BREVARD, NORTH CAR OLINA, APRIL ?, 1830
VOLUME XXXV.
Number IS
COUNTY WANTS TO
, PROVIDE FUNDS TO
STARTROADWORK
.Would L?nd Money to State
So Work Could Start
Immediately
COMMISSIONERS ADOPT
EFFECTIVE RESOLUTION
Would Give Employment to
Idle Men, And Road
Work to Completion
v?r?rt<s are being made to have
on the Brevard-Green
-ille highway and on the Rosman
Pickens highway at. an early date.
The county commissioners last Mon
Sy took official action on a p an
ic"?p?;;d '? 6e
tbIt ISnS "cdufthkt James G.
Stikeleather, highway commiKionei
for the ninth di8trict,met
big meeting of the Brevard Chwpber
of Commerce, and promised at
time that these two roads would be
completed as soon as possible; th
work could not start before July or
Au^rt, or when the funds for .tBe
nextT fiscal year becomes available.^
Tmmediately thereafter the plan
was suggested that the county make
a loan to the highway commission in
sufficient amount to. carry the^ork
on until the commission gets it
money in the new fiscal year Be
cause of certain sections of the law
governing loans of county funds
?eVirr:neetPr caondi?s>
pressed himself as being anxious to
Accord inTe matter'" all dt taen? ;
hoping that th? work will start at 1
^Following is a copy of the resolu- ,
(Continued on page four)
100 FAMILIES ARE
GIVEN HELP HERE |
ities Since ^st November according
tn a report made by the onicers
that or&niztaion. Cash connbu^ons
received show a total of $465.00 a
of which has been used w l relieving
the distressed condition of needy
people, and the treasury is now .;
^During this time the streets and j
vacant lots of the town have been (
cleaned, pfficers of the Associaau
Charities employing Job1**?. ?.enthan I
having this work done rather a (
lo make outright contributions.
Several hundred dollars have bee
spent in addition to . the sum given
tipre as the Associated Charities
found work for many of the needy
ocople for which they were paid di
rect by the employer. The com-j
"unity gives high praise to .the asso
i-i ition fo>- its great work and splen
did manner of handling a ?tuat'?
that looked dark indeed during the
winter months. President Jos. S.
Silversteen and Treasurer R. L. Al
exander, with other members of the
association and interested citizens .
devoted much time to the lelief ol j
f?t that tor. ? no
more money available, people are
urged to retrain from asking assist
ance unless it be cases of dire ne
cessity, or one of great emergency.
FISHING SEASON !
OPENS APRIL 15TH
Next Tuesday will be a red letter
day in Transylvania county.
The fishing seas'on opens on that i
day, and the more than one thousand |
miles of trout streams of the county .
will attract many hundreds of peo- .
ples to every corner of the county. I
This section is rapidly becoming the
best known fishing grounds in all
Western North Carolina, and the
stocking of the streams has added
many millions of the finny tribe to
the waters of the county.
With the government forces stock
ing the streams in the Pisgah Na
tional Forest, and with the .intelli
gent work being done by Jerry
Jerome and John Smith, as the fish
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, and with the numerous citi
zens of the county realizing that
trout fishing can be made one of the
chief attractions of the county in
bringing people to this section, the
sport is just now beginning to take
its place as a real asset to the
county.
Saturday , April 19, Ends All Chance
To Enter for Free Gift of Chevrolet;
$10 In Gold If Winner Enters Now!
i
April 19th is last day to enter
your name for the great prize which
The Brevard News is giving to the
subscriber who makes the nearest
correct estimate of the number of
people living in Transylvania county.
But look what we are offering you
if you will get your estimate in be
fore Saturday Night, April 12.
If the winning estimate is turned
in between Wednesday morning,
April 9, and Saturday night, April
; 12, we will give, in addition to the
Chevrolet Coach, a Ten Dollar Gold
Piece which the winner can apply on
his license tag!
So why wait until the closing day,
or one day next week?
Why not come on in now and
submit your estimate, and if you are
the winner, then get this Ten Dol
lars in Gold in addition to the Chev
rolet Six CoaCh, which is right here
for the winner, with all equipment,
filled with gas and oil and ready to
ride home.
Any letter from out-of-town sub
iBcribers, bearing postmark of not
| later than Saturday, April 12, will
:be accepted as being eligible for the
additional Ten Dollar Gold prize.
