THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
Official Organ of Mwpbj .*d OmU Ccw.ty, N. C.
Published Every Friday
C. W. BAILEY Editor-Owner
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as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1897.
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HE NEEDS NO MACHINE
(Aheville Citizen)
The disclaimer of Senator Reynolds that . he is, as re
ported from Chailotte, contemplating the formation of
an organization for the conrtol of politics in North Caro
lina will be accepted at its face value by those who know
Mr. Reynolds. No man has appeared on the political
horizon of this State in year* who had less need of a
political machine than Fob Reynolds. He has what is
more powerful in politics than organization, that is to
?ay, personality. It was on his personality and his plat
form that he was swept to victory. It is his personality
that is making him now the subject of innumerable news
paper and magazine a'rticles.
Undoubtedly Mr. Reynolds will exercise a wide in
fluence in the political life of this State in the period i
that lies ahead of us. He has an immense following and j
tremendous energy and enthusiam. All this makes him a
factor to be reckoned with on a large scale in the public
affairs of North Carolina. But that is for the future and
will develop on lines which neithe'r Mr. Reynolds nor any J
one else can now foretell. These are extraordinary
times and the man does not live who can see very far
beyond the moment.
The new Senator from North Carotin** has plenty at
Washington just now to occupy his time and thought.
He is alive to the fact that this is true. He has been at the
national capital getting himself in readiness for his new
duties and responsibilities, yesterday he was sworn into
the office to which he was chosen so overwhelmingly, he
is ambitionus to make a record in the Senate which will
be in keeping with the hopes of his multitude of friends
and admirers.
This newspaper shares and echoes the good wishes of
those friends and admirers as he launches into his career
!in what has now become the most powerful of all the
legislative bodies in the world. It hopes that he will
render there service of great value to the State and to the
nation and will make a name for himself at Washington
which will match his amazing popularity here in North
Carolina. !
ANGLERS, ATTENTION!
All the thrill? of deep sea fishing are to be found in
Gulf of Mexico waters nea'r Pensacola, Fla., and many
large catches are made, says an article in the L. & N.
Employes' Magazine for December. At nearby fishing
"banks" 10 to 20 miles off shore, covered by 70 to 125
feet of water, many varieties of deep sea fish abound, it
is stated, and are willing to provide plenty of excitement
for the aj'gler.
One may leave the wharf at Pensacola in a powered
boat and in an hour or two be in a choice fishing spot,
anchored and hauling them in. If they are biting we11 a
couple of hours will fill the ice box, then up anchor and
back home in time tj sign the mail, saya <he writer in
the L. &N. publication.
And here we are-shivering in the weather and no mail
to sign. Gosh, ain't some folks lucky?
HOW SPANISH VETS VIEW ACTIVITIES
THE NATIONAL ECONOMY LEAGUE
Extracts from an address by D. C. Carter, Commander of the Depart
ment of North Carolina, United Spanish War Veterans, Deliv
ered Monday night, Decern ber 5th, at Gastonia
There is never anything mysteri
ous to me in the personnel of the or
ganizers and promoters of the
National Economy League.
The men who promote the local [
chapters, the state units, and even
the national movements, are in near
ly every case the employees of large
corporation, or banks that are close
ly allied with large interests. In
some instances they bear official
titles in the institutions with which
they are connected, but never the
less, they are employees, and as such,
must obey the mandates of those
who control the pay roll and their
jobs. Perhaps we should pity and
jobs and good jobs are hard to get.
not censure- them; they hold good
"Tis not theirs to reason why";
they have no alternative, but must
carry out the orders of the Boss and
spread the deceptive and misleading
propaganda that is placed in their
hands.
The unfair and misleading propa
ganda of the National Economy Lea
gue and other organizations that are
dominated toy Big Business against
veterans' pensions, in the name of
economy, is intended to prejudice
the average citizen and taxpaye'r
against those men, who such a short
time ago, marched away to war in the
full bloom of patriotic youth, bury
ing the individual; combining and co
odrinating all the physical perfection
of this great Nation into one great,
unbeatable army.
