I, B IF IT ISN'T IN X
I V T ** E SCOUT
* mi |TS^:-AUSE WE DIDN'T ?
' H \ \ KNOW IT
j^x4^H-hxsx-X^\HXW
fi The Official Orgai
roIuMf: ^xxv^j<o. 17.
1 APPALACHIAN (
I POWER COMPANY
I ASKS PERMIT
B Would Bu'ld Dam Near Mr>uth Of' C
Iff H?"K in gdog Creek to Back
Wnter above Murphy
K Acconi: k' to word received here
Hsfew days ag . the South, rn AppaiaI
<tian J'" r Company, with office d
B ? A h - - made application 1
n ,0
Hfar permit to construct a powtr dam a
* Hsear the imiljj of Hangingdog Creek, ti
sHieveral utiles below Murphy, of such ?
x B height ;i> to back water about one i
ie fl ffilc above Murphy. h
9 Not:i of this application is being j<
e B (trru d ir tb:- advertising columns or t!
f B thj pa^ 1 this week and all obpee'
B tws granting of permit for
B this str t by the Federal pow.r o
B Crmmi: > are expected to be filed t!
?.v i .-nnii: do., before the 23rd
lBIv -,-' ' ?ary. IWM.
.9 \i v . !g) renumbered that tir>
? fl pr.u< c ipar.y has recently askul f t "i
, B pern : t,, ? nstruet a 170 fo. i dam d
h B about :ie mile above Murphy, at
t I *kieh I 1 it is estimated that 50,- c
. fl <H).i ho'.">-po'.v\r of olectr a! ?ry
B<an b<- generated. The second, appli- li
. B cation : r permit, if granted, would
pean that the A; ;palachian Power P
: : the <
rivtr from the mouth of Hangingdog t>
Cretk p:;.c:ically to the head of the
:!
Tl
does i tate how high a d tn the
?onil .v ; ! ropo.-es t,? build r.tr does- t<
it state hew higj, the wat r the P
riv<
.
cc-ns:ant?' ar.d uming that th dam d
i* ju-t enougii t back wat
cr.e above Mm:.by. it would
ncan that the water in th. river in k
ilurph\ would he about s.v.a feet 1
deeper than It now is for it i- st..tod "
thai thi average fall in the II .v.; - 1
see * seven ft it.
If y rejections t0 th granting ^
of th. -t permits is made, it is ex- *"
. pect. : !!.:?: a hiaring will h. laid
II fat W'a h.ngton regarding the objection*
before the permits i|re is uid.
PYTHIANS HOME
AT CLAYTON TO
HAVE BUILDING i!
it
MO 000 Already R<. rcd-JGO.OOO Bal1
ancc to be Secured During Thanks
c l
giving ocaion
ol
According to announcement of local v*
office: nf the Knights <;f Pythias u
here, a whirlwind campaign will 1> '
. waged throughout North Carolina v
an f the Ord
ing the Thankgivlng season fo the r'
puM r raising $60, 000.00 balance
: the $100,000.00 needed to;
oon ii th ! built
Clay: .-.here the Pythians have had 1 '
in xtion an orphan hom. for
ntar.y years, supported by members "
(Continued on page 6) ?
.
M BILL BOOSTER SAYS
AS H0*| t OOVif je
V to UVC more TV* AW .1
a codplg o$ huuoreo ncars to
, t-owaeR, amo cowsvoeRtuG th
AU TVAE. TUtuGS K WAUT TO ro
<*>, 1 pvgger \ a1ut got a
MiWUTE TO WAVCt KMOCK?UG dr
GRUkAPiMG AWO WOLFiUG
ABO\JT TUIMGG I DOUT UK?'. or
H|
Hk
i of Murph> end Chen
J kilH
3AN KILL ONLY
12 BIRDS UNDER
1923 BIRD LAW
Ipen Srr.son October to January
Hunters Must Procure
Licenses
i The prom; cuous killing of birds
, Cherok6e County has 1? d to the
iscovery of an act passed by the
923 General Assembly of North Carlina
making it a misdt mean or for
ny person t(, kill more than 12 parridgis
or quail in one day. The!
p:n ?oason for hunting is from Oc-1
ber l>t, to Dtrcmbc: 21st. All
unter.? are required by the act to
roeurc licenses from the Clerk of
li suprior court before hunting.
