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I SALES TAX WILL
I BEGIN ON JULY 1
Pfjwlifa'om For State Are Made
B Public By A. J. Maxwell
I RAI-EI I. l ine 17.?North Car ffi
'ira a .:i on a new ?ea of taxC
atk-n a 1 -?ht away when ;hc new
B ihrtt- j : ce general sales tax?the
I
If ?goo its'" ! --Vet at 12:01 a. m. on j
la Saturday. aly I.
Estiniatt . to raise approximately j
9j $9,000.0" a ytar and go far toward :
supporting th 1933-35 budget and
state's ?ight months
- schc the tax will be levied
ft on al! aetail sales of merchants exit
tep: tho.-v f "necessary food.-."'
I Entitl "emergency revenue act
B to provide for the deficit m operB
jting expenses of the state governK
men; and protect its cre Jiv; to l-r?ja
\irie a balanced budget for the ensu
in? bitiiiMum; to provide additional
I tax relief through a uniform state
school system without any j
|i tax on i rty," it was enacted by j
W\ the ? -" -iiitu're.
"1 levud o- license
x for engaging or con-1
I the business of merchangl
uisiiiw. .a. Max.veil, commissioner
B .i :ruv. . hose department will colB
said in a statement to
i "i. i> ;r|)On' and intent that
. . .. Ui be added to silt- ;
t:i - inndisu and ther-'ny be
j . ' the consumer instead 01
U-:: l a; i b.v the in ichant."
I treats Are Made
,Y. v have been t... ,/s .
led. -Maxwell expressed I
:..c it clearly came \viih:n
the the state's constituii
t.i.;ii*.i uut that und.r the
slate his department cann'f
tied lhoni collecting th. I
i \\. Ii have to be paid?eve:,
if : test.
hi:;. - are in pVogre?s with
imrchia tips, he said, for the
[ii .vui-j. ,i of rules and regulations
l'o .. - the levy. Under tl" >
statute. wll tie illegal for merchaiu>
to a they will abo ill the tax.
Failure to follow any rules and regular
ii> made by the revenue department
. considered a misdemean!
To a niplish the intent of the
law, Ma . 11 said he was ^empowered
and directed to devise, promulgate
and enforce regulations under
which h o retail merchants shall coilect
fro the customer by uniform
rul a classes of business the tax
levied."
He may include in such rules and
regulation-- plans which require more
or k.v- : aan three per cent of the
> ' t . ;he purpose being to enable
:ho i j.hants to collect approximately
tae amount of three per cent
en t.-.oi; .otal sales volume," he said.
Exemptions are few, being school
hoi ks the adopted list, merchandise
sold to the federal or state government
and their subdivisions,
I fresh milk and butter milk, sugar,
?*alt and coffee.
Must Report Sales
When in the sale of a new article
a second-hand or used article is taken
in part payment, the sale of the new
article must be reported at full gross
price, but the resale of the second
Hand article may be* excluded from
the gross sales upon which the tax is
imposed.
Gasoline and fertilizer?taxed under
other laws?are exempted.
Under the law, merchant* roust obtain
a license, costing one dollar,
from the commisaioner of ravenue to
operate a business. The three pe?r
cent sales tax will be paid in monthly
installments, on or before the 15th,
day of the montth following the one
in which the tax accrued.
However, Maxwell pointed out, if
r v tax for anY merchant is
"able does not exceed $10 for any
month, a quartedly return may be
made. If the t?* Hapq not. exceed
that amount for any one quarter, |
yearly returns will be allowed.
The revenue depa'rtment is being
expanded for collection of the tax
which if it comes up to estimates,
will be the state's biggest revenue
Producer. ?Asheville Citizen.
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Highly Print Stamps
With stamp collectors s "first day
ewer" la an ear el ope with a stamp of
a new issue that has been mailed and
Jhe stamp canceled on the first day
">e new stamps have been placed on
Some collectors have blocks ot
w stamps ot each denomination on
envelope. First day covert of the
J*01** Washington bicentennial
, ?P? are those mailed In Waahlagfn
en January x, MM, as the stamp
**' ** ret en sals In other dtlaa
MtU January 3.
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r eekly Newspaper in If ester n North i
Muiphey, N.
