and Clay County Progress
Velum* 74 - Number 24 Murphy, Worth Carolina, Thursday, January 9, 1964 '* Pajoo Thl? Week Published Weekly skcond cun po?ta?? ?*lo
*T NORTH CAROLINA
"Stop Polio Sundays Set
HELLO SABIN VACCINE - GOODBY POLIO
MUrtfHY L1BJUUZY
MUHIBY N C
SAMPLE
MURPHY- The endorse
ment of the County Health
Department and the Kate
Health Department wu added
to the backing of doctors In
this county through the Coun
ty Mwirsl Association this
weak for the "Stop Polio Drive'
now underway under the spon
sorship of the Murphy Jaycee
Club.
The County Health Depart
ment also agreed to help run
the stations where the vaccine
will be given on three upcom
ing Sundays.
The first Stop Polio Sunday
is set for Jan. 19, the second
for Feb. 83, and die third
for Mar. 30.
The sites of the stations
throughout the county were
also announced this week.
These stations, set up so
that every resident of the
county can attend and receive
the vaccine on each of the
three Sundays, will be at the
following locations:
Andrews at the High School.
Murphy at the Elemen
tary school.
Peach tree at the Elemen
tary School.
White Church at the Ele
mentary School.
Hlwassee Dun at the High
School.
Marble at the Eletnenury
School.
To completely wipe out polio
in the county, every resident
should take the vaccine an
each of the three Sundays,
and the Jaycees are going
all out to accomplish this.
The vaccine will be given
orally by placing two drops
on a cube of sugar, and the
persons taking it will simply
eat the sugar cubes.
The vaccine la approved
by virtually every medical
and health organization In the
lli. and every Doctor In the
county Is In favor of this
program.
The sabln vaccine which
will be given here will be
atfcnlnlstered in three differ
ent types on the three Sun
days in order to protect
those taking it against all
types of Polio.
The Sabln Vaccine also
offers the added protection
of preventing those who have
taken it from being carriers
of the Polio virus.
Enougti vaccine has been
ordered for every person In
the county and surrounding
areas, and It will arrive here
the day before the first dose
Is given, packed In dry Ice
to keep It ready for use.
The Jaycees also have or*
dered a hugh quantity of sugar
cubes to be used In taking
the vaccine.
A similar program is set
for the Chattanooga, Term,
area on the same dates that
the vaccine will be given here
and TV stations in Chatta
nooga giving publicity for (he
campaign there will also be
publicising ?he Cherokee Co
unty drive.
Doctors from this area will
appear on Oiattanooge TV
stations to urge people here
to take the vaccine.
There is no set charge for
the vaccine, but people who
take it will be asked to coo
trlbut at least a quarter.
Everyone who shows up,
however, will be given the
vaccine whether or not they
are able to contribute.
Mrs. Anderson and son...
And the proud papa...
Sheriff, Mrs. Anderson
Parents First '64 Baby
MURPHY - Cherokee
County's first new resident
for 1964 didn't arrive until
the second day of the new
year, but the whole county was
thrilled when the proud par
ents turned out to be Sheriff
and Mrs. Claude Anderson.
No better present could
,
Editor 's
flote-Kook
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Cousin Harry Bagley, au
thor of Cuz's Corner In the
Scout penned this week's col
umn about his trials as a
patient with stomach troubles
in a local hospital, and irony
of ironies, where do you think
Cuz is this week. Back in
the hospital . . . with Stomach
troubles.
-TR
The January meeting of the
Cherokee County Chapter of
the American Association of
University Women will beheld
tonight (llwrsday) at the home
of Mrs. Felix Palmer.
-TR
Thls week's issue of State
Magazine features the annual
rowdiv of progress in the
counties in N.C., and Cherokee
County had quite a list of
accomplishments in the past
year.
-TR
Also in this week's State
is a letter from Emma W.
McMillan of Wilmington ask
ing why Murphy is spelled
without an 'a' if the town is
.named for Judge Archibald
Debow Murphey. Editor BUI
Sharpe's reply was the act
of 1836 establishing die coun
ty seat of Cherokee County
misspelled It Murphy, and no
one ever bothered to correct
It.
-TH
Thl* week's notebook U ?
bit *bort, hut the Soout'a girl
Friday who operates the type
setting machine had to leave
work early Wedneada y be
cause her son waa 111, and
the editor had la set his own
copy. Hope It la readable,
And moat of an, heat wishes
for a apeedy recovery to our
girl's aon.
