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% onroal ,,.5,1 Voiir in Advance in The Countv. the jA?ggj county journal, sylva, n. c. jolt is, mi $2.00Year in Advance Outside The County. Property Tax is Reduced 12 Millions l.\i!c;;,rh, Julv !?>.- -a ut't reduction -IL'.I th,H4!) from the 1^ pr<;p_ <?:?> I;IV levies lor !lis- six nuiiillis ,,}!?. I term and coil lily roads -will i,* i I zed l?v North Carolina tax M r*'snlt ot the school and I !. u'islaticiii oJ |i1(. (jwu.ra| ,\ - vii! i?ly. j i^nrs compiled am] jllst ^leased |,\ Suite la:; Coinmissibh iudi ,..i iiiat a saving oi nearly twelve ;;!>,| ijtiarler million dollars from i;-? ..i iii.il 19.10 levies will accrue to t.W owners of property from the pns s; ;i' ?>1 I lie administration road law rudf. chleli the stale takes over the ? ni.'iiiilenaiice of county roads, iiinl 'he Mite Lean school law under n!iich tfu* state takes over the en I:ic iiKiiiilciiaiice of tli-e six mouths si liiml f??rial and reduces thv levies j on jiii>|'eity lor school support to, J,"? flits, Tii>' net reduction from the 1!).'{() | It \\ l< r llic six mouths school term I!'I? i'?d for roads .$2,015, ;;.Vs. 'ilic ;i>crajre reduction in rate) tor s?'li? cell Is, and lor roads !? ccnl^. The urt'i:il levy for county and i township ri'.-nl maintenance in 19.'{0 I wax iVJ.I I.'!, nolle of which is to hi* levied in I'.'.Il. 'I he counties will I have t? assume additional responsi-! hi lity this year, however, in the' nuiii i.it i?t s2,,:;ifor the payment J nf ??.unity mad dciit service which' l.i-t y\tr w.-i* pa d cut of state aid I ?/?/'n?prialeil the counties. This' /ea\.'s ,-i ni'! ri'ilinfinii from the 1930 j 1'ihirl l'-\\ ni iwo jind ono half! iiii/li.uN. ' Winie tln? twelve and one-quarter I milion dollar decrease from the at*-1 lua! levy in 10.50 is the biggest total reduction in property taxes ever af I -dilated at one time in the history of' North Carolina?a reduction of i!i"te than twenty ]>.!' cent of the total taxes levied on property, coun ty, municipal, and district, for 2:11 purposes?the reduction itself would he f0(10,000 bigger if every county had levied, in 10.50, as much as it actually spent for road maintenance that year. , A tiumher of counties have h?en spending a great deal more for road maintenance than they have been levying. Fi-r example, Buncombe County sjieitl .>127,000 in the year endia: brne u, lO.'X); but in 19.50 nuaci'iii'ic ('oiiitty levied a rate of only tii" hundredths of one cent? or $??!!' for roads. If Buncombe ('Hint;, had raised its road mainten ance t iiids from taxes it would have had to levy twenty cents. In tin- same year Craven County spi-iit .?Sl,2;>7, and levied a rate of three tenths of one cent which pro duced It spent nearly $80,000 nu-re than it levied, and would have found it neessary to levy a rate of thirty cents for roads if it had met it- r<>ad expenditures out of road tli\ levies. Tli * s'aiiie condition existd in many; other comities. 'Currituck County j which :-|>piit $18,480 for the year end ?ing -.'line :i0, 19:10, did not levy any t.iv tin road maintenance in 1930. Tli.- average state-wide reduction W mads and schools combined is J ?H cuts. The twelve counties receiv ing the greatest reduction are lead I'.v Rutherford with an even $1.00, I Mowed by I)are with 77 cents, Col umbus (19 cents Vance 08 cents, Nash cuts, Currituck 04 cents, Pitt 04 <i:its, Scotland 04 cents, Union 02 "ills, Davidson 01 cents, Greene 00 cent-.