. SMTE MAY SELECT H|<JNTY AS PLACE FOR ANIMAL FARM] Committee Named to S t u d y | Various Sections and Make Selection Consideration of the establishment of a farm for the propagation of fur- 1 bearing animals will be given by a i special committee of the Board of ^tbnservation and Development con l^ftting of J. Q. Gilkey, Marion; E. D. Cranford, Ashe bo re; E. S. Askew, F. S. Worthy, Washington; and W. C. Ewing, Fayetteville. The committee was selected by Santford Mortin, of Winston-Salem, acting chairman of the board for the special session held in Raleigh. In the same resolution which au thorized the committee to study the fur-bearing animal farm, the board authorized that the sum of $20,000 from the game fund be 'set aside for the institution to be available in case the decision is favorable for its es tablishment. Members of the board who urged steps toward the establishment of such a farm argued that collections !c from the sale of fur dealers' licenses it and trappers licenses justify the de- " vetion of more attention to this form of wild life. It was brought out that, as in the case with the State Game Farm at Asheboro, the educational value of j v an area where the propagation of; I1 fur-bearing animals is practiced will In be immense. Such an institution j t would al3o have value, it was assert- , f ed, as an experimental farm not only p to determine what kind of animals Is can be reared most profitably in cap tivity but might possibly experiment with the introduction of new species. It is believed that Transylvania - county will make effort to interest b these gentlemen in making investiga- s< tion of this section for the purpose tl outlined. As before published in A these columns, Transylvania county F is given high rating by the United tl States government as a fur-bearing b animal section, being rated with.n: Prince Edward Island, heretofore rec-iO! ognized as possessing the best climate j d in North America for raising fur- J: bearing animals. It is believed that, ei with proper effort on the part of bi Brevard people, the state could be in- V te rested in establishing the proposed ol farm in this county. j Already there is much activity here h along these lines, the Blue Ridge | 8) Fox Farms, at Cherryfield, being op- ri crated on a large scale. It is said o that the Brevard Chamber of Com- a merce will communicate with the com- 1 1< mittee above named, and ask the 1 oi members of that group to visit Transylvania county and inspect its S claims of superiority for the estab- S lishment of such industry. | X POSTOFFICE DOES VOLUME j T BUSINESS DURING HOLDIAYS Postmaster R. L. Nicholson reports that the local otfice did a much larger | r< business during the holiday season ei just closed than at any time in the it past. The postmaster reports the w number of greeting cards and letters p as being nearly double that of last P year, while the packages mailed and si received remained at approximately h the same number. As an evidence of ci improved facilities at the Brevard jp yffice, every package received during i the day>^j receding Christmas was de- L livered to its destination before clos ing time on Christmas Eve. The post- 1 master wishes to express his appre- j eiation to the public in general for it their courteous cooperation during the f rush season. F ? it: FLEET GALLAMORE CLAIMS lit HONORS FOR BIGGEST HOG c |li Mr. Fleet Gallamore, residing on s the Country Club road near Brevard,, t butchered a hog on December 24 that bids fair to take all honors so far as i / can be ascertained, for this county. | j The Poland-China killed by Mr. Gal i Ikmore, was four years old and | weia^-'d 734 pounds dressed. Feet j s yf tK? massive creature each tipped it ithe scales at two and one-half pounds ; f while the hams weighed 100 pounds N* 'RCHANT MOLASSES ' G. Boyle, merchant of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, wants to buy some Transylvania county molasses. Any citizen having this article for sale can find a ready market by writ ing the Mr. Boyle,, at the above ad dress. HEAVY DOCKET FOR THE COUNTY COURT Judge D. L. English will face a heavy dockfet in General Cotonty court next Monday morning', when that tribunal opens for the January ses sion. It is believed that many days will be required to clear the docket, as many cases were remanded from the last Superior court back to the meral County court Impression is rapidly gaining in ;ngth that the County Court is al ?.