VOLUME XXXVI Number t SAPPHIRE COTTON MILL MAY RE-OPEN / AT AN EARLY DATE f \ Believed That New Organiza tion Will Soon Start the Work LOCAL CITIZENS LEND AID TO MOVEMENT Will Mean Great Relief to Peo pie Long Without Any y Work at All All indications point to the opening of the Sapphire Cotton mill within the next few days, with a full day force to be employed. Many citizens have been working on the proposi tion for the past several days, and the visit of a delegation of Brevard men to Greenville Wednesday re sulted in what is considered assur ance that the mills will open soon, and run full force as quickly as pos sible. The mill has been closed down for more than a year, and its idleness has caused considerable suffering on the part of tln> workers, and much sac rifice on the part of business and community life. Resumption of op erations of the mill will mean much to Brevard. The Sapphire mill makes fine yarns, and is considered one of the best equipped yarn mills of the South. Ownership of the mill has been scattered throughout the eastern part of the country. More than a year ago it was thrown into the uands of a receiver, largely because of the fact that the owners of the mill lived in other sections, far re moved from one another, nence the impossibility of operating the plant with any appreciable degree of con certed effort. Under the plan of re-opening, a new corporation is to be formed, cap italization set at a low figure, and the plant owned by Brevard and Greenville people. B. E. Geer, of Greenville, is to become president of the new corporation, and his high standing in the manufacturing and financial world is sufficient guarantee of the success of the plant. Many , people in Brevard have become inter- j ested in the new concern, and it was j because of this manifest interest on the part of the people here that tits movement has proven so promising: ' ' Payroll of the Sapphire mill runs $1200 to $1400 a week, and this ' amount just now in the hands of the workers of that community will prove of great benefit to them and of tremendous aid to the business life of ; the town. Full particulars will be given in : next week's paper, as a meeting is to . be held Saturday for the purpose of j completing the deal. WILLIAM T. STOKES I DIES AT AGE OF 88 j Burial Made at Former Home ? Was Father of Dr. R. L. ! Stokes of Brevard William T.Stokes, 88 years of age,' died last Thursday morning, after many month's illness at the home of his son, Dr. R. L. Stokes. Funeral services were held at the Stokes resi- ; dence at 8 o'clock Friday morning, after which the body was taken to : Santuc, South Carolina, and laid to , rest in the Stokes family plot nearby. Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist church, conducted the rites. Many Brevard friends of the family accompanied the remains ; to the South Carolina town to pay i their last respects to their departed friend at the cemetery. The Brevard U ndertaking company, in charge of . the arrangements, transported the ' body in a hearse from here to Santuc, i and the accompanying friends went | in automobiles. The deceased was a native of South Carolina, and a Confederate Veteran. He ran away from home too young to enlist in the Con- [ feJatracy and entered the service in a town where his age was not known. He spent the full four years in the Confederate Army, being in action when the surrender was made. Mr. Stokes was active in the original Ku Klux Klan of the late sixties and early seventies, and coulcf tell inter oiling stories of the activities of that band of citizens during the period of pr reconstruction. Later in life he be came interested in public life, and was elected to many public offices. Surviving are two sons and one daughter: Dr. R. L. Stokes, promin ent physician of Brevard; Wm. T. Stokes, of Burlington, and Mrs. H. J. McAmiss, of Hendersonville. DONALD LEE MOORE'S SONG TO BE ON THE AIR AGAIN Word has been received in Brevard that Donald Lee Moore's "Cradle Song' will again be on the air Thurs day evening (tonight) during the "Poets' Golden Hour" of the Colum & bia Broadcasting system. This num ber was broadcast a few days ago, and was given warm praise. It is a source of gratification to the people of the community that the Brevard boy is again to be honored in this manner. REPORT PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO OPEN THE BREVARD BANK 'Joint Meeting of Depositors and Stockholder* Study Plan* OPINION UNANIMOUS FOR RE-OPENING OLD BANK Depositors Committee Sumbits Plan to the Directors of Closed Bank With citizens