-, and Camden 00 cents. Hi:* county receiving the lowest re duction from the 19.30 levy for schools flinl toads is Clay, which could not i'reive a large reduction from 4ast year's rate, because it levied only ?IO,f>lM) for roads and schools com I'iru'd. When it again assumes the l'ftyinent of its [road debt service charges, for which it received last Ji.fr yf 10,000 of state aid, its tax ,:|tc will actually be increased 13 ? i iits. This county levied only $3,377 l ?f Toads Inst year, but it actually H|?ent twice this amount. The true net "esult of the operation of the school and road law, will, therefore, leave Clay County with approximately tlie same rate in 1931 as in 1930. Hi s county incidentally has a high t"tj?l county tax rate for the reason tl'Ht its debt service needs (not op erating costs) for roads and schools '?p(|uire a levy of $1.39. Other counties that will T^ceiv.e frmall reductions as a result of the j i uok-.oei^G Democrat, July 15, 188i 'i hi' first car load ul tiuilc sliipp-.Ht from lliis section was in I he liaiii going east last Thuisdav. l>f. if- -Mad..son went 1<> Whil ticr, Jriday, returning tjday. % t i'W ? Air. and Mrs. Will Terrell arc now occupying the Hampton house. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Long, Jr., vis ited i datives at Cullowhoe this week. j Mrs. .r. M. Worley and son, of , Webster, were visiting fi it mis here ' yesterday. -Mrs. Joseph Baum went to Ashe-' viile, Tuesday, to see her son and daughter, who are there, sick. Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Barker, of Florida, are visiting Mis. Barker's parents, Judge and Mrs. Da vies, at Cullowhee. Mrs.Loucks left last Thursday for her home in Jamestown, N, V. She was acompaiiieu by tlui. I'**si pton and family who will visit her l'or some time. Mr. I'. W. Wiley, of the in County Herald, called on lis Ii'ist Wednesday, as he was returning t<> Washington. We were very sorry toj be informed by,hint that lie had been j forced to suspend the Herald on ae-; count of the lack of paying patron ! age. The people of Swain have made a grave mistake in their failure to j support their county paper. TJw Board of K(|ualization made some changes in the assessment of the value of property, generally in creasing it. According to a rough es timate made after the Board had concluded its labors, the value of real end personal property in Jack son county is assessed at about $1,3 :0,000, an increase over the last :\ssc*iinent of $230,000. There art, !'JIX> taxable polls. At the ratej fixed J.y the joint Board of ('ononis-; sio^ieis and Justices in June thpj taxes to be collected this year will amount to a iout $15,000. The levy was based oil last year's assessment, and, owing to the increased valna tion, (lie rate of taxation will . iin amount i:i excess of the countvV requirements. Therefore, it is the plain duty if tlie Commissioners to reduce tlie rate so that only what is required, and no more, shall be col-: lectori. The j>oo]?le .expect (his of the commissioners and we feel sure that they will not he disappointed. Am election is to lie held here on August IK on the question of adopt ing the provisions of the stock law for a territory covered by the follow ing boundaries: Beginning where John Monleith's line joins A If, Jones, at or near Dillsboro township line, and limning eastward lv with Mon teith's back line of fence to Mrr. Talitha Hrendle's fenye at the Pa tersoii ])lace, and with her cross fence with Ii. Dills' gate fcnei; road and school laws are Macon Ij cents, Hrunsfvick j' cents, Ashe 'i cents, Kandolph 17 cents, Forsyth II' cents, Watauga 22 cents, Yadkin 23 cents, Avery 25 cents, Alleghany 27 cents, Yancey 27 cents, Swain 27 cents. With the exception of Forsyth which has an unusually low tax he cause of its high assessed valuation, all of these counties except two arc Mountain counties which have fairly i meager road facilities and which have been receiving the largest part of their six months school term revenue Yoin the state equalizing fund. On the whole, the eastern part of the state will receive a larger reduc tion in rate than the central or west ern. Tlie .average reduction of the counties in the Coastal l'lain is 52 cents, and the Tide-Water Section -II cents. On the other hand, the Pied mont counties receive a reduction of 39 cents, and Mountain counties a reduction of 33 cents. Two counties will each receive more than a 70 cent reduction in tax rate, eleven will receive between (if and 70 (Tilts, eighteen between 50 and (50 cents, twenty-nine between 40 and 50 opnts, twenty-seven between 