HIGHWAY BILL IS TO HAVE STAGE CENTER Governor's Plan Is Being Op posed by Influential Lead ers and Groups V*. ) Brevard News Bureau ?ffl Raleigh, Feb. 18 The highway reorganization plan of Governor ~ Gardner occupied the center of the stage most of the past week and when the General Assembly reconvened Monday night the bill i carrying out the changes advocated I had not come from the committee. The result is that the bill will be the A^main consideration on floors of House Jp'and Senate this week, toward the lat ter part of which it may come to a vote. Much oratory, argument and at times bitter arraignment were indulg ed in by proponents and opponents of the measure before the joint roads committee, providing for abolishing : the present state commission and : naming another from the state at j large, and taking over maintenance j of county roads. Frank Page, former chairman, and ! Leslie R. Ames, former engineer, took i up the cudgel for Governor Gardner's plan, while chief opponents were i John Spirunt Hill, fourth district ( commissioner; Henry A Page, broth- , er of the former chairman, and E. T. Cansler, Charlotte. Two full after- ' noons were consumed in the public ' hearings in the House of Representa- j tives. Governor Gardner, meanwhile, , is throwing the full force of his of- j fice to the support of his measure. , He issued a table showing how much each of the 100 counties would save j by the state taking over the roads, a ( showing which is expected to have } great weight with the folks back home. Meanwhile, the State Highway Commission, meeting on Thursday, J adopted a resolution to resign if and when the bill is enacted, the resigna tions to be effective at the pleasure of Governor Gardner. The contract with the State's Prison to furnish 1 j crushed stone for highway construc- ! tion entered into consideration of the $1,560,000 in construction . oo/tyhiph bids were opened last week. This is the first of three lettings as a result of the emergency aid fund, which 1 mak^s available for North Carolina 1 nearly $4,000,000, to be used primar- J ily to relieve unemployment. < ~ j INCOME TAX MEN TO BE JN BREVARD Off FEBRUARY 24 | Federal governments will be in Bre- ! vard on February 24 to assist tax ' payers in making out their income r tax reports for the year 1930. Walter* mire Hotel will be headquarters for j these government men. A SON j Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brit- ! tain, a son, on last Sunday. The j young man has been named Robert . Willis Brittain. "GO ON, BIG BOY, I BEAT j THAT PRICE RIGHT HERE , IN BREVARD," SAYS BOB i i A fly-by-night agent for a big printing office was in town last week, ; < soliciting printing for his big housed far removed from here. In the course ] i of combing work this agent called j] up Bob Tharp, The Plumber, and;! displayed his samples and told, his | 1 tale of "low prices and good work,":1 a lie that is told easily and glibly by jl these passing birds. ji Mr. Tharp listened for a while,)' and then said: "Go on about your business, young 1 ! fellow. I get better prices and better1 printing right here at The Brevard | News than you offer, and then thej. money I pay you for it is turned over ( to Doug and Henry, or the local coal man, or to one of the merchants, and kept right here in our town. Don't bother me any more, young fellow. We thank you, Bob, and others are doing this same thing for their com munity, and each week, for a while, we shall record these facts and acts which mean so much from the stand- j jwint of community progress. TOBACCO MEETING j FOR FRIDAY NIGHT! Tobacco growers of the county, and all those interested in the crop, are urged to attend a meeting at the Lit tle River School house this Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Prof. Julian A. v Glazener, in charge of vocational ag- j ricultural work of the Brevard High JK chool, will be present and lead the discussions bearing upon the grow ing of tobacco. This first meeting will be given over to the question of bed-making and seed sowing, that the very best plants may be obtained for the crop this year. Many people have already sown their beds, it is reported, and these are especially urged to be present and give of their experiences to other farmers who may want to plant beds. Friday night's meeting will also be devoted to the question of Irish po Igv tatoes, and the best methods of in creasing the potato yield. Prof. Glazener's work in interest of agri culture in the county is well known and highly