THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1931
THE WAYNES YILLE MOUNTAINEER
Page 3
J.R. Sheffield Died
In Electric Chair
Last Fri. Morning
Was First White Man From Hay.
wood To Ever Die In Chair;
Was 133th In State
I: was 10.4:1 o'clock when James
; SI".-. ''' accompanied by two
Sahi.t:- :. Aimy ministers, waikeol into
he .--ath (lumber at the State pen
Raleigh last Friday.
(,u.-. . ds stripped the black .-ay on
., . k ; : 'in hi- riht foot.
Remember not the sins v my
viKh. nor my transgressions," the
S;ilva:i"!i: V-'.- deep tones idled the
,.th chamber as guards weir,
hivuirh the mechanical process ei"
; Ifrir.f.'iiiifr oft-used straps.
"Veil want to say anything, Shel'
bibi?" the warden asked.
Siutlicld's head bobbed mechanical.
iv. Praise the Lord."
'Let not your heart be troubled. ;
Ye believe in God. believe also in
rr.c. In my Father's house are many
mansions. If it were not so I would
have told you. Lo, I go to prepare a
place for you." the words of St. John
:ung out. ...
Water poured from a white shaving
mug into the metal cap on Sheffield's
head, into the electrode around his
right leg.
'The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall
not wnt. . . .."
Straps were tightened- The war
den glanced at the figure in the chair.
"Yea, though I walk through the
udley. . .."
4-! seconds.
Undertakers brought an abular.ee
stietcner i'.to the death chamber.
'No, Sheffield did not discus di
rectly the clime for which he was
convicted. He dimply Mid that while
of crimes ..gainst God
y ' ! crime against
William G. (bilk Char
Aimy i rtieer, told
Adjutant L. Sehack-
.tlor i tbbeh Salva. ion Armv officer,
a!.-, wa, wit:) Sixiti. ld on Heath Row.
KKITKKATKS INNDt'KNt'K
S:u-t!ieUI b:- k-tte- ',. .-, l,,,,,!,.-.
d. i'o:t j'-.itiii;-" his
LIBRARY NEWS
no was ;-ru!.:
lie was gull
man." ,Iaj..r
ktte. Salvat
IK w s lia p.. n-,.
William ;
inn. -v-nv.
si a nb: :
i iu am "J-'1
Milb-r. Ha
Ti-.i- ..-; .'
in C"".i:; w.
wa- sen.'.i-r.ced t die for
murd.er of James 'Bud"
v." i cour.ty white man.
! '.):,. crime as brought out
Th,. following is quoted from a
booklet sent out by the American
Librai y Association:
"When the citizenship o: a commu
nity, countv or stati Incomes actively
aroused about an e i-ting condition,
something usually happens. Some
thing did happen in North t arolina in
ll'JS wlu n more than one hundred and
tiftv citizens, men and women from
all parts of the tale. organize
themselves into a (. itizeiis' Library
t'ommittee. Sine- then -cores of c
izins h ;ve joined the movement a
are new adding t
lending their aid
improved public lib
WJiy did they u,
leasoiis. Thev wer
intluence
be aiurf
er ice.
1
mi
:i:m.. Will
:v vears air-
1 bee;, at o.
qua.--Smce
- had
lb
eral
of
' 'Kell.
Ilb-llt. Weioi
iter men w oi l
The warden signalled. The switch
i licked. Sheffield's body jerked with
the electric current.
"Of the shadow of death, I shall
fear no evil for Thou art with me,
Thv rod and Thy staff they comfort
me. ..."
King David's song of comfort
sounded in the ears of witnesses.
THREE SHOCKS ' Aunty: "You should be more cor-
For two minutes and 33 seconds the rect in your speech, dear. You say
num oi me uynamo nuen tne room. you had a bad cold; did you ever
.Miller ami sev
standing m front '
kickmans -lore, near Woodrow.
-..la.- ia:m out irom a iraraire cross
street. Miller fell mortally wound-
eo, Weich seriously woumied.
