INSTITUTE OPENS
WITH ENROLLMENT
^LARGER THAN EVER
Prof. J. F. Win ton, Super in
tendent, Has Strong Fac
ulty With Him
OPERATED BY WOMEN
OF METHODIST CHURCH
Offers Unusual Opportunities
to Many Young Men and
^ Young Women
Brevard Institute-, sponsored and
operated by the Woman's Missionary
Council of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, opened Wednesday
morning: with an enrollment larger .
than that of last year.
During the summer many import- j
ant improvements have been made in ?
the regular school plans and on the
school buildings. The Boys' Dormi
tory has been re-decorated, floors and
walls re-worked and the grounds im
proved.
The faculty and other employed
staff of the school has been reorgan
ized. There are ten regular teach
ers and nine other staff members for
various duties in the school:
The faculty and working staff is I
composed of : Prof. J. F. Winton, sup- j
erintendent and dean of boys; Miss'
Ruth Spalding, principal of high
school and instructor of Mathematics
and History; Miss Lena Long, Eng
lish; Miss Frances Denton, instruc- j
tor of Spanish and Latin; Miss Leona J
Giles, Science and Physical educa- !
tion; Miss Etta Brown, librarian]
and Mathematics; Miss Rosalie Rip-'
gin, director of the Department of
Household Arts; Miss Lillian Hil
burn, Bible and Religious education, j
Miss Julia Merritt, director of the;
department, of Music; Miss Earleene !
Poindexter, department of Business
and Bookkeeper; Miss Blanche Shep
? perd, assistant bookkeeper; Mrs. Sel
don Bryan, sixth and seventh grades; ;
Mrs. L. E. Brown, dean of girls;
Mrs. Minnie Cochrane, house mother,,
boys' hall; Miss Margaret Garrison,
practical nurse; Mrs. J. L. Saltz, :
dietitian ; A. A. Trantnam, ath
letic director; D. Guy Dean, sup-;
( Cotinued on page four )
BUDGET ADOPTION
SET FOR SATURDAY
___ ;
Postponed From Monday on
Account of That Being
Legal Holiday i
i
The business of setting the 1931 1
tax rate and adopting the budget
was postponed from the regular meet
ing of the County Commissioners on !
Monday to a call meeting this Satur
day. Monday was Labor Day and
there was some question as to the !
legality of taking legal action on a
holiday, reported Mr. A. H. Kizer,
county accountant.
The commissioners have been mak
ing every effort to sell the county's
security for refinancing purposes in
an effort to lower the tax rate as
much as possible. If it becomes
necessary to name a tax rate suffic
ient to care for the full amount of
notes, bonds and interest due and
coming due this year, the tax rate
will assume a high figure.
Since the state sent a sum of money
for the six months school term here,
530,000 less than it cost to operate
them last year, it has caused a great
effect upon the school budget and
has consequently raised the tax rate
for school purposes.
Several economies have been and
are being practiced in the county to
keep the rates down; despite these
efforts it was necessary to place a
rate higher than the fifteen cent
rate provided in the statewide school
measure upon all taxable property
i, for operation of the six months school
Verm. In addition there is the two
rextra months, to make the eight
months school year to be cared for.
Many citizens and taxpayers have
expressed their interest in the 1931
tax rate which will be set Saturday.
IZAAK WALTON CLUB
TO BE FORMED HERE1
\jjeo. A. Torneraasen, National rep
i^^ntative of the Waltonian Council
North Carolina, a state organiza
tion of Izaak Walton Chapters, has
announced to E. R. Galloway, county
Game Warden that he will be in Bre
vard Saturday, Sept. 12, to organize
a local chapter of that organization.
The meeting will be held in the
county court house at 7:30 o'clock^
this Saturday night. All good sports
men who are interested in the de
fense of the woods, waters and wild
life are cordially invited to be pres
ent, and take part in the discussions
and plans for organizing here.
S. B. Coley, president of the Wal
#tonian Council, is confident that a
^ .i membership drive here would be a
great suecess, since the location, nat
ural resources of wild life and the
abundant fishing streams are ideal
rfor such an association in tEis
county.
