BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 30,-1931
VOLUME XXXVI
Number 17
^ Ramsey Defeats Veteran Leader Almost 2 to 1 In
Monday's Primary Contest for Mayor's Office
i ?
FEW DAYS REMAIN IN
WHICH TO COMPLETE
, WORK FOR THE BAM
Over 90 Per Cent Signed Up
for Re-organization of
the Institution
DELAY MOST DANGEROUS,
AS FATAL DAY ARRIVES
?
Men Whose Notes Are Held as
Collateral Apt to Be Called
At Any Time
LARGE MAJORITY IS
1 SURPRISE TO MOST
| PEOPLE IN BREVARD
i Kilpatrick and Waters Also Go
I Down With Mayor Whitmire
? All Strong Men
'CLEMENT, GALLOWAY AND
WALL IS NEW MEMBERS
Defeated Men Display Fine
Spirit, and Urge All To
Work for Brevard
"If the men of Brevard would work j
as hard just one day in the banking ,
situation as they worked Monday in j
the town election, we would have
banking facilities here before you
could say 'scat'," said B. W. Tran
tham Wednesday. Mr. Trantham is
chairman of the joint commitees '
working in interest of re-organizing
the Brevard Banking company, and :
re-opening the institution. Mr. Tran
tham was not discounting the import
ance of the town election, he said, but
' pointed out the fact that establish
ment of banking facilities here is of
much greater importance than the
town election. He was simply making
the point that men will leave their
work and labor day and night in an
election, but few of them will give an
hour to so great and important a task
as that of providing banking facili
ties for the community.
The agreements have been more
than 90 per cent signed up, but the :
big task comes, it is pointed out, in j
obtaining the signatures of the re- !
maining few, and there are but a j
few days more in which to complete |
this work. The agreemnts must be j
signed by a certain day, else all the"
work that has been done will be
wasted, and there will be no re-or- '
ganization of the bank.
Whatever is to be done in the mat- j
ter must be done at once, and all citi
zens who are interested in the com
munity are urged to call upon Mr.
Trantham, at headquarters in the
Joines Motor company's place, and
assist in winding up the necessary i
work. Outside banks, holding notes 1
of Brevard and Transylvania county ?
citizens, are showing much impati
ence with the delay here, and it is ?
known that these banks will soon
make a drive for collection of all
paper in their possession. It is point
ed out that men who owe notes to
the local bank, which have been
placed with outside banks as collater- 1
( Continued on back po9e)
MUSIC LOVERS CLUB
PRESENTS CANTATA
Brilliant Performance Marks
Close of Musical Season
In Brevard
( Contributed )
Culminating the Brevard musical
season was the brilliant performance
by the Music Lovers Club of Cow
an's Cantata, "The Rose Maiden," on
Monday evening. Probably the most
ambitious work ever attempted by a \
Brevard musical organization, it was ;
nevertheless, done with considerable '
polish and skill. Due to the length I
of the cantata, several cuts were j
made, without, however, destroying
the continuity of the story.
The opening number, "The Rose of
I.ove," was sung by Miss Biggers,
soprano, and Mr. Boucher, baritone.
Miss Biggers has a fine conception of
tyle and her lovely voice was very |
pleasing in her solo numbers. In the
duet, Colonel Boucher's clear baritone .
blended with Miss Bigger's soprano, i
Their numbers were sung with great j
fervor. Miss Long, a newcomer in i
the club, is a distinct addition to Bre- j
vard music. Her voice, in "Bloom on, i
Mv Rose,-' was exquisite. In her |
? solos, Mrs. Hartsell, another new-,
4^^ comer in the club, displayed a <Jon
' tralto voice of unusual depth and
richness of tone. Mrs. Kizer, always
a joy to hear, delighted everyone
with her solo, "The Sleep of Even."
[ _ The duet, "I know a' Rosebud Shin
ing,". sung by Mrs. Kizer and Mrs.
Allison, was a number Tong to be re
membered. Mrs. "Kizer's velvet voice
blended well with Mrs. Allison's crys
tal clear soprano. Miss Strickland
showed a keen sense of dramatic in
her beautiful solo, "Far from the
Summer Blossom.' Mrs. Allison was
again most pleasing in her solo with
chorus, "Yea, e'en as Die the Roses."