from practically all sections of the county present, a group of stockholders and depositors of the Brevard Banking company met Monday afternoon for the pur pose of devising plans whereby the bank might be re-opened for business. Several plans in concrete form were presented and given careful study. S. 1 R. Joines was namad as chairman of i the meeting, and N. A. Miller was se- i lected as secretary. This mass meeting was the result of efforts put forth by many citizens during the past several days to ascer tain if an acceptable plan could be found for re-opening the institution. At the request of Chairman Joines, Thos. H. Shipman told of work that had been done along this line. The first thing necessary in adopting a plan would be to obtain an agreement with out-of-town banks holding Bre vard collateral. Report was made that most of such banks had express ed a desire to do all in their power to assist the community in working out of its difficult position. Many citizens entered into the dis cussion of the various plans of re opening, and while there was some \ differences of opinion as to the ' proper method, all seemed to agree . that the re-opening of the bank is the most logical way out. It is- believed | that suitable plan , can be found, be cause of the hearty accord on the one question of re-opening the institution. Among those taking part in the dis cussion, urging re-opening of the bank, were Thos. J. Wilson, R. R. Fisher, G. T. Lyday, W. L. Mull, J. H. Pickelsimer, S. R. Joines, Judson , McCrary, L. E. Bagwell, and many j others. A sub-committee was appointed to draft a plan embracing suggestions I that had been made at the meeting. This committee is as follows: G. H. I Lyday, L. E. Bagwell, Judson Mc- 1 Crary, J. H. Pickelsimer, W. L. Mull j and T. J. Wilson. This committee met Tuesday afternoon and began work on the plans for presentation to another meeting of the people inter ested. A plan was adopted by the deposi tors' committee and submitted to the ( ( Continued on page four) CHARITIES BOARD j AIDS 61 FAMILIES Food, Clothing and Fuel Pro vided by the Associated Charities Rev. R. L. Alexander as chairman, and all the members of the Associat ed Charities express keen apprecia tion for the splendid manner in which the community has responded to the appeal of the charity ooard for aid. The boxes about the grocery stores ! and markets have been well filled each day, while clothing and bed clothing continues to come into the Chamber of Commerce rooms. One of the ministers of the town or a mem- j ber of the Associated Charities is at the Chamber of Commerce rooms ev- 1 ery Monday, Wednesday and Friday , mornings from 9 o'clock until noon, 1 for the purpose of giving out the food and clothing to the people who j apply for aid. Sixty-one families are being assisted j regularly, while many others are re ceiving temporary assistance. The tremendous good that is being done | through this great work cannot even be estimated, officials of the Associ ated Charities assert, and continu ance of the splendid support will re sult in still greater good. Plans for resuming operations in the Sapphire Cotton mills dovetail jwith the charity work, as many peo ! pie who are receiving aid are those who have had no work since the mills closed down a year ago. Resumption ; of work there would relieve the situ- j ation in a large degree, and reduce , the necessity for these donations to ' a minimum. IMDESTOED THE SINIARD HOME Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Siniard Wednesday, burn ing the structure to the ground and destroying practically all of the con tents of the house. The house had six rooms, and was of frame construction, situated on lands adjoining the prop erty of Camp Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Siniard were in Asheville at the time of the fire, and late Wednesday had not returned, and were not aware of the fact that their home had been consumed in flames. The fire was discovered. about noon. Insure:: Parent- Teacher Association Doing Excellent Work for Little Children Report from Mrs. H. L. Wilson, president of the Parent-Teacher asso ciation, and the committees working with Mrs. Wilson in providing lunch es for twenty undernourished children in the primary schoor shows that fine ' response had been made to an appeal made by the association last week. It " will be recalled that plans were an- , nounced for providing lunches for j these twenty children by voluntary effort, while the association announc- , ed that its members would provide . milk for the group. Mrs. C. W. Pick- 1 elsimer was named as chairman of I the committee to arrange for the ; lunches and set date for each volun-j teer to provide lunch. Ready response from sufficient | people to provide the lunches up to j and including March 12 have been ro- 1 ceived by the committee and the j officers of the association. Following ( is the schedule, with date that each i volunteer has been assigned for pro- i viding the lunch for the twenty chil- 1 dren. ? 