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The Official Organ of
I VOLUME XX X VII. NO. 32.
superior court
i to f.egin session
here march 29
Both Criminal and Civil Cases Will
Be Tried During Two Weeks
| Term With Judge Oglesby
| On Bench
The March term of Cherokee
superior < "urt will meet 011 Monday
.March 21*" with Judge J. M. Oples bv
prerio court officials announc ed
tMf week. Both criminal and civ ii
cases v. ill be tried. The criminal
docket i - her light. and is expect ed
to c< -umc the first two or three
days. Tho civil docket i? exreed infrlv
or ded, and wil. not likely be
finished .1" this term.
Following is a list of the juriors
^fcelecteil for services during the courtsi,
First Week
J Harley Gulden. W. P. Odoin, Tom
Gilbert. R. H. Stiles. W. If. Aberna ihy.
E. I.. Simonds, Oscar Anderson.
^H). C. Davis, Geo. Hembree John
pickeb"Mtr. Allen Davis, T. A. Davis
l. P. : *, Jim Woods, Carl Stiles.
f. P. Decker, P. L. Hodden. Boh Rom;rt*.
Peaehtree, H. A. Crisp. Charlie
?tiles. I. M. McNabb, Paul Martin.
T. H. Crisj, J. R. Ray, G. B. Lovinrood.
Fate Kinjr. M. T. Raper, J. J. i
iylvesb r, C. A. Hunsucker, Ira Clark !
RT. S. Clayton, Gordon Lovincood
ft'. R. Bristol, Wijj Stiles, Culberson ;
1 ?n Dockery, S. G. Baines.
k Second Week
Wiliam G. Webb, J. M. Simonds.
1. A. Richardson, R. R. Beal, Edward i
.ovine >od. A. W. Padjjott, E. H. Ber-i
onp. 1 A. Rose, J. H. Reed J. T. i
layes, George Preswood, Lw E.Mnuiey,
W. Lovingood, A. White W.
Pj . her. L. M. Ballew. Fred Marin,
G. E. Dickey, Tom Kinp, W. S.
Ineed J. M. Taylor, L. M. Shields|
ft'ill Coffee and F. A. Mostcller.
School Closed At ? ?
Unaka Last Friday
Unaka, March 15.?One of the most j
uccessful school terms ever held I
iere closed last Friday, after an I
ipht month sesnion. Prof Ralph:
kylor, of Letitia. was principal, and
dis< Ruth Ilatchett, of Belleview,
n charge of the primary departnent.
Both Mr. Taylor and Miss
htchett stated that they were well
leased with the results of the years
fork, and that all the pupils put them
elves into their work in such ar? enxgetic
manner, that results could
lot help but forthcoming. Whether
hey will return next year is not
mown, but it is hoped that they will.
Vnother Old Confederate
Veteran Passes Away
Mr. P. B. Tatham, commonly known .
is "Uncle Bent," died suddenly atj
he home of his daughter Mrs. E. B.!
iir.g, nt Topton, N. C., on the after-1
?oon of March the 3rd.- 1926. He
He dinner at 12 o'clock, and died at
1:45 without a struggle. He was:
alking cheerfully in his usual way1
wo minutes before his death.
Uncle Bent was bom in Macon
bounty, N. C. February 6, 1835. Hist
parents moved to Old Valleytown,'
Cherokee County, when he was only;
ux weeks old. Here he grew up to ;
>e a strong, active, energetic young
man. When he was twenty-six years'
Rld. he married Miss Arrie Wright,'
a daughter of the late James Wright
rf Phodo, N. C.
Ai the call for volunteers in the
nf?derate Army. he sicweitd to
the call, and joined Capt. Stephen.
Whitaker's Co. "E" Walker Battalion, c
Thomas Legion, and served through
the entire Army. He was one of the
Mt to lay down his arms. H** wrs
tnown as a jfearless brave and patriotic
soldier, Mid was *re?tl> ad'?ired
bv liis sm-f-rii rs in ce and j
comrades as being: a soldier that j
could be depended upon in any emergency.
Immediately following the close of
the Civil War, he returned to his
home where he f,und his faithful
vife awaiting his return. With her
?id and assistance, they began life
over again, his ch;ef occupation being
that of a farmer. He reared a
l*rgfc family, those surviving him 1
h?ing Jasper M. T.*?tham and John A.
Tatham of Andrews; J. H. Tatham
*nd Mrs. Bona Hampton, of Robbinsv?ll?;
Mrs. Rilla Piercy, of Elmonte,
C?l.; Mrs. J. T. Lovin, of Bryson City;
I ?f)e
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Lyceum Number
Is Well Received
Tuesday Night
The last number of the 1925-20
lyceum course was well received at
the school auditorium Tuesday night
It was a comedy play entitled "The (
Other Fellow's Shoes," and was pre-,
sented by the Slout Flayers, a company
composed of five people and
heuded by L. Verne Sloui.
