BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 4, 1930
VOLUME XXXV
ERWIN CHOSEN AS
BOARD CHAIRMAN
BY ACCLAMATION
Breese Named as County At
torney In NewCounty
Organization
G T. LYDAY SELECTED
AS TAX SUPERVISOR
Alex Kizer Appointed to Office
of County Accountant ?
Others Qualify
With many interested citizens gath
ered 'o witness the occasion, the
newlv elected . officers assumed con
trol of county affairs last Monday
morning, when the new officials were
inducted into office. For the first
time in many years every officer of
the county government is of tae
democratic faith. Wm. E. Breese,
chairman of the democratic execu
tive committee, preoawd and distrib
uted the oath of office to each of the
newlv elected officers for signature,
acknowledgements being taken by
Mrs. C. M. Douglas, notary public.
0 1- I'rwin was named as chair
man of the board of county commis
sioner., while L. V. Sigman was
elected secretary to the board. Alter
organization, the new board inspect
ed and approved the bonds of several
officer?, the largest of which was
that required of G. M. Justus, county
treasurer, his bond being- in the sum
of $50,000.00. T. E. Patton, Jr.,
succeedccf himself &s sfteriff-t&x
collector; Otto Alexander, clerk of
the court; Jesse A. Galloway, regis
ter of deeds; G. M. Justus, treasur
er; and : Messrs. Erwin, Sigman,
Plummer. Lyday and Henderson as
membe rs of the board of county com
missioneri.
The new board then went into ex
ecutive session, all people except the
board members and Mr. Breese be
ing excluded from the room. Mr.
Breese was named county attorney,
succeeding Ralph R. Fisher. Mr.
Breese had sent in his resignation as
attorney to the school board, and is
now coiintv attorney and chairman of
the road board. Pat Kimzey, popu
lar young attorney, was named as at
torney for the school board.' Alex
Kizer was named to the post of
county accountant. He was account
ant four years ago, being given that
post immediately after the office was
created in 192". He succeeds C. R.
McNeely, county accountant during
the past two years. Norman Whit
mire was given charge of the county
home, succeeding Mr. Barton.
G. T. Lyday, one of the most prom
inent citizens of the county and for
.many years a member of the board
of commissioners, was selected as tax
supervisor. Several men applied for
this dace, among them being Wal
lace Galloway and W. L. Aiken, both
prominent citizens.
Sheriff Patton announced that
there would be no changes for the
oresent in his force Deputy Tom
Wood remaining in the chief's place,
with Miss Annie Young as secretary,
and the Barnetts in charge of the
jail.
FIRE DESTROYED
HEDRICK'S STORE
Fire destroyed Transylvania coun
ty's largest frame business building
last Thanksgiving Day, when the 30
room combination store and apart
ment building of H. Hedrick, at
Pisgah Forest, was completely de
stroyed. The Hedrick family lived
in the anartments, while business
houses were located on the ground
floor. The entire structure, with all
contents, were completely destroyed,
with no insurance at all on the build- j
ing or its contents. Mr. Hedrick had
been in business at that place since
1913. The building stood just above
the Davidson River Presbyterian
church.
The heat from the burning build
ing was so intense that the homes of
M hC Emma Colburn and J. W. Nich
olson, more than two hundred feet
from the Hedrick building, were en
dangered and would have burned had
it not been for the bucket brigade
which kent the roofs well soaked with
wat#r. The home of R. E. Mackey,
nearer the burning building than
these two, was badly damaged with
the heat.
'The fire department from Brevard
came at n late hour, the building be
ing almost completely gone when the
department arrived. Water was
pumped from Davidson River to the
fire.
The fire is said to have ignited
, from a flue on the second floor, and
had gained great headway when dis
covered.
central MARKET MOVES TO
NEW MAIN STREET LOCATION
i . i
Central Market, operated by J. E.
Waters, has moved from the location
on East /Main street to the Burke
meyer htiilding next door to the Can
teen. M>\ Waters has been, in' "busi
ness in Brevard tor a number of
years and has bftilt up a. large trade.
