Cherry Says North Carolina Can
Become A “Debtless State" Soon
Candidate For Governor Dis
cusses Taxation Situa
tion In State
Statesville — Declaring North
Carolina’s present surplus should
properly be regarded as “a trust
fund for the people of North Caro
lina,” R. Gregg Cherry, Gastonia
attorney, legislator and 1944 gu
bernatorial candidate, asserted in
an address in Statesville that “it
would be the utmost folly to vol
untarily alter our sources of taxa
tion on the theory that a war-gen
erated surplus will solve all our
financial problems from now on.
“There are strong indications
that, if North Carolina continues
in its present excellent financial
condition, it may very probably be
possible to bring about safely some
tax reductions,” said Major Cherry.
“By the same token it is also
probable the State will be able to
expand the services properly de
manded of it.”
“But,” pointed out the Gastonian,
“it is an obvious matter of com
mon sense that the future fiscal
policies of the State must in a
large measure be determined by
what happens in the future. They
cannot be fixed inflexibly in ad
vance now on the basis of a war
economy which every thinking citi
zen knows is bound to be material
ly changed the minute the war is
over.”
Warning that “we may conceiv
ably once again face the problem of
unemployment in North Carolina
when the postwar period arrives,”
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Masons To Confer
1st Degree Thurs.
Henry Henderson, Worship
ful Master of Dunn’s Rock
Masonic lodge has called a
special communication for
Thursday night at 8 o’clock
for the purpose of confer
ring the first degree.
Degree will be conferred
by T. E. Reid and assisted
by E. M. Collins as Senior
Deacon.
All members are urged to
attend and a cordial invita
tion is extended to all visit
ing Masons.
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Major Cherry pointed out to his
listeners that “the present surplus
of the state was created from the
sources of revenue fixed in the
early 1940’s.”
“It did not come about through
any tax magic, but almost entirely
from increased revenues yielded
i by virtually the same tax structure
we had set up before the opening
of the war era. The immense in
crease in state revenue was caused
in a very large measure by an in
crease of revenue from the same
sources we had fixed in the days
before the war even loomed as
a possibility.
“I am anxious to see,” said Ma
jor Cherry, “an improved economic
condition for the employees of the
State, both now and in the future
years. This cannot be brought
about, and the best interests of
the taxpayers cannot be served, by
disturbing our revenue structure
before we know what our financial
future is to be. To advocate such
a procedure is merely to indulge
in demagoguery.
“It behooves us to look before
we leap. It would be exceeding
unwise to lay definite plans to
radically disturb our tax structure
until we are much more certain
than we are at present what the
future holds for us.
“No plans for formation of fu
ture fiscal policies should fail to
contemplate the setting aside of a
proper and sufficient amount of
the surplus to apply against liqui
dation of the general fund obliga
tions of North Carolina.
“There is a definite hope that
North Carolina can be made a
debtless state.”
We Never Started It
Some folks say it was Goebbels,
Others say it was Hess.
Who started war in Europe
And got us in this mess.
But Hitler is the most to blame,
For as you surely know,
He kept his soldiers on the
march
Against his helpless foe.
The conquered Poles were first
to fall,
Next came the poor Slovaks,
And Hitler’s ruthless men
marched on
With suffering at their backs.
Now they’ve got us into war,
But that’s not half of it;
We’re marching straight to
Berlin’s heart, i
And we won’t let them quit.
We mean unconditional sur
render,
It’s that or not at all;
Because you’ve got us fighting
mad,
You’ll be the next to fall.
We’ll liberate the nations
That are under Hitler’s heel;
They'll help to smash the people
That have done the dirty deal.
We’re going to keep the freedom
That has been ours so long;
And we’ll march right into
Berlin
Singing the Victory song.
We do not know who started it,
It isn’t ours to say;
But we know who will end it,
The good old U. S. A.
By Macie Redmon,
Seventh grade,
Lake Toxaway school.
ADMINISTRATRIX’ ””
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administra
trix of the Estate of W. W. Crous
horn, deceased, late of Transylva
nia County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the Estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Brevard, North
Carolina, on or before the 10th
day of February, 1945, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said Estate will please im
mediate payment.
This the 10th day of February,
1944.
MRS. W. W. CRGUSHORN,
Administratrix of the Estate
of W. W. Croushorn.
2-10-6tc
Scalping Party
THERE'S no end at talent la our
fighting forces. When the situation
in Bougainville eras well is hand,
Marine Brig. Gen. Field Harris sent
out a call for a barber. First to an
swer the call eras CoL Caleb T.
Bailey, his chief of staff. Marine
Corps phota (International)
K1WANIANS WILL
AID IN STAGING
A COUNTY FAIR
Lieutenant-Governor Pays A
Visit To Local Club,
Makes Speech
Brevard Kiwanians will coop
erate in staging a county fair in
the fall of 1944, it was voted at
the meeting held at the Bryant
house last Friday night.
Julian Glazener, Willis Brittain,
H. P. Vannah, G. H. Farley and
Henry Henderson were named as
committee by President Lewis
Hamlin to represent the Kiwanis
club, and take such steps as are
warranted for assisting in staging
the agricultural exhibit here this
fall.
Movement for a county fair was
started several weeks ago by the
Brevard Lions club, and other
agencies throughout the county are
being asked by that civic group to
assist in the work and sponsorship.
Wm. H. Blakely, of Kings Moun
tain, lieutenant-governor of the
first Carolinas Kiwanis district,
was a guest of the club, along with
Harry Page, also of Kings Moun
tain. The visiting Kiwanian spoke
of the meaning of Kiwanis, and
the part clubs are expected to and
are playing in the winning of
World War II.
Husband: “I miss the old cuspi
dor since it’s gone.”
