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jKflMEXXXVIlI. NUMBKR 20~"
ROAD ISSUE
IS LIKELY
Bp, May Be Made to Ha*? Log ia ;oj?2f
Uture Increaao Amount
I? (Asheville Citizen.)
SBtALKK H N c., Dec. 13.?Thirty
^Bgjcn dollar- is now being: advanced
?*e fisruri* upon which the General
SLmmy will most likely agree when
j^Bcome* to authorize further bonds
building: of highways.
IUaThat is ten millions below the
^K*at heretofore widely advocated
HLr the state and ten millions above
H amount generally favored by
^Kr of the leaders in administration
'^ Thc size of the next bond issue is
Hit tompeltely loaded with possiIBfties
of developing a first rate fight
the floor <>f the Legislature than
y other legislative question that
far Keen advanced. It is not
tared by experienced political ohrrer?
thai an attack on the budget
tommend.itions of the Governor
i his Budget Advisory commission 1
I get ver> far. Those recommend
pus will look to the appropriation
all State revenue in prespeet for
next ta years and it will be difttlt
to get beyond that. Besides a
(people feel that the institutions
I departments are getting enough
der existing circumstances, nnd
ft feeling will be strongly reflected
the next session.
But it will be a different feeling
Ik regard t<? road bonds, unless!
hsve observed develop-j
eh of the last two years are misen.
About half of the counties of
1 Stat? will want a bond issue of
Bcient size to guarantee the payit
of loans advanced of the State
? the last Legislature and the
erhnlf will want a bond issue large
Wfh to assure them on road consction
that will put them on a
ity with the counties which, by adicing
money to the State, have
( jrvtl big construction programs.
Amount of Advances
l? unt of advances to the
ite runs between $15,000,000 and ,
8,000,000, it is said. Forty or
| counties have issued county
ids to make the loans. The inter*
t on those bonds is being paid from
tnty taxes. County taxes are levied
linst property. By transferring
we local bonds from the counties
ihe State, the interest charges will I
taken off the local property tax!
J nut ,!??? ?V.? e. 1
i,v? wre uuaiv a njn'MHl 111*11dcrived
from automobile
ul gasoline,
believes that representative
counties will be satist
bond issue of any amount
t which will make it poshe
State to take over those
iceordance with the undcrit
tho time they were made.
the counties which did not
ances expected to agree to
ue that, after the repayment
counties, will leave noth-1
he State highways in which
mainly interested,
now talking a thirty million
nd issue have figured it out
ill be sufficent to take care
ana and provide for the conof
the construction programs
unties which have not made
tot if it is found that it will
;y millions, it wll be a mighty
prevent the Legislature from
ing that amount,
fr Governor McLean nor
n Frank Page of the State
' commission has indicated
to bond issue he will favor,
irernor said recently that he
f would not make his prefknown
until after the Legisas
convened. It Is altogether
e that the recommendations
Governor and Chairman Page
in accord. '
^ baa been suggested that there I
W* proposal made for the 3tate
take over a portion of the county
with the proceeds from the
Mh authorized by the coming LegWtere
with the understanding that
V remainder would be taken care
gl? tho 1929 teuton. Such a comwould
make poutble the hold Mown
of the amount of the ittue.
Highway Prtfrtw
^etrU.tr inrolving the highway profor
the next two years will be
Dement on the part of repreteufrom
the northeeetern taction
Bp* State to make two dietricts of
j*ritory now Included in the drat
P" district bow has 20 countlu
lift <
ing Weekly Newspaper in
OUR~CHRisr\lAS C.A
' . r" :k
Waldrop Case
In Cherokee Up
On Appeal
Mountaineer Tried For Killing.
Claims Self Defense
RALEIGH. Dec. 14.?A oust
smacking of a mountain fued is docketed
to come up for argument before
the Supreme court here this week ,
with nine cases from the Twentieth
district antl three specially set coses
are hard.
At the conclusion of the week's
docket the court will take a recess
until the beginning of the winter
term on January 31.
The mountain case involves a sixyear
sentence for manslaughter imposed
upon Jim Waldrop by Judge
Harding in Cherokee County Superior
:ouit. Wnldrop, alleged moonshiner,
A-as convicted of killing his one-time '
artnei in the liquor business, Sam
Burgess. Out of a maze of contra- 1
Jictory evidence it developed that
he dead man accused Wnldrop of
shooting holes in his liquor i. " and
that an argument ensued which ended
.n a gun battle. Wnldrop w.t. wounded
and claims that Burgess firod first,
causing him to shoot in se'f defense.