JOHNSON MEMORIAL
FUND TO BE RAISED
BY STATE BAPTISTS
J r~ ?
j Churches of County Given Ap
portioned Amounts for
Local Association
MONEY TO BE PLACED
ON DEBTS OF CHURCH
J. K. Henderson Appointed to
Organize Work In Tran
sylvania County
At the session of the Transylvania
Baptist association which met with
the Glady Branch church last month
J. M. Page presented the matter of
raising $200,000 as a memorial to
Livingston Johnson, and to be ap- 1
plied in payment on the debt on our |
Baptist Schools. The Association by i
a unanimous vote accepted its quota |
and appointed J. K .Henderson to |
organize the association for the col- 1
lection of this amount. To this end
a meeting of the ministers and Ex- ;
ecutive Committee of the Association
was called to meet in the Brevard
Baptist church Friday, September 4,
at three o'clock. At this meeting the
churches were apportioned the fol
lowing amounts:
Brevard, $75; Blantyre, $25; Blue
Ridge, $15; Boylston, $10; Cars Hill,:
$25; Carson's Creek, $10; Cathey's
Creek, $25; Mt. Moriah, Calvert,
$40; Mt. Moriah, Cherryfield, $40;
Oak Grove, $20; Old Toxaway, $10;;
Pisgah Forest, $30; Rocky Hill, $20.
Dunn's Creek, $10; Dunn's Rock,
$10; East Fork, $5; Enon, $40;
Glady Branch, $25; Lake Toxaway, :
$20; Little River, $25; Macedonia,
$20; Middle Fork, $15; Shoal Creek,
$10; Turkey Creek, $15; Uijion, $5;;
Zion, $25.
We sincerely trust that each ;
church will cheerfully accept its ,
quota, and make an honest and unit- 1
ed effort to collect it.
The Lord loveth a cheerful giver, i
and let us show our love and loyalty '
to Him by gladly making this offer- 1
ing in the name of the Lord, our Sav- ,
iour.
At the meeting in Brevard, Sep- j
tember 4, on motion of E. R. Pendle- !
I
(Continued on page four)
COUCH AND SHUFORD,
WITH JOINES MOTOR!
Take Charge of Sales Depart
ment Next Monday, It
is Announced
A business announcement is made
by the Joines Motor company, Ford
dealer, that will be of tremendous in
terest to people in this and adjoining
counties. W. L. Couch, former coun
ty treasurer and well known in busi
ness circles, and George Shuford, one :
of the most popular automobile sales
men in this section, have taken
charge of the sales department of the
Joines company, the new arrange
ment lo become effective next Mon
day morning. The two men are
among Western North Carolina's |
best known automobile salesmen, hav
ing long been engaged in this line
of endeavor.
The Joines Motor company is rec
ognized as one of this section's
strongest Ford agencies, and the
head of the concern, S. R. Joines is
noted as one of the best business men
in Western North Carolina. He came
to Brevard four years ago, and erect
ed at the corner of Main and Cald
well streets one of the best equipped
and largest business houses to be
found among the Ford agencies. In
addition to this valuable property,
Joines invested in other real estate
holdings here, and is one among the
town's and the county's largest tax
payers. He enjoys an unusually fine
standing in the business world, not
only in Western North Carolina, but
throughout the state.
Mr. Couch lives at Little River, and
for many years was conductor on the
Asheville division of the Southern
Railway company. He is one of the
leading men of the county, and has
won several prizes and other forms of
recognition in his work in the auto
mobile field.
Mr. Shuford is one of the best
known and most highly respected
men of the county, and has won dis
tinction in the automobile business. ,
1 He lives in Brevard, and numbers his
I friends by his acquaintances. Both j
j men are active church workers, Mas
! ons, and members of other fraternal
; orders. Their friends will be pleased
l to learn of this connection being made
! between these two popular men and
; the well established firm of the
; Joines Motor company.
