North Carolina Newspapers

BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 24, 1932 VOLUME XXXVII . *SAYS RUSH PARTY MACHINE IS CAUSE COUNT'S PLIGHT W Urges People to Think forj ^ Themselves In Matters of Public Interest CHARGES BOTH PARTIES ' WITH PLAYING FALSE Suggests Formation of An In-; dependent County Movement > i In the Public's Interest t (By n Voting Citizen) I Machinery is a -wonderful invention j ? from the very smallest machine i known, to the largest. Some movej with lightning speed, and some with , the paee of the snail, showing that i machinery can be geared to suit the ; demand of the user. Now, the Polit-J ical Machine, whether it be small . county machinery, or big state ma- ! cfeinery, or larger national machin. i ery, can be and has been geared to ' suit the "Bosses." . There was a time: when this was o.k. It was really , needed for the good of mankind, but at the present, in this ~er# learning, this political machinery has 1 become clogged, and badly clogged j by the operators trying to over-do the | job, and the people, the voters, are becoming alarmed at the condition of ths said machine. The machine has been 3et, so that the operators eould select a candidate; set their machine! and elect ?aid candidate regardless of tiie vote of the people. The machine ; does this by a process known as the j "Absentee Ballot.'1 It votes them far, | wide, and handsome, but always to, the advantage of the machinery, re gardless of everything else. Now this is true of both political : parties. If the Republicans rfre the ! operators, or if the Democrats are ; operators, it is all the same, so natur ally the people are getting afraid of i the old clogged machine, and the I time is not far distant when another party will enter the field with anew ' machine, one that gives the poor j?i>d ! the wealthy the same privilege, with- J out aay .secret springs or clips to be | manipulated, thA eve*y? voter's vote j will count right where it was intend- i ??d: then will b^ the tinje when can- I dfdates won't have to donate the pur- ; chase price of their respective offices to oil the machinery; then politics!, will ? be clean ; not the usual "mud j < slfnging" and vote buying, absentee voting, ballot box stuffing, and petty j appointment of any clique or elan to , ? gain power in any boards or commis- ; , (Continued, ok page, eight) MACHINERY BOUGHT L , FOR THE GOLD MINE ^ J 1 Mr. Wood May Not Return In;; Time To Be In Bre- |( vard Friday I ' < Work on the Boylston gold mire is;] progressing with satisfaction to ; , those in charge of the big undertak- ! , ing, and officials of the company ; have announced that machinery is being brought in, preparatory to ac- : tual production for the past sev- ! eral weeks a force of men has been ' at work clearing the tunnel and making ready for installation of the . machinery, which is said to be of the;, very latest kind, especially made for mining and milling the lodes found i in the mountain sides at Boylston. It is announced tTiat Mr. Wood, head of the concern, who was to have been in Brevard this Friday to in spect samples of ores may not be able to be here. He left last week supervise shipment of machinery, it is said, and at a late hour Wednes day had not returned. If he returns ' in time to be here, Mr. Wood may be found Friday at the office of The ' Brevard News. In event he is un- f able to be here another member of ; the firm will be here, if possible. J' Mr. Wood has expressed desire to | visit Brevard himself, and inspect the; samples brought in by citizens of the ! county. It is assured that he will be I herein another date, if he is unable to px here Friday. Samples left at Th/ A'cws office will be carefully t, tagged with owners name. gfAGMlTMLS I STORY OF SECTION! i ^ One of the greatest pi'-ces of ' r "? publicity ever given Western North Carolina :s that is the April issue of, HoMand's Magazine. Published at Dallas. Texas, this "Magazine of the South" depicts in a three-page article by Hugh Hammond Bennett, the wondrous beauties of the Majestic Smokies, and deals extensively with ? the attractions of Western North Jm Among the several scenes shown : along with the exceptionally well ? written and interesting article, are1 ft,ilj?t of Looking Glass Rock, and ai - erst of Randall W. Kverett, of Bre- : vard, in the act of taking one of the 1 beautiful and gamiest of all game , fish, the rainbow, trout, from the: wctpv- 'if Davidson River. GREENVILLE MAN IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT i Two Companions Injured ? Accident Occurred Last Saturday Night Jack A. Howard, 20, of Greenville, 1 & C., was killed almost , instantly Saturday night about 12 o'clock when the Chevrolet coupe in which he and , two companions wero riding, icft the | highway, at Mill Hill, south of Bre vard on the Greenville road. Two companions with Young ilow- I ard, M. F. Jamison and J. H. Keith,: Jr., a'.so of Greenville, escaped with | slight injuries. According <o the story | told by the two survivors of the wreck the three of them had been In Brevard had stoppd for some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Kitchen, leav ing for Caesar's Head where they were members of a house party. How ard who was driving the car belong- ? ing to Keith, failed to negotiate the stiff curve, and the car plunged 150 feet down the steep bluff, pinning the deceased man under the car as it came to a standstill, he having been thrown from the ear as it tumbl ed down tite 3teep incline. The two companions managed to stay in the car until' it came to a stop, and crawl ed "out Vo'RhHivetr ffiena pinned 'be-' ' r.eath the car in snch manner that , they seid they were unable to help him. I After obtaining aid, Howard was|: removed from under the car, but had ; been dead for some time. Sheriff i : Patton was summoned, who in turn j : called Coroner G. B. Lynch and Kil- i Patrick and Son, undertakers. Theji body was brought to the Kilpatrick establishment, and carried to Green ville Sunday. A coroner's jury, rend- ! ered a verdict that the deceased came 1 to his death as result of an accident, holding Keith, owner of the car, and 1 Jamison, blameless. Members of the ooroner's jury were: Ed Gillespie, ] Church Morris, Wallace Foster, Lee I Arledge, Leonard Simpson, and George Simpson. j \ ORR AND HAMLIN IS j NAME OF NEW FIRM Oliver H. ' Orr and Lewis P. ? ; Hamlin announce in this week's issue ; 3f The News the opening of a real j estate firm, with offices in the Pick- | , ?Isimer building on Main street. Rentals, sales and exchanges will i ' be specialties of the new firm with J , special attention given to farming j land, of which they announce theyj. have a large number of tracts listed | for sale. Both members of the firm are well i j ;ind favorably known throughout the 1 :ounty. Mr. Orr was for a number of i < years superintendent of Brevard institute, later being connected with;" the Pisgah Bank before becoming j interested in tho insurance business,, ivith the Brevard Insurance Agency, i rf which firm he is still a member. J ?] Mr. Hamlin, a prominent attorney ;( >f Western North Carolina, has long ? I been active in public affairs of the 1 ] county, having taught school, been j :ashier of the Pisgah Bank, and rep- i resented this county in the Legisla- j tun; in 1928, being selected as'l minority leader in the House. Both'1 men are well versed in real estate i values, and are recognized as busi- j ness leaders of merit. V. F. W. INITIATES TWO NEW RECRUITS Two new recruits were added to . the roster of the V. F. W. post at the i meeting held Tuesday night at the court house. Special effort is being ? made by members of the post to have every veteran of any foreign war who resides in Transylvania county be come a member of the organization, which has for its prime purpose the furtherance of the cause of disabled veterans of the World War. Delegates chosen to attend the state convention at Charlotte on May 1, 2, and 3, were Howard Wyatt and Glover Jackson, with B. F. Cox and G. F. Woodfin as alternates. LIGHTS TO ADORN -MIST Electric lights will be placed at the;' entrance of the Pisgah National For-h est by April lirst, according to M. ! ' A. Matton. supervisor. The light.-; will be arranged on the' Memorial Arch that spans the road- j way just north of Davidson River on'. i;hn Bovlston road, and will add much | to the attractiveness of the entrance j co night drivers. PENROSE P. T. A. TO MEET ON THIS FRIDAY EVENING] Penrose P T. A. meeting will be! held Friday n'ght March 25 at the i Penrose school house. Three good | talks arc- expected to be ?iven by J'val talent. Special music will be a t t of the pfjrr.irn. VETERANS HOPEFUL OF GETTING MONEY Veterans of Foreign Wars Are Waging Intensive Cam paign for Bill Washington, D. C. ? A plan for making veterans' adjusted compensa tion certificates eligible for redis count at Federal Reserve Banks is going rapidly through the "under-, ground" of the House, Represents-' tive Royal C. Johnson of South i Dakota announced early this week. ' Mr. Johnson, a member of the House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, said it is "en tirely possible and almost probable" that some bill providing for full pay ment of the bonus will be passed over , the President's veto. He said that because of intensive | propaganda waged by the Veterans' of Foreign Wars, there is now a dis tinct swing in Congress for full pay- I ment. | The plan gaining rapidly in favor, i he said, would compel Federal Re- 1 serve Banks to rediscount the com- 1 pensation certificates, issuing cur- ; rency for their face value less a small service charge of from 2 to 3 1.2 percent. _ _/ . ' 'tWs ' sitepi'' he HecK're3,: wbMd sbvhte any necessity for the issuance of bonds by the Government, but would be a straight inflation of 12,559,000,000. Mr. Johnson cited the following arguments the proposed measure pre sents to the country and to CongreSB : 1. Every service man gets the ictual cash. 27 The Government pays no interest. ; 3. Members of the Federal Reserve System, on a basis of 3 percent, getj R76,770,000. 4. Senators, and Representatives ;hink it will get them votes. easteTseWces i AT SAINT PHILIPS! Rev. Harry Perry, rector of St. J Philips Episcopal church has an- . lounced that the services at his j :hurch according' to the following icjjedule for Good Friday and Eaatex \ *a<tfay? - ? ; Good Friday I Meditations on The Seven Last ' iVords spoken on the Cross by Our Most Holy Redeemer ? at 10:30 a.m.' '"riday, March 25. Easter Sunday Service Processional H,vmn, "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, Allelulia." ? Worgan. ( ntroit, "Christ our Passover is Sac rificed for us: therefore let us keep the Feast" ? Beethoven. iyrie Eleison, Gloria Tibi and Laus ? Tibi ? Roper. sermon, "The Christ of Everywhere." Anthem. "Awake Thou that Sleep est'' ? Simper. U the Presentation, "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow" ? Bourgeois . Per Sanctus and Agnus Dei ? Simper, j Jlcria in E.xcelsis ? Old Chant. I; S'unc Dimittis ? Gregioian. i Recessional Hymi, "At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing" ? Elvey. HEN BOUND OVER TO THE FEDERAL COURT Gordon Whitmire and Doyle Chap nan waived a preliminary hearing lere Monday in regard to their trial i n which they are charged with oner iting an illicit distillery, according o U. S. Commissioner A. E. Hamp on. The two men were captured ! Friday afternoon by Federal Prohi-j )ition Agent W. W. Owen, Roy Owen, ; ind Fanning Saltz; one man escaped. The still was located in the Old , roxaway section near Sheep Rock , vhere several stills have been des- ?. ;royed. The outfit was well equipped j with 11 fermenters. Seven and one lalf gallons of whiskey and a large juantity of beer was destroyed. Making Little UiiOP PENNIES HbKV for the GIRL SCOUT CAMP "We'll See it Thru. With Pennies" | Such signs will bo seen in all the ; business houses of Brevard and in nary of the homer, of the community ivithin the next few days. The uniquj; signs v/ill bo on jars of varying sizes,! put out by member?, of the Girl Scout ! Community Committee, and are being nlacnd in handy plrccs for pennies to by dropped, one by ore, or two by ' two, n:ci;les and dimes, and up, or: what have you? The pennies, hundreds and hun- j dreds of them, wil! be gathered up by J members of the Business and Pro- j fessional Women's club, ind will used to defray expense of the Girl Scout Camp which will be held June of this | year. No drive for funds will -be made by \ the Business Women's club, no do- , nations ' asked for ? just the ! little pieces of change, in most in- 1 stances pennies, Trill suffice to tnVp' rr-j ;.?* the Eir.fc::ir-, pi, ".pram that' COUNTY'S NEEDS ARE GREATER THAN EVER Mus Kern Kelates Instances Where immediate Aid It Necessary A larger number of fumilies in T-ansylvania county are suffering I from lack of food at this time than at a?y other timfc heretofore this ;vn.iitr, according to Miss Florence Kent, -who is in 'charge of the couVrty .Welfare Distribution office. I Miss Kern explained in a recent in terview with the Brevard News that applications for food literally poured into her department every Monday morning, representatives from 7 dif ferent families having applied for food jthe past Monday which had not i applied before during the entire w'.n ter. Miss Kern has made several sur-j veys of various sections of the county ami she is familiar with the outstand ing needs. She reported that in one section of the county several persons are suffering from Pellegra and there are tix individuals in one family who j are flowly starving to death, she re- 1 vested. Families which have been j existing upon their own store of corn | arid .canned goods have exhausted tbgif supplies arid have bppn (f?rcsd te, apply to the welfare board, this ad ding e large number of applicants every Monday. Although many generous gifts have been made to the Welfare board to aid with the work, it is very necessary that ai immediate measure be taken; the boerd is entirely without funds j and their supply of food is practically ! exhausted. Miss Kern has to turn j several families away each week, | without aiding them, for lack of the ' supplies needed. Two well filled boxes of clothing i were received recently from the Girl's "C" Ciub of Central High school, Washington, D. C. The club is under thi direction of Misb Dorothy Linder, a teacher in that school. The young j ladies wrote Miss Kern an interesting J letter commending the county on its j welfare work and adding that they i wanted to make a donation. The cloth- i injf was well received and is being1 distributed among the needy of the | county. A supply of food was received from citizens of tbp Enon section I Mtaiday morning, ijpluding, corn,: molasses, meat, end potatoes. Miss Kern said that meat, flour, lard, sugar, and coffee are the out- \ standing items of food needed at this time. IMPORTANT TERM ! OF SUPERIOR COURT; i Ninety-five criminal cases will be I heard by Judge J. H. Clement of ! Winston-Salem, when he presides ov cr the April term of Superior court j which begins in Brevard on April 4. | This term wiil be for the trial of; both criminal and civil eases, a num- ' ber of important civil cases being' scheduled for the term. Solicitor J. Will Pless Jr. will be in charge of the prosecution for the state. According to the criminal docket; there will be 16 cases of public! drunkenness and 15 case of violation of prohibition laws, there being a larger number of these cases than any other. The docket reveals that there will j be nine cases of larceny and of driv- i ing a car while under influence of] whiskey, 4. Assault with deadly weapon, 11; | worthless check, 5; affray, 5; de struction of personal property, 1, false pretense, 3 ; disposing of mor*- 1 gaged property, 2; forcible trespass,! 1; assault, D; dynamiting fish, 2;| transporting 1 ; abandonment, 3 ; I carrying concealed weapon, 2; at- j tempt to rape, 1 ; resisting officer, 1 ; ? violation of sanitary ordinance, 1 ; j violation of town ordinance, 1 ; se ducing girl under 14 year of age, 1; ji drunkenness and assault, 2; assault:, on female, 1 ; removing crop, 1 ; fail- j ure to require bond, 1 ; embezzle ment, 2. j Things Count | has been mapped out by the ladies for benefit of their "v?unger Sisters'': the Girl Scouts. Plans call for an encampment of the most approved type, to be "neld : not less than ten days, at which every ( Girl Scout in the county will be en-| titled to attend. Expert Scout leaders, will be in charge of the camp. Girl Scout work, under leadership , of the Business and Professional Women's club has mide ranid strides j in Transylvania coenty during the ? past several years. Three troops, two I at Brevard and one at Penrose, are I all doing excellent work, and with the educational campagin that will he carried oji during the ten day en campment, the movement is expected : to be made one of the outstanding factors in the life of young girls here. 1 No stone is being left unturned by the ladies in their endravov to mak? the move a success, and leaders assert ithat with the cooperation of the j n?hl'C in general? "We'll =ee it I ?v. v.'i1 ]? pennies.'- ^ DR.FRMPGOLEIS CHOSEN AS SPEAKER jRer. W. H. Ford to Preach Sermon ? School Officials Are Greatly Pleased Dr. Frank K. Poole, of Furman ! University, will deliver the literary address to the Brevard High school seniors, Friday evening April 22, according to recent announcement of Prof. J. B. Jones, superintendent of Brevard public schools. . Rev. W. H. Ford, pastor of the I First Baptist Church at Henderson iville, will preach the Baccalaureate 1 sermon, Wednesday evening April 20, | at the Brevard High school building. Both men are speakers and writers of note. Class Day exerci=js for the Senior j class will be held Thursday evening [April 21 and plank for this interest ing program are now being arranged ! by members of the senior das3. All Bchools of the county will close | on April 22 with the closing exercises [being held the latter days of Vie week. Examinations in the Rosman and Brevard High schools will be held Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15. Forty-three seniors have qualified for graduation in the Brevard High school for the year 1932, this being the largest class in the history of the high school. The qualified seniors in-iude: Walter C. Ashworth, Margaret E. Jti.vnette, Harriet Emma Boggs. An dif.v Johnson Boggs, Nina Belle Burrell, Rachael Elizabeth Case, Catherine Louise Case, Nell Case, John P. Collins, E. Marion Deaver, ?!?ry Louise* Gillespie, Mary Ethel Gosnell, Marjorie Helen Hamilton. Alued E. Hampton, Mildred Eliza beth Hayes, Thelma Johnson. Lila John. 'jn, Elizabeth Jordon, J. Frances King, T. Lester King. Wales Randall Lankford, Doris E. Lyday, Willie Roberta McCull, LillieJ Adelaide McCrary, Leslie A. Mc- 1 Guire, Evelyn Hyatt Mcintosh. Cat- 1 herine Peguis McLeod, Guy Wilson, Samatha Marie Mull, Roy Edward . Neill, Winifred E. Nicholson, Essie . Grsves Norton, Mildred Elizabeth Norton. Earl' Van O'Kelly, Jane Huskcj Pearce, Harry Pickelsimer, Floy G. ' Ponder, Arthur Frisco Sentell, Brona | Lee Sharp, Celia Jane Shuforn, Mar jruerite Nel! Waldrop, Max Gilbert, Wilson,- Lcuise Wood. HIGHWAY FORCE IS AWAITING ORDERS! State Highway forces are complet ing projects in this section upon which work had been done, the main part of the force now being in the | Highlands section, where finishing ? touches have been put on No. 28. > There is probability that the next ' work to be done will be completion of : the highway stretch connecting with , the Georgia line in the Walhalla sec- j tion. Another portion of the work that i may be done in the immediate future J is completion of the surfacing on that part of the Boylston road running 1 through Henderson county. Word from Raleigh is being awaited for authority to complete these two jobs, it is said. It is not known just what day work r will start on paving No. 28 through I Brevard's corporate limits, but it is known that this will begin within a short time. There is little work to be done on this project, which changes No. 28 from King's Creek to the Square, following Broad street by the i Brevard Institute. It is believed that more work will ' soon begin on the county roads, in : addition to the large number of jobs , that have already been done in Transylvania county. SCHOOLlUNCHES i PUNNED FOR WEEK; i According to announcement of i Mrs. A. B. Galloway chairman of the ' food' committee in charge of furnish- ' ing lunches for the undernourished children of Brevard Elementary school, the following schedule has been made out for the week of March I 28 throughout April 1. Monday, Fidelis class of Baptist . Church. Tuesday, Mrs. Fred Shuford. Wednesday, Mrs. Frank Jenkins I and Miss Riley. Thursday and Friday, Mrs. W. . M cK. Fctser nnd Mrs. C. C. Yongtie. I The schedule for this week in cluded : Monday, Airs. Arthur Jenkins and i Mrs. Parker. Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs. O H. Orr and Mrs. L. R. Scruggs. Thursday. Mrs. .Arthur Jenkins. | Friday, Mrs. Carl Hardin. K! WAX IS TO MEET THURSDAY AT NOON FOR REGULAR MEET Kiwanis Education will be feature of the regular meeting of the Brevard Kiwanis club to be held Thursdav of this week at. the noon hour at the England Home. Lewis P. Hamlin will be in eh^.rpe of t.h'- prrpram: Several o:1' of to-vr r.r? r- . ?.<?? SAYS EWBANK Dili NOT PROVE CASE AGAINST DRY LAWS Because Prohibition Failed In China Does Not Make it Such Here TOOK CAREFUL NOTE ON THE EWBANK SPEECH Sums Up Arguments and Fznd*. ; That Facts Refute Many Inferences in Address i * i (By Mrs. Frank Jenkins ) In giving my impressions of Mr. 1 Ewbank'i recent speech on prohibi tion repeal, I do so with some reluc tance. He and I cannot meet as equals. I have sincere respect alikt" I for Mr. Ewbank'g character and his {intelligence. He, on the other hand^. | has announced that he cannot recpett I the intelligence of those upholding j prohibition, in which class, I am, for ? the present, Included ! Frankly admitting then, my men ;tal handicap, I still venture, as fools . will, to rush in where the intelligent r%GU.id ucoitp. to- trwi. venture to ? maintain that some of. the facts set forth by Mr. Ewbsnk can be offset by .other facts which greatly modify the : inferences to be drawn. Also, that, jfrom some of his premises, the con clusions he draws are open ta ques tion. ! I carefully took notes of Mr. Bw ! bank's speech, and on reading them over, it appears that his plea against .prohibition may be summed up under* the following heads: A ? Liquor is necessary for jeinai purposes. [ B ? To forbid its use, as medirinc ;or beverage, is an infringement upon j personal liberty. I C ? Prohibition can not be onforcad. ; 35 ? Prohibition is not enjoined b\ the Christian religion, and even i?ii were, that signifies nothing, since Uk majority of Americans are not Chrit tian?, or at least not church moir.i*i>. I admit some degree of assentt in each of these sta.temor.ts. Yet Mr. EjWbankv to my mind, did not previ his ease against prohibition ? and I am open to conviction. To touch on the first two. points seems futile. They are ei'tiyv.'tseri' read and discussed, and each persou accepts the argument most in agree ment with his own viewpoint. But, a little consideration, if yon please, on the third point. That prohibition IS NOT enforced, is common knowledge. That, as it (Continued on paqe eight) DOG TAX MUST BE PAID, OFFICERS SAY Report of Mad Dogs at Large Causes Stem Action bj/ the Town Reports of mad dogs roaming about in Brevard have caused the ?own officials to stricter enforcement of the ordinance governing the keeping of dogs within the limits of Brevard. It is announced that this ordinance will be strictly enforced. The or dinance places a tax of one dollar on each male dog, and two dollars on each female. Any dog found off the premises of the owner will be i;n pounded, and if the dog is not dainreJ and taxes paid on same withi:- seven days, the dogs will be killed. While the ordinance provides that dogs shall not run at large, ana shall be kept on the premises of the owner, observance of this portion of the or dinance does not release the :ax that must be paid. The tax is charged against all dogs within th< town limits. Chief of Police Freeman has an nounced that he will have any dotf killed at. the owner's request, if they prefer this to payment of the tax. Officials would like to impress owners of dogs with the fact that the ordi nance is to be strictly enforced, swf only the prompt payment of taxes, and strict obedience of the provisions of the ordinance that makes 'it obligatory to keep dogs on tDre premises will "save the canines for their masters. NOTED CJHIRfW DIES !N KENTUCKY Word has been received in Brevard of the death of Dr. Charles R. Hemp hill, noted educator and churchman, at his home in Louisville. Ky. Dr. Hemphill, who had a host of friends in Brevard and Transylvania county, died on March 9. aftev tin illness <if several months. He was SO years ol <f. For a number of years Dr. Hemp hill ljad spent his summers in Bre vard, and while recognized t.hro'.<irh out the United Ststes as one of the outstanding leaders of the Presby* terian church, he was known and. ; loved by hundreds o? people in !vard as a Man of God who. was givjn#' | himself tn the \tortc cf Vpliftfnjr mankind, always haying a kincVVwrrf or friendly nod for poc?- and r'. b ; alike.