. Martin is a native of Swain
I county, having served as sheriff and
deputy sheriff of Swain for many
years. This experience came to him
on his first day with the state, he
; having begun work Monday morn
'ing with Mr. Champion. "A fine in
itiation into state work, I call it,"
said Mr. Martin, as he winked at
I Mr. CRampion. Continuing, Mr.
Martin stated that in all his exper
ience as sheriff in Swain county, he
had never seen such defiance of law
i before.
Brevard citizens congratulated the
officers for their coolness and calm
ness, which alone averted a tragedy.
N. H. CHAPMAN BRINGS FISH
FROM WAYNESVILLE POOL
N. H. Chapman, active citizen of
iRosman, was in Waynesville Wed
nesday to bring some 5000 trout to
place in his pools. Later, when
these have grown to a sufficient
size, they will be placed in the
mountain streams about Rosman.
Many citizens arc assisting in stock
ing the streams of the county, and
it is predicted that Transylvania
county will son be recognized as the
best trout fishing section in all the
South.
HUNDRED YEAR OLD LADY
SENDS PHOTO TO BREVARD
Mrs. M. W. Wadsworth, of Greens
boro, Als., who recently celebrated
her one hundredth anniversary,
sent a* photograph to Brevadr rela
tives this week taken on her anni
versary. She is an aunt of F. P.
Sledge, and spends the summers
here, where she has hundreds of
friends. The photograph was of
cabinet sizej and is pronounced an
unusually good photograph by those
who know her well.
UNION SERVICES AT THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUNDAY
Regular union services next Sun
day night will be held at the Episco
pal church, at which time the Rev.
J. F. Winton will deliver the sermon.
THE BLIND GIRL'S PRAYER
They tell me, papa, that tonight,
You wed another bride,
That you will clasp her in your arms
Where my dear mother died.
That she will lean a graceful bead
Upon your loving breast,
Where she who now lies close in
death
In her last hours did rest.
They say her name is Mary, too,
The name my mother bore.
Papa, is she kind and true
Like the one you loved before?
Is her step so soft and light,
Her voice so sweet and mild;
Papa, will she love me, too,
Your blind and helpless child?
Papa, do not bid me come,
To meet your new-made bride,
I could not meet her in the room
Where my dear mother died.
Her picture's hanging on the wall,
Her Bible'/ lying near,
And there's the harp her fingers
touched,
And there's her vacant chair ?
The chair whereby I used to kneel,
To say my evening prayer,
Oh, papa, it would break my heart,
I could not giv< t her there.
And as I cry mysJf to sleep
As now I often do ,
Softly to my bedroom creep,
My new-made mama and you.
Then bid her gently press a kiss
Upon my throbbing brow,
Just as my own dear mother did.
Dear papa, you're weeping now.
I know I love you papa, dear,
And how I long to go,
Where God is bright and I am sure
There'll be no blind ones there.
Come, let me kneel down by youi
side
And to our dear Saviour pray
That God's right hand may lead yov
both >?
Up life's long, weariful way.
The prayer was offered ?
"I'm growing weary, now," shi
said
"Papa, take me in your arms
And lay me on the bed."
And as he turned to leave the room
One joyful cry was given.
He turned and caught the last swee
smille,
His blind child was in Heaven.
They buried her by her mother1
side,
And raised a marble fair,
Honored and scribed those Bimpl
words :
I "There'll be 110 blind ones there.
CHEVROLET COACH
SOON TO BE GIVEN
TO ITS NEW OWNEf
ri (Continued from page one)
^ ! or phone us, or wire us. Several
p I letters have not as yet been ans
wered because Miss Geradline Bar
rett, attending to this part of th<
work, has been ill for the past week
ijbut is greatly improved, and will b<
. tin the office Friday and all the tim<
5 j thereafter. All letters so far re
j ceiled will be answered before thi
end of this week.
Come on in ? the water is fine.
