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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUATAiNfc'KK THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933 (Bhv iSumitaturrr Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO. Phone 137 Main Street Waynesville, N. C. W. C. HUSS Managing Editor V. 1 1. D EATON . General Manager Published Every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year C Months 3 Months Subscriptions payablp in advance $2.00 1.25 .65 Entered at the post office at Waynesville, X. (.'., as Prrond Class .Mail Matter, as provided' un der the Act of March .;, 1 SV'J, .Vivmber :.'('. !!'! 1 THCRSUAY, .MARCH 2, 1933. A CANNERY l-'Ol't HAYWOOD I'or si-m" few week-; we have been inter ested in i lie pussibilii ie. of a cannery for Hay v:):h! comity. We liave talked' to a good many !'arnici': and several bniiies.-, men, and il seems that til.- general ooinion is ihat at thi.' lime a canm-iy Would be a mutual 1hi)"!H ! the .n i (- t'.itiiny. We jjocii' . ..en faribtr t f i;m ialkiri a'i'.ji i,'. ; l I : i r fia; ' tliUM Mi : 1A . a'li1 !i't e taken t he mai 1 1 r ti.. -.. wh... d.i'.'i ate.; i he lb'.'. . .'-.:'-:t pot.; o'll the Wc-No-(.'a lirtiraL. i s t hat a ca.;!!''; i y in Hay wvi-i '.'UH '. let I') i lie i;;i'l!i..'i s. :u!u tvn-is wjtuu-d a calmer)' bail eiaaiyh Witjv- 't!l;u1 I lie aeret!K'(- mv.-a-.aiy i ..'.'i s. tl'.al :, viii"iy .ii.li b. ihiye'oe'i enmity. ! van acini- .! oiit a "a-.' i:o vh !' ca a -ttiil'.-i -In' if;'-vit that hav such a iii'lim Ha(,y as i,i WVslain North Carolina, and ihat li. ' ..Hi ( i .'y : . yaa ia'ly . ait;'.', i'aa fh" .iii'ovcinr (if the ;ii odud - n (..-sarv to -ayim-'i eani!"ry. A i.;oii:ery, ii,:v'e leai ii('(i, not only uses .. t:reat si;pj,!y ,.!' r tp.iets. but .stabilize; the prices oi aii true a i'anriiii:,'.. This was ilhisfrat-. ill in lletidei'son. eounty lat season when a track J'roai Florida ofl'invd a ('.".rnu'r one cent a pound for his beans. The farmer went to the cannery and they told him to brine; them in. at two cent-,.' The farmer-returned' and 'told the 'nicker.-- .,' the cannery's-oii'er and immediate ly the truckers offered the -armcr two and a hah' cents for his croj) of . hiaxs. The cannery ,'ot the beans. A cannery in Haywoo.l unty would give the farmers a cash market for their produce that might otherwise remain in the fields and waste, or be brought to the market, as it is now.-and have to take less t Ha, it cost to pro duce the crop or take it back home and let it waste. After iroiiiK into 'the ' matter; we feel that a worthwhile movement for Haywood county tanner., and business men to undertake would be 1 lie advisability of a cannery in the county. Dr. Nicholas Murray Uutler, president of Columbia University, is always getting some thing oil hi- chest. One of his latest public remarks was: Trobably the average American citizen H'ads hvi a , ingle paper. The reader's educa tion in citizenship depends almost entirely on one paper for glimpses into that larger and more imperii,, t world than the one in which he lives. It j.s here Him the newspaper in the small town and the local weekly have a. heavy responsibilitv to bear. Th0 newspaper may be the only point f"t:ul it reader. hae with the ' larger world. It owes them a systematic, well-informed introduction to that world." , Wy are told that a ton of sea water con tains l-,o0 of an ounce of gold, which means that if ah the gold in the oceans were gotten out there would be enough for each inhabitant the face of the earth to have $23,000,000. H that ever came about, gold would have' the ame value as cheap metals, instead of its pres et value of S20.G7 per ounce or about 250 a pound. . ; Our Congressmen get 9,000 a year salary, or 7r)0 a month. Senators are allowed 9,160 a year for clerk hire and a Representative is allotted .