In the new location also is B. &
Truluck who hdndles groceries and
fruits. I Mr. Triifuck, has been in
Brevaifd for several -years, ?* and bad
many friends horo.
fofmI chairman
FILES A REPORT OF
COUNTY'S AFFAIRS
Show* the County Now Hu on
Hand the Sum of
$581,438.16
URGES GREATEST CARE IN
PROTECTING PUBLIC FUND
Report Says County Will Not
Need to Borrow Money, Ex
cept Anticipation It, ems
J. H. Pickelsimer, retiring chair
man of the board of county commis
sioners, made a report to the new
chairman and board as to the unfin
ished business on hand and the finan
cial standing of the county. In the
[report are suggestions as to a man
ner of completing these matters. A
copy of the report was handed to the
press for publication.'
Admission is made in the report
that the former administration did
not exactly "hew to the line" of the
law in the matter of holding securi
ties, as the law is said to be, com
pletely covering the finances of the
county reposing in the designated
county depository, and suggests to
the new board that this be more
strictly followed, in view of recent
developments in the state which have
created more or less uneasiness. By
so doing, itfris pointed out, a greater
feeling of security will prevail among
the citizens of the county. ?
The report follows:
"To 0. L. Erwin, Chairman of
County Commissioners of
Transylvania County, N. C.:
"Dear Mr. Chairman:
"As retiring Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Transylvania County, N. C., for the
two years term ending November
80, 1930, I submit the following re
port and make the following recom
mendation to you and your board as
successors to the present board:
"Transylvania County has on de
posit with Brevard Banking Com
pany at the close of business on the
29th day of November 1930, $581,
436.16 and during our term of office
has had considerable amount of
moneV belonging to the County on de
posit. The present Board made a
contract with the Brevard Banking
Company as depository; whereupon
the Brevard Banking Company
asrrwd'to'pay five' percent, interest on
all moneys placed in its institution on
the average daily balance, payable
monthly, and upon this contract, the
Brevard Banking Company, during
the past two years, has paid to W. L.
Couch, Treasurer, a sum in excess of
$54,000.00 as interest. This item is
worthy of consideration and enables
the Board of Commissioners to keep
the tax rate down. This is consider
ed a fair proposition and at the time
we entered into the arrangement with
the Brevard Banking Company our
Board had other propositions equally
as good from other banking institu
tions, which are solvent banking in
stitutions. It is hoped that the con
( Continued, on page eight)
FORMER OFFICERS
BACK TO OLD JOBS
W. L. Couch, former treasurer of
the county, is going to Canton, where
he is to be connected with the Cham
pions Motors, Inc., Ford dealers. This
concern is owned by A. H. Houston,
J. H. and C. W. Pickelsimer, and
Ralph Duckworth, all Brevard men.
Mr. Couch is an experienced automo
bile man, having long been identified
with the Whitmire Motor company,
of Brevard, and previous to that time
was connected with the Lowe Motor
company, former Ford dealers here.
Mr. Couch is an old railroad man, be
ing now on a leave of absence from
the Southern Railway company,
where he had long held a position as
conductor. He is not to take his
family to Canton, Mrs. Couch and his
children to remain at their home in
Little River. Friends of Mr. Couch
will be glad to know that he is not to
sever his connections in the county
nor move away from here. There is
no more popular citizen in Transyl
vania county than Mr. Couch who
enjoys a splendid reputation as a
progressive citizen, a man of high
honor and integrity.
Other retiring officers hove an
nounced their plans with the exception
of Ira Galloway, ? former register of
deeds. Mr. Galloway has two or three
connections under advisement, but
has not determined which he will ac
cept. Roland Owen., former-clerk, is
devoting hs time to his farming" and
stock raising. Mr. McNcely, former
accountant, is already back at his
desk in the lumber and timber bus
ines's, and giving attention to his
mercantile establishment at Lake
T3xaway.
KIWANIS MEETING TOO AY
TO DECIDE FOR FUTURE
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Questions pertaining to the future
welfare of the Brevard Kiwanis club
will be settled at the meeting Thurs
day at noon, the meeting .to be held
at Shlpman's Cafe. Ballots have been
? mailed tP all, members. which are to
bp returned ti^the club today.
