Vol.XLII. No. 21.
Murphy, N. C., Friday, December 26, 1930. $1.50 YF.AR 5c COPY
Raper Writes On
Tax Meet Held
In Raleigh
County TXx Supervisor A ?w A
? ? H,.e Big Jobr
?ak Park. W <\ "|)ec ..
<now that th? fountv s, ^ "u
cencal contr, I ?r ^ , '' "a>
the list,,,,. ii: ,, 2 . 7 ?;<
county.'''' l'?rs<"'"''1 ?"?"Peit.v ii: tin
y. and therefore .... M ' Ji"ct ",u"
> e?t o? th, luth dit ' n i
<>ur meeting w;u , M,.,i
r
1 ach conntv. amf at ln<t noni
SS SViT * ?
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S? on the I? tinp ,.f .,11 the properti "
ot the county.
MJVh"' ""'"-V sPeeeht's from
*!?* St?tl . on how ,? a,.t ?
! vn|,Jes for fixation f,?. t|?.
lour years, and ?t last th v all sairl
'h?t they woDM like t.. see thv mui
V- Hon? t<'" them h"" this |
So now you s,.(. that th, vis,,,
so, K- "?S',sl"nts to have
soil),- bjK joh on their hands this ti,?
?:"u- "f ?ho real
e tate in this county. We an "oimr
r"an^ W?'rk "Ut s"""' m,,ri' definite
r an to ee it we can tr t some ,.f the
J n 1,tt,e lower, in some section*
and n?,st if we can as thev are "ii
too Inch, and the ceneral public de
mands a lower \ alue their lands,
and We ar (roinp to Kive it if it can
thi iTfi "l" that e?d, and '
this i- the Problem that we are irainc
to Study between imiv and the first
of the year, when we start our work
on this revaluation of lands
fir^\5*u Sei th'' ,,ime "f{ U" the
first of .Mareh to betfn the work. 1
... we thBt il hlS' t? <lo this !
<> we didnt want to put ii, three1
month* ?h 'h,S jnh? just lJlk'' one j
month and cut expense of the countv !
as much as we could. But it will take 1
"cry day to do the work, as w have I
whzT.% eV?lZ r?r of '!>nd, and see 1
what it mipht be worth for tax value
to s?.C' w'h'TT" ?Wncr 8 ( hance
to se. what he is fretting in the wav
n *' cqual kind lands
<?nd equally situated to the vosl(|s and
markets and so on.
My aim is to civt. every man a
square and fair deal at to viluine his
properly, Tesardlcts of friends ov
politics. orjmything else. I am Koinc
to try to apply the- Golden Rule to all
cases involved in this matter of val
uingr the peoples properties of the
cerned T 4 k ""1 "'"l fa" to a" c"n"
cei ned m this matter of revaluing
Property, each and everv om I
am not Koine to have any special ones !
, work of netting the
"d yalu?r on the tax books. You
will all pet a fair deal as much as it
P.o^'b|e to he done, and every
man s complaint will h heard on this
tax valuation.
All assistant .Supervisors are an
pointed to assist in doinp this import
ant work, and will Ui meet at the
Corrani^one*. office on the first
Monday in March for further >nstruc
;'?"? on the matter of valuations of
lands in the county. At thi- time I
will be more prepared to (rive each
one the necessary instructions that
h 25. 1.need ,n the work that
he will have to do. I will be fully pre
pared to take car, of all questfons
may come up at that meeting.
weAdriit?.X ,Payers may ^ easy that
we will take care of you all the best
wo can in vaiuine of vour properties
re^onM PeM?ra1-- Th<' 'istinjfs of the
Personal will bepin on the first dav
bLn v"} iU3t..after the lands have
mil. J0 "'e X0'"* to try to
with ?6,Ver3[i ns ju"1 a< p'easant
*ith ,vou all as we can in th s tax
matter, (rotnfr to try to put a better
?er Jnry2'lr ?mutn on th':" tax mat
uL" / kr,ow that you all want a
fcehn* on tUg matter of tax
1930
STOCKHOLDERS PETITION
CORPORATION COMMISSION
TO LET THEM OPEN BANK
State Body Will Get Report On The
Condition Of The Bank
This Week
The Stockholders of the closed
Bank of Murphy have petitioned tht
State Corporation Commission ask
ing that they b- allowed to open the
bank for business as soon as possible,
according to an announcement made
the latter part of last we<& following
a metting of the stockholders at the
court house.