$1,580 a year for clerk hire. The av erage congressman costs this country over 30,000 a year. Seems like a lot to pay for a man to ham- jieople find fault with. Building permits- in Canton last year ex ceeded 318,000 which goes to prove that all knocking done down there last year was not by the street loafers, but a lot by carpenter's hammers. itli -.a' a; r tia : lh TAXATION IN NORTH CAROLINA Last Friday at the Rotary Club, a general discussion was made of the tax problem of this state, and many interesting points were made during the discussion which covered practically every popular point now being discussed throughout the state. Since last Friday we re ceived a copy of the University News Letter which give- in a clear manner the tax situation I in North Carolina today that we feel every citi zen of the state should read. We suggest that you read it and pass it on to your friends. The question of deepest concern to North Carolinians today is the matter of taxation. It is not altogether unfortunate that conditions have forced us to become students of state and local fiscal affairs. A main concern to many people is that in the effort to reduce the tax Urden, reduction will not cease with efficiency in administering public affairs, but that many essential services will be seriously crippled, if not entirely dispensed with. We have reached the stage where many are almost hysterical over taxes, and it is diflicult to discuss the sub ject without arousing a great deal of feeling and of criticism. There is more information ab;;u; taxes than ever before; also there is a .,ri . a; deal of misinformation. aia.tiy peojde in North Carolina are labor- g -ale:- l he irnpi e-aon that North Carolina -Lilian's m.'M heavily taxed state. There liKmdanre of official and reliable data that lo 1 b " n-miiiiied that ti-avernniein.-'l ' n N -lib Carolina are cheap compared t her : i te, Our main difficulty is that heavi.lv io debt, and a very larg.- . bar tax i.ii!a! reiiuired to carrv the debl. depre,; -i ) i hU-s, Xorlli 'Carolina esnecialh iia-d, (iii; i'i li-.)--public debt. . Some st riniisly jia. lion the wilem a' frying to meet all deb mat nni ic ; i,a!a with current tax dollars. Com i ceiia.ina iiig is being piopo.-ed by debtor. a ad creditor.-. Some pcojile -acttttuly (jnest ion the riglu ;f a bondholder to colli ct two or ihiva ii-rl dolh'.rs where he 'invested only one. '1 be Cia rent Cost is Low The point- that should be emphasized is lb it the (itrrent cost of government in North Carolina is especially low. That is, the cost a. ide from payments o,n debts. It is dcuhtf tit if there is another state in the Union where the; total current operating cost per capita is lower than in North Carolina. The North Carolina taxpayer comes mighty near getting his .mon ey's worth. There is waste and loss, but it is relatively a petty item, and not all chargeable to public employees. North Carolina has already done much to set her house in order. The series of county and local government acts that have been pass ed since 1025 places North Carolina in the fore front of all the states in state supervision of county and municipal fiscal affairs. Our state-wide highway system is a .model for other states to follow. The Executive budget system in operation ui North Carolina has resulted in a most eco nomical State administration. The administration of public schools illus trates the trend towards more service for the dollar in this state Since 1928 the annual cost .of public education has been reduced by nine million dollars, while attendance has increased by 83 thousand. The length of the school term has increased by more than fourteen days, and the number of teachers employed has been re duced by more than twelve hundred. Jt is perfectly obvious that if there is to be any considerable and immediate reduction iii public expenditures of North Carolina, such reduction must necessarily be made at the ex highway fund for the support of the highway system of the state. The general fund is-'-de-rived from inheritance taxes, license taxes, in come taxes, franchise taxes, and department earnings. The Inheritance Tax What are the possibilities of increasing pense of public education, which has already received disproportionate cuts, since educat ional costs constitute three-fifths of reducible spending. It would seem important that the taxpayers should realize this fact clearly in making their decision as to what course to pur sue in relation to the impending deficit. We would like to go back to the 1913 level of taxes. It is pertinent to ask ourselves if we would like to go back to the schools, roads and the like that we had in 1913. Sources of State Revenue 1 In considering present and prospective sources of revenue it is well to bear in mind that during the current biennium, with all the cuts that