In another ense James Pace and
John Nelson are appealing from a
six month's road sentence imposed
for aiding n prisoner to escape from
the roads of Cherokee county. They
arc alleged to have gained Gudger
Cochran's release on a spurious bond.
Miss Kathryo Thompson who has
been attending school at Yirginin Intermont
in Bristol, is home for the
Xmas holidays.
one-fifth of all the counties in the
State. Many of the people there feel
that they have not received their
share of the highway mileage. They
want more hard surfaced roads, and,
necessarily, more money with which
to build them. Their program, if
they succeed in finding favor for it
in the Legislature, may affect the
3ize of the new bond issue.
The Highway commission's plan of
accepting loans from the counties for
building State highways within those
counties came into operation after
the last General Assembly had agreed
to a $20,000,000 bond issue to finance
construction work for the ensuing
cwo years, /\ movement in mat scs-1
sion to authorize a $35,000,000 issue j
was abandoned at the request of the '
Governor and after Chairman Frank |
Page had made a statement to the i
effect that a $20,000,000 issue would '
provide with other money on hand,
the finances for all the construction
work the commission could do in two |
years.
But by resorting to the county
loane, the program originally scheduled
has been freatly expanded.
dJfer?
Western North Carolina,
MURPHY, NORTH UAROLI
RQL ~
STATE HAS LARGE/
MARBLE DEPOSITS
Plenty of Slonc in Thi* State For ,
Building Purpose*, Say* Phillips i
, t
(Raleigh News and Observer.I
Since the time when the use of I j
various kinds of" "Stones tia* come into
vop-uc in construction work, it has, i
been the habit, if not the custom, in
this State to import a largo part of 5
these materials from other States j
often far distant, when at her very ' *|
lioor exist these materials of the finest j t.
iiuality and in sufficient quantity to j
meet virtually every demand. .s
Huge sums, running into the mil- 1
lions of dollars have been sent into t
other states for various atone pro- <
ducts,' when this money might just as
well have stayed within the borders j
of North Carolina; have saved for the v
builders and have built up home inJustiy.
This information is imparted in a
statement issued yesterday by Wade
H. Phillips, director of the department
of Conservation and development
following a report on deposits of marble
in Western North Carolina in the
vicinity of Murphy by State Geoloeist
II. J. Bryscn.
This survey shows that marble exists
in sufficient quantities in what
is know as the "Marble Belt" to supply
the needs of the entire State for
an indefinite period and of such Duality
as to be suitable for most buttling
purposes in which stone is used. Although
the existence of marble has
been known and it has been quarried
intermittently, mostly for tombstone
purposes, for years, the extent of the
available material had not been fully
realized until receut tests bad been
made.
Lying along the basin of the Valley
river about three and one-half miles
east or Murphy, the marble strata is j
conveniently located. This area is
lapped by the Southern Railway and j
the new Appalachian Scenic highway.
Borings have been made in which 1
.t was found that there is almost a i
continuous mass of the material over <
a territory of ten miles in length.
ncies were sunn in a snip auu icec ,
wide and in some places to n depth
or 200 feet. The belt of which this ;
deposit is a part extends in a north-!
east-southwest direction almost across ;
the western end of North Carolina. j <
In quality, the investigation reveals i
that the marble is of the highest i
grade and one of the best building i
material*. It* color varies in shade t
trom white on the south side of the <
deposit to deep gray-blue on the north ]
side. The deep blue has been used 1
several years for tomostones and i
some ol it has been widely shipped.
It is for the purpose of building
materials that there are almost un- <
limited possibilities for the marble ]
because of its hardness and its non- <
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I ack Swallowed
By Shoemaker Is
Got With Knife
Thomas Rich, West Ashcville ahoonaker,
underwent an operation at
he Meriwether hospital Thursday for
he removal of a tack from his
tomach, swallowed Tuesday. Hos>ital
attendants pronounced the operitiorf
successful Mtid said that Mr.
iiel would recover.
Mr. Kith, who is employed at the
Tcetric shoe shop, Ilaywood road,
tad been working on some shoes
Tuesday, with a mouth full of tacks.
)nc of them slipped. First it lodged
a his throat, and later went on to his
lontach. Mr. Rich went to the hospital
Wednesday night, suffering
Tom great pain. The tack was located
l?y means of the x-ray.
Mr. Rich is 23-years old. He lives
it ">2 Wcstwood place, West AsheII
le.
Rich formerly lived at Andrews.
SCOUT TO TAKE
3 DAYS FOR XMAS
7 he Seoul jorv it ill take FriItiav.
Salurtlay ami Monday. Dee.
