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BREVARp, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 22, 1931 N umber 42 VOLUME XXXVI HIGHWAY WORK NOW BEING DONE IN THf COUNTY IS PLEAS1NC ain Arteries and the Countj Roads Being Improved At Most Rapid Rate THIS COUNTY IS TO BE IN ENVIABLE POSITION Peking Federal Aid For Wid ening and Surfacing 284 Through Pisgah || "If Transylvania county's vote ? could decide a National election, Governor 0. Max Gardner could bo J elected president of the United States, king of England, Mahatma of India, or the world's most important citizen," asserted a leading citizen of the Toxaway section one day this week. He was speaking of the work being done on the county roads here, and stated further that this great activity is almost unbelieveable in a county where people had gone so long without any relief in county road building or preparation. District Engineer Howard, in charge of the road work in this and adjoining counties, has great reputa tion as an organizer, and the road work is said to be running as smooth ly as clock work. The biggest job in the county just now is that being done on The Boylston road, where a real plant is being located just be yond Little Mountain. A convict force is being used on this job. A crusher has been placed, and the grading and leveling of the road preparatory to placing the crushed stone is well under way, Next in importance, perhaps, is the project on the Gloucester road, (Continued, o-n page four) 'TOWN TO ENTERTAIN i! DISTRICT MEETING ij FEDERATED CLUBS i r Mr#. Hobgood, State President, , Is To Be In Attendance, and Deliver Address SESSIONS TO BE HELD AT BREVARD INSTITUTE ' Eight Counties In This District ? Mrs. Graybeal, District President, In Charge Brevard's Federated Women's clubs will be hostess next Tuesday to the Annual District meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. The sessions will be held in the auditor ium of Jhe Brevard Institute, begin ning at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. , Mrs. C. W. Graybeal, district pres ident of Old Fort, will preside. Rev. J. H. West, pastor of the Brevard i Methodist church will give the invo cation after which Mrs. J. S. Silver steen will deliver the address of wel jcome to the visiting women and Mrs. , I). F. Giles of Marion will respond. Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, will deliver an ad dress, followed by the address of j Mrs. George E. Marshall, District ; chairman. The morning session will ! include the introduction of new clubs, | i club reports and minutes of last I meeting. ? Alvin Moore, professor of music in j Brevard Schools will render a vocal I solo. i At one o'clock the ladies of the . Methodist church will serve lunch to j all the members and delegates in the 1 I i v (Continued on page four ) ? wm v ? a i h a rn m UMKIU B. Y. P. U. WILL MEET TODAY : There will be a B. Y. P. U. Associ- ! ational conference of a group of western counties, including Transyl vania at the Etowah Baptist church at 4:00 o'clock today, Paul Glazener, president of the Transylvania Assoc iation, announced early this week. ' State B. Y. P. U. leaders will be present and give a variety of inter- j esting speeches and addresses of es pecial value to members of the Bap- , tist Young Peoples Union. Among the state leaders to be present are | State President Coy Muckle, State Secretary James A. Ivey, Regional President Ralph Ramsey, Regional Leader Mrs. L. Roy Young, Junior and Intermediate Secretary Mrs. Winnie Rickett. The outline program as suggested by State Secretary Ivey for the day reads as follows: State officers conference with associational officers at 4 o'clock. Devotional exercises, 7 o'clock. Short talks on the plans of the B. Y. P. U. work for the coming year, from 7:15 until 8:00 o'clock. Conference of leading B. Y. P. U. officers at 8 o'clock. Conference with ser.ior-adult, gen eral officers and leaders, 8:15. Address by State President Muckle to begin at 9 o'clock. i Paul Glazener, president of the Transylvania Association, urges all pastors, general officers, senior and adult president and officers, inter mediate and junior leaders and spon sors to be present at the conference so that they may learn conditions, study the program arrangements for - the current year and be better pre pared to do a greater work in the association than has ever been done before. KIWANIS CLUB TO HEAR DR. BR1XKMAX THURSDAY Dr. G. C .Brinkman will be speaker ai^the Brevard Kiwanis club meeting at the England home. The mj^fng will be held at 12 o'clock, and all members are expected tqjbe "on the job and on time." FOUNTAIN AbAINM SHORT BALLOT PLAN Raleigh, Oct. 21 ? North Carolina's i tax laws should be written and suf- j ficiently flexible so as to respond to . the general economic changes taking | place in the State, Lieutenant Cover- | nor R. T. Fountain said in a radio ! address last week, the third of the j candidates for governor to take