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- JOHNSON WOULD NOT PERMIT PAYMENT IN BOWF THE TOWN V ____ Mayor Ramsey In Raleigh Con ferring With Director On the Matter TOWN OWES MUCrf PAST DUE NOTES AND BONDS Wanted To Accept Bonds On Street Assessments ? John son's Letter to Mayor The following telegram was re- { reived by The Brevard News I from Mayor Ramsey late Wed- I nesday afternoon ? "Unable to work out any plan to accept bonds for paving as sessments." Mayor Ralph H. Ramsey went to Raleigh Tuesday to confer with Charles M. Johnson, director of local 1 government, concerning the latter's J decision against the plan being work ed out here for accepting the town's bonds on payment of street assess- , ments. It will be recalled that plans j were being perfected whereby the i town of Brevard would accept bonds J - now past due and those coming duej before June 30, this year, in payment! of street assessments. These bonds j could be purchased at about 60 cents j on the dollar, and many harassed and i . tax-iburdened citizens were planning-' to buy in the bonds and pay their i c street assessments with them. Director Johnson was informed of t the proposition, and immediately in- >' * formed Mayor Ramsey that this^ <c (Continued on page four) jc BISHOP MOUZON TO J PREACH IN BREVARD|' !{ Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, of the j ^ Methodist Episcopal Church, South, . v will be heard in Brevard Sunday j' when he will preach twice at the , 1' Brevard Methodist Church. ja Bishop Mouzon, who is recognized , as one of the outstanding church j leaders of the South and a preacher | of wonderful ability will preach to j the Methodist congregation and mem- : bers of the faculty and student body 8 of the Brevard Institute at the eleven r o'clock hour. At the evening hour, j r 7:45 o'clock all the churches of the.J town will join in a union service at ? the Methodist church to hear this J e great church leader. Jj Saturday evening at 7:45 o'clock, t Bishop Mouzon will preach to the ! ?students and faculty of the Brevard I ^ Institute in the Institute auditorium, j 0 Prof. J. F. Winton has announced. .. The public is cordially invited to at- ! r tend this service, Mr. Winton said. j. ROSMAN BOYS WIN 2ND AND 3RD PRIZES Cash Prizes Offered' by Chilean jjj Nitrate Concern Won by jt County Boys d At chapel service Friday morning February 5th Harry Morgan, Agri cultural student, son of Mr. and Mrs, ' 11 Frank Morgan received a $12.50 j? check as second pirze given by The Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau for winning second place in the 3 to 1 corn contest for the 18 Western N. C. Counties competing. At the same time, under the same conditions, in the same contest E. J. Whitmire, Agricultural student, son flf Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Whitmire Sr., received a check of $7.50 as third prize given by the Chilean Nitrate people. These boys were competing in a state wide corn growing contest for Vocational Agriculture Students. The State is divided into four districts, winners being selected from each dis trict and prizes given by the Nitrate of Soda people for each district. A banquet was held at Fayetteville, on Jan. 30, when all the prizes were awarded. Some of the rules of the contest rtaining 3 acres, keep . cost account of fccer see corn send in project etc. is the records: ^?LAND; 3 acres bottom *va . Halcombs prolific; 75 bushel* per acre; fertilizer, >6 pounds perBcre of 12-4-4; value 'at 50 cents per lushel S112.50; Total cost fif product#>n per acre, $25.35; cost of production per bushel .338 cent net profit jfeer acre $12.15. E. J.'s LANJ9; 2.7 acres of second bottom; xari.efy, Halcombs prolific; yield per acr<, 70.37 bushel; fertiliz er, 370 pouptis of 12-4-4 per acre; planted May, 8th ' total value of crop at 50 cent per ,? bushel $95.00 value per acre $35.19 ;,?cost of production (A?er acre, $23.46; cost of production 'jsp^er bushel .333 cent. Net profit per acra $11.75. , . Both these boys planned to use Ni m'tratp of Soda as a side dresser had they gotten sufficient moisture. It is believefd that this would have greatly v increased the yields as indicated by experiments. DONALD LEE MOORE DONALD LEE MOORE HAS HAD BUSY LIFE Although Only 21 Years of Age, He has Written j 100 Compositions I Dona\i,Lee Moore, 21, of Brevard, s one of America's youngest compos TS. This young man has written more han 100 compositions, many of which i lave been broadcast in radio pro- ' ;rams, including marches, orchestra j ompositions, the waltz, and numer- 1 ius songs. He leaves none of his ! vork to others, but composes both hi; words and music. Donald composed the march, "C. S. ? J.," which was played by Henry Fill- j