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VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 47
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 192;
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NO FUNDS AVAILABLE, EXCEPT
MAINTENANCE, FOR SURFACING
NO 28, SAYS STIKELEATHER
TENNESSEE
CONNECTION NOW
STATE PROJECT
Meeting Attended by Citizens of Cl*y,
Cherokee and District Commis
sioner and Engineer Sponsored
By Lions
Declaring that he had no funds
available other than maintenance for
spending on highway No. 28 between
Havesvillc and Murphy. Commissioin
er J- G. Stikeleather told a gather
ing of citizens of Cherokee and Clay
CounD>?. sponsored by the Murphy
lions' Club Tuesday, night, that it
mis his intention to give this road an
oil costing surface which would put
it in condition to stand the traffic this
winter.
Tht meeting was held in the par
lors of the Methodist Church, and
followed a sumptuous banquet pre
pared by the Methodist- ladies, it also
bein^ the regular roaring night of
the local Lions Club.
President Fain asked Lion Wither
spoon, who is chairman of the roads
committee, to explain the object of
the meeting. Mr. Witherspoon after
a few remarks of the meetings oh- ,
jeet, briefly traced legislation within ]
the past several years relating to
Patterson Hill, and told of the cond
tion of the road and difficulties ex
perienced in traveling it some sixteen
>ears ago. Although the road is in
much better shape now than then,
be made a strong plea for an even j
better one, stating that the traffic
passing over it demanded a more |
substantial surface. '
Attorney J. E. Gray, of Hayesville.
next addressed the meeting and ex
plained the discussions and acts of
the meeting held some two weeks ago.
He also made a strong plea for a bet
ter road between the two cities, and
related some of the difficulties ex
periei cec! in traveling this road in
the past.
Stikeleather Speaks
Commissioner J. G. Stikeleather I
was next called on to address the
meeting. He opened his remarks
with the statement that about all the
money he had to spend in his district
now was the maintenance fund, and
that he was spending it whenever and
wherever needed and was doing his
best 10 get value received for every
dollar spent.
The reason for this condition, he
stated, was due to the fact that a
number of counties in his district had
loaned the Highway Commission sev- !
eral million dollars for construction
of roads in their borders and in pay
ing hack these sums, which was man
datory under the law, the portion of
the recent bond issue alloted his dis
trict had been practically expended.
This, he stated, left hi? district with
only the maintenance fund.
He stated that it was his intention I
to put an oil coating binder on No.
28 from Hayesville to Murphy, and ,
put this road in smoother and better
shape this summer. He said he would j
be glad to put down a concrete sur- j
-ace, but finances of the district pro- |
hibited any such surface, as funds |
for Cherokee and Clay were now very
much over drawn.
Highway No. 10, between Andrews
and Topton, he stated, of necessity
bad to be fixed and put in better
condition. This link wouid receive
Macadam with a bituminous binding,
and would then be as Rood a road sur
face as that through the Nantahala
Gorge, and other links between there
and Asheville. This, he stated, would
cost about eighty thousand dollars,
and would have to be done as main
tenance betterment.
Tennessee Connection
With reference to the Tennessee
connection, Mr. Stikeleatlier stated
that this road had been officially
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PROGRAM BY
LOCAL MUSIC
CLUB ENJOYED
Oil Friday the 24th of June an \
artist program was given at the i
school auditorium under the auspices j
of the local music ciub.
The violinist for the evening was i
Mr. V. (*. Osepoff. of Russia. The
Atlanta Constitution published an j
article in the early winter in which ?
they hailed Mr. Osepoff as the future
Russian Kreisler. Murphy is fortu- ;
nate to cr.unt him as one of her 1
citizens during the summer months. ;
Mr. Osepoff gave as his first num
hei the Prayer of Moses by Paganini j
His interpretation of it was master
ful. His next number was the dif
ficult Legend by WieniawoSki. His
lendition of this was marked with a
tenderness of expression in the first J
movement and g.?eat brilliance in j
the second movement. The number j
was rendered as only an artist could j
give it. Mr. Osepoff s last numbers-*
were the beautiful Cavatina by Kaff j
and the national air, America. Miss 1
Annie Giaham Anderson played the
piano accompaniments.
