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VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 19, 1931 Number 46 INCLUDED IN LIST OF NEW BANK OWNERS Final Details Worked Out and Institution Will Soon Be In Operation NEARLY ALL STOCK IS OWNED BY LOCAL MEN Dick Jennings is Interested ? Other Bankers Have Stock In Local Institution Slight delay in completing plans for opening, of the new bank in Bre- jv vard was experienced the first of the i week, and it may be that formal ' opening will be observed Saturday or Monday next. However, final de tails have been worked out, and ev erything is in readiness now foe op- 1 F ening the institution, to be known as I i: the Transylvania Trust company. It I r is believed, leaders in the movement . s say, that the building formerly occu- |t pied by the Brevard Banking com- i c cany will be the home of the new . v bank. It is recognized as one of the n most completely equipped small town ; bank buildings in the state. jtl List of stockholders in the new . s bank discloses the following names: R. W. Everett, C. R. McNeely, J. S. Silversteen, E. H. Jennings Bros, company of Pittsburgh, A. M. White hurst of Marshall, Judson McCrary, W. W. Croushorn, S. R. Joines, R. E. McCall, F. D. Clement, R. L. Nichol son, H. A. Plummer, H. R. Kelly of ! Hendersonville, J. H. Pickelsimer, C. j P W. Pickelsimer, J. B. Pickelsimer, Brownlow Jackson of Hendersonville, Ira McCall, Dr. Roy Long, J. C. Scruggs, Jerry Jerome, T. P. Ward, Carl McCrary, H. L. Wilson, B. P. Scruggs, T. C. Whitmire, W. W. Brittain. J A. Simpson, W. E. Breese, W. L. Couch, A. H. Houston. All of the above named are Tran- 1 sylvania: county men except Messrs. . r Jennings, Whitehurst, Jackson andij Kelly. The Jennings referred to is the^* company headed ?// Dick. Jennings, , owner of Lake Toxaway. Mr. White- J hurst is president of the bank in , .Marshall. Mr. Kelly is president of | the State Trust at Hendersonville, ; C and Mr. Jackson is United States ; marshal. The new bank will have a capital stock of $'25,000 with $5,000 surplus, i Leading business men here are confi- | dent that establishment of the bank ( R will just about solve local problems, j g and that business will be greatly in- 1 1 creased here. 'ir I w ,la cl CHAPMAN FUNERAL RITES HELD FRIDAY ti Brevard Business Houses Clos-j^ ed During Services ? Flag jt Flies at Half Mast b; jb. All business houses in Brevard were closed from 3 to 4 o'clock last j Friday afternoon, while funeral ser-jR vices were being conducted for the ' Rev. I)r. Chalmers D. Chapman, who died Wednesday morning. The services were held in St. Phil- j f* ip's Episcopal churhch, where the deceased had held the rectorship for 20 years prior to his retirement 15 years ago. Te flag on New York Uni- . versity, where Dr. Chapman gradu- 1 ated in 1869, was at half-mast during i the day, out of respect to the mem- j ory of the Brevard minister. ' The Rt. Rev. Junius M. Horner, i bishop of the diocese of Western North Carolina, was in charge of the ' services, assisted by the Rev. Harry r Perry, present rector of St. Philips; " the Rev. John Seigle, of Charleston, . former rector of the Brevard church, 11 and the Rev. H. Cary-Elwes, rector " of the Episcopal church in Saluda. n From 12 to 2 o'clock the body lay n in state within the chancel of the c , ^Virch. A guard of honor, consisting VJV S. M. Macfie, O. L. Erwin, T. H. ^tiipman, and James F. Barrett, stood by the bier. Pallbearers we're: A. H. Kizer, William Wallace, J. S. Silversteen, j ? F. E. B. Jenkins, W. E. Breese and' Henry N. Carrier. SANTA CLAUS SAYS k HE'S COMING SOON;! l / |e y Hey, Children, Santa Claus says: e "Howdy, Little Folks. I was glad.fc to get your letters that you sent i f through the office of The Brevard t I S*'ws. I shall file these letters, and | f J yTf upon your advice when I come it Awn there to Brevard during the 'c ' ['fitter part of next month. Say, did j you know that ft is just a month J from now until I come to see you, j bless your hearts." And there you are, young people, j If you haven't" sent in your letter to'] The Brevard News to be forwarded js on t. Santa Clans, then there is no|j r^mie to lose. Better mail it in now, j Bift we can send it on to the Old Man. i Just address your letters to Santa Claus, care of The Brevard News, i and it will be sent direct from here to i headquarters. . f * WOJjlEN OF CITY MAY I OPERATE HOSPITAL Need for Institution Is Great ? Will Affect the Tourist Business Here Since closing of the Transylvania I hospital several weeks ago, when j Jr. and Mrs. G. B. Lynch retired I rom active management of the insti- 1 ution, movement has oeen started imong certain ladies of the town to issume control and ope: a the hos tital. While no .definite statement las