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?OPENING OF BANK CREATES FEELING OF OPTIMISM HERE {Continued from page oto) and county. The new bank opened with< a cap ital stock, paid in, of $26,000. While the Transylvania Tnut company has leased the building and will occupy the same, it is announced that the bank has sub-let space in the bank to W. W. Woodley, J r, . liquid ating agent for the old bank, and he will continue his work of clearing up the affairs of the old bank in the same building. The new bank, it ia announced, has charge of all. safety ' deposit boxes and the renting of I same. Selection of a board of directors was done with minute care, it is said, and every effort to have on this board men in whom the people had the ut most confidence; men who represent ed all interests of the county and men who were willing to serve the , community. That the selection was ' well is proven by the community's enthusiastic approval as evidenced oy expressions heard on the street. Of particular interest to the citizens generally was the information that the board of directors in electing of ficers placed in nomination for the ( presidency of the bank the name of ( ?f. H. Pickelsimer, and urged him to accept the place. Mr. Pickelsimer, it . is said, declined to serve as president, expressing belief that Mr. Kelly, al ready in the banking business, would be the proper man for the place. It is said that Mr. Kelly was one of the , KTo'up wanting Mr, Pickelsimer Jo ! take the place of president, and ac cepted it himself only when c? vinced that the Brevard man would ' not agree to accept it. Mr. Kelly's long and successful j connection with banking business and j his splendid reputation as a man of ( high honor and great integrity, to gether with his connection with the State Trust company at Henderson- f ville, make him most acceptable to f the people of the community as the 1 head of the new financial institution. J The organization meeting was held t Saturday night, by-laws were adopt- j ed, directors elected and officers . named. It was ordered at that time ' that bank open for business Tuesday ? morning. As soon as announcement ^ was in Sunday morning's Citizen of ( the board of directors and the officers f selected, favorable comments were c heard in almost every group of citi zens who were so intensely interested in the establishment of the bank. e While the entire board Qf directors ^ has met with general approval, some j of the men named were especially ^ pleasing and appealing to the citi zens, it is learned from comments heard. Much favorable comment has been heard of the action of the stock- , holders in naming Messrs. Pickelsim- ^ er, McNeely and Silversteen to the ^ board. It has been occasion for ex pressions of highest confidence in these men by their neighbors, and no action of the stockholders, many ? people assert, could have been so gen erally satisfactory to the majority of j the people as that of naming these * three men to the directorship of the 0 new bank. l' Officers of the bank are: j H. R. Kelly, president; S. R. Joines, ( vice-president; A. M. Whitehurst, vice ?) president; M. B. McDaniel, cashier; > and Ralph Duckworth, assistant ca- ( shier. Mr. Kelly is president of the State Trust company, Hendersonville, f and is considered to be one of the t best informed men in Western North ? Carolina on banking. Mr. Joines is 0 head of the Joines Motor Company in Brevard, and is one of the recog- j nized leading business men of the (j western counties. Mr. Whitehurst is t president of the bank at Marshall, e and has had a most successful career j in banking and in business. Mr. Mc- j Daniel is a native of Rutherford * county, and has had long experience e in the banking business, having been a with the State Trust company' at Hendersonville since the organization J. of that highly successful institution. r M r. Duckworth was with the Brevard c Banking company a great many j years; is a native of this county, and ; one of the most highly respected j young men of the section. 2 In addition to Messrs. Joines and ? Kelly, the board of directors is made , up of the following well-known citi- , zines; J. H. Pickelsimer, H. A. Plum- j mer, C. R. McNeely, J. S. Silversteen, ) A. H. Houston, Otto Alexander, Lewis P. Hamlin, Judson McCrary and j Frank D. Clement. 