North Carolina Newspapers

THE VOLUME XXXV BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1930 Number 37 TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN COST OF STATE GOVERNMENT DISCUSSED BY MR. MAXWELL INTEREST CHARGE MOUNTS HIGHER AS STATE DEBTS GROW Takes More To Pay Interest Alone Than Government Cost 10 Years Ago PUBLIC DEBT NOW GROWN TO HALF BILLION DOLLARS State, Counties and Cities Have Been Mortgaging Future for Present Money "It takes more money to pay the state's interest on its debts today than it took to carry on all of the state's operations ten years ago," is the startling statement made by A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue, Raleigh, in a recent address. Mr. Maxwell took the ten-year period, 1918 to 1928, enumerating the events of rapid progress made dur ing that time in North Carolina, and I then shows the trenendous cost of' these things, offerir.g facts to show i why the state is in its present condi- 1 tion. "In 1918 the total co^t of state 1 government of every nature was i twenty-three and one-half millions ! of dollars. In 1928, ten years later,! it took more than $25,000,000 to [ pay the interest alone in the indebt- 1 edness of the state, county and city ' bonds," Mr. Maxwell advised. Following is a partial reproduc- 1 tion of the address, delivered last ' week by Mr. Maxwell, and gives in- 1 formation that is most interesting 1 to all citizens: The State's Progress In this state no very serious ef fort was made to provide public ed ucation until the labors of Aycock, I Mclver. Alderman and Joyner be-1 gan to bear frui.t This state did not recognize anyj (Continued on back page) sTsTgroup going TO RUT1RF0RDT0N MRS. E. L M'KEE TO ADDRESS P. T. GROUP Large Crowd Expected to Hear Noted Club Woman ? Officers Named Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, i prominent club woman and society I leader and democratic candidate for senate, will be principal speaker at the meeting of die Parent-Teacher association next Monday afternoon. The meeting will be held at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of the Elementary school building. Officers of the association invite all parents of school children and all friends of the school to attend the gathering. Regular meetings are held each third Monday, and the work of the association has been of untold bene fit to the schools of the town and county. The following officers and chair men have been selected to serve dur ing the year: President, Mrs. H. L. Wilson; vice president, Mrs. D. F. Moore; secretary. Mrs. J. B. JoneS; treas urer, Mrs. Roland Whitmire. Chairmen: Membership, Mrs. L. Pushell; sociability, Mrs. Roy Long; program, Miss Juanita Puett; pub licity, Mrs. R. L. Stokes; ways and means, J. E. Rufty; circulating li brary, Mrs. 0. H. Orr; grade moth-i ers, Mrs. A. B. Galloway. Grade Mothers are: 1-A, Mrs. M. M. Feaster, Mrs. F. B. Carr; 1-B, j Mrs. Charles Pickelsimer, Mrs. P.P.1 Hartsell; 2-A, Mrs. T. D. Grim- 1 shaw, Mrs. H. C. Ranson; 2-B, Mrs. L. Pushell, Mrs. Wm. Price; 3-A, ' Mrs. J. A. Schachner, Mrs. Coleman Galloway; 3-B, Mrs. J. M. Allison, Mrs. T. P. Ward; 4-A, Mrs. D. F. Moore, Mrs. B. F. Beasley; 4-B, Mrs. N\ A. Miller, Mrs. R. J. Orr; 5-A, Mrs. H. E. Erwin, Mrs. J. M. Williams; 5-B, Mrs. J. A. Simpson, Mrs. Lynch Moore; 6-A, Mrs. J. C. Hendrix, Mrs. Ed Loftis; 6-B, Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, Mrs. A. N. Hinton; 7-A, Mrs. R. L. Terry, Mrs. Charles Patton; 7-B, Mrs. Tom Wood, Mrs. Ottis Shipman. fiddlMtoplay IN CONCERT HERE Member# of the Brevard Metho- 1 (list Sunday School will visit the j Baptist Sunday School in Ruther-: fordton next Sunday, leaving the I Methodist church here at 7 :3_0 1 o'clock Sunday morning. This is repaying a visit made several weeks, ago "by the Kutherfordton class to j the Methodist Sunday School here. 1 Between fifty and sixty men and women are expected to be in the Brevard group to the sister city. After Sunday School, the visitors will hear the great preacher, Rev. i Dr. Len G. Breughton, who is now I conducting a revival in Rutherford- i ton. The visitors will enjoy a picnic dinner with the Rutherfordton peo ple, and all going fvom here are given notice that it will not be necessary for any of the Brevard peeple to prepare lunch. Men and women of the Brevard . Sunday School who have cars are| urged to be on hand promptly at1 7 :30 Sunday morning, so those who 1 have no cars may have ample op- ! portunity of going with the group. People with children who cannot be left behind are asked to take the children with them, so no member will have to remain " away on ac count of this reason. A large crowd of fine people came from Rutherfordton to Brevard, and a realy enjoyable day was spent here with the visitors. The good people of Rutherfordton are making every effort, it is reported from that end of the line, to give the Brevard people a great day. FRANKLIN HOTEL HAS GOOD SEASON Following one of the most success ful seasons in its existence, the Franklin Hotel, popular Brevard re ? sort, closed the summer season on Tuesday, September 9. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman P. Hammatt, managers of the summer hotel,, will stay in Brevard until the first of October, after which they will visit Mr. Ham matt's parents in Jacksonville, Fla. If the heavy registrations at the Franklin are to be taken a3 an ex ample, fhe Brevard region has not experienced the heavy drop in tour ist traffic that has ben felt by some sections. Mr. Hammatt states that the Franklin has had guests this summer from practically every state in the Union. Many guests have come from New York, New England, Chi cago, California, Ohio, Texas, Ten nessee, Kentucky, and all the Sou thern states. Lovers of old time music are hop- J ing that every fiddle, banjo and; guitar player in Transylvania coun-i ty is getting his instrument in tune I for the big "Fiddlers Convention"' to be held at the court house in ' Brevard, next Friday night, Sept. J 12. Musicians of this type are not' only invited to enter this contest,' but are urged to do so. The convention Friday night, if' every indication is true, will be the loudest and liveliest yet held. Many entrants will be on hand from every section of the county. One of the many outstanding entrants up to this date is the Blantyre String Band, composed of Uncle Dave Hol liday and Dollie Morgan and Mrs. Morgan. Promoters of the conven tion have announced that only instru mental music will be considered in the awarding of prizes. For years, no series of gatherings have been held in the county that have attracted more attention or have been more thoroughly enjoyed than these fiddlers conventions. A record breaking crowd is expected at the court house Friday night. Any pne who really wants to enjoy him self, is urged to attend. SPELLING MATCH BEING ARRANGED Announcement has been made that the Indian section of the Daugh ters of Wesley class of the Methodist church will have an old fashioned spelling match sometime next week. The spelling will be from the old Blue Back Speller. A $5.60 gold piece will be given to the bast spell er. There will be a small admission fee for every one who attends. ! Definite arrangements have not yet been made. The time and place will be announced later. The pro ceeds from this affair will be ap plied to the church benevolence fund. I The Daughters of Wesley have been unusually active in their labors for the church this summer and should have the whole-hearted sup port of the whole church in all their undertakings. It is hoped that a large crowd will attend this affair. ;many people attend PRESBYTERIAN SUPPER I 1 Many people of the town attended the supper given at the Presbyterian church Tuesday night, Sept. 9. The splendid supper was served by the jYoung Womefi's Circle of the rhurch, and was declared by the pas Itor to be quite a success. HOMER WHITMIRE'S DREAM CAME TRUE Above see Mr. Whitmire and Hector, j one of his pets. At the left are ^ $3,000 worth of fox pups in a cup. ? six of them worth $500 a piec?. One pup "ducked" whc?n the pho tographer snapped the picture. CORBINAPMS 1 WORKING CABINET: i J. F. Corbin, teacher of agricul ture in the Rosman High School, has' formed a cabinet for th& purpose of lending aid to his class work with the young people and to extend his J work among the farmers. Prof., Corbin has addressed th'.* following I letter to the men who have been ? asked to become members of his cabinet: The letter follows: "The responsibility of training or directing the ^thought of even one child much less all the children of a community is too big a task for any, one person. Every person who comes in contact with a child is teaoj^inp: the child but the teachers are inoiv ; or less held responsible for direct ing the education. The responsibil- ' ity of directing the agricultural | thought of the future farmers of this : community should not be placed on I one man, nor should the thought di recting the agricultural progress of , this community at present during i this crisis be left to any but a group , of the best