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
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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
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3 GENERATIONS ARE |
? TAKEN BY OFFICERS]
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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
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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!
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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- :
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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
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MUSICAL EVENTCT
TO ATTRACT MANY
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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!
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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
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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.
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