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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, J ita
The Mountaineer
Published By
THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO.
Main Street Phone UT
WayneaviHe, Xorth Crollna
The Coumy Seat Of Haywood County
W. CUimS RUSS Editor
W. Curtta Huss and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 19J8
A CANNING EXPERT
Further recognition of the ability of J. E.
Barr as a canning expert and businessman, came
recently when he was named administrator of
the Tennessee Valley Authority Cooperatives. A
position that requires lots of responsibility, and
much more executive and technical ability than
the average layman would think.
As general manager of the Land 0' The
Sky Mutual Canning Association, 'he has built
up an organization, and established canneries
that are producting under his personal super
vision, canned fruits and vegetables of this sec
ticn .that have found a ready maiket In fact,
many ittms are itnld out long before the actual
canning begins.
While conservative, and seemingly never in
a hurry, he has a way of getting thing accom-
hf.:i, ;ui i always in a successful manner. He
i optimistic. But never more than is justified,
and he never expresses an opinion until he has
gone into a matter thoroughly, and is confident
he is right.
Ill the canning field, only the best will do,
; nd that is the idea Mr. Barr has, and working
w'th that igoal in mind, he and his associates are
going a long ways to put this section of the
country on the map by their quality canned
goods.
It would not be fair to publish this editorial
without at least mention of what the Associa
tion has done for tine farmers of this area. The
money spent with the farmers amounts to thous
ands of dollars, with plans underway for even
larger expenditures. The farmers have profit
ed in cash, as wel as by many experiments made
by the Association, under Mr. Barr.
While a!i of us are glad that Mr. Barr was
given the "position as TV AO Administrator, at
the same time, the best news coming out of the
appointment was the fact that he will also re
main general manager of the Land 0' The Sky
Association.
;"" THE BIBLE
It is fitting that once each year the atten
tion cf the nation should be focused oh the Bible.
Whatever one's shade of religious belief he is
bound to pay his respect to the Bible. On the
. Bible all branches of the Christian church unite.
The Old Testament comprises the Sacred Scrip
tures of the Jews. The Bible was the chief book
of the fathers of our country. Out of its teach
ings grew our schools, our colleges, the customs
of our courts and the notable humanitarian en
terprises that mark our nation's life. It is in
extricably woven info our literature. Its phrases
form the titb of ur most popular books. The
Bible has outlived all other books. Emerging
from a hoary antiquity it is today the world's
best seller. Written in languages long dead it
has presen'ed in its entirety in 174 other tong
ues and has been in part translated into over
800 more. The vigor with which it is finding
its way into the languages of the race is not
abating for, according to the American Bible
Society, some portion of the Scriptures is appear
ing in a new tongue at the rate of one every four
or five weeks.
This is 'a phenomenon without parallel in
literary history and should give pause to every
serious student of our nation's life and the life
of the world. No man can consider himself well
posted who does not know this book. Though
a volume of more than a thousand pages it can
be bought for a few cents.
The weatherman was kind to Waynesville
during 1937, inspite of the severe weather in
January and in December. He gave us sunshine
on 254 days last year, and an average tempera
ture of 53 degrees for the year. It would take
a down right hard-to-please person not to ap
preciate sudh year 'round weather.
COLLECTING TAXES
This week, the board of county commis
sioners received a report from a public accoun
tant, which showed that 92 per cent of the 1936
county taxes had been collected, as of October
30th.
That record i-: one n.ver before touched by
a ccunty tax collector, and one that will be hard
to equal, or surpass again.
During the past lo, months, the auditor's
report showed, th'a;. -.-'i (,690.78 had been de
posited to the credit of Haywood County. Of
this amount, the coimty officials have paid out
76 per cent on the cnint,- debt, cr $217,690.00.
Besides collecting !i2 per cent of the 19:56
taxes, the office, under the direction of W. II.
McCracken, also ccHecied about $11,000 in de
linquent taxes.
