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IT LEGAL
J^AROLIXA?Cherokee
the Superior Court.
Norv, II af' hustard. EdWm\
p N' ne3i ?nd h~ E- Bay_
I^^Trustec, I'laintiffs,
vs. /v
H Woman. Hariiah Stewart,
H,, Bo?n an. Walter Bowman.
Beatrice Bowman, the last
MBWd being minors under
BJoty-one J ears of *8e- ^
Ffcfendantf, Roscoe Bowman
Ho;er Bowman, above named,
K^notice that an action en^ETibcve
has been commenced
[ nperior court of Cherokee
JM t0 foreclose a deed of trust
by Georgia Bowman, de^Ttrd
Walter Bowman on lot
^ toSorvell aeldition to Texanna
^Ka. ,Cc "aid defendants are inff
the -aid Georgia Bowman
rt^ir nn.thir; and the said
[Bcniar and Walter Bowman
B;s ahov named are required
ar before the clerk of the suMart
for Cherokee County at
ee in the court house in Murtk.
23rd day of June, 1824.
'E^er or 'lemur to the com?Kj?
said action, or the plainKill
apply to the court for the
demanded in said complaint
is on file in said clerk's office.
lK| my hand this 22nd day of
fKl924."
E. 1 DAVIS. Clerk
trior Court for Cherokee
booty, N (41-4tehn)
SALE UNDER TRUST
|er and I y virture of the power
t contained in a certain deed
st dated K. bruary 19th, 1922.
k! by P. H. Clonts and wife,
Clonts, and registered in the
of the K gister of Deeds for
lie Country, North Carolina,
4 Ne. Tt. at page 200, conveyRt
lands hereinafter de-cribed
lundusigned trustee, to secure
Kpmnt ef a certain note of evtn
frith this deed of trust in the
If $460.To, with interest from
ly 1, 1924, and defeault having
kade in the payment of said
And the powery of sale having
I operative, and the holder of
Bote having demanded foreclo
said deed of trust, the unfed
trustee, for the purpose of
|ng said note and the cost of
all en Saturday the 21st day
t!924, between the legal
f .<ak-. -ill to the highest bid
cash at the court heme door
ihy, .it public sale the followcribe'l
real estate:
tain tract of land, lying and
i Cherokee County, r.djoirlamis
i,f E. I>. Mason. .1. W.
ntry. and others. with tne
Persunmon Creek; thence
cat. k id the point where E.
tgom ,'v land line comes to
k; tiu-nce East with the suid
lontgomery line to the line
p. M' V.tjromery's land; thence
rth with the said J. W. Mon
lire t ih. top of the For^e
B* r >:r.e near t o public
iei.it. a straight line near
Btv. : int of Beginning, conBl
?.?. more or less, and
.f the Mark Hall lands.
Bth 1 ath day of May. 3 924.
B \V. N. Anderson,
Trustee.
Hce to contractors.
bids for gradig and other
^Btion work on the road
K Shuai Creek Township, Cher
^Bnmty, from the Not la-Shoal
^Bne, as surveyed by the EnDepartment
of the State
Commission via. Suit Post^Bill
he received up to noon of
^B?ay be made on the basis of
^Bices for the different items
^ work. or an unclassified ba^Pfcontructors
desire. It is oxplans
and snccifications
B&e ready by said date.
V bids should be accompanied by
Hied check for $2,000.00, made
Bje to the Chairman of Highway
BiMion of Shoal Creek Town
a guaranty of good faith.
Coromis-ion reserves the right
Vet any and all bids.
Burets all bids to Highway Conv
B&, Shoal Creek Township, care
B|j?fd & Hill, Attorneys, Mur*
bhce to contractors.
bids for the gradinir anc
Boetion work of approximate^
Hfeiles of road leading from th<
B
Bk
1 - ' ?
, ADVERTISE!
forks of the Hangingdog and Grape
. Creek road by Dockery's Mill and
j Grape Creek to Beaverdam Town!
ship line wii be received t>y the undersigntd
up to 12 o'clock .noon,'
Jimp ifith, 1924. AB bids will be up-|
on a yardage basis, ar.d additional'
information, as well as plans and
specifications, can be had upon application
to A. H. Brown, Chairman.
Murphy, N. C.
A certified check as a guaranty of I
good faith in the sum of five hur.-j
dred dollars must accompany each i
bid.
At the same time and place bids!
for the grading and construction of'
approximately two miles of road lead
ing from O. C. Davis' store to the
Beaverdam Township line will he received,
upon like terms and conditions,
except that check for two
hundred and fiity dollars must accompany
each bid as a guaranty of
good faith. The right :c reserved to
reject any and all bids. This May
28th, 1924.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF
MURPHY TOWNSHIP.
