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PAGE TWO *L\)l :3>CUUt 1 ho Oltiuai Urgau uf .'uurphy aud Cherokuc County, INortn c?rolina i'C E\iuii\ Etvlr/Al c. v, CAlLLV . . . c-ditur-Manager i>lKb. C. VV. bAiLL\, Associate t.d. U. W. 5iPti ...... Associate Ed. Entered m the postoiiice ul Murphy, .North Carolina, us second class mail matter uxiuer act ol Alar, o, 16 <0. subscription Rates Uliti ieai 6i.oU Ligia months 1.00 61X .U.UUU1S < OC t uvaoic strictly in Advance r.c&ui advertisement?, want ails, rt-auuig notices, ou>iuurics, cuius ol tuauns, etc, jc hoc each insertion, payucie in advance. Display and contract rates iutJiisi'.ed on request. Ab communications must oe signed t?y the writer, otherwise they win not 'je accepted tor puouc&Uoii. Aame 01 uie wliter will noi oe pu cashed unless so syicciticu, til. We must have toe name or Uie author as evidence or goon raita. 1 He. KilAl) SlTUA 1 iON 1 ut tour ot inspection ovei the proposed routes into iennessec last wetii uy tnv road oihciuis of .Norm Carolina auu rennesscc gave uie cuitui hu opportunity to go over the tnree routes. uiui wnat was observed uuu gameu we will try to pass on to our readers. me trip revealed that cuftsiueraoie giadmg \\ >ir. is yet to be none on tm- ui-uviruaiu ami Hot House'! routes, wuiie gradiug has been completed on u?t bnoal Creek route to tiie ienncasce line. .Sir. a iik? dentin; intimated that in a number ui places tiie roads would have to be widen-, a and a number oi curves cut uown to conform to state specification*. Uii Uie lieaveriiani route, west oi Lnaku loi several miles, the grade work nus been completed. However, tnere is a lint. <>: considerable length yet to be graded, out a road in passttOie condition, narrow and rough connects with 1 cunessee at the Unicoi Hap. '1 he .Shoal Crock route i- the only one of the three on which the grading has occn completed to ine i cunessee line. For a distance of several miles on the iennessoe side the road is tough and narrow, and a crew of men weie at work grading u new survey to connect with the tarner-Ducktown road, which has been covered with :.iug irom the mines. On the Hot House route, almost the entire dista:.cu from where it. i?t*?r sects with the Shoal Creek road to the Tennessee line, is to be graded. A link oi apparently a mile or two ha* been graded on this route from the Franklin .Mountain tnis way, while the old road is in passable condition, but also narrow and rough. In Murphy Township the road, which forms a part of both the Hot House and Shoal Creek routes, is yet to be graded for a distance of several miles, on a new survey. However, the old road through this township is in fairly good condition. The condition of the roads were good so far as they had been graded. The entire trip was mude with but one slight mishap, which occured in front of L>. T. .McXabb's when the car skiddeu out of the road into his wheat field. A shower had falien in that vicinity shortly before, and the road bed was slippery. Mr. Stikeleather stated that he had already spent more than Cherokee's pro rata share of state funds, and that it would be sometime after the legislature met before he could spend another dollar in the county. He also stated that Cherokee wou.d have to do the grading and bring the road up to state specifications before the state state system, hard-surface and maintain it. if what he says in this respect is true, then it would appear that there need be no immediate hurry about making a decision in the matter. Certainly, the request of Mr. Bass relative to the route up the Tellico River should be investigated. And, too, those who have studied road costs in the county have said that it would cost eighty or a hundred thousand dollars to put either the Beaverdam or Hothouse route in condition for acceptance by the state. And no taxpayer yet approached on the subject wants to see another bond issue or his taxes increased. However, the people along the routes, and those interested in other sections of the county are as one in the opinion that the selection should have been made long before now, and they are anxious for it to be decided. An early decision in the matter would mean much to this county, and it is to be hoped that Mr. Stikeleather will not let his term, "soon as possible/' prolong itself for another year. Of course, we realize and the people