THE BREVARD NEWSl
VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 12, 1931 Number 11
DEPOSITORS MEET
\ FOR DISCUSSION OF
PLAN TO OPEN BANK
Committee Awaiting Passage
of Necessary Legislation
on Question 1
COUNTY AND TOWN ARE
BANK'S BIG DEPOSITORS
Mitchell Presents Plan Em
bracing Features He Be
^ lieves Are Demanded
Nearly three hundred men and wo
men gathered at the county., court
house last Saturday afternoon, in
response to a crfll by the Depositors'
Committee, and discussed plans for
re-opening the Brevard Banking com
pany. Judson McCrary, chairman of
the .onuiniiee, presided at the meet
ing, and after stating the object of
the gathering to be that of hearing a
plan read under which the bank
coui.: u-open. called upon Wm. E.
Breese to read the plan, which was
said to have the o. k. of the proper
authorities at Raleigh.
It was stated that a bill had been
presented in the legislature enabling
the county and the town to enter in
to the agreement with other deposi
tors for re-opening the bank. The plan
called for depositors agreeing to set
aside 30 per cent of deposits to be
used as capital and surplus, and to
freeze the remaining 70 per cent de
posits for three years, except as
earnings and collections would enable
bank officials to- pay ten per cent of
the deposits, which is to be done as j
the bank is enabled to do so.
Mr. Breese, who has spent much of i
ik- time at Raleigh since the legis- !
lature convened, told of the measure [
that had been introduced in the house ,
by Representative Henry, and upon
which the whole matter hangs. The
depositors' Committee is awaiting
word from Mr. Breese, who returned
to Raleigh Monday, as to the progress
( Continued on page five)
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES AT CONCORD
Brevard was saddened Tuesday j
when word was received here that C.
E. Lowe, well known in this county,
had died early Tuesday morning, vic
tim of a heart attack suffered^ last
Saturday night. Mr. Lowe ' was ]
for many years, one of the leading
business men of the town, having the
agency here for the Ford automobile, :
and was in business in the stand now''
occupied by the Brevard Battery {
company.
Leaving here about two years ago, ;
after having sold his business to the
Joinos Motor company. Mr. Lowe re- ,
turned to his native home in Cabar
rus county, having interests in Con
cord and in Kannapolis, but making
his home in Concord. His health gave
way before he left Brevard, and that
was the main reason why 'he disposed
of his business interests. The Lowes
still owned their home on East Main
. !sion. While living here,
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and all members
i ' the family were popular and well
liked. their leaving Brevard was
the occasion of sincere regret.
S' m Brevard friends are in Con- i
cord attending the funeral.
MAO? RESIGNS i
FROM LOCAL BOARD
S. M. Macfie, for the past three j
years chairman of the local schgnj !
' board for the Brevard schools, has
resigned his postion, and R. P. Kil
patrick has been named as his suc
cessor. Dr. Macfie has been a member
of the local board for the past twelve
years, and said he felt that he had
given about all the time to the work
that could be expected of one man.
There is now a complete new local
Jj^rd, Mrs. Henry Ranson having re
tSiecl when she. moved away from
Brevard, and Mr. Henry resigning at
the time he assumed his duties as a
member of the legislature.
The local board now consists of
jBfr'red Johnson, R. P. Kilpatrick and
TAlex Kizer.
BILL TO AUTHORIZE
FREEZING OF FUNDS
OF TOWN AND CO.
Introduced By Representative
Henry In the Legislature
Last Thursday
BREESE WIRES CHAIRMAN
BILL WILL BE PASSED
Legislation Must Be Enacted
Before Officials Can Act
In the Matter
I BREESE SAYS BANK BILL
| WILL PASS IN THE HOUSE
Judson McCrary, chairman of
the Depositors Committee, ivired
Representative Henry Wednes
day as follows :
"Hon. W. M. Henry,
Raleigh, N. C.