appreciated by citizens in every section. NEW STEAM SHOVE IN PiSGAH FOREST Believed Two -Year Program Started Here ? May Alter nate Working Crew With receipt of a new steam shovel, and all necessary equipment for high way construction work, the Federal government will soon embark upon a program of road building in the , Pisgah National Forest which may last for two years, according to word that is considered authentic. The j new shovel is to begin operations on Stony Fork, Buncombe county side of the mountain, and cosne this way. , Joe Groom, Brevard man, has been ? employed to operate the steam shovel. " which is said to be the very latest j thing in its line. The shovel is run i by gas, and is of the yard-scoop size. , It is believed, from reports reaching _ here from Washington, that intensive ( road building will be done in the . park area. Already forces are at j work on trails and roads in other sec- J tions of the government lands. A rep resentative from the government in Washington is said to be in the park section now, making inspection of various phases of the work now start ed, and that planned for immediate commencement. It has been intimat- i ed that recommendations may be j made to alternate forces, that is, work f a given number of men for two weeks, r lay that group off and work another j group for two weeks, thus passing ^ the jobs about to as many people as j possible, which is in keeping with c the government's plan for relieving t unemployment. It is also planned, I according to information received ^ here, to put into effect certain rules s >f procedure in the employment of ; men for this road work. I ANNOUNCE FORD AS i FIRST BRIDGE PRIZE f t Business and Professional Wo- J men's Club Plans Big n Affair J __________ |V Members of the Business and Pro- * Sessional Women's club of Brevard P tave planned an ambitious program ! tor next Friday evening, when a ben- = >fit bridge will be given by the club, , >rizes for which include a brand new Ford automobile with two extra ? ires, and other prizes of great " ?rorth. Announcement of the auto wing offered as first prize, however, las created intense interest, and it is \ sxpected that hundreds of people will ittend the affair, which will be held it the Joines Motor company building, ? >n Main street, beginning at 8 ^ /clock. As an indication of the interest be ng taken in the work of the Business e md Professional Women's club work, n ;he Joines Motor company donated the g Ford car for the prize, while the Mc- & Drary Tire company and Ed. McCoy y ?re giving a new tire each to go with n ;he Ford as "extras." Every one who t suys a ticket to the affair will stand ^ in equal chance to win these prizes, t is the award will be made by draw- ^ ng, and not by playing bridge. s The tickets are to sell at 25 cents s ;ach, the money to be used by the t :lub for the Girl Scout movement and 0 jther work being carried on by the v program of the Business and Profes- y sional Women's club. Refreshments 3 will be served, and at the close of the ; evening's program the drawing will a be made for the prizes, and the win- j_ ners will be given their awards "on the dot." Officers of the club in giving the information about the car ana tires were unable to state the style of the automobile, expressing belief, how ever, that it is a coupe, and that the winner thereof will be a most highly elated person. Prizes are on display now at the Joines Motor company's plaee, and c include, among other valuable things, j a home-spun suit from the Biltmore { Industries. ? Those who attend the bridge party j: and desire to play bridge are asked j to bring their own cards. Other f games will be played for those who ^ care nothing for bridge, including ( checkers, and the same request is ^ made of these ? to bring their own J checker boards and outfit The 25 ( cent admission charge entitles all to play games and to partake of the re- j freshments. ) ( GARDNEk'S ROAD PLAN 1 WOULD SAVE MUCH HERE , Brevard Newv Bureau Transylvania county would save!, $14,490 a year on its road bill if the j state takes over and maintains its roads, according to a table issued by Governor Gardner in support of his program of reorganization of the state highway commission and taking over county highways. The figures, based on the survey made last fall by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, the State Highway Commission and the Tax Commission, show this coun ty would save in taxes the total di vided into items, as follows: over