"The Other Fellow's Shoes" was a
comedy of young America and business.
It was the best number of the
course and was thoroughly enjoyed (
by a large audience.
Mrs. G. W. West, Rhodo, and Mis.
E. B. King, of Topton. He also
leaves one brother, Mr. Pird Tatham,
of Atlanta, Ga., and one sister, Laura
Tatham, of Andrews. His wife precede
him to the grave by about ten
The writer formed the acquaintance
of Uncle Bent something: more
than forty years ago. This acquaintance
crew into a mutual friendship'
which became stronger and stronger
as the years passed. His cheerful
disposition, congeniality and remarkable
activity was an inspiration to all
who knew him.
Uncle Bent was fond of out door
life. He often remarked that fresh
air and sunshine was natures remedy
for human ills, and was the best medicine
that one could administer. He
was particularly fond of 4fox hunting,
and often remarked that the
yelp of the hound in pursuit of a fox
was sweet music to his ears. He
frequently engaged in this his chosen ,
sport, and only a few months prior
to his death, he joined with a party
much younger men than himself
in a heated fox chase which lasted the
greater portion of the night, returning
in the early morning to his place
of jibode without a murmur of comolaint.
but rejoicing over the amusement
and pleasure of his experience,
while those much younger than himself
were complaining of being greatly
-fatigued.
For the past several years, Uncle
Bent has been accustomed to having
a birthday dinned in celebration of 1
his birth. The writer had the plea- I
sure of attending his last celebration 1
at the home of Mr Powers, j'
(whose birthday came on the same'
day) on the sixth day of February, '
1926, it being his 91st, birthday. On I
this occasion he expressed the opinion 1
of this possibly being his last anni- i
versary, as he knew according to the !
laws of nature that he had but a s
short time allotted to him in this
world. 1
Uncle front professed faith in J
Christ and joined the Methodist s
Church at Andrews, in the year of 1
192:1. He often coverso?! with his 1
friends on the subject of his future 1
destiny, and exprosed himself as be- i
ing ready to go at the call of his i
' ord and Master. Fie expresed himself
as always being ready to answer
County, and the Lend it,
MURPHY, North Carolina
arbinger of Spri
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BIDS FOR BUILDING
NEW COURT HOUSE
ARE CALLED FOR
Work to Begin Within Thirty Day*
From Letting of Contract and
Completed by Dec. 1st
Advertisement by the County Commissioners
for receiving bids for the
construction of a court house is
rttrfied in i.lis issue. The advertisement
calls for a two story structure,
to be built of "brick, marble,
stone, hollow tile, the fioors, ici lings
and roof slabs, etc., to bo of reinforced
concrete, dome and lantern to
be of steel construction." Work is to
begin within thirty days after the
contract is awarded and is to be completed
by* December 1, 1026.
TL *..? r.t I
>nc auwiwjui muner win oe required
to give bond in the a.aount of
his bid as evidence of good faith that
the contract will be carried out.
The hoard of commissioners is composed
of T. W. Axley, chairman ; W.
T. Holland, and W. J. Martin. Plans
an dspecifieaiions can be procured
from either the architect, or the,
chairman of the County Commission,
ers on deposit of ?25.00 Bids will
be received until noon April loth,
and should he submitted to T. W.
Axley, chairman, Murphy, N. C.
LAST DEBRIS OF
OLD COURT HOUSE
CLEARED AWAY
The last debris of the court house
walls, with the exception of the marble
foundations, was celared away
this week. The work of louring down
the walls and hauling away the brick
and motar has been in progress forj
the past two months, and was completed
twenty days less time than (
the contract called for. Barnett Brothers
wore awarded the contract
hiding ?3,485. which was the,
lowest of the nineteen bids received.
The marble foundations were le ft,
standing in accordance with the contratc.
the roll call when he was serving j
k,o ?Aiin?r.- ;? fi-? 1
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now that he had fought a good fight j
had kept the faith, had run hi* course
he was ready and willing to answer
the final roll call whore ho expected
to meet his wife and mother.
The funeral was conducted at the
Methodist Church in Andrews by Rev.
VI. T. Smathers, of Hendersonville.
K. C. A large crowd of sorrowing i
relatives and friends were present to
pay their last respect to this noble
soldier, citizen and friend.
The interment was made at the
/alleytown cemetery, formerly known
is Tatham grave yard, in sight of the (
?pot where he was reared and lived
for many years. Troop "P" X. C. |
S.'. G.. of Andrews, took part in thej
rnrial exercises, which was the re-J
jue.-i of Uncle Dent a few days be- \
'ore his death.