These "Byrds" who soa'r from Pole
to Pole, always within range of the
camera and their publicity agents;
but who retire with a "sore" ankle
when "War Clouds" make the flying
dangerous, are now revealed in their
true feather?:. The "Byrd" that on
the distant horizon appeared to be a
noble eagle, is disclosed to be a com
mon buzzard, gorged with the untrue i
and misleading propoganda of the,
so called, National Economy League;
spreading diseases of discontent
among distressed and confused tax
payers in every community in which
he lights. Libeling, slandering, vili
f ing and discrediting those brave men
who one day called him comrade.
The entire Nation's tax bill is di
vided one-third for Federal taxes and
tyo-thirds for State and local taxes.
VETERAN'S PENSIONS ARE PAID
ONLY BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
The farmer, mechanic, clerk, labor
er, and professional man pays his
taxes direct to the State and local
treasuries ? not one cent goes to pay
veterans' pensions.
Where cloes the money come from
that is paid to the veterans? From
the Federal Government which re
ceives it as the result of income tax
payments and certain income taxes
as the result of tariff and license
legislation. THE GREAT BULK OF
IT COMES FROM INCOME TAX.
The Treasury Department statis- |
tics for the prosperous year of 1928
show that there were 40,700 per
sons who paid Federal income taxes
for that year. Nintey-nine per cent
paid only one-fifth of the total Feder
al income taxes. In other words,
one per cent or 40,7000 people paid
four-fifths of the income taxes,
amounting to $1,080,000,000. The
statistics prove that for each $1 the
average taxpayer paid to the Feder
al Government the big taxpayer paid
$330.
This clea'rly proves that the op
position to the payment of veterans'
pensions comes from that group of
40,700 who constitute "Big Busi
ness." Incidentally, the total net in
come of this group as disclosed for
the year 1928 was $6,309,000,000.
There is no question that it is the
International banked, and the big
business man, whom we designate for
convenience as "Big Business' that
is behind this clamor for reduction
and elimination of pensions. The (
big income tax payer is the one who
is hardest hit. It is small wonder
that they want their taxes reduced.
But should they not come into court
with clean hands? These same howl
ers who state in one breath that un
less "this enormous sum of 21 bill
ions of dollars which we will pay to
the veterans by 1945" is cut off, the
country wiil be bankrupt, exclaim in
the next that "it would be a good
thing for Business if we remit the
23 billiions of dollars owed us by
European nations" and thus saddle
this bu'rden on the American tax
payer.
The truth of the matter is that
these 40,700 big income taxpayers
are trying to relieve themselves of
the burden of paying veterans' pen
sions and place upon tfoe communi
ties the responsibility of careing fori
[the aged and disabled veterans, their
widows and dependents. "What would
it mean to the veteran if his pen
I sion was cut off and his hospital
privilege eliminated? What would it
mean to the business man and the
taxpayer? What would it mean to
the Relief agencies? What would it
mean to the Government?
We know that 70% of our Span
ish War veterans are absolutely de
pendent on their small pensions. If
these pensions are eliminated, the
single men would immediately flock
to the Soldiers Homes, at an added
cost of $45 to $55 per man per
month. In so far as the single men
are concerned there would be no e
conomy, it would simply mean the
transferring of the cost from one
branch of the Government service to
another. The married man would I
simply have to call on the relief agen
cies for assistance, unless he was
fortunate enough to have relatives
upon whom he could saddle himself.
The Relief Agencies, already over
burdened, would have to increase
their budgets, and the business man
and the taxpayer would have to in
crease his contributions. Those re
lief agencies and hospitals which
are supported by the taxpayers would
also have to increase their budgets,
and this would mean increase taxes.
Far more serious to th? business
man, however, than the increased
taxe. and contributions which he
would have to make, would be the
loss of revenue from the patronage
of these pensioners. This pension
money is not hoarded ? and "you can
lay to that' ? it is all spent in the
community iQ which it is received.
A small community with only ten
pensioners would lose the circulation
of 410.70 per month, or nearly $5,
000.00 per year. A city with 500
pensioners, would lose $20,535.00
per months or nearly a quarter of a
million dollars a year.
