THi KSUAV, xUV kiHUtLiCi'f I'age 6 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ' I i -i ) i 1 1 REGISTRARS AND JUDGES NORTH WARD WAYN ESVILLE F. 1). Ferguson, Registrar; i i. Cwiian anj W. R. Medford, Judges. SOUTH WARD WAYNESVILLE Cline lSramlett, Registrar; K. Allen :nul George I'lott, Judgs. PIGEON Mrs. J. M. Cathey, Registrar; W. L. I'harr and J. W. Kins land, Judges. CECIL C. M. Moody, Registrar; W. F. Ilipps and Harry Goode, Judges. EAST FORK Willie Burnett, Registrar; O. F. Burnett and Mat Bur ress, Judges. BEAVERDAM NO. 1 Calton Pless, Registrar; Earl Clark and Dewey Green, Judges. BEAVERDAM NO. 2 Walker Brown, Registrar; Will Clark and C. C. Jones, Judges. BEAVERDAM NO. 3 C. E. Cole, Registrar; Robert Allen and J. K. Downs, Judges. BEAVERDAM NO. 4 C. M. McKinnish, Registrar; C. M. Blalock and Walter Price, Judges. BEAVERDAM NO. 5 A. B. Curtis, Registrar; W. F. Sorrells and Way Kinsland, Judges. CLYDE Frank E. Haynes, Registrar; J. II. Stamey and Jack West, Judges. IRON Dl'FF T. J. Davis, Registrar; R. L. Stevenson and Horace Bryson, Judges. CRABTREE Will Bradshaw, Registrar; A. C. Walker and Charley Noland, Judges. FINES CREEK C. B. McCracken, Registrar; N. C. James and Herman 'WHITE OAK Ben Wright, Registrar; A, G. Baldwin and P. I). Bram lett, Judges. , . BIG CREEK Mack Caldwell, Registrar; C. C. Roberts and J. b. Leatn erwood, Judges. . . CATALOOCHEE-Jarvis Palmer, Registrar; Mrs. Lldndge Galdwei ana w. n. ramie, uuu&v JONATHAN CREEK Mrs. J. R. Koyd, Jr., Registrar; Pless Boyd and i ii if T., A -vi. IVY HILL Mrs. S. L. Queen, Registrar; J. F. Shelton and Mark Howe.l. Judges. OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR DELEGATES TO CON VENTION TO PASS UPON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE REPEAL OF THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. INSTRUCTIONS 1 To vote for any candidate whose name appears in the ' column below, mark a cross (X) in the square at the left of the name of the candidate. 2. Mark only with a pencil or pen and ink. tf. It you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, get 4. Vote for one Delegate only. DELEGATE FOR REPEAL OF TILE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. F. M. Davis. DELEGATE AGAINST REPEAL OF THE EIGHT. EENTII AMENDMENT. James Atkins, Jr. OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR DELEGATES TO CONVENTION TO PASS UPON PROPOSED AMENDMENT REPEALING THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. County of Haywood, November 7th, 1933 Chairman of Haywood County Board of Elections The above is a copy of the ballot which has been printed for Havwood County to be used on November 7th. Read The Ads Tw o Hours of Thrills And Excitement KING BROS LXL Rodeo Under Auspices Kiffin Rockwell Post Nov 1st, 2nd, 3rd ;nd 4th ; Afternoon and Night McCormick Field ASHEVILLE N. C. 40 MEN 20 HORSES- INDIANS BUFFALOS STEERS ADMISSION Children Under 12-25c -Adults 10c SOMETHING NEW-DON'T MISS IT! Why I Am Against Repeal of The 18th Amendment BY W. V. ALLEN First. 1 want to say why I am a Democrat. 1 am a Democrat because I believe in the rights of thP indi vidual to do his own thinking. I ''; lieve that the Democratic party of people, and its principles, as enun ciated by Thomas Jefferson are of the people, for the people, and by the people. Bcleieving as I do. therefore, I could not feel myself bound by any plank that might be in the Demo cratic platform, pledging the party to the repeal of thP eighteenth amend ment. I was not in the convention, and I had no representatove there as I had no chance to vote for any dele gate there, and. if 1 had. I would still fall back upon thP sound Jeffer sonian doctrine of individual rights when it comes to passing upon a jquestion that involves matter of 'conscience. When I became a Democrat, some forty odd years ago the party was dry. I know that it was dry back in the nineties and in 1908 when the Statp went overwhelmingly dry. If any man voted wet then, it was not because he was a Democrat, but be cause he was for the liquor interest The same can be said about Republi cans. I resent thP effort that has been made to make my party the party of old John Barleycorn. I re sent the effort that is being made by designing men to use the livery of Democratic policies to bring back n national curse. So much to clarify my position as a Democrat. I am against the repeal of the eighteenth amendment because despite th,. fact that it has only pel functoiily been enforced, it hag proved to be a great humanitarian experiment and a boon to mankind. To prove this statement. 