"Please wire immediately col
lect if your last bill has been
passed or has chance of passing.
( Signed )
"Jl/DSON McCRARY,
"Chmn. Depositors Com."
No )tply was received from
Representative Henry, but Mr.
McCrary received the follovnitg
message, xohich he accepted as be
ing an answer to his telegram,
from Mr. Breese, as follows :
"Judson McCrary,
"Brevard, N. C.
"Last bank bill favorably re
ported. Will pass kousc.
( Signed )
"IP. E. BREESE" j
Brevard News Bureau
Raleigh, March 11 I
Representative W. M. Henry in
troduced a bill Thursday which would
give the Transylvania county commis
sioners the right to "freeze" county
deposits in the Brevard Banking Co.
( Continued on page five)
COTTON MILL WILL
START UP MARCH 23;
1
With the carpentry work complet- 'J
ed, painting all done, machines lined ,
up, oiled up and cleaned up, and a (
shipment of cotton on the sidetracks, j,
the Pisgah Mill is just about ready j
to begin operations. It is believed ,
that a full force will be put to work i
one week from next Monday morning, 1
and this is good news to several hun- j'
dred people.
The Pisgah Mill, successor to the '
old Sapphire Mills, is under the gen- ]
eral supervision of Mr. B. E. Geer, i]
Greenville manufacturer and capi
talist, and one of the outstanding in- 11
dustrial leaders of the South. H. E. j'
Erwin is superintendent, and for the!
past two weeks has been busily en- 1
gaged with a large force of mechanics ]
in making repairs and additions to
the mill. Organization of the new !
concern was effected last Saturday
afternoon.
It is announced that a complete
force has been engoged for operating
the mill, preference being given to
those who were employed prior to the
closing down of the Sapphire more ;
than a year ago. Operation of the
mill will mean much to this commun
ity, and it was through community
effort that the new organization came j
into existence and is now about ready ;
to begin work.
NEWSRECEIVEDOF
DEATH OF STEVENS
News has been received in Brevard
of the death of Professor Clarence D.
Stevens, of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of
the country's great teachers of Me
dieval English, and a lecturer whose
fame was nation-wide . Dr. Stevens \
and his family have been coming to J
Brevard for a number of years, living I
at the England Home and at the |
Stevens Cottage, on Camp See-Off.
Dr. Stevens had many friends in
this community, among these being
Mrs. Alice B. Harlee, with whom the
jStevens family spent much time each
summer.
WOULD INCREASE BOARD OF
EDUCATION TO 5 MEMBERS
Word comes from Raleigh that'
Representative W. M. Henry intro- ;
duced a bill in the legislature last,
Friday, providing for an increase in
the membership of the board of edu
cation from three to five members.
The bill was referred to the commit-;
tee on education.
Unofficial reports give the informa- '
tion that Sid Barnett, of Pisgah For
est, and Leo Cash, of Oakland, are J# |
be named as the additional members,
[I making the board as constituted un-l
a der the aew plan, as follows:
* L. P. Wilson, Claude V. Shuford,
J. M. Galloway-j Sid Barnett and Leo
Cash.
It is not known for what purpose
the membership is increased from
three to five members, a$ a previous
bill by Mr. Henry reduced the board
of county commissionefcj" from fiveto
three members, and other legislation
had been presented in what was said
to be an effort to reduce the expenses
of the county government.
Street rumors are to the effect thai
the increased membership of th<
school board hinges abobt the ap
pointment of a superintendent of pub
lie instruction for the county. No of
ficial statement has been made publi<
by Representative Henry concernin{
the question, nor from those who worl
so closely with Mr. Henry in the mat
ter of legislation for the county.
SUGGEST WILLIAM J. WALLIS
FOR BREVARD'S NEXT MA YOR
With the primary for the town elec
tion to be held next month, and the
election in May, citizens are turning
their attention to the selection of the
governing board for the next two
years. As an indication of the inter
est becoming manifest in the primary
and election, a group of citizens of
the town handed the following "sug
gested ticket" to The Brevard News,
with request that it be published:
For Mayor: William J. Wallis.
