The Leading Jf
Vol. XLV.?No. 7.
POWER COMPANY
APPEALS FROM
ASSEMENT
< Southern State* Power Company and
Holding Company say* Assets- ,
ment Unequal and Unfair
Notice of appeal from t*ne order of
the Hoard of County Commissioners
fixing assessment valuation of property
holdings in Cherokee county,
was scived uppn E. C. Moore, chairman
f the board, last Friday by the
Southern States Power Company,
owner f the 4)0wer development
furnishing power and lights to the
town of Murphy, and holder in emi;
nent domain of the riparian rights of
j the Hiawassee river dam site below
| Murphy, and the Cherokee Land and
Development Company, a subsidiary
company organized for holding the
! land- acquired above the water line.
The notice was given through MarI
tin and MaVtin, of Asheville, atj
toin ys for the power companies,
and was accompanied by a statement
of gr unds for appeal, together with
notice that the companies were appealing
tluir cause to the State
| E aiu of Assessment, at Raleigh.
Me ting as an equalization boai;d.
the- county commissioners, on August
8\h, .<et the valuation of the land-* of
thi Southern States Power Company
a; c * ?, una <?ou an acre, ana
the valuation of the lands of the
Cherokee Lai.d and Development
Company at $8, $12.50, $40 and $75
an aeie, in accordance \yith the location
and value of the lands for
farming purposes.
On the first Monday in September,
th. ceunty comissioners reduced the
valuation rates of the Southern
States Power Company's property to i
$4(. $25, and $20 an acre, instead |
of leaving it at $75, $40, and $30. ,
However, the valuation rates of the
hold ng company was ordered to
stand.
la their statement or cmqplaipt,
*h. power c mpany and the holding
Company charge that the board violated
the law when it undertook to
make and did make a horizontal in!
crease in the assessed value of their
property, but did not undertake to
ma^e an equalization of the valuations
of their property with other simila*
properties in the county, but assess- '
ea the property of the appellants
largely in excess of the assessments
oi other similar properties, and in excess
of its actual market value.
The complaint further recites that
in >:o im easing the assessment ot
* he property of the appellants, and
not making horizontal increase sn
the assessment of other lands in the
cguniy having equal value, the actio 1
<-f the beard i<: "ur.jnst, unlawful.
>c: .minatory, u tfair ani no-4, uniform."
The Fourteenth Amendment to t.he
C; i^titution of the United States is
cited and pleaded, charging that the
commissioners- systematically and intentionally
discriminated against the
appellants in that they assessed their
property at more than 100% of its
actual value in money, while it systematically
and intentionally assessed
the property of other taxpayers of
equal value at not in excess of 50%
of its actual value in money.
Because of this alleged discrimination,
the appellants ask that t.he
order of the board of August 8th be
set aside and annulled.
E. C. Moore, chairman of the board
?f county commissioners, said that |
the allccatinno of tV?o nowor and land !
companies tagefre untnje, and cited
th* action of the board on the first
Monday in September to prove his
statement. He said the highest assessed
valuation of the Southern
States Power Company now was $40
an acre for all t.he lands under the
"vator line, and some of the bottom
lands of the power and holding companies
included many acres of the j
finest farming land in the county.
The highest assessed valuation of
like hot.tom lands of the farmers and
other taxpayers of the county was
?75 and acre, he said, with a minimum
of $3 an acre for the extreme
i lacccssable mountain ridges.
J. D. Mallonee, county attorney,
Was referred to for any further statement
on the matter. Mr. Mallonee
said a demurer would be filed with
the State Board of Assessment as
foon as it could be prepared, and proband.
a date for hearing the matter
^ould be set soon by the State
outhorities.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Savage were
host and hostess to a dance given a*t
the Regal Hotel last Friday evening,
everyone had a delightful time.
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Mutphey, N,
THREE GEORGIA
BOYS JAILED ON
LARCENY COUNT
Three boys were lodge3, in the
Cherokee county jail Saturday charged
with larceny and breaking into
the garage of J. C. Simonds las: Friday
in t?he Shoal Creek section.