Officers cf the bank stated that
th- Corporation Commission* would
probably receive the complete report
of the condition of the bank as found
by the State Examiner who has been
going over the bank's books since
the institution c'loif.d its doors on
November 22nd, following: a run on
the bank by depositors.
The records ofl the bank have been
checked thoroughly, and the report
is now being typewritten and prepar
ed for presentation to the Corpora
tion Commission. This hodv will scru
tinize the report and make a ruling
in the matter. Ju^t when this ruling
will be made is not known, but in all
DiXtbability will be shortly after th~
ction.
I think that I have said enough on
this subjer: at this time, I may some
jgain.
Your for equalized tax values,
LON RATER,
Comuy Supervisor of Taxtr*
first of the year, within thirty days
at least, it is believed.
Ju^t what the resolution passed by
the stockholders contaiYis \vaR not
made public, but it did petition tht
Corporation C ommisrion to allow the
bank to open and resume business.
The depositors and patrons of the
hank had a meeting -ome two weeks
afto. named a committee to reprtsent
them and express: d a desire to co
x rate with the bank in every way
possible looking toward the opening
of the institution.
The resolution of the Stockholders
asking for permission to re-open the
bank and the decladation of deposit
ors and patrons to cooperate in every
way possible toward this end, is per
haps the mo^ encouraging news that
could possibly come to this section
at this time, and it is hoped that the
Corporation Commission's ruling will
be favorable to such a step.
TO ALL CLAY COUNTY FOLKS: I
Wishing you one and all a very hap
py Christmas, and the best year ever
? in history.
E. P. BOWDITCH, County Agent
BAPTISTS GIVE FRUIT SHOWER
AT COUNTY HOME
Rev. J. L. Steele ajid the members j
' of the Baptist Missionary Society j
; held prayer meeting at the County !
t Horn* on Tuesday night- After the |
; service they gave the inmates a fruit j
shower.
i I
SCOUT OFFICE TO
BE CLOSED DURING
XMAS HOLIDAYS
The Scout office will be closed j
from December 24th to December I
31st, inclusive, in order to let the
i "force" take Christinas. We will
; be back on the job the first day
of next year.
i Wishing all our readers and our
I friends a very merry Christmas,
and a prosperous and happy New
| Year.
Vital Statistics Bureau
Not Naming Registrars
In a letter last week from G. M.
Cooper, Director of the Bureau of
Vital StatLsties of the State Board
of Health, to Mayor J. W. McMillan,;
Mr. Cooper stated that his office had
been flooded with applications for
appointments as local registrars.
The letter contained the informa
tion that the present terms of the
registrars for the bureau did not ex
jpire until December, 1932, appoint
j ments beinsr made every four years.
/ Fading Frowna
A downtown hotel has t sign on the
assistant manager's desk ? where all
guests rush up with their complaints ?
and it has worked splendidly. The
I sign says, "Nothing is half as itnpor*
| tant as you think It is.** The irate
J guest who waits for a chance to
> scream about missing baggage or noise |
I across the hail stands and stare* at i
| the sign and the assistant manager |
says he can stand at one si<!e and
| watch the frown fad#*. ? Detroit News
I
-?-?"i Funeral Held Saturday
| For W. A. Coleman
'? -meral scivsccs wore conducted
:.tui*da> : l * ? ? ! li-ecmbfi 20.
tht- I lay. .. i ? . is' ' hur;h
' ' i* William A ( .-man, who died
h;.'. motnsmr at hi- h'?:i!e near hero.
