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THE BREVARD NEWS ?fis? _ . ; ? VOLUME XXXVII BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 4, 1932 Number 6 FISH HATCHERY MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN NATKfflAL FOREST | It Is Known That Government Officials Impressed With ! Grogan's Creek Waters LARGE GROUP MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES HERE County Officials and Other Groups Working for Selec tion of Pisgah Forest From unofficial sources comes the! information that the United States j government will establish a fish hatchery on Grogan's Creek, in the ? Pisgah National Forest. It is known ' that Assistant Director James, of the Bureau of Fisheries, who has been inspecting proposed sites is most favorably impressed with the Grogan Creek location. Mr. James was in! Brevard last Thursday morning, when many leading citizens here met him and Forester Baumberger and accompanied them on the trip of in- i spection through the national forest ( lands. Mr. Baumberger has been conducting experiments for the gov ernment for a long time, and is fa-i miliar with all sections both in th? Smoky Mountain range and in the Pisgah Forest section. ' President Jerry Jerome, of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, with many active members of that organ ization, has beeri doing great work in promoting this section for selection j by the government. The board of county commissioners Monday added much weight to this section's claims by adopting a resolution urging the government to select the site in the. ( Continued on page four) < WARRAGING IN FAR j EAST; POWERS ACTi M Japan Pushing Its Way Into Heart of Chinese City ? World Alarmed Warfare rages in China, as the ' Japanese bombard China's principal i cities, and descriptions of fleeing" Chinese are vividly portrayed each j day in the daily papers. Japan today rejected the fifth provision in the i identic American and British ndtes : designated to restore peace in China. < The provision called for settlement 1 of all outstanding controversies in China in the spirit of the Kellog pact outlawing war, and such a settlement would have meant loss of Japanese gains in Manchuria. Japan indicated, that she .had no desire to give up - Manchuria and was prepared to fight j; for more territory, while China on i the other hand, accepted the peace ! proposals. " f , Hard fighting broke out in embattl- 1 ed Shanghai with Japanese and Chinese heavy artillery on two fronts dropping shells an dshvapnel in the International settlement. During the early hours of the fight, Admiral Montgomery Taylor, United States, commander for thej American Defense forces arrived aboard the cruiser Houston to assume command. United States Consul-General Ed win S. Cunningham said that the Japanese informed him that they would take the forts before Thurs day. The U. S. S. Cruiser Houston] passed Woosung during the heavy ; fighting. Nine destroyers from Ma-; nilla are expected to arrive on the ' scene today. The American transport with 1,000 men of the 31st infantry' regiment are en route from the Phil- j lipines. ( CITY REWARDS GOOD FAITH OF CITIZENS BY EXTENDING TIME i ? Not To Sell Property Now for Street Tax on Which Interest Had Been. Paid for 1930 CITIZENS NOT TO BLAME FOR FINANCIAL TROUBLE Will Proceed To Sell All ProR erty on Which Interest Not Paid Up to Nov. 1, 1930 Debating for more then two hours, | pro and con on the matter of collect- ; . ion of past due street assessments, the board of aldermen In regular < monthly session Monday night, finally adopted a resolution in keeping with the order passed one month ago, < which embodies the selling for past ! i due principal and interest on payment 1 1 of street assessments all that proper- j i ty on which at least one payment of . < the principal has not been made and 1 1 interest up to Nov. 1, 1930. I Order had been made at a prior i meeting of the board that all pro- i perty on which one payment and 1 interest to Nov. 1, 1931, not paid i would be advertised and sold. This : order, after, prolonged discussion by j the council was /nodifled to read to 1 this effect: All property to be ad- 1 vertised and sold for the full amount ' < of the paving assessments .on which 'i the interest has not been paid to Nov. j < 1, 1920 and one payment on principal. :i Argument was made by members : < of the council, that conditions over i which the average taxpayer had ab- i solutely no control was responsible in ^ a large sense of the slow collections ^ of this account, and that, in view of [ i the fact that had conditions been j s normal the average property owner j t would have, and in most cases has, 1 i made substantial payments on indi- j t vidual assessment and interest there- j j ( Continued on hack page) TAM BOWIE MEETS f MANY FRIENDS HERE ' 5 Hon. Tam C. Bowie, Democracy's . 