BREVARD,, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 29, 1930 Number 18 VOLUME' XXXV. inn'* rn?i IUVIAI w v ^ ? GREAT YEAR'S WORK Commencement Week Events Draw Tremendous Crowds ' at Each Program FORTY MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS! Sixty-Seven Cio Up I" rom Sev enth Grade to High School Work Brevard High School closed com mencement activities Wednesday night with graduation exercises and presentation of diplomas to forty graduates. Dr. D. M. Douglas, pres ident of the University of South Carolina, delivered the address in masterful manner to the class. The noted speaker is well known in Bre vard, having been pastor ipf the Presbyterian church here several years ago. He was introduced by Prof. J. B. Jones. Class day exercises were held Tuesday evening, and a big crowd enjoyed* the splendid program pre sented by the class. The class prophecy by Hayes Shipman was anj( exceptionally interesting and enter- 1( taining feature of the progTam. Allli numbers were well received and roundly applauded. The commencement program Sun day evening was witnessed by an audience that packed the auditor ium, many people leaving because of lack of room. Dr. C. S. McClellan preached the baccalaureate sermon, being introduced by the Rev. Harry Perry. Last Friday evening was devoted to the final music recital of the year. The Toy Orchestra, conduct ed by Little Miss Helen Galloway, was the first number on this pro gram, and, with all other numbers, drew great applause from the large number of people in the audience. One of the most interesting events of commencement week was the pro gram given by the Seventh grade pupils Tuesday evening of this week. Sixty-one boys and girls were in the class that next year moves on up to the High School work. Many patrons express the opinion that this has been a great year in the history of the schools in Bre vard, and many words of praise for both teachers and students have been spoken by those attending the commencement exercises. Names of the members of the graduating class, and of the seventh grade pupils advancing to the High School work were published in Then Brevard News last week, extra copies c which were printed and can be had s by those who may want to keep f these papers, with complete pro grams of each event. SENIOR PLAY AT " ROSMAN ENJOYED "Dust of the Earth" Presented c In Masterful Manner by j Final Year Students Members of the Senior Class of the Rosman High School reigned su- ? preme in the community on Tuesday j evening, in the presentation of the j annual Senior play, "The Dust of the Earth," a rural drama in four acts. . The play was under the direction of S. H. Mingus. ] Bell Fisher, as Nell, "the dust of the earth," portrayed the calm J sweetness and humbleness that is characteristic of a lonely, yet accom plished waif, that has been throwr upon the mercy of those who despis< her. Essie Owen, as Miss Arabella, the village newspaper, created uproars with her appearance and her con tinued flow of gossip. Coy Fisher was dignified and well poised as he played the part of young John Ryder, the master of The Maples, who won the heart and hand of beautiful Nell. James Staton, as Jerry Moore, the irresponsible youth; Helen Galloway as Elizabeth Moore, the harsh domin eering sister, and John Jackson, as Old Mose, the fine old negro com- , panion of Wandering Tom, were j good in their respective parts. J The theme of the play was very sweet and interesting, and was en joyed by the entire audience. Cast of characters were: David Moore ? of the Maple Farm Cottage ? R. V. Jones. Susan Moore ? his wife ? Selma Morgan. Elizabeth ? their daughter ? Helen Galloway. Jerry ? their son ? James Staton. Rev. Dr. Templeton ? a young di vine? L. C. Hall. Miss Arabella ? the village news paper ? Essie Owen. John Ryder ? the young master of The Maples ? Coy Fisher. Wandering Tom ? a mystery ? Jack Nelson. Old Mose ? his companion ? John Jackson. Nell ? "the dust of the earth" ? Bell Fisher. The class day exercises on Monday evening were well attended and an interesting program was rendered. The following program was ren dered : Music; History, Fay Glazener; BREVARD BAND TO BROADCAST SOON! W. W. N. C. Has Invited Local) Band To Give Concert Over Their Station Brevard's own band is soon to give a concert over W. W. N. C., Mana ger G. O. Sheppard having invited Prof. Cutter to bring the boys over at a time to be announced as soon as the program is decided upon. It is believed the band concert will given in connection with the broad casting Sunday School lesson by James F. Barrett, which is a weekly event every Saturday evening at 7:15 o'clock. The manager of the broadcasting