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A IIOMIO 1*A1*ER F<)I>; MOMK 1 >1<:01 >M'2-A 1.1^ TIOM l<: PKINT
liUEVAlU), NfllJTU CAROLINA, riUDAY. .MAY 10, 191^
VOLUME-XVII
MUCH EXCITEMENT IN
.TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
POLITICAL PO r BOILS OVER
INTO Tin: FIRE
Prominent Republican Makes
Some PertiniMit Remarks
on Situation.
As Thoro is inr.i h In-ini; siiid roii-
t*t'rniii<r sli>'nl'i <>t I’ninsylvania
county not Ihmtil: liis ofUce on
Tursday. A])ril M<*. :»n«I Wi'dnt’sday.
Mayl, so as 1o and
rt‘C(‘i])t for ]V)11 taK inonoy from
tlu' ])i'o|)lt‘ who df" red to ])ay tlu*ir
tax on or lu'tot-' May 1, I
fonsidor it my dnty to tlu' tax pay
ers of Transylvania county, ro-
^ardlrss of ])olitic.tl atliliations, to
state all facts that 1 may know in
r('ft'r(Mi(*o tlu'r('t>' :Md add a few
remarks.
Early on Tncsdav Tuornin^'. A]>ril
I'.'l'i, I sa w Shi'rilT Shnford (who
hy virtue of his otVu i' as sherilf is
tax collector f«>r Transylvania
county) j)ass back "f n^v home in
Krevard, drivinir in iiis bu^^y
towards East Mam striM't. After
wards I \v<‘nt to n;y otViec to work
and U]) in tin* tl.iv 1 wt*nt to tiu'
court house to l<ii k u]> somt' ri'c-
ords and I noticv'd ‘ >ran!^t* Mooney,
a colored man. and .1, MareuTn
and two othi'r wliitc mc!\ sittinij: at
th(' court hou>c d nr. aiid I .iocu-
larly remarked t" tlu-m: “What
are you fellows la . inu‘ around here
forV" or words t" tliat etVec*t, and
they Informeil me thai tlu'y W(‘re
waitin;^ for the >' riiT to come to
liis o11ic(‘ to ]»ay tli- :r taxt'S.
Later in the day. >eein^' them
still waiting, 1. siTu])ly as a matter
of accommodati'in. told some; of
them that if it w<>aid 1)0 any ac
commodation to th' in tliey could
l(‘av(“ their mon< y w tli me. with a
written aiithoriiy t> ]>ay their
taxt'S and when ii>i' sli rilV returned
I would ])ay tlie;r tiivrs and .si'nd
them the receijit- and they after-
svards cam(‘ to i;i\ otiicc and h‘ft
their nion(*y with \m iften authority
for jne to pay it o\.-r t:> the sherilT.
Tini(‘ afti*r time tliat ai'tc'rnoon I
went to the sherilT's i Hire and each
time found it clns. 1 ;md locked,
und on inijuiry failed to locat(‘ the
sherilT or his deputy, 1 saw E. A.
Hi'ath of (^‘dar Mi ;.main who said
that “lie had me’ tin* slu'riiT on
Mill Hill ^oin'jr toward.- South Caro
lina, and that li K. I’axton, his
deputy, was witli l.h/i and tliat th<-y
said they wt're t:' inir after a col
ored man who s'mic two months
before had eseajc d from Transyl
vania s countV jjt'l, or words to
that (‘Hect ; and 1 \va> als(.) informed
at the samt' tinn'. ; it}i.-r by* Htnith
or some oni; i l>i'. that \ . B. Mc-
<Taha, who was at tlu' time in Br»'-
vard, had also lui t the slu-ritY at
ahout tlu‘ sami' liiih' and })lace, and
that Mc(Taha had told the sh(n*ilY
that he had started to fin'vard to
I)ay hisi)oll tax, a)id that th(‘ slieritY
told him (-\b-(iuha to leave the
jiiont'V with a ecftani jxirson in
Brevard, and that tie would on his
return issue him a receipt as of
tliat date.
