THE
VOLUME XXXV
v. '
BKLVARD, NOK1H CAROLINA, JULY 9, 1930
Number 28
ANOTHER BIG SUM
PRUNED FROM THE
SCHOOL ESTIMATE
Hectic Day In County Alt airs
? Charges of Law Violations
Made By the Officials
ROAD BOARD S BUDGET
ESTIMATE CUT IN HALF
Mandamus Proceedings Will
Be Resorted to, Says
Chairman Breese
Monday was a hectic day in county
affairs in Brevard, when the county!
commissioners held the regular
monthly meeting. The School board
budget, the road board budget, the
county general budget and the
budget estimates of the various of-,
fices in the county were before the
board for consideration. Detailed in-*
formation on all these budget es
timates will be published in next
week's Brevard News, as the law
provides.
During the day charges were
hurled by officials at other officials,
it is said, with Chairman J. S.
Bromfield, of the school board,
charging that the county coipission
ers had violated -the law in the way
they have handled the school board's
affairs, and this was met by a coun
ter charge from Chairman Pickel
simer,that the school board had
violated the law in the way it had
handled its own affairs. Chairman
Breese, of the board of road com
missioners, threatened mandamus
proceedings against the commission
ers to force them to o. k. his budget
estimate, while Ralph R. Fisher,
county attorney, said it looked like
the school board, the road board and
the board of elections were trying
to force the county commissioners
to raise the taxes in Transylvania |
county, by the demands these boards j
were making for money.
The county commissioners chop- J
ped another six thousand dollars,
from the school board's budget cs- j
timate, making it stand now as f-ol- ,
lows:
The school board budget
estimate $148,125.29 !
Cut by the commissioners i
to 124,811.32
The school board vows that it is ,
necessary to have the amount they
are asking for in order to properly
operate the schools of the county,
and that any cut made by the coun
ty commissioners will seriously af
fect the schools. The county com
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HOT WEATHER OVER
EASTERN AMERICA
People Hocking to Mountains :
from Low Lands to Es
cape Terrific Heat
Hot weather is reported ? through
out Eastern America, many cities
and section* reporting record
breaking temperatures during the
past several days. While the ther
mometer here has recorded new high
places during oik- or two days, the
nights have be en unusually cool, j
none being able to sleep comfort- i'
ably without aoor! covering. The Bre- j
vard Institute, with instruments
whose readings i.re accepted by the
United States government as official,
recorded the highest temperature!
Tuesday, when the mercury reached!
the 95 point.
At Rocky Mour.t, this state, the;
temperatun ran to ilO, while 100 in
Charlotte, Columbia tnd many other
towns in the Carolinas, is about the
average. Further south the heat has
been intense, and msiny hundreds of
people are pouring into the moun
tains every day. \
Some tt?w|is report brick pave
n'ents on the streets "buckling"
from te he-at, while in Asheville the'
asphalt pavment near Bear Lake
buckled, causing highway men con
siderable trouble. Farming is suf
fering, the agent in Buncombe stat
ing that damage to the crops from
the excessive heat and dry weather
is about 35 per cent. It is not so
bad as yet in Transylvania county,
but rain is necessary at an early
date if the crops are to escape ser
ious damage.
While heat has been unusually in
tense in Western North Caroilna, the j
fact remains that this /Section is one!
of the four coolest ipots in the
United States, and the mountains are
being filled in rapid manner by peo
ple escaping the real hot weather in
othvr sections.
MEN OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH TO HOLS BANQUET
Men of the Presbyterian church
will meet this Thursday evening at j
The Hut, 7 o'clock, it'e.r a business
and social meeting. Supper will be
served by Circle No. 1, Ladies Aux
iliary. It is planned to make this a
monthly affair, with the men hold
ing one such meeting each month.
Much work is being done by the men
of the Presbyterian church, and it is
believed these meetings will prove to
be most helpful in carrying out the
big program of the Presbyterians.
