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If THl RSDAY. SEPT. 3, 192.r THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINEER The Carolina Mountaineer :7 Ma n Street Wni. A. HAND, Edilor-Owne" I'olicy Democratic Display AJ Rates: Y Orty Cents per cd umn inch. Guaranteed Circulation si KscKirrioN uatks Kiihsrriptions payable in advance, ($'.. "II if i,ut paid) 1 Y.-..I t.! '"' f. Mn:.th l0 :; Months "0cts Kn'.i rc, :it the post office, at Waynoville. N. '., as Second ( la"- Mail Matter, as provided under the Art of March :S, 1H79, November L'O. 1914. itbi.ikhkd on Thursday Jorriitn Aitvrrtinntf RiH r.nt at Ive 111! AMI Mr AM'HISSa'iChII'" THl RSDAY. SEPT. .1. 192:. i.ahorim; under a delusion Plenty of Water Here." A mi nt report in a daily paper hail it that Wuynesville or Haywood county wan in danger of contamination cuused from the recent drought over this entire section. There is more pure Adam Ale or cool sparkling drinking water, not only from the many springs and from the Wavnesville watershed than anv (ither natural resource. There isn't the least danger of lack of water. Waynesvillc has been supplying the Southern Assembly. the Southern Railway, hu.-scs, etc., and washing cars. washing streets. sprinkling luwns and gardens and in fact has Keen unrig its water supply more than UMial all summer and there is apparently more water than ever be fore. If it were possible to deliver it; Wayne-ville could supply all Western North Carolina, upper South Carolina, and the only reason we don't take in muri' territoi v we haven't pace. Thoe responsible f,n the report that W;i nesville lacks water, or that there has been even a single case of infantile paralysis within the past huri'lred years are surely laboring under a delusion. The only thing we lack is electrical power and the city oflii ials were elected by the tax paw'i - to take care of thut very thing. The Carolina Mountaineer has faith enough m our city administration to believe '.hat we will soon be connected with a :nwer company that will give tif i casi liable se "ice, not only during cliought . but all the year around. It i- understood that the present ad-mini-ti'a;ioii has added another large territory this week to its already ex- eediriL-:. big watershed. A. id it is said tl,,;t this will give- this city lullior:, upon billions of water stor age enough to supply a city with! hundreds of thousands of inhabitant J ll RANCH STABILITY VENTS DISASTER. PRE- I .',,r,..r i.- i ii c... . i. .f'tiiilv miles an Hour is needed to make the National Hoard of Fire Knder-i writer ,n comment!,, , tl,.. i.e..1 tire I. ..i of Is.iinii.OiHi, said- "I ha' thi cnorriioiis destruction can .'- n.i ripple on the commercial sea. iteaks well fur the stability of -1 oi k tire i n -n ra la e, but such a waste if im, decked, nevertheles-. threatens oil!' e, .niiniic life. "If l'U-;nes- men in every com mu.'Mty would take up the lire waste problem and apply practical business methods tu its solution, this country in another twelve months would see a material reduction in this needles ceonoM'ic loss which continues to be a h.-a v drain on our national wealth." Dealing with taxation and legisla tion. Mr. Smith attributed the large number of bills introduced at every legislative session, in part, to the tendency toward government by bu reau, which he regards as highly dan gerous. "Of late years." he said, "the peo ple seein to be leaning more :ind more heavily upon government, but the a paternal, insidious en - cioachment of government upon pri - vate business is hound to undermine , our prosperity and bring: d.?asler. 'The hand of government in business j is the touch of death. If we would pievent it we must so con luct our affj irs that the people who .ire tne government will not feel intrfereine is necessary." John A. Campbell. V. mi.! Eugene C.irland of ihfviM have I . ught the lot t di'rr of ' hi.rrh a.Tt Haywood rt.--vf from Alexander, Juies and McCia'vi fr im said to be around $12 00. D i iiMrlff stood this proptr'v is tc lc im: rnid nt an early .Uv.e. Thec t'ent Irmcn rutntly purcht'l the Konm uc Hi Ul nhich speaks ncM for WajrrMvllle in atlincting Asn.!o investtrs Exiledraw Home wt '4'a v j - "rtif Jiaw - --r-wi t i LA. Ti . r- . HtyMT 1 1 Gee whiz, a KVKKYDAY I'HII.IOSOPH Y. Sunset magazine poses thi ijues- lion: "Are you a lawbreaker? Of course you are! How nnild you hope to obey all the laws passed by your city, your state, and your national congress? If you should en. ploy the most able lawyer in the lard to guide you be could not read fast enough t keep informed as to the r."