The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-04
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
.uFIL BENT FOR ELECTION"

A certain candidate for the governorshlp IN North
Carolina reminds us of the title of Hatcher Hughes
rlov "Hell Bent for Heaven" North Caroina mas
bod candidates before who worked on the preJu-
de- If the people, but never before have we had
,oh q wild radical "promiser-of- the-milienium as
go have in Dr. Mcdonald the college professor,
tosb from, the state of Illinois He seeks the hlgn-
-. honor in North Carolina at the hands of party
- oous corrupt Oh, he doesn't say the party IS
aroorod Int to quote from the Danbury Reporter
he saws, 81 can discern the need OF governor WHO
abIe TO see the corruption and graft and lncom-
netence which permeate your state government ana
tho has the courage and ability to eradicate IT,
He imagines he sees corruption and graft among
tho highest officials in Raleigh and sets hmseh up
&C the Moses to lead us out OF wilderness OIL
announcement of dishonesty and lnefflclency.
us hand should be called to prove speclhcaly the
charges he makes. -.-
W. have in North Carolina an honest govern
ment Not single high official has ever been sus-
,octed Of ANYTHING dishonest. During the past 80
wears under the Democratic party, the state has
moved onward and upward, making greater strides,
socially economically and industrially than any
state in the union
He goes before the people, claiming to have more
knowledge of governmental affairs than men who
have studied the states affairs for years he seeks
to discredit Clyde Hoey by insnuations that he IS
a machine candidate" tool of special interests
when Clyde Hoey hasn't held state office for
quarter of century, yet is responsible by his I'M
selfish campaigns for the party in saving the state
from Republican rule.
According to his program this newcomer on the
poltcal horizon would increase the salaries of the
school teachers lengthen the schools to nine months
lower the price of auto tags to SIS, pay old age pen
sions and do other great and noble things which
would cost at least an additional ten million dollars
And we would all like to see these things accom-
plished With his negative position of cutting off
the sales tax he would lose ten million in present
revenue and his positive position of giving the peo
pie their new blessings the state would be con-
fronted with twenty million hole in the necessary
revenues
That is not true arithmetic That does not make
sense. To make such rash promises is sheer non
sense. Oh, he says he will raise income taxes as
high as ten per cent in the upper brackets tax
dividends on corporations, and put tax mer
chants.
If his plan would go through, we might see every
laborer's wage pinched with tax. We might see
the industrial plants which give employment to
driven to bankruptcy and the unemploy-
ment list multiplied We might see the schools
closed for lack of funds and the 5000 inmates of
our state institutions nadequately provided for.
In 1928 when there was levy on real estate and
no sales tax, Cleveland county's tax bill was $545,
309.39. Last year, the county tax levy was only
$191, 004S6 IS per cent reduction. Cleveland
countys payment of sales tax last year Melted the
state less than 100000, making a saving to the
individual taxpayers of our county of approximate
ly $245,OOO.
DR.. Mcdonald claims the support of labor. What
has he done to deserve it? Mr.. Hoey introduced
the bill creating the State Department of Labor
when he was in the General Assembly of 1899,
That was the beginning of study of conditions
that has steadily improved the status of labor
He claims the support of the merchants. Does
he not now propose to raise part of the sales tax
by direct tax the merchants?
He claims the support of the teachers. Has not
Mr. Hoey done more for public education and the
teaching profession than any layman in North Car
olina?
Verify it does look as if DIR. Mcdonald is hell
bent for election on false promises, appeals to
prejudices and charges of crookedness which he
cannot substantiate.- Cleveland Star.