21. 23. ami 27th off during, Christmas.
However, the office will he
; ttjicn mornings ami afternoons for
'.several horns, hut no work will he
j < x ecu ted.
II e take this opportunity of. J
thanking all those who have in!
an) nay contributed toward the'
support of The Scout during the
past year, and every member ojI
this organization extends best
! Irishes to readers and friends foi 1
A
VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
I HARRY AND
PROSPEROL S
I 1927:
ibsotption of liquids or stains such
is oils nnu iron oxides, says Geologist
Bryson. Recent tests by Joseph
2uinn, who has had charge of construction
work on the Cherokee
r unty courthouse which is constructd
of this marble for oil and oxide
-tains, have shovnn non-obsovbaiive
ind non-stainable qualities.
Mr. Quinn, who has worked with
ill kinds of stone in every state east
>f the Mississippi river, declares that
: . iu.. a * ?-i ? >
l. i - mic micai. nuuDii' mat no nas
found that is unstainable.. It is Mr.
Quinn's opinion that this marble is
;he best building stone in existence
jxeept the granites and that it compares
favorably with them. The mar.
Me is from fine to medium grained
ind has a sort of metallic ring when
itruck with a hammer.
Since 1901 the marble has been
quarried more or less regularly, but
tias not been exploited to a very great
ixtent for building purposes.
Nrnirt
itially Rich Territory in tl
XMAS SERVICES ;<
TO BE HELD AT
THE CHURCHES
Methodist and Baptist Yuletide Satvices
to Be Held Friday Night;
Presbyterian's Sunday Morning
The churches of Murphy are pre-,
paring to hold Yuletide services this .
week. The programs will he short.'!
consisting of Christinas songs, gift 1
4>ving and other features in keeping
.vith the natal day of the Lowly Xaza-1?
rene. 1t
The Methodist Church and Sunday t
school will hold their services Friday 1
light, beginning at 7 o'clock. The i
rogrum will consist of Christmas , I
aro'.s by the Primary ami Junior
grades of the Sunday school, together
with music appropriate of the sea-]
son by the choir. A tree will be pre- i
pared nr.d Rifts presented to the
children. Mrs. E. J. Harbison, Mrs.
Willard Axley and Miss Josephine
Heighway have charge of the program.
The members of the Baptist choir'
are preparing to render a playlet, in i
song and tableau, entitled "The1
Chiistmas Waif," on Friday night be-j
ginning at 6:30. The Primary and!
Junior departments will also take J
part in the program, which will con-[
sist of Christmas carols. No Christ-J
mar tree will he prepared, but the'
committee is preparing lor old Santa
to come down the chimney. The 1
chimney will be constructed at one
of the doors nenr the pulpit. .Gifts
will be given to the children after the j
program. Mr. G. H. Cope, Mrs. T.
I'. Calhoun, Mrs. Ralph Moody and
Mrs. J. W. Davidson have charge of
the music.
The Presbyterian Church will hold
services at the Sunday school hour (
Sunday morning. No progr t n will
be rendered, other than the .ringing
of Christmas hymns and carols by the
congregation. A large barrel c-r container
will be placed in a conspicuous
place within the church and members
of the church and Sunday school will
bring gifts to be placed therein for
th*. Orphanage.
a : i a _ -i r.
ri v^rimiimi?nna \^razy
More than half a century ago nn
eastern newspaper published the following
bit of news regarding a dealer
in a new invention. Imagine what
would have happened to him if he had
been peddling radio sets:
"A man about 46 years of age,
giving the name of Joshua Coppersmith,
has been arrested in New York
for attempting to extort funds from
ignoiant and superstitious people by
exhibiting a device which he says
will convey the human voice any
distance over metallic wires so that
it will be heard by a listener at the
other end. i
"He calls the instrument a 'tele-J
phone* which is obviously intended 1
to imitate the word 'telegraph' and I
win the confidence of those who know ,
of the success of the latter instru- j
ment without understanding the principles
on which it is based. Well-informed
people know that it is impossible
to transmit the human voice over
the wires as may be done with the
dots and dashes and signals of the
Morse code, and that, were it possible
to do so, the thing would be of
no piactical benefit.
"The authorities who apprehended
this criminal are to be congratulated,
and it is to be hoped that his punishment
will be prompt and fitting that
it may serve as an example to other
conscienceless schemers of their fellow
creatures."