of the county realize, that the matter should be given careful consideration, but a year or more should be time a-plenty to decide any question. An early dicision will mean that the suspense and mental tension to wnich the people of this section have been subjected will be relieved; that the minds of the leaders in road work in the county can be focused upon a definite road program for the county; that plans can be formulated with a definite objective in view; that road work can be resumed; that the fifty thousand dollars in hand to be spent on the road selected can be used in putting the favorable route in a more acceptable condition, etc: Any way, Mr. Stikclcather, an early decision will mean much to this county. NORTH CAROLINA SETS THE PACE in all c.nnals of material development and industrial and economic progress there is no record of any .(enlevement which surpasses tnat of -sortn Carolina. ihat state nas less than one-fifth the area and out little, if any. moie inun half the population of Texas. Ten Texas counties can be named .11 wliu!. ittei? ic more rich land than ihoie i ;u tn. wh.ni' state of Xprtn Carolina. r-vcn if calculated on the basis u. juopoJ ."i.ate area, there is far more itiiu)ei suitable 10: manufacturing purpose- in lexas than there is in he Uld North Mate. Texas ptoduces foui limes us much cotton is hoc .\orth Carolina. linv.ng sol forth these indisputable statistics, it is logically in older to; inquire what measure of progress mat state has made. ller textile values arc- as great as those <ii lexas. She has multiplier, tier total wealth ten times in twenty yeais. In the same length of time the value of school buildings iucreused lioin ?1,000,000 to $48,000.. U00. .->be has spent for hor system of highways $100,00u,000, with the result mat there is not a farmer in the whoic -tale who is more thai; live nines from a road equal to Mam Mrc-el in ilouston. In lt??4 she paid more federal taxes than any other state in the Union, except New Yolk and Pennsylvania. There are nearly as many people .11 C hicago as there are in the wholestate of .North Carolina, yet the latter state pays more federal taxes! than does the whole state ol Illinois, i with nearly 7,000,000 population. ^he very nearly approximates to Massachusetts in the weaving of textiles and is a close "runner up" ot .utcnigan in tne manufacture of turn-1 iture. In Hi 10 she had &3 furniture factories, with an annual output of ^11,232,000, and in 1022 her furniture factories had increased to luT. and the output to over $30,000,000. There must be a reason for such progress. There must be some explanation why North Carolina has so far surpassed Texas. it is because we have not so legislated as to attract capita!. Have we used the taxing power to the point of oppression. Have we failed t olfer attractions to manufacturers? Are we responsible for the fact ihut one small county in North Caro. iiua has three times as many cotton mills as there are in Texas? Has the color and tone of our legislation beer, such as to warrant the conclusion that Texas is inimical to capital. Have we by neggardly acpropriations so hampered the activi| ties of our university as to create thei impression that the people of Texa> ! are opposed to higher education, 1 while NorthCarolina appropriated at one linie i^^hillion dollars for new | buildings for her university? i When the "Six Hundred" rode to jan immortality of fame at Balaklava rand returned from the heroic but fruitless charge, an officer who witnessed it said, "Somebody has blundered." \\ nen we compare the results in a state like North Carolina, which was ravaged and desolated by war, with a state like Texas, the soil of which no invading foeman ever pressed except as a prisoner, we can only explain by saying, "Somebody has blundered." Who was it and when? When we can answer that query we will know how to achieve what North Carolina has achieved. In the recent past The Chronicle ' called editorial attention to Florida legislature, which state, with no income tax or inhertaince tax or corporal ,n tax, and with a levy on only about one-fifth of her taxable values, does not owe a dollar and has $12,000,('00 in her treasury. [ It would be time well spent for prospective Texas legislators to invest i Tate the reasons why North Carolina and Florida have attained their enviable condition.?The Houston (Tex.) Chronicle.' 