Cherokee Scout.
7f!BXISll! J3VJ3RY FRIDAY
BY
TATE FtWELL, Editor & Publisher.
DOLLAR A YEAR
.FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915
SrVksaa report- just issued by the
txte Board of Health, Clay County
i ?oiog the best work in regis
tering all her births and deaths. For
ftrs-t quarter of this year she leads
vitb an a .wA rnte of 46.0 birth per
UOpopulation. Good for Clay. She's
always in tl.e lead and is one of the
test wunties in too state anyway.
The get-togetber spirit that is now
joanifesting. itself in Murphy is cer
maiarj very gratifying. Murphy as a
leva has waited long and patiently.
t get her tJe.s.rtt. in the way of man
ufacturing autTother industrial enter
gtrises. We arc, now in a fair way to
gel our Rhare ot them. People are
gaittmg their shoulders to the wheel
a aercr before arid the united efforts
aior Ih s iimveA-nr. i epnning ro
fcing the iia.g uvsHutl reruns.
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Sow that the town election is over J
aai the result decided, it is the duty
fefery loyal citizen of Murphy to
giv the new officials his hearty sup
ipari in the administration of our mur.
eeipsl affairs so that the town govern
ment may be made a success in every
mpes. It is no small matter to take .
charge- of the affairs of a lo.vn the size
f Murphy and conduct them satis
factorily a id progres:Jvely and at the
saw time please ail persons and frae
tiut, and without thesnpport of the
e5v3elt is almost impossible to suc
ceed to any great extent. We must
mert3e sight of the fact that we are
a part f the town. Kvery person
paying taxes is a stock holder in the
aaoBictpal corporation and should take
sfcesaiae interest in the administra
tion e it's affa r.i, as he would ve:e it
business corporation. Let us put
forth every effort to make this year
the Lest and most progressive ever
known in the history of Mu-p::y.
VYe can do it by all palling together
and giving support to all matters of
sorjomon interest, that will develop
and promote the business interests
nd welfare of our town.
GIYEN UP LIVED 54 YEARS.
ionfederate Veteran Left on Field Mor
tally Wounded,
rwton. Mo. Left on the battlefield
4yiog with the surgeon's notation,
"mortally wounded." written after his
same, only to live fifty-four years and
Be a natural death, was the experi
ence of the late John W. Davis, a Con
federate veteran of Fulton. A letter
lost received here from Joseph A.
liudd. another Confederate veteran of
Hyattsvllle. aid., tells the story as fol
lows:
i nave joxt sv h nientiou of the
death in Fulton nf
fohn V.". Davis. II..
Was a lnciulx-r of the jrr;.ial couipniiy
ot brave boys coiumauded by Cuplaln
IX BL 3Icintyre. afterward attorney
general of MLssonri Comiwny A. Bur
bridge's, resimett. Ours was Company
B. and we stood ?Ie by side in battle.
Comrade Davis was ust my age.
"At Wilson's Creek, nearly fifty-four
years ago, I saw him shot, so badly
ort that the.surgeoa wrota 'mortally
woTOded after his name.
'GERMANY CAUTIONED.
Stop Submarine Attacks Pending U,
S. Arsver.
Germany Is expected to answer the
Lusitauia note before the nd o the
veelL Amba.ss.idor Gernrd trabletl the
state department that he had read
tlie docnnient to TTerr tgii Jagow, the
foreign minLstcr, and that an early
rerily would be forthcoming.
The ambassador was given no inti
mation of the feeling of the German
government. He wiis assured merely
that the subject would require con
sideration by high officials, and that
reply would be r. .u!y soon. As
the press bad not been permitted to
toblLsJt the text of the note, the am
itassatior also was anablo to report on
the state of public opinion.
In the meantime both Count von
Bernstortf, the German ambassador,
and Dr. Constantin T. Dumba, the
Austrian ambassador, are understood
to be actively endeavoring to prevent
a ntptnre of friendly relations be
tween Germany and the United
States.