Twin Girls
It will be of interest to this com
; munity to note that there was born
to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fisher of Con
, cord, twin girls, Mary Ida and John
:nie, on Sept. 6.
j Mrs. Fisher will be remembered here
as Miss Marguerite Robertson, music
| instructor in the Brevard City
I schools for several years. During the
'years that she lived here Mrs. Fisfier
made many friends among both the
young and old people of Brevard and
they all wish her happiness in her
new career. /
HAYS SHIPMAN'S DEATH BRINGS*
DEEP SORROW TO COMMUNITY |
Hays Shipman, 18, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Shipman, died in ;
the Wesley Long Hospital, in Greens- j
boro, Monday morning at 3 o'clock :
following an operation for appendi- '
citis which he underwent several 1
days before.
Young Shipman was stricken ill'
suddenly, while in Greensboro with j
his father who has connections there j
with the Zachary Insurance Com-j
pany. He was rushed to the Wesley;
Long hospital for treatment, but all j
efforts were in vain. Complications,
set in and death followed slowly as
the poison spread over his body.
Mr. and Mrs. Shipman were at
the bedside of their son all during his |
illness, also his only sister, Elizabeth.
Several friends from Brevard and'
many relatives visited the young man |
in his sickness.
The young man was one of the
most promising boys in Brevard. He
was graduated from Brevard High;
School in the class of 1930. Duritig '
his senior year in that school, he I
played a very important part in the I
student activities.
Young Mr. Shipman after com- 1
pleting his work at Brevard High]
School, attended Darlington School,
Rome, Ga., for a year. He became
very popular there with the young
men and was especially popular with
the faculty. His plans were to begin ,
college work at Davidson College
this fall.
Funeral services were conducted in
the Brevard Presbyterian church by
Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the
church, Tuesday morning at eleven
o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Alexander was |
assisted by Rev. J. H. West of the j
Brevard Methodist church and Rev.!
Paul Hartsell of the Brevard Bap- i
tist church. |
The pallbearers were chums of ; i
the young man : Dwight Moffitt, Joe
Schachner, Ashe Macfie, Duncan j
MacDougald, Charles Orr Jr., and 1
Langdon English.
The altar of the church was abund- ?
antly and beautifully covered with j
wonderful flowers. The church was l
filled to an overflowing with friends,!]
relatives and neighbors of the de-l
ceased, who had come to pay last !
tribute to one o& the finest young j
lives they had ever known.
Mr. Alexander read a poem that
gripped the entire group with emo
tion that was different from that of
grief. The poem ran in glowing |
lines of the young man's cheerful
and unselfish life and of the precious
reward that was now his.
The funeral services were conclud
ed at the Gillespie cemetery. One of
the largest crowds ever seen at a
funeral in this section of the county
was present.
Young Mr. Shipman will never be
forgotten by h's friends in this coun
ty. The news of his death stunned
them beyond description. He was
such a fine, upright, aleanhearted
boy with a glad hand for everyone.
His was a radiating personality that
won and held for him friends wher
ever he went.
During his last years in High j
School young Shipman was noted in J
both social and athletic circles. He
was cheer leader one year, and plajrpd
several years on the basketball and
baseball teams.
He led in many of the young men's ?
local organizations. For several years
he was a leader in the Boy Scout jJ
work. He loved to participate in;1
good, clean sport and his life has in- !
fluenced many other people to live
cleaner and better lives. ?<
He was a member of the Brevard
Presbyterian church and Sunday ?
School and he attended regularly and :
worked with a vim in them.
He belonged to the Brevard Munic- j 1
ipal Band, playing the cornet.
Several authorities in the school i
and civic life of the young man have ]
said that he was one of the coming ; <
leaders of this state. He worked hard ; '
and meant someday to be a great , i
doctor.
With his passing, one of the!<
greatest careers in medical work was j
taken away. I |
But the family can rest assured i
for his was a clean, wholesome life,!'
leaving a clear record behind andji
the world is much the better for his i <
having passed through. j <
Funeral arrangements by Kilpat- 1 :
rick & Son Funeral Home. ;<
FEEDS HIS STOCK, i
TAKES EN THE CASH
I
GOLDSBORO, Sept. 8 ? Seven or |
eight years ago, Dr. D. J. Rose, a j
practicing physician here, bought a i
farm a few miles from town. "A
friend told me I'd better give it away'
as quickly as possible," says he. Af
ter two or three years of old-style ;
farming, he suspected that the friend
had been right.