8 THE CHEROKEE SCO WKFRE HEL1 ??^ '1^ Indifference toward local problem aiul affairs is akin to the idlenebeing displayed by the reclining char ucter in this cartoon. He expects t< ? eceive his share of the wood when it is all sawed up. but he fails to lems a hand to the ta?!:, just as the i:different citizen wants good government and proper administration without any activity on his part. Often he doesn't even take the ti< il U to vote. Very often if it were not for a few live-wires in average American cities those towns would go backANENT SMALL TOWN PAPER We note that two of our exchange are engaged in a wordy war regarding the ultimate fate of the smalltown paper, one contending that the (time is fast approaching when there will be no local papers in the smaller communities and not more than one in towns up to 5,000 people. A contempoary takes issue with the brother publisher, -nd compares the average country paper of today with that of twenty years ag<> No* only have the business methods been transformed, but modern machinery has placed the small-town publishing business on an entirely different basis. To a certain extent we believe both the writers are correct. Statistics bear out the first editor in the diminishing number of country weeklies, and it is no nioie than reasonable to | assume that the small town paper I will be placed in the same category as other lines of business; in other words, it will bo a survival of the tittest If the small town and its business institutons continue to give the kind of service that commands and holds trade it will always have a representative means of publicity. If the merchants of these communities do not keep up with the trend of the times and adopt modern merchandising methods, naturally there will be no incentive for a home-town paper to exist, or the patronage to justify its existance. There are scores of country editor who in the last few years have allowed their papers to get in a rut along with the other lines of business until now they have little or no VflhlC nithrt** oo > "? J ? ' itising medium. So, on the whole, the problem of ' I the small-town weekly rests primarily with the kind of merchants it has to work with. Initiative and ability, clean stocks and courteous service, together with consistent advertising, will hold the major portion of the trade at home. These kinds of stores will always be reflected by a newsy, well-conducted local paper, that will i prove a credit to the community and a source of prosperity to its publishI er.?La Crosse (Wash.) Clipper. About the only things that come back to people form a political campaign are the election returns. i Renew Y our Health by Purification Any physician will tell you that "Perfect Purification of the System jr. Nature's Foundation of Perfect Health." Why not rid yourself of chronic ailments that are undermining your vitality? Purify your en- i tire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabe,?once or twice a week for several weeks?and see how, Nature rewards you with health. ' Calotabs are the greatest of all system purifiers. Get a family package, containing full directions. Only 86 ct*. At any drug store. 'Ads.) UT. MURPHY. N. C. P IS NEEDED ^ COME ON, THIS V' "j IS A JOB FOR J' j [ BOTH OF US ' '* J y 4w ' ' t ^ truh* i4??CE? ward instead of fuiuard, but what they are al?lt i<> do a nothuig compared to uhnl united co-opera lion could do. 'fhe busiest and mos'. prosperous town is the one with tie highest percentage ? : boo-tei indents who will readily agree there inn better town on earth. Keeping Murphy on the road t" success is a joh which require; the co-operation *rf every one The-, who sit hack ami leave it all to sonn one else should not lomplain i! things do not suit thein. I.et everybody get busy and take a hand at th< saw. \ farmer in B< ttie ? .unty four;. thHt his pasture furnished nu.ie gr.-o ing than his cows could eat. so u< bought another cow. The "better bull" campaign is or among dairy farmers of North Carolina. Five pure bred animals we:* recently purchased in one county. 17k# total iDeaUk of tk* S&utk iZZZiSOOpirevUime** RA1 | Amidlirewi v v- XMi* : *>; ?! ?? Ciuiduu Rodger Cincinnati, ' i.:o, and Douglas Kodgers, of Louis,\i..Ky., i i? thi'i of Mrs. D. H. i. lit at.