'i< K. I.. Adaaii. of Young Harris,
i? on ? :? . conducted the :'uner;si - r
'< * . i : j : ? ? . m?n1 \va. in tin* Hayes
^ .? . horn ? i lay
?..UP-; ?*.?. . at ?: - his
?n* ii .' Ii ' h !?-. II*- professed rtdig
* 1 ' ' .ion "d the Methodist church
? **;. i ; manhood. IK* was a ?on.sist
nx niemb< r and .*tep<b?; all ohurch
? ?vi? H?- was Steward in the
Uay? ? .ill Mrtivdi 1 eh-eh at the
im<- r,i" ) ? ' i * . * h. . Mr. Coleman had
een confined t ? hi> 1 ?< <1 for seveial
months.
He was married twice, first to Mi-s
l>i?cie Sci <>v :i?. 1 to iheni were bori
' chi'dren: Mr. Hen (J. <'<,1 niai>, of
ant??n. N. Mr. Kdit'i Hainan!,
i?f funia. Mi l.akr Smith, of
l'. rtland. Oregon. Mi- Claude Long.
i?f Hay. v Ik. ami Mi-. .lack Lurch,
i : \ 11 . !' wh<?m survive him.
He next married Mi - Kllie Smith, of
' anton. Ga.. ami to this union were
hi?rn two sons, ("lav who died several
year aj*o and How 11. a small boy at
jhome.
ll? r also ?nrvivi-d by hi wife,
kind the following brothers a d sisH
ters: Mr-. A. T. Mct'Iure, of Shoot
ing Creek. Messrs. .1. O. Coleman and
1'. Coleman, of llayesville.
Former Andrews
Pastor Member
of Golden Bough
Rev. W. H. lord Rcceivet Signal
Honor At Wak?? Forest
College
Wakt. 1'r.rrest. Dec. is- Andrews
>vs th* unusu;??' . t^is
year of having one of iu boy- at
Wake Forest to be "tapped" into the
tiolden Hough. the nighest hon nary
oipani/ation at Wake Forest College.
W. H? i <rhei Ford. formei pastor of
th, Andrews Knptsit Church, was s
leeted this year to receive this hon
or I ii - t vear Kdwin 1?. Whitaker,
? m of Mr." a- ! Mr W. If. Whitaker.
wa> indueted into this organization.
Golden Hough is composed ? ? t* men
who by popular vote among; faculty
and student - s? ? m to hav. the highest
oualiiics of character, scholarship and
leadei ship.
In addition to being inducted into
(iolden Bough. Ford holds many other
college honors. Ij| ?r the fiist two
periods of this season he has led the
ntire college in scholastic standing.
He has not received a grade of less
than "A" on any of his vix subjects
this year. He is president of the
Ministerial Class of the college. State
[resident of th. Baptist student Un
ion. S/iciety Day ayid Anniversary
Day debater, and in addition to these
many other excra-cuVi?nular activi
ties. is full-time pastor of the Baptist
Church at Angier. N. C.
surr
Mr. J. 1.. McNabb and family of
Ducktown, Tenn. visited Mr. Mc
Nabbs par nts. Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
McXabb Sunday.
Mr. and M r- . W. H. Pinkerton ac
companied by Mr. J. F. Wood are
spending a few days in Chattanooga.
The following high school pupils
of Murphy spent the Thanksgiving
holidays here with their parents:
Cloyce and Annie Lou Keenum and
Miss Leona Hickey.
Mr. A. T. Sanders who was born
and reared neafcr Suit died at Lynch,
Ky.. on the 8th, and was buried here
on the 12th.
Mr. Lee Wood of Akron Ohio is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Wood.
Mr. H. H. McDonald ha^ sold his
place and leased Mr. W. A. Curtis*
farm. ^
"Other Wise Man" At
Baptist Church Sunday
"The Story of the Other Wise
Man," by Henry Van Dyke, will be
given at the Baptist Church next
Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. J.
; L. Steele. This story is illustrated
[ with a series of fifty slides especially
prepared for this purpose. This story
! was scheduled for la1^ Sunday night
i but because the slides did not arrive
I in time it was postpone one week.