North Carolina Newspapers

4 s k THE VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 26, 1931 BUT UTILE DONE IN LEGISLATURE V DURING 7 WEEKS Out of 860 Bills Introduced, Only 155 Have as Yet Been Ratified NO STATE-WIDE BILLS OF IMPORTANCE ENACTED j Many Important Bills Are ln'j the Hopper ? Much Rapid Work Expected Governor Gardner's highway meas ure has passed the house of represen tatives bv u large majority, and is now in the senate, where the govern or's frt^nus say the measure will have a substantial majority. It is ex pected that the measure will be acted upon in the senate Thursday or Fri day, of this week. ^ ' " | T1 Brevard News Bureau if Raleigh, Feb. 25 1 While seven weeks have passed and c committees are laboring day and night to get the legislation in shape for floor action, apparently little has t( been accomplished. Much is about in c> shape and will come up for action within the two weeks, but the Gener al Assembly will probably be in ses- ? sion for two or three weeks in March. The bills 'introduced in the House m have passed the 6.00 mark, while in the Senate they have exceeded 260, a total of more than 860, including a t? t'ew duplicates. Only 119 bills orig- sl inating in the House and only 36 or- ^ iginating in the Senate, a total of ~ 155. had been ratified up to Saturday. " Only 14 of the House and 12 of the .cc Senate bills are of State-wide inter- , rl est or importance. ;sc Among the bills of general interest " introduced last week, in groups, are F the following: j ' Taxes ? Tax of 5 per cent on con-|0f sumcrs of electricity, gas, water, tel- x ephone and telegraph services; al--ai lowing owner to redeem land sold for : bi taxes and held by county or city in ;pl four annual payments; uniform 0f handling of tax foreclosure certifi- ; cates; tax of one mill per kilowatt * hour of electric energy and limit first I sale cost to 1 3-4 cents per kilowatt j hour of electric energy and limit first sale cost to 1 3-4 cents per kilowatt hour ; permit quarterly payments of income taxes when amount exceeds ; $100; provide ad valorem tax on N holders of mortgages, deeds of trust I and liens. ' I Legal ? Regulating foreclosure sales j under mortgages and deeds of trusts ' and sales of real estate by executors j * and administrators; allow trust com- j (Continued on page five) lai jte ise ;h i w U? t, , ] tii Large List of Debtors to Bre- tv vard Bank Being Called I w ' irt BREESE COLLECTING NOTES HELD BY CO. by the County Wm. E. Breese, county attorney, is j er sending out letters to all those whose notes made to the Brevard Bunking w company are up as collateral with w the county, as guarantees for county ;m deposits, demanding immediate pay- w ment of these notes. The county holds ft nearly ?300,000 worth of these notes jj as collateral for the county deposits. ^ Collection of these notes, or any ap- [ preciable amount of them,' would en- 0j able the county to "carry on" with the school work, meet running expenses a| and other obligations, it is pointed out in the communication sent by j tj. County Attorney Breese to those who {s( owe the notes. !p Many citizens, being desirious of di assisting the county in every way pos- 'ti sible, arc making strenuous efforts to g, pay their notes, and every dollar so ! received is just that much relief to fi the county whose entire cash balances cl have been tied since the closing of the.n , bank on the fifteenth of last Decern kS-r. ? f Following is a copy of the letter ! being sent by the county attorney to I those whose notes are held by the , | county as collateral: "Dear Sir: "The Brevard Banking Company j turned over a large number of notes to Transylvania County to secure the > deposit of the county in said bank, i and among said notes, we find yours. . b "It is necessary for the county to collect this money in order to pay the school teachers and many other run ning and current expenses of the | county, and therefore the county will 1 1 be forced to collect all said notes as ? j rapidly as possible. "The Commisisoners have directed me to collect these notes at once, and I am therefore writing you this let- ? ter and ask that you come in and see \ ( m? immediately in connection here- , ! with. "We hold your note as follows: jj "In addition to the amount men- ; ' tioned, you owe interest from the j ! said due-date of said note at the rate,1 of 6 percent per annum. "Please let me hear from you at!' once, so that I will not have to start 1 a lawsuit and add costs to this mat- . ter. 1 "Yours truly, UW. E. BREESE, Co. A"y" V NO REPORT YET FROM THF COMMISSION ON THE BANK No report had been received Wednesday afternoon by Mr. W. IK. Woodley, Jr., liquidating agent , concerning the condition of the Brevard Banking ctmpany, closed here oil th-c fifteenth of December, last. The report was expected more than a month ago, and it is not known why the re port