Any letter mailed by our out of
town subscribers, or now subscribars,
bearing postmark of not later than
Saturday, April 19, will be eligilbe
for the Chevrolet Coach.
But you would do vfrell t8 get
your estimate in NOW.
Remember, only those whose sub
scription to The Brevard News is
paid up in full for this year ? 1930
? can have their names entered on
the list.
I If you are behind, all you have to
j do is to send in an amount sufficient
i to pay you up through this year, give
us your estimate, and you stand to
win a brand new Chevrolet Six
Coach.
If you are not now a subscriber,
all you have to do is to send us two
dollars for a year's subscription to
The Brevard News, and submit
your estimate, the number of peo-i
pie you calculate to be living in I
Transylvania County, and your
name :s entered on the eligible list
(for -winning this fine new car.
Road all the rules on the double
page announcement in this issue of
I The Brevard News. Everything is
there. But hurry up, and get right,
and have your name on the fortunate
list.
' ' Some one of our subscribers is
going to get this car, and you have
just as gc-od opportunity as spy cne
else in the world has. 7Tien; it costs
you nothing extra, not one penny.
Just your regular payment op the
subscription price of The Brevard
News, your own county paper.
The government has called upon
us to submit our entire list of sub
scribers to the post office depart
ment, as it has called upon all other
newspapers, and those -who are a
year behind wil cause us trouble, bo
we are going to have to cut you off
unless you pay up, and you might- as
well pay up now, while you can get
a chance to ride this car home as
your very own.
TOBACCO EXPERT
VISITING COUNTY
Fifty Farmers Growing Tobac-j
co <let Valueable Advice j
on This Crop
A. H. Veazey, tobacco expert, is I
in the county, working with Julian 1
Glazener and visiting the tobacco ?
growers of Transylvania county. Mr. I
Veazy is giving instructions on the!
proper cultivation of the new crop, 1
which fifty farmers of the county j
are growing this year. Mr. Glazener ?
is taking the lead in this work, !
while the Brevard Banking company j
is furnishing free plants to the fifty
farmers for one acre of tobacco 1
each. The expert was brought here
to give advice on tobacco growing.
A meeting of interested growers ,
is called for 3:00 o'clock Saturday!
afternoon. For convenience the meet- 1
ing to be held in the agricultural j
room. At this meeting, Mr. Veazy j
will have the results of soil tests ,
made in the different sections of the
county ready, and will discuss their
adaption to tobacco growing. The
tobacco expert has machines and
testing outfit with him and will
make authoritative explanations of j
culture methods and fertilizing of
the different soils for the production
of tobacco. No charge whatever will
be made for any of the work done
by the expert while here.
Mr. Veazey was born and reared
on a tobacco farm in Granville
county. He was graduated from
State College in 1922 and did Voca
tional work at Rosewood, N. C. un
til 1929. While teaching agriculture
at the Rosewood High School he was
selected as the Master Teacher of
Agriculture in the Southern Region
embracing 12 Southern states. He
is now with the V-C Chemical com
pany as their specialist in soils, fer
tilizers and crops. He will give ad
vice to the farmers in this county
on selecting their fields for tobacco ,
and making fertilizer recommenda- !
tions. Mr. Glazener considers that
he has been very fortunate in secur- j
ing the services of Mr. Veazy and
urges that all farmers interested in [
tobacco growing endeavor to be at
the High School Saturday afternoon.
call Mention
TO TAX PAYMENTS!
Tax payers will be interested in
an announcement on another page,
setting forth the fact that all 1929
state and county taxes must be paid
by April 30, and that all property
on which taxes have not beenpaid at
that time will be advertised for sale,
beginning the first Wednesday in
May. County officials are urging
the people to pay now, and avoid the
rush of the last days, and to avoid
advertisement of their property.
t.ast year an extension of time
was given the tax payers, but that,
it is pointed out, was by special act
land applied only to the 1928 taxes,
land did not change the old law at all,
nor does it apply to this year's pay
ment, nor is" there any way in which
the county commissioners or the
county tax collector can extend
time.
