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VOLUME XXXVI Number 19 freeman and bromfield are RE-ELECTED BY NEW COUNCIL - , BOARD CONSIDERS APPLICATIONS FOR OTHER POSITIONS Dan Merrill Retained as Driver i and Care-Taker of City Fire Truck BOARD ORGANIZES AND NAMES GROUP CHAIRMEN Election of Freeman, Bromfield and Merrill Approved By Citizen* of Town Election of B. H. Freeman as chief of police; James S. Bromfield as nre chief; Dan Merrill as dr yer of the fire trucks, and consideration of nu merous applications for other po - tions marked the first meeting of tne newly elected town officials last Thursday evening. Mr. Freeman has been serving as chief of police ne;e for almost five years, and has maae an enviable record in the office. M ? Bromfield is considered one of tne most able fire chiefs in the state, ha * ing served Brevard in this capacity for a number of years, and his re election to this post meets the appro val of the citizens of the town. Mr. Merrill has given most satisfactory service in capacity of driver of the fire trucks and care of same, and I re-election is also pleasing to all who have expressed themselves on question. All other employes of the town are continuing in their respective p aces while applications for the 3?ver?1P?" sitions are being considered. ^iayor Ramsey stated Wednesday that fur ther action will be taken on the ap plications for these positions at an early date. In the meantime, all em ployes will be retained in their places until such action is taken. It is also announced that no one will be named to succeed T.Coleman Galloway as attorney for the town, this legal work to be done by the may or- "with assistance and advice cf -the aldermen, dispensing with the services of an attorney for the town, . saving of the salary provided for such services. ? It is said that many applications have been received for portions to be filled by the mayor and boaR es wciallv for the place of town clerk ?d tax collector, atreet foreman and members of the police force. These ap plications are being considered by the ?f Naming of the standing committees and organization of these committees with chairmanship selwtiomi was a important part of Thursday nigns? meeting. Detailed information on this pto of the council's work is to be found elsewhere in this lSBue o paper. C00K1NGSCH00L BREA1S RECORD cooking school conductedon MondaV and Tuesday afternoons by the boutn SK&SfSJKTw ?????? <?? u:,, Bernice Lower, home economist K,? E'n General Elect? APpl.; ance company, nu to charge rf ?? g.ta.d much ? the subject of cooking with electric Manager J. M. Gaines, of the South ern Public Utilities company, and his 'HekS JKSWSA ???'? z doesn't loo* like there is any depres K about here, judging from them ahown in," the cooking Bchool, and the number of electric we are selling," Manager Gaines sa.d. Mrs Charles M. Douglas won first prize at the opening day a .?ntr ftWarded an electric waffle iron, . w&le Mrs. E. R- Pendleton won the at the second day's meeting, she Toeing awarded an electnc iron. ' iNTERKfAROUSED BY FORD CARAVAN the "Ford Caravan," showing son" type? ?' ???> liveries and trucks. There was J heard from the large crowds gathexe* ^ about the streets to inspect the show ing. This is the first time that reel a demonstration was ever held in Bre * * ^Se parade was held under the aus - pices of the Joines Motor company local Ford dealers. OLD BOARD PASSED WATER ORDINANCE BEFORE RETIRING Many Citizens Attend Board Meeting, Urge Repeal of The Ordinance MARKED INCREASES ARE PROVIDED IN NEW LAW , New Board Inherited Serious j i Problem as Result of Action { In Adopting Ordinance ! . Monday night's meeting of the 1 | town council was featured by a dele- ' gation of citizens protesting the re cent ordinance passed by the old I board, which greatly increases the wa [ter rate in the town of Brevard. It ? will be recalled that this ordinance, [introduced in the heat of the recent I campaign, was severely criticized by many citizens, and its publication was .met with a threat to "go to court" in an effort to keep the town from en forcing the higher rates. It is said ; that the ordinance passed third read- ' ing and was ratified by the old board i in its final meeting after the town ' election, and held just prior to that board's retirement and the new board's induction into office. It is not known what action the new board will take on the question. The ordinance is not the hew board's. The new board inherited it from its predecessor. Mayor Ramsey is said i to have requested the town clerk to 1 prepare full information on the sub- ; ject ? the amount of revenue brought in under the old rates; the amount of water rents now in arrears; the amount of the deficit in the water de partment each year, together with the amount of anticipated revenue un- 1 der the provisions of the