Residents of the the county or
hese living out of the courty but
wning property and paying taxes in
be county ar< t<> be charged a fee
f $1.00 for licenses to hunt > i :i!
r other birds, and those living outide
of tin State and not paying tax
i the county shall pay a fee of ten
ollars for hunting lic.nsts in the.
ently unearthed l?y those inter. sted
i pres rvinjf *h -rime birds and wild
fe of the county.
The law provides that the money
aid over tu the el. rk as iicens - fres
hall be put into a separate fund and
e used to nay th * who report vloitiom
of thi- statute. It provides
hat th se reporting violations shall
e paid five dollars by the clerlt nut,
f this fund. Violations, when Jeeted,
are mad- a luisd- m.aaor and
unishaidc by a fine not exce ding
ifty dollars, or punishment not ? *:.
ding thirty d.iys, r both, i-j tit
iscrction of the court.
Very few hunters are av;are of
i;i law and it doubted if t iy
ave s.euiid th.ir licenses as yet.
he clerk is expected t0 have a rushu
businss the next thirty day isting
licen- s tc hunter .
School Observes r
JI kanlrr.oriving Hay
Thursrday was : hserved by the
hool, banks, poatofficc and many
eal husiness houses by suspending 1
busim ss for tin day. Th*; school
os.d Wednesday afternoon for the ^
unainder of the week. Appropria-, .
* cx.icis.s wer. In Id Wednesday j
i.rning in the chapel, the fifth (
rade rendering a number of poem- r<
ladings. '?!>?! songs commemorative ?)
f the Thank.-K.v nji spirit. -lust prc>dine
chapel exercises collection
as taken i;i each of the rooms for;
ic orphans of the State and $15.20 :
er: thus raised. Th.- second ;j*auc
>ntt:butcd nv?re than r.ny single
\*ule, its contribution being $2.17. ! ^
Church services were he'd Wed-!
-day evening a: ih? Baptist Church j
hurrday morning at the Methodist j
hurch and Thursday evening at the ^
rcsbyterian Church, at which the
hanksgiving theme was stressed. j .
lNDREWS-MURPHY
ROAD GOES TO Si
GRAHAM - MOORE 1
At a letting of State highway pro-:
rt:- in Raleigh Tuesday, the Mur-i ,
ly-Andrews road of 16.9 miles went ,,
W. i). Graham for $$99,0 IS and
e I ridges and structures on th;*
ad will b? built bv th- W. 1. Moore I j*,.
sncretc Pr -ducts Compaay, of An- i
ew;, for the sum of $100,270. y:
Combined road and bridge work;.,
i this project) will amount to an- j
oximately one half million dollar-, j
i= i-xoected that work will be b cru ! .
i th? road in ten days from the time
the let tin p.
At the same time that this pre- ^
ct was i. t. other.* were let in cath jj,
the nine districts. the total of ali ^
llinjf just under the two mill on ^
liar mark.
lai
Buy Red Crss Chri tmas Seals and OC
Ip stamp ut Tuberculsis in !S?rth Cr
irolina. which disedse took 2.3f>9 cv
res and cost the people of the Staie an
irty million dollars last yrar. Buy ni<
iar reals at the drop store. J. W> !??
ividson's or Tcwnon and Anderson,
it them on every niece of mail sent, toi
tiveen now and Ch WThejr |
SOI
II add cheer to your letters and j hi
chapes. j ro?
-
Cfjen
okee County, and the 1
MURPHY. NORTH C.\ HOL
to
nri | r
i ne wne 1
Ty W. F. WclUl
Project 930 has three especial
Dints of value to the State. First, it
the reck of the bottle for Graham
ounly?tin only outlet for the marjw
feitile farms and vast acreage
F virgin timber lands. The valleys
f Graham County are completely
irroundcd by some of th? roughest
(Onr.ta:n- in the Appalachians. Bene
the Highway Commission fame
> the ; -rue. Graham County was
ractioi.'dy cut off from the rest of
ir> durir.tr fhM wint r mnnlln
-and afford, d no .'?V ride., in the
immer.
The second r>oint for th? road is
iat it affords oT.e of the most b ' ufvl
views that can be offered our
urists.
Third, it is the first link in the
oposid highway to Knoxville. Robnsville,
Graham County, is about
mal distance frcm Ashoville, Knoxlie
and Atltfnta.
Project 930, Route 103, is 12.45
ks icng, twenty feet wide, ?nd pureed
with local substitute for gravWork
wis begun in September.