Weich io.-liiieil that Sheffield tired
the shots.
THIRD l-KOM HAYWOOD
Sheffield was the third Haywood
county man to die in the electric chair.
The others, both Negroes and both
sentenced' for murder, were:
Taylor Love, executed Novemler
21, l'Jll; and George Love, executed
June 19, 1925.
Not siniv April 17, 1925, have two
white men died in the electric chair
on the same day. On that day. C
W'. Stewart and his son, Elmer
Stewart. Jtrunswick county men. were
executed for th,. murder of two pro.
hibition agents in July, 1924.
Mike Stefanoff who died a few
minutes before Sheffield for the 134th
man to die in the vhair, Shaftkdd the
135th.
(The above is reprinted from The
Raleigh New and Observer.)
The prison physician shook his head.
Again for a minute and 39 seconds
the dynamo hummed, still again for
henr nf ;i iron, eilit'v
Johnny: "I had one once that keil..!
me-home irom school." .
it . i' or sever.;
brought to real
'Ir.e with a .-hock that North (a.o
Ima's ::. nking in local library facil
ities was low in comparison with the
wiioli ef tile I'niiid State-, that tS
jier cent of its people were without
libiary !'a.ilu:e oi any kind. They
wer,. convinced of the value of punlic
library as a vital i.gi'iicy in their
educational, recreational, and cultural
development as a slate. Also they
h:.d seen what could be accomplished
when North Carolina citizens were
enlisted in other movements essen
tial to the public welfare and knew
that organized effort was the best
way to effect a worthwhile program
for the whole state. In declaring war
on existing library condition in their
state, North Carolina citizens stated
their objectives in these words:
"The citizens in this movement
have an ax to grind for the children,
for the people both in the town and
on the farms, and for the future of
North Carolina. They mean to hew to
the lin,. and cut through ignorance,
indifference, inertia, and inequality
until every person has an equal pub
lic access to books in every county
in North Carolina. These libraries
will take their place along with the
farms and mills, schools and churches,
highways and power streams in the
rebuilding of this ancient common
wealth into one of the youngest and
fairest regions in the world."
Former Governor Max Gardner oi
North Carolina, strongly advocated
mobilization of citizens interest for
the promotion of library development.
He says:
"1 regard the Citizens' Library
CLYDE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Cat hey and two
children. Flank and Lucile. were vis
iters in Carton Sunday afternoon.
Mr. ami Mis. C. Hyer, of
aynesville. were visitors here Sun
day .Miss Kvelyri Strange, of Gastonia,
is .-pending some tim,, here with her
grandmother, Mrs. E- H. Justice.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. llaynes and two
daughters, Misses Lois and Linda, and
Mr. John Shook, were visitors at
Crab'. i oo Sunday afternoon.
M.ss Alberta Shinn, of Concord,
-Mis- -Mae .Morton, ot Kivky .Mount,
Air. iyson I aihoy. of Ilithel, and
t'ttis Freeman, all students at West
ern Carolina, Teachers College, spent
Sunday here the guests of Rev. and
Mis. )1. c Freeman and faniilv.
r
M,l
Maili !'
.i ken
bu.-ka
spent
". and
inton
1 Mrs.
of avncsvillc.
the guests of
. Anderson and
in Hrysoii Citv
th Al.
tb
an
Financial Report Of Haywood County
By T. J. CATHEY, County Accountant
WAYNES YILLE, N. C.
As Of May 1, 1934
Estimated Actual Valuation, Haywood County, N. C. ..
1933-31 Assessed Valuation
1933.34 'Tax Levies . ....
.$50,000,000.00
. 22,708,890.00
375,216.32
"1933-34 Appropriations"
General Fund $ 33,151.38
Expenditures 2fi.236.fiO
Balance, May 1, 1931 ... $ 7.211.78
Debt Service Fund ... $195,298.95
Expenditures ..... 117,816.22
Balance, May 1, 1931 $17,182.73
Building Fund
Expenditures
BalanceMay 1. 1934 . . . . . . . .
