[WEBB TO EXPLAIN
5-10 YEAR PLAN TO
V THE BIG GATHERING
Survey of 1931 Farm Product#
of Transylvania To Be
Presented
WILL ASK GOVERNMENT
FOR PART OF BIG FUND
Glazener. Corbin and Mrs. Pat
ton Will Report on Work
Already Done
One of the most important meetings
ever held in Transylvania county is
that scheduled for Saturday after
noon of this week at 2. o'clock when
farmers, farm ladies and business
leaders of the county will gather in
a mass meeting to discuss the "5-10
Year Program of Farm Improve
ment" which is being put over in
practically every county in Western
North Carolina.
Members of the Central Committee,
headed by J. A. Glazener, of the
Brevard High school, as chairman,
J. F. Corbin, of the Rosman High
.school, as vice chairman, and Mrs.
Bates Patton, of Davidson River, as
chairman of the Ladies', Auxiliary,
are completing details for the pro
gram, which will be discussed at the
meeting Saturday afternoon. i
A survey of farm products raised
in the county in 1931, imported food
stuffs and feeds that could be pro
duced at home, and live stock
production, has been made during the
past week under supervision of th<;
ladies auxiliary. This data will have
been compiled by officers- of the
organization by Saturday and the re
sults used as a basis for plans on
which this county can best benefit.
Efforts are being made to have
ready for reporting at this meeting
probable semi-local markets f o r ^
( Continued on page four)
RUSHING PLANS IN ~
BODY PLANT WORKS'
Interested Group In Meeting
Wednesday ? Definite An
nouncement Promised
Plans are being rushed to comple
tion, men interested in the movement
say. for early beginning of opera
tions in the proposed body-building
plant to 'o? established here. It is said
that the mcr. interested in t^e propo
rtion were in session most of the
day Wednesday, and until late Wed
nesday evening, working on plans
soon to be announced for location of
th' plant and its operations. '
Plans call for manufacture on a
large scale of bodies for commercial
trucks and cars. Arrangements have
been tentatively made, it is sard, to
furnish one concern a number of
these 'u dies, the quantity being so
great that many months of activity
in the plant will be guaranteed in
filling this one order.
If is t)'\ieved that the large amount
of timber in this section, with so many
saw mills available for manufactur
ing the exact lumber needed in body
luiil(!in<r, led the promoters to select
this place for establishment of the
plant. Early announcement of actual
plans as may be adopted has been
piv>?: H by those in charsre of the
movement.
m DECISION IN
LOCAL APPEALS
\
No decision was handed down Wed
nesday by the Supreme Court on ap
peals of eight Brevard men as had
been indicated in newspaper dis
patches would be done.
The Asheville Citizen gave infor
mation to The Brevard News at 8:30
Wednesday evening that the Brevard
cases were not included in the decis
ions handed down Wednesday. The
numerous calls made upon The News j
during the afternoon and evening i
gave evidence of the great interest in J
the cases of the Brevard men.
' REV. OWEN NOW PASTOR
j OF ASHEVILLE CHURCH
| Rev. .J. R. Owen, prominent Bap-,
jtist pastor, who has many friends in I
Brevard and Transylvania County i
[?where he was born and reared, recent- I
ily resigned from the pastorate at i
Mars Hill after serving 18 years I
there and accepted the position as :
| pastor of the French Broad Avenue,
'Baptist church in Asheville.
Rev. Mr. Owen is widely known j
'here and wishes to extend to all his j
. friends a cordial welcome to visit
Jhim in his Asheville home.
SUITS ENTERED IN j
! PARK NOTE MATTER
l . .
? Many citizens of Brevard and |
Transylvania county are being sued .
by the State of North Carolina and |
the Great Smoky Mountain Park com- !
mission on balances due on pledges |
made to the commission several years ,
ago when the park project was being '
planned. Notice of such suits are be- 1
?ing served by the sheriff's department
and the cases are to be heard by
Magistrate F. E. Shuford.
"It comes with poor grace for the j
State to be entering suit against j
citizens now," one citizen remarked, i
"when the Governor has just an- j
nounced the inability of the State j
itself to go on with its business or j
,to borrow money."
