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. BREVARD VOLUME XXXV. BREVARD, NORTH CAR OLINA, MAY 14, 1930 Number 20 POPULA TION OF COUM Y IN I PRELIMINAR} REP0R1 IS DISAPPOIMMENT TO MANY .9,591 Is Population as Revealed In This Preliminary Report ? Chamber of Commerce Is Working Hard to Discover All Who May Have Been Missed By the Census Takers. All 'People Urged To Help In This Work. Realizing the difficulties experi enced by the census enumerators in getting all the names of the citi ens of the county that should be counted, the Brevard Chamber of Commerce will lend its aid in fer reting out the names of any who might have been missed by the cen sus takers. Every citizen of Transylvania coun ty is urged to assist in this matter, which is of vital importance to the whole county. As the count now stands, Tran sylvania county is given a popula tion of 9,591. While this figure speaks volumes of the progress made by the county in face of the fact that the United States government has taken so much of our lands for the Pisgah National Forest, while the big industries in nearby counties have taken hundreds of other citi zens from the county to work in those plants, still there are those who believe the county should have and does have more than ten thou sand population. The Chamber of Commerce asks any citizens of the county who was not counted in the census to so not ify the Chamber of Commerce or The Brevard News office and ar rangements will be made to have such names added to the list. Any citizen knowing of any one, or hav ing reason to believe that some one was not counted, is urged to give such information to the Chamber of Commerce or to The Brevard News, and investigation will be made. The census enumerators were up against a difficult job for the short time in which they had to do their work, and they will co-operate with all other persons in getting on the list all names that they have been miss ed. It is to the best interest of the county from many standpoints that the figures be increased by all who have been left off, therefore, all citizens .who love the county and are interested in its advancement are urged to assist in this work right now. Interest in Newt' Award of New Chevrolet That the low figures proved a dis appointment to the people of the count, there were less than fifty es timates of the population turned in- i to The Brevard News office of a fig- 1 ure lower than 11,000. Most all es- 1 timates ranged from 11,000 up to ^ around 13,500. Very few estimates around the 10,000 figure were turn- 1 ed in by the subscribers to this '? paper. Just as soon as the matter is ad justed, and the census supervisor gives out the official statement of 1 the population figures, the automo bile will be awarded to the one hav- ! ing turned in the estimate nearest ! that figure declared by the govern- J ment to be the official population 1 of the county. j! FEARED TOBACCO GROWERS FALLING Urged To Keep Resolution to Grow Acre Each ? Plants Being Furnished Free Not satisfied with the rumors that several men who signed up to grow an acre of tobacco, are about to back out, C. C. Yongue is addressing the farmers as follows: "Several weeks ago Mr. T. H. Shipman called some directors of the Brevard Banking company together, and asked if it would be all right for the bank to furnish tobacco plants, free, to fifty farmers who would agree to raise one acre each of tobacco, the bank to bear the expense of growng the plants. We advised Mr. Shipman that it was all right, and expressed the belief that it would be constructive help to the county. He acted accordingly, and succeeded in getting Julian Glazener to take charge of the work of burn ing the beds and s.owing the seed. Mr. Glazener says the plants are growing nicely, and that there will be an abundance of plants for all. "In talking to farmers generally during the past few days, I am dumfounded to know that some of the men who signed up to grow an acre of tobacco are getting cold feet, and beginning to crawfish and crawl out of their promises. "Now, men, what kind of a fix will Mr. Shipman be in, after hav ing gone to the expense of growing the plants to furnish absolutely free to you, if you now lie down on him and fail to keep your promises. Already the bank has spent between $200 and $300 on these tobacco plants, which you can have abso lutely free, by keeping your prom ise and planting one acre in tobacco. "It is not long now until the farmers raising this tobacco can cash in on the crop. If you fail to grow it, then your loss is going to be even greater than that of the bank. Cold weather is coming again, and so is Christmas, and tax-paying time for this year and another year. This acre of tobacco will go a long ways toward meeting these expenses. Come on, and be sports. If you fail to plant this tobacco, you and the bank both lose the money you could get for the crop, while the bank will lose the amount