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VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CARO UNA, NOVEMBER 26, 1931 Number 47
* OPENING OF BANK
? CREATES FEELING
\ OF OPTIMISM HERE
First Day's Deposits Most Sat-!
isfactory Officials De
clared Tuesday
STRONG BOARD SELECTED
BY THE STOCKHOLDERS
Kelly Named President ? Se-.
lection of Pickelsimer, Mc- |
Neely and Silversteen
Brevard's new bank, the Transyl- 1
vania Trust company, opened its
doors for business Tuesday morning, j
and throughout the day people from
all sections of the county and in all
lines of business in the town called
at the bank and made deposits. The
new bank is occupying the building
at the corner of Main and Caldwell
streets which was occupied for so
many years by the Brevard Banking
company. M. B. McDaniel, the
cashier, and S. R. Joines, active vice
ier, Ralph Duckworth, assistant
president, w ere in charge of the j
bank's business during the first day.
The president, H. B. Kelly, was in
the bank during the afternoon, and at
the end of the day's business the of
ficials expressed entire satisfaction
with the first day's business and the
splendid reception accorded the insti
tution by the citizens of the town |
(Continued on page five)
OLD TIMERS TO BE 1
SEEN ON GRIDIRON!
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Charity Game Calls Into Ac- j
tion a Preacher, the Mayor
and Other Celebrities ' j
Determined to give the football j
eleven chosen from the Brevard Insti- |
tute and High Sehool teams, a tough i
tussle in the charity game to be stag- j
ed on the McLean field, Friday, De
cember 4th, the Brevard All-star can- j .
didates have been experiencing a I,
series of very tough drills and prac-j,
tices. | ,
The game is being sponsored by the | <
Chamber of Commerce and several j
members of that organization have j
appeared for service on the All-star )
team. The admission price will be 25 ;
cents, however, the fans are urged to j J
donate any amount above the mini- j
mum which they may feel inclined ,
to give. Ruffin Wilkins, director of |
the All-stars, announced Monday that j
the tickets were being placed on sale
at Long's Drug Store. Macfie's Drug
Store, The Canteen and the Nobby
Shop. Mr. Wilkins also announced
that the tickets were being sold on
the streets by those interested in the
success of the game.
It has been reported that the team j
from the Brevard Institute and High . .
School elevens will be chosen by .
Coach Anthony Trantham and Coach
Ernest Tilson; with Coach Tilson se- ?
lecting boys from the Institute team',
and Coach Trantham selecting stars
from the Blue Devils. j(
A tentative line-up for the all-star (
aggregation would include : Left end, ;
Rev. R. L. Alexander; left tackle, .
Julius Schachner; left guard, Joe Vi- ?
godsky; center, Doby Lance; right !
guard. Pat Kimzey; right tackle, Tom j
Mitchell; right end, Tommie Whit-',
mire; quarterback, Mayor R. H. Ram- !
sey; right half, Joe Clayton; left half, j
Harry Clayton, and full back, Gene ?
,/Bryson. |,
% This line-up might not offer such\
fierce aspect to the Brevard Institute
/High School eleven, but look out for |
the substitutes.
PETITS BOUND OVER
TO COURT IN CASE
OF MASTER'S DEATH
Preliminary Hearing Was Held
in Court of Justice of the
Peace F. E. Shuford
WHITMIRE'S ALLEGATIONS
RE-OPENED MURDER CASE
Served Four Years for Murder
? Now Says He Did Not
Commit the Crime
Tal W. Petit and his nephew, Ar
thur Petit, both of the Rosman sec
tion, were remanded to jail Saturday
afternoon by Justice of the Peace
F. E. Shuford, after a preliminary
hearing growing- out of murder
charges preferred against them by
Louie Whitmire. Specific charge was
that Arthur Petit killed Jesse Mast
ers in August of 1926.
Justice Shuford refused bond to the
two men, stating that he would take
the matter of bond up with Solicitor
J. Will Pless, Jr., at an early date.
Whitmire is also in jail, being ar
rested two weeks ago by Deputy Tom
Wood on a charge of store breaking
and larceny.
Charges were preferred against the
two Petits by Louie Whitmire imme
diately after his arrest on the store
breaking charge, he asserted that Ar
thur Petit struck down Masters on
(Continued cm ?page seven)
CHRISTMAS SEALS GO
ON SALE DECEMBER 1
tThe annual sale of Christ
mas Seals, sponsored by the
Parent - Teacher Associa
tion will begin Tuesday
morning, December 1st, of
ficials of the P. T. A. an
nounced Tuesday. The sale
beginning Monday will con
tinue until Christmas Eve.