Man after m:in l ain,. to l]r(‘vard
on Api’il to ]»av thrir taxes but
failed to find the sln ritT or any one
else to take tlu-ir money and f^ive
J em a receipt for same, ti^omo of
them came to me and some to oth
er-;, their Tuoney with
written authority to pay their tax,
a list of whom is h< rt‘inafter S(‘t
out. A]>ril oO ])asscd and no .sherilT
or tax collector sliowcd u]), and it
])ejIHn to he talked that it was a
trick, bnt I pcrsi>icntly told tlu'm
that I coul'l not Ixdiove Sheriff Shu-
ford wonld enter into such a trick.
May first came and more men
came to pay th(4r taxes, bnt still
no sheriff or tax collector ; and that
day passed with th(; sheriff’s ofliee
still closed and locked.
I went to the rej^ist^r of deeds
and asked him if he eonld not take
the money for the sheriff' so that
tli('tax payers could iU'et their rc'-
C(“i])ts dati'd on or bt'fori' Mav !.
so they W(Uild not be disfran
chised, but he stat(‘d that ln‘ coul»I
not aecei)t it. The most diliirem"
intjuiry faih'd to locatt' tli<* .sheriff
*>r any' deputy exc'ept, I learni'd.
thai .1. A. (Calloway, tlu* jailor, was
a sworn dep\ity*. and I wi'nt to him
on May’ 1 and t<'nd('r<‘d to him. as
di'puty, the mou(\v that had bi'en
left with nu‘. so that tlu' slu'riiV on
his return, even if tluMle])uty couhl
not write' me the n'C('i])ts, could
write tlu'm and dat(' them on th<'
day the money was tendered, I still
bt‘li(‘vin_u: iit that time that thi'
sluM'iff would do tlu‘ straight thin^
about th(! matt(>r, the tt'nder heinir
mad(‘. so that the sheriff in makin.u:
out his c(‘rtifit*d list would not have
to ct'rtify to sonu'thin:' fal.se, th(‘
ttMider hein^ made within the tini(\
I undrstand a re])ort is beini; (*ir-
culated that the money I had was
furnislnnl this county hy Mr. (irant
or Mr. P»'arson for a fund to ])ay
])oll tax(‘s, and I dt'sire to say that
tln*se statenu'nts htive no fi>unda-
tion in fact, as the following facts
Will show ;
FolU)winjjj is the list of those who
left money with me iind the
amounts left, viz. : Orantre IVlooney,
^l. loto pay baltince on tax of Ida
Sandford (or Ida ISummerfudd);
$;?>^neft by ,1. M. ^larcum ;
l(‘ft by Horace Mc“('all ; li>ft hy
John W. .loiu's; W. E. T.<yday,
?ir.(iO l(‘ft by J. A. Drake ;
h‘ft by’ Walti'r Weilt ; Erwin West,
*•,'.'.•0 ; Oscar (-Jalloway, J. L.
Kil])atrick »; F. L. Fowh'i-,
; .1. B. Kil)>atrick, all
turned ovt'r to me bv (>. \V. ('lav-
ton ; sii.o.') li'ft by’ ('. .AL Doy'le ; \V.
L. Pii'rson left with me Hil
liard liracken left with me sfi.io to
])ay’ his own and his brother
Euj:t‘ne's tax; Dr. Eni?lish left with
nu! ?:').(>.■) check to ]);;y William
Winn's tax; Horace ivitchen, a
twt'lvt' or fourtetm-year-old boy’ left
with me for .1. Owi'n ; W.
F. Hollinjxsworth s i, left with
ni(‘ by’ Davis (Tla/ent*r. who issued
his own chc'ck ]>ayabh‘ to F. E. j
Shuft)rd; F. M. Kinu; *-.]•'). h'ft j
with me by his fatht'i'-in-law. .1. B.
