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VOL. I NO. 7
SYLVA, N. C, OCTOBER; 23 1914
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE PROPOSED A IENDMENTS TO THE
CON TITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA
In the Genera Assembly of 1913
more than tweLty amendments to
our Constitution were introduced.
This gives an idea of the demand
for changes in the Constitution. As
that General Assembly did not
have time to consider these amend
ments, it authorized the appoint
ment of a Commission of twenty
citizens to carefully go over the
present Constitution and to prepare
and report to the General Assembly
in special session such amendments
as they might deem good and sound.
This the Commission did.
The Genesal Assembly, in session
in the Fall of 1913, carefully re
viewed the report of the Commis
sion, and after thorough discussion,
passed for submission to the voters
the amendments now before us.
The fact that these amendments
received almost unanimous support
in the General Assembly is one o
the best assurances that each of
thpm is ralr.nlated to advance the
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interests of the people of North
Carolina.
Futher evidence to the same ef
fect is the fact that these amend
ments are heartily endorsed by the
Governor and leaders of the princi
pal parties, the State Press Associa
tion and official leaders of the Far
mers' Union, who declare that if
adopted they will "make for pro
gress in this State and for the ad
vancement of our farming interest
and all other worthy interests in
the State." These leaders especial
ly endorse the taxation amendment
because it "sets free, our people; iol
work out necessary reforms in tax
ation while leaving in force the pie
sent restrictions in rate."
Another fact of great significance
as to the merits of the proposed
amendments is this: That notwith
standing that they were proposed
by a General Assembly over whelm
ingly Democratic, they have receiv
ed the emphatic endorsement r of
the Republican State Convention.
So much in general. We propose
now to briefly set forth the mean
ing of each of the ten amendments
in the order in which they will be
voted upon, for the purpose of in
forming the reader:
1.
The first amendment proposes to
strike out the Constitution the
"Insurrection or rebellion
against the United States" and to
substitute for that odious character
ization of the civil war, the phrase,
"War Between the States."
This will appeal to every patrio
tic North Carolinian.
2.
The second amendment proposes
to increase the pay of members of
the General Assembly from four
dollars Der day to six dollars pes
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day, and of the respective presiding
officers of the Houses thereof from
six dollars per day to eight dollars
per day. n .
It is hoped thus to make it possi
ble for more of our people to afford
the expense of being members of
the General Assembly, as the pre
sent compensation does not begin
to meet the necessary campaign ex
penses, board bills, and the time a
citizen must lose from his regular
duties.
3.
The third amendment has for its
object the restriction of local, pri
vate and special legislation, with
the two-fold view of (1) having
many of these matters referred to
boards of county commissioners
and the governing bodies of our
towns; (2) of affording the General
Assembly lijerty to engage in the
consideration of matters of State
wide importance.
Every session of the General As
sembly is congested with thousands
of bills of no general importance;
matters that should be the subject
of uniform legislation, on the one
hand, or local self-government on
the other. If this amendment shall
TO ASSIST IN
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
Messrs. Tom Moore and Holmes
Brvson of the Daniel K. Moore Co.,
left Monday for Jones, Duplin and
Onslow counties, where an epidem
ic of hog cholera is raging. These
gentlemen expect to ad greatly in
stopping the spread of the disease
and in saving the animals already
be ratified by the people they will i affected, through the use of the pre-
emancipate the General Assembly
from its present bondage of local
and special legislation and endow
it with liberty to attend to matters
of interest to all the people.
This amendment gives the Gen
eral Assembly power to "pass gener
al laws regulating the matters set
o"t in this section;" this is, local, ! low counties.
special and private matters; and if
it is ratified all these smaller mat
ters will be disposed of once and
for all in general acts.
Let the reader consider what it
will mean to the Commonwealth to
have its General Assembly rid of
the thousands of little bills of no
general value in order that it may
treat the matters of great concern
to all the people.
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ventative and cure recently patent
ed by Mr. Moore.
, The News and Observer says of
the prevelence of tht disease:
THE BIGBOT THING.
The Atlanta-Asheville highway is
one of the biggest things for this
section that has ever been under
taken and from the interest being
manifested all along the proposed
line it will be built in the near fu
ture. Mr. D, Tucker Brown who is
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working in the interest of this high
way was in the city today and a
meeting of the business men of the
town was held in the Masonic hall.
