Wike Nominated For Mayor PRES8Y1HMMEET StudentsAt...

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Wike Nominated For MayorIn Primary Here Monday ByBig Majority Over Whitmire

ELECTION TO BE HELD;TUESDAY, MAY 2NDAS MATTER OF FORMHarris High Man In Race ForAldermen, With Duckworth j

Making Second Place

MACFIE REELECTED TO iPLACE ON CITY BOARD

Record Vote Cast As FriendsOf Candidates Work For

Their ElectionJ. C. Wike was named as nominee!

for'

Brevard mayor in the primary jheld Monday, winning over 1.Whitmire by the wide margin of 36&to 245. Nomination in the D*.°"cratic primary is equivalent to election, no opposition being filed. j

\ H. Harris led the entire ticketwith a count of 554, followed ,1Ralph J. Duckworth with 342, andS M. Macfie with 339. R. P- Kl1'Patrick received 300 votes withAnthony Trantham fifth high manwith 282. These five gentlemen wiU|constitute the board of aldermen,which will be elected on May, 2and sworn in on Wednesday, May 3.Of the ten men filed for alderman-

ic posts, five losers were as follows.T. L. Snelson, 278 votes; ».

Waters, 272; W. L. Mull, 2o4; RalphLvday, 233; Clyde Ashworth, 224.'The new mayor is well known in

the entire county, and is a surveyo¦in<l civil engineer of note, chiefamong work done in this county be-fng ?he laying out of Lake Toxawayand was designing engineer for theseveral projects that were started in

I .i.e Toxaway section during thelarlv part of th'e 1900's. He hasbeen elected three times as countysurveyor and is at present connotedwith the E. H. Jennings estate in

managerial capacity.ticketMr Harris, leader of tht ticket,

is connected with the Silvern in-

dustrial plants, and enjoy;highest respect of the entire com¬

munity, both as a citizen and bus -

man Mr. Duckworth, is as

sUtont cashier of TransylvaniaTrust company, and is regarded a.

a worthwhile addition to the towns

°fDfkbMrdMacfie, owner of Mac-'"ie Drug company, was the only re-

i-lected alderman, having servedh . two previous boards, his compli-taK- vote at this and previouselections showing the esteemwhich he is held as a business and

"llr.'Knpatrick, who has served on

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flower-show-willBE HELD IN BREVARDCommittee Urges Planting In

Section For PresentationAt Fall Showing

Plans are now underway by^ thegarden committee of the WomensCivic club for the summer flowershow, which date has been set forAThe

1committee urges that fl°.er

growers begin now to plan for Pla "

ing flowers which will bloom m timfor exhibit at that date.Hopes are being entertained by the

.ommittee, of which Mrs. J. C. Maxwell is chairman, for a nature; exhibit at the flower show from eachsummev camp. This, it is believedwill be the most Interestmg aa welas educational part of the show.

Prizes arc being arranged torbv Mrs. Coleman Galloway. .Anyone having bulbs, plants or shrubsto donate for this purpose are re¬quested to report to Mrs. Galloway.Vases, baskets, holders pottery and.>ther containers will also be accept-ib'e it is said.

, ,Prizes will be offered for classesas follows:

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1. Asters; Section I, best c

asters one or more varieties; section2 best 12 asters one or more vav' "class 2.Zinnias; Section 1. Best

:i zinnias one or more varieties; sec.tion 2. best 12 zinnias one or more

VaS2VMarigolds; 1 , best 3bloom one or more varieties; best12 blooms on" or more varieties.

Cla*s 4.Gladioli; 1. Best smglrspike of gladioli ;_ 2. best 3 spike;one or more varieties; .>, best »

spikes all one variety; 4, best co!lection.

, . ,Class 5.Roses : 1, best sing!'rose; 2. best collection of roses.

Class 6.Snapdragons; 1, bos'

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HIGH SCHOOL PLANS !GIVEN FOR CLOSING!

Alexander Will Preach Ser¬mon; New Method To

Be Qb»e:rvedFirst of the Commencement ex-

'ercises at Brevard High school willbe given on Sunday evening, April30, when the annual sermon will bopreached by the Rev. R. L. Alexan¬der, pastor Brevard Presbyterian' churclu.