Andrews, N. C. March 16th. 1026.
A FRIEND.
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FRIDAY, March 19, 192(5.
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Aunt of Judge
Axley Died Sunday
In Knoxville
Mrs. Ida Axley, 7G year sold, aunt
of Jud^e W. M. Axley, of Murphy,
j died Sunday afternoon in Knoxville
j at the home of her son. It. H. Axley,
after an illness of two weeks.
Mrs. Axley was a sister of the late
Margaret P. Axley of Murphy, and
the last member of her immediate
family. She was well known in this
section and has many relatives and
friends in Murphy.
Funeral services and ir.terme^
weie at Knoxville. She is survived
' hv throe sons: A. \V. Avlov of
York; Wid Axley, of Chattnnoga;
, and It. II. Axley. of Knoxville, with
whom she resided.
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SWEETGUM
Th people in Graham County have
for the past week experienced some
deep snows. These big snows and
cold weather are blocking the farmer
very much.
Miss Bonnie Matheson, a daughter
of Rev. W. B. Matheson has accepted
a position with John A. Rogers
as clerk?Miss Matheson is well
educated and qualified -for the posi-j
tion. - , .
It is said that Mr. John Colvard
and Mr. R. I.. West have recently soldi
heir farms on Tulula to the samej
I parties who have purchased the great;
I lands of R. B. Slaughter and Dave1
i Swan. These farms are connecting!
shortage links to the great boundry.
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It is said these parties purchasing,
I this land will set out a row of maple!
trees on each side of the Graham
County Railroad clear through the
I property and then concrete a nice
I street on each side of the railroad.
Mr. R? C. Moore and Mr. Q. C.
Hall visited friends at Sweetgum ]
, Sunday. They seemed to enjoy their J
visit mighty well.
Superior Court convened at Robbinsville
Monday only to close before
evening due to the snow weath
er. t/my two cases were heard a'
Crisp toy and a Rose boy. They were
convicted for stealing meat and given
sentences of six months each.
A. L. Pastell at this time is suffering
very bad from flu. He is
confined to bed.
(Last Week's Letter)
Mr. Rent Tatham, who recently
died at his daughter's home in Topton
has hundreds of friends in Graham
County as well as Cherokee
County and also where who were
made to mourn when they heard of
the sad news of his death.
The people at Sweetgum are glad
to know that the Postoffice Department
has now posted in the store
of A. L. Pastell a legal notice that
there will be a postoffice established
A.? wSvrs err /aier U
Placet- on Mater i
The placing on meters of all users
of water from the city mains was |
completed this week, announced J.
L. Hall, superintendent of water
weeks. This work has been in progres
for the past two months, dur
ing which time some 125 meters j
were installed, at an approximate cost , *
of $1,200
This brings the number of water *
meters in the city up to 250, and all '
users are placed on an equal basis.
Already the amount of water flow- 1
ing through the mains has been les- 1
sened to a marked decree, it was '
stated, due to the fact that many
faucets and hydrants through which 1
water was allowed to drain have been '
closed. City officials believe this 1
will be an inducement to users not to [
waste so much water and have a j'
tendency to prevent the water sup- j 1
ply from running low.
An Appeal for
Our Song Birds j
Mr. Editor: ! t
Please allow one who lo\e.s out <
little feathered friends, particularly' t
those sweet singers among them,, which
bring us so much cheer though i t
the Spring and Summer, besides pro-jl
tecting our gardens against their , i
ever increasing pests, space in your I
paper, for this appeal to young and t
ol dto stop killing them. ] |
Your correspondent understands 1 <
that the killing of robins, lutks,
mockingbirds, blue birds, doves and' <
other varieties, closed as "song birds" ;
is positively forbidden by the law of j
North Carolina, and that the killinp
of ducks, geese and other migratory
I fowl a^ter Janary 51st and before |
j November 1st. is forbidden by the I
! Federal law. wood ducks , which fre- j
j quenl our rivers in spring and summer '
i not being permitted to be killed at
j anytime and while we have heard of
offenders elsewhere being sincerely
I punished we cannot recall that we i
ever heard of a violator of these'
I laws being proseeuted here, though
we all know that such violations have i
! been and continue to be all to fre- j
I quent.
I again we understand that the law
declares that any parent who permits
i a child under sixteen years of age
: to use a gun is himself subject to
indicmcnt and punishment, and although
this is known to be the law
of the land and a most wholesome
one, we have yet to hear of any prosecution
under this law, though it too
is frequently violated.