^t an absolute essential here, and several leading citizens have been heard to express the hope that the tvork of the court will be continued. SCHOOLS TO START NEXT MONDAY AIQRNING, JAN. 4 t Prof. S. P. Vemer, county superintendent, anr-cuncea that all sckoofo will start on schedule time next Monday morning, the Christmas holidays having come to an end. The schools closed down for Christmas on Friday before Christmas, for the holi days. PROMINENTMAN'S DEATH IS CAUSE OF DEEP SORROW HERE! A. H. King, Aged 62, Died! Monday Afternoon, After Long Illness A. H. King, known to thousands of nends as "Doc" King, died Monday iftenioon after an illness of several nonths. Funeral services were held it the Presbyterian church Wednes day morning, and burial was made in he cemetery at St. Paul's In the Val e, with Masonic honors. 1 1 The deceased was one of the best J :nowri and most popular men of the 1 ounty. Always of strong physique, J he suddenness with which he was 1 tricken along in late summer, and us rapid loss of strength surprised .nd shocked his family and friends. ? le was taken to Greenville for an op- II ration, remaining there for several reeks, and was brought back fo thelc ting home at Seashore about a e lonth ago. For the past several days he popular man was resigned to his ate, and faced the end with perfect eace and apparently without any uttering. The body was brought to the Kil atrick Undertaking Parlors and pre ared for burial. A Masonic guard nd other friends remained with the ody until the arrival of the hour of ;rvice, when the procession moved to ae Presbyterian church. Rev. R. L. Jexander, assisted by Rev. Harry erry and Rev. J. H. West, conducted le services. A song by the Simpson rothers and Miss Geneva Neill re minded the large gathering of friends f the numerous occasions when the aughter of the deceased, Mrs. Mary ane Walker, had sung at the fun ral services of others here. The ?dy was taken to St. 'Paul's in the alley, and buried near the graves of ther members of the family. Mr. King was 62 years of age, and ad been a member of Dunn's Rock [asonic Lodge for 30 years. He mar ied Miss Hessie Clayton, daughter f the ; E. B. Clayton. The widow nd one son, Frank, and one daugh >r, Mary Jane Walker, and numer-jP as relatives survive. J tl Pallbearers were: S. M. Macfie, J. I . Bromfield, J. H. Pickelsimer, F. E. ! w huford, C. 0. Robinson and C. C. a ongue. ei OBACCO BRINGING BIG PRICE tl ON THE ASHEVILLE MARKET b p The Asheville tobacco warehouse ic 3-opened for sales last Monday, aft- p r closing down for the holidays, and B was like old times to witness the tl ?eed bringing 35 and 40 cents a ti ound. The average was 22 cents, b rices are up in all the warehouses u ince Christmas, and the farmers are t< ighly elated over the good fortune T aming to them in these increased e rices. b T. EGERTON ON ANNUAL ? TREK TO SUNSHINE STATE <1 f B. T. Egerton, veteran engineer of 1 he Toxaway Division, leaves Sunday i v or his annual trip to Orange Lake, :e 'la., where he holds a membership in'.'t' he Railroad Men's Club, famed for])" :s fishing. Mr. Egerton will be ac- ; '' ompanied on the trip by Cleon Wil- e iams, agent at Toxaway, who will f pend several days there. They plan 11 o motor down. s ?ERRIS KING VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA; DIED SUNDAY t Mr. Ferris King died Sunday, Dec. c 18 at the home of Frank Ball, near c he Elm Bend bridge, after being ill J or about a week with pneumonia. Funeral services were held Monday ? ifternoon at Little River Baptist I :hurch, conducted by the pastor, Rev. ? W alter Holtzclaw. Interment was ! ?nade in the Orr cemetery Surviving are one son and two daughters. EASTER STAR TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY EVENING j ' Pisgah Chapter, Order Eastern Star, will meet next Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Masonic Hall. Business matters pertaining to the work of tKe year 1931 will be taken up. WOMAN'S BUREAU TO MEET NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON Meeting of the Woman's Bureau ! will be held at ti|e Chamber of Com- , merce rooms next Monday afternoon at 3: SO o'clock. As wdrk for the New Y?ar is to be outlined 'a roll at tendance is requested. COMMISSIONERS. TO MEET IN REGULAR SESSION MONDAY] Next Monday morning' the county commissioners will meet in regular monthly session. The school board will alBo hold a meeting on that date. Because of the closing of the bank, there is much work for both boards' to do nt the coming meeting. COUNTY'S PUBLIC DEBT $1,830,800 BOND AND NOTES Biggest Item of Indebtedness It for Roads and Bridges, It Is Shown Tr;insylvnria county's public in debtedness, including outstanding bonrii and notes, amounts to the sum of $1,830,600.00. Of this amount, $175,000 is in notes and $1,655,600 in outstanding bonds. But four items arc included in this bonded indebted ness, these being: Roads and Bridges, court house and jail, railroad bonds, and the schools, divided as follows: Court House and Jail 74,000 Railroad Bonds 48,000 Schools 277,600 Roads and Bridges . . . 