' Both the Austrian and German am
bassadors are understood to have
telegraphed to their governments urg
ing suspension of submarine attacks
a passenger ships while the diplo-
. XMtie discussions are in progress.
Hey have cautioned extreme care
lest the slaking of another ship with
American lives aboard may lead to an
immediate break In the relations of
the United States with Germany.
HAMILTON LEADS
AT DARDANELLES
In Command of Allied Forces
Attacking the Straits.
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ASSISTED BY GEN. D'AMADE
Both British and French Generals Have
Made Fine Records In the Small
Colonial Wars Waged by Their" Coun
tries Hamilton Was Born Near
Scene of Present Operations.
London. General Sir lan Standlsh
Mouteitb LI a mil ton. in supreme com
mand of the British-French army now
landed on the Galllpoii peninsula to
co-opernte with the British-French
fleet for the conquest of the Darda
nelles and Constantinople, is n poet
soldier, with the tough, wiry frame of
the Scotch and the Scotsman's long,
naraw head, strougiiio.se and bold
chliraiKl with the big 'ears of the gen
erous Irishman and the Irishman's iu
gratttl:ig Minim. The eyes are shrewd
and calculating, as becomes a canny
Scot. Mil nit less einofiun.il and fa. I of
n.it v.-v ..do - . .f a son . Fr n
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1 hest rifi to the nation, for Hamilton
la the product of the training and spirit
of Field Marshal "Little Bobs." Kitch-
ener n.is nau tue goou seuse io suuw
his appreciation of Lord Huberts' handi
work' and to give Hamilton the chauce
to prove his right to a place near the
top rung of the ladder. He stands
there the embodiment of the best tra
dition and practice of the British offi
cer free froin pretension, arrogance
and "side" a brave soldier and charm-
Jug KelirUm:lll
General D'Amado. the French com
mander, at the lieglnniug reported to
be chief of the land forces at the Dar-
yiji SBC
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Photo by American Press Association.
GBNURAI. BIB IAN HAMILTON.
dandles, can serve under General Ian
Hamilton In a frank division of author
ity which is likely to proceed without
friction. General D'Amade is said to
have resented upon more than one oc
casion the tone of superiority and con
descension assumed toward him by
Field Marshal Sir -John French durinjr
the citiuiuiLrn in France and Flanders
(i real Iasii!li: I;.!" i .. t an.l r.:av
iiaiiiudty His iisi.iii:n- assic"uuiuii
with Lord Kiieiieuer ax uief jf staff
in South Africa lxuan ended with
out a m- testimony to Hamilton's
abiMty to .et alonjr with the most ex
actinj; and desiotle of generals, far
different from the amiable, kindly Gen
eral DAmade.
Hnmiltou came under the notice of
Itolierts in the Boer war of 1S80. where
he went with the Gordon Highlanders,
and where, at the British defeat at
Majuba HUI. he discovered that there
wasn't a British soldier in a hundred
who knew how to. bundle his musket,
and not one in a thousand who appre
ciated the necessity of learning how.
Wouuded at Majuba Hill and taken
to the hospital. Hamilton was given
up for dead. He revived when sir
Evelyn Wood dashed up. covered with
mod from o long ride, to tell him that
the dispatches home were going to
mention his bravery. It was tho first
of a series of honor records which
now have become so numerous that
they would fill a book, while his med
als and clasps, if be wore them all at
the same time, would weigh him down
like a coat of mall. From South Africa
Hamilton went with Lord Roberts as
A. D. C. to India the rmusketry
maniac" the yonug olflcer was called.
Iter he won over his chief to his own
way of thlfl-liff, and t''e revolutionary
ruoMrod in training wh:cb Roberts ln
sti't'ied regarding musket and bayonet
practice came as the result. The bril
liant bayonet charges of the British
in this war would have been impossi
ble in 1S80 at Majuba HUI.
