I SEVEN?B. I Slip (Chrrukre Scnut S Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County, ,3 North Carolina I 'V PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second class matter under Act of March 3, 189/. I SAM CARR Editor L. A. LEE Ouner and Business Manager I SUBSCRIPTION PRICE One Year $1-50 1 Six Months .75 Payable Strictly in Advance Legal advertisements, want ads, reading noliees, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc., 5c a line each insertion, payable in advance. Display rates furnished on request. Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, September 3, 1936. RESULTS ALREADY! Work on the Fowlers Bend dam project is still in its infancy?but its effects are being felt. In the first place we see many men who had no means of making a good living for themselves and their families at regular, honest work drawing down a nice salary. More than that the merchants are turning their goods faster, and the whole town appears busier and brighter. From our country* correspondents we learn: "we are glad to see the TVA work going ahead here". It's a simple statement, but it means a lot. Only recently one Knoxville daily carried a feature article on the towns in the Appalachian area. Regarding Murphy tne writer termed this "the town of many automobiles". The signs are ri?ht. Things are looking good. BANK FAILURES?THEN AND NOW A fickle public forgets easily. Even some who suffered from the epidemic of bank failures that swept the country prior to 1932 need to be reminded of the figures in this particular?cold, undisputed facts. From 1920 to 1932 failures each year ran from the low mark of 367 to the alarming high of 2,294. In the light of these statistics the country should consider with approval and hopefulness the report of the Federal De7 osit Insurance Corporation?only 36 failures in the entire country for the nine months ending June 30 of this < jri-ai. Total deposits in banks for the first period that failed ran from 93 to 1,690 millions annually. Total deposits in banks closed since last August, nine million dollars, And whereas the earlier period deposits sometimes lost all, in the last period all deposits up to 99 and a half per cent were made good by the deposit guarantee. Tne half per cent lacking was on deposits over and above $5,000 the highest sum guaranteed under the deposit in surance law-?Morganton News-Herald. o BIG NEWS! PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, CANDIDATE LANDON MEET SEPT. 1ST. Newspapers over tho land seem to be making a great-to-do over the fact that Psesident Roosevelt has invited Governor Landon to a governors' conference at Des Moines, Iowa, on September 1. So what? Why should not the president invite the governor io the conference at which governors of four other states will gather in conference over the drought situa< tion? Wherein is the big news? Why should not the governor of Kansas be glad to . . \ Join in with a group of chief executives to study the question which confront; many states since the crop t failure? Why is this news? Just beoause President Roosevelt is the head of the 1 Democratic Party, and Governor Landon is head of the i Republican Party is no cause why there should not be < a conference. And the fact that these two leaders of i the nation are joining forces to give whatever succor or i advice is best for a stricken area should not be anything i out of the ordinary, certainly no more than the people 1 whom each of the men aspire to lead for the next four < I years should expect. I If President Roosevelt had not invited Governor Ran don, then that would have been news. And, if Governor Landon had refused to accept the invitation, that would have indeed been news. If the president and the five governors work out' any semblance of plan that will be of material assist- | ance to the stricken area, that will be real news, the 1 kind of news that should be made. There has been too much of the party-itis in this , country for the good of the people. There have been too many things done "for the good of -.he party" by I both Democrat and Republican regimes, vith too little The Cherokee Scout, Murphy, P regard for the good of the people as a whole, and the sooner political leaders begin to realize that things portending to be good for all people instead of "for the party" the sooner will conditions be better for all concerned.?Transylvania Times. o WE SHOULD GIVE CAREFUL TUDY TC PROPOSED AMENDMENTS At the generel election to be held in November five proposed amendments to the State Constitution will be offered to the voters for adoption or rejection. The great trouble, as usual, will be that probably not one voter in ten will pay any attention to the amendments. It is well to begin to try to educate