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Tk? Official Ot|bi of Murphy and
Cherokee Couaty. North Carolina
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matter under s.vt rf M;.* 3. JSTO. I
7:" FSks agSxiATlON
Servo with most >f us n ears
t?rve u-.
h'ur- pt - ir< W -r i.\. I'\< niual.v f
but wf'v ray r,..w?,
?
LThtK a touth .. :n :. ! a1
st-.k -alf?rt ..n . t rt v
They .a!! i* %} .*< trulc* ??e. aust-'
it'.-', usually h-?ivK?.. i w ,*h 'he i-.ck
S nu weddir.c don't ;.-t
mt.vh ]org>. r than *h?- rlnu of the tveddinc
bolis.
What'? be m? . ,v?* i.wfui \v< r'dcatastr^pht
Hindenr-urc's elf tin:
was t?" b-ir.K about?
Of ourvt America . j*rht * irr< w
her ( wr rubber! It's what we live ? n
tr.cst f th, time.
What be**r demonstration :* a
firetass k r we need than the
modern h( u?e servant?
PThe ea*.e?t job - n earth is that
i being a philanthropist. So easy tr
find the poor and tht needy.
"Mr.. Co- 1 djr. Nearl Run Down
By < ;?headline. They just
i can't t c* t when Oal w.,. up it
Boston.
Tht G?\ernment w? uldr.'t haw
minded .fudge Ktn:t- \V Teap t
Dome dot n so much f he hadn't
rubht-d it in.
We ?: I ..? tr. America'
dollar for shrinking. !. k at - me
of the awful thine? they try t sperd
it for
It . -t- >14- "T a y?-ar t. ducata a
high -<h?" : pupil. Hut those are the
fch<> - figure-. Wait t? r :"ath*-'Sar.ta
Barbara oueht not to I.
disheartened. Tht id earth ju>t had
to shak. th? -lust ft its feet before
that Tennessee ev.,Iut.i.n trial be .
pat.
X-> Sherman anti-trust law .v. ? i'
he invoked t break up a t.-th r* t f
loyal, forward-looking, clear-minded
men and vomer. o.n;eratir.g " put
their home town . n th- map and t?.i
keep it there.
Ore tre* will mak- a millin matches;
or.t- match can destroy a million
trees. A thousand people could make
a thousand knockirs if tach ne developed
into a knocker. Or.e kr.ocker.
if ht- knockt i i np and had enough
k could put th. git ?.w :n:o a thousand
boosters. destroying '.heir j Ian- and
good works.
The Golden rule can never be improved
upon, but it can be enlarged j
upon with rrofit to ourselves and
mankind. How about this paraphrase
of the subject: Do unt.- vour
community as you would have your
community to do unto you? Your
community is the sum total f yourself
and your neighbor^. If you
would find happiness, tranquil home
and community life, prosperity and
the emulation of th unselfish spirit,
support local merchants, local hanks.:
Jocal newspapers, and home institutions
generally. Too strong a state-1
ment you say. True, it may not bring
about the community millennium,
but it will place you in a strengthened
attitude of consistently boosting,
for the home town. It will give yoc i
poise among your friends, courage in
your own business adversities, hope j
in your job or daily task, respect for!
what your community is trying to
accomplish, and a satisfaction that you
had a -hare in its growth.
EARTHQUAKES
I .-< than 20 rersv rs l?**t their
:i\ts :r the i^anta Barbarba earthquake.
Kvery 'ay in the year ..rt
av?, race f 30 l;v?s ar? snuffed out by
the autntibib r- . . a t. tal f
rtr?on* tut accidental death
tr? m ail causes last y?;&r accordinp
to c vtmrr.ent figures.
Immense property damapt r suited
:r< m. the shuke-ap. and eve*, cae life
i- : jrecu . s t lee-. Put oa-thouakt*
are peculiarly n* tab!, becnus^
f their ur.carnintss. No place - the
plobe can claim immunily from them.
