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148 HIDDEN TAXE
ON A COMMON PA
l lie (amnlx Commissioners
new and higher laves to In levie
There is a common impies:
property pays laves. Nothing r<
pay taxes whether Vou own pro|
Vuthcntic,. unbiased invest
a dollar \ou ?et onl\ i>0 rents i
has already been taken in hiddci
This 20 per cent does NOT :
facturer. nor tin* retailer. It goe
governmental expenditures, mai
will never see. such at Hawaii .
shoulder concessions made to hi
BIhhIOXS they will never pay.
A weak attempt is made In
small individual consumer In h
FA Lin TAN THAT IS LI A II.I
IS PROMPTIA \I)DEI> TO I I
if business men didn't do this, th
When \ou I?uv a lodf of hr
be? in before tin- wheat lor the II
package of cigarettes is real!) o
taxes.
The butcher, the grocer, the
lector however unwilling?add
been levied on him and oil his i
them along to ^ Ol .
Perhaps the most strikingis
to be found in the purchase <
not. they carry 1 lo hidden taxes
PAID If) CO! I<)\ (rROll Arts
1. Federal Income Tax.
2 federal Motor fuel Taj
d. Slat* IncoiiH 'lax.
1. Stale Personal Property
5. Stat* Ileal Estate lax.
0. Slat? License Tax oil Tri
Slate Motor Fuel Tax.
o. Automobile Driver's Lit
0. Sales Tax on Implement
10 County. Parish. Towns
PAID BY COTTON GI.WERs
All the al >ove taxes, plus
1. Federal Payroll Tax fo
2. Federal Capital Stock T
.* ?' ? "
v. Federal t-.xcess Profits "I
4. Federal Surplus Tax on
5. State Payroll Tax for L
6. Corporation Franchise 1
7-10. City, County. State C
11. Self-Insurance or Worl
PAID BY COTTON MILLs
All the above taxes.
PAID BY BLEACHERS AND L
Ml llie above Taxes.
PAID B) MANLFACTERERS,
All the above Taxes?and (
them by the companies which m
for material* _
PAID B YTRANSPORTATION
16 of the above Taxes plus
PAID BY W HOLESALER AND
hlb of the above Taxes plus
Sewei and Municipal Service A
PAID BY RETAILERs
All of the above Taxes plus
TOTAL? 14H TAXES?ALL Pj
SAD?BUT?TRUE
There is much food for th
ika page in the June issue of t
headed "The South's Economic
printed "The Funeral Onation al
It follows:
"We have cut through sol
tombstone often has been sold t
a quarry in the North. We bui
coffin is imported.
"We bury him close to the
yet the wool clothing ir> which
We bury him in a New York co
breeches, and Cincinnati shirt.
"His home town is not fur
the corpse and a hole in the gri
CHEROKEE SC
Srout
rphy and Cherokee County
t Carolina
VERA THI RSDAY
Murphv. North Carolina as second
i 3. 1897.
. Editor and Publisher
. Associate Editor
\ Business Manager
'HON PRICE
Si\ Months . 75c
ctlv In Advance
reading notices, obituaries, cards of
n, payable in advance. Display rates
a. Tlmisday. July <>. 1939
:s MUST BEPAID
IR OF OVERALLS
met on Motida\. and deeided on the
d And that reminds us.
sion that only (lie man who owns
ej|,| he farther from the truth. \ oil
perty or not.
igation show- that when you spend
n niercnanuise, nccause per cent
ii taxes.
fro either to the producer, the manus
to help support the tremendous
i\ of theinj in places you probably
mid Puerto Rico. It goes to help
iropean nations that already owe us
pull the wool over the eves of the
wving the tax "at the source* but
) <>\ IM)t S'l in AM) HI SINKSS
II. PKICF. VOl A Ol RSLI.F PA A .
e\ woul have to elose :dlop.
cad you pax So hidden taxes, which
lour is harvested^ A our IS cent
lily 9 cents worth, plus six cents in
landlord, each is actually a lax coling
to his price the taxes that have
cares, lb* has no choice but to pass
-and startling ease of hidden taxes
of a pair of overalls. Believe it or
. Here they are:
i.
Tax.
uck*
:ense Tax.
s and Supplies.
hip or School District Assessment.
i* I nemployment.
ax.
Tax.
Corporations,
inemployment^
Tax.
k-cupational License Taxes,
kmen's Compensation Tax.
