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PKlMiKAM adopted BY F. F. A. CHAPTER At a c died meeting of the officers of the Brev y l chapter Future Farmers of America and their ad \isor, .). A. Glazener, the following I rogram of work was made out and given approval of the club: Sit pc retted Pro c t ice Objective: Raise the standard by the use of: t—High grade seed of recom mended variety. 2—Recommend fer tilizers and rate of application. 3— Purebred livestock. 4—Balance ra tions. 5—Complete records. 0— Supervised jobs, one to be in soil conservation. Cooperative Activities Objectives: !• State dues paid one hundred percent by October first. 2—Estab lish an agriculaural museum. 3— Exhibit at county fair. 4—Encour age more cooperative buying and selling. 5 — Improve agricultural class room. <> Start -ehool nursery. Home ll'or/c and Community Service Objectives: 1 Establish five or more homo shops. 2—Impreve home otchard. 3— Make plans and improve home grounds l—Assist farmers in secur ing purebred livestock-seed. 5—As sist in solving community problems. Leadership Arttritics Objectives: I -end two delegates to state cotv 'ion.* 2- Give public programs. 3_ udy parliamentary procedure. 4— t'.ganize a^cluss chapter in each sect'm. r>—Optn and close all meetings according to the ritual. Karninps and $avinys Objectives: 1—Organize a thrift bank. 2 - Encourage members to form the habit of saving. Scholarship Objectives: 1—Take part in all district con tests. 2—Improve agricultural h luait by addition of new magazine. 3—Raise scholarship by establishing an hon r roll. Recreation Objectives: 1—Father and son banquet. 2— Athletic contests. 3—Educational tour. 4—Home economic and voca tional agricultural picnic. Publicity Objectives: 1 Decorate business window with agricultural exhibits. 2 Tw-lve or more news articles on chapter activities. 3—Invite publv to attend the monthly meetings. 4 Hold regular meetings in Junior O’ der hall. Method »f Procedure 1 Have a strong committee >' eacli division of the program. 2 Have chairman of committee to make regular reports. 3 -Have all mem bers assigned to do a certain pha;o of work. METHODISTS ATTEND GREENSBORO MEET The 15th session of the Western North Carolina annual conurcnce o' the Methodist ehureh. South, open" Wetln day morning in the West Market Street Methodist church Greensboro. Hi - h p Paul B Kern is tlie presiding oltieer ut th. roe. feleiiee. The sessions will continue through Sunday right, at which time th ! i - * of pastors' appointments for the yi.ar will he read by Bishop Kern. This is th first conference over which Bishop Kern presided since hi- a; pointment to this district, filling th. office formerly occupied by Bishop Edwin I). Mouzon. Pastors and others from Brevard attending the confcrcr e in Grcviis boro this week include; Rev. -1 li West. Rev. G. ('. Brinkman, Presi .1 -n! If ' V dtran • a < 1 O. II. On. Rev. -I. N. Hail, pastor i f the Ros man Mithodtst church, is also in at tondanee. Hai< of mnnn .Vci ro/i.s Flemingtou.—Bruno Hauptmann, in • , o and restless under the eyes of iloa- vigilant guards, was called . “broken” tonight by Jerse officials as they push I plans for hi- arraign in'nt on a charge of slaying the kid naped I.imlbergli baby. WANT m MOVING and GENERAL HAUL ING- -reasonable prices, every load insure*!. See Charlie McCrary at McCrary Auto Service, Phone 290, Brevard, N. C. Mch 8 WANTED—White oak cross tics. deliver'd at any point on Southern railway between Brevard and Lake Toxaway. Highest market prices paid. F >r particulars sec or write W. ,1. M .ore, Rosman, N. C. dtp MAN WANTED for Rawleigh route of 8;)'. families. Write immediately. Raw'ivgi. Dent. NCJ-180-SA, Rich mond, Va. FOR RENT—Apartment with I or r> roo s as desired. Or all the 8 room house, two apartments. Lai go garden end several fruit trees. Mrs. jasper t'rr. FOR SALE—Young Jersey cow with first calf n w 4 months old. Will sell cow for $2">. Mrs. Roland Fish er, (.a! • Tox. R-l. POTATO STORAGE- Have ample storage space for seed potatoes. Well •u|iiipp'.d. Store potatoes until planting time on share basis. C. hi. Sudan!, North Brevard. CABBAGE FOR SALE -2 acres n - rendv. Mrs. Gus King. East Fork. I Old Age Pension* Editor Transylvania Times: It is with some misgivings that I write in regard to the above sub ject, as I would be a direct bene iciary of the law should the pro >osed bill be enacted by the congress which convenes in January next. But. is I see it, the law would benefit ioth young and old, as it would blot uit the depression and the effects f it upon our nation and prosper ity would follow in its wake. Some of the provisions of the bill have been explained to me by one of he ablest scholars of the south, a e.nehcr of renown and influence, and I deem it my duty to pass on this knowledge to the people of my county n order that they may act intelli :ently in regard to signing the peti ion or withholding their signature from same. In the first place, all old people ibove the age of GO years are to be laid $200 per month during the re naindcr of their lives. But before eceiving this pension they are to ouch under oath that they will pend the money each month, or