30 and 40 cents, seven between 20 and 30 cents, and six below 20 cents. The reduction in Jackson county, on taxes for roads and schools, ac cording to the figures compiled by , the State Tax Commission is $47,387. Grogan Will Preach At Union Meet i" i I ? * <oilgl<-]?lltiullS lit' tliC Krtva fit*' ? ' * cii in dies will unite Sunday evening ji'LJ' *pt?ial service :it the Mctho jdist church at the usual hour of avoi , ship, S o'clock. The occasion tor this i union si'ivice is the Annua! sermon j of the Woodmen of 'the World, the .1 ills or Order I nited American Me |ch anics and other fraternal organi zations, which will be delivered l>v I '' He v. Mr. (irogiiu of Brevard. Mr. (iro's';in is a promising young man preparing himself for the work of | the ministry. Members of "the local ' J'rufenlitv will attend and sit in a boil v.*. Tbi:; t:"iv ce will mark, also. ? y, the beginning of a series of cvangil i ist cservices to be held in the Bap j tist ""church by the pastor, Kev. .1. 0. j Murray. j Tin* iiinining services will be held ; in both churches as Usual: Ml*. Mnr j ray preaching at 11 o'clock in the llajlii-'* church and Mr. ('Icmaier at tin' . lie hour in the Methodist. Mr. 'Cle:ii!!ii*r will deliver the fourth ser mon of the group on the general the. ' "The Way to Spiritual Liv ing .ui?; Power." The subject lor Suu d v iniinir is "The First Step in th/ Way." It is suggested lo those who have boen hearing this series that, they make a special effort to hear tll?s one as it occupies a strat t?g.!e place in the thought being pre : sent.ed in the entire series. It is also the logical one tor those to hear who have missed the first three. lhe public is cordially invited. The church schools convene in tlia! Imi'iiilig at 1" o clock, lhe young people's organizations meet in the evening at 7 o'clock. SOWERS SPEECH PUZZLES REPUBLICAN LEADERS (Special to The Journal) Wellington, I). -Inly 1?.?T;im^ many ifcay be- eond.j?nfned lor .-iw thousand sins but it 'never lms been accused of pussy-footing. iupublji can politicians bero are trying to pil/.'.le out whether Claude (i. Mowers, the keynote orator at (lie Democratic National Convention in ii'US, lias not again sounded the call lo battle in I bis fourth of .Inly speech at the Tammany Wigwam in New Yo-k City. Thai his speech aclualiy repre sented the best thought of his party it being considered here as more than likaly. 1ft It to be noted tbut (iov. Prank - lin D. Hoobovelt, now the most like-, ly ' c)iiiiiid:.i:' against Air. liOover, ftadiouoly retrained from attending & rally. His action leaves him free] tf> cccept or reject liowcrs' dictuu., | Waieh is that the coming catilpaign isiil be fought out strict'y on the ftSE&f isne. Srer s-inee this country became n grtat manufacturing nation, sonie 7~> j ycara ago, the tariff questio;i has dominated the platform ill a major *jy cf srfir?isatial campaigns. The tiiver i*sna and Wilson's war gt&nfl alone put it in the background Tle laut rosily eharp tariff baUle vrci in Ckvelitad'a victory in 1692, whisa was followed by some lean JMKL Bovrtra cfc/ore as his text the claims put out; by the Hoover man agers in l!t^8 that a high tariff meant proeperity. He e?id that voters lad enjoyed ph litv ol' t.meJ l)cl?veon tonuiis?since then to meditate upon the success of the tai il f,, charging that the high tariff has p.:t a Chinese Wall around the country right at a time when it desperately needed for eign markets. Not a word was said) about t!:: Prohibition issue or superpower. If Bowers' speech is accepted by the Democratic Party as a con petent ex thence with said Dills' fence to 1). .1. Allen's fence; thenc.e with saitl Allen's fence to hi^ tobacco barn field fence and with said fence to the road (in Scott's Creek at the lov.er end of said Allen's farm; thence with fences of said Allen, Maj. \V. M. lihea and Mrs. Mary Harris, up the it? rth side' <d' ScottV creek road 1o the trestle 011 Ithe railroad across Scott's creek at Mrs. Mary Harris thence crossing Scott's creek, and r unii' : 'M> same and with tHe back lines oil the east side of Hen* I )i I - lard, .tames Dill aril, William Cope and Joseph ( ope to tli<> Sylva and Welxtor township lin,?; thence with all other necessary lines }>\- nearest route to close with tl<*? Dillsboro stock law boundary. I Aug. 31 Set j For Opening ' Of Schools i i ' 1 The schools of North Carolina will operate this year Under 'the" 'new school lav.", adopt oil by tiu* last t'Kal }:.