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Page Eight POWER CO. TAX Continued from page one higher basis with relation to actual market value than other lands in Cherokee county. The county was represented before the state board by Don Witherspoon, county attorney for 1931 and 1932. and J. D. Mallonee, present county attorney; while the power company was represented by Martin and Martin, of Asheville. County Sought Tax Increase Cherokee county has been endeavoring to have the assessment of the power company lands increased for past seven years. The machinery act ;ii-nd by the General Assembly in 1927 required that the e unty supervisor of taxation and the assessors. in making valuation, of property. consider each piece or parcel, its advantages as to location, quality of soil, quantity of standing timber, water :privileges, water power adaptabilities. ect. However, tht officials in charge of the county government at that time failed to take the water p wer privileges and adapabilities into consideration when the assessment % valuation was made for that year. As a consequence, considerable! comment and criticism was directed nt the officials by the citizens of the county, who generally felt that the burden of taxation had not been distributed equally between the power company and othe rtax piyert. Aa a result, in 1928 the county beard of equalization sought tc correct the al- j leged inequalities by increasing the power company's property by fifty percent. 1 The p wer company appealed, and was sustained by the State Board of Assessment, which hoard restored the former valuations. Equalization Sought In 1931. another local board of eciuelif.ntion souprht to correct the allege.: inequalities between the power company lands and th< lands <?f othe*tnv ayors by incieasing the power company's land- by 30 per cent. The power c mpany a era in appealed, and I Everj I The C I TO MTAHKEEFT?HL,LSC Distribu I Dodge & PI; HI Sales and Service I CHEROKEE HAP H Wholesale Ai Hm X"t">x-;-X"X"X"X-x->x-xH The Fall Fash B MAKE CANDLER'S YOUR I P4a FALL BU' jy Finest Ladies' and M H Visit Our Up-To-Da The Chert no hearing date was ever fixed by the * State Board cf Assessment. The matter was apparently forgot- ' ten until 1933, when the present board of county commissioners, composed of j E. C. Moore, chairman; Fred O. Seroggs and T. T. Johnson, sough; to increase the Power mpany's property by assessing the lands within the impounding basin to $30, $40, and $75. an acre. The power company appealed and then it was discovered that the appeal for 1931 had never been heard and settled by the State Board of Assesment. The findings made public Monday. were on the appeal for 1931. and county officials said no date .had yet been set for hearing the 1933 appeal. Owns Six Dam Sites The Southern States Power Company. formeily known as the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company, is said to own six available dam sites on the waters of Cher kee county. Two are located on the Hiawassec river between Murphy and the Tennessee state line, a distance of approximately 30 miles. One is known as the Coleman site and the other as the Appalachia site. A preliminary survey of these two sites is now being con- 1 ducted by TV A engineers with a possibility of future development by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Two others are located on the Hiawassee river above Murphy, one 1 known as t.he Axlev site and the other as the McComhs site. Two more are \ located on the Notla river, which ' flows in the Hiawassee about three ( miles below Murphy. One is known as * ;he Fox site and the other is the site of the present dam and power house j which furnishes electrical enertrv for the town of Murphy. This latter deveh pment was first constructed by j f.hc town of Murphy as a municipal . riant, hut was later gold to the Caro- i lina-Tonnc sec Powc r Company, and is now owned by its succesor, the South- ' trn States Powei Company, of which ' W. V*. X. Powelson. of New York, is ? resident. rbody A herokee HE BIGG! [ftW U I? WING ENTERPRISING THE LARGEST, MOST ] THESE STORES WHE1 ORE | MU) i t?r 3; ymouth jl Phone 37 J; G? 