station at Asheville has heard of the splendid band in Brevard, and is anxious to give the local band an opportunity to play on the air. Those who have heard the Brevard band know that a real treat is in store for all who tune in on W. W. N. C. for the concert . The Brevard band is made up of local boys, with Prof J. F. Cutter as master. Prof Cutter is rccogniz ad as one of the best band leaders in the country, and Brevard has long :ongratulated itself in being able to keep Prof Cutter here. Several soys who had their training in the Brevard and are now holding good Dositions with bands and orchestras n the large cities. Announcement will be made of the !xact time that the Brevard band vill give its concert on the air. There is a probability that the band vill be called to the broadcasting itation next Saturday evening. LONDON MAN HERE TO EXPORT LUMBER Ernest Paxton was negotiating Wednesday with a representative rom a London lumber concern for ale and exportation of some two nillion feet of lumber, much of vhich is on the yards of Paxton's nills at Marietta, S. C. The Britisher vas here with W. Granville Taylor, veil known Asheville lumber dealer. It is said that the London man poke interestingly of revived busi less conditions in England, and as ured the Transylvania man and ithers that England would use many argoes of building materials bought n the United States this summer, klany lumber yards in this county ire filled with materials, and pur hase of this lumber by British con erns would mean much in bringing ibout great business activity in this md other Western Carolina towns. HRS. M'KEE HEARD < AT TEACHERS MEET \ , r (By MRS. T. E. REID, Sec.) r The Transylvania Teachers asso- t liation held its final meeting for this \ chool year at the Brevard High t school auditorium Saturday morning \pril 26. j Outstanding feature of the pro- i cram was the address by Mrs. E. L. i WcKee, of Sylva, the democratic ? andidate for nomination for senate i from this district. 1 Mrs. McKee, who was introduced 1 oy Mrs. Silversteen, proved to be a ' :harming speaker. Her subject was 'Education from a Parent's View- J point." She was given a rising vote | of thanks for her splendid message. Supt. S. P. Verner took this op portunity to thank the teachers of the county for their loyalty and co operation during the school year. The meeting was largely attended and a number of visitors were pres- 1 ent. COUNTY COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY MORNING County court will convene next Monday morning, with several new cases on the docket. Judge D. L. English and Solicitor Lewis P. Ham lin have prepared the docket and the work will be started on time Monday morning. ANNUAL MAY FETE AT THE INSTITUTE The annual May Fete will be held on the campus at Brevard Institute, Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock. The lawn in front of Taylor Hall will be lighted for the gala occasion. For the approval of the May Queen, Miss Viola James ? and her court, there will be given the folk dances of the different nations, all to be in costume. The lords and ladies of the court will give the graceful minuet in Colonial costume. The festival will close with the winding of the May Pole. The public is cordially invited to attend this gala affair. No admission will be charged. Statistics, Ralph McCall; Prophecy, j Inez Alexander; Poem, Nelle Robin son; Will, by Nancy McCall (read by Edith Gravely) ; Giftorian, Ralph Gil 'espie; Class Song. BREVARD'S POPULATION IS GIVEN BIG BOOST IN CENSUS ri* * i j Brevard made a gain of about 41 per cent in popula tion during the past ten years, according to the official figures as released by 0. L. Fitzgerald, census supervisor for this district. Ten years ago Brevard had 1,658 popu lation. In 1930, according to the census just closed, the pop ulation is 2,339. This gives to Brevard one of the greatest percentage increase of any town in Wentern North Carolina. It is expected that the official figures for the whole county will soon be ready to release. Chamber of Commerce Plans Big Advertising Campaign tor Tourists j In order to have still more mone^ to spend on advertising Brevard in jn effort to fill the town with sum mer people, the Brevard Chamber of Commerce has given up the rooms on East Main street, and the office will je maintained during the summer months in the offices formerly occu sied by the Brevard Light and Power company on News Arcade. The Messrs. Pickelsimer, owners of the milding are donating the use of the ?oom without cost to the commerce )ody, and the clerical work will be lone by members of The Brevard 'lews force and other volunteers, al io without cosl, turning