Mrs. Harry Cooper's lyric soprano
was heard with much pleasure in
CaiTissima by Penn. Mrs. Jerry
Davidson accompanied her on the
piano.
\ Miss Mary Bell gave four lovely
numbers on the piano. Her selection.
included The Sonata Pathetique. by
I Beethoven; Fantasie Impromptu by
Chopin; By The Sea, Schubert; Liszt
Scherzo in F Minor, by Mendelssohn
Miss Bell displayed splendid technic
and a remarkable understanding of
, musicianship.
Miss Andersm, Secy Music ( lub. ,
MURPHY GIRL WEDS AT FIRST
baptist church, asheville
The
marriage of Miss Ella Mae
Simonds, of Murphv, and Mr. Walter
G. Savage, ol San Francisco dei Oro,
Chic-., Mexico, on last Saturday after
noon at 5 o'clock was an event of
interest In Asheville as well as in the
home town of the bride.
The ceremony at the First Kaptist
church was solemnized by Rev. Dr.
Robert J. Bateman. pastor of the
I church, with a few friends and rela
| lives witnessing the ceremony.
I Mrs. Savage is the daughter of
i Mrs. Elizabeth Simonds, of I-etitia.
She received her education at Ath
I ens. Tenn., and Asheville, and has
taught at Murphy for the past two
years.
Mr. Savage is the son of Mr. E. A.
Savage, of Murphy, receiving his edu
cation at the University of Chicago
and holds a position as electrical and
mechanical engineer of the San Fran
cisco Mines, of Mexico, Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Savage left Asheville
Sunday for a short trip to Washing
ton and Philadelphia after which they
will spend a few days with relatives
in Murphy. After July 15th, they
will be at home in San Francisco del
Oro, Jltate of Chihuahup, Mexico,
Mr. Savaces mining company being
located about 450 miles south of El
Paso, Texas.
MARTINS CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coleman enter
tained a number of friends with a
singing Sunday night.
Mr. Shelby Franks and family re
turned to Copperhill Tuesday after
spending a week with Mrs. Franks'
father, Mr. John Elliott, and sister,
Mrs. Leetha Russell.
Among those whom Mrs. Chastain
j invited to hear her new records Sun
ENTRYS TO OPEN
FRIDAY. JULY 1st,
FOR CANADA TOUR
Entry lists for the Atlanta-Mon
treal-Quebec automobile tour, to
be sponsored by The Atlanta Jour
nal. September 5-16. i.ver the Ap
palachian Scenic highway, will be
opened on Friday, July 1.
Kntry blanks are now available
to those who desire them. These
blanks must be filled out and re
turned to the tour manager before
anyone can be formally entered in
the tour. Blank.- can be obtained
from the A tlanta-M"ir real-Que
bec Tour Manager. Atlanta Jour
nal. Atlanta, Georgia.
Early entrants will be accorded
certain advantages in the matter
oi position in line. Preferred posi
tions are to be given United States ,
senators, congressmen. governors,
state highway officials, members
i of county boards, mayors of cities
! newspaper publishers, officials of
chaniheis of commerce, officials
of the Appalachian Scenic High
way association and officials of
the tour. Other entrants will, as
far as possible, be givt n places in
accordance with the time of their
entry.
LIEUT. HALL TELLS
STORY OF K I N G
TUT WED. NIGHT
Illustrated Lecture and Curios From
Ancient Egypt Proves Interesting
And Entertaining
The people of .Murphy who were |
fortunate enough to attend the lec
ture of Lieutenant C. Vincent Hall,
minister, soldier and world traveler,
at the Methodist ("hutch Wednesday |
night, were given a peep into the
tomb of King Tut, the boy Pharaoh
who ruled Egypt thousand of years
before the coming of Christ.