)YERSs
of BUTTONS and BUCKLESs
rrobahly some more passed on to
ined the ore and produced the alloy
COMPANIES*
a special Utilities Franchise Tax.
JOBBERS
i Gross Receipts Tax. Local Water,
ssessments.
? C* I ! T
a uiuic x-.iccn=e i ax.
4ID BY YOU!
ought in a black bordered, funereal
he Carol inas Magazine ^ The page is
Problem no one" and beneath it is
t the Grave of a One Callus Fellow".
lid marble to dig his grave, but the
js by a smart salesman representing
y him in a pine forest, yet his pine
best sheep-crazinc countrv ?n Mrik<
he is dressed came from the North,
at, a pair of Boston shoes, Chicago
nishing anything for this burial but
)und".
.
:OUT. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. TH
NOBODY'S
BUSINESS
BY GEE McGHEE
FLAT ROCK STARTS OUT EARLY
hon. jesse p. jones,
new spender.
Washington, d. C.
deer sir?
we are proud to see you in charge
of gowerment spending: from now on.
mehbe flat rock will have a chance
to get her finger in the pie. up to
now she has got nothing but afew
w.p.a. jobs, and a feller has to work
a right smart for what he gets therefrom.
our little town craves some direct
lelief. allso a food depository like
cellar lane has allso a car of grapefruit
ewer now and then like the
county seat gets, also bigger old-age
pensions, also some watter works anil
sidewalks and paved streets like cedar
lane got as a sponsor.
flat rock is the forgotten town,
other towns have gobbled up everything
the new deal has poked it head
above watter with, we have had all
of our projects turned down by the
home offis onner count of we diddent
have as much reddy cash as other
places, but it should not take cash
to get more monney from the govverment
foi: nothing.
befoar you begin to spend please
come down and spend a few days in
our midst. Mr holsum moore says
his wife is related to you; she wa?
a jones befoar her first marriage and
married a jones at her third wedding
but married nir. moore when no. .'1
demised, you could stay with them for
a dollar a day. they run the boarding
house now. it's called "the jones
end.*'
we need a new citty hall and a new
jail and a new post offis and a great
manny other things the govvermenl
can waste monney on without hurting
anybody except the milli-naries, and
you can't hurt a milli-naire by taxing
him at the pressent low rate of 18
per-cent up to 7() per cent, if you take
70 per cent, that will leave him 30
percent, which is plenty of monney
for annybody who do not have to work
for a living, as soon as our poleesman
comes back from his vacation,
we will get up all our projects, so
save plenty of monney for good old
flat rock.
GOINGS-ON IN FLAT ROCK
Mrs. penny wise is spending a week
with her sister, mrs. art square, her
husband is off on o jury and will not
return back for 10 days, she is saving
her board and the cook's sallery
and her electric light bill by staying
away from home, but it cost her twice
that much to come down and go back
on the buss.
yore corry spondent, hon mike
lark. rfd. is verrv much A
sy-lena and herr hitler., he calls them
the dogs in the mangers, if they keep
on jesse jamesing rail estate ansoforth
over in erope and affrida,
great brittan and franco and bell-gum
will jump on them and beat the lard
out o them, they done it once and
they ain't too good to do it again,
so he says, england mought help them
out in a pinch.
dr. hubbert green had the missfortune
to lose his satchel of knives
and saws and nippers a few nights
ago when it was ransacked from his
ford while parked in front of a patient's
house, he ought to have took
them with him, but he is like a
plomber, he always forgets his tools,
he has offered a reward for the return
of his opperating things, but
says the thief can keep the satchel
and no questions will be asked, he
can't opperate on nobody till they
are returned back to him.
miss jennie _veeve smith, our afficient
scholl teecher, has traded her
car in for a 1936 model, she finally
at last got tired of her model *4t"
but she said it had the finest engine
in it that henry ford ever built, and
that it never choked down and that
its consumption of gas was the very
minimum, she will miss it a right
smart and says she will go backwards
and forwar dto the oo i?.?
? e?- iwiiR
as they keep it; she will enjoy patting
it on its fenders ever now and
then.
yores trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
. corry spondcnt.
African women have been modern
for centuries. They file their teeth
and tint them, wear earrings, elaborate
coiffures and lip plugs in the
name of beauty. They originated
the current dances. The more modern
we get the more like them we
become.
REVIVAL SERVICES
A series of revival services will begin
in the Oak Grove Church, in Lctitia
Sunday evening, with the Revs.