This meeting was well attended and
from the interest taken by our peo-
ASBEVILLETO-ATLANTA
A government expert is today at pie it is evident that they are deep-
! demands investigating an epidem- x interested. Let every man in
ic oi noE cnoiera oi aiarmms Dre- . , , .. , .....
. . T j . tnis wnoie section ao an in ms pow-
Fifteen hundred an-! er 10 am m ims Sreat woreA
There was a speaking in the
court house Wednesday by D. Tuck
er Brown of Chapel Hill, in the in
terest of the Asheville-Murphy- At
lanta Highway. A number of busi
ness men attended and many more
would have been present had it not
been for the very heavy rains. A
number joined the road association
and there was much interest mani
fested in the Drooosed highway.
Murphy has her part of this high
way finished practically. This
township has been building roads
for the past two years, and Valley
town and Notla Townships are the
ones that will have to connect with
this road if it is builtCherokee
Scout.
imals have succombed to the dis
ease in the vicinity of Richlands
alone. The loss to the stockholders
is enormous.
The owners of hogs in the infect
ed district will be urged to use
serum for the temporary preven
ion of the disease in healthy ani
mals, or the virus for permanent
! immunity, The vaccination of all
drews Sun.
The fourth amendment
.healthy animals is .regarded as the
only successful means for combat
ting the epidemic, In Lenoir coun-
changes;ty, where more progressive method
the date of the inauguration or the; have prevailed, the cholera has
Governor from the "1st day of Jan- j spread to only a few scattered lo
uary" to the second Wednesday af- jcalities and no alarm is felt.
ter the first Monday in January."
This is to correct an error in the
In some sections of the three
counties where the cholera is most
present Constitution and to fix the prevalent there is danger, unless
date of the inauguration subsequent I the spread is checked immediately
to the canvassing of the election
returns by the General Assembly. .
5.
The fifth amendment empowers
the General Assembly to provide
for the selection of special or emer
gency judges of the Superior Court.
As matters now stana, n a judge
of the Superior Court falls sick the
Governor has to call in a judge
from another district, or court is
suspsaded. This amend ment will
enable the General Assembly to re
lieve against this thus saving
time and money and making for
the general public convenience.
6.
The sixth amendment merely
strikes from the Constitution cer
tain obsolete articles.
7.
Article seven strikes out the pre
sent Article on Revenue and Taxa
tion and substitutes therefor an ar
ticle designed to give the General
Assembly power to reform our pre
sent inequitable, burdensome and
inefficient taxation system.
This new article holds the present
rate of taxation at 66 2-3 cents on
the $100 for State and county pur
poses. It also fixes the rate in cities
and towns for all purposes at 75
cents on the $100, The only way
to increase the rates so fixed is by
popular vote.
There is now no constitutional
limit upon the tax rate a city or
town may fix. Under the proposed
amendment the limit would be fix
ed at 75 cents on the $100.
So much for the rate. It is fur
ther proposed to enable the Gener
al Assembly to classify subjects of
taxation all subjects of a class to
be uniformly taxed; and to seperate
subjects of taxation for State and
local purposes, that is, assigning one
sort of property for local taxation
and another for State taxation.
Now the. effect of this provision
is to free the hand of the General
Assembly from the paralyzing ef-
that the farms will be swept entire
ly; .bare of hogs. -TtiL Lenoir County
Live Stock Assciation, the only or
ganization of the kind in this part
of the State, is expected to take
steps to immunize the county and
may lend aid to the neigoboring
counties. Veterinarians are in
close touch with the situation and
are ready to flock into the cholera
district as soon as some oiganized
method is decided upon.
feet of the present requirement of
uniformity.
As matters now stand, the bur
den of taxation falls upon the small
property holder. His property is
assessed at full value and he pay s
the full rate. He cannot hide his
property. The land-owner's Ian I is
alwaysin view. The burden of
taxation under the present consti
tution now falls in North Carolina
on land and the small personal
holdings. The large holdings of
cash in banks, solvent credits, and
bonds are notoriously untaxed
They are in hiding at least they
are known of all men not to be on
the tax books. As a consequence
the burden falls upon the land and
the small pioperty owners
The object in giving the General
Assembly broader powers is to en
able it to bring about a more just
and a more efficient system of tax
ation to distribute the burden of
our taxes more equitably.
It is further observed that this
proposed amendment declares that
in case "subjects of taxation shal
be seperated for State and local
purposes, no part of the ad valorem
tax on real estate (except the reall
estate of public service corporations)
shall be applied to State purposes."
