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THE BREVARD NEWS Pubished Evary Thursday by THE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard, N. C., a3 Second Class Matter i James F. Barrett Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable In Advance) One Year 92.00 Six .Months 1.00 Three Months 60 Thursday, May 14, 1931 TAX REDUCTION WANTED; NOT A MERE SHIFTING For once in the history of North Carolina' the press of the state seems to be utterly' disgusted with the leg islature, due, of course, to the appar ent inability of the members of that body to agree upon a plan of opera tion of the public schools. The pre vailing opinion of the state has been for a reduction in taxes, and this can tome only through curtailment of ex penditures and increasing service for less cost. This idea has not seemed to i .<? been entertained, however, at Kit! ),h, where the whole four and one a If months have been devoted to a I .i of SHIFTING taxes rather th;; REDUCTION of taxes. Reduc tion was, and is, the first thought of the state, while there would be some shifting, of course, in order to even up the costs of government between the v:. .-us enterprises and institu tions i.: the state. The Charlotte News suggests a sac rifice of some of our boasted progress, if necessary, in the reduction of ex penses, which, after all, is the only way to reduce taxes. The Charlotte paper says: "The crying need is not for a shifting of the school tax bur den, but a reduction in the outlays for this service, even if it entails a loss of that progress which Is prov ing so expensive." Commenting upon this statement, The Gastonia Gazette says: It looks as if the members of the General Assembly had been hearing this cry for a lowering of expenses from the people long enough for it to sink in. All the revenue mea sures that have been so far pro posed have done nothing but shift the burden. There has been no real reduction in taxes. The same amount of money is still to be spent. There has been no cut. What the folks want to see is a reduction in some of the high priced costs of government in Raleigh and in the counties of the state, a re duction in the cost of schools, local expenses, boards, commissions, and all other unnecessary overhead. It is all right to have expensive luxuries as long as one can afford them. Ten years ago, we were buy ing many things that we could not buy today. We went on a spending spin' so far as schools were con cerned and we must get over it. 1 > ? in-.I ? are essential and we must have them, but schools as good as we have ever had can be mfiint:>:ieil at less cost, and teach ers' salaries will not have to be ma terially reduced. Th. re can b? elimination of unnecessary teachers and subjects, and there can be doubling up occasionally. Less ex pensive equipment, less costly transportation, buildings, etc., will help bring the costs of schools down a bit. V OT GOOD FOR YOl TO "DRIVE- ANY ONE (i'T If you have it in i. I to try to "drive" some one out o. business, we suggest that you take ; If an hour off, anil walk the street.- of Brevard, and count the vacant bu -:iess houses already here. And as you look upon them, just remember this: Each and every such vacant business house or office means just that much loss to YOUR Oir.Y UUSiXESS. And re member, then, this further fact: THAT EACH FELLOW YOU HELP TO CLOSE IS THE FUTURE, MEANS JUST ONE LESS CUSTO MER FOR YOUR OWN BUSINESS. So, if you have no regard whatever for your fellow man; even if you are the most ca'i msed, hateful and hating man on earth, you should have suffi cient intelligence to know that every ti: you iir ve some one to the wall, you are robbing your own cash draw er of so much money. Then, too, if there is such a man in B'.'evard, you must be a lonesome Dev il. I'.iost of ii. nun here love to work ? together, for the good of all. Those ; wlft> do not like it quite as well as oth- ' ers, have learned, however, . that no one man can succeed in a town unless others about are succeeding. Community life is of such structure that there is an immutable law which i says that all must rise together, or \ fall together. The whole community ! is skating on thin ice, and if one man : falls through the whole bunch is go- i ing tumbling in after. One Lig failure I here would start the ball rolling ' which would unwind it to the bitter end. ' c Don't rock the beat just now. Big ' Boy, or you may be the first to make the splash. And the Water is so coM s that it makes goe.se bumps ju-. ... look i into its icy chilliness. { 4 CHANCE TO MAKE I SOME READY MONEY Can you make baskets? If so, there is a man in Atlanta who wants 500 baskets just as soon as they can be made. The basket must be made by hand, of rattan, or' hickory splits, and must be made 8 1-2 inches long, 1 1-2 inches wide, and 2 1-2 inches deep. The strips that it is ' made of may be 3-8 of an inch to 1-2 1 inch wide, and the man needs 600 or more at once. If there are any people in the coun ty who can make this kind of a bas ket, they can get full information