1 January i Tuesday 20 ? Mrs. H. Perry. i Wednesday, 21 ? Mrs. Mac Allison. < Thursday, 22 ? Mrs. R. Long, Mrs. N R. W. Everett. ,< Friday, 23 ? Mrs. W. H. Duckworth, t Mrs. E. S. English. jc Monday, 26? Mrs. J. B. Jones,1 Mrs. Waite Reed. ;\ Tuesday, 27 ? Mrs. Jess Pickel- i simer, Mrs. A. B. Galloway. Wednesday, 28 ? Mrs. C. Poole,1 Mrs. Chas. Pickelsimer. Thursday, 29 ? Mrs. Fred Zachary. Friday, 30 ? Mrs. M. M. Fesster. February Monday, 2 ? Mrs. 0. H. Orr, Mrs. A. ! H. Harris. Tuesday, 3 ? Mrs. B. Nicholson. Mrs. Pettit. Wednesday, 4 ? Mrs. Harold Nor-;.J wood. Thursday, 6 ? Mrs. C. 0. RobinsSn.j Friday, 6 ? Mrs. J. F. Barrett. Monday, 9 ? Mrs. Schachner. Tuesday, 10 ? Mrs. B. J. Sitton. Wednesday, 11 ? Mrs. D. F. Moore, i Thursday, 12 ? Mrs. 0. L. Erwin. ' Friday, 13 ? Mrs. R. Long, Mrs. R j W. Everett. Monday, 16 ? Mrs. Hinton McLeod. e Tuesday, 17 ? Mrs. Terry, Mrs. T. f C. Galloway. : f Wednesday, 18 ? Mrs. Paul Hart- 'a sell. 'I Thursday, 19 ? Mrs. B. F. Beasley. y, Friday, 20 ? Mrs. Thos. Teague. Monday, 23 ? Mrs. Jess Pickelsimer, Mrs. A. B. Galloway. ! Tuesday, 24 ? Mrs. A. N. Jenkins. Wednesday, 25 ? Mrfe. C. Poole, Mrs. Chas. Pickelsimer. Thursday, 26 ? Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Brinkraan. I Friday,27 ? Mrs. Ralph Fisher. March Monday, 2 ? Mrs. L. PushelL Tuesday, 3 ? Mrs. 0. H. Orr, Mrs. H. Harris. Wednesday, 4 ? Mrs. A. II. Kizer. j Thursday, 5 ? Mrs. R. L. Stokes. j Friday, C ? Mrs. H. E. Erwin Monday, 9 ? Mrs. H. L. Wilson. Tuesday, 10 ? Mrs. Marie Bice. Wednesday, 11 ? Mrs. J. F. Winton. Thursday, 12 ? Mrs. A. N. Hinton. Elementary School There are twelve children in the ilementary school who are being pro- j fided with daily lunch and milk. Vol- ; mteers have been secured for these . welve lunches up to and including j February 12. The Parent-Teacher issociation will welcome volunteers n providing lunches for these twelve :hildren. Any one desiring to pro- ] ride these lunches for one day is ask- ? ;d to communicate with the commit ee chairman, Mrs. C. W. Pickelsimer, ir the president, Mrs. H. L. Wilson. Following is the list of volunteers vho will provide luflch for these ele nentary school children on the day : tllotted each one: January Tuesday, 27 ? Mrs. H. L. Wilson. Wednesday, 28 ? Mr. and Mrs. J. E. tufty. Thursday, 28 ? Miss Ruth Cantrell. Friday, 30 ? Mrs. Roscoe Nicholson. February Monday, 2 ? Mrs. Albert Ky?P Tuesday, 3 ? Mrs. H. Case, Mrs. 'oe Lyday. ' Wednesday, 4 ? Mrs. N. Morris. Thursday, 5 ? Mrs. Paul Smathers. Friday, 6? Mrs. Wike, Mrs. J. E. Vaters. Monday, 9 ? Mrs. C. L. Newland. Tuesday, 10 ? Mrs. C. L. Newland. Wednesday, 11 ? Mrs. B. Summey. Thursday, 12 ? Mrs. B. Summey. The association is emphatic in its xpressions of gratitude to the people j ! or the splendid response made in >roviding these lunches, and to Mr. j ind Mrs. Jos. S. Silversteen, Mrs., lee Vfter getting through a bill to abol- i sh the General County Court of Transylvania, he started through an ither to allow the county commission ers to disburse the funds derived rom a tax levied to maintain the , ?ourt. The bill was referred to the I finance committee. Representative Henry then intro luced a bill to decrease . the number >f county commisisoners from five to! hree, and another to decrease the : ialary of the treasurer of Transyl- 1 ?ania from $2,600 to $1,800. j JR AW FORD IN THE INSURANCE FIELD AT ELIZABETH CITY J. I. Crawford, for the past thi'ec ! fears assistant cashier of the Bre /ard Banking company, has been , -nade .district manager of the Equit- , ible Assurance Society, with head juarters in Elizabeth City. He has ; already moved his family to that 1 pretty city, and is now actively en gaged in his new work. Mr. Craw ford was extremely popular in Bre vard, and he and Mrs. Crawford had j 3o endeared themselves to the people of the community that genuine re gret is expressed because of their going. KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET THIS NOON Brevard Kiwanians will meet at The England Home on East Main street Thursday (today) for the first meeting of the re-organized club, at 12 o'clock. An