Poor Fund . ... ......
Expenditures
Balance, May 1, 1931
Road Fund . . . . . . . .
Expenditures
Balance, May 1, 1931
School Fund ... .... ......
Expenditures . .
Balance, May 1, 1931
Hospital Fund
Expenditures . . . . .
Balance, May 1, 1934
..$ 7,023.37
4,465.71
..$ 2.557.63
..$ 12,778.06
.. 9,673.49
. .$ 3,101.57
. .$ 319.00
115.51
..$ 173.16
91.358.25
. . 58.798.S9
. ..$ 32.559.36
...S 35,700.00
.. 31,081.31
77$ 1,618.69
lie v. and Mrs.
were visitors at
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Sunday at Wayiu
-Mrs. litis liurgm.
Miss Kthei Cockian, of
Miss Helen West, of .Marion
r.thel !ii kpatriok
sp lit Alonday here
M.-. Vance Kobinson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M
children spent Sunday
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Kichard West, left Monday
for Marion where she will snd a
week visiting her son. Mr, Fred West,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Norris and
children were visiting at Sunburst
Sunday afternoon.
Mis Willie Francis and Mr. Walter
Cathey were visitors at Cullowhee
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Ruby Hoglen and little Mis
Roberta Norris spent th,. week-end
at Crabtree with Miss Hoglen' par
ent. Mrs. Sophia Hayms, left Sunday
for Spartanburg, S. C. for a visit with
her children.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiyant Holtzelaw
"lid children, of .Canton, spent Sunday
here with Mrs. Holtzclaw's parents
Mr. and Mrs, M V. Robinson.
Mrs. John Stamey js: reported to
be doing nicely at the Norburn Hos
pital, Asheville, where .-he underwent
an operation one day last week.
The third quni te-bv , oiiference of
t lyde Charge M. K. Church. South,
will be held on nct Sunday morn-
State General Fund
Runs In Red Again
yond estimates by revived use and
purchase of motor vehicles.
The highway c.i-h balance on April
bo w as lil f lo,.")Tt.4T, and this, minus
outstanding wairants and the general
1 1 1 1 ;., u.. ., . !. land ocinit -jave the state a bank
Huge Hi8hwa Fund (.ives Mate -....;. ,u.,. , ,-,.-, ...i;..r,i ,, April ;iu.
A Nine .Million Dollar
Balance
NOTU
iF TRCSTFE'S SA1.K
The State's geneial fund continued
to lag ami the highway fund to gain
during April, the combined tatc
ment of auditor and treasurer which
were made public Friday revealed.
With general fund receipts of only
S? 1 bi;i.'.itili..lT during April and db'
bu.sements of S-.Ll'.'i'.li'iJ ,"0, the gen
eral fund overdraft for the tisc d
year lose to S'J.blb.bb l.ttS from $1.
TM.bUl.t'.b in ill,. ;lO-day period.
For the first Id months of the ear,
business of , pernting State depart
ments, institutions and the public
schools has co-t isL'ti.-lTb -17b. (17. Rev
otuics to meet this have been only
i t,tr:,Ts i .tu.
The ditl'cience has been taken care
f by borrowing from the highway
fund, which has been swelled be-
l iaiii and iiy itue of the power
of ?;iie ,i..'.ai:!ed in i h:it certain Heed
of Tin.-'. i-M-catid .vy Alonzo Hull m ..a
at;.! wife. Anna lbiilm n. to Insured
Mortgage . I :.!.. I I oi-poriitiiin of .North
l 'i i ; . . i . T: a ..-e. under date of .May
1' lf".'J. v curing the indebtedness
thcie.i! de-cr.bi.l, .-.ud 'iced of trust
! . :i:g :ec. rde.l in the oilice. of th,:
lbci.-,e: ,if lleeds for llavwood bun-
tv
:li b
I,
0
paci
:iss. . U fii
.iu
Hav
ing ;it cloven o'clock at Harmony
Clove church, Rev. I,. B. 1 Fives, pre
siding elder of the Waynesville dis
trict, will be present and' preside.