The average local tax payer could
only be effected adversely by the pro
gram of "Economy at the expense of
the veterans" proposed by the
"MINORITY," the 40,700 high in
come tax-payers, who are responsi
ble for the activites of the so called,
National Economy League.
Less than one third of one per cent
pensions of the Spanish War Veter
of the National taxes go to pay the
ans.
Those who pay Federal income tax
es can well afford to do so. Most of
these fortunes were made during a
war period while the service men
were undergoing the rigors and hard
ships of Army and Navy service.
NO MANS HOME IS TAXED ONE
CENT TO PAY VETERAN'S
PENSIONS
All the propaganda that is being
spread throughout the country
comes direct through the efforts of
Big Business and is intended solely
to prejudice the home owner and the
community taxpayer by making him
believe that he is paying the veter
ans* pensions. Nothing is further
from the truth. The careless and
willful disregard of accuracy and
truthfullness exhibited in the daily
utterances and publicity issued by
the glorified mouthpieces of the
National Economy League can only
lead to one further conclusion, that
"Big Business" persumes and as
sumes that "Little Business" and
Mr. "Average Tax-Payer" is ignorant
and .gullible.
Origin of "Gpoieberry"
Did you know that the origin of the
word gooseberry Is said to be because
It was at one time used to make a
sauce to serve with young geese, an?J
in the opinion of some people It rivals
apple sauce. In this connection, espe
daily when a lump of burter Is added?
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
One hundred cash and merchan
dise prizes were donated to Catawba
County 4-H club members for success
ful achievement this season.
There are 219 farmers in Person
county who grew over 1,000 acres in
lespedea for soil building purposes
this season.
Certified irish potatoes in Hay
wood County produced at the rate of
240 bushels to the acre as compared
with 160 bushels from ordinary home
selected seed.
DIZZINESS
relieved by Black-Draught
"I decided to tikt Tbedford*
BUd-Dnuht, u I had be?a bav
in# bIHooa ?(*??.- writ* Mr. Chmm.
E. Stnm of Columbui, Ind. "When
I ret bilious I feel eleepy and tired
?nd do not feel Ilk* doln* my work.
I ?et awfully dl**y I know then
that I had better take aomethlnc
! After I found how good Black-Drau?ht
la. that la what I hare used. I ffueaa
| It rlda me of the bile, for I feel bet
ter ? don't feel like I am droppln*
I <aff to Bleep every time I alt a own.
| That, to me. la a very bad feeling.
Vow you can ort Btack-Droupht I*
the form of a BXRV P. tor Cmiiux.
"hattYe'pXlmer '
Notary Public
Scout Office
subscribe' to tke scout
LEGAL MATTERS
' STATE OK NORTH CAROLINA,
I COUNTY OF CHEROKEE.
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
Plaintiff,
vs.
L. A. Enloe, Mrs. Rose Patton, Dr.
B. B. Meroney, Fred Balding, Lavada
Balding, G. W. Caldwell, Adminis^
trator of the Estate of Eliza Led
ford, C. W. Balding, Executor of
Vance Ledford, Citizens Bank, Bry
son City, X. C., Seidman Neckwear
Company, Cincinnati Cap Company,
Chain Grocery Company, Wofford
Tt-rrell Company and Gurney P.
Hood, Commissioner of Banks of the
State of North Carolina,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE OF LAND
Pursuant to a judgment entered
in above entitled civil action on the
28th day of November, 1932, in the
Superior Court of said County by
the Clerk, I will cn the 2nd day of
January, 1933, at 12 o'clock M., at
the Court house door in said County
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder therefor the following de
scribed lands, situated in said coun
ty and state in Murphy Township, i
comprising 218 acres, more or less,
and bounded and described as fol- 1
lows:
All that certain lot, tract or parcel
of land containing 218 acres, more or
less, located, lying and being in Mur
phy Township, County of Cherokee, j
State of North Carolina, being j
bounded on the north by Valley
River; East by the lands of Daniel I
Briscoe, J. E. Briscoe, P. J. Briscoe j
and P. J. Briscoe, Jr. and the Indian
or Government I^and; on the south j
by the Indian Lands, W. E. Ferguson ;
Heirs, Jennie Smith and W. H. Me- j
roney; on the southwest by the lands J
of W. H. Meroney; and on the north- I
west by Valley River; and having I
such shape, metes, courses and dis- '
tancesa as will more fully appear by j
reference to a plat thereof made by 1
J. S. Keener, Surveyor, July 1, 1924, j
which plat is on file with the Federal
Land Bank of Columbia.