>21. and will probablv be completed
October 0f this year. The grading
id 0.5 milt ' f surfacing werP done
Lc-i- J. Snrth Construction Conv
try of Charlotte with State conct
and Indian 1ftbor. Th? concrete
id rubbk masonry structures, and
r e mile; ox surfacing were done by
M. Dicus of Mill}: Springs ?nd To r..
N. C.
There contractors kr-.d their troises.
It rained ninety days out of the'
rt six months they worked. But
ty didn't have a:I of the troubles.;
raham County he lies married most!
the guards and foremen.
Leaving the Asheville-Murphy-Atr.ta
Highway, at Toptcn. about 3, 0
feet above sea level, the rood
o s.s. the Southern Railway by an
erhead bridge. It then runs two
d a half mi Us-near the top of the
>unta?n. above Nantahala val?.
to Tulula Gap.
The side of tits'mountain here Is
r> etoen to permit a fill, except ;y?
me of the holtdWs. The roald.
eriforr, had be notched int0 the i
ck, high aboye the viiley. This
t '
, I
n^YMtmkr fill"
jfeee H
-ead ing Newspaper in
IN A FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30. lt?2
OvTrR^r
ii: tui;
PHI fai?^1
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P .- ^jL^P^3W^HaJBaHKjMy
LI ^ x * ^^^WTJUHEKSC; ? "S^BSttT
^
3 i . r> l
\uaa to orang
r. Resident Engineer, In North 'n
niauc it MTuvaiy to wind the nr:d !n
and around the curves and points of.
the mountain. It is one of the h *avu
st | ec:s of work in the State.
Where it was po-sible to use tang-nts
on this stretch, they are so short that j
they are not noticeable. The driver (
. * s only a succession of compound '
and reverse curve?. In this 2.65 j
..... !..?. .. .. tin - " ?*'
> " * u' *- ?> ? It HIM
about $1U0,000.00.
To make this trin aa safe as po?-;
sible for the motorists, the outside of I
ail curves have been elevated, Kaeh j
curve had to be worked out for itself.'
Ir seeding along the road it i< hird
t< realize that each ear length c.?v- j
r^d represents ca.tful computation,
and even more careful inspection, !
t see that the completed surface!
. the be.-t that can he given the mo-J
,tc i -1 a anfi. amnntli npni'u
Hsi-r facing for
out now conditions. The.o hilis : ralmost
entirely made of a slate r c\.
Tht rock is hard underneath, and
\,A seams. Blasting for the gcit".
r-ouired ^k.il of an old time powder
iran?and left his hair much whiter
than it was. The rock rapid v de;,yS
w*non cxnosed tt> the air. It was
:her< fore useics? for surfacing.
This country i- at the head of all
t Learns. The streams are shallow
and too sv.ift for gravel deposits. A
f. iy was made and paragraphs in*
ertcd in the specif:.rti? n= especially
to provid? for the use of the mixtur *
f -mall stone, sand and topsoil foa
"gravel" surface.
On the left driving from Topton,
are the nearly vertical sides of the
cut, as high as 70 feet. On th? right
the outer edge of the road is th? hrink
of a steep. Dartly timbered slope to
the valley below. Driving along this
road 0ne seo? a few hundred feet below
th< partly built grade of the late
Graham County Rnilroad; several
hundred feet below that, the southr
r? RsibniT' and HII fnrthpr down
th. mountain side is the road from
Abbeville, climbing up from the Nantxhala
River'to meet oirr road -?t '
Topton. From near Tulula f*ap > - '
he scen the Nantahala Gorge, far up i
>cout
this Section of Westei
3
I Y
UCEYz|
p
mi vxjuuiy
a H>^Sw(.y Bulletin
the river tv the top of the Naitnlnla
range; and tnc narrow valley dowr
stream, walled in b<tween steep towering
mountain?.. This, se n from
a thousand feet above the valley, 1?
considered one of the most beautiful
in America.
The turn through Tulula Gap is
140 degrees. ! 10m there the highway
runs along Tulula Creek, through
timber lands and narrow farms to
Itobbinsville, the county seat of Graham
County.
The only other approac^ to Graham
County is through tht go ge of
the Little Tennessee River, from
Tapoea?anothc 1* rough piece of
^Continued on page 6
1: i "i* A aanrv Tab-on
Cver by lV!r. Crco! s
Am /. ^ Accent ;.i .. . : ' 1i
t<? the citizen hip of Marri?town i?
