North Carolina Newspapers

|j Number 14. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 7, 1932, VOLUME XXXVII r BREVARD MEN LOSE IN COURT DEMI Three t? Two Verdict of Sup reme Court Upholds Lower { Court Verdict; EXCEPT AS TO MESSRS. WHITE, OWEN AND TALLY, Many People Heard to Express Regret ? Not known What Action Will Follow Three members of the North Caro lina Supreme court say*, in a decision' handed down late Wednesday, that J. H. Pickelsimer, C. R. McNee'ly, Thos. ? H. Shipman and Ralph R. Fisher ! must serve a term of from two to I five years in the penitentiary, and ! pay fines of $5,000 each, and that Jo- | seph S. Silversteen must pay a fine ; of $5,000. Two members of the Supreme court say, in dissenting opinions, that the ; evidence against the men was not suf ficient to convict. All members of the court said that I Messrs White, Talley and Owen | should be set free, and that their cases 1 should have been non-suited by the i lower court. ' Thus it is that five of the best men Transylvania county ever boasted are made felons by a decision of one ma jority vote. The eight men above named were indicted by the grand jury a year ago, charged with conspiracy to de fraud the county in the sale of a one hundred thousand dollar note, is sued by the county. Trial of the men was held ih August of last year, with Judge H. Hovle Sink presiding; So-, licitor J. Will" Pless, Jr., prosecuting the cases, assisted by Pat Kimzey of Brevard a-d Felix Alley of Waynes-; vflle. Mr. Kimzey appeared in his of- j ficial position at attorney for the liq uidating agent of the Brevard Bank-; ing company. Felix Alley was employ ed by the state of North Carolina to j (Continued on page eight) BASEBALL PLANS IN ?! MAKING FOR COUNTYj Meeting at Penrose for Pur^i pose of Organizing Coun ty League Baseball boys met at Penrose school .Saturday night to make plans in an ticipation of meeting with other clubs of the county to organize a league for the county. Those present seemed very enthusiastic about ball and expressed an eager desire for a county league. 1 X. L. Ponder was elected manager ! and Horace Lyday coach for the club. ! The appointing of captain was defer- , red for a later date. The club expects to have two new j pitchers for this season. Wilson Ly- 1 day. our veteran catcher, has been catching for Mars Hill College and should come back very good. There may be vacancies in short stop, third base and outfield to be filled by the wideawake active boys who come in | for tryout in first practice. It is the ] general opinion that more should play ! in the way of squad playing rather than have a select team and every boy who can <lo anything worth while be allowed to do some playing in the ? league games. J3o every one who i thinks he can do at all well, should i be out on practice days. We expect1 to have a greatly improved club over j last year. ! Practice days are set at 4 o'clock on Friday of this week, April 8 and Wednesday of next week April 13. : Then we expect to have a practice game with Pisgah or some other club on Saturday April 16. Everyone in terested be present on practice days April 8 and 13. Come on into the league, boys, to stick to a finish and let's have a very pleasant season for all. Everybody begin to be good sports and we can make a splendid season. Something we can all enjoy. j DISCUSS PLANS FOR j RELIEF OF NEEDY' Plans for the immediate relief of the needy 5if Transylvania county ! were discuWed at a meeting of the ! Executive Board of the County Wel-i far:- Committee, Tuesday evening, j It was revealed that the supplies which have been supplying a large number of families of the county with food, has boon completely exausted and the citizens have been slow to respond to the calls issued by offi cial of the Board. A plan is under foot at this time which may lead to material results in the near future and it is the de sire of the Board to receive the hearty cooperaf 'on of every able citi~.cn of the county when they issue the call for supplies. Committees are being appointed this week by officials and it is expected that definite ulans will be available for oubiicr.tion next week. Prof. J. B. Jor, is and Chairman Alex Kizer are leading the work to select chairmen in each section of the county to take chasg . the new leaders will be an no;; ".t<? in the near future. AS TO TURKEY AND PROHIBITION LAW Statements Made By Mr. fcw-' bank Conflict With World's Authorities PROHIBITION PREVAILED i FOR THIRTEEN CENTURIES Mrs. Jenkins Did Not Know, j She Says, About Beheading: Of So Many Turks At the request of a large- number ? of interested