I’erry’ ; T. (4allowa v .'ro.oo, left
by hims<'lf ; (t. W. Whitmire left
with m<* si5.00 to ]>ay his own tax.
and ^17.00 to ]>ay the taxt's of .T. B.
Davis. T. H. M*‘iton. H. H. Xel.son.
C’. i‘. Hof^sed and .1. B. Mct’all ; T. I
H. Ham])t(m $().10. to ])ay tax of ('. j
E. Hanrpton and Thos. Dodsworth ; [
W. H. Harris, to ])ay his cnvn '
tax ; Fred L. Smith h'ft with nu'
$;>,<>,■) to pay' his own tax; Whit
Henderson left witli T. T. Loftis
to ])ay his tax. This ])artj is
a candidate for tlu' dt'mocratic
nomination for treasurer, and it is
now Sf^id that his taxes were ])aid
but he today stated to me that he
had not j)aid them nor authorized
any one to jjay' tlu‘m for him ; that
he does not ap])rove of tlu* mt'tluxls
that have been em])lovi^d in this
matter, and that he is still a can
didate for the nomination and asks
the su])port of all good, honest
democrats.
I tendered this ?noney to J. A.
Galloway', who refuscnl it by w'rit-
ten s*^atement as follows :
I, the underpinned, refuse to take the
moP'^y tendered as to each person named
on the two sheets hereto attached for the
reason I have no blank receipts, and was
not directed h/ the sheriff to receive the
same, and have no access to the tax hooks,
same being locked up.
.1. A. Galloway.
This May 1st, 1912.
In justice to Mr. (ialloway I de
sire to say tliat I do not believe he
knew one thing about the scheme
that was being worked.
The morning of the 2nd came and
the sheritf and nis office dejmty
came, tind I at once took tlu‘ money
above set ont and mentioned and
went to the sh('ritt‘\s ofllce and told
him I had the mcmey, and to be in
time I had the day previous ten
dered it to his sworn deputy, J. A.
Galloway, so that he could date the
recei])ts as of that day, or the day
the money w’as tendered, and he at
once refused to acce])t the money
and give the receipts, but stated
that he would accept it and give me
receipts dated May 2. I informed
him that I must have the receipts
dated tlie day tlio n)on(“V was ten
dered. and again took each man's
mon(\v, (‘xc(‘])t in two or tliree
cas(‘s, wlu're tlu'y'had given checks,
just as tlie money and ch(*cks had
bei'n turn<‘d ov(“r to me as abovt*
stat('d, and tt'ndered sam(‘ t(j him
aTid h(' r(d'us('d the tender, as tc'n-
d('n“(L
Tlu'n it was that 1 was brouirht
to the ])lain knov/ledgt' that it was
a sclKMue or ]>reviously coTicocted
])lan, entered into to disfranchisi*
tlu' voti'rs. I do not yet lielieve
th(‘ sheriff’ within his own judg-
iH(‘nt w<mld hav(i so a(*t('d, but tlu'
bos.s(‘s had nn<iu('stionably been at
work. The slu'rilT also had mail
that had come lo him th(; two day's
ht' liad b(HMi away and I ask<'d him
if ht! was going to date those tax
n‘C(‘i])ts for the mont^y’ that came
bi'fort! the time ex])ir(‘d in accord-
anc(* thennvitli and ho informed
me that they would be dated at the
tinu' he called at the ofliee and got
his mail.
Mr. Sheriff, it is u]) to yon to t«'ll
the honest, liberty loving men of
Transylvania county, rt'gardless of
])olitical faith, where you were
gon(* on A])ril and May I, r.H2,
and what for':' Did y’ou and your
de])uty bring that c*olored man
back with you? If y’ou did, whi>re
is lie':' Tell the ]u*o])le why you
W('nt aw'ay’ from y'our ollice, but
left it clo.sed and locktMl? Tell
tlu'in why' y’ou could not date th(*.s(>
tax recei])ts on the day the mom'v
was t(‘nd('n'd to your sworn de])uty’.
