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The Cherokee Scout
Official Organ of Murphy and Che
okee County, North Carolina
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered in the Post Office Mu
phy. North Carolina, as second cla
matter under Act of March 3, 189
C. W. Bailey Editor-Own
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have name of author as evidence '
good faith and responsibility.
County Bond Indebtedness
Is $1,102,500. 01
% ..
(Continued from page 1)
due by Ex-Tax Collector Abemath
represents the am un: required t
balance the 1930 taxes. Sett 1-.-mer
should be effected with Mr. Abei
nathy without further delay if it
possible to do so.
Land Sales Certificates:
Thi? account now amounts t
$73,159.42, from which has been r<
served the sum of $14,894.47 as a nr*
caution against certificates t.hat wi
be found uncollectible. The County
operating capital tied up in tax cert
ficates is steadily increasing year b
year and no one appears to venturj
an opinion as to what the outconi
will he. It is certainly evident tha
the County cannot} contiUe indef:
niteiy to properly function unles
some remedial remedy is discovere
and adopted that will appease thi
condition.
Accounts .Receivable:
This account Is composed of th
following and should be collected:
\\\ A. Boyd. Ex-RegisteT
of Deeds S127.C
B. L. Padgett. Register of
Deeds 74.C
These items cover fees collect*
in the Register's office accruing 1
the County.
Due By Schools:
This account amounting t<> $1,787
84 covers items '.Wat have been charj
ed against the School accounts cove
ing tax settlements prior to the yei
11)30. The accounts are subject 1
deduction against the amounts accri
ing to the Schools through 1931 ar
subsequent years taxes.
Deferred Charges:
The amount of $0,975.59 .shown
this account covers items involvi
in the settlement of taxes for tl
years 1930 and 1932 and will 1
charged out against the various Fui
accounts at the time of final settl
ment.
The remainder in this account <
$25,000.00 represents a donation th;
was made to the State Highway Cor
mission several years ago in the co:
struction of the Hot House roa
Under prevalent conditions I see r
way of this account being amortize
therefore, for the time being ;
least, this account really represer.
a deficit.
Cash In Closed Banks:
This account is composed of moni<
amounting to $9,692.63 which is ti<
up in the defunct Cherokee Bar
and the M. and M. Bank. Apparen
ly. the only hope of realization res
in whether or not the County m?
be able to collect from the bondsme:
I have been informed that such co
lection is very doubtful.
Outstanding Bonds
IT'he bonded indebtedness of tl
County reaches t?he colossal total <
?1,102,500.00. plus Debt Service i
Default of $77,557.30. There is r
way under the sun for Cherokee Coui
ty to ever liquidate it's bonded ii
debtness at par, and the sooner son
adjustment commensurate with Coui
ty's ability to pay is made, the betb
for all concerned. No one seems ab
to forecast what this adjustment w
be and when it will be consummated
Budget:
The position of the budget at Wo
ember 15, is excellent and indicat
of course that the financial affai
of the County are being very ab
and economically administered.
The only allotment overdrafts a
pearing, are in the divisions of Court
Jail and Heauth, the total allotme
overdarft for the three divisions
$1,598.46. These are the three div
ions of Government over which t
governing body has but very litl
oontrol and the overdrafts based i
allotment may work themselves o
before the end of the fiscal year.
The statement of Budget Positi
reflects an over expenditure in t
division of lax lasting, however
I would not be fair to align this ?
count as an allotment overdraft I
asmuch as the tax listing activiti
for the year have already been coi
pleted.
Books and Records:
In conclusion allow us to state th
the accuqnts and all records in t
office of your County Accounts
were found to have been excellen!
TW,
. PEACHTREE I
* School News
Miss Carolyn Kidder, Folk School |
ir- Nurse, Mrs. Grady Smith, Mrs. Stal-|
? cup and Miss Stalcup of B-llview ob7
served the hot lunch period a: school
? Monday of this week. I
er
The play "Xhe Red-headed Step
)0 Child", was given' in the school audi>0
torium Saturday evening. Feb. 3rd.