By A. H. BROWN. Chairman.
(42-3t-mhc)
NOTICE OK SALE OF LAND
UNDER MORTGAGE DEED
|
Under and bv virtue of fhe now*.r
of sale contained in a certain deed of !
mortgage executed by J. J. Burrell |
and wife, Mahala Burrell, to The
Roan Iron Company, conveying the
land:? described in said deed of Mortgage
for the purpose of securing the
paym.nt of the indebtedness therein
mentioned and described, which said
i deed of mortgage is recorded in the j
office of Register of Deeds of Cherokee
county in Book No. 34, page 19.
and tie-fault having been made in the
payment of said indebtedness and the j
power of sale having become operative.
the ur.d? reigned mortgage for!
the purpose of satisfying said indebt-1
tdness, interest and cost of sale, ex-1
pose said lands for sale at public
auction at the court house door in
Murphy to the highest bidder for cash
at One o'clock I*. M, on the 5th day
of July, 1924, which said land is
described as follows: ,
In Murphy Township, Cherokee
county. North Carolina. Begining
on a black oak, north east corner of
No. 34, runs north GO poles to a
-take; then east to the first branch;
then down said branch to a stump
near a mill; then south to the pike
road; th< n up the pike road to Sam
Craig's corner; then with Sam Cruig's
line to the Southern Railroad; then
with the Southern Railroad to C. C.
Smith's line; then with C. C. Smith's
line No. G1 being on the line of No.
34 to the begining corner, containing
50 acres nu iv of less. Excepting
I mineral interest which has been herej
toft re reserved.
This June 4, 1924.
dft t vr iuov rntm.tMV
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Martaggee.
<43-4t-leb)
1 voTir- riK stir, or .a:<v>
5 . d ./ v..of .!: * provls'ion.-:
and tei m- of a certain judgment
1 : the superior court of Ch? rokeo
.County, r-.d i:i a cau c therein
;>"ntlir.g, entitled C. D. Entrekin,
I laintiff, vs. Harvey B. Culberson
and C. F. Culberson, defendants,
t which said judgment was rendered
at the January Term, 1923, of said
court and is docketed in Judgment
Docket No. 17, page 253, the underisgned
commissioner will offer for
sale at public auction, to the highist
.bidder, for cash, on, Monday, July 7th
2924, at II o'clock a. nv, all the right
title and interest of the defendants
Harvey B. Culberson and C. F. Culberson,
in and to the following tract
of land in Cherokee County, North
Carolina, towit:
Beginning on a maple in a hranch
the corner of No. 116, Culberson's
line, and runs S. 25 E. 100 poles to
a stak:; thence S. 80 E. 63 poles to s
double chestnut; Scoggin's cornet
and Torrence's corner; thence N. 10
! E. 88 r.obs to a post oak; the North
east corner of 307; thence N. 206
1 poles to a chestnut oak on the North
! side of a mountain; thence S. 80 E.
nrtloe to n hickorv on J. S. John
son's line; thence N. 36 pcles to i.
sassafras, corner of said No. :
: thence N. 45 E. 76 poles to a hickory
thence S. 65 E. 38 poles to a corner
of said No. ; thence E. 80
! poles to a Spanish oak on Penland's
line; thence N. with its line 102 poles
to a white oak on Per.land's corner;
thence W. with Berronpr'a line 86
poles to a Spanish oak, Reid's corner;
thence S. 43 W. 16 poles to a
Spanirh thence S. 17 W. 76 poles
1 to a stake and pointer; thtnee W. 60
r poles to a soarwood on J. T. Burn's
? line; thence S. 26 poles to a scrubby
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT.
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chestnut, corner of said land; thence t
W. 140 poles to a hickory, N'o*th (
corner of Burn's land; thence S. 28
W. 17 poles to a hickory post, Mor- ,
ris' corner; thence N. 53 W. 30 poles .
to a maple; Wyatt Ilobinson's cor- ,
ner, No. 1403; thence S. 35 W.
poles to a black jack on top of a .
mountain; thence N. 55 W. 106 pole? ,
to a black oak, Vest's vomer; thence ,
S. 30 E. 22 poles to a hickory and ,
dogwood, corner of No. 300, Culber- .
son's line; thence S. 55 E. 140 pole? <
to a chestnut oak on top of ridge; ,
thence S. 35 W. 115 poles to a com- t
er of No. 309, on the line of No. j
146; thence with its line S. 55 E. 8S (
poles to the beginning, containing
390 acres, more or less, with rtstr- {
vauons oi sjix-iwo acre?. 12 of lap j
on Johr. H. Johnson's land and fifty (
of lap on Levada Berrong's line. j
This sale subject to confirmation 5
and is being nia.lt to satisfy the jutlgment
rendered in said action, default1 .