citizens of Brevard, Mrs, J F. E. B. Jenkins has prepared a third . article on prohibition, this one deal- ! ing with the Prohibition of Turkey, j (Mrs. Frank Jenkins) I know but little of the Turkish ; people, and that little was mostly : acquired years age, before the tre- ! mendous changes in Turkey began to j take place. Mr. Ewbank, recently,) made one addition to my small store ; of information. I learned from him | that the Turks had cut off 100:000 ! heads, in their attempts to enforce prohibition, and even so, they found ' enforcement impossible. Asa standard for other nations, 1 Turkey seems as odd a choice as was : China. However, since the failure of ' prohibition in Turkey is adduced as; an argument for its repeal in America we may as well see both sides of the picture. , I inferred from Mr. Ewbank's speech that the Turks have ceased to be prohibitionists. When this came to pass, or what brought it about, he did not say. .Apparently, it has happened within the past thirty years, for up to that time, prohibition prevailed in Turkey, and was pronounced a suc cess by very competent observers both Turkish and American. Dr. Lyman Abbott, long editor of The Outlook, and Dr. Stoddard, author of Stod dard's Lectures, have borne witness to this fact. Says Dr. Stoddard in his ( Continued on page eight) HOSPITAL OPENING-; DISCUSSED IN MEET; Woman's Bureau Leading1 Movement to Re-open Needed Institution The need of r e - o p e n i n g J Transylvania Hospital was discussed t Monday afternoon by the ladies of the Woman's Bureau when they met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms ? for their regular monthly meeting. '? The Bureau has had committees | working on this project for some time ] and it is expected that material re- ; suits will be attained within the near j future. . The Bureau voted to hold a bazaar, exchange sale during the summer j months, with fancy work, souvenirs, ' and foods on sale. The ladies plan to furnish the articles themselves, ac counting the cost of production and soiling the goods at a 10 per cent increase, the 10 per cent being given to the Bureau treasury. Mrs. B. F. Beasley was appointed chairman of this committee, she to choose her co-workers at a later date. Mrs. Oliver Orr spoke to the Bu reau on the "Beautification of the Home Grounds", in a timely and in teresting talk. Mrs. Orr proposed that the ladies choose some particular place in Brevard to beautify in order to add to the attractions of the town. A committee of four was appointed to choose a spot and lead in the work. I Mrs. Wm. McK. Fetzer, chairman and Mrs. Clarence Young, Mrs. Carl Wike, and Mrs. Oliver Orr, co-work iers. P. 0. RECE1PTSSH0W ! BIG INCREASE HERE "Gross receipts taken in at the Post Office during the months of Febru ary and March 1932 have largely in creased over the same period of 1931," according to report of Postmaster. R.| L. Nicholson, Tuesday. I Evidences of a convincing nature have been noted in other institutions of Brevard and the popular sentiment tends to indicate that increases in other forms of business are advanc ing as well. APRIL MIXED TERM COURT IN SESSION Judge Oglesby Presiding ? | Charge Made Profound j Impression GRAND JURYMAKES REPORT TO COURT Few Cases Disposed Of Up To Wednesday's Ad journment Judge John M. Oglesby, presiding; at the April term of eourt here, made ' profound impression upon all people in the crowded court room Monoay ' morning in his charge to the grand ! jury. Judge Oglesby had exchanged j courts with Judge Clement, coming to j 5revard in rather unsuspected manner, j but none the less enjoyable, the jurist ? says. Seven years ago this week Oglesby went upon the bench, bold- ! ing his first court .n Bravard. and his j coming here this week is taking the turn of an anniversary celebration. Many citizens have remarked upon the strong charge to the grand jury, declaring it to have been one of the finest lectures on citizenship evci heard here. Members of the jury who came with excuses prepared for pre sentation to the court, with intention of asking to be excused from jury service, kept their cxcuses to them selves and gladly accepted service in the the court. The charge was ex temporaneous, the jurist coming here in belief that This was to be a ciyi1 term of court rather than a mixed term, and had not prepared his charge. Judge: Oglesby was asked for a copy of the splendid presentation, that same might be published, and then it was that the jurist informed the press that the charge w^s extem poraneous. The following gentlemen were se- ; Jected for grand jury service: W. W. Rav, foreman; H. P. Chapman, n. M. Mull, J. 