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fill S The Leading I Vol. XLIV?No. 41 installment tax allowed by new law U&p*id Taxes For 1926 And Prior Years Declared UnCollectable The n - tv 'aw allowing taxes to be paid in installment? designated as Senate bill l >f makes drastic reduc; ing changes in the collection of taxes for the years 1927 . | roviding that the oirae'r can redeem his lands sold i t taxes duing these years, and j Air.g him until April 1, 193*, to do so. Tax s unpaid for 1926 and prior years are di clared barred and uncoljectable "whether evidenced by the ri?:nal tax certificates or tax sales crtiticate'. and upon which no foreclosure edings have been instiloes not apply t.. "!i- ns for street and or sidewalk improveThe new makes it mandatory r and municipal author ities holding claims for delinquent for the yeans 1927 to 1931, indnsiv . "ac( pt from any person or per* n-? owning any interest in or 1 'oinp any lien upon lands the principal am..in.; the taxes, less interest and penalties, in cash, less 10 per cent if paid before April 1, 1934, or Bpon the installment plan povided in nction 1 of this act: Poivrded, the any instalmens note may anticipate the payment thereof in vhol Qart by paying the same in cash, less It' per cent discount, if raid before installment is due." If :h'. county and town authorities aril taxpayer think the collection of tixe* is paralyzed* or that the law does not provide apy w?y in which taxes can be collected, a clo.-e perianal : the law will show them fterwise. The instalment plan covm nly :h taxes for the years 1927 to 1931. inclusive. And the law provices 'that as a condition precedent ' to this ectlement the several agencies , cf government are authorized and empowered in their dise'reion o require ihe payment of the 1932 taxes by resolution duly passed by the govtrnnunta! agencies." Section 1. of the law reads as folkws: That the several counties, municipal:! : s, and other agencies of government owning taxes, or tax sales certificates tor lands in their several units fo- the years one thousand n'.nc hundred twenty-seven, one thousand nine hundred twenty-eight, one thousand nine hundred tweentyuine. one thousand nine hundid thirty, and one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, at the request of the owner or owners of the land, are here j authorized, empowered and directed to enter into agreements with he owners .if the lands covered by said tax sales certificates whereby said jaxes, or tax sales certificates, exclusive f interest and penalties, may he 'aid in insallments covering a pe'riod not to exceed five years, and bearing interest at the rate of j*ix per cent P*r annum, payable annually, from and alter the first day of Ap'ril, 1933; rovidi <1. that unless the said counties and the owners of lands covered > said taxes, or tax sales certificates, enter into said agreements on ??, op*. day of April, "* this section shall become inoperative. and the said counties are authorized to proceed with forefosure proceedings as hereinafter set out: Provided, that as a condition Pncedent to this settlement the sever J^er*cies of government are author*d and empowered in thei'r discretion jo require the payment of the 1932 ?.XOs hy resolution duly passed by e governmental asrencies. Three Men Arrested, Whiskey Poured Out Chief of Police Fred Johnson, "olicinian Neil Snccd, and Deputy Sheriff Ed Barnett 'raided the home ?f Oliver Davis down next to the Southern depot, found about a quart p whiskey and arrested Davis, Jim wterson and Jim Capps. Capps and fatterson we'ye charged with being j runk. The whiskey was poured out. , H1CKEY?JOHNSON Mr- and Mrs. W. H. Johnson announce the marriage of thefr daughter' Onabee to Mr. Howard Hickey, Thursday, April 27th. 1933, at Hia* At heme Patrick N. C. m ljr. tf Veekly Newspaper in ifestern North 1 Murphey, Is | | We take produce <>n subsc; otion, also wood and anything we can use ; ?including (sometimes) greenbacks! in the amount of Si.00. What havi U. CHEROKEE COUNTY BAESBALL LEAGUE Last Saturday's Games Marble 6. First Baptist 4. Belle view 7, Midway 6. Number Six 9, Tomotla 0. | Where They Play Saturday: < u 1 berson vs. .Murphy .Methodists | , at Murphv 2 P. M. (Central Stanj da id Trme.) Midway vs. No. <? at Midway, 2 p.ni Kbeneezer vs. Tomotla at Tomotla 2. p. m. B. Review vs. Columbia Marble at j Belleview, 2 p. m. Frist Baptist will play Andrews fol- J the gam; at Murphy Saturday p. m. Lions To Attend Blairsville Charter Night May 24th At the regular meeting here Tuesday night at the Regal Hotel, the Murphy Lions club made preparations to attend in a body charter night of ?he Blairsville Lions club, which has been organized