$1,50 YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY SYLVA, N< -? *R0LINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1934 18.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY PEACE AND QUIET REIGN SUPREME AT NRA HEADQUARTERS Washington, Oct. 17. (Sjiecial) ? Tin1 mast noticeable thing in th. \" :t t iotuil Capital those days is th'. comparative jK'ace that has descended i I upon tin1 t*it y since 'the retirement oi General Johnson from eonrol ol tin- NK V. A new atmosphere, calmoi i>iiil apparently more deliberate am! reasonable, has already become no ticeable in the offices of the Uecov-, t r\ Administration. Business and industrial leaders who have had bus iness at XK A v headquarters ia thi [.ii-! w.ek or two report that what ihcy hail to say was listened to with apparent respect. This is held to b? encouraging' to the belief that the Hioverunient may not, after all, trow ii upon the making of profits in v business, and may be more inclined * \ lo modify some of the restriction* which have prevented the making ol pi o! its. t hief among these obstacles, it is realized now, was the effort to pui wages ahcud of increase in business. The President's proposal for i "labor truce" iu his recent radio ad dress is being interpreted as iudioat ing that the Uoverunient will not use its influence to force unionization and will help to prevent the forcing of workers into unious by intimida tion. I III The most recent interpretation oi tiiv famous "7a" clause the Re_ ...very -Act is that, while a majority i ho workers in any industry may ti.vi to join and be represented by ;v.a Lrhor union or organization they pVvV.v, that does not compel the mill uhtx'lo go along. Every worker re tarn* his right of individual bargain ing, and a minority group can set til* their own collective bargaining or ganization. an this in alter of laUor and wflgSifa. ill. r. is a good deal of talking and deep thinking going on about i In- Miiigest ion made l?y tiie President that perhaps the best way to ap proach the subject is from the point tit view of annual income of the w orkers, rather than rate per hour or week. That has a definite bearing on the building trades, which are tra ditionally seasonal, and the high wag . , which are justified by labor on the pound that they don't work all the year around. The President's refer in,-.. to England as an example of re covery has led to inquiries about Brit Mi wages. After due allowance for differences in cost of living, which are not great, it seems to be the fact that building trade workers, in Eng land do not enjoy a much higher rate per hour than other industrial work ers. The matter of wages in the huilding trades has a bearing on the program ,.! the Federal Housing Administra 1 1,.,,. That is starting out to be the successful of all the Administra I inn plans so far. Applications for "modernizing" loans are increasing at the rate of 40 percent a week, and tin- outlook for widespread new home huilding activity gets distinctly bright it from day to day. The question of labor costs /will ,-hortl'v become a distinct concern ol ! lie Housing board. The average an imal income of industrial workers in 1 1. 1- country is estimated, in the hi i of times, at $1,500 a year oi i h? lvahoiits. Can building labor be ?1'iead out over a great number ot i |.: i;ilions so as to give every one of i in- four or live million unemployed in the building trades an annual in ? "ine of that much or more, without loading labor costs too heavily on in dividual houses? In the AAA they have just been taking a vote of farmers in the corn bill, to see how many of their '?'ant !o ijo along next season in the iiiatii-r of crop reductions and birth ' "'itrol iu the hog family. The replies ?lined so far indicate that more ?haii so iK'rcent of the farmers are the continuance of the plan. Another vote of farmers is to be dh-d for soon, under the Bankhead "'Mon control law. As the law now :"|'K the total production of cotton ' limited to 10,0000,000 bales a year. ? " h exact quotas allotted to each ?-lower and a fine of $20 a bale for '-'?'.