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VOLUME XXXVI! BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST II, 1932. Number 32. * Defense Springs Surprise In "Brevard Bank" Case FILE MOTION TO SET ASIDE SENTENCE AS * IMPOSED BY H. SINK Judge Moore Denies Motion And Appeal Is Taken to Supreme Court. ??ASE MAY BeTsETTLED AT NEXT APRIL TERM Or It May Be Taken In Final Stages to the U. S. Sup reme Court. i I I An unexpected surprise was sprung \ in the Superior Court Tuesday when ; Judge Moore called the case against j Shipman et a! for final disposition. I Defense attorneys provided a real j thrill for court spectators and ap- < parently took the court and State's at- ! torneys completely unawares in pre- J renting a motion asking the court to . strike out the sentence imposed upon { the defendants by Judge H. Hoyle| Sink. It will be recalled that Judge ? Sink imposed a fine of $5000.00 on j eaci defendant and in addition there- i to ordered that four of the defendants j be imprisoned in the State peniten tiary for terms of not less than two nor more than five years. The mo- f tion made by defense counsel to strike , out the judgement calling for both \ fine and imprisonment against the, men and impose a sentence in con- I formrty -with the conviction, as pre scribed under Section 4172 or Sec-' tion 4173 of the Consolidated Statues was overruled. Judge Moore, being of; the opinion that the question ought not to be passed on by his court until ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, overruled this motion a3 a question of law. It. is pointed out by attorneys familiar,' with the case that the procedure in this instance is, perhaps, by certiorari issued from the Supreme Court or- ! dering the record in the case up be-; fore it, and that where the punish-! ment is in excess of that provided; by statute, as it appears in this case, ! it will be sent back to the Superior , Court of Transylvania County for; proper judgement. j Attorneys for defendants, in order; to lose no rights for their clients, are , appealing from Judge Moore's order! and will probably ask for the certio-J ran. In all probability this case will ; next be reached in Transylvania County at the April term, 1933, at ????? j (Continued on page four) 3 GENERATIONS ARE | ? TAKEN BY OFFICERS] ' i Grandfather, Father and Son ! Are Arrested By Fed eral Officers. Three generations of the Masters | family were captured six miles west ; of Cedar Mtn. with a large steamer j distillery outfit: Grandfather, Link j Masters ,68; son, C. O. Masters, 47 ; I and Grandson, Leon Masters, 18. j James Perry, Jr., 26, made the fourth member of the party. The still was captured Tuesday morning after Prohibition officers, W. F. Swann. Charlie Jimison and Roy Owen had spent the night wait ing and searching for the distillers. The four men were confined in the | county jail Tuesday upon failure to ! make their bonds ranging from $300 ! to $500 each. The men will remain in iail to await their trial at the next 1 term of Superior court for the trial 1 of criminal cases. OPERATING COSTS SET AT LOW FIGURE BY BREVARD BOARD Appropriation Resolution Is Adopted, Allowing $20,000 For General Expense. BELIEVED TO BE RECORD FOR LOW OPERATING COST Debt Service Fund Is Set $137,128.62? This Item Causing Much Worry. That Mayor Ramsey and the board of aldermen of the town of Brevard are making every effort to meet the situation confronting municipalities is evidenced by the low figiire named in the appropriation resolution adopt ed Tuesday night for the town's general governmental activities dur ing this fiscal year. The water de partment, sewer department, police department, streets and sidewalks, lighting of the town, office e<j?ip ment and salaries of officials, all combined, are to cost little more than $20,000 for the year. Many citizens, | apprised of these figures, have spok- j en very .lighly of the town officials j for "cutting operating expenses to ' the bone," as it is described by sev- J era! men in talking about the mat ?ter. The debt service fund, provided in the resolution, runs something over $137,000, and this is the item that-' causes real "concern to the town of- J ficials failure and inability