Study these figures below, ther
make up your mind as to how manj
people you think there are in the
county now, and submit your esti
mate. It is the fariest and squar
est thing in the world. The Gov
ernment figures will determine the
winner. Mny one. can submit esti
mates, because no one in the world
can influence the result.
In 1890 the population of the
county was 4,000.
In 1900 the population of the
county was 6,020.
In_ 1310 the population of the
county was 7,800.
In 1920 the population of the
county was 9,503.
Now, the question for you to de
cide is what is the population now, in
this year of 1930?
As further material for you to
work upon) the vote in the elections
since 1920 are herewith given:
In 1920 the vote in the county
was 3,206.
In 1922 the vote in the county
was 3,645.
In 1924 the vote in the county
,was 3,622.
In 1926 the vote in the county
'was 3,822.
In 1928 the vote in the county
was 3,988.
Remember ? some one will ride
that new Chevrolet Coach home.
Will it be you It cannot be you
unless your estimate is in. Send it
NOW.
TO THE MOTHER OP
LITTLE ALViN HUGGINS
Who passed away a few weeks ago.
(By his aunt, Mrs. Eli Huggins)
Those little half worn shoes ?
God bless the little feet that
Now will never go astray.
For the little shoes are empty,
In my closet laid away.
Sometimes I take one in my hand,
Forgetting "till I see
It is a little half worn shoe,
Not large enough for me.
And all at once I feel a sense
Of bitter loss and pain,
As sharp as three weeks ago
It cut my heart in twaia.
Oh, little feet that wearied not,
I wait for them no more,
For I am drifting on the tide,
But they have reached the shore;
And while the blinding tear drops
Wet these little shoes so near,
I love to think my darling's feet
Are treading streets so dear.
And when I lay them down again
I always turn to say,
God bless the little feet
That now so surely cannot stray.
And while I thus am standing
I almost seem to see
The little form beside me,
?Just as it used to be,
Dear little face uplifted, with sweet
and tender eyes.
Ah, me! I might have not known
That look was born of Paradise.
I reached my arms out fondly
But they clasped the empty air,
And tears fell on the little shoes
my darling used to wear.
Oh, the bitterness of parting cannot
be done away.
I'll meet my darling walking where
his feet can never stray.
When I no more am drifting
Upon the surging tide,
But with him safely landed there by
the river's side,
Be patient, heart, while waiting to
see the shining way,
For the little feet in the golden
street can never go astray.
NOTICE
In the DUtrict Court IN EQUITY
of the United States NO. 743
tor the Western District
of North Carolina.
ARTHUR J. FLEMING.
Complainant
vs NOTICE OF SALE
SAPPHIRE COTTON MILLS, et al,
Respondent.
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale made in the above entitled
caus<- by His Honor, E. Y. Webb, U.
S. District Court Judge, on the 13th
day of February 1930, I will offei
at public sale to the highest bidder
FOR CASH, at the Court Housi
door in the town &f Brevard, County
of Transylvania and State of North
Carolina, on Saturday, March 22nd
1930, at the hour of twfelve o'cloci
JH. or as soon thereafter as practic
able, the following property ojf tht
Sapphire Cotton Mills, a corporation
to wit:
PARCEL NUMBER 1.
The entire manufacturing plant oJ
the Sapphire Cotton Mills consisting
of lands, buildings and machinery lo
cated in the said town of Brevard
said County and State, and known ai
' the "Sapphire Cotton Mill Tract,'
containing twenty-three and one
half acres of land, situate on botl
sides of Whitmire Street in soi<
, Town, including the brick mill build
ing with warehouses, boiler rooms
engine rooms and other outbuilding
connected therewith, also offlc
building, also thirty-one (31) tenan
, houses.