The lecture of Mr. Hall was preced
ed by a moving picture of the great
Mississippi flood ai ea, this feature
being furnished by Mr. F. O. Kates,
manager of the local theatre who y
closed his house for the occasion. j
Mr. Hall was an entertainer of the
troops in Egypt and Palestine by ap-j
pointment of Lord Allemby at the
time Lord Cararvon discovered King \
Tut's tomb. His lecture was a fasci
nating picture story of Egypt with
close up views of the tombs as glean
ed by him during his travels in Egypt.
Among the curios displayed by him
was a piece of line!*, cloth said t<>
have been made two thousand yeais
before Christ; an Alabastea vase
made of the same material as the box
Mary broke when she anoined the J
head of Jesus, said to have been made |
4000 years before his time; a beaded
necklace worn by a queen 3500 years
before Christ.
After the lecture, the audience was
invited to inspect the curios, all of!
which bore the official stamp of the
Cario Egyptian museum.
Records kept in hog feeding dem
onstrations are teaching: some men i
the value of keeping: farm accounts.
day night were Mrs. Elkins and Mr.
Luther Rogers.
Mr. Aud Wilson and Miss Maud
Payne surprised their friends by get
ting married Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Dyer were visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Owenby Sun
day.
Mrs. Daisy Newman and children,
who have been at Gastonia for some
time were in our midst Monday.
Mr. Luther Rogers of Sylva spent
the week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Owenby and sis
ter, Miss Clella Owenby attended the
singing at Brasstown last Sunday.
LOCAL LEGION
POST COMPLETES
REORGANIZATION
To Have Double Header Ball G\mc
July 4th Merchants Being Asked
to Close for The Day
At the regular weekly meeting of I
the Joe Miller Elkins Post of the ;
American Legion at the Library last
Thursday nijiht. Achille du Fresne
lesigned his post as vice commander
in favor of one of the home boys and
Harry Cooper was elected to fill this j
vacancy.
A number of committee chairmen
were named as follows: Membership
H. 1*. Cooper; Legal, R-ilph Moody;
House. Fred O. Christopher; Finance. 1
John Odeli; Publicity, C. \V. Bailey; |
Visiting, E. J. Harbison; Athletics,'
Homer Ricks. One or two committee
chairmen were left open, as Com- 1
mander K. B. Adams felt that because ;
of their important functions some |
thought should be given to the men
before they were filled. The Legion
heartily concurred in this request.
Program for Fourth
The Legion woiked out a tentative
program for the Fourth as follows: ,
In the morning a ball game be
tween Murphy and Andrews is sche
duled to take place in the ball park, i
with a speaking program at 1 1 '
o'clock in the fair buildinu. The speak
ers for this oecassion are Rev. K. .1.
Harbison and Hon. I>. Witherspoon, :
and others.
In the afternoon another ball game
will take place between Murphv and j
Andrews. A team has been organized 1
here this week and with the strong j
Andrews nine, some jjo??d playing is
expected. Lunch and soft drink |
stands will be placed on the ground j
for the convenience of the public, i
A cordial invitation is extended to |
the pet. pie throughout this section
to come and enjoy the day. A small
admission charge to the grounds will
be made, and the merchants are be
ing asked to close their places of
business for the day in order that they
and their employees might attend the
ball games.
Other features for the days pro
gram are being worked out by the
committee, but had not progressed j
sufficiently for announcement at the j
time of going to press.
THREE BOYS
STAGE HOLD-UP
Three buys, Knsley, Scruggs and :
Brown, stair* ?1 a hold-up at Newlan !
Hemphiirs store last Monday and re- i
lieved Mr. Hemphill and Herman
Logan of a censiderable amount of
money. They walked into the stove'
and demanded that they holu hands i
up. and one boy held the gun on them
while the other took the money, and
a third man was outside in the car,
and when they obtained the money
they sped away from the scene.