it has spent for tho seed. Whereas, if you go ahead and grow the tobacco, you start off away up here at setting out time with no expense at all to you for the plants." BAPTIST WOMEN TO MEET TUESDAY, MAY 27 The annual meeting of the Bap tist Woman's Missionary union oi Transylvania county will be held ai Enon church ? near Penrose ? begin ning at 10:30 Tuesday, May 27. At tention is called to the change ol date. Delegates and members of all W M. U. organizations are urged to at tend. Miss Lawrence of Raleigh leader of our State Young People will be present. (Signed) Mrs. E. R. Pendleton, Supt. G. C. KILPATRICK IS ! ! NAMED CHAIRMAN; i G. C. Kilpatrick, democratic J leader, has been named chairman of j the board of elections in Transvl- j (vania county to succeed R. H. j Zachary, Jr., resigned. Mr. Zach- t ary is now connected in business j with his brother in Greenville, South Carolina, and could not be , here to attend the duties. The board as now composed stands: G. C. Kilpatrick, chairman, ( Walter Whitmire and C. W. Pickel- . simer. t The board is doing much work ; now, making preparations for the j primary to be held on June 7. The , list for the entries close on May 23, t and between that time and the pri- j mary date al ltickets must be print- < ed and distributed and many other details to be perfected for the j smooth running of the primary. , Mr. Kilpatrick is one of the best ? known men in the county, having i lonp been active in democratic party 1 affairs here. i ! RE-SURFACING WORK I. ON HIGHWAY NO. 28 ?' State highway forces, using sev- 1 oral citizens of the county, are re- . surfacing Highway No. 28. The; work was started at the Jackson ' , county line, and it is expected the work will be completed to Brevard this week. Next week, it is believed, ! the work will continue on to the Henderson county line. Great improvement is being made on the highway through this re:sur- , facing work. Many expressions of commendation have been heard be cause the work is being done early | in the season, when traffic interfer ence with the tourist trade will be 'averted. RURAL ROUTE AT LAKE BECOMES DAILY SERVICE Walter R. McNeely, postmaster at Lake Toxaway, makes announcement that the rural free delivery on Route No. 1, from Lake Toxaway into the rich region surrounding the lake, now becomes a daily service instead of three times a week, as hereto fore. This announcement will be of intense interest to a large number of citizens who live on the route served by this free delivery, as well as to the merchants and newspapers, county officials and others, who will benefit because of this increased service. ROPERS IN BREVARD TO PLACE BOYS IN THE CAMP Mr. and Mrs. Roper, prominent [ I Atlanta people, were in Brevard c j last Saturday, making arrangements Sjto place two sons in Camp Carolina .land selecting a place for Mrs. Roptr land another son to spend the sum | mer season. At the Hospital Mrs. Will Gravely has returned to , her home after being in the Tran , sylvania hospital for several weeks. C. Y. Patton has entered tb Transylvania hospital for a tons' operation. CLARENCE YONGUE MAKES FINE OFFER TO OTHER FARMERS] Will Divide Celery Plants and Then Give Advice on the Crop IS PLANTING NEARLY TWO ACRES HIMSELF Hoped To Get Many Farmers Interested In Growing This Great Money Crop Offering to "tell all he knows about celery" to any interested farmer or trucker, C. C. Yongue, expert truck farmer, is planning to plant one and one-half acres in his own farm lands, and expresses the hope that other farmers will give the crop a try-out. He has a large bed of celery plants now growing, which he offers to divide with his neigh bors at nominal cost, in order to get others started ia on celery. Follow ing is a statement made by Mr. Yongue on the question: "Doubtless some farmers of the county have expected me to have something to say about celery grow ing, after the trip that Porter Mot gan, John Corbin, Jim Barrett and I took to Florida. I would have writ ten sooner, but Mr. Corbin and oth ers have covered the Florida end of the question pretty thoroughly. I now offer any advice that I am cap- * able of giving on the preparation of ? ;he soil, fertilization, planting and t cultivation of celery. s "Soil is to be prepared in thor- ^ 5Ugh manner, just the same as you .vould prepare soil for any other "r :rop. Rows should be laid off 30 J 1 X _ ? 