head, $757.00; maintenance, $10,107; equipment, $2,087, and gas and oil, $1,558. The counties which use convicts would save $4,967,652, while those which do not use their own convicts would save $1,599,495, ? the compila tion shows, or a total of $6,567,147 for the 100 counties. BREVARD GOES OVER THE TOP AND COTTON MILL EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATION SOON Brevard has gone over the top in fine style in the matter of completing arrangements for re-opening ithe Sapphire Cotton Mills, and word ivas sent late Wednesday evening to Greenville, notifying the interested parties there that Brevard is ready to So. And this high plane has bpen reached only after $ really hard up hill pull on the part of the men inter ssted in opening the cotton mill Many weeks have been spent in com pleting these arrangements, arid the :ommunity is deeply indebted to T. W. (Vhitmire, 0. L. Erwin, A. H. Hous ton, H. A. Plummer, F. E. B. Jenkins, I. H. Pickelsimber, H. E. Erwin and >ther8 who have given much of their Lime to perfecting plans and bring ing about this happy condition. It is expected that Greenville men interested, B. E. Geer, Geo. Norwood and others, will be in Brevard at once, when definite announcement will be made as to the date of resum ing operations in the mill. Local cit izens are resting more easily now, for this accomplishment is to mean much to the community. Too much praise cannot be given J. S. Silversteen for his part in this work. It was Mr. Silversteen who opened the negotiations with Messrs. Norwood and Geer, and caled the first meeting which appointed the jcommittee that has so well performed its work. I NO REPORT YET ON THE BREVARD BANK No report has been received by Mr. iV. W. Woodley, Jr, liquidating agent or the Brevard Banking company, rom Raleigh late Wednesday. It is i lot know nwhat is causing the delay n the return of the report to Bre rard, many people asserting that re mits had been returned in cases of ither banks in much shorter time han has elapsed since the report of he auditors and bank examiners sent he local bank's report away. One uggestion that is generally accepted s that the department in Raleigh has leen devoting its time to those banks vhich have been re-opening in West rn Carolina," and had not had time o reach the report of the local bank. Rumors o? the street are to theef ect that Brevard citizens who were n Raleigh during the early part of his week have stated that the report irill reach Brevard this coming Sat' irday or Monday. It is being asserted iow that the report will show the ank to be solvent, even after "ques ionable" paper has been deducted rom the bank's assets. The em hatic manner in which this assertion j being made by men who are in ptv ition fo know of its affairs Has i aused a more optimistic feeling in i usiness circles, in some me^j.- 1 re responsible for the improvement1' oted during the past few days in usiness circles here. VOULD SELL BONDS AND NOTES THROUGH BOARD Irevard News Bureau taleigh, Feb. 18 The Local Government Commission akes the place of the County Gov rnment Advisory Commission in the ew bill, which extends the commis ion's authority to all cities, towns nd districts, as well as counties,] without exception. All bonds and totes, as well as bond elections, will , e passed upon by this body and all , ond and note sales will be made| hrough it, instead of locally. The ? oard consists of nine members, the tate treasurer, auditor and commis-j ioner of revenue, and six named by he governor, including two county nd two city officials. The bill pro ides strict regulations for deposits of lublic funds and investments of inking funds. It permits refunding ndebtedness, a provision designed to .id some of the units over approach ng rough places. BIG SALE STARTING i | AT GLAZENER STORE i T. C. Rivers, of Albermarle, hav ing purchased the Glazener stock of merchandise which was sold by the [court a few days ago, arrived in Bre vard Monday night, accompanied by J. C. Bostian also of Albermarle, and Jake Thomas (The Miracle Man) and his assistant, Albert Taylor. This office has had a rush order for 5000 full page circulars giving the public the details of how this great closing out sale will be handled. Mr. Thomas, whc is in full charge of this event, states that there will be no dull days during the eight days that will be required to sell out the j entire stock, regardless of what it j will bring, he says. There are spe- j cial days on which certain lines and certain lots of