0. Cantrell, J. B. Gold (Cfmtinued on jtayc eight) COUNTY BOARD IN" ROUTINE SESSION Meeting of the board of countj' commissioners Monday was not mark c;l with any business more than mere routine, the records show, with all members present except Mr. Hender son. An order was issued to pay to the welfare board a sum of $115. to assist the board in caring for needy cases. An order was adopted placing the county advertising on contract , to be awarded to the lower bidder, - excepting all foreclosure sales under' deed of trust and mortgages. Jess A. Galloway, register of deeds and clerk to the board, was instruct ed to communicate with Engineer Waker of the State Highway Com mission relative to the road petition of Mrs. 11. S. Jordan, et al. MANY POLiCIESARE ORDERED DROPPED The Insurance on all buildings not now being used for county school pur poses was cancelled Monday by vote of the Board of Education when the Board met for its regular meeting. Board members present were: Chair man J. M. Galloway, C. V. Shuford. L. C. Case, L. P. Wilson. i Insurance was cancelled on school buildings at Botha, Calvert, Union, ! Blantyre, Laurel Creek, Upper East Fork, East Fork and Oakland. Offi cials are confident that this is an ; economical move due to the fact that [insurance cannot be collected upon i school buildings unless they are be ling used as much. I The board voted to appeal to the | State Vocational Board for a George I Reed Home Economic Teacher's fund. 1 This fund provided by the state and federal government pays three-four ths of the Home Economics teachers salary and employs her ,ten months of the year, this change would place Home Economics on the same basis with Vocational Agriculture here, j At the present time the Home Eco nomics teacher is vilaced as a regular I teacher, for the e'ght months term. By vote of the Board it was de cided to pay bus drivers, janitors 'and mechanics for the month of : March to be followed by payment of ? teachers as soon as possible. The Board adjourned to meet again I Monday May 2, when they will fill 'all vacancies on school committees. i ROSMAN EDITOR'S FATHF.?. IS CRITICALLY ILL l AT HOME IN FRANKLIN ; NO ROSMAN NEWS M. N. Moore, father of Mrs. Claude Glazener, editor of the Rosman Page in The Brevard News, is critically ill at his home ; in Franklin. Mrs. Glazener has been at the bedside of her strick en father all week, hence the absence this week of the Rosman News. Mrs. Glazener had hoped that her father would shov signs of improvement sufficient for her to return to Rosman I Wednesday morning, and send in the news, but his j condition continued to be so critical that she could not leave ] him. The -Brevard News is confident that all readers of the j paper in Rosman will sympathize with Mrs. Glazener in her j trouble, and understand fully the reason for the absence of the [page from Rosman. 1 MISS THELMA QRR Former Brevard Girl Highly Honored In New Home MISS THELMA ORR IS GIVEN HIGH HONORS Weil Known In Brevard Is the Daughter of Mrs. Elzie B, Hamilton According to a recent issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, Miss Thel raa Orr, former Brevard girl, daughter of Mrs. E. B. Hamilton, has received Girl Scoutdom's highest honor, the title of "Golden Eaglet". This moan0 that she has passed the highest of Girl Scout test in Physical, mental and ethical attainments. Miss Orr was presented her of ficial badge during an observance of the birthday anniversary of the Gin Scout organization. Krs. Frederick Edens, National Girl Scout president made the badge presentation. She is a member of a San Fran cisco unit of Girl Scouts and she tool, part in a tree planting ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts in the Cal ifornia City. The Girl Scouts of ficiated in the planting of a number of trees it Washington bicentennial celebration and the presentation of the "Eagle" badge form a part of the ! ceremony. Miss Orr will be widely remember jed here where she lived until the I spring of 1930 when her family moved I to California. During her Scout I career here she advanced rapidly in | rank and it was with a great pleas . ure that her friends learned of her 'new achievement. She led the class in all her school j studied and in addition was one of I the outstanding athletes of the girl's | sport in the high school, having been chosen captain of the basket bail team here. WEAVER TOASSIST ! IN HATCHERY WORK i In answer to a petition signed by John W. Smith and over a hundred other enterprising citizens of the county, in regard to placing a gov ernment fish hatchery upon