the air. He suggested that it might be advisable to submit to the people a constitutional amendment which would permit an income tax rate greater than six per cent, since this appears to be one of the most just j forms of taxation. Renewing his attack on the short ; ballot, Mr. Fountain explained that by short ballot is meant that the j people elect the Governor and that he j name all other officials and servants i of the State. He maintained that | this is too much power to be placed , in the hands of one man. Mr. Foun tain said he favors the quadriennial j revaluation of property for taxation. ! and reiterated his statement that he I thinks the six months school term j should be supported entirely by taxes other than on land. "I do not favor any kind of sales j tax, but it' one is necessary, I prefer ; the so-called luxury tax in the place ; of the gross sales tax," he stated. NEW CONCERN TO BUY UP ITS OWN ENDORSED PAPER "Chessay, Inc.," name of a recently 1 incorporated concern announced in ? the press last week, has occasioned i much comment, and inquiry has I brought forth full information about ! the new company. It is an organiza tion composed of former officers and j directors of the Brevard Banking i company who signed several notes in j obtaining money in an effort, it is i said, to keep the bank open. Collater al notes held in the bank were put up Jwith these personally endorsed notes [of the directors, it is explained, and | formation of th" new organization is to handle the matter of clearing up Uhese personally endorsed obligations. Ladies Not to Attend Masonic Home Coming on Account of Lack of Room I - .. n Plans have been altered somewhat ^ in the Masonic home-coming event to * bi held this Friday afternoon and evening by Dunn's Rock Masonic , fc?bdg?. in that tho entertainment of the Eastern Star and women in Masonic homes has been' postponed to a later date. It develops that more I than one hundred and fifty members of the Masonic lodge will be in at- 1 tendance, and on account of limited quarters at the hall it would be im possible to entertain the women at tKe celebration. It is planned now to set another date for entertainment of the Eastern Star and women of Masonic sjwl delegation of more than thirty m*n are expected from West Ashe ville lodge. The Degree team of that lodge, considered to be one of the bfst teams in the state, will confer the Master's . Degree at the evening session Friday. Several members of the lodge at Marshall are coming, and Mr. Frisbeo, oJ? that lodge will be on the program at the afternoon session with a most highly entertaining fea ture. Practically every member of Dunn's Rock lodge is planning to at tend. The afternoon session will be gin at 3 o'clock, dinner will be served at C o'clock, and the work in the AT aster's Degree will start at 7 o'clock. Much regret is expressed because of the lack of room for entertaining he Indies at the afternoon session and at the dinner. It is known, how ever, that these ladies understand the situation, being familiar with the hall and its limited capacity. S. F. Allison and C. 0. Robinson are planning the dinner. Jerry Jerome, chairman of |th? committee on arrangements, re ports everything in readiness for the (event. Good Friends Sending In Subs, to The Brevard News During Past Week Honor Roll for this week: Mr. Lindsey SanderB, Lake Tox^ way. Mr. Riley Johnson, Lake Toxaway. Mr. Tom Garren, Sellca. To these three men belong special mention for the large number of sub scribers sent in to The Brevard News, during the past week on our Special i FIFTY .CENTS offer. While a large i number of our good friends brought ! in one or two subscribers each, the , three above named men brought them , in by the fist full. It must be remembered, too, that all these subscribers were brought in to us by our friends simply as a friendly and neighborly act, they voluntarily helping The Brevard News to that extent. To all of our old subscribers who have renewed, and to the large num ber of new subscribers, The Brevard News pledges a continuation of its very best efforts for the progress, peace and happiness of the people of this county. We do thank you, one and all, for everv word and deed of yours that you have so _cheerfully given in assisting us in making The Brevard News a real Home news- ' paper for the people in the Home. We must close this Special Fifty Cents offer within the next few days. Tell your friends that they can getl The Brevard News until next Oc tober the first for only FIFTY I CENTS. If thejj owe anything on I back subscription, this Fifty Cents | wipes out all past indebtedness, and | pays up until next October. In order to accomodate those who i come into town late on Saturday, the ji office will be kept open this coming , I Saturday night until 10 o'clock. Bring I1 or send in your Fifty Cents and get ] 1 a receipt to October first, 1932. SCHOOL BUDGETS MAY BE INCREASED ?