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BREVARD VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 25, 1931 ? ? . ? ? - - " . " .... m Plans Being Perfected to Change the Pisgah Industri Bank Into a Commercial Bank Within Next tew Days TO BE COMMUNITY ? INSTITUTION IT IS SAID BY PROMOTERS Officers and Directors of In dustrial Bank Urged To Make Change ALL INTERESTS CENTERED IN THE IMPORTANT TASK Summer Season Opening Gives Emphasis to Need of Bank Here Right Now Plans are being rapidly whipped into shape for the opening of a com- i mercial bank in Brevard within the next few days. The Pisgah Indus trial Bank, it is said, is to be changed to a commercial institution, the capi tal enlarged, and banking business started just as soon as the details can t be worked out, which, it is said, will ; ' require but a few days time. Officers of the Pisgah Industrial Bank are as follows: J. II. Pickelsimer, president. Lewis P. Hamlin, vice president. Oliver H. Orr, cashier. These officers, with the following named gentlemen, constitute the : ' board of directors of the Pisgah In- 1 dustrial Bank: C. R. McNeely, H. A. Plummer and R. L. Nicholson. ' The Pisgah Industrial Bank has a ( capital stock of $25,000, and this, it i * is said, will be increased to an amount which will enable the success- ; ful operation of a commercial bank. ( Brevard has been without banking ? facilities now for almost seven jv months, creating a condition which s has been most costly to the business j ? life of the community. With the t summer season being ushered in, this t condition, it was felt, must be immed- 1 r iately remedied, hence the insistent f demand made by many people of the community upon the officers and di- j rectors of the Pisgah Industrial to change that institution into a com mercial bank so the summer visitors would not be driven from the town on account of the town having no bank ing facilities. J. H. Pickelsimer, president of the Pisgah Industrial Bank, is recognized as one of the best men of the county for connection with a financial insti tution. He has unquestioned ability. s and is noted for his high sense of ' honor. He is a recognized leader in the financial world of Western North Carolina, and is an unusually suc cessful business man. Lewis P. Hamlin, lawyer and an experienced banker, enjoys the full est confidence of the people of the county, and is considered an especial ly strong factor in a banking institu t'011- ? Y /N Everybody says that Oliver II. Orr, cashier of the bank, is one of the best men in the state. He has been with the Pisgah Industrial Bank since its organization. H. A. Plummer, member of the board of county commissioners, lead ing merchant and highly respected "1 citizen, is known as one of the town s;( most loval and valuable citizens. C. R. McNeely, merchant and lumberman, has no peer as business man and financier, yet is recognized as a man with high ideals of honor and honesty. R. L. Nicholson is postmaster in Brevard, a leader in community ac tivities, and has displayed keen in terest in his services as a board mem- ? ber of the industrial bank. t These men, as directors and officers of the Pisgah Industrial Bank, have j held many meetings recently to hear 1 interested citizens in their insistent ' demands for changing^ the industrial *-bank to a commercial institution. The Pisgah Industrial Bank main I ( Continued on page eight) |(' P. 0. BOYS GO ON THE|i 44-HOUR WEEK N0W|! f va: * nit 'Uncle Sam inaugurates the recent ly enacted 44-hour-week in the Bre vard postoffice on July first. Begin ning on that date, the clerks and car- t riers will each receive a half-holiday j each week, effecting the 44-hour i week. In the Brevard office this new law creates a job of 16 hours each week for the substitute. It is planned to have the three clerks and the one city carrier take their four hours each on a particular day, which means that for four days straight the | substitute will work half a day each ! day in place of the regular clerk or j carrier. Thomas Hampton is substitute in ! the Brevard office. This plan goes into effect through out the United States on July 1, and will create jobs and part-time jobs for thousands of men and women now without work. All government em ployes will work on the 44-hour-week basis. MANY PEOPLE VISIT RED CROSS WORKERS Camp IUahee Scene of Inter esting Activities Dur ing the Week Many people in Brevard, together with summer visitors here, are visit ing Camp Illahee regularly during the week, attracted by the work be ing done by the National Red Cross in its first aid and life saving insti tute being held at Illahee. Directors of the work visited the Brevard Ki wanis club last Thursday and gave demonstrations of the work being taught at the institute. Members of the local club expressed keen appre ciation of the demonstration. Workmen engaged on the lines of the Southern Public Utilities com pany and local telephone company spent several hours at the camp last Monday, receiving instructions in first aid and life saving. It was stat ed that the same methods of artificial respiration used in cases of drown ing are used in reviving victims of jlectric shocks. The water pageant, given by the institute Tuesday evening, and which ivas witnessed by hundreds of people from town, was pronounced one of :he most interesting and instructive urograms ever witnessed here. 