Wife: “You missed it before —
that’s why it’s gone.”
Just before a recent North Afri
can battle was begun, the com
manding officer shouted: “The
Germans are coming men, but we
are outnumbered four to one, so
do your stuff.”
Old Joe, a Kentucky mountain
eer, began to blaze away, but in
about five minutes he stopped and
leaned his rifle up against a rock.
“What’s the matter?” asked the
officer.
“Well, I got my four,” replied
old Joe.
When cooking gets to be
a problem, take a rest and
come eat with us. You’ll al
ways find a menu to suit the
occasion and at a price to
suit you. We offer courteous
and prompt service.
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Galloway’s Cafe
PETE BIKAS, Owner
Brevard, N. C.
WE CLOSE TUESDAYS
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Down Your Alley
BY REE TOWNSEND
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While giving out posters to ad
vertise the bond auction, we ran
into plenty of evidence that Bre
vard has some top ranking hunt
ers. The best place to discover this
for yourself is at Simpson’s barber
shop, where you’ll find on display
some prizes bagged in Wyoming.
But any time you get in the
humor to hear some good hunting
stories we’d suggest you get the
Bradley-Weilt team started. They
have several interesting yarns!
Brevard women seem to be
showing an increasing interest
in the work at the Red Cross
room. Miss Alma Trowbridge
and Mrs. H. E. Erwin have been
busy getting white caps made
to wear while folding bandages,
and they seemingly have fun
while they work, in spite of the
fact that we hear an occasional
complaint about the corners on
those two by twos being hard to
turn.
Bob Plummer got the show win
dows at Plummer’s all washed up
and pretty just in time for Satur
day’s rain and hail to mess them
up again. Better luck next time!
Bowling must be a coming
sport in Brevard for almost any
time of the afternoon or night
when we pass by the Centennial
bowling center we hear action.
After standing it as long as we
could, we decided to try our
hand at the sport and despite
getting awfully sore because of
lack of practice in the last three
or four years, it was lots of fun.
Speaking of sports, Brevard col
lege’s basketball team has been
getting some good practice lately.
Coach Wilder’s boys have been
putting those visiting teams to
work trying to keep up with them.
One of the best goals we’ve seen
lately was shot by one of the Blues
at the Gradegg game. (Brevard’s
own Bob Brannon to be exact.)
Tomorrow is the beginning of
National Sew and Save week,
but Miss Annabel Teague and
Mrs. Paul Lollis didn’t wait for
a national week to begin their
sewing. Jessie (Mrs. Lollis) can
easily prove she is an expert
seamstress by showing the gold
wool dress she made. And the
dress is just a beginning because
she. and Margaret Carter and
Doris Whitesides have begun a
sewing circle and are making
satin lounging pajamas.
While some people were still
talking about the free rides in the
jeeps we had a free ride too—right
down Main street on the ice! As
yet we haven’t been able to find
out whether the sink in the pave
ment where we fell is there only
as a result of the fall, or was
there before.
We always have heard that
‘‘Variety is the spice of life” and
believing the little saying to be
true we must add that John
Eversman’s show at Ecusta Fri
day night was spicy. The woman
less wedding (which, according
to John, is a wedding without a
woman) brought laughs from
the employees — especially the
police force who looked in at
the windows.
“Stagedoor Canteen” has been
discussed in numerous circles since
its showing here. Some Brevard
ians seem to think it was only
mediocre and others say it was
good while still others say it was
excellent. Think we’d join in with
the bunch who say it is the best
movie we’ve seen in quite a while.
Overheard an interesting com
ment recently. During a discus
sion of weddings, one member
of the crowd remarked that wed
dings to her were the same as
Western movies ’cause when
you’d seen one you’d seen them
all. v
Had an opportunity during the
week-end to see how well-fed Bre
vard college students are. Choco
late milk at meals seemed rather
special to us, as did hot pancakes
—and plenty of them! Miss Po
cock’s menus don’t even seem to
be bothered by rationing. Another
striking feature at the college was
the lack of usual hard feeling be
tween faculty and student. Miss
Jackson proved to us that faculty
can enter in on the fun. And the
students like it too!
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Have
hidden
you a
talent?
IF YOU’D LIKE to find out
what your special aptitude is and
put it to work to help win this
war — take the opportunity the
WAC offers you!
Join the WAC and let Army
experts help you discover the type
of work you can do best. Let the
Army train you to do one of 239
vital jobs. Learn a skill that will
be useful to you long after the war
is over! (If you already have a skill
the Army can use it too.)
• Get full details at your nearest
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
(your local post office will give
you the address). Or write: The
Adjutant General, Room 4415, Mu
nitions Building, Washington, D. C.
★ ★ ★ ★
Have Fun—What
ever Your Score
Bowl for exercise, enjoyment
and pleasant companionship.
Even “amateurs” have a
wonderful time here. Game
15c.
CENTENNIAL
Bowling Center
W. A. WEILT, Owner
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SPEED HIS—OR HER—RECOVERY
Have you a friend recuperating from an illness? Hasten his
or her restoration to health by sending them a convalescent
card. We have a nice assortment; also birthday greeting cards.
Don’t shiver these cold mornings trying to start a fire. Use
Kindle Sticks—quick, inexpensive, harmless.
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lavatories and bath tubs.
We carry a complete line of galvanized pipe,
plumbing fittings and fixtures.
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E FFICIENCY and safety are watch
words of a Nation at war. They are as
urgent in Home Economy as in Busi
ness Economy—
That’s why Reddy urges you to
check up on extension cords, loose
connections, and appliances in need of
repair.
Frayed cords may increase your
electric service bill without benefit to
you.
Unused appliances represent
lost conveniences.
Check up regularly on the efficiency and safety of your household.
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