It is expected that the booths for
the sale will be located at the Post
Dtt'ice building and in the Transyl
vania Trust Co. building. You are
urged to shop early, buy Christmas j
seals and fight tuberculosis. !
Seventy-five cents from each dol- j
ar's worth of Christmas seals sold )
lore remains in Brevard to be used !
is needed by the Parent-Teacher As- |
?ociation. Heretofore the custom has |
seen to apply the funds on food for i
indernourished childr en in t h e j
schools. j
When you buy Christmas seals for
i-our letters, packages and Christmas
?ifts, you are aiding the National and
Vorth Carolina Tuberculosis Associa
:ion in their great program of "fight
jgainst Tuberculosis." ?
The National Association organized ,
:he annual Christmas seal sale move- 1
rient and they foster it carefully. The j t
irst year's sale brought in $3,000.00 | ^
:o be used in the work and last year ; C
iiore than five million dollars, all used ? d
n the fight against tuberculosis. I L
You are cooperating in the move- ? *
:nent to banish tuberculosis from the | C
;arth when you buy Tuberculosis jc
Christmas Seals.
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DECEMBER COURT TERM
BEGINS ON DECEMBER 7
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December term of Superior court,
which will begin here December 7,u
with Judge Hoyle Sink presiding,]^
will be spent entirely in the trying of j
criminal cases, there being no civil |
cases on the docket as made up. v
Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr. will be in o
charge of the prosecution for the
state.
Hope Expressed That Dam At Lake '
Toxaway Is To Be Rebuilt Soon!
Appearance of E. H. Jennings com
pany's name among the stockholders
of the new bank in Brevard gives rise
to the hope of intention to rebuild
Lake Toxaway and restore it to its
m? -mer place which was recognized as
ybeing one of the most popular sum
mer resorts in Eastern America. For
many months persistent rumors have
been heard that the Jennings, who
own the Lake Toxaway property,
the Fairfield Inn and the Fairfield;
Lake, and thousands of acres of landj
in the beautiful Sapphire country, are
PAPER PUBLISHED ONE DAY
EARLIER FOR THANKSGIVING
The Brevard News is being
? * . printed Tuesday night instead of
L regular Wednesday night runs, in
j order that it may be distributed
Wednesday. .The postoffices will
observe Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day. as a legal holiday, hence the
earlier printing of The Brevard
News.
planning to rebuild the dam and re- 1
establish Lake Toxaway. The dam was |
swept way in the flood of 1916, and l
the hundreds of acres of land that {
formed the lake bed has been dryi<
since that time. Leading citizens of <
this county and of Jackson coun- 1
ty have long been ? urging the 1
owners of the property to re? <
build, for it is recalled that there <
were no dull times in this section p
;wher. Lake Toxway was in its glory. |1
i Solid Pullman trains came from all 1 1
1 sections of America bringing tourists ! ?
I to Toxaway and the beautiful Sap- 11
[phire country as long as Lake Toxa
; way was operated. It is rumored that |
other large property owners in that :
section is to join Mr. Jennings in re
building the dam and restoring the
lake. With Mr. Jennings becoming a
stockholder in the new bank at Bre
vard coupled with the rumors many
of which are well founded, the hope
is now expressed that Transylvania
county's dream will be realized in the i
rebuilding of Lake Toxaway. |
IT CONTRACT FOR 1
DAM AT SAPPHIRE
Word has been received in Brevard |
hat the contract has been let by
Ir. J. T. Lupton, of Sapphire and
Jhattanooga, for construction of a (
am at the mountain estate of the j
/Uptons at Sapphire. It is said that |
[obbs & Peabody, contractors of
Iharlotte, had been awarded the |
ontract. " j
Reports have it that the dam is to:
e 336 feet long and 20 feet high, i
overing many acres of land lying:
outh of the Lupton mansion in the j
eautiful Sapphire country.
The Luptons are Chattanooga |
eople and have been spending their
ummers at their estate at Sapphire
or many years. This estate is one
f the most beautiful in the Sapphire
ountry. Work on the dam will pro
ide employment for a large number
f people.