'UNCLE BABE" COOPER IS SPEECHLESS FROM STROKE M. A. Cooper, former postmaster if Brevard, suffered a stroke of par ilysis Sunday night, and has been mable to speak since. Mr. Cooper ;uffered a stroke some twenty years tgo, which has affected his left side hroughout the years since then. The hroat is affected as a result of the ecent stroke, which prevents himj rom speaking. Mr. Cooper is at the "VValtermire l\ lotel, where he has lived for several j i ?ears. Mr. Riley Cooper, a brother, ind Mrs. Cooper of Greenville, are> vith the stricken man. Mrs. Mamie /erdery, a sister, was called from ler work at Asheville on account of he illness of Mr. Cooper. A daugh er, Mrs. Ada Townsend of West Asheville, came Monday to be with ter father during his illness. !j Mr. Cooper's condition is serious,]! uch as to cause the relatives great ' ;larm. LADY FROM GENEVA PRAISES SECTION Vliss Mills, World Secretary In Y. W. C. A. Movement Now In Brevard Miss M. Marianne Mills of Geneva, Switzerland, world secretary of the lepartment of younger girls in the f. W. C. A. movement, is visiting the Jirls' Reserve Council now in session t Camp Sapphire. International of- ! ices are maintained in Geneva, but 1 diss Mills works in many different ountries, and her lectures to the ?oung women of the Sapphire Coun cil is one of the interesting features ' if the sessions. Her description of 1 he great work being done among the . lounger girls in the various countries ! tives some idea of the magnitude of :he activities of the International If. W. C. A. I Miss Mills, having traveled in all ! sarts of the United States, declared i Western North Carolina to be the -nost beautiful section in America. | Upon being pressed for an expression 1 >f a comparison between this section j md the mountainous regions of other ?ountries, Miss Mills would not say i :hat these mountains are more beau :iful than those of her Switzerland, jut declared that both are beautiful, jxtremely so, "but there is a differ jnce, a something, you know, that :annot be explained. Your moun tains here are ever so big, and go on and on. like the Blue Kidge. Beauti ful, indeed!" Mies' Mills pai l high compliment to the American Movement of the In- j ternational Y. W. C. A. work, stress ing the importance of that being done among the younger girls, "preparing them for womanhood, for mother hood. You see it here...." and wav ing her arms as if to embrace the one hundred and thirty-five young women gathered at Camp Sapphire, at that moment engaged in boating, walking, or gathered in happy groups j from which the laughter of youth ' rang out in notes so musical that the birds of the woodland nearby joined ! in the chorus. Miss Mills will visit other councils before leaving America. Miss Van Asch Van Wyck, a Dutch woman, is international president of the young er girls' movement of the Y. W. C. A., while Mrs. Robert Spear is president of the American movement. GIRLS RESERVE IN SESSION AT CAMP Eleven States Represented By Delegation ? Much Work Being Done With Miss Lucy Litaker of New York as director, the Girls' Reserve of the Y. W. C. A., is in council at Camp Sapphire for ten days. Dele gates from Virginia, North Carolina, faouth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Vir ginia are registered, there being 135 delegates in attendance, with several officers, instructors and leaders. The young women attending the sessions are leaders in their respective com munities, as only those who perform some outstanding service in the Girl Reserve's work are selected as dele- i gates to the council. Dr. Dwight Bradley, pastor of the I First Congregational church, Boston, I Mass., is leader of the work in reli- 1 g'ion and in world affairs, subjects j of greatest importance in the course . of study being given the young wo- ' meh. Miss Gretta Smith, town secretary 1 of the national board, is leader of the 1 industrial discussion. The group in- 1 terested in this subject visited indus- J :rial plants nearby during the earlv part of the week. Miss Oolooah Bruner, secretary of i ?eligious educational department of 1 :he national Y. W. C. A., is lecturing >n religious education. Miss Elizabeth Moss of Louisville, j Ky.. is director of music; Miss Rebec- [ a Reed is leader in the discussion of -he program of personal relations and ?ace relations; Miss Carrie Lee Wea ker of Asheville, has charge of the I >ookstore; Miss Marjorie Patton of 1 he' National