CLAY CO. MAN
KILLED IN FALL
FROM TRUCK
Jce .Johnson, brother of A. L. .Tohc- ,
-on. of Murphy, died Thursday m?
ing as a result of a fall from a
on Morgan's Hill just South < *'
about 8 o'clock. Mr. J<?hnoperated
a filling station and
an top of the hill just this - <1 .f
Hayesville for many years and was
well known in Cherokee eoun \vb it
he formerly lived.
He married twice, his second wife
b ing Miss Eliza Allen, daughter of
S. Y. Allen, of Postell. He was n i
hi way to Postell when th< accident ,
occurred to see his wife who is said
to be sick and who was visiting her
parents.
Following the accident Mr. di.hnson
was brought to town and given
medical atttntion. He was then carried
to the home of his nephew, \ irgil
hnson, where he died shortly aftei
i arriving.
ANDREWS |
Mr. and Mrs. L). II. T
daugihter, Bettie Anna, a Jk1).
Kodgers were in Sy.
? t this week where M . i attending
to professional buThe
many friend- of . ' .
rutuiiu-u Will l('ti) ;i :
liui she is ill at the sum,i\sv . f i
parents, .Mr. and -M C. . II .
littzll.
I Jr. Robert Brown wh i.
taking his internship
training in Philadel] hia ; an
I'M' a few days vi>:ti?g i.i
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Id ?v.
Air. arid Mrs. W. W. Ashe a. the I
regular meeting ?f lie V us K.,- j
tary Club on Tuts da* . ... < :' this,
week entertained the .. This was 1
th fifth anniveisurv t : :i?e club and
it had for its speaker on that occa ?
ion Air. Guy Ilouck of Franklin, X.
C.
Me?V. 1). H. Tillitt and Clarence
Edwin Hyde, of Andrews, have been
attending couk at Alurphy this week.
.Mr. Austin of the Baptist Home
Mission Board of Atlanta, Georgia i
has bcMr. spending spvornl day* in i
Andrews wot king with the Andrews |
Baptist church in its campaign to raise i
money with which to pay on its debt j
to 'che Home Alission Board.
Rev. R. W. I'revost, pastor of the
Andrews Baptist church left Andrews
on Wednesday of this week for High
Point, X'. C. where he fill join Alls.
Prevost and the children to be gone
until the first of next week.
Services at the Andrews Baptist
church on next Sunday at both morning
and evening' se'rvices in the absence
of the pastor will he conducted
y Jack Benson of Marble.
Mr. L. C. Ward of Andrwes was a
business visitor in Murphy on Wednesday
of t?his week.
Messrs. Percy B. Ferebee, Clyde H. I
Jarrptt and W. D. Whitaker were
business visitors in Murphy on Tuesday
of this week.
Mr. J. P. Goodman, Claim Agent of
the Southern Railway Company with
headquarte'rs in Asheville was a business
visitor in Andrews on Tuesday
of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Perkinson of
enortonhnrtr. S. C. spent the latter j
par.t of the past week and the Iirst
of this week visiting in thd home of
Irs. Perkinson's parents, Dr. and
MVs. J. E. Tidwell.
IMr. R. S. Porter of Oklahoma
City, Okla. is spending some time in
Andrews. Mr. Porter was formerly
a resident of Andrews and is now
located in Oklahoma City in the oil
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Scacegood and children
of Stillwell, Okla. spent severals
daye this patst week near Andrews
visiting in the home of Mr. Sam
Stewart.
Messrs. J. TV. Walker, and J. H.
Abernathy were business visitors in
Murphy on Wednesday of this week. '
Messrs. B. P. Grant, P. M. Reagan,
W. i. Sandlin and J. R. Leach were i
in Murphy on Tuesday of this week I
attending court.
Messrs. W. G. McKeldrey, J. A. I
Earwood, and W. H. Robinson are I
tmkf\
Carolina. Covering a Large and P
C., Friday, June 23, 193
MISSING SNEED
BABY IS FOUND
C?ncinn...: Detect* v-s Recover Ch-lt';
Parents From W. N. C.
<L\< 1 NX ATI, June 7 (AIM?The
a.:.?wg >ix wicks old daughter of
Mrs. .Madeline Sneed was found ! >
ih-leetives today in the home of M?>.
