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If** m k W BREVARD VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 21, 1931 ? ? _____ Number 2Q BOX INTRODUCED TOSTOP POLLUTION OF STREAMS IN NX Senator Bennett Is Author of Bill Directed Against the Tanneries MRS. McKEE OPPOSES BILL MOST VIGOROUSLY Promises To Become Warm Battle In Already Highly J Heated Legislature Raleigh, May 19.? A little moun tain trickle gives promise of becoming ? a rushing torrent as a result of the bill introduced in the Senate last 1 week by Senator Kelly E. Bennett, to j prevent the pollution of streams inj North Carolina, at the reading of which Mrs. E. L. McKee, Senator from Jackson, was on her feet at once to prevent its being placed in the calendar for immediate action. The bill is brief, merely strikes out of the provision in Section 1899 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina, preventing industrial plants from polluting streams, which ex empts those which had been chartered prior to May 4, 1915. The law would with the new bill in force, prevent any i stream pollution, regardless of the ' age of the plant or the period of its operation. Senator Bennett states that the tanning plant of the Sylva Tanning. Co. and probably to less extent the !, plant of the Sylva Paper Board Co., | headed by E. L. McKee, husband of I the Senator from Jackson, located on!' Scott's Creek, contaminates the water of Tuckaseegee River, into which it < empties, and which river runs1' through Bryson City and Swain | county. I1 Most of the fish in that river have , 1 been killed as a result of the refuse ] from these plants, and those that.1 have survived have such a taste and i odor that they are unfit for food, Sen-n ator Benett states. Cows and other | stock, as far down as Bryson City, I < will not drink the water, and, during .1 periods of low water, the odors from ' animal refuse and decaying hair is so offensive that residents who could do so have left the banks of the river and summer residents have left sum mer cottages and living places be cause of such conditions, the Swain Senator said. Senator Bennett asked that the bill be placed in its immediate passage when he introduced it, but Mrs. Mc Kee asked that it be referred to a committee for consideration. It was sent to the committee on Conserva tion and Development, with Senator Bennett's approval. Senator R. Grady Rankin chairman and a report on the bill is expected soon. An interesting contest between the two mountain Senators is expected. GEORGE JAMES, PRO, IN CHARGE OF CLUB Golfers Highly Elated Over Outlook for the Coming Summer Season George James, recently engaged by the Brevard Country club as pro, has the local course looking like a million dollars, and many players who have been making the rounds declare the course to be in most excellent condi tion. Mr. James was formerly con nected with the clubs at Newark, N. J., and with E. K. McCarthy, at Co lumbia, S. C. He is in charge of the course, and has had much work done on the greens and fairways. Mrs. James, who will arrive the latter part of the week, will be hostess at the club house. Since re-organization of the club, i with W. W. Croushorn placed at the j head of the organization, new life has ; been injected into the work. A new ; >olicy that is meeting with favorable 1 ^comment is attracting many more peo ple to the course than ever before. A charge of only fifty cents is made to all players during the week-days, resi dent and visitor alike, and one dollar a day on Saturdays, Sundays and hol idays. This new policy will, it is be lieved, treble the number of players on the local course. Mr. James is giving instructions in game, and is pronounced an effi jut instructor "by the many who uave been taking lessons. He also re pairs clubs or builds sets to order. ? f It is believed that the locsl course will prove of greater value to the town than ever before, and is one of the town's greatest assets in bring ing visitors to Brevard. W. H. SMITH VISITS HIS BROTHERS IN BREVARD W. H. Smith, staff sergeant in the ! United States army, division of avia tion, is spending a few days in Bre- i vard, visiting his brothers, John W. Smith, Arthur Smith and Jess Smith. ; The amy man left here 25 years ago, ^ y, and two years later joined the army, having been in continuous service for 23 years. He has been stationed at Langley Field, and is being transfer ^ ' red to Randolph Field, near San An tonio, Texas, and will proceed to his new headquarters after a few day3' visit with relatives and friends here. M DISTRICT MEETING HELD IN BREVARD Many Methodist Ministers and Laymen Here For Sessions Sessions of the District Confer ence of the Methodist church in the Asheville District began Monday night with a powerful sermon by the Rev. G. T. Bond, one of the outstand ing preachers in the conference, and pastor of the West Asheville church. Business sessions began Tuesday morning, and during the day Rev. S. i T. Turrentine, president of Greens boro College, was heard in a power ful address. He was followed by Dr. Paul N. Barber, professor at Duke. At the business session the presiding elder, Dr. D. M. Litaker spoke to the great crowd attending the sessions. The visitors were guests of the Brevard Institute at a noonday lunch eon Tuesday. The afternoon session was devoted to hearing reports from the pastors, and at the same time ladies were in session, with Mrs. V. L. Stone, of Asheville, presiding. Mrs. H. A. Dunham of Asheville, and Mrs. L. E. Brown, of Brevard, were other speakers at the women's ses sion. ^.