It is learned from the county offi
cials that the law provides that those
whose property is sold for taxes may
redeem such property upon payment
of the taxes, with an additional
$1.70, and further addition of one
per cent per month added to the
bill. If the i roperty is not redeem
ed at the end of a' year from the
time of its sale, then title becomes
absolute to the property, and the
new purchaser, or the purchaser of
the tax certificate, is in possession
sf.id property under good title.
HEAVY SENTENCES
GIVEN SHADRICKS
Other Prison Terms Given Out
During Superior Court
Term Here
Joe Shadriek received a sentence
of not less than eight years or more
than ten years at hard labor in the
state penitentiary, and Jess and Jim
Shadriek were given sentences of
not less than six years or more than
eight years at hard labor in state
prison, by Judge Walter E. Moore
in Superior court here last Thurs
day. The Shadriek boys had been
tried on the charge of entering the
home of Onsey Holden and attacking
him with deadly weapons with intent
to kill. The case was appealed to
the Supreme court.
Oonnell Tallcy received a sentence
of five years in the state penitentiary
when found guilty by thf jury on a
charge of stealing potatoes from
Mr. Ernest Hamilton. Notice of ap
peal was given.
J. L. Gillespie was found not guilty
on a charge of forgery.
Tom Bagwell, in court on four
charges, was given a sentence of
one year in county jail, to be hired
out by county commissioners. Judg
ment was suspended for a period of
two years, on condition that Bagwell
is not to "drink whiskey, become in
toxicated, or violate any laws dur
ing this period."
Buck Pressley was given eight
month?, to be hired out to a county
woking a chain gang.
Several cases on the criminal
docket were continued, while in
others a nol pros was taken.
Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., exam
ined the clerk's office, in accordance
with the law. and made report to the
court that he found the records and
documents neatly kept, the fee bill
posted and the office generally in
good condition. Judge Moore
thanked the grand jury and the jur
ors who served during the criminal
term for their splendid work.
REPUBLICANSfO
MEET SATURDAY
Several hundred people are ex
pected to attend the republican
county convention here next Satur
day afternoon, in response to the
call of the chairman, issued last
week. Delegates to the state con
vention to be held in Charlotte on
the 17th, and the several district
conventions, are to be selected.
Precinct conventions will be held
in the several precinct3 in the coun
ty on Friday afternoon, according to
official call, and select delegates to
the county convention Saturday aft
ernoon.
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HIS HONOR'S GAVEL
HAD DISAPPEARED
.The Court's Pencils Had Also
Made a Hasty Get-a-Way
During Recess |
Judge Walter E. Moore returned j
(to the Superior court room last Fri- ?
iday afternon to resume court after .
having had his recess and lunch. In
his quiet, dignified manner His
; Honor took his seat and reached for
jthe gavel, his emblem of authority, j
His Honor failed to find his gavel ,
[in its accustomed place. Search was ?
made, officers were called, spectators
(joined in, and no gavel could be .
found. Then it was that His Honor
desired to make a notation of (some
thing, and he reached for his pencil,
or one of his pencils, for he kept i
i several pencils about the bench.
But, like the gavel, the pencils had '
'disappeared. No one could imagine
' what had happened.
About this time some one recalled
having seen Lewis Sanders about the
! court room. Chief Freeman and
Deputy Tom Wood went in search of j
the 16-year-old lad. They found)'
him. On him they found the judge's ]
I gavel and pencils. He was brought (
| before the judge, and was given a ,
[sentence for taking thes? things.
? His Honor, wanting to be lenient ,
'with the lad, asked him if he would ij
, be a good boy and not take things!,
any more, if let go. The boy replied li
that he did not know what he would
! do. Then it was that the judge ,j
I passed sentence, later changing the <
I verdict on condition that the boy's J
father take him and leave the ?
county.
It was the first time in His Hon- ]
or's long experience on *he bench
that any one had stolen any court
equipment. He expressed the hepe
that it will be the last time.
COUNTYTOASSIST
GLAZENER'S WORK
i
Transylvania county is giving en- ]
couragement to Julian Glazener, ,
teacher of vocational agriculture in ]
I the Brevard High school, in his work ,
! by assisting with the cultivation of .
'several acres of land on the county j
'home farm as an expermiental sta- ,
|tion. This action was taken at the j
i meeting of the board of county com- ,
i missioners last Monday.
