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VOLUME XXXV
BREVARP, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 15, 1930
Number 42
Rosman School-Community Fair To Be Held Thursday
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all sections of
SCHOOL DISTRICT
TO HAVE EXHIBITS
BOOwaVTOProepePr\ayCMaIrkeda11"
By Section*
i ivfsTOCK TO BE SHOWN
ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS
Joint Affair Gives Promise of
Attracting Many People
to Rosman
Yountr Tar Heel Farmers of the
n J wio-h School, working m
Rosman * 8 , school and the
fair to be held on Thursday of this
t Thp fair will be held in the
Htah sSol building, the exhibits
?? made in booths placed about,
the hallways of the main building,
while the stock pens and poultry
showings will be P Q c Bush^
Principal' of the Rosman High School, i
communities in the HPRfr upport to
county are lending fine support
?? ?i?us srrr
ities within the Rosman school d?
trict as active workers in the fair,
are the following : r .
Rosman community: Mrs- Cmg
"rfSm Gravely
anGlources?erHMrd' Sam Owen and.
Mrs. Tinsley Brown. _ ?
Toxaway and Quebec. T. C. Hen
derson, Mrs. D. Scruggs and Mrs. I
W01d' Toxaway: Mrs. Ellis Galloway'
and Weldon Gallowa" Namur:
Sapphire, Oakland and-Namur^
Otto Alexander, A.
W&H"'theSe communities to
elude responsibility for each con
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rniRTOPREACT
HERE NEXT SUNDAY
vilfeeVwill p^ealh lkeat the Svard
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
at 11 "o'clock, and at Davidson Rjye^
at 3 :30 in the afternoon, according
to information coming to J. A
ler stated clerk of the crevaru
church. All members are .urged t
attend these services ?nd visitors are
given a cordial invitation to hear this
noted preacher. _ J
These services are in connect;
with the Campaign of Completion
for King College, and Kev. air
Walker is coming here at the request
of J. G. Patton, Jr., chairman 01
the speakers committee of the cam
paign.
ransonIamily
LEAVES BREVARD
Their Going Causes Much Re>
gret ? Expression Made
at Church
Brevard is expressing regrets this j
week because of the removal of Mr. [
and Mrs. Henry Ranson and their
chidren from Brevard to Hender
sonville. Mr. Ranson, engineer on
the Southern Railway company's
lines between Hendersonville and
Lake Toaxway, had to move his .
family to Hendersonville because of J
the fact that the terminal, or lay- .
over, had been changed from Bre
vard to that place. Several families'
of Brevard's most popular citizens
were forced to leave their homes 1
here because of this change. The
town has suffered great loss in the '
removal of these familes, and there
is a decided sentiment in the town
against the actions of Superintend
ent Cooper because of these changes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ranson, last of the
railroad colony to leave, have been
aetive in church work here for many
years, and last Sunday witnessed
touching scenes at the Methodist
church when the announcement was
made th.it that was the last service
to be attended by the popular cou
ple, except at such times as they may
come up here as visitors. The Men's
Bible Class adopted a resolution
calling for preparation and publica
tion of an article expressing the re
gret of th" class because of the re
moral of Mr. Ranson.
HUNDREDS ATTEND
FAIR STAGED HERE
BY YOUNG FARMERS
Pronounced Most Successful
by Many Citizens of
County
PLACEMENTS WON BY
THE MANY EXHIBITORS!
List of Entries Gives Idea of!
Bigness of the Work Be
ing Done Here
Young Tar Heel Farmers of the
Brevard High School, together with
the class in home economics, staged
as fine a small fair here last Satur
day as any one could want to see.
Livestock, poultry, farm and garden
products were exhibited in a manner
that speaks volumes for the future
of Transylvania county, while the
exhibits of the home economics class
gave evidence that much study has
been devoted to that course by the
ladies in the Brevard High. The fail
was held in Blue Moon Tea Room,
while the livestock was in especially
built pens and stalls in the alleywaj
in the rear of the building.
One of the features of the fair
was a dirt map of Transylvania
county, made of the actual soils
from the various sections, showing
by United States government experi
ments the adaptations of the various
soils, their fertility and suggested
crops for each section. This dirt
map, being a miniature Transylvania
county, was made by the 9th grade
boys, without any assistance or sug
gestions from the teacher or any
one else. Merrimon Shuford, Arthur
Orr, Ralph Case, Bruce Reed, James
Mills and Jack Wilson made the map
and worked out its various interest
ing phases.
All day long Saturday, men, wo
men and children packed the place
about the fair, both inside the build
ing and through the lots wherein
were placed the livestock. Many hun
dreds of people witnessed the show- j 1
ing of the younr men and women of j -
the Brevaru High school vocational 1
agriculture and' home economics
classes.