1
HIGHWAY WORKTO
BE STARTED SOON
Lrnest H. Webb, ot Brevard,
To Be on Job ? Two High
ways on the Program
Reports are current that work on
the Caesar's Head highway and the
Rosman-Pickens highway will soon
be started. It will be recalled that
Mr. James G. Stikeleather, highway
I commissioner in the Ninth district,
'was in Brevard several weeks ago,
when it was definitely stated that
these two roads would be completed
soon after the new fiscal year, which
began July first. A portion of the
funds that are to be spent on these
highways come from the federal gov
ernment, and it is said that just as
soon as the details can be worked
out and the new year's money turn
ed into the commission, the worn
here will be started.
It is said on good authority that
Mr. Ernest Webb, of Brevard, will
be prominently connected with the
work in this county. Mr. Webb has
been working in the western counties
for the past year or two, and it is
reported, has been sent back there
to complete a short stretch of high-j
way, after which he will be removed)
to the work here.
With these two highways com
pleted, this community will take on
new life. These are state-maintain
ed highways, and are not connected
in anv manner with the county 1-oads.
Funds for completing these high
ways come from the federal and
state governments, and could be used
on no other roads except the state
highways. ,
It is expected that work on t(je
two roads will call for the employ
ment of several local men. which will
have a beneficial influence on the
community. ? Effort was made >
the county commissioners several
months ago to make a loan to the
state highway commission of trie
monev necessary to carry on this
work 'at that time, in order to give
emplovment here, but it was foimd
that there was no legal way by which
the countv could lend its funds to
the state. This money is in the
bank for the purpose of retiring
bonds within a short time, and pay
ing interest on other bonds.
B.Y.P.UT PLANNING
BIG CONVENTION |
The second annual Transylvania
Assoc iational B. Y. P. U convention
will be held at Brevard baptist
curch July 13, at 7:30 p.m. Rev. ;
James A. Ivey. the state B. i.I .U.
secretary, will be the principal
speaker. All young people of the
countv arc urged to be present, es
pecially those belonging to the af
ferent B. Y. P. U's.
The following program has been
arranged:
7:30 ? Song service, with George
Simpson in charge.
7:45 ? Devotional, by Miss Garnet
Lyday, of Enon B. Y. P. U.
7:55? Special music, Brevard quar
tet.
8:00 ? Business and reports.
3:45? Address, by Rev. James A.
Ivey.
RUTHERFORDTON
CLASS IS COMING
Members of the Brevard Methodist
Sunday School art- looking forward
to Sunday, July 20, when the E'a
raca class and the Fidelis cla;s cf
the Ruthefordton Baptist Sunday -
will visit the Brevard Methodist Sun
day school. The group will arrive for
Sunday school, and will meet with the
Men's Bible Class. The Women's
class of the local Sunday School will
also meet with the Men's class *on
that day.
After preaching services the Bre
vard people will take the Rutherford
ton frieods to some one of the pic
nic grounds and serve picnic dinner
to the visitors. M. H. Jones is teacher
of the Rutherfordton Baraca class,
and is said to bo one of >he best in
the Atate. It is planned to return the
visit some time during the summer,
when the Brevard people will visit
Ruthericrdton. The Men's class of
the Brevard Methodist church hopes
to continue this course of visitation
and exchange meetings with several
classes m Western North Carolina.
ANOTHER LUMBER
COMPANY AT WORK
Word hus been received that the
Bernard-Moore company of Green
ville, Term., manufacturers of hard
wood, have received fine orders for
their product, and operations have
been resumed. Rev. J. P. Mason, of
Brevard, is connected with this con
cern, and announcement that opera
tions have been resumed is but an
other indication of the gradual re
vival of business.
Last week the Moltz Lumber com
pany resumed operations, and re
ports come from various enterprises
that business conditions are show
ing a decided improvement.