Movement to promote a good county
wide library service for every county
a- one of the most profoundly impor
! nt and .far-reaching, developments
"i public education in thi.s state since
the introduction of the compulsory
school law." ,
- There are now 'JL' counties in North
arolina with free county libraries,
Haywood hopes to join the "ranks in
th,. near future. Library Committee.
CHARI.OTTK. N. ( ., NO TICK OK
SKlZiURK. Whereas, on April L'i,
l!bi-J. Dodge Coupe, l'.i7 Model. Mo
tor No. C-N37074 was seized by Fed
eral Officers in Haywood County, N.
C., in violation of Section dloO Rc
vWed Statutes; now. therefore, no
tice is hereby given to all persons
owning or claiming right, title or
interest in said automobile to present
certified claim thereto on or before
June 2. 1S,'!4, in default of which same
will be advertised and sold at public
auction, provided by law. T. K. Pat
ton, Investigator in Charge, Alcoholic
Heverage I' nit.
No. 204 May :i-10-17
ing mo: m..n,. ;n the payment of -aid
in.iebnbnc.--. ami at the roqiic.-t of
the l :.!..- h-; iei- t hereof. th.- un
do! - neb !'i ,i.M,v will, on the 1Mb
d:. of ,lano, l!i:;i, al 1 1! o'clock noon,
at '.lie I on hoii -c door in Haywood
Count N.-th Carolina, offer for
-ibe. :' r eii-ii, to 'he highest bidder,
till ioiliwing de.-cl'ibed pieilli-es,
to-it:
I! KCil NN INC at a stake on the
Western or Southwestern side of
liovt rninent Street, ;U'J feet from
Smathers .treet, iind runs thence S
r.b ."HI' W. ISS feet to a stake; thence.
N. 24 :UI' W. ,.,- feet to. a stake;
thence N. tb .'!((' K. 1SS feet to Gov
vernment Street: thence with said
Street 21 oil' K. 55 fet to th,.
BKlilNMNG.
Being lot No. 7 in Blook No. 1 of
said Fairground Addition as recorded
in Map Hook Index "II."
This the 15th day of May 19M4.
Insured Mortgage Rond Corpor
ation of North Carolina, Trustee.
By Johnson, Rollins & Uzzell, At
tornevs. No! 20'.) May 24-:il-June7-14.
A New Way To Save Money, . .
Bring Your Shoes To l's (o He Repaired. The Way We
Hepair Shoes They Last Longer' and Feel Heller.
HHL(J US YOUR OLD SHOES AM) W E LL RETURN
THEM LIKE NEW
THE CHAMPION SHOE SHOP
E. T. DITKETT, Prop.
MAIN STRKKT .'NEXT WESTERN UNION
1
Penally Fund ...
Expenditures
Balance, May 1, 1934
, ...$ 4,500.00
.. . 2,916.60
1,583.40
TAX STATEMENT AS OF MAY
1933 Taxes collected to date
1932 Taxes collected to date
1931 Taxes collected to date
Uncollected all prior years . . . . . . . . . . .......
Total uncollected taxes, as of May 1, 1934 .....
.$210,924.59 ,
. 224,749.12
. 245,990.56
1, 1934
Uncollected $161,291.73
Uncollected 93,906.11
Uncollected 31,719.17
... 31,382.23
.$321,299.51
BONDS Outstanding as of June 30, 1933 ...... .
BOND Retirements to May 1, 1934 .... . . . v.
Outstanding May 1, 1934 .
BOND Interest paid to May 1, 1934 . . ... ...
,$1,797,350.00
. 129,500.00
.$1,667,850.00
.$ 72,523.00
Will Be Imposed On All
Persons Failing To
On Or Before
MAY 31. 1934
This Is Provided For By Law
And Will Be Enforced
List Yours Now And Save The Penalty
c. c.
FRANCIS
l ax oup
ervisor
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