Clarence Voyles and Otis Green conducting.
Large crowds of worshippers
are expected to attend.
URSDAY, JULY 13, 1939
THIS and THA
Undo Sam closed his fiscal year on
midnight, June 30. with a deficit of
approximately $3,500,000,000 for the
twelve months. With Congress still in
session, and with the hoppers full of
"must legislation** which call for more
appropriations?and whopping one?
at that ?Uncle Sams check book is
almost certain to start the new fiscal
year off with a banc?a la "wrong
way Corrigan."
From all accounts James Roosevelt,
eldest son of the President, did pretty
well by himself up Boston way, in
the insurance business. So much so
that there were charges?never proved
however?that certain big business
concerns had been told to sign or? th-~
dotted line?or else!
When Jimmic took the post of confidential
secretary to his Dad, there
was still more criticism?so mucn
that pretty soon the boy resigned his
$10,000 a year ("and trimmings*') job
and went out to Hollywood to work
for Mr. Sam Goldwyn (real name
Goldfisch). Jimmic had absolutely nc
experience in the movie business ami
so he had to dart at the paltry salary
of $35,000 a year. That was six
months ago.
But you can't keen a good man
down. Now comes the report that
Jimmie has done his work so well that
his pay has been raiseed to $5-1,000
a year.
It all goes to show what a good
clean life wil! do?provided!
With the strike of the WPA workers
spreading over the nation, this
writer finds hin self puzzled as to
just how the Goxernment reconciles
its summary rder to "Get back to
work or be fired", with the stand it
has taken in private industry strikes
such as "Little Steer', and the autoTurning
Back h
40 YEARS AGO
Tuesday, July 11, 1899
Lawson Davidson was here yesterday
shaking hands with friends.
The attractive little Miss Woodic
Hyatt called at our office Wednesday.
Mrs. F. P. Axley an J Mrs. B. B.
Meroney spent the Fourth at Kinsey
with Mrs. G. P. Axley.
Mrs. Jennie Cooper, son and daughter.,
ol' Philadelphia, Tenn|., are visiting
the family of Capt. Cooper.
I*. A. Maune.v, who ha*s been out at
White Wright, Tex., returned home
last Wednesday, hut will probably go
west for good this fall.
30 YEARS AGO
Tuesday, July 13, 1909
Mrs. J. M. Vaughn arrived Sunday
from Atlanta.
Miss Claude Starnes, of Knoxville,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. P. E. Nelson.
Tom Axley is assisting Cashier
Frank Dickey at the First National
Bank.
Dr. J. N. Hill has returned from
Louisville, Ky., and has entered into
partnership with Dr. N. B. Adams, the
business name being Drs. Adams and
Hill.
Hon. T. C. McDonald, of Grandview,
was in town Wednesday and told
us that the heavy rain the#night before
had about washed all" the land
away on Hangingdog.
20 YEARS AGO
Friday, July 10, 1919
Winnie Mae, the eight year old
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. James
1 CXTCD XA XLIf? rrv'XA
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Editor, the Scout;- For obvious
reasons I prefer that you not print
my name to this letter. I do not wish
to be placed in the position of setting
myself up as a dictator to tell
Murphy what to do. Nevertheless
1 think it high time that wc did
SOMETHING to tell the rest of the
world something about our advantages.
Perhaps the Lions can do it. If not
let us form a new group that will.
Let us send out attractive pamphlets
telling people what a fine place
Murphy is to live in, to do business
in, or to visit. I am no writer, but
I think the pamphlets, or folders
should say something like this:
Murphy, County seat of Cherokee
County, is rapidly?and with reason
?becoming one of the most popular
resorts in Western North Carolina.
Situated in th#? ViooT-t rt-f *****
Smokies, it is truly an ideal spot to
come to, and to stay.
The climate is ideal the year round.
The altitude is from 1500 feet in the
town itself to as high as you want to
go, in the surrounding mountains (unless
you want to use an aeroplane,
which this writer does not).
