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X r 1 1 1 1 v t 5 ' I C 1 s B . S ' ' tt i , . .r. ' H V i: -' c 1 1 '! b F :i M'. -J D .,' Ml! -si Gi - i I J !k( Page 2 1 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 Ullfr iSmmtainm Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Lessees n Main (Street Wavnesville, N. C. 1 Phone 137 Published Every Thursday W. C. RUSS Managing Editor P. D. DEATON General Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year - $2.00 6 Months ; - 125 3 Months 85 Subscriptions payable in advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C, as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided un der the Act of March 3,1879, November 29, 1914. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932 BIBLETHOl GHT Every branch in me that beareth not FRUIT. He taketh away; and every branch that bareth fruit He ! purgeth it that it may bring forth MORE FRUIT. He that abidith in Me . . . the same bringeth forth MUCH FRUIT. John 14:2-8. HAYWOOD'S APPLE CROP IS WORTH MORE THAN CITIZENS HERE EXPECTED Last week thh paper completed a survey of the apple crop of Haywood county. The re sults, which were startling, were published in last week's Mountaineer. Quite a few citizens of the county commented on the report and practically every one was surprised that the value of the crop this year would reach such a 'figure as $185,000, especially with such prices as are now prevailing. The editor of the Asheville Citizen thought enough of the report to devote an editorial in Sunday's Citizen-Times approximately two thirds of a column in length. It reads as fol lows: "Probably very few people recognize the growing importance of the apple crop of West ern North Carolina. Some figures just made available as to the apple crop of Haywood county the past year are of interest. The show ing is a really remarkable one, especially in these times, when all commodity prices have dropped so distressingly. "Conservative estimates made by apple growers and extension department experts place the value of the Haywood county apple crop this year in excess of $185,000. And these fig ures it is stated, do not include the thousands and thousands of bushels produced by small growers and sold direct to the consumer in the Various markets of Western North Carolina, nor the other thousands of bushels that are stored for local uses. In making up the esti mate as to the value of the crop this year only production on orchards owned and operated by jrrowers who give full time to this phase of agricultural industry has been considered. "The apples grown by such men as R. N. Barber, C. A. Black, A. T. McCracken, Boiling Hall and a very few others have been taken into consideration. Not less than 450,000 bush els o apples were produced by this group this past year. A large part of these are just now going on the market in the amounts of any con- . sequence; ' Shortly before the holidays the sale of apples began to be given auded stimulus due to the fact that apples of other sections which had not been of good quality and were there fore bringing a rather low price had all been sold. Buyers then began to turn to Haywood county where the better grade apples could be found to fill their orders. Apples produced by commercial growers this past year will bring between $185,000 and $200,000 in cash this year. In addition the value of apples produced in smaller quantities and sold directly to the con sumer by the grower and those stored for win ter use by the farmers of the county, should easily be worth between $50,000 and $75,000. These figures prove that the apple crop is not to be disregarded in considering the production of farm profits in the county. "Statistics show that the apple crop har vested the past fall was about equal in quantitp to the crop of the year before. Both crops were considered good from the standpoint of quantity and somewhat above the average. In quality the crop of 1931 in Haywood county wa3 considered better than that of 1930, except in those sections where the crop was damaged by heavy hail, produced a grade of apples in 1931 that was far above the average. In some case3 growers say that the quality of fruit could not have been surpassed. In most sections of the county, however, the apple crop showed results of hail damage. In a small section of the apple distrUt the fruit Was almost ruined. In other places the damage was slight. The effect of the hail was to leave the apples with ju&t enough blemish to reduce greatly the produc tion of fancy fruit. Naturally this has brought about a corresponding reduction in the price of apples. "Few sections of the state can produce an apple of as fine appearance and quality as Hay wood county. This fact is due partly to the fact that the soil and pervailing- weather condi tions here are unexcelled for the growing of apples and the other is that the county boasts some of the best informed apple men in the country. "Apple growing in Haywood county is no new thing. It is one of the oldest agricultural developments. A generation ago men known nationally had their attention called to the possi bilities of apple growing here and one of the first orchards in the state was that put out in Haywood county by the Goodyears, well known in the rubber tire business at a later date. "Production of apples, however, is only just in its infancy in this section. So great are the possibilities that it is rash to predict that within the next fifteen or twenty years this will be one of the greatest apple producing belt of the United States." LAUGHABLE IN THE EXTREME Isn't it funny That some business men Will get up in the morning Shave with an advertised razor And advertised soap Put on advertised underwear Seat themselves at the table And eat advertised breakfast food Drink advertised coffee or substitute Put on an advertised hat Light an advertised cigar Go to their