'having betn made ir. payment of
(same. This June 4th, 1924. ,
J. D. MALLOXEE,
(43-4t-dw) Commissioner. ,
j
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND BY
COMMISSIONER.
By virtue of an older of the court
made in a certain special pro- edine
entitled, S. \Y. Lovingood. Adminis;
trator of D. W. I.oudermilk, deceased,
vs. John I. Loudrmilk. Varir.le
I Boggs, et al<.. the undersigned commissioner
will <?n TT mhty the 7th day
of July, 1924. at the hour of 10:0C
o'clock a. m., offer for sale at the
court house door in Mur;.h\. Xortn
i Carolina, the following described
land:
FIRST TRACT: In Hothouse town
ship, Cheroke County, beginning on
the S. W. corner of Tract No. 139.
then runs south 35 W .st 30 poleto
a roc) corner on a conditional line
between U. S. Ballew and Margaret
E. thcr.cc N. 55 F.. 160 pc!c?.
to a sassafras corner standing in th
original line- of same; then S. 35 E.
50 poles to a locust coiner of the
same; then S. 5"> W. 160 poles to the
beginning, containing 50 a?rcs, more
or less.
SECOND TRACT : In Hot House
Township, Cheroke. County, beginning
on a white oak the southwest
corner of 193 and runs south with the '
line of Air-hair Fain 49 poles to a
-man Spanish oak on the line of No.
1S3; the" North with the line ofj:
No. lofl south 45 E. 18 poles to a]
small pine on the line of 189; th r. .
west with the line of ?s0 E. 48 poles :
to a small oak (fallen) and pointer- ;
the northeast corner of said Number ;i
tnence wim tno nno oi ih*.? ,s. i?i i:.:
10 pole** to a Spanish oak < fa'l n) ;
at the corner of the T. L. Johnson j
Tract, No. 7582; thence north the i
line of said number with th line of
said number S. .0 E. 56 poles to a;
poplar, white oak and rock corner
of said number; then south with line
No. 50 east 180 poles to the northwest
corner of said number, a sourwood
(fallen); then north 51 degree?,
west 130 poles to a locust, as the
j >outh?&ei luia.r of 1S3; thence with
ihat lire sou" ii 55 deg.-c. s v.vs* crossI
.UK Houthuuse Creek ui ;18, 160
j poles to the beginning, cpntainingi
145 acr s m?.e or 1.?s.
The object of thi ssale is to create
assets to pay the indebtedness of the
estate of the said D. W. Loudermilk
deceased. The land will be sold at
the time and place above mentioned
at public auction and the terms of
said sale will be to the highes' bidder
for cash.
This the 4th day of June, 1924. '
S. W. LOVINGOOI), '
J (43-4t-pd) Commissioner. j
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Board of J
Oommissioneis trf the town of Mur- j
phy that in addition to the advalorcm
and poll taxes, which shall hereafter '
' be levied, that the following specia- !
j licenses or privilege- taxes be levied, j
i assessed and collected:
1. On every circus exhibiting with
in the incorpoarte limits of the town
of Murphy, or within one mie thereof,
a tux of $25.00 for each day, to
be paid before exhibiting, and if nor
paid before exhibiting, to be doubled.
2. Upon every person, firm or
corporation exhibiting within the i
1 town or one mile thereof any stage,
theatrical play, sleight of hand performance,
road dancing, tumbling,
wire dancing or menagerie, $10 for
each day they exhibit.
3. Upon every exhibition for reward
or artificial curiosities in the
town of Murphy or within one mile
thereof a tax of $5, to be paid in
advance.
4. Upon each room, naii or tent
used as a mov4ng picture show, a tax
of $12.50.
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MURTMY. NORTH CAROL1WA
6. On all carnival companies,
raveling circuses, and shows of like t
:haracter, conducted for profit under I
he same general management and
ifiilig week-stand engagements, a <
;ax of $100.00 for each week or part <
if a week.
