FAGE FOUR X die correct consist) H ?*% to It for perfect luB IB I Bmj tit it* til, I 1 smith mtmtit' WORLD WAR VETS APPLY FOR COMPENSATION Blank* May Be Had At CherokeJ Scout Office or from Postmaster A. B. Dickey I Many veterans of the "World Wai j are now making out their aplication ; blanks and sending them to the prop or officials in Washington asking foi . . their portion of the adjusted compenf1 sation for ex-service men made available by the act passed by th* recenl - session of congress. These blanks ar* for distribution at the office of Tht Cherokee Scout and Postmaster A -1 B. Dickey at Murphy. i . According to the act as nassed n< . soldier is entitled to more than tR(M I if all of his service was in the United States, and not over $025 if such sol dier served overseas. This does not i mean that every soldier, sailor or ma? i rine is entitled to these amounts. I These represents the maximum amounts, no matter h? w Ion* the period of service. Time counts between April 0. 191? and Nov. 11, 191$. For service in , the United States each veteran is en| titled to a credit of $1.00 per day and for overseas services a veteran is entitled to $1.25 per day under the provisions of the act. As a bonus of $00 was paid each soldier upon his discharge from service, this sixty dollars will be stubtracted from what he entitled to under the rectnt act. If under this act a soldier is entitled to less than $50 hi will receive cash payment and if more than fifty dollars an adjusted service certificate or insurance policy will be issued for the amount the veteran is entithd to plus the accrued interest for twenty years, at which time the certificate or policy will be payable. In other words, the policy will be an endowment policy, payable at the end of twenty years. The payments or certificates will not be sent until after January 1. 1925. After two years, the insurance dcvelopm nt of our state." .Mr. Kilgore said that his second impression was the lack of space to do things in. The farms were small, the people too plentiful and living conditions were crowded. During the time spent in Rome, he only ; on.' nevr building be ing constructed and this like the others was being constructed of stone and brick. There 1- iiu iiiiiuvi. ircm ui uai> urr grown on the side* of the ditch banks ! and intercroppe d with grape vine? while the pruning* of the trees are j used for fuel. All the lanor. The returns per man is not as great a* in this country, and. says Mr. Kilgore: "I would not want us to ever have to farm over there. Their standard of living is low, particularly in the Mediterrcnaean countries, and they do not u-c the labor saving machin: cry such as we have in this country " i Mr. Kilgore sad the need for pro| tecting our lands by terracing, growI ing grass and putting the inaccessl! ble lands in forests after noting the conditions of some soils over there. "We don't want ti wait as they did until it is too late/' he says. KEENER MONUMENT COMPANY J. S. Keener, Manager Tomotla, N. C. ! Call or Write if you need a Monument )ard;^ blarine MotorOik oil for every type of rour dealer's chart for racy and altrays stick rica^fon. krt fa? ft *7 * " THE CHEROKEE SCOUT. MU Hegeman Lai j i t i$ t irt f n. m m M Wt BS y iiHM fe The dedication of the Hpgeman Memorial Laboratory at Mt. Me Gregor near Saratoga Springs. N. Y.. marks a stop forward in the fight on tuberculosis, according to the medical authorities who participated in the ceremonies recently. The new si one structure is a harmonious architectural frnture of the sanatorium group of twentytwo buildings, which the Metropolitan Lift Insurance Company maintains ?or the benefit of the sick 'among the 30.000 of its field and I home office staff. ? It was provided for by a fund of 9300.000 in the will of the late John Rogers Hegemau, president of the company from 1891 to 1319, to whom the building is a xnemorcertificates or policies will have n ] loan value equal to 90 per cent of} their face value. Any hank or trust I company is authorized to make loan.- j on these certificates. 1 If any veteran who did service in j the world war is dead, his dependents i may apply for hi< bonus, which will' be aid in ten quarterly payments, be- j ginning March 1, 11125. They, howcrutd interest as will a veteran who j ever, will not be entitled to any acgaa applies ror his own compensation and waits 2d years for its maturity. Those who may apply for tin com- ' pensation in case of the death of the * veteran are as follows: 1 1. 1 he Widow, if unman'id. v 2. If no widow, thin to the chil- 1 dren, share and share nlik.. If no unmarried widow, or T children, to the mcthi r. 4. If no unmarried widow, chi? 1 dren or nvother, then to the father. * The fact that any dependent is now > receiving war risk insuranc. will not ^ debar them from participation in the benefits of this act. Veterans in this section of the state will be interested in this information ' and their friends are expected to help to get word to any who may not be apprised of the fact otherwise. OWL CREEK. The Sunday school is progressing nicely at this place. Mrs. Nancy Palmer is cn the sick lift and is not showing much improvement. The fruit crop in this section will be good this season. Misses Elsie Palmer, Delsie Kephart. Ruby Long, and Allie Kephart were visitors to Grandview on the Fourth. Messrs. D. Witherspocn, M. L. Brittain and C. C. Hass spent the past week fishing on Tellico* River. The farmers are getting along nicely and are looking forward to a good crop. There is considerab.? sickness in this section. Mr. Oscar Psflmer and some girl and boy firiends are spending a few days fishiag in the Tellicc Mountains. ' Mr. Richard Hass is on a furlough j from the U. S. Navy at Hampton | Roads, Va., for a few days. Mrs. Sam Kephart is sick dt present. DR. E. ?. SMITH Chiropractor { Davidson Building MURPHY, N. C. ' (38-6t-pd) M>HY. NO*. fH CAROLINA moratory is Dei nduct War Oi V gg^^~ j" SSS}^^SjSg|^3feHjg^f^ Ilal. "W.- hope?wo even expect," dec la rod Haley KUkc, now president of the company, 'that some discovery will be made here that will 1 be Connected with the name of the ; donor and will be of lasting benefit | to future generations." j Pr. Kd ward It. Raid win. head of Trudeau Sanatorium at Baranac Lakv and one of the foremost authorities on tuberculosis, welcomed the new laboratory into the field of scientific research.# "The sanatorium represents what we knowabout tuberculosis." he declared. "The laboratory represents what we do not know, but must find out." An interesting figure at the ceremony was the Rev. Father P. NL Waggett. famous British scientist [and >heo)o?laa sUwUsd with ELIZABETH KELLY POINS THE CO-OP [)istingished Woman Educator Pre* dent N. C. Teacher* Association to Aaid Tobacco Grower* Raleijrh July 1.?Miss F.lizahel telfpy, president of the rsorth Care ine Tcachet's Association, whe ha teld a hifrh position in the State D? utrtment of Education and is one o h most prominent figures in the