SCHOOL AFFAIRS IN
COUNTY UNSETTLED j
BECAUSE OF DELAY!
I
of Selecting Teachers Is
eld Up Because of the
Changes In Law
OPPOSITION "TO OPENING
SCHOOLS ON AUGUST 1
Question of Having Only Six
Months' School Term To
Be Given Attention
Members of the county school board j
and the several school committeemen
in the various districts are making;'
haste slowly in selecting teachers for j
the next year's school work. Oil ac
count of the long delay in the sessions !
of the legislature, the school officials
have not been able to know just what;,
to do, nor what their rights and du- j 1
ties would be under the new laws guv- ,
erning the schools. These laws are;,
most, revolutionary in nature, leaving ]
less power than ever before in the ; |
hands ot' local officials. ,<
State school officials are working t
feverishly, it is said, an the tremen- <
dous problem of apportioning the ? i
money voted by the legislature to the[(
operation of the schools. Locally, the ?
school authorities do not as yet know, c
it is said, how many teachers may be t
employed for the schools of the coun- >
ty, nor is it known what salaries can t
he paid to those who are employed, c
The new law provides for a reduction
in the salaries of the school teachers, 1
and increases the teacher-load of all j
instructors.
Much opposition has developed to
the plan adopted by the school board
recently, whereby all schools of the
county are to open on the first Mon
day in August. Many people are ob- i
jecting to this new ruling, and it isir
known that the matter is being con- I
sidered by the board, and the action1"
may be rescinded, leaving the schools
to open on the first Monday in Sep
tember, as has been the custom.
It is said that many members of
the present school board favor em
ployment of local men and women asj'1
teachers, and prediction is made that J
the reduction in the number of teach-'!?
ers to be employed will be brought
about by discontinuing the services of
non-resident teachers, giving prefer
ence to home people in the matter of *
selecting teachers for the coming i '
year. jjj
School authorities will be faced by -a
the problem of deciding upon the ^
length of the term this year. The ?
new state law places the burden of
finance, that is, the operation of the
six months school term upon the state,
with the county paying a 15-cent ad
valorem tax in support o? the six
months' school term. In event an
eight months term is decided upon,
the county pays that extra two
months in its entirety. With teachers
not as yet having been paid in full
for last year's work, coupled with the
inability of many taxpayers to make
payment on their taxes, the county
authorities are facing a serious prob
lem, it is pointed out, in attempting
to operate an eight months school
term. On the other hand, argument
is made that the cost to the school
children whom it is claimed, cannot >
make their grades in six months, '
thereby losing a year's work, is too
great, and that some arrangements
should be made for having the eight
months' school term.
SNELSON PLACED ON WATER lj
SHED AS NEW PATItOLMAN\\
T. L. Snelson, for many years a
member of the Brevard police forcc,
has been employed by the mayor and
board of aldermen as patrolman in
the water shed, it was announced
Tuesday. Mr. Snelson was dropped jj
from the police force when J. P. Dea- jt
ver was selected as night patrolman,;;
to work under Chief of Police Free- 1
man, and the force reduced. j(
ORR CEMETERY WORKING
All interested in Orr cemetery on
Little River are requested to come
with dinner and tools for a working
Saturday, June 6, according to a
statement made by Mrs. Geo. E. Mer
rill.
Is
TOWN TAX LIST TO
BE RUN IN AUGUST
Action was taken by the mayor and
fe^rd of aldermon at the last meting
fjM~?tpone the publication of the
a (Mpflfeiit until the first Monday in
August, when all property in the
t?wn on which 1 930 taxes are unpaid
will be advertised for sale. The ad
vertisement will run through August,
and the sale will b<j held on the First
Monday in September, and Mayor
Ramsey states that this announce
ment is final, and that no other ,or
further postponement will be made.
Town officials expressed the hope
that all citizens will make immediate
payment of their 1930 taxes, and
avert the necessity of advertising
same for sale. It is believed that
many people will make settlement of
their taxes during June and July, and
escape the additional costs and re
move their property from the list be
ing prepared for publication.
MUST INFORM STATE
OF MONEY ON HAND
All Counties, Cities, Towns and
Districts Must Make Full
Report ? /
Raleigh, Juno 3. ? Charles M. John
son, director of local government, has
sent out notices to officials of all
counties, cities, towns and local tax
uistrjcts, asking for a report on the
amount of money on deposit in banks
of sinking l'und cash and cash of cur
rent funds, as of May 31, 1981, ask
ing that the reports bo filed not later
than June 15. This is one of the sec
tions of the new local government law
which provides for strict handling of
public money by officers of the local
units.