Th. pr 'ceeds from the play were $17.js#
fs and will be used to buy Library
uf Readers for the school.
n,
es A chicken supper will be given to,
the parents present at the JP. T. A. i
*" meeting Friday evening, Feb. 9. All
fj! parents are -cordially invited to atl"
! ten.
|j* Mrs. Grant's Fith and Sixth Grades
will have charge of t?he first part of
^ I the program, Mr. Z. Byrd will discuss
! ; ree-planting. The Folk School will
- i also present one of their plays. Mr.
Frank Smith, a Dramatist, who is .vis^
iting the Folk School will also be
i |
FIFTH MONTH HONOR ROLL
> LOW FIRST: James Corn, Wayne
^ Mauney, Mildred Neal and Claude
u Gates.?Gent- Foster, tehcher.
[' HIGH FIRST: Wendell Lovingood,
15 Homer Wilson and Ellen Garrett.
SECOND GRADE: Andrew Bar"
ton. Billy Ferguson, Jack Ferguson,
Biuce Mauney, Dorothy Barton, Edr
im Panther and Christine Taylor.
, ?Pale Sudderth, teacher.
? THIRD GRADE: Wallace Arrov
wood, J. D. Coker, Edward English
*,; and Lester Green.?Hazel Watkins,
, teacher.
t FOURTH GRADE: Donald Docki
ery. Tommy Lovingood, Clarence Wils
sk>ji, Edith Garrett, Gertrude Gates,
d Ester Pipes and Ruth Tayor.?Hazel
s Watkins, teacher.
FIFTH GRADE: Eloise Witt and
Ethel Zimmerman.?Mrs. Grant,
ie teacher.
SIXTH GRADE: Ka*y Rowfcnd.
?R. C. Pipes, teacher.
10 SEVENTH GRADE: Julius Wilson
Everett English and Anna Jean Grant
R. C. Pipes, teacher.
ANDREWS
?- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Herbert were
r- visitors in Asheville and Waynes*r
ville on Monday of thie week,
to Messrs. E. A. Wood, Clyde H. Jaru
rettt and D. H. Tillitt were business
visitors in Murphy on Monday of this
week.
Mrs. E. A. Wood left Andrews on
in Monday for Atlanta, Ga. where she
id will spend several days shopping,
ie Mayor C. E. Hyde was in Murphy
i)e n Tuesday ol this week attending to
id I professional business,
e- Messrs. T. J. Bristol and J. Frank
Bristol of Andrews were business visrvflitors
in Mnrnhv nri Mnn/tnr fhic 1
at week.
n-1 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Slaughter of
n- Robbinsville were visitors in Andrews
d. on Tuesday of this week.
10 Miss Leila Owen spent the week
d, end visiting in Asheville.
at Mr. William Gordon Rodgers of
ts Canton spent last Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. Anna L. Rodgers, and
his sister, Mrs. D. H. Tillitt.
as -Mrs. R. H. Montoney and son,
Frederick, imotored to Smokemortt,
,k on last Sunday afternoon to return
t- Mr. R. H. Montoney to his work
ts with the C. C. C. Camp after his
iy having spent the week end in Ann.
drews.
1- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colvard of
Robbinsville on last Sunday afternoon
were Andrews visitors.
ie Mr. George Beard spent the week
^ end with his parents in Asheville.
[n Mr. and Mrs. Joel Thompkins of
10 Biyson City were in Andrews on
n. Tuesday of this week visiting their
many friends.
ie Mr. Fisher Black who is employed
n_ by Nantahala Power and Light Comnanv
ha? rpturnpvi +n AnHrftum o-f+o-p
le having spent some time on company
ill business in Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hyde, and
daughter. Hazel were in Bryson City
v_ on last Sunday visiting Mrs. Hyde's
es parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Grant.
Messrs. Bert Bellamy and Bill
Cover were business visitors in Asheville
on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. T. W. Porter was in Murphy on
P" Monday of this week attending to
' business in connection with his re.
ceivership.
15 Mr. A. B. Chandler Sr., Member of
1?" the Board of Aldermen of the Town
|je of Andrews was in Murphy on Mon Ie
day of this week attending to business
for the town.