5 leading candidate for nomination for , j governor, was in Brevard Wednesday!] meeting his friends here and "re- ' ^ reiving encouraging reports," as he j ^ stated it when asked as to his re- , r ;eption here. Mr. Bowie is making an L'special appeal to the farmers and land-owners, as his campaign is be- 8 ing made on the platform of taking c taxes off land and placing it on more'J lucrative properties. Mr. Bowie has many friends in this.[ county, and these were gathered .j about him throughout his stay in j Brevard. OWEN ORDERED TO I: PAY HALL'S CLAIMS;: Industrial Commissioners Wilson I . and Allen who listened to the com- \ pensation cases- here several months J ago have handed down their opinions I of the cases which they tried in Western North Carolina. Finding that Herbert Hall, Lake Toxaway_, was employed by J. Colie ? Owen, Lake Toxaway, and not by the Gloucester Lumber company, of Ros man, Industrial Commissioner T. A. Allen has written an opinion award- j ing Hall $15.12 a week for six and | 4-7 weeks, payable in a lump i^m by f J. Colie Owen, who is also directed 1 ' to pay all necessary medical, surgical 1 and hospital costs as a result of an j accident January 15, 1931. D. A. R. to Have Charge of Program ij To Be Presented on February 22 1 i George W ashington's b i r thday, , Monday, February 22, will be fea-| tured here by a program sponsored and _given by the Daughters of the The program county court 1 o'clock in the ! number of the stud- j Srevard schools are ex- i t present. The public is ' cordiairjwinviflfd to attend this pro-j gram and join in the celebration. ; The purpose of the afternoon's] program is to dedicate a hemlock tree which has already hfipn planted on the court house lawn, to the mem ory of George Washington. This work being done by the Daughters of the American Revolution under the sug gestions of the George Washington Bi-Centennial commission. All merchants o t the town are jurged to decorate their store win " " ' js in patriotic colors and in every, cooperate with the celebration Washington's birthday. February 16, the Wed pk club will sponsor a tree at which time the ttbe club with the assist 3oy and Gir] Scouts, wiU plant a cherry tree on the Brevard 1 High school grounds in memory of . George Washington. This program ? was also arranged by the Bi-Centen nial commission. The cherry tree was ? donated by Mrs. H. N. Carrier. The . program will be Teld Friday, Feb. j 16, contrary to the former announce- ; ment which suggested another date, ? and will begin promptly at 4:30 | o'clock following the regular meeting . of the Wednesday club. The public is , invited to be present. Other organizations planning pro grams to be held during the year l in memory of our first president, George Washington, include: the Mathatasian club, Fortnightly club, and Woman's Bureau; however, they have not perfected their plans at this time. '*51 The George Washington Bi-Centen jnial commission is urging towns and organizations throughout the nation to conduct these celebrations during I the entire year of 1932 which is the two hundredth birthday anniversary .of George Washington. Programs will be held here on all the principle hol idays of the year in memory of this (great man, if tentative plans are fuV ! filled. MANY CITIZENS SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY ON ICOUNTY'S GOLD MINES ?TT I f II "Uncle'' Joe Orr, Recalling Days of 1875, Tells of Pay Dirt, Running as High as $80 a Ton ? Others Speak Interestingly I cf Various Veins and Promising Deposits ? Official of South- ' ern Exploration Company Makes Statement on Activities. j "Gold!"' This magic word, on the tips of many tongues since the Sou thern Exploration company -an nounced beginning of activities at' the aid Boylston mine on tha Henderson- j Transylvania county line, has brought to light heretofore hidden collections af rock and stone, which the owners declare cohtain gold and other valu able compositions. These specimens lome from all sections of the three , :ounties of Henderson, Transylvapia j and Jackson. "Uncle" Joe Orr, of Pisgah For jst, whd, with Mr. Pat Henry and a nan named Barnett, now deceased, ; lewed the timbers 'and sunk the first 1 shaft for the Boylston gold mine in 1875, tells most interesting stories J ibout the early days of mining in :his section. Mr. Orr became superin :endent on the job, and says he work- . ;d with the assayers, and had wit lessed many a ton of ore dirt pro luce $80 for the owners of the mine, ilthough their equipment was of ?rudest sort. He is emphatic in his issertfons that modern mining and nilling processes will produce great vealth from the Boylston properties vhich, he declares, are not by any neans the best in this section. He lays there are other deposits where he yellow substance called gold will ?un much higher, on the average, han the Boylston properties will i 'ield. icOUT