- legis- I Con and multiplicitv of eoip't -le- ions. Since v.' can't even hope to know what all the l.nvi are it follows that we must violate many of them (says the magazine) Charles Alexander, editor of the Albany, Oregon, Democrat, poet, nov- list, critic literary editor, savs th.' truth is quite as Sunset has stated it, we have reached a sta'." of mind where we must, by the terrc-- of necessity, use our own discretion and by our own judges of what is prop er and what is wrong. The fact that a thing is law no longer impresses un "The man who craves a drink and can get it," says the mag azine, leels no moral restraint. leu him that he is a lawbreaker and he will laugh and cite instances to prove that you, too. are a lawbreaker." This is an indictment hard to escape, says philosopher Alexan der. It is n true indictment, one into which enters not alone the idle pomposity of American laws in tri val matters, but also the official lack of recognition of fundamental tend encies in the individual which make toward his decent treatment of his fellow citizen." Hear him further-: "Take the traffic law. If tl"' hill right ahead on high gear, and the way i clear ami safe, ninety-five pet cent of drivers will speed to forty miles or more It is a matter of their own judgment. A regard for fundamentals is the greatest at- tribute of people, tl-i l egulat i ills any fundamentally free enforcement of detailed is a sign of the unfree -erf. "The more laws that arc pas the less effective they will "oei-.me." Truth is the middle ground, the no- man's-land when venture. Law i o few men ever good. Too little law is bail. Too much law is bad. A sensible amount of law is just right. In America we have altogether too much law, and illus trations cited are merely examples of what obtains in a dozen other de partments of daily endeavor. The demand for tax reduction come from every part of the county. If the nation was as sure of reduc tion in local and state taxes as it is of reduction in federal income taxes, hundreds of millions of dollars could be diverted to productive enterprise. ' A TAX REPEAL BOOMERANG. The plan to abolish federal estate taxes would in actual practice de- Doan's are recommended by many stroy the ability of estates to levy Waynesville people: inheritance taxes because of the com- K. Howell, farmer, Love Lane, Way petition which would develop between nesville, says: "I have had trouble the states in the way of encouraging with my kidnes and back in the past Iv Shufoid.the repeal of state inheritance tax laws. This would encourage the mi- to cure me of these attacks. I can gration of capital and capitalist from recommend Doan's highly to people states which levy inheritance taxes troubled with their kidneys." (State to those which do not levy inheritance ment given April 19, 1918.) taxes. Also the repeal of the federal On May 23, 1923, Mr. Howell said: estate tax would deprive the federal "I use Doan's occasionally when I feel government of its only means of se- curing revenue from tax-free securi- ties now exempt under the federal in- come tlx law. 4v Qatvrence feller jes' can't do or say a bloomin thing, Or even hafta sneeze or blow my nose, Or be a toot-toot engine, or play Indian, or sing, Or show my dad how gran'ma's rooster crows. Or say "honk-honk" for crossin's when I'm drivin' my machine, Or speak my piece, or shoot some bears, or cry, Or make noise like lions, or fix sumpin like I've seen My daddy do with nails an' screws, or try To saw the rocker off a chair, or kick my blocks around, Or chop some kindlin' with my ax, or blow My horn, or slam a door, or jump, or run, or pound My daddy's type-o-writer, or ptay show So I jes' had to come up here to gran'ma's house to stay, Cause If I make a racket she don't caw; An' daddy said "Be quiet!" every time I had to play. Because they've got a baby over there! I There is no reason why bankers, i merchants, farmers and other busi- ness men should ask Congress to lay heavier tax burdens on themselves in order to afford relief to thtj estates of owners of tax-exempt securities which avoid taxation during the life of their owners. "Hig money rushes to tax- exempts: as iron filings-to a magnet." Large! fortunes thus invested ought to pay estate taxes until the federal con- stitution is amended to permit taxa- lion of their income during the life of their owners. (ne f tn,. principal objections to inheritance taxes is the fact that smh taxt.s art. fr,.,Iuenty levied on same property by several different states as well as by th federal gov ernment. This multiple taxation would not be remedied except in a small degree by the repeal of fed eral estate taxes. This duplication can be very easily remedied by amending the federal law to provide that credit on federal estate taxes shall be given for all inheritance or estate taxes paid to states. j The federal law should also be amended in the interest of Amer ican business and agriculture by reducing federal estate taxes on all property on which the income is now subject to federal taxation and by leaving the federal estate tax on tax free securities to stand higher than on those subject to federal income tax. EVERY TAX REDTCTION HELPS.) About '.',000,000 persons make in come tax returns. 