ML., * kitmim ? ?
have been presented to the
sheriff and his wife to begin
the new year, with the sheriff
almost completely recovered
from wounds suffered last
September.
The first baby arrived at
11:12 a.m. January 2, at Pro
vidence Hospital with Dr.
George Size in attendance, and
weighed in at seven pounds
and four ounces.
He is the first son born to
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and
has been named Paul Mitchell
Anderson. The couple ?I jo has
two daughters.
A check at all hospitals in
the county showed that young
Mr. Anderson was the first
baby born in the county for
1964, and his parents there
fore become die winners of
the "First Baby Contest' spon
sored each year by The
Cherokee Scout, and they will
receive prizes offered In the
contest.
Rules of the contest speci
fied that the winning baby must
be born in Cherokee County
and that his parents must be
residents of Cherokee County.
District Memorial Hospital
at Andrews reported a baby
born the same day, but several
hours later. This was a son
born to Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Aldridge of Marble at 3j30
Jan. 2.
Prizes for Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson include a dozen
Curlty Diapers from Jabaley's
of Murphy i a diaper bag from
Fambro's S & 10; a baby blank
et from Trudy's; a sweater
set from Lena si a diaper set
from Collins ? Craln, and an
8 x 10 portrait and a year's
subscription from the Chero
kee Scout.
Mason, Davit
Invited To Attend
Democratic Meet
Mayor L. L. Mason, Jr.,
of Murphy and C. L~ Davis of
Hayesvllle, members of (he
Sute Democratic Executive
Committee, representing day
and Cherokee Counties have
bean Invited to attend the
meeting scheduled for Wed
neaday, January 1C In the Hall
of the House, State Capitol
In Raleigh.
The meeting, called by Sate'
Democratic Party Chairman
Lunsford Crew, wlU be high
lighted by the election (7 a
successor to Mrs. Henry Cro*
martie as vice chairman >
SAMPLE BALLOT ON
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
1. To vote FOR any amendment, make a cross |x) mark in the square to the
left of the word FOR.
2. To vote AGAINST any amendment, make a cross [x] mark in the square
to the left of the word AGAINST.
8. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get
another.
SPECIAL SESSION AMENDMENT
1.
f~| FOR constitutional amendment increasing membership of Senate from
fifty (50) to seventy (70), providing for compulsory redisricting of
Senate, and reducing number of Representatives from one hundred
twenty (120) to one hundred (100).
? AGAINST constitutional amendment increasing membership of
Senate from fifty (50) to seventy (70), providing for compulsory re
districting of Senate, and reducing number of Representatives from
one hundred twenty (120) to one hundred (100).
REGULAR SESSION AMENDMENT
2.
| | POR the constitutional amendments empowering the General Assembly
to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each other's sep
arate property.
(~| AGAINST the constitutional amendments empowering the General
Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each
other's separate property.
General Klcction January 14. 1MM.
/PvUl -
Chairman Slate Board of Election*
Sample Ballot For Election Coming Up Tuesday
Here's The Story About
Tuesday's State Election
MURPHY- Next Tuesday
Jan. 14, voters in Cherokee
and Clay Counties will go to
the polls along with voters
throughout the state to vote
on two amencknents which will
change the Constitution of
North Carolina if they pass.
As in all state elections
all regular polling places will
be open from 6:30 a.m. until
6:90 p.m., and all registered
voters of both parties may
vote in the election.
Despite numerous stories
In both daily and weekly news
papers during the past months
concerning the election, most
people still say that they do
not understand what the elec
tion is all about.
In its simplest form, here
is the story.
A special session of the
N.C. legislature was held in
October of 1963 to redlstrict
the State Senate. The present
State Constitution says this
must be done every ten years
following the federal census.
The state's lawmakers did
this job, but while they were
In session, they also decided
to pass a bill to let the peo
ple of North Carolina decide
If they want the whole make
up of the two branches of
the State Legislature changed.
A change In the legislature
require* a change In the
State Constitution in the form
of an amendment. The Leg
islature itself cannot change
the Constitution, but can call
for an election to allow the
people to vote on any pro
prosed change.
This is how the election
came about.
The state's legislative or
lawmaking branch la made
up of a House of Represent
atives end a Senate House.
There are presently 130
Representatives elected
every two years, one from
each of the state's 100 counties
and die ether 20 divided up
among the counties with large
populations.
There are presently 80
Senators, elected eviery two
years from 80 districts in
the state, with each district
made up of one or more
counties so that each dist
rict has as nearly as possible
the same number of people
living in it.
Because the population
shifts from area to area
within the state, the Senate
districts must be changed
every ten years to keep the
districts on an even level
population-wise.