This report is encouraging from several
standpoints: first, it proves that there is money
in Haywood, because as a rule, taxes are about
the last thing a person will pay when money is
scarce; second, it shows that present methods
used by the officials are effective; and third, by
collecting such a high percentage, the county is
enabled to pay off large sums of the county debt,
which will mean a reduction in taxes.
Roughly speaking, about 90 cents of the
present $1.33 rate, goes to pay off indebtedness
and interest.
The county has certain notes to pay every
few months, and the sooner these debts are paid
off the quicker we will get a reduction in our
tax rate, and unless taxes are collected prac
tically 100 per cent, and added interest on these
debts will keep the rate high.
It is to the financial interest of every tax
payer, that all taxes be collected.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
WHAT ABOUT LYNCHING?
North Carolina has been fortunate this year
in that it has been free of lynchings, shown since
reconstruction to be one of the most inhumane
and degrading practices ever thrust upon the
south. There were eight lynchings throughout
tthis year, the same number as in 1936. The total
for each of the past two years is decidedly less
than that of 1935, when 20 persons were lynch
ed, by mobs, and in 1934 when 15 met similar
fate.s.
During the past year, in a state usually re
garded as more northern than southern, three
persons were lynched. Florida, a conglomerated
state composed principally of residents moved in
from other states outside the boundaries of the
Mason and Dixon line, found its citizenry hot
headed and morbid in taking the lives of three
men, Two were lynched in Mississippi. Ala
bama, Georgia and Tennessee claimed one each.
According to a report from Tuskegee Insti
tute, all of the eight persons lynched during the
year were in the hands of the law; three were
taken from jails and five from ofTWrs oiitsMA
jails. Even though peace officers failed to pre
vent eight lynchings, they did dispell them in
56 instances. Five were in northern states,
but 51 were in the south, meaning that the lives
of 77 persons were saved. Five of them were
white men.
Of the eight persons lynched, according to
the report, four were charged with murder; one
with rape; one with crime against nature and
robbery ; and two with wounding an officer of
the law.
The facts as presented by the report, re
minded that in the south there are still many
loi-neaos wno tnink lynching, on occasion, to be
all right. Time and experience must develop in
us all a .social understanding devoid of tempes
tuous and inhumane action. San ford Herald.
IN PRAISE OF SILLABUB
Then there were the big family dinners
which took place during the holiday period in
rotation, with all the family connections pack
ed around massive walnut tables, which groan
ed under the burden of turkeys stuffed with
oysters, big boiled hams, cold sliced mutton, and
of course, there was rice, cooked with chicken
and seasoned with pepper pilace-candied sweet
potatoes, macaroni, and great piles of nuts and
rasins. Besides a great variety of cakes pound
cake, fruit cake, sponge cake, and angel food
cake, there was always the great cut glass bowl
overflowing with ambrosia. But the most de
licious thing of all, was sillabub.
Wonder if any one in this neck of the woods
knows what real silly-bub is ? Well, it was made
of whipped cream with sherry, or madeira wine,
with nutmeg dusted on top, and it would make
your hair curl ! I am talking about the standard
family dinners Which were in vogue in South
Carolina fifty years ago. Col. Warren A, Fair,
Lincoln Times.
By STANLEY
- . ( EVER SlMCf5 NENM YEARS ) V.
IV .rvMp EVE ALU. CAM HEAT IS
'VS WORKS. BELX.S,VJHISTLESJ
W AMD SVJEET ADELINE ' LMtl N
EVEN AFTER MARSHAL OTEY WAIKEf? HAD TURNED
LOOSE TrE LAST OF HIS NMEEK-ENP- cucin
AT THE JAIL HE WAS STILL. VERY NERVOUS
Random
SIDE
GLANCES
liy W. CURTIS RUSS
LOCAL TAX AND THE TAX-PAYER
be.
his
'ted
Not drank is he who from the floor,
Can rise again to drink no more,
But drunk is he who prostrate lies,
And who can neither drink nor rise.