from Roscoe L. Nicholson, postmaster ut Brevard. But it is necessary that the work be done at once. Mr. Nichol son will be glad to tell you all about the man who wants the baskets. AN OPEN LETTER ON WATER QUESTION To the Citizens of the Town of Brevard: The writer hereof has observed that statements are being sent out endeavoring to collect water rent at the rate fixed by the New Water Ordinance. Doubtess our new Town Officials have not had the opportunity to in stigate the validity of the New Water Ordinance and the statements above referred to were likely mailed out without their instructions. It cannot be successfully denied that the deed executed by the Brevard Water Company protects its original stockholders from any raise in water rates that does not conform to or con flicts with the terms of the deed. But there ia another side to the question. Before the Town could pur chase the franchise and assets of the Urevard Water Company it was necessary to raise funds to do so and the first step in the move, neces sarily was, a contract between the Water Company and the Board of Alderman of the Town of Brevard to sell and purchase. Now where is that contract and what was its terms? Did it protect the citizens of the Town from overcharges in water rates? Necessarily the next step was a petition by the citizens of the Towr petitioning the Board of Aldermen i'or an election authorizing the Board to issue bonds to raise funds with which to buy out the Water Compa ny. Where is that petition and whal were its terms? Did it protect the citizenship against excessive charges of water rates? The next step to raise the required funds was necessarily the call for ar election .authorizing the Town to is sue bonds, where is that call? Did il protect the right of the citizenship against excessive water rate? I have heard it said that the rates to be charged were fixed or limited as appears from the minutes of thf Board of Aldermen in connectior with said matter but some of th? Board of Aldermen who were ther serving, inform me that it was pro vided in the call for election that the charges for the use of water should never exceed One Dollar per room per annum for residential property. The stockholders of the Water Com pany are protected in their deed against charges above a certain amount. Let us suppose that the Town Otfieials failed to protect the citizenship generally in the rates to be charged for water. Can the New Water Ordinance discriminate be tween its citizens who were members of the Water Company and those who were not and impose a different rate for the use of water? I know of no law or equity that will for a moment allow discrimination between the citizens of a municipality. I observe from statements re ceived that under the New Ordinance that the rate on a one room house or two room house even though the house may be supplied with water from an outride opening are the same as that for a six l'oom house, even though there may be water or an Opening in each room, hence, under the present ordinance a poor widow woman who lives in a one room hut is charged the same amount per month for the use of water as a rich man who lives in a six room man sion. This is certainly a gross dis crimination and the ordinance should be nt once amended so as if possible no discrimination should be had. tender the present distressing times oven if legal, is it the proper time to raise tlve rate on a necessity to create more revenue? Our new Mayor and Board of Al derman are men who have the in terest of our Town and citizenship at heart and who want to and will do the right thing and it is the duty, of each and all of our citizens to at once confer with the gentlemen, both individually and collectively and let them know their sentiments in the matter, so as to assist them to do the right thing as the public ser vants ot our Town and its citizen ship. Hoping that this water ordinance may k> amended and adjusted so as to be satisfactory to all and without any discrimination to a single one I ?lose this article. ' , I>. L. ENGLISH j AS TO SCHOOL FUND j Rditor Brevard News: BVcause of questions which have >,'n asked me recently and statements vhich have been made by respected ind respectable citizens of Transyl ?ania, I wish to make a public state nent to the citizens of the county in ?egard to the condition of school inances on June 30, 1929, when I re ired from the superintendence of the j ounty schools. For the pchool year 1928-1929 the' ounty commissioners borrowed fori he board of education, against that ear's school budget, $73,090.00, for rhich a tax anticipation note was is ued. This not- >???? July '29. The total it of funds, whi.