That was the reason for
last October's special session
to redistrict the senate
Even though the present Sute
Constitution says this redistr
icting must be done every
ten years ,it hadn't been done
since 1941. But things got
so hot that the Legislature
finally decided it must do die
job. They couldn't agree on
a plan during the last reg
(Cont. on back page)
A New Resolution
The editors of the Scout have made at least one New
Year's resolution that we hope we can keep.
That is to adopt the practice of a regular, weekly
editorial column. Editorials are simply the opinions of
the editors about whatever subject is covered.
Every newspaper, whether a giant daily or a small
weekly, needs an editorial space to function as a com
plete newspaper.
We don't have any wild-eyed ideas of revolutionizing
our area through an editorial policy. We simply want to
strive to make the Scout a better newspaper, for our
readers and their communities.
We may crusade, we may cry. We may laugh or we may
praise, as the situations that prompt editorials rise.
But above all, we will speak our own piece about what
ever will be covered in each editorial, even if we have
to resort to writing about the weather.
We feel that perhaps the best basis on which to judge
whether or not our editorials are serving a purpose in
the coming months is the response they bring from our
readers.
Along with space for editorials, we pledge to reserve
room for letters from our readers, commenting on any
thing we write, whether they are in agreement or dis
agreement with our ideas.
Most of our readers are no doubt familiar with the
very Interesting section of letters to die editors of the
dally newspaper coming Into most of the homes in our area.
This feature always attracts our interest, at least enough
to see who wrote the letters, which hriqgs up a point.
To have any effect at all, a letter to a newspaper must
bear the signature of the writer. Many people often hesi
tate to write letters for publication above their signature
because they have some complex about exposing their
thoughts and ideas to the public eye.
Let us urge you to overcome this feeling. We will be
exposing our thoughts to the public each week, and we can
assure you that though we may be scorned, 'cussed* or
laughed at, it really doesn't hurt.
We plant to print our editorials on the inside pages, in
a new, bolder, easier-to-read type.
We hope you, our readers, will look over our editorials,
and, when you have the urge, give us a reply, no matter
how the article strikes you.
Editorial number one under our new resolution appears
Inside this issue.
We hope you'll read It, and all the one* to follow.
Tax Appraisal Completed/
Commissioners Lower Base
MURPHY - The Cherokee
County Boar^ of Commission
ers has voted to lower the tax
base for property in the
county, dropping the base five
cents from 50 per cent of the
appraised value to 46 per cent.
This means that a property
owner will pay county tax on
46 per cent of the appraised
value of his property.
This announcement was
made Monday at the Commis
sioners regular monthly
meeting, following the Com
missioners report that the new
county-wide tax appraisal just
completed shows the unoffi
cial appraisal of real property
In Cherokee County at market
value now totals $30,462,445.
With the new 45 per cent tax
base voted by the Com
missioners, this means that
the tax value of real estate in
the county comes to a
total of $13,708,100.
These figures only in -
elude real estate, and not
personal property, which is
yet to be listed this year.
The County Tax Office es
timates that after listing of
Commissioners Explain
New Tax Appraisal
Accident
Claims Life
Of Local Man
MURPHY - A 75 year - old
Murphy man died in a local
hospital at 6:15 p.m. Thurs
day, Jan. 2, from injuries
received when hit by a pickup
truck about an hour earlier
just inside the city limits
on Highway 64 East to Hayes
ville.
The victim of the accident
was Willie Marion Gilreath
who had lived here since 1941.
The driver of the vehicle
wu Harry Edward Bishop,
23, of Murphy.
Investigating officers said
the man was crossing the
road in front of his home when
the truck approaching Murphy,
rounded a curve. The driver
swerved into the leftlanelnan
attempt to miss the man, but he
stepped into the path of the
vehicle.
In a coroner's inquest held
here Saturday afternoon by
County Coroner J. C. Town
8 son, testimony showed that
C the accident was unavoidable
R and no charges were made
8 against the driver.
0 Funeral services for Mr.
K Gilreath were held at 2 .-00
8 p.m. Sunday in Zion Baptist
6 Church, with burial in the
K Church Cemetery.
$ He was a native of Suches,
G Ga. and was a member of
8 Lebanon Baptist Church in
Suches.
fi Survivors Include a son,
8 Robert C. Gilreath of Mur
8 phy, Rt. 2, and a brother, A.
( J. Gilreath of Dawsonvllle,Ga.
Townson Funeral Home was
| in charge of funeral ar
jj rangements.