be fore the next month’s pension will be paid. A person having a job that pays ,him more than he would realize from ! the pension may hold his job and not •ome under the provisions of the old ige pension law. But any person who is above GO years old may re ■eive the compensation by signing he oath to spend the money each nonth and surrender his job to some me who is under CO years of age. The beneficiaries may work on their farms or homes, doing anything to beautify them, or in raising any thing for home consumption; but are not to sell anything from their farms in competition with people who are under GO years of age. We see from the above provisions >f the bill that the spending of all this money will put into every com munity of these United States thous inds of dollars each month and the circulation of these sums will force he mereha - to enlarge their stores and fill up their shelves to take •are of this large increase in trade, he manufacturers will have to put all their plants to work to supply this increase in trade and both manufacturers and merchants will have to employ added millions of the younger people to take care of the abor needed to carry on this extra work. In fact, there will be a scarcity >f labor a- the number of people in •lie United States above GO years of ige who shall have to give up their ■cupation- to the younger genera ion is very much in excess of the overal million people who are now ^'employed. in aiuiuMMi me piviinivuii vi.v bill as set out in the beginning of his article, it is further provided .hat there shall bo levied a manufac turers sabs tax -ufficient to reim burse the federal treasury for the amount spent on > Id age pensions. This will be added by the manufac turers to the first c<*t of the goods, landed on down to the .o ' ters, then to the retailers and fin: !iy to the people in the cost of the goods that are bought. I should like t say right here that the per cent will be very small, we can scarcely detect the .xtra amount we pay on each article bought, as there will be s > manv more millions of dollars worth of the different kinds of goods sold each month on account of there being such an increase of money circulated. This increase will reach out into the most remote sections of our land, as the old people arc found in the cities in the coves, and upon the hill tops. Any one who will take the time to study the provisions of this hill will readily see that it will become a re volving fund, being handed out by •he governin'. >:t at Washington as an old rge pension: then spent by the old people each month, putting mil lions of dollars into circulation and thereby turning the wheels of indus try all over the nation and going back into the United States treasury in the form of a manufacturers sales tax, paid by the few cents added in cost to the goods sold to the millions | of people of all ages who are bone fitted by reason of this pensi m. This will practically do away with all welfare work which ha- been in augurated t" relieve1 the suffer:! g of the masses. It will, to a large ex tent, abolish our county homes for (he aged and infirm, as most of the ! nma'. - are above sixty years of age. It will enable the people to pay their faxes and redeem their homes. It will, if we can get an adjustment with our creditors, enable all muniei paliti - to take care of their bended indebieelness. It will help those of us who believe in the support of the •hurch at home and abroad to pay ur pastors, our mission boards, and i ohanages. In fact, all charitable i"fitutiims might become m ore alive and aggressive, thereby en abling them to do a greater work for FEEL TIRED, ACHY “ALL WORN OUT?” Get Rid of Poisons That , Make You 111 * IS a constant backache keeping you miserable? Do you suffer burning, scanty or too frequent urination; attacks of dizziness, rheumatic pains, swollen feet and ankles? Do you feel tired, nervous —all unstrung? Then give some thought to your kidneys. Be sure they function properly, for functional kidney dis order permits poisons to stay in the blood and upset the whole sys tem. Use Doan’s Pills. Doan’s are for the kidneys only. They help the kidneys cleanse the blood of health destroying poisonous waste. Doan’s Pills are used and recommended the world over. Get them from any druggist. DOAN’S PILLS Nursery School Brevard did secure the Nursery .School! On last Friday Dr. J, Henry llighsmitj), head of the state school ystem, and Mrs. Mary G. Scarbor ugh, supervisor of the state nur sery school project, came to Brevard and approved the set-up. It is now running, and one of a limited num ber allotted to North Carolina. These state officials arranged de tails with the local relief adminis trator and school superintendent, ap proving the same teachers who con ducted this school in a limited fash ion last winter, Mrs. Constance P. the cause of our Lord. It will do another thing, which, if thought of by the mas-cs as of small ci nsequence, we who have reached three score years or more believe to be of very great importance to us. It will greatly relieve the minds of old people who have reared a family and sent them out into the many sections of our country to set up