-ii tu >ay the note had not been collected when it wu due and so the note was renewed The county commisisoners had ex tended the time tor the payment of j the 1928 taxes to September 1, 1929, jj the settlement with the tax collector being made about the first of October, 1929. From July 1, 1929, to the time of the settlement in October the tax collector placed to the credit of the 1 school account 158,642.26. This rep resents the amount that was due the school fund in cash as of June 30, 1929, in addition to the cash balance on hand at the close of the Bcboo! year. The school year ending June 30, 1929, closed with a cash balance of $34,806.90 in the Treasury. To obtain a true statement of the uctual finan-N cial condition of the schools at the j close of the school year 1928-1929, tl.V j <38,642.26 duo the school fund in cash i at that time must be added to the cash balance and from the sum the j ?75, 000.00 duo on the tax anticipation I note deducted. . A brief statement is aa follows: June 30, 1929 ? | Cash Balance $34,806.90 I Cash Duo 58,642.26 B C a d f ? s Total $93,449.16 l)uc on note 75,000.00 'j Net Balance $18,449.16 |! From the above statement it is ev- j ; ident that the $75,000.00 tax antici- ' J pation school note could have been paid the first of October, 1929, with .< a cash balance of eighteen thousand dollars left to take care of the school expenses for that year up to that time. T. C. HENDERSON. I [ Pisgah Forest News . The local boys basketball team mo , tored to Mills River Saturday after noon and defeated the Mills River team 18-13. ' Mr. and Mrs". W. A. Lyday and children and Mrs. H. Hedriek spent Sunday with Mrs. Emma Colburn at Biltmore. Mrs. Sid Albert, Mrs. A. B. Owens and children spent Friday in Ashe , ville. ! Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Campfield at tended the Orr reunion at Big Willow Sunday. i Mrs. Anna Corn and daughter of i Forest City spent the week-end with : I Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Parker, i Mr, Lance of Mills River spent ! ? Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. J. I ; Carter. i Mr. Jim Allison of Rutherfordtor i spent Sunday with his family here. | Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mackey receiv I ed an announcement last week of the [ i marriage of their son Frank to Miss ? Cora Mason of Norfolk, Va. They are 1 : residing in Norfolk. i Mrs. T. E. Patton, Jr., spent the i week-end in Greenville. i Several people from this section ut I tended the singing at Balfour Sun ! day. i Miss Jane Terry of Brevard was a i recent guest of Miss Elizabeth Me i Coy. Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Corn and chil i dren and Miss Irene Farmer of Spar tanburg, spent Sunday with relatives in this section. Mrs. A. B. Owen was called to the bedside of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Sam Owen, at Gloucester, who had the misfortune to fall and get her arm broken Friday. Mrs. A. Avery spent Sunday after noon with Mr. Avery at the Aston Park hospital in Asheville. Mr. Avery is reported to be getting along fine, and will return to his home here Sun day. Airs. Nina Snelson and daughter of Blantyro, were in this section Sun day. Miss Ollie Lance of Mills River , visited her sister, Mrs. J. Carter, re cently. Mr. and Mrs. \V. Morris spent Sun day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Otho Scott at Blantyre. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Albert and Mrs.] A. B. Owen and children spent Thurs day afternoon with the former's son, Mr. Jude Albert, at Hendersonville. Mr. Howard Orr spent several days last week with his grandfather, Del ius Lyday, at Turkey Creek. Harry Sitton of Etowah, has been visiting in this section. ' C. L. Corn is on the sick list. Mr. and Sirs. Petty and daughter of South Carolina, were recent guests of Mrs. Manley Arrington. I Howard Orr is spending this week with friends at Etowah. | Miss Rebecca Patton is visiting rel atives in Greenville. I Henry Mackey, McKinley Ross, C. L. Corn and J. II. Wolf enjoyed a week-end fishing trip in the Cedar Mountain section during the week end. A very instructive motion picture was presented to a large audience at the school house Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Sentell and family spent Sunday with the for mer's parents, Rev. and Mrs. John Sentell, at Mt. Underwood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Orr hnd as their guests Sunday: Mr. Ben Staphs, Mr. and Mrs. Rilor Stages. Mrs. Connie Staggs and children and Miss Ruth Hiatt, all of Belton, S. C., and Mrs. John Lyday and children of Penrose. W.W.WW.VW1W.V.WAV. We Pay Cash for Chickens and Eggs Heavy Hons 14c Light Hens 12c Broilers 2oc Roosters 7c Ejrgs . . . : 13c Corn ? Cash 75c Trade 80c B. & B? Feed & Seed Company BREVARD, N. C. ' any time VtfWSWWWVWWtfVSWtWA0.^ u BOND ORDER I] Be It Resolved, By the Board of lommissioners for the County of ? 'ransylvania, State of North Caro- ' ine; (a) That negotiable coupon bonds j f said county reenterable as to rincipal, shall be issued under au hority of County Finance Act and ther statutes apllcable, for the spe ial purpose of funding valid -indebt dness incurred for the Constitutional \ chool term and necessary expenses, j (b) That the maximum aggregate , irincipal amount of said bonds flhall ; ? 