TO CL0SE5(KBIT |
PROPOSITION SOON
Ml Who Have Not Attended to
Matter Urged to Make
Haste
Well, good people, the response to
;he offer of The Brevard News to
:tear up all back due subscriptions
>nd send the paper a year in advance,
cully paid, for the insignificant sum
>f FIFTY CENTS has worked wond
jrs with our mailing list. But there
must come an end to all things, and
this offer is to be withdrawn for
erood within the next few days. It
MUST be withdrawn, and if you have
not taken advantage of this great of
fer, and you want to pay up all back
due subscriptions, and get a receipt
for a year in advance for ONLY
FIFTY CENTS, then you would do
well to hasten in and take advantage
of the offer before it is too late.
This week, probably, will end this
offer. The office will be kept open
Saturday night for the convenience
of those who cannot get in before thaj
( Continued on voge eight)
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BIG GAME OF THE
YEAR WEDNESDAY
What the Amy is to the Navy!
The Brevard Blue Devils are to the
Hendersonville football eleven! And
they meet for their annual combat
on the Hendersonville gridiron, Wed
nesday afternoon, beginning at 3:00
o'clock. Coach Tilson announced Mon
day.
Tickets for the game will be on sale
at Macfie's Drug Store and Coach
Tilson and Alfred Hampton, manager
of the team, will. have them for sale.
Fans who are'flanning to attend the
game are urged to buv their tickets
here, since the Blue Devils get half
of the receipts for tickets sold in
Brevard.
Support the team by attending the
game at Hendersonville and cheering
for the Blue Devils.
! For the past two years the Blue
Devils have been defeated by the Hen
dersonville eleven and in 1927 the
game ended in a tie. Fans in Bre
vard are predicting a different story
for the game Wednesday.
CORBINElORSES
CITIZEN'S PLANS
Urges County to Respond to
Appeals of Asheville
Daily Papers
( By J. F. Corbin )
I believe we all agree that for a
nation, state, county or community to
prosper and get the most out of life
there must be unity in thought, plans
and actions. If we believe that strong
enough we will act.
I have not in a long time heard of
a better idea than the one proposing
to get Western North Carolina to
cooperate in th? Murphey-Collison
farm program that has meant so
much to other farming communities,
jl am sure it has the possibilities of
{doing much. What it actually does
j depends entirely on the attitude and
actions of you and me and all con
cerned. It means as much to the
'bankers, merchants, lawyers and
1 ( Continued on page eight)
SANTA CLAUS TO BE
IN BREVARD FOR AN
HOUR DECEMBER 3
Tell All the Tots That Santa Is
Coming to See What
They Want
WILL CALL FOR LETTERS
AT THE NEWS OFFICE
School Children to See Old
Santa ? Asheville Papers
Sending Him Over
Santa Claus in all his North
Pole* regalia will in Brevard at
The Brevard News office on
Thursday, December 3, at which
time he will receive personally all
the letters of the children of
Transylvania county. All those
who wish to have direct commun
ication with Saint Nick are in
vited to leave their letters at The
News office not later than Tues
day, evening, Dec. 2
All letters sent to the News of
fice by te children of the county
will be given to Santa Claus
at this office on Wednesday of
next week when he comes to see
great sylvania d
the editor of The News about
plans for Christmas here.
The News has been Santa's
branch office for a number of
years, but this is the first time
that the jolly old gent has paid
us a visit. He is coming here I
from Asheville where he has es
t a b 1 S shed his headquarters
through influence of The Ashe
ville Citizen and The Asheville
Times, Western North Carolinas
two "great daily newspapers.
These two daily papers are send
ind. Santa on over to The Bre
vot4 News office too get the let
ters and messages of te Transy
lvania boys and girls.
Already lots and lots of the
(Continued on page five)
WOODLEY'S WORK IS
ENLARGED BY STATE
W. W. Woodley, Jr., liquidating
agent of the Brevard Banking com- ;
pany, had been given ? promotion by
the State Department of Banking,
and has been placed in charge of the
liquidating work of the First Bank
and Trust company at Henderson
ville, the American Bank and Trust
company, Hendersonville, and the
closed banks at East Flat Rock and
Saluda. These banks have been
placed under Mr. Woodley's direction
in addition to the liquidation of the j
Brevard bank.
It is not known at present whether
Mr. Woodley will be permitted to re
tain headquarters in Brevard, but
many friends of his are asking that
he be allowed to remain here.
REV. W. S. PRICE HOLDING
REVIVAL AT OAK GROVE
Revival services at Oak Grove j
Methodist church in North Brevard
are being conducted each evening at ,
7:30 by the Rev. W. S. Price, Jr..
The services began last week and
much interest , is being shown, a
large attendance being noted at each
service.
Assisting the Rev. Mr. Price in ;
the services are Miss Ruth Cunning- j
; ham as choir leader, and Miss Nina
Burrell as organist.