Virginia KoueYs, 31 wiiv. of a Cincinnati
city welfare department cm
oloye.
The baby was mysteriously abducted
by a 'Tady in white" from the
I < r quarters of the Sneeds a week
ago today. Police were baffled because
they could surmise no motive
for the strange disappearance of the
"lady in white ' who explained she
vva taking the c.hild \o a hospital foi
treatment.
Tipped that a child suffering from
in ailment, similar to that of th
Sliced baby, was in Mrs. Rogers home
detectives investigated. At first the
woman insisted the c.ild was her
wn. Rater, In the presence n- wpapcimcn
and detd tive-. she sa. .
-:< had taken the Si.ec: baby, aft-U
aming about th' case from newspaper
accunt-.
The :.:?!?> was ill. >hc and -iv
took it ro .hat it .eight be Riven the
^E?nre she believed it couLi_?not_reR
:vc in the river front home in wi-.n-ii
its you .r pari nts and sirttfr lived.
Tnt Siteeds mine 'in- t < eet v
t mini !i wo.-e . (la., -i n : js
unemployed.
SNEEDS ARE FROM
CHEROKEE COUNTY
MURPHY, .Tune 7?John Sneed,
father f the mising six week- 1-i
aby, who was fount! \\Y..:u-><la.. :.\
1 t c-tiv - in Cincinnati. is a nati'
heroic I-C county. He \v;d .
tear Regal, where h I - faVier,
Sneed, leddes on a far a:.
Mrs. Siv.ed. mother of th baby, ifrom
Clay cour.vy wh re a numher 0}
run* relatives reside. She was a Lcdioicl
beioie h< ; marriage.
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Runaway Murphy Boy
Touring llie Country
Lesbh Ilai t r. ><?a of M:. and
Mrs. \V. M. II a. mi n, who left home
unnannounced about May 7th, was
last heard of in Portland, Oregeon,
June 8th. when he wrote a letter
horn-..
Leslie u'rote his parents from
Tallulah, La., en ?May 13th, shortly
after bavin- :->nie. Next he wrote
from Topeka, Kansas, then Missoula,
Mont., May 2."?;h.
In his letter from Portland, Oregon
written Jun he says:
Hello Folk
1 just got ill here. It is raining an i
is pretty cold. 1 have a blanket and
overcoat and she don't, bother me. I
will te in California tomorrow and
headed for Chicago the next day. A
' 1 in ITnlKrAftl: Ariz..
letter auurv^seu
might reach iue. Put on it hold till
call for and 1 might get it. I have
got to close now as I might miss my
means of transforation out of this
cold country. Tell Troy he fould
not want to go in swimming here, and
tell Lake that I see a lot of red
headed boys up here. Tell Poss hello,
and Popeye, too.
^Well maybe 1 shall get your letter.
"Leslie."
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Canning Specialist
To Visit The County
According to M'rs. Clyde Arrendale
Pleasants, Emergency Home Demonstration
Agent, Cherokee County is
nrivileged to have Mrs. Irma P. Wal
lace. State Canning Specialist here or
June, twenty-seventh.
Mfrs. Wallace will meet the women
of the upper portion of the county al
Andrews the morning of the twentyseventh
and will hold another meeting
at the Murphy Library that afternoor
at two o'clock.
Canning leaders have been select
ed for every community in the count]
and they are to be at the meeting
however, every woman interested ii
canning is invited and urged to come
among those from Andrews servin]
this week as jurors in the Superio:
Court.
Mr. John M. Archer was in Frank
lin on Tuesday and Wednesday of thii
week attending the funeral and buria
of Walter Allen's mother.
? Hot
otenlially Rich Tcrri tory in This Stat
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TWO COMPANIES I
C. C. C. DETRAIN AT
MURPHY ON WED. E
Two companies of 1 i*S men each of
the Citizens CYn>ervation Coup- d trained
at Murphy Wednesday itunn- a
injr and we're carried in truck.- to
; point- on the 1'fist r-Yogel timber 1 j.
tracts in Union and Towns counties, n
Ga., for work under the plan of re- j
foiestation of th "new deal" ad;
ministration. c
One company went to Blairsville t,
i-ind will take up quaiters at the foot
of the mountain this side oi Neil's |
i Gap. nine miles south of Blairsville,
j while the other will take up quarters
?.n thi Hiawassee-Unicoi road 11 miles south
of Hiawassee. T.he Blairsville
1 unit is known at P-55, Company *1.51. {
under the command cf Capt. I*. W. \
; Ricamore, of llaleigh, and Lieut. A. <
j V. Shcl n, of I'ompano, Fla.. and (
sergeant F. C. Yarbrough, of Wilm- I
jington, N. C. The Hiawassee unit '
i> in command of Capt. E. A. Green,
of the Oak Ridge Military Institute.
