I SEVEN?B.
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S Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County,
,3 North Carolina I
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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
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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.
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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
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Join in with a group of chief executives to study the
question which confront; many states since the crop
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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
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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.
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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.
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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<l
night guest of Mrs. Gillie Mae Rap<
Mr. Wayne Trulove was the gut
Wednesday of Julius Reid.
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HISTORY'S PAGES
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is here visiting her uncle, J. H. Dillj
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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.
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43 YEARS AGO
Tuesday, September 5, 1893
Sam Stewart was down from the
Valley yesterday.
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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.
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