Graduation exercises and Classday program will be combined in

]one event this year, according toProfessor J. B. Jones, who madeiannouncement of the exercises Mon¬day. The modern exercises will betaken part in by the Seniors them¬selves, presentation of diplomasland other functions to be performedby members of the graduating class.

ACTIONEXPECfED IN iRIVER WORK MATTER

i Matter Taken Up With Gov¬ernment Leaders By Bre

vard Man Last Week

Action on the French Broadriver project is expected to be takenby the Federal government at an

early date, according to Wm. K.Breese, Brevard attorney, who was

! in Washington l^st week, confer-I ring with Congressman Zebu Ion[Weaver and other leaders,i Mr. Breese reports tnat Congress-i man Weaver is bending his everyI effort toward getting jetties andSwing dams removed from the river,j which were placed there a number

jof years ago by the government in! an effort to make the river navigable/on a commercial basis.

In a conference with governmentalofficials in Washington Saturday,'estimate of required labor to com-

| plete the work was placed at be-tween 40 and 60 men working six

. weeks.! Stress was laid by the Brevardi man on the fact that hundreds ofj acres of land along the FrenchI Broad river would be made tillableS were the obstructions placed thereby the Federal government removed.thus lowering the river bed arid pro-

i viding Natural drainage)' for land

j that is now either of the swampl type or too wet fo cultivation.

ITAX LISTING BEGINSi HERE FIRST OF MAYi

Tax listing in all sections of thecounty will start the first week inMay, according to announcementmade by county officials here thisweek. John L. Wilson, of Enon, hasbeen appointed tax supervisor ofthe county and will have charge ofthe listing.The town of Brevard listings will

also be made at the same time thatlisting is made of Brevard property

jfor the county.I TO PREACH AT CASHIERSi ROSMAN, April 19-.The Rev. C.i .1. Eldridge will fill his regular ap-jpcintment at Cashiers Baptist churchSunday morning at eleven o'clock.

! PICTURE SHOW PRICESTO BE CUT ON FRIDAY

I Announcement is made by the! Clemson Theatre that effective Fri-! day of this week, admission pricesi will be placed at the low figure ofj ten cents for children and twenty-J five cents for adults.

The Clements operate one of thi| best picture houses to be found inI North Carolina in a town the .size ol(Brevard, and show excellent pic¬tures. Their business is one that is.an asset to the tourist business here

jlOTlTORlAKESj BANK WORK REPORT| Report of liquidation of the Bre-j vard Banking company was mndcjbv Pat Kimzey to Judge P. A. Mc-'^Elroy in Superior court here last

| week, showing that a total of $80,. 281,59 had been collected during th<

' year ending December 31, 1932.Expenses, including insurance

> j taxes and salaries for the yeai¦' amounted to 12, 970.00 the roporI showed with nn income from rent:

intere.-is amounting to $11.1 956.02. Copy the complete i'epor

! 1 s filed and aprroved can be see)'.n the MTV- f f!'«rl; of Court <M:<Alexander.

PRES8Y1HM MEETENDS SESSIONS HERLEntire Community Joined In

Makir.g Visitors And Del¬egates Comfortable

j Twenty-eighth annual meeting <./

(the Woman's Auxiliary of the Ashe-i ville Presbytery closed its three

I day, meet Wednesday at noon, thesessions being held in Brevard Pres¬byterian church, and pronouncedby leaders of the women's work tohave been outstanding in every re¬

spect.Delegates and visiters from all

churches in the Asheville Presby¬tery were entertained ir. homes ofthe community, this adding muchto the pleasure of the visitors.

Several outstanding people at¬tended the sessions, an«i were heard jat various times in appropriatemessages of the work being done by[the Y/omen and concerning plans for!i future work.

Next meeting of the PresbyterisIwill be held at Bryson City in Aprilof next year. One hundred twentydelegates were registered for themeeting here, according to Mrs.John W. Smith, registrar. Homes ofthe community were thrown open tothe visitors, and everything possi¬ble was done to make the stay ofjthe visitors one of pleasure. Mrs.:Edf.a r Patton was in charge of thehospitality committee.Th? Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor

of the church was called to Missis*I ippi on Saturday on account of the[death of his father, the Rev. L. T.Wilds, of Hendersonville acting inhis place and had charge of the com-|munion and services on Monday eve¬

ning.Officers elected for the ensuing

year include: Honorary president.Mrs. R. C. Anderson, Montreal; pres¬ident, Mrs. R. C. Dorsey, Montreal,re-elected; vice president, Mrs. L M.Richeson, Hazelwood ; recording sec¬

retary, Miss Anne Wilson, BlackMountain; treasurer, Mrs. Kate Hud¬son, Montreat; historian, Mrs. R. P.