of many citizens to pay town taxes presents a real problem to the men charged with meeting the town's (Continued, on Back Page) V.F.W. DANCE ATTHEi WALTERMIRE GRILL i Plans have been perfected for a j benefit dance which will be held at the Walterniire Grill this evening from nine until twelve o'clock, under the auspices of the Pisgah Post 2428, Veterans Foreign Wars. The committee in charge are Howard Wyatt, Grover Jackson and! E. L. Sims. Music for both round and square dancing will be furnished by the Fisher brothers string band of Rosman. Script of 75c will be charged forj each couple. Pisgah Post 2428, Veterans of i Foreign Wars will meet at the county i courthouse, Tuesday August 16. All! members are urged to be present tot participate in the transaction of some j very important business. 0. B. JONES TO SPEAK ! AT LITTLE RIVER! \ i ! O. B. Jones, Henderson county! Agent -will speak before the farmers, | farm women and vocational agricul- ' ture students of Little River at the Little River school house Friday ev ening when they gather there for the | regular meeting of the 5-10 organ iza-j tion. All of the 5-10 workers of that sec- j tion and of the county are urged to be present to hear Mr. Jones. Several I important business matters are ex-j pected to come before the meeting in j regard to the Sylvan Valley fair, it j is expected. j Quilt Show To Be Held Friday and Saturday at the Woman's Exchange The W^fcan's Bureau 'has complet-. ed plans for a Quilt Show to be had at the Woman's Exchange on Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13. The Committee under whose direction the - exhibition will be made is headed by * Mrs. B. F. Beasley and with Miss Katherine Griffin and Mrs. Ralph Zachary as assistants. Anyone is eligible to place a quilt or spread on exhibition and those who do so Bre asked to attach a slip to the quilt or spread, stating the name, pf the quilt and the owner. Those who take a 50 cent membership in the Woman's Exchange will be entitled to enter one or two quilts in the show ta be placed on sale, receiving in re turn all but ten per cent of the pro ceeds of sale. Those who are already members of the Exchange are entitled l to enter their quilts without charge. Seven prizes of one doHar each lave been offered by the Bureau for juilts and spreads under different :lassifications. The following classification has seen made. 1. Best appliqued quilt. 2. Best silk quilt. 3. Best patchwork quilt. 4. Prettiest antique quilt. 5. Best crocheted spread.' 6. Best candlewick spread. 7. Best crocheted afghan exhibi tions. All exhibitions are asked to be in the Woman's Exchange by 4 o'clock, Thursday afternoon (today) to in sure sufficient time for marking and registration before the opening at ten o'clock on Friday morning. No charges for admission will be made, and the Bureau invites the pub lic to this exhibition of home-made guilts and spreads. WINBORNE ELECTED STATE CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY Lives At Marion And Is Choice of Ehringhaus, the Party's Nominee for Governor. BOB REYNOLDS OFFERS NO OBJECTION TO HIM Succeeds O. M. Mull, Shelby, Who Has Been Chairman for Past Four Years. Raleigh, Aug. 10. ? At no time, since his name was first mentioned ? and mentioned first ? in this corres pondence, has there been any serious doubt that J. Wallace Winborne, Marion, would be elected chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee^ which met in Raleigh Tues day night to name a successor to O. M. Mull, Shelby. Never, at any time since the con- j ferences following the second primary j has there been the slightest change of controversy between J. C. B. Eh ringhaus, Democratic nominee for Governor, and Robert R. Reynolds, nominee for U. S. Senate, over who would be State chairman. Mr. Rey nolds told Mr. Ehringhaus, in so many words: "Any man you see fit to select as chairman will be satis factory to me," so no disagreement was possible, even though some ene mies of one or the other of the two candidates tried to instigate one. Mr. Reynolds took the -position that the custom for years, -of allowing the nominee for Governor to dictate the J chairman, should be followed and at no time sought to assert his