North Carolina Newspapers

TALK TURNS TO NEW BANK AS TIME LIMIT .PASSES ON THE 26TH Ogetfs Session of Le?i#l* yygravated an Already. ?rd Situation Here CHAIRMAN TRANTHAM IS PRAISED FOR HIS EFFORTS People of Section Recognize i Need for Immediate Action Providing Bank Facilities With arrival of the 26th day of May ? time limit set forth in the agreement between the depositors and stockholders of the Brevard Banking company for re-organization of the Brevard bank ? the whole matter is "up in the air," and no one seems to be able to say what the outcome will be. The agreement provided that plans as outlined for re-organization and re-opening should be perfected and approved by the state authorities on or before the 26th day of May, said agreement to be null and void unless said bank should be re-opened , according to the terms of the agree- 1 .ment. j The Depositors Committee and the Stockholders Committee, working to gether under direction of B. W. Trantham as chairman, has rendered yeomanry service in an effort to ob tain signatures of all depositors to the agreement. Members of these committees have ridden the county Over, time and again, and procured hundreds and hundreds of signatures to the agreement. There were more than three thousand depositors, many of whom lived in distant states, and much correspondence has been neces sary in reaching all of these out-of town depositors. Many men have worked day and night, and at great expense to themselves, in the task of procuring the signatures to the agree ment. All citizens who have expressed themselves have spoken in highest terms of the devotion to his duty that marked the work of Chairman Tran tham. There remain quite a number of de (Continued on back page) HALSELL COMING TO BREVARD BY PLANE Wealthy Summer Resident To Reach Brevard About First of July E. L. Halsell, Muskogee, Okla homa capitalist, will arrive in Bre vard about the first of July, with Mrs. Halsell and nurse to spend the summer at the beautiful Halsell Sum mer home, at Davidson River. Word was received by Mr. T. A. English, master farmer of Transylvania coun ty whose fine farm adjoins the Hal sell property, that Mr. and Mrs. Hal sell will come to Brevard in a hos pital plane, and will make landing in the river bottom lands of Mr. Eng lish. Mr. Halsell is well known here, < having spent many summers at the 1 Davidson River estate, one of the ' most beautiful summer homes in all the mountain section. He and Mr. Is^iglish are close personal friends, ttrid Mr. Halsell always expresses pleasure in being able to leave his business cares in the Oklahoma sec tion to spend the summer months in this section, which he declares to be the most beautiful in all of North America. The Brevard Kiwanis club always looks with pleasure to the arrival of Mr. Halsell, as he attends the meet ings while here and adds much to the enjoyment of the programs. It is expected that a large number of Brevard people will gather at the English farm to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Halsell as they swoop down from the sky in their plane to take up their summer residence here. 'YARD LAWYER ATTENDS SERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION Judge Robert L. Gash, prominent lawyer' of Brevard and active in Presbyterian church work, is in Mon treat, attending sessions of the Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church. Judge Gash represents the Asheville Presbytery in the General Assembly. W PRESIDENT J. JEROME NAMES MANY STRONG COMMITTEES FOR ?. r v. I Large Gathering Indicates De termination to Carry On with Town's Work BY-LAWS SUBMITTED BY CHAIRMAN PAT KIMZEY Woman's Bureau Lends Great Aid ? All Business Houses Are No\* Members Despite the many counter attrac tions and meetings in the town, a goodly number of interested men and women attended the Chamber of Com merce meeting last Thursday evening in the county courthouse. President Jerry Jerome read appointment of va rious committees, while Pat Kimzey, Brevard lawyer, read the report of the by-laws committee. The suggest ed by-laws were, in the main, highly satisfactory, but some slight altera tions and additions were suggested, whereupon the matter was re-referred to Mr. Kimzey's committee, and will be read and adopted at the next meet ing. Decision was reached that the rooms in the Joines Motor company's place, kindly tendered the Chamber of Com merce as headquarters, were too small for the purpose of the body, and ef forts are being made to obtain use of the Weilt building, formerly known as Plummer's corner, for headquarters. Definite announcement will be made at an early date, and formal opening af the place will be observed. Many people have complimented President Jerome because of the par ticular ability of each member of the committees to serve in the places des ignated. Following is a list of the committees and the appointments : Agriculture? J. A. Glazener, chair man ; Fred Johnson and Willis Brit ain. Finance ? 