LUNCH GROUPS M j
! NAMED FOR WEEKs
Mrs. Hinton McLeod, chairman of;
the committee in charge of furnish- j
ing lunches for the forty undernour- '
ished children of the Brevard Gram- j
mar and Elementary school, Wednes- ?
day announced hor schedule for the I
week of FoU first through the fifth
to include:
Monday, Mrs. A. H. Kizer and
Mrs. Willis Brittain; Tuesday, Mrs. |
R. H. Morrow; Wednesday, Mrs.)
Kizer a"d Mrs. Brittain; Thursday <
and Friday, Mrs, R. IJ.. MunWi;,; .j
Mr*. H. E. Erwin, chnirma?'"&f thef ,
Social Servile committee announced I
that the Business and Professional j
Woman's club would provide the
lunches during the week of Feb. 8 j
through 12, at the regular room atj
the Elementary building.
Individuals desiring to aid in this j
work are .urged to communicato with1
Mrs. H. E. Erwin. and arrange aj
date for their services.
Frank 'Woodfin provided the un- !
dernourished children with ten half- i
pints of chocolate milk Thursday of |
last week, whicn was an enjoyable
' addition to the diet of the children. ?
i
Curfew Will Rmg In Brevard for Both1
Youngsters and Elders, Says the Chief j
rings in Brevard",
''had better be at home
Sing to a statement made ,
Police B. H. Freeman, j
under the age* of ?
must be at home when the!
,-u ,^'ii o'clock hour comes, or else they ,
will be arrested. All adults caught;
loitering around after 1 o'clock at
night will '? arrested on the samel
charge.
This ordinance has been in effect'
for some time, Chief Freeman says,'
but that his department has been easy ,
with youngsters who loaf around andi
with the older ones too, for that;
matter, but that with so much petty]
4 thievery being reported, the ordin
noe will be strictly enforced, and he
asking all . parents to . take notice
Lthe following -ordinance in cooper
In with his department:
NOTICE
$ Section 26 of the OT<fln-|
of tb? Town o? Brevard;
fit shall be unlawful for any per-'
son under the age of sixteen years to j
loiter, be or remain on the public j
rtreets of the Town of Brevard after .
the hour of eleven o'clock P.M. and j
it shall be unlawful for ANY person j
to so loiter, be or remain on the said ]
streets after the hour of one o'clock {
A. M.; provided, however, that the j
foregoing section shall not apply to '
a person under the age of sixteen
years who has been sent by a parent,
guardian', or person standing in the
place of parent, for a legitimate
purpose, to go to which place it would
be necessary to travel on the streets
of- Brevard ; and the section shall not
apply to sucji. other person or persons
as may be11 going to sortie place for
a necessary and legimate purpose.
'Any person violating the foregoing
seption shall be ljiable to a penalty of
TEN DOLLARS, and shall., also be
guilty of a misdemeanor."
I The foregoing law will be enforced
I in the future."
B. H. PKBBMAN
" Chie f P?itee ~
OFFICIALS VISIT
PISGAH FOREST TO
SELECT LOCATION
Large Number of Citizens To
Meet Government Officials
Here Today
URGE SELECTION BE
MADE NEAR BREVARD
Fish Hatchery To Be Estab*,
lished and Operated By j
the Government
Messrs, Baumberger and James of |
the Forestry Department, United J
States government, will arrive in:
Brevard some time Thursday morning j
for the purpose of inspecting sites)
in Pisgah National Forest for estate j
lishment of a fish hatchery. Inspec- 1
tion has already been made on the(
Tennessee side of the Great Smoky.
Mountain National Park, and in other
sections, and the coming to Brevard
of the officials gives hope here that J
one of the natural sites on this sidei
of Pisgah Mountain will be found as;
most acceptable by the forestry of-'
ficials.
Interested citizens who would lik?
to meet these government men and
assist leaders here in presenting Bre
vard's claims for one of the hatch
eries are asked to get in communica
tion with Jerry Jerome, president of j
the Brevard Chamber of Commerce,'
at the office of the Building and
Loan association.
Establishment of the hatchery
would mean much to this section, in
addition to the big outlay of monejlj
that would be spent immediately in.
making ready for the plans of op
eration. It would mean that all the
streams of the county would, within
a short time, be completely stocked
with trout, and this would bring hun
dreds of people to Transylvania
county each summer. This county,
having its many miles of clear moun-i
tains streams, would soon become a .
regular fishermen's paradise, should;
the government establish the hatchery j
in the Pisgah National Forest, there-' j
( Continued, mi page four)
EVENING'S FUN FOR
CHARITY FJND IS
TO BE STAGED HERE
Local Talent Enrolled and All
Proceed* To Go to Wel
fare Board's Work
MUSIC, DANCING AND
COMEDY SKETCHES
Then "Miss Transylvania" la
To Be Selected by the
Crowd During Evening
An unusually entertaining perfom
anfce known as "The Transylvania
Frolic" will be held at the Brevard
High School Friday evening, Feb
ruary 5 at 7:45 o'clock, under the
auspices of the County Welfare
Board. All funds received from this
entertainment wil! be used in the
County Welfare work.