. Serving under Sir Evelyn Wood In
the Burma expedition of 1884. Ham
ilton displayed such initiative that he
was offered a high command hi India
with a salary of $15,000 a year. The
School of Musketry at Hythe Invited
him at the same time to become Its
head at a salary of $4,000. He accept
ed the latter, and the soldiers he train
ed at Hythe were conspicuous for their
efficiency in the last Boer war.
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Program of Fifth
Sunday Meeting
Program of the Fifth Sunday meet
ing of the Liberty and Ducktown As
sociation to be held with Ebenezer
Church, 7 miles north of Murphy, be
ginning on Friday, May 28tlj : . v
11 a. in. Introductory sermon by W.
D. Hogsed, after which the organiza
tion will be perfected.
Subjects for Discussion : .
1st.-' What it takes to constitute a
Baptist Church. C. A. Hembree, J.
Li. Mulkej.
2nd. What is the duty of a Baptist
Minister? E. C Freeman, Ira Sneed
Thus. Payne,
3rd. What is the duty of the Lay
Members toward the Pastor and
clmrch? M. , A. Hembree, Tilden
Dockery, J. F.McGee.
4th. Are we Missionary Baptists
and worthy of the name? J. N. Dill
B. V. Mull, R. C. Cornwe'll.
5th. 'What is the duty of Deacons
to Pastor and Church? M. P. Sneed,
J. K. Grave?.
Sunday School mass meeting at the
close. Kvery body invited. t
V. li. Housed
MILLION MORE JO
GET MAIL DELIVERY
Rorol Route Changes Will
Greatly Extend the Service.
Washington. Mail facilities will be
extended to 1.000.000 ruraf patrons be
fore July 1, li)15, without increasing
the present cost of service, according
to a statement by Postmaster General
Burleson. This, it is explained, will be
done by readjusting present rural
routes so as to eliminate duplications
and unnecessary service and by means
of the motor vehicle service authorized
by congress.
Changes were authorized which,
without curtailment of service, have
reduced operating expenses $177,044.
This sum has been utilized to estab
lish 2C3 uew routes serving 31.041 ad
ditional families, or approximately
155,205 additional persons. Extensions
of existing service were put into effect
involving 104 additional miles of travel
by rural carriers. These extensions
serve 1.202 additional families and ap
proximately 0.010 additional persons.
In explanation of his plans Mr. Burle
son says:
"The purpose is to enable the post
office department to meet Just demands
for mail service which thus far the
department has been unable to pro
vide. This can lie done only by care
ful and paihstahlng readjustment of
existing service. Thorough survey and
study of existing conditions therefore
have been made.
"In some localities it has been found
there are unnecessary and unjustifiable
duplications and retracings of travel
by rural carriers. In other cases it
appears that unusual privileges involv
ing unnecessary service have been al
lowed. It Is quite feasible to-rectify
these biequalities. and this -is being
done.
"Later we expect by utilizing mod
ern motor vehicles on Improved high
way ii extend many ::!stiji;r riV.:res
at no additional coit of service. As
one of the results from this latter step
the delivery zone from important
postal centers will be doubled.. Thus
families in the area immediately tribu
tary to these centers wiil be enabled
to take full advantage of the parcel
post as a means of transportation of
farm products. . , , .
"Rural service will be extended ' to
every : farmer reasonably entitled to It
as rapidly as the new adjustments can
he made. . , -,
LENDS AUNT $5; NOW HEIR.
Youth Will Get Part of Large Estate
, Under Her Will.
Logansport. Ind. As a result of lend
ing $5 to an aunt In .Greeley, Col.. A.
tB. Judson of this city has become' heir
to a part of n large estate left by the
woman, who recently died. 1 Attorneys
notified him that he bad been named
In the will, and he is now en route to
Greeley to claim his part of the estate.
judson had not heard from his aunt
for several years until a year ago. when
he received a letter , from her request
ing him to lend her $5. He complied
with her request a'uu" 'received a letter
of thanks. ; He never heard from her
again.
'""'' Killed 17,071 Rats.