They're say:mp New York City next!
Mieht as well say Lowell, cr Knox
or Portland. *r Mobile, or Mur.
phy. N? - r.t knnv?.
After dista^teps come pteplc ory
. -Wt v.-'.' tebuildl" The pioneer
A.-.. tuajM the", is in very
human breast a desire '< n<torrplish.
f-c-v.?to cam Me
w.th Nature. But it :s a gamble
where the ?.?:<!* ar* stacked acainst
1 piv* up is idUf. To seek a
place ?-f absolute safety from natural
causes- and phenomena b futile. Th<
?.*:' >t - tua-:- r is ;. c. urapo-us heat?
t' battle bravely acainst certainnqds.
but v.r.'r tr.t wi?d<n: that knows it*
wn !! pa r;< y * the- wo: !d of
th r.es as tb, v -'"e.
HENDERSONV1LLE
F< : a number : years past the
r-op!c t Her.deis'.nville wtr, walk:rp
ar- .r.ti in a diamond field without
looking wn. About three years
h'Av?-ver. they made discovery < f
:r.e ; - -: r:. s t:. s-- : which thty had
;-ev. Hendersenviile began
tc do things and ; ndvertis* -o that
the people n the ? ut-id, might know.
I"t ' that : .. Hendersonville rc mained
at old town, < ?nt? st t {!< <)
.. :g a: the >1- w gait, making
r.o elf' t t . .4 ; iht assets of
the place for ihi i- netit ? f th( public.
Hut Her.derscnviilt may i>e tailed a
new town, for it has got .-.way from
Mr n Street.'' It is the at of the
.V1 -t intensive activities in development
wik :r. all the State. Thtre
has tv en *.h? greatest record in trar.sr-.
at n at Hindersonviile that i? to
he found in any part ? t N< rth Caroina.
for Hvnd* i sonviile has built new
re-idential sections, new hotels, paved
ii..f -tr-'*:-. established one <>f the
finest mil! settlements ir the
utitry and has been the ^at . f tremer.dous
investment by outside peo;
1 thi* development work Florida
- taking large part. The rtgiral
cm; :jy that was content with
a small settlement out from the town.
:s r.' w >\ershadowed by Florida investi:
nts en a gnat scale. A large
j n ?>: the money we hear
atM ut a> flowing into Florida, comes
tight link ir.t North utolina in
{ em.: nent ir.vtstment.
Th? r- has grown up around the
t.iwn two residential sections which
correspond to Myers Park and Dilworth.
in Charlotte. One is the Laura
Hills development, the othtr the Druid
H..:s home settlement. For both of
these the- tii-1 groundwork was paved
strtels ;.r.d water mains. The latter
wt-T9 readily ava:ia'. e. btcause ?-f the
fact that the city is finely provided
w ith a supply, drawn from Pisgah Forest,
to assurance oi both abundance
and purity. Then Cel. Jake Wells
imt ;.b-n* and provided the town
with a hotel f the standard tourist
.-la? Tha Terrace. ;? hotel which
-fills the bill" for Hendersonville in
the same manner the well-known,
hotels at Ashtville fill the bill for
that town.
The scale upon which Henders.onviMe
is being developed necessarily
.alls for money in major pr portions.
The Observer did nut stop to
enquire where all this money comes
from ?it was sutficent to know- that
Hcndr'rsonvi'.b has art! is putting
it "Ut lavishly, but n? : recklessly.
Hendersonville is making its development
money talk. Particular care
has been exercised in providing parks
and swinimi: g pools and in establishment
of golf link- and amusements
for the | ublic.
The Observer was profoundly impressed
with the advancement the city
has nvadc in the construction line, so
nuch s?> io justify, in it< judgment.
*he present measure of publicity, for
nenai-rsonv:iie is now admitted to he
the renter <>f the greatest activities
in mountain dev. h'pmcr.t n?>\v going
on.?< hatlotte Observt r.