>iving more than one's quota. But unless two-thirds of all cotton grow ''< ? vote for a continuance of the plan i* to be abandoned after one year. TODAY and TOMORROW (By Frtuik Parker Stock bridge) . TAXES ..... time to halt I don't know of any community, county or state in "which taxeh hav? not gone up in the past two or three yoara. Certainly there is none in which taxes are not materially higher than they were ten years ago. I've just got my tax bills for 1(KJ4, and perhaps I'm unduly conccrucd; but I can't help coining back to the be lief I have long cherished, that soon er or later we've got to abandon the taf on .capital and find other and more equitable ways of raising mpuey with which to run our various governments 1 The real estate properly tax is ai tax on capital. Nothing like it exi.-vt* anywhere else in the world, .-?? far a? I am informed. It was adopted in America in the pioneer days when there wasn't anything else, much, to lax except land. I like the , English system much better. The property i; taxed on the basis of wha^ it eains? the income "tax carried down to tlh* income of everybody who owns ? piece of pro]?erty that is rented. Of course, there are other taxej, but they do not constitute a lien on real property. Property taxes can't go much high er, in most parts of the nation, without ; stirring up a revolt against the pres- ^ cut system. INCOMES .... the average The average income in the United States is said, by Henry Wallace in his new book, to be about or under $1,500 a year. That includes every body who works for a living; ? except farmers. He figures that the average farm income has been cut down from aboujt $1,300 a year to something like $500 a year. Of course, Mr. Wallace is talking about cash incomes. Out of- his $1 '>00 a year the industrial worker has to pay for food and lodging. If he has $500 a year left be is either a financial wizard, or just plumb lucky. But the farmer, out of his $500 catth income, has to pay taxes and,' like as not mortgage interest, to say nothing of insurance, and other items he can't "work out", so its about as broad: as it is long The fallacy, it seem* to ine, lies in comparing the farmer with the wage earner. The proper comparison is be tween the farmer and' the business man, owner of his own business. The farmer is a capitalist, and subject to the risks that ail capital is subject to. That isn't to say that he doesn't have plenty of trouble, but at the worst he is not in such imminent- danger of starvation as the unemployed indus trial worker. STAMPS .... for all taxes I don't know how many kinds of rnlternal Revenue stamjw there are, but it strikes me that the easiest and insist painless way for any govern ment to collect taxes is by making i( illegal to sell anything that doesn't bear a Government stamp. I know that's merely another way of saying "sales tax'*, which is a phrase that always makes politicians see red. Nevertheless, some of our nnost im portant sources of revenue are from the sales taxes, already in force. There are revenue stamps on every bottle of liquor, every package of playing cards, every paek of cigar ettes or box of cigars. Shares of stock cannot be legally transferred without sticking revenue stamps on them. Everyone is familiar with the sales tax on gasoline. REALITIES .... are few Most of us live in a dream world, in which we think that there is some magic process, if only we eould find it, which would make us happy and prosperous. When something unpleas ant happens we are prone to attribute it to malicious fate which can only be overcome by finding some new in cantation which will work the right magic to set everything straight again Few people are courageous enough to face realities. The realities of lift are terrifying to those who have bee' brought up to believe that "some body" is always going to look afte them. They are not at all frightful t< the few who realize that nothing ii life is essential to happiness except food! and shelter. I try to . b^ tolerant of everbod; else's foibles and frailties, but J ge' disgusted with people who think the\ are being badly used merely becauev they can't have everything thoy de sire at the nfoment they desire it. YOUNG bdilCRATS PUN MEEHNGS M COUNTY NEXT WEEK Young Democrats in all parts of the county will meet next week for the purpose ' of organizing Young Peoples' Democratic Clubs through out the eounty, according to E. H. Ezell, President of the Jackson Coun-, ty Young People's Democratic. Club-v Monday night, the young democrat* of Sylva, Scott's Creek, Webster ami Dillsboro are requested to u.eet at' Sylva. . A meeting will be held at Glenville,, Tuesday night, for Hamburg, Cash ier's Vallev and Mountain ?i The young democrats of Savannah and Green's Creek will meet Tuesday, night at Gay. . Wednesday night meetings will be held at Qualla for Qualla