The Young Tar Heel Farmers in i
Mr. Glazener's class, will cultivate :
'this land under the " supervision of i
| the teacher. The county will assist 1
; in providing fertilizer and other
j things in connection with the suc
cessful demonstration of crop-grow- ;
iing, soil study and fertilizer analy
sis. The work Mr. Glazener is doing ,
with the agricultural class is recog- .
nized as one of the most important .
features of the public school work.
IRISH POTATOES WANTED
'I want some Irish Potatoes, the kind that were
grown in Transylvania county. I are completely out of
Potatoes, and as I always buy all the produce I can
from the farmers of the county, I do not want to order -
Irish potatoes from the outside, ftfy customers are rear
ing for potatoes ? so bring 'em in and get the market
price. But hurry, don't make me have to send money
away for potatoes ? let's keep this money at home.
Yours truly,
FRED JOHNSON, at Johnson's Gro. Store
?
SCHOOL BOARD IS
LOSER IN CONTEST
WITH BONDING CO.
Many Cajes Disposed of On
Civil Docket In the
Superior Court
EUGENE HAMILTON IS
AWARDED $3000 VERDICT
Several Case* Settled by Con
sent?Others Continued
to July Term
? ? ,
Many cases have been disposed ,
of during the week since Superior!
court took up the civil docket of the J
March-April term. Settlement has]
ben made by consent in some of thej
cases., while others have been con
tinued to the July-August term.
Of especial interest is the case of
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty com
pany against the Transylvania coun
ty school board, in which the bond
ing company secured a judgment
against the school board in the sum
of $1603 and interest from Decem
ber, 1925 to date. This amount had
been held out of money on contract
to the Jordan Building company,
contractors on the High School job.
This item had ben held back because
of alleged default by the contractor
in failing to complete the building.
The bonding company was on the
contractor's bor.d, and were subro
gated to the rights of the contractor,
and therefore, due the $1600.
The Sullivan-Markley company,
hardware dealers, also won suit for
5700 with interest from December,
1925 to date, against the board of
eductaion for supplies furnished ih
the building of the High School.
It is believed the board of educa-i:
tion will now institute suit against
the bonding company for recovery of 1
this ?700 item and other damages '?
iiaimed by the board of education 1
because of failure of the contractor
:o complete the work.
Eugene H. Hamilton won a verdict I
Df $3000 damages for personal in
juries in the case in which the plain
tiff alleged were received while in
:he employ of the J. W. Rutherford
Lumber company.
Non suit was taken in the case of
r. A. English vs. Gilespie et al.
(Continued on page four)
M'CRARY INSTALLS j
BATTERY OUTFIT
Carl McCrary, owner and operator
For the past several years of McCrary i
Tire Service, has recently installed at
lis Btation on North Caldwell street, 1
equipment for a complete battery
?nd ignition service. i
This station has made an enviable i
-eputaation in this section as local ]
Firestone tire dealers. In a page ad
vertisement in this week's Brevard !
Mews, Mr. McCrary sets forth as his '
-eason for installing the battery and
gnition department to his service :
station, that he is endeavoring to
nake his station as nearly a complete |
'One-Stop" station as is possible. (
WOULD HAVE STATE I
FINANCE SCHOOLS!
j
ii
Transylvania county commission- ]
?rs in the regular meeting Monday .
joined with other counties in the h
tate in urging the State of North ;i
Carolina to take over. operate.'
ind maintain the constitutional six 1 1
months' school term. A resolution ji
tvas adopted, which will be sent with <
ike resolutions from other counties, |:
:o the next general assembly, asking |1
that the counties be relieved entire-;
ly from the operation of the county |
schools. It is said by those leading
this movement in the state that such
action will greatly reduce the tax
burden on lands, and that the state
:an operate and maintain the schools
for at least six months each year on |
revenue derived from sources other
than that coming from real prop
srty.
The resolution adopted reads a;
follows:
"That the 1931 session of the gen
eral assembly of North Carolina be,
and is hereby petitioned to enact
such law or laws as may be neces
sary for the state to take over and
Dperatc and finance the public
schools of North Carolina as a state
wide system."
Another resolution adopted by the
commissioners gave this county's en
dorsement t^ the proposed extension
of the Seaboard Airline railway from
Rutherfordton, through Henderson
ville, and on to western points.