The above was contributed by Wal
ter Crawford, who credited Justice
Mordicai with the ditty.
Several weeks ago, in "Here and
There" the question was asked as to
whether grits was single or plural.
From down in Salisbury, The Post,
recently carried the following squib:
Domestic differences polite lan
guage for family quarrels- sometimes
result from the most innocent of re
marks. . . . As for instance that Salis
bury couple we have just heard about.
. . . Frined called on them the other
night. . . . Aind after they were gone
the lady of the house said: "Her niece
is rather good looking, don't you
think?" And the husband replied.
"Dear, never say knees is, say knees
are." . And the final rounds were
not reported,. Mow by blow or word
by word.
And speaking of "Here and There"
the column was recently quoted in an
Indianapolis paper, the largest in the
city, while down in Florida, another
daily picked up Uncle Abe's column
and printed it word for word. The
fame of two of The Mountaineer's
columnists seems to be going afar.
Editor The Mountaineer:-
For several years, local taxes, both
county and municipal, have increased
to the extent that the tax-load has
become burdensome to the average
tax-payer. No fair-minded citizen
objects to paying a reasonable tax
to support his local government plus
the maintenance of roads, streets,
schools, hospitals and other public
institutions necessary to the progress
and happiness of the people. But
when the tax load becomes so heavy
as to take bread from the mouths of
children, eat up the profit of small
business, invade the premises of the
peasant farmer and small home owner
and take from them their birthright,
held sacred from time immemorial, it
is necessary to sound an alarm.
It is truve the tax-payer is, in part,
to blame for the high tax burden,
prompted in the past by the motive to
build roads, streets, schools and hos
pitals. He was over-persuaded by
the progressive, or rather we should
say the aggressive, booster and would
be politician to lend his support to
the voting of bonds and other items
of indebtedness that should perhaps
in their field describe the battleships,
and their functions, I've changed my
mind.
have been scrutinized more closely
fore action was taken. But. be
as it may, the tax-payer is confron
with tax-burden that must be met
solved wiseiy if we would save
economic tax system from decav.
Our laws should so be adminiti
as to allow business to make a le t
imate profit on the capital inves d
so that business may continue ,j
exist and the source of revenue con
tinue tO f.On. I
The voters in the last general elect
tion voted overwhelmingly in favnl
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oi an amendment to the state -onsti-
tution exempting from taxatio i one
thousand dollars from the home. Th
general ass3mbly which convened in
January, 1937, failed to ratify this
amendment so that it could take ef
fect immediately. No one exn-t,.,(
the maximum exemption in the first
year but a gradual exemption each
year thus allowing the one hundred
counties of the state time to adjust
their financial tax structure without
working a hardship on anyone con
cerned. Perhaps- the legislators
thought the tax payers were either
joking or did not know what they
wanted. It is enough to know that
the amendment was put to sleep in
the attic of our state capitol and our
representatives dug deeD into th..
pockets of our tax-Davers and nnlw
out two hundred and fifty thousand t
dollars to advertise the state of
North Carolina. Well, we all know
how this money is being spent.
or several years, there has been
a tendency on the part of a small
minority group to say just how much
tax we shall pay and where the money
is to be spent. True democracy m.
j longer exists when the majority is
governed by the minority and the
constitution becomes a joker when
tax is not levied according to the
people's ability to pay.
The time is at hand when industry,
small business, agriculture and labor
must join together in a crusade
against the invasion of the tax-payer's
rights. If there has been graft in our
local government, it must be checked.
If there has been reckless extrava
gence in the expenditure of the tax
payer's money, it must cease. We
must stand guard, both at the ballot
box and the state and national cap
itals if we would make secure our fu
ture from the usurper of our homes.
F. E. HAYNES,
Clyde, N. C.
But wait until Mr. Hall's articles
appear, lheyil be worth your time.
