RUFTY RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS AND BOARD NAMES PROF.
% J. B. JONES TO POST AFTER LONG SESSION
Rufty Declares His Preference
of Personal Sacrifice to
Further Turmoil
DEPLORES CONFLICTING
SCHOOL LAWS EXISTING
Advised by Lawyers That He
Could Hold Position If He
Fought for It
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Declaring that he prefers to sacri
fice his own rights in the matter
rather than to put the county to the
expense of court action and the com
munity into an uproar over the posi
tion, Prof. J. E. Rufty tendered. his
resignation to the county school
board Tuesday, paving the way to a
settlement of the question that has
been agitating and aggravating the
community for some time. "Unfor
tunate conditions" have arisen, Mr.
Rufty says, through contradictory
acts in recent legislation which makes
the meaning of the law relating to
county superintendents hard to un
derstand.
Following is copy of letter submit- j
ted to the board by Prof. Rufty in j 1
tendering his resignation. j1
Ku.fty's Letter
"Board of Education, j
"Transylvania County,
"Brevard^ N. C. j
"Gentlemen : i
"I have given much thought to the f
oresent status of my election aa i
county superintendent and have ar
rived at the conclusion that any con- 1
troversy or legal action in regard to (
the matter would cause bitterness i
among certain citizens of our county, (
and I feel ready to sacrifice my own i
wishes so as to prevent any possible (
friction arising among the good peo- ; i
pie of Transylvania co.unty. |i
"I have been advised by able at- . 1
torneys that they consider the law in 1
regard to county superintendents be- '
ing in ray favor. I have also heard 1
of other able attorneys who doubted *
whether the last act, or the first act, '
would govern, and it seems that the t
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Jones Will Continue In Posi
tion as Head of the
Brevard Schools
WILL BE HERE AT END
OF WEEK, IT IS SAID
Long Drawn-Out Contest Ends
After Lengthy Special
Session Tuesday
Prof. J. B. Jones, head of the
schools in Brevard, was selected by
the school board in special meeting
Tuesday to act is county superin
tendent of public instruction, in
addition to his work as superintend
ent of the Brevard schools. Prof. J.
E. Rufty, elected at tjie April meet
ing of the "board to succeed Prof. S.
P. Verner, tendered his resignation
at the session Tuesday, issuing a
statement setting forth his reasons
for resigning.
Prof. Jones is teaching at Cullo
whee Summer School, and will arrive
in Brevard the last of the week,
when it will be known whether or not
he will accept the position. An in
crease in salary is to be decided up
on for the additional work, in event
Pjof. Jones accepts the place, and
friends declare he will accept, al
though reluctantly. In the meantime
Mrs. Walter Whitmire, secretary to
the superintendent, will Be in charge
jf the' affairs of the office, being as
sisted by the chairman of the board,
Mr. J. M. Galloway.
Members of the school board have
ong been wrestling with problems
concerning selection of a superin
;endent. The recent legislature in
:reased the number on the board
'rom three to five members, then, aft
;r Mr. Rufty was selected, one of the
lewly appointed members ' resigned
:rpm the board. Several days later
Ei. E. Erwin was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Mr. Rufty was inducted in
:o office on the first Monday in this t
nonth. Question of his qualifications j
irose in the board meeting, and the t
natter was referred to the state au
;horities. There is a provision in the }
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TO CASH CHECKS |l
AT B. & L. OFFICE!
Directors of the Brevard Building
& Loan association in meeting' last '
Saturday decided to have the. Build- '
ing and Loan further serve the peo- '
pie of the community by cashing 1
checks for the citizens. A supply of j
money is to be kept on hand for this
purpose. A small fee is to be charged, 1
to care for the postage and exchange .
costs in collecting on checks. Of
course, it is pointed out, all checks .
must be properly and adequately en
dorsed by local people known to the ,
officials of the association. '
This announcement will be of in
terest to business people and visitors
who have experienced no end of dif- -
Acuities in getting checks cashed.
Jerry Jerome, secretary of the assoc- ,
iation, will be in charge of this new ; .
service. ,
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BREVARD WOMAN GIVEN ji
HIGH HONORS IN STATE \
Word was received in Brevard
late Wednesday that Mrs. Carl
McCrary had bee?i appointed
state chairman of the Public
Affairs Committee for North
Carolina, in the Business and
Professional Women'p Club. This
is one of the most important
committees of the state organiz
ation, and friends of Mrs. Mc
Crary feel that it is a great
honor worthily bestowed.