For members of the Board of Al
dermen: S. M. Macfie, B. W. Tran
i'tham, W. L. Mull, Dr. J. H. McLean
and A. B. Galloway.
Mr. .Wallis, suggested for mayor,
is one of the younger business menoi
the town, and enjoys the confidence of
the entire community. He has never
been active in political affairs, and
the group of citizens presenting the
suggested ticket spoke highly of Mr.
Wallis' qualifications for the office
of mayor.
The alder-manic ticket as suggested
are men well known to the community
life.
In the political talk about thi
streets can be heard the name of
Ralph H. Ramsey for mayor, while
others are emphatic that Mayor T.
W. Whitmire should be named to suc
ceed himself for the town's highest
office. Frank D. Clement's name is
often heard in the talk about the
"next mayor," while numerous men
are mentioned as aldermen, some de
claring that the present board should
be re-elected to serve for another
term.
It is expected that line-ups will soon
be formed, and the list narrowed
down to what will become an interest
ing contest.
School BUI Causing Greatest Battle !
In History of the N. C. Legislature
? j ' + * "
Introduction of two sales tax plans,
to raise money for the purpose of
state operation of the six-months'
school term, and the bitter fight be- '
ing waged against these sales tax \
plans, have combined in creating a
most uncertain situation in Raleigh. '
One sales tax plan was to tax "lux- J
uries," while the other plan was to j
place a tax on all business houses,
graduating from one-fourth of one
per cent to 3 per cent, as the volume
of business increases. Merchants of
the state are fighting these plans, '
and now Senator Bernard, of Bun
combe county, has introduced a bill
to repeal the six-months' school law j
enacted earlier in the session.
Brevard Nexus Bureau
Raleigh, March 11
Governor Gardner's program of re
organization of state and local gov- ,
irnment has gained much impetus j
during the past week by the enact- j
ment of part of his bills and test j
irotes on others which insure their |
passage, that it is confidently expected '
that all of the measures he desires I
inacted will come very near becoming '?
law. He probably will abandon one
Dr two of his former proposals on
the ground of probable improvement
m the plan or that the aim has been,
in part, reached by consideration of
the measures.
The road measure was looked, upon
as the "Hindenburg line" and all
agreed that if that went over, most
?f the other administration measures
would have easier sledding. That is
ivhy Governor Gardner staked his
program on this bill, and when it was
jnacted he was assured of practical
success in most of the other measures
proposed and pushed. Test votes in
:>ne or both houses on his bill provid
ing for a Director of Personnel, his
Director of Purchase and Contract '
measure and consolidation of three
higher educational institutions as the
University of North Carolina assure
the success of his program.
The Local Government Commission
measure, already enacted, is probably I
the most important and far-reaching
of the entire group and will probably
be felt by the people back home more j
than any other measure. It takes the
place of the County Government Ad- :
visory Commission and the local unit
authority of the State Sinking Fund \
Commission, putting sharp and solid
teeth into the measures which re
strict local unit operations. By it.
North Carolina counties, cities, towns
and all other units will be put on a
busines sbasis and must meet bond
and note obligations, many of which
may be refunded. After a period, it
is destined to stop defaulting and
over-spending by local units. Charles
M. Johnson has been named director
and other members appointed. They
begin to function March 18.
Measured have been introduced af
fecting all but one of the elective of
ficials of the state created by r.tatut
The most important, probably, is re
organization of the Department of
Agriculture. By it the commissioner;
after the present term expires, will
be appointed by the Governor, as ;
chairman, with four other members,
including the dean of the Agricultur
al Department of State College and
three others, named from the three '
sections of the state, 2s the Board of
Agriculture. The board will handle i
agricultural affairs and operate the ?