Following is the section covering the
reports :
Sec. 3.'i. "It shall be tjie duty of all
officers having the charge or custody
if any funds of any unit to report to
:he Director on the first days of Jan
uary and July of each year' (or such
)ther semi-annual dates as may be
ixed lry the director), and at other
limes upon direction of the commis
sion or the director, the amounts of
'unds of the unit then in their charge
>r custody, and the amounts of depos
ts of such funds in any depositary or
leposltaries, <and a (inscription of the
lurety bonds or collateral securities
leposited to secure same. It shall be
he duty of the director to require
iuch reports to be made and to see
hat the provisions of this section are
omplied with."
BAND BOYS TO STAGE
MINSTREL JUNE 19
On Friday evening, June 19, thelj
rtembers of the Brevard Municipal | .
{and, assisted by several friends, will j*
i resent a minstrel act at the High K
ichool building which will be a great i
ttraction, and, at the same time, j
erve a real purpose for this com- i
nunity. The minstrel is being pre- c
ented for the purpose of raising j
iioney with which to pay Prof. Cut- t
er a nominal sum for his services as c
and instructor.. The members of the
and make no charge whatever for
heir services in playing the free |
oncerts two or three evenings each
reek during the summer season. Now ,
hat they are taking this means of
aising necessary funds for the band
lastcr, it is believed that Brevard
nd Transylvania county will turn |
ut in full force to witness the pre- j
entation, and to show to the band |
oys that the community appreciates j
irhat the band is doing for the pleas- [
,re and entertainment of the visitors; a
nd home folks. II
Dr. Hardin, Phil Price, Fred Mil-:'1
sr, Mr. Terry, The Simpson hoys, It
Sam Barnett. Ginny Wood, and half |*
, score others, are to take part in the '
ninstr< l, these to be backed up by an 1
inusuall.v fine chorus.
[0 ENFORCE LAW AS j
TO BURNING TRASH .
it
Ten days from this date, the town J
f Brevard will enforce the ordinance c
yhich forbids the burning of trash, i
laper.s and other refuse on the open c
; round within the fire limits of the |
own. This ordinance has been on the i
iook? for a long time, but because of 1
he fact that it has not been enforced, i
>ut few people knew of its existence. 1
The law says that a wire or other '
idequate screen must1)e placed about '
uch burning rubbish, its purpose be
ng to prevent spreading of the fire I
'rorn such burning. Mayor Ramsey '
itated that the board desired to give)'
ill citizens warning of the towns in
ention to enforce this law, and that !
ts enforcement would not become op- j]
native for a period of about ten ]
lays, after which time it is to,belj
itrictly enforced.
Wire.screens are not expensive, and
ire most effective, as the flames can
lot spread when the burning rubbish
s confined within the wire netting, i
?>r screen.
SERVE ALLIGATOR STEAK I
St. Petersburg, Fla., papers give an !
account of a party given recently in '?
that city by Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Fisher, which is not out of the ordi- '
nary. But the host and hostess serv- 1
ed a delicious supper, the naper states
and that is not out of the ordinary.
When it is stated, however, that this
supper consisted of alligator steak,
then the party leaves the ordinary
field, and becomes real newspaper.
Mr. Fisher is a brother of Ralph R.
Fisher, one of Brevard's leading law
yers. ?
B RE V ARDGI RlTiSTED
AMONG THE GRADUATES
Cullowhee, Nr. C., June 3. ? Fifty
four normal seniors at Western Caro
lina Teachers college will receive di
plomas on Friday, June 5, at 10 a. ra.
Robert Lathan of Asheville will de
liver the literary address and H. T.
Hunter, president of the institution,
will present the diplomas.
Among the graduates is Miss Eliza
beth Duckworth, of Brevard, who has
made, a snlendid record in the popular
institution.
Five to Seven Years
.
I
WALLACE B. DAVIS i
Wallace B. I)uvis, president of the
lefunct Central Bank & Trust com
)any, was sentenced Wednesday by
fudge Barnhill in Buncombe county
Superior court to a term in the state
>enitentiary of from five to seven
rearB. Davis was found guilty by a
fancey county jury in the state's lirst
!ase, charging the banker with issu
ng false statements as' to the condi
ion of the Central Bank & Trust
ompany.