7. Upon every exhibition of >a cir- <
:us, menagerie, wild west show, dog 1
tnd pony show and every other show
int licensed in the preseding sections, i
i tax for each day or par of a day :
ts follow?: Shows tiansported with i
.vagons, with side shows, $10.00: i
hows requiring transportation in 1
trains of 15 cars or less, $17.50,
vhtre genera ladmission does r.oe ex- i
*eed fifty cents, on shows requiring
:ransportation of 15 to 25 cars on
train, a tax of $37.50, where the
?rice of general admission does n<.:
exceed fifty cents.
8. Upon every traveling theatrical
company giving exhibitions c r
performances in any hall or tent or j
Dther place not licensed as provided
in preceding sections a tax of $5.00
Cor each day or par thereof.
0. Upon every merry-go-round a '
um ?# $5.00 ncjr day.
10. Upon each show or exhibition j
t?f any other kind, and on each con- !
irert fcr reward, and on every stroll- '
in? musician and on every entertainmc
nt or exhibition for the purpose of 1
advertising sales of medicine or other
merchandise a tax of ten d iiars ;
per day.
11. Upon each itinerant mtrchanl
selling or offering to sell in the town
;t lax of $25.00.
12. Upon each dog kept within
the corporate limits of the town of 1
Murphy a tax of two dollars and upon
each bitch so kept a tax of th/ee
uoiiars and said tax upon each and
every dog or bitch kept within the 1
'cor porate limits of the town of Mur- 1
ph. between the first day of June
1924, and the 31?t day of May, 1925..
and if :ht owner oi such dog or bitch
fails to pay same- on demand, then it
shall be lawful for any police officer
of the town to kill said animal. <
13. Upon each automobile for
hire a tux of $5.00. ;
1-1. Upon each person, firm or
- >? I nation manufacturing or bet- <
l ng Coca-Cola, ginger ale, or othei '
like drinks and preparations, a tax
of $10.00. i
15. Upon each merchant, shop
keeper or dealer who shall keep in,
stock or offer for sale any pistol or
revolver, or any pistol cartridges or
cartridges that can he used in a revolver
or pistol, a tax of $5.00.
10. Upon each dealer in cigarettes,
a tax of $10.00.
17. Upon each dealer in automobiles,
a tax of $5.00.
1$. Upon each dealer in junk, n
tax of $10.00.
19. Upon each person, firm, or
corporation running a livery stable i
and keeping horses and mules for ,
hir.-, a tax of SI0.00.
20. Upon each and every company
of gypsies or strolling band ol
persons receiving rewards for pre
??>ii f..~ . -
$25.00?
21. Upon catr: person, finn or
corporation running or operating a
hotel for which a charge of ?2.00 per
day and upwards is made for each
guest, a tax of $10.00; and fcr each
such hotel charging less than $2.00
po- day, a tax \f $5.0?; and v >
each and every bearding house a
tax of $5.00.
22. Upon c:;ch person running a
restaurant a tax of $10.00.
23. Upon tach person running p
soda fountain a tax of $5.00.
24. Upon each person procuring
or soliciting laborers for out of this
state, a tax of $100.00.
25. Upon each person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business
of plumbing, steam or gas fitting, installing
electric "lights and light fixtures
a tax of $10.00.
26. Upon each and every express
company doing busines in the town
f Murphy a tax of $20.00.
27. Upon every person, firm or
corporation operating a motor or
horse propelled vehicle in the transfer
of freight, express, baggage,
household goods, etc., for gain, a tax
,,< no
28. Upon each and every shoe repairing
shop a tax of $5.00.
29. Upon each and every itinerant
jeweler or silver smith a tax of
$10.00.
30. Upon every barber chair used
in carrying on said trade, a tax of
$5.00.
31. Upon each and every itinerant
dealer in patent medicines, a tax
of $10.00.
32. Upon each and every dealer in
fresh meats, fish and oysters, a tax of
$10.00.
33. Upon each and every vender
of ice cream a tax of $5.00.
34. Upon each and every pressing
club a tax of $5.00.
35. Upon .each coal dealer, or person,
firm, or corporation ordering
coai lor public distribution, or tor,
purposes other than for own use, a !
tax of $10.00 1
36. Upon every telephone or telegraph
company doing business in
the town of Murphy a tax of *10.00.
37. Upon every itinerant oculist,
>r fitter and vender of spectacles, or
?ye glasses, tax of $10.00.
38. Upon each and every agency
listributing gasoline, kerosene, naphha,
oil, etc., a tax of $10.00.
30. Upon each and every solicitor
tiling suits, shoes, or other
irticles of clothing, or taking meas- j
jrements for said clothes, except I
merchants engaged in business in the j
town of Murphy, a tax of $10.
40. Upon each and every dealer I
n fertilizer, a tax of $10.00.