have been made, a deficit of -around twelve and a half million dollars will have been incurred. The state revenues are classified into two funds: the general fund for the operation of All state activities except highways, and the yield of the above taxes? First, the inheritance tax, a rather unim portant source of state revenue. On account of the ease with which a wealthy person may move his resi- dpncp from rtrto ciato in anitl.ni' if ic a doubtful policy for any state to make us inneriiance tax rates very nign. North Carolina has one of the highest schedules of inheritance tax rates of any state in the Union. Our tax on u:re.i neirs represents aoout tne av erage throughout the country. Our I rates on collateral heirs rise from a minimum of 3 percent on the first $5, 000 to 'Si percent on amounts over ti,000,000, without any exemption. In l'jju there was no othr state in the Union with a schedule as high as this. This state' taken lull advantage of the olfer of the federal government to ciedit a state's inheritance tax up to 0 percent of the latter toward the federal estate tax levy. The conclu ion seems inevitable ihat rait much more revenue can be j, ped f.r by .ncieasing t hi- rates of our inheritance tax. License Taxes, KerorH, state- license laae.-. liv gimiije,' with amusement parks and lunning down tht. alphabetical list Ju- juirh attorneys, .auction sales, coal It. aha -, and collecting agencies, lo to bacco dealers and U-t'nve-lt passen ger cars, the state has pretty thor oughly combed the possibilities of rev enue fiom this source. License taxes on various businesses and in ofjssions ace commonly found only in the Soutli- '- 1 1 ) States, ami North Carolina us aar this tax quite as vigorously as any ctate an the ."aiuth. 'J here sia in to DC little promise of addu ional reve a.!e in this- schedule, unless our rates are made abnormally aiidi, and unless; a.e.; taxes are nii.-na mei! lie'. a: I'ranchise Taxes. Thi ! .i, the . l'ranchi: e tax. T ot this tax collected hem t: Him tae WAYXESVILLE'S GOLF COURSE AIr.YV. C. Russ, Managing Editor. Waynesville Mountaineer, Waynesville, .'or':h Carolina, -iy dear Air. Kuss: I read with considerable interest .imi approval your editorial in the "aiuuntiinter" of r'aruary 23, enti tled "Does Waynesville Want Tour ists?" The subject ma'.ter of that editorial ha-; interested ine ever since I built a summer home in Waynesville. As a native of Waynesville, and a property owner and tax-payer, it goes without saying tha; I am interested in any thing that will nnimntj. th ity and popularity of Waynesville. I talk Waynisville all winter down heie- and ht-le by little our .Miami colony is growing up there in the .summer time. 1 have lived in two touri.-t towns, Atlantic City and Miami, for vhe last thirty years, and have made some ob. . ervations about conditions that . at tract toui'ists. One such observation leads die to the conclusion that the majorat v of touri-ts. thut U th,io financially able ;o take extensive sum mer vacations, are goUing tans, and will not go anywhere, or remain any tin)'-, unless there is an up-to-date, sa a ty. golf course close at hand, i.a.c argument is that .o play on a K 'ii cdurse that U not up to standard injuries, rather than improves their imiLASD BAPTIST CHl'fci . K?v L. F. Clark, pastor. Sunday School, 10 o'clock V Pc; -ching services on first a i thi 4XIIU Illnt e .VV pastor. ' ' ' 'T Prayer meeting Friday ri.a,. 7:30. ' a We are always glad to liav. ... attend all our services. ' u THREE MEX ROB MAIL V x 6 nAdS- OF REGISTERED MA,,! Three masked robbers hel ; clerk and a railway employee u3 transferred a load of mail frr,, ",tJ Texas and Pacific Railroad tv ,, ," a mail room in Forth Worth Tcm and escaped in an automoln!, wr.i' seven pouches, six containing ,,.' ' tered parcels. ' MAY GET LIFE SE.XTFX, 9i.CEXT FORGERY ' If J- B. Uhl, of Grafton, y who was recently indicted, is r of the forgery of a 94-ceiu the current term of court, he ;' ,' .' possibilities of life imprisonna " cause he has been convicted ' similar offenses, FOR a 'a i arr .. bull, i'ail- u l all 1 a th an' lh an : lian- i x . - a a 1 is . - . C!! i I I I he nt property ' - in add : t iiai cit jKnpcity. I ) wer .olll i. c.f i:ve (!:-iiing- in !he a ion - aa.c; at ca-h ehiai-.aja )lu.