THE BREVARD NEWS
VOLUME XXXV BREVARD' NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 1, 1930 Number 40
REPUBLICANS ASK
DEMOCRATS FOR A
JOINT CAMPAIGN
L .P, Hamlin, Nominee for the
Legislature, Writes Letter
To Mr. Henry
COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES
HAMLIN MAKE REQUEST
Challenger Says Issues Should'
Be Discussed In Joint
Campaign
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himself has written a letter to Hon.
W. M. Henry, democratic nominee, J
asking Mr. Henry to meet him in
joint discussion of the issues. Mr. I
Hamlin's letter states that he was au
thorized l.y the executive committee
of the republican party in Transyl
vania county to invite this joint dis
cussion. i
Because of the widely different
statements being made as to county
affairs by the speakers for the two
parties, it is believed by many lead
ing men and women in both parties
that the best way to present actual
facts about the county's affairs and
conditions would be at joint meet
ings, where members of both politi
cal parties could hear speakers for
both parties.
Following is a copy of the letter
written by Mr. Hamlin to Mr. Henry,
asking for a joint campaign:
"Hon. W. M. Henry
"Democratic Candidate for Rep.
"Brevard, N. C
"Dear Mr. Henry:
"Since there are many issues in
volved in this; campaign concerning
our County affairs, which are of
vital importance to the citizens of
the County, I Think that a joint difc
cussion of those issues would enaKe
'he citizens to ?ct more clearly be
fore them the facts concerning our
bounty affairs.
"I am therefore inviting you to
meet me in public discussion of the
political issues in every precinct in
the County.
"At a recent meeting of the Coun
ty Republican Executive Committee, j
I was authorized to invite you, to- I
Kether with the Democratic County I
candidates 10 meet with us in this I
joint discussion. The time and place f
of meetings to be agreed upon iff]
you accept this invitation. It is the ]
desire of myseif ar.d the Republican
candidates that this campaign be
conducted on a high plane, and in a
way that will be helpful and in
structive to the citizens of the
Lewis P. Hamlin, republican nom
inee for the legislature to succeed
County.
Yours very truly.
??'
ery truiy,
"LEWIS P. HAMLIN <
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September 30, 1030.
J. H. MULL CLAIMED jj
BY DEATH TUESDAY ;
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Had Lived in This County for,1
52 Years ? Was 90
Years Old
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Joseph Harrivsson Mull, aged 90,
died early Wednesday morning, after | ]
an operation had been performed
on him late Tuesday afternoon. The
deceased had been a long sufferer, i
and during' the past few days his
condition was growing worse. It was
believed that an operation might re
move the cause of suffering and pro
long life.
Mr. Mull was born in Burke
county in 1840, and moved to this
county 52 years ago, where he has
lived since that time. He was mar
ried to Miss Angeline Mull, a distant
relative, who died four years ago.
Surviving are the following sons
and daughters: William Mull, of Bre
vard; Mrs. Robert Hunt, of Green
ville; Lacell Mull, of Greenville;
Wales L. Mull, of Brevard; John
Mull, of Elkland, Penna., and Mrs.
Mary Lance, Brevard.
Funeral services will be held at
Connosstee cemetery Friday morning
at 11 o'clock, with Rev. Paul Hart
sell, Brevard and Rev, W. E. Rufty,
Rosman, conducting the services,
while the Brevard Undertaking com
pany lias charge of the funeral ar
rangements. It was the desire of
Mr. Mull, often stated during hia
last days, to be buried by th6 side of
his wife in Connesstee cemetery.
Mr. Mull had many friends here
and. in Bufjce county, being known
and noted for the iron-clad rule
which Jie closely observed of never
making an unkind statement about
any one. or joining in any talk about
his #eighbors. He had been active as
a citizen, a hard worker, a good
neighbor, and liked by all who knew
him. -i '
GLA3EJNER IN CHARGE OF
KIWANIS MEET THURSDAY
Julian Glazener will have charge
of the Kiwanis program at the Ship
man Cafe this Thursday at noon. It
is expected that he will have some
phase of agricultural work as his
theme, this topic being "next his
heart" always.