Smith, Asheville.Secretaries of Causes are: Mrs. T.

E. Patton, .Jr., Brevard, Spiritual^Life; Mrs. J. E. Lancaster, Franklin,Foreign Missions; Miss CorneliaTaylor, West Asheville, ChristianEducation; Mrs. W. W. Love, A^Jtue-ville. Religious Education; Mrs. Pres¬ton Thomas, Asheville. Synodical andPresbyteria! Home Missions; Mrs.R. P. Walker. Waynesville, Litera¬ture; Mrs. George Hammond, Can¬ton, Christian Social Service.Chairmen of the local committee*

who were commended for the finework they did in connection with thesessions here .were: hospitality, Mrs.(Edtvard Patton; publicity, Miss Cora>' Wilson; lunch. Mrs. H. H. Pattonland Mrs. Patton Kimzey; registra¬tion, Mi's. W. M. Cloud; music. Miss[Elizabeth Shipman; pageant, Mrs.

|R. L. Alexander.I Outstanding in the program was

| the pageant given on Tuesday even-

jing by the young people's division of

| the church, depicting the "Path to

! Peace," and a lighthouse' erected by(Fred Miller which was effectively

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II SS PATTON WILL[REPRESENT BREVARDi

(Will Take Prominent Part In

| National Cotton WeekAffair In Greenville

! Miss Charlotte Patton, daughteri of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Patton, has

[been selected to represent Brevard| at the Cotton Ball which will brI given as part of the "Nationalj Cotton Week," which celebration will[be staged in Greenville during theweek 'of May 15-19.On the evening of May IS, there

will be a grand ball with a gorgeousdisplay of cotton frocks, and one

young lady from all surroundingcities will be honor guests at theevent as representatives of theirhome communities.The Grenville event is being stag¬

ed in connection with the observance' of "National Cotton Week" through-out the United States.

KELVINATOR WILL BE[SHOWN HERE FRIDAYjl

I Special demonstration of Kelvina-tors will be held at offices of theSouthern Public Utilities company on

Friday afternoon of this week, be-

; ginning at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. Leila¦ A. Fleming, of Greenville, S. C., in' ehargi? of the demonstration.

New Kelvinator models now en

display at the S. P. U. show rooms" will be thoroughly discussed bjt Mrs, Fleming, who is an expert ir' matters of cooking and home eco

nomics. Attention is called V Mara-t J. M. Gsines to the fact thai' " "» ar invited to attend t'nn show-

>sr. alcng with Indie* if the com

inunity.

Leading Students At Brevard

Miss Ella Mae Scruggs, at left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. I.Scruggs has been selected as valedictorian of the Brevard highschool senior class, her average for the four-year term being 96.Miss Justine Roberta Wright, at right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.W. B. F. Wright, with an average of 93 has been selected as salu-tatorian..Cut courtesy Citizen.

GOVERNMENT CAMP [IPLANS BEING MADE,

Transylvalrna Quota Is Set A ,

Eleven; Davidson RiverSite Selected

Plans are under way for recruitir,, :

labor in North Carolina to begin 011.

Monday of next week under superI vision of the Welfare department, jithe men to be used in National parksfor reforestation and other work. !No definite plan has been an-

* nounced from the office at RaleighI in regard to recruiting of local la-!'bor, according to W. A. Wilson, di-ii rector of relief in Transylvania,'county A meeting of directors of re- 5lief will be held ir, Asheville Thurs-jday at which time- plans will be taken .

up for picking the men, Mr. Wilson jsaid. i

Transylvania county will be al¬lowed eleven men on the project,these men to be between 18 and 25, jand having dependent families. Themen will be under supervision of the:

j United States Army, according ta

j Ranger Duncan of the Pisgah Na->; tional Forest, the army to have.charge of supplies and barracks,"with the forestry division to super-

)\-ise the work. !i One of the camps will be erected;[at Johns Rock on Davidson River,,some preliminary work already hi-

| intr done. The camp will be able to.take care of 220 men under tenta-it i \ e plans received by Mr. Duncan.1One dollar per day and subsis¬

tence will be given men on the jobs,,with greater part of the payroll toibe sent direct to the dependent lam-;ilies of the men given employment.!Enlistment periods will be for six.

months duration .two weeks pre¬liminary training to be given men

from this section at Fort McPher-son, Atlanta.