1 _ 1 AK. C .nches apart for single row and 45 J nches apart for double row plant- ' ng. Sx hundred to 1000 pounds of v food high grade fertilizer should be ^ lsed to the acre, run in the row and ' ;horoughly mixed with soil, some wo or there weeks before time to let celery plants. At setting time " larrow this ridge down and set on * vhat we call the level. In other '! i 1 ii.. :il a 'ace of the soil, using neither ridgt lor furrow. Double row system a ihould be laid off with rows 8 nches apart. Set plants 3 1-2 to 4 ? nches apart, in a straight line, us ng a string to set by, end two c ;trings when using double row sys ;em. Water thoroughly when set, md cultivate lightly next day. Cul- p ;ivate as you would any other gard- 1 ;n crop, often and shallow. "I, like Mr. Corbin, will be glad o discuss the whole proposition 'rom start to finish with any one in vested in cultivation of celery. I ;owed seed with expectation of get ,ing about 200,000 plants. These 1 low have. I and those who have ?. ilready spoken for plants will use v ibout 105,000 plants, so I will have some 50,000 to 75,000 plants not j >poken for. I am not trying to sell jj ;hese plants, but will be perfectly g .villing to divide with any one who j wants to grow celery, even to the | jxtent of reducing the crop which i) lad intended to plant. I intend to set 75,000 plants, which will cover ^ jne and one-half acres of land, and 0 nay set more than this, but if any <? farmer is interested in the crop 1 t will gladly divide these plants with j them. j "Will say further that during the ;ime of setting plants, cultivating :rop or in bleaching, I will gladly quit my own work and go to any jj farmers' home in the county and ? show him and advise him to the full extent of my knowledge of the , crop." Mr. Yongue made a success ol < celery growing, and when the farm ers of the county join in the grow ing of celery to any appreciable point or activity, then all those rais ing celery can get better prices for \ their crops through marketing to- 1 gether in combined shipments. Mr. 1 Yongue is making a mighty offer ( here, and any one who might be in terested in celery would do well to ( see him and talk the matter over i with him. i A group of Henderson county 1 farmers, seeing the account of Mr. Yongue's activity as recorded in re cent issues of The Brevard News, have already been to see him, pur chased celery seed from him and are growing their own plants, prepara tory to raising good crops of celey. LIBRARY BOOKS BELONG STILL TO THE LIBRARY ; Some people, it is said, are not giving the U. D. C. Library a fair deal. The library has books which it wants people to read, it is pointed out, but it is not desired that those taking the books to read keep them forever. There are others who would like to read the books some day. Effort is now being made to get all books belonging to the ibrary back into the shelves. During the rest of this month, all people who have books that are past due for return will be allowed to return them with out penalty for the long time they have been out of use. This offer is made in an effort to get the books back. It is believed the people who have books that are due to be re turned will respond to this generous offer and make haste in returning the books. DEMOCRATS OPEN THEIR CAMPAIGN IN MASS MEETING! Bob Reynold# Flays Republi cans In Characteristic Manner and Style HARD TIMES AND NEGRO TO BE CAMPAIGN ISSUES Wm. E. Breese, Chairman, Pre sents Democratic County Candidates to Crowd Greeted by an audience that filled ;he county court house, Hon. Robert 9 Reynolds, veteran campaigner, >pened the democratic campaign in Transylvania county last Satur y with a speech delivered in his lnim table manner. Wm. E. Breese, long eader in democratic circles here, fnd chairman of the county execu te committee, presided at tne fathering. County candidates were 'ntroduced, necessity for party r har nony was stressed, and prediction or democratic success at the polls his November were made. Hard times under the Hoover ad ninistration and the power ofthe letrro in politics were laid down a he campaign issues by the dem - iratic leaders and speakers. Mr. Reynolds charged that Judee fohn J Parker, a white man, a> tble jurist, and a North Carolinian, vas refused his rightful seat in the Supreme Court of the United States iecause the republican-controilea enate was afraid of the negro vo n the northern districts. He charged hat negro leaders, ^ectWi .alance of power in their respective fstricts went into the senate cham ers and ordered republicans there 0 vote as they, the negro leaders wished, else the nepo m ? trould be withdrawn. This, asserieu he speaker, was the direct cause of udge Parker's defeat. . . In speaking of the economic s.tu tion, which was termed by Mr. 