informed of the com- , munity. I "With the above ideas in mind the writer has asked the following men to form an Agricultural Advisory Council to meet from time to time and assist in working out a program j of work. i "Mr. H. B. Harris, representing j industry; Mr. Joe Galloway, farmer and member of school board; Mr. Carl Allison, grain farmer; Mr. Ar thur Whitmire, stock farmer; Mr. Will Glazener, merchant and school committeeman; Mr. P. A. Morgan,' truck grower; Mr. A. M. White, in dustry, and county commissioner. "I am asking that we have a i meeting Friday night, Sept. 12, at j 7:30 in the Agriculture class room; of the high school building. "Very truly yours, "J. F. CORBIN." MASONIC MEETING ! HAS FINE PROGRAM Members of Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will hear plans for the great home-coming event to be staged here next month,, a day that was observed last year, and made an annual affair for all time to come. It is planned to have even a larger attendance at this home-coming day than was recorded at the first meeting a year ago when such a large number attended and enjoyed the picnic supper. Commit tees will be named Friday at the reg ular communication, and it is hoped that a large attendance will be on hand to help in arranging the an nual meeting to be held in October. Much interest is being taken in the paper that is to be read at the meet ing this Friday night. The subject of the paper, "Corn, Wine and Oil, has great bearing upon Masonry, and members are anxious to hear the sub ject discussed. Vacancies in some of fices are to be filled also, and it is believed that a most interesting eve Inine is in store for all who attend. SILVER FOX RANCH TO HAVE OPENING Public To Be Invited to See Blue Ridge Silver Fox En terprise Near Brevard Forty silver and blue foxes are to arrive in Brevard this week, to be placed in the pens of the Blue Ridge Silver Fox Range, Cherryfield. About the 20th of this month people from many sections will attend a "show day," at the fox range, when Mr. Homer E. Whitmire and associates from the West will give information about fox ranching. Mr. Whitmire will be here about the fifteenth, and definite announcement will be made next week of the day when the pub lic will be invited to visit the fox ranch and get information about this comparatively new industry here, but an industry that has grown to tremendous proportions in ether section. Young Mr. Whitmire is a Transy lvania county boy, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Whitmire, lead ing citizens of the Cherryfield sec tion. The young man is connectcd with the great Purina Mills, in re search work, and his experiments | with the aid and assistance of the Purina people, until now it is recojj- ' nized as a great enterprise. The accompanying picture shows ; Mr. Whitmire talking to one of his | pet foxes, while at the side there ale ; a group of the babies in a basket. j Western capital is being placed in the fox ranch here, several thousands . of dollars having been deposited in : Brevard last week, representing the ? holdings of western people in the ; fox ranrh in Transylvania county, j NO CHANGE TOTbE j MADE NOW IN BOOKS! ! Raleigh, Sept. 9. ? There will be no changes in either elementary or high school text books to be used this year, that is the school year of 1930-31, it is learned from the office of the State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. Under the law the State Textbook Commission may recommend that changes be made in one major and two minor elementary subjects dur ing the year. A year ago the Text book Commission decided that no change would be made in the text books used this year. "It was the sense of all members present," the resolution passed read, "that they would prefer not to make any report on suggested changes in textbooks now in use in the elemen tary school of the state for the year 1929." The State Board of Educa tion, at a meeting held on Septem ber 10, 1929, approved this action of the Textbook Commission, and pass ed a resolution commending the members for their attitude in this matter. The action of these two bodies means that this year the school chil dren will use the same elementary textbooks as they have used hereto fore. The high school textbooks used were adopted for five years begin ning with the last school year. Hence, there will be no change in high school books until 1934. These books may be purchased by the chil dren of the state at prices not to exceed fifteen per cent above the ! wholesale prices set forth in the ! contract with the publishers. Both :the wholesale and retail prices are | stamped on the books. I These prices, according to Super- 1 jintendent Allen are fixed so that the t school children may be able to se 'cure textbooks at the lowest possible | cost. The names of the high school I textbooks used may be secured from | county and city superintendents. 