this over lead expense into a greater adver ising fund. President T. W. Whitmire and his inance committee will attend to all letails of the finance work of the Chamber of Commerce, also and of ourse, without charge or cost. Var ous committees will each carry on ts own work for Brevard and Tran ylvania county, and, according to ilans adopted by the directors, have . working group for the commun ty at all times, carrying on every ihase of the work, with all funds be- ? ng available for advertising Bre ard as a tourist center, and carrying in efforts to secure indutsrial plants or the county. W. H. Harris, the sign painter, volunteered to paint all necessary signs for the body, without cost. The advertising committee was or dered to place $400 in advertising in newspapers immediately, for the purpose of bringing tourists to Bre vard. This fun* will be spent in those places where the b?st results can be obtained for the community. Thos. H. Shipman is chairman of this committee. J. M. Allison is chairman of the finance committee, and 0. H. Orr is treasurer. President T. W. Whit mire is a member of this committee. This group will have charge of all collections for the Chamber of Com merce, and supervise all expendi tures for same. The industrial committee is busy now, making effort to land a manu facturing plant in Transylvania county. The agricultural committee is functioning with Julian Glazener and C. C. Yongue in promoting agri culture in the county, and great re sults are being obtained. With all men working hard for Brevard, with no overhead expense to carry, leaving all monies to be ex pended solely for tourists, manufac turing plants and agricultural ad vancement, it is believed the old community will make decided gains within the near future. E SAFETY MEETING OF SOU. RAILWAY Many people from the county are ilanning to attend the "Safety .Meet] ng" of the Southern Railway com mny officials and employees, to be leld Friday night in the auditorium >f the Hendersonville High School milding. While the primary purpose if these meetings are to study safety nethods .their scope, however, is nuch broader, it is said, and assume he role of get-together meetings as veil. The public is invited to attend hese meetings . Superintendent Cooper, of the Asheville division, will be present. It s expected that practically all (he ailroad men living in this county will ittend, as will severel interested cit zens. W. V .Cole, trainmaster, with leadquarters at Hendersonville, was n Brevard Tuesday making arrange nents for the coming event. II. D. C. MEETING TO BE HELD SATURDAY Many members of the local chap ter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are planning to attend the district meeting to be held in Asheville on May 3. It is requested that all members who expect to at tend the district meeting to notify Miss Annie Gash not later than 6 o'clock Thursday evening. There will be no meeting of the local Chapter in Brevard next Sat urday, on account of the members desiring to attend the district; meet ing at Asheville. The meeting of the local chapter will be held Satur day, May 10. MANY HAVE PAID BACK ROAD TAX I _______ Jerry Jerome, secretary of th? board of road commissioners, makei announcement that many road sub jects who had not paid their 192E road tax, have come in and paid ui since publication a week ago that al such men in arrears were to be pros ecuted. He has been asked to extent the time for a few days, in order t< give others an opportunity of payinf up before warrants are served on them. This he has agreed to do but insists that those who would es cape prosecution and additional ther financial and manufacturing ?nterprises. Mr. Tener, in speaking )f Brevard, stated that he had never cnown a place to improve so much md with substantial business houses ind lovely homes as in and around 3revard. Mr. Tener was formerly sresident of the Shorthorn Associa ;ion and is now director in the same issociation, and no other farm in the United States ir; better known than [lis. It is the best Short Horn cat :le farm in the United States. It is hoped that Mr. Toner's visit to Brevard means that he is inter ested in coming back to this section. P..T. ASSOCIATION TO HOLD DISTRICT MEETING On May 6 the Parent-Teacher I District meeting will be held in's Asheville, at the Claxton school I v building. The sessions will begin at ' 10:30 in the morning. KIWANIANS ENTERTAINED AT SREVARQ INSTITUTE Last Thursday's Kiwanis meeting was held at the Brevard Institute, where a splendid program was ren dered by the students. Members of the club expressed gratitude for the fine entertainment and the splendid dinner. mitchellMers