NAME FOREMEN ON
COUNTY ROAD WORK
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Organization of the state and i
:ounty highway forces in Transyl
vania county is getting under way,
?nd work is being done on the county
oads in many sections. District En
gineer Howard has announced the
'ollowing appointments in Transyl- s
i-ania county: {
State Section Foreman ? C. H.
jlazener, Rosman. ^
State Section Foreman ? W. Hoi- 1
ingsworth, Pisgah Forest. 1
State Section Foreman ? A. B. '
iachary, Brevard. 1
County Section Foreman ? Fred J
fohmon, Brevard.
County Section Foreman ? L. P.
Wilson.
The state took over all the roads
jn July first, and the fact that men
ire now working in many sections
?ives promise that the roads through 1
rural districts will be given atten-M
tion. . j
STATE FORESTER SPEAKING .
TO ORGANIZED CAMPS HERE 1
Hon. J. S. Holmes, state forester, is 1 <
spending the week in Transylvania j
county, under auspices of the de
partment of conservation and devel
opment, speaking to the organized 1
camps of the county. He is giving il- :
lustrated lectures on forestry and /I
kindred subjects, and the camp of- i
ficials state that the campers derive
muck information from the lectures.
County Gets lax Rate Reduction
'* Of 41.4 Cents on $100 Valuation
I
Raleigh, July 15. ? Property tax
payers in the 100 counties of North
Carplina will receive an average tax
V ^eduction for roads ana schools of
cents on the $100 valuation, or a
iotal of $13,167,849, based on a total
State valuation of $3,975,208,279, ac
cording to figures just made public
by Dr. Fred W. Morrison, of the Tax
Commission, as a result of the ac
tion of the 1931 General Assembly.
These figures show that the tax
reduction provided under the 15 cent
levy for current expenses of school
operation for six months will amount
to an average of 32.5 cents on the
$100, or a total of $9,652,491, while
the net reduction for roads and brfd
the net reduction for roads and
bridges will be an average of 8.5
cents on the $100, or a total, of $3,
515,358. The 15-cent levy for school
operation will amount to $4,462,807,
the compilation shows. The tax levy
for roads and bridges in 1930 totaled
' $5,253,113, in addition to the $2,
. 736,755 in State aid for roads, de
voted largely to debt service of the
counties.
In one county, Clay, the tax rate
will hav6 to be increased 13.2 and
produce $3,185 more than previously,
this being the only county which does
not get a reduction. Thirty counties
get reductions of 50 cents or more,
and in only seven of the counties is
the reduction less than 25 Cents on
$100.
Transylvania county will -get a re
duction of 41.4 cents in rate and
$38,451 in the amount of taxes paid,
on -a valuation of $9,291,955, the
compilation shows.
Transylvania county levied a tax
of 16 cents for roads and bridges in
1930, bringing in $14,867, while the
State aid for roads and bridges
amounted to $17,301, used largely for
debt service. This gives a net loss
to the county for roads and bridges
for this year of $2,434 or 2.6 cents
higher in rate. Taxes for current ex
penses of the six months school were
at the rate of 59 cents, producing
$54,823, while the 15-cent levy pro
vided for this purpose will bring on
ly $13,938, a reduction of $40,885 in
amount and 44 cents in the rate, the
table shows.
Along the Concrete
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PtAte TO. PUT I
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WATER RATES TO BE
MAINTAINED HERE
Mayor and Board Dispose of
Matter at Tuesday
Night's Session <
Decision to keep the new water
rates in effect was reached by the
Tiayor and board of aldermen in,
Monday night's session, it is announc
:d, and Mayor Ramsey expressed
>pinion that the majority of the citi
:ens of Brevard are in agreement
with this action. The ordinance, in
Teasing the water rates to users,
vas adopted by the old board justj
jrior to retirement from office. At
irst there was considerable opposi- 1
ion to the increase, and the new i
joard expressed anxiety to do what
;ver the people of the town wanted
lone about the matter ? either retain
he new higher rates, or revert to old
?a teg, or effect a compromise between
he two rates.
When the public was informed,,
lowever, that the annual interest
:harge on the water bonds amounted
o $11,000, and the annual expense
if upkeep and operation of the plant
ind system required about $3,009?
tnd that the money for payment of
hese two items must come eithet1
rom the water rentals or from tax
in property, there seemed to be a
hange in sentiment in favor of the
ligher water rates. Under the old
ates the rentals amounted about
>5,000 a year, and the balance of the
>147000 annual charges had to be
mid from property tax. Under the
lew rates, the users of water pay
ibout $9,000 a year, leaving a much
mailer balance 'to be paid from prop
irty tax.