5370,000.00. (c) That a tax sufficient to pay I irincipal and interest of said bonds .? same fall due, shall be annually evied and collected. (d) That a statement of debt_ of ; aid county has been filed with the ] 3Ierk and is open to public inspection : nd the County Auditor is hereby lesignated as the proper official to 1 ile said statement. (e) That this Order shall take of- ' ect on its passage and shall not be ubmitted to the voters. (f) That it is hereby found as o j act and determined and declared ' hat this Board is properly and legal- ! y constituted and organized and has he power and authority to issue said >onds; that said bonds are necessary md unavoidable for the special pur- ; )ose stated and the proceeds shall be jpplied to said purpose and to no )ther. | (g) That this Board will meet in ? the courthouse in said County at 2 P. ML, June 1, 1931, for the purpose of I hearing any protest against issuance I Df said bonds, the Board reserving j the right on final passage of this or- ' der to amend same except as to max- ' imum amount of bonds that may be j issued. The foregoing Order has been in- ' troduced and a sworn statement has been filed under* the County Finance Act showing the assessed valuation of the County to be $9,639,000.00, and the net debt for school purposes to be $471,746.53, and the net debt for other than school purposes to be $1,247,968.47, all this including the proposed new bonds. A tax will be levied for the payment of the pro posed bonds and interest, if the same shall be issued. Any citizen or tax payer may protest against the issu ance of such bonds at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to be held at two o'clock P.M., June 1, 1931, or an adjournment' thereof, in the court-house in Brevard. JESS A. GALLOWAY. Clerk. (These bonds do not increase the debts of the County and will not in crease taxation; but are to pay pres ent existing debts and extend the payments in the future so as to make the present burden on the -taxpayers less than it now is. EASTERN STAR MEETING Pisgah Chapter O. E. S. will meet Tuesday evening in the Masonic hall at 8 o'clock. Checkerboard Chatter Volume 1 May 14, 1931 Number 23 PttbUehed it i the in ter*# of the people of BREVARD and TRANSYLVANIA County by the B&B Feed & Seed Co. FREE 48 lb bag of flour and a 24 lb bag bag of flour at our store Saturday afternoon. This flour will bo given abso lutely free to two of our customers Sat urday. Recently we hrarcl th^s one at our store ? "He is 9" IvirnUeBii as a ff'asa eye. Tomato plants, cab bage plants, pepper plants, and place your order with us now for your potato plants. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece we need t\ot mention. For eince her skirt * have grown s o short, Her ealfs get all at tention. To be happy you must have the feel ing1 that you art doing something to help the other fel low. Hubert Bateon won the five dollars in gold at our store last Saturday, and H. U. (jtazener got I the sack of flmir. "I hear that the foreman called you a block head last night." "No sir, he didn t go quite that far. He just said "pull down your hat, here comes a woodpeck er." Get soy beans and cow peas at our store. And all other seeds, too. Even if you don't think that you are a worldbeatcr, go and do some horn tootin' occasionaly. Soon we xhall be the coming generation's biggest probUm. And feeds, of all kinds, for chickens, cows, hoists, hops, sheep and dogs. B&B Feed & Seed Co. Brevard, N. C. The Store with the i Checkerboard S'gn VWW/WWWWWWWWWAWW PERMANENT WAVES WITH LASTING CHARM AND BEAUTY Years of experience and our ever increasing deter mination to give to our customers the very best in ser vice, material, and all those qualities which go to build a permanent and ever dependable business, can make you realize that this is the place for you to have your wave and beauty parlor work. COSMETICS I I Our Cosmetics are complete and dependable. We have a heavy line of Marinello and Rudemar ? these two are the most nationally known and used by the larger part of the up-to-date beauty shops everywhere. THE Nobby Shop Beauty Parlor POST OFFICE BUILDING PIIONE 257 VYVWVWWV^VUWVWWYWVWWVVWAVYVAVWVVVVW?Vy&* 19c Sale#" _____ __ll? _c_ : ? j - BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY 19c SPECIAL VALUES CHEESE Fi"i?r "?? 1 9c TOMATOES ?? S cJ 19c A&P GRAPE JUICE . 19C SULTANA RED BEANS 4 cans 19c A&P APPLE SAUCE 2 &J 19c DEL MONTE FRUIT SALAD 19c mjrvr ?r white house X 1 0c fv&JlAjJEm EVAPORATED J Cans * Sultana | JAMS (Peel In Added) ASSORTED FLAVORS I I 19c HOMINY Canned 2 cans 19c PEACHES, Del Monte, large can 19c 'CORN FLAKES, SunnyfieM, 3 pkgs. . . .19c PEANUT BUTTER, A&P, lb. jar 19c EAGLE MILK, can 19c SAUER KRAUT, Libby's, 2 cam 19c LUX TOILET SOAP, 3 cakes 19c P 6c G SOAP 6 cakes 19c 1 pkg. of PALMOUVE BEADS nnd 3 Cakes PALMOLIVE SOAP 19c OLD DUTCH CLEANSER 3 cans 19c JONA? TENDER CRESHED 0 CORN 2 ^ 19c STRICTLY FRESH EGGS doz. 19c ? OTHER WEEK-END MONEY SAVERS GnaiKdiiiother^ PAN ROLLS (ioz. Sc ^ 29c wuy?0 Fancy Print LARD Finest Compound ~ 8 lb. Bucket ? 87c Xhe GreaS Atlaiatite jf'ea ?o .*
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