Late in the afternoon a cornstalk
parade was held, and 66 boys
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MASONIC LODGE TO
OBSERVE BIG DAY
Friday, October 24, will be ob
served by Dunn's Rock Masonic
Lodge in Brevard as "home-cominjr
day," and it is planned to have all
members of the lodge present, to
gether with many former members,
who are now demitted to other
lodges. In addition, there will be
many delegations from other lodges, ! ]
notably being a delegation from t .
Glenville Lodge.
The Grand Master of the Grand ,
Lodge in North Carolina is sched- <
uled for an address at the afternoon t
session. The meeting will begin at J j
4 o'clock in the afternoon, and be |
called from labor to refreshment at j
6 o'clock, when a supper will be ,
served in the hall. Resuming labor ,
after refreshments, it is expected ;
that degree work will be done. '
All members of the lodge are ask
ed to co-operate in making this equal
in enjoyment to the meeting a year
ago, when a most delightful time
was spent.
SPECIAL SERVICE
AT M. E. CHURCH
Announcement is made that Rev.
Walter West, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Hendersonville ^
and son of the local pastor, will .
speak at the Inspirational Meet to '
be held at the Brevard Methodist :
church Tuesday night, Oct. 21, at
7:30. C. F. Bland, a prominent lay-;
man of the Hendersonville church j
will also be on the evening's pro- \
gram.
Plan:; are rapidly going forward '
toward making this a red letter day ,
in the history of the Brevard Meth
odist church. Its purpose is to
bring about a renewed interest in >
all the activities of the church. All I
those interested, both young and
old, are not only invited but urged'
jto attend this service. No collection
'will be taken.
A great host participated in a
I beautiful communion service at the
I local Methodist church last Sunday.
A baptismal service will be held at
.the morning hour next Sabbath.
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| GIRL SCOUTS TO STAGE
CIRCUS AT HALLOWE'EN |
Announcement is made that the;
Brevard Girl Scouts will stage a
circus on Hallowe'en night, Oct. 31. j
Proceeds wil go to the Scout benefit
fund. The place and other particu-;
lars will be anonunced later. '
Harley Merrill's Prize-Winning Tobacco Crop
The above shows Mr. Harley Mer
rill in his prize-winnnig tobacco
crop, grown in the Little River sec
tion. With Mr. Merrill is a son, and
to the left is Prof. Julian A. Glaz
ener, teacher of vocational agricul
ture in the Brevard High School.
This tobacco, as was most of the fine
crop grown in the county this year,
was grown with the aid of the regu
lar V.-C., tobacco fertilizer. This is
the last of a series of pictures
showing the great tobacco that can
be grown here. The Brevard News
has financed the making of these
cuts in order that the people of the
county could see the pictures of the
tobacco crops, which is a much more |
emphatic way of convincing the
people that tobacco can be grown
here than we could ever hope to do
in writing about the crop. It is be
lievcd that a large crop of tobacco
will be grown here next year, now
chat th" fact has been established
that Transylvania county is a
tobacco-growing county.
26-PIECE SET OF ROGERS SILVERWARE
FOR SOME OF OUR VALUED SUBSCRIBERS
The Brevard News was "let in"
}n a great forced sale of Rogers
Nickel Silverware, put up in sets of
!6 pieces, hearing the Rogers name
>r. all, except the six knives, r.r'l
i^iaranteed by Rogers. This is not
jlatetf stuff, but the solid kind that
sell for around $18 a set.
With each two years' subscription
,o The Brevard News, either new or
?enewals, or two one-year subscrip
ions, and one dollar extra for car
ying charges, a set of this fine sil- |
rer will be given. We have only [
ifty sets of it, purchased from a
inance corporation, and those who
vould share in this great oppor- j
unity will do well to make haste.
i The subscription price to The
Brevard News is $2 the year. Two
year.H would be $4, and the dollar
for express and pos.age charges
make up this great offer, giving The
Brevard News two years, or one
year each to two subscribers, and
the Silverware for only five dallars.
"no Brevard News is confident that
this i of the most liberal and
unusual offers ever made by a news*
paper to its subscribers.
You are invited to call at the
office and examine this fine Silver
ware, or drop us a card, or tele
phone us, and we shall be glad to
send a representative to see you and
show you this fine 26-piece set of
Silverware.
FASHION SHOW TO ii
BE GIVEN ON FRIDAY
Daughters of Wesley Class of the;
Brevard Methodist church will stage !
i Fashon Show in the Blue Moon'i
building this coming Friday eve- 1
ling, in which all the department ]
stores and dry goods stores of the , .
