Friday, May 39, 1924
THE FRANKLIN PRESS
Paire Five
RAINING CAMPS
FOR YOUNG LIEN
Uncle Sam Offers a Govern
ment Camp to Young Men
17 to 24 Years Old July
3rd to AugusT 1st.
When Did Mr. Bailey
' Become the Friend '
Of The Farmer?
You will receive free transportation
from hemic to .camp and return. 30
days' training, torith good food, shel
ter, medical attention, clothing, a.mple
opportunities for ahtletics and recre
ation, comradeship with bully good
fellows, and training in citizenship,
under officers of the United States
Army. .
Ask any boy who went last year.
Work hard!
The Government is offering one of
the greatest gratuitous opportunities
to young men between 17 and 24
years of age that has ever been of
fered by this or any other govern
ment. With your expenses paid, and
more than paid, from your doorstep
to aP well organized, well ordered
training camp and all expenses paid
there, and recreation and sports, man
ual training, military training and
physical development of your body
and mind, under expert Army Offi
cers and Physical Directors, then
through transportation on return to
your doorstep, it becomes an oppor
tunity that no young man should miss
and that every parent should take ad
vantage of. The moral, social and
religious influences of . these camps
are kept at the very highest stand
ards; discipline is administered and
taught in such a manner that it is not
repulsive; every officer is picked with
the greatest care and he must be a
man who can control young men
without harsh methods and can de
velop in the company of these young
men -a spirit of absolute trust and
confidence.
The Camps are open to aH men be
tween the ages of 17. and 24 years,
who are of good moral character, in
telligent, and in good physical con
dition.' Candidate's must be native
born citizens or must have made ap
plication at least, for first papers of
naturalization.
If you attend one of these "Little
Wfet Pnints" vnti ran Irnrn rare nf
health, to swim, ride a horse,1 radio,
jzenship, hygiene, marksmanship,
athretics. first aid. to play in the mili-
band, etc. Remember, all your
expenses are paid trom tne time you
leave hmnetill you return, even your
clkhig is furnished. Macon County
boys will be trained at Fort Bragg,
near Raleigh.
Any one interested in the Military
Training Camps Association may se
cure further, information by calling
on or writing M. D. Billings, Macon
County Representative of the Mill
tary Training Camps Association.
Ellijay Items.
One of the most important features
of this week's news is the attendante
of the protracted meeting at Sugar
fork church by a considerable num
ber of our people.
Mr. T. P. Moses returned Sunday
from a trip to Jackson County, where
he spent a day or two with his broth
er. Mr. Hosea Moses, who has been
very sick. '
Mr. T. L. Fox and one of his sons
.of Hiddenite, N. C, have been visit
ing old friends here.
"" Miss Mayme Moses and Miss
Clyde Henry are attending the sum
mer School for teachers at franklin.
1 We are glad to report that Mr. J
A. Berry seems to be recovering
from the blood-poisoning from which
he was suffering when our last items
were written.
Mr. Charlie Henry is home again
after having worked for sometime at
Moses Creek.
Messrs. Henry and George Peek
have gone to Cold Mountain to work
,. Mr. Jacob W. Henry has been very
sick, but we are glad to report that
he is able to be around again.
A tragedy, or what was very nearly
one. octfurred in this neighborhood
when Miss Lou Thomas undertook to
leave the place where she has been
staying and go to some other home
outside this valley. She was found
in an old building where she had re
mained several days without food
She is said to be improving, and we
hope that she will recover. R.N.M
Land Deed, Mortgage Deed nd
Chattel Mortgage tor sale at The
Preti office.
Essig Market
V H. O. ESSIG, Prop.
Fresh Meats of All Kinds
Fine Home Made Sausage
Everything kept in a first
class market. Phone 42
The vii. ws of a candidate for public
office are subject to analysis to. ascer
tain, if he offers a safe leadership to
follow. Mr. Bailey talks a great deal
about taxes. This is not a, new sub
ject with Mr. Bailey. He has dis
cussed taxes many times and often,
and there is no position that he has
at any time taken on any phase of
the tax question that is not directly
in conflict with the position that he
has taken on the same question at
other times. , Until he became a can
didate for Governor, all of these posi
tions were hostile to the farmer and
small land owner.
Mr. Bailey's first serious' effort to
reform the tax system of the State
was in his sponsoring the proposed
taxation amendment to the Constitu
tion. which was voted on in 1914.
'his provided for "segregation, on
the theory that the State would take
all the adv.orem and otherwise taxes
on all the propery of railroads and all
other corporations for State revenue,
and lftae to the counties, cities and
:hool districts only the property of
individuals to tax for all local pur
poses. This amendment,' though fa-
ored by Mr. Bailey, was largely ch
eated by the people, and mainly for
the reason that they did hot want
the counties to be deprived of all
axes on railroad and other corpora
ion property. Mr. Bailey is how
)mplaining, (hough the counties
lave all the advalorcm taxes on rail
road and other corporate property.