-. an nis, iowei compaiiH' I'giapli conitianie, i lies, uioior busses an.i en ui liinavy corpocal:,. ! ie and fo'i ci gn. ( );ij. - t-i'i on railiie.d-, i . o ree-"..ui! i 'hs (, ,. ,.. at alaatio.M of r;uiiu bin tile state. This i.artl eoaiily and c led on i ,i ;i i one.-, av a i': a I-;- hise iax i ln'i c -o--,., . , ( irdina' y urp e of .--i'.r . . ,; of capital slo. I unai idea pndits as an annual fran- i :a -e lax l a1 t'iH. n i-K ge m viirymg a bu. aie-,- v. ai tiiii ;:;.'.'. tate. l'l i aa.-H.-; :oi;io.----:l.,e i,, eoiiipaie our i tain ii-e tax .yitn th:ii of- other "'" ' Smile of t-;!t;nj- lex tax c. aie.l .: "I'raii'cbi.-re" a, but have tile abst.aa.e theleo,' i.i-ilii otbei' titles '".:! 'an' ' iaconu." a "privilege' or i.ie.ely a "Corporation'-'- tax. I; . is .'pi .ma hie that' f oaic -.additional I. .ads can oblaiae-l train corpoia tieas -.doing business in the : tate. 'M tii 'nly, if the general property tax is reduced, bringing relief to, the. cor porations along with all nthCr owners of property, the franchise tax should be merea-ed in -order to get. from cor porations -at least as niiieb as they are paying at tirosent. .Mr. Hi-uinniilt claims that Noith Carolina franchise tax laws are. favorable to foreign as opposed to domestic corporations. Income lax The legislature of VJ'', raised : the income tax rales on individuals to a maximum of f! percent and on corpora tions to 5'-i nercent. ()u.. state con stitution at present fixes a maximum limit ot 0 percent. Until our consti tution is changed it will be impossible to raise the maximum rate on individual-, and probably inadvisable mater ially to raise th0 rates in the lower brackets. The leeway wri corporations is only one-half of one percent. Inter state competition restricts the practi cable use of th0 income tax by any one state. Under present conditions with less than halt the states using the state income t.-iY -ntn huki i,. moderated for fear wf drivimr business. ana citizens or substantial imni from a taxing state to one without an income tax. Ouite hiirlv rales raav get Ie;s rather than morn lev.-mnf' i hero are onlv thrpp stntes vvhifh itn. i Dose hiuher iierson.il incomp bv ratni than North Caenl inn. nuniiiK- 1 inm m 1 Oiegon, and Wisconsin, and only onui .iuie wiin higher rates on, corpora tions. Further material increase in our income tax must wait upon a chance in nm. t the progress of income-taxation in the other states of the Union, and possi bly on the federal government .allow ing credit on its income tax for income taxes paid to the states. The state fund receives considerable revenue from earnings of the state department such as . insurance, agri lUltUie. tho ni'isnn jina mi ih v large increase is likely to come from this source. Certain suggestions made J by the Tux Commission will be con-1 sidered later on. a Highway Fund So far as Ihn Kin-hvi'nT 4,Uut ; . - -.-.......j u.tt v.'ll-l cerued. the state ha ' twn'-J.'i-nir I sources of revenue in the automobile ' license and the gasoline taxes. These f two taxes vieht tor tli hio-hiv,,. ir,,j ' - v , .. u .......l.y .Ultu more revenue nnnimTlv than 1 lv,-. f a,,,, i taxes above uiscussed yield for the general fund. Ihe highway fund is I permitting the state not only to 'carry i the debt incurred for building the' state highway system, , including : in- , terest and amoriization charges on the bonds, but also sunnlvinc .i .liliei-.il amount to maintain in good condition: not onlv all ot the statp liitfhinv. since 1U31, all the county roads' as well'l in auuuion to these expense the fund has in the past been sufficient to pro-! viue suvciai minion dollars lor new : construction. Naturally the question i is raised: could not some tf the money 1 flowing to the highway fund be di- verted to the general fund? The Tax Commission recommends divert ing from the highway fund two mil lion dollars a vi'.nr fnr twn one of its major points in balancing the budget. This recommendation has met with much favor, but also with much opposition. It is to be com mended if the highway fund can stand the diversion. Unfortunately, the highway fund for the year 1033 will not be burdened with embarrassini?; (Continued on page 3) the he fai if; propel many of i ( 'n .bis score, I have tieard sidorable criticism of the Waynes-e-goli' course. It is Conceded' that layout and the settinir is ideal, but ay - aiid greens are not kept condition. In con.