WEEK TO BE , LAUNCHED SUNDAY Rev. Paul Hartsell will launch Jcout Week for tho local Boy Scouts, sunday evening, February 7. at the Jrevard Baptist church when he de ivers a sermon especially prepared ? or boys. All the churches of Bre- ' ?ard are invited to attend this eve-i ling program. Scout Week begins Sunday, Febru-i iry 7, and continues through Satur- j lay. February 15, with fitting pro trams during the week. The Scout roop of Brevard under the supervis- j on of .Scoutmaster J. A. Miller have! >een preparing a window in Plum- , ner's Department store to portray i ;ome of the Scout work which has j >een done during the past year. The Boy Scouts will wear their of icial uniforms each day of the week tnd attend the church services in a >ody. Plans are being forwarded for the ' Boy Scouts to close the week's pro- ; crams with a hike on Saturday. PERFECTING PLANS ! FOR BUYING BONDS: rown Bonds May Be Pur-, chased at 60 Cents on the Dollar R. S. Dickson & Co., investment j brokers, has announced that plans are i>eing made by that concern for the aeople of Brevard to participate in a movement of buying up town of Bre- j ^ard bonds at CO cents on the dollar, with these bonds to be accepted by, :he town in payment of street paving ; assessments at 100 cents on the dol- j lar. The plan as outlined would en- j ible the town to retire its past due j bonds, and at the same time, it is pointed out, the tax payers could re- ' tire their street paving assessments ' at a saving of 40 cents on the dollar. I Following is a statement issued by ' the R. S. Dickson & Company, which I represents many bond holders: "Mr. Herman P. Hamilton, district j manager of Western North Carolina i for R. S. Dickson & Company, Char-] lotte, N. C., was in Brevard one day j last week working on a plan whereby | the city is to take in its past due bonds at par in payment of street assessments owed it. The property owners of the community will be al lowed to participate in the purchase of these boud3 at 60 cents on the dol- j lar; in other words, they will save 40 percent on their street assessments! by joining in this plan. The money of j those who owe only a small street I assessment, will be pooled by R. S. Dickson & Company and the bonds purchased, thereby affording them the same service as those whose as sessments amount to $1,000 or more. "This is an excellent idea. It will save money for the individual and at the same time help the city to retire bonda that cannot otherwise be re tired at this thus strengthen ing its financial position. "It is tared that jn so far as pos ajMe*~Ae -uBzens will corporate' it letting? across the plan as outlined." Mr. Orr declares that the Boylston [ vein runs east and west, and is sep- 1 arate and distinct from the vein that j run northeast and southwest, the 1 southern portion of which is in the j rich Fairfield section in the beautiful ? Sapphire country! The aged citizen, ' with the late Solomon Jones, traced the Boylston vein across the Sylvan Valley, into the Little River Valley,! thence to See-Off Mountain in the 1 Caesar's Head Section. It was on this j line, Mr. Orr points out, that the sil- ? ver mine on the Shuford property in j Little River was discovered, and 1 worked so profitably in the latter part ! of the last century. Mr. Orr contends i that the other vein runs through the j Pisgah Forest section, with its best 1 deposits near the Pink Beds. He re- i lates in interesting way the manner ' in which the Indians smelted this ore and obtained the lead for molding ' their rifle bullets. He declares that he knows of great deposits where wealth awaits application of modern methods of taking these riches from the bowels of the earth. "Tell them to see me, or Mr. Fait Turner at Gloucester, and we can show them!" declared the aged man, as he lifted a flour sack to his knees | and began taking therefrom speci- ! mens of rock that glittered and glis tened and sparkled in the sunlight, (Coiitiuued on back ptiye) COTTON MILL BEGAN : WORK ON MONDAY' Pisgah Cotton Mills opened last j Monday morning with fuli oay force ; running the plant. Manager Bobo announces that within the next few i days, probably by the fifteenth of the month, a night shift will be added, and the plant operated day and night, thus doubling the number of em ployes. The management announces that j there is an abundance of help here ! among the former employes of the mill, and that these will be employed to the exclusion of people coming in 1 from other sections. It is pointed out that those people who have been here all the while are Brevard citizens, and have remained here awaiting re- j opening of the plant, and it is the mill's policy to take care of its own 1 before giving employment to new j people who might come in. < Workers in the mill have expressed appreciation of this attitude on the ? part of the management COUNTY ASSISTS IN ! HATCHERY MATTER | Kizer Ordered to Search Kec-i ords to See if Any Officers Have Been Overpaid j According to the minutes of the j Board of County Commissioners,] when they met in regular session, Monday, tie board has allowed the) County Welfare Board $125, to be ? used in their work throughout the I county. Chairman 0. L. Erwin, with J Commissioners L. V. Sigmon, A. C. | Lyday, W. B. Henderson and H. A. | Plummer were present to participate [ in the actions of the meeting. A. H. Kizer, county accountant. ; was authorized by the board, the min- i utes said, to investigate past records 1 of the county and if found that any official of the county had drawn more than his salary for any year, he should notify E. Breese, county attorney as' to who procured the amount of over payment. W. E. Breese, county attorney, who t was appointed note collector to col- 1 lect notes deposited with the county! by Brevard Banking Co. presented a j bond of $5,000 with proper securities . and the Iward passed upon the bond. ; County Accountant Kizer was or dered to "pay the voucher of registrars j of vital statistics, when they were ! properly presented and endorsed. The road known as the H. S. Jor- { jdan road going through Chickasaw jCamp was discussed and a petition I bearing 31 nameB presented in regard | to it. Plans were made to urge i proper officials to place thiB road on [the state map of public roads, main [tained by state highway commission. I The commissioners resolved to [earnestly petition the proper fed : era! authorities that the jy-oposed 'fish hatchery be placed on Orogan's ' Creek, in Pisgah National. Forest, Transylvania connty. Copies of the i petition were seat- to two U. S. Sena ators and Congressman Weaver with requests that they present same, to j proper federal authorities. rr ; HUGE CORPORATION BEGINS WORK WITH DAWES IN CHARGE Believed That Conditions Will Immediately Show Im provement BREVARD DEPOSITORS TO BE AIDED, IT IS THOUGHT Two Billion Dollars Will Be Turned Into Channels of Nation's Activities Organization of board of direct ors selected to handle the hugi: $2,000,000 fund provided in the Re construction Finance Corporation act has been completed, and the board is now at work in distributing first allotment of the big fund, which amounts of $500,000,000. The pur pose of the act, which was passed almost unanimously in Congress, is to relieve unemployment, give new life to business, assist banks and financial institutions that may be in distress, and serve in re-opening closed banks and in saving whatever can be saved of the money on deposit in such closed banks. Hope has been expressed here be cause of .a movement to procure aid fiom this governmental agency in i-i.lvaging all possible from the closed Brevard Banking company. One or wore other institutions in this county will, it is said, receive aid from this fund. Charles G. Dawes is head of the big government agency, and it is freely predicted that money will b> (lowing into channels leading in all directions in American institutions, bu ' industry and agriculture as well Farmers of the nation will come ii for a big share in the huge fund. Opinion prevails that times will show ' marked improvement with the begin ning of activities of the board n placing this fund where it will be oi greatest benefit to the largest num ber of people. TRANSYLVANIA PLAN GIVEN MUCH PRAISI Transylvania County, under Pro) J. A. Glazener as chairman was th only county to report a completed survey on potential markets and agri cultural needs at the monthly meet ing of. the Regional council of th* Western North Caroliha 5-10 year Farm plan meeting held in Asheville Tuesday night. Many other counties have re-quested Mr. Glazener to allow them to use the blank forms this county used in making the survey and all the coun ties of the Western district ar planning to check their survey at cording to similar methods. The on!> survey now under foot is being taken , in Poll: county with John W. Artz county Agent in charge. Bruce Webb, promotion manager of the farm movement was very high in . his praises of Transylvania ' county for having taken the leading part in the work and starting the ball rolling. NAME OSBORNE AS ! COUNTY CORONER C. S. Osborne, prominent businer* man of Brevard, was chosen County I Coroner at the Monday meeting of the County Commisioners the minutes show, upon the resignation of Dr. G. B. Lynch, who submitted his resignation papers to the Board at the January meeting. Dr. Lynch's resignation papers were tabled at the January meeting and no further action was taken un til Monday, until his resignation was| accepted and Mr. Osborne chosen to take the position. GREAT GATHERING OF FARMERS HEAR STORY OF COUNTY 5-10 Year Plan of Asheville Dailies Adopted ? Mr. Webb Heard In Strong Speech MR. McKAY URGED BETTER MARKETING METHODS Glazener Presents Survey of County's