-.>eaihly, in which the K'.ate as sumed the responsibility; tor tin six months xiuxsls, as |*ro?i?ioti hy the CoiistiiUtiiMi.; Tlj'.-rc hi've necessarily been delays in ?jettiir.r the machinery provided by the assembly at work,/and piiltin^' llie law into operation. The board of ed:ieaiio? of this county finds that it w II be impossible'' lo-'.opeif tlie schools before the .'>lst (d' this month, according to a statement issued iiy Mr. M. 1?. Madison, county superin tendent, yesterday. Vr. Madison said: "Due to the time necessary to re ; organize the schools cnder the new school law, the I loan I of Kducat ion will not be able to set the date for the opening of the .laekson County schools before the ill of Anjrust. Funds necessary for the expenses; of tiie first >'ix months'of the school term will be sent to each county in monthly instalments and, until the required information is fiirni.hed to the State, Hoard hi' Initialization, tiie ainot iit of money allotted to each countv cannot be determined. Further announcements will he made later staling the- actual date of the opening of schools together with the list of teachers and their locations." COtir.T AD JOURN:." TC 11 ILLNESS OF JUDGE The recorder's court oi' Jackson county adjourned on hist .Monday evening because of tln? illness of Judge Hooker, after having about half completed the docket. .Judge Hooker whs unwell all day Monday, but remained on tlie bench "iptil adjourning time, Monday ai'-j "lemoon, wlpm lie w de. taken to bis. home, and is now confined there. Tie' expects to go to John Hopkins hos-j -pital in Baltimore, for treatment, as scon as his condition permits. goodly number of eases were dis-j posed of on Monday, before the court adjourned. Tom Arwood, convicted of vio lating the prohibition laws, was sentenced to serve tour months on tbs aiftte highways, ile apjK-ah-d to tlio superior court,, and h.uid was fifsd s.% ISOO.Ui'. .Mrs. Tom Arwood, C?2Vi jLctl '.'ti a similar chaise, drew a fWo.:ii Iecl jud-ment upon payment of tlo e.:cts. She also appealed, and bocd zjt at $2tiO. ja*Tj Ai^ood was convicted of ?NWM?*it-u and sale of intoxicants. E? Wis asntenoed to serve (i months, aad appealed, iiis bond was set :?t $400. Convicted of being drunk, he vr$f) taotcnccd to serve (?<> days. Efii^ Jfcv.ell, drunk. I'lca of guilty. 00 dfiye, enspended ::pon payment ? f the $CT?9 aud good t>l'ha\.or. T. ff. SiopJieiitson, cojivicted of tak ing P. camping tiip with his niece, v/a3 ?ir-?d tjdt'O ami the costs, and K^nt-iQfesd to serve IS months on the highways of the Stale, capias to is ULo at 6 o'clock on Monday, and the conteace to stand, if he be found in Jackson county any time during tjie next two years. Odus lJioom am! (irady Broom were indicted on a charge t>l killing a doc. ?'he case against < ;<1 y.s was nol press ed , and (irady was convicted. Judge Hooker c< iitinucd prayer for judg ment until July 27. Prank Battle, bastardy, guilty, (><? days, sifspeuded upon payment of the casta. Ilirliv Hinder, intoxication, f?.OO and the costs. fliarb'S \rno!d a>id W ili Shcppard,. two colored voutlis were found ?uil tv of the. ancient Africmi clime of larceny of chickens, i and wen' i-eit tenc.-d to serve Cm days each on the lu'jrji vays of N'ortli Carolina, helping Governor ^Jt-Janlner and Mr. Jeffreys Inii!;l ?;ood roa<Is. H.-yes Kitchen, infrxiesttioii, GO days, suspended upon payment f?i the co.-ts. Name defendant, transporting and possession, same sentence and same suspension. i Hen I'.rv-on, possession and trans portinir, 'i") days on the highways. Charles Yonnir, store-breaking, pica cf guilty. 