been made by those interested, it s learned, however, that there is irobability of opening the hospital rithin the next few weeks. Operation of a hospital in Brevard s recognized as being most esstntiai 0 the community welfare. This ap ilies, it is pointed out, to both regu ar citizenship and the summer peo ile. Leaders of the community real se the drawback to the tourist busi- | less that would result should the j eason open with no hospital facili- J ies here. Summer tourists and ampers alike demand operation of a j .?ell regulated hospital in the com- ! mnity. Some people who are interested in he movement have pointed to the uccessf^il operation of the Patton tentorial hospital in Hendersonville, rhich is operated by ladies of that ity. Such an institution here, it is elieved, would prove most success- ' ill. Under these plans, all physicians ? 1 the county would be members of j ie staff, with each enjoying the | ight and privilege of taking their .1 atients to the hospital. j It has "been suggested that county j nd town officials be called upon to i lake donations to the hospital in j ims that would equal the taxes i gainst the property each year, pro- 1 iding plans are adopted for opera- 1 on of the institution by the women ! f the community. j iED CROSS WORK IS j MOST SUCCESSFUL: . ii loes Over the Top With a" Whoop ? More Members j Than Last Year Kev. Harry Perry, chairman of the j eci Cross Roll Call drive which be- ! an here Armistice day, November |' 1, and will close before Thanksgiv- ; ? tg, announced Wednesday that then orkers canvassing the town andj, )unty have already secured more ; ] embers for the Red Cross, than j ere made in the full time given I ( st year. ) Mr. Perry said that the Kiwanis ( lub which lias charge of canvassing | le business section of town is doing , ( ilendid work, with the list of new ^ embers increasing rapidly each day. j ( wo concerns of Brevard are listed jj V the Kiwanis club committee as : ;ing one hundred per cent, that is ' rms employing several people ? j ' ley are: Houston Furniture com-j1 any with seven .members listed, and i ? }e Ministerial Association with four;; lembers. In this latter group also,;1 hould be counted the late Dr. Chap-;1 lan, who had laid aside his dollar j >r this specific purpose. Mr. Perry appointed committee ; hairmen in the three federated clubs j f Brevard and the Wor^n's Bureau | ) lead the drive in th u| ?ctions as follows: Mathatasian Club, Hamld Norwood ; Woman's B' -au. Mrs 0. ,. Erwin; Fortnightlv Olub, Mrs. J. . Nicholson; Wednesday Book Club, Irs. A. H. Harris. These ladies have :;mmenced their drive and are hav ig very successful results. Mr. Perry also appointed chairmen i various sections the c< unty to ? :ad the Red Cross drive. The chair len selected were to chons- a com littee to aid them in the \v< k. These hairmen were: Mrs. C. J. Eldridge and Mrs. Jor an Whitmire were chosen from tosman; Walter McNeel. and Mrs. Itewart Gillespie, Lak. Toxaway; "rank Woodfin, Penros ; .Mrs. E. H. lackey, Little River: .Miss Annie . iash and E. I' McCoy. F'isgah For st; S. P. Verner, Connestee; P. T. Vatson, Cedar Mountain A. H. Ki/.er, chairman of the bounty Welfart l-urd announced Wednesday that the Board planned o complete the Red Cross Drive be- 1 ore any othev measures for relief in | he county are started. It is expect- j d that the Re, I Cross Drive will nd this week. Mr. Kizer said that he j xpected a meeting of the board to' le called Monday night to make j ilans for 'he relief work. At that | ime the othei -hairmen of the Wei are Board will begin to appoint heir commii'ees for work in the ounty. MARSHALL HIGH COMES TO MEET THE INSTITUTE The Brevard Institute Green flashes ? ill moot the Marshall high ichool eleven on the Brevard High ichool field here today at 3:30 o'clock, >aeh Tony Trantham announced Wednesday. Reports have' it that two teams ire evenly matched and that the tilt vill be m interesting and close rame. r CHARLE? P. COLLTSSON * Form editor of the Minne. npolis Tribune and authority on agricultural conditions in the Northwest. As a lecturer and writer he is telling the country how the so-called Minnesota plan increased farm revenue# nearly 9700,000,000 in seve^ ' NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS | AND ALL CORRESPONDENTS | Thanksgiving conies on Thurs- . I day of next week. There will be ' no delivery of mail on that date, 1 so The Brevard News will he is sued Tuesday night instead of ' Wednesday night. This will pee- , cessitate the filing of all copy, either news err advertising, not later than Monday evening. All , county correspondents are urged to get their copy in eith-er Satur day, Sunday or Monday. Those i: having news items will please j get them into the office, or tele phone