-'equence, my friends prefer to go to avalie. A-hevilie. or (liiW. iiaaiplon. '';' ' ' - ' n t' i- that with thy expen- '- - . ! a lil.le money, the fair-ways ' 1 iJ'tU'; Jireens f the Waynesville i.-'t.;.- ean h(. put and kejit in satis ca y eomlitioii. If we can ge. this 'ai lioji .-l.tWishfd and then pub-1 ' 11 w-orld, a. wili aid mate- .a...,' i'i a.!raetini; lie lotnast business ! V, a;, i , . villi 1 ,;:.! ilnuist gauaran '' !' for the u :t summer,, fifty ". :a '.eu' ists, from i l,is town -alone, ii. la- .authorities Up there will put thosv greens in good condition and aei p then tiait way throughout the saiaaier and fall. I hear n criticism' -of the boarding house' and hotel aceonnno.b.t ;,, "My wife is j.i.-; lik . a , , .. "How's that?" , "ihe never believes I'm -u ,.!.,, I'm out." ."''.' 'Perhaps better than any rea V that paper I understand ht. situation' c erst. let . me say tiiat I am profonmj ... !... it.;. .. . . ',"'"uj- - 1. 1 . ti : i r. j c ia.t yam ami rroi0,. Ko leson and the teachers in th if.a, ::ea :joi are steadily raising ti- n--nd ads. It his been a long. har,i"anl painful pull, hut I congratulate',, and your teachers that thing. ;,rp 0j, tin upward grade. Knowing the lack of piep;ra,10 with which pupils come to th-. Vn n avil.V High School, ami knou-i,,., u.:," Mayiiesv,!!;.. Quite the contrary, I hear nothing but praise on that score. Yours very truly, FRANK SMATH KRS. Editor The Mountaineer:. This le.tcv should intere-t vour many readers', li. I). Hunn. ' . 1'rofessor I!. I), Bunn. Waynesville, North Carolina Dear Professor Bunn- I received sometime ago your kind communication giving me the names of the High School children who had been awarded the Library membership for their excellent work. I appreciat-l cd what voir sabi in thnt intt 1 cernmg my efforts to help build up some standard of scholarship in our High School. . I ;as greatly interested in your re port in the home paper for February loth on the number of students who made the honor roll, and the distress ing large number who made failures -i iii.MMvnco ipere r aa iy v.pil -littlo preparation i',, ; son-. 1 do ,-.ot think the falhi -' :sive una There ought n,.' " inany t henrrtically sncakin. under the conditions th it prey,,' under the rising standard-: High .School, there-are hari'- ua-o ii man et my vesirs of , !i-,:i;,, tno'r ' ' a;: io 1) '. 'ilif ,bi expect. During the f, :' :!i '- a:;-(. ricnv year- that I taught in the Ni-c, r , lina College for Women, tjv fai'tirc-my-Freshman class were jus- .,',(,t t h e pe rcen tage of failu res i ,', yc.ai Inst year iligli. School, chi.-:-. ,'vW. aaie . ihey ran higher than y.,u,- p'e, cent, sometimes lower, but tlte'raa-cs a t eat iii your letter to the paper - ie exaca.y t, ones thai hriaigh' out t lie large percentacv of fa i air s among freshmen during those four teen years lack of adequate prepar ation, lack of knowledge am! trainav in how to study, and -a lack in ia-nh cation. '" Again let me say how greatly I aii preciate the fact that 'the standard ot the. Waynesville Hio'li School arc growang. The town and the township are to be congratulated- Like Aarnn and Hur. I shall do mv. part in liolj. ing up your hands. If the publica. Uon of this letter in the paper will help the cause, you have my per mission. , Sincerely yours, E. v. GUDGER. Discovered! Art Treasures d Wicked Biblican Queen Jezebel. Au Jhentic Photographs in The American Weekly, the Magazine Distributed with next Sunday's Baltimore Ameri can. On sale by all newsdealers and newsboys. DO YOU NEED COMFORTABLE SPRING SHOES There is no .hoe as comfortable as an old shoe, -irovided it is in Rood condition. If you have vour old sh s thai feel so comfortable, don't throw them awav, ji ;t brins them to us and we'll make 'em look like new ones, but will leave that sood old comfortable feeling there. Do t today. THE CHAMPION SHOE SHOP E. T. Duckett, Prop. NEXT .WESTERN' UNION-' MAIN ST. cC: do "TM A. e; let M - tvip'to xais A Quick Trip to this drug store is a first aid to the injured plan for securing quick relief from a spring cold. You see we are completely equipped with every cold or other ailment-antagonist that your doctor may prescribe that will help you get rid of the an noying ailment in a jiffy. i Alexander's Drug Store PHONES 5354 1 '
