Che Cherofcee Scout ? The Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County, North Carolina PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY C. W. BAILEY Editor-Manager Mrs. C. \V. BAILEY Associate Ed. B. W. Si PE Associate Ed. Entered in the postoffice at Murphy. North Carolina, as second class mail matter under Act of March 3, 1>79. SlI SCRIPTION RATES One Year #1.50 Eight Months 1.00 ?.:\ M ?nths 7 5c Payable Strictly in Advance CHAIR FACTORY FOR MURPHY John H. Hall, our clever townsman and eal estate agent, reports a pos sibility for Murphy securing a chair factory. The proposition, he states, car. he made a reality with the co operation of the business men of the town. A chair factory at Murphy would utilize a great deal of the timber of this section which otherwise is go ing to waste, and also give employ ment to quite a number of people. Murph> is ideally located for such an industry, more so than such plants in some other sections, which must draw their raw material from *rreat distances, and yet are being operat ed successfully. Mr. Hall stated that this undertak ing had been a dream of his for many years, and it was beginning to look iike it would become a reality. He i> ir. touch with parties who are in terested. and -aid that the prospects far his dream coming true were brighter than ever. A little co-operation, he stated on the part of the business men. could make it a reality. He aiso stated the proposition was not fully advanced sufficient to give out anything defi nite. but it behooves every business man t" tret behind the proposition and see what can be done. The Road Meeting Th:s paper is ever ready to 1-st and v. hen its error is pointed u* to it it is ever ready to make amends ::i so far as it can and if its editorial oi last week was unjust t-> Mr. Stike leather :: would be remiss in i: - u ... if it did not frankly concede the fact. It concedes that it is unjust to con- , demn any one without a hearing and that it would have been only fair 10 I have gone into the matters further j with Mr. Stikeleather before the ar tide of last week was written. It accepts fully Mr. ^tikeieathers state-: ments and realizes the many difficul- j ties under which he labors. It wishes to asuie him that both it and the peo ple of Clay have only the kindliest feelir.gr for him and that he will con tinue to have its ar.d their co-opera tion in his road program. It must plead, however, some justi- | fication for the article of last week as it was under the impression that Mr. Stikeleather was apprised by his maintenance men of the desparate condition of the road from the Geor gia line to Murphy. It seems from Mr. Stikeleather? explanation that this was not the case as he is only responsible for the construction and that complaints as to maintenance should have been made directly to j Mr. Page u ho has charge of this and not to him. We did not know this, though we admit we should have found it out before critisizingr Mr. Stikeleather on this mainenance prob lem. The editor was present in 1925 when the matter of oil treatment was suggested by Mr. Stikeleather. there fore cannot do otherwise than apol ?.?ize to Mr. Stikeleather for not rais ing the question earlier. This paper -.a d so much faith in Mr. Stikeleather that it did not feel it necessary to be continually nagging him about that and this statement is made in the most friendly spirit in simple justifi cation of that part of this papers course. Mr. Stikeleather. however, falls into error when he says the people ?: Cherokee County had never asked lor any expenditure on this road. Their interest is such that last May ?r June at .1 meeting ^ the Lions Club in Murphy t . which the citizens of Clay were invited and when a large number of them attended Mr. Stikeleather \va? present at the invi tation ? : the Lions Club and the eve ning discussion was principally de \ ted to a^uring him of the vital in terns: of Cherokee County in .-eeing j part of road from Hayesville to Mur phy in better shape and their inter est was further evidenced by the presence of a number of Murphy citizens ..t Tuesday'- meeting. Thi is only -aid in justice to Cherokee County a- the interest of Cheiokee and Clay are alike in this respect. This paper appreciates the fact that Mr. Stikekather has a great interest ir; No. 28 and that he has met much opposition in seeking to construct this road and again wishes to assure him that any criticisms that it may have carried and ?r?*y ?????*? v ?*? future are made in a friendly spirit and is the purpose of keeping before him the condition >>i our road and that i he will ha\e its hearty support and I cv operation in this road work. This paper wishes t ? assure him that he has been justly ven-::i:.ted by his ex planation it ?i e- not have a reeling that he has been tried and condemned, but that being a public officer people are naturally inclined to be critical, sometimes very in just ly and are usually found to be ready to make amends for an unjustice as was shown by the attitude of the mass meeting Tuesday. ? The Clay County News. Editor Scout: I notice the State Highway Com | mission has "Red Inked" Cherokee 'County with more than $100,000.00. The Road Law providing for first bond issue, provided that No. 10 be built across the State. It happened Cherokee was geographically located as to get around 36 miles of No. 10, but Cherokee County should not be "Red Inked" with any part of the cost of No. 10 for as I understand it. this wa> the main object of the first Bonds to give the people a first ' class road across the State, and then i roads from No. 10 to County sites, not reached by No. 10. ? C. B. HILL. R*. N". 1. Murphy. N. C. October 31st, 1927. Mr. J. G. Stikeleather. District Highway ? .mmissioner, Asheville. N. C. Dear Sir: I. along with many of my neigh bors. was much interested in reading in The Cherokee Scout, the account . of your recent meeting at Hayesville with some of the citizens of Chero kee and Clay counties at which the subject discussed was State Highway No. 28 between Hayesville and Mur phy. We people. wh?? travel to Murphy by the old Brass: "Wn road on the s. from all practical points of ( view of constructing this highway al< ng the route of this present old \\> are sure this route would serve the best interest of by far the ' larirer number of people, consider ing not only the greater population on the south side of the river but also the many who have to travel from points beyond the Brasstown bridge to Murphy. At the risk of seeming to wish to instruct you. a practical road man. I will point out to you that the dis tance involved, from the bridge to highway No. 10. is much less on the south side of the river than by the ? route followed at present; that the road is free from dangerous curves, has no long steep grades, and, taking ( into consideration the work involved in overcoming the steep drag up Pat terson hill, construction and main tenance costs would compare favor ably. This old road, even in its present state, is very much used by farmers, ; carrying produce from points beyond "i"1""" oriage, on account^ ? it* shortness and because a heavier load can be carried than is posibb irhen the Patterson hill ha* to (,? ;limbed. I know this proposed route would be opposed by a few intended peo ple. chiefly those who were instru mental in having the roxd follow |t? present route, but. while not dis-in. terested ourselves, we think the rout* I am advocating would be for ^ greater good of the greater number. I am sending a copy of this Inter to the Cherokee Scout and *.nirk a reply from you. statine your \ lew*, as far as at present you may express them, would give great satisfaction to a large number of interested citi. zens. Thanking you for your attentat, I am. Yours very truly, THOMAS SPENCER, There will be a box supper & Bates Creek church, Friday night, November 11th, for benefit of the church. 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