TOE CHEROKEE SCOOT
Eatablfched July Mi
Published tnmj Thuraday at Murphy. Cherukae County, N. C
JERUE BABB. Publubcr
PHYLLIS B. BABB Editor
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Murphy, N. C.
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Wagon T rain Put
Murphy On Map
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of
guest editorials written (or publication in the Scout I
by leading citizens from Western North Carolina and
Eastern Tennessee. The theme of the editorials Is
"The Real Meaning of Wagon Train." The second
article is written by Mayor L. L. Mason, Murphy,
N. C.)
THE VALUE OF THE WAGON TRAIN
By L. L. Mason
"Wagons, Ho!" has become a familiar sound In the'
mountains between Tellico-Plains, Tennessee, and Mur
phy, North Carolina, in the last three years.
A small group of people of Tellico- Plains conceived
an idea that has become one of the greatest spectac
ulars since the days of settling the West. Men, women,
and children have endured the discomforts of the old
West to break down the barriers of the mountains in a
tireless effort to obtain an all-weather highway which
would shorten the distance on a North-South route
and create a "Wonderland" of incomparable beauty.
The Wagon Train, widely advertised by all means
of communication, has put Murphy on the lips of
numerous persons who otherwise would never have been
attracted to the mountains, of which Murphy may be
said to be the capital. The economic value of this ad- ;
vertisement is immeasurable but may well be estimated
to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is
particularly true in view of the fact that an estimated J
35,000 persons were in Murphy this year to view a Wagon
Train which year by year has increased in size.
This Wagon Train route is a wonderful country
with sunny skies, verdant valleys and high hills, ma
jestic mountains and sky-piercing peaks, beautiful
waterfalls, racing rivers and meandering streams.
Each year the Wagon Train rolls Into Murphy for the
Fourth of July Celebration and has nationally placed
our town on the map. It has made old Murphy burst at
the seams and blossom like a rose.
It is our hope that these Celebrations may continue to
grow and we will Increase our efforts to obtain a mod
ern highway to open this scenic beauty to the whole
world.
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BOREDOM If this be
treason, make the most o f it?
but just a lot of the recent Na
tional Democratic Convention
bored me to bed.
I got awfully tired? and I'll bet;
you did. too? with all those long
winded. pompous, big-tallied,
bog-calling speeches.
And, mostly, the demonstra
tions seemed childish, useless,
and used entirely too much time
for nothing . . . particularly on
those favorite son things.
I would say the most boring
speech of the whole she-bang was
the Bowles speech, delivered from '
the side of his mouth, and given,
with wry grins on rugged planks:
in the platform.
To me. Terry Sanford made a
nice little, interesting, and I
thought effective seconding speech
for John Kennedy. Gov. Hodges
wasn't bad at aH? and the sena
tor from Minnesota who nomi
nated Adlai Stevenson made an
excellent speech. If that is a
sample of his usual talk, he is
the best around in our book.
. . .
WHY? . . . Frankly, we thought
Sen. Sam Ervin, whom we ad
mire v^py much, was not at his
best. His jokes, like those of Con
vention Chairman Leroy Collins
and others, fell completely flat.
Much of the trouble Brother
CoHins had with keeping those
aisles cleared and getting atten
tion was due to the fact that the
delegates couldn't hear a word
. . . because of the terrible acous
tics of the hall.
Most of the speeches we heard
seemed to lack sincerity. There
was too much bellowing and not
enough sense. To keep the con
fidence of the millions of people
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Home Offici . . . Winston-Salem, North Carolina
looking in, future political con- I
ventions must be more stream- ;
lined, factual, with more serious i
approach and less tommyrot.
The Republican National Con- i
vention coming up next week in
Chicago will be no better? and in
many respects will be worse.
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BACK TO '28? ... A lot of
those people who professedly !
?fear" that North Carolina will
go Republican this fall privately i
hope it will go Republican. They i
still carry heavy loads of grief
and bitterness at recent events.