100,000,000 more Americans help make the money the1 ;. 000,(1110 pay. None escape the tax. Th,- government spends $10,000,000 a day. The people have to earn that money and pay it to the government.' If th" federal economy causes a sav-! ing of $1,000,000 a day, the money! saved will not be piled up to make a treasury surplus, but left in the hands of the people. Unfortunately,' to make a large extent, national government economics are offset by, local goevrnment extravagances or' had management. Rut the fuct that there is saving anywhere is cause for rejoicing. A cut in the income tax at least will save money to help pay taxes until they also may be re duced. ARE YOr ALL Rl'N DOWN Many Wavnesville Folks Have That Way. Feli Keel all out of sorts? Tired, achy, blue, irritable? Back lame and stiff? It may be the story of weak kid neys! Of toxic poisons circulating nho-it Upsetting blood and nerves. There's a way to feel right again. Help your weakened kidneys with Doan's Pills a stimulant diuretic and have always lound Doan-s Pills in need and always get the same good results." 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. GOLF HURTS BUSINESS "Any business uiuu who plays golf course In less than 80 must neglect his business." Such Is the Judgment of FelU E. Qunter, formerly of New Orleans, who has come to St. Louis as president of the Liberty Central Na tional bank, says the St. Louis Post Dlspntch. It Is similar to that of the Kngllsh philosopher, Herbert Spencer, whose recreation was billiards. "To play a good game of billiards Is the mark of u liberal education," he ob served. Then, turning to the opponent who had beaten him shamefully, "but the uncanny skill you have exhibited Is the result of a misspent youth." Hobbles ure to be encouraged as long as they do not distort the sense of values. It Is when the avocation usurps the time of the vocation thut It ceases to be a sport and becomes a liability. Mr. Uunter's verdict on the man w ho does the course under 80 1 lenient. Such a man has not only neglected his business, but he has neg lected his wife, his children, bis church, his clubs, his friends, his du ties as a clttsea On top of all that the man who says be does It under 80 Is. generally speaking, a Mar, by 10 to 10 strokes. If a town Is ever to make progress beyond the "hick stage," there are a few essential Improvements that must be made. The town may grow In population and become quite a burg In Its own estimation, but it will in cite very little attention from the ont ald world If It does not take a step forward In making such modern Im provements as are now evident In very small city of Importance In the United States. Some of the things modern little city should and must have If It la to ever grow and prosper, are a sewerage system, adequate firs protection, ample street lighting, well kept streets with as much paving as practicable, a modern hotel, city parks and amusements, a live-wire newapa- per, and a large auditorium to care for public gatherings and eniertaln- roents. More than half a billion dollars will lie spent during 19.25 by the electric service companies of the United States In building new electric generating stations and extending both their high power transmission lines and their local distribution lines. This Is mors than twice as much as these compa nies spent In 1921. Of the total which the 1025 construction budgets call for, 1580,000.000, 1168.700,000 will be ex pended In building new fuel-burning generating stations and $00,750,000 for water-driven electric power plants. Also, the country over, $115,400,000 will be spent for building new high power electrical transmission lines and $100 20,000 for construction of local distribution lines: We walk with a crowd and yet ars Dot conscious that our way Is not theirs. It lies apart, we know not why, and evermore- dips Into shadows, says the Los Angeles Times. Take a seat In Pershing square and watch the crowd for an hour. Do yon see many faces that do not bear scars? From the little flve-year-oW who Is bitterly crying because someone has Jostled his balloon from bte Band to the woman whose eyes