this office, not later than Monday evening, at 6 o'clock The I paper will go out in Wednes- ; day's mail, being printed Tues day night. Thank you. HIGHWAYOPENED TO LIGHT TRAFFIC NOW j After being closed for nearly one nonth, the Brevard-Greenville high way was opened for light traffic as j far as the North Carolina state line, ; Tuesday, Chief Engineer Howard an- 1 lounced Wednesday The final coat I las been applied and the road is in splendid condition for travel. Heavy rucks with loads are not allowed, to ise the road yet. South Carolina highway authori- ; ;ies announced Tuesday that they .vould have t'.eir stretch from the I state line into Greenville completed ay the Fifth of December. Brevard citizens -have long been looking forward to the day when the ' road would be opened into Greenville, j since it offers very beautiful scenery ! ?nd cuts the distance from Brevard | to the South Carolina city very : much. ASHEVILLE DAILIES SPONSORING FARM PROGRAM FOR WNC Julian Glazener Reports Keen Interest Among Citizens of This County LEADERS OF NORTHWEST SPEAKERS AT MEETING Ten Business Men Have Vol-1 unteered to Take Cars and Attend Meet Launching a campaign in Western North Carolina for better farming methods, marketing plans, stock raising, and general improvement on the farm, The Asheville Citizen Times has called a meeting of all farm agents, home demonstration workers, farmers and business men i and women to meet in Asheville on December 14 and 15. Frederick E. Murphy and Charles E. Colliston, of The Minneapolis Tribune, will be present at the meeting and outline j the work that has been done in the I Northwest The announcement has j created great interest in Transyl- j vania county, and Prof. Julian Glaz- 1 ener, head of the agricultural voca- ] tional class in the Brevard High , School, is planning to co-operate with | the movement to the fullest extent, j Already ten business men in Bre- 1 vard, Mr. Glazener says, have volun- ' teered to take their cars and assist in transporting people of the county i to the Asheville meeting. All farm- j ers of the county who are interested ! in the plans, and would like to at tend the meeting, are invited by Mr. Glazener to list their names, and j ways of transportation will be pro- j vided. Mr. Glazener hopes to have i at least 75 people from this county in I attendance at the meeting. Glascner's Statement Prof. Glazener has issued the fol- 1 lowing statement bearing upon the | purpose of the coming meeting and j the plans to be adopted in the great 1 program for Western North Caro lina: "The biggest farm problems in | Transylvania county are about to be j solved. This statement will be true I if the farmers and business men eo- 1 iperate. Think what it would mean j [or this county. if -every farmer could-) turn all surplus products into cash. , If yoli want a market for your cab- j sage, beans, tomatoes, corn, po- j tatoes, apples and other things, join with us in this movement. United we stand, divided we fall.' "Such a program is about to oe < launched for all Western North Car- 1 jlina. Are you interested in seeing | this county join hands with the other ivestern counties in this progressive [ novement? They will include in i their promotion program the stand ardization of breeds of stock and I poultry as well as field crops and j vegetables; the quality increase of | :-attlo, sheep and hogs; the using of i certified seed of adapted varieties; | the establishment of canneries with | a central sales agency; the selling of; i-arloads of livestock and farm pro ducts as the result of better market- 1 ing system ; the putting on of soil im- 1 I ( Continued on page eight ) THE PRAYER CORNER Dr Chapman's Prayer Corner, i written at Thanksgiving time several years ago, has been xc- j lected for this week's paper as reflecting the thanksgiving of the people of the community for I the life and love of th-c departed | Jriend. It is the purpose of The I Brevard News to start back at the beginning of Dr. Chapman's Prayer Corner articles, and pub lish one each week, so our good friend may continue to talk r?T its and i tray for us the same as he has done for many years. ABOUT THANKSGIVING "Let us come before His Presence with Thanksgiving and make a joy ful noise unto Him'' ? Psalms 95:2. Dr. Van Dyke says, "Please accept the last syllable of this word ? strong and hearty ? Thanksgiving." "Thankfulness is the keynote of the oldest and most national of American festivals ? the only day, 1 | think, that is ? specially sot apart and commended for general observ ance by proclamation of the Presi dent of the United States and the Governors of the several states. "Why has this feast day, which in Plymouth at the close of harvest was first celebrated by the Pilgroms in 1621, kept