The chorus, "A Maid More Beauti
ful than May," "'Mid the Waving
Rose Tree," and "'Tis Thy Wedding
Morning," wete sung with a subtle
A. nuance of expression seldom heard
ou+?ide of professional organizations.
Not a little of the success of the
cantata was due to the competent di
recting of Miss Eva Call. The stage
fC, x : was beautifully decorated, and a large
?j and enthusiastic crowd greeted the
singers.
Lacking but a few votes of win
ning a two-to-one victory over his op
ponent, Ralph H. Ramsey, 31-year-old
lawyer, was swept into the mayor's
office in Mondays' municipal contest,
upsetting prophecies and prognostica
tions of Brevard's oldest prophets
and prognosticators.
The contest was in the democratic
primary, in which custom has decreed
that the high man, when but two
candidates are entered, i3, in effect,
elected, the May election being sim
ply a ratification of the primary ac
tion. When republicans put a ticket in
the field, then the May election be
comes a two-party contest, but the re
publicans having voted in Monday's
primary, eliminates any political con
test in the May election.
T. W. Whitmire, present mayor and
many times mayor of the town, poll
ed 189 votes, while Ramsey received
369. The race developed into some
thing akin to a contest between age
and yfluth, the older citizens who have
long had charge of affairs here, and 1
the younger citizens of the town, lin
ing up as if for real battle. Going [
down with Mayor Whitmire were two '
members of the present board of al
dermen, both of whom have long been
close co-workers with and allies of
Mr. Whimtire. These were R. P. Kil
patrick and J. E. Waters, both strong
men in local affairs. S. M. Macfie
and Clyde Ash worth were the only
members of the present board to be
re-nominated in Monday's hot con
test. The other tfiree successful can
didates were T. H. Galloway, Frank
D. Clement and William J. Wallis.
T. H. Galloway, Transylvania's
Grand Old Man, led the ticket with a
vote of 485, continuing his unbroken ,
record of signal victories in every
contest in his long and useful life. |
He has filled many important posi- 1
tions in the county, and served in the !
North Qorolina legislature. He has |
never been defeated for public office. |
The vote on the aldermanic ticket ran j
from this high vote of 485 for Mr. ,
Galloway, down to 210 f </t J. E. Wa-j
ters.
Discussions on the streets since the |
count was made give many and vary
ing reasons for the results of the pri
mary race. The town's failure to ob
tain security for $80,000 deposited in
the bank was one reason given as
having had bearing on the case. Re
cent action of the board in raising
the water rents in the town was given
emphasis in the campaign and on pri
( Continued on back page)
BREVARD MEN TO ATTEND
HENDERSONVILLE MEETING
Brevard Kiwanians are to at
tend a meeting of the Henderson
. ville Kiwania club next Monday
night, May fourth, when the
Hcndersonville club will stage an
All - Kiwanip Night. President
Alexander, of the Brevard club,
announces that this will take
place of the regular meeting
scheduled for Thursday of next j
week, and expresses hope that^ ev
er/- ry member of the local club
will attend. ~ j
J .E. RUFTY NAMED
TO HEAD SCHOOLS
Succeeds S. P. Verner as Super
intendent of Public In
struction In County
I Prof. John E. Rufty was elected to
i the office of superintendent of public
instruction in Transylvania county at
a' special meeting of the school board,
;last Friday. It is not known how
!many applications had been made for
jthe position, as the board had adver
tised that the special meeting would
, be held on that date, and election
made, advising any one desiring to
make application for the position to
'do so, in writing, before that date.
Prof. Rufty succeeds Prof. S. P.
j Verner, who hr.s held the position of
superintendent for the past two yenrs.
;Mr. Verner has made no announce
iment as to his plans for the future.
'The newly elected superintendent has
been serving 88 principal of the
Grammar school in Brevard, and pri
or to holding that position, wis prin
cipal of the Davidson River school. I?e
is we!' known in the county, having
i been nfere for several years in one
| capacity or another in educational
work.
WINNER IN PRIMARY
RALPH H. RAMSEY
Young attorney who was nominated for Mayor in the
Primary Election held in Brevard Monday.