In the summer, breezes from the
high mountains bring a delightful
coolness; while in the winter those
same mountains protect the town
from extreme cold. Thus Murphy is
an ideal place to live in always
Murphy s serve dby several important
highways connecting with
the largest cities of the South, and
also is served by the Southern and
mobile plant walkouts? and 5,u<w, B
? in Detroit. K
111 those cases, as you may recin K
the Labor Board not only told H
ploycrs that the strikers could X01
be fired?but that each ai d B
last man anions 'em would have to 1* V
paid for all the time he was out. fl
In a previous instance, dating B
eral years back. Secretary of Com B
mercc llarry Hopkins, then the Big B
Spoon ill the various projects making B
up President Roosevelt's alphabets fl
soup, decreed that the Government fl
would care for all strikers, if nec?. fl
sary, whether their walking out *a, B
justified or not. Br
But there's an old saying: "I; B
makes a lot of difference whose 01 I
is being gored". Evidently the power, I
that be?so big hearted toward labei B
where private employers are concert B
ed, have different rule for themse). B
ves. The disgruntled WPA worker, B
are told to get back on the their B'
jobs?anil get back RIGHT NOW- I
OR ELSE!
TVue justice-?or groundlessness- fl
of the worker' complaint?which in fl
volvcs a new law requiring them t?
work 130 hours per month?is blittve- fl
ly ignored, lint perhaps it is nothn
..ew inr uic Dig Shots to have t? '
rules?one for themselves, ami ami '
er for you. You see, a walkout i.< , I
slam at tho prestige of those by '
shots. And that, my gentlemen, b us
thinkable. :
Incidentally, the game of *Pnl. I
which officials have been playinj? I
referring to unpaid war debts as "in. I
vestments", etc.. still goes merrily ? I'
The WI'A Big Shots do not cali tb, I
walkeut a strike. They call it ,
"work stoppage".
Well, whatever they call it > . V
still stinks! H/
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[istory's Pages I
Cooper, of this place cii?-d Tuesday af-1
ter several weeks of illness.
Miss Margaret Johns, of Laurir- H
burg, is visiting her uncle and aunt, H*
Mr. and Mrs. M. VV. Bell. $|
Mrs. Wm. Butt and baby, of
Ridge, Ga. spent the week-end hire H
with hei' parents, Col. Butt came over!"
Sunday. s
Mrs. Jane Adams .of Copperhll, i> H
visiting her son, Dr. N. B. Adams. ||
Mrs. B. E. Warner and two :hil- I'j
dren of Atlanta, are visiting her fait V
er, Alfred Morgan, at Monte V'rtaHj
farm. ||
10 YEARS AGO ?
Friday, July 12, 1929 M
Gideon Morgan Lanev, 78 year* H
old, better known to his many friends H1
and acquaintances as Gid Lanev, diedI"
at his home in Murphy on .July 4th,at H.
4:45 in the morning after an illness H
of about two years of heart dropsy. H_
Mr. G. W. Candler, accompanied by Hr
his brother. Dr. Candler, of SytaHy
visited relatives in Bristol, Va?
week.
Miuo C^.? O-.I. > r-> I - /
"xoa vj<ua vuim it'll iiiM rriuaj jui
Greenville, S. C., to visit t relatives
and friends.
Messrs O. E. Stoner, of Biltnore
and O. L. Stoner, of Southmont, spent
Sunday with their brother, Mr. J.
M. Stoner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vaughn, Missie
GydiA and Parrie and Mr. W. M
Vaughn motored to Bryson City on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mallonee and
children motored to Canton Sunday
to visit Mrs. Mallonee's sister, Mrs.
P. C. Hall.
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the L and N railroads; thus giving?'
the advantage of rate competition
At the very edge of the Great Smokies
National Park it is a natural an
ideal terminus for tourists after their
winding trip through the mountains.
Murphy has lovely comfortable
tourist homes, good hotels and a number
of modern tourist cabins an
visitors may be assured of a hearty
and sincere welcome.
Signed?"A Merchant"
Rah! For Economy!
While our alleged statesmen
'? ... . . :? nrtlTV
w asnmgton nave been using w,w ?
ing knife on WPA relief, and other*
expenditures without which this Br
tion undoubtedly would be deep in
Doldrums, they have blithely pa^ B
a bill creating 557 new jobs in the u *
S. Capitol, at a cost of approximately ^
$750,000 a year. , K
The money will go for extra cler
for the poor dear, overworked
pressmen and Senators, these clertr*|
being needed, probably, to write
ters to constituents, containing enhc
flowing promises (many of ww
will not be kept) or appologies 1
what has NOT been done, or letter*
that are just plain "STALLING
Ih precedent is to be followed-^*
and our gentlemen in Congress
ffreat sticklers for precdent?a (J?
ly majority of these new job? wlU.*! H
to the relatives, or realtives-m
of the "statesmen".
Economy?yeah, man!?but 0
for YOU.