is so long in reaching Bre vard It is said that Brevard men, returning from Raleigh last week, stated that the report would be here by last Saturday. WSMANlEETINGS PROVING POPULAR ?"armers Turning from Study of Potatoes to the Growing of Corn (J. F. CORBIN, Agri. Teacher) The farmers' meetings being held i the Agriculture classropm at the .osman school each. Tuesday night as been going nicely with a large rowd of interested men at eacn leeting. Some real definite practices re being worked out that is destined > improve potato growing in years to )me. Rain prevented the usual num sv from being present at the past uesday night's meeting, Feb. 24, and summary of the work of P^to rowing will be gone into at the looting next Tuesday night. I Upon completion of the potato i rowing discussions, "Corn will be iken up. In this study the first ibiect will be "How Much Fertil cor and What Kind Should I Use nder My Com to Make the Most rofitable Crop" The basis for our inclusions will be the fertilizer test m for two years on Mr. Carl Alu m's farm. We have two years av- , age now on this work together with ( similar test from Buncombe Test arm This experiment will perhaps, , lother year, be moved to the farm 1 Mr. J. Wade Dickson, near Selica. | hese experiments cost a lot of money 1 id are worth a lot more of money, j i it you have to study them and then s it it into practice to get your part . ARffiHOUNTlES j1 OPPOSE ROAD PLAN'; > j ot To Be Settled for Several , Days., Because of Deter- < mined Opposition revard News Bureau ( uleigh, Feb. 25 Governor Gardner s highway meas- : ?e to eliminate the nine districts. I duce the number of commissioners , id take over the county road sys- ] ms, chief contest in the General As> mblv for two weeks, was up m tne ouse last Thursday with an over helminpr favorable committee rcpoit ilv to be set for special considera- 1 on Monday night. One, probably j ? weeks, will be required before >t|. ?aches final disposition. !-, The vote by which consideration , as postponed was not taken as an dication of the strength ot oppon- , its. In fact, an unofficial poll of, ie General Assembly was made last,, eek by a proponent of the measure, . ho said 88 out of the 130 ?ous<; embers and 38 of the 50 S.en^? i ere favorable to the bill, as it came . ?om the committee, without change. ' this is any indication, the bill will i enacted by a large margin. The main opposition is from some ? the larger counties which sta.ui , lose more in equipment, machinery nd convict camps. Three-fourth ie Mecklenburg delegation opposes ie measure; half of Durham . and >me from other larger counties orsvth legislators appear for it, as 3 all of the Buncombe rep resent a ves and probably the Guilford dele governor Gardner has changed rom four to six commissioners and a , liairman, and has agreed to o linor changes in the bill, beh ?hich he has thrown the entire foice f his administration. ,0CAL BOYSDUE TO ! RECEIVE $100,000 Congress has passed the soldiers ionus bill, in modified form, by an iverwhelming majority, and i' is now n the hands of the president, where ; i veto is expected. It is believed, lowever. that the measure will be lassed over the president's veto, and >ecome a law. As passed, the bill permits former lervice men to borrow on th^adjust >d compensation claims up to titty ,er cent of the face value. The orig nal request was the paymer.t in full )f all this compensation. Heretofore, t was the the privilege of any one s so iesiring to borrow tip l?- - "Tlig rent of the value of the c m . 1 has been increased to SO 1>? cent. Transylvania county boys are en titled to' about one hundred thousand dollar loan value under th s provision, and it is believed that nearly a. i ex service men will take advantage of the new law, as soon as it u passed, ?,?1 hrtrrow on ^"-'r JONAS-MORRISON FIGHT MA Y RESULT IN DEFEAT OF JONAS AS U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Western North Carolina is to be the scene of a political battle now being waged in Washington. The contest is to range about the confirmation of the appointment of Hon. Charles A. Jonas as United States District Attorney, to succeed Hon. Thos. J. Harkins, resigned. , Early in the week Mr. Jonas issued a statement concerning alleged irregularities and frauds in recent North Ca?i;".a gnn eral election, whereupon Senator Cameron Morrison immediate ly appeared before the senate judiciary committee and voiced opposition to the confirmation of Mr. Jonas as District Attorney. jThe following news articles, taken from The Charoltte Ob server, tell the story of this interesting contest being waged: MR JONAS CHARGES IRREGULARITIES IN LAST N.C. ELECTION Urges Nye Committee to Make Real Investigation of Charges SAYS ELECTION OFFICIALS I MANIPULATE AFFAIRS J "Intolerable Conditions," He Says, Exist In North Carolina The Nye committee of the senate | will