Y. W. C. A., is leader ! n dramatics. An interesting phase of the council vork is that of the workshop group, n charge of Miss Julia Rhodus of ^ew Orleans. Other leaders in the vorkshop group are: Miss Lucile "ook, Richmond; Miss Lois Gratz, , Raleigh; Miss Frances Beasley, of Nashville; Miss Lucile Shirley, Nor olk; Miss Martha Larrymore, Mem phis. Miss Hazel Anderson of Virginia, ' s registrar, and Miss Lilly Wright of I Norfolk, is camp nurse. Miss Ruth ^shmore of Dawson Springs, Ky., ind Miss Anne Pridmore, Atlanta, ire hostesses. Other leaders include: Miss Emily , ?owles, Columbia; Miss Esse Lee ?eed, Chattanooga; Miss Mary Hunt Summer, Laurel, Miss; Miss Frances ^eigh, Memphis; Miss Lydia Mac Jruder, New Orleans; Miss Ruth irokenshire, Huntington, W. Va.; Hiss Nan Smith, Charlotte, and Miss Jladys Whitesell, Clearwater, Fla. 4SHEVILLE MEN TO ATTEND LODGE HERE ????? j ' Election of officers will be the spe- 1 :ial order of business at the meeting \ >f the Junior Order in Brevard this' Thursday night, and it is expected j hat a large number of members will >e present. Nominations were made ast Thursday evening, and officers j ^pressed the wish at that meeting 'or a full attendance at the meeting his week, when new officers are to ; >e chosen. A delegation of Juniors from Ashe- j 'ille will be present at the meeting his Thursday evening, &nd all mem- j Ders will want to be on hand to greet the Asheville visitors. Plans for the Fourth of July celebration to be held J at the Biltmore high school will be ?iven the membership of the Brevard Lodge. The Hon. Jake I'. Newell of Charlotte, will deliver the principal address at the big Fourth of July leathering. FAWN FOUND FRIEND IN DR. C. L NEWLAND Dr. Charles L. Newland, surgeon, ' performed a rather unusual opera- j tion Tuesday, the patient being a lit- | tie fawn whose leg had been broken, i Pisgah Forest rangers found the lit- 1 tie fellow in the forest, suffering from the broken limb, and called Dr. Newland, who brought the fawn to his office in Brevard, and set the limb, placing it in a plaster cast. The fawn was then taken to the doctor's home, where it is being cared for by Mrs. Newland and the Misses Aiken. In its suffering the fawn cried piteously, its cries being very similar to the cries of a little child. It is doing well now, and Dr. Newland ex pects an early and complete recov ery. TRANSYLVANIAN IN HOME OF HAMMOND ! Sequel to Series of Events That i Are Interwoven With the World's History I Mr. John Hays Hammond, the celebrated mining engineer, who has been residing in Washington for many years since hi3 retirement from active business, accord a reception to !a young Transylvanian recently ! which was a sequel to some events in i world history with a romantic set ' ting-. The young man was John Verner,! 'only son of the Transylvania Super intendent of Education. Mr. Ham mond and Mr. Verner had been as sociated in the opening up to indus trial activity of the vast region of the Congo Valley a quarter of a century ago. Mr. Hammond is prob ably the greatest mining engineer in the history of the world. He helped Cecil Rhodes to develop the great Rand mines of South Africa, from which approximately three billion dollars of gold have been taken out. He helped to advise the Gugenheim brothers with their vast world-wide interests and was known as the high est paid engineer in the world. He has been a close associate of Presi dent Hoover, being nearly twenty years older than the President, who is supposed to have gotten much in spiration from his fellow Californian in his early days. When John Verner went to work in his business as a landscape and ornamental plant specialist near Washington, and Mr. Hammond he^rd of his presence, he sent the young man an invitation to come to see him, out of a memory of the old days in Africa affairs with his father. So John went to see the great man, and came away greatly charmed with the courtesy, learning, power, and fame of the man who helped his father to start an empire of business in Central Africa, just as Mr. Ham mond himself had founded the great mining industry in South Africa. MUCH WORK BEING DONE BY THE C. OF C. i Growing activities mark the work of the Chamber of Commerce with the opening of the summer season in Brevard, and Jerry Jerome, presi dent, and Miss Alma Trowbridge, secretary, with many members and directors, have asserted that results being obtained from the work is most highly satisfactory. Several hundred post cards were sent out on post card day, and reports are being made every day of results already being obtained from this form of di- i rect appeal to tourists to spend their I vacation here. The tourist committee is working. t full time and over time, their activ ities including the preparation of splendid swimming p.ijolg in Davidson Ri\X?r. When the. work is completed in its every detail, these pools in the clear stream which flows down from Pisgah Mountain through the Na tional Forest will be among civ; best swimming pools in the country. Al ready great crowds are enjoying their bathing in these pools. Large numbers of people are ex pected in Brevard by the first of the month, and several are coming in each day, finding locations before the rush of the season sets in. ST. JOHN'S DAY TO BE OBSERVED SUNDAYii ? I Large attendance is expected at the | regular communication of Dunn's!' Rock Masonic Lodge this Friday ' evening, when the newly elected offi- 1 cers will be installed. These officers, ] elected two weeks ago, are as fol- 1 lows: James F. Barrett, W. M.; Jerry < Jeronje, S. W. ; Henry Henderson. 