SUIT FOR $100, 000 Transylvania county's board of ed ucation and others are made defend ants in a damage suit for $100,000 according to pleadings that have been filed in the General County court. The plaintiff in tke case is A. F. Mitchell, administrator, and based on the automobile accident when the small son of Mr. Mitchell was killed on Highway 28, last year. Joseph Little, of Asheville, and Wm. E. Breese, Brevard lawyer, are attorneys for the defendants, while R. R. Fisher is counsel for the plain tiff. i SADNESS IS CAUSED BY WOMAN'S DEATH Florence Helen Gillespie, Aged 25, Died Last Saturday Night Here HAD BEEN ILL DURING PAST FIFTEEN MONTHS Large Crowd of Sorrowing Friends Attend Funeral at Methodist Church Deep sorrow was felt throughput he town and county last Sun3?y r.orning when news rapidly spread hat Florence Helen Gillespie had iied during the night. She had been II for the past fifteen months, and riends everywhere had been hoping or her recovery. Because of her ?outh, and the many splendid quals ics of womanhood, the deceased was inuauaily popular and well loved by U who knew her. Funeral services were held at the trevard Methodist church Monday at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. H. Vest, Rev. J. P. Mason and Rev. W. 2. Rufty. The big auditorium was lied with sorrowing friends who ollowed the hearse to the Gillespie emetery. The great outpouring of riends and the beautiful floral of ering testified to the love and es eem in which the fine young woman 'as held in the county of her birth nd where she had spent her life. The deceased was born December 5, 1905, the daughter of Mr. and Irs. T. DeWitt Gillespie, of Lake 'oxaway. Seven years ago she >ined the Methodist church, and had een most active in church work, he parents and three sisters sur ive, with a large family connection nd a great host of friends. The irviving sisters are: Mrs. Cicero [ensen, of West Asheville, and lisses Paulette and Virginia Gilles ie of Lake Toxaway. Throughout the iong ilinesv ured by the deceased, durinc whi<-b me everything was done that duvut i parents and staunch friends could o. no word of complaint passed ttie fs of the young woman who wb' to called- away in '.he morning of ?r life. Her" only concern seemed ? be for those who loved her and orked so hard for her recovery and er comfort. A larg': circle of young riends among whom she was ic Dpular and well lcrved, seemed *un ed by the blow caused by the death f their friend. One of these friends, i talking to The Brevard New? ijout the going of her friend, said: "But we ought not be resentful, od wants youth and beauty and race in Heaven, as much as He ants those who have reached o!<5 i?e. That is why He reaches down ere and takes the fairest of our riends, like Florence. They add eauty to Heaven." ;arly visitors at the NEW SHIPMAN COTTAGES Although the Mi&ses Shipman have ad the Shipman Cottages re-openeJ ut a short time, plrpady s vera! arly visitors have registered there, 'rom the widely separated section* epresented by some of these ', trevard must be fairly well sdvtr ised. Among the guests are Mrs. ). M. Lutton, of Miami, Florida, and 1rs. C. W. Tompkins and Mi-~ Alma .'ompkins of Rockport, Mass. The ihipmnn cottages have been thor iughly repaired and repainted, and ire said to be much more atttactive han ever before. JUNIOR ORDER IN CONVENTION HERE Delegates From Many Town* To Be Here for Friday'* District Meeting Members of the Junior Order from ill parts of Western North Carolina rill meet in Brevard Council this ?Yiday afternoon and evening in reg ilar district meeting. The sesgiops rill begin at 2 o'clock in the after loon. Dinner will be served in the tail at 6:30 o'clock, and members of Transylvania Council are urged te iring well filled baskets, to the end hat there will be sufficient supper or all visitors and members. Thet'e is much important business - 0 be transacted at the afternoon ession. The evening session will be levoted to fraternal work. Some of he outstanding members of the 1 unior Order in the western part of he state will be present for the sea- . ions. All members of the Brevard irder will be on hand, it is said, to telp carry on the work and entertain he visiting delegates. The following official notice has jeen issued by Transylvania Council: "Transylvania Council No. 370, Jr. O.U.A.M. 'Brevard, N. C. "The District Meeting of Junior Order will meet with Transylvania Council, Friday May 2nd, at 2:80 [>.m. and also will have a night ses sion and all members are requested lo bring a basket of eats as we will want to give the visiting members supper. Be sure to attend and don't for jet the basket. "IRA D. GALLOWAY,^.