The terms of sale are as follows:
One-fourth ( Ml ) of the accepted bid
to be paid into Court in cash, and the
balance on credit, payable in four
(4) equal annual installments, with >
interest thereon from date of sale at
the rate of six (6%) per centum per |
annum. i
All bids will be received subject to
rejection o'r confirmation by the Clerk
of said Superior Court and no bid
will be accepted or reported unless
its maker shall deposit with said Clerk
at the close of the bidding the sum
of FIVE HUNDRED AND 00/100
($500.00) Dollars, as a forfeit and |
guaranty of compliance with his bid, j
the same to be credited on his bid .
when accepted.
Notice is now given that said ?
lands will be 'resold at the same place i
and upon the same terms at 2 o'clock |
P. M. of the same day unless said de- j
posit is sooner made.
Every deposit not forfeited or ac
cepted will be promptly returned to
the maker.
This the 30th day of November,
1932.
J. B. GRAY,
(19-4t? g&c) Commissioner.
DELINQUENT TAX SALE
Norsth Carolina ? Cherokee County:
By order o f the County Commis
sioners directed to the undersigned
tax collector for Cherokee County, I
will sell on Monday, January 2, 1933,
at the court house doo'r in Murphy,
N. C., and each day thereafter until
sold, to the hoghest bidder for cash,
at public auction, the following de
scribed lands upon which taxes for
the year 1931 have not been paid, in
th name and for the amount giving,
plus four percent penalty and cost of
sale and advertising:
N. W. Abernathy 247 H-a 1-1 98^31
J. FRANK BRISTOL,
Tax Collector.
Name
Murphy Township
Acres Amt.
Mrs. J. B. Bevins 75
S. W. Carringer 105
F. E. Davis
G. W. Dokery
Ben Dockery
105
7.80
32.75
1.57
88
7%
39
14,79
10.73
16.90
16.60
6.80
63.79
.76
j A. W. Dockery
J. H. Dockery Sr.
T. J. Gilbert
W. J. Gr'ogan
B. M. Harbin
122
143
2
35
80
W. E. Howe]] 3 ]0t,
S. W. Kephart 4
Scott Laney 139
Dent Lovin^ood 87
Mason Heirs 8 / 9 in J01
MVs. J. S. Meroney 2 Int.
M. F. Ode]] 61
G. G. Stiles 123
W. W. Winkler 40
L. A. Carroll 1 lot
G. B. Hoblitzell 1 Jot
J. N. .Moody, 120V4, 2-lt.
P. C. Gentry 25
Mrs. L. D. Axley 1 ]0
B???erdam Township
1 let
75
-18
65
122 \
3y
122 >j
6
100
100
lot)