the wat ers of Grogan's creek in the Pisgah , National Forest, Congressman Zebu I Ion Weaver made the following re , ply: 'Mr. J. W. Smith ! Brevard, N. C. i Dear Sir: i "I beg to acknowledge the letter, jor petition, signed by yourself and i many others, relative to the estab lishment of a fish hatchery in Pisgah Forest. It has been my desire to see a fish hatchery established there and I assure you that I shall give the mat ter every attention. I assure you I appreciate this expression from the citizens of Transylvania County. Most sincerelv yours, j "ZEBULON WEAVER" Dunn's Creek Meeting Reports of a most successful revival at. Dunn's Creek church have been re ceived in Brevard; and it is said that nine conversations have already marked the meeting's progress. Large congregations are attending the ser vices, and Frank Gaither, well known in Brevard, is conducting the daily jVERNER ANNOUNCES I : FOR LEGISLATURE! I . ! Honest Elections, Honest Fi-j I nance, Honest Adminis tration Is Plea ! WAS SUPERINTENDENT I OF SCHOOLS IN COUNTY i J ! Highly Educated, With Varied Experiences In Public i Announcement in this issue of The , | Brevard News that Prof. S. P. Ver- ! ?ner, for superintendent of public in-j (struction in Transylvania county, is . a candidate for the lower house of 1 j the- General Assembly will prove most j interesting to all citizens of Transyl vania. Prof. Verne-r will enter the 'June primary for nomination on the: Democratic tickct. for representative, upon the following announced plat- ; form : 1. Honest Elections. 2. Honest Finance. * j 3. Honest Administration of public ? affairs. i 4. Equalized Taxation, j 5. Efficient Education. I 6. Rigid but intelligent Economy ! in public and private affairs, i 7. Adequate governmental stimulus j to business recovery. j Prof. Verner is one of the best I known men of the county, and en [joys a national reputation as a schooi ; man and in diplomatic circles. lie ; pent many years in foreign coun tries, i^tably South America and Af ; ; ica, as a representative of this coun try in foreign fields, and in the em ploy of private concerns. He is recog ! nized as one of the most highly edu cated men in the state, and has had ' long experience in public school work. | It is said that M. \V. Galloway, ona of the outstanding men of the county, will soon make formal announcement 'of his candidacy. Reports on the ' streets are to I ho effect that Prof. T. ( C. Henderson, for a quarter of a cen I tury at the head of the school sys itern in the county, will also enter th.' | contest within a short time. Then may be others it is said, whe will enter the Democratic primary for nomination to the office of represen tative. Friends of Prof. Verner express t'ru , belief that he will make a strong rati. ;in the primary^ many of these friends predicting freely that he will be nom inated. TO QVE ANTITOXIN TREATMENT TO MANY A genc-ral discussion of plans fo: the annual summer round-up of child ren for the diphtheria anti-toxir treatment occupied the major part of the Executive Board of the Parent I Teacher association's meeting Mon ?day afternoon when they met fo;- a: executive session. It was revealed that Dr. C. L. New land, county Health officer will have charge Of the work, he having re ceived $150,00 worth of the anti-toxir. from the State Department of Health. The Board ruled that the next meet ing of the Parent-Teacher association ,and the last of the year be held Mon ' day April 11, at which time, Rev. J. ; H. West will have charge of the de votional exercises and Mrs. B. E. ' Nicholson will give a reading. 1 The purpose of the meeting, being , to elect officers for the school year ; 1932-33, with the appointment of cev |tain committees necessary. PLESS IS SPEAKER ; AT KIWANIS MEET ; Solicitor J. Will Pless, in charge o< . the prosecuting for the state in April ; superior court here will speak to the iKiwanis today at 2 o'clock when the members of that organization gather jat the England home for their regu lar meeting. ' Following Mr. Pless's address, thr I Kiwanis will have a business session jion and several items of importance ; are scheduled to appear for discus ision, all Kiwanis being insistently I urged to attend. 