:own will participate. A musical j ]
program will be rendered for the en-]i
:ertainment of the visitors while the !i
fashion review is being held. Many '
>ther attractive features as ar- ?
ranged on the program that will as- -
sure an unusually entertaining and
nstructive period. /
One of the features on the pro
gram will be the spirited contest in
naming "Miss Brevard,' at which
time people of the town may have
the opportunity of naming their se
lection of Brevard's most popular
young woman. A fashion show was
staged last year, and was pronounced
)ne of the most successful events of
the year. The affair this year will
be on a much larger scale than that
3f last season .containing all of the
attractive features of that program,
(vith many added attractions for this
(rear's showing. Living models will
be used in showing the very latest
creations in dress, coat, millinery
and shoes for ladies, and many of .
Brevard's most graceful and at
tractive girls will be seen among)
these models.
A nominal charge for admission
will be made, with a'.l children and
all school children being admitted
for ten cents, while a charge of 25
cents will be made for adults. The
public is cordially invited to attend
this showing.
MRS. WARD WINNER
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Finals in the Ladies' Golf Tour
nament were played off last week at
the Brevard Country club with Mrs.
David Ward taking first honors with
a score of 61. Miss Rose Shipman
came second with a score of 70, and
Miss Helen Morrow and Mrs. S. M.
Macfie tied for third place with a
score of 71. Mrs. Macfie and Miss
Morrow will play off the tie in the !
future. '
NEXT SUNDAY BIG
DAY FOR BAPTISTS
Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the
Baptist church, announces that a
mass meeting of all the churches in
the Transylvania Association will be
held in the Brevard Baptist church
next Sunday. Fellowship week is
proving a great success and this mass
meeting next Sunday will be largely
attended. The church officials ex
tend a cordial welcome to the Bre
vard public to attend all these ser
vices next Sunday.
Sunday School will meet at 9:45
in the morning.
Rev. J. C. Owen will deliver an
address at 11 a.m. This address will
be followed by a history of the Bre
vard Baptist church by Julian A.
Glazener.
At the noon hour the ladies of the
church will serve lunch to the out
of town visitors.
Rev. J. R. Owen of Mars Hill and
other noted speakers are expected
to be on the afternoon program.
The local Baptist pastor will
preach the third sermon next Sun
day night of his series on Jonah. His
subject will be "The Foolish Jonah." |
Rev. Hartsell had the pleasure of
having as his guest last Sunday, his
father, Rev. P. G. Hartsell of Oak
boro.
Miss Eva Call and Mr. Knox De
Long were elected teachers in the
Junior department of the Baptist
Sunday School last Sunday.
MANY REGISTER j
FOR THE ELECTION
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Citizens whose names are, not on
the registration books entitling them
to vote in the election on the Fourth
of November have but two more
Saturdays for such registration.
Those who have recently moved into
the county must register, and those
who have moved from one precinct
to another must register in the new
precinct.
Leaders of both parties have been
making strenuous efforts to get all
qualified voters on the registration
books, and there remains only two
Saturdays for such registration.
ELECTION LAWS ARE
VERY FAR REACHING
Stiff Penalties Provided for
Those Who Violate Any
of These Laws
Laws governing the holding of
elections and safeguarding the sanc
tity of the ballot box ar<; severe in
provisions for punishment of those
who violate such laws. The follow
ing extracts from the North Caro
lina election laws are given for the 1
information of the readers of The
Brevard News. More infomatior
will be given next week. The follow
ing provisions are piain, and carry
with them severe punishment for
those who violate the law:
Sec. 145 (c.s 418G. Certain Act?
Declared Felonies. Any person who '
shall in connection with any pri
mary, special, general, or other elec
tion in this State do any of the acts
and things declared in this section j
to be unlawful, shall be guilty of a !
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BRUWMITT SPEAKS
HERE WEDNESDAY)
Announcement is made that Hon
Dan Brummitt of Raleigh, attorney
general of North Carolina, will ad
dress the voters of Transylvania
county at the court house in Brevard
this Wednesday, Oct. 15.
Mr. Brummitt is an able speaker
and has made frequent visits to this
part of the state in the past. A large
crowd is expected to hear him Wed
nesday night.
Rebecca Owen
Rebecca, 11 months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Loonie Owen, of
Brevard, died last Friday afternoon
after an illness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted j
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 by Rev.
Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard
Baptist church, and interment fol- ,
lowed in the Owen cemetery at Lake ,
Toxaway.