Davis was found not guilty in an
[other trial just ended, charging him,
and the, former board of county |
commissioners of Buncombe county, i
Charles N. Malone, bonji attorney, :
and L. L. Jenkins, county treasurer. :
Conspiracy was charged in this trial,
land a jury from Madison county was ?
called to hear this case. All defend
lunts came clear in that case.
The failure of the Central Bank&,j
'Trust company last November led to,
the failure of a score of oUier banks'
'in Asheville and Western North Car- 1
olina.
Purpose to Eradicate Pellagra
Chief in State-uiide Campaign ]
(Special to The Brevard \ewn) ']
Raleigh, June 3. ? One of the main <
lims of the "Preserve Your Food and
^ive-at-Home This Winter" campaign ]
s to eradicate pellagra from the state >,
hrough the medium of canned vege-jj
ables and fruits, preserving, pickling
ind drying of garden and orchard i(
>roduce. The fight to eliminate pel- ,
agra in North Carolina is a big part ji
if the "Live-at-IIome" program, spon- ,
ored by Governor 0. Max Gardner ,
ind the Governor's Council on Unem
iloyment and Relief. ' (
This campaign for food preserva- ;
ion, befcun several months ago at 1
State College by the Extension Ser- :
'ice under Dean 1.0. Schaub and Mrs. -
fane S. McKimmon, the cooperation
if the State Department of Health, i
mde* Dr. H. A. Taylor, acting health .
ifficer, is a part in the battle against
>ellagra. Ever since the work began i
n full force this winter, Dr. Taylor 1
las given every possible bit of. cooper- i
ition possible to Mrs. McKimmon and
Dean Schaub and their 'workers, both 1
;ounty farm and home agents and dis
;rict agents as well.
Dr. Taylor is certain that, "If the |
people of the state will heed the ad- j
/ice of farm and home agents and i
health officers, then pellagra will be!
:ut to a minimum this coming fall
and winter." He feels that there is j
plenty of food and fruits available j
:his year. He is mainly concerned ;
js to whether or not the farmers of !
the state, in particular, will can and
preserve vast quantities of such gar-j!
len and orchard produce.
The work of the Extension Service;'
has already done much to bring the I.
necessity of food conservation to the
public's attention. The Red Cross and |J
Federal Farm Board are also coop- j
srating. And nil of this work is co
ordinated through the work of the re- j
lief units of the Governor's Council j
under R. W. Henninger, executive sec
retary.
Mrs. McKimmon has had her part :
ji the work thoroughly organized for j
several months. Her workers are in i
the field. Canning demonstrations arc !;
now going on, so that each township
will have at least one person, capable
of leading her friends in the work of
canning and preserving this summer i
and fall. Home and farm agents will j
give some of their time, to work out- j
side of their respective counties in j
sections where there is no organized i
home and farm demonstration wui k- 1
er. In this way, tHe message will be |
carried into every community in Tar- ;
hvelia. Dr. Taylor quite neatly puts j
it this way:
"Every can of vegetables put up
and every jar of preserves conserved
is just one more blow to put pellagra
out of business and I urge all citizens
of the state to boost this great cam
paign to 'Preserve Your Food and ;
Live-at-Homc This Winter.' "
The entire State is observing the
week, and great good is to result from
the campaign.
Chamber Of Commerce Obtains
Building on West Main Street
Chamber of Comerce rooms have ,
been opened in the McMinn Building !
r>n Main struct, adjoining, the store
of the Farmers Supply company.
Furniture and furnishings of the
body will be removed from the old
quarters ori Fast Main street to the
new place. Use of the building is
being donated to the Chamber of Com
merce by the owners, Mrs. Beulah
Zachary, Mr. T. H. Galloway and ihe
McMinn heirs. Miss Alma Trowbridge
will keep "open house" in the quart
ers, serving as secretary.
President Jerry Jerome and the
board of directors are highly elat
ed over the manner in which the com
munity is standing , by the organiza
tion. The several committees are do
ing splendid, work, and the tourist
committe has been especially busy,
working with the publicity committee
in getting out literature to prospec
tive tourists. It is .believed that an
excellent summer season 'will be en
joyed here this year, and the hotels
and boarding houses are making ar
rangements for taking care of ca
pacity crowds.