0. H. Orr, chairman; Mrs. 0. L. Erwin and Mrs. John W. Smith. Tourist ? John W. Smith, chairman; 3. M. Macfie, Roy Long, Carl Hardin, (Continued on back page) NEW COMMITTEE TO BEGIN ACTIVE WORK t While the committee is working un Jer a handicap having a late start, members of the Chamber of Com merce are confident that the tourist :ommittee, appointed last Thursday light by President Jerry Jerome, will jt wing many people to Brevard for this ( jeason, and great crowds are expect-1 :d in July and August, with a goodly lumber in June. The committee nam ed to have charge of the tourist busi less of the Chamber of Commerce is made up of the following active men ind women: John W. Smith, chair nan; S. M. Macfie, Roy Long, Carl Hardin, Miss Florence Kern and Miss (Catherine Griffin, In addition to the task of directing the advertising work to be done in in effort to bring people here, this committee will also be responsible for the entertainment of the summer peo ple while they are here. Forms of recreation and places of amusement are to be major portions of the plan ning by this committee. It will direct the publicity work to be done for tour ists, and suggestion has been made that special efforts be made to get people of the Mid-west. "KNOT HOLE GANG" TO SEE BALL GAME FREE SATURDAY Lawrence Holt, manager of the Brevard baseball team, makes the announcement of a. "knot hole gang" for the coming Saturday's game here with Waynesville. To be eligible for membership in the gang, any youngster thirteen or ?under will be admitted to the field without charge, provided he hats a certificate of attendance at Sunday School last Sunday, or the Sunday School teacher can bring the class in a group. This rule is to be in effect at all games played hi Brevard this summer, Mr. Holt announces. Waynesville is expected to bring a strong ag gregation here for Saturday's af fair, while Brevard with two straight wins can be expected to give the fans full value for their money. Game starts three-thirty. : Ind&rial Committee Planning For '''* Gretfi County Industrial Expansion Mayor Ramsey was named to head the industrial committee, named by President Jerry Jerome at the meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce last Thursday evening. / With Chairman?] Ramsey on the committee there are T. 1 G. Miller, of the Southern Railway company ; E. P. McCoy, former presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, and a man thoroughly versed in the irork of obtaining new industries; J. Jf. Gaines, manager of the local plant of the Southern Public Utilities com pany; -and R. H. Morrow, civil engi neer, who is already in close touch with the industrial situation of the South. With these men as the industrial committee, members of the Chamber of Commerce feel most confident that many new plants will be added to the industrial list of this county within the next two years. President Jerome g^ve much thought to the selection of the members of this committee, and each one of the men named on it are in peculiar position to be of great value to the Chamber of Commerce and through it to the county as a whole. GREAT COUNTY FAIR WILL BE HELD IN BREVARD THIS FALL r t t i : That Transylvania county is to have a county fair this year was as sured when President Jerry Jerome selected the committee on agriculture for the Brevard Chamber of Cpm* merce. The three men selected are all known as advocates of county fairs, and fully appreciate the great value of such institutions in an agri cultural community. As chairman of the committee on agriculture, Mr. Je rome named that pioneer in agricul tural development, Julian Glazener, and to serve with him the president selected Willis Brittain and Fred Johnson. Mr. Brittain, manager of the B. & B. Feed and Seed company, is one of the best posted men in West ern North Carolina on questions of agriculture, and through his business has been of untold worth to the farm ers of this county. Mr. Johnson, an experienced farmer, yet for the past several years engaged in the retail grocery and farm produce business, is j a worthy associate of the two first j named in working for the promotion , of agricultural interests in the coon- 1 ty. With these men working on a com mittee devoted to agriculture, it is ab solutely safe to say that Transylvania county will have a good fair this fall. Invitations are to be sent to Prof. Corbin, teacher of vocational agricul- ; ture in the Rosman schools, to become a member of the Chamber of Com merce, so that his name may be added to the agricultural committee, and those who know of Prof. Corbin's great ability and fine energy are con fident that he will readily align him- 1 self with the organization, permit his ' name to be added to the committee, | and then, it is pointed out, the ma chinery will be perfect for the best promotion of