the electorate in the proposals and for every good citizen to give thought to uhat they may mean to the State. Pointing out that some of the amendments are of vital importance and that others should not be adopted, the Roxboro Courier has reviewed them as follows: "The first is a revival of the old question by which iifferent groups of property can be made to take different rates of taxation. As an instance of this, money in the bank could be taxed at a lower rate than, say, real estate. Also different kinds of leal estate could ta'ce different classifications according to their productivity. "This will be opposed by many because, they will say, it is discrimination, and this charge is true, but time has proven that it is simply impossible to get money in a t>anK on tne tax books, and it is argued that if this money was not taxed so heavily it would not be so hard to get those having the money deposited to list it. For instance, noney deposited in the bank on a saving account yields cnly about two and a-haif per cent, while the taxes if he s a resident of some town or city, with county taxes included will be more than his interest rate; and this noney would not be taxed as rea! estate, for it would be :axed at its actual value, dollar for dollar, while every >no knows that little real estate in the average county ia axed at more than two-thirds its actual value. Again, t never has been fair to tax an acre of woodland, which wrings in nothing to the farmer, at the same valuation >f a rich productive acre. "The second change proposed would increase the >resent income tax from a maximum of 6 per cent to 10 >er cent. Wo expect to see this adopted by a large najority as few voters pay much income, and those whom t will materially affect are largely in the minority. "The third would limit the state, counties and municipalities in the issuance of bonds, or the contracting ol lebts. The new amendment would hold a given year's lew debts to two-thirds of the reduction fci the total iebt of the year before. The result would be an eventual wiping out of all debts unless the additions vere made by a vote of the people. "The third we hope to see adopted, for the time hould come when tax payers will noi be paying on jonded debt, and we believe this is possible only as a institutional amendment. "The fourth is a revival of the proposal to in:rease tho state supreme court from five members to "The fourth we do not thir.'x makes very much difference, for while our Supreme Court Judges ntey be overworked, there is nothing compulsory about any one accepting this office, and while there may be a demand for more members, still, the State has had not trouble n finding good men. to hold the office. "The fifth is the proposal Sc#- a taxation exemption )f $1,000 on all homesteads. "The fifth is probably where the bitterest fight vill take place, for the county officers are aware that f it is adopted there is going to be a tremendous cut n valuation in every county, town and city, which will nevitably cause a considerable increase in the tax rate. IVn rlr? rfit L-nmi' ituf V\- tliio 1 * 1 1 V?, .-V* n.iun JVIOW ..??> v.???> (gill. IVWIh, II LI L IL WUU1U 1(1 pear on the surface that the farmer and the wane ?arner who happens to own a little home would materally benefit by its adoption, while the man with bonds, ?nd the manufacturer with a large plant would catch it in the neck. If the second proposition and this could i>e linked together and the county get the increased receipts from the income tax, it might work out satisfactorily; but fce trouble fe, the counties do not figure in the receipts from income taxes, but are almost entirely dependent upon real estate for funds witli which to run county affairs. "To sum it all up, we would say the Becond, third, and fifth seqpi to have a good chance to be adopted, while the other two are problematical." S. Jerome Wimbrow, 68, recently appointed to th< state board if boxing commissioners by Governor Nic< of Maryland, may or may not be well qualified for hi: new duties. Anyway, up to the time of his appointment he had never seen a boxing match and had never evei heard one described over the radio. forth Carolina TURNING BACK 10 YEARS AGO Friday, September 3, 11*26. Misses Elizabeth Ford and Mai Bell left Thursday for Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bayless ar sons, spent several days in Atlan< last week. Mrs. A. J. Martin and Miss NT Dixor. were shopping in Atlant Tuesday. Col. and Mrs. Bud Anderson < Hayesville. motored to town, Tuc day. Mr. and Mrs. Noah I.ovingood mc cred t?? Knoxville and spent the fir I of the week. Misses Delia Meroney and E!oi Fain are the guests in Asheville 1 Miss Helen Mason. Ty Cobb. Jr., of Detroit, is tl guest of his aunt, Mrs. Nora Col White at her country home ne Belloview. Mr. W. S. Green and son, Bobb spent tne week-end in Ducktown. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Williams, Asheville, have been visiting Mi Williams parents, Mr. and Mrs. McD. Harshaw. Misses Juanita Evans and Emoge: Axley are attending the house par in Ball Ground. Ga., Miss Rub Hendrix is entertaining. 20 YEARS AGO Friday, September 1. 1916 Attorney J. N. Moody is in Ro binsville this week. .Mr. and Mrs. Carl Axlev returnto their home in Statesville yeste day after a pleasant visit here wi relatives. Editor Ferehee of the Andrew Sun paid us a very pleasant vv Wednesday. 1 Miss Iris Jameson has return from a pleasant visit with reiativ at Tryou. 30 YEARS AGO Tuesday, September 4, 1906 Miss Sue Pearson, of Morgantc X. C., is tne guest of Miss Nil , Axley. Miss Cora Pannell, of Greensboi OAK PARK Mr. and Mrs. Rex Allen return to their home in Pennsylvania St day after visiting friends and rel tives here. Those who enjoyed a picnic on t river Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. E. Quinn and son Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Raper ai daughter Willie Lue, Mr. and Mi G. G. Quinn and children Franc Jessie and Quince and Miss Nena M Bishop and Mr. and Mrs. Auth Payne spent the week-end at Hi wa*see with Mr. Payne's parents, 1V1 ana Mrs. will Payne. Mr. and Mrs. Mart Hamby ai daughter, of Marietta, Ga., return home Sunday after spending a f< days with Mrs. Hamby's parents, M and Mrs. Lon Raper. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Raper had their guests Wednesday night, y, and Mrs. Author Payne, Misses H zel Horton, Nina Mae Bishop, Fran Quinn and Mr. Willard Horton. Mr. Skilor Stiles was the Sund; afternoon guest of Mr. Claud Kcllc Mr. and Mrs. Will Led ford, of Li erty, were the Sunday guests of Ai and Mrs. I). C. Stiles. Mrs. Columbus Coleman was t Friday afternoon guests of Mrs. M ton Coleman. Miss Bessie Mashburn spent Sati day night with her parents, Mr. a Mrs. Tom Mashburn. Mr. and Mrs. John Beavers we the Saturday night guests of Mr. ai Mrs. I). Hftrtnn Miss Hazel Horton was the Sun Thurs., Sept. 3, 1936. HISTORY'S PAGES oo?o?ooo*o?o?ooBflo?oaoooo>' is here visiting her uncle, J. H. Dillj ard. y I Rufus Morgan, of Waynesville, I spent Sunday here with his father, id ; Alfred Morgan. ta Misses Lucy and Laura Morgan left yesterday to enter school at in Hickory. X. C. a, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Clark, of Lenoir. X. C.. are here visiting their of I son. A. S. Clark. s-. Mrs. F. J. Axley. of Statesville, is j here \i>iting her parents Mr. and .t- Mrs. J. J. Phillips, st Mercer Fain will leave tomorrow for Asheville where he will enter sc i Bingham military school, of Mrs. A. R. Bell and children arrived Friday night to visit her parie ' ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cooper, jb f Mrs. R. E. Howe of DeSoto, Ga., ar is here for an indefinite visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cuny, ningham. The following young ladies of of Murphy left yesterday to enter rs. Davenport College at Lenoir, N. C.: A. Misses Lula and Fannie Fain, Ada and Mamie Harshaw, Lillie Mae and no Winnie Brittain, Lillian Bryson and ly Mary Pat ton. ye 43 YEARS AGO Tuesday, September 5, 1893 Sam Stewart was down from the Valley yesterday. bCol. Sam Bryson, of Andrews, was aown the past week and stayed all ^ night. r" Mr. Thvmas Butt, and sister, Miss ^ Sallie, after visiting their sister, Mrs. L)r. McCombs, of our town, returned rc: to their home in Blairsville, and she with them to visit her parents. E. H. Kimsey, of Hiawassee, was 1 in town Thursday evening. os Miss Janie McDermott, of Knoxville, Tenn., is visiting, Mrs. Capt. Herbert, of tnis place. Miss Mary Lee, of Asheville, is visiting Miss Ruth Patterson, of our ,n? city. na I William Kirby and Francis Kike, . of Hiawassee were in town Wcdnes"?? day. 11.1 ^ ^ ^ ^ i:! DINE IN | as | | -1 COMFORT I :is X v I ! ay X m >V. *:* On the hottest day you can ,j. *t* dine in comfort here.?And we i have mighty fine foods the *;* Y Y Y best the market affords, taste- X X Y ij. *t* fully prepared and promptly > Y and properly served. Bring V Y X 11*- y your appetite along and cocne X H(i Y *:* to the Murphy cafe for a rea'.ly > X Y satisfying meal. Y i ? | MURPHY CAFE j & MURPHY, N. C. & >o?oo?ooo??ooo???o?oo?oooo?oe ["he Gainesville Business | i Life Employment | )i are clippings from a Washington, 1 irle Mosorl o e more in demand than any other \ rnment Service." X radnates who go into the CCC or get V waiting for a break make a mistake. A r trouble entering the service if they y and they coidd easily transfer into X t time. X 5 you, both the commercial and Civil *:* BUSINESS COLLEGE GAINESVILLE, GA. '?