*0 Rev. J. Frank Armstrong is secre tary of the conference, with Rev. James G. Huggins as assistant pas tor. -*?>' **' At Tuesday evening's session Rev. Walter West, of Hendersonville, preached to a packed house, and de livered what was declared by many to be one of the most powerful ser mons ever heard in Brevard. Business sessions were resumed ; Wednesday morning, and at noon Wednesday the Rev. Dr. H. B. Trimble, pastor of the Central church if Asheville, was heard, this being jne of the most interesting features )f a most interesting conference. , Rev. J. H. West, pastor of the Bre- t ?ard Methodist church, was host to , ;he visitors, being ably assisted by 1 members of the local church, while ; ;he citizens of the town generally lent , nuch aid in entertainment of the vis- , tors. , , , , j f The women of the church had dec- ( >rated the building, planned the de- j ails of the entertainment, and rend- j, >red excellent service to the confer- ]1 >nce visitors, numbering almost two ( mndred. DAVID HOLUDAY TO i BE APPOINTED J. P. ? Raleigh, May 20.? Representative 1 SV. M. Henry introduced a bill in the 1 General Assembly this week to i lame three additional justices of the i peace in Transylvania county, Boyd t :ownship, as follows: L. F. Lyday, A. # E. England and D. R. Holliday. It . was passed by the House and order ed sent to the Senate. BOOKS AUDITED BY j ITS STOCKHOLDERS! i' ] Departing from the usual method 1 af importing auditors to' examine books and records and file reports, the directors of the Brevard Building J & Loan association appointed three Brevard business men, stockholders in | the association, to audit the books and make report. The auditing committee consisted of S. R. Joines, H. L. Wilson and Roy Long, and their report shows the association to be in excellent con dition and the books and records kept in splendid manner. A reading of the report, published on another page, dis closes some interesting facts in con nection with the institution. The association has $194,600 loaned ? out on property in the community, most of it on the homes of the citi zens here by which thgse citizens were enabled to own their own homes. Each loan is secured by deed in trust The full-paid stock ledger shows this department to represent more than one hundred thousand dollars. The auditors examined each indi vidual account of the installment led ger, representing $83,599.15, and found in all of the examinations and inspections absolute balance, stating at the conclusion of the report that all books were found to be in balance and in good shape. Jerry Jerome is secretary of the Building & Loan association, and the auditors gave much praise to the ef ficient manner in which he is han dling the affairs of the association. BAPTIST WOMEN TO MEET WEDNESDAY The annual meeting of the Tran sylvania Baptist Woman's Missionary Union meets with Rocky Hill church, Cedar Mountain, at 10 o'clock the morning of May 27; " This is usually an important and highly social as well as re4igious gath ering. This year Mrs. Edna R. Harris of Raleigh and Mrs. Morgan, district superintendent, from Waynesville, are expected, and the church at Cedar ] Mountain is making preparation for the most interesting event. KILPATRICK AND SNELSON ARE DROPPED FROM TOWN FORCE Winston Ashworth was elected to the position of street foreman at the regular meeting of the town council Tuesday evening, succeeding C. C. Kilpatrick, who has long held this place. Salary for the work was set at $75 a month. J. P. Deaver was elected to the post of night watchman at a salary of $16 a week, and the police force as now constituted is B. H. Freeman, chief and on duty during the day, at a salary of $100 a month, with Mr. Deaver on at night at $15 a week, | and this re-organized plan effects a saving, it is" said, of a considerable sum in the police department. This [action means, it is said, that Mr. |Snelson is dropped trom the police force. R. H. Morrow was selected as city engineer. Numerous applications had been I received by the board for the various 'positions, it is said, all of which were 'given consideration by the officials. BREVARD TO BATTLE WITH ' WEAVERV1LLE SATURDAY Brevard will meet the strong Weaverville aggregation here Saturday afternoon'' at 3:30 o'clock in the first game of thfc Western Carolina League to be Slayed at home. The game will s played on McLean Field. The snappy Brevard team decisively beat Beacon last Saturday as a starter and it is expected that a large crowd will witness the first home game. Graham and Payne will be ready for mound duty. Weaver is sporting a first class team this year and