Do you think That would havi*
cans«'d yon to state fi falsehood in
certifying the list of ]said ])olls'/
'i\‘ll th(‘ ])eo])lt‘ wh(‘th(‘r or not you
wrote out and dat(‘d tax ri'cei]its
beft)re y'ou went away, on which
the money had not Ix'en paid, and
wlu'tlu*r or iu)t tlu'se are includtnl
\v. the ci'rtified list you art' rt'-
(juired to file on or Iteforc* .May'
Kith. Why tlidn't you have man
hood I'nough to t('ll the bosses you
would not do tlu'ir bitlding';:'
Now, Mr. Sheriff, I th'sirt' to say
that I know of several men v.ho
st'nt the money or canu'to jia v tlu'ir
taxi's whilt' you W(*rt“ a wav wliost*
names do not a])])ear U]>on your
certilieil list t>f uu])aid ])olls, and
must be on the certified list t)f paid
])olls.
If you could issut> r<'cei]>ts and
datt' tlu'in b(‘for(‘ you went away’,
when thi\y (thc! tax ])ayers) had not
})aid the money, wht) ])aid it, or has
it bet'll paitl':'
My friimd, you have jdainly and
a])])art*ntly inttnitionally’ violated
tlu‘ law, and the matter shall bt>
brought to the attention of the
sc)licitor of this district, and also
to tlui attention of tlu' next judge
of the sui)erior court that comes
to this county, just as the facts
are, and they shall do what they
shall deem jirojier.
If a single man who has tendertnl
bis money within tlu^ time alltjwt*d
by law in Avhicli to i>ay sanui to en-
titlt* liim to vote is rt'fused a vote
next November on account of your
acts that matter shall be called to
the attention of the U. S. District
Attorney, with all the facts, and
he shall dti as lu? may deem ]>roper.
I a])])eal to the good people of
Transylvania county', not as a re-
})ubliean, but as a citizen, to give
us a sheriff' and tax collector in
w’hose hands all the v(jters most
sacred liberty—the right of fran-
chisi'—is safe! Suppose for an in
stance a republican sheriff had been
a party to what has occurred, I ask
you, my fellow' citizens, would he
have survived?
Respectfully submitted to all the
people. This May 4, 1012.
D. L. Extu.isif.
A Trifle Caustic.
A man who is tbe manager of a
store in the shopping district is notod
for his sarcasm. The other day ue
observed one of his salesmen gazing
abstractedly out of the front window
at a passing pretty girl.
“Guess I’ll change you tc th« flower
department.” said the manager, cross
ing over.
"Why?" was the query.
“And stand you,” continued the boss,
not heeding the interruption — “and
stand you with the other rubber
plants.”—Philadelphia Times.
REPUBLICANS WANT
TO NOMINATE T. R.
COUNTY CONVENTION IN
STRUCTS FOR TEDDY
ALso Pass Resolutions that De
nounce and Condemn the
Sheriff’s Actions.
Pursuant to tlu; call of M. L.
Hamilton, county chairman, the
re])ublioans held a county ctmven-
tion in the court house Saturday
aftt'rnoon. Abt)iit twenty-five dele
gates were in attt'iidance. The
mt'eting was for the pur]»ose of
(dt'cting dt'lt'gatt's to the statt;, con-
gres.sional, jutlicial and senatorial
conventions.
The dtdegates to the state con
vention were instructed solitlly for
Koosevidt, every' delegate voting
f(»r the instructions.
The following tlelegati's were
electf'd to the state and congres
sional conventitjns : S. T. Eyert‘tt,
W. H. Faulknt‘r, H. P. Moore, W.
J. Haines, W. 1^. Pit>r.son, W. L.
Talley and J. H. Pickelsinu'r.