and Bark er's Creek; at John's Creek for Can^y i Fork, River aud Canada; and at Cul lowhce, for that township. S|H'akers and organizers represent ing the county organization will be at each of these meetings. Reports County In Good Condition , ? ? ) The Grand Jury, sitting at the Oc tober term of .court, found the book* and records at the court house in ex cellent condition and well kept, that county home is well kept, that the jail is in good condiion, and inadt one of the best reports in recent years, to Judge J. Will Pless, pre siding. The re|M>rt follows: To His J fon or, J. Will Ple^s, Jr.., ludire presiding; \ We, the Grand Jury make the fol lowing report : We have examniod the courthouse and its various offices and fanpd the same to be iirgood condition. We g/ftespecial attention hfr*k?-CleriW office to Guardians and Administrat ors and find that the following Guardians and Administrators have not made reports in the tim^' required by law, as follows: Mrs. Mary E. Hunter, Guardian,' Roy McCall, Guardian; Smith Queeu. Guardian; D. D. Alley, Adminisftrat or;; Dearl Ashe, Administrator; B. R. Morgan, Administrator; Charles Casey, Administrator. We find the records a-1 a whole ill I the Clerk's office in* excellent con dition, especially records of trust funds, which were set up bv the present Clerk dii)it<# |his term of office. We have examined the County jail and found it sanitary and in splendid condition and the inmates given wholesome food. j We visited the County Home and Bound 16 inmates,-, eight men and eiirht women. We found tlvwH well g^i(] for ami well satisfied cx?tp? some complaints that they do not have heat in their rooms. They have one large hall which is supplied with sufficient heat. We found several leaks in the roof which must be re paired to protect the building and insure comfort to the inmates. We found a model barn under con struction which is about 75 per cent complete. We commend the County Commissioners for accepting oppor tunity to join hands with FERA in sharing expense of construction. The county furnishes maiterials and FERA all labor costs. We found among the improve ments a septic tank that has recently been installed under the same agree nfent with FERA as the new barn We found farm and all stock in <*>od condition. We commend the care taker for the fine condition and number of improvements he has made during his charge. ( We suggest that. County Conwnjs sioners make every effort to (con struct tool house and chicken house out of old barn. It has been suggested that, at time, water is insufficient. Respectfully submitted, J. N. Wilson, Foreman. : additional grade mothers Announcement is made of grade mothers at Sylva elementary school, in addition to those published last Mrs. Freeste's room : Mrs. M. Buch anan, Jr., Mrs. Raymond Glenn Miss Mayme Loire's room: Mrs. F. 1 N McLain, Mrs. Elbert Coward. Richberg On Job J C WASHINGTON . . . Donald Rieh ktif (Above), Director of the la lanial Bmowj Board, is the maa Mn d whom the admiaistration of the NBA now ( twinfs u General Path Johnson definitely stepped 'Hit, on October 15. I; J. Wild Passes .Wednesday Night! J. .1. Wild, lift, prominent citizen of the count}', died at his home in Sylva township, on the ('ullowhee rOad, earl} this morning, of a heart attack. Mr. Wild had been suffering with a heart ailment for some time, it is said, and had been treated by phy sicians. Yesterday be with his son-in law, Mr. Pryor Sillmon, went squir rel hunting. During tin- eaily boars of the morning, ha called to his wife and told her that he was suffering, requesting her to get his me months in jail. Charlie Chambers, for violating the prohibition laws, was sentenced to serve four months on the roads, with an additional 12 months sus pended sentence. R. Ii. Dean and W. O. Dyke, vio latiug the prohibition laws. Dean was sentenced1 to serve three months, suspended upon payment of $100 ami the costs, and good behavior. Dyki drew a 30 day sentence suspended upon payment of $10.00 and the cost and good1 behavior. A. J. Rivenbark and Wilburi Frady, violating the hotel law, $14 and the costs, each. Bill Craig, Cherokee Indian, wa. sentenced to serve 1 year in th. State Prison, for bigamy. ? John Wilson and Glenn Wilson carrying, concealed ' weapons, three months on the roads, suspended upon payment of $50.00 each and the costs, and good behavior. Virgil Watson, failure to comph with termi> of suspended sentence: 90 days sentence ordered into effec' Joe