an interesting game is looked forward to. COMMERCE BODY TO MEET THIS EVENING Setsion To Be Marked By Ap pointment of Various Committees Meeting of the Chamber of Com nerce will be held in the court house his Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, at vhich time appointment of commit- 1 ;ees will be read by President Jerry ferome, and other important business will be transacted. President Jerome vill outline some of the activities to sngage the attention of the Chamber >f Commerce during the immediate 'uture, and touch upon some of the >bjectives of a larger nature which will take time and much work to ae lomplish. All citizens are urged to attend the j netting, and it is requested that all ?itizens remember that a member of he Chamber of Commerce has the ' lame voice and vote in these meetings is that enjoyed by the board of direc ors. Every business firm in Brevard is ?ow a member of the Brevard Cham >er of Commerce, and this fact alone tssures that much success will come j is a result of the work to be done ;hi8 year. TURKEY CREEK REVIVAL MEETINGS BIG SUCCESS Revival services at Turkey Creek 3aptist church, now in progress and \o last throughout this week, have >een attracting large congregations, ind much interest has been shown in ;he meetings. It is reported that 23 (onversions have been registered. The public is invited to attend these ser vices. BASEBALL LEAGUE TO BE ORGANIZED Pisgah Forest baseball team jour neyed over to Penrose last Saturday, and proceeded to bag a couple of vic tories, snatching one from the Pen rose team, to the tune of 11 to 3, and then to finish out the day, walloped the Oakley team on the same diamond in the long meter of 15 to 5. Oakley is a team from Henderson county, down below the Mills River section. These scores, one-sided as they are, do not tell the tale of the interesting games that were played. Both games were interesting, and much good work was done by all three teams. These games brought into existence a six-team league, consisting of Pis gah Forest, Penrose, Oakley, and three others in Henderson and Tran sylvania counties. Full information will be given in next week's paper as to the formation of the league, and the schedule of games. PLEASE RESPOND PROMPTLY TO STATEMENTS SENT OUT ?? ????? Letters and statements to more than six hundred subscribers were j mailed out this week by The Bre- j vard News, and many people have already made response by making payment on their subscriptions. If you received one and have not replied, please do so at once. The Brevard News is gratefu to those who replied so promptly, and will be most grateful to all others who make immediate rappon**. Please read the S.O.S. statement, as that makes it easy for every one to render real service just now. Thank you. BREVARD BAND TO ! PLAY THIS SEASON! Providing Nominal Sum Can! Be Obtained for Prof. Cutter At a meeting of the Brevard Municipal Band Tuesday evening, the j members of the band, all being local I boys, expressed a willingness to play ; again this summer season, without pay, as they have done in past seas ons. The only thing to be done now is to arrange for a nominal sum to pay Prof. F. J. Cutter, band leader | and instructor. The professor has never made any real charge for his I services, having been given only a ; nominal sum in assisting him to meet j actual expenses. The l>and is accustomed to give free | concerts twice weekly during July j and August, and these concerts are j most pleasing to the visitors and to [ the home people alike. Heretofore , the county and the town have shared ! the expenses of maintaining the J band, but because of the tie-up of all ' public funds in the closed bank, this j cannot be done this year, hence the , necessity of arranging some plan j whereby a small sum can be raised for Prof. Cutter. Not only are the band members willing to play for no pay at all, but have expressed a willingness to stage a minstrel in town, do all the work themselves, and put the proceeds of the play to the band fund for pay ment of Prof. Cutter's salary. No other group here has ever shown finer j spirit of loyalty to the community than that displayed by the members of the Brevard Municipal Band, and it is a foregone conclusion that the town and community will do all pos sible to keep the band concerts going through this summer's season. COUNTY LOSES 200 AUTOS IN PAST YEAR Raleigh, May 20. ? Motor vehicles in ! North Carolina decreased from a ' grand total of 384,647 on April 1, 1 1930, to 340,838 on April 1, 1931, a drop of 41,217, or from 338,647 auto mobiles and 45,408 trucks to 298,623 automobiles and 42,215 trucks, the records of Sprague , Silver, director of I the Motor Vehicle Bureau, show. Mo- 1 torcycles dropped from 785 to 737 and i cars of non-residents registered de- j creased from 2,075 to 1,750. Almost ; every county in the state lost in num bers of automobiles and trucks. Transylvania county had 450 auto mobiles and 50 trucks on April 1, 1931, as compared with 650 automo biles and 75 trucks of the year before, Major Silver's records show. LAST CALL FOR ACTION ON