its hold on the hearts of the people, and spread from New England, westward until its bells now ring from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast?" Ona reason is because most people enjoy a good feast and if they are really honest, they are willing to say so. "Another and deeper reason is be cause sincere gratitude is one of the happiest feelings in the world. "It is most happy when it rises to God for the daily mercies of life, and when we share it with our fellow creatures. "Let us remember that the Pil grims invited their Indian friends to their first Thanksgiving. "Don't forget to put the emphasis in the first syllable ? Thanksgiving."' "We plow the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's Almighty hand. He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, And breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. All good gifts around us Are sent from Heaven above, Then thank the Lord, Oh thank the ?Lord, For all His Love. A PRAYER ABOUT THANKSGIVING Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, from whom eometh every good and perfect gift, we call to re membrance Thy loving kindness and Thy tender mercies, which have been ever of old, and with grateful hearts sending up to Thee, the voice of our thanksgiving, for the life Thou hast given us, and the world in which we live. WE THANK THEE, O GOD, for the order and constancy of nature, for the beauty and bounty cf the world. WE THANK THEE, 0 GOD. for all the comforts and gladness of life; for our homes and all our home blessings; for our friends and all the pure social pleasures of social inter course; for the love, sympathy and good will of men. WE THANK THEE. O GOD, for the gift of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, and a^l the helps and hopes which are ours as His disciples, for the ; presence and inspiration of Thy Holy j Spirit and for all the ministers of truth and grace. I WE THANK THEE. 0. GOB. < ? C. D. C. ' FREDERICK E. MURPHY Publislier of The Minneapolis Tribune, director of the Asso ciated Press and sponsor of the Minnesota Plan which revolu tionized Northwestern agricul ture and IncreajK-d farm reven ues nearly three-i|tiarters of a billion dollars In seven years. LOCAL APPEAL CASES O.V SUPREME COURT DOCKET Raleigh, Nov. 18 ? Two import ant bank cases, those against Wallace Davis, president of the defunct Central Bank and Trust Co., Asheville, and against Thos. H. Shipman, president of the de funct Brevard Banking Co., Bre vard, and others, have been dock- I eted on appeal in the N. C. Su preme Court. ? The Shipman case will be heard three weeks from now, H-'.th appeals from the seven teenth and eighteen judicial dis. ] tricts, and the Davis case will be argued the week following, when the nineteenth district appeals are heard. These arc two of the most important bank cases of the several growing out of the fail ures of about one hundred banks last fall and winter. INTENSE INTEREST ! IN EPISCOPAL MEET Wide interest was shown in the meeting at St. Philips church con ducted by Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, rector of St. Pauls Episcopal church at Winston Salem, which began at the Episcopal church Sunday night and continuing through Wednesday night. The Rev. Mr. Gribbin has beer, discussing The Teaching Commission on the Great Commission at the night services. The services were begun each morning with Holy Communion > at 8:00 o'clock. At four o'clock each j afternoon there was a conference of ; the Women's Auxiliary, Women's Guild, Vestry and other Church workers. The Mission services being held each night at 7:30 o'clock. SUPERIOR COURT TO CONVENE DEC. 7TH Judge Sink To Return ? Here for This Term ? List Jurors Named December term of Superior Court will begin in Brevard on December 7, with Judge Hoyle Sink, presiding. This term will be for the trial of both criminal and civil cases. Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., will be in charge of the prosecution for the state. The first week being devoted to criminal and the second to civil cases. Jury list for the term as selected by L. E. Bagwell, Chairman of the Jury Commission, and E. A. Reid and Dan Merrill, members of the com mission, is as follows: First Week i J. M. Huggins, J. E. Gillespie, A. J. Lee, J. L. Gravely, W. F. Daniels, Cole Lee, C. P. Norton, Henry Mc Call, W. C. Fortune, Homer Orr, J. C. Cash, Avery Reed, C. A. Mull, C. F. Misenheimer, L. E. Powell, J. D. Morgan, W. A. Allison, F. E. Lan dreth, R. A. Gillespie, J. H. Raxter, E. R. Bishop, M. E. Shipman, W. E. Head, Hnrrv Sellers, Clyde Case, Wood S. Minkle, G. H. Woodard. V. C. Batson. D. W. Hollingsworth, V. C. Orr, Madison Allison, W. L. Stophel, H. N. Blake, J. Frank Hayes, W. M. Britton, Walter Hinkle, J. L. Ledbei