WHY MEN GO
FREE
William Darling Shepherd went
free. It i-- not surprising. We were
not at the trial, nor did we follow
the press reports further than human
nature and a battling morbidity enticed.
We know little of the details
of the case, and accept thc verdict
ol acquittal because the jury has spoken
ar.d because of the cardinal principle
of innocence until proven guilty.
It may be interesting, however, to
speculate upon the reason for th<
i_
THE CHEROKEE SC<
jury's v?rdict ? ( acquittal in the tav?
: of the fact that a state's w.tress.
"Dr.' Charles Fairr.an. testified tha*
he sup-plied the defendant w.tfc typhoid
germs with which T. ir. . slate
BiUy McCIintock. tht r. - re
ward tf Shepherd. Tfc? jury < : ~ *
believe Fain r.n's >t- ry. The;. tr'-ct
decided that he told an "-itru'i:
' the stand, or their confidence :n his
J teat tr.tor.y was shaken : *r_ \*e* ;
that a reasonable deuht are>c : tht r ,
ninr.', which is sufficient : sr
' acquittal in a criminal e;>e.
We htar a ! t front stipe r -e r."
mental people about circatnstar.v.al
tvieier.'.e. but it i? sometimes -:r- : c:
> r and more corvine.rg then
or per-- nal "eyt-w :tr.? .< it *t.m r>
Tr.t rt&sor is b?<aa*e ? ' . -.ar.vtBfvt-t
lie, while mer. Jo. Co*
-drawn irom c.:rcurr*tune -
erroneous. b-: r.< : *.
>trnces by their \?. ry Tv>
why act';;' c -.f-s*ior.s -re I
murderer* must be :*y
ritual proof of r . rj delicti
1 <iy < * the c-rimt -l.v u r .
A confess: from a d : . r.t v?n
ttirr.e - unreliaLY, * - a
;nfco'f? . visi?-- f . :.r
>' ?ti-n of court- Jr.-.: : n;
ri r et taken arl!:.;.r \ .
'upon which t senttnee and
!a=e punishment.
Juro.-s kr.;w th. ;n neno? to ?rr
r. the fr&i!ti?s ?.f Kumar. spoe? r. and t
thought, the flight* of ir:.:>g:r r.. ,
Thty sit, they hear. tkev f>-r? j
doubts, ard they acquit. It the
right syste i or the best system'
humans know; but it is 1 *h a pro- ,
tection to th? ir.recent a ! i shiel
to the guilty.
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
Op?t.-.. x. < ,
Jul> 21. i;
Editor Th? S? < ut.
Murphy. N. t . :
Dear Editor: I
Si'ii*1 there- ha\t been u ..ny :teis ,
and articles published ir > :r valua- ,
ble paper in regard to the r- ad qu?sti?
r. nd th? pr? p?><ed route to betaken
< vtr by the state leading ir.t<
Tennessee, and since Beawrdam
Township has not beer, heard frcm
we hope you will allow us space in ]
your papei to discuess a few things
that have heen badly misrepresented. .
First. 1 -hall reply to a letter writ- T
ten by Mrs. T. (I. Arp, of Isabella. Tennnessce.
She states: "That there
are only about 25 families living on ,
the Kt a vet dam route leading fr ir j
Murphy. N. C. to Tellico Plains Penn
If this statement is true 1 would
agret with her, th.Ht this- section
doesn't nted any road at all. f < r ?t
would he a Park Jungle. uninhabited.
fit for nothing l?ut monkeys and
Evolutionists. But she made an absurd.
unreasonable and unbelievable
statement. damaging t< the g "d
people of this County.
She also states that she was rojared
in Cherokee and has our interest
here. 1 would c? rtainly hate t?? knowthat
Cherokee was my native home
and not know any more about it
iiwii she seems to OHSgSSS
There are around 150 families
who live directly en thv Beavt rdam
route from Murphy to the Unicoi Gap.