wishes. I When Major L. P. McLendon, Eh ringhaus campaign manager, the logical man, eliminated himself, Mr. Ehringhaus had no trouble in set- : (Continued vn Back Page) DON. S. EUAS TO BE KIWAN1S SPEAKER Brevard Kiwairiaais have a treat in store at today's meeting, when Hon. Don. S. Elias, co-jrahlirtier^f The Asheville Citizen And The Asheville Times, will be the speaker. The com ing of Mr. Elias is one feature of the program calling for an inter change of club activities throughout Western North Carolina. Mr. Elias is recognized as one of the most enter taining speakers of the Asheville area, and his message to the men of Brevard is awaited "with keen interest. Hon. Ralph H, Kaar.-sey, mayor of Brevard, will be called to Asheville at an early date, representing the Brevard Kiwanis club as speaker at the Asheville meeting. YOUNG FARMERS TO MEET SATURDAY The Yoang Tar Heel Farmers, the! North Carolina division of the Fu- J ture Farmers of America, Brevard ; chapter will hold a meeting at the I Vocational Agriculture room at the Brevard High School, Saturday after noon at 3:30 o'clock, according to Prof. J. A. Glazener. advisor of that organization. All members of the order are urged to be present. MISS RITTER TAKES MANAGEMENT OF B. I. Prof. Winton and Family Will Leave Next Week For Missouri. Miss Daisy Ritter of Cope, S. C., ? the new Brevard Institute superinten dent, arrived in Brevard Monday to ' assume her duties as head of that institution. Miss Ritter is a member of the Woman's Missionary council of the Southern Methodist church which is the controlling organization, ; and she has had wide, experience in institutional work and management. : It is believed that the school will prosper under her leadership. New members of the teaching staff of the Institute who are expected to , arrive here for the opening days of school are: Mr. G. E. Pugh of Rock J Hill, S. C., who will be dean of boys and teach English; Miss Marion Needham, Home Economics; Miss Edith Leightly, dean of girls; Miss Leone Lemons, Music; Miss Esther Boggs, bookkeeper. Miss Lemons and Miss Boggs have been associated with the Brevard Institute in past years. Prof. J. F. Winton, who has been superintendeant for the past five years plans to leave with his family next week for Missouri where he will enter the Missouri conference of the Methodist Church, South and resume the ministerial work which he left several years ago for the educational world. GOVERNOR GARDNER NAMES COMMITTEE ON HOME LOAN BANK With Instruction to Work for Establishment of Bank In This State. CONGRESSMAN HANCOCK IS CHAIRMAN OF GROUP Former Governor McLean Heads Committee Seeking Fa' m Loan Bank. Raleigh. Aug. 10. ? Steps looking toward securing for North Carolina one of the Home Loan Banks and also one of the Agricultural Credit Corporations authorized by Congress as relief measures were taken by Governor Gardner before he left Raleigh on a vacation by appoint ment of two strong committees to seek to convince the Federal authori ties that this State is a proper and desirable location for. both organiza tions. The Home Loan Banks are to be j created to assist in financing homel ownership, by making loans to build- j ing and loan associations, savings ; banks and insurance companies so i they can finance themselves without j foreclosing on mortgage loans theyj have made to home owners. Indivi- ; duals may borrow direct from the j banks when they do not have proper i facilities in their own communities.! Governor Gardner said he considers) this one of the most constructive] features of the relief legislation and | should prove of great benefit in re- 1 lieving pressure against many home owners. "I regret that this Home Loan Bank was not created months ago. It will probably be three months be fore the Home Loan Bank will be in ( Continued on Back Page ) MUSICAL EVENTCT TO ATTRACT MANY t Prof. Alvin Moore, instructor of music in the Brevard Public schools trill present, Miss Rh*t*mraa Bedding-, field, Tuesday evening m a piano re cital at the High School building. Miss Beddingfield is one of Prof. Moore's outstanding pupils and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beddingfield who reside on Caldwell street. Mr. Moore