No bid will be accepted until th<
t bidder shall have previously depos
ited with the undersigned Receiver
certified check on some bank in goo<
standing for the sum of Ten Thou;
? and $(10,000.00) Dollars. The certi
fied check deposited by the successfti
bidder shall be credited upon the put
6 chase price and the remainder of sai
purchase price shall be paid withi
thirty days from said sale. If sai
GREAT CROWDS TO
GATHER NEXT WEEK
FOR ROAD MEETING
(Continued from page one)
arranging the dinner-meeting:
Jerry Jerome, J. W. Smith, Mack
Allison, J. S. Bromfield, T. G. Miller
and Fred Johnson.
President Whitmire appointed the
following committees to serve ? or
the year:
Industrial Committee
J. S. Silversteen, chairman; J. M.
Gaines, T. H. Shipman, J. S. Brom
, I field, H. A. Plummer, J. F. Barrett,
' W. E. Breese, H. E. Erwin, W. W.
Croushorn, R. W. Everett and E. P.
McCoy.
Agricultural Committee
J. A. Glazener, chairman; W. W.
Brittain, C. C. Tongue, B. R, Fisher.
J. W. Smith, J. F. Barrett, T. G.
Miller, F. Brpwn Carr, T. C. Hen
derson, Frank Jenkins, S. R. Joines,
Judson McCrary, D. G. Ward, Rol
and Whitmire, Dr. J. H. McLean, C.
C. Kilpatrick, D. F. Moore, C. 0.
Robinson, B. P. Scruggs, Sid Bar
nett, C. R .McNeely, C. F. Misen
heimer, J. A. Simpson, S. S. Gurley,
F. J. Patton, U. G. Reeves S. P.
Verner.
Tourist Committee
T. H. Shipman, chairman; W. E.
Breese, F. D. Clement, S. M. Mac
fie, 0. L. Erwin, R. L. Nicholnon,
Hinton McLeod, W. C. Austin, J. I.
Crawford. C. M. Douglas, Walter
Hart, Fred Miller, H. C. F.anson, B.
W. Trantham, Geo. Nicholson, Dan
Merrill, R. F. Tht.rp, Luther Pushell,
Pat Kim Key, J. F. Waters, Jason
Huggins, G. M. Loftis, Dr. G. B.
Lynch, Gus Roman, Dr. J. F. Zach
ary, D. McDougald, T. E. Patton.
Finance Committee
J. M. Allison, chairman! T. G.
Miller, A. H. Houston, Fred John
son, Jerry Jerome, J. M. Gaines, 0.
H. Orr, R. R. Fisher, N. Morris,
Dick Zachary, H. H. Patton, K. R.
Sellers, Paul P. Smathers. H. L. Wil
son, P.. W. Whitmire, Carl McCrary,
L. P. Hamlin, B. H. Freeman, G. C.
Kilpatrick, R. H. Ramr.ey, J. H.
Piokelsimer.
Publicity Committee
James F. Barrett, chairman; J. S. !
Silversteen, T. H. Shipman, J. M.
Allison.
i
i i
successful bidder should fail to com
ply within said thirty days, then the
property shall be resold, atUr adver
tising, at the risk of said success
ful bidder and the amouct of taid
check shall be retained by uid Re
ceiver as liquidated damages.
PARCEL NUMBER 2.
Certain other tracts of land lying
and being in Transylvania County
and State of North Carolina, con
taining approximately twenty-eight
hundred and sixty-three (2883) acres
more or less, and known as tke
"Power Site Lands," will likewise be
?old at the place and time above in
dicated at Public Auction to the
highest bidder FOR CASH, and said
highest bidder shall be required to
pay to the Receiver immediately, a
sum not less than One Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars, and the remain
der within ten days thereafter, and
if said successful bidder should fail
to comply and complete said pur
chase, then the lands to be resold at
the risk of the said bidder and the
said $1000.00 to be retained by the
Receiver as liquidated damages.
Stock in process and accounts re
ceivable are not included in the
above sale.