Mr. H. C. Caldwell, of Asheviile,
President of the Caldwell Medicine
Company of that city, was a visitor
here one day last week. Mr. Caldwell's
company manufacturer's
"Sams' Salve," a preparation for
Catarrh, Influenza, headache, tooth
ache, etc. He stated that 17,000 25c
boxes had been sold since the first of
last October, the date the company
was organized, and that" prospect*
were nnuminll v en\i\A #?* u;?. ?J?t I
j r,~ ~ ? .v? iua JJSISUUWI.
during the coining year. He waa enloutc
through Western North Carolina,
Georgia nnd Tennessee, visiting
all the newspapers in which his products
is being advertised and the
dealers of the territory.
Mr. H. A. Mattox who has been attending
school In Atlanta, Ge., at
Emory University is spending the holidays
with his parents.
MURPHY U tk* J?kkfa? Caki ?<
E?lr.m. Vntoi N?Hk Cwh?.
North Coorglo md Ewt Tumult
?nd i. Sorrod by Two Rollroo4o.
lis state
6c COPY?61.60 PER TEAR
CHECKS BEING
DISTRIBUTED TO
CO. PENSIONERS
Thirty Old Solditrs and Forty-Six
Widows Of Soldiers in Cherolcoo
On List
The soldiers of the Confederate
Army, often referred to ns "The Old
Soldiers," "Veterans of the l^ost
Cause," "The Soldiers in Gray,"
whose lines nre fast diminishing not
only in this county and state but
throughout the South, numbering
thirty, with forty-six widows for
Cherokee County, have been receiving
the semi-annual pension checks
through the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court, P. C. Hyatt,. This
week. There are several who havo
not yet culled for their checks and
Mr. Hyatt requests thnt they do so as
soon as possible.
The cheeks are in denominations of
ft00.00 each for the vetrans, and
$50.00 each for the widows of vet*
runs. Records show that two widows
have died during the year; and one
has been transferred to the county
home, checks for whom will have to
be returned to the state, it was announced.
The list ot veterans drawing checks
follows: ^
If. II. Allen, WilliamArrowood,
J. W. Arrowood, M. M. Black well,
Henry BVendle, A. J. Cotter, S. P.
Mlliott, A. Fulton, James A. Griffith.
William H. Harding, M. W. Harris,
J. H. Hughes, James Humphrey, M.
A. Hyatt. Eph Keener, J. R. Martin,
James .Matoy, L. C. Nichols, John W.
Palmer, D. S. Puett, Wesley Raxtvr,
William Rose, E. A. Savage, J. T,
Stalcup, George Y. Stalcup, J. E.
Stewart, John E. Stiles, J. G. Tatham,
\V. E. Waldrup, James M. Whitakcr.
The list of widows of veterans receiving
checks follows:
Sophrona Aldridge, Josephine Allman,
Mary Cooper b- rriui', A. E. Battle,
Mary E. Bell, Harriet E. Bryant,
Maty Brvson. M. A. Cinvtnn
A. Craig, M. P. Cromwell, Sarah Ann
Davis, Nancy Dotson, Sadie Earwood,
Josephine Eavans, Rebecca E. Hall,
Elmira Hall, Oline L. Hoyle, Martha
Huskins, Ruth Huskins, Georgia
Johnson, Harriet A. Keener, Eimira
King, S .E. KinK, Iowa Scott Leatherwood,
Vina Welch, E. C. Weeae,
Nancy Taylor, Cyntha J. Standridge,
Eliza J. Sneed, Mary E. Robinson,
Martha R. Roberson, Harriet Reagan,
Mary J. Pulliam, Lula Porter, Sallie
Phillips, Nancy Palmer, Joicy Noble,
Martha A. Moss, Mrs. A. C. Moore,
Elizabeth Mayfield, Sallie Martin,
A valine Martin, S. A. Martin, Malinda
McDonald, Elvira Long, M. A.
Logan.
Miss Nora Leach is visitintr r*lH
tives in Frnnklin.
Wehuiw,, N. C., Dec. 20, 1926.
Dear Santa Claus:
Wc are little twins, ten years old.
and would like for you to bring; us a
little toy stove, with pans, and some
toys, we hove dolls, tea seta and beds.
We would like some pretty toys.
Your little friends,
JAUN1TA and GENEVA HILL.
Etowah, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1926.
Mr. Editor,
Cherokee Scout.
Dear Sir:
I am mailing; you a check for $1.60
to renew my subscription for another
year, as I feel lost with out my home
paper. It's just like getting a letter
from a friend. With a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year to nil my
friends.
JOHN W. ASH.
Rev. J. P. Anderson, D. D., of La
I Fayette, Ga., will preach in the Presbyterian
church in Murphy, morning
and evening, on the fifth Sunday in
January, 1927. We understand that
a call may be extended to Dr. An*