TO RE-ORGANIZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AT COURT HOUSE MASS MEETING THURSDAY
Citizens of Brevard and the com
munity who are interested in the wel
fare of this section, and more es- :
pecially in the re-organization of the
Chamber of Commerce, will meet this
Thursday evening at the court house !
at 8 o'clock sharp to complete plans '
and perfect the organization of that
body. Action to this effect was taken
at a meeting held in the court house
Thursday night of last week when a j
large group of Brevard people, both '
ladies and men, met and discussed '
pro and con the situation facing Bre- J
vard. j
At the meeting this Thursday by- 1
laws and constitution of the newly
organized body will be brought be- 1
fore the members and prospective ;
members by the committee appointed j
last Thursday. The committee is
composed of J. W. Smith, Pat Kimzey .
and A. H. Houston.
Mayor T. W. Whitmire, president
of the old Chamber of Commerce,
presided at the meeting last week.
Mrs. 0. L. Erwin, president of the
Woman's Bureau, which organization
called the meeting, in speaking of the
situation, stressed the fact that the
Summer Season is now here, that
there has been practically nothing
done in the way of an effort to at
tract visitors to Brevard for the
season, and that unless concenti-ated
and cooperative work was done, the
entire community stood to lose heav
ily. Mrs. Erwin, stated that several
offers had been made by business
leaders of the town for suitable of
fice rooms for the Chamber of Com
merce, and that with this big item of
expense out of the way much more
work could be accomplished than
heretofore.
The matter of liabilities incurred by j
the old organization was thoroughly j
gone into, and after much discussion, '
Mayor Whitmire declared that if the I
new body would take care of the [
small amount now owing to the sec- !
retary for services, that he would
take care of the rent on the old of
fices, on which there is several
months' rent past d'ie.
Operating under the charter of the
jold organization, standing of officers
'and the effect of the defunct body cn
[the re-organized civic group was
gone into, the opinion of Wm. E.
Breese and Pat Kimzey being that
I the charter of the original Chamber
of Commerce could be used, and the j
by-laws and constitution amended to :
suit the demands of the new organiz- ?
ation. Upon motion by members of
| the old board of directors, all officers |
j present offered their resignation, this
; being done in order that new officers
1 ( Continued oil page five)
Simon Says Up-Simon Says Down
Simon Says Wigwag-At Raleigh
Raleigh, April 27 ? The North Car
olina General Assembly is deadlocked,
apparently hopelessly.
However, since it is darkest be
fore the dawn, the light may break
through and the deadlock may be
broken, but it will be the unexpected.
That is just what has been happening
in the present session, and it may
again in the one big problem before
the law making body.
Rays of light have come through
the maze several times during - the
week past, but before hopes got too
high, they were cut off and the dark
ness was blacker than ever. Other
rays may break through, and may
end as abruptly, and some day, or
night, the clouds may clear and order
come out of the chaos that envelopes
the General Assembly at the eni of
its 16th week and 106th day.
The House appears fixed in its
determination to make effective the
State support of tho sixth months
school term, and by means in large
part by the general sales tax of one
per cent on gross sales. The Senate
iseems just determined, even with a
[smaller majority, to have the Folger
IGrier plan of a $10,000,000 equalizing
fund for school aid without a luxury
of general sales tax, except the or.e
for one-tenth of one per cent, which
it includes in the Revenue bill.
The committees from the two
Houses have struggled in vain for a
solution. The Senate committee came
back to the Senate to ask for in
structions. That body immediately
received a resolution to instruct them
to support a commodity ? a luxury ?
tax. The supporters of that resolution
thought they had won over a vote,
enough to tie the Senate and require
President R. T. Fountain to break
the tie for that tax. But in winning
one, they lost another, and the Sen
late, for the third or fourth time,
[voted down the luxury tax, 26 to 24.