00
1 O
SI
1?1
OO 7
31
02
B. A. Breedlove
A. S. Kilby
David Kidd
S. D. Morrow
B. B. Morrow
John Montgomery
J. W. Shakleford
J. L. Taylor
J. R. Taylo'r
Notla Township
J. B. Anderson Heirs 94
W. M. Anderson
Walter Anderson
J. I. Green
W. R. Hughes
I. P. Hawkins
J. H. Headen
J. W. Hatchett Sr.
? Ed King
; C. F. Martin
J. M. Payne
i Mrs. J. E. Price
j E. E. Robinson 25
Shoal Cre?k Township
j G. A. Burger ISO
! J. P. Decker 72
j J. W. Keenum 80
j G. F. Payne 20 )
Dewey Stiles 28
i William M. Burger 40
J. B. Rose 50
Hot House Township
T. M. Harris 50
John Johnson 56
Mrs. Nora Morgan 1
Mrs. Tuber Bell Hyatt 37
Vallcylown Township
X. W. Abernathy 1316-a 26-1
R. C. Andrews 1 lot
W. M. Bradley 22-n, 4-1.
j J. W. Crawford 3
j Lem Dailey 1 lot
1 Clent Dailey 1 lo*
! Mrs. Millie Dailey 1 lot
C. S. Dillard 10
Poley Derreberry 55
II. C. Derreberry 4
Mrs. L. C. Fisher 3 lots
G. B. Hoblitzell 601-a 16-1
1 lot
3-a 6-1
2-a
5 lots
2 lots
4 lots
23
11
2
3
8
1
Lush Ledford
V*. T. Ledford
R. T. Lovingood
Dr. W. C. Morrow
E. L. Rector
L. J. Sha'rp
A. D. Smith
Miss Laura Tatham
Arnold West
Algia W est
Emma Winfrey
W. C. Wilson
A. L. Postell 1 lot
Mrs. Ella Rogers 22
J. B. Sessoms 1 lot
John Sims 2
E. C. Raxter 40
V. B. Bradley home place
J. H. Whitaker 18
Bruce Smith A. D. Smith Id
22.6
6.0
10.8
9.3
2.3
48.2
2.0
28.C
5.4
7.2
4.6
80.9
1.9
33.7
.1
8.6
8.2
10.2
7.0
2.7
5.6
6.7
13.7
5.6
15.1
12.9
4.0
5.4
8.6
18.1
2.0
27.7
16.4
17.0
12.1
5.7
6.4;
5.5'
lo.ui
?7J
<1.14
11.01
7.8*'
1.5'
1.7(
4.1S
2.01
278.54
28.34
55.42
18.26
2M
8.6c
2.02
5.81
7.if
3. si
37.71
107.02
1 7.4 J
56.82
16.56
58.73
10.82!
l!V70j
7.4ll
3.17
1.48
7.55
2.86
6.67
3.30
1.33
43.25
2.75
3.30
9.72
14.0*
2.52
NORTH CAROLINA? Cherokee
County ? In The Superior Court.
C. II. Wofford
? VS.
Sam Bfrchfield and Mrs. Sam Birch
field.
NbTICE
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court Qf Cherokee CountyJ
N. C. to foreclose a tax sale certifi'
cate held by plaintiff which tax sale
certificate represents taxes due by
Saqi Birchfield on land listed by him
in Cherokee County; and the said
defendants will further tak?i notice
that they are "required to appear at
the office of the Clerk of the Super
ior Court of Cherokee County not
later than thirty days after the com
pletion of the notices of publication
of summons and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action, or
the plaintiff will aprly to the court
fo'r the relief demanded in said com
plaint.
This 14th, day of Dec. 1932.
J. E. Keener,
(20-4t-cmw) Clerk SuperioT Court
Rheumatics
Thrilled
When Torturing /
Pains Are Stopped *
net wsiD sucn
? success 'n
neumattsm mat
re t?4 always
j *ith oatients
??.r ana n*ar He
?a> lina.l* induced to
ma ice oi* ouu>i?nung ore-vcriotion ovatla*
me tnrouRD orue stores so all su:!erera
could oenellt rhousanas who never arenin
ea such a thing possiote nave won aosolu e
freedom from the torturing oains oi rheu
malum, neuritis iwnoago ana neura;,'>a
with this amazing prescription no
difference now intense the pain or now
long you *e auftereo ?f v?rv first three
doses don't onrg oiesseo comforting rr :f*f
druggist ? lit reluno vour ?n:?ney iTere
are no oDiatea or narcotics in Ku-No-M*
8 wirt and powertu- vet aosvlutciy n,i rn
lesa Why waste time with anvtnin:? ? ?t
doesn't stop vour Dain* (t Ru-No-Ma n **?
that rou anow vou will get well v
only causes suffering' Trr rni? last <* *
ing oreacnotlon that puts Dedrid lcn p* ">?
racked sufferers on their feet ready for
wore or *M?t*
Sold III Murphy by
K. S. PARKER'S DRUG STORE
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