agriculture the commun ity has ever enjoyed. WORK BEING RUSHED ON HIGHWAY NO. 28 Soon To Be Paved To Sap phire ? Great Scenic Beauty Route Highlands, May 26. ? Placing of a lew rock crusher on Highway No. 28 n Jackson county near Cashiers, ap jroximately 11 miles from Highlands, s expected to speed up the work of lurfacing No. 28 between Sapphire ind Gneiss. The crusher near Cash ers will probably be in operation vithin two weeks, it is stated by lighlands citizens who have observed he operations. The link of No. 28 from Highlands o Sapphire is a federal aid project, he surfacing of which, it is under tood, must be completed by Septem- ' ler 1. The distance covered by this ink is approximately 30 miles. It in ludes all of No. 28 in Jackson county ' ind a few miles in Macon and Tran- 1 ylvania. When it is completed, along vith the stretch from here to Gneiss. ' <fo. 28 will be surfaced from its east- : rn extremity at Bat Cave to Frank in. Three Months Work Fair progress is being made on the urfacing between Highlands and Jneiss. At the Short creek quarry the lighway has been blocked at intervals o clear out blasted granite, but this , nconvenience will be eliminated as I oon as the granite mass has been I Luarried further into the mountain, i Road officials estimate that throe 1 nonths will be required to complete he laying of stone to the concrete at Jneiss. The surface will be rolled at ntervals for a year, after which tar vill be applied. It is possible that a rock crusher vhich has been in operation on the Caesar's Head road between Brevard ,nd the South Carolina line will be noved to Highlands and located at he municipal quarry. This is partly lependent on arrangements pending letween the highway commission and he town of Highlands by which the own will furnish stone and power for rushing in return for surfacing of he streets, over which No. 28 is to ?un, to their full widths by the high way commission. If this arrangement s made, the three crushers will great y speed the surfacing of No. 28. CAROLINA-VALLEY BASEBALL LEAGUE! Plays Opening Game Next Sat- 1' urday ? Six Teams In i, New League ji Representatives of six baseball i clubs met last Tuesday evening with 1 the Mills River club to organize an j amateur league. Clubs represented < were Fruitland, Valley Hill, Oakley, 1 Mills River, Penrose and Pisgah For- j ] est. 't N. L. Ponder of Penrose, was elect- J i ed president, and Mr. Lance of theii Fruitland club, secretary-treasurer. ? Mr. Covington of the Covington Sport ^ Shop of Asheville was present and gave several good suggestions and [j volunteered his service in helping to establish the league. Several rules I and regulations were discussed and j] voted upon. Managers of the several < teams meet Tuesday evening of this jt week to schedule games and adopt by- l laws for the league. The opening ] games of the season will begin Sat urday of this week. It is suggested that this league be called the Caro- , lina Valley League. 1 Penrose and Oakley played on the ,1 Penrose field Saturday in a seven- 1 inning game. Due to a cold wind and ^ lack of organization, Penrose lost by . the score of 24-11. : Pisgah Forest took the winners and ! won a seven-inning game by the score j of 9 to 5. !t ] INSTITUTE COMMENCEMENT y CLOSING EXERCISES TODAY i Rev. Dr. R. L. Holroyd, of Greenville, S. C., will deliver the graduating address to the big I] senior class of the Brevard ItisU- ij tide this Thursday evening at i eight o'clock. This address brings < to a close the commencement ex- i ercises of the Institute and closes i one of the most successful years in that institution's history. Un der the leadership of Prof. J. F. W int. on, with a strong faculty, the Institute is growing in power j and influence each year. The pub- 1 lie has been attending the com- j mencement, and a, cordial invito- 1 tion is extended to all to attend \ this evening's adress. j FRANSYLVANIA LOW IN ITS POPULATION Raleigh, May 26 ? Transylvania ;ounty had a population density of !5.3 persons to the square mile, ac :ording to the 1930 census, which jave the county a population of 9 589 living in the 379 square miles of ts land area, a report of the De velopment shows. The average density of population in the State is 65 persons per square mile, or 3,170,276 persons living in :he 48,740 square mile of land area. The range is from 287.8 persons per square mile in Forsyth to 13.2 per sons ner square mile in Tyrrell. Forysth, Durham, Gaston and Meck lenburg have more than 200 persons per square mile, and more than 100 persons live to the square mile in New Hanover, Guilford, Buncombe, Wilson, Eowan, Wake, Cabarrus and Cleveland counties. Forty-four coun ties have less than 50 persons per 3quare mile. Government lands in this county account for low density. REV. R. L. ALEXANDER TO MAKE FASS1FERN ADDRESS Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian church, will deliver