1 rMr. Pickelsimer is one of the out- I standing men of Western North Car- 1 j olina, having been sheriff of the coun- i J ty, chairman of the board of county 1 commissioners, president of the Cas- : cade Power company, and was, up to 1 the time of the sale of the business i to the Southern Public Utilities Co., ; president of the Brevard Light and i Power company. Mr. Pickelsimer was urged to accept the presidency of the ; new bank, and none was more insist ent in urging him to take the place i than was Mr. Kelly. _He steadfastly refused to accept the presidency, how ever, believing that Mr. Kelly was the better choice to head the new in stitution. Mr. Pickelsimer express ed keen appreciation of the tender of v the presidency by the board of di ) rectors, but declined to serve in that capacity. Mr. Plummer is one of the leading business men of the town, 'having been for many years an outstanding merchant here with the concern that bears his name. He is now a membe* of the board of county fommissioners, and enjoys the full confidence of the entire community. Mr. McNeely is a leading lumber man. merchant and churchman, and , was a member of the board of county i commissioners from 1928 to 1930, acting also in the capacity of county auditor and county accountant. He is recognized as an unusually ' success- , > ful business man, and is especially active in church work. Mr. Silversti-an is probably tb; ?most widely known man in Transyl I vania county, being at tte-hwjfc ?f 'four of the counties largest ifdus ! tries, and having business and fin ancial connection with banking and manufacturing interest throughout Eastern America. He, is head of the Transylvania Tanning kompany, the Toxaway Tanning compwy, the ulou cester Lumber Company and the Kos man Tanning and Extract Company. In addition to these buajnew connec tion's, Mr. Silverateen is head of the Red Cross in the county, and is noted for his philanthropic work. A. H. Houston is engaged in the furniture business in Brevard, and is i recognized as one of the best business men of the county. So.successful has he been in promoting sales and carry ing on business without regard to the times or conditions that the factories making the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet and that making the Roman range, has recited Mr. Houston's success in their trade journals that go all over the United States. It is said that there are but few houses ^Transyl vania county that Houston s ftruck. have not visited. Mr Alexander is clsrk of the bu- 1 perior court in Transylvania county, . and is one of the most popular lead- | ers among the younger business and professional men. He is a native of the county, coming from the famous Horse Pasture river section, and num bers his friends by his acquaintances. He has had extensive business and teaching experience, and is considered a valuable member of the board of jirectors. Mr. Hamlin is one of the leading i awvers of Western Carolina, an 6x- > perienced banker, and a great prater Talist and church worker. He was >lected in Julv to the post of vice ?ouncilor of the Junior Order in \f0rth Carolina, and next year wil lead that group, which has the dis 'notion of being the largest orgaiu -ation of men in the Stat* Mr. Ham-, in is noted as being a good law j ?er ? he is pronounced by all who , enow him to be a good man, and en- 1 joys the fullest confidence of the, >ntire citizenship. Mr. McCrary is in the real estate , business, and bears the distinction S one of the best business men n the community. .He has done much vork in the organization of the new , )ank, having devoted most of fos imo for the P?st several months to ( his one task, declaring at all times ind to every one he met that the hrst . preat need of the immunity was the 'establishment and opening of a ban , iere. His' friends declare that with j ,ut his constant work on the matter, , . he bank would not now be open and | on Theatre, the F. D. Clement jew- 1 , lrv business, and a member of the, lard of aldermen of the town o f, irevard. He is counted among the j iest business men of the community, ^ nd has done much in building Brt . ard during the past several jrears. 'here is no other man in lransyi r aniu county who enjoys a S^atei J onfidence of the p^ple ^o^ent 1 itrher esteem than Frank D. Clement. , Stockholders in the bank, in t*kl. ion to the officers and director, t bove named, are: , Randall W. Everett, E. H. (Dick) | ennings Brothers > company, W. htar.' )?!??? 