ore and his band a few months ago rom Station WLW, Cincinnati. Next ! ie composed the ballad, "Just a j Hiss," since broadcast for Station i VBT, Charlotte. His "Cradle Song" [ ?as played by Emory Deutsch and , he Columbia Salon orchestra over j VABC several times. David Ross ; lso used this number in the pro rain of the "Poet's Gold Hour'' over he same network. Donald's favorite composition is his opular spiritual number, "Lord, I'm lelpless, Poor and Needy," which was ung by Artelle Dickson over WABC nany times and received great ap- : ilause when used as the leading; umber on the program given by the J Society of North Carolina compos- i rs in Greensboro some time ago. Another of his numbers, "Are You ! !ver Lonely," a fox trot, was fea ured at the De Luxe Dancing Acad- j my at Omaha. Neb., being played )? iy Keith P. Latey and the Pioneers rchestra. A waltz song, entitled You're a Wonderful Sweetheart,"' is iOw being published by the Frank larding Music company, New York. "The Pirate," a march, is now be ng published by the E. C. Miller ompany, publishers of band music, 'ittsburgh. Donald has written 25 marches for ands, 30 songs, a number of orches ral compositions and a "character stic suite" for clarinet. He is at iresent working upon an operetta en itled "Margie." This number has a listinct Western North Carolina set ing. j This young composer is self taught n his art. He plays the piano, vio-i in, euphoneum, trombone, saxo- 1 phone and clarinet, and participates n virtually every musical program :iven in Brevard. Donald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ). F." Moore, well known residents of Jrevard. JAPTISTS CALLED j UPON FOR SERVICE! Baptists find themselves facing | mother emergency. There is to be a ; ipecial offering in all the churches if the state Sunday February 14, to neet this situation. We must raise 16,000 dollars or default in the pay nent of bonds held by the Whitney 3ank and Trust company of New Or eans. Baptists of North Carolina lave never failed in their obligations. iVe have had some desperate strug gles to hold this enviable record. In irder to maintain our good name and >ur credit we must raise this amount. ;t will require sacrifice on the part >f - every one. This is an appeal to i Baptist Loyalty. It is hoped that every church in , rhe Transylvania Association will lo its best to have a good offering Sunday. Send the amount without de lay to Walter Durham, Treasurer, i Raleigh, N. C. Transylvania churches I we asked to raise $300.00 of this amount. This appeal has the endorse- j ment of the pas-Jors and the executive t committee of the association. By re- 1 fering to last weeks issue of this i paper you can see how ' much your church is asked for. PAUL HARTSELL Moderator raw AN IS TO MEET TODAY 1 Rev. R. L. Alexander, president of the Brevard Kiwanis club, will have charge of the program at today's meeting of the club at the England Home at the noon hour. PENROSE CITIZEN SUGGESTS PLAN TO REDEEM BONDS DUE Would Stop Schools at End of 6 Months, and No School Next Year REMOVE ALL PENALTIES ON THE TAX PAYERS Collect All Taxes and Redeem Bonds ? Reduce Debts and Reduce Tax Rate Penrose, Feb. 10. ? (Special to The Brevard News) ? The article by the "Veteran of '18" sometime ago was a very good article_])ut to it has not hit the spot, by a jug full. It takes more than reducing a few little salaiTes to get us out of the hole, be cause we are in a bad, deep boggy place at this time. Let the fellows in the court house draw their salar ies, for they are entitled to them, not only let them draw their Salaries, but raise one or two of them. What ever Professor Jones is drawing is not too much, as he is an efficient man and is the right man for the place. All the other boys and girls in the county offices are efficient, jolly good fellows. If we cannot get more than thirty cents a bushel for corn, just burn it for coal as it amounts to about the same in dollar* and cents. Give to. the hungry ivhat you can't eat, and keep warm by the balance. Now, how can we get lout of the hole? Not many, many moons ago I' heard the expression "to hell with the law." You know when that was; if you don't ask somebody. Well, why not let our jolly good set of County Commissioners get their heads together and knock of all the penalties that have been charged against the taxes and come out with an offer for six per cent discount on all taxes paid in the next ninety days; stop the schools at the close of the State six months term; take all this money collected in and buy up the Transylvania County bonds for thirty-five jjollarg 0n the- hundred, and reduce our bonded indebtedness to around five hundred thousand dol lars, and the tax rate would drop to around seventy-five cents on the hun dred. - - Then, brother, we would save these children of ours many a heartache by just giving tfiem two months va cation from school and the old folks who are here now sweating blood would realize not less than ten per cent on the amount paid in for taxes and this would not include the dis count paid. Just figure it out for yourself. I don't mind holding my family from the school this year, and will go further and add next year to it, too, as it would get the taxation shackles from us and we would all be in better position to send more of (Continued on page five) P.-T. ASSOCIATION ~ TO MEET ON FRIDAY The Parent-Teacher association will meet Friday afternoon, February 19, contrary to the routine meeting date which was announced for February 22, at the Elementary school build ing. Officials of the organization have arranged an interesting program in the commemoration of George Wash ington for the afternoon. Patriotic songs ? by Organization. Piano Duet, Marche Militaire ? by Misses Ora Holt Long and Dorothy Everett. George Washington Play and Min uet ? by Miss Billie Aiken's Third Grade. VIVID PICTURES OF TWO YOUNG KEN AS SEEN BY OBSERVER I One I* Applauded Upon His Return to the Scenes of His Childhood 'THE OTHER LEAVING FOR | HOME BEHIND THE BARS Every Human Emotion Seen In the Faces of the Mothers I of These Men i i I (By an Observer) I attended ji great gathering in a ! nearby town recently, where people I had assembled for the purpose of I hearing a distinguised man deliyer | an address. This man was a native j of the town in which the meeting was ! held, but for many years had been ; occupying aplace of mighty power in i the city of Washington, and asd cogje jhome to see his relatives and friends, ] and to visit the scenes of his child I hood. The mayor of the town pre ' sided over the meeting, and intro- J j duced the speaker in glowing terms, j expressing the community's pride in , the achievements of the man who had j been reared in that town, and was known to every one there. I This man who had swayed tens of ! thousands with his eloquence, and I had changed the course of national J I government with his arguments, I arose as the mayor completed the l introductory speech, and the great] crowd arose with him, expressing the, j community's pride in him with deaf-! ening applause. When the emotions I jof the people had subsided, and the audience was again seated, this j .'great man could not say a word. Af-j ter what seemed like an age, the ' man turned and walked from the j ?stage, descended the steps by the: [orchestra pit, walked down the aisle 1 a short distance, fell upon his knees , ' and threw his arms about a woman | 'sitting there, and sobbed out these ( j words : ! "Mother, all this applause' and: I honor belong to you, for your care \ ' and training, your prayers and ; iyour?inspiration, accomplished these; j things."' j The entire audience was in tears,! 'and after a while that man went I ' Back to the stage, and the most beau- : itiful appeal that I have ever heard i; f fell from his lips as he plead with; the parents there to give all of their i jtime to the loving care and proper (training of their children. | I witnessed another scene a few ; j days later that chilled . my blood. I iwas standing at the railroad station at Old Fort, and saw a crowd ap-i; proaching. In the center of that' crowd was' a young man, a stalwart | mountaineer, with hands manacled, | ilocked in handcuffs, walking between ;two officers. The officers were fol-;, (lowed by a little old woman, old far I !l ( Contained on page four) j: jSALARY CUTTING IS |! i MAKING BIG SAVING Raleigh. Feb. 10.? Savings in State j: t expenditures as a result of salary re ductions and the laying off of State j , j employees, starting March 1, will j. amount to $300,000 to $400,000 a | I year in the departments, including the j [ highway, department, allowing for the j j | amount of highway work that is to | j be done in the future, Frank Dunlap, I i director of personnel, estimates. < ; Highway employees are being laid off j as the jobs end, but will be reemploy jed if and as needed, but only if fed jeral funds are made available for:, 1 emergency road construction, it is J stated. Figures in this correspond- j ence last week were based on error. | Grist Says Gardner Has Increased Expenses of the Governor's Mansion! . I Raleigh, Feb. 10. ? "Ten spears he swept within his grasp," classic des cription of a Swiss hero fighting for relief from domination from Austria several centuries ago, may, in a sense, fittingly describe recent activi ties of militant Frank D. Grist, com missioner of labor and candidate for the U. S. Senate, who adds to his recent attack on Senator Morrison another on Governor Gardner and now brings within his range the N. C. Industrial Commission. Senator Morrison replied to a challenge for joint canvass from Mr. Grist that he would conduct his campaign in his own way, intimating that Mr. Grist might do the same. Governor Gardner replied to Mr. Grist's charge that he was not cut ting the salaries of his "political ap pointees" as much as others and that he was spending money for "enter tainment" at the Mansion, by refer ring merely to the records of appropriations and expenditures. Mr. Grist produced figures from the Auditor's office purporting to show that expenditures of Buildings and Grounds and Mansion funds were ,in excess of appropriations for those purposes for 1930. State Auditor [Baxter Durham issued a statement 'showing that, while Mr. Grist was i correct as far as he went, he did not 1 go far enough, and that instead of permitting those funds to be over drawn, there were balances in both,'', 'due to receipts which the General . ' Assembly took into consideration ! .when the appropriations were made. y j But Mr. Grist swung still further, j With one fell swoop he stopped the ! j payment of vouchers for the Indust rial Commission, although a truce, i which he describes as "temporary," had been reached, by which the Com mission was to continue on the same basis as before the reorganization of . the Department of Labor by the 1 1931 General Assembly, The act 'places the Industrial Commission and ?the Child Welfare Commission under ? the Department of Labor, but hedges ,the Commissioner's authority about ! by "excepts" and "with the approval jof the Governor" to such an extent [that Commissioner Grist has little ! authority there. j Attorney General Dennis Brummitt jhas been asked for a ruling on authority vested in Commissioner ' Orist by the new law and to what ex tent he has dominion over those div ( Continued on page four) A. H. (SANDY) GRAHAM SANDY GRAHAM FOR , LIEUT. -GOVERNOR i Considered as Being' One of Really Big Men In the State Raleigh, Feb. 10. ? A. H. (Sandy) (jiaham, Hillsboro, announces that he will be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in the June primary. His State-wide service come through representing Orange county in the General Assembly eight years, 1921 to 1929, in which latter year he was speaker of the House of i Representatives and as a member of i the Advisory Budget Commission ' since 1927, first as chairman of tho House finance committee and later by appointment by Governor Gardner. After due consideration, Mr. Gra ham said he had decided to run, ex pressing the view that the next General Assembly will be one of the most important in history, and feels that his legislative experience; his service on the Advisory Budget Com mission, and Executive Counsel for a short period, will be value as Presi dent of the Senate. While not an nouncing a platform, Mr. Graham feels that the policieies of the last two administrations, particularly fiscal ' policies, including rigid economy and reduction as rapidly as possible the State debt, should be continued. Mr. Graham, born in Hillsboro August 9, 1890. comes from a family long identified with the history of the State, his father, John W. Graham, having been legislator for several terms, and his grandfather. William A. Graham, having been Governor, U. S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy and Whig candidate for Vice-Presi dent. Mr. Graham attended school at : Hillsboro and at the Episcopal school at Alexandria, graduating in 1912 f?om the State University and study- f ing law there the next year. He spent a year in the Harvard law school an<l l>egan practicing in Hillsboro in 1914. ! Except for military service in the | World War, he has been attorney for j Orange county since 1914 and county I Democratic chairman since 1920. He spent more than two years in World War service, about a year in France, having been commissioned at Fort Oglethorpe as Second Lieutenant and receiving promotion up to Captain. He was regimental adjutant several months. Mr. Graham is chairman of the Legislative committee of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion. He is a member of the Episcopal church. B. Y. P. U. MEETING AT CALVERT SUNDAY There will be a meeting Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14, at the Calvert church of the Transylvania B. Y. P. U. Association, Paul Glazener, pres ident of that organization announced Wednesday. Rev. J. E. Burt will , speak at that time and it is expected ! that two or three other speakers will ! be present. The program, which begins at 2:30 follows : Song service, Cherryfield j chorister in charge; Devotionals, the ! Rosman Union; Demonstration pro-, gram, Oak Grove Union; Business,' song and adjournment. JOE CLAYTON SIGNS UP WITH THE RALEIGH CLUB Iriformation has been received in Brevard that Joe Clayton, Brevard's idol in the baseball world, has signed with Raleigh, where he will hold down the short position. Joe is rec- i ognhted as a high class man in the 1 Piedmont, and made a good record with Henderson last year. TRANSYLVANIA HAS PAID | PORTION INTO STATE; Raleigh. Feb. 10. ? Transylvania j county had paid into the State j Treasury $599.92 of the total taxi levy of 15 cents on the $100 valuation, 1 amounting to $13,938 on the assessed ! valuation of $9#91,955 up to Satur day, it is announced by Treasurer John Stedman. MINING EXPERT IN BREVARD TALKS 9F MINERAL DEPOSITS Urge People to Stop Thinking of Millions When Gold Is Seen SAYS THERE IS GOLD IN LEDGE AND STREAM Laird Writes To Love That Group of Western Min ers Are Coming i B. B. Bible, for many years con nected with the Tennessee Copper, Iron and Rr-ilroad company, and the Ducktown Chemical and Iron com pany. now at his Asheville home on vacation, was in Bravard Wednesday after having visited many properties in this and adjoining counties in specting ore deposits. Mr. Bible is in the mineral research and engineering department of the big Ducktown companies, his work being that of prospector and investigator. He came to this community upon request of property owners here to make in vestigation of . mineral deposits. Mr. Bible left at noon Wednesday for the Boylston gold min<j, now being opened up by the Southern Exploration com pany. He stated that he will return to this section within the next few days. Mr. Bible talked interestingly of minerals and ores, asserting that there is much gold and other valuable minerals throughout the Southern Appalachian range, these deposits be ing especially good in this immediate vicinity. Mining could be worked here most successfully, Mr. Bible ( Continued on page five) PROF. TROWBRIDGE TO SPEAK THURSDAY Prof. C. H. Trowbridge, president of Weaver college and who was super intendent of Brevard Institute for sixteen years will address the Math atasian club in an open meeting Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the ladies parlor of the Brevard Baptist church. Mr. Trowbridge will use as his topic "The Recreation of the Adoles cent Child." Musical selections will be given by Mrs. A. H. Kizer and Mr. Alvin Moore. A large number of people from Brevard, especially among th$ D mothers of the town, are expected to attend this meeting. BOY SCOUT WEEK IS BEING OBSERVED Window at Plummer's Store Attracting Wide Atten tion Hire The Boy Scouts of America. Troop No. 1 of Brevard launched its cele bration of the twenty second anni versary of the Boy Scout movement in the United Stfetes Sunday night when Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor or the Baptist church dedicated an in spiring sermon to the members of th. troop. Mr. Hartsell made his sermor to the officially recognized Boy Scout and to the boys and young men who are Scouts in spirit and actions. Mr. Hartsell based his sermon on "Daniel's Three Tests." The Test of the Flesh. Test of Intellect, and the Religious Test, comparing Daniel with the true Boy Scout of today. He placed inspiring precedents before the Scouts and challenged them to better lives and work. The Boy Scouts have decorated a window of Plummer's Department store in which they exhibit many ar ticles of interest to the public. A Scout pup tent beneath the United States and official Scout flag from the Background of the scene. Signal flags, woodcarving articles and items of leathercraft, basketry, are includ ed in the exhibit. A totem pole, carved by Jack Miller; an attractive display of Scout merit badge pam phlets and official literature and a knot board and other Scout equip ment. The window was? arranged by Ralph Galloway and James Misen heirner of the Mohawk patrol. Friday afternoon and evening, the Boy Scouts will have a basketball game and weiner roast .at Camp Transylvania, at which time the pa trols will compete for honors in var ious contests. The competing patrols will be the Wild Qf>ts and the Mo hswks. Use of the High School basketball court has been tendered the local Boy Scout troops, by Prof. J, B. Jones, county superintendent of public in struction. Play will be held on each Tuesday and Thursday nights, with members of the troops, only, allowed to take part. Specific rules are laid down for this recreation, and Scaut leaders will be in attendance at cach of the evening to see that no one but members of the Scout troops are al lowed in the building. However, new members will be permitted to partici pate as soon as- they -have been ac . ! eepted in the Scout organisation.