They a're Ezra Bell, Id; Han- i
Hawkins, 17 and Claude Wart, 18, ol
Sweetgum, Ga. At a prelin.inary
hearing before Justice uf dne Peace
W. L. Garren last Friday night, they
were bound to superior court under
bonds of $200 each. Pputy Sheriff
Ed Dodson, of Shoal Creek Township,
brought the boys to Murphy and
lodged them in >ai! ii default of
bonds. A fourth member of the quartette
escaped and is still at large.
MURPHY UNIT
SCHOOLS FEEL
ECONOMY ERA
Less Allotted For incidentals This
Year Than For Murphy
Proper Last Year
The Murphy School >y>tcm will
fed the pinch of tcon- my as practic- '
ed in the state under tho new eight I
months school law. according io allotment
figures certified by the State
School Commission and made public |
here this week by local school authorities.
For instancy, less money has been
made available for supplies and incidentals
for the entire Murphy unit,
comprising fi\e other schools besides
Murphy proper, for the eight months
State supported term than was allotted
last year for the six months term of
tb Murphy school only.
The allotment by the State Suiool
Commision includes instructional
simplies, $64; janit'i's salary, $400;
wr'er and lights, $85; janitor's supplies,
$64; fuel, $480. The only exception
is fuej, which apiount comlaYes
favorably with the allotment
for last year.
The teachers of the Murphy school
will receive Its- for teaching eight
months this year than they received
for teaching only >ix months last
year. Some of the teachers are receiving
les> than $12 a week, which
is the minimum wage set for labor in
the President's NRA code agreement.
1 tu:.
The amount oi money auuwvu una
year for eight months transporation
of pupils to and from school is about
he same as was allowed last year for
the six months term.
H. Bueck, superintending principal
of the Murphy unit, said because of
this striek economy practice imposed
upon the local schools, it would be
necessary for the parents, pupils and
teachers to lend their closest co-op!
eration in order to secure the same
degree of efficiency as was maintain^
ed last year.
Brasstown C'ubs
Guests Of Murphy
Lions Tues. Night
| The Brasstown men's and women's
| clubs were guests of the Mu'rphy
I Lions at a picnic outing at Riverside
I t,nr(. Tuesday nig.ht, at which
some 28 Lions and guests were present.
A suniptous feast was enjoyed under
the trees, following which a short
speaking program took place. W. M.
Fain, president of the Lions Club,
welcomed the visitors and presided.
Co-operation and fellowship as expressed
in get-together meetings
like this one was th< general theme
of all the speakers. Short talks were
made by Miss Marguerite Butler,
Mis Caroline Kidder. and Prof.
Fisher, of the Folk School.
Dr. Edw. E. Adams, secretary of
the Lions, introduced t?he new members
of the Lions cluh. as follows:
The Rev. T. F. Higgins. R. F. Williamson,
Walt *r Coleman, Harry Lahn and
Harold Hatchett.
Officers of the Brasstown Men's
Club are Pirk Fisher, president;
George Bids^rup, vice president; and
Leon Deschamps. secretary-treasurer.
Officers of the Brasstown Woman's
Club are Mrs. L. L. Scroggs, presi[dent;
Miss Louise Pitman, vice presiI
dent; and Mrs. Vrrge Coker, secretary-treasuYer,
all of whom were present.
o
Davidson, N. C., Sept. It?Along
with 245 others one man from Murnhy
enters Davidson College for the
firs't time. He is J. W. Bailey Jr.
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Carolina, Covering a Large and P
. C., Friday, September 1
SCHOOL NEWS
T'.f State of North Carolina has
furnished f #ur new bus bodies in
Cherokee County for Mr. W. J.