merchandise will be placed on sale, so that the buying public will have to let other matters wait while they attend to the mat ter of buying what they will need for a long time to come. Mr. Thomas states that he is well prepared to take care of all of those who were either fortunate or pos sibly unfortunate in being born with small feet, either man or woman, as there are a great many fine shoes that are of small sizes. WOULD CONSOLIDATE THE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Brevard. News Bureau j' Raleigh, Feb. 18 ]? Two very important administrative] measures hit the hopper the past week, one on the consolidation of the i three educational institutions into the "University of North Carolina;" the other enlarging and extending state control of city, county and dis trict finances and bonds and notes. The institution bill provides that the present trustees of the three in stitutions continue until January 1, 1933, and the 1933 General Assembly name 100 trustees for the combined institution, and the executive commit tee continue until August 1, 1932. a reorganization committee of nine, Governor Gardner is directed to name the three heads of the institutions, and not more than one each from the trustee of the three, to present a consolidation plan, unifying the edu cational programs, etc., by July 1, 1932, after which the governor is to call the executive committee together to adopt or revise and adopt the plan. Complete Information for Planting Early Vegetable Garden Given Here As this county's contribution to ibservance of "Live-at-Home Week,'' rulian Glaaener, teacher of vocational igriculture in the Brevard High ichool, is urging the growing of a rood garden as the first step in this ive-at-home program, and has work ed out a table of a well balanced vegetable garden, suggesting the seeds and planting time for each, which is considered to be. one of the nost valuable contributions to the state-wide live-at-home program. The suggestions follow: Tender bunch beans, Red Valen tine or Stringless Golden Pod vari ces, to be planted May 1 to May 16. Tender pole beans, Kentucky Won Jer, May 16 to June 30. Lima bush beans* very tender, Fordhook variety, planted May 15 to Tune 1. Lima pole beans, very tender, Dreer's variety, May 15 to June 1. Beets, very hardy, Detroit Red or Early Eclipse, April 15 to May 1. Cabbage, very hardy, Early Jersey Wakefield, March 15 to April 15. Carrots, very hardy, Chantenay or Early Scarlet Horn, April 15 to May 1. Sweet corn, hardy, Country Gentle man or Howling Mob, April 15 to JJJfy Cucumbers, tender, White Spine or Davis Perfect, May 1 to June 1. Lettuce, leaf, very hardy, Grand Rapids, March 16 to April 15. Lettuce, head, New York, Aprii 1 to May 1. Mustard, very hardy, Giant Curl ed, April 1 to Mhy 1. Okrn, tender, Perkins Lonj. Rod, May 1 to May 16. Onions, seed, very hardy, Danvers Yellow Globe or White Pearl, April 1 to May 1. Onions, sets, very hardy, Yellow Danvers or White Pearl, March 15 to April 15. Peas, smooth, very hardy, Alaska or Ameer, March 15 to April 15. Peas, wrinkled, hardy, Telephone or Thomas Laxton, April 1 to May 1. Peppers, very tender, Ruby King or Chinese Giant, May 1 to June 1. Potatoes, Hardy Irish, the Irish Cobbler or Beauty, March 15 to April 15. x Potatoes, sweet, tender, Nancy Hall or Porto Rico, May 1 to June 1. Radish, very hardy, Crimson Giant or Scarlet Globe, March 15 to April 15. Spinach, very hnrdy, Norfolk or New Lealand, April 15 to May 1. Sauasfc, very tender, Crookneck or Hubbard, May 1 to June 1. Tomato, Tender, Acme or Earlina, or Stone; May 1 to June 1. Turnips, very hardy, Early White Milan, or Purple Top, March 15 to April 16. The above planting dates in the open are baBed opon the dates of the last killing frost in the spring, which in our sone ranges generally from April 15 to May 15. Use good fertile soil for the home garden; plenty of manure and some high grade fertilizer such aa 7-6^5; 8-4-4; 12-4-4; plan or sow nothing but the very best adapted seed; keep the garden well woi'.