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(This Editio Asheville ' SECOND SECTION The Official Organ V T.L'ME XXXVII : Chamber of i Issues Inform MURPHY CALLED"MOUNTAIN | CITY IN THE ALLEY-j Interesting F?ct? aad FCom pilfd Show Advanti-gea Jr Murphy and This S.'-.'.js local Chamber u 'onw.erce, u h I>. Withers; ? .-resident ' W. Sipc, s rc\ary r.tly^is-J i wry attract..'1 anu r mpreh - t pamphlet or. Mur - y and this ; - n. The populate r <?? Murphy j . > 2753, taker, frr a : front f the town it-. ,-,n with pplication for itv de!h . Mur the coi^nty - -at, of . Tokec > and the mc" . . ."The :-itain City ir. " nnti "t .i; -way to 'The Li-". ; ^ky.." r ! icts given ir. tre na ? . . :> 1lo? : > Murphy is the haif iy r-.oi-t bete. ; n Atlanta and r-?\ the .'t.aata- Murphy -A > iiv.-ion . Appalachian - ? i ghway. It i> the Termin-: - t " ^ .athirn Riilway. Ashevill- line, i i- also the Tern1 : ; L. & j Y, Atlanta to Murphy . and. K- \ille to Mutrl. 1. . ?;n? ??i' tw'-o lines ii. -ructions; vrith through train : prin-j ii cities. Thi >??uth-i - ; ..-senger tru. :? i daily two departir:-; -!:i s i ' there three I~ ?v. .:ssencr? arriving . in r e do . -tin? daily. D iin rating t > all local point*. Murphy k: tht- recognised d -tribut-| in? center and gaf.r ?i::g of. extreme Western Nun ' atolinaj ?: i North Georgia. . only a! :\:r.R industrial cer. " but a: eturesqui and wrth w. .e >ioppoint for t'ouri- 1 who J v". t spend a plea a ..um v.tr. In | Ilarphy and ndjace-.i o ? ; u will fir.ii as points of *r 1. I .OVERS LEAP -A b autiful! c?f:, overhanging i-i * i wassee R v\r, so named for 11*'. iruiag a most uftvenient place for despondent, r.- to bring troubles t i an end. Hie wonderful view, t?> mo r . i? iters,' awever, i* far more tempting than , i- death plunge. 1. N ANT AH ALA GOR 'I?The I niians named this famou g-rge. the! .caning of which "N son day Sun." hirty miles of bea..t-fully paved ?aul makes just a oleasa.it syin lk>r i afternoon's vis:: to diis wonder-; 'ork of Nature. 3. HIAWASSEE RTVEP^-Ths eau'iful tumbling mount-lit: river' *- also named by th. Indian'?. The] idiar meaning in Savanr.ah or, eadow, so named for the broad ferie meadows along its banks where fveral settlement of Cherokee idians were located. It flows' trough the* heart of Murphy, mak? it easily atta noble. Within its M(r? are fish ir. abundance, and tan, cool, invigorating swimming VAU.EY RIVER VALLEYj u ^H-Indian name "Green Grassy B^ley/' \ mofi picturesque level Bi'ey winding its way through the Mountain ridges, lying between the HT Bue Tidge and Great. Smoky MounBns. Here is to be found a series I3?' B "wgnificert views of the valley in ^ t0 moun*a'n anc* rei-*. FORT BUTLER?The remain* iBthis historic site nre just west of t^B'rphy. This was the headquarters >rt?- B General Scott, where he gathered 3r '^ ^ther the Indians for removal to Nk^^Btem territory. C00L SPRINGS?A gushing ?f pure, cold, clear water, flowK?lid rock. Cool Springs be visited and the watt r tasted riV*^Bbe appreciated. ^'B' MUNICIPAL DAM?A picnic uret-^Mond supreme. Plenty of water """* jM*whing and bathing impounded Cn Notla River. Power for CarIteftW^T^nnessee Company's electric; its purpose, but visitors will* M?3^Bitji?efu| a pmy ground. j t V (Ctatiiaed on page 4) ^ ' >n Dedicat* Division I tEljf of Murphy and Cher< Commerce ation Pamphlel WESTERN V C. CHAMBER Ol COMMERCE {Si:'.