. Dallas. Tex. A rat exterminating
contest in Texas was won by. a man
who killed 17.071 "rata.
The British trawler Cancer has
been sunk by a German submarine in
he North . sea and ; her. crew taken
prisoners-, ,
Import duty has been abolished by
Austria on all cattle, 'game,. poultry,
fiah, bread, flour, smoked and tinned
foods, . cheese,, yeg?tnbles. fruit and
sugar in a word, everything eatable.
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Business Locals.
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Count
Wanticd -Will pay highest cash price
for. dry and gieenv hides, also fat cat
tle. ".' . ". ". Bkittaiji Bros.''-,'' s' tf;
Tkkih: -I am! in Murphy doing dental
work. Teeth extracted without pain:
Plates guaranteed to fit. Office over
Candler's old. store. Call and have
your teeth examined. J. W. Thomp
sox, - i. t. s. j tf
For Hire Horses, buggies and wag
ons, T. N. Hates & Son,City.
G. D. Led ford, tin & sheet metal work
er. All kinds of tin and sheet metal
work. Also plumbing repairing,
jione at reasonable prices. At Mur-;
, phy Hardware Store.
Instructions How to.double ' the a-
mount of butter you are makii.g by
new process of churning. Price $1.
H.C. Walker, 488 Mo. Ave., Pierrt"
So. Dak.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Governor of North Carolina
on the straight' Republican ticket.
Jas. Brown, Unaka, N. C.
OOLLKCTIOXS Xntes. Accounts
.V :'.itis i : i-ted nwi wl.ffe. W
have in t;C oM'nJ agelUs III ail p.tl'is
of the world. The Legal Mercantile
Agancy, Ducktown, Tenn. -6-16
NOTICE : My property ' is . posted.
Trespassing forbidden inkany. way.
All permits written or verbal are re
voked. Take warning. Mrs. Lillie
H. Coit, John E. Fain, Agent.
For Sale 10 room house with water
and sewer, small lot l?vel,
100x210. Price $1250. R. B. Fer
guson. For Sale Monuments, call on Elliott
& Co, Murphy, N. O.
NOTICE
At a tax sale May 4th, 1914, I
bought 35 acres of land owned by T.
G. Stiles. I will apply to Sheriff for
deed to same on Monday, Juni 7th,
1915.
This May 1st, 1915.
J. N. Stiles.
NOTICE
At a tax Bale May 4th, 1914, I
bought 14 acres of land in Not la
Township owned by John Sudderth
Estate, sold for taxes of 1913. I
will apply to the Sheriff on June 7th,
1915, for a deed to same.
This May 5th, 1915.
, J. N; Suit.
DR. W. S. McCOWBS.
Eesident Dentist,
MURPHY, - N. C.
THUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by ia certain Deed of Trust re
gistered in Cherokee County, North
Carolina, in Book No. 6 of Real
Estate Mortgages and Deed of Trust
at page S74, e.'eii ed hy V. B. Mar
tin to the undersigned Trustee, and
foiivyvjii" lam's . hereinafter 'e-
'scriiM-d to secure a certain indebted
ness therein set out, default having
been made in the payment of eaid in
debtedness, the power of sale - iu said
Deed of Trust contained having be
come operative, and the beneficiaries
thereof having demanded a fore
closure, I will, for the purpose of sat
isfying said indebtedness, its interest
add he costs of the sale, sell, at the
Court-house door in Murphy, at 10:00
o'clock A. M. on Tuesday the 1st day
of Juue,19l5, at public outcry, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described lands, to-wit:
Beginning on a Chestnut oak the N.