homes of their own, and are not able to raise and educate their children and take proper care of their parents also. This relief of the old people from remorse and dread will, if I am not very much mistaken, lengthen out the span of life, and will give to both young and old happier and mere beautiful homes. I believe that every citizen of the United States who has the welfare of our nation and the contentment and happiness of our people at heart should sign this petition asking our senators and representatives in con gress to do all they can to have this bill enacted into law at the next ses sion. Finally, this measure will do away with fear of bankrupting our gov ernment in order to take care of the idle millions ,as the money will he continually flowing back into the treasury as fast as it is paid out, and all the unemployed will be giver | work at living wages. Respectfully, W. B. HENDERSON. Banks and Mrs. John McLean, add ing Miss Nelle McCrary as nurse and Mrs. Henson McCall as helper. Through the cooperation of the school board the school is situated in the three upper rooms of the pri mary building in Brevard which have not been in use, and these rooms are now partially equipped and open to children of families un able otherwise to have this help, children ranging from 2 to 5 years of age. These workers are also to contact the parents of these children, and offer them a valuable service on health, parent education and practi cal subjects, thus comprising a po tential hundred or more people to be reached. In equipping the place the local community had to bo relied upon en tirely, as the federal government ar ranges only for the pay of teachers and certain necessary foodstuff for lunches. It is to the credit of Bre vard that enough things were promptly forthcoming to assure the opening last Friday, though many articles must be had almost at once. The Wednesday club helped with 37 cups and 30 cots. The Mathata sian club contributed important ar ticles, and will continue to back the project. The Red Cross gave 30 blankets and 30 sheets. The local cotton mill gave cotton. The Blanche Barrus Circle donated toys and cook ing utensils. The relief office had on hand some 17 mattresses which can be used. Hauling is donated by a man too modest to allow his name in print, and so articles can be trans ported if you apeak up. One of the chief needs now is coni or its equivalent, as no provision hat; been made for heat, and the school cannot furnish it. Other most urgent needs arc—dishes, fora*, spoons, cooking vessels, a wall mirror, a large oil stove, floor covering. It is hoped that the county will arrange to give the required medic:;! examination. The public is invited to look this project over, and contact the teach ers, and any help along the above or kindred lines will be most timely and much appreciated. TRY OUR" WANT ADS GROCERIES —at— Money-Saving Prices! Try our store for your next order of gro ceries, whether it be a dime’s worth or $ 10 worth. We believe we can save you money, and give you satisfaction. with your next batch of corn . .. we are pleasing loth of folks with the kind of meal we fur B & B Feed & Seed Co. Phone 66 East Main Street BREVARD, N. C. To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Transylvania County It has come to the attention of the Board of Com missioners of Transylvania County that a political issue is being made out of the lawsuits being brought in connection with the foreclosure of taxes due the county. So that the people of the county may understand the situation the following statement is made: There is considerable over $200,000.00 of taxes unpaid in this county and there are also many hun dreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid taxes in other counties. The 1033 session of the Legislature enacted a law wherein they required the Commissioners of each and every County, Town and other municipality in North Carolina to start suit for the collection of unpaid taxes and said lawsuits were required to be started prior to October 1, 1934. and this; law was what is called “Mandatory,” which means that the Commissioners of each County, the Aldermen of each town and the commissioners of such towns as do not have aldermen and the other tax collecting agencies were forced, by the act of the Legislature, to start these actions on or before October 1st. The political issue has been made in this County as to the action of the commissioners in starting these suits, but the commissioners only acted when they were forced to do so bv the laws of North Carolina and had they not started these suits, then the same parties who are now criticizing the Commissioners and making a political issue of said law suits in the coming campaign, would have come in and said that the Com missioners failed to comply with the laws of the State of North Carolina and were therefore negligent in their duties. The Legislature of 1933 fixed the cost ot tnese tax foreclosure sales at $3.00, so that the delinquent taxpayer will only have to pay $6.00 in addition to the amount fixed for his taxes, and that is all the pres ent Democratic Board of Commissioners is assessing and which they are doing