BIG ELK KILLED ON
FOREST RESERVE
Killing; an 800-pound bull Elk in
;he Pisgah National Forest last Sun
lay afternoon, a group of men made
:heir escape after an exciting chase
>y officers and bloodhounds. The
tilling was made near the Lodge o"n
he Asheville side of the mountain, |
?nd watchmen discovered the big fine
'ellow. These government watchmen
tnew that the killers would return
ifter dark for their elk, and laid in
,vait for them. The killers discov
ered the presence of the officers and
nade a auick get-away. Eck Sims
.vas called, and took his hound to
;he scene and found the trail, which
;he hound kept until arriving at the
place where the killers entered an
automobile, and made their escape.
The great bull elk, majestic in his
beauty, lordly in his leadership of
the herd of fifty in the government
forest, was the favorite with the
rangers in the government grounds.
Indignation was expressed by the
rangers and by many citizens who
had been informed of the dastardly
deed. Every effort is to be made by
the government to apprehend the
guilty parties and give them the very
limit of the >law for their unsports
manlike conduct. Killing of this
great elk is considered to be just
about as low down, mean thing as
man could be charged with.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
AT HIGH HAMPTON
Sylva golfers won by five points
from Brevard in a golf tournament
last Sunday, played on the course at
High Hampton. Local players rep
resenting Brevard were: H. N. Car
rier, Sherman Hammatt, W. W.
Croushorn, E. P. McCoy, Anthony
Trantham, Dr. Chas. L. Newland, T.
H. Shipman and H. H. Patton.
Messrs. Council, Denning, Powell,
Candler, Riley, Thompson and Rob
inson were the Sylva golfers taking
the honors from Brevard. It is said
that Sylva will come here for a game
at an early date, after which Bre
vard will play on the Sylva course.
OLD TIME PUMPKIN HERE
ATTRACTS MANY PEOPLE
J. A. Bishop, manager of the In
stitute Farm, brought a pumpkin to
The News office this week that was a
real "whopper." It was of the old
time candy roaster variety, com
monly called potato pumpkins. It
is thirty three and one-half inches
long and the circumference is the
same as the length. The seed were
planted about May 20. The pumpkin
is on display at The News office.
Tobacco Field ot Will J. McCall and Son, ot Gloucester
Above is pictured the fine tobacco
field of Will J. McCall and son,
Gloucester farmers, showing the
great yield of this weed in the
Gloucester section. In the picture
are Mr. McCall and his son, both of
whom are justly proud of their to
bacco crop. This and other pictures)
shown on another page give clear
cut evidence that tnis county is, in-j
deed, a tobacco growing county. The
pictures on anpther page show the
tobacco field of Mr. M. 0. McCall,
of Quebec, and one of T. G. Miller,
and Luther Wood, in their crop just1
outside the town limits of Brevard..
Prom these widely separated sections'
pictures were taken to show that
just any part of the county will
grow good tobacco j
Word now comes that the state
tobacco expert has said that thej
crop of Hardy Merrill, grown in an
other section of the county, that is, '
in Little River section, will take sec- .
ond prize for good tobacco. Reports I
from all sections of the county from
those who went into the growing |
plan in order to test the crop here i
are to the effect that near every ef
fort has been crowned with success. !
These pi' lures are being shown that
nil who see them may know that
Transylvania county will produce
tobicco of the very best yield. I
NEW FUNERAL HOME ;
OF KILPATRICK CO.!
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Now Complete and Being Used
? Oldest Brevard In
stitution
Announcement is made in this is
sue of The Brevard News of the
completion of the new funeral
home of Kilpatrick, Son & company,
an enterprise established here in
1892 by C. C. Kilpatrick, who is still
an active member of the firm. With (
the elder Kilpatrick other associates
arc G. C. Kilpatrick and Ed. Gilles- ?
pie.