I Sheriff's Dept.,
| SB I Capture
i E scaped Con
fi MURPHY- The Cherokee
S County Sheriffs Department
t and M.G.Crawford of the SB1
K arrested an escaped convict
8 here Tuesday, who had been
b on the loose since Nov.1^963.
jj The officers said the man
| has a long record of arrests
if for break-Ins and burglary.
X He was Identified as Loemis
S Graham Hill of Wilmington,
D who escaped from the sute
s prison in New Hanover Coun
t ty Nov. 1 of last year,
t The man had been in Mur
| phy for several months, off
| leers said, working under an
5 assumed name, using *nother
k person's social security num
C ber, and living with a woman
| In the Factory Town section
of Murphy.
He is being held at County
Jail for Investigation, and will
then be turned over to the
r SUte Prison Dept.
TO THE CITIZENS AND
TAXPAYERS OF CHEROKEE
COUNTY:
We, as your County Com
missioners, take this oppor
tunity to express our appre
ciation for your splendid
cooperation during our first
year In office. We want you
to realize that we are in
terested in the welfare of
each taxpayer in Cherokee
County and certainly have no
desire to impose any undue
burden upon any individual.
However, we must all rea
lize that demands for bet
ter schools, health, and wel
fare become greater each
year.
We had to have a new ap
praisal of all real estate in
this County this year. This
was no idea of ours but such
appraisal is required by law.
A great number of people of
both Parties insisted thatpro
fessional appraisers be ob
tained for this appraisal.
Other counties which follow
ed this procedure seem to be
well pleased.
The payment of principal
and interest on school bonds,
the cost of appraisal, repairs
for the Courthouse, repairs
for the Jail, as well as other
necessary expenses, caused
an increase in the tax rate
for the year 1963.
If you as Citizens and Tax
payers will bear with us for a
few months, we hope to relieve
some of this burden.
Respectfully, CHEROKEE
COUNTY BOARD OF COM
MISSIONERS; Bys W. A.
Hoover, Chairman; Lester N.
Cole; W. T. Moore.
personal property in the
county, which Includes utili
ties. rail lines, etc.. In the
county, the total 1964 tax value
for the county, for both per
sonal and real estate will run
about $19,500,000.
Now that the appraisal is
complete, several steps will
must be accomplished before
tax listings for the year can
get underway.
Letters are going out now to
property owners in the county,
informing each one of the ap
priased value of his property
and the date for a hearing
should there be any quest
ion of the new appraised
value.
The hearings will begin
today (Thursday) for property
owners In Beaver dam Town
ship and hearings for Hot
house Township are set for
Friday.
Letters to property owners
In other townships In the
county will Inform them of
dates for hearings on their
appraisals.
The hearings will be held
in the court room of the
County Courthouse. The firm
of Carroll and Phelps of
Winston Salem which made the
new appraisal will conduct the
hearings.
A spokesman for the firm
explained this week that In
cases where an obvious mis
take has been made on theap
prlased value of a piece of
property or real estate, the
correction will be made at
the hearings.
However, if there is a
question as to the appraised
value with a difference of
opinion between the owner and
the new figure, the matter will
have to go before the Commis
sioners for settlement.
Once the hearings are com
pleted. the new appraisals
will go on the county tax books
and listings of personal pro
perty can begin.
At the commissioners
meeting Monday, the Board
instructed the County At -
torney to apply for an addi
tional 16 day extension for
the tax listing period. This
period had already been ex
tended for 30 days, but the
Board of Commissioners de
cided that a few more days
might be needed to complete
the job.
If the hearings progress as
scheduled, and the county tax
office staff can complete die
books by February 1. listings
will get underway the first
Monday in February, but at
this time there is a possibi
lity that listings may be de
layed until th? second Monday
of the month.
C.L. Alverson Candidate
For County Representative
MURPHY - C. L. Alverson
of Murphy has announced that
he will be ? candidate for the
Mr. Alver*on
SUte House of Representat
ives In the coming November
general election subject to the
Cherokee County Democratic
Convention.
Mr. Alverson attended Au
burn University and has been
a resident of Cherokee County
for the past 26 years.
He Is general manager of
Smoky Mountain Gas Com
pany, member and trustee of
the First Methodist Church
of Murphy, past presidam of
the Murphy Chamber of Com
merce, director of the Astae
ville Agricultural Develop
ment Council, president of
Cherokee County Develop ?
mem Corporation, chairman
of Murphy Public Housing
Authority, number of Murphy
CMtan Cluh. and is a mem
ber af *e Murphy Maaoaic
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