. Senator Frank Dunlap, of Anson,
I one of the conferees, tried to offer an
amendment ,a compromise, on which
! he thought all could agree, but Sena
itor Rivers Johnson, confident the
j commodity or luxury tax instruction
Vould be carried, refused to let it be
introduced and cut off debate by the
parliamentary weapon of "calling
for the, previous question,"
I The next day the general sales tax
' propose 1, for the third or fourth
I (Continued av hock paijf)
Commencement Exercises
End Year's School Work
GRADUATING CLASS
OF ROSMAN HIGH IS
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
Fine Group of Young Men and
Women Source of Pride
to Professor Bush
EXCELLENT WORK DONE
IS STRESSED BY SPEAKER
All Programs Largely Attend
ed By Proud and Interested
Patrons and Friends
Twenty of Transylvania county's j
fine young men and women were giv- ,
en their diplomas in the Rosman High
School Wednesday evening by Prof.
G. C. Bush, principal, whose pride in
the year's accomplishments of the
school reached its highest plane in
Wednesday's evening exercises. Prof.
Oscar E. Sams delivered the com- 1
mcncement address, and^ throughout
his great appeal to the class swayed
the large crowd with his eloquence
and clear logic. School patrons join
ed with the principal in expression of
pride in the work done by faculty and
student body. (
Following is the program of the
graduating exercises:
Invocation Rev. J. M. Green :
Salutatory Mildred Watkins
Valedictory Truett Henderson j
Baccalaureate Address
Prof. Oscar E. Sams ;
Presentation of Diplomas
Prof. G. C. Bush [
Benediction Rev. J. E. Burt
The Graduates
Following is a list of the namts of
ths young men and young women who
received their diplomas Wednesday
evening:
Helen Allison, Jessie Fisher, Dor- 1
cue Lee, Edna McCsll, Irona McCall, i
Louise McCall, Emma Jane McCle,an,
Lennie Manly, Lula Manly, Nora;
Meeee, Ruth Morgan, Bessie Owen,
Mildred Watkins, Lilly Mae Whit
mire, Mary Whitmire, Truett Hen
derson, Homer Manly, Harry Owen,
Glenn Whitmire, Francis Moore.
Marshals for the Class Day exer
cises: Ruth Jordan, Beulah Moore, I
Bettie Nelson, Claxton Henderson, :
Irene Pharr, LaVerne Whitmire, with
Elsie White as chief.
Senior Play
Commencement got well under way
last Friday evening with presentation
of the Senior Play, it being a comedy
in three acts, and proved to be one
of the most interesting and enjoyable I
affairs ever held in Rosman.
Baccalaure'itc Sermon
Rev. Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, professor j
of Bible in Mars Hill College, preach- |
ed the baccaluareate sermon last Sun
day evening, and the noted educator
won the hearts of his hearers as he
held up to the young men and women '
of the class the great importance of
the Christian religion in affairs of
( Continued on back page)
LARGE GRADUATING
CLASS OF BREVARD
HIGH MAKES RECORD
Noted Men Deliver Addresses
? Packed Houses Enjoyed
Each Program
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
OUTSTANDNG FEATURE
_______
Prof. Hunter's Address to Class
Wednesday Night Was
Powerful Appeal
Forty-three young men and worn**
received their diplomas Wednesday
evening in the concluding chapter of
the Brevard High School commence
ment, and brought to an end what Is
declared to be one of the most suc
cessful years in the school's history.
Prof. H. T. Hunter, president of
Western Carolina Teachers College
Cullowhee, delivered a powerful ad
dress to the graduating class, and
Prof. J. B. Jones, superintendent
schools in Brevard, presented the di
plomas. The school auditorium was
packed to capacity with patrons of
the schools and friends of the stu
dents. All exercises in connection
with the commencement drew large
crowds.
The following received diplomas:
Sara Louise Andrewes, Hubert Bat
son, William Wallace Bridges, Mar
garet Bryson, Ruth Bryson, Paul
Black, Clarence Bowen, Ruth Cun
ningham, Marie Case, Olga Dermid.
Carol Davis, Henry Erwin, Jean Kng
lish, Freeman Gillespie, Nola A. Gil
lespie, Sue Hflnt, Mildred Hamilton,
Faye Hollingsworth, Jame? .lines,
Dixie Jones John Halsell Lyday,
Mary Aileen Neill, Hinton McLfnd,
Jr., Roy McCall.
Ashe Macfie. Emma Lee Mi-rriB,
Jack Miller, Glenn Miller, Craig ilis
enhaimer, Thelma Lorein Moffitt.