But in recent years he has made
the farm pay by making use of it in
a way almost new to this section. He
grows only grain and hay crops and
looks to livestock for his cash income.
Four wage hands with the help of .
some day labor at times, cultivate ]
about -100 acres and look after herds ;
of cattle, sheep and hogs. There are |
no tenants on the place.
"Corn and beans have been quite [
profitable when fed to livestock,"
says Dr. Rose, who now is much !
pleased with his farming and its re- '
turns.
THIS 6-ACRE FARM !
YIELDS $2400 PER i]
!
DURHAM, Sept. 8 ? Five years ?
ago, Luther G. Check, one-time "Gob" i
in the United States Navy and in re- '
cent years a tobacco buyer, moved ' 1
back to the country. He bought six
acres of land on the Chapel Hill i
Road, erected a home thereon and a [
chicken house. He sowed the land j
with rye and bought 1300 baby chicks.
The next fall he had 500 laying hens. <
He has built up his flock to about <
2500 layers. | ?
He does poultry farming only, and I
he states that his income from sales, i1
mostly of eggs, has exceeded operat- , '
ing expenses about $200 dollars a \ 1
month on the average. With the aidj]
of a hired fcoy he does all the work on 1 ;
the place. Eggs are marketed in;
Durham. 1 1
"Probably not more than half the
chicken and eggs consumed in this :
place are produced locally," says Mr. 1
Cheek, who- expects to expand his op- 1
erations further. j1
Cotton Plans for Cotton Planters
Advanced by the Cotton-Conscious
Raleigh, Sept. 9 ? North Carolina
is giving the world notice that no
cotton will be planted on State
owned farms next year, cutting out
entirely the staple in which prison
farms planted 3,600 acres in 1929,
2,600 in 1930, and 1,300 acres this
year, in a statement issued by Gov- 1
ernor Gardner. I
The decision does not mean that
Governor Gardner thinks the State
farmers should cut out cotton grow
ing completely in 1932, but he ex
presses the belief that the State
ought to set an advanced example to
cotton growers in drastic acreage re
duction, so the South's greatest crop
may bring a profit to growers ? some
thing it will not do at present-below
cost prices.
Success of Governor Gardner's
live-at-home program this year gen
jerally and especially at State-owned
farms is given as one important
reason for eliminating cotton. Prison
farms, he points out, this year have
threshed 38,793 bushels of wheat,
24,245 bushels of oats, 4,493 bushels
of rye, and 3,669 bushels of barley,
with prospects of more than 100,000
bushels of corn.
Plans are being worked out, Gov
ernor Gardner said, to exchange ev
jery bushel of the small grains, all
' produced from pure-bred, certified
j seeds, with North Carolina farmers,
, so it will be available for sowing this
fall'. "This wheat is too good for pris
oners to eat. In fact, it is too good
for anybody to eat while it is so
scarce in North Carolina," Governor
Gardner stated.
? Governor Gardner took occasion to
i refer again to the national and in
ternational phase of the cotton situa
tion, which, he contends, can be suc
cessfully met for the partial salva
tion of its growers only by world
wide cooperation of cotton growing
sections. That's what he told Pres
ident Hoover in a telegram calling
I upon him to convene Congress to in- j
jitiate legislation, and, ^v treaties'
with other countries growing cotton, j
to start a solution.
Also, Governor Gardner has "call- !
ed" Governor Boss Sterling, of Tex- !
as, by asking him, as Governor of I
the State growing millions of bales, I
to join in a call for a conference in
Memphis, Tenn., September 14-15, of
Governors, U. S. senators, agricul
tural commissioners and growers of
;the cotton states to consider "no
| body's pet plan," but to work out a
j curtailment and marketing program j
. which might help save the growers j
' this year. But Governor Sterling said .
1 "no" the real reason being that Texas ,
doesn't want to curtail, even though!
' it wants other states to cut produc- t
, tion.
j Senator John W. Hinsdale, luxury
[ tax acfvocate, and Senator Frank L.