ESTIMATED TAX RATE FOR 1930
TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK
In next week's Brevard News
there will be published in detail
the County Budget Estimates
for all the various county
agencies, such as the School
Board, the Road Boardi' ;*the
County Board, and all the 'var
ious county offices. In addition
there will also be published the
estimated state and county tax
rate for 1930-31.
In order that all the citizens
of the county may have this
vauabe information, The Bre
vard News will be sent as
sample copies to all citizens who
are not now taking the paper,
as well as to the regular sub
scribers.
A)ert merchants who believe
in their merchandise and who
believe in their county, and who
want to send a message to the
people of the county, will read
ily see the advantage of having
an advertisement in next week's
paper, a copy of which is going
to every citizen in Transylvania
county, or as nearly every one
as it is humanly possible to
reach. There will be much ad
ditional work to do on this next
issue of the paper, and those de- 1
siring space in the paper must,
of necessity, get copy in early.
Junior Order Celebrated the Fourth j
With Band Music, Speeches, Games !
Hundreds of members of the
Junior Order, their fmailies and
friends, gathered at Avery's Creek
camp ground, in the Pisgah National
Forest, on July Fourth and enjoyed
one of the most successful celebra
tions ever staged by that well known
patriotic fraternal order. The Bre
vard Municipal band made the music,
and there was not a dull moment
throughout the well arranged pro
gram, which started at 10:30 and
adjournment was made at 3:30 in
the afternoon.
liev. J. P. Mason presided, and in
troduced the speakers. Hon. Lewis
P. Hamlin, minority leader in the
North Carolina general assembly, de
livered the address of welcome. Hon.
T. L. Greene, postmaster at Waynes
ville, and one of the outstanding
Juniors in the state, responded. In :
his response, Mr. Green made a sug- |
gestion, which later was acted upon, I
that Avery's Creek be made the '
regular Fourth of July meeting]
place for the Juniors for all time to j
conic.
James -F. Barrett, editor of The'
Brevard News, delivered the address,
and request was made by the large t
number of Juniors to have this ad
dress published in The Brevard
News. Later, at the speaker's re
quest, this order was changed to
having the address published in
pamphlet form and delivered to the
members of the Junior Order in
Western North Carolina.
At noon a great picnic dinner was .
served, and it was a most bountiful j
dinner. Notwithstanding the large
number of people present, enough '
I dinner was carried back to the homes
to have fed two hundred people. Be
tween events on the program, and
while dinner was being spread, the
band rendered music that delighted
(the people.
j The afternoon session was devoted
to the ladies, the Daughters of
| America having charge of this por
tion of the day's program. As result
of the explanations made by the sev
leral speakers, it is believed that a
'chapter of the Daughters of Amer
ica will be organized here. It is the
'sister organization of the Junior Or
der.
Then came the sports events, un
der the dicertion of S. P. Meares, of J
Asheville. Running, broad jumping,
high jumping and other contests
were held, for which prizes were
given all the winners. The day came
to an end with a cracker eating con
test, won by Lewis Hamlin, Jr., and
ithis event provided much merri
ment for the big crowd of on
lookers.
Avery's Creek, within the forest,
was selected as the permanent meet
ing place of the Juniors for the
Fourth of July celebration, because
it. is considered the most ideal spot
in all the state for such a gathering.
Forest rangers keep the place clean,
and there are many tables and other
conveniences which make it a most
ideal location for such out-door
meetings.
Sam Allison had charge of the re
freshment stand during the day.
which was operated by the local
council of Juniors, and his work, as
usual, added much to the enjoyment
of the day.
ECK SIMS NOW ON i
THE POLICE FORCE'
Eck L. Sims, for many years em
ployed as rural police officer in this '
county, was appointed Monday night
by the mayor and town council as
traffic officer for the town of Bre
vard. Mr. Sims assumed his duties
Tuesday morning, and will devote
his time to controlling traffic and ,
enforcing the traffic laws of the
town. i
Mayor Whitmire says "it won't be
long now" until people who have
been ignoring traffic rules will be
calling at the mayor's office in the
earty hours of the morning, for it is
his opiftion that Officer Sims will
make his work effective here. I
METHOWSTSHOLD j
DJNNER MEETING!