The new funeral home is located :
in the Kilpatrick home, on West
Main street, the former residence ;
having been converted into a model
funeral home. The first floor contain
the parlor, morgue, display room,
and lay-out room. The second floor
is given over to display rooms, one ,
of which contains coffins and cask-'!
ets for children. On this floor are
also maintained living quarters, in
cluding a completely furnished room
for the use of people who desire to ,
stay near by while arrangements
are being made for burial of mem
bers of their family.
Officials of the company state that
an amount upwards of $30,000 is
invested in the enterprise, which in
cludes hearse and ambulance ser
vice. The ambulance service is said
to be one of the greatest things in
connection with the business, and in
a half page anouncement elsewhere
in this paper is a statement to the
public to use this ambulance without
thought of pay for same. When
questioned as to the meaning of I
this statement, an official of the com- j
pany gave the information that sel
dom is there any charge made for
ambulance service within the county,
charges being made only when the
ambulance is called out of the coun
ty on long trips.
Many changes have taken place, it
was pointed out, since this business
began here 38 years ago. Brevard ,
then was but a cross-roads place, it |
(Continued on page six)
RALPH FISHER AT
OTEEN HOSPITAL
Ralph R. Fisher, prominent Bre
-ard attorney and republican candi
date for solicitor in this district, is
in Oteen hospital for examination.
Mr. Fisher has not been in good
health for the past several weeks,
and is at Oteen to have determined
cause of ill health. He was in
France for a long time, having volun
teered in the World War when
America first entered into the con
flict. ' ?
Friends of Mr. Fisher throughout
he district are carrying on his
ampaign work for him, all hoping
for his speedy recovery and early re
turn "into his accustomed activities.
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
Regular meeting of the American
Legion, Monroe Wilson Post No. 88,
will be held Friday evening at 8:00
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
The banquet scheduled for this
FrH?" <"'?rJng has been pu1, off for
several weeks, and members of the
nrflfRTn7nt'pn wi" ho later a*
to Ui<2 exuet auto.
STUDENTS FAIR TO
BEMELDOKOCT.il
On Saturday, October 11, 68
members of the local Chapter of tho j
Young Tar Heel Farmers will stagf 1
a Student's Fair in Brevard, using |
the building formerly occupied by:
the Blue Moon Tea Room for dis-l
play of their farm products and ]
poultry offerings. These young farm- 1
era are students in the Brevard
High School, being members of the i
class in agriculture taught by Prof. 1
Julian A. Glazener, one of the ;
outstanding vocational agriculture ?
teachcrs cf the state. All exhibits to
be made at the fair come from the i
field and pen of the your.g men ]
studying agriculture in the High i
school here. 1
It is believed that hundreds of ;
farmers of the county will attend '
the fair, and it is said that- all busl- ]
ness men of the town, realizing the.1
great importance of the work being
done by these young men, will at-,1
tend and lend every aid to the boys. 1
[t is believed that this students' fair ]
will be a forerunner to a real |
county fair, which may be organ- j
ized and staged next year. Produc
tion in Transylvania county is of ,1
such fine nature that a county fair!
equal to the best could easily be i
staged here every year. The bulle
tin boards in the windows of The
Brevard News are always filled with
interesting products of farm and ,
garden, and with a little concerted I
effort as fine a fair as could be
found might be staged here.
The young men of the class in j
agriculture extend an invitation to j
all people to attend their fair here |
on October 11, and see juit what
these boys are doing for the county.
ASHEVrLLE BOWLERS HERE
FOR GAMES TUESDAY NIGHT
Several Asheville business men
were here Tuesday evening, enjoy- _
ing games on the alleys of the H. &
,T. Recreation Center. Bowlers from
many Western Carolina towns have
played on the local alleys during the
past few months, and all of them
speak in highest terms of the facili- .
ties of the local place. It is said I
that Brevard has the best alleys in .
all this section, and evidence of this
fact is found in the large numbers of
people who come here for games.