aire sunken with sorrow because death hss claimed the one whom she loved, everybody who passes, with but few exceptions, shows scars that time will never effaVe. Weeds are expensive, says the Pennsylvania department of agricul ture, announcing that a yearly loss of $2.04 an acre Is caused, by them. The slate botanist. Dr. E. M. Uress, Is re sponsible for the estlauate that $24, 000,000 a year Is lost by th, farmers who till some twelve million acres In the state. He iirzv the sowing of clean see. I. clean cultivation, crop ro tation, vigilance La exterminating weeds and enre not to allow them to go to seed. Weed tbe weed. In other words. In the college year 1922-23 402 stu dents of the total enrollment at Prince ton university worked and earned a to tal of $201,luO.TI, an Increase of near ly $40,000 over the earnings of work ing students in the year previous. All of this money was earned doing odd Jobs about the college campus and special work arranged for through agencies. ir'lve hundred Texas hunters bagged a total of 10,000 rabbits In a "drive" one day recently. This will make you pretty mad when you think of ths times you walked all day through the snow and never saw a bunny ts shoot at The Spanish navy is engaged la ex terminating Mediterranean sharks, which have bean eating all the sar dines. Th airplane basnt licked the battleships yet let's not scrap th navy till we are sure ws can't usa It It Is hard to believe that $78,000,000 worth of const were purchased In the United States Isst year, but that generally Is whers yon find corsets asaioclatsd with Urg ngus TRUTHFUL EGOTISTS One of the most perplexing et til ill questions ever presented to mankind Is one thut hss never been decided, says the Providence Journal. Has a 1,'reut man the privilege of recognizing Ids own greatness? "I am the fastest telegrapher In the world," said a naval radio recruit In the late war upon arriving ut his station; and a corps of amused officers who hoped Imme diately to expose him to ridicule leurned to their discomfiture thut he probably was. In a long series of speed tests In transmitting und re ceiving messages he broke ull existing navul records. "I am glud to speak to you upon the subject of great men,' said (ieorge Bernard Shaw tn London the other day, "because I am a great man myself." He Is. "No one has ever done 'Iago' as truly as I have done him," wrote Salvlnl. And no one ever has. Everyone dislikes ego tism, and everyone seeks for a curt retort to the man who boasts of bis abilities. But what, exactly. Is the proper thing to say? One longs for a glimpse of wisdom, but stands un armed before such declarations as that which the London Post attributed to the late James McNeill Whistler. The Hopl Indians have a pride of their own. That tribe may not repre sent the redskin at his bravest, but bravery and vanity do not always go hand In band. The Navajo ever have been better fighters and, looking down on tbe Hopls, have called them, as a term of contempt, Mokls, meaning In good American slang "dead ones." The Hopls, however, are fairly good agriculturists and on their reserva tion near the Grand canyon grow a drought-resistant bean which the gov ernment recently decided of value to farmers In other parts of the dry West. Seed beans were secured and sent out to tbe farmers, but In so do ing the authorities made a serious fuux pus by naming the seeds Mokl henna. A howl of protest has gone up from Hopl headquarters couched In such vigorous words that the Mokl name has been summarily withdrawn and Hopl beans will henceforth be the official designation. A little earlier In our history Indians have been known to take the path of war for a lesser uffront. Cold comfort for the rejuvenation theorists conies from the biological laboratories of Baltimore. Dr. Ray mond Peurl of Johns Hopkins says that a long-lived ancestry, not the transplantation of glands. Is the best assurance of longevity. Whatever hy giene may do te Increase the average term of human life. It Is not likely to extend the span. Of late years pre ventive medicine has done much to diminish Infant mortality, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Our forbears accepted a ghastly death toll of babies In summer with ptons resignation as the Inscrutable will of Providence. To day we look for sources of contamina tion and take the warpath ugalnst Insects. Wlwn we consider the Igno rance or Indifference of the "good old days" we wonder that so many grew to a sturdy maturity. The remnants of natural fur stocks In the L'nlted States are fast dwindling. The fur supply, once a rich heritage and a prime stimulus for the occupation and settlement of