Surviving are the parents and
three sisters and two brothers. Bre
vard Undertaking company was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
HNE BIRD DOGS TO
! BE HERE NEXT WEEK
Two fine bird dogs will be on ex
hibition at the B. and B. Feed and
Seed store next week, arriving: Mon
day, and all people interested in fine
dogs are urged to call and see these.
They are said to be two of the most
valuable bird dogs in the country.
They are owned by the Purina Mills,
and are shown by that concern in
connection with their advertising of
feed. The dogs were here last week,
and several people saw them, but
many people in the county, not
knowing of the fact, expressed a de
sire to see the dogs, and the com
pany agreed to bring them back here
Tor a week's showing.
MARK GENTRY HELD K
UNDER $3500 BOND
ON MURDER CHARGE
Shot Claude Mason Last Thurs
day Near His Home In
Gloucester Section
FRED FISHER, ONLY EYE
WITNESS, ON THE STAND
Preliminary Hearing Is Given
Gentry In Court of Magis
trate Henry E. Erwin
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Mark Gentry, of Gloucester, charg
ed with Killing Claude Mason on
Thursday, October 9, was given
a preliminary hearing Saturday,
which was continued until late Mon
day evening, and bound over to the
December term of Superior court
under a bond of $3,500. The tragic
affair occurred in Gloucester^ lef.
the homes of the two men, and Fred^v.
Fisher, only eye witness to the V
tragedy, was the only witness ex
amined at the preliminary hearing,
the defense not putting any witntss
on the stand. Pat Kimzey, Coleman
Galloway and W. E. Breese appear
ed as counsel for the defense, while
L. P. Hamlin was employed as pri
vate prosecutor. The solicitor was
not present at the hearing. Mrs
Fred Miller was employed as stenog
rapher. The hearing was before
Magistrate H. E. Erwin.
Fred Fisher, eye witness, testified
that he and Gentry had teen to
gether since early in the morning of
the day of the fatal shooting, which
occurred in the afternoon. While
making effort to dislodge a log
n gainst which their truck had stalled
in the creek, Mr. Fisher said that
Mason came by and called to Gentry.
The two men walked away for a
distance of forty to forty-five feet.
His attention was attracted, he said,
when he heard Mason say: "You'll
get it now, or I'll shoot your ....
. . . . heart out," whereupon he heard
a gun fire and saw Mason falling.
The rfctness said he ran to the fallen
man. The bullet, he said, had en
tered the right corner of Mason's
mouth.
Cross examined by Mr. Breese, the
witness identified a Winchester rifle
as being the gun which Mason had at
the time of the shooting, or one sim
ilar to the gun exhibited. Witness
further testified on cross examina
tion that M.> n had come to the
horo" of t! w itness earlier in the
day, prior to the shooting, and had
called Gentry out and that the two
had talked for some time. He stated
that Mason at that time had no gun
(Continued on page eight)
BAILEY SPEAKS TO
BIG CROWD HERE
Predicts the Election of ZeV
Weaver to Congress, and
Mrs. McKee to Senate
Hon. Josiah W. Bailey, democratic
candidate for the United States
senate, spoke in Brevard last Thurs
day night tp an audience that packed
the county court house auditorium.
The speaker was introduced by Wm.
E, Breese, chairman of the local
democratic executive committee, who
devoted a short time to discussion
of local affairs before presenting the
speaker of the evening. Mr. Breese
urged the pepole to examine the
records of Transylvania p county be
fore accepting statements from re
publican speakers as to conditions
existing in county affairs. The local
lawyer and democratic leader praised
Mr. Bailey's activities in the past,
declaring him to be a man of un
usual ability.
Mr. Bailey stated in the begin
ning of his reajwks that he had not
been invited -in^ Brevard,
but had come JBcause-" -he wanted
to speak here. THe efprtssed keen
pleasure in being among the moun
tain people, for whom he. expressed
the greatest admiration. v Making
overtures to the followers of Sim
mons, defeated by Mr. Bailey in the
June primaries, the speaker made it
plain that he was read? to jfin
hands with them in the battle against
the common enemy. T&e speaker
expressed confidence of his election
in November, and predicted the cer
tain defeat of Jonas in the Ninth
Congressional district, and of Brown
low Jackson in the Tenth District.
Paying great tribute to Mrs. E.-L.
McKee, democratic nominee for the
state senate, in this district, Mr.
Bailey stated positively that she
would be elected, and that her elec
tion would be an honor to- the party,
women and men of this district.
After declaring that the democrats
are going to redeem Transylvania
county in the November election,
Mr. Bailey made his set speech,
practically the same as that made, at
all of the places where he has ap
peared in this section, basing his re
marks mainly to his charge that the
Hoover administration hsid failed.
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