1 J. W. ; A. N. Jenkins, treasurer, and < Dr. J. F. Zachary, secretary. Other 1 officers, five in number, will be filled by appointment made by the master and wardens. Final arrangements will also be made at this meeting for attending the morning services at the Presby terian church Sunday morning, whe-r Rev. R. L. Alexander will preach the j annual Saint John's Day sermon.1 j Master Masons throughout the coun try will also be attending similar ser vices in their respective communities, j It is believed that a large number of i Masons in Brevard and Transylvania 'county will gather at the Masonic (Hall Sunday morning at 10:30 from j-tfhich point they will go in a body to !t}ie .Presbyterian church. Visiting f.Iasons are invited to attend the in stallation services Friday night, and futged to be with the lodge Sunday imorling and attend the services TOP PUCE RETAINED BY BREVARD OUTFIT Three Runs In Ninth Inning Scored by Local Team Over Enka Coming from behind in the last j three innings of what looked to be | a wide margin win for Enka, the I Brevard ball team won an eight seven tilt here Saturday afternoon, i by yirtue of which they still retain j leading place in the Western Caro- j lina League. Two home runs by Dick Allen and j one by Norman for the visitors, made : the score board climb fast. However, | Brevard kept pegging away at the I ball with such adeptness that four ; pitchers were used by Enka. Robin- ! son, who started the game, was re-! moved in the seventh after his off-! ering had been knocked all about I the field. Lovin fared but little bet- j ? ter, and Hall who relieved him, wash too wild to suit Manager Brewton, !i who went to the mound in the ninth lj with two men on and the score j j standing seven-six in favor of Enka. h A walk, strikeout, and two more ! ( ivaiks, and Brevard was "presented" j i free win. j The local team showed much bet- i 1 ;er form over the previous game, and;! jlayerl a very good game behind the ; '? lattery work of Tom Graham and t Paul Schachner. Ten hits were garr.- i ;red by the locals, while only eight If vere chalked up to the visitors. Score by inning: r h e j Snka 300 0110011?7 8 3i Srevard 101 000 123?8 10 4 * Batteries for Enka: Robinscn, Lov- ' n, Hall, Brewton and Swayngim; or Brevard, Graham and P. Schach- * ler. Winning pitcher, Graham, loser, I Jrewton. 5 At WeavervUle Saturday Brevard will play at Weaverville 4 Saturday afternoon, playing in Bre-.c ?ard on July 4th and July 6th. j11 - :H AMBER OF COMMERCE 1 TO MEET THIS EVE SING r I ? Regular meeting of the Chamber of i ^ Commerce will be held this (Thurs lay) evening at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. It is irged that as many members as pos ible be present so that the necessary lusiness pertaining to the welfare of |c Jrevard may be transacted. jl I VETERANS MAY YET OBTAIN INSURANCE \ction Must Be Taken, How ever, Before the Third Day of July c The following notice from Watson i. Miller, chairman of the National j, Rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, 600 Bond building, Vashington, D. C., will prove very in eresting and very helpful to many ( lost service officers, and of value to s reterans of the World war: -r J e "It is desired to call to your atten- ' j ion a matter which in my opinion hould receive the fullest publicity ; * tnd is of vital importance to manyij lisabled veterans of the World war 1 ? n your state. "Even though a disabled veteran of E he World war who carried war risk j nsurance has not paid any premium t hereon since his discharge from the s nilitary scrvice, if he makes claim in t vriting between now and July 3rd if this year he will thereby preserve lis rights to resort to court action j hereafter if such procedure is neces- ! ;ary. This letter should state plainly ' :hat the veteran desires to claim in- 1 rj ranee benefits under the permar ] :nt and total disability clause of hi" | :ontract from e date when hi* polio; i ivas in force, which is usually l'ror.i | :he date of disability, if he was dis- , ibled while in tne service. "First, he should submit proof to ] ;he Veterans Bureau to establish to ] :he satisfaction of the bureau that ^ :ontinuously since his disablement, he , has been suffering