GLAZENER'S STARTING BIG
SALE HERE NEXT SATURDAY
Glazener's incorporated, makes an
nouncement that the store will be
closed Friday, making preparations
for a big sale starting at that place
Saturday morning. While no prices
are mentioned in the page an
nouncement, promise is made that
price reductions of substantial na
ture are to prevail. Full particulars
of the plans, which include a pre
sentation of fifteen dollars in gold
to the store's customers, can be
(found on the back page of the paper.
DAVIDSON RIVER DAY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER STH
Tlit annual Home-Coming Day
of Davidicta River will be held
ai unuai, an the firtt Sunday in
October.
Morning (ervicec at 11:00.
"Davidion River Dinner" on
the iiroundt.
Afternoon service!.
To tho?e who have attended
a D" vMff'ii Ri'wp Day. no word
U nicded. To thoie who have
not, no wdrdi would be a dif
fident deicviption.
M'CALL REUNION
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Meets at Little River Baptist
Church ? Program
Complete
Members of the McCall family are .
planning for the biggest reunion ;
ever held by that great family, j
which is one of the largest and most ,
influential families in Western North j
Carolina. The reunion this year will i
be held next Sunday, at the Little ]
River Baptist church, beginning at j
10 o'clock in the morning. The com- ,
mittee on arrangements has com- \
pleted the program, which contains j
some unusually fine features in the ,
song leaders that have been secured
for the day. At the noon hour a big (
picnic dinner will be served, and the ^
program will be concluded in the (
afternoon.
Following is the program as ar- (
panged :
Reunion called to order, by the
president, S. B. McCall.
Song, led by W. C. McCall.
Prayer, by President McCall.
Welcome address, by J. C. Mc
Call.
Special Music, by the Simpson ,
Brothers quartet. j
Business Reports.
Report of Memorial Committee.
Music, by the Hendersonville j
Quartet. I
Address: "The Value of a Human
Life," by James F. Barrett, Editor
of The Brevard News.
Special Music, by Mrs. Eva Rice.
Short talks by visitors.
Noon hour, picnic, dinner.
The afternoon will he taken up
with singing, am on;: t'aor.'
to be present and take pari in uk i
musical program are the following:
J. G. Moody, Simpson Brothers,
Carolina Ladies Quartet, the Osteen
Brothers', the Pisgah Forest Quartet
and many others. 1
All the McCall clan, kith, kin r>nd
friends are qtgcJ to oe or?.str.t, j
assist in making the 1930 McCall re- ;
union the most enjoyable ever held i
by this great family so well knowr
throughout the Carolines.
MRS. MiLtfPRlZE
STORY ON SALE NOW ;
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Mrs. Mary Hampton Mills' thous
and dollar prize story, "The Woman |
Who Kept Faith With Love," pub- I
ished in True Story Magazine, is
now or. sale at Ward's News stand j
here. Mrs. Mill? wrote the story
nearly a year ago, and won the
thousand dollars offered hy Trun
Stories. Brevard people will read
the story with intense interest, the
fact that Mrs. Mills is so well and
favorably known here adds still
greater interest to the story which
was declared the winner in the
world-wide contest staged by True
Story.
I Mrs. Mills is known throughout
this section as "Brevard's own au
thor," and her many successes have
been most pleasing to her large num
ber of friends and admirers.
PRECINCT SUPPER MEETING
Precinct No. 2 Republican club
j will have a supper this Friday night,
Oct. 3, at the Junior Hall. Ail who
'can do so are requested to meet at
!the Republican headquarters in the
iMcMinn building at 6:30 p.m. The
'supper will be. served later in the
'Junior Hall.
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RAILWAY STATION
AT CIIERRYFIELD
NOT TO BE CLOSED
Station at Penrose Ordered
Closed by Ruling of Cor
poration Commission
HARD FIGHT AGAINST THE
CLOSING WAS MADE HERE
W. T. Lee, of Raleigh, Was in
Brevard for Hearing ?