Brevard Methodists enjoyed ani
unusual meeting Tuesday evening, |
when a large number of the mem- j
bers and friends gathered on the!
lawn and watched the food on aj
heavily laden picnic dinner table j
disappear with rapidity. After the:
dinner had been enjoyed, the bigj
crowd gathered in the church, and)
many matters of interest to the;
members were discussed.
There was no set program, each
member giving his or her idea as to
the things needed to make the
church more effective as a commun
ity force. On one point, however,
ill seemed to agree ? that the mem
bers who never come to church,
never pay anything into the church,
never carry any of the church burd
ens nor assume any of its reponsi
bilities, are the ones who hinder the
growth of the church.
Many fine plans were suggested,
howevex-, and it is the opinion of
those present that the meeting was
well worth while, and similar meet
ngs may be held in the future.
SAM ALLISON IS NAMED AS
BREVARD MEAT INSPECTOR
Dr. Ramer, for many years a res
ident of Davidson River and a prac
tising veterinarian, has left the
county to accept a position. While
here, he was employed by the town
of Brevard as meat inspector. 'The
mayor and board of aldermen have
named Samuel L. Allison as meat in
spector, and Mr. Allison has already
i . ? . nd >.:3 new duties.
REPUBLICANS NOW IN
NEW HEADQUARTERS
Republican headquarters are be
ing opened in a suite of ofifces in
the McMinn Building, for merely oc
cupied by Austin's Studio. Ira Gal
loway has been selected as vice
chairman for the county executive
committee, and the headquarters
will be kept open all the time during
the campaign, it is said.
It is expected that a formal open- i
injr of the headquarters will be ob- j
served with a meeting of the prcrj
cinct chairmen at an early date. '
Seats have been erected in the la re- '
ei- rooms, and these rooms will be
us-.-d for meeting purposes. The al
terations and the making of peats
was done by members of party as
contributions, none of the carpen
ters engaged at the work making
charge for their time and labor, it
is said by committee officials.
SAYS TOBACCO IS
GROWING NICELY
Julian Glazener, who has just
completed a tour of the tfounty, vis
iting the tobacco growers and in
specting the plants, is highly en
couraged over the showing made.
The extremely dry weather wa? helc1
the tobacco hack to a considerable
! degree, he says, but jr. spite of the
I dry weather, the tobacco is doing
nicely.
Bud wcrms are to be watched,
Mr. Glazener says, and he reports
that those who have held strictly to
Itbe poison method of combatting the
?bud worm arc showing much better
tobacco than those who have failed
I to watch the w-ed closely for the
(worm.
FORMER CITIZENS 3PENB
WEEK-END IN BREVARD
| A. E. Boardman, of Macon, Ga.,j
and P. G. Morris, of Tryon, both
former citizens of this community,
spent last Sunday in town, meeting
many old friends.
REGULAR COMMUNICATION
MASONIC LODGE ON FRIDAY
A regular communication will be
held at Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All vis
iting Rrethern are cordially invited
to attend.
PRIMARY EXPENSE
NOT PAID BY BOARD
Matter Held Up Because ot
Amount Being Four Times
Larger Than Before
Expense accounts for holding the
recent primary in Transylvania
county were presented to the county
commissioners last Monday, but ac
tion was deferred on all the items,
because, it is said, the commission
ers could not understand why the
I primary this year cost about four
I times what the primary of two years
ago cost. Bills as presented to the
commissioners, in Monday's meeting,
amounted to $1,242.98, and it is said
there are yet other bills to be turn
ed in.
The primary two years ago, it is
I said, cost $326.28', as compared to
the bills turned in for the recent
primary of $1,242.98.
The largest single item in the ex
pense account in the June primary
a month ago was a bill from A. N.