from an impair- j ment of mind or body which made it , impossible for him to follow continu- j Dusly any substantially gainful occu- ? pation and that condition existed ; since his discharge from the service, ? and is likely to continue throughout j the remainder of his life. Then, ? should the bureau deny his claim, he', is afforded an opportunity to go into j court and establish his claim before , a jury. Veterans who carried $10,- !, 000 war risk insurance are entitled j to the payment of insurance benefits, ft the rate of $57.50 per month com- j mencing with the beginning of dis- 1 ability (if it commenced at a time i while fcis insurance was in force) and | continuing as long as the veteran ! lives. Veterans whose conditions are ' described in this letter may be en- j titled to payment at the rate of $5.75 ; per month per $1,000 of insurance." SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE QUESTION OF COUNTY RIGHTS Governor Gardner Renews His Plea for Canning and Preserving Food STATE SENDS OUT HUGE SUM YEARLY FOR FOOD State School Officials Having Hard Time Working Out Details of New Law Raleigh, June 24.? The -North Car olina supreme court has before it the first constitutional problem arising from the actions of the 1931 sessios of the General Assembly and one of importance to many of the 100 coun ties and 432 municipalities in Ibf state. Two test cases are before Jit :ourt, one from Duplin, the other from Durham county, and were heard by the court last Saturday, in order that the problem might be di<pi?s*d Df as soon as possible. The question is this: Many uriiu of jovernment have issued tax anticipa :ion notes to pay current expense* ind to be repaid by revenues later. Some of these units failed to realize ;he revenues sufficient to meet this* lotes. The 1931 Local Government ict permits the funding of these note* >y issuance and selling of bonds, the nterest and principle being payable 'from an unlimited tax upon all tax ible property" of the unit, placinj: it is a tax for a special purpose. The Supreme court is to decid* vhether such funding is for a spetiaj mrpose, in that the present economic :ondition makes it an emergency, as s provided in the Local Government ict, and such bonds retired by spe :ial tax levies; or whether such tax vould be for general current expt-ns u and, therefore, against the consti utional prohibition of a levy of more han 15 cents on the $100 of property ?aluation for current operating- vx >enses. This action has a bearing on tnt aw enacted by the recent Genera! Assembly which would permit 30-odd ounties to levy taxes for court and ail costs and the cost of the quadri innial revaluation of property as .<pe ial purposes and in addition to tht 5-cent limit for general expenses. Belief is that the act is unconstitu ional, but it was enacted as a mrth id cf "keeping county commissioner* iut of jail" for exceeding the 15-c<>nt imit of tax levy. Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of Meredith college, Raleigh, has bee* lected national councillor of the Jun or Order United American Mechau cs, and national headquarters of the irder will be here for the next twi rears. He is the second national lead from Raleigh, W. E. Faisois laving held the office. "Where," asked Governor 0. Max Jardner in a radio talk las; week ind referring to the estimated :.n tual amount of money sent out of this tate for food and feed ? "where it> his $150,000,000 to come from this rear? Can it come from cheap cotton ind cheap tobacco this fall? Do yoa hink we are not going to have cheap otton and cheap tobacco this fall? "Let's can and preserve and con erve every dollar's worth of the sur >lus vegetables, fruits and food stuff* hat we raise," the governor pleaded, tating that "Last year we allowed letween $5,000,000 and 110.000,000 of regetables and fruits to dry up and ( Continued on page right) FOX RANCH MAKES ? CHANGE IN POLICY Announcement is made that the Blue Ridge Silver Fox Ranch novr las fifty young pups in the pen% there being 29 young silvers and 21 t-our.g blues. T. H. Carr, manager )f the ranch, "stated that $30,001 worth of foxes are now being shipped to Brevard, to be placed in the fox ranch at Cherryfield. Homer E. Whitmire, native _of Cherryfield, but for many years with the Purina peo ple at St. Louis, and also connected with the big fox ranches in the Oz arks, is one of the promoters of the local fox ranch. The company has announced that a 25 cent admission is being charged those wjio visit the ranch and inspect the animals. This is being done. Mr. Carr stated, to discourage the visit ing of so many mere curiosity seek ers, thereby giving more opportunity to those who are really interested in the project to make inspection an# learn something of this rapidly grow ing industry. Hundreds of people are visiting the ranch each month, it is said.
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