But most Democrats think we
will win in November? and are
determined we shall win. But this ;
can't be done wkh our usual
rather casual, weak-kneed ap
proach. North Carolina Demo
crats need more of the Kennedy
fire, zeal, excitement, and sense ;
of challenge. Perhaps our young
leaders will make us more ef
fective. 1 1
In 1928, Herbert Hoover beat Al
Smith in North Carolina 348.023
to 288,227. But in our opinion Al
Smith was not even in the same
league with John Kennedy as a
vcte-getter and a personality.
Also. Herbert Hoover in 1928 was
almost as much of a Democrat
as he was a Republican. He had
been a close associate of Wilson
and other good Democrats ? and
was not known primarily as a
party man. Compare that with
Nixon today.
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CAME FDR ... In 1932, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt took Herbert
Hoover in this State by 148,643
votes. In 1936, he defeated All
Landon by 392,858!
Then came on the scene W.
WiUkie, whose 6on is now run
ning for State Superintendent of
Schools on the Republican ticket
in Missouri. Hie Republicans
said they had found their . Man
and. besides, FDR was running
[or an unprecedented third term
and had fifth columnists in his
awn ranks known as Liberty
Leaguers. When the votes were
counted, it was found Roosevelt
bad beaten Willkie in N.C. by
nearly 400,000 votes? actually,
395,382 That was in 1940.
Tom Dewey has been to the
Republican Party what Adlai
Stevenson has to the Democratic
Party. Both are fine men, each
has a lot of power in his party,
each is an intellectual, both have
been nominated twice by their
parties, and both have bien de
feated twice.
Roosevelt faced the nation for
a fourth time in 1944 against Torn
Dewey. In North Carolina, be
downed Tom Dewey by 264,244
votes. This was FDR's smallest
margin of victory in TarheUia
since 1932.
* * *
TURNIPS ... On the scene
came Harry Truman. He seemed
to have few fighting friends as
he sat almost alone long hours
in Philadelphia awaiting his par
ty's nomination. It was a lonely
vigil in the Philadelphia railroad
station. We could not keep our
mind off the scene last week as
we watched the relative ease
with which Kennedy won the nom
ination. We liked that Kennedy
speech? loved it, in fact ? Wit
thought it could not compare in
fight with Truman's turnip-seed
sowing-time-in - Missouri address
12 years ago. In their heart, few
Democrats thought Harry Tru
man could win.
He beat Dewey in North Caro
lina by 200,498 votes? despite the
fact that Henry Wallace got J,
915 votes in this State and Strom
Thurmond. 69,652. I just can't
think the Democratic Party is in
as bad shape this year as it was
in 1948 with the splinter parties.
THE HERO ... The war had
Letter To The Editor
Citizens o( Cherokee County, I i
would like to bring to your at
tention an injustice I received in
coroner's court in Murphy, N. C.
i on June 20, I960.
A warrant was taken out, by
Mr. R. R. Carryl charging me for
maliciously killing my daughter's
dog. This warrant was brought to
my home by Sheriff Anderson
and his deputy. My daughter and
|1 were to appear in court the
hollowing Monday.
| As this case opened, Mr.
Carryl, the prosecuting witness,
was not in the court room, there
fore. by daughter took the wit
ness stand first. She was asked if
1 she had recently owned a dog.
ahe stated she had not and later
said she had not owned a dog in
two or three years.
This automatically doeed the
case, but Mr. Carryl, in order to
keep his head above the water,
started a new case. He stated 1
had killed the dog and dumped
it on his land. This was supposed
to have been above Charlie John
son's water line. The peculiar
10 opposition
When all of this was establish
ed. instead of trying me for one
thing, they were trying me foi
two. One was wi'-h warrant and
legal The other Was net Evan
if it had all been legal, there
was no established proof, there
fore I should have bees acquitted
After I had taken the witnes
stand, stating that I had owned
the dog. killed it and told the
reason thereof, Judge Edward
said he didn't blame me for kill
ing the dog. This was supposed
to have been the end of the case
placing Mr. Carryl in the situa
tion of paying the cost of the
court.
Whether Judge Edward knew
the complete facts about the
warrant. I do not know, but I d<
know I 'was fined unjustly fifteei
dollars and cost. This I appeal w
to higher court, where I hone :<
receive justice. 1 was then placet
under a three hundred dotlai
bond.