Frank Gaither,'who is directing the
preparation for the performance has
announced that the following persons
will render the scheduled numbers
during the evening's program:
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clayton in
"Farmer's Delight."
The popular and well known "Red
Brewington" with his piano and
guitar specialties.
Philip Price and his Pal in Black
Face sketches.
Rosman ladies quartet, composed of
Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. B. Sigmon, Miss
Bonnie Sigmon and Miss Leota Ran
dolph.
Miss Ruth Lewis, (8 years old) in
Song Melodies.
Fisher's String band of Rosman in
Old Time Melodies.
Ruffin Wilkins in "Memories."
Frank Fenwick in "Would that I
Could'', a dancing number.
Cy Perkins in "I did It", a dancing
number.
James Holden in "Beat It", danc
ing.
Mrs. Joe Clavton and her Rag
Doll.
Possible additional attractions in
clude Donald Lee Moore and the
Hendersonville Fireman's band. Other
( Continued on i>oge four)
MANAGER BOBO POSTS NOTICES IHAT THE
PISGAH MILL WILL START NEXT MONDAY
W. C. Bobo, manager of the Pis- 1
fcah Cotton Mills, has posted notices J
about the mill village announcing i
that work will start next Monday '
morning, and is busily engaged now
in lining up the- force of workers to |
begin manning the machines when |
the whistle blows. Mr. Bobo says that
only the day shift will be worked foi1
the first two weeks, but the night
shift will be added not later than
February. 15, after" .which time the
mill will run day and night.
This definite date of the mill's re
opening, and the posting of notices
to this effect, brings joy to the
hearts of many people here, includ
ing the mill workers, the business
men of the town and the community;
in general. With the mill working
full day and night forces, the protP
lems of many citizens here will be
solved, and the entire community
and the entire community business
life will feel the good effects of this
activity. '
Mr. Bobo and his associates have
been working day and night in the
task of clearing the deck for operat
ion of the mill at the earliest possible
moment, and it is now. believed the
industry will run without interrupt
ion for a long time to come.
HOWARD PRAISES .1
SELICA CITIZENS!
"Those folks at Selica really be- j
lieve in building roads,'' declared |
District Engineer Howard early this i
week when telling of the manner in j
which the quarter-mile stretch from !
Highway 28 to the Selica school and
church was put in first class condit
ion Saturday, Jan. 16:
Mr. Howard reports that the
citizens of Selica, .instead of coming j
to him with a long drawn out com- .
plaint about the terrible condition of ]
this particular stretch of road, which
necessitated at times patrons and
teachers of the school leaving their
cars at the overhead bridge . on ac
count of the muddy road, came with
a request that he loan them trucks'
with which to haul the gravel, the
dozen or more men being willing to
do the work. j
Needless to say Mr. Howard grant-;
ed the request, and before the day'
was done, as nice a piece of all-we&th- '
er road, with a good coating of
gravel was ready for the rains to
come and the hails to beat.
Mr. Howard, who has had worlds
of experience with all kinds of roads, '
and road building, is emphatic in his
assertion that this is, in his mind, one !
of the outstanding pieces of commun- ,
ity work that has come to his ,
attention in his career. I
UNION SERVICES j
OF ALL CHURCHES!
i Union services of all the Brevard
.churches will be held on each Fifth
I Sunday evening during the year, the
! first of which will be held at the Bre
jvard Methodist church Sunday eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock with the Rev.
Paul Hartsell. pastor of the Brevard
Baptist church in charge.
The services will rotaU 'roro
church to ehufrch each Union sewioe
night with a vieiting pastor in charge
of tlwKWWfceB. -?
.
ROSMAN CHIEF IS ,
CALLED IN BEATF
Charlie 'Moss, 45, Rosman Chief of
Pulice for the past six years, died at
his- home Saturday, January 23, at
3:30 o'clock a. m. He had been a
resident of Rosmat) for over 15-years.
Mr. Moss was widely known in
Transylvania county through his
services as chief of police and he had
gained the love and respect" of many
people throughout the county.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. J. E. Burt at the Zion
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Interment was made at
the Whitmire Cemetery.
Mr. Moss is suvived by his widow,
three sons, Floyd, Doyle and Harold.
One daughter, Mrs. Glen Hutches of
Bradenton, Fla. Three small grand
children, Martha Hutches, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gk-n Hutchss
Charles Edward and Helen Moss,
children of Mr. and Sirs. Doyle Moss.