interesting program, with out line of the year's work will be in charge of officers and committee chairmen. Discussion by members of the club of the proposed work will add to the interest of the meeting. Enthusiastic reports were made at a meeting of the directors held last Friday evening at the home of the president, Rev. R. L. Alexander, at which time the officers were dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Alexander. Practically all members of the old club have signified their intention of remaining in Kiwanis, with several new membership applications having been recciv. .!. jREPORT APPROVED I IN PART BY BOARD OF THE M.E.CHURCH I Wickersham Document Is. To Be Given Further Study by Organization BOARD HAPPY BECAUSE , REPORT OPPOSES REPEAL Says Law Enforcement Is Big ger Than Prohibition Enforcement | Washington, D. C., Jan. 28 ? The Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist i Episcopal Church will not comment at length on the recommendations oi the Wickersham Commission in re gard to prohibition enforcement un til after there has been adequate time to study intensively the entire report. The Board wishes to say that in itr opinion it is of the highest import | ance to keep in mind that the ques tion of law observance and enforce ment is very much larger than th question of prohibition enforcement. It is believed that many of those monetarily interested in organized crime have attempted to use discus sion of prohibition enforcement as a smoke screen to obscure the necessity . for public interest in the reform of police methods, judicial procedure and other matters relating directly to the control of criminal activities. As a matter of principle, the sec retaries of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals find themselves in agreement with and strorgly approve the conclusions and recoin mendation of the Commission ir, the following particulars: 1. Opposition to repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment or restora tion of the saloon. 2. Opposition to governmental par ticipation in the liquor business. 3. Opposition to so-called modifica tion of the Prohibition Act to permit j wines and beer. 4. Cooperation of the states is es sential to proper enforcement and public opinion should in several states : demand such cooperation. 5. Prohibition enforcement i3 im stockholders and directors of the closed institution, which is declared by many citizens to be a most feas able plan of re-opening the bank. This plan was presented to the bank group Wednesday, and it is believed that a reply will be made at an early date. Practically all people who have ex pressed their views seem to be in favor of re-opening the bank, resum ing business, and permit the institu tion and the community to make1, (Continued on page four) BANK MAKES FINE RECORD LAST YEAR Pisgah Industrial Bank In An nual Meeting ? Officers Elected for Year Annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Pisgah Industrial Bank . was held Monday of this week, and election of officers was made. J. H. Pickelsimer was re-elected president; Lewis P. Hamlin, vice president, anil Oliver H. Orr was named as cashier. , These officers, with R. L. Nicholson, i H. A. Plummer and Dr?E. S. English constitute the new board of director*. Report was made for the year's work, it is said, and was considered as a most excellent showing in view of the hard year that 1390 proved to : be in the banking business, generally speaking. All departments showed excellent results, the report states, tliere being a noticeable gain in the amounts of investment certificates held by the citizens of the town and 1 county. Five per cent interest is paid by the Pisgah Bank for all money de posited for these investment certifi cates, which, in general banking terms, are known as. time certificates, i The Pisgah Bank makes loans to be paid back in installments, weekly or monthly, apd this department made good record during 1930. The insurance department, in charge of Messrs. F. E. Shuford and . T. H. Galloway, made rapid gains i during the year, the report showed,; and paid several losses during that , time. The Pisgah Bank is proving of great value to the community, es pecially during the past several weeks. Pay checks for the various industrial concerns have been cashed | by the workmen at the Pisgah, as have the highway checks on the road work going on. Then, too, the busi ness houses of the town have found ready accommodations at the bank in [making change. Plans are being made for in creased business activities during the year 1931. The general trend of bus iness upward, with the growing pop ularity of the Pisgah Bank, give suf ficient evidence^ of a continued steady growth. The rate of interest which the Pisgah Bank pays on its time certificates, or investment certificates as they are called in industrial banks, is sonlewhat larger than depositors can obtain in many other places, hence the growing business along j'.L.oe liuos. - .. 