T. L. DAVIS
Sir:
Having had the pleasure of be
ing in Murphy overnight, I would
like to ?ay that both my wife
and I enjoyed it very much. We
ware not there long ?iough U
really see and get acquainted
with your lovely little town, but
do have hopes of being able U
visit H again 1 like theae moun
tain towns and we both were
impresaed with Murphy. Sincere
ly. Charles 8. Reynolds Rich
mend, Vf.)
Soil
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Conservation
News
Wj JOHN 8.
The three Soil Conaervatioa
District Superviaort (ran Chero
kee County a mnetini
ot 9CD Supervisors for fourteen
Westers North Carolina Counties
In Hendefaoaville this paat Tnaa
day. A wry interesting program
was presented. The morning
was taken up with a hurinww
meeting presided over by Law
rence McKay of Henderson Coun
ty, chairman of the Weetarn
North Carolina Soil Conaervatiou
District Supervisors. A number
of resolutions were passed to be
presented to the State Meeting
of the Soil Conservation District
Supervisors.
The afternoon session consist
ed of a trip to the North Caro
lina Research Station
near Fletcher. This is a new
research station which was es
tablished a little more than a
year ago. The manager. Bill
Read, showed us over the sta
tion and told us about the ex
periments they are running
there. The main purpose of the
research station is to find new
uses for familiar vegetable and
fruit crops and to find better
adapted varieties of these crops
A considerable acreage of
apple trees have been set on this
station and will be used to run
experiments on diseases, insects,
insecticides, and chemical thin
ning of apples A large num
ber of grape vines have also
been established to be used for
the same things in grapes.
been won and Gen. Dwight Ei- 1
senhower was a world and na
tional hero. He won the elections
mostly as a national hero rather
than as a Republican. But Stev
enson downed Ike by 94,696 votes
in 19S2 in N.C.. the Democrats'
smallest victory margin since
1928. In 1956, Stevenson beat Ike
again in N.C. This time by only
15,468 votes! Quite a drop from
the 395,392 of only 16 years
earlier.
A lot of work in mending
fences, in salving recent wounds,
must come in the Democratic
Party in North Carolina this
summer if the Front Line Fight
ers are to win this fall as their
forebears did a generation ago.
Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of their party.
Reese Attends
GOP Candidates'
Conference
Dal M. Reese, of Murphy, Re
publican Candidate for State Au
ditor, attended a conference with
the Republican Candidate for
Governor at hi* law offices in
Sanford, N.C., together with Wil
liam E. Cobb, of Morganton. State
Chairman, and other members of
the campaign committee and
Statewide candidates and congres
sional candidates.
Mr. Reese is also a member
of the State campaign committee,
and chairman of Cherokee County
Republican Executive committee.
One experiment which Bill
Read showed to ti* group was
a Mil fertility experiment usin#
beets. The plots of beats were
fertilised with different rate*
and analym of fertiliser rang
ing from none to as higi as
fMty-ei#M hundred pounds per
acre. The differences which
ww* apparent in the plots was
amaiing. Some of the most ap
parent differences were in the
plots where one or more ele
ments were deliberately left out
of the fertiliser. Even where a
high rate of fertilization was
used, the lack fo spme minoi
element would cause serious
damage to the beets. The same
tests were being run using
beans for the test crop, and the
results were similar.
Attending the meeting from
Cherokee County were Bill Rus
sell of Andrews. Charlie Mc
Donald of Owl Creek, and Don
Taylor of Suit, all Soil Conserva
tion District Supervisors. M. H
Payne of Warne, Clay County
Supervisor, attended with the
Cherokee County group. Dr
John Heneveld of Little Brass
town also attended.
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MURPHY
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VI 7-21 10 Murphy, N. C.
Probably no single improved farming practice ha>
increased the income and living standards of North
Carolina farmers more than the comparatively recent
use of hybrid corn. Less than twenty years ago, only
about 1% of our com acreage was planted with hybrid
seed corn: this year, about 90%. Higher yields, better
quality and the dependable production under adverse
conditions that hybrids offer add up to more profit per
acre -and account for their rapid acceptance by our
farmers.
Similarly, recent years have seen greatly increased
acceptance of the "legal control" system governing
the sale of beer and ale in North Carolina, in the
interest of temperance and moderation.
North Carolina Division
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