under th< sponsorship of the local club by J. Harnett Naiper, commissioner of Lions International. The charte'r night of the Blairsville club has St en set for Wednesday night. May 24th. The oganization meeting was held Wednesday night of last week, at which a numbly of the Murphy Lions* were present. At the meeting Tuesday night, a committee was appointed to see what could be done towaru getting the cannery in operation for this spring. Several plans have be^n suggested and this committee will report on the one most practical. A committee on the nomination of officers was also appointed.. Officer will be elected at an early arreting. Sullivan Offset Bill n 1 r? 1 rassea ror ^neroKee Telegraphic message from Representative (I. W. Cover Jr. at Raleigh Wednesday was to the effect thai an amendment to the Sullivan offset bill was passed to include Cheiokee and a number of other counties. The bill allows depositors and creditors of closed hanks to t'rade among themselves and apply deposits against notes at the bank at full face value. Some believe that under the provisions of the biil the three banks in the county can be cleared up and liquidated within six months or less. The bill has been vigoriously opposed !^* the state banking department, which succeeded in killing the bill in committee on the several attempts made by W. A. Sullivan, Buncombe Representative. Mr. Sullivan outwitted the hanking department and succeeded in getting the bill th'rrough the House and Senate under a suspesion of the rules. After the passage of the original bill, i about forty other counties were by amendments included in the provisions of the bill. o? .... OUI1CI kjuppvi y uiiugv | Mr. and Mrs. Dale L<e were hosts j at a buffet supper and bridge Fri-! day evening at the home of Mrs. Lee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. iCandler, Celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary. The house was decorated with Lillies-af-the-valley, Iris and Crabapple blossoms. v Four tables of bridge were in play. Mr. W. E. Studstill held top score while Mrs. R. R. Burns held low. ' The guests included: Air. and Mrs. R. R. Burns of Copperhill. Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Quay Ketne, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mauney, Dr. and Airs. J. N. Hill, Afr. and Mrs. W E. Studstill, Mrs J. W. Davidson, Mrs Joe I.auria, Aliss j Virginia Dickey and Aliss Eleanor j Cover of Andrews, Air. Raymond Harris. erpfen Carolma^Covering^a^J^rr^^d^jPa 4. C., Friday, May ?5, 192 Former Citizen Elected Councilman At Greensboro, N. C Th< ma- J. promint" * lawyer ! a:.d f'*i n: * Murphy ci: /.en. was; elected Tuesday, May 3rd, a> number o: the city council of Greensboro, ? NX'., where he has b en residing and : practicing his profession for the past | several years. Councilman Hi IT is a brother of Dr. J. N*. Hill, pteminent Murphy Physician, and C. B. Hill, chairman < : th Democratic executive comniittee of Cherokee county, and an uncle of Superior Court Judge Frank S. Hill. He was 1 .rmerly assc?ciated in the practicp of law in Muiphy with the late John H Dillard. and is well known in this section of the state. His many friends here will rec ive the news of his election with no small degree of pride and joy at his sucC( - . for Tom, as he was familiarly known, has long bet n recognised and appreciated as a man of integrity and . ability by his friends here. Cherokee-Clav IJstirv J ? J Measure Becomes Law The General Assembly has ratified the Cover bill providing for reduction of indebtibness in Cherokee and Clay counties. The measure is mor< far-reaching than indicated by its title, declaring: "Section 1. That in all civil actions in the courts of Cherokee and Clay counties wherein debtors seek equitable- relief either as plaintiffs or as defendants against the enforcement of usurious contracts, they shall he entitled not only to the benefit of the statues- regulating the rate of interest which shall be charged for the loan of money, but also to the reduction of the indofcedmss by the imposition of the penalties prescribed by law for a violation of such statues. I "Section 2. That this act shall apply only to the counties of Cherokee and Clay." He Gets In Officers Car With Whiskey, Arrested The other morning Deputy Sheriff i Kd Harnett was driving out Highway Xo. 2S, about two miles out of town. He saw a man whom he knew trudgI ing along the highway lugging a ! package. When he came alongisde the ' fellow he asked him to get in, and the fellow did so. Deputy Harnett'- nose received a I strong whiff of odor which emc-lled like whiskey. lie ask'd the man: "What have you got in the package, | whiskey?" And the fellow replied: 1 "Well, you've got me, and I might as well shell down the truth. I have." I Whereupon Deputy Harnett turned iiiiuim arm urougni tut; man iu town and locked him up The man. whose name was Floyd Hall, told the officer that he had just bought the whiskey from a Georgia man, and it was in what he termed a " brand new Georgia Gallon can." At a preliminary hearing Tuesday Hall was bound to cou'rt under $300 bond which he failed to make and was remanded to jail. Officers Get Still And Two Men Last Satuday Deputy Sheriff Ed Barnett received a report that a still was in operation on the headwaters Hothou/e creek. Taking two other deputies, Henry Rose and Julius McClure, he went to the scene got a 40 gallon outfit, all copper, said to be the finest outfit they had yet captured The not. and worm had been removed and hid in the hushes. They found three old still places but said they peihaps missed the nghl one, as they could find no beer at either place. They picked up two men on the road going home with three and a half gallons of whiskey, whom they arrested and brought to Murphy. The men later made bonds of $200 each for their appearance at the next term of court. Mothers Day Program At New Hope Sunday There will be a Mother's Day program at New Hope. N. C. 7 miles west of Murphy. Everybody invited. I We want all singing classes and the I old people to be with ua on that day. A lunch dinner will be served. All bring lunch. ? i>ro tentially Rich Territory in This Sta 53 Fishing Allowed In 3 Cherokee Rivers Without License According to telagraphic communication Wednesday fioni Representative G. W. Cover at Raleigh, a bill has been passed allowing residents of Cherokee county to fish in the Valley river, Hiawasste "river, and Notla river without license. Another bill identified a> H. B. 1217. has been passed allowing th .-hooting of sucker, carp and red horse in the same streams. Section? ot le law repeals laws and clauses of laws in conflict with it- provisions. Some misunderstanding has arisen a- to tht law affacting the closed season. The county garni warden says the law does not affect the closed season on these coarse fish, while there are those who contend that it repeal? them. An effort is being made to get a ruling by the state authorities so as to clear up the misunderstanding that ha;^ arisen. In the meantime the game \yarden stated he would be forced to arrest any i.ju- caught fishing or shooting in the streams during the closed season. The fishing season is now closed on all fishing in Cherokee county except trout streams. The seasoif is open on bass ffshing on June 10th to October 1st, and the trout season i> open April 15 to September 1st, The open season on ail coarse fish, such as suckt is. cat. red horse and catp, is from June 10th to May 1st. The full text of the law in question, identified as House Bill 1217, 1- llows: An Act to Amtfnd The Fishing Laws of Cherokee County. Whereas, the waters of Hiawassee rivr, Valley river. Not la river. Cherokee County, North Carolina, do not contain any game fish except bass: The Central Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That it shall he lawful for any person to catch and take cat fish by use of basket and ' or trot line in Hiawassee river Valley river, I Not la river, Cherokee County, North I Carolina. Section 2. That it shall be lawful to shoot with tifle sucker, ca'rp and red horse fish in the aforesaid 1 streams in Cherokee County, North Ca'roli&a. Section 3. Thtat all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same a're hereby, repealed. Secion J. 'That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its ratification. In the General Assembly, read 3 tim s and ratified this the tenth day of April, 1933. MURPHY SCHOOL TEACHERS NAMED FOR NEXT YEAR The following teachers have In on | elected to teach in the Murphy schools for next year. All of these, with the exeception of Mr. Carroll, Miss Mauney and Miss Wells, are reelections. Hieronymus Bueck, superintendent, high school teacher, B. R. Carroll, Murphy; O. W. Deaton, Biscoe; Miss Margaret Irby, Enfieldt Miss Fannie M. Hathcock, Norwood; Miss Huhy L. Courtney, Williston, S. C.; Miss Margaret Le May, Sniithfield; Miss Estelle Mauney, Murphy. Elementary school, Mfes Clara McCombs, Murphy; Miss Dai'r McCrackon, Hayesvilie; Miss Martha Mayfield MuYphy, Mrs. Evelyn Patton, Murphy Miss Loucine Wells. Murphy; Mrs. T. A. Case. Murnhv: Miss Emilv Sword. Murphy; Miss Addie Leatherwood, Murphy; Mrs. Henry Axley, Murphy; Mrs. J. W. Davidson, Murphy, Supervisor of Music. B. C. Walke'r was re-elect*d jaintor. o Man Hitched To Buggy, Hauls Family and Goods Murphy, May 8. (Special)?It is nothing: unusual, among: the natives of the