We don't have to go to Tellico Plain*
' to get this number ar.<l ther- :?r
300 families that can gain access t
this road within a mil "s travel. S
the man that traveled through this.
section and couldn't ? unt hut 25
he should be back in school taking
| lessons in numbers.
As to the largo mountains thahave
been spoken of ver our route. :
That has been m -represented, too.
Th? re arc no mountaing of any notic,.whatever
ex< - pt the Unicoi, and there
is where the connection - to be made
and even if there were mountains.'
what difference wou!! that make?
The County is requind to put the
road on a G per cent grade before th?
State w?ll accept it or take it over, j
We don't thank that Mr. St ikeleather
* aut.iratic in his methods.,
but we do believe he has had thine* |
misrepresented to him and when he
delve* into the true merits of this \
| question he will l>e willing and ar- j
xious to givt. "bleeding Beaverdam..
her share of notice. Wu agree
w.rh Mi. Stikeltather in his suggestion
that the people f Cherokee
< ounty settle this matt* r by a vote 1
f tr.f people. Any who is willing i><
ii T :? mniorit*- ?.f T\r...or doi iil tr\\- .
question not autocratic, but if they'
; will not hear the people then, they:
become autocratic in their methods, j
i and we certainly have some of this
i type in Cherokee County.
\\\ und--r>tand that Monroe Coun-,
ty is already building a road to the
' Unicoi Gap under a promise of this
1 >tate and county authorities to meet i
j her at this point. If such promise*
! was made it certainly should bel
| complied with.
i As to the natural advantages of!
. Beavcrdam Toutc: It is the most!
j practical route of the three. There
MURPHY. N. C.
;> r.*e of ro.Ji all a! ng the j
r< t * -e. ->?ar>. n ?ur- 1,1
f:o *c :r. ro?<?. .?* t? r* jr.tain cf c
r^k :?: :*> rear th* Tt-r. .? * J r- ,
a: ch * .'J r.- t r . ! he ra?ht d.
Tre "in i l uck
at. that .hey a:- so proud of. and "
jvernaT - h> r: Jv: cl the H athi u-e
r- ate \t* nt. they -*e n : 3
1 tfc- fa : That Beaverdare t
ct- thi- very \t:r > f < v pptr r
u" l*r akc. Even a creek re:.: I'aaka 1
: < ;-a> that ran ? Cttper Creek. h
The B<aver ?r rout* will c:ve
X niot County outlet to tr.e t
S Jth. and i* ii v. !-.. r- Jt- :? r
r rth-rr Tour.-:. K- wi.le. t
Mat ;-onville r.r ?T* i .. to *
Murphy. N. -aher. there "hey make r
f. rmctj'.-n v.i*h the trurk lire t
l-.aving > uth E;.-t. ar i W\-t. T !
turn the Tourist i y Pucktt v. n, they .
' tvtr -? .uurpny, ;,ru . -i:
.'i- 'vt cannot r?ceivt and ac- nmmodtt,
visiters vihr may wish !?> h? come
ru-rmanently ideated, our O unty and
T ur,> cannot prosj er, and i: we arc
; r 3( ?f '.re .iunpltj. ple;.se > nd
' t. G? d Str.aritain around anyway,
f- r it wij! take that before Cherokee
an prcspt:.
Heaver dam has a briphter future
:han any part f :h_ C< unty. although
has been neglected the past, <
The B-:ave rdarr. route wi.l traverse
he canteur !int of the pn posed pow: !
plant f the < ?r iina-Tennessee
i'-wei Company *- : Z~ miles. This
Power Plant will bp a five million
iillar t r ject, anil therv is no doubt
.bout it i-ginning w?-rk in the near ,
utuie. and when the dams ..re c mplet
< there will be eltvtrii Smelt*, rs luilt
develop the n it-.s which are j?l?niful
in Beaverdam Township. Ail
h.ise will attractive besides our
eautiful sceneries which are unxcelled
ir. th< United State?, which
vili naturally draw people from all
arts of the country to build homes
ind invest their wealth.