'DWARE CO. | W id Retail I ? . , N. C. 1 Cash ' I 101 D lion Shop | ******* 1EADQUARTERSFOR ifING X isses' Garments. | WH1 ite Beauty Shop $ your 1 ER'S Murpl Murphy, N. C. t and >kee Scout, Murphy, Norl TVA PURCHASE Continued from page one imatt ly $52.38 per acre. Or.tion Presented The option to purchase read, in part, a? follow? ... In the consideration of the sum of SI in hand paid and receipt o"f which is acknowledged J. A. Timpson and Emma Timpson grant unto the TVA as a corporate creature of the United States of America the right to purchase for a period of 100 days frcm Sept. 24 at the price of S22O0. a lot of land containing 42 acres in District No. 5 of Cherokee county, on the waters of the Hiaxvassee river. Option is mad*4 and agreed to that it can not be withdrawn during the period of 100 days and that if within that period the TVA should elect to purchase the said real estate at the price aforesaid and noify the Timpsons that it so desires to purchase, then the Timpsons will prepare and duly execute and deliver immediately, or within a reasonable time thereafter, a good an 1 sufficient deed in fee sinrple conveying the property .o the United States of America free and clear of all encumbrances upon receipt of the purchase :srice specified in the option. Option properly prepared and sign4d by the clerk of the court, J. E. Keener, and in the office >f the register of deeds of Cherokee lounty, Book 110, page 9 on Sept. 25, 1934. FERA ?~ Continued from page one fied as "employable?" will be removed from the relief rolls not later than September 20. ?:?. it., .. e a. 1 uurmK i -i* in ._ni ?i nn ii.nvcsting season," 31 rs. CVBcrry said, "when the need for additional farm workers is so urgent, the need for work piojects and direct relief to irrigiiii mwmu ittend County EST AND COIN m 1H ? V MERCHANTS HAVE ( ENJOYABLE FAIR IN < *E VALUE AND QUA RPHY SERVICE STAT] A. J. HEMBREE, Prop GULF PRODUCTS tsoline, Oil And Accessoi . M. FAIN GROCERY C "The Old Reliable" Buyers of Far mProducts Past 24 Years 'epotSt. Phc x Make [TAKER'S BARGAIN SI lome while attending the hy see our line of men's, w phildren goods at cheap WMfifrii 11 ...? ? ? ' th Carolina care f r unemployed people is reduced to the minii.'.um. "With few exceptions, we are suspending all work projects in the rural areas and iemoving farm laborers from relief rolls in order that farmeis and others offering private employment may be assured adequate help during the harvesting season." Work project to be excepted are those dealing with the handling of the 100.000 cattle brought into the State from ^ie drough-stiicken areas of the Mid-West and the vanning projects. Airs. O'Bcrry said the disc ntinuanie of work projects and the reraov ?IF YOU Hv Pi( OF GOOD S REASONAB ?SEE We want all farm pro< offer a pooi CHESTNU' F. O. B. H Farmer s ] At LOVK BEST YE IG Oh COOPERATED EVERY > CHEROKEE COUNTY HI LITY CAN ALWAYS BE lON | HOTE ? Murphy's Larges ries 2: Recentl :o, 1 to our many fiiends wh )) have a .good time and e Fnr We are ready and willi: 1 111 any time. W. D. >ne 101 Furniture?1 MU| j. rORE | Meet Ug At Mt : fair in i. omen's ? THE CHEI prices ? "The Pe Friday, Sept. 27,19^ H ;tl of employable people (r0M ;kf . H lief rolt? is in line with the A ir tration's general policy of trtion. W "We make every efferot to D that our relief client? return to o^H vate employment where they continue in the work in which -have been trained, or work they have been accustomed to when tcie employment i? avaibh^^B We believe that employment no* hH available to the large majority farm workeTs on our rolls." Mrs. O'Berrv said that relief :',H unemployable people wiil be tinucd as usual. H WE ANY? !g TOCK AT A I 1LE PRICE 1 ducts all the time and !j? d price for T WOOD I IGHWAY J C I i^xcnange jg ^GOOD'S I VAY POSSIBLE B [STORY. g| found. BB :l regal h it, Most Modern Hotel y Renovated ^B ftings h o wil be fn town on fair weak. njoy yourself at the XP<^jj?0B[ nR to serve yojr every need > i TOWNSON Caskets?Coffins BB tPHY, N. C. U wowtwtwwtn"** H irphy's Greatest Fair HI IOKEE SCOUT B ople's Paper" B|
The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.)
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