978,000 Refunding Bonds 273,000 Total $1,656,600 The last item of refunding bonds, imounting to $278,000, was a portion if the county's money in the Brevard iank when it closed its doors, and [ vas procured for the purpose of pay- ^ ng off maturing bonds. In addition to this bonded indebtcd less, there are two notes, one for 175,000 due on the 15th of December,, ast, and another for $100,000 due|? uly 30, 1931, or next July. The'v ommissioners, it is said, obtained an L xtension of time on the $76,000 ; - lote that was due fifteen days ago. ' If the deposits in the closed bank an be realized upon in full amount, e county's indebtedness will be prae ically one and a quarter million dol irs instead of the nearly two mil ions now standing as represented in he outstanding bonds and the two | s{ otes, as the amount in the bank at|cj fie time of its closing was more than Jt j alf a million dollars. jj Many men who are in position to now about this indebtedness express ft he opinion that the only way out now ci > through a re-financing plan, which jdi rill spread the amount of the indebt- 'w dncss out over a number of years. w SECRET AK\ LAMl TO BET1ER B\ Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of | fa ommerce, in response to requests1^ >r a statement of conditions and j , rospects for the coming year, issued . ' le following statement: Prior to the close of 1929 a world- 1 iue decline in raw material prices jp< nd a collapse of security values ush- Icl red in a period of general business ! yt nsettlement. In the latter months of 'i'e le year production was curtailed, v? uilding fell off, and industrial em- qi loyment was reduced. But many ev- oi lences of business improvement ap- fc eared in the early months of 1930. be uilding construction increased and ye icre was an upturn in the produc- th on of automobiles, steel and other re asic products. Security prices swung i r s pward and commodity prices were pi ;mporarily halted in their decline. ' st Ward the middle of the year, how-joi ver, it became clear that production i certain raw material areas had een setting too rapid a pace and that conomic disturbances in several w uarters of the woi;ld would enforce urther declines and lessen still more he purchasing power of important^ rorld markets. At home the early | st vidences of stability gradually began C! o disappear beneath the currents of ,'orld-wide depression, while a per- tl 3d of severe drought gave still great- ei r momentum to those cumulative 11 orces which were bringing heavy ? osses of purchasing power to a sub- 15 tantial portion of our people. ti BUYING SLOWS DOWN j* As the rate of decline in raw ma- 1 c] erial prices became more highly ac- p elerated industry confined its pur- tl hases more and more to current p Leeds. The universal drop in indus- r rial production was followed by in- t Teasing unemployment and a decline d n consumers' demand in both foreign y ind domestic markets. Toward the v ;nd of the year these cumulative ]( .'orces were rapidly running their d :ourse and the apparent retardation j n the rate of downward movement in t several basic indexes of business sup- i ports the belief that the elements of e recession have now spent most of r their force. t WORLD-WIDE DEPRESSION i The effect produced by the world- * wide depression can be seen in the year's "indexes of business. The Fed eral Reserve Board's index of indus- j trial production, which comprises all ( the basic mineral products and all im- ( portant groups of manufacturing ,? goods and which, therefore, is the ( most comprehensive single measure ( of industrial activity, fell approxim ately 20 .percent below the level of ' the preceding peak year! Compared ? " r ? , . with tHe' h?ghiy prosperous year of 1 1928, however, the decline in produc tion is slightly less than 13 per cent. Exports of manufactured goods as well as total exports declined in value approximately 25 percent, reflecting lower prices and the marked shrink age in purchasing power abroad which followed upon the rapidly weakening price levels and the uni versal contraction in industry. Also i significant in this connection is ? the ' hafvva pjnrnnrrv 11/11/ fiv a^tUiiii l ON ITS DEPOSITS! About $60,000 on Deposit at Time of the Closing of the Brevard Banking Co. Interest in public monies tied up ii: j he defunct Brevard Bank now switches to the town of Brevard :'undr, where it is discovered that the own had not one cent of collateral >r securities for its deposits in he bank. There is approximately 160,000 of the town's funds in the lank, or was on deposit there at the ime of the bank's closing, it is said. One year ago last summer the own re-financed its outstanding o;ids, in order to give the property wners more time in which to pay heir paving and other assesments. 