ordinance just passed. Claim has been made that the wa ter department has not been self-sup- 1 _portin g for a number of years, and that levies have had to be made against property in order to make up 1 the deficit in each year's operation of the water system. Further argument is made that when the old rates were adopted, years ago, there was no sew erage system in connection with the water department; that this system has since been added at great cost. Citizens interested in the proposi- J ' tion declare that the town entered in- 1' to solemn contract with the owners of the water system to charge certain rates, and never more than these cer- ' tain rates, and that the town has no ' right, legal or moral, to increase these rates as proposed in the ordinance adopted by the retiring board. The question was discussed at length in | the meeting Monday night, and the I mayor and board members sought all!' information obtainable on the ques-l' tion. It is being considered by the j: board. j Report was made by H. H. Patton, , clerk, that the town had borrowed | $12,000 on short time notes to be used in payment of interest and install ments due on the town's bonded in ; debtedness. This financing was made necessary because of the sum of mon ey which the town has tied up in the Brevard bank, which closed on De cember 15, and because of the further fact that taxpayers declare their in ability to pay 1930 taxes. Next to the question of finance, it | is said that the water question pre sents the most difficult problem to face the new mayor and board. 'LOCAL MEN DRAWN | FOR U.S.GRAND JURY B. E. Nicholson of Brevard, and ! George Merrill of Penrose, are serv ing on the Federal Grand Jury now serving the Federal court being held in Asheville, with Judge E. Y. Webb, presiding. Edgar Reid and R. S. Boyd, Jalso of the county, are serving on the regular jury, while W. M. Henry, who ihad oeen summoned as a juror, had to ; return to Raleigh to finish out the summer session of the legislature. Cases involving citizens of Transyl vania county will be heard on the 19th of this month. There is a heavy docket to be tried, and a large fiumber of cases are against citizens of this county.- due to the activity of Federal officers in rounding up alleged violators of the prohibition laws. Of great interest in this term of Federal court is the banking situation and it is expectod that many true bills of indictment will be returned against ? former bankers for alleged violations ? of the banking law*. The fact that ' two citizens of this county are serv ? ing on the Grand Jury makes this question of still greater importance > to the people of Transylvania, 1 Y. 7. a, F. BOYS TO MEET ? SATURDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL i - Brevard chapter Y. T. H. F. will hold their regular monthly meeting at - jthe Brevard High school Saturday i evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. NEW BOARD NAMES COMMITTEE HEADS i Suggested That List Be R?- 1 tabled for Future Use By Citizens Standing committees were appoint ed by Mayor Ramsey last Thursday evening, and each committee organiz ed, naming its chairman. Because of the importance of these standing com mittees in the town government, and the convenience it would provide forj the citizens to know the name of the f chairman of the committee having charge of any particular part of the town's business, it is suggested that this list be clipped and pasted up or placed in some easily found place, to serve when it is necessary to confer with town officials. Following are the various commit tees, with the chairman of each group : Water and Sewer ? Clyde Ashworth, chairman; F. D. Clement, William Wallace. Lights ? S. M. Macfle, chairman ; T. ! H. Galloway, F. D. Clement. Streets ? William Wallace, chair man; S. M. Macfie, Clyde Ashworth. Finance ? F. D. Clement, chairman; T. H. Galloway, F, D. Clement. Sanitation ? Clyde Ashworth, chair man; S. M. Macfie, William Wallace. Franchises ? T. H. Galloway, chair man; F. D. Clement, Clyde Ashworth. HOUSTON COMPANY BEGINS BIG EVENT Beginning next Saturday, the Hous ton Furniture company will inaugu rate another sale of the famous Hoos ier Kitchen Cabinet, one of the most popular pieces of furniture to be found in the home today. The Hous ton company has held many success ful sales of this very necessary house-.) hold article, but announces that the offering this year contains greater inducement than that marking any sale in the past. Readers of The Brevard News are urged to read the advertisement of the Houston Furniture company on another page, and study the offering being mads in this sale event. . TOURISTS COMING IN LARGE NUMBERS As an indication of the large num ber of tourists already visiting Bre vard, the Brevard Battery company had on its floors one night last week foreign automobiles valued at more than