'rarv H L. Wilson, B. P. Scruggs, - C Whitmire, W. W. Brit ain. J. C V. Simpson. W. E. Breese, and W. L. ? loueh. Brevard has been without banking ! acilities for the past 11 months, since ( he Brevard Banking company was Jo orced to close 25 days after the fall ' f the Central Bank & Trust company ' h t Asheville, and many other banks I 11 Western North Carolina, had gone J own. It is generally conceded that s he local institution would not have g xperienced any difficulty at all had f t not been for the failure pf the | Isheville bank, followed by many . 1 ther failures in nearby towns. Many a fforts have been made to organize | md open a bank here since that time, , I ind on. several occasions it appeared t r o those interested that the happy ! I lay had arrived, but some unforeseen | ibstacle would be encountered, or the t nsidious influence of obstructionists < vould prevail. But the community is ortunate in having a group of citi- t :ens who did not give up at these t tpparent failures, and kept right on vorking after each set-back, with greater determination than ever be- 1 'ore, to provide the community with janking facilities. 1 The merchants have suffered great < osses in business because of there jeing no bartk in Brevard, and the < :ourist business <?: the summer was 1 :remendouly ham'>capped because of :his situation. The men of the town > lave been most generous, however, in ! accommodating the citizens and visi tors. Jerry Jerome, at the Building 1 and Loan office, has cashed checks ? and kept change on hand for the I :onvenience of many hundreds of people. The Pisgah Industrial bank has likewise accommodated the public and R. L. Nicholson, postmaster, has ( extended accommodations at his place. Carl McCrary is another place where , people went regularly for change and to get checks cashed. Many others, in fact, practically every business house in town, went out of the way and to much trouble, for the accom- 1 modation of the public. Opening of the bank has resulted in greatly increased activity in the com munity, and this event coming on the heels of extensive highway work, the re-opening of the big Carr lumber Company's plant, and a gradual in crease in employment on the several Silversteen jobs, it is believed that Transylvania county is entering upon an era of activity which will result in thorough re-establishment of busi ness here. -v THE RIGHT WAY T<STRAVTTL is*by train. The safest, fifost com. fortable. Most reliable. Costs less. Inqnire of Ticket Agents regarding Sre.vf"? reduced fares for short fcrivs SOUTHERN RAILV/Ai' SYcTZ.V SANTA CLAUS TO BE IN BREVARD FOR AN HOUR DECEMBER 3 (Continued from, page one) boys and girls of the county have written their letter* - to- Santa Claus and have felt them at The News office. Many of the young er tots who are unable to write as yet, have had their older brothers and sisters to write their notes to the fine old gentle man who wants to know just ex actly what every child in Tran sylvania wants to make them happy at Christmas time. Santa is an excellent reader of letters, having had years and years of experience, he knows how hard it is for lots of the boys and girls to write perfect, and so he has taken special les sons in child-writing in order that he can read all of the many letters he receives every year from the boys and girls of ev ery country. If you can't?*write so awfully good, do the very best that you can, telling Santa just what you would most like to have for Christmas, and then mail it to The Brevard News, or bring it by the office before Wednes day of next week and this news paper wil lsee that Santa gets it. Santa Claus wrote to Mayor Ralph Ramsey that he was to make his headquarter i n Ashe ville for several days and that he intended to visit Brevard. Santa Claus told the editor of the Brevard News that he would arrive in Brevard Thursday morn ing by an escort. He plans to park his float near the Baptist church. He told the Brevard News to tell all his little friends, the boys and girls of Transyl vania County that he would bring each a stick of candy, if they are I (all good litle boys and girls. Prof. Jones has promised that he will allow all the children to get out of school and go to see | Santa, talk to him and get the candy Santa is to bring. > : Quebec News Items i Rev. J. E. Bert, Messrs. Malcolm ] loss and John Chapman were din- 1 ler guests of Mrs. B. T. Whitmire ! ind family Sunday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jones, i in Nov. 17, a son. Jack Smith was a Brevard visitor I Saturday. ! Messrs. Doc and Richard Whitmire iave returned from the Gi;eat Lakes, lichigan, where they have been rorking. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Miller and amily spent Saturday night with heir daughter, Mrs. S. W. Reid, and amily, at Oakland. Miss Helen Henderson spent Mon lay night as the guest of Miss Ge ieva Paxton, of Calvert. Mr. and Mrs. John Rufty and Mr. ,nd Mrs. Mitchell Neely of Brevard, isited Mrs. B. T. Whitmire and amily Sunday. Edmond Owen, who is working in Jloucester, spent the week-end with lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred )wen. Messrs. Ross Malcolm and John Chapman, young ministers from Try - n, visited our church Sunday. Uncle Alf Cantrell and family iave moved to Botha. The Intermediate girls and the unior Sunday School classes have hown a wonderful spirit in bringing ,'ifts in the form of food to a needy amily as a Thanksgiving offering. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Collins of losman, were dinner guests of Mr. ind Mrs. Homer McCall. Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Fisher and tfr. and Mrs. G. B. Galloway have noved to Uncle Jack Whitmire's >lace. Miss Annie Lyda spent Saturday light with her sister, Mrs. Rosa Hol len, of Rosman. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Whitmire eti ertained many friends this week at heir home with a radio. Miss Willie Fay Fisher of Lake Toxaway, -spent Saturday night with ler cousin, Opal Dodgin. Dr. McLean, of Brevard, and Miss lassie Tinsley called on Mr. and Mrs. 1 W. Henderson last week. Misses Lucile and Mildred Hen lerson visited Miss Reba McCall of l,ake Toxaway Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin Miller of Sapphire, and Mrs. Gene Moore made i business trip to Brevard Monday. Mys. Charlotte Chapman of East Fork, is visiting her mother. mY OUR WANT ADS. We Pay Cash for Chickens, Eggs Potatoes Heavy Hens 14c Light Hens . 11c Nice 2-lb Fryers 14c Roosters 6c Irish Potatoes 50c Fresh Country Eggs . . 25c Yard Eggs 28c Old Corn 50c B. & B. Feed & Seed Company BREVARD, N. C. Priops subject to change any time BREVARD HIGH SCHOOL NEWS JUNIOR GIRLS WANT TO KNOW If Rachel Orr and Ruth Pickel simer wouldn't make a good Mutt and Jeff. If Coach Tilson combs hia hair. If Miss Puette sings French in her sleep. If the members of the Science Department can eat their1 owiucook ing. What the Junior Girls would do without the wit of Rachel Orr. Why Mrs. Kimzey doesn't make pies and pass them around. When Mr. Wike and Miss Puette will sing a duet in Latin and French. | JUNIOR-SENIOR BALL GAME Tuesday afternoon the Junior girls played the Senior girls in a basketball game to an 8-4 victory. Both teams i did splendid work but the game end ed in favor of the Juniors. We expect [ to have many more games in assem bly and woe be unto the team that I comes up against the Junior girls. The line-ups of the teams were as ! follows : Juniors* Senirs , RF I Pickelsimer Sharpe . LF | Scruggs Pearc.e I c : Townsend F. Ponder RG Snelson Johnson ! LG I Owenby Norton CG B. Ponder King Referee, Booth; Scorekeepers, Til son and Macfie. Substitutes: Seniors, McCrary for Sharpe; Juniors, Green for Owenby. SPONSORS ELECTED Though the football season is rap idly drawing to a close, there yet re mains our most invincible foe ? Hen dersonville. Naturally, the game with this team has always been eagerly anticipated by the student body. If one witnesses no other game of the season, he must needs, "walk, ride, slip, slide ? anyway to get there," in order to see this all-important event. As suitable representatives of the school, the students elected, from the Senior girls, Christine Saltz and Elizabeth Case. These girls readily deserve the intestimable honor of representing the Brevard High School. INTERESTING CHAPEL PROGRAM Thursday afternoon in chapel, Mr. Julian Glazener gave an interesting history of the Red Cross. In an un usual manner, he explained the or igin of this organization and told many of the helpful acts wrought by the early leaders. This work is still carried on by present day leaders and we are encouragod by former ex periences to do our part in support ing the Red Cross. j Another feature of the pro was the election of two Senior program ^ ior girls ? r ?as sponsors of the Brevard team at' Hendersonvllle Wednesday. These | two girls, Christine Saltz and Eliza beth Case, will represent