Clearly this section contemplates
having county land taxed only for
county purposes,,pnd city land tax
ed only for town and county pur
poses relieving lands of State tax
es, and putting it up to the State to
(Continued on page 4)
QUALli
The farmers have begun to gath
er corn and sow wheat.
Messrs. J. B. Former, G. W. Moody,
W. L. Enloe John Allison and Luch
Hipps left Mondry for a bear hunt
i at Hornbuckle.
John Bird left Wednesday for
Los Angeles, Cal.
Cnap Bradburn has returned from
Tennessee. He says he can't stay
away from Wilmot.
Bob Raby was driving some nice
calves through Qualla this week.
Ernest Bird, Myrtle Wells, Roy
Bird. Maud Worley. Edmond Battle,
Annie Worley, Erastus Parlou, An
nie Bird, David Flinton, .and Mary
Bird, of the Cullowhee Normal and
Industrial -School, were -visiting Mr.
C. A. Bird and family Saturday and
Sunday. Sunday evening they all
went to Parker's Peak. Every one
seemed to enjoy the occasion,
S. L. Teague, Bessie Allison, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilburn Wilson, Lloyd
Tsague, of Bryson City were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore
Sunday.
Dixon Hyatt and Miss Ethel Brad
burn were the guests of Willie
Moare and wife Sunday.
The choir at Worley's Chapel met
Sunday and the singing was enjoy
ed by many.
Jess Lambert who cut his leg is
improving nicely, after being in the
Mission hospital at Asheville for
some time.
Best wishes for the Journal and
its readers. Willie Willie.
COURT ADJOURNED.
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Jackson County Superior Couit
adjourned Saturday afternoon after
being in session only a week.
A number of minor criminal and
civil cases were disposed of and a
number of civil causes compromised
Four men drew road and peniteht
ary sentances. Joe Zachary, con
victed of manslaughter for the kil
ling of John Brown at Hog and
Hominy School House, last Feb
ruary, was given three years in the
State Prison.
John S. McMahan, convicted of
burning a residence belonging to
Judge Geo. A. Shuford, was given
two years in the State Prison and
Lee McMahan his accomplice was
sent to the Haywood County roads
! for six months.
General Queen was given ten
months on the Haywood County
roads for an assault with a deadly
weapon.
"GRAVE JOKES"
INDUSTRY IN JACKSON
Asheville, Oct. 17. A new indus
try has been established in western
North Carolina and one which offi
cers of the company state will de
velope into one of the largest plants
in this section. It is the Daniel K.
Moore company of Dillsboro, manu
facturers of a hog and chicken cho
lera remedy and preventive.
Walter E. Moore, formerly speak
er of the state legislature, is the
president of the company; Daniel
K. Moore, farmer and stock raiser
and father of Judge Fred Moore of
Asheville, is the vice-president;
Holmes Bryson, secretary, and Tom
Moore, treasurer.
The manufacture of thelproducts
of the company has already been
N. C. Health Bulletin
There is a whole quart of truth in
that old jingle about "A little non
sense now and then," etc. If it
were not for this occasional nonsen
se the vital statistics recorder would
have a dry time indeed. Here are
samples of some of the things he
finds on death certificates under
the heading Cause of death.
"Went to bed feeling well, but
woke up dead."
"Died suddenly at the age of 103.
To this time he bid fair to reach a
ripe old age."
"Do not know cause of death, but
patient fully recovered from last
illness."
"Deceased had never been fatally
sick."
FARM FACTS
great
By Peter Radford, Lecturer
National Farmers' Union
Agriculture needs all the
men it can get
In union there is strength and in
co-operation there is profit.
Th3 farmer can neither help him
self nor be helped by others until
he organizes.
The economic distribution of
farm products is today the world's
greatest problem.
Ouij transportation system are
the dray carts of agriculture and
can be made capable peddlers of
farm products.
The middleman is nothing more
than a farm hand hut hp. is ahlp tn
started and preparations are under fix Ms 0WQ wageg and tQ
under way for the free distribution them and tQ multiply hig tranact.
of several thousands! of gallons of ions as he pleases.
the remedy in many sections of the Bumper crops without market
TTnitH Statps to advertise it. i memoes nave sent more iarmers
Greensboro Daily News.
Miss Rebeckah Cathey is visiting
relatives in Murphyjand Andrews.
staggering down the back alleys of
agriculture than all the pests and
droughts that ever cursed the nation.
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