far east, to hitch a woman to the plow, but this town saw somtehing brand ijew late Sunday when a mar, trudged up the long steep hill leading to the town from Tennessee, hitched between the shafts of an an cient dilapidated buggy. Accom panying him, beside, and behind the rattly old vehicle were a young woman, carrying an infant, two harefoot boys, and a- dog. The man identified himself as William Phillips, 30. Those with hin included his wife, Maureen 26; babj Continued on page 4) Mt te J B $1.00 YEAR?Sc COPY TOWN OFFICIALS BEGIN DUTIES ON SATURD'Y NIGHT 1 W. M. Fain Is Elected Mayor Pro Tem And Committees Named The new officers for the town of Murphy were inducted into office , Sat Urdu y night by C. I. Calhoun, I mayor pro tem of the old board. E. B. Nor veil. m*wty elected mayi or, who is en'rolling clerk or the j State Legislature, took the oath of | office under Chief .Justice Stacy at j Raleigh, and came to Murphy Friday J to be present at the mating Saturj day night. Mr. Nor veil is a native of Lunenburg counter. Virginia, but has | been a resident of Murphy for the past 4d years. Hi has been a successful lawyt'r, having In en associated with the late Ben Posey, a noted ciiminal lawyer of Murphy, hut the greater part of his 4d years' practice has been alone. Mr. Norvell was elm f clerk "f the en'roiling department ol the General Assembly every year from 1K99 to 1921, inclusive, and wa.c appointed to that position again this year. \V. M. Fain, alderman. was named n ayo'r p<? tern. Mr .Fain served as mayor for two tev a few years ago. Other membt'f- of the hoard f aldermen are A. W. Melver, who led the ticket with 3f?l votes, C. D. Mnyfiejd and K. I*. Hawkins, who have served a-* ahhrmen in former yeais, K. L. Townson, who was a member of the Cherokee county commissioners ff,'r 1931. and 1932. G. \V. Ellis. distict representative of the Gulf Refining company here. A good deal of business was transacts d at the meeting. K. O. Chritsoplier was re-elected town cle'rk, as was Fred Johnson, chief of police, and N*< il Sneed, night policeman. Walter Sneed was named street foieman, with Charley Fish as helpcj. Fulton Hartness was reappointed superintendent of the watei tkdant. TO INAUGURATE "NEW DEAL" FOR DRUNKS Acting mayo'r W. Mercer Fain only expects to guide tht; destinies of Muphy for about 30 days, while Edmund B. Norvell, newly elected mayor is in Raleigh, serving as executive clerk in the State Senate; but during that month, he said, he is going to inaugurate a "new deal for public drunks"?whidh 'they aVen't going to like one bit! Summed up, fines are to be made stitfer; payment "on the installment plan" is to be discontinued in all cases, and failure to meet the levy immediately is to be countered with i..? i .u ' * 1IOIU 1IIHUI, cillici UII llll' MIl'H.s Ul the town, o'r on the county roads. In past years it has Keen customary to treat those who gazf d too long on the liquor corn, with leniency, plus. Foimer Administrations made it a practice, if the imhidder had been peaceable, and "submitted" at the trial, to imopse a fine of only $1 and costs. Even this small fine usually was susupended on promise of good behavior for three months?if the costs were met. If the defendant had eitht r a job, oj a previously good reputation, or responsible kinsmen, ? he was allowed to go free, and pay up, "on time." In one case it took the offender three months to settle in fyll. If the costs were not paid, the fine stood, and the prisone'r was remanded to jail, usually for 10 days. ' There, however, he was given his choice of wo'rking as a street cleaner, ditch digger, or something of the sort , o'r of staying behind the bars, doing nothing but reading, sleeping and <at:ng. Almost invariably the prisoner chose the latter. Acting Mayor Fain said this is all wrong. He delared keeping prisoners in idleness in jail, feeding them at county expenses without a single 1 return except "the doubtful joy of watching them grow fat. is an unfair burden on the taxpayers." Also, the too easy, too lax fining system, ne ' said, fails utterly to act a-* any bar 5 to public intoxication. "It doesn't ' mean a thing," he said. : So hereafter, as long as he is act1 ing mayor, M'r. Fain declaed, every r.ian who takes too much on board may expect to be fined not les- than $5 and costs, requiring a total out" lay of ; 12.50. Nor will any time be ? j grafted for payment, in instalments. The levies must be m t then and ' tnerr, he .-aid, or the prisomrr, will be put to work, without asking my' thinp: about their preferences. 1 It was pointed out to the actinjf * mayor that while a -lO-day jail sen(Continued on page 4)
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