Livestock and Ag ricultural Products I ' Nearly three hundred farmers", farm women and business men niei in the county court house last Saturdv afternoon, and after hearing speech^ and statistics quoted by farm lead er, adopted objectives for Transyl vania farms in keeping with the 5-10. Year Organized Farm Improvement Program being instituted throughout Western North Carolina under the sponsorship of The Asheville. Citizen and The Asheville Times, i Unanimous approval was given the movement by the delegations from all sections of the county after listening for nearly two hours to the three well versed speakers, L. H. McKay, chair man of the Henderson county agri cultural committee and president of the North Carolina Crop Improve ment association; Bruce Webb, pro-, motion manager of The Citizen Times, and Prof. J. A. Glazenev, chairman of the Transylvania agri cultural committee. "Lime, Legumes, Livestock ami Poultry" was the slogan adopted by the meeting, with 3L.T.P. being the trademark of the organization. Mr. McKay, who was introduced as a man not only well versed in the (Continued an itage four) HIGH RATING MADE AT THE INSTITUTE Nearly One-Fourth of Students Make Honor Roll for First Semester Almost one-fourth of the student body at iiffe'/ard Institute attained an average of j.bove 90 on all school work for the first semester ot 4 1-2 months, ending last week. The type of work being done by the students this year is further indicated by the fact that there were fewer failures on the mid-year examinations this year than usual, the failures being such as to require demotion for only three pupils. The honor roll for the semester, indicates not only that these students attained an average of 00 or above in all subjects, but that they did not fall below 80 in any subjec'. Averages attained were: Jean McDonald, 96.88; Russ.-ll Henderson, 95.14; Pio Sanchez, 95.11; Louis Pickelsimer, 94.50; Rubie Scott, 94.50; Cornelia Winton, 94.47; Mar garet Garrison, 93.75; Blanche Shep erd, 92.17; Anna Gilbert, 91.S8; Lilerree Tanner, 91.87; Virgi! Ritch ie, 91.67; Alice McGowan, 91.63; Paul Huls, 91.63; Emily Futch, 91.40; L. E. Brown, 91.17; Frances Scott, 91.14; Gladys Hill, 90.28; Sarah Bishop, 90.25; Boyce Robbins, 90.12. Special students, leading were : Mrs. Minnie Cochrane, 97.33; Rubr Rodriguez Isasi, 95.33; Gabriel Isas:. 95; Jose Ruben Rpdriguez, 92.66. The following new ntudents have registered for work during the sec ond semester: Miss Kitty Bridges, Amerieus.Ga.; Miss Virgia Lee Bryson, West Asshe ville; Jack Prico, St Petersburg. Fla.; Miss Katherine Henderson. Brevard; Miss Rebecca Summey, Brevard; Mrs. J. F. Winton, Bre vard; Raphael Garcia, Gibara, Cuba. I According to schedule, the term will run uninterruptedly from now until the close, June 2. Completion of Highway 28 Adds Greatly to Lure of This Section Asheville, N. C., Feb. 3.? The completion of the surfacing of North; Carolina Highway number 28; through the famous Sapphire Coun try near Highlands, N. C. and Franklin, N. C., will add to the lure ' which Western North Carolina has always held for the motor visitor. The surfacing of the route has just been completed. The highway extends from Bat Cave, N. C., near Chimney Rock, through Hendersonville, N. C., Bre vard, N. C., and Highlands, N. C., to Franklin The highway provides; a loop touring route through one of the most scenic sections of the mount ain region. Chimney Rock at . thej eastern end of the route is a well-! known point of interest. Henderson ville is a famous resort center. Bre vard is located in the midst of a region famous for its waterfalls and 'its summer camps for boys and girls. From Brevard the route extends through the famous Sapphire country, along the slopes of the noted White^ | side Mountain, whose rocky summits .ard cliffs add a note of a different type of grandeur to the scenic vistas of the region. High Hampton on the route is a well known resort. Near Highlands the highway passes beneath Bridal Veil Falls, Providing the motorist with an added pleasure", I in touring the route. Highlands is a noted resort as is also Franklin, the western terminus of the route. I Through the heart of the Great I Sitvpky Mountains National Park [Highway 107 is being carved to pro vide a motorway through the center 'of the new national playground. The .highway, which will be opened for i travel early in April this year, passes ; through the home land of the Eastern I Band of Cherokee Indians, climbs to jSmokemount, N. C., and ascends to an [altitude of 5,063 feet at Newfound :Gap, where the route will meet the Tennessee road which ha? already been completed. The two routes, the one through Highlands and the Sapphire cauatry and the new road now being con structed through the Great Smoky . Mountains, will add to the attractions !for the enjoyment of motorists in Western North Carolina, this year.