RE-ORGANIZATION OF BANK Only a few days remain in which to \ wind up the work necessary in re-, organizing the Brevard Banking com- 1 pany, and re-opening the institution' which closed last December 15. Many ; citizens have worked hard in the task I of procuring signatures to the agree-; ment for re-organization. Last re- [ ports are that there are many deposi- , tors who have not as yet signed the agreement. It is said that a repre-i sentatives of the committee are in j Raleigh this week, looking after the | details of the plan with the corpora- 1 tion commission, while men in Bre- 1 vard are continuing their efforts to obtain as nearly as possible the one | hundred per cent of depositors' sig I natures to the agreement as they can. I It is not known what chances there are for the bank's re-opening. The ! whole story will be told within the next few days. The time limit is up on the 26th of this month, which is next Tuesday. Nothing short of a whole-hearted spirit of co-operation, 100 per cent strong will suffice in re organizing the bank. In fact, it is said that some of the men most in terested in the plan would not want the bank to re-open without this one hundred per cent spirit of co-opera tion. No one will make prediction that the bank will re-open within ths specified time, or that plagfccan be perfected beween now and tl&26th. "We're doing all that we car/'Ts the answer that is made to questions con cerning the possibility of completing the task. BELOVED WOMAN IS CALLED !N DEATH Passing of Mrs. H. A. Plummer Brings Sorrow to Great Hosts of Friends Mrs. Henry A. Plummer, one of the most highly respected and greatly loved women of the community, died early last Friday morning, after an illness of a few days. Her death caus ed deep regret throughout this section, as Mrs. Plummer was one of the most I highly respected and greatly loved women of Brevard. Her health had not been good for the past several years, yet she had battled so bravely through previous serious attacks that the recent illness caused no alarm un | til shortly before her death. Funeral [services were held Saturday afternoon at the Plummer home, and burial was made in the Gillespie cemetery. Mrs. Plummer was before her mar riage Miss Frances McFaul, of Knox ville, Tenn. She was married to Mr. Plummer 23 years ago, and two years later moved to Brevard where she has been held in highest esteem thru out the 21 years of residence here. At an early age Mrs. Plummer joined the Methodist church, and throughout her lifetime was a most active and de voted member. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the U. D. C., and of many clubs of the town, always taking a keen interest in every movement that had for its j purpose the betterment of the com- 1 munity. Mrs. Plummer's friends were i not found alone in the church to j which she was so highly valued as a . member, nor in the clubs and organi- 1 zations to which she belonged. All peo- i pie with whom she came in contact ; loved her, and her death brought sor- , row and grief to the entire commun- , ity. As an expression of this high es- , teem in which the beloved woman was i held, great banks of flowers were brought by grief-stricken friends and placed upon and about the grave. Dur ing the funeral hour all the business houses of the town were closed out of respect for the woman whose in fluence had meant so much to the community. The husband, H. A. Plummer, a member of the board of county com- 1 missioned, survives, and two sons, , Robert and Francis, two sisters, Mrs. , Minnie Williams of Knoxville, and j Mrs. John R. Bayless of Kentucky, and one brother, Ernest D. McFaul of Cincinnati, also survive. Rev. J. H. West, pastor of the | Methodist church of which the de- j ceased was a member, and Rev. Paul ( Hartsell, of the Baptist church, and Rev. It. L. Alexander, pastor of the Presbyterian church, conducted the services, which were beautiful in their j simplicity, it being the expressed de sire of the good woman before her death that simple rites be performed. | Kilpatrick & Sons had charge of the funeral arrangements. The following acted as pall bearers: H. L. Wilson, B. W. Trantham, R. H. ? Morrow, Dr. Roy Long, Dr. J. F. | Zachary and Harry H. Patton. SCHOOL OFFICIALS | PLAN YEAR'S WORK! Announcement is made on another page of the dates and places where County Board Chairman J. M. Gallo way and County Superintendent S. P. Verner will meet the local committees in the various school districts for the purpose of making plans for next year's school work, which begins on 1 the "first Monday in August. The pub- ] lie is requested to give aid to the school officials in planning for the j coming year's work, and the counsel and advice of all good citizens will be I welcome. Citizens are requested to talk with their committeemen in each of the 25 school districts, and stress the im portance of strict co-operation in planning for operation of the schools in the 1931-32 sessions. MEN'S BIBLE CLASS TO HAVE FISH FRY THURSDAY NIGHT Plans have been perfected for the annual meeting of the Men's Bible class of the" Brevard