The following dtdegatt'S were
t‘lect('d to the judicial and senatt)-
rial conventions: D. L. Englisli,
liobtM-t Orr, H. A. Orr, G. E. .Mc-
(ialia. .Tudson <’orn. O. W. C'layttJii
and T. H. Ham jitou.
Tli»“ met'ting w;is ])r(‘side(I ov(>r
by M. I.,. Hamilton, and (). W.
Clayton was elected st'cretary.
The following ri'solutions wiM'e
rt'ad and unanimously a<b>])ted :
Whereas, our statt' c<mstitntion
and I'lection law re(|;;ii-es nil elec
tors under riM vt'ars of age to ]>a\'
their ])oll tax on or Ix'fort' the first
<l:iy' of May’ of tlu* y't'ar in wbicli
the t'leetor ])ro])oses to vote in an
eli'ction ;
And whert'as, the sa?ne law
makes it the duty’ of tlie shei'ifT or
tax colleett)r to issue rec<-i))ts to all
who ]iay' tlu'ir ])oll tax, <m tlie date
th(' same is ])aid. and also by iufer-
en»-e makt's it tlu* duty’ of tlu‘ .said
sht'riff or ta.x collector as tin' cas(>
may’ b(\ to stay at his t)f1ice in iH‘r.
son or by tb‘puty. on the last ])t)ll
tax paying tlays for tlu‘ ])iirpose of
issuing rt'ct‘i])ts to tlu^ voters : and
wlit'reas, it is a known fact that
tlu> sheriff t)f Transylvania county
has issued ])oll tax receipts dattnl
])rior to the first day of May’, l'.il2,
to vari(ms tax ])ay’t*rs of Transy'lva-
nia county, who havt' not to this
time imid the sheriff' the numt'V
thijrefor, and from ^yhonl lie, said
sheriff’, has not yet receivt'd the
money for said taxt'S, thereby vio
lating the criminal laws of the
state ; and whereas, the said slier-
iff, ])resumablv to di'fraud some
elt‘ctt)rs t)f their right of franchist',
did on the morning of Ajiril
l‘.il2, leave the county and the
state and go to South Carolina, and
take with him his office d('puty,
leaving his said olliee ch)sed and
locked, and remained out of his
said t:)tfict' and so far as this (*on-
ventitm knows, remaint'd out of
the state the last t%vo poll tax pay
ing days ; and wlit'reas, during said
time, to wit: A]n-il liO and May 1,
li)12, various and sundry taxjiayers
came to Brevard to pay their taxes
during said days, and within the
time allow’t'd by law to pay same,
and by w'ritten authority^ tendered
their money to a sworn dejiuty
sheriff, who could not receive and
reeei])t for same, the books being
locked uj) in the office of the sheriff',
to w’hich the said deputy had no
moans of access ; anti whereas, the
said sheriff' on his return refused to
aece])t said mt)ney, both for prop
erty and poll tax, and issue re
ceipts as of the date same was ten
dered to his said deputy; and
whereas, on said two days while
said sheriff was away, and no one
in his said office, other tax ptiyers
came to pay their tax, and were
told by some of the bosses to go
back home and they would be
taken care of ; and whereas, it now
appears that said persons have
b('(?n taken caTV* of as it> l’iu‘ issm-
of their ])oll ta X rec:'i])fs. ' bt -
ing dated on or ])rt!vious to tht; first
day t)f May, 11*12, in the of
which rec(*ipts di.^crimination has
bt>en ])lainly jmicticed. and f]i(‘ law
]»lainly’ violated ; find wheri'as. it is
a known fact that this fraudulent
att(‘m]»t to disfranchist' tin* white
mt'ii (tf Transylyatiia countv is
des])is('d and coiidemiK'd !»y all the.