1 quote from a condensed statement from the United States census and general court reports. Note the following carefully. Since the eighteenth amendment went into effect in 1918. the following results have become apparent: deaths caused from drinking liquors have decreased 42 per cent; insanity caused by liquor drinking has decreased 66 per cent; crime traceable to drinking has lessened 54 per cent; drunkenness. 70 per cent; and the consumption of liquor 77 per cent In the United States, before pro hibition, there were 98 Keely insti tutes now there are ten. In Chicago, before prohibition, the Washingtoriian Home for inebriates had from 700 to 1000 patients all the time and had treated about I'.OO.OOO drunk ards,, but since prohibition, the home has been changed into a hotel with no patients. I am against the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, also, because the repeal will mean the return of the saloon and the bar room. If North Carolina votes wet on November 7, there will be a strong effort made to have an extra session of the legisla ture called to repeal the Turlington act and to removP from the statute books all dry laws that havP been placed there by the prayers and the votes of our fathers of other days. There is an element in every town that will turn heaven and earth up side down to bring in the saloon. And what reason is given by the wets to bring back the reign of ter ror of the old days ThP cry that the eighteenth amendment has been a failure is not true any more than to say that the ten commandments have been a failure. Only the un sophisticated are deceived by that argument. The only argument that does appeal with any weight is that the revenue derived from the sale of liquor will help to balance the public budget. Grant that there is some truth in the claim, it is the argument of the rich money barons who want to escape the incomP tax and put the burden upon the poor man, who will pay most of the revenue derived from liquors. Seme time ago, the state ment was made in the press dis patches that Irenee DuPont had made the remark that beer and liquors can be restored and taxed, one of his companies would be saved morP than $10,000,000 corporation in come taxes- Suppose John Barleycorn is made thP tax collector to pay into the na tional treasury the $500,000,000 that it is claimed, it will bring in. How much money must be spent for liquor in order to bring in that amount of taxes? It is conceded that the cus tomer will have to pay at least $10 to the liquor dealer for every dollar that is passed on the government in taxes. The conclusion is inevitable, therefore that if John Barleycorn is j pay into the public treasury $500- lii. i.i00. he must collect from h:s fi:-tomers. tne ranu ana rue oi fi'rnkers. $5 000.000,000 every yer. i;..,. figures are staggering, but if ...ember that all the money in :h? futcd States in circulation is bu: ; !H more than the latter sum- a-, ' i may be had of its enormity. Bur the most serious thing a'iu hat is the fact that the stupendous -um must come largely from th wage earners of the country ar.i must come out f the amount that has been budgeted for bread ar.-i wea. for the family needs. What , :fect that expenditure for that which is useless will have upon the pri?e el' wheat, corn, and meats, is yet to Lt. determined. Who knows but that we shall be paying the piper with the ri in of the agricultural interests of oar country, the slackening of the wheels' of industry, and the down ward swing of our commercial su periority. Perhaps, also, the balancing of our public budgets with .ohn Barley corn's help will bring us a toll of crime unprecedented either in thU ountry or the world. Can we afford to run the risk? Let's keep North Carolina and Haywood county on the .safe side. As Bob Reynolds, the apostle of the wets, says, let us vote as we drink. So far as I am concern ed Mr- Reynolds' challenge is ac cepted to vote as I drink. Q.: What odd number become. even when its first letter is removed? A.: Seven. Mrs. Newly-Rich was recounting to an acquaintance the thrilling events of the night before, when the house had been robbed. "As a matter of fact," she said, "we were eating our soup " "Then, of course," interrupted the candid friend, "none of you heard anything." Jh FIirnaH Notice ii FAXPAYER All Property v on Whi(m2 Tax es Have Not Been Paid Will Be Advertised for Sale Thursday, November 9th, And Will Be Sold on The First Monday m In Order to Prevent Property from Being Sold And To Avoid Additi onal Cost, we Urge All Who Have Not Paid 1932 TaxesToPay m You Giving This Mattel A B o ar I Of Ma Of Co mmissioiers vwdbd County V 7

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