-. : ry Daily R&cord) VNe -. ? in the pap? rs toda that the c .:.ir.itat:on of the Wester North ? ?r a i Chamber of Cor mcrce ha* '""en suggested for tl purpose f -*rfinjr the propo.st Nuti"-vi! . jr'< ;n tht (5r? at Sim ky M -.Mir.?. That seems to I: a go ,i a. Since the develo nient - ction of the Sta< means : .<?nt for all the citi< and t . r ? th r.. it will he a \vi move v-'r ?. ? -amber of common Frtsidc? -r di the section. And j " time Hickory ha better !?-? up u:.-i doing. Oth< cities ir. this - tcticn arc urgin trips > th? ;nic highway. Th? are getting . < the movement an r.nd' irr aluor'e htlp. A grea nnii'-na. i--: :n th mountains ju abov >1: ry will mean much I the ci': A?. : >re battle is won v want > action of knowir that w. ; in the fight. Mo: of the r v is In ng made I) the . x*r * stern counties bu there . * r as ;r. why the countn on . itr. Catawba, Lincoh Gust K! :er. Wilkes and A loirha: ; i : m west, should not 1 as vita; ; - i. It is not to i inferred die line should en> there. I" < : importance to a North "i-.-i. But at hast th Wcst -. l : should join in or mighty f rt to secure the nation park. Historical SI Foundin Few pe.ip:j ar aware that th Mtirnht- wo kr.jw was once calk Huntin.gv yet several years pric to 1s:>" a. r. s. Hunter, fatl tr of th? iZ* Martha Hitchcock, e.tabli-hed a :;ading post among th Che:oke- ir._l.ir*, and in his corrcpondence and ir. the official record of the Department this nam therefore frequently^ u?ed. Hi residence ?*": store was situated o the bluff overlooking Hiawassee Rh er on it* Southewestern bank jus above its junction with Valley Rivei and the cider people of Murphy r< member c.ie Hunter home at thi place, of which until a few year ag?o tracts could be fod-.d. Anotht white setri r at thi? point was Pres ton Starr ..-St. who had lived amon the Cher:kees. krew their languag and customs and was frequently useas an ir.^repro: r by the officials <1 :he United -Star- in dealing with th Chsrokte Nation. Col. Hunter an his wife are both buried just wes of the Hiawassee River opposite th pre ent concrete bridge, wherc h granddang-ter, Ciiza Wyche Coitj has reserved a perpetual casement f? burial purposes in a sale of the Hitcl cock lar.d^ several years ago. Pus ton Starrett's narue appears in ol ficiai? rcerds many times, and h was one of th= first purchasers o lots in the :*wn of Murphy whe the town site was laid off. Toes two first settlers lived among th Vtf on lone before th count.y was thrown open to settJ< ment, had won the confidence of th Indians and were permitted to scttl in thtir rrkid-t. This section of cour try was at that time the most rcmot and inaccessible of all the Cherokc lands, the last stronghold of th'e It dians in the encircling advances c the white settlers. .The fierce hatred which thd mi of the frontier bore for all India nations, for which great justificatio can b found in the cruel and treacl erous "action of this especiall riv'rfe^K *'Yjleh rendered the outcon ^Ccvincton. Kv.wi rfrife between tl *i>jj ctlier sa-.all* r is hi Iitt id at varioti* point* op tho ?y*o COUld DCW cat c. juiproersi of this Railroad \ . . P. .. atrll t.ro.'i. hs, and unot ^ '?rv itrew Jackso: ed to Journ \.ppalachiar OjeiC >kee County, and the Lea MURPIIY, NORTH CAROLI seven mayor: A froup of chief executive* of >evee ^ A-*' tour to ho >poDs(,red by Th in .n the nijj'nt of S-pt. I Ca;-ey. of A-heville. and Mayor W. (1 r "f Murphy. