BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 31, 1932
Number IS
VOLUME XXXVII
COURT CONVENES IN j
BREVARD MONDAY!
/ WyH BIG DOCKET
Judge Clement of Winston
Salem, to Preside ? Many
Important Cases
LARGE NUMBER CIVIL
CASES SECOND WEEK
Many Visiting Lawyers Ex-j
pected To Attend the
April Term
When Superior Court opens here '
next week, Judge Clement, of Wins
ton-Salem, will face a heavy docket,
which will be greatly increased, of
course, by the true bills fouud by
the grand jury. Some rather import- j
ant cases are already on the docket, |
while intimations are made that i
others of importance may be added ,
to the docket when the grand juryj
completes its work.
Upon completion of the criminal)
docket, a large number of civil cases ;
arc to be tried, the calendar being j
as follows : ~ |
THURSDAY. April 7: j
1(5 ? The Wolf Co. vs W. E. Breese: ?
17 ? T. A. English vs J. L. Gillespie I
et al, *. stlj
19 ? Lowe et al vs Joinos et al. ;
26 ? F. E. B. Jenkins vs S. L.
Duckworth. *>'j
29 ? Warrior Mull vs. Elmer Gilles- i
pio ? "
3D? Joseph H. Brown vs. Brevard
A;ito Service Co. 1
33 ? Young Motor Co. vs. C. P- ' ,
Hogsed. K ' X] ?,
MVj? T. A. English vs. R. A. Gil
lespie and Susie Jordon. ;'j
FRIDAY, April 8 j!
53 ? Brevard Lbr. Co. vs. George '
Bishop et al, -? ' i
28 ? Sallie Osteen vs. Brevard Lt. I
( Continued on vane eight)
ELECTION BOARD IN !
COUNTY IS NAMED1
Grady C. Kilpatrick, Brevard,
Walt or C. Whitmirc, Rosman, Demo
crats, and Oliver li. Orr, Brevard,
Republican, have been named by the.
State Buard of Elections to have ,
charge of the 1032 election machinery
in Transylvania county.
Registrars and judges will be ap- ,
policed fov ettch precinct at an early
iiui ::rg of the newly constituted
county board. I
Messrs. Kilpatrick and W^itmire
wci-;- members of the board of elec- ;
tions two years ago, Charles W.
Pickolsimer being the third member,
occ upying the place now filled by Mr.
Orr. Tho appointments were made by
the State board of elections on the
recommendation of State chairman 0.
M. Mull, of the Democrats, and State
Chairman James S. Duncan, of the
Republicans,
The State board, recently reap
pointed by Governor Gardner, in
cludes Judge J. Crawford Biggs,
Raleigh, re-elected chairman; George
McN'eill, Fayetteville, re-elected sec
retary, and Jdhn C. Sykes, Monroe,
Democrats, and Fred D. Hamrick,
Ruthorfordton. and Adrian C. Mitch
ell. Winston and Raleigh, Republi
cans. R. C. Maxwell, Raleigh, was
against elected executive secretary.
The ballots for United States Sen
ator and State offices will be com
bined as an economy measure. The
ballots for the Democrats will be
white and for the Republicans will
be pink._ The form of ballots was left !
to Chairman Biggs and Attorney 1
General Brummitt.
KIWANIS TO BOOST
GIRL SCOUT WORK
Mrs. McCrary Makes Touch- j
ing Appeal for Support
of the Kiwani*
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary was|
speaker at the Brevard Kiwanis club
last Thursday, and urged the local
Kiwanians to boost the Girl Scout
movement that is being pushed in the
county by the Business and Profes.
sional Women'^club. Mrs. McCrary '
stressed the fasrthat the ladies were j
y^iot asking for donations with which ;
lo carry on their work, but urged the
*" club members to boost the "Penny ;
L_iiirs" that are being placed in the
|ss housrs and homes in the
this week .
fclution was passed endorsing
in Lewis Hamlin for the post
District Attorney, and the
iv was instructed to write a
thanks to Holland's Maga
thc favorable publicity given
North Carolina in their cur
e. * *?
^Ferguson, district highway
Mrs. Lodema Robertson,
I the Brevard Business and
I Women's club, and Dr.
?orney of Havana, Cuba,
felish student at Brevard
- sruests of the club,
of the Hendersonville
j-isitor also, and spoke
jestingly on the Mean
FARMERS OF LITTLE |
RIVES ORGANIZE IN
THE 5-10 YEAR PLAN
Martin Shipman Elected as
President ? Oto Shipman
and V. McCrary Named
PROF. JULIAN GLAZENER
OUTLINED THE PURPOSE
T. G. Miller Presided ? Women
Adopt Program ? Over
100 Attend Meeting
More than 100 farm women and
farmers gathered at the Little River j
School house Wedn sday evening fo?
organization of the 5-10 year ftum
plan and a rousing meeting resulted,
according to Prof. J. A. Glazener,
chairman of the county 6-10 organi
zation.
Following a few introductory re
marks by Professor G'azener, in
which he expressed the desire that
all townhips organize in like manner.
T. G. Miller, chairman of the Boyd
township organization presided while
the officers were elected for the melt's
program. Chairman Martin Shipman; [
Vice chairman, Otus Shipman, secre
tary-treasurer, Virgil McCrary.
Mrs Bates Fatten, presided over
the Woman's Auxiliary meeting. The
officers elected were: Chairman, Mrs.
Martin Shipman; vice chairman, Mrs.
Htirold Hart ; secretary-treasurer, j
Mrs. Frank Shuford.
A six piece string band led by
John Hamilton provided music for the
occasion.
Oliver H. Orr, who visited the meet
ng made a short talk of commenda
tion in regard to the farm program
ivhich is being carried ont in the coun
ty, through the cooperation of the |
farmers, and farm women with Prof, j
( Continued on page eight )
BASEBALL FOR I
TRANSYLVANIA
(By N. L. Ponder)
The boys of Transylvania are [
now talking baseball. And vow, ;
why not form a league cowpris- i
ing Penrose, Pisgah Brevard and
Rosman. These teams should be
very even hi matched; also the
matter of transportation would \
vat be so heavy as when organ
bed with teams outside the conn,
ty. Don't you tbivk we can moke
u good league in the county for '?
this season ? Of course any club '
ivould be free to play an outside j
team when not conflicting with
league schedule. Come ou boys, J
and let's talk up a County
League. Some clubs are how or- j
organizing.
BASEBALL SEASON I
OPENS HERE FRIDAY!
The Brevard Institute baseball nine
will officially open the baseball seas- 1
m here Friday afternoon when they \
will play the Weaver college outfit on I
McLean Field, according- to Anthony |
Trantham, coach of the B. I. team. j
Coach Trantham announced that j
he would choose his team immediate- .
ly before the game begins. George
Mangum was recently elected captain
of the team and Prillo Mitchell, >
manager. It is expected that George
Mangum. Prillo Mitchell and Bill ,
White will alternate dh the mound. I
Coach Tilson's Blue Devil nine will
olay the Christ School team on the
tatter's diamond Saturday afternoon.
Coach has not selected his nine ysU
and the boys trying out for the pitcn
ing staff are: Lawrence Williams,
John Pickelsimer and Joe Schachner.
HAUL FERTILIZER j
IN CHRYSLER CAR?!
Stealing fertilizer is a new charge,
in these diggings, but hauling it away j
in a Chrysler sedan adds newness to j
the new, as revealed in Charges filed 1
against William King, white, and
Lawrence Edwards, colored. The men
were arrested at JSast Flat Rock
Wednesday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Tom Wood, of Transylvania
county.
The fertilizer was stolen, it is
said, last Wednesday night from
John Merrill, on the Crab Creek road
in Little River section. He had pur
chased the ton of guano that day, and
drove his truck into the barn lot,
near the house. Wednesday night it
was stolon, the whole ton of it.
Sheriff Patton's office was notified,
! .".nd Deputy Wood began work on the
case. Hp traced the men into South
Carolina, where the fertilizer had
been sold "to a farmer there. The
?hase continued to East Flat Rock,
where the two men were arrested
and tak'.'n to Brevard, where a pre
liminary hearing was given them in
the court of Magistrate F. E. Shu
Pord. They were bound over to court
:n bonds of $500, which was not
made, and the men are now confined
in the Transylvania fipunty jail.
It is the first time in' local history
that men have been arrested on a
harge of stealing fertiliser and haul
'iiig it awny in a Chrysler car.
CHAIRMAN ErJvIN ANNOUNCES
Chairman 0. L. Erwin Is Candidate j
For the Office of County Treasurer'
1
0. L. Erwin, chairman of the
board of county commissioners and
one of the best known men in the
couniy, is making announcement in ;
today's Brevard News of his candi
dacy in the co/ning Democratic pri
mary for the nomination to the of- ;
lice of county treasurer. This an- '
nouncement will come as a surprise
to all except Mr. Erwin's closest '
friends, as it had been generally
.....
thought thnt he ivouki stand for re
election on the county board. Mr.
Krwirt, before being elected in 1930
as a member of the county board,
wan a merchant in Brevard, having j
L't: ri in the mercantile business in
this county for 44 years. j
G. M. Justice is present county!
treasurer, but he has made no an- j
nnuncement as to whether or not he i
will ask fov another jerm. Mr. Er- '
,?'in is very popular, -jget
MARTIN JASPER ORR
DIES AT ACE OF 90
i
Civil War Veteran and Mu
sician of Note ? Influen- j
tial Citizen
Martin Jasper- Orr. for thtec- '
quarters of a century one of the
leading citizens of this county, died
Friday morning' at 2 o'clock ni the
beautiful Orr home in North Brc
vaid. He was 90 years of age at the 1
time of his death. Funeral services
were held for the beloved man at Oak
Grove church Saturday afternoon flt
3 o'clock, with Rev. J. H. West and
P.ev. R. L. Alexander in charge. In- 1
terment was made in the adjoining i
cemetery.
The deceased is survived by the
widow, four sons and two daughters,
as follows: Miss Hattie Orr, of Bre
vard, and Miss Daisy Orr. of Bre
vard; Clifford Orr, Randall, Wash.;
Louis Orr, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Louaillier Orr, Chattanooga, Albert
Orr, Glendale, Calif. Nine grand
children and two great grandchildren
also survive. One brother, Joe Orr, '
( Continued on page eight)
CAPTURE EIGHT ME?i
AND THREE PLANTS!
One sixty gallon still and a set ,
of twin stills were captured by Fed- !
eral Prohibition Agent W. W. Owen
and his assistant W. P. Lance,
Thursday. Eight men were taken
during the raid.
The twin stills were located one- '
quarter mile from Quebec school '
house and were only 20 feet apart. !
The stills were of 65 gallon ca- ]
pacity. Ten large stands of beer, 18
gallons of sweet mash and about 800 j
gallons of beer were seized.
The operators, George Smith and
three sons, Elwert, Durwood and Ar
nold and Joe Bracken plead guilty in
a preliminary hearing held before
'United States Commissioner A. E.
Hampton, and were bound over to
May term of Federal court. The
elder Smith has served two terms in
the State prison for similar offenses,
i Mr. Owen captured Milas Perry,
Will Rhodes and Rush Wilson oper
ating a sixty gallon/ still late Thurs
day evening in the Dunn's Rock sec
tion.
JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET
SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY
I The annual Junior-Senior banquet
will be held in the Masonic hall Fri
day evening, according to announce
ments made public Wednesday.
E':l",' ate pkns have been made by
the Juniors for the event and it is
??xpected that the banquet will be one
1 of th" most enjoycV: r.v
JOHN ALEXANDER
CALLED IN DEATH!
Funeral Services To Be Con-|
ducted This Morning
at Enon Church
Death claimed John Alexander, 87 |
ypnrs ot' agp, Tuesday night about J
1! o'clock. Hp was at his home on the 1
Boylstcn highway, near Little Moun-i
tain, and had been in feeble health 1
for the past several weeks. Funeral
services will be conducted this
(Thursday) morning at 11 o'clock in j
the Enon church, with the Rev. C. K.
Blythc in charge. Burial will be made
in the cemetery nearby.
Mr. Alexander was one of the beat
known and most highly respected
citizens of Transylvania county, loved |
by all who knew Jiim. He lived an ex- I
emplary life, and his passing will |
bring sorrow to many relatives and
friends. He leaves four generations 1
as survivors, these being his children, '
grand children, great grand children, '
great great grand children. The
children surviving are:
Mrs. A. G. Burgess, of Venus, S. j
C.; Mrs. A. W. Davis, Blantyre; Mrs.
S. V. Brown and Miss Nona Alexand
er, of Brevard, route 2; Mrs. Lena'
Newton, Cullowhee; Mrs. J. A. Ly- !
day, Pisgnh Forest; Jim Alexander;
and John Alexander, Little Mountain, j
Then there are 30 grand children,!
27 great grand children, and two
great great grand children. I
HOUSE AT OAKLAND j
BLOWN FROM SITE
i
Severe storms during the past
several days caused great loss of life!
arid damage to property in the ,
Southern states, touched the upper!
end' of Transylvania county, and
reached its worst stage Sunday night.
The home of Mr. Edgar Reid, at
Oakland, was blown from its founda
tions, but no one was hurt. Many
houses in the Oakland and Toxaway
sections were unroofed, trees were
blown down, fences swept aside as
the strong winds raged.
Citizens of the community declare
Sunday's storm to have been' the
most severe ever witnessed in the
upper end of the county, and say it
is remarkable that no one was in
jured during the violent event.
REV. rTl ALEXANDER
i PREACH AT FLETCHER
? Rev. U. L. Alexander, pastor of
' Brevard-Davidson River Presbyter
ian church, will deliver the Fletcher
High school baccalaureate sermon
Sunday, April 10 at 2 o'clock.
I The popular young pastor has de
livered many such sermons since he
accepted the Presbyterian pastorate
and his services are coming" in gxeat
?? demand every year.
BREVARD FIREMEN
MEET SEVERE TEST
iN GRMT MANNER
Chief J. S. Bromfield IvPIeased j
With Record ? Asks the
Public To Help
FIREMEN DIcTnoT KfltOW
CALL WAS FOR PRACTICE
Only 3l/g Minutes from First
Sound of Alarm Until
Stream Was Played
A record run was made by the i
Brevard Volunteer Fire department
Monday afternooii, when only three >
minutes and thirty-five seconds were .
requiied to man the truck, drive 8-10
of a mile and have a stream of water f
going that would reach to any house .
top in Western North Carolina.
Notified of the proposed practice, j
a News reporter was stationed in the |
car of Chief J. S. Bromfield, and ,
strict check was kept or. the opera- j
tions as regards time and efficiency.
No member of the volunteer organii- ;
ation was nctifi-jd that practice was]
to be held, only Chief Bromfield, who
turned in the alarm for Park avenue, ?
knowing but that the stro::g March
winds were fanning a blaze that
wou'd destroy the home of a resident
of the town.
Checking to a second, from the time
tlit, whistle began sounding, the men
w ro, make up the crack volun
tr; ? organisation had come from ,
their places of business, manned the
truck, drove through the main busi
ness section, on down East Main
sir ':t to the sharp down hill conjei j
of Park avenue and were ready i# ;
hook uii in three minutes.
Thl: :y-five seconds were required;
( Continued on pane eight )
PLAN MOTORCADE !
FROM GREENVILLE;
The Retail Merchants Bujr<$tfl i.ol :
the Gseenviye Chamber of Commerce
is plans for a. Good Will |
toirt^ft frr?v5*d, HendcrsonviHc, T>J- i
on and Grfcer, according to -a recast
announcement. It is planned for the
excursion to be held some time in
April.
The touv. if held would be the fir?t
of its kind (-mbrucing Tar Heel cities.
Tentative plans call for a morning
trip to Brevard over the newly pav?d
highway and on to Hendersonvillc.
where a Dutch luncheon would prob
ably be held. During the afternoon
the motorcade wouid continue to Try
on, and the return would bo made '
through Gowansville and Greer. ' |
Recent indications reveal that the
proposition will be acted upon im
mediately by Greenville merchants
who expect to participate in the mat
ter.
JUNIOR ORDER TO j
OBSERVE NEW HOUR
Eight o'clock was set as the regular '
hour of meeting by the Transylvania
Council Juniors at the meeting held
last Saturday night. This will be in ,
keeping with regular schedule, rnov- :
ing up from 7:30 each year at the]
first of April. - j
Several candidates are to be initiat- 1
ed at the meeting next Saturday
night, and a large number of mem- i
bers are expected to be in attendance. j
Organization of two degree teams to ]
have charge of initiation work will j
also be made at the meeting.
FIRE DESTROYED j
HOME AT TOXAWAY
| I
Will Raines' home, in the Toxa- 1
way section, near the Molta Lumber,
company's plant, burned to the ground
last Saturday, according to reports :
raaching Brevard. Practically ev
erything in the house was totally
destroyed by the flames that burned
the building to the ground.
I It is not known how the fire start
ed. No one was injured, however.
VETERANS TO MEET i
NEXT TUESDAY, 5.
t j.
Pisgah Post No. 2428 of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars organization
will hold an important meeting
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, ac
cording to announcement of Noah C.
Miller, post adjutant. \
] Special effort is being made by
j members of the post to have every
(veteran (if any foreign war who re
I sides in Transylvania county become
| a member of the organization, which
[has for its prime purpose the fur
therance of the cause of disabled vet
jerans of the World WaT.
J Mr. Miller said that a number of
very important matter? have^Aitn
scheduled for the nweting afjcu ho
,ur<res that every member
VoctiMe member b? pve?r.t.
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NO BLAME ATTACHED
TO MRS. CLARKE FOR
GRAVELY ACCIDENT
Aged Citizen Recovering From
Injuries Received Sat
urday Afternoon
MUCH EXCITEMENT UNTIL
FACTS ALL ASCERTAINED
Believed To Have Fallen From
Truck In Which He Was
Given Ride
Much excitemont was caused in
Breva rd Saturday afternoon when
John Gravely, 68 year-old resUfent ol'
the Connestee section, was hrdnght to
the offices of Dr. R. L. Stokes in an
unconscious condition, suffering from
a frtjcturod . skull, broken nose *n<t
other minor injuries. The aged farm
er had been found lying in the mid
dle of the Greenville Highway just
beyond French Broad river about
four o'clock, and immediately rushed
to the doctor's office by Late Bagwell
and Albert Gaston.
In an unconscious and serious con
dition, Mr. Gravely was unable to fceil
just-how he was hurt and indignation
was high, many people going on the
assumption that, the popular Con
nestee resident was victim of a hit
and-run driver. Sheriff Patton and
Deputy Tom Wood immediately went
to the scene of the accident, and spent
several hours in the Guar's Head
section investigating possible clues.
Coming back to the Gravely heme
later in the evening, the mystery was
easily solved, and, turned out to Ik
Hn accident pure and Bimple.
Kx Gravely tola the officers ihaJ.
be had started to mill at Maiden flan
falls, carrying a bag of corn, ami that
(Continued on pog- eight)
MINING ENGINEER ~
BREVARD VISITOR
General Manager Wood, head of
the BoyTston- sold mining operation*,
was. in JSrc-vaijLfor. this ^
?week, ?TirT
work bfeing done. It is Cc!?.
extenfl the tunne! in -*thc min<- fjuft
a distance in order to i^ach anothei
vein that the company is anjfeus t??
open up at the samo tunc .wurfc be
gins on the principal vein that wa.
worked by the old concern. % iont; of
meii are now at work in erfpfidinK
th" tunnel.
Mr. Wood's concern h;,-; purchasei'
snd is now developing a gold nim
in Cherokee county. He and his as
sociates are well pleased, they *iy
with the promising outlook in the
mining industry in. .Western Noi\h
Carolina. Many mining experts from
the West have been here, looking over
the situation, and a number of larjr
operators are becoming interested i'i
this section.
Mr. Wood did not have time while
here to make examination of the
samples of ore left here by citizens
of the county, but says that he will
return" "at the first opportunity and
make close examination of the
samples.
MiSS KERN MAKES
PLEA FOR HELPLESS
Unless Immediate Aid Is Forth
coming, There Will Be
Much Suffering
Unless the good people of the
county come to the rescue this week.
there will be want and misery in at
least twenty homes," said Miss
Florence Kern on Mpnday afternoon.
when practically everything in the
way of supplies had been exhausted
by the less fortunate people of the
community.
Miss Kerr., who is in charge of
the County Welfare work, with her
headquarters on News Areade, had o
large supply of groceries and clothes
on hand Monday morning, brought in
singe an urgent appeal was made last
week or provisions, by free hearted
citizens of the county. Included in the
lot were clothes and shoes, b*d cloth
ing, and -'oodstuffs. However, with
, twenty families to be provided for,
this supply was exhaust^j before the
day was done.
I Appeal is made for meat, sugar and
coffee, practically all families asking
aid this week especially asking far
meat. Then there is pressing need for
clothing for two and four ar ol'1
children, and some thinjrs f. r ihv
wee small tots who are indeed help
less.
i Any clothing, that has been laid
S3ide, but which is still serviceable.
!will be gladly received by Miss Kern
I in her work. Being in the office only
one day each week, Monday, request
is made that the supolies be left at
the News office, nearby, and in turn
will Be delivered to Miss Kern at
opportune time.
"Tell the people please, ple<W?t. tv
come forward,'' Mies Kern fmpioiwf.
,:We must have h?ip if. tho people w%?. \
are unable ' to help thesusefre*..* i>y- -
Mason of cireumstsiKM owv
they have rw control, ar? fce jET
the barm necessities' of lift,"