Methodist church, which will be held in the Pisgah National Forest Thtfrsday night. Members will meet at the church at 7 o'clock and go from there to the camp in the forest. Election of officers and other business will be transacted, after?which a social hour and the fish fry will be enjoyed. OLD FiDLERS"TO ! FIDDLE ONCE MORE Announcement is made by Frank Wilson and associates that another Old Time Fiddlers convention will be held at the county courthouse on Sat urday, May 30. It will be recalled that several such conventions were held last year, and a Targe crowd attended ?ach one of tfc?m. Mr. Wilson states that mnny people have asked him to stage another event, as the people are getting "hungry" for another old fid dlers convention. An admission will be charged at the doer, the proceeds above actual ex penses going to the charity fund of the town. ? INSTITUTE TO END YEAR'S GREAT WORK THURSDAY, MAY 28 Large Graduating Class Will Hear Rev. R. L. Holyard, of Columbia, In Address COMMENCEMENT SERMON BY DR. KIRK NEXT SUNDAY ! Opening Event To Be Held In | Brevard Methodist Church ? Much Interest The thirty-sixth annual commence ment exercises of Brevard Institute I will begin on next Sunday. May 24, j\vith the annual commencement ser mon in the Brevard Methodist church, |at 11 a. m. Rev. E. L. Kirk, pastor of Calvary church, High Point, N*. C., will preach on this occasion. The further exercises of the week will be as follows: On Tuesday evening, the music de partment will have its recital in San ^ngelo Chapel. This department, un ?der the direction of Miss Julia Mer jritt, has done earnest work through out the year, and will make a credit able showing in their recital. On Wed nesday evening the contests in recita ition and declamation will be held among the girls and boys respective ly, these contests being an annual fea ture of our commencements, the win ner of each bearing off the medal trophy for the year in that art. Thursday evening Rev. R. L. Hol royd of Main Street church, Columbia, S. C., will address the graduating class. The class this year consists of 28 high school graduates, while in the commercial department four will re ceive diplomas, and five certificates. The certificates indicate completion of any of the commercial branches, while the diploma is awarded only upon completion of the entire course. At this time also, in addition to the di plomas, the various medals and prizes for the year will be awarded. In this list are included the Ralph H. Zaeh ary medal in mathematics, the R. Y. Neal and Mabel Jetton medals in declamation and recitation, the Ki wanis medal for scholarship, and priz es in housekeeping for both boys and girla, for special merit in the keeping of their rooms during the year. Messrs. Kirk and Holroyd, the prin cipal speakers of the commencement occasion this year, are both well known and loved by Brevard Insti tute students and faculty. They are the men who have so ably assisted us in our revival meetings the past two years. The list of graduates follows : High School Graduatr* Jarman Becton, route 5, Kinston, N. C. Brown Bowie, Nimmons, S. C. George F. Bowie, Jr., Nimmons, S. C. ( Continued on back pat jeq COLLEGE FLAPPER FILLS TWO HOUSES Local Talent Play Proves To Be Most Successful Event "The College Flapper," presented by local talent last Thursday and Fri day evenings, was one of the mos. thoroughly enjoyed events ever wit nessed in Brevard. The Woman's Bureau, Brevard's greatest civic force, sponsored the play, and the men, women and children of the town took parts and played their parts like veterans of the stage. It would be useless to try to make personal men tion of those who played so well the parts assigned them, for to do so it would require the mentioning of cach and every one who took part. Thursday night, the first presenta tion, a packed house greeted the rplayers, and on the second night a j house well filled witnessed the pre sentation. This is the first time in Brevard's history, so far as can be learned, that a play haa been present led two nights in succession, and the fact that a good crowd witnessed the 'second performance is evidence of the ability of the players to put across the play in fine style. It has often been remarked that there is more good local talent in this .community than can be found in any | community of similar size, and the presentation of "The College Flap per" proved this to be true. The Wo man's Bureau will use the money made by the play in carrying or the bureau's fine work for this commun ity. OPENING OF BLUE MOON IS ANNOUNCED FOR SATURDAY ! Mrs. R. S. Pearce and daughters an i nounce the opening of The Blue Moon Waffle and Sandwich Sllbp, business to begin Saturday morning, in the new location, the 0. L. Erwin build ling. Mrs. Pearce and her daughters are well known in Brevard, and their return to the community after a win ter in Florida is a most welcome event of the new season. ' Mrs. Pearce has taken the Jordan house again for the summer, and are moving into their summer place this week.
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