'MR. PUSHELL IN NEW YORK | PURCHASING FALL GOODS Mr. Luther Pushell is in New York this week making purchases for ihis fall supply of goods for the Pushell Department store. ? NOTICE TO COLLEGE BOYS AND GIRLS In keeping with our custom of giving special rates to the young men and women who are away at college, we announce that The Brevard News will be sent to any Transylvania county young man or woman in college for the full season for only One Dollar. The Brevard News is intensely interested in the advancement of the county's boys and girls, and makes effort to print all the news each week that the young people away from home would enjoy reading. Send The Brevard News to YOUR boy or girl ? they will enjoy it. One Dollar for the whole school year. ERNEST L. MORGAN KILLED AS TRUCK LEAVES HIGHWAY Had Been Working for Ixjcal Concern During Past Five Years IS THOUGHT HEFELL ASLEEP ON TRUCK Had Been Losing Sleep on Ac-! count of Sickness of His Little Boy Ernest Morgan, 28 years of age, \ met sudden death last Monday after- 1 noon when the truck which he was ' driving on the Toxaway highway left the road and turned over. Mr. Mor- ' gan had been driving the ice truck for J. S. Bromfield for the past five1 years, and was returning from his 1 regular trip to Toxaway when the] accident occurred. Opinion has been expressed that Mr. Morgan had fall en asleep for an instant, and that in this moment the truck left the road way. He had been losing much sleep because of the serious illness of his little three-year-old boy, hence the opinion that he had fallen adctp. Some members of the fam ily. however, say that he had had a full night's sleep Sunday night, and attributed the cause to some other sorrce. The deceased was known as a splrndid citizen, seeming to enjoy his work, always courteous to his customers and was well liked by all who knew him. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, and i this order attended the funeral arid : buried the deceased member with | Woodmen honors. A v.idow and four smail children (Continued on back page) MRS. A. B. MOORE IS | CALLED IN DEATH; I I Suffers Stroke at Noon, Tues day, Dying a Few Hours Later Mrs. A. B. Moore died Tuesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock, after having suffered a stroke at noon. The sud den death caused genuine sorrow in Brevard, where the deceased had made many friends during the five years she had lived here. Mrs. Moore lived in a beautiful home at Forest Hills, which was built under personal supervision. She had attended to her usual duties Tuesday morning, it is said, and immediate-iy after the noon meal made complaint that she was not feeling well. A few minutes lat er she suffered a severe stroke, dy ing later without regaining con sciousness. The deceased was the widow of the late Judge A. B. Moore, prominent in Savannah, Ga., where the Moorcs lived, being recognized as one of the outstanding leaders in political cir cles in the state. Two children sur vive, Edith Elizabeth and Anne Castellaw. Mrs. A. B. Gould, mother of the deceased, was with her daugh ter when death came. Other relatives survive, all living in Georgia. Funerai services will be held j Thursday afternoon at o'clock at . the Episcopal church, pi which the I deceased was a member. Rev. Har-I ry Perry will conduct the services, | and The Brevard Undertaking com-j pany will have charge of the buiial, i which will be made in St. Paul's in the Valley. B. & L. ASSOCIATION CIRCULATES CASH Jerry Jerome, secretary-treasurer of the Brevard Building and Loan association, makes interesting an nouncement of the rapid growth of that organization, wLich has meant ) so much to the upbuilding of Bre vard. The 31st series have matured, and the sum of $10,900 has just been paid out, of which $6,900 was in cash and $4,000 represented final 'payments on homes. Further announcement is made I that the 44th series now open, and those desiring to save money system atically, or to pay for homes like paying rent, are invited by officers of the company to come in and talk the matter over with them. The Brevard Building and Loan associa tion is one of the strong institutions of the community, and many homes