^d and free from weeds aad the reward in whole some vegetables will be a great help in the' I*ve-at-Home program. COMMITTEE IS BUSY ON BANK QUESTION Believed Plan Found Whereby Bank Can Be Opened and Operated Devoting days and nights to the efforts of finding the best solution to ; the problem of opening the bank in Brevard, a faithful committee has traversed the county from end to end, i and examined and debated plan after plan. Practically all the afternoon I Wednesday was given over to & meeting of this committee, officers, ! directors and stockholders in the old' Brevard Banking company, deposi- 1 tors and other interested citizens. A ! plan is now being given careful study which is said to give promise of pro- 1 viding a way for re-opening the in stitution. Another meeting is to be held Thursday at which time it is said the chances for bringing the ? problem nearer solution are greater ? than ever before. Two months have passed by now ? since the Brevard Banking company closed its doors, following the gen- ; eral crash in Western North Caro- 1 lina which came about when the ' Central Bank and Trust company of ? Asheville closed. The community has i suffered great inconvenience, and : business has been hindered during the ; time that the town has been without banking facilities. Citizens have work- i ed together in splendid manner in an eliort to remedy the situation and bring about the establishment of a bai.k here. lc is said that great hope i.s placed in the outcome of Thursday's 1 meeting of the committee and citi- i zens. BATTLE ROYAL NOW j; RAGING AT RALEIGH j' Highway Bill*, Pro and Con, j Cussed and Discussed by j Big and Little Brevard. News Bureau !' Raleigh, Feb. 18 ! Two road bills wer introduced last , ' week, one carrying the governor's rec- . ommendations, ttie other continuing 1 the present highway method, but with , changes. Only one provision the mn to both bills? % six-cent tax on I; gasoline, the two ctnte going to the ; county roads, but by different routes. 1 General provisions in the Gardner j bill are well known. It would abolish ', the nine highway districts and the nine commissioners, making the state , a single district and the commission j state-wide, with a chairman, receiving , $7,500 a year for full time, and four j commissioners receiving $10 a day while on duty. The state would take . over the 45,000 miles of county high- j ways and maintain them with two ; cents of the gasoline tax and a mil- j lion dollars additional each year. The ? state would take over all highway ma chinery and all county convicts and j use them for highway work. The'!: counties would still have to take care , of their road bonds and interest The other bill leaves the commis- j sion as it is, abolishes all of the ceun ty, township and district road boards, ' returning road matters to county com- ( missioners. The two cents on gaso line, about $6,000,000 a year, plus an other, million, would go to the coun ties, prorated on a basis of one-thin! on area, one-third on population and' one-third on number of registered, au tomobiles. Two or more counties may join as a road district. Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, president of the U. S. Good Road" Association, continued his attack on j the Gardner plan at a meeting of i county commissioners in Raleigh last Thursday, when an organization was formed and a resolution adopted to oppose the plan. About 150 persons, representing about half of the coun ties, were present. All of them, it was found, are not opposed to the Gardner plan. Colonel Kirkpatrick opposes the whole plan, but John Spruat Hill, fourth district commis- . sioner, opposes primarily the plan to 1 abolish the present commission. Governor Gardner comes back by bringing Leslie R. Ames, former state highway engineer, Frank Page. , former chairman, th U. S. Bureau ot { Public Roads, and others to the sup- j port of his plan. He sees in it a res- ? ponse to the mandate of the people of the state to relieve them of as much < of the tax burden as possible, im- j proved rural roads and a better I rounded state system. 'smith to address" the j STATE LEGISLATURE; Brevard Newg Bureau Raleigh, Feb. 18 Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, had hardly reached Pinehurst before the General As sembly had a joint resolution in mo tion to invite him to address the joint body, and a special commitee was soon on its way. On their return the members reported that Governor Smith promised to make a special1 trip to Raleigh Sunday, March 1, and to speak Monday night He wil! be the guest of Governor Gardner while here. He took occasion to commend Governor Gardner's reorganization plan, having pushed something sim ilar through in New York while" governor He said, however, that the Constitutional Convention proposal is a hard nut to crack. LOOKS LIKE EXTRA i SESSION FOR BODY Not Believed Legislature Com plete Its Work In the Regular Period Brevard News Bureau Raleigh, Feb. 18 Whjle the Genera) Assembly has been in