Mintz driver of th (Jrandview an 1
Hai-haw icute. Mr. Hawkins driver j
cf the Hot House route; Mr. Frank
< raw ford driver of th L'naka r-ute;
and Mr. Cook drivei "t Wolf Creek,
route. i
All students who rid- these bu/es 1
.vere taken home at the lunuh hour
on Friday, September 8, in order
that the driver could go to Mo- re
County to get the bodies which w- re
made by the McDonald Body Company.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE CHANCED
(). W. Peaton, football coach, has
changed football practice f* ni ibe
afternoon to the noon hour. Practice
starts at 1 in ordei to provide a
tint, fo'r the boys from th rural section
to piactice. This new chcdule
began Tuseday P2\h, an hus far has
pr ved successful.
Ih school news will aniuar weeklv
in the Scout thi* year ami items written
for this col jnn will m from
students of the Senior da*- who are
studying journalism in c onnection
with their regular English course.
This class is being taught by .Miss
Lois Latham who has charge of Senior
English in the High School. Miss Latham
has .had special work in L urnalism
from Colu.r.bia Univ. :sity and is
\\ 11 qualified to supervise :he school
news.
Hates Creek leports an enrollment
of 50 pupils. This school having opened
two weeks earlier than the others
in the Unit will have two weeks intermission
now for the purpose 01
pupils helping with tin harvesting of
corn at thdr homes. Mr. J. Franklin
Smith teacher of this school visited
the Murphy school Tuesday an I ! or
rowed some readers for pupils.
Mr. Bueck visited Tomotla, Grape
Creek >cho- Is last week and found
th' classes well organized and work
being ca'i t ied on well by the teacher*
in charge of these schools. Teacher*
desks have betn sent to %he rooms ot
schools in this Unit. There were a
numb* r of extra ones at the Murphy
building which were net nettled.
A sample of the spring water at
Kinsey seho<1 wa* sent to Raleight by
Dr. Hill to determine whether or not
pupils could drink this water rather
than cany it in buckets from nearby
wells. Tht report from Raleigh says
the- wati i >k.
Through the courtesy of the Standard
Oil Co. New Jersey, Mr. Bueck
received -1.00(1 book covers with a
"safety imvsijje" on the front. These
are being distributed to children in
the grades.
Mis. Kidder from the Folk School
made a visit to the Murphy School
last week to talk over some health
work she plans to do in the County
she is especially anxious to go to al
the schools in this unit. Mrs. Kidder'i
work is being financed by friend:
of Mrs. Campbell < f the Folk School
DO YOU KNOW
There are three more teachers ir
Murphy High School than ever befo.i
in the history of the school.
Some of the students come forti
eight miles to and from school eacl
day.
HIGH SCHOOL BOY IS STRICKEF
Quentin Townson, a Junior in Mur
phy High School was stricken Sunda;
by what was thought to have beevi
| appendicitis, but what later prove*
to be a severe case of indigestion
He suffered the attack while enrout
home from a ball game at Knoxvillc
Tenn.
Quentin is still in bed but it i
thought that he will be complete!
'recovered in a few days.
FIRST PROJECT OF HOME
ECONOMICS CLASS
The students of the first yea
; Home Economics class underwen
; their fir.*t cooking project Sept. 9.
I The class made a through study o
preparing apple sauce.
; Attractive posters were made t
. increase the students' interest in th
. study of fruits for breakfast.
The second year undo
the supervision of Miss Ruth Ho!
houser have been canning apples an
tomatoes.
The girls furnish all materials fc
canning and take the finished prof
' uct to thefr home for future use.
Continued on page 4"
t Ikm
otenlially Rich Terri torv in This Stale
:
5, 1933 $]
FUNERAL FOR T
MRS. E. H. SCROGS
HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl
Sc:oggs, 4d, of Bra*-town, were held
Monday morning at 10 o'clock at thi
Little Biasstown Baptist Church, Sp
about nine miles uih of Murphy, by
the Rev. Howard Hall, pastor, and the
lite. 11. H. Hyde, of Andrews. Ini
teiment was in tlv churchyard.