As Mr. W. Y. N. P wels* n. ? :
<ew York, is one among the largest
ax ; avers in Che: County w.
vould he pleased tc hear from him irr
regard to this proposed route.
V-rv rc-i *? tl'uliy,
W. R. MARTIN. AND OTHKKS
Unaka. N. C.
July 21 1 f J
Editor Cherokee Scout:
If you will allow m, space in
Lour paper I want to answer and nr;icle
in lust weeks issue from balulla,
renr.. signed Mrs. T. G. Arp.
I will say 1 am a citizen, horn and t
reated in Beaverdam T wnship. I am j.
n my fifties and hav, seen a great
hange in this- county. I am clad that 4
I have lived to see the good day. a
ivhich is a creature ot th?- Geetric ago. ,i
Th? old stone a?:e. the new stone! v
ipe. the bronze ape. and the steam ,
ige are gone, and are going i:it past r
History. lime . niy win te;i wnat r
:his present electric aire has to ofter 11,
:he world in the days to come. t
Good roads and motor power are t
:reatir.g a great excited confusion \
. ausinp exagcrations and twisting of v
facts, 1 have been watching the cor- |
:ending Townships that want the link
if road that taps the state of Ttniitss .
iC. ' ,
World
si
for the
Throughout Ifor
the mone^
greatest value
advantage, of
bined with th
make it possil
today the "W
Hudson - Esseic W
E. P. I
I 1
i
It's true. w-_ v.-;-.- t that Jink. ;
*e sh? rid bt fair and present tacts- *
;cJy .n our ; u-' ? I kr ow t?
ruch abcut th- .arty tr let ?..rre
hings pa*s without trying: to c??r;oct
.>- : *nc err< :s which I -ee ir. f sir.?.
Ore . f ?r.?r: i* -.he -tstemen; of
Jr- Arp that tk-r* wasn't over tw ry-f
ve fan : es . ving n the Beaver- f
r< u*e fr- m Murphy ?.. Ter!:? >
''ains. This is an rr? r ar.d mis- t
eatiing t> :ht State- highway auth- I
1 :ec-i sure these are five hun- '
ireti families living on and .r r a< r. I
f the Btaverdam route. and a- to I
he _v:.t <? tht Ducktown I
..' ir.. we ?;il know this is u:-t a *
rirrr.u town s,-attend over a v
Jevastated district ar.d may be just t
cr :? .iv. How cuick ;? mining town ..
an .. nto past history. Besides in t
young days I w rked inthosc *
Jarts ar.d I saw men with their ni-? - f
.Irrost i.ated up with the poison of r
host plants. Men baking f"i a place v
i... . ... ... uhir., the 1
<) resi an i'ji o|?v
ir is - 11 d-on that ir will consume r
icman fle-h as w 11 vegetation. v
l.et us be lair, a- these i- n?'t ;-n r
ndividua! project. 1
An other statement as to th (
ence: The surveyors say the Beav< r '
lam route is the r.earst route to the ;
Tonni --ee state line. Th< ir profile
Ssathccmfwypshrdlushrdluetaoinaaaa (
uithir shows that th. yradc < t' this ;
cute does n?-t exceed six per cent at
:i> p int. We oisirht n?>t di-puts th*
non who. unintere-ter. measured th?- v
1.stance. Ard also, as t<. materi- ' 5,
I: The t Itaverdani route has a rive
ront on the Gr?p? f"retk line to
"naka where sand can b, nbtaivod ?