will render several vocal numbers and Miss Beddingfield will play his piano accompaniment. The recital will begin at 8:15 o'clock and all the visiting and local music lovers are cordially invited to be present. BACK IN JAIL AFTER ! A HAPPY VACATION j Milas Perry and George Smith, whc { escaped from the Transylvania county j jail early in May, were re-captured Tuesday night by Federal Officer W W. Owen, assisted by Charley Jimi son and others. The two men were federal prisoners, and made their break from the jail, where they were awaiting trial. ' It is reported by the officers that one of the men was about a distillery when taken this time. MRS. SMITH RESIGNS FROM LIBRARY WORK Also Gives Up Position As Sec- j retary of the Chamber ! of Commerce. Miss Florence Kernj weii known j Brevard woman, will assume the du- J ties as Librarian of the U. D. C. j Library Monday morning upon the resignation of Mrs. John Smith which becomes effective Saturday. Mrs. Smith has served as Librari an for two months and in addition ? to this work she has served as Sec- 1 retary of the Chamber of Commerce. | Having had a wide experience in ; work of this type. Mrs. Smith has \ handled the work of both positions in a very admirable and competent man ner. Miss Kern who will take charge of the work Monday is also widely ex perienced in such work, she have been active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy for a number of years. There were 225 people who called by the Chamber of Commerce for in formation during the month of July according to Mrs. John Smith, Sec retary of that organization, who is resigning this week. 77 people had called dnring the early days of August when the paper went to press Wednesday. The re port for August is expected to ex ceed by a large majority that of July. iC'r"! .1 ? * 'fTT Al 1 ? MANY TEACHERS ARE | ANXIOUS FOR WORK ! AT COST OF "KEEP", One Teacher Discusses Ques-j tion From Angle of Debt Owed to the State. TUITION PAID FOR THOSE WHO AGREE TO TEACH Increasing Teacher-Load And Using Outside Teachers Make Difficult Situation I That there are many teachers in j North Carolina who are under obli- j gations to the state to teach for a j period of two years, and who are ( anxious to comply with the terms of . their agreement with the state, andj tcach the two-year period at sala ries barely sufficient for their sus tenance, is brought to light by Mr. G. Frederic Cole, now sojourning in j the mountains of Western North j Carolina. Mr. Cole lives in the "Peach j belt" section, and is one of the manyj graduates of the state institutions ? who obtained free tuition upon sign ing the agreement to teach school in J the state for a period of two years' immediately after graduation. Mr. Cole points to the tremendous ' amount of money the taxpayers have I' paid into the state which was used to ( 1 give young men and young women 1 free tuition, providing they agreed to teach school for two years. Now, Mr. Cole points out, hundreds of these young men and young women are un able to obtain a school to teach, and ' are, therefore, denied the privilege ' of fulfilling their contract with the ' state. Reduction of the number of teach- 1 ers and increasing the number of ! children to each teacher in the public schools, Mr. Cole shows, has resulted {(UattieMtiL en.J?<!wk AWARD VERDICT OF $2000 TO REEVES U. G. Reeves prominent Transyl vania county farmer won a $2000 damage suit against the Carolina Light and Power Co. the jury in the case visiting the land in question and rendering their verdict Saturday afternoon before Judge Walter E.j Moore, judge presiding over the Aug-; ust term of Superior court. The Carolina Light and Power Co. built two power line towers on the property of Mr. Reeves and the argu ment presented by his attorney's was to the effect that the towers ruined the land as an industrial site. Mr. Reeves stated that he bought the land." specifically for such a purpose . WINT0N TO PREACH I FAREWELL SERMON! !; Prof. J. F. Winton, for the pastj five years Superintendent of the Bre- 1 vard Institute and who leaves next!' week to enter the Missouri conference , of the Methodist church, south, will ! preach at the Brevard Methodist" church Sunday