Mr. W. D. Whitiksr was a Murphy
visiter on last Sat arda T night,
on Mrt Luke Ellis and Winnie Herhe
bert rre preparing within the next
it few a. ys to open a ladies ready to
'C- wear shop in the Enloe Building.
n" Much painting and preperation is
es now in progress.
m
maintained ir. double entry balance
througbtout the period.
iat Respectfully Submitted;
he R. C. Birmingham and Company,
i<it by: R. C. Birmingham,
tly County Public Accountant.
^^^^1 MM, ?
Cherokee Scout, Murphey
A close-up of the hand wrought iroi
the mountain ridge east of Toniotla.
William H. Dockery, of Marble, who 1
If these bones were to rise up in n
ancient Cherokee mound builders?
subdued? These bones of his. the fir
at the rnouth of Peachtree Creek in
other skeletons ana relics from the r
I " : : J
SI
Here is the second skeleton unearl
cient mound. This skeleton, that of
of the mound, near the entrance.
House Democrats Rap
Policies On Patronage
'WASHINGTON. Feb. 3 (AP)?
Chairman Lozier of the Democratic
patronage committee said today that
information supplied his committee
disclosed that Republicans not only
held a majority of the more important
relief jobs but that they were
organizing Republicans while in Democratic
employ.
"Reports from the districts and thi
states show that in the relief and CVi
A work Republicans dominate in th<
key positions," he said. "Many ol
them are partisan, standpat, reac
tionary Republicans who, while out
' waddly giving the President a li]
service loyalty, are engaged in thinl;
veiled activities for the organizatioi
and strengthening of the partisei
Republican organization."
-The chairman estimated that some
thing like half of the Democrats ii
the house had filed written memo
randa with the committee citing th<
conditions in their districts. He sai<
that a large number of verbal report
had been given but the members bai
been informed they would have t<
put them in writing In order tha
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a: %&'
i pick, believed to have belonged to the
The pick measure? 30 inches from poi
found it while exploring a tunnel there ii
lortal flesh today, what would this Ch<
Or would he prefer to annex a few m
skeleton found by archaeologists in tl
Therokee county, woe located south of
lound, they will rest in the Smithsonian
' :jj:h i
& ^
|hy mhmbi
:hed by Smithsonian Institution archae<
a man, measures five feet and eight inc
She committee could give the complaints
and other information intelli!
gent study.
Lozier reported that the department
heads so far approached for information
regarding appointments
had shown a willingness to confer
i with the committee, and that the
conferences were making progress.
"Although no concrete accolmplish.
iments has so far been obtained," he
. said, "it is hoped and believed that
something constructive will come out
tL. * ??
, mi uic cuuicienceB.
J While Lozier's group was seeking
, more patronage for Democrats, rer
moval of the question from the jur.
isdiction of members of congress and
. placing it with the national, state
, and local party organizations was
, suggested in a letter to Postmaster
i General Farley by Representative
, Kopplemann, (D., Conn.).
Asking that the. suggestion be referred
to President Roosevelt, Kopplemann
said federal patronage matters
1 did not belong In .no legislative
- branch of the government. He said
! if they were referred to the organi1
zation where they "belong" a solu>
tion over personal matters would be
1 found.
> "Much of the time of senators and
t representatives now is taken op with
' If! Win
Friday. Feb. 9, 1934. N ^
I
Spaniards who opened mine shafts on
int to point, ami is the property of
n 19X4. y
' "
j22S9ES^3BShII?^
;rokec warrior have to say about the
oe paleface scalps before again being
ieir excavations at the ancient mound
the mound in December. With manyInstitution
in Washington, D. C.
ig.v :
florists in their excavation of the anhes.
It was located on the north side
these questions," Kopplemann said.
"Particularly at a time like this,
when the importance of pending and
prospective legislation demands the
full attention of each member, the
cAntinnanrn rvf aiw?>v o
not be defended."?Aaheville CitixenTimea.
at the first?sign i
of colds. aches oft
use;
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