It is not believed that the question
vill again be brought up in board
neetings, according to tne decision
?eached Monday night.
SERIES OF BENEFIT
PARTIES ON FRIDAY
Many Valuable Prizes To Be
Given at Each of
Weekly Events
Plans are complete for the -first
of a series of three benefit bridge
parties to be given by the Business
and Professional Women's club, the
first scheduled for this Friday eve- 1
ning and to be held in the Joifies i
Motor company's place. Other part
ies will be given on Friday evening
of next week, and the last on Friday
evening two weeks hence.
An admission of 25 cents is being
charged. This entitles one to play
bridge, partake of refreshments and
a chance at the many very valuable
prizes to be given. Tickets are now
being sold, and will be on sale at the
door Friday evening. ''Those attend
ing are asked to sign names on the
backs of the tickets, and these will
be used in deciding the winners of
|the prizes.
Each one, or group, attending and j
desiring to play bridge are asked to
bring their own cards. Set-back
<gtanet, checkers, and' so on may be
played by all those who do not care
for bridge, but in any event one is re
quested bring their own cards or
checker games. There will be no
prizes for play, and all who attend
have equal chance of winning the
prizes.
On the last evening of the series a
grand prize will be given away, this
being a suit of Biltmore Homespun.
Tickets deposited by attendants at
the first and second parties will also j
be used in the drawing for the grand
prize.
The proceeds from the series of
parties will J>e used in defraying the
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DEMONSTRATION IS
SUCCESSFUL HERE
Meeting with unusual success here
ast Thursday, Mrs. W. G. Stancill,
representing Governor Gardner's
:ommission on unemployment and re
lief ifi North Carolina, demonstrated
:o an interested group the best meth
Dds of canning and preserving. The
demonstration was held in the build
ing on Broad street formerly occu
pied by the Blue Moon Tea Room,
and Mrs. Stancill was given great as
sistance by many local citizens and
business houses. The Southern Pub
lic Utilities company, through J. M.
Gaines, manager, furnished an elec
tric range, while the Houston Furni
ture company furnished chairs for
the occasion. Mrs. Flax Lawrence,
Mrs. Pat Kimzey and Mrs. Marcus
Williams provided many necessary
articles in staging the demonstration.
It is Governor Gardner's belief
that all people should can and pre
serve every particle of food possible
during this summer and fall months,
as this would provide the greatest re
lief next winter of anything that
could be done at this time. Vege
tables, fruits and berries, meats of
all kinds, and every article of food
prepared now for winter use will re
lieve the situation in a marked man
ner when winter comes oh again.
BREVARD KIWANIS CLUB IS
- MAKING BIG RECORD NOW
Brevard Kiwanis club is standing
at the head Of list of clubs in attend
ance records, and the meeting this
Thursday noon will be of great im
portance in the quarter's standing.
It is hoped that every member will
attend this meeting, 'so as to keep the
local club's record up.
EGGS ADVANCE TWO CENTS
ANNOUNCED BY THE B. AND B
B. and B. Feed company announc
ed late Wednesday that eggs had ad
vanced two cents on the dozen, pnd
are in big demand. Market quota
tions came to Brevard after the page
had been printed containing the mar
ket -list.
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CLEMSON OFFERING
UNUSUAL PICTURES
The Clemson theatre is offering
exceptionally good programs this
summer. All pictures are the very
latest releases being shown here of
ten before the larger cities have
them. Among those scheduled for
the remainder of this week and for
next week are: Thursday, Confes
sions of ? a Co-Ed with Phillips
Holmes; Friday, The Night Angel,
starring Frederic March and Nancy
Carroll; Saturday Young Donovon's
Kid with Richard Dix and Jackie
Coogan ; Monday, The Great Lover,
Adolphe Menjou and Irene Dunne;
Tuesday, The She-Wolf, James Hall
and May Robson; Wednesday, Five
and Ten, Marion Davies.
JUNIOR ORDER OFFICIAL IN
BREVARD FOR OFFICIAL WORK
Mr. C. W. Snyder, of Winston
Salem, organizer and field representa
tive of the Junior Order, was in Bre
vard Wednesday in connection with
the great organization which he rep
resents. Mr. Snyder left Wednesday
afternoon for Highlands, where a
district meeting of the Junior Order
is being held today.