Order Given
Cherryfield station on the Sou
thern Railway line is to be continued
in operation, while the Penrose sta
tion is to be closed, according to
an announcement made by the Cor
poration Commission and received in
Brevard last Saturday. Hearing
was held on this matter ten days ago,
when W. T. Lee, of the commission,
held sessions here for the purpose
of hearing applications made by the y
Southern Railway company's o/r
ficials to close both stations Tre
mendous opposition devsioFed to the
petitions, particularly so regarding
the Cherryfield station, when several
citizens of that section wet in Bre
vard for concerted opposition to
the closing.
Following is a copy of the i-lficinl
communication received from t>"
Corporation Commission .
In Re: Applications of the
Southern Railway System for
Permission to Discontinue the
Agency Stations at Cherry
field and Penrose, N. C., and
make them prepay points.
ORDER
These applications of the Southern
Railway, through Superintendent
Cooper, of Asheville, dated July 10,
1930, seek the approval of the Com
mission for change in station sen , .j
at Cherryfield. North Carolina. ai*l
Penrose, Nortn Carolina, both <>{
which are stations of the South' .1
Railway System located on its IV u
way Branch, from agency *tati.i.s
to prepay points.
Cherryfield is located 7.1 ir.i' *
south of Brevard and 2.<> milos
north of Rosman, both of which s.ie
regular agency stations. While it is
clear that the present revenue col
lected by the Southern Railway -t
Cherryfield would not justify the
railroad company in keeping ??
agent there, the evidence pre.-vi.* - 1
at the hearing tended to .-how itut
there is some prospect for an im
provement in the revenue at th?t
point; it is, therefore,
ORDERED, That the applica
tion of the Southern Railway Sta
tion for permission to discontinue
Cherryfield as an agency station be,
and it is hereby denied for the pres
ent.
In the case of the application to
close Penrose, the revenue shows a
:ontinuous decline, Penrose being
snly 4.8 miles from Etowah and 4.4
miles from Pisgah Forest and havin :
a paved highway both to Etowah an-i
to Pisgab Forest, distance counts
for very little under such condi
tions and it does not appear that
the people will be greatly inconven
ienced by the closing of this agency;
and, it is
ORDERED, That the Southern
Railway System is hereby authorised
to close Penrose, North Carolina., a
an agency station and make it a
prepay point.
By Order of the Commission.
R. 0. SELF, Clerk.
This 24 day of Sept. 1930.
BREVARD INSTITUTE SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1930
The Ross Literary society of Bre
vard Institute met and elected now
officers for the term as follows:
Miss Edna Brown, president and
cheer leader; Miss Bee T id well, ^ce
president and captain; Miss F' a
Deth Larmon, secretary and irt.-s
urer; Miss Doris Swain, critic; <'"r
nelia Cathey, censor; Mir-? Dixit* El
liott, chaplain.
The Ross society h:is several upw
members this year and expects to
take an active part in school activi
ties
Miss Johnston was electeJ as spon
sor for the society.
Both the Adelphian and Roy* ?irla
are looking forward to Field Day,
which is November 8-9.
BOXING BOUTS ARE
PROVING POPULAR
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Many Brevard people were in Ashe
ville Monday night to see the Add
j Warren-?leff Carroll boxing: bout
[put on by Harvey Hester, who If cn
deavoring to revive the art in this
j section- of - the state.
One of the best cards ev. r p
in North Carolina was 'taped, .v.'ji
Warren, champion of the Uaroiina*
and Carroll, champion of ihe (iulf
States going ten rounds to a draw.
Five preliminary bsuts of six and
eight scheduled rounds were enjoyed
by the several thousand fan* who
were comfortably seated in t'io base
bull park arena. Trooper C tayton,
AsheviHe idol, who wo,\ a decision
over Babe Glover of Knoxville, was fl
the outstanding preliroini. , .