Loudermilk, operating an au tomobile while intoxicated1, 3 months suspended upon payment of $50.04 and the costs, and good behavior. Woodrow Wttrd, violating the pro hibition laws, 6 months on the roads Marion Woody, convicted at a former term of larceny, and sentenced to serve 12 months, suspended. Failed to comply with the terms of the sus pension, and sentence ordered into effect. J. T. Spriggs, operating an auto mobile while intoxicated, 4 months suspended upon payment of $100 and the costs, and good behavior. Dock Mc-sper, failure to meet con ditions of suspended sentence; sen tence ordered into effect. Charlie Passmore, seduction. Called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and eapias. Bond! ordered increased to $1,000.00. Bob Cabe and Chas. Randall, fail . v ^ ure ;to comply with orders of the court, in a compromise settlement of a hit and run automobile maiming at Billsboro, called, and failed, judg ment ni si sei fa and capias. Find Bryson Guilty; f Must Leave State ?X. Wesley Bryson, who was declared an outlaw by Judge Felix E. Alley, in a proclamation, last spring, and who entered a nolo contendere to a charge of assault with a deadly wea pon upon T. A. Dillard1 and *K. K. Bumgarner, was found guilti by Judge Pless, and under recommenda tions from citizens of that pfcrt of - the county, was allowed to leave the State never to return. In one case Judge Pless sentenced Bryson to serve from 5 to 8 years in the State prison, and suspended it upon payment of the costs including $50.00 for the sheriff for his expens es, and $30.00 to T. A. Dillard 1o pay his hospital and doctor's bills. In the other case he was sentenced to not less than 5 nor more than eight years, capiat to issue on November 3, if he is to be found in this or ad joining states. Judge Pless stated that he does not believe in banishment, but that he was of the opinion that this was the best solution of the whole matter, as it would forestall all danger of ad ditional violence in Cashier's Valley. According to evidence presented, Bryson fired with a shot-gun ujmhi Mr. Dillard and Mr. Bumgarner, sia they were walking down Highway 106 in Cashier's Valley. Bryson was in a field beside the road1, where lie and others had been working, and it was sht'icd that he fired without warning. INDICT RICH FOR MURDER A true bill, charging Henry Rich with murder in the first degree for the slaving of Otto Jordan, in Qualla a few weeks ago, was returned >n superior court by the grand .jury, Tuesday .shortly after dinner. The grand jury is composed of: J. X. Wilson, foreman, E. Ueas ley, John 11. Green, McKinley llenrv, Sam Beck, Aaron Hooper, L. R. Par ker, John It. .1 ones, Mitchel Melfon, J. J. Bland 011, Lewis II. Cannon, Richard Hoyle, J. M. Hooper, J. V. Lovedahl, K. L. Cogg'n-?, 'J. If. Ashe, Tom Keever. Jim Griffin, violating the prohib ition laws, alias capias and continued. W. R. England, operating an au tomobile while intoxicated, plea of guilty. Prayer for judgment contin ued to next term. Frank Rhinehart, perjury, con tinued. Alley Turpin, assault with a deadly weapon, nol pros. Jack Frizzell, violating the prohi bition laws, .'10 days. 12 months ad ditional, suspended u]K>n good behav ior. ? Hocia Mathis, violating the prohi bition laws, 30 days in jail. 6 months additional, sus]>ended on good behav ior. Zach Hooper, abandonment, con tinued. Jack Snyder and Fred Wild violat ing the prohibition laws, continued. Paul Angel, operating an automo bile while intoxicated, 4 months sus pended upon payment of $100 and the costs and good behavior. Mary Queen, f and a, continued. (Torn Amnions, violating the pro hibition laws, continued. Clyde Frady and Pearl Cline, F. and A. continued. Wilburn Frady, violating the pro hibition Jaws, continued. Roy McCall, ordered to the roads last week for failure to comply with the eondit ions of a suspended sen tence, came into court, paid all costs, and was ordered released. Ferbcr Nicholson, operating an au tomobile while intoricated, continued Clyde Frizzell, violating the pro hibition laws, continued. Tom Deitz, Mary Amnions, F and A. 12 months each, suspended upon good behavior and the payment of the coijts. They got married. Ed Davis, violating the prohibition, laws, nol pros. ^ Enos Watson, violating the prohi bition. laws, continued. Rosa Ensley ]>olluting water. ? Or dered to pay not less than $50.00 of her fine and costs within six w*eka, or jail sentence imposed at a fopn? term will become effective.