* I May Range from 5 to 50 Per Cent Above the State Standards Set 1 Raleigh, Oct. 21 ? Increase of school budgets above the State standard may range from 5 to 50 per cent, based largely on numbers of teachers, in a schedule adopted last week by the State Board of Equalization. Eight of the larger charter dis tricts, Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, High Point, Raleigh, Wil mington and Winston-Salem, are per mitted to increase their budgets 50 per cent over the State standard, con tigent on agreement of the school boards and taxing authorities; seven others, Rock Mount, Gastonia, Salis bury, Leaksville and Wilson, may in crease their budgets from local taxes 3 1-3 per cent; 23 others, which list includes Shelby, Reidsville, Lexing ton, Roanoke Rapids, Thomasville, Hamlet, Morganton and Mount Airy, may add 20 per cent. The remaining 60 special charter districts in the State may add 15 per cent. Among these are Rockinghom, ; K ihyg"'S Mountain, Hendersonville, Lumberton, Scotland Neck, Southern | Pines, Beaufort, Red Springs, Aber deen, Madison, Elkin and Vass- Lake view. County system rural schools, which participate in the tax reduction fund for the extended term, arc limited to 1 increase 5 per cent, while those not participating in the tax reduction fund may increase their budgets 10 per cent." However, those rural sys tem schools which have more thnan '.0 teachers will be considered, for this purpose, as charter schools, taking their places in the proper four groups of charter schools, based on numbers of teachers. In the rural schools the salaries of agricultural and h o m e economics teachers, when paid jointly by the district and the State, are not includ ed as supplemental. In the charter districts, General Control, which in cludes salary and office expenses of the superintendent, is not included in the supplement. The Board of Equalization adopted this percentage increase schedule to fit all districts, so it would not be necessary to take up individual bud gets of the 98 charter schools, and 946 taxing district schools, with re sulting chances of inequalities. BREVMDELEVEN to MEET CHRIST SCHOOL Smarting under a recent defeat from Sylva the Blue Devils worked out for a series of hard drills, during the week in preparation for the tus sle with the Christ School Greenies 'Friday. The battle will be waged on ' the local grid, beginning promptly | at 8:30 o'clock. Small admission of 10-25 cents will be charged for the I expenses of the football team in the 'high school and for Christ Schools j transportation. Alfred Hampton, manager of the ' team, urges all fans to attend tho I 'rame and support the teams with ! ttheir remunerative cooperation a3 | well as their vocal assistance. issWhMreto ! BROADCAST FRIDAY Miss Jessie Elizabeth Whitmire 'will give a radio program Friday j night October 23 at 8 o'clock from Gastonia. N. C. Miss Whitmire will be assisted by Mrs. Madge O. Wilk ins, ai companist, and Mr. George Simpson, tenor. The trio will be en Stcrtained while in Gastonia by friends of Miss Whitmire, Mr. and jMrs. Neal Hawkins. I Frierjds of these Transylvania mu sicians who have heard them render musical numbers on various occasions will be delighted to learn of their fur ther success. Tr.no in on the station at Gastonia Friday night and hear soim> rr \ ?music frcr.i Transylvania musicians. < DR. HARDIN ATTENDS i ! DISTRICT MEETING ; | | Predicts Dental Clinic In This j County During the Com- i ing Year Dr. Carl Hardin, Dental member . ! of the County Board of Health, at- { tended the First District Dental Con-1' vention, held at Lenoir on the 15th ! and 16th of October. i* Dr. Branch, Dental Offiter of the i State Board of Health, was one of jj I the principal speakers. Since this is ; i the first year that Dental members ? j have been included on the County s | Health Boards, Dr. Branch spoke on i the duties and special tasks of the dental officers. He explained that it i is the aim of .the State Health Board I i to conduct Dental clinics in every ' j school in the state. ? Dr. Hardin announced Tuesday I that the local Health Board was very I sorry that it had become impossible j to obtain a clinic for the Transylvania i Schools this year. Several clinics of ? 'this nature have been held in the i i i county in past years. They were 'I found distinctly valuable to the health IS and comfort of the school students. |j Many ailments are found to be di- ,t rectly due to bad and uncared foric j teeth. The clinics treat the child's ! teeth in every needed manner, clean i I them thoroughly, and the officers ] 5 'urge and encourage the students to | c 'clean their teeth properly and regu-jl larly. * It has been found by State Dental 1 authorities that the best plan for car- % ing for the teeth, includes several | steps: Clean your teeth at least twice ? daily, using a good tooth paste or P powder. Rub with an up and down ; movement instead of the customary i ' backward and forward stroke. It is 1 advisable to consult a dentist, at