'he bonds were issued, but were not old, it Is said, for about a year. iome time last June the money or these bonds reached the Bre ard Banking company, it i3 said, i an amount exceeding one hundred icusand dollars. From this amount jveral items were paid, it is said, saving a balance of about $60,000 in le bank when it closed. It is said that the mayor and town >uncil demanded security for the de osits, together with interest pay lents on daily balances as the county as getting, and, it is said, Mr. T. H. hipman, president of the bank," was istructed to provide this security, to hich he agreed. It now develops, however, that the icuritigs were never put up, and the iwn funds are in the bank with ab >lutely no protection further than lat of any other depositor who had balance in the bank when the in itution closed. W. M. Henry is ?airman of the finance committee of le town, with S. M. Macfie and R. P. ilpatrick as members. When discovery was made of these icts it caused much surprise in town rcles. Many citizens have freely scussed the matter during the past eek. Official statement is awaited ith interest. )NT POINTS JSINESS IN 1931 I'] ict that our capital exports during I le second half of this year havel]0 irunk to negligible proportions. It! EXPORTS OFF 20 PER CENT On the basis cf quantity our ex )rts for the current year have de ined about 20 per cent from last ?ar's high levels. Imports, which 11 off approximately 30 per cent in ilue from 1929, showed a drop in lantity of only 15 per cent. Thus ir purchases and consumption of >reign goods have fallen but little :low the levels of previous normal ?ars. This great disparity between ie value and quantity of our imports fleets the drastic price declines in lw materials, semi - manufactured roducts, and foodstuffs, which con itute approximately two-thirds of ( "j ir total import volume. WAGE LEVELS MAINTAINED A While the forces of contraction ere running their course the sever y of the movement was happily mpered by certain ameliorative fac irs. Last year, immediately after the ock market crash, the president illed a conference of business and ibor leaders with a view to effecting ie greatest possible degree of coop ration during the period of readjust lent. The successful outcome of this nd of later conferences is reflected i the almost total absence of indus ?ial disputes during the present year nd in the maintenance of existing , age levels. Disturbances such as ' haracterized previous periods of de ression have not arisen this year, al fiough the contraction of purchasing ower and declining price levels have esulted in the curtailment of indus rial operations and the consequent ischarge of many workers. For the ear as a whole factory employment 'as about 15 per cent below the high ;vels of the preceding year, but the ecline in the number employed dur ng the current year has been rela ively far less than in similar preced ng periods of depression. Employ rs have evidenced a conscious deter nination, so far as possible, to main ain their working forces by distrib iting available work through part ime. \ BUILDING DECREASES Building operations generally have ,] >een sharply curtailed along with the !,? :ontraction of industrial activity, but 1 ;he effects of this shrinkage in build ng have been tempered by s more than ordinary volume of construction in the part; of jfublic utilities and Federal, State, and local govern ments. In accordance w!th .the plans bfbuj&t to fruition by the White House conferences, railroads and utilities set out on an expansion program which called for the expendi ture of nearly three and a half billion dollars. At the same time public works and highway construction un dertaken during the year aggregated a similar additional amount The in crease in such projects, it is estimat ed, has provided employment for (Continued on page four) MANY WOMEN WANTING HOUSEWORK OR WASHING Ma vy ur>vien of the rnr^mu iiiy are anxious for jobs, either cook ing, housework nr washing. Any citizen