,'Dunlap, implacable foe of all sales;
taxes, have and are broadcasting a
cotton plan, calling for non-stock !
. associations in all states, securing j
! 85 per cent of the cotton acreage ;
owners to join, reducing acreage 50 J
iPer cent next year, fixing a penalty,
; for planting more than 50 per cent,
urging utilization of land thus left!
, free for food and feed crops, and sug
gesting like plans for tobacco, wheat
or other farm products. The authors
predict immediate increase in cotton
prices of three or four cents upon
perfection of such associations.
SMALL HOME OWNER
RESPONDS TO PLAN
OF MR. EHRINGHAUS
Would Classify Property for
Taxation Giving Relief to
the "Little Man"
SAYS MANY LETTERS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
Would Require Constitutional
Amendment to Bring About
Much Needed Relief
RALEIGH, Sept. 9? "More of the
letters I have received from the small
farmers and small home owners re
late to my proposal for a Constitu
tional amendment to permit the Leg
islature to classify small farm and
home holdings for taxation at a re
duced rate, unanimously favorable
than to any other division of my an
nounced platform," said J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus, Candidate for Governor,
while in Raleigh last week-end.
"Many proposals have been made to
relieve the small farmer and the
smali home owner from heavy taxes,
but most of them were made in such
a manner that the big farm owner,
the absentee landlord, and the^ big
home owner, or owner of tenement
property, would reap the greater ben
fli'S." said Mr. Ehringhaus.
"The proposals to classify property
for taxation so far have been for the
g ? eater benefits of the holders of
large areas of timber land, either cut
over or with the timber still on it, or
fcr owners of intangibles, the bulk
of which are held by the wealthy
people of the State. While both of
these proposals may finally reach
Jown to the little man, they are pri
mari!-'- proposals for the benefit of the
wealthy," said the gubernatorial
.?andidate.
"My proposal is to bring relief di
rectly and actually to the little man,
n whose name so many of our people
seek relief for the more wealthy cit
izens, a proposal which those who are
"ailing for help for the small farm
er and small home owner will have to
idopt, or admit that they are not sin
cere in their motives," Mr. Ehring
laus said.
Speaking of the small farm and
(Continued on page five)
FOUNTAIN ATTACKS
STATE'S BAD POLICY
Placing Power In Hands of
Boards at Raleigh Is
Condemned
Raleigh, Sept. 9 ? Lieutenant Gov
jrnor R. T. Fountain, announced
candidate for Governor, in an ad
iress before the- tri-state booster or
ianization of railway trainmen and
Iheir ladies in Greensboro last week,
continued his attack upon the trend
:oward centralizing powers and
.lsurping local authority by the
State, paying his respects to the
Brookings Institute report on which
some recent legislation was based.
Referring to the "machine age,'' he
said the machine is not economy, but
extravagance, if it leaves in its wake
unemployment and destroys pur
chasing power. Labor is entitled to
its share of the benefits of labor sav
ing devices, he said.
And the other prospective and ac
tual candidates for Governor have
not been inactive. J. C. B. Ehring
haus, actual candidate, has been and
will be for some time rambling
around in the mountain and piedmont
sections, speaking before civic and
other club gatherings, and, inciden
tally, drawing that winning smile on
hundreds of voters who come within
its radius. He stated in Raleigh that
he had cleared up most of his law
practice and would devote practically
all of his time from now until June
to his campaign.
A. J. Maxwell, too, is running out
occasionally to make a speech, at
family reunions, club meetings and
other gatherings. He usually speaks
on his hobby of taxation.
S. S. Study Course
The Baptist Sunday School is con
ducting a study course for the bene
fit of its officers, teachers and pros
pective teachers during this week.
There are two classes; Prof. J. B.
Joaes is teaching the Baptist Sun
day School Manual and Mayor Ram
zey the Standard Sunday School.
The classes are held each night in
the Sunday School rooms. It is re
ported 'a great interest is being shown
in the work and the officials feel
confident that it will do much for
the progress of the Baptist Sun
day School.