! Mrs. Scroggs had bten in declining tio
health lor maz?y years, and last July of
her condition became se'rious. Cancer ass
was given as tfte cause of here d-aih.
Shi is survived by hei husband. a.n
E. 11. Scroggs, and seven children: ni
Hammie Scroggs, Mrs. Kate Reese, tha
Frank, Maik, Lenmtte. Tcnnettt, and 19'
Grace Sct'ggs. all of Fi>*s:own; her or
mother, Mrs. Mattie A. Hampton, of
Brass-town; seven sisters, Mrs. Florcnct
Herbert, Warae; Mrs. Nell Fr
fantnn- A!.Puiilin*. H.t.h- lis
ett, Helleview; Mrs. -illy Johnson, *r:
.Mis. Georgia Lgan mid Mrs. Hubbie fo
l ee Rice, of MuYphy. ami Mrs. Bessie wi
Crawford, of Ash'ville; and th?*ee Pt
grand children. an
LOGAN AND "
HARRIS TAKEN !r
AFTER CHASE :
Officers Shoot Tire? Down After j L<
Eight Mile Chase?Wanted | ^
In Georgia
W
Heiman Logan and Jimmie liar- P'
ri>, of Atlanta, (la., were lodged in ^
the Cherokee County Jail for officers
from Atlanta, and Sheriff L. L. Man
took pa-session of a stolen Ford of
sedan, as the* lesult of the end of a in
wild ride which carried them through th
the main street of Andrews at sixty ai
miles an hour about noon lu>t Fri- bt
day with State Highway Pair- lmen n?
closing in on the chase. cl
The laptu're was Tnade by Sergeant w
G. L. Burnett and Patrolman A. B. w
Smart, after they had given chase to m
the speeding car for seven 01 eight w
miles. Two other men, Torris Logan,
a cousin of Herman, of Bra-stown, b<
and Morris Mo< re of Peacht'rec, were w,
in the car with Logan and Harris at w
tht time. *o
The chase star'ed at Rhodo, about
five miles east of Andrews, when a la
, speeding car, recklessly driven, pass- I'd
ed the oficers. al
Th. patrolmen sounded their siren '
to no avail, and gave chase, and when
the officers attempted to pass the
speeding car, it would crowd them 111
and block the road. Ont of the occu- t*
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I anis yi me apvcinHg v?? .
i passed through Andrews at between w
sixty and sixty-five miles an hour.
The chase ended a few miles south w
I of Andrews on a side road which st
I Logan had taken in an effort to x>
i dodge pursuit, when the officers shot n
the tires down. ^
' Believing t?hc ear to be stolen, the . tj
s officers comunicated with the auto- t<
* mobile underwriters detective bureau, o
Atlanta, and Chief T. O. Sturdivant.
of the Atlanta Police Department, di- A
rected Sheriff Mason to hold Logan -s'
1 and Harris for the Georgia officers.
L' The car was identified as belonging c
to a Mrs. Brown, of Atlanta, and n
was stolen about one o'clock last ^
Thursday afternoon. e
1 Charges of larceny of an automo- t
bile, (friving while under the in- o
, fluenc'e of whiskey, and being drunk t
and disorderly were lodged against a
Herman Logan, and Harris was 3
' ? j 1. 1
Charged Wlin DeTHK Uluiin aim Uiau.
^ erly. Torris Logan and Morris Moo'rc *
j were relaesed when they were identified
and told officers that Herman
p Logan and Ha'rris had come by their
f homes earlier in the day and asked
" them to iro for a ride.
Sheriff Mason said that Logan and
s Harris waived extradition, and ofy
ficers arrived sometime Saturday
and carried them hack to Georgia fo'r
'rial.
T Singing Convention
At Murphy Oct. 8th J
r <
The annual Cherokee county sing- j
o ing convention will be held at the
ie court .house in Murphy on the second
Sunday in October, which is October ?
r 8th, it was announced here this week
4_ by John Donley, of Peach-tree, p'resid
dent of the convention. Earnest
Trentham, of Andrews, is secretary.