undertake in the near future a ' thorough investigation of alleged ' 'election manipulation" in North Carolina, Representative Charles A. fonas told The Observer over tele-; ahone from Washington. "There will be further investiga-( :ion," declared the ninth district rep-i resentative, who on March 4 will be succeeded by the man he defeated in 1928, Major A. L. Bulwinkle of Gas ;onia, demecrat, and who is slated im- ; nediately to become western North Carolina district attorney. May Call Witnesses "The Nye committee is now con- j :idering subpoenaing a number of witnesses from North Carolina who ire to be asked to tell what they <now. They will very likely be called :o Washington to testify so that the :ommittee can decide whether to go igain into North Carolina. "In North Carolina, as I told the ?ommittee yesterday when they invit :d me, Congressman Pritchard, and ( Continued on page five) MR. MORRISON ASKS COMMITTEE TO HOLD UP CONFIRMATION . Opposes Jonas on Account of Statements Made by the Congressman STANDS BY THE LAWS OF HIS NATIVE STATE ! Praises Election Laws and Says There Was No Violation Committed Washington, Feb. 23. ? The appoint ment of Charles A. Jonas U. S. at- 1 torney for the western North Caro- ; lina district today met with severe opposition from Senator Cameron ; Morrison when ho appeared before the senate judiciary committee urging an investigation of the appointee. ( Senators King, democrat, Utah, j Blaine, republican, Wisconsin, and; Gillette, republican, Massachusetts, were appointed members of the sub- 1 committee to consider carefully this ' nomination, the committee thereby ji recognizing Morrison's opposition to j Jonas' appointment. Appearing before the committee, Morrison declared that he opposed the appointment of Congressman Jonas as North Carolina district at-;' tornpy because of the latters' open | attack on the election principles of j the state. The senator later stated j that he would make a detailed reply J. to the recent charges of the republi can represenatives in which the laws I of North Carolina and certain of his1 ~ ? ~ ( i ( Continued on vage five) | BANK MOVING INTO ITS FORMER HOME.! Announcement is made that the : Pisgah Industrial Bank is moving from its present quarters, at the cor ner of Main ar.d Broad streets, to its former home on the west side of ' Broad street, between the stores of the Housto-i Furniture company and the T'avis Long Drug store. It is said tha' the bank sub-leased the building ' frr i e Houston Furniture com- | p.' to get back into its first home. | r re the old Pisgah Bank was or- ' ganiMd and operated for many years. TV Pisgah Industrial Bank is fill ingjRn exceptionally fine place in the] corimunity, being of especial service to the small borrowers as its plan of repayment embraces the weekly, ' monthly and quarterly payments. The tank also pays 4 per cent interest on ill time certificates of deposit, and it is reported that these deposits have been increasing rapidly, because of the known strength of the Pisgah In dustrial bank. Then there is the in surance department, handling all forms of insurance. J. H. Pickelsimer is president of the bank, and Oliver H. Orr is vice president, while C. R. McNeely is chairman of the board. F. E. Shu ford is m charge of the insurance de partment. The bank states that it will be in its new home on March first, and ex tends an invitation to all citizens to call and inspect the new place and become better acquainted with the service of this most splendid institu tion. COUNTY OFFICIAL | NOW IN HOSPITAL L. V. Sigmon of Rosman was taken to the Mission Hospital in Asheville, Sunday in a serious condition result ling from poison of carbon monoxide, it is said. Mr. Sigmon had taken an oil lantern and gone to the barn to milk. He placed the lantern in a corn bin and leaned over to pick up some corn when he was almost im mediately overcome by the fumes of the lantern. He crawled to the door to summons aid, and his condition continuing serious it was thought ad visable to take him to the hospital. Mr. Sigmon is a members of the present Board x>t County Commission ers and bookkeeper at the Foltz Lum ber ("OTVm""!' nfc LnV* Tov-nvay. GLAZENER SALE IS f MEETING SUCCESS Unusual success has attended the sale now being conducted by T. C. Rivers, of Albemarle, who purchased the Glazener store at receiver's sale, and immediately placed the merchan dise on sale at greatly reduced 1 prices. Crowds on the first days of the sale were so large that the doors ' were locked at intervals, while those inside were waited upon, after which 1 they passed out at the rear and new 1 crowds were admitted at the frpnt. Jake Thomas, known in mercantile ! circles as "The Miracle Man," is in i charge of the sale, being assisted by ' J. C. Bosian and Albert Taylor. The | sale will close this coming Saturday : night, according to announcement made by the concern. The men con- 1 nected with the sale have made many friends in Brevard by their courteous treatment of the throngs visiting the ; store during the sale. RELIEFNEEDEDIN CHARITY WORK NOW Potatoes, Irish and sweet, dry beans, peas, bacon, turnips, and any thing else that the farmers of the ' county can spare, are badly needed by the Associated Charities to feed folk who are in want, some of them 'without the bare necessities of life. 