. ith a maximum distanc e 05 these y
r.iles Iron- the < od. On the Grand- p
iew linp I which is another t o:..: ! ad- ?
nt: from Murphy t< I'nak;.? th-1? are
i\. creek- where urave 1 and -and
an 1< obtained, also good queries of ^
rr\* cianiti and nrvd j;ranit,. ard
lirt. Mrom Unnka t< the Tenro.-s-e
in. you are :r r?:tch < f river sand for
iirht t iles. Thi- will put pou in reach
I" a >rru\el bed just v?r the -rate .
im. which > the nne-t formati n I f
vet saw. This jrravel bed a ridjrc
f flint p? M le from th? -ize of a
mall marble down to a -mall parle
and it appears from the outside
hat there ar? milliors >d tens < r it ^
n this ridpo If thi- can be used in ^
>lace of m reeninjss ' thi-- rout,. is j
We ate sorry Mr. Prit.hess. our {
dosed with tfc.cl material. n
?tate locating mpineer did not see n
his route for himself before mo kin (r ^
:is n i'? rt.
1 think the state highway board if t
ach stat, should hav, the facts on
,11 thes^. routes before making a final
ecislon, Mr. Stikeltathci has said he
could rather have th,. voice of th?
ak payers as t?. the best rout, t<>
neet Ttt;r.o--ec. Th - is as fair as a
nan con offer. If ur people will I
cgaily ?>k ..ji County Commissioner*
o cull an electi n to ?ettl* this pu**ion
we will irladly submit t thnice
of the voters i t theCounty. We
ertainly want connection over some
oute to Tenne**fe.
This County is almost isoaltttl. j
by rtilrciil, fivoi business west |
f us. We hop* the Highway Com's
Greate
[25C
Frdfkt and 1
> HUDSON C
ludson's long-time policy of giving g
r, this is the lowest price, the finest
Hudson ever offered- Only Hudso
the famous patented Super-Si* pri
e world's largest production of 6-c
ale. By greater margins than ever
orld'a Greatest Buy.w
*
orld's Largest Selling
1AWKINS D
MURPHY, N.C.
/
FRIDAY. JULY 24, ]f3M
^9
vny. ask the County C, rkai-^B
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9
? and this 1 know is f?.ir. 9
Murphy. N. < f :y :-.9
Editor Cherokt >? 9
In v card to the jv ; 9
he ter.nessee line, I ht\e tfc_*9
f the people of V.'t -t?rn
r.a want a shoit : ree?9
,market in tr.f S 'h. tk9
y Uraka and Tel'.iv P5?.ir.?9
ocical v-nt. This put* -,fl|
9
v Ducktowr. is 14?> ;-r9
he road over the Kin.-. v M^.9
wonderful r.u- hrchway,
avel on thi? road v. ulj c
try dengerous and very littj,
r- ri tht- North and South
each Murphy or vicir ty as ts
i-ould follow the lee High
kthens. It set that the Bta
te is the only route that-?
i -th viry much t< the pe
Cherokee County.
\ t y tri!
j w. da:
PEACHTREE
Mrs. Lon Montcon.?-><,< ?j
hi was the cu< t f Mr. a1*
nty Ct isp Inst we. ...
Mrs. Eliza Harnett <f .Mir
> t.nsr her sister. M-- Sallit
this week.
M- --is. \V. K. Jt-rr ?? r. G'v
(Irisp. and M - - .lulv,
lob and May Suddcrth all c
la. < attended th. Ma-onic Pic
h?-al Creek Saturday.
'
\ A. B. Smith of Mat blear
ting a s* iits of r* v.val h
t thi IVachtree Church.
Several people ot this place
i < n att* ndinc the revival at I
,wr this week.
CARD OF THANKS
1 s-ncert ly wish to thank tht J
f Mutphy for their kindness
empathy shown u- ..ivir.g tht
. and death of my J-ar hut
want to thank you r tht lea
i.... .... ..ii.i f. r the mobiles
vhetl; and for th, nwny o'.htr I {
e*se? that helped t. liirbten I.
envy burden at thi* --.id hour. I t
May Hod bless and keep e?d
vt ry one e?f you.
MRS. D. S. GRANT
ma a~r m^u*
IB .^r FUSE?free-- h
fiavoradB[/'
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