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it unanimously ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of tin Town
A Murphy that Section 203 of Chapter
XIX, relating to sewerage an<]
ivater be amended by striking out
the words "two hundred feet' and inserting
in lieu thereof the following
to-wit: "tvvo iiuiiuri-'.S ami liity leet.' j
The amended ordinance now reads, in J.
full:
Sec. 203. It shall Vie the duty
any personti firm or corporation owning
any house wherein people live
and which is situated within two hundred
and fifty fett ?,f a public sewer
and water main to connect said house
or premises with said public sewer
and water main within ten days after
notice so to do, and if any person
tirm or corporation shall fail or refuse
to do so, he, it, or th? y -hall b
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall he fined S
for each day, alter the expiration of
said period of ten days, that sai i
house or premises umain unconnected.
NOTICE
The Board of County Commissioners
of Cherokee County, will on Monday,
June 23rd, 1924, at 10 o'clock.
A. M., in the commissioners' office
at Murphy, consider the petition of
Dividing Shoal Crtek T wnship, ami
contentions about the proposed road
through Shoal Creek Township. Al
persons interested in the matters art
ri quested to be prest nt.
This 3rd day of June, 1924.
S. W. LOVIKGOD,
Chairman,
T. J. BRISTOL,
GAY BRYANT,
Members of Board of County
Commissioners. (43-2t-co)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids for the construction
a road through Hothouse Townshij
a distance of about eight miles will
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be received up and until June 19th,
1924, at the office of the Board of
County Commissioners, of Cherokee
County. Address bids to the Commissioners,
Cherokee County.
S. W. LOYINGOOD,
Chairman Board of County Commissioners.
(42-3-tco}
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX
For the purpose of satisfying- tl.c
taxes for the year 1923, due to the
town of Murphy, the undersigned will
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash at the court house door ir
Murphy. X. C., Monday the 7th day
of July. 1921. the parcels cf lantf
hereinafter set forth following thr
nam. of the person against whom -ui(*
tax is charged:
|G. W. Barton 1 lot 7.6S* 1
J. H Cri-p. 2 lots 6.:jt
I>. M. riipe!?uj, 1 lot . . IT..")-'
i. c. Col?h. i lot i.g&
S. W. Davidson h ir . 2 1 >ts, 26.6(?
it. G Klki: i lots V5.?o
J. I. Fair. acres, TV* lots. St.: f>
J. P. Green, 1 lot 4.30
y. . Rj"h G.irrbvn. 1 lot . .
-j M II ,! ..nine. I lot . o.G<*
7. P. H;- t?n, 2 lots . . 0.S-*
P. I'. Hughes. 1 lot 1.40
J. C. Htmbreo, 5 acr . . 3.15
Hardy Js-.::ies. 1 lot 4.2 ft
P. J". Joiie.-. 12~? acr? s 2S.9e
I., i".. Maunc-y, 20 acres. 1 1"'. 93.73
Ear! Mi!"saps 1 lot 9.42
D?. B. B. Mi i mov. lot - 130.2ft
Mr.-. rence M- ore. 1 lot . . 10.85
T "1 . r.: . i. .1 r.. lit ... n.2S
R. A. Ouvrjl-v, 1 lot 1 'J.or.
J u. E. I'os^ 1L* acre 2.2 4
Ii. B. Picklesinier^ 0 lots . . 15.3*
\Y. Pas-more Estate. 1 lot ... 1.4tl
Mr . Sarah B. l-ioberson, 1 lot, 1.4CT.
Sword, ?"i acres, 8 lots. 210.02*
Tov : Anders- !?. 2 l.-.s 87.2ty
Dave T? wijsou, I l it 23.-I2
Valley Itiv r Furn. Co. 1 lot. 350.01*
G. F. Williamson. 1 lot 14.01
G. Allen Watson. 1 lot 6.2<)
i. M. Young, 1 lot . . ll.2tt
Jennie Calloway, 1 lot 11.2-4
B r.t Carter ^4acre 7.0O
Addle Colvard IV. lots . 4.1KI
.1. S. .McKinney. i lul IhlO
Will Mi Combs, 1 lot 3.4U
j Harriet Pawell, 1 lot 0.7G
To the above wil be added the cost*8
f tnv *?i- ?r,l .whvrtKiaji
1>. >1. B1RCIIF1EI.D.
Ta Collectcil
Ijv
built up to the j;
of tire aualirv? II
1 / III
price. And yet
e than ordinary J
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Motor Co. I
l HOME PAPER?$1.50