Legal Transfers
Only four legal transfers were re
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds Jess Galloway and Mrs.
Galloway, assistant register, during
the past week. They were:
E. W. Townsend to P. D. Martin.
V. L. Neill and wife to Pat Kim
zey.
U. S. A. to Transylvania Tannine
company.
t
COMMITTEE NEEDS
GREATER RESPONSE
IN ITS RELIEF WORK
Home Economics and Agricul
ture Classes Rendering
Big Service
VEGETABLES AND CANS
NEEDED BY COMMITTEE
Planning Now To Meet De
mand for Relief Work
During Winter
I Alex H. Kizer, chairman of the
I Welfare committee of {fie county,
makes splendid report of the work
being done for the Associated Char
ities, in accumulating supplies to be
used during the winter in relief
.work. It will be recalled that a com
mittee began working on this task
.some three weeks ago, and one fea
ture of the plan was to have an
amount of canning done by the class
es in agriculture in the Rosman and
j Brevard High schools, working in
| co-operation with the classes in (jome
economics in the two High schools.
Prof. Julian Giazener, head of the
'department of vocational agriculture
1 in the Brevard High school, reports
ithat already 800 cans of corn and
beans and vegetables have been can
' ned by the classes in the- Brevard
school, while the committee placed
j several hundred cans at the Rosmar.
school Wednesday, and Prof. Corbin,
( head of the department of agriculture
there, promises will soon be filled and
sealed, ready for distribution during
the coming winter.
So far most of the donations of
com, beans and other vegetables have
come from members of the classes in
agriculture and home economics.
These young men and women have
been most liberal in donating the
necessary foods for canning, and it
is believed that the citizens generally
will soon fall in line and donate
corn, beans and other things for the
purpose of canning. It hardly seems
fair that the boys and girls in the
agriculture and home economics
classes make most of the donations
of the food stuff, and then do the
work of canning their own donations.
Citizens everywhere in the county are
( Continued on page five)
DR. TOM SUMMEY TO
SPEAK AT KIWANIS
Will Also Preside Over Dunn's
Rock Masonic Lodge
Friday Night
Dr. Thos. J. Summey will deliver
an address at the meeting of the Ki
wanis club this Thursday, according
to a statement issued by Frank D.
Clement, chairman of the program
committee. Dr. Summey is a native
'of this county, and practiced his
profession here for many years, leav
ing here three years ago to become
chief surgeon of a laree hosnuai in
New Jersey. He is a cnarter mem
ber of the Brevard Kiwanis club,
and was president of the organiza
tion for one year. He and his wife
are spending a month here with Dr.
Summey's mother. Members of th
club will receive announcement of
Thursday's program with grerv.
pleasure.
! Dr. Summey will attend the regu
lar meeting of Dunn's Rock Masonic
Louge Friday night, and will preside.
He served as Master of Dunn's Rock
two years. It is believed that Mas
ons throughout the county will at
tend Friday night's regular com
munication to once again sit with
their friend, Tom Summey.
HAMLIN NIGHT IS
DECIDED SUCCESS
Asheville, Sept. 9. ? "Hamlin
Night," celebrated here Tuesday
night in honor of Hon. Lewis P.
Hamlin, of Brevard, recently elected
State Vice Councillor of the Junior
Order, was one of the most success
ful events ever staged in Asheville.
The big hall of No. 97, on Pack
Square, was crowded with members
of the Junior Order from five west
ern districts. The meeting had been
called by Hon. J. Marvin Glanct,
district deputy. Second District, who
presided over the sessions. In addi
tion to Mr. Hamlin, there was pres
ent from the State Officers State
Councillor S. F. Nicks, of Roxboro.
i Many speeches were made in ex
pression of gratitude to the delegates
attending the Charfflfcte convention,
when Mr. Hamlin was named as
State Vice Councillor, this being the
first time in the history of the organ
ization that a man of the Western
part of the state has been elected to
: head the group of fifty thousand Jun
iors in the state. All agreed that the
Juniors of the West must buckle
;down to work and make a great
showing when August rolls around
again, to the end that Mr. Hamlin's
.election to the high office will be
fully justified.