the commence ment sermon to the students fii Fas sifern school, Hendersonville, next Sunday mo-.ning at 11 o'clock. The services will be held in the Methodist church in Hendersonville. Fassifern is closing an unusually successful year, under the leaders)*1 1 of Rev. Dr. Jos. R. Sevier, standing educator of the S*' of the Rev. J. H. West, w"? will fill Brevard Methodist V>j ay morn-/ wilp^ JUDGE HYAIT HEARD AT BREVARD CHURCH! Judge Carl B. Hyatt, of the Ashe i ville Juvenile court, delivered an in spiring address to a large congrega tion at the Brevard Methodist church last Sunday evening. "The Seven Sen tences of the Cross," was the subject of the address, and the manner in which the Asheville jurist made ap plication of each of the sentences to present day life and problems was an inspiration to the large number of people who heard him. Judge Hyatt is one of the outstand ing men of the country, having be come famous in his judicious handling [of juvenile cases and his masterful 'manner of solving juvenile delinquen cies. Because of his great experience jwith young people who have erred, Judge Hyatt very naturally selected jthe words of the Master, "Forgive ithem," as being the greatest of the seven sentences of the cross. His work las juvenile judge has been that of forgiveness of these erring youths, 'and the giving of a new chance with 'greater encouragement and finer pro jection, resulting oftentimes in splen |did manhood and excellent woman hood developed from the boy or gir' who, in the days of their youth. -adc grevious mistakes. ?rte messjMfr-' It was this spirit of the cross whej,^ tlfoMfc called upon appealed v ? murderers^ as , " his great Judge, Tlere thP m^autiful &rt adtflh wis w^cut tl word, was wo* Forgive.' p CLOSED SATURDAY Saturday is holiday. P. 0. window )pen 8 to 9 A. M., 2 to 3 P. M. No ?ural or city delivery will be made. FORTY-TWO MEN AND WOMEN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT Eighteen Are Given Suspended Sentences By Judge E. Yates Webb TO BE IMPRISONED IF THEY VIOLATE THE LAW 12 Sent to Atlanta from County and 12 to Chillicothe ? General Clean-up Judge E. Yates Webb sentenced 42 J Transylvania county men and women to the penitentiary and the county jail last week in federal court at Asheville. Twelve of these are to be sent to the federal prisons at Atlanta and Chillicothe; twelve are to serve senteces in Transylvania county jail and 18 were given suspended sen tences. Never before in the history of the county have there been so many 1 people sentencd to prison, which fol lowed the general "clean-up" of fed eral officers here a few months ago. It will be recalled that United States officers worked in the county for a few days, and United States Commis sioner A. E. Hampton's office in Bre ?ard was a busy place for more than i week, as preliminary hearings were I jiven those arrested. Judge Webb announced, when pass- 1 ng sentence and suspending same on I :he eighteen men and women released n this manner, that if reports reach id him from any reputable citizens of I ;he county that any one of those peo- 1 Die now free under suspended sen- 1 ;ence were drinking whiskey, dealing ' n whiskey, or carousing with those ?ho do drink or deal in whiskey, that | luch person would be taken into cus- . ;oday and made to work the full term. ' Those convicted and sentenced, be- , ng given suspended sentences during j food behaviour, are as follows: J. B. Owen, Claude Owen, Roy ting, Mrs. Dick Pettit, Mrs. Brad Smith, Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mrs. Ber- ? ha Chapman, Mrs. Judd Plott, Bob- ' >ie Fisher, John Banks, Mrs. Lus } ferry, Burt McJuncken, R. V. Allison, ' (Continued on back page ) 15 CENT AD VALOREM TAX ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No Sales Tax of Any Kind To Be Adopted ? Salaries Re duced, Including Teachers LONG SESSION ABOUT TO COME TO FINAL END Teacher Load Increased ? Prin cipals Must Also Teach, Re ducing Number of Teachers Raleigh, May 26 ? A miracle, lit tle less, will be required to prevent the North Carolina General Assembly from passing the 1931-33 Revenue Bill this week, best predictions b$7 ing that the measure will pass its third and final reading about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, after which that body will adjourn after a record session of 141 days. The House amendment adopted Tuesday night by a vote of 41 to 22 reduced the emergency school fund from $200,000 a year to $150,000. Both houses approved -the bill on oral votes. The House Tuesday night killed an amendment offered by Representative Seawell of Lee to abolish the state board of equalization and transfer its duties to the department of education. Under the school bill the equaliza tion board will distribute the school money to the counties. The bill will require an appropri ation of $16,500,00 annually. In ad dition it calls for the expenditure of $1,250,000, partly for state aid in ex tended terms. It limits cuts in the salaries' of teachers, superintendents, and princi pals to 10 per cent and also denies in- ? creases for the years 1931-32, and 1932-33. By increasing the teacher load and requiring principals of schools with less than 40 teachers to do teaching, the bill reduces the numer of teachers by 1,320. All possible economies are required before any salary reduction is en ( Continued on back page) SAND BOYS PLAN FOR SUMMER CONCERTS Plans are being rushed to comple ;ion for presentation of a minstrel by j 3revard's band boys, proceeds from ? which are to defray the expenses of ?' Prof. Cutter's services in conducting j jand concerts during the summer season. The band boys are not to nake any charge for their services n the band during the summer, and 1 low that they are assuming the ad- 1 litional work of preparing and stag- . ng a minstrel for the purpose of < raising necessary expenses, it is be- 1 ieved that people from all over the ? :ounty will attend the minstrel and | lelp in raising the needed funds. .J The band concerts are the town's , greatest offering of entertainment j ;o the visitors and to the home-folks. . People from all over the county at- , :end the concerts, and it is believed that they will attend the minstrel in large numbers and assist in mak ing certain a continuation of these ;oncerts during this summer season. Full announcement of details of the minstrel will be given next week, j SPECIAL MEETING OF TOURIST COMMITTEE THURSDAY NIGHT To the Boarding House Keepers 1 and Hotel Proprietors: The Toui-ist Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting this Thursday evening, eight o'clock, in the County Court I House, and all Boarding House < Keepers and Hotel Proprietors | are urged to attend, as matters ' of vast importa-tce are to be dis cussed and acted upon. We have information that you ought to have, and you have some infor mation that we need in our work of bringing tourists to Brevard. If you want a good season this swnmer, be sure to attend this meeting. JOHN W. SMITH I Chmn. Tourist Committee. THIS COUNTY SAVED $40,000 ON SCHOOLS New Law Reduces Tax Cost from $54,000 to $14,000 for 6- Month School Raleigh, May 26 ? Tax reduction of nearly $10,000,000, or, to be exact, $9,667,186, will result to the prop erty owners of North Carolina for each of the next two years under the Revenue Bill which is about throutrk the General Assembly, according to * table of figures prepared by the State Tax Commission. This table shows that on the as sessed valuation of $3,978,710,226 for the year 1930 in the whole State, the 100 counties had a total tax levy of $14,135,244 for current expenses of the six months school term. On the same assessed valuation at the pro posed 15-cents tax rate the total levy will be $4,469,058, by which it is seen that the levy for the next two years will be $9,667,186 less than in 1930. Transylvania county, the report shows, had an assessed valuation ift 1930 of $9,286,955, on which the tax rate was 59 cents for current ex penses of the six months school term, which made the total tax levy for this county $54,739. The proposed 15 cent levy on the same valuation basis will mean $13,930 in taxes in 1931 and 1932, or a reduction in the county of $40,863. This amount, it is pointed out, will be felt appreciably in the tax bill of the individual taxpayer in every county in the State. MRS. RAMSEY'S FATHER DIED TUESDAY NIGHT Mayor Raph F. Ramsey left Bre vard early Wed?esday to go to hi* wife, whose ?ther died Tuesday night. Mrs. Jamsey has been with her father rfvring the past several days at the/latter's home in Dillon, C.. atte?ding him in his illness. Mp/or RaJisey will return to Brevard ?Saturday, it is announced. McDougald aS Head of Road Group, 1 Will Work for Completion of 284 <mm\W id the belief of many men of the rfWn that President Jerry Jerome aade a ten-stroke in the selection of he committee on roads when he nam d Duncan MacDougald as chairman, nd then placed Messrs. William J. STallis, S. R. Joines and Alex Kizer n the committee to work with Chair lan MacDougald. All of these men re known as good roads enthusiasts, nd Chairman MacDougald is noted jr his belief in Brevard's future just s soon as one or two additional links f highway are completed. This committee will strive to have < highway 284, now being completed oh (the Caesar's Head side, carried o* through Pisgah National Forest, te i Waynesville. Another project that this committee will push is the paving . 'of Boylston road from Brevard to the -;?? I Henderson county line. I With this committee working for [completion of highways, members of jthe Chamber of Commerce are confi jdent that this town's network of -roads will be completed, in short time, |and with their completion will come :an enhanced valuation of property i? [Transylvania county of double ot treble nature.