the continent. Is seriously threatened by present conditions of lack of uniform ity In laws und regulations relating to open seasons, trapping methods, and prlmeness of pelts. To remedy the unwholesome conditions as fur as pos sible, and before It is too late, the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture Is co-op- I eratlng with state conservation und game commissions In encouraglug the enactment of uniform trapping laws In zones having similar climatic con ditions. An ornithologist recently. In no spir it of levity, made a statement that humun life would disappear after five years If the untold myriads of Insects were not kept down by their enemies, the birds. Great businesses thrive on fighting Insects, and no year passes unless some new problem Is brought to light Bugs attack not only the nnl mate, but the Inanimate necessities of life and cause losses to forest, field and homfe A husband alleged tn his bill for di vorce that his wife was In tbe habit when they were out calling, of "mak ing wise cracks at his expense." This rather discomfits a husband, particu larly when he Isn't as good on th road as he Is on the home grounds. It appear that mora Carnegie hero medals are awarded In the East than in the West This does not necessarily mean that there are more heroes In the East, but more likely means that Western people are more expert In staying out of peril The ratio of people to automobiles) In London la said to be 60 to 1, and If they were all high-school lads coming back from a game that would b about the right proportion. TO The earth's oldest circus, John Rob inson's, will soon be in our midst, as the billboards throughout the country proclaim in loud and lurid colors, its coming to Asheville for afternoon and night performances on Thursday, Sept. 17. Hundreds of circus lovers of this community are making plans to at tend the circus that day, as the merit and superiority of John Robinson's Circus is well known here. John Robinson comes this year with an entirely new performance from tho opening of the gorgeous spectacle, "Peter Pan in Animal Land" to the sensational and thrilling finishing numbers. Kurope and the Orient were sacked for novelties and features by representatives of the circus last winter, and the foremost wild animal t 1 acts of the universe were purcnaseu and added to the Robinson's double menagerie. Capt. Ricardo, Theo. Schroeder, W. W. Weaver, Dewey Butler, Bob Thorn ton, Nellie Roth, Lorraine Wallace and Margaret Thompson are a few of the noted subjugators, whose charges will work in the arenas and in the rings. The largest group of polar bears to ever appear in public will worked by Theo. Schroeder, famous European trainer. "Kittie," the only wrestling tiger in the universe, will be anoother distinct feature that Is offered bv no other circus. International troupes and families of repute will also be found perform- rig under John Robinson's big seven pole top. The Morales Family from Mexico, the Sing-Sing Chinese, the Rudy Rudynoffs Family from Austria, Senorita Piedad from South America, and other foreign countries will be represented, for John Robinson's dressing tent is truly a melting pot. As for clowns, fifty of the funniest and most foolish fellows ever turned loose will cavort in the sawdust arena. ttfceOIH They're long, long er than most of us ever realize. Heat, dust, dilution, pres sure, speed, and . tiny clearances are just a few of them. But we'll bet on 'Standard" Motor Oil, for it's a thor oughbred. 'STANDARD" MOTOR OILS 'Based on over 50 years' experience PALE, NERVOUS West Virginia Lady Says That She Was in a Serious Condi tion, But Is Stronger After Taking CardoL Huntington, W. Va. "I was In a very weak and run-down condition In fact, was in a serious condi tion," says Mrs. Fannie C. Bloss, of 1964 Madison Avenue, this city. "In my left side the pain waa ery severe. It would start In my tack and sides. Part of the time I raa In bed and when up I didn't feel Like doing anything or coins Anywhere. "Life wasn't any pleasure. I waa very pale. I was nervous and thin, and so tired all the time. "My druggist told me that Cardnl waa a good tonic for women and I bought a couple of bottles. I took two bottles, then I noticed an im provement I kept on and found U. WMv h,Ipln me- I have taken ."'v I m 'tronger now tb"n have been la a ions time." mSV?"1, u "?e from mild-actins EKSiiSnSL1. !2 g8nUa- tonic: strengthening effect upon certain togS?" 'nd Up0n r'teo mom everywhere. K0-1M JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS APPEAR IN ASHEVILLE. ..... . '. tt v-tisyti"i Dnno DD TMT
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