SALES TAX PASSESITS FIRST READING!

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j Calls For Two Percent Gen -jeral Tax.Adjournment j

Resolution Made

I RALEIGH, April 19.The housojnassed the general sales tax on its|first reading Tuesday night by a;two-vote margin carrying a two'

per cent rate, in a stormy session,

thai lasted two hours.The bill must pass two more read-;

ings on separate days for it to reachthe senate.

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I Personalities were hurled during,ipart of the two-hour debate on thejsales tax, as a crowded gallery ap-:plauded sales tax forces. Twice;Speaker Harris threatened to clear!the galleries if further demonstrations were forthcoming. i

' The two per cent levy was tn? |

fruit of three days of work by a

special finance committee which wa?,

appointed last. Friday after thehouse had defeated both forms of a

sales tax.a three per cent general,and a selected commodity.

Representative Bowie of Ashe.

i leader of the anti-sales taxers, and.iRep. Cherry of Gaston, Bowies run-

I ning mate in the battle for lower! appropriations, clashed in one of the

'hot-test verbal exchanges of the nres-i<?nt session to feature the debate..Cherry, as chairman of the special;committee, led the fight for adoptionof the two per cent tax.Th" T egislature may or may not

ad'ourn in two weeks', regardess of

i measure introduced Tuesday cal-ling for adjournment in ten days.

CHURCH SERVICESThe. Rev. .7. lv Bnrt will fill hif

regular appointment at the Gladyj Branch church near Brevard Sun-I flay niorning at eleven o'clock, and

.j'-t Oil; Grove, Quebec, Sunday'evening at eight.

MRS. PICKELSIMER TOilEAD P. T. A. GROUPPicnic For Pre-School Age

Children Will Be GivenWithin Few Days

Annual election of officers fea-'ured the last meeting of the year ofthe Parent-Teacher association, heldMni day afternoon at the elementaryschool auditorium.

Following were the officers electedfor the ensuing year: President, Mrs.J. B. Pickelsimer; vice presidentMrs. J. L. Cobb; secretary. MistMyrtle Barnette; treasurer, Mis?Ruth Waters.The retiring president, Mrs. S. P.

Vcrner, presided over the meeting. -A

program committee for the comingyear was appointed as follows: Mis-Janie Strickland, chairman, Mis?Garnet Lyday, Mrs. Roy Long, Mis<Eva Call.A unique and enjoyable prograrr

was presented in the nature oi

negro spirituals sung by teacher:and 40 pupils of Rosenwald colore'school of Brevard.

Plans were laid for a party or pic¬nic to be held soon for pre-schoochildren of the town, and the follow¬ing committee was named to mal«arrangements: Miss Bill Aiken, Mrs.J. E. Rufty, Miss Eva Call, MrsJulian Glazener, Mrs. A. B. Galloway.

Mrs. Pat Kimzey, chairman of th<school lunches for underprmlggecchildren, spoke a few words of appre¬ciation to the association for theiisupport and cooperation in the wortthroughout the year.

SEASON OPENS FORTAKING GAME FISH

Fishing is holding center of attention with a majority of the malipopulation of Brevard, with a goo<many waiting for warmer weatheibefore venturing out.

Several report going- out lasSunday, with pretty good luckwhile others waited until Mondftjbefore slaying forth. Several car:

from out of town were seen in th'community Sunday and the first o

the week, all carrying fishing-minded people.

County Game Warden E. R. Gallcway states that very few )>;.

pie applied for fishing license, re

gardless of the fact that 'there is i

penalty for fishing in this count;without license.

SHERARD RESIGNS FROMCOTTON MILL POSITIOfv

W. M. Sherard, for the past yearof Pisgah Cotton Mills and the milgeneral manager and superintendedat Green River, announced the firsof this week that no had tendrre<his resignation to the two companies

Both mills have shown fine pregress under the management of MrSherard, who is well known in Bre¬vard, and is counted as an outstamling textile man.

BEER AGENTS PLANTO BE READY MAY !

I §§!Preparations are going fonvar<

in Brevard for satisfying the thirsof those who will be interested ii3.2 per cent beer, which will bsold legally here on May 1st.