One brother, Ernest Moss, of Newton,
Kansas. One sister, Mrs. Arthur
Henderson, of Harviewood, Kansas.
Pallbearers were: Rickmorfd Man
ly, Oscar Barrett, Craig Whitmire,
R. K. Powell, H. G. Stophel and
Charlie Gantt.
TWO BREVARD MEN
ON DUKE HONOR ROLL
Wake Forest, Jan. 27.? The names
'of two Brevard men are listed on the
i honor roll of Wake Forest College
I released today by Registrar Grady
j Patterson. They are Richard Moore
and William Grogan, sons off Mr. and
Mrs. V. C. Moore and Mr. and Mrs.
William Grogan, respectively.
Both men are candidates for the
Bachelor's degree in June. Each is a
?aemb?r oS the Euzelian Literary
"Society. Mr. Grogan belongs to the
varsity inter-collegiate debate_ teams
which lr.st year vos the- championship
in North OflfoKr'P. . -
),
Interest in Gold Mine
Possibilities Is Great
i
HUGE FINA NCE
ACT IS PASSED
With passage in Congress of the
two billion dollar Relief Finance
Corporation act, and the naming of
Charles G. Dawes as chairman of the
I board to handle the fund, business
(has taken a distinct upward turn.
J It is now . believed by leaders |
i throughout the country that recovery ?
) is at hand and marked improvement
is expected to be felt in all lines of ;
business within the next few weeks.
Agriculture comes in for full share
of benefits in the provisions of the ,
gigantic relief fund.
FIFTH SUNDAY SINGING !
TO DRAW LARGE CROWD
The regular Fifth Sunday all-day
singing will be held at the Court
house, Sunday, January 31, President
Orville Simpson, announced Monday.
I The Stamp quartet, world famed
i musicians, will be present to offer (
i several selections. Other quartets
|anil musicians of note'are expected to'
'participate in the program.
The Fifth Sunday singing program !
, has always been a popular feature j
here and larger crowds are present :
1 at each successive program.
iM'JCH praise for 1
| BOARD'S FINE WORK
Many expressions of admiration J
I and gratitude relative to the County 1
i Welfare work which is being conduct-1
led in Transylvania county through'
| the efforts of the County Welfare'
j Board under the able supervision of
' Prof. J. B. Jones, A. H. Kizer and .
: Mies Florence Kern have been made'
i during the past week.
I** Due to the fact that- *11 available
: funds have been expended, no more '
I orders are being made on the grocerj
j stores and the welfare work is con
ifined to the clothing and food mater-;
I ial supplied by generous citizens o?
the county. Miss Kern rqports that j
; the response to the calls for vege
! tables and clothing have been many.
: Nevertheless several items are needed'
; to enable the work to be carried or.
[competently, > eluding: meat, dried
j beans and peas, grits and molasses.
BAPnSTClRCHES 1
| MAKING OFFERINGS
:
j Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor <>f the-i
Brevard. Baptist -church .released' a
statement to The Brevard News or .
i Wednesday relative to the Free Will.
I Offering for State Missions, Sunday,
| Feb. 14, which, is beir^ conducted in j
i North Carolina Bap.tist churches for '
(the purpose of raising J8G.000 in or-..
! (!cr t<> mate payment on bonds to the
rWhitney Bank and Trust Co., ef New
j Orleans. - ' j
j The Transylvania Baptist Assoc ir '
ation, including 23. cjiurches, is ask
ed to pay 8300,' apportioned among'
) the following churches as listed:
! Brevard, S5Q: Blantyre, ?5; Blue;
|Ridgq, $5; Boylston, S10; Cans IIi!l. J
;$lo; Cathcys Creek, S10; Dunn? ,
iRoek, $5; Enori, $20: 'Lake Toxaway. ;
$10; Little River-, $20.
Macedonia, S5; Mi. Moriah; Cher-1
rvfield) $20 : Mt. Moriah, (Calvert)
$20; Oak Grove, $10; Pisgah Forest,
$20; Rocky Hill, S20; Zion, $15; Mid
dle Fork, $10; Union, $5; Carson's
Creek, $5; Turkey Creek, $10; Dunns
Creek, $5. t
i
i :
LEASE OF BOYLSTON
MINE REVIVES TALK
OF THE DAYS OF OLD
State Report Shows Quarter
Million Dollars In Gold
Was Taken Here
FAIRFIELD LAKE COVERS
THE BEST GOLD DEPOSITS
Some Now Working Mica ? :
Mineral Rights Being Pur
chased in County
Activities of the Southern Explor-r
ation company, headed by Allen H.
Wood, of "Johnson City, Tenn., in
leasing and beginping operations of
the Boylston gold mine on the Hen
derson-Transylvania county line, has
created great interest ? throughout
this section. Mr. Wood, who has spent
much time recently on the property,
expressed entire satisfaction with his
prospects in talking to citizens here
this week.
Others are becoming interested in
the revival of gold mining in this
section, and it is reported that
Messrs. Matt Owen, of Oakland, and
Jim Galloway of Glenville, have se
cured mineral rights on a large ?
boundary of land in upper Transyl
vania and Jackson counties. In that
section much gold has been taken in
past years, and the North Carolina
Geological Survey reports that "be
tween two and three hundred thous
(Cantimied. on / mgc fine)
MRS. J. H. WEST WED
TUESDAY EVENING
Body Taken to Reidsville For
Burial ? Wife of Metho
dist Pastor !
? Mrs. J. H. We?t.died Tuesday even
ning, after an iflness of more than
two years.' and whose condition had
been hopeless for several weeks. ? She
was 71 years of age, the wife of Rev.
J. H. West, pastor o:' the Brevard
Methodist church. Her life has been
one of 'large influence for good, as the
companion of her noted husband in all
of his ministerial work, and as the
mothpr of sons whose work in the
ministry and other lines of endeavor
has contributed much to atfvancem ":v
of the state. .The deceased was a ni
tive pf. the Leicester -ection of Biflp- ?
combe county,, coming /rom the prog?- .
inent'fiilleSliie family whose hisvry
is interwoven with the hii-'to'ry o:' the '
county because of the large -part ihat> ?
family- has taken in public affair^
Besides the husband there arc five _
children surviving, as follow-': A: M.
West; cv'Celiant in.Hit&o;?-;
ter B. Westk Meth#dust> miaistcv, A *. Al
bemarle; C. B. West. Belljayeij.;.. -i
Henry West, Greenville, S.' ?!,. "an"
Mrs. W. A. Trot')>r.- :Rerd?vHie.'' Mt;""
Trotter had been with --'htr '?Vnoth?^
here ior some time, ministering- in -
her wants. .
The bo'dy was taken "to Reidsville,
where' Rev. Mr. West served ffour
years' as- pastor of the Methodist'
church prior to coming to ? Brevard ?
three -years ago. Funeral service? ?
will be held at the home of the daugh
ter, Mrs. Trotter, Thursday. Sev
eral friends accompanied members of "
the family of Reidsville. Rev. Dr. J.
H. Barnhardt will conduct ? the Ia*t
rites over the beloved woman.
Stories Told of Mining Operations I
1 1 Carried on Here Before the Civii War
r .
I Since announcement last week in
jThe Brevard News of the resumption
J of operations on the Boylston Gold
Mine, much interest in mining has
been created here, and ?with this re- ;
newed interest residents are recalling
lejronds of ruining and base metals
which are said to have been found ;
here in sufficient quantities in the
"olden days" to take care of the
needs of pioneer settlers.
One of the most interesting of these ,
legends, and one which is given much j
; credence is the possibility of a lead
deposit in this county. j
M. G. (Matthew) Gillespie, famous
for his prowess as a gunsmith in the
days of yore, when there was no such
county as Transylvania, and even
the most visionary had not dreamed
1 of Brevard as a little city in the hills;
operated in the Mills River section
of what iq now Henderson county, a
very i?eftaeary business to the sur
rounding . country at that time ? that
of making rifles.
?The oM Gillespie rifles, many of
wkieh ca ft itflf be found' in Western
North Carolina, were the last word
in perfection as guns were m3de 1n
that day, and their fame spread far.
This old pioneer gunsmith, great
grandfather of Ed. Gillespie of Bre
vard, who recalls the story as told him
by his father, the late H. C. Gilles
pie, manufactured his. guns from the
crude materials foupd in the hills of
this section.
I _ For his iron from which he fash
ioned . the barrels of mechanically
precisjoned rifles, he camp into what
is now Transylvania county, dug his
ore from the earth, packed if back to
his forge in the MiHi River section,
and there by hand hammered or
j "drawed" the ore into ? Ion? strips,
finally placing eight ' of these together
in the approximate shape of the 'bar
rel-to-be of tfoe gun, and with a
process that was all hie own welded
or brazed these eight strips together
as the' rough barrel. On down tlmxigfe
the long drawn out process of hand
'labor this barrel was worked. rifM -. A ?
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