4") days on the highways. prcssion of its aims it means that the fanners of the country are t?> be asked to vote for the Democratic ticket on the appefll that tlie hicrh (Continued on last page) TODAY and TOMORROW (l>y Frank I'arkcr Stuckbrluge) Game Driving over Austerlit;' mountain, om* ot' ilu- laconic range which sepa rates Mew York from ,\ assuchiisetts J flushed seven pheasant in as man.\ miles. Ono gorgeous, lo.v^-taited cock 'pheaant rocketed Out ?>i tin- bru*h tin:u-k into iuy wintUhii !d ; nil !;!i to the read with a brok-. 11 neck. II. deserved a better fate! Xlii* breeding of pheasants is being ciico.u'agvd by the states of the North . Home ??t" state authorities' >np ply pheasant eggs free to Ili?whu j w II ii'ati Si them uiidcr barnyard h-.-ns. j Kwv \nek is paymg l-il Club b??y? | jyi.l girls .fj each tor mature phcas :ifs m) hatched. They are liberate*! in th'.' staU forest preserve, to l<c shot by hunters in the proper sea son. In Virginia and Koine other parts of the South the nativo American partridge is sometimes t ailed a pheas ant. There is ?jp native pheasant. These game birds are imports l'rom China and eastern Asia. They have i been bred in Europe for -port tori centuries. American huntfiy have pretty well cleaned out our native, game birds, but it is expected the im ported pheasant will increase and j multiply under careful conservation,j so that there will still be something for the next generation of sportsmen to shoot. Bonuses IM-liiic*ii<*l;i Sieli (?oliipany, iii iv- | spoilt' to tile protests of sumi. stock holders w i i;) thought iJn- in on who run! Ilu? -business were too much ni"iK*y i'??r their work, has increased salaries ami reduced the percentajje ?>f bonuses paid to employees for in creased production. Perhaps the iicthlchcm bonuses were loo hij^h; I cannot judge that. I am certain, however, thai the great est incentive to good work which j any employer can offer to I.is cm-! ployees- is to give. tivein mtiUCjL .rti-. wards above their wages if they do more than the 1 online requirements i of their jobs. Some day the whole wage r.ystem j will be revised and every worker will he paid precisely in proportion to his output. Then if he wants to loaf on the job it wili b" iiis loss and not his employer's. Babcock When Dr. Stephen Moult on Bab cock died at the age; of Sr a few days! ago, there passed on tl::* man who, more than any other individual, was the father tit' the modern dairy indus j try. The Babcoe't Tist for butler l'atj revolutionized dairying and ?et a new ' standard to which to breed dairy cows. Today the dairy industry, which in cludes not only m'lk, elucsc and but-) tor product ion but the wide range of manufacturing industries based on the use of case-n, from >kim u ilk,' is one of the area I est in the nation. It has1 brought the impoveri>fsed wheat slates of the Northwest into the forefront of agricultural pros perity. It has brought healthful, nourishing food 'w.lhin the reach ??l everybody. And all that as thei re sult of one agricultural college pro lessor's experiments. McCormick Kxactly J'ld years ago, in duly, 1S.S1, a young \ . rgiii:!i farmer named Cyrus McCormick made the first pub lic demons!ration of li s hor?e-drawn icaper. At that time more than four fifths of the people of the I nited States were engaged in farming. 'I ?? put it another way, it took the la bor of four families on the farm to IVcd five families including tliem i"). The direct result of MeCormiek's invention was to increase agricultural production, and reduce the number of farmers. Today fewer than a fjuar ter of our people are farmers. One family on the farm feeds three other families who produce no fo'd. And anyorm who know? farmim.' will avree that even fewer farmers eould feed tl,ie whole nation. MeCormick became a millionaire, one of the few sneh in hi? time, lfis descendants ?