'Any farmer who feels that he can! | spare food of any kind are urged to j jgive something to eat. j Many people are using the "needy ?boxes" placed at the grocery stores 'and markets of the town, but there is 'a> dire need for heavier food such as 'mentioned above. Clothing that has been discarded but still serviceable J will be appreciated by the people of >the town who have been unable to i procure work and are really suffer ing. This food and clothing can be left at the Chamber of Commerce building on Monday, Wednesday and , Friday mornings, and will be distrib uted to those who are in need and who have been investigated and found ;to be worthy by the committee in chargc. | Various organizations of the Bre ,vard churches, the Kiwanis club, and 'individuals have been cooperating twith the Associated Charities, and so I far have been able to. cope with the ? i situation. However, the announcement b*3 made by the ministers of the town ??who are in charge of distribution, ~ dn 'tawvi' f"odstufTs. WOKING TO TAKING NORTH ?BREVARD OUT OF LIMITS : Word conw.8 from Raleigh that Representative W. M. Henry has introduced a. bill to allow the , town council "to contract or make x, taller" the town limits. This is taken to mean that an alleged promise is to be kept ? that of taking North Brevard out of the city limits. The bill was intro duced last Friday night. NEW COMMISSION . IMPORTANT GROUP Would Take Over Supervision of All County and Munic ipal Government \ Brevard News Bureau i Raleigh, Feb. 25 Vitally important is the "Local Government Commission" bill which brought on a night session Friday and was carried over to this week. This commission takes over functions of the County Government Advisory Commission and local functions of the State Sinking Fund Commission, the bill placing all counties, cities, dis tricts and units under its control as to bond and note issues and elections. All such acts must be approved by the commission, and all bonds and notes sold through it. The commis sion is to be composed of the State Treasurer, the Auditor and Commis sioner of Revenue and six other mem bers named by the Governor, includ ing a director, two county and two city officials and one other. the commission restricts the In vestments of sinking funds and speci fies requirements of depositories o? public funds. The bill will allow funding and refunding bonds withoui a vot: of the people. Such funding and refunding is designed to help some of the counties and cities over present rough places. The measure is drastic, but is expected to be enacted, so public funds and public expendi tures will be fully safe-guarded and restricted. STATENOT ABLE TO FIND THE REVENUE 5iX- Months School Term Cause of Considerable Work and Worry Brevard News Bureau Raleigh, Feb. 25 The six months state operated school term, quiet for two weeks, came up again Friday with the intro duction of bills seeking to make ef fective the state operation. They recede from the original stand of complete state cost, setting a minim um to which the state may go and leaving improvement in the hands o. | provide 519,500,000 for the cost and i county and local authorities. Thej seek this fund from sales, production and income taxes. More and more the view is being accepted that the state will not be able to find sufficient sources for the . additional $12,000,000 to $14,000,000 needed to take over the entire term and the final result will be that the I equalizing fund of $8,500,000 will be I increased, probably as high as *10. 000,000, and the present method con tinued. However the education com mittees are continuing their efforts tc find the money needed and are goin? over the nearly a dozen sales, produc- 1 tion and other tax measures offered. It is believed that the luxury sales tax will finally be adopted as a means of raising needed revenues. VOLUNTEERSFOR SCHOOL LUNCHES Recent additions to the list of vol unteers furnishing lunch for the un dernourished children at the Brevard elementary and printfxy schools show continued interest in^Jhe welfare oi these children. Mrs. William Henry Parker, of Charleston, S. C., who > ha\ ing communicated with Mr. P. Nobis Simons, has offered to assist in thi good work. . The list following carries the pro gram through April 3rd, and the Pai ent-Teacher Association, while de lighted with the splendid response so far, expresses a desire to carry tn.._ work through the entire month o: April, so that no child will be forced to suffer for the lack of sufficient food. Elementary April 2 ? Mr%*5 William Henry Parker, of Charleston, S. C. April 3 ? Mrs. S. M. Macfie. April 4? Mrs. Violet Henry. April 5? Mrs. Violet Henry. Prima ry April 2? Mrs. T. G. Miller April 3? Mrs. P. Fullbright, Miss .Opal and Mr. Vernon Fullbright. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL COUNCIL TO MEET TUESDAY Officers and teachers and class of ficers of the Brevard Baptist Sunday School will meet for the regular monthly meeting of the Workers' Council on next Tuesday evening at 7 :30 in the church parlors. All mem bers of the Council are urged to be wres^nt. CHURCH MERGER IS ANNOUNCED BY TWO I IMPORTANT BODIES j -? ' Davidson River and Brevard Presbyterian Churches In Merger ONE OF OLDEST CHURCHES IN THIS STATE, IS CLAIM Greater Activity Expected as Result of Recent Action of These Churches On last Sunday, at a congregational meeting the Brevard Presbyterian church concurred in the request of Davidson River Presbyterian church, made February 15th, for Asheville i Presbytery to merge or unite the two churches. Formal action of Presby tery, carrying the merger into effect, :is expected within the next few weeks. The Davidson River church was first organized as a separate church about 1800 ? possibly a few years earlier. Prior to organization, for years it had been a preaching point of the Swannanoa Presbyterian church. When first organized, tho church had two Camp Meeting Grounds, one at Davidson River and the other at Mills River, and the ter ritory embraced in its work was ap proximately the western half of what is now Henderson county, and gener ally, the territory extending west in definitely. The whole territory was at that time a part of Buncombe county. Records are incomplete back of June 1828, but detailed records are on hand from that date to the pres ent. The Mills River church was cut. off as a separate church in 1S59, and with it the territory now embraced in Henderson county. Two years later, when Transylvania county was estab lished and Brevard was located, the county authorities conveyed to the trustees of Davidson River ??hnreh the lot on which the Brevard church stands. The church building was erected about 1887, and services held as a part of the work of Davidson River church. In 1891 the Brevard mem bership was organized as a separate church. Later the Davidson River trustees conveyed the lot and build ing to Brevard church. From 1891 to the present ime there have been two separate organ izations, part of the time with separ ate pastors, and part of the time with the same pastor serving both church es. The merger has been discussed un officially for some time, but official action of the churches, leading to the merger, was taken this month. W a understand the union will be consuin ( Continued on vayc five) S. S. WORKERS OF METHODIST CHURCH TO MEET SUM) AY Workers' Council members of the Methodist Sunday School are i aU' J to meet Sunday afternoon at 3:00. in the church parlors. Officers and teachers are expected to be present 100 percent strong. EASTERN STAR MEETS NEXT TUESDAY FOR ELECTION Meeting of the Eastern Star will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:C0 in the Masonic Hall. Election of offi cers will take place at this meeting, and a full attendance is urged. goodbyeT ksnfolk . IN POLITICAL JOBS Bill Offered to Place Employ ment of All State Workers With New Board Brevard News Bureau Raleigh, Feb. 25 Governor Gardner's bill to estab lish a Commission or. Personnel, with a director, in charge of employing ajl state workers and a step toward civil service, went through the Senate wit h only two opposing votes. The feature requiring like supervision over coun ty and municipal employes was elim inated, the commission to serve only in an advisory capacity to such local units. I The administration measure, estab lishing a division of purchase and contract in the Governor's office, with a purchasing and contracting agent, to handle all purchases and contracts for all state departments, institutions and agencies, has reached the legis-" . lative hopper. It will meet with some opposition, but is likely to bo en , acted. ' The constitutional requirement for I redistricting the state, three ways, i Congressional, S^pte Senatorial and Representative districts, temporarily has given way to the more important legislation, but is expected to come up , again soon. The "short ballot" bill is also yet to reach the hopper, but is promised. In fact, it is expected that added impetus will be given it and , the Governor's reorganization plans, iby the visit of former Governor Har ;ry Flood Byrd, of' Virginia, Tuesday, | February 24. Governor Byrd, who | got the short ballot and reoiganiza , tion through in Virginia, was invited i to address a joint session of the Gen eral Assembly.