R. W. EVERETT'S GIFT
TO STATE PLEASES
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Harrelson Accepts Valuable.
Gift With Expressions
of Gratitude
TO BE PLACED IN THE
MUSEUM AT RALEIGH
Gift Includes Mounted Heads
Valued by Experts at
$15,000
Randall Everett, retired mining en
gineer, capitalist and sportsman of
Brevard, who recently announced
that he was presenting his magnifi
cent collection of game trophies to tie
state museum has been highly com
mended by Col. J. W. Harrelson, di
rector of the North Carolina Depart
ment, in a statement recently made
public.
"This is the first large collection
of wild animals' heads to be obtained
by the department," the director as
serted. "It will be exceedingly valu
able in our educational program
which seeks to teach the public a.
greater appreciation of the outdoors
and its denizens.
"The department will use Mr. Ev
erett's collection as a nucleus about
which we hope to assemble specimens
of all of the wild life of the state or
at least those that are more inter
esting and educational. The appeal of
these animal heads will be particu
larly keen to the children of the
state, all of whom we hope will have
an opportunity to see it.
"Some day, the Conservation de
partment hopes to see a complete
museum of natural history in the
state, and the magnanimous gift from
Mr. Everett is a step in this direc
tion. It will help to show how great
ly some of our most valuable re
sources have been neglected and wilt
( Continued on page sixteen)
CUT STILL FOUND
IN THE WATERSHED
Brevard has the best water of any
town in Western North Carolina, so
boosters of the Gem City in the Hills
claim. There are many evidences to
establish this fact, chief among which
was the selection of the City Water
shed as the site for a wildcat still.
Deputy Tom Wood and Chief Bert
Freeman, endeavoring to keep' tf>??
citizens of Brevard supplied wii.li
pure and unebntaminated water, cut
down a makeshift outfit Monday af
ternoon within 150 yards of the main
intake of the Brevard water supply.
Discovering the outfit the officers
lay in wait until the operators, three
in number, approached and mado
ready to start the "home fires" burn
ing under an all-sheetiron 1992 mode)
still. Joy of anticipation of the tfcre<
wouldbe dispensers of fire water wa
cut very short as they were led to
jail. The operators were Kay On .
Charlie Orr and William Norris.
SCHOOLS CLOSE THURSDAY
FOR THANKSGIVING DAYS
Prof. J. B. ?flones, superintendent
of Transylvania county schools and
of the Brevard city schools, an
nounced Monday that all the schools
of the county would be closed Thurs
day and Friday of this week for the
observance of Thanksgiving.
Brevard and Greenville Planning
Barbecue At Big Celebration
I For the past three years that grand I
old man of South Carolina, Col. B. H. '
Peace, owner of The Greenyille News '
and The Greenville Piedmont, and the
editor of The Brevard News have j
been planning for a great get-togeth
er celebration of South Carolina folks
and Transylvania county folks upon
completion of the highway from Bre
vard to Greenville. During the past
several weeks, as this goal has come
nearer, plans have been going for-'
ward between the Greenville Cham- ;
ber of Commerce and the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, looking to the
big celebration which is to mark the |
opening of a great highway between '
Brevard and Greenville. The news- ;
paper of Greenville and The Brevaard I
.News are supporting the Chambers [
of Commerce of the two towns, and 1
final arrangements will be announced !
at an early date of the big event,
which is to cement more closely than
ever before the fine feelings of friend
ly neighborliness thjit has so long
. existed between Transylvania county
and Greenville.
Tentative plans call for a barbecue,
at Caesar's Head. ' This highway
wort has been the one great dream of
Col. Peace for the past several years,
and he and his paper have done yeo
manry service to this section through
his constant agitation for a real high
way between Brevard and Greenville.
President Jerry Jerome and Chair
man Duncan MacDougald of the good
roads committee, will have charge of
the plans from the Brevard end of
the highway, while committees, from
the live Chamber of Commerce of
Greenville will direct South " Caro
lina's part of the program. The
Greenville News, The Greenville Pied
mont and The Brevard News will
sponsor the event.
SANTA'S MAIL BOX BEING
FILLED WITH GOOD LETTERS
'
Little children from every place
in the county are bringing or
mailing their letters to Santa
Clous maH box in front of The
Brevard News, 'i'here is a toy
| Santa Clans mail box in front of
The Brevard News office into
which these Utters are being
placed. Santa Clatis himself wUt
come to The News office oi?
Thursday of next week to get
these letters. Send pours in now.