The committee on roads, headed by j
Duncan MacDougald, has already '
been working, and it is expected that
this committee will make an import- 1
ant announcement within the next
jfew days. With completion of the
Brevard end of highway 284, and re
moval of 'the road forces to the
Caesar's Head end of the project,
gives assurance that this highway
will soon be completed, opening up
a great avenue to the tourists com
ing from the South. It is the purpose
of the road committee to bring about
an early decision on the part of the
[people in power to complete 284 on
the Haywood county line, through
Pisgah National Forest and across
Pisgah Mountain. Then, too, it is
'hoped to have the Boylston road in
cluded in the next work to be done
'about here. This community would
'reap rich harvest from such vjork.
Regular meetings .will be held from
.now on through the summer, months
| by the Chamber of Comerce, and no
let-up is to be experienced in the
'many tasks ,to be performed by the
'interested men and women of the
?town.
THREE MEN PLACED
' UNDER $1000 BONDS
Held To Superior Court On the
Charge of Secret Assault,
Intent to Kill
Lynch Whitmire, Bulan Davis and
Vernon Claris, of near East Fork
section, were bound over to superior
court by Magistrate T. T. Loftis
Tuesday on warrants charging the
young men with secret assauit with
intent to kill. Mrs. Mary Woods was ,
the vicLim of the alleged assault. Dcp- .
uty Sheriff Tom Wood made the ar
rest and was the state's witness at i
the preliminary bearing, and told of I
(he admission of the young men that
Whitmire and Davis were the ones
who threw the rocks, one of which
struck the woman and caused serious
injury.; I
It was in evidence that the alleged
assault occurred on Wednesday night,
May '<27, and that the young men j
were concealed by the roadside, and |
when Mrs. Wuuua pulsed by the two :
threw rocks at her. The defense did I
not offer any evidence, but from
questions which defendants *sKcd
Sheriff Wood it was indicated that .
they were intending to hit some one
other than Mrs. Woods. ;
Vagistrate Loftis bound the trio
over in bonds of $1,000 each, to await
a-h-aring in the superior court. Sher
iff Patton and Deputy Wood returned
th" boys to jail, where they have been i
confined since being arrested soon at
ti .? the alleged assault.
FULL STATEMENT
AS TO WATER RATE
Mayor Ralph H. Ramsey and Clerk j
H. H. Patton are preparing a state
ment for publication in next week s ;
Brevard News, which will include
full and detailed information about ,
the water charges in Brevard, com- 1
paring the water rents under the old ,
system with that in operation under
the new law. The amount of revenue
to be raised under the new plan will
ae shown, with the amount to be say .
sd. or removed, from property assess- ,
rnent which, under the old plan, was .
necessary in order to wipe out the
ieficit each year that resulted under
the old system. . i
The statement will be most inter
esting to the citizens of the town, and
the officials assert that it is i the
board's desire to furnish all facts in,,
connection with the question of water
rentals, and then act m accordance ,
with the expressed wishes of a ma
jority of the citizens.
largeenMIent i
AT SUMMER SCHOOL
stitUtTbaVoS'ned^wifh Ban /'nroll- i
? rtf 71 students, which is most |
mer School has become an mst tU" .
Hon hare and is attracting students;
frnm ^ sections of the country. Of j
the opening enrollment, fifty-one at
tended the sessions last summer, and j
twenty are new students.
The summer school is especially ap- ]
DeSg to those who desire to make ,
TP on certain subjects, and obtain- 1
inir needed units and credits. Th |
rates a the Institute Summer school
rmmerPinththe mountains at a figure ;
are planning to come to Brevard tm
week and early next week and at (
tend the school.
JUNE !>TFI LAST DAY FOR
FILING CLAIMS AT BASK
Notice is given by Mr. W. W.
Woodley, Jr., liquidating agent for
the Brevard Ranking company, that
June Ninth is the last uay fur filing |
claim? at the hank. Those who fail
to file claims by that date are auto
matically barred fro mrecovery, ac
cording to certain condition* laid
dowij in the banking laws.
This same notice was published in
several issues of The Brevard News
many weeks ago, yet, it is said, there
are some people who have not filed
their claims. Mr. Woodley is making
this last call in the interest of those
who have claims against the bank.
Full information, blanks, and so on,
may be had at the bank.
PARROT^ named ashead
OF STATE HEALTH BOARD
Raleigh. June 3. ? Dr. James M.
IParrott, of Winston, was elected state
jhoalth officer, succcedi/ig the late Dr.