here have been erected and paid for through this plan, many of which could never have been owned in any other way. The building and loan association work is considered one of the na tion's greatest factors in the plan of home-owning. Tens of thousands of families are now living in their own homes who could never have possess ed their own place had it not been for the provisions of the building and loan nssociations. The local or ganization has made wonderful progress during1 the past several years, and is one of the few institu tions to have kept forging ahead even through the period of general business depressiqn. MACHINERY COMES TO START WORK ON STATE HI-WAY Ernest L. Webb, Brevard Man, In Charge of High way Operations ROSMAN-PICKENS ROAD WORK TO START SOON Completion of Highways Will Mean Much to Advance ment of This County 1 Road machinery was being- unload ed Tuesday and Wednesday, and transported to the Caesar's Head highway, where work is now starting ;on the completion of this important ji-oad. Ernest H. Webb, of Brevard, is in charge of the work. Other ma chinery is to be sent here at an early date, when the maximum [number of men will be placed on the job, and the work rushed through ^ to completion. It is expected that I work on the Rosman-Pickens high Iway will be started soon. Top much importance cannot be placed upon this highway work, as it will add thousands of tourists to this section each year. Highway 284 is recognized as being one of the most attractive routes in all the Southern highlands. Beginning at the intersection of the Greenville highway, on the South Carolina side, 284 carries the traveler by Caesar's Head, one of the wonder spots of the South, on through Cedar Mountain, ?which is a great resort within itself, by Brevard, and on through the Pisgah National Forest, the Pink Beds, Pisgah Mountain and the Rat, to Waynesville, and from there on through the Great Smoky National (Continued on back page) WOMAN'S BUREAU TO CLOSE C. OF C. SOON Bureau Has Done Great Work During Past Three Months Brevard's Chamber of Commerce will be closed on Sept. 15, pending re-organization of the body and re sumption of activities. Notice has been given by the Woman's Bureau that on the above date the bureau will cease work that has been carried on since the 15th day of May. The following statement was issued by Mrs. 0. L. Erwin, president of ihe Woman's Bureau. "On Sept. 15 the Woman's Bureau will discontinue operating the Cham ber of Commerce. "Realizing the importance of hav ing it open through the summer months, we offered to pay. expenses from May 15 to Sept. 15, which we have done. "Our efficient secretary reports a good business and many tourists have come to Brevard this summer through operating the Chamber of Commerce." The Woman's Bureau, with Miss Alma Trowbridge as secretary, has done much for the town and com munity during the three months which the women operated the Cham ber of Commerce. It is not known whether the men of the town will re organize and resume operations or not. In event no effort is made to do this, report has it that a board of trade will be organized, and carry on the work that is so greatly needed in the community. Brevard has felt, it is said by many leaders, the ill ef fects of having done no advertising last spring, and it is planned to have this work done for the coming year, even if a new organization is neces sary. HAVOC WROUGHT BY SOUTHERN STORMS With over two thousand known dead and the list mounting hourly as relief work continues, the little Dominican Republic presents a dark picture to the world, following the hurricane which last week laid waste to San Domingo, its capital city. The gale tore through the beautiful old city at the rate of one hundred and thirty-six miles an hour with rain and floods following. The bodies are being stacked in greet piles and burned in order to remove the dan ger of great disease epidemic, which usually follows such great calamities. This danger is made even greater by c great shortage in drinking water. Due to the serious flood conditions, the region can only be reached by air. Under the supervision of the Red Cross, medical supplies and food stuffs are arriving daily in the stricken area. The relief work is un der the personal supervision of CoL Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of Porto Rico and Charles B. Curtis, American minister to the Dominican Republic. The Brevard New* want* com plete Ii?t of young men *ad women leaving for college, for publication next week. P1?M? (end fa name*.