Case, for the erection of a voting
house in No. 2, Brevard, $225; and
$11 added to this for making booth
covers and pairing and carrying
out booths. The Brevard Plumbing
company's bill for making 65 ballot
boxes was $153.70. Next in the
larger items was that of R. L. Gash,
whore bill for $47.50 was turned in
for 190 notarial certificates and
seals, before whom the officers of
the primary election swore to their
returns. Another of the larger bills
wa: from the Siniard Transfer com
pany, for hauling boxes to the var
ious precincts, amounting to $70.85.
Most of the balance of hte amount
was for registrars and judges of the
primary election.
\\ hen asked why the bills were not
o. k.'d ^nd vouchers issued for them
the commissioners stated that they
wanted time to ascertain the reason
for the greatly increased cost of the
1930 primary over that of the 1928
primary. It is expected that the
bills will be given further consider
ation at the meeting to be held on <
the 21st or 28th of the month.
WHITlRElOTOR !
ENDS BIG CONTEST!
i
Ending of the contest staged all'
last week by the Whitmire Mtoor.
Sales company was pronounced aj
decided success Tuesday by Hush!
Whitmire, one of the owners of the i
place. The contest was to see who j
could drive a Chevrolet Six the j
greatest distance on one pint of
ga?glinc. While the records are be
ing checked, so winners may be de
clared and announced in next week's
paper, Mr. Whitmire says some inter
esting facts are coming to light.
The Whitmire boys are well pleased,
they say, with the mileage procured
on each pint of gas.
Nearly one hundred people who
had registered for the contest failed
to get to make effort at the cash
prizes being offered, because the
contest closed last Saturday night,
and, although the test car was kept
in constant operation throughout
the week, there wa* not time for this
large number to enter the race. It;
order to make the closing fair to all,
it is said, all such names were placed
in a hat, and one name drawn out,
which entitled that person to make
the last trial for the cash prize.
Full announcement of the win
ners, the mileage secured, and de
tails of the comparison made, will
be published in next week's paper.
PERKr WINNER IN
4TH TOURNAMENT
Rev. H. Perry won first prize ir.
the tournament played July Fourth
on the Brevard Country Club course,
while R. W. Everett won second, and
.fudge Edward P. McCoy, of Pisgah
Forest, won third prize. The event
attracted irany people to the popular
course. One dozen golf balls 'vert:
given as prize. *
The next event is that of the Wo
men's Tournament beginning this
Thursday, in flights of fours, with
the following scheduled to enter:
Mrs. S. M. Macfie, Miss Rose Ship
man, Miss Nancy Macfie, Miss Helen
Morrow.
Mrs. David Ward, Mrs. Sherman;
Hammatt, Mrs. J.-'K. Barclay, Mias j
Louise Barclay.
Mrs. H. W. Everett, Miss Eiiabeth
Shipma-.i. Mrs. R. L. Alexander, Mi.is
Dot Fetser.
Mrs. J. S. Slversteen, Mrs. Thos.
H, Shiprr.an, Mrs. Albert Kyle, Mrs.
jC. L. N'ewiand.
Miss Ruth Perry, Miss Mary Locke,
Mrs. Harry Fatten. Miss Mildrsrt
jTranthsm.
Sirs. B. 1??. Trantharn, Mrs. H. A.
iPiummer, Mrs. G. C. Kilpatrick,
J Miss Annie Shipman.
BREESE IN CHARGE OF
KIWANIS CLUB MEETING
Wm. E. Breese, Brevard lawyer,
is in charge of the program of the
Kiwanis club meeting this Thursday
at noon. All members are assured
an interesting hour. Mr. ^Breese was
first president of the club at its or
ganization, and is known as one of
the most entertaining to^stmasters
in the state.