State Fair. The five test farms and
research stations, however, will be j
taken over and operated by Stale |
College. 11
Another bill provides for the ap- i
pointment of the members of the Cor- ;
poration Commission after the pres- j
eut term expires. A new bill, the |
Governor's, has been introduced to
create the Department of Banking in
dependent of the Corporation Com
mission. Governor Gardner has stat
ed publicly that he thinks the bill is
sound, necessary and in the public
interest and that he will urge its pas
sage.
The main function of the Depart- <
ment of" Labor and Printing would be *
taken over by the Division of Pur- 1
chase and Contract proposed, and the J
labor activities may be provided for j
in some other department, probably '
by the next General Assembly. The
Insurance Commissioner is the only j
elective statutory office that has not ]
been touched by any bill up to this ]
writing. The known ability and pop- ']
ularity of the Commissioner, Dan C. j
Boney, may have something to do ,
with the delay, for personalities seem ,
to have a way of entering such pro- j
posals. But, no exception is expected .
to be made and the "short ballot" will ,
probably reach to all such offices ? .
stopping only with the seven constitu
tional posts ? Governor, Lieutenant ,
Governor, Secretary of State, Treas- j
urer, Auditor, Attorney General and ,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The House has adopted and the
Senate is considering the bill which ;
provides the machinery for operatii
by the stale of the six months school I
term, while the finance committees
have reached the conclusion that tho
$18,500,000 which is required for this
purpose will have to be raised, about
?7,000,000 to $8,000,000 of it, either
by a sales tax or an ad valorem tax,
which the original school bill, or reso
lution. prohibited. Many thousands,
probably 100,000 of telegrams, let- j
ters and signatures,- have been re- !
ceived by the legislators protesting
against the sales tax. However, it j
will be inescapable if the state is to I
operate the six months term without ]
an advalorem tax, the committee
: says.
The two bills recommended by the
Educational Commission were intro
ducted the past week, The No. 1 bill
provides for an eight montlft term,
which educational forces say can be
(Continued on page four)
BAPTIST PASTORS !
ORGANIZE LEAGUE
Permanent organization of the Bap
tist Pastors' Conference of Transyl
vania county was made last Monday
at a meeting held in the Brevard Bap
1 1 ist church. In addition to the Bap
tist ministers of the county, there
were four outstanding preachers of
Hendcrsonville in attendance, these
.being: Dr. Martin, Dr. Arthur Jack
son, Dr. A. J. Hustus and Rev. Mr.
Reece.
| Rev. I. N. Kuykendall was elected
[president of the conference, and Rev.
W. S. Price, Jr., was named as secre
tary - treasurer. Regular monthly
meetings will be held on the Second
Monday afternon at 2:30 o'clock. Of
ficials of the conference express hope
that all ministers of the county, to
gether with the deacons of the
churches, will attend the next meet
ing, which will be held in April.
There is specific wmk to be done by
this conference, it is said, and the
support of all the Baptist preacher?
is urgently needed.
VETERANS RECEIVE
MANY CHECKS HERE
Alvin Rockwood, of the local post
of the American Legion, reports that
several compensation checks have
[been received in the town and county
! already by the veterans who are bor
1 rowing money on their certificates in
accordance with the newly enacted
legislation in Washington which en
abled the veterans to borrow up to
fifty per cent of the amount of cer
tificates. A new 'form is r.ow being
used by the veterans applying for
loans and Mr. Rockwood has these
necessary papers and will assist any
veteran in filling out the blanks.
Dr. Carl Hardin, Ralph R. Fisher,
?Postmaster R. L. Nicholson and many
others have been assisting the veter
ans in every way possible, while all
notaries public of the community and
justices of the peace have been tak
ing acknowledgements of the veter
ans, without charge for any service.
M"nv thousands of dollars will
come nun Transylvania county from
these funds, and it is said that prac
? tiuaJiy all of the veterans are making
^applications for the loans.