places of business in an adver tised car And turn down an advertising proposition On the ground that Advertising doesn't pay? Isn't it funny Newport (Ark.) Indepen dent. ' IS U.VCLE SAM A DEADBJ3AT? The Firnklin Press has received by mail a copy tvf the following telegram : GILLIAM GRISSOM COLLECTOR OtF INTERNAL REVNTTE RALEIGH, X. C. ALL FEDERAL INCOME TAX FORMS FOR TAX ABLE YEAR 1931 WILL BE RELEASED JANUARY 4 1932 SEE THAT FULL PUBLICITY IS GIVEN TO RELEASE DATE DAVID BURNET COMIMISIONE1R Thanks to the Hoover administration, few if any, income tax forms will b needed ir. Major: county this year. Now let us speak a word in behalf of ourselves. If everyone took the .same attitude toward newspa pers as Uncle Sam, newspapers would not exist. It costs a considerable sum of money far, far more than subscription! revenues to produce a news paper, even a humbre sheet- like' The ' Froriklin ' Press. But' Uncle Sam aska-'.-the newspapers to give him space free of charge for all rnar.nen. of public an. noyncements which realty should be classed is l?gai .adverts in. When a county advertises for taxes, it pays for the space. If this were not the case, fa'w counties would have county newspapers. If newspapers printed free if charge all of the various announcements sent to them by the govern ment concerning taxes, postal regulations, civil service examinations et cetera, they would be forced eo leave out much of the news for which .subscribers pay, the : real reader-interest news which is the heart of every newspaper. : : Yet. we believe that such 'announcements as that from Commissioner Burnet sh.wiid be printed. It is important that the public be i ru'nrrned 'on audi mat ters, just as it is important for a man to know if he is to. be foreclosed for . taxes.. It is clearly a case of legal advertising, but the howl comes: from Washing ton that UneleSanr can't afford to pay for' it. Neith er can we afford to pay taxes, but some how or other we manage to do. it. I- Uncle Sam a deadbeat? Franklin Press. LETTER TO THE EDITOR HIS FOUR "MONEY CROPS" The Progressive Farmer-Rualist gives- this, timely story of : how one farmer, W.; G. Mangum. is gettmg ahead; "When the local market tor t-ountry butter and buttermilk became flooded, he purchased a cream sepa rator and began selling cream, increasing his hogs and poultry to consume the skimmilk and surplus grain. Here are his four 'cash crops' now: "1. Cows. He is milking four to six dairy cows that supply milk for the family, skimmilk for the pigs arid poultry, arajiure for the soil a mark for home grown feeds, and a cash income of $350 to$400 per year from the sale of sour cream, "2 Hogs. hp has four purebred Duroc Jersey sows from which he clears $150 fro $200 per year from the sale of pigH and meat. He buys a small quantity of fish meal and ship stuff but raises plenty of corn. The hogs also supply the family with meat and lard.' "3. Hens. He has a flock of 125 White Leghorn hens and is now selling from 50 to 60 dozen eggs per week. He makes a profit of $250 per year or more from the sale of poultry eggs. He has t buy laying mash but feeds home-grown wheat and corn for grain ration. He plans to build a modern laying house and increase his flock to 30O hens. ' "4. WooAWIe sella from $150 to $200 worth of wood each year, from timber land and woodlots." THE TAX PROBLEM Editor of the Mountaineer: The great problem to be solved is taxes. Seven years ago when the county tax rate was $1.70, there was not as much said in protest as there ir. now at $1.07. And why? Every one knows that back in 1923 and 1926. in the period of inflation, $1.70 could be paid more easily than $1.07 can be paid now in this painful period of deflation. But this is no time to argue. What the country wants now is relief, net reason. Everybody remembers the scenes enacted at Raleigh during the 1931 session of the General Assembly. It was something new in North Caro lina, at least, within the memory of the present generation, for men in legislative halls in this State to bring at one another the charge of giving ear to lobbyists, or of being bribed. To my mind, that session of the 20 Years Ago in HAYWOOD Mr. Frank Ferguson went to Ashe ville Tuesday. Dr. J. H. Smathers expects soon to move into his beautiful new home on ! Church street. After the return of the young peo ple to college Waynesville seems some what deserted. Mr. R. G. A. Campbell, a leading fanner of Maggie, was in town Wed nesday and renewed his allegiance to the old reliable. Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McDowell are receiving congratulations of friends upon the arrival of a daughter at their house. Dr. J. F. Abel and family are now living at the Selma House, the doctor J. A. Francis Set Necessity For M Faith In Cou Ed.-Nte this the far.. series of articles by Mr. F is writing his ideas general. By J. A. Frands, of lUw:, Nineteen thirty-one kai t.JS its records are a matte.- 0f While it has been one ot turn appointment, and unrest, we t year 1932 with but very pect for the better. Mil'.ior.i of employment with no mean; porting their families and pa..; taxes except by labor which t ready and willing to preform, door of opportunity is closed them. Banks are closing taej and locking up millions of ha; ed dollars with no mean af in relief.