)r Invitations have been extended to
all the choirs and singing classes of
the county to be present and participate
in the contest for the banner,
^ and singers and classes of adjoining
^
1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
AX RATE $1.75
SET FOR TOWN
FOR YEAR 1933
ecial Privilege Taxes Also Given
Final Approval Last
Friday Night
A tax rate of $1.75 per $100 valuan
has been .*et by the commisioners
?he t? \vn of Murphy for the 102^
essnv.nl. This rate was fixed at a
eti.og of the board on Auk. 28th,
d was given final approval at a
eting last Friday night c.^Med lor
it put pose. The levy lists SI.25
r debt service and 50c for general
current expenses.
Special privilege taxes for the town
ire also given final approval last
iday night, and lr< m a perusal of
t, one would believe the town faths
of Murphy look upon gypsies,
rtune tellers and phrenologists
th fear and horror. The special
ivil-ge tax assessed against gypsies
id fortune tellers for plying their
ofession in Murphy is $500, w.hile
? 0 is. assessed against the phrenel;st
fo? a like privilege. The lowly
id almost ttfltinct lightning d agit
is assessed $50. Other privilege tax
vied compares favorably with
e a-scsmesnt for last year.
C. 1>. Mayfield, chairman of the
nance committee, who went to
ileigh last week to confer with the
n ut Onvt>< nmpnt I nmmi^inn c?n
ie town's finances, repo'rtcd he was
surtd by the commission *hat it
ould send one of its experts to Muriv
within the near future to help
ork out this perplexing problem with
e city fatheis.
The finance committee, composed
Mr. May field and (J. \V. Ellis, was
structed by the board to investigate
e over-due wate'r bills due the town,
id make recemmt ndations as to the
;st way ? f handling them at the
?xt meeting. E. O. Chrisotpher, city
erk. report : .at soir (?"? users
er. behind as much as ten months,
hile a large number were behind
oru than two years, and several
ere in arrears even longer than this.
A flat rate of $1 a month is now
?ing charged to household users of
ater, pnd meters are being installed,
ith some consideration being entrriained
for advancing the rate to
I a month for household users. Th*
iger users of water, such as the ice
ant, laundry, garages, etc., have
lieady bei 11 placed 011 a flat rate of
l2c per thousand gallons.
A. meter was ordered placed on the
:hool supply line, and the city clerk
istructed to notify the school autorities
that after October 1st, the
at rate 01 7 bjc per thousand gallons
ould apply.
E. P. Hawkins, chairman of the
ater and streets committee, was inducted
to make pr? per provisions for
ater and sewage disposal for the
ew hospital being, eorW.ructed by
>r. Petrie, and to see that the hospiil
stction had sufficient fire proaction..It
was estimated that a three
r four inch pipe line into this section
rould be sufficient fOT the hospital
pel residenctrs. A half inch line is now
upplying that section.
TTie board further instrucetd the
lerk to secure a copy of the judgment
rendered last week by Judge E.
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aies weou in me *->.
ourt against the town in favor of
he Da vies-Bertram company, holders
f bond< of the town, and to notify
he taxpayers that property would be
advertised for taxes after the second
ilonday in October.
Mayor Edmund B. Norvell presidk1.
"Deductive" and "Inductive"
The deductive method in logic Is the
method of scientific reasoning by which
from assumed or established general
principles concrete applications or
consequences are deducted. Inductive
logic is the act or process of reasoning
from a part to a whole, from particulars
to generals, or from the Individual
to the universal
counties are expected to be present
but will not be privileged to enter
jhe contest. Mr. Donl< y feaid he had
assurances that the Cherokee Indian
class from Yellow Hill would be present
and take pari on the program.
The annual singing convention is always
an event which is eagerly looked
forward to by rural Cherokee county,
and the occasion has drawn together
more than three thousar ! at or.
time. A banner is awarded annually
to the class rendering the best singing
in the opinion of the judges, and
last year Union Hill, Shoal Creek
township, received this award.
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