PRITCHARD FILES
CHARGES ON WHICH
CONTEST IS BASEE
Charges Illegal and Fraudulent
Use of Thousands of
Absentee Ballots
ATTACKS METHODS USED
BY OFFICIAL MARKERS
Senate Committee Will Visit
State In Sifting Charges
By Claimant
Hon. George M. Pritchard, former
congressman, and opponent of Hon.
Josiah W. Bailey for the United
States Senate in the last election, has
contested Bailey's election and ma
chinery has already been set in mo
tion to sift the matter to the bottom.
The senate committee, in charge of
the contest, has requested Gov. Uard
ner to permit the committee to have
all boxes and ballots used in the last
election removed to Washington.
Governor Gardner has signified hi:
di\>e to be of whatever assistance
possible in expediting the contest.
Pritchard enumerates many charges
of irregularities, and the contest will
prove most interesting to the people
not only of North Carolina but to all
Eastern America.
An inquiry into the election is ex
pected to be made by a senate elec
tion sub-committee composed of Sen
ator Moses republican, New Hamp
shire, chairman; Watson, republican,
Indiana, and Bulkley, democrat, of
Ohio. Senator Shortridge, republi
can, California, is chairman of the
election committee, and is understood
to have authorized the investigation.
Pritchard alleges, on informatioi:
and 1 'ief:
1? Yhat in many election precincts
registrars entered on their books
names of voters who did not in fact
( Continued on page five )
D.C.F. OVERDRAFT
ITEM IS EXPLAINED
In the bank report which has been
:xamined rf>y hundreds of citizens
;here is an item which has caused
nuch speculation. It is listed under
:he heading of "Overdrafts," existing
it the time the bank closed on Decem
jer 15. This item of overdraft is as
follows:
"Shipman, T. H., Treasurer, D. C
P., $1,333.63."
Speculation has been rife as what
D. C. F. stands for, and what account
it is that is overdrawn by the treas
urer of the "D. C. F."A delegation of
:itizens went to see Judge D. L. Eng
lish, whose opinion is often sought,
ind asked him what "D. C. F."
jtands. for. The judge quickly re
plied :
"Why, that's easy. D. C. F. stands
for Democratic Congressional Fi'.i
tmsterers." And so that's that. If
:here is a better explanation, many
people would like to hear it.
KIWANIS CLUB TO BE IN
CHARGE OF REV. JOE WEST
Rev. Joe West will have charge of
the Brevard Kiwanis meeting this
Thursday at noon. The club, which
meets at the England Home every
other week will listen to Mr. West
discuss "Better Business Standard.
in Brevard."
EPWORTH LEAGUE TO MEET
WITH INSTITUTE LEAGUERS
Members of the Epworth League,
young peoples' organization of the
Methodist church, will be guests of
the Brevard Institute League Sunday
evening at six o'clock. These inter
League meetings are always keenly
looked forward to, the B. I. boys and
girls being noted for their excellent
League programs.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCIl
MEETING SET FOR SUNDAY
The session of Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church will hold
a congregational meeting Sunday,
March 15, immediately aftar the reg
ular preaching service for the pur
pose of considering church budget
I for the year.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBJECT OF GREAT
l INTEREST TO WOMEN
t Press Agent for B. & P. W.
Clubs Sets Forth Many
Interesting Facts
MEN VIOLATE LAWS,
? WOMEN PAY PENALTIES
I Women to Demand Better En
forcement of Law Dur
ing Year of 1931
( fly the Club's Press Agent)
Contrary to popular belief, the
question of law enforcement is one
that does not concern men alone. The
issue is one of paramount interest
and concern to women as well, and
therefore demands serious considera
tion and action on their part, in this
jtime of wide-spread laxity in the en
'forcement of laws.
! Since it is undoubtedly true that
| down through the ages men have been
and are the chief violators of law
'and that women have been and arc ?
jthe chief sufferers thereby is it not
J then conclusive that the solution of
this all-important question lies large
ly within the domain and prerogative
jof Women?