Lieut. II. Clack, of Tenn.. Lieut. \\ . ! 1
E. riott, of North Carolina. Fir.-! j 1
S' rgcant, Ralph Ray. ar.d Supply j s
Seigeant, J. M. Pate, l oth of 1 .
l?wg., X. C. Sev m r-gular Armyjr
v.ciK composed <>f t if*, e commission- ! "
,1 officers and f ur enlisted men, are j
11 chaipe f each company. j?
When the corps unloaded at Mur- ;i
phy. but for the uniform ot th men. j'
II the scene reminded one of war times | i
in IT ar.u 1!'] <. It i?.' iui: - ! \
!" e?>achts anil three ' aggage ca.
bring *. i null into Murphy ov? r
m? S' ;.',hu!i Railway System whicu j ]
'.s said, to be the largest ra>ret:g r | .
. a to ever enter Murphy.
It required 31 tr.a-k load- (
Hen ami their equipment to their j
: .-ti nation. W. M. Fain i i' Mur- hy,
.a the contract to move the outfit
truck. It required Ki trucks for
H aw.i c company, and 15 for
lie Blair.-yille cou.pany. Both out;
tit ha 7*1,000 pounds f baggag-. !
the ni- \emcnt started at 10 A. M. in
iiuphv, and the last truck h ad left ]
out at 5 i\ M.
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Completion of Georgia
Read To N. C. Assured :
It i- ndvrstood that North Caro11
:iii i- somewhat discouraged in regard -j
: th. finishing of the new highway j y
connecting with Georgia Xo. 2 at t
Lake Toccoa Hefir 8!uC' Ridgo lead ^
ng via. Mineral Bluff and connect- (
ing with the North Carolina line near (
Culberson, as a result of the Georgia
State Highway tangle.
F.x-Senator Wade Allen of Mineral
lllulf has been sent to Atlanta to ?
confer wrth t?ie State officials in re- j
gard to the completion of Georgia's
! art of this road and was assured that J
-t. would be finished by the 15th of t
August. \
The grading to the North Carolina j1
line has been finished sonic time, and jJ
but about two miles has a coat of j
stone so come on North Carolina lets \
connect up. This is an important <
road and should be finished.
T rr? T TT a TiT>?*r<nn
J. 1. Li. j
AT Request of Citizens
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MANY BANNED BUGS I
IN FOREIGN ROOTS
A small Insect menagerie recently
came Into the United States with a
shipment of orchid plants, carefully
wrapped in dried leaves. The presence
of the Insects in the innocent-looking
package was detected by plant quarantine
inspectors of the United States
Department of Agriculture, who examine
all planu and plant material
k offered for entry at American ports
to exclude foreign insect pests and
plant disease.
1 This package gave no outward sign
of being a hive of insect activity, but
i me federal inspector rouna mat u nar.
bored the following undesirable aliens:
nine species of ants, five kinds of
beetles, five species of cockroaches,
' two moths, one cricket, one predai
dons bug, and one Insect living on decayed
matter. The infested orchid
. plants were detained until they had
been fnmlgated and the original pack'
lng replaced by excelsior.
J Although the greater part of the Imported
fruit, vegetables, nursery stock,
1 and other material capable of lntroduc,
lng Insects and disease may prove on
r Inspection to be free from Important
pests and diseases, says L. A. Strong,
chief of the bureau of plant quaran
tine, an Impressive number of shipi
merits, like these orchids, bring with
1 them an endless array of foreign Insects
and disease.