Full description of the equipment
of the Mill, number of rooms in ten
ant houses and any other informa
tion will be furnished upon applica
tion to the undersigned Receiver.
The upset price of Parcel No. 1 is
Seventy-Five Thousand ($75,000.00)
Dollars. The right to reject any and
all bids is retained by the Receiver,
and all bids also subject to Confirma
tion by the Court
This February 19th, 1980.
H. E. ERWIN, Receiver.
4tc Web 19J28Mar5|12
ANNUAL JUNIOR- '
SENIOR BANQUET
DECIDED SUCCESS
v (Continued from page one)
Andrews, Lavada Orr, Hinton Mc
I.eod, Marie Case, Clifford Monteith,
Agnes Raxter, Roy McCall, Molly
Snelson, Edith Sellers, Rachel Wil
liams. Ruby Bagwell, John Lyday,
Marjorie Young, Dorothy Southern,
Helen Galloway, Thelma Mjoft'itfc,
Jack Miller. Van Owen, Anna Hen
derson, Bill Bridges, Clarence
Bowen, Ruth Cunningham, Kusseli
Eatsor,, Carol Darin, Rebecca Sum
rney. Glen Miller, Frances Kin>;:.
Ruth Bryson, Grady Shipman, Al
fred Hampton, Mit:hell Xing, O'ga
Darmid, Bi!i Erwin, Henvy Erwin,
Ashe Mscfie, Baxter Black, Hubert
|3atson, Craig Misenheimer, Albert
Payne, Ruei Hunt, Arthur McCnty,
Eliza Nicholson.
Amonf? the faculty members pres
ent at the banquet were: Superin
tendent J. B. Joneii, Hinton McLeocJ,
Miss Biggers, Miss Puett. Miss Copp, |
Mrs. Brittain, Edwin Wike, Coach |
Tilson, Miss Keels, Miss Gladys Enjf- 1
lish, Miss Elizabeth Ramseur, Mrs- j
Patton Ki/nzey, Miss Strickland.
GLAZEflERS TAKE THE LOWE
HOME FOR NEW RESIDENCE
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Glazener, r.ew j
citizens of Brevard, have taken the j
C. E. Lowe home for the season, Jind j
moved into the house tMj week. The i
Lowe home is one of tiie prettiest i
residences of the town, and was oc- 1
cupied by the Lowe family antU'j
their removal to Concord several ;
months ago.
THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAVEL
is by train. The safest. Most con
futable. Most reliable. Casts less.
Inquire of Ticket Agent* retarding
greatly reduced fares for abort trips.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY 8YSTEM
NOTICE
AM Guardians, Ex
etutott and Admin- |
istraton now due
? ' 1 - .
t a make reports,
wilt do so at once,
*
under penalty of
the law.
ROLAND OWEN
Clerk of the Superior
Court of TruMyhratniu
County.
SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES
TO
CHARLESTON, S. C.?
Account of Opening
MAGNOLIA and MIDDLETON
PLACE GARDENS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY will sell round-trip tickets,
good on all trains except Crescent Limited, on March
28th and 29th, April 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th.
Round-trip fare rom Brevard will be $8.00. Equally
low rates from other Btations in Western North Caro
lina, final limit to reach original starting point before
midnight of Wednesday immediately followng date of
sale.
Excursion Tickets also on sale March 19, 20, 21, 22,
.25, 26, 27, 31, April 1. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18 and 19 at
one fare and a half round trip. Final limit 7 days from
date of sale.
Sleeping Car accommodations will be provided on train
No. 28 and No. 10, leaving Asheville at 10 :20 A.M. and
4 :0Q P. M., arriving Charleston 8:45 P.M. and 6:35
A.M. Also nice steel coaches.
Call on local Ticket Agents for rates and reservations
or write the undersigned.
J. H. WOOD
Division Passenger Agent
No. 2 Page Avenue Asheville, N. C.
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