- Congress is now in esjjl there are many important q; that should claim the attention makers, but judging the future Christmas holidays with her parents, proceuure oi me past legisla: Mr. and J. G. Staples. The Wavnesville Printing Company held its annual stockholders meeting I the corporation and many otl nnH BiootoH hp following directors ,ers will te cared for for the ensuing year: W. T. Lee, Hugh A. Love, E. L. Withers, G. C. having purchased that property some Legislature was the beginning of a j time ago. struggle in North Carolina over the Mrs. S. H. Bushnell has returned problem of taxation which will bring j from Reidsville, where she spent the j in its wane momentous results to tne stability of our institutions and in terests. Was it the beginning of the fight of the classes against the mass es? Time will tell. Every since the foundation of gov ernments, real estate has been the chief asset to be taxed. It is visible, j Briggs, and W. C. Allen. The direc It cannot conceal itself in the vaults 'tors then proceeded with the election of banks or in the strong boxes of of officers with the following result: millionaires. It is open where all may W. T. Lee, President, W- C. Allen, vice see. It has been the victim of double president, G, C. Briggs, secretary taxation in all ages of the world. In treasurer, W. C. Allen editor, Horace this State real estate has been and is ! Sentelle, business manager. interest of the producing cl, be side tracked and the irtte TAXKD TO THE BONE AND THE BONE LAID BARF. There must be a change or a revo lution will soon be in the offing. The farmer and the home owner will not forever near the brunt of the tax system and see the rich grow richer and the poor poorer. The burden must h lifted, in peace if possible, but it must be lifted. To get the needed relief is the chief desideratum. Again referring to the last session of the State Legislature, the question that was uppermost was whether or not the farmer and the home owner should continue to pay the bulk of the taxes needed for sup port of the State and county govern ments or the corporations of all kinds be called on to pay their equitable share. The sequal was that the State undertook its long deferred task of running the six months school, but found itself unable to finance it with out direct aid from the county- With all the wrangling that went on for nearly six months, our solons were unable to extract money from where it is, but had to take it from where it isn't. Economists generally declare that the income tax is the fairest way to maintain government. The sales tax, both on luxuries and necessities, has iU enemies and its friends. Neither of th.es. nvKhods of taxation was called into play to any great extent, oecau.se tne -.arge corporations ob-1 jected. All the methods of taxation will be studied and discussed in the next session of the General Assembly. Un questionably the farmer and the home owner a:ust get relief. That state ment must be repeated again and The meeting was harmonious and enthusiastic. The ' outlook is most encouraging. The Brown-Miller Shoe Company of Asheville is having a clearance sale on their entire stock. To every one who makes purchases to extent cf $15.00 will be given a free round trip ticket from Waynesville to Ashe ville. Buy shoes now and enjoy a free trip to Asheville. again. It must no longer be a penalty in North Carolina to fwn a farm or a home. It seems to me that the near fn- ture is portentous. The late Theo- ffjth in promise to pay is a President Hoover in his annt sage admits that the present i tration to some extent has f accomplish the results expe at the end of the fiscal yea will be a deficiency of several dollars. If this be true, it evident that the government i beyond its income. In order this deficiency, Mr. Hoover, message, recomends an incn taxes as the only way to rai nue except by issuing bonds either event the government not be complying with the made in the 1928 campaign th: would be reduced, and that e would be practiced in Goven affairs. It should be clearly understc the needs of the country at d cannot be met by voting !ara of money, We are in the n confidence that is to say, whe dore Roosevelt used to divide trusts into two classes, the good and the bd. Ought not the corporations to be di vided into the same two classes? The good one is willing to bear its fair share of taxation. The bad one is a tax dodger. Is it not important, therefore, for us in Haywood county to look well to the class of men that we send to the Legislature, both in the senate and the house? Again, let me say, the corporations are going to put up the same fight they did at the last session of the Legislature in order to escape their share of the burden and to lay the load upon the farmer and the home maker. Yea, they are even now beginning to tfi'oom their can didates for the June primary. Watch out for a packed senate or house with a majority of corporation sympa thizers. Before there is any discussion in Haywood county of candidates; it is well to think on these thing. In this momentous time of depression and near panic, it is supremely im- ebb and unless their faith car Jstored the cricis cannot be sob all promises to pay, there is that men place a greater co: in than that of the United Government. Now this faith a fidence has been shaken from I that the government's promise; people have failed to verify tion for the past ten year? ha in favor of the clasej igr.prii masses. portant for us to know how ea didate for the Legislature st the quesion of taxation. If t session of the Legislature i give relief to the farmer and t! maker, it will be another sa nium for us all. It will be most unfortun; Haywood county to send to ti islature, either for the senate c any man who is not deeply thetic with the farmer, 'the business man, and the home' ; :' W. c. al: Special Offer to Subscribers For a limited time we Will give a three year subscription to the Southern Agriculturist, regular price $1.00, for 20 cents This offer is open to any subscriber, new or old, who asks for it when paying a year's subscription to The Mountaineer for 20 cents. The popularity of the Southern Agriculturist is shown by its large circulation, over 700,000. This saving of 80 cents is intended for our farm er friends, who are urged to take advantage of it at once, because we have only a certain number of subscriptions which we can offer in this way. Mienthey are used, this offer will be withdrawn. First Come, First Served.