simply because they are forced to do so. This $6.00 includes attorneys fees, advertising cost and all other cost which can be charged and collected from the taxpayer in connection with said suits. When the Republicans were in office in this County, some five years ago, we respectfully call the attention of the taxpayers of the County to the fact, as shown by the records, that the said Republican Commissioners caused foreclosure proceedings to be brought and paid the County Attorney, Mr. R. R Fisher, $20.00 for each case, paid the advertising cost from $6.00 to $9.00 in each case, and the cost to the taxpayer, over and above his taxes, interest and pen alties including the cost of the Clerk of the Court, amounted in many instances, to over $30.00, and of the total of these fees, the then County Attorney received nearly $10,000.00 in cash, the newspaper publishing the notices, received approximately $2,500, and the court cost amounting to approximately $16.00 iii these cases, are charged up to the taxpayer, so that under the Republican Administration, the delin quent taxpayer was charged with and will have to pay. before the matter is finally settled, between $25.00 and $30.00 cost, in each suit, while under the Democratic Administration, the entire cost will amount to not more than $6.00. Further, the present Board of County Commis sioners was ordered to bring suit and had to do so, by an Act of the Legislature. No one can complain of the fact that those who did not pay their taxes, should be made to do so, but where it cost from $25.00 to $30.00 under the Republi can Administration, it only costs $G.OO now under the Democratic administration; and the Commissioners would have held this matter off, but for the law re quiring the Commissioners of every County in North Carolina and the Aldermen of every city and town in North Carolina, to start these suits before Oct. 1st* The Commissioners do not wish, or intend to fore close or sell out anyone for their taxes, under these foreclosure proceedings, unless and until they are forced to do so by law, but they are doing as the law requires tham to do at the present time and starting all suits so that they will be in position to protect the County in the collection of past due and delinquent taxes. As there are some five or six thousand taxpayers in the County, and in going over the records it is found that there are several people of the same name. Of course there will be some errors which do not appear until the summons are issued and served. There are also many people who have sold their property with the understanding that the pur chaser, that said purchaser would pay the taxes, and that said purchaser has neglected to pay same, and from the records, it appears that the original owner of the land is still due taxes for certain years, and the onlv way that the Commissioners can proceed, is to go by the record, until and unless the original owner appears and shows that he is not responsible for any past due taxes. However, these actions are only against the land on which the tax is assessed and if any citi zen of the county has paid his taxes and has his receipts, he can show same and that will end the action as far as he is concerned. If said citizen has not paid his taxes and has sold it to some other man who has agreed to pay them and has failed to do so, then this action is only against the land on which the tax is due and cannot affect any other property of the taxpayer. And many good citizens who thought their taxes were paid and who relied on other people to pay same, when they purchased or sold the land, are surprised when they receive summons, but the cause of said summons is when the party from whom they pur chased or to whom they sold their land has failed to pay the taxes thereon, although they agreed to do so. The commissioners therefore wish to publish this statement so that the citizens of the county may under stand same and those who have paid their taxes need not fear any hurt to them, and those who have not paid their taxes should not be disturbed, because.it is a .just debt and they ought to pay all taxes due. It is not right for one class of taxpayers to pay their legal taxes and thereby pay the cost of Government in Transylvania County and also pav the principal and interest on the County’s debt, and then for the commissioners to allow others to slip by and not pay their indebtedness. Any person who has their tax receipt and who has received a summons can get the action against him promptly dismissed on exhibition of their tax receipts. The County Commissioners have reduced the taxes in Transylvania County over 60 per cent in the last four years and the tax notices sent out will verify this statement. The tax valuation has been cut 50 per cent and the tax rate levied is several cents under the former amount charged under the old valuation. The Commissioners therefore feel that they have done all within their power to save the tax payers any over-large taxes and that the taxpayers have no cause for complaint as to their action. Respectfully, Board of Commissioners Transylvania County PAID ADVERTISEMENT
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