'evnolds as precarious, the notea emocratic worker declared that un er the republican regime of go rnment '"legislation of thepeople nd by the people' had been hanired to class legislation to nd that the "upper crus t w*s j ing all the benefits and tjie midd e las? were being burdened at their j J Mr ^Breese declared that the re- ? ubHcan party in this state is dead, ? hat the chances of candld^? t0 ; ted ? ?arker. Discussing the local po al situation, Mr. Breese referred to eality* bStVcut" made effective hrough the borrowing of mono. ;bj?iefrh? c. c?c'VT^.iiu, peech the following democrats andidates for nomination were roduced: Otto Alexander for cier* 1 the court; E. Carl Allison and H. ' Aike,V?E SB"? LSr; w. r Duckwortii and' W. M. Henry, ?MajoPrrCWntB.1VStene, of Asheville, ar.didate for nomination ^Co^ ^fcorPaS^re^hen Prese^ sith a comical speech and ditty. :hildren to meet at LIBRARY ON SATURDAY The children of the Confederacy vill meet with their leader, Mrs. ialph Osborne, at the U. D. C. Li brary Saturday afternoon at 3:30 )'clock. As much business is to be dis ;ussed and plans made for the com ng year, Mrs. Osborne urges that ill members attend. Especially urgeJ :o be present are the following: Ora Holt Long, Frank and Donald and Mae Jenkins, Elizabeth and Mack Mlison, Tom and Charlotte Patton, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Nell Kilpatrick, Carl and Oliver Hendrix, Rebecca Patton, Edgar Loftis, Elizabeth Mc Coy, Emma and Lucien Deaver, Fred Miller, Susie Hunt, Jack Miller, Richard Grimshawe, John Reese Sledge, Ashe Macfie, Henry Erwin, Helen Erwin, Wilie Kate Waters. EASTER STAR IN CALL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY Members of the Order of the Eastern Star have received notices of a special meeting called for Tues day evening, May 20, at 8 o'clock. Officers of the Chapter are asked to meet this Thursday evening for pre liminary work. SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR WOMAN'S BUREAU Memberi of the Woman'* Bureau are notified that a Spe cial Meeting i* called for Friday afternoon, 4 o'clock, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on East Main street. It is de li red that all members be pres ent as business of the utmost importance is to be transacted. 1 REPUBLIC A ft CONVEMION 10 BE HELD FRlDAi NAMES CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES Both Parties In Primary for Senatorial Candidate* and In the Solicitor's Race? May 23 Last Day To File as Candidates-H Hard Fight Between Bailey and Simmons?Line-up of Democratic County Candidates. ? A 2 o'clock this Friday afternoon the republicans of Transylvania county will meet at the county court house for the purpose of naming a county ticket and electing a county chairman for the next two years. The call was issued last week by the chairman, R. R. Fisher , and it is expected that a large number of re publicans will gather for the meet ing. County candidates named at this convention will be filed with the board of elections, it is said, and no contest for any county offices are expected. The republicans will go into the primary this year, however, in the selection of candidates for the United States senate and for solici tor of this district. There are four candidates for the republican nom ination for United States senate, and four candidates for the republi can nomination for the office of solicitor of this district. Local interest is added to the pri mary because of the fact that Ralph R. Fisher, county chairman of the executive committee in this county, is candidate for the nomination for 'olocitor. The other three candidates for this nomination are: Garrett D. Bailey, of Burnsville; C. C. Lisen oee, of Marion, and James S. Dock ;ry, of Rutherfordton. This will be ;he first time that republicans have mtered the primary here for selec ;ion of republican candidates. Bc :ause of Mr. Fisher's candidacy, his i 'riends assert that the republicans ,vill cast a heavy vote in the pri nary. In the race for United States ienate, candidates for both parties ire to be selected in the primary. 3n the democratic side, Josiah W. 3ailey is contesting the nomination vith Senator F. M Simmons On the ?epublican side, there are in the ?ace for nomination George M. Pritchard, of Asheville; George E. 3utler, of Clinton; H. Grady Dor iett, of Durham, and I. H. Tucker, >f Whiteville. Because of Pritch ird's large following in Western ^orth Carolina, it is believed he will doII most of the republican votes in ;he primary here in June. Democratic Senate Race The contest between Mr. Bailey and Senator Simmons for the demo cratic nomination is, perhaps, the most hotly contested race in the present primary. Senator Simmons has long been leader in the state of the Democratic hosts. In 1928 he refused to support Alfred E. Smith for the presidency, and the Bniley vote is largely a protest vote against i Simmons for his refusal to support the democratic nominee for presi dent. Friends of both Bailey and Simmons are working hard for their favorite candidates. With but one more week in which to file notice of candidacies, the county democratic announcements to date are as follows: Democratic County Candidate! For the legislature: W. M. Henry and W. H. Duckworth. For sheriff: T. E. Patton. Jr., present incumbent; Eck Sims and T. E. Reid. For clerk of the court: Otto Alex ander. For register of deeds: Clyde Blythe, Jess A Galloway. Dewey Gravely. For treasurer: George M. Justus, H. C. Aiken and E. Carl Allison. No official announcement has as yet been made by the democrats for places on the board of county com missioners, judge of the county [court, or solicitor of the county court. A suggested ticket for the board of commissioners was made, but to date these have given no published statement of their candi dacies. Friday, May 23, is last day f?r fil ing notice of candidacy f'>r ::ny county office, and it is not kr.nwn whether other men are planning to offer themselves for any of the of fices or not. With the democratic ra!!\ held last Saturday, and the republican county convention to be held this Friday, with precinct meetings called for Thursday to select dele gates to the county convention, and with the June primary just around the bend, things political will now take the spotlight for a while. BIBLE CLASS WILL ENJOY FISH FRY (By Dr. J. F. Zachary, President) I Friday evening at 7 o'clck, mem sers of the Men's Bible class of the Brevard Methodist church will meet it the church and go from there to VIr. Breese's camp, Maiden Hair ."alls, for a fish fry and social | meeting. All men of the church, j and all other men of the town and [ ?ounty who would enjoy an evening I ivith the class, are urgently request ed to be on hand. Several mem bers of the class who have been boasting of their ability as fishermen have been placed on a committee to :atch the fish, which they must do or forever refrain from boasting. Members of the class are urged to add their mite to the fish fry by trying their hands at the sport. All catches during the week are to be placed on ice for the big occasion. Members are to bring with them plenty of corn bread, biscuit, or baker's bread, together with skillets, frying pans, salt and pepper. Me. bers of the class having cars will please bring the machines so there will be plenty of room for ail who have no cars. Officers of the class ask that no man remain awr.y from this socl. i gathering simply because he has rot been attending the class regularly. All of you are cordially invited, and the class will be delighted to have you present. Officers are anxious to perfact its plans for taking care oi the summer visitors. There will be many visitors here who have been listening to our teacher who broad casts the lesson every Saturday eve ning over the radio, and they, of course, will attend the class wher. they come here for the summer. We want them to attend, and we want to make them welcome. So fall in, everybody, and let's make this a real event Friday evening. SHIPMAN RETURNS FROM STATE BANKERS MEETING Thos. H. Shipman, president of the Brevard Banking .company and for mer president of the State Bankers association, has reutrned from Pine hurst, where he attended the annual meeting of the bankers. It is re parted that much constructive work was done at the convention, there being present many outstanding financial men of the nation whose addresses bearing on the financial condition of the country were of great interest to the bankers of the state. POULTRY EXPERT SERVING COUNTY Miss Eubank, Who Knows Her Chickens, at Service of Poultry Raisers Miss Bessie Eubank, of St. I.oais, is spending two or three wt ? k- in the county, giving free advice and counsel on poultry and livestock. The lady is connected with the Purina Mills, and is spending the time here with the B and B Feed and Seed company, local deal<i> for the Purina Mills. Miss Eubank is a poultry specialist in th<- fullest sense of the word, and nobody means maybe when this statcmei" is made. She knows her chicken from the first peep to the last dying gasp, and knows what would have averted that dying gasp and saved Miss Hen's life for continued use I fulness. No expert in poultry on jthe American continent has a better reputation tl.an ?that enjoyed by Miss Eubank, when it c?nw to knowing poultry. The lady is at th^ B. & B. store, and will go apy ph.ee in the county and give advice on chickens and livestock, free of cost. Those in terested are asked : niply to phone, call or write the B. & B. boys and the lady will be at the place as quickly as she can t there. ' On Saturdays, whi , here, Miss Eubank will be at the B. & B. store, throughout the day, ' id will be >rlad to meet any farme" jr poultry rais er or stock raiser and answer any 'question or give nry advice that may I be desired. Th' is one of the most important ices given by the Pu rina to their dealers and cus tomers. BAPTISM AT BREVARD CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY Regular services will be held at the Brevard Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening, preaching by the pastor, Rev. Paul Hartsell. Plans are rapidly going forward for the beginning of the revival, which starts at the church on the Fourth Sunday. Mr. J C1. Jordan, ?oivLattimoe, will be in charge of the music for the revival, j People generally are expressing [great interest in the coming re ivival, and it is believed that it will be of intense interest. | Baptismal services will be held at ithe Sunday evening hour next Sun 'day.