who can employ any of these women may get in commun ication with them through The Brewird news. Sonic of the cases are really desperate, eo great is the need of employment. REVOLUTIONARY IN NATURE IS REPORT ON STATE CONTROL Report Submitted to Governor Calls fcr Complete Change j in Government Affairs c r Raleigh, Dec. 30.? Revolutionary ; s :hanges, constitutional and statutory, i J ire recommended for reorganization j ^ >f the state government in the report , if the Institute for Governmental Re- 1 1 earch of the Brookings Institution, j c Vashington, D. C., to Governor Gard- 1 b ler last week. Many offices, as now j c ormed, would be abolished and oth- , t, rs established, on a plan of consoli- j tl lating and correlating the state's ac- 1 ti ivities. In the first place, only the Govern- |cj r, the Lieutenant Governor and the j ^ itate Auditor, of the state officers, j t( /ould be voted on by the people, who i ow elect, in addition, the State g 'reasurer, Secretary of State, Super- 1 . itendent of Public Instruction and | attorney General, constitutional of ces, and Commissioners of Insur-i^ ::ce, Agriculture, Labor and Print- , p ig and the three members of the ; t( Corporation Commission, offices cr<-*_'^{ ted L>y legislative enactment cl These offices, under the recom- q lended plan, would be abolished as 1 B{ ich and in most cases others set up g, > take their places, or they would be jtj lerged into other offices recommend- : p. j in the report. Many commissions ' fc nd boards woud be abolished, al lough in some cases such boards or w jmmissions would be kept, but only l an advisory capacity. The Gov- ^ rnor would name the boards and ^ lost of the executive officers, some ^ ?ith the approval of the State Sen- ^ te, while others would be named by ie boards with the approval of the ovemor. ' . 'r' The main features of the proposed y langes include placing the Governor jn t the head of the administration, ? idging in him the power of naming bl ie officers and placing upon him the jsponsibility of official action, sub :ituting bureaus for the board plan a{ r organization, substituting a Gov rnor's Cabinet for the present Coim- gi 1 of State, and establishing a De- hi artment of Justice, embracing all of w ie 20 district solicitors, with the At irney General as head. th All of the present departments and m ivisions of the state would be em- j; raced in 12 departments, including m inance, Justice, 'Education, Health, th highways and Public Works, Agri- bt llturc. Conservation and Develop- of lent, Labor, Institutions, Local Gov- th rnment Finance, Banking and Insur- Si nee and a Public Utilities Commis- g( on, the latter taking the place of >? ie present Corporation Commission. e< .11 others would be abolished or in- st luded within these departments, with p s many divisions as necessary to andle all phases of the work indud- w i ti This is the "short ballot" with a <], engeance. It goes much further g ban has been proposed before. Ld- tl ?ard M. Gill's short ballot bill pro- , osed in 1929 and which was to be itroduced again next month, pro osed only to allow the Governor to , ppoint the present statutory officers, ; >aving those created by the Constitu ion to be elected as at present. Sev- w ral Constitutional amendments and y, hanges will be necessary to bn:n, r bout the changes proposed in the lat- R st report and they, of course, will B lave to wait until the next election. Vhether Governor Gardner will se?K 3, 0 bring about all of the changes pro- 1 losed, or only some of them, is un- ! ertain, pending his recommendations ; 0 the Legislature. fi The proposal to consolidate thi 1 hree higher educational institutions. a .he University at Chapel Hill, State c College at Raleigh and the College for t iVoman at Greensboro, suggested in he report, is causing much comment. j ispecially among the alumni, faculty | ind friends of the institutions. It would give a University of North Car olina with about 7,000 students to jegin with and would doubtless bung about economies in elimination Oi jver-lapping courses. The plants, as now established, would remain intact t and In continued use. J i Governor Gardner's plan for a cen tral -purchasing agency for *11 the ?1 State's' Institutions, divisions and de partments', making purchases of all supplies ind materials on open com petitive ibids. iriStead of at retail and higher flrices, would. Governor Gard ner contends, save $4,000,000 spent each year. This bureau of purchas ing and1 contracting would not em brace the Highway Department, which spends about $2,000,000 a year and is already on an excellent basis, the Governor said. Opposition to the general sales tax j as a "tax on poverty." is expressed in ? the retiort of the State Tax Commis- ! sion, Tjrhich has just boon issued. I CHRISTMAS CHEER CARRIED TO MANY PEOPLE OF COUNTY Boy Scouts, Churches and Indi viduals Rendered Great Aid to the Work Many sick and unfortunate people }f the community were made happy in Christmas Eve and Christmas Day secause of ti.e generosity of the citi zens of the town and county. Many aaskets, articles of food and cloth ng, .