Mr. I". Crook- and his family of
Mm* 1 , X. C.. who has rcccr '
cc: . to this city t? make his hcnn.
M:. Crooks has taken over "e
Knic, Agt .cy in Morristown i
he will continue at the samr* location
on East Main street. 1! will o|eia
repair department, in addition
the :i!o of Puick cars and will
have associated with hini in th:s ca\t_
I i_*
dir. ?. r.. .?a uiuii, an Mmrt
mechanic.
Mr. Crooks served pc&finnster
at Murphy for a number of y :ar>
and resigned this position to assume
hi"? new bu^'rces connections Vie
L'ome- to Moiristown wiui the highrst
?ndroesmcnt from score? of Murphy
friend wh0 are unanimous in
declaring that in the loss of Mr.
r nA?l*9 ?? n rtiTon M"r"hv 5;
ioser indeed. Mr. and Mrs. Crooks
ire warmly welcomed a? citizens of
Morristiwn.
>'orrirtown (Term) Daily Goz tie
?nd Mail.
V "IT WILL MAKE ;
j YOU RICH*" ;
n North Carolina
*1.13 A YEAK IN ADVANCE
DEMANDS FOR
MORE POWER ARE
BEING MADE
| Several Hundred Hortepower Addltionakl
RM>.iwJ - C -
Present Demands
The d mands of local consumers
f-.T additional power in and near
Murphy are growing more insistent
every day and the time is approachhi;
wh n steps will have to he taken
| to supply tins power. The present
municipal nower plant is generating
approximately 500 horsepower but
all >f this is contracted for at present.
Not only the present users of
I otver, hut new concerns are asking
for mere pow. r and the citizens of
.Murphy will have t0 begin considering
how this additional demand may
be met.
The Regal Rlu, Marble Company
is the large-i user of the municipal
plant This company is wanting to
expand and put in new machinery
and is insistent that additional power
he supplied. The Marbl,. Company
;s not now able t? get all the power
i it wants and is compelled to use
team for certain of its machines.
The manager has notified the city ofi
ficials. according to the electrician,
thi.A the entire plant would be lectrified
if the city would furnish the
power. Also, this company would
add new machinery at the present
quarry that would use considerable
mo.T power if it were available. The
. impar.y is also contemplating opening
up a u' \v quarry and desires to
electrify it if the power can be obtained.
Th Murphy Coal and Iron Company
is installing a crusher rfnd other
machinery that will require close
t0 fifty horsepowc r and is looking
to the city to supply this. Several Sj
smaller concerns are war.tng more
power and two or three new proposed
companies are asking the city to
contract to supply power for operations
they desire tQ get under way.
This demand for power must be
met ?mn'hnw or th" gTT.Wth 0* the
town will be impeded as will also the
I"ision of industrial plants already
in op. ration in and near Murphy,
and new concerns will be kept
away from Murphy.
1 "This is a probk m that very vitally
1 affects the welfare and prosperity
of every citiz.n in the town and vl,
cmitv, and it i* one that all should be
| thinking about. A solution to the
question must be found somehow/*
said the Miyor ia an interview a few
days ago.
Other city official? and many of
the leadinc ?j ?
r. nypMNIVIICU Ull
this question, share the above opin.
ion with the mayor.
Methodism in The
Bounds of Waynesville
District
A meeting of the pastors, charge
lay leaders, and the district hv the
pastors charges of th. W:\yncsville
District was called by the Presiding
| Elder for last Tuesday, Nov. 20th
*?t Sylva, N. C. Quite a large r.ura*
; her answered the call, and an enthusiastic
mec ting was held beginning
at 11 oVloek and adjouring the
morning session at 12:30 tc enjoy a
sumptions dinner served by the ladies
of the Methodist Church in their dining
room at the church. After wards
^ (Cr-.tinued rn page 6)
| V? iuc'i C "lurches Want
|!V;HK.\' A ( ni-nr-TT
| SEEKS A PASTOR
THEY WANT
THE STRENGTH OF 1
AN EAGLE.
THE RACE OF
A SWAN.
THE GENTLENESS OF
A DOVE.
THE FRIENDLINESS OF
\ SPARROW,
AND THE j
NIGHT HOURS OF
! AN OWL.
AND WHEN THEY
CATCH THAT BIRD
THEY EXPECT HIM TO LIVE
ON THE FOOD OF
.1
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