6-MONTHS' SCHOOL TERM IS BIG ISSUE f BEFORE THE SOLONS Body Seems Determined to Have State Pay School Costs WOULD REDUCE TAXES ON LAND IS THE AGREEMENT One Bill Proposes to Cut Sal aries of School Teachers Ten Per Cent Brevard News Bureau Raleigh, Jan. 28. State operation and maintenance of the constitutional six months school term was unquestionable the most important proposal before the N. "C. General Assembly the past week and gives promise of taking leading posi tion this week, although numbers of important pieces of legislation have been placed before that body. The proponents of the bill embody ing the fixing of a state policy of op eration of the term, legislation for which is to be proposed later, over whelmingly won in the first skirmish before the joint sessions of House and Senate Education committees, and. unless signs fail, the bill will pass both houses, although some of the committee members voting for it voiced reservations. The bill was set for a special order in the House Monday night and in the Senate for Tuesday of this week. A lively skir mish is expected before the bill be comes a law. Those supporting the measure, known as the Lindsey-Young bill, ar gue this is the most effective method of reducing taxes, since schools are more costly than all other county ac tivities. If the state takes over the Bchools, taxes can be reduced and the burden largely removed, they state, referring to the supposed constitu tional provision requiring the state to operate the schools. The only note of warning was is sued by the only school man speaking before the committee vote, T. Wingate Andrews, High Point, former presi dent of the state teacher organization, who said a policy which maintains no relation between the amount spent for schools and taxes paid was unsound and he feared loss of local interest State Supt. A. T. Allen, who did not speak, also warns that if the six months taw proposed is adopted, man; small districts now operating eight months with equalizing and extended term aid, will be forced to reduce the length of terms or levy more taxes. The matter of revenue is worrying some of the legislators. The Educational Commission's eight : months school bill has not appeared ( Continued on page five ) COMPLETE AUDIT OF BANK AFFAIRS Report of Bank Examiner Gone to Raleigh for Inspection By Department Audit of the books and affairs of the Brevard Banking company, closed on December 15, is now complete, and the report has been sent to Raleigh for inspection. It is said that about two weeks will be required for this examination, after which the report will be returned to Brevard, and a copy filed with the clerk of the court. The bank examiner's department has been in charge of affairs of the bank since its closing, and directed the aud itors in their work. Mr Woodier, liquidating agent, is now in charge of the institution. Many people, it is said, have been paying their notes at the bank, since Mr. Woodley has been there. Many of the notes that were in other baiiksAS collateral for money borrowed by the Brevard bank have been returned here, it is said, while other notes are still in distant banks. County officials are awaiting copy of the report before they can do much with county affairs, because of the huge sum of county funds tied in the closed bank. The same applies to the town of Brevard, while business houses and individuals await the re port with varying degrees of anxiery. SIMPSON IN CHARGE OF YOUNG PEOPLES' CHOIR Announcement is made that Leo? ard Simpson has agreed to take charge of the Young Peoples' Choir of the Brevard Baptist church. All young people who wish to serve the | church by singing in the choir are urged to attend a meeting this Thurs day evening at 7:30 o'clock, and joi* jin the practice. CORN ADVANCES TO 75 CENTS A BUSHEL HERE Corn has- advanced to 75 centt a bushel cm the Brevard market, according to ?)i announcement today's Brevard-News as shown in the market list prices of <&? B. and B. Feed and Seed com pany. This concern is offering 7S cents a bushel cash for - com; tvhich is a decided advance over what the market has been for th* lAlni spveroi Hre.V*. ~