->nd bundles of toys were sent ?ut by individuals, while the concert id relief was given through the hurches, the Boy Scouts and The Brevard News. -Prior to the closing if the schools for the holidays, many iced.v families were made happy by chool teachers and the students who irought gifts of worth while nature 0 the iichools to be given to the i^edy children. Announcement had been made that he Salvation Army would have harge of preparing the Christmas askets for the dinners to be given to he poor families, but Capt. Gibbins ould not be here for any of the- ac ual work, and all of the credit for be great work done is entirely due ) the efforts of the citizens of Bre ard and Transylvania county. There ras no lack of dinners, however, be luse of the failure of Captain Gib ins to assist, as the people of the >wn made generous -donations. The Homemakers Class and the araca class of the Baptist church, le White Christmas offering of the [ethodist church, the great dona ons from the Episcopal church, and le aid rendered by members of the rfesbyterian church, made possible le great amount of food distributed 1 the poor. This was augmented by ?sh donations from Judson McCrary, r. Fred Zachary, Rev. Paul Hart sll, and others. The Central Market ive meats, while Harry Sellers, at le A. & P. Store, gave reductions in rice to those who purchased food ir the poor at that store. One of the most liberal donations as that from the student body and iculty members of the Brevard In itute. Cash was raised at the Insti ite, and a delegation was .sent to iwn to make the purchases for gifts i the needy. The Boy Scouts had been winking xring the past several days prior to hristmas, making toys and gat'ner g in clothing for those in need, hen S. M. Macfie, the druggist, ?ought word that he had many toys id dolls in his store, stating that le Scouts were welcome to any or 1 of these that might be needed tor stribution to the children. This ive the boys a collection that would ive made Santa Claus turn green ith envy. The dinners were distributed iroughout the day preceding Christ as, and soon after dark Christmas ve the Boy Scouts, with two or three en assisting them, started out on eir delivery. Capt. Fred Miller ?ought Santa Claus himself to tin fice of The Brevard News, where le pack had been arranged, and inta started out, escorted by the :outs. In this connection, too much innot be said of the service rendcr 1 by Charles Jolly, a Mars Hill udent home for the holidays, k. W. ridgen, member of The Brevard lews firm but living in Charlotte, as again active in the work of dis ibution of the dinners and the ebil ren's gifts. Mr. Pridgen comes '?> revard each Christmas to assist in lis work. RIDEGROOM OF 80 TO WEU BRIDE OF FORTY -SIX YEARS, License to wed have been issued f Register of Deeds Jesse 0. Gallo ay to H. C. Baynard, SO years oung, and Mrs. Minnie Brewer, 46. he groom is a resident of Little liver, while the happy lady lives at lantyre. (ANY HUNTING DURING LAST DAYS OF THE DEER SEASON Many hunting parties spent the rst days of the week deer hunting, 'he season closed Wednesday night, nd men who love the sport were rowding all the hunting possible into he remaining time for such sport. COLLEGE COLONY HERE FOR HOLIDAY Brevard has been gladdened during ?he holiday season by many of its roung people who have been attend ng colleges and schools being here. Among the many who have spent :he Christmas vacation here arc; Jack Trantham, of Duke; Nancy Macfie and Ewabeth Shipman, Con verse; Tom Patton and Ruet Hunt, Riverside; Hayes Shipman, Darling ton; Martha Vaughn, Limestone; Donald Jenkins, Robert Plummer and Branch Parton, D. N. C.; Harry Clayton, Everett Simpson and Fr&njc Henry, Weaver; Elizabeth Duck worth, and May Jenkins, W. C. T. C.; Adelaide Silversteen, Ethel MeMinn and Beulah M?v Zachary, Salem; Rufus Joiros, State; Ruffia Wilkins, Davidson; Wood Paxton, Porter; Al bert Kilpatrick, dirist School; Paul ine Calloway. Greensboro; Ms e Grog en; Wake forest.

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