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1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
5ARCLAY NAMED
TO HEAD LIONS
district Meeting In 1934 Will Be
Hold At Salisbury
Salisbury was chosen for tht 1934
nnual meeting of the thirty-first
i.stiict of Lions International held
i.-t Thursday and Friday at the closig
session of the convention at the
lattery 1'aik hotel in Asheville.
John Barclay, of Wilson, was elect<1
district governor; Guy O. Bagwell,
f Charlottt. licutenant-gov "-nor of
he west, and Forrest G. Heath, of
tale,'zh, lieutenant-governor of the
ast.
Juseiti iJ.i . of A^huul'o was ap!..nt?d
a member < 1 ;h. board of
ir'vt .? . Other memb .- are W. M.
an., of Murphy. I u; . *r Martin. of
Vjr.ston-Salem; Hugh G Mr-hell, of
V r.ston-Snlem; Zack Roberts. of
oncord; V. J. Ashourg. of Dm ham;
i'tfus hn.-ton. oi Gasto'.* Bennett
e oi Mogantoii, and Dick Bason,
f North Wilkesb r
New officers will take office July
Hugh G. Mitchell, of Stat -ville,
iast district governor, will receive the
uj _ort of Lion : this district for
lit rnatio. al director. The :nterlaiifnal
convention will h: held at
. Loui>. . July 11 to 14.
*l?i 'Murphy Lion- tied v.M I'or.
,.l I '...Vl... . t\... 'Kr. -V. icVC
nint trophy. H v( y,..- giv n
0 ( neon. because t barlo.U' had ad
1 tv.i i-. Murphy ce and C<?nc . <!
,ia . t e. n < rganiiud only a year.
Tho c aui'iidinjSroa. Ma; phy aait-ga*.*--.
fn.nt . - cal ci.b wire:
iV. M. Fair.. H. i,. EI.in-, Dr. E. E.
kdums.
Clever Ruse Of
Sheriff Gets Car
Thief Of W. Va.
Ahou two weeks ago close to tho
iou. of to d night. Shot iff !.. L. Mason
-as culled t? ." ( lackey Motei i'omany
hy T by Fain, one of hi.- depute
, w-o was suspicious of two boys
vho we'ie trying to > i! som? parts
i an automobile to buy ga> with.
.Sheriff Ma-on talked with the hoys
ibout trading: cars. They wanted to
ee his car. H told them it was up
it the house and they would have t
to go up there, to which t.'uy agreed.
The sheriff got in the boy's car and
tad them drive up to his house. He
old them he was going to lock t.hem
ip until he could trace the *>wncrship
i* the car by the tag number. One
f the boys maintained strongly that
he car belonged to him.
A trace of the ownership of the
ar disclosed that it had been stolen
n West Yi'rginia. T.'icn it was that
f. O. Jones, one of the boys held, exdained
his meandering*. He stole
he car and had some money U berin
with, hut it soc n disappeared. He
>icked up another boy over in Kenucky,
and the two continued their
our of the' country. They secured
ras by using a rubber hose to siphon
t out of cars they found along the
road. Several times they came in
r.ntact wit.:, officers, hut managed
;o put up a plausaoie xaie as i?> .ncu
dentity and plight. Jone-s told Sherff
M^son that as soon as he drove up
n the yard of the Jail here he knew
lis goose .was cooked. Jones exonerated
the otljer boy and he was released.
A telegram to Sheriff Mason from
Jones' home town, JVIahan, VV. Va.,
Thursday morning read: "Hold J. O.
Jones for our officer^ leaving liera
todj^." It was signed by H. E. Dillion,
prosecuting attorney.
Young Democrats To
Meet on June 28th
The young Democrats of CJierokee
County arc called to meet at Murphy
at the cqurt house next Wednes1
- * vL T "Oil. ->i rr.on
a ay nigm, JUnt ?0Ui, ?r- i ,ju v* tiui-n.
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect delegates to the #tate convention
and to instruct delegates on the
repeal of the 18th Amendment.
All young Democrats are urged to
attend.
A. W. McIVER, President.
Candler's Install
New Equipment
Due to improved business conditions,
Candler's Beauty Shop has
made extensive improvements in
I their equipment by installing one of
the latest model combination Croquignole
and permanent Wave machines,
new dryers and etc., as well
as other improvements^ Making this
shop, under the management of Mrs.
E. Clark, the equal to any shop in the