BEAUTIFUL PATIENT MAKING
_ MOST RAPID IMPROVEMENT
Dr. Newland's unusual patient, a
little fawn, is rapidly recovering from
injuries that included a broken leg.
The fawn was found three weeks ago
in the forest, victim of some accident
which had caused a broken Iteg and
other injuries. It was brought to
Dr. Newland, who treated it, placed
the broken leg in a cast, took the
?awn to his home where it has had
most careful nursing by Mrs. New
land and her sisters, Misses Bill and
Jennie Aiken. During the first days
the fawn was fed from a bottle, but
now eats most anything that the
family eats, it being treated "as one
I of them." Dr. Newland removed the
least Tuesday, and collected his pro
fessional fee in full, as the beautiful
creature fastened its grateful eyes
;upon him, and in its mute, eloquent
manner thanked the surgeon for sav
ing its life.
JURY SUMMONED TO
TRY CASES GROWING
OUT OF BANK CLOSE
Announced That A11 Jail Cases
Will Also Be Tried at
This Time
COURT TO CONVENE
ON THIRD OF AUGUST
Much Interest Attached to the
Term, Changed from Civil
to a Mixed Docket
A venire of 78 jurors was selected
here Saturday by the Transylvania
county jury commission from which
to select a jury to hear the c^es
against certain defendants growing
out of the closing of the Brevard
i Banking company. The regular Aug
ust term of civil court has been
changed to a mixed term, in order to
hear these cases at this time. The
following names were drawn and the
sheriff ordered to summon same for
jury service:
First Week
J. W. Glazener, Anthony Tran
tham, L. E. Powell, W. H. Hinkle,
D. H. Winchester, A. A. Miller, C.
F. Norton, D. W. Hollingsworth,
Ralph Lyday, G. H. Paxton, W.
C. Fortune, T. J. Wilson, G.
C. McClure, Cole Lee, Ernest
Webb, Branch Tinsley, Jess Breed
love, C. G. Fisher, G. H. Ly
day, D. M. Reid, 0. H. Bryson, C. L.
Green, J. A. Lyday, L. W. Hollings
wcrth, W. C. Morris, Harry Sellers,
Verne Clement, Walter Hinkle, Av
ery Reid, W. S. Lankford, R. L.
Cansler, C. C. Kilpatrick, R. E. .
Mackey, Lee Nicholson, W. C. Hunt,]
Pat Henry, L. E. Bagwell, Clyde
Case, Henry McCall, R. E. Fortesque,
P. H. Galloway, W. M. Brittain, John
S. Patton, C. A. Mull, J. F. Lyday,
J. A. Schachner, H. P. Whitmire, J.!
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MRS.N.B.C.CARRIER
RESISTS PAYMENT
... O N ASSESSMENTS
Appeals from Judgment En
tered by Bank Comirtia
. sion In Assessment
CHARGES FRAUD ON PART
OF THE BANK OFFICIALS
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Asks Return of $15,000 Paid
for Stock and Release from
Any Bank Assessment
Mrs. .Henry N. Carrier, through
her attorney, Mayor Ralph H. Ram
sey, 'has filed in. the clerk of the
court's office in Transylvania county
a- notice of appeal to the Superior
court against the assessment of the
commissioner of bank* for payment
of $10,000 for the 100 shares of stock
which Mrs. Carrier owned in the
Brevard Banking company. The a|>
peal is taken upon grounds and for
reasons set forth in a lengthy pre
sentation of "facts'' as contained in
the document
?. It was in 1928, the appeal papers
state, that the Brevard Banking
company decided to increase' its cap
ital stock- from $100,000 to $125,000;
that the defendant is advised and be
lieves that at that time the Brevard
Banking company was insolvent, and
that such ? insolvency was known to
said directors, or should have beea
known to them,' and that said in
crease in capital stock was not war
ranted or justified; that offering for
sale' and selling stock in the institu
tion at that time was in violation of
the law, and constituted a fraud, and
that "such was known, or should have
been known, to said officials ami di
rectors; that certain of their num
ber, through conniving proceeded i*
reckless and wanton disregard of law
to increase capital stock of said in
solvent bank, and to offer same fcr
v ?
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BAPTISTS TO HELP
SAVE INSTITUTION
The Baptist of Transylvania coun- J
ty will be appealed to by the Rev. j
Paul Hartsell and Brown Carr in be- 1
half of Fruitland Institute for the |
board of trustees of which these men :
hold memberships.