Brevard' High at the annual battle between the two teams. ' SENIOR GIRLS ENJOY HOME-ROOM PROGRAM The Senior girls enjoyed one of the most entertaining programs of the semester last Wednesday afternoon. The half hour's program was in charge of Floy Ponder. Popular vo cal selections were given by Margar et Barnette, Winnifred Nicholson, Christine Saltz and Louise Gillespie. "A Faded Summer Love," given as a duet by Louise Gillespie and Mar garet Barnett brought a roof-lifting applause for encore. A short one-act play, versioned by one of the Senior girls, was given in a clever manner, ' the players being Thelma Johnson, ' Doris Lyday and Leslie McGuire. At the conclusion of the play, the 1 girls elected a basketball captain to I represent the Senior girls. It is be ing done in the other classes also. Floy P&nder was unanimously elect ed. ? Helen Galloway. THE BENEFITS I HAVE DERIVED FROM ENGLISH ( Jane Pearce) Among the benefits I have derived from English this year; an increased ability to express myself effectively. Since I first began writing themes, this has been a difficulty which I "nave striven to overcome. With excessive , writing I have found easier to elimin- 1 ite this gross error, and a natural tendency toward correct expression las developed as a satisfactory re sult. My English class has thus far ?reatly enabled me to conquer a fault :hat has harassed me through my sntire scholastic career. As punctuation is necssary for :orrect interpretation of an import int phrase of this division of gram nar has proved very beneficial, rhough I have previously studied all narks of punctuation, a recent review )f the comma has greatly facilitated ny theme-writing. By this superfluity of writing I j lave discovered that practice does i make perfect in actual aeality. Per haps it is tfte thrill of conquest, but, at any rate, composing for this year has been a genuine pleasure for me, even though it has always been diffi cult, heretofore. ' This year's work ha; aroused a keen desire within me to increase and perfect my meagre vocabulary. At beat, words are poor instruments for conveying thoughts so the most accu rate and effective ones should be us ed in all instances. Picture-writing is extremely in structive as well as interesting. This phase of expression has taught me to be a very careful and accurate ob server. Scrutinizing animated char acters has aided me in judging human nature and understanding my fellow beings. Now I realize what actual joy can be obtained from a careful analyzing of human nature. In the months that follow I would gain useful knowledge with a continu ed study of and practice in theme writing. As variety is the spice of life, I would be benefitted by a varied course of study, including, besides writing, punctuation, paragraphing, letter-writing and literature. ? Congratulations to Brevard and Transylvania Co. and Welcome to The TRANSYLVANIA TRUST CO. Now get a hair cut and a shave, and look better, since we have a bank in Brevard. SIMPSON'S BARBER SHOP CONGRATULATIONS TO Brevard and Transylvania County ? ? and a Cordial Welcome to THE TRANSYLVANIA TRUST CO. WE HAVE A WILLARD BATTERY for Your CAR. All Kinds of Auto and Battery Repair K. & M.AUTO REPAIR CONGRATULATIONS TO Brevard and Transylvania County AND A CORDIAL WELCOME TO The Transylvania Trust Co. Patience and perseverance, industry and square dealing, will win in the long run, whether it be an individual, a company or a community. The citizens of our town and county have manifested a fine spirit dur ing the trying times which we believe are now becoming a period of the past. The present and the future of this fine community is assured, judging from the splendid manifestation of our citizenship in meeting the many trying issues of the past two years. THE NEW BANK Will help us in immeasurable manner, but there is much work for each and every one of us to do every day. The Christmas Holidays are just ahead, and all of us should make our Christmas purchases right here at home. We have marked our Christmas Jewelry at prices that will enable one to remember their loved ones with something of proven quality, yet at very low cost. We hope to be permitted to help you select your Christmas presents for those whom you wish to remember. You are cordially invited to inspect our stock and obtain our prices. FRANK D. CLEMENT THE HALLMARK JEWELER ? BREVARD, N. C.
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