E, corner of No. 113 and the S. E.
corner of No. 114, runs N. 120 poles to
a maple near a lare beech, corner of
114. thence-V.M1 78 poles to a ;stone,
corner of 114, thence S. 120 poles to a
chestnut, the S. W. corner . of 114 and
N. W. corner of 113 and the N, E.
corner of 111, thence W. 162 poles to
a stone Hennessa's corner;' thence S
8 poles to a Spanish oak, thence in a
southwesterly eourse with the meand
er of the top of the ridge, and with
Hennessa's .line, 159 ' polei to, five
chestnuts. Hennessa's corner: thence
S. 4? poles to a stone, the S. W. corner
of ill and ' the N. V. corner of 1U
t hence N. 158 poles to a stone, former
ly a post oak and pine, corners of 110,
111, and IIS, thence N. 178 poles to a
small maple, corner of 113. thence N.
159 poles to the beginning, containing
by actual surviey, S04 acres, being
Tract No. 110, Grant No. 1920, 266
acres, partofTr.nct No. Ill, Grant No.
1919, 230 1-2 acres, , Tract No. ,113,
Grant NO. ,1918,173 ,1-2 acres. Tract
No. 114, Grant No.' 1130 133 1-2 acres.
Being in District No. 3, Cherokee
County, North' Carolina. N. ' ''
' .. - Ii.E. Bayless,
5-28 , Tiustee.
Every Body Knows
; : Why Everybody else trades at this store. The reason
is simple, very simple, direct and .to the point.
It is because we give you better values for your mon
ey than any pother store in this community.
It is because we know that the best way to get your
dollar is to give you a dollar's worth in return.
We have just returned from Knoxville where we
bought a big and attractive line of spring goods which
we are showing in the sime old stand in the brick. We
have some of the best values ever shown in this section
Call and inspect our goods and get our prices. :
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Furniture, Coffins & Caskets
We are throup-h coUectinsr taxesl
Getting in a car of Furniture.
Bedsteads, wood, eachl. $2.00"
4 iron, each.. $2.49
Bed springs, folding, each. ..$149
Big Ikie Mapje Chairs and Rockers.
Our Furniture line has been neglected, but we are with it
again: Call in and look.
C. B. HILL
Undertaker and
Good Printiii!
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Our Job Printing Department is equipped with the
very latest type faces, and the best in paper.
Have your stationery made up attractively. We
know how to do it.
Promptness is our motto. We do all kinds of Job
Printing when you want it.
Out-of-town orders solicited and given prompt and
careful attention. We send your printing to you
by parcel poll without extra charge.
Prices, like our printing, are Right.
The Cherokee
MURPHY, N. C :
MISS PAYNTER SAVED.
But Father jLost Life in Lusitania
Horror.
Gregory MLiice. of Mobile, presi
dent of the Bay City Export 1 com
pany, received a cablegram from Miss
Irene I'aynter. of Liverpool, saying
that her f:ther. C. K. Payiiter, British
representative of the export com
pany, was drowned when . the Lusi
tania went down. Miss Paynter was
also' a passenger, but, .'according to
her cablegram, she "miraculously es
caped." The Paynters were returning to
Liverpool from Mobile.
Mr. Paynter's name had been In
cluded in the jatest list of survivors
Third Baseman Mattley, of the Mo
bile club, has been unconditionally re
leased;, . ' i ' v;-'-: : ..'.
Intricate Story.
Beforeytay marriage t told her all
lay jpaat life. Don't you think I showed j
' 'wonderful courage
voniiapnii rnnra r tm. nnn r
still more'dhderful-m
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Funeral Director.
SSESBS
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Mut Build as We Go Along.
It la wall to have visions of a better
dfe than that of every day, but it Is
the life of every day from which ele
ments of a better life most corner
Maeterlinck.
Progress. '
The old-fashioned boy who used to
get a penny for turning the handles of
the clothes wringer for his mother oa
wash-day now hM a son who cusses
every time he has f crank up his a&ts
engine. '! '
Thing of Most tmportanes,
TWhat matters the nature, of. our
work so long aa it is well dons? . We
do not glean happiness according to
oar station In life, but according to
how well ws adapt ourselves to thss
station.- '' : ' ; ;
burdens of Life.
'"What do we live for, If not to mako
life less difficult tor each other"
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j George Eliot.