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Only 20 more days until Old Santa
Claus makes his call at the homes of
all the little children. Santa has al
ready been visiting many merchants
in Brevard, and has left much of his
big stock of toys and nice things at
these stores, and asks that all the
people call and see the pretty things
in stock f<jr_ thU Christmas,
Plummer's Department Store, and
Pushell's Department Store, and The
Nobby Shop, and the Southern Pub
lic Utilities company, and Austin's ;
Studio, and Frank D. Clement, the
Jeweler ,and Morris Footwear ? De- ,
partment, all announce the arrival of I
Santa's suggestions, with fine dis
play of his great gifts. Call and see |
these at once.
"UNCLE" SYLVANUS i
GALLOWAY IS DEAD
Sylvataus Galloway, 76 years of
age, died early Wednesday morning, 1
after an illness of several months. 1
The aged citizen was seated at the <
breakfast table, with members of the ]
family, and death came suddenly up- i
on him. The deceased was one of
the best known and most dearly be- '
loved citizens of the Gloucester sec
tion, having been born and lived all
of his life in the Galloway home
there. Fifty-five years ago the de
ceased was married to Darcus Fisher,
who survives him, and to them were
born eight children, all surviving as
follows:
Mrs. J. Frank McCall, Otus Gallo- i
way, Oscar Galloway, Misses Zelma '
and Mary, Elzie of Haywood county;
Mrs. Senora Fisher, Alvord Galloway ,
and Erastus Galloway, of Mexico.
Mr. Galloway was a deacon in the
Macedonia Baptist church for a
great many years, and was consid
ered one of the strongest influences
in Gloucester for church work and
religious living. His father, Eli
Galloway, was one of the founders of
Macedonia church. Rufus Galloway,
at Glenville, a brother survives, and
Mrs. Jackson McCall, of Black
Mountain, a sister, also survives.
Funeral services will be held at
Macedonia, probably on Thursday,
and Rev. A. J. Manley, assisted by
other ministers who have served with
Mr. Galloway, will conduct the ser
vices. Practically all citizens of the
county honored and loved "Uncle"
Sylvanus Galloway, as he was affec
tionately called, because of his ster
ling character, his fine friendship and
his great sense of fairness and jus
tice. He was an ideal citizen, and has
done much for the betterment of his
county and for the relief of its citi
zens who were in distress.
MAY CALL GENTRY
CASE THURSDAY
Superior court convened in Brevard
Wednesday morning, with the Hon.
J. ,H. Harwood presiding, and Solici
tor J. Will Pleas, Jr., as. state's rep
resentative. Several cases of minor
nature were disposed of Wednesday,
and it is believed that Mark Gentry's
case, in which he is to be tried for
killing Claude Mason, will be called
Thursday.
It is believed that entry will plead1
self d^fenae. He haa been out under
bond sfrice, the preliminary hearing.
After completion of the criminal
docket the civil term will begin.
Court was scheduled to start last
Monday, but was postponed until
WconcStlay wniijjp.
CHRISTMAS SEAL
CAMPAIGN NOW ONj
On Dec. 2, meeting of the execu- 1
;ive committee of the P. T. A. met I
to devise ways and means of con
tacting a lunch room providing hot
iunches for the undernourished school
:hildren.
On next Monday, Dec. 8, begins the
annual sale of Christmas Seals. The
t booths will be located at
the postoffice and Brevard
? Banking company, open
ing at 9 a.m. and closing
at 5 p.m. Various organ
izations of the town will
have charge of the sales
on different days. In the
/ meantime, the seals are on
sale at the drug stores and at Mcin
tosh's Gift Shop.
Beginning Monday, the following
organizations will have charge of the
sale of seals, under the auspices of
the P. T. A.
Monday, 8 Baptist Church
Tuesday, 9 D. A. R.
Wednesday, 10 . . . Eastern Star
Thursday, 11.. Episcopal Church
Friday, 12 .... Fortnightly Club
Saturday, 13 . . Mathatasian Club
Members of the P. T. A. urges all
to remember that the proceeds from
the sale of the seals goes to the help
of the P. T. A. organization as well
as helping to fight tuberculosis,
which disease has dropped 50 percent
in the death rate in the last 20
years.