evening. , Prof. Winton has often filled the } Methodist pulpit here and it is ex-j pected that a large number of people j will hear him Sunday when he doliv- . ers his last message to people of this section. EXTRACT PLANT AT ROSMAN TO RESUME ACTIVITIES SOON Will Begin Buying Wood Nest Week; 25 Men to Be Employed. PLANT AT BREVARD TO PI-ACE 100 MEN AT WORK Welcome News to Workers, Business Men and Those Who Sell Acid Wood. Announcement is made that the ex tract plant at Rosnian wi.'l resume operation within the next few days, and that the company will hop-in buy ing acid wood next weak. Aboct 25 men will be placed back on the job at Bosnian, it is said. At the same time the plant of the Transylvania Tanning company in Brevard will resume work, and about one hundred employes put berk on their jobs. These plants are a part of the big industries headed by Joseph S. Sil versteen, the county's largest employ er of labor, and this announcement of resumption of operations will bring genuine joy to the hearts of the work ers, the men who cut ami sell wood, and to the business lift of <h? com munity. The company will, of course, ylaec their old men back on the jobs, and this announcement should not cause any worker in any other community to leave his home and come to this place expecting to get work, ft ba* long been' the policy of the Silver s teen interests to take care of their employes first, and place th'<se wh? have been laid off back on the job. YOUNGGROGAN BOY DIED WEDNESDAY Suffered Several Days As Re sult of infection From Foot Injury. Lewis Fraser Grogan, sged seven years, died at the Lyday Memorial Hospital Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, after an illness of three weeks, during which time heiioo ef forts were made to save the cbi!t"s life. About three weeks ago the young lad suffered an injury to his foot, presumably by stepping oh a piece of glass. Infection set in. ar.d several days ago he was taken to the hospital, and an operation perform ed. Other operations were necessary, as the infection sprea :. and loss of much blood made it neewssary, for blood transfusions, which were giv*n at intervals. Lewis Fraser's brolher, Ralph, gavs freely of his blood thr.t his little brother might live, and ju ? immediately before the boy's death, the last transfusion was given. The child was the son of 31 r. :r 1 Mrs. William H. Grogan, Jr., and '* survived by his parents and severe! brothers and sisters, among whom is Rev. Mack Grogan, a well known young minister. Funeral service? will bo held at Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial in Oak Grove cemetory. HAVE YOU LOST A TOOTH f Who lost a gold tooth? One was found at entrance to The Fashion Shop, and is n/hc at tin- of. fice of The Brevard Kcwu. <w nv'tiig its owner. Program Completed for the Baptist Association To Be Held Next Week 11 The Fifty-First Annual Session or Transylvania Baptist Association will be held at Oak Grove Baptist church Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18, 1932. The following program has been arranged : Wednesday morning. 10 : 00-10 : 16? Worship. 10:15-10:30 ? Rollcall of the churches. 10:30-10:45 ? Election of officers. 10:45-11:00 ? Report on Religious literature, T. C. Hender son. 11:00-11:30 ? Report on Orphanage, Rev. F. H. Holders. 11:30-12:16 ? Annual Sermon. Rev. J. E. Buct 12:16- 1:16 ? Dinner. Afternoon session. 1:16-1:30 ? Song and Praise. 1:30- 2:45 ? Denominational Pro gram, Rev. E. R. Pendle ton. 2:45- 3:15 ? Condition of the ehurcbs Rev. J. K. Henderson. 3:15- 3:30 ? Miscellaneous Business. Thursday morning session. 10 : 00-10 : 15 ? Worship. 10:15-10:30 ? Miscellaneous business. 10:30-11:00 ? Sunday Schooi Report, J. A. Glazener. 11:00-11:30?' W. M. U. Report, Mrs. Shipman. 11:30-12:00? Fruitland. Rev. W. S. Price. 12:00- 1:00 ? Dinner. Afternoon session. 1:0$- 1:16 ? Song and Praise. 1:16- 1:45? B. Y. P. U. Report, Paul Glazener. 1:45- 2:15 ? Report on Temperance, Rev. A. L. Vaughn. 2:15-2:30 ? Miscellaneous and so journ. The delegates to the association are urged to be there on time -frith their church letters promptly at to* o'clock Wednefld?y the 17th. - :-m-m
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