f gotxl and honest <h'!no( rat> oi the
county', and was altog(“tlu‘r dcivistMl
and t'Xt!C*ufed by’ a t<‘w designing
bosses, W’ho made the; shi'rilf theii*
willing tool:
^Jlu'refort' bi* it rt'solved by tho
i'(‘])ublicans of Transylvania coun
ty, in o]U‘n ctmvtmtion asM*mt)lt}d,
that they as eiti/t>ns, tax ])ay('r.'--
and libt'rty-loving mt'n (b'nounct.*
and ctmdtMiin the .said slK'rifV and
liis lew ])olitical bosses for the un
lawful and wrongful acts herein
before st't out, and retjuest all good
citizens, rt'gartll -ss of their ])oliti-
cal faith, to unite and assist in
nominating and ('It'cling good hon
est nit'n tt) fill our et)unty oflie(>s.
Re.solvtMl furtlK'r, that a co]>y’ t>f
these rt'solutions bt‘ ])ubli';hed in
th<^ Sylvan Valley News, so that
tlu‘ true facts of this matt(“r may
])t; made knt>wn to all th<'])eu])le,
and also a coi)y filed for fnturi* ref-
t'rence.
lieatl and unanimously ailo])tet.l.
in o])en conventit'ii May’ 1,
TAR HEELS IN WASHiNQTGH
The Xt‘ws has begun to make its
regular weekly visits to oni- hoitu^
bert'. ()idy those who have been
for som<‘ time away fi’om tliosc'
sceiK's and f riends held n)ost dear
can undt'istand how much we a])-
]>ri'ciati' its visits. We read every
^ word that has reft'rt^nee to loca'i
j affaii-s and people—even tli;' ads.
I and notict's.
i But some fimt's wt' wonder if
t his state sht)uld not be callt'd the-
wt'stern-most (‘ounty of North
('arolina. In ev(>ry' ]>lac'‘ I liavt^
bet‘11 here 1 have, found pe(t])le froii:
till! lu)mt‘ statt'. In some ]»iaet‘.";
mor(> than half the ]i"])ni:i:ion ir»-’
'Par Heels. in t)iie villaLrt*—(Uik
I’oint—among others tlu^re ar.- T.
(-Jalloway, .loe Tt'agui\ .lact>b
Millt'r, Will. Hamlin. W. M. Breed
love, T. H. v)wen. Maiinimr Jib»ore.
Warren and Wilbern Lowe and
tlu'ir familit's, Thos. Pov>ell, (’has.
Davis, Mr. Smathers. Robt. Craw-
ft)rtl and othtn-s. And thtu’t' are
other communities wher(‘ one from
“Down Home'’ feels tM[uall\’ at
ease.
And these brothers of tjurs are
gt'iit'rally doing well. On(‘ of tht'iu
owns more jiroperty here than he
anti all his family owned in the t)lti
home. All are doing wtdl t'xcept
those wht) would not India ve them
selvt's and w'ork. And they are
tloing wt‘11 morally and r.'liLriouslv,
as a general rule. One who laitl
no claim to either religion or mor
ality at home is now a lieensetl
minister and the leatler t>f tlu;
mtn-al forces of his ct'mmunity.
But we all hmg for home We
rejoice in every evitlt'nct* t>f tht'
pros])erity of the home ct)unty and
statt*, and when the news comes ot
the death of good friends our heart.^*
grieve. To some of us Brevard
will be much poorer withtiut ]M.
Gallimore and Asheville without J.
H. Tucker. We all lotjk forward
to the day when we shall be able
to come home. In behalf of a host
of exiled Tar Ht>els I salute you.
Yours sincert'ly,
J. C'. OWDN
Tacoma, Wash.
An Achievement.
“I don't see why you should be so
proud of winning that cast',” said the
intiinatt? friend. “Yon wore plainly iu
the wrong.”
“You don’t understand these things
at all,” answered the lawyer. “That’s
tbe very thing that makes me so
proud.”—Exchange.
Faith and Works.
Faith without works is like a bird
without wings, who, though she may
hop with her companions here on earth,
j yet, if she live till the world’s end, she
I will never fly to heaven.—Owen Felt-
' ham.