In December', 1923, just a short time
efore he announced his candidacy
for Governor, he proposed in public
addresses that the farm land should
be taxed on the basis of its taming
power, ana mat unimproved ianci
should go. tax free. Under this
scheme, a rich man who held unused
farm land or city property for specu-
ative purposes only would pay no
ax on his land, while, upon the other
hand, if a small farmer, by diligent
effort and hard work, made his little
arm highly productive, he would be
compelled to pay a very high tax
n other words, farmers who were
dilipent, thrifty and economical,
would paiy all the land tax, and the
soeuilator would pay no tax, even
though he should own thousands of
acres of unused farm lands and
thousands! of dollars worth of unim
proved city property. This proposal
was so outrageons that, on December
17, 1924, Mr. Bailey changed his
mind." and practically "took it all
back." . ......
In the Legislative of 1919, thqre
were fifty-live farmers. These men
felt that farmers snould have, genuine
relief from the burden of taxes, and
that , land and personal property
should be exempt from taxation for
all State purposes. The question
arose as to how this vast sum . of
moneytcould be raised so as to re
lieve land and personal property. It
appeared that there were many rich
men in the State who were earning
large incomes. It also appeared that
there were hundreds of rich and
powerful corporations earning tre
mendous sums of money each year.
The Legislature thought that more of
the burden of taxation should be
placed upon those who were able to
pay and not upon the farmer and
small home owner. It was therefore
proposed that a . constitutional
amendment be submitted to the peo
ple permitting the levying of a tax
upon the incomes of these corpora
tions and rich capitalists.
Who appeared as the only cham
pion of the capitalists and corpora
tions? Mr. Josiah W. Bailey, now
candidate for Governor. Do not take
my word for it. Read the News and
Observer of February 11th, 1919, read
the Greensboro Dajly News of the
same date. Read the record in the
Charotte Observer. Read, the "record
in the - Raleigh TimeS-flf February
11th, 1919, wherethe exact words of
Mr. Bailey are recorded. Listen to
Mr. Bailey's own words on that oc
casion, as follows:
"If you want some revenue right
badly, assess the lands of North
Carolina, thirty-three million acres
of them, at their market Value, as is
your constitutional duty," he (Bailey)
thundered, turning to Maxwell, "and
you. will get some revenue, all that
you heed. Why don't you do it? "Is
is easier to make corporations shell
out once more? Why, in North Car
olina, hogs are valued at less than I
pay for a ham," he shouted, "goats,
sheep, jacks, lady jacks, etc., are very
low dowii. '
Victor S. Bryant of Durham, was a
member of that Legislature. He has
gone to his reward, but in him the
farmer and the small home owner
had a mighty friend and special privi
lege' a mighty foe. He was in favor
of the income tax amendment and
took part in the - debate with Mr.
Bailey. Bailey turned upon tlim with
the remarkable declaration -that "dogs
in Durham are taxed higher than
mules." Now; listen to Bryant's
withering reply to. Bailey, as follows:
"Anything short of this income tax
will bring anarchy. Your plan of
running down the man with the cow
and letting the man with the income
go is not fair." Read the record for
yourself in the News and Observer of
February 11th, 1919.
So you have the famous "Hog and
Ham" and "Dog and Mule" speech of
Mr. Bailey. Was he the freind of
the farmer and small home .owner
wlien he was-so 'strongly advocating
that nearly four million dollars of ad
ditional revenue ought to be laid up
on land, hogs, goats, jacks, sheep and
mules 'If so, then I shall be com
pelled to' say: From such destructive
friendship, "Good Lord, deliver us."
"Then. Mr. Bailev was the bold
champion of the capitalist. Then, his
chief, fear was that the corporations
would be ' compelled to "shell out
once more." Then, he. was in favor
of making the farmer and small home
owner "shell out." Yes, "shell but"
four million dollars from land and
goats and hogs and mules. '
Nor is' this all. He fought the' in
come tax amendment to the last
ditch. He wrote letters to many cor
porations, soliciting funds with which
to beat the income tax, the conclud
ing sentence of which in substance
was as follows: "If you want to beat
the income tax, send me your check
and send it quick," tand urging them
to take an active part in defeating
this measure, which was designed for
the sole purpose of relieving the
farmers and small home-owners
from the .weight of four million dol
lars of taxes. Mr. Bailey appeared
before the committee of the Legisla
ture of 1919, pleading for the cor
porations, including the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, and demanding
that no income tax be levied against
them. .He did not stop at that. After
the Democratic Convention of 1920
declared for the Income Tax Amend
ment., Mr. Bailey continued to oppose
it and made speeches against it in the
campaign of 1920. and at the election
in that year voted against it. v
But the scene has shifted. Now.
Mr.. Bailey is a candidate for Gover
nor. He admits that he opposed the
Income Tax to the" utmost, but by
way of apology,- he says he has
"changed his mind again." Perhaps
so. But wlio can prophesy as to how
many more tax views Mr. Bailey will
have by the time he is inducted into
the office of Governor, if he should
be nominated in the primary?. It is
signfiicant that this "change of mind"
took place just about' the time he an
nounced his candidacy for Governor.
It is also significant that it came af
ter his leadership in opposition to the
Income Tax had been repudiated by
the people of North Carolina by the
most tremendous majority ever given
in the State.
What was Mr. McLean's position
on the Income Tax? Answer: He fa
vored the adoption of the Income Tax
amendment from the -very beginning,
made numerous speeches in favor of
it in the campaign of 1920, voted for
it. and worked for it at the polls on
election day, and he has never
changed his mind to this good hour.
G. K. GRANTHAM.
Member of the Legislature of 1919.
Dunn, N. C, May 1st, 1924. Ad vt. "
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