session almost six weeks, nearly three-foerths of the usual time, doubt is expressed if the session has come to the middle point in work. The bills in the House now exceed 4?0, of which only 81 have , boea through the mill to ratification, while the Senate bills so far have passed the 200 mark, of which only 21 have been ratified. Practically all of the bills so far ratified arc local, only a few being state-wide in scope or interest, except a few resolutions early in the session. Bills introduced and of general in terest follow: Highways ? Require sheriffs to dis tribute and collect for motor vehicle tags and list automobiles at th.: time for advalorem taxes; create grade "AA" class of prisoners to work on the highways. Legal ? Permit clerks to appoint jurors to allot dower; to expedite trials in criminal cases and dispense with jury trial in certain cases; pro vide for 13 jurors, or alternate juror, in some cases; permit and reqoir* delivery of itemized accounts and re quiring specific denials as t-o admis sion for the items; to validate deeds issued by liquidating agent of defunct banks; provide for renewal of bonds of guardians; protect money held in trust by clerks. Agriculture ? Require numbering o / cotton bales by public ginners; to ask Congress to prevent sain of but ter-yellow oleomargerine, regardless of tax; to place a farmer on the Advisory Budget Commission ; re quiring monthly reports of tobacco sales to show the amount sold for fer tilizer or extracting nicotinc. Pension ? Require clerks of court to publish lists of names and amounts Df pension vouchers received from the state. Wefare ? Providing for a str.tr in stitution for delinquent colored girl? it Efland; limiting work of women in industry to 55 hours a wool;: reg ulating the placing of juvenik: de linquents and dependents m homes; permitting newspaper cajrrici boy# to carry routes' between 5 a.ni. a rut Tr' p.m. Taxes? Place an advalorem tax on intangible value or corporate excess of foreign corporations; relecSe par cels of land on which tax is paid and permit those paying taxes for other* to recover; reduce penalties for non payment of taxes from one per cent to one-half of one per cent increase a month; require registers of deeds u furnish to list-takers lists of land conveyances. Railroads ? Name a commission to investigate Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad properties to see if Norfolk-Southern Railway, " lessor, is keeping up with repairs and see if traffic is being diverted via Norfolk and from North Carolina pons. Insurance ? To regulate mutual burial and mutual assessment associ ations; stricter licenses for insurance agents; requiring notices to clerks of court of insurance companies licens ed by the Insurance Commissioner. Fire Sales ? Require those selling out fire or bankrupt stocks to lile Jin inventory with the clerk of the court, preventing them from restocking with lower grade goods and prevent fraud in advertising such sales. BREVARD'S EAGLE SCOUT O. V THE AIR IN BROADCAST HOVR Jack Miller, Brevard Eagle Scout, was given signal honors in the broad casting program given by Eagles of the Daniel Boone Council over W W N C last Wednesday evening. Young Miller was selected for the important work of reading the Scout laws and defining them. Scoot Mil ler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 3. A. Miller. LIVE ATHOME PLAN URGED IN COUNTY (J. A. Glazeiier, Agri. InahMUtr) In keeping with the request of His Excellency, Governor 0. Max Gard ner, the schools of North Carolina from seacoast to mountains will apin join in a cooperative effort to help put across the idea of Live-At-Homc in the respective communities of the state. This is the week, February IGlh, when all the teachers are beinj urged to carry to their communities through the pupils the vast importance of such a wortny undertaking. I feel quite sure that every teacher in Transylvania county regardless of the subject or grade he is teaching, will see the importance of such a wholesome idea and will lend a -help ing hand in getting oir farmers to reach the goal of Live-At-Home. It is my purpose and desire to visit all the schools in the Brevard High school district, if not all this week, in the very near future and assist the teachers in getting before the patrons of their communities some of the out standing needs of the county in order to reach the objective that has been set before us by our Farm Governor, 0. Max Gardner. \

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