LEANS AND FATS TO
PLAY BASKETBALLL
Friday night of this week will wit
ness ? battle royal between the
"Fata" and the "Leans'' of Brevard
women, when a basketball contest
is to be staged at the High School
auditorium. The affair is being spon
sored by two grademothers, Mrs. H.
E. Erwin and Mrs. Ada Teague, and
the purpose of the contest is raising
funds with which to purchase needed
clotting and shoes for some of the
school children coming under the
supervision of these grademothers.
In addition to thb basketball same,
which ought to be all .sufficient for an
evening's entertainment, there will be
a musical program by the High
School orchestra, and efforts are be
ing made to obtain the services of Dr.
Hardin and Philip Price in one of
their excellent minstrel acts.
Small "charges of 25 'and 10 cents
will be made, and the promoters ex
press the hope that a fall house will
;t the ladies who are playing in
game for the purpose of raising
led funds for thu above stated
COUNTY COURT NOW
ABOLISHED BY THa
NEW COUNTY BOARD
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Two Resolutions Adopted, On<
To Abolish, Other Cuts
Salary to $5.00
WAS ISSUE IN RECENT
*?; POLITICAL campaign
Resolution to Become Effective
!? * on January- First ? Judge
English Silent
j -ft " ? _
Transylvania county's" new board
of commissioners lost no time in mak
ing efforts to do away with the Gen
drar .County -Court, two resolutions
having been adopted by the board On
its second day of sitting, the one
abolishing the court while the other ;
provided for payment of a salary of
96 a month to the judge of the coun- j
ty court and SB a month- to the so- |
licitor of the court. When apprised j
of' the action of the commissioners,.!
which would abolish the court on-|
January first, 1981, or, failing in j
that, reduced the salaries of the judge
and solicitor on that date to $5 a
month, beginning on that date, Judge
D. L. English said he had no com
ment to make. He stAted that he
would hold court on December 15,
as usual.
The General County Court was
established in the summer of 1929,
being created by the county commis- 1
sioners by legislative enactment pro- j
viding for the establishment of such ;
cpiirts. D. L. English, Brevard' law- 1
yer was namec) as judge, and Ralph
R. Fisher was named as prosecutor, i
Later Mr. Fisher resigned, and L. P. i
Hamlin was named as acting solici-j
tor. In the recent election Judge Eng-'
lish was a candidate on the republi
can ticket to succeed himself,- while
W. E. Moretz was the running mate
for prosecutor. The democrats had
no candidate for these offices, M?<i
much of the democratic campaign ^as
based upon criticism of the ffctab
lishment of the General County' Coi'rt
It is said that four-fifths of the !
counties in the state have Genera!
County Courts or Recorders Courts,
anu it is beliDved that Transylvania
county is the only county in the
state wherein effort is being made to
abolish such courts.
Following are copies of the two
resolutions, one abolishing the court
outright, and the other providing re
duction of salaries to the insignifi
cant sum of $5 a month for the
judge and prosecutor:
RESOLUTION
"Upon motion of Commisisoner H. !
A. Plummer, seconded by Commis- i
sioner W. B. Henderson the following !
( Continued on page five)
Judgi
unusnaj
jary at th<
court Wednc_
the jurist poii
r?ow passed lighl
ican people. Pei
mon thing now,.
claring that witm
goes upon the Stan! ^
falsely even about smell
change has come about ,
few years, Judge HarwoodJseSd, cit- .
ing the fact that only a feVyears ago
practically all men were /<ost careful
in giving testimony, gu aiding their
oaths with utmost care, jut ".now it
is different, and num?<-us witnesses
swear falsely," Judge Jlarwood _s*id- ,.
In years gone by, tt judge said,
suclx a thinjr as a ' wlfte man o' the
mountains stealing fr<
was unheard of, aqd.st
sidered to be the ex<
the colored people.
the eastern part of
court in the moui}^
tell tjieir frienda,
state that one
was not on the
in the mountain
his ? neighbor
ling was coH
ive rigjjt ,atr
judges from t
state holding
counties would
ler parts of -the
that of theft,
eta of the courts
except when com
mitted by the. ?5)ored people. Now,
the judge coo nued, the white popl* ?
seem tohav*tak(? 'he thieving game
away./ffoni the red people, and .
jpafff of the larceny" cgsefe nOw in' the
courts are Hguinst the abite-metr, and '
these are mostly aci?^? young men
between the age of 16^id 24 years.