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED BY
THE P1NELAND COLLEGE
County Superintendent S. P.
Verner is in receipt of a communi
cation from The Pineland College,
Salemburg, N. C., in which a fifty
dollar scholarship is offered. This,
it is pointed out in the communica
tion. enables a yoang woman to at
tend that college for $220 for the
nine months year. Selection of the
fortunate young woman is left with
the county superintendent.
RE-SURFACING OF
STATE HIGHWAYS
BEGINS APRIL 15
Chairman Breesc Makes An
$ nouncement of Great in
terest to County
WILL MAKE HIGHWAY 28
READY FOR SUMMER
Heavy Traffic To Be Over
Highway During the I
Coming Season
W. E. Breese, chairman of tho
county board of road comminkioners,
announces thai wor'Jt 011 resurfacing'
the state highways in the county w ill
start about April 15, and that about
$35,000 will be spent in tho c.vunty
in the resurfacing work. Stuto High
way Commissioner Jaraes G. Stike
leather, of Ashevilie, was in Brevard
last Friday, and with Chairman
Breese and Messrs. Boyd and Bag
well, went over the matter and work
ed out details of the work to be
done.
It is said that this resurfacing
work will place the paved highways
in the county in splendid condition
for the great influx of summer traf
fic expected in this section. Thou
sands of automobiles will transport
tens of thousands of visiter.* into
and through this county during the
Spring and Summer months, and it
was to have this work completed be
fore the heavy travel started that
Chairman Breese and his associate
members on the road board worked
bo hard in getting the resurfacing
started now. Commissioner Stike
leather has shown every inclination
to do all in his power for highway
improvement in the county, and many
expressions of complimentary na
ture have been heard concerning the
state official's very evident in
terest in Transylvania county.
PROGRAM FOR HOLY
WEEK ANNOUNCED
Following is announcement of -er
rices to be held at St. Philip's Epis
:opal church during Holy Week:
Palm Sunday ? Holy Communion,
3 a.m.; Holy Communion and ser
mon, 11 a.m.; subject of sermon:
'The Triumph of Man through Suf
fering Union Service at the Bre
vard Institute, 8 p.m.
Monday before Easter ? Ante Com
munion and Penitential Office. 10
i.m.
Tuesday before Easter ? Ante
Communion and Litany, 10 a.m.
Wednesday before Easter ? Holy
Communion, 10 a.m.
Maunday Thursday ? Ante Com
munion and Sermon: Subject of' ser
mon, "The Institution of the Holy
Eucharist," at 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday ? Matins, Litany and
Sermon, 11 a.m.; subject of sermon,
'The Atonement."
Easter Even ? Ante Communion,
10 a.m.
SENIOR PLAY TO BE
PRESENTED FRIDAY
"Her Temporary Husband," a
farcial comedy in three acts, will be
sresented by the Senior class of the
Brevard High School Friday evening,
April 11, at 8 o'clock. The presen
tation will be given in the Auditor
um of the High Schcol building.
The play is said to con'ain many '.-x
siting and interesting plots, filled
with mystery, laughs and thrills. The
:ast has spent much time in rehear
sals, to be ready to give tho'ie .H
tending a most enjoyable evening
Characters in the play are assumed
by Misses Elizabeth Mills and Martha
Vaughn, and Messrs Wilson Lyday,
Fred Miller, Julius Hinton and Mark
Orr. The school orchestra will pro
vide music for the occasion, while
Donald Lee Moore will render spe
cial numbers.
The Senior Class play if ari an
nual event, and is always attended
by a large number of people. In ad
dition to the splendid presentation
of plays, there is the community
pride in the work.
w. o. wTconvention
HERE ON APRIL 24
On Thursday, April 24, the :57th
semi-annual convention of the West
ern North Carolina Log Rolling
Association of the Woodmen of this
World and Woodmen Circle will
meet in the coanty court house,' in
Brevard. Local camps of these or
ganization will be host to the con
vention. A dinner will be served in
the camp hall for the visitors, the
Brevard Woodmen and Woodmen
Circle providing this entertainment.
? Many delegates are expected to
attend, and many hij?h officers in the
two groups will be present. W. H.
Grogan. Jr., district manager, is in
charge of preparations for the com
:ng convention, at which there will be
'.cverrj hundred visiton*.