5 AND ICTCENTSTORE | OPENS IN BREVARD i ? ! Opening of a new store in Brevard, knotor as the United Variety Store, .with merchandise from five cents to 1 one dollar, is expected to prove of ! great value to the community. It is ! completely stocked with every variety of merchandise to be found in the five | and ten cent stores operating in the i larger cities. It is the eighth store in a chain operated by Mr. L. M. Hin shaw, with the parent concern at Taylorsville. Mr. Hinshaw is a nativ< North Carolinian. Mr. F. G. Feimstei is manager of the local store. The new store will not only be of lvalue to the buying public of the town | and county, but will, it is believed, be of benefit to the general business life of Brevard. The new store is located on Main street, just above the Farmer's Supply Company. ? "? ' HENRY ANNOUNCES FOR LEGISLATURE Present Member Say s In For mal Statement He Wishes To Return ASSIST IN COMPLETING WORK STARTED BEFORE Gives Record In Past Session ? Is Well Known In The County Hon. W. M. Henry, present member of the legislature representing' Trans ylvania county, makes formal an nouncement in today's Brevard NTews that he is a candidate to succeed him self in the lower house. In making an nouncement of his candidacy, .Mr. Henry expressed the desire to' beco7?e a member of the 1933 sessions of th? General Assembly and assist in com pletion of the plan started in the last session to remove all property tax for support of the constitutional six months' school term. All but 15 cents on the hundred dollars valuation was removed by the school act in thf- last . session, and the advocates of this plan hope to complete the work, Mr. ? Henry stated, and remove this IS cents, leaving the state to support in i'u'l the six months' school tens. Mr. Henry wants to see a complete revaluation and re-adjustment of property valuations for taxation, he says, and all taxable properties placed upor. the tax books, to the end that the rate may be lowered as rapidly a? pos sible. The revaluation, he says, should be made in keeping with present val ues of property. The veteran leader is omphalic his demand for reductions in saier/2* of public officials from the governor down, and sharp reduction in expenses, of each and every department. N'nr will he support the "short ballot," he say<?, which has for its purpose still greater centralization of government al power. He will oppose this prop osition, if elected, he states. Mr. Henry speaks with pride of his stand with the MaeLean group last year on the school question. He s-.lf is proud of the results of the road lav:-, wherein the state took ov.-r all the highways, and which, !io says, has beer, so beneficial to Tranwtyvsnfa county. He supported the county gov ernment control act. and voted lor fhfc ( Continued on pai/c eiaiil) County Convention Is Called For Purpose of Naming Delegates Republicans of Transylvania coun ty have been called to meet in county ccnvention next Saturday morrvrs at 11 o'clock, in the county court house for the purpose of organizing the county committee and naming del egates to the State, Congressional. Senatorial and Judicial conventions. : Election of a county chairman will be one of the important feature* of the day's program. i Reports from the various prec-net* are to the effect that delegates wo named last Saturday to attend th county convention, while a few < the precincts have announced th;. meetings will be held next Saturd- ? morning, and name delegates to th county meet and come on to the in vention. I No county candidate will be named ? at this convention but a date will bt set for holding the regular nominat ing' convention at an early date. Ral ph R Fisher is present county chair man, while A. E. Hampton is sec retary of the committee. INSTITUTE TEAMS j WIN ALL DECISIONS The Brevard Institute debating , teams won both . decisions in the ! triangular debate on Friday Evening. | April 1. The Affirmative tejfm com posed of Mr. Jack' Wildey of Ashe jville, N. C., and Mr. Pio Sanchcz of ? Havana, Caha. won in the debate at 'home, against the negative team from ; the Green Creek High school, of PolV ' County. The Institute's i.egativt team, Mr. Russell Henderson of Ashe iville, and Miss Gladys Perry of Chst ;tanooga, Tenn., were successful in ! competition with tho affirmative of i the Hollis high school, at Holl's. in Rutherford County. Mr. Wilbu'n Hooper of Charlotte. N. C\, is tin* teams alternate. j These debates comprise ihe rc-toi- > preliminaries in th- North C.*? iHnu 'High school debating Union, r;ul :;tv |nual event sponsor; d by the Ui iver ! sit>- of North Carolina, and winning 'of both sides of -he argumen' in thi preliminaries entitles the team to compete in the finals to be held at th. University at Chapel Hill, April 11 :and 15. Much credit for the succors of the | Institute team is due to the work of i Mr. Lloyd Allison who has been | coaching the team. He has worked (hard to develop a winning tear.:, anil ; is tc be congratulated on h ? ,i sn