Business conditions over the coun- '
try have reflected themselves in the
finances of the Home Mission Board j
of the Southern Baptist Conference |
to the extent that this board says it j
will not be able to give Fruitland any
financial aid this year. The depres- j
sion has decreased the patronage of |
Fruitland and this has left the board |
of trustees with only two courses to I
take ? either close the school or ap- 1
peal to Baptists and others for an en
larged enrollment and contributions
of cash, farm products, meat, poul- 1
try, eggs, etc. ,
Messrs. Hartsell and Carr will
work out a program for going before
the Baptists of this section and in
taking care of products which it is
hoped that people will generously
donate f<jr the support of Fruitland
Institute, which is in Henderson
county ? where a county-wide cam
paign is now on.
CITY MARKET MOVES IX TO
FRED JOHXSOX BUILDIXG
Information is given that the City
Market, for a long time oper
ating in the McCrary Building, has
moved into the store building for
merly occupied by Fred Johnson's
Grocery store. Mr. Johnson, having
been appointed as road supervisor,
closed out his store, and the City
Market obtained a lease on the build
ing from Mrs. Cordis King.
It is announced that the City
Market will now handle groceries,
fruits and produce, in addition to the
line of fresh meats and sea food.
ROAD WORK TO BE
RUSHED ON NO. 28
" W4th removal ? of the big rnck
crusher by the state highway forces
frtjrrt the Caesar's ihsad?M>jtnva.v tn
Highlands Monday, the mad rush is
on to complete Highway No. 28 fn,m
Highlands, through Cashiers- Valiey
to the Transylvania county line. This
crusher is to bo placed at Point
Lookout, near Whiteside Mountain.
Another crusher has long been at
Cashiers. No. 28 is a government
project, being paid for by the gov
ernment, and must be completed by
September first.
Work on the Caesar's Head high
way, which is No. 284, running from
the South Carolina line through Bre
vard and the Pisgah National Forest,
to Waynesville, began last Fall. a.\d
a force of about one hundred men
have been kept on the job all the
time. First layer of crushed stone
will be completed within a few days,
giving an excellent highway frc?m
Brevard to the state line. Ernest H
Webb has been in charge of this
work.
It is believed that the crusher be
ing moved to Highlands will be
brought back to Brevard upon com
pletion of the work or. No. 2X, when,
it is said, the next job will be start
ed on the Boylston road which, whea
; completed, chops 12 miles off the dis
tance from Brevard to Ashe\ill?'.
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j COUNTY TO HAVE EIGHT
? ' MONTHS' SCHOOL TERM
the school .board, at Tuesday's
i session declared for thi full ciyht
months' school term for thr rn
tire county system of senoois.
There had been some talk of bar
ing only six months, and the ac
tions of the board was sitn/ily to
I set at rest any such, minors, as it
i is said the officials ha r< nevr
J entertained any other plan than
I that of an eight months' term.
Surety Company Called Upon To
Pay $20,000 On Shipman's Bond
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Charging that Thos. H. Shipman,
president of the defunct Brevard
Banking company, had committed
dishonest and fraudulent acts as an
officer of the bank, the North Caro
lina commissioner of banks moved
Saturday to realize $20,000 on sure
ties against loss through unfaithful
performance of duties by officers and
employes.
Judgment in the sum of $21,703.81
is also asked by the commissioner
against Mr. Shipman, and further
demand is made in the complaint
for judgment authorizing ? execution
against the person of the - defendant
Shipman.
It is set forth in'the complaint that
the Fidelity and Deposit company of
Maryland, an indemnity company aun
thorized to do bifeiness in North Car
olina, issued in January, 1930. a i
bond in the sum of $20,000 against
loss to the bank through dishonest ]
acts of officers and employes ; that
due notice of alleged defalcation had
I
been given to said surety, and th?
plaintiff prays for judgment in the
amount of the bond, with interest and
costs added.
' The commissioner of hanks, ?
through W. W. Woodley, liquidating
agent, and Pat Kimzey. attorney for
the liquidating agent, sets forth in
the complaint the. full terms of the
surety contract, together with al- . .
leged acts of Mr. Shipman which, the
complaint alleges, constitutes fraud"
in connection with items aggregating
the sum asked in the complaint, to
wit: $21,703.81.
The Brevard Banking company
closed on December 15, last, being at
that time the oldest bank in point of
continuous operation in Western
North Carolina. Last staten>ent of
the bank before closing show/d more
than a million and ? quartef dollars
in resources. The county had half a
million dollars on deposit, and the
town of Brevard $80,000, when the
bank closed.