A review of conditions in the days
of open saloons, and prior to the en
actment into law of woman's suffrage,
reveals detailed accounts of the
! struggles, prayers, tears and actual
hardships endured by woni*n of that
time in order to further the cause of
temperance and to hasten a better day
for themselves, their husbands, sons
and brothers. A re-reading of this
particular history and events leading
up to it, recalls to mind the fact that
it was due almost entirely to women's
tireless efforts that the 1 Ht h amend
ment was finally passed into law.
' Just a'3 hundreds and thousands of
( Continued on page seven >
STATE INSURANCE
| COST MUCH LOWER
I
Bearing out this newspapers edi
torial plea last week for the to
act as insurer in the Workmen's Com
pensation business, the following fig
ures are given, to show what a tre
mendous saving could ^)e made if the
state would act as insurer, and take
the business away from the insurance
companies.
| In North Carolina there is a $10.00
expense constant charged on all j>oli
cies with less than a ?300 premium,
and in Ohio there is no expense con
stant charged on any policio?-. nor a
minimum premium. Most of the pol
icies in "th^s state are less than $300
premium, therefore most of compan
ies pay the extra $10.
Comparison of Rates In
North. Caroline and Ohio
N.C. Ohio
i Classification Rate Rate
Cotton ? Spinning and
Weaving 82. . .40
Yarn Manufacturing ... .82.. .30
Furniture Mfg $1.(>1.. .90
Cigarette Mfg. .' 32.. -'8
Tobacco Rehandling .... 1.12.. ??10
Retail Stores 33.. -J4
Grocery Stores 50 ?
Wholesale Stores 81 ? ?
Bakeries 1.19.. -S ?
Electric Lt. and Power
Companies 4.SS.. 3.50
Machine Shops 2.0!) . . _.H0
Saw Mills ??? 5.91.. ?>?50
Sash, Door, and Blind
Manufacturing 2.25.. ??()
Planing# Moulding Mills 3.09.. l.iO
, Office Employees 04.. .0
NOTE ? A minimum premium i*
collected in North Carolina oni all
saw mills if operated only one
day in the amount of $150, plus
$10, expense constant. No minim
um. premium is charged in Ohio.
; The above is a comparison of only
a few classifications affecting North
j Carolina. ?
The Ohio State Fund has $56,000.
000.00 in assets, as of December 31,
1930.
| Strong pressure is being brought to
!bear upon the legislators to have the
bill passed providing for the state to
act as insurer in North Carolina.
LIST OF GRADUATING CLASS
Iff BREVARD HIGH SCHOOL
Thirty-eight boys and girls will
graduate in the Brevard High Sehoo]
this year, according to a certified list
handed to the press by Superintendent
J. B. Jones. Plans are now being
made for the commencement exercis
es, and the first thing on the program
incident to the graduation of this list
is the Junior-Senior banquet to be
hedl oa Friday evening, March 20.
Following is a list of the names of
the young men and young women
who will graduate this year :
Sarah Louise Andrewes, .Hubert.
Batson, Mnrearet Bryson. Ruth Cun
jningham, Olga Dermic!, Henry Er
win, Freeman Gillespie, Mildred Ham
ilton, ,Faye Hollingjworth, Dixie
Jones, 'Roy McCstll, Clifford Mon
teith, Ashe Macfie, Eliza Nichoteon/
Bess Reid* John Reece Sledg?, Dor
othy Souther, Rebecca Summcy, Ra
chel Williams.
?Ruth Bryson, Paul Black, Clarenee
Bowen, Marie Case, Carol Davis,
Jean English, Sue Hunt, Jr.mes
Jones, Jonh Halse'l Lyday,/ Ilinton.
McLeod, Jr., Jack Milter, Glen Miller
Craig Misenheimer, Ruth Per tj,
Flora Reid, Edith Sellers, Mollis
Stielson, Paul Schachner, Marjorie
Young.