Logan started in pursuit of the
nun, and when he reached town they
had already passed thru toward
j Young Harris. Sheriff Jones hap
1 p^ned up just as Logan reached town,
and he told Logan to drive after them
! toward Young Harris. They drove
I to Young Harris, but no car had pass
i ed thru that place like the one the
! officer described, so Sheriff Jones
I drove back the Track Rock road into
| Arkaquah where one of the boys had
I relatives, and there the boys were
j found. They were arrested and
| brought to jail. Ensley and Scruggs
admitted that they had taken the
money but claimed that Brown had
nothing to do with the holp-up. They
were tried before Judge Ledford
j and bound over until court, bonds
being set at a $1,000 each. Sheriff
Jones carried them to Atlanta Tues
j day and placed them in the Fulton
1 Tower. ? Biairsville Naws.
In Transylvania County soybeans
arc being planted as a preparatory
i tep to keeping more cows.
OFFERS POWER
CHEAP TO LOCATE
INDUSTRIES HERE
Carolina? Tennessee Power Company
Has Double Page Advertisement
In National Magazine
A double page spread, two color
advertisement, calling attention of
electro-chemical industries t*f the
cheap water power and advantages
ot locating: in this section, is carried
in the June number ot* Industrial and
Chemical Engineer, a magazine of
national distribution, by the Carolina
Tennessee Power Company.
The advertisement is headed "New
Hydro-Electric Power Development"
across the two pages and besides il
lustrations. contains a map showing
the location of the power near Mur
phy and the approximate airline dis
tances from Birmingham, New 'Or
leans, Mobiie, Atlanta, Jacksonville,
Savannah, Charleston, Columbia,
Charlotte, Asheville, Knoxville, Cin
cinnati. Nashville and Chattanooga,
with the ? mment that Murphy is on
the Southern and 1.. & N. Railroads.
The power development in question
is located on the Hiawassee river just
below Murphy, the basin and rights
of which are owned by the Carolina
Tennessee Power Company, of which
Mr. W. V. N. Powelson, of New York,
is president. The company has re
cently purchased the municipal power
plants of .Murphy and Hayesville, with
a view to using th?' surplus from the
Murphy plant in constructing the
main dam across the Hiawassee when
actual construction work begins.
The company is carrying forward
its campaign for a market for this
power to the end that actual develop
ment can begin just as soon as a
market can be sccuied. This cam
paign was begun sometime ago and is
being carried on in a number ot' the
leading trade publications of the
country of the type of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry.
The development ol this water
power means much t? Murphy and
this whole section and the peopie have
shown considerable impatience at the
seeming apparent delay with which its
construction is getting under way.
However, many believe that close co
operation with Mr. Po elson and his
company on the part of the citizens
of this section will mean that actual
construction can begin with the least
possible delay.
Last year, while on a business trip
t<- Murph.v, Mr. Powel. on gave out a
statement of the position of his com
pany at that time an i it is ccl.i Ic..
again here:
"Just when actual construction
work will begin, we are not in posi
tion to say," stated Mr. Povvelson to
a Scout representative at that time.
"We would like to see it begin next
I week, or today for that matter," he
! continued, "but until the market for
the power has been arranged for to
the bankers satisfaction, no definite
time for work to begin can be set.
j "The proposition by which the
I company is confronted is something
I like this: The money is ready, but
i before work can begin our bankers
| must have concrete proof that the in
I vestment of several million dollars
will be safe. By safe, I mean a busi
ness proposition that will with cer
tainty show the fair return on the in
vestment allowed by the corporation
commission of North Carolina. There
fore, the company must satisfy the
bankers' experts and engineers. To
do this the company must present
| facts in black and white to show that
we can produce power at the p. ice
we must offer to attract the neces
sary consumers, and that can at
tract the consumers at the lo\ est
price we can afford to quote. Hie
best demonstration of this ability will
be executed contracts for the pur
chase and sale of power.
"The purpose of the company i > to
ereat and develop right here at Mur
j phy the largest possible market for
j its power, and to do this industries
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