ter, A. J. Beddingfield, E. 0. Ship man. B. A. Hogsed, Lewis Moore and Walter Blythe. Second Week T. J. Wilson, W. M. Maxwell, An thony Trantham, J. R. Cantrell, A. N. Hinton, R. E. Johnson, Virgil Mc Crary, Solomon Jones, S. W. Rad ford, J. A. Schachner, A. A. Miller, W. C. Morris, Frank Wilson, John S. Patton, D. E. Lyday, R. E. Mac key, W. H. McJKelvey, G. H. Lyday, T. 1). Grimshawe, J. A. Lyday, J B. Huggin-, A. C. Landreth, W. H. Ledbetter, A. J. Hamilton. LICENSE TO WED W. Porter Wilson to Mtsuria S. Banther. L WHITMIRE CHARGES OMRS WITH DEATH OF JESSE MASTERS Now Claims He Served Four Years of Sentence Be cause of Fear TAL AND ARTHUR PETIT ARRESTED BY OFFICERS Crime Was Committed In Aug ust, 1926 ? Whitmire i On Parole Tal Petit and Arthur Petit are in | Transylvania county jail, awaiting ? preliminary hearing, having been im plicated in the murder of Jesse Mas' Iters in August, 1926, by charges [made by Louie Whitmire, recently re leased from the state penitentiary by parole, where he had served four years of a fifteen-year sentence for the murder of Masters. Whitmiro also is in jail. The hearing will be held before Magistrate F. E. Shu ford Saturday afternoon. The Petits and Whitmire live on the Pic~2ns i highway, this county. Whitmire's charges implicating the Petits in the murder were made first | to Deputy Sheriff Tom Wood, it is i said, who arrested Whitmire on Wed nesday of last week on charges of .store-breaking at Rosman. Sheriff iWood brought Whitmire to the coun ty jail, where, it is said, he later made same charges to others that he had made to Deputy Wood, implicat ing the Petits. Whitmire now claims, it is said, that Arthur Petit knocked Masters in the head, later cutting his throat and slashing him elsewhere about the body. It will be recalled that Jesse Mast ers was reported missing from his usual haunts on August fifteenth, 1926. A searching party instituted search for the man, and on Septem ber 2, the body was found lying off the highway, in a badly decomposed state, the vultures having been feed ing upon the body, and the head hav ing been separated from the trunk, lying several feet away. Louie Whit mire and two Petits were arrested by the officers, but at the coroner's hearing the jury released the Petits and ordered Whitmire held for the Superior court, which convened tho following December. Judge Michael Schenck presided at the court which . found Whitmiru guilty of murder in the second de gree, and the defendant was sen tence to serve a term of fifteen years in the penitentiary. Whitmiru did not offer any evidence, nor did hu take the stand. Whitmire married Tal Pi-tit's daughter, who is a cousin r.f Arthur Petit. Whitmire is said to claim that the reason he took the rap and offered no denial of the crime was thai ha feared he would be killed if he told the truth about the tragedy. He is quoted as having said that the Pet its threatened to kill hrni if he *. Id the truth or implicated the Pc'. s. Now, it is said, Whitmire claims that he would prefer death to going back to the penitentiary. Masters was unmarried. Whitmire is married and several children. The case created considerable excitement (Continued <m ixige eight ) jWEST RETURNS TO ~ | BREVARD CHURCH Rev. E. E. Yates Comes to Ros man Circuit ? Green Now at Avery Charge j The Rev. J. H. West, for the past ,two years pastor of the Brevard ; Methodist church, will remain here ,for another year, according to an nouncement read at the closing ses sion of the M. E. Church, South, con ference held at Asiieville last week. The Rev. Mr. was receiving the congratulations and well wishes of his host of friends here the first of the week on his re-appointment to the Brevard church. The Rev. E. E. Yates, for the past year pastor of the Avery charge near Marion, has been assigned to the Ros man circuit, replacing the Rev. J. M. Green, who goes to the Avery charge. The Rosman charge com prises the church at Rosman, Luke Toxaway, East Fork, Connestee. Oak Grove, Piney Grove and Selica, the Horse Shoe church having been plac ed in the new charge to be known as Skyland circuit. FIRE EXTINGUISHED AND AUTOMOBILE IS SAVED I ? ? j D. R. Boyd, employe of the South ern Public Utilities Co. saved an au tomobile from being destroyed by explosion and fire several days ago, i by the use of a fire extinguisher. | It is said that Mr. Boyd was driv I ing the Utility truck when he noticed ?a car parked by the side of the road , with its owner striving desperately ,to kill the fiames in the engine with la rag. He stopped his truck, grabbed the 4re extinguisher which is kept on the truck at all times and 'man aged to stop the fire before it had gained enough headway to cause the gasoline to explode.
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