Clifford Monteith, Eliza Nichols>o?,
Ruth Perry, Flora Reid,* Bess "Rcid,
Edith Sellers, John R. Sledge, Dor
othy Souther, Rebecca Summey, Mol
lie Snelson, Paul Schachner, Rarhel
Williams .Marjorie Yourig.
Following is the program rendered
at the graduating exercises Wednes
day evening:
Music By Orchestra
Invocation Rev. J. H. West
Salutatory Jack Miller
Valedictory Marie Case
Address Dr. H. T. Hunter
iPresentation of Diplomas
Mr. J. B. Jones
School Song By .Seniors
Benediction Rev. Harry P<rry
Commencement Sermon
Dr. Melton Clark, acting presi&nt
of Columbia Theological Semim . y,
Atlanta, preached the baccaiaurc-te
sermon Sunday evening, which made
a deep impression upon the members
of the class and the large number of
people who heard him. No stvvires
(Continued on back pan r)
METHODISTS TO MEET IN
BREVARD NEXT MONTH
Members of the Brevard Methodist |
church are looking forward to May
19-20 when the District Conference |
will hold a two-day session here.
While here, the two hundred or
more visitors from all churches in the
district, will be entertained in the
home of Brevard people, the meetings
of the conference to be held in the
Methodist church auditorium.
PRIZESAWARDED TO
! WINNERS IN CLASS
Miss Eva Call, Music Instruc
tor, Rewards Pupils for
Their Work
! Miss Eva Call, instructor in public
school music in the Brevard schools,
gave prizes and awards to many of
her pupils last Friday, These were
in recognition of work done during
the year. Miss Call was high in her
praise of the interest and coopera
tion of the students and of the ele
jmentary teachers.
I Munic Memory contest prizes wevc
given to the following elementary
students who made 100 -Ruth Fulton
j Anita Galloway, Mark Ball, Essie
? Mull, Edwin Hunt, Yvonne Robinson.
|Ora Holt Long, Robert Everett, An
nie Neill, Martha Kate Moore, Gwtn
'dolyn Morgan, Emma Lou Lof^is,
j Cornelia Winton, Harriet Winton.
Violet Sprouse.
Those making between 95 and 100
were given Reward cards: Dorothy
Schachner, Charles Allen, Lucia n
Deaver, Clifford Grant, Dorothy Al
lison, Marshall Loftis, Annie Mae
McCall, Clarence Poole Jr., Max Ash
worth, Nel! Scruggs.
Class 7-A, Mr. Rufty's room, won
a plaque of Schubert for having
highest overage, 78.5. Miss Lyday's
highest average, 78.5. Miss Lyday's
4-A class ranked nert to highest with
BREVARD YOUNG LADIES
IN MAY DAY PROGRAM
Two young ladies of Brevard ajrr
taking prominent parts in the 15a?
Day celebration at Salem College,
be held May 2. The young ladies ;-.re
Miss Adelaide Silversteen and Mis*
Ethel McMinn, students at the Win
ston-Salem institution. Mis* Slver
steen and Miss McMinn are mfmb?rs
of the Junior and Sophomore olasj- rr
spectively.
profXFhm'fs
DD I A<rr SJfJMY
Great Educator and Church
Leader ? Body Carried to
Former Home for Burial
(By S. P. VERNER)
Funeral services for Lawsoti B.
Haynes, 80, known as the "granr1 via
man" of education in South Caro
lina before he returned to spend his
last years in the mountains of North
Carolina, who died Sunday night at
8:20 o'clock at his home in Brevard
following an illness of six weeks. -was
held at the residence here at I o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Following the funeral service, the
body was taken to Leesville, <5. C..
the old home, where burial took jilare
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.
Professor Haynes began as a ten-h
er in the mountains of Rutherford
county, North Carolina, and he cam*
back after half a century of servire
to end his days in the country he
learned to love as a young ?chonl
mas+er.
Professor Haynes attained Siate
wide prominence in South Carolina
about 40 years ago because of hi*
espousnl of the cause of Benjamcn
R. Tillrpan, when that redoubtable
figure was first running for Gover
nor. Relatively few educators were-oa
Tillman's side then, but Professor
Haynes stoutly took up the euilgeto
{ Contmttcd, on page fix)