- pending the week with her. Mrs. (J. W ' -1?1.1 and soli, William in Murphy on Tuesday of this week. v\ iliiain fc.uba.ik; , of Tennessee, ?' -? : the tveek-end in Andrews with i.i -i.t.thei, Mrs. 1.. M. Kubanks. i . i?. I t-iibte > awuy on a Irip to i ik ar .i other point- in Western .1.1 th ? '.if iina where he is endeavorpurchase bonds. W. T. Holland and wife, and dau. hter*, Maiy Catherine and Margart<. left tudrews Wednesday morning t i .. it.p to iiirmmgham, Alabama, v.litre they will visit Mrs. Holland's i !utiv?Mr. Holland motored thr .pii und expected to arrive in Hirmmghuiu early Friday morning. 1>. S. Russell was in Murphy Mon?i.?> and Tuesday of this week attendi ir the meeting "f the Highway Commission. I). H. Isllitt was in Murphy Mond. >. I iesday and Wednesday of this v k where he was appeuring in tho iter:. County Court. t.eiieial J. Van H. Meets ??: Raleigl' .... i Majei Wall, of Asheville, were ir i.drew ^ . i, Monday of this week and while here -i tpped at Junuluska Ter Iltce. .lunu.'tisku Terrace had its forma ?ning Monday night with a dinnei dMiee. Inning the dinner Mr. M. E t o/a.l made several remarks compli n.entaiy to Mr. W. T. Moore, ownei 1 .lunaoiska Terrace, in connect lot with hi-- i-om t-ption of the need o u h a hotel foi Andrews and hia per nrvt ii'iuo in working toward tha end. After having the Baptist Parson 1 u^e renovated ami painted and othe " 11 pairs made, the Baptist Miniate and his family are moving in and ar at home to their friends. jf^jK^nj^'* | -1y-' -? Hf/iy the 1 ^ econom QOUND prosperity arise r' O of many different ty > of the country that are dq or one crop sometimes hi ity; and they also have 1 sections where products real economic health. The nrefiAnt wwiwito a many different sources. 1 of freight carried by the traffic was made up as f< MP Products of agriculture an Coal Clay, gravel, sand and stan Other mine products and i Forest products w Manufactured products anc Merchandise in less than c Just as the diversification brought the South econo versification of the South stabilize its revenues and tive to investors in the Si JTHJ XWtfYHCn) Southern sena^&&' FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1926 H ?> Ldpcals I J. N. Moody passed through An-H urews Tuesday of this week on hjj H| way to Bryson City, N. C. where he appeared in the hearing in connectionfl| with Swain County officers havinj^B shot a negro thinking he was convey- HI ing liquor. |8?g On the fifth, Andrews played a^H js.uhle header basel^ll game East Laporte, N. C. The result o{H| the first game woa C to 2 in favor a^Ki \ndrt1\vs whih rv^ ivUj to 2 in favor of East Laporte. Robert Barker, son of J. Q. Barlte^K f Washington, D. C., and C. C. Buch-lH j unan, Attorney, ol Sylva, N. C., {visitors in Andrews 011 Monday of thuHg I week. s3|| Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. .iarrett Itft Hi Tuesday of this work for a week's stay in Greensboro, N. C., other points in the central part of State. While away, Mr. -Tarreti, attend the North Carolina Post ters Convention. Mr. Jarrett is Pre^K! ulent of the State Association. FOR SALE ^ Crushed Barley Malt One Hundred Pounds | Hop Flavored, Malt Syrup, $5.75 p^Kj ' j Do\fii Cans. American Malt C^^Kjl Aluvinarle, N. 1.. t4-i-20t?^^Ki 1 I 'OR RENT?Up stairs rooms fll .Ir. pby dartrcl! buildiner. 15. 1'. GraajH , \ndrews, N. C. (4t-p?w | PLANTS FOR SALE -Sweet PotK i<>. Tomato, Cabbape unci Collarflk.| Plant-- $l,.r>0 per 10'JO shipping daQ^kj Durris Plant Co., Valdosta, Ga.^K| i -pd) CHIChtStoi DIAMOND '^L LAPTHSI E5 Aik your for Cltl-CnHS-TKR S A H HI AMU' - D UKANP PILLS in * Ri!)i"oa Taib no ot>?. n<> ?t - Drsr.lx ?n4. ft?k for cn?-CUKH.rt?i * DIiMOM> IlluMi PI I.I.k. for tw*nt?-l? r jenr* r-i'nrilf-J ?? Pe?t,Sjfc"t. Al* >r? RctuMi , BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS jr? ^viroywHERF sffl South has ic health a only from the prosperity pee of industry. Sections pendent uoon one business 4ve extraordinary proeperlard times. But it is those *1 is diversified that have F the South springs from 'his is seen from the record Southern. Last year this >Dows: CiJI'dSS d antanala 10.65 28.90 e ........... 10J2 ohierala 3.62 16.80 Lmlsoellaiieoa?eoo*. 36.03 artoad ahipmenta 5.78 i of Southern industry has tnic health, so also the diem's traffic should tend to make its securities attraoouth. EFJST )SYSTEM the South
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