Charles O'H. Laughinghouse, at a
meeting last week of the new state
beard of health, of which Dr. J. T.
Burrus, of High Point, senator from
Guilford county, was elected presi
dent. Governor Gardner has given
his hearty approval to the election of
both men. The health officer, under
the new law, 'must be approved by the
Governor.
REVIEW OF SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE AS
TO STATE WIDE ACTS
Broke Many Records fn the
Long Session, Itself a
Record Breaker
GOVERNMENT CENTERED
IN RALEIGH BY ACTS
15 Cent Ad Valorem Tax for
Schools on All Assessed
? Property Valuation
Raleigh, June ?'!. ? The North Car
olina General Assembly, which ad
journed sine die at 'J o'cloek on tho
evening of May 27, wan, in many
respects, one of the most r markablo
S( -.'ions ever held by a law making
body in North Carolina, not only in
the length of the session, but in thu
type of, legislation and deviation from
normal policies which it achieved.
No other session has lasted for 111
days, fir 121 legislative da.v.?, except
the 1868-9 reconstruction period ses
sion of 1 -16 days from which 12 days
of Christmas recess must b'- taken,
leaving only 136 days. It establishes
a new record lor length and develop
ed into an endurance test.
No other session has taken from
the local units and vested in the Statu
more authority, particularly in the
maintenance of roads and schools and
in the administration of county, city,
town and local district fiscal affairs.
These local units gave up authority
and autonomy to greater extent than
ever before, trading, in their distress
much loose, inefficient and ineffective
administration for what is expected
to be greater concentrated and more
effective handling of governmental af
fairs.
No other session has taken back to
the property owners of the State a
greater measure of tax relief, for
which real estate owners were clam
oring. All taxes were not removed,
but the operation of the highway, the
school and the local government laws
wiir bring a reduction of an average
of 67 cents to the property owner, or
almost half of the tax bill in many
counties.
No other session has placed upon
big business the amount of taxes that
was levied against such business by
the recent General Assembly, a tax
that would have not been reached but
for the insistent demand for land tax
relief. The burden has, in largo
measure, been placed on more success
ful business, that most able to pay,
and, while apparently more than a
just share, may not be an onerous
burden.
The closing days of the session
marked the passage and enactment of
several of the most important pieces
pf legislation of the entire session,
chief of which were the Revenue, Ap
propriations, Machinery, School and
several others.
The Revenue Act provides for col
lection of nearly $oC,000,000 a year in
taxes, as compared with previous
measures providing for ab> it $1p.
000,000 a year. Of this $17,350,000
is for schools, including $15,700,000
for the six months term, to b' supple
mented by the approximately $1 ,.'500,
( Continued on pugr. foot)
BARBOUR IS CANDIDATE
FOR LEGION COMMANDER
Durham, June X. ? (Special) ? His
name entered into the conte.-t for
commander of the North Carolina dt -
partment of the American Lctrion by
legionnaires in other sections of tho
state, the Durham post of th>- ?>rgani
zation has given its enthusiastic en
dorsement to the candidacy of Luther
H. Barbour, of Dunham. Resolutions
have been prepared and mailed to ev
ery post in the state asking their
support of Mr. Barbour. Already Le
gion politics are warming up and
friends of the local man predict that
he will make a good showing when
the state convention meets in More
head City in July.
AWARD MEDALS AT 1
BREVARD INSTITUTE
Final:- uf the Bri -. d Institute in
cluded the awards of medals to the
winners in the past year's work, and
, the excellent records made by many
| students presented a difficult problem
to the judges in rendering decisions
as to the winners.
Pio Sanchez was awarded the Ki
wanis medal for scholarship, with a
'standing of 93.94 per cent.
I John 11. Dayton won the Zachary
'medal for proficiency in mathemat
ics. with a record of % per cent.
Miss Rama Kutz was awarded the
jD. A. R. medal in history.
Fred Lail won the R. Y-. Nee! medal
in the declamation contest.
Miss Edna Brown was victorious in
th-j rccitation contest, winning the
Mabel Jetton medal.
Junius West was awarded $5 for
the best kept room in the boys' hall,
and Miss Ada Meadows and Miss
Virginia Gowin were winners of
prizes in the same sum for the best
kept rooms in the girls' hall.
Miss Pauletto Gillespie was award
ed five dollars for proficiency in sten
ography.
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