After studying world conditions and
meditating upon the turmoil and un
rest that exists throughout the entire
world our minds are perplexed. On
the other hand studying the many
plans or forces that are being advo
cated by the oeoDle for the imnrnve.
ment of these conditions we decide
that many of these plans are destined
to be a failure.
We continually hear comments on
the question whether the world is
growing better or worse. Every would
be analysist thinks he is right, and
probably he is for the reason that
everyone generally sees what he is
' ' 1 (Continued on page 8)
"flflV FlfJEST TOBACCO!"
Back in the sttmmer, a story was
carried about the cannery at Haiel-
wood canning eighty tons of black
berries. The article was le-printed in
a canning trade journal, and as a
result, the Land O' The Sky received
orders for hundreds of cans of the
berries which: they could not supply.
W. L. "Bill" Lampkin has completed 25
years with Southern Bell Telephone Company,
and it would only be fair that we offer "double
congratulations" on this occasion to Bill and
the company.
Eight years ago, M. B. Francis
went to work, at the shipbuilding plant
at Newport. News he said the com
mon name was ship factory. Anyway,
from Mr. Francis, it was. learned that
at least 25 Haywood men are now at
work at the yard. The president of
the company, you recall, Homer Fer
guson, is also a Haywood man, so is
Mr. E. J. Robeson, Jr., who is now
director of personnel.
I HAD THE DANDIEST TOBACCO CROP EVER
THE CAMEL PEOPLE PAID ME THE BIGGEST
PRICE I EVER GOT FOR THE BEST Of IT.
SOI KKOW THEY USE COSTLIER
TOBACCOS FOR CAMELS. I SMOKE "EM
MYSELF. THETRE THE LEADING CIGARETTE
DOWN IN OUR SECTIOH
MR. ROY JONES,
wall-known
tobacco growor.
WHAT cigarette Jt the tobacco
erowcrs smoke? Rov lones know
that Camel is the favorite with planters. They know
Camels aire a matchless blend of finer, MORE EX
PENSIVE TOBACCOS Turkish and Domestic
COPTMIM. IMS. 8. J. BarooWTotueeoCanwiv, Wluton-Salmi. N C
r .
Mr. Francis explained that about
fifty millions in Work had j'ust been re
ceived by the yard, which sounded like
a lot of money, and an awful lot of
work, but then one battleship costs
fifty millions.
And not until this past week, did I
know that it was almost impossible
to sink a modern battleship.
Just from the little chat with Mr.
Francis I learned a jot about the
modern ships, for instance, thev fan
make forty-five miles an hour (oi
coarse, he said knots, but was kind
enough to figure it out in land-lubber
language for me.)
I've read of super-heated steam, and
just learned that it was invisible heat,
inade by passing ordinary steam
through a special boiler that was
heated to a white hot.
I'm interested in shios. so I npr.
suaded Harry Hall, who is a fnrmor
navy man, and an expert on ships, to
write for us a series of articles on
modern ships, especially battleships.
He promised to start on them soon,
and I'm .looking forward to them with
a great deal of interest
"WE SMOKE CAMELS
BECAUSE WE KNOW TOBACCO"
TOBACCO
PLANTERS
SAY
REMEMBER Baby Can't read Those Prescription
Labels. For some unknown reason, bottles and boxes of
medicine seem to hold a strange attraction for exploring
little hands; and this fact has on many occasions led to
serious results. A poison label, or the caution, "For Ex
ternal Use Only," doesn't mean a thing in baby's young
life, and none of us can be too careful in keeping all medi
cines, disenfectants and other household chemicals out of
the young fellow's reach.
AS K Y O U R DOCTOR
While I hare no idea of what fifty
million dollars can fn. T'v nlwnva
, . . .
felt that it was too much to nut into I
ne boat, but since hearing experts
ALEXAN DER
DRUGSTORE
Phones 53 and 54
Opp. Post Office
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