I While no definite nnnouncomenhas been made, it is pretty genera!Iy understood that at. least fiv

| places in Brevard will dispens! the fluid, with possibly one or twjmore to g<t in on the ground flooj::s soi.n as details if licenses, taxe-

I >?' h.-tve been announced by lot;I authorities.

CARR LUMBER PLANTROTES OPERATIONHERE MONDAY MORNLocal People Given Proferer.ce

In SeEectinjf Worker#At Pisgah Fcre*t

OPERATES ON BILTMOREFOREST ESTATE LANDS

i Hardwood Flooring and Otheri Lumber Shipped To All

Parts Of CountryCare Lumber company, located at

Pisgah Forest, now has better tha»100 men on its payroll, resuming op¬eration of its Iarg« plant ?n thiscounty after having been practical¬

ity closed for over a year,j Announcement is made by W. W-

i Croushorn, secretary and* general(manager of the large hardwood

. ufacturing concern that a completej force of workmen has already been

j recruited, using local labor entirely,j several smaller crews having been at

.work several weeks getting the plant'yards and roiling stock in condition-i The Carr Lumber company hasI been in operation here for twenty'

years, during which time more than'two hundred million feet of highgrade hardwood lumber has beenmanufactured and shipped to allparts of the country.Operating on the famous Biltmore

Estate, which is now a part of thfPisgah National Forest, the com¬

pany takes the choicest of timbersfrom 63,000 acre boundary covew'Jby their contract made with the iatfGeo. W. VanderbiJt pi ior to establish-.ment of the national forest. The tim-tber is hauled to the plant at Pisgabj Forest over a network of trails con¬

necting with the company-ownetfrailroad, then to Etowah where con¬

nection is made with the Southern.One of the principal products of

the output cf the Pisgah Fore>tplant is the "Biltmore Hardwood"flooring, in which fine oak and mapltis used. Other lumbers such as pop¬lar, oak and chestnut are alsG put tf>the market, from the p!"nt.

In announcing resumption of op¬erations Mr. Croushorn would makf

ijno statement in regard to genera?i business conditions and future oros-

pects of the- lumber business innerthan to state that "there is some im¬provement in our line, sufficient, to¦warrant putting our force back oa-

[ i the job, with hopes that condition*will continue to improve and enable

; ; us to continue operations."t Louis Carr, of Brevard and New

Croushorn as secretary-treasurer an<Sgeneral manager of the Transylvaniaplar.t.Workers employed in the plant f'-r

the most part are natives of thiicounty and own their own home inthe immediate Pisgah Forest andBrevard section. Eight hour days,five days per week will be observe'!,it is announced.

ROSMlN exercisesSTART ON APRILP

Senior Class Play WillGiven Saturday Evening

| Of Nfext Week

ROBMAN, April 19. Graduatingexercises for Rosman High school, as.announced by Professor T. C. Her.-(lerson. principal, will begin on Ai

I ril 20, ending on Wednesday. MayThe Senior clas' play, "Sammy."

will be given on April 2!) in the higiischool auditorium. On Sunday after-

. noon at 3 o'clock, the baccalaureatei sermon will be given by -hi' R- v. R.L. Alexander, pastor Brevard Pres¬byterian church.

'j Monday evening. May 1. at lightj o'cloek, the elementary school op-

j eretta, always a big drawing cardhere, will be given. Tuesdsv after-noon at 2:00 the scver.t arr.de grn-tuating class exercises will fc~ h->HTuesday evening. May 2, at i>ig--

. o'clock, class day exercises will :

held. Final exercise-, will be giv-.on Wednesday e%-ening. May 3."'eight o'clock, when Dr. John E. C

fee. president of Asheville Nonr. .

will make the literary address.

Schools Close May 3rd

All schools of ihe county w.

close on Wednesday, May 3, ac¬

cording to Professor J. B. Jone-\county superintendent. The tw.ihigh schools, Brevard and Rosnsar.will also close on th;= date.

FIRST RATTLESNAKE 15REPORTED AS VICIOUS

ROSMAN. April 19.First, Rattlsnake reported to have been in th*land of the wide awakes is reportedin contact with the serpent, and isby Obie Moore, who really had beennow confined at )ii? home- fine w

bite of the vicious snalie >.vliich oc-

cirrrd last week.