*ill control th" Interna tional Harvester Company.1. They are indu-'rialisC, and the T'nited States has become an industrial nation, lar^e'v bee.irs" of Cvrus Mc^'onni,-k. Population Tin1 population of the Inited States i< not inereasinir at as rapid a rate as formerly. We have about 125,000,000 people now, and President ^ C. of C. Plans For Greater Development A splendid meeting, at which much {enthusiasm was ?evidenced, and op timism for the future of Sylva and ?lavksou county expressed, was held Iiy tin* Chamber of Commerce, Tues day evening, at a dinner given by the ladies of the town. .Mayor Harry Buchanan, Mr. John B. Knsley, Mr. I), (i. Hryson, Mr. | I. ('. ( allium, .Secretary A. .1. Dills, I Mr. Ciaude Allison, Mr. M. Huchanan, Kev. (Jeorge Cleuuner, President I).iii Tompiiins, and others made enthus iastic talks. i\vuty-.M\c-ii lui-inbcrships for the present year were subscribed at the meeting; and a committee on roads appointed, to confer with the proper authorities, and to cooperate with them in securing better trans portation facilities in the county. ? )1' especial comment and interest is the road into the Smoky Mountains and Tennessee through QnalTa town ship, leading off from No. 10 at the Ferguson farm. The committee, com posed ol S. \Y. Knloe, chairman, Har ry Buchanan, John B. Knsley, I), (i. liry son, and Cole Cannon, will take this matter up with the State Highway Commission, in the immed iate future. It was pointed out at the meeting that this road is in fart, if nil in name, a continuation of Highway J (Hi, leading from Charles ton, Savannah, Augusta and Jack sonville, through Cashier's Valley, Cullowheo, and Sylva, to the park and the middle west, and as such is one of the most important trunk highways in all Western North Car olina. Another meeting of the Chamber will be held within the next two wvek.s, according to a motion adopt cd at Tuesday's meeting. At that meeting the several committees of the Chamber will be announced, as will the aims and objects of the Lody lor the year. It was intimated that the princi pal things to be done at present are providing better marketing facili ties lor the farmers of Jackson coun ty, who ar.c raising more this year than ever before; to connect Sylva and Jackson county up more closely in lhe public mind with the Great Smokv Mountains National Park; and *? ' to provide the best possible highways for the people of the county. The bofjd of directors will con sider any suggestions made by the people, in preparing the schedule for the year's work, and will welcome the suggestions and advice of the people. OXFORD ORPHANS TO SING HERE MONDAY The .Singing Class of the Oxford Orphanage, consisting of 14 boys and girls, will be in Sylva on Monday evening, Juh 20, and will give their annual concert, under the auspices of Lnaka Lodge. Everybody in .North Carolina knows of the singing class from Oxford, and many people look forward to its coining each year, as an event. A large crowd to hear these chil dren is anticipated. This year they do not have to depend upon the rail road or bus schedules; but are trav eling in their own bus. DANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB There will be a da nee at the Sylva Country Club on next Thursday night, July ?5. Music will be furn ished by tin; Yanderbilt Hotel Or chestra. Hoover recently said that the ex pectation is for an increase of 'JO, 000,000 in 20 years. That would give us 143,000,000 in 19?L The importance <1 those figure lies in the fact that sow long-time industrial and railcad operation:, have been based on tin- expectation that population would keep on -grow ing at the rate which it did in the 18fi0's and early MlO-Ts, when in:mi ?.'Ration was unrestricted. Pressure foor the lowering of immigration bars comes mainly from those interests. Farm production in the I'nited Stiifns today i< sufficient to feed H",000,000. Farmers n ust find a for eign market for food sufficient for l?,00l,00n people, therefore, or suf fer from low prices. The alterna tive is to reduce the acreage under cultivation for the staple crops. That is what the Federal Farm Board is preaching, and it is bound to come.