least !c twice a year. Fully 90',; of the children examined i in state schools have been found to ; j have decayed and dirty teeth. jt This figure leaves a very low per- ? ] centage of sound teeth among the ; c children. Proper care and knowledge . \ of how to administer proper care are |, important facts which are revealed, J during the dental clinics. : 1 It is expected that a clinic will be;' held for the Transylvania schools by I the next school year. < ROSMAN FAIR NOT TOj BE STAGED THIS YEAR ! i If The following statement was given : j to The News late Wednesday after- ' i jnoon by Prof. John F. Corbin, Agri- N cultural instructor of Rosman High j School relative to postponement ofi< the Rosman Community Fair: I "We are very sorry to state that . i we will not have a fair in the Ros- j 1 man community this year. Several ' things conflicted so much that it,< seems impossible to have one ? some,; of the conflicting causes were: the i trip to St. Louis; lack of the use of j 1 the school buses; and the shortage of i funds. "However, we are determined to have one big and good enough next year to make up for both years. Let's start now getting ready to have a real fair next year." ] The Rodman Community Fair held in 1930 was an outstanding event in the cov.nty, and did credit to Prof, j Corbin and his boys and to the Ros- : imun community at large. BANKER IS FOUND NOT GUILTY IN WAKE TRIAL; I ? Raleigh, Oct. 21 ? W. E. Drake. president o f the defunct Raleigh Banking & Trust Co., was found not J guilty by a Chatham county jury ir Wake Superior Court last week of j receiving deposits knowing the banl . to be insolvent, more than a year ago ; ' II is best defense was that he and, ? ] members of his family and employees of the bank made dcpi'=:ts oi the day the hank closed, following n run. He knd an able battery of lawyers. ' including U. S. Senator J. W. Bailey, wIjo closed for the defense with a [.speech of more thin two hcui3_ Vc 1 the jury. * 756 VACCINATED AT TYPHOID CJINIC IN COUNTS THIS WEEK Authorities Weli Pleased With Response Made By Citi zens of the County SUCCESSIVE TREATMENTS TO BE GIVEN IN FUTURL Three Treatments Guarantee ! Against Typhoid During Period of 3 Years According to Dr. C. L. Newland. County Health Officer in charge of the vaccination program of the coun- 1 ty, 756 persons were given the ty phoid treatment at Rosman and Pis sjah Forest on Thursday and Friday of the Past week. Thursday 26r persons from Pisgah Forest receiver the vaccination and on Friday 488 persons of Rosman were treated. The typhoid treatment requires three doses of the serum and the per sons who took the first dose last week will receive the second today and tomorrow and the third on the regular days next week. For the bene fit of citizens who did not hear of ;h:s free treatment or were in ons Vi.y or another prevented from at ;er,ding the first clinic, a fourth wcel Iks been arranged and persons whn ;ake the treatment today at Pisgah 1 Arrest and tomorrow at Rosman will! >c able to have the advantages of ! ,he complete vaccination, Dr. New- j and said early this week. The treatments were and will be jiven at the Pisgah Forest school) rhursday, October 15, 22, 29 and rhursday, Nov. 5; at the Rosman. ichool Friday, October 16, 23, 30 and , ( Continued on page five) FARM AGENT IS NEED OF THE COUNTY SAYS PROMINENT CITIZEN M. O. McCal! Points Out the Wa3ie of Time and Money to the Farmers CITES WORK DONE BY AGENTS IN OTHER STATES Outlines Services of an Agent, and the Big Need of Such Services In Transylvania "Transylvania county farmers need a farm agent more than anything else," asserted Mr. M. 0. MeCall, farmer and business man, upon re turn from a trip to South Carolina markets the other day. "Here I and other farmers have been driving from town to town, loaded down with pro duce, and hunting for a market like a group of half-blind people search ing for a needle in a haystack. If we had a farm agent who could keep in constant touch with the towns and cities, and know just where to send the farmer with his load of produce, real money could be saved, to say nothing of the time lost in going from post to pillar trying to find a buyer." Mr. McCall told of meeting farm agents in South Carolina towns and cities who made it easy for the far mers and truckers in their respective counties to market their produce. He brought back many letters from the files of these farm agents, showing, just how the agent kept ^track of the markets, and directed tne farmers and truckers to a ready market, where the best prfces prevailed for whatever kind of produce the far ( Continued on page five) WETHODIST PAY-UP PERIOD IS PLANNED ! "Pay .Up Week" will be observed 1 it the Brevard Methodist church dur ng the week beginning next Sunday November 25, and continuing through Sunday, November 1. During this >eriod supporters and members or he church are expected to take care if the financial problems now con ronting the institution. ? At a