Now we believe, as between these
parents and the children, that the
former are most to be blamed, and
l we appeal to our boys to stop kill;
ing these beautiful sweet singers,
('lease remember boys that these
birds give great pleasure to most people
and that where you kill these
1 birds, it may and often does result
in the death from starvation, of their
| entire brood little ones. Rememj
ber too that you have not accomplished
an dgreat thing when you have
succeeded in killing them, but have
violated the law, in doing a criminal 1
act, besides having done a cruel
thing, of which any boy who thinks 1
should bo ashamed. Remember these
feathered songsters are our good
friends; that they protect our gardens :
and farm crops, and that with their
sweet songs they bring joy to a great
many people. Instead of trying to
destroy them, let us encourage them
to make their homes with us, and we
believe you will find more pure pleasure
in loving and protecting our
birds, than can possibly come from
murdering them. Try watching them
as they go about their daily tasks
of feeding their little ones and teaching
them to fly, and listen to their
sweet songs, and my word for it,
you will not kill them again.
AFRIEXD OF THE BIRDS.
at Sweetgum, N. C. The people at
Sweetgum insisted that Mr. Pastell
ask the Postofice department for the
establishment <yf a postoffice at!
Sweetprum. The partons all signed'
the petition askinR that the department
to establish the office and ap-1
pointing Mr. Postell postmatser. The !
people at Sweetgum can be assured
within a week or so that they will'
have a postoffice ab Sweetgum for(
their convenience.
mi?ib i iih iniiee we nmm !
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PRESENTS PLAN
FOR SELECTING
TENNESSEE ROAD
)ockery Would let Voter *of Count/
Decide Between Two Routei?
Stikeleather Willing
A plan by which the people of
he county would select the route to
Tennessee which the State is to take
>ver is presented by J. T. Dock*ry
in a letter this week to The Scout.
The plan would let the voters of
the county cast a ballot for the rood k
f his or her choice, and suggest*
:hat the two road commissioners act
in conjunction with the editor of
:he Scout as judges, thereby finding
he will of the people in the matter
.vithout any cost to the county.
Mr. Dockery states that Mr. Stikeeather,
whose letter to Mr. Dockery
s also carried in these columns, Is
.villing for the people to decide the
juestion.
About two years ago at a meeting
in the court house, Mr. Stikeeather
stated that he favored a route ?
o the Tennessee State line connectiog
vith No. 10 in or near Murphy. At
hat. time, the meeting went on rerord
in favor of leaving the selection
ip to the state. Engineers were instructed
to look over the routes and
eport to the highway commission. *
Friends and advocates of the two i
outes not recommended thought
hat the report of the engineers was
infuir and as a consequently many
protests were registered with thV
roimnission relative to the report.
The commission then held up action
on the matter until the Tennessee
authorities could he heard from. On
February 12th, an interview between '
Don Withespoon, president of the 5
local chamber of commerce, and F.
W. Webster, state highway commis- f
sioner of Tennessee, relative to Tennessee's
decision in the matter, was V
published in these columns. Mr.
Webster stated that Tennessee did
not consider the connection with the
Shoal Creek route practicable, but
Tennessee would eventually connect
with both the Hot House and Reaverdam
routes. He also stated he did
not believe Tennessee should be called
upon to select state route in North
Carolina, and that they would not
designate either of the two remaining
routes in Tennessee, as they recognized
that both sections had claims
of equal rank.
Mr. Stikeleather has repeatedly*
declared that he would rather the
people of Cherokee County determine
which route the state should take
over and Mr. Dockery's suggestion
comes as a result of communication
with him relative to the matter
Mr. Dockery's letter follows:
March 12, 1926.
Editor Cherokee Scout and i \i
Citizens of Cherokee County,
Dear Sir: ?, t
I have worked out a plap to get
our State Highway located to the i
Tennessee State line, and it is fair to
both routes and Mr. Stikeleather has
approved of it. ^ ;
The plan is this, vote through! 'f.vl gf i
the Cherokee Scout office, let every
citizen in Cherokee County that is a I
qualified voter write or print the
name of the route they prefer on
a ticket sign his name of the route
they prefer on a ticket sign his name
and P. O. address to it and send it
to the Editor of the Cherokee Scout,
Murphy, N. C. and let him keep them
unbroken under lock and key till the
day for the count out, on that day
let the Highway Road Commissioner?
of Hothouse and Beaverdam Townships
be present and assist the Editor
in the count out, and declare the results
in the columns of the Cherokee
Scout.
Who is not willing to abide by the
majority decision of our citizens, Mr.
Stikeleater said publicly he would
rather the people would say which
route was their choice, and now we
can give him an expression without
putting our County to any expense.
Both these routes are needed but
we can't get but one at a time together
and help Mr. Stikcleather locate
the most practical route front
Murphy to the Tennessee state line
by declaring our preference of route.
Mr. Stikcleather is offering as^fair
as any honest official can offer, we
can just keep rowing over the route
till dooms day and maybe never get
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