Judge HarwOod deplored these condi
tions and called upon the grand jury
to put these practices down in the
county.
"You have taken an path here
day, gentlemen,'' the judge said
the grand jury, "to return
against any and every one w:
violated the laws, if you are av
such violations or .the infor
comes fo you ? if you adjohrn w
making such presentments, then"
county is endangered, society i*
placed in jeopardy, and you can never
have the same self respect that you
had heretofore." The judge was es
pecially strong in his address to the
jury as to that body's duty- to make
( Continued on page eight)
BOY SCOUTS MAKE
WHOOPEE HERE NOW
"Hit Zickety! We'll get our Hut
now!"
Such was the expression of one of
the Boy Scouts when announcement
was made that the Clemson Theatr^l
had agreed to let the Scouts of Bre-.'
vard sponsor the showing here nextij
Monday and Tuesday of "Tom Saw-i
yer," with Jackie Coogan, the boy
'who has grown up, as the leading
character. This great picture which
takes every red-blooded man back to
his boyhood days always draws a
! great crowd, and with the famor.:
! Jackie Coogan in leading role it
safe to say that all who attend will .
get their money's worth, and more.
The Brevard Scouts are selling:
tickets to the Clemson for these two !
days, and are asking that all men in
terested in the event assist them in
1 dispensing of as many tickets as pos- j
sible, because the Scouts get a per
centage from all sales of tickets to
this show, and with this big oppor
tunity, it is believed they will realize j
sufficient money with which to build j
their hut on the plot of ground ,
; donated to them by Mrs. Henry.
The Brevard Kiwanis club, spon-,
j soring the Boy Scout work, is doing
all possible to make the occasion meet
; with the full expectations of the
jboys.
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
THANKSGIVING SERVICE j
Rev. Htfrry Perry, rector of St. j
| Phillips Episcopal church, reports j
that .the Thanksgiving service which
was held at his church last Thursday
; was well attended. Sp.ecial hymns of
Thanksgiving were sung and a splen
did offering was made for the Thomp
son Orphanage at Charlotte. Rev.
Mr. Perry had charge of the services.
BORN,'A DAVGHTE.
Born,, laatv Saturday, a'
Memorial Hospital, to Mr.
J. IS. Gainer a. daughter,
Ruth.
ATTENTION EVERY,
The Brevard Boy Scouis
to j four hovie Fruity afi
fifth,, to collect toye and
the needy of Brevard. 0
cn toys and tern cloth
The ScotiU vnU, fit than
the poor kate a happi
Please hare xomcthina
Snouts tii hen they make
APPRECIATION IS
EXPRESSED TO BANK
W. L. Couch, retiring county treas
urer, paid high complimen.t to. .the
Brevard Banking company upon va
cating that office last Monday. The
former treasurer addressed a Jitter
to the bank, handing a copy to t ie
prifls for publication for publication.
, The letter follows:
'fTho Brevard Banking Company,
"Brevard, N. C.
"GentJ&men :
"As rgo out of office as Treasurer
of Transylvania County, I desire to
express to you my deep appreciation
for many courtesies extended to mo
during the two years that I had deal
ings with your bank, as the deposi
tory for the public funds wht-h I bad
under my charge. Practically alh
my banking business, as Treasu
was done with your bank, and
uniform courtesy shown me by all
people in the bank, from the Pi
dent to the book-keepers, is ,m
thoroughly appreciated.
"In the whole two years of my RC-r
vice as Treasurer- and in all of my
dealings with the Brevard Bant
there was never one single incident of
an unpleasant nature. Sir. Crawford
Mr. Lyday, Mr. Duckworth before he
left the bank, Miss Clayton, and Miaa
Annie, all of them, were just as fh?0
to me as couid be, and I always
found the ' president of the bank
ready and willing to do all that could
be done for the county and for my
self as a representative of .
county. . .
"Thanking you -for all of this splen
did aid hearty cooperation, aa<
wishing for each of you -ffeky-^d
I am,
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