meeting of the Board of stewards held Monday evening at the hurch, statement was made by the inance committee that although here was a large sum of money to be ! ?aised before Annual Conference vhich convenes in Asheville on N'ov. l1, that with the full cooperation of ivery member this financial barrier vould be crossed, allowing the pastor, he Rev. J. H. West, to go before the :onference with a report of which 10th he and friends of the Brevard 'hurch would be proud. Letters are being mailed this week >y the board to all members and lupporters of the church setting 'orth in detail the financial stress of he church. It was the expressed be ief of the board that with the prop ortion put squarely up to the mem >ership that the loyalty heretofore svidenced by the congregation would >e shown and that the deficit would >e wiped out during the coming 'Pay Up Week." GOVERNMENT CANNOT | RELIEVE THE SITUATION "If we can get our farmers to pro luce sufficient food and feedstuffs for louse requirements, the problem c ;otton and tobacco acreage will sol v. tself,'' Tyre Taylor, executive coun sel, told the Durham Kiwanis club ast w%ek in an address in which ho ,'oiced objection to the "wholly vicious :endency to turn to the government for relief from all economic and s." nal ills." "What we need in North Carolina Is intellectuil honesty ? a willingne? :o face the facts ? and a final recog nition that we must, in a spirit of :ooperative individualism, work out sur-own economic salvation. A law is not going to help anything. We have too many laws now," he said. PROF. GLAZENER IN APOLOGY TO FRIENDS ? Prof. J. A. Giazener announced Tuesday that due to a very gross oversight, several worthy parties who aided very much toward the succe.se of the Sylvan Valley Fair held here three weeks ago had not been given just credit for their efforts. Jerry Jerome placed the fair of cials deeply in debt to his services by mingling among the citizens of Brevard and collecting o%-er ?25.(>0 for the fair expenses. Mayor Ramsey and Winston Ash worth are due credit in their efforts toward cleaning and arranging the grounds for the cattle, sheep and horse exhibits of the fair. Hale Siniard and J. S. Bromfield were kind enough to furnish trucks to haul the necessary lumber from Hie Carr Lumber Co. Mr. Giazener said that if there were others who contributed to the fair's success, he wished to extend io them through this column his doc-,) appreciation for their services. For his failure to thank them was merely an oversight, caused by the hubbub of fair plans and was not done in tentionally. GARDNER TELLS GROUP PART THIS STATE PLAYED Raleigh, Oct. 21 ? Governor Gard ner, in Yorktown, Ya., for the Sesqui centennial Celebration of the Corn wallis surrender, didn't fail to re count North Carolina's part in the movement toward freedom in speak ing for this State Friday. The Dec laration of Independence \va? the first of a drama which unfolded itself until it came to the climax, the Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, he said. "For," said Governor Gardner, "in dicative of popular revolts the Boston, Edenton and Wilmington tea parties were; solemn and significant as the Mecklenburg Declaration, the Halifax Resolves and the Philadelphia Dec laration of Independence were neither picturesque nor decisive." But, after Kings Mountain and Guilford Court House, came Yorktown and victory, he said. District Meeting of the Business and Professional Women to be Held Nov. 7 Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, chair man of District No. 1, Business and Professional Women's clubs, an nounces tentative program for the district meeting which is to be held in Asheville on November 7, after noon and evening. The sessions will be held in the Woman's club build ing. Miss Nettie Brogdcn, state pres ident, will deliver ari address on ".A Vision for Service," which is expectad to be one of the most important fea tures of the meeting. Miss Lona tilidewell, past provi dent, will preside at the afternoon session, and lead a round table dis cussion on the Fubect "The Techni que of Contacting Prospective Mem bers." A banquet will be -given at H o'clock and Miss Sybl Wilson, of Canton, will act as toastmistre** Miss Genevieve Rutherford, of the Ashaville club, will de'i ? t'" .v? dl'n:-? of Wt:> Oil..-, - Robertson, president of the Brevard club is scheduled to respond to the welcome address. | Miss Jane Truex, will bring greet ings from the Hendersonville club to the district gathering, while Mrs. Flax Lnwrence will speak for the Brevard club. 'JUNIOR ORDER TO HOLD DISTRICT MEETING FRIDAY The Junior Order United Ameri can Mechanics will convene for a District meeting with Canton council No. 142 on this Friday at 2:00 p.m. State Councilor Rev. S. F. Nicks, 'State Vice Councilor Lewis P. Ham lin and other state officers are to speak. J. Marvin Glance, Deputy of Junior Order District Two announced recently. A delegation from Brevard W 1 Fl UltvuJ.