fifty thousand dollars. Tags on the cars represented eight states, these being New York, New Jersey, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennes see, South Carolina and North Caro lina. The large storage space of the Bre vard Battery company was almost completely filled with these carB, many of which were kept here for several days. Mr. Hart, manager, re ports new cars being stored here ev ery day now, and he believes that the coming summer will be the banner tourist season in many years. WARD'S BARBER SHOP IN NEW QUARTERS UP STREET Announcement is made of the re moval of Ward's Barber Shop from its former location in the Clayton Building to the building adjoining the Joines Motor company, in the room formerly occupied by English Broth ers Shoe Shop. Mr. Ward has stated that his business required larger space, and as he conducts a news stand in connection with the barber shop, he stated that it was necessary to become more centrally located. Ward's is one of the most popular places in the town, with the cornbina- 1 tion barber shop, news stand and^ei-i gar store. % j BUT FEW PEOPLE INTERESTED IN GIFTS OF $5 GOLD PIECES j Who said times are hard in Bre vard? Last week the B. & B. announced thai a Five dollar gold piece would be given away on Saturday. While the store was crowded all day long, but few people said a word about the 1 gold piece. After a while the $5 in j gold was awarded to Hubert Batson. The B. ft B. concern is to give away j a 48-pound Back of flour and a 24-1 pound sack this coming Saturday. ) Bettor see them about It BANK COMMITTEE RACING WITH TIME Signature* of Depositors to the Agreement Being Ob tained Rapidly Renewed interest is being taken in the work of re-organization of the Brevard Banking company, as the numbers of depositors to sign the agreement Bhow marked increase. The committees have been greatly enlarg ed with the volunteer services of nu merous citizens, and men arc going out in teams now in search of deposi tors, procuring their signatures to the agreement. There are but a few days left in which to completo the work, it is pointed out, and whatever is done must be done within a short time. B. W. Trantham, director of the work, with headquarters in the Joines Motor company's place, while expressing gratification over the progress al ready made, points out the danger of delay just now, and urges every citi sen who wants to see Use bank reor ganized to offer his services in the work. , Some men are now working hard who have spent weeks and weeks in the task of obtaining signatures to the agreement. Because of this display of loyalty and willingness to serve the community, it is pointed out, other citizens should be willing to give a day or two in the work which means as much to one citizenf as to another. It is not known what action has teen taken at Raleigh, nor is it known whether the stockholders have suc ceeded in raising the $85,000 neces iary to be placed in the institution in event it is re-organized and re-opened. Assurances have been given, it is said, 3y some of the stockholders and men Eormerly active in the bank's interests :h*t the $36,000 will be on hand by :he time all other details are worked )Ut. It is now a race with the clock, as ;he time limit is almost at hand, and f the work is completed, there is no ;ime to lose. CLUB CHAIRMEN TO SERVE DURING YEAR Mrs. Lodema Roberston, president )f the Business and Professional Wo nan's Club, has announced committee :hairmen for the various standing :ommittees in the organization, and assigned to each committee the task >f preparing a program during the pear. Following is a list of the com nittee chairmen, with the month des gnated for each group to have charge >f the meeting: Committee on Membership ? Miss Uma Trowbridge, chairman, in :harge of the September meeting. Committoe on Legislation ? Miss Martha Boswell, chairman, in charge >f October meeting. Committee on Scouts ? Miss Jean :tte Talley, chairman, in charge of November meeting. Committee on Emblems ? Mrs. Flax Lawrence, chairman, in charge of De rember meeting. Committee on Education ? Miss Launa Clayton, chairman, in charge )f January meeting. Committee on Health ? Mrs. Maude English, chairman, in charge of Feb ruary meeting. Committee on Public Relations ? Mrs. Sarah Morris, chairman, in charge of March meeting. Committee on Personal Research ? Mrs. Mary Joines, chairman, in charge of April meeting. Committee on Publicity ? (Not an nounced.) Committee on Conventions ? Miss Reba Ashworth, chairman, in charge af May meeting. SKIPPY HIMSELF COMING TO THE CLEMSON NEXT WEEK Hold your breath, fellows, for Skippy is coming to town. He is to be at the Clemson Theatre next Wed nesday and Thursday, and it is safe to predict that every boy and girl in the community will want to see Skip py on the screen. Jackie Cooper is playing "Skippy," while Robert Coog an, brother of Jackie Coogan, plays Sooky Wayne, Mitzi Green is in the cast, playing Eloise, and so on throughout the whole get-up. The Eastern Star is sponsoring this picture, having charge of the ticket sale. President Jerry Jerome to Announce Standing Committees Next Thursday Meeting of the Chamber of Com merce, scheduled for this Thursday night, has been postponed one week, and will be held on Thtfrsday night of ne^t week, owing to other meet ings being previously scheduled for this Thursday evening. President Jer ry Jerome will announce appointment of the regular and special committees, and the work of the organization will be outlined at this meeting. It is reported that every business house in the town, without a single exception, is now a member of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, and it is believed that an unusually suc cessful year's work will result. The fact that each member is entitled to the same voice and vote in the organ ization as that enjoyed by director is believed to be one great cause of the fine spirit being shown in the town toward the Chamber of Commerce, All eu/zens are urged to attend the meeting Thursday night of next week. M. ?. DISTRICT CONFERENCE TO BE IN SESSION HERE TWO DAYS ? V COLLEGE FLAPPER FLATTERS FATHERS! Old Tuners Stepping About To| the Light Fantastic as of Olden Days Of all the flappers that ever flap ped in a flapping town, the aggrega tion to be seen at the High School au ditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week will take the flapper cake. The occasion is a pres entation of "The College Flapper," and the men of the town have turned . flapper for the day to give their in- 1 terpretation of the word "flapper." The Woman's Bureau is sponsoring the play, which is one of the most elaborate affairs ever staged here, and the proceeds from the play are j to be spent in the interest of the town , and in a manner that only the Wo man's Bureau can spend money ad vantageously for the town. It is be lieved that every seat in the house ' will be. sold for both shows, Thursday ' I evening and Friday evening. Seats [may be reserved at Long's Drug Store at no advance in price. The men tak- 1 ing part in the affair are doing good ' work in assisting the Woman s Bu-ji roau in an effort to obtain necessary ,1 funds for carrying on the good work of the town. Brevard owes a great debt to the Woman's Bureau, and it is believed that Brevard will dis charge much of that obligation by at tending in full force the presentation of "The College Flapper." BREVARD BASEBALL NINE TO I' LAY BEACON SATURDAY Brevard's aggregation of ball toss- j ers, under the management of Law- 1 ' rence Holt, will journey to Biltmore|< Saturday afternoon where they will | ] engage Beacon Mills in the first ^ game of the season. Brevard, with |i five other teams of Western North,! Carolina, make up the Western Caro- j lina Industrial League, the season to .1 begin Saturday and last until Sep- < tember. H RALEIGH STILL IN SERIOUS DEADLOCK I Raleigh, May 13.? The House and N Senate battle over the revenue bill | continues as bitter as ever, with the j i chance of compromise agreement as < far away as in the early days of the I session. People have stopped mak-', ing any prediction, guess, prophccy, 1 ? or any statement that might be taken j as meaning that th? speaker knows { anything at all about the legislature. ( The JlacLean bloc in the house j promptly killed the Senate proposal ?] to levy a 20 cent ad valorem tax , to augment the $10,000,000 equaliz- ( ation fund for operation of schools. !] This was done Tuesday. Representative Henry, of Transyl- j. vania county, returned to Raleigh , Monday, to remain here until some- 1! thing is done. People are literally j worn out, while leaders are at a loss ! to know how next to turn. NECESSARY TO CALL FOR |! PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTION |, Those subscribers who owe us j , money for their paper are respect- j fully urged to make payment immcdi- j ately.- It is not at all necessary to! pay the full two dollars at one one j' time, but if each one will make small | payment, we feel that it will hurt no J one and will prove a great boon to us just now.. Please attend to this and save use the expense of writing let- J! ters and paying postage. We have '; gone about as far as we can in the matter, and only necessity forces us to call upon you to make some pay- , ment on your subscription. We shall thank you, one and all, I for your immediate response. VISITS BREVARD FOR FIRST I TIME IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Mrs. Ed. Greene, of Cleveland, 1 Ohio, was in Brevard last week, visit- 1 ing relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Randall W. Everett. Mrs. Greene came often to Brevard years ago, but last week ! inarked her first visit here in twenty- 1 five years. Mrs. Greene's husband is vice president of the Union Trust company of Cleveland. Mrs. Greene had spent the winter in Florida and came through Brevard to visit Mr. and Mrs. Everett, and to visit old scenes in the county. SPECIAL MEETING W. O. IV. TO BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT A special meeting of of Camp No. 116 Woodmen of the World will be held Monday night in the Masonit HaH. Features of the evening will be the initiation of candidates into the organization. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the in itiation work. Local Woodmen and Woodmen Circle members are looking forwar ! to the District Convention which will be held in Canton on May 28. Many delegates from Brevard are expected to attend the gala affair. 200 MINISTERS AND LAYMEN EXPECTED TO ATTEND MEETING Rev. G. T. Bond Will Open Conference With Sermon Monday Night REV. D. M. LITAKER TO PRESIDE AT SESSIONS Entertainment of Visitors To Be Feature of the An nual Gathering ' Two hundred ministers and laymen are expected to attend the Methodist Conference of the Asheville District, to be held in Brevard next Tuesday and Wednesday. There are 27 charges in the district, with more than half a hundred churches. The regular pastors on the 27 charges arc asHiat ed in their work by 22 local preachers. Eight superannuated min isters live in the district. Lay leaders from each of the charges, with lay workers, are expected to attend tho conference in addition to the pastors, the local preachers *nd the superan nuates. Rev. G. T. Bond, pastor of the West Asheville chuFch and one of tho outstanding Dreachers of the West srri North Carolina conference, will preach at the Methodist church here Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Preach ing services will also be held Tues day at 11 o'clock in the morning; ruesday evening at 8 o'clock; Wed nesday morning at 11, and Wednes day evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. H. B. rrimble, of the Central church at Asheville, and Rev. Walter Weft, pastor of the Hendersonville church, nrill be among the visiting ministers to fill the pulpit here during the ses sions of thg conference. Ladies of the Methodist church here will serve lunch to the visitors at the :hurch on Wednesday, and the Bre rard Institute will have all visitor* it tha t institution for lunch on ruesday. Some forty or fifty visi tors will remain in Brevard Tuesday light, and will be entertained in I ho lomes of Brevard people. Rev. D. M. Litaner, Drenidiiui fitter )f the district, will preside at the sos lions. Many noted educators and men high in the affairs of church work will be in attendance. Following is a list of the ministers ind their charges in the Asheville district: Acton, T. A. Groce; Asbury Me morial, J. C. Huggins, Jr.; Biltmore, J. N. Hall; Central, H. B. Trimble; Haywood Street, T. F. Higgins; Hill lide Street, J. F. Armstrong; Oakley. 3. D. Herman; West Asheville, 0. T. Bond; Black Mountain, E. C. Widtii louse; Brevard, J. H. West; Candl? i\ D. V. Howell; Emma and Elk Moun :ain, W. E. Rufty; Fairview. 0. B. Mitchell; Flat Rock, M. E. Lefwlch; Fletcher-Mills River, H. F. Duncan; Hendersonville, W. B. West; Hot Springs, R. H. Caudill; Ivy, J. 3. Mitchell; Flat Rock, M. E. Leftwich; Marshall, S. C. Weatherly; Rosman. J. M. Green; Saluda-Tryon, 0. L. Robinson; Sandy, G. L. Lovett; Swannanoa, J. H. Green; Weaver irille, A. P. Ratledge; Weavervillo Circuit, H. R. Cornelius; Chaplain. Oteen Hospital, L. W. Colson; Assoc iate Sunday School Editor, O. L. Simpson. ANNUAL MEETING OF LOCAL CONCERNS ARE BEING HELD Stockholders of the Transylvania Tanning company were in annual meeting here Tuesday, and u fimilar meeting was held by the holders of stock in the Toxaway Tanning com pany at Rosman on Wednesday. Among out-of-town financiers attend ing the meetings are Mes?ri?. M. Dworetsky and Albert Schain. MISS GERALDINE BARRETT IS REPORTED IMPROVING Reports from Miss Geraldine Bar rett, who was operated on three weeks ago, are to the effect that *he is making some progress in recovery. She has not made sufficient recovery to be able to reply to the many highly appreciated letters and cards re ceived from Brevard friends, but cx Eresses deep gratitude to all who av? remembered her. EFFORT TO BRIBE SENATORS CHARGED Raleigh, May 13. ? Thp Senate ha* appointed a committee to investigate charges that efforts had been made by certain parties to bribe and cor rupt members of the Senate in matter of luxury tax, sales tax, and the school bill. The committee Is given broad powers, and began work Wed nesday, holding its first session. Hotel men have been summoned to appear before the committee, with register (books and other data, in an effort to ] place the blame upon lobbyist* who 'have, it is charged, made effort to bribe state senators.