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WHITESIDE SLAYS
YOUNG WIFE, THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Blood of Mates Trickle Across
Floor and Writes Chapter
In Life's tragedies
ISAWED-OFF SHOTGUN IS
USED IN THE DEATHS
Tragedy Occurred In Etowah
Home of Recently Mar
ried Couple
Another chapter was written in
Tragedy's Big Book last Sunday
night, when the blood of T. Claude
Whitsides mixed with the blood of
his beautiful young wife, and,
trickling across the floor of the liv
ing room in their Etowah home,
wrote the chapter of murder and
suicide. Their lifeless, blood-matted
bodies were found by a neighbor
early Monday morning, the young
wife lying face down, and the hus
band's form sprawled across the
floor, face up, with his head resting
;on the wife's hack. This mute pic
ture showed how he laid himself in
this position, after killing his wife,
placed the muzzle of a double barrel
shotgun in his mouth, and sent the
loads from both barrels through his
head and neck, some of which went
on and into the back of his mate.
Whitesides was 26 years of age,
and was a handsome young fellow.
He operated a filling station just
below Etowah, and had living quar
ters in the rear of the station. He
had married a Miss Eads, whose
people are prominent citizens of that
section. It is said that the two hail
had some trouble in the past. Late
Sunday afternoon Whitesides, who
was known as a reckless rider when
on his motorcycle, had crashed into
a Buick car, resulting in severe in
juries to himself, from which he was
unconscious for a long time. This
accident occurred near his home,
and neighbors assisted in takine him
home and stayed for some tinn- with
him. until it was thought he was ali
right. About midnight, it is said,
shots were heard in the community,
but no importance was attached to
them. Early Monday morninc a
neighbor by the name of Moffitt
went to the Whitesides home to in
quire a? to liis condition. Getting
no response io his knocks, he went
inside and the gruesome sight ? -f
man and wife, long cold in death,
met hit astounded gaze.
Six shots had been fi>vd, officer1
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M, DWORETZKY, SR.
VISITS IN BREVARD
New York Capitalist Looks
Upon Brevard as "His
Other Home."
M. Dworetzky, Sr., New York ca;
italist and an official in all of the
Silversteen interests in Transyl
vania county, is spending a week in
Brevard, ;ruest at the Pierce-Moore
Hotel. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Dworetzky, who is .Air. Silversteen's
sister. Mr. Dworetzky hay been
coming to Brevard for the past 25
years, and looks upon this commun
ity as "hi* other home." He has
made many warm personal friends
in the county who are always triad to
see the hip \?w York capitalist.
Mr. and Mrs. Dworetzky drove
through from New York, and will
leevc next Sunday on the returr
trip. The Brevard News made ef.
fort i;o obtain an interview with him.
but owing to his many engagements
fo'jnd it impossible to get a state
ment for publication. The trip to
Brevard is one of business and pleas
ure, but, as is usual with men of
affairs, it is more business than
pleasure. Because of his close con
nections with the large financial in
stitutions of New York and other
eections, The Brevard News desired
Mr. Dworetzky's views on present
business conditions, more especially
on the immediate fuutrs.
Mr. Dworetzky, as one of Mr. Sil
versteen's earliest associates in the
big companies that have meant so
much to this covinty, has made large
contribution to this town's growth,
and the fact that he looks upon Bre
vard with such great favor is highly
appreciated by the citizens here.
COUNTY COURT TO HEAR
JURY CASES NEXT WEEK
While Judge D. L. English, of the
General County Court disposed of
'many minor cases Monday and Tues
day, the hig portion of che docket if
to be heard next wek, when some
jury cases *re docketed. The fol
lowing have been summoned to serve
on the jury:
D. H. Winchester, L. E. Powell,
M. L. Galloway, J. H. Raxter, W.
G. Kilpatrick, Walter Hubbard, T.
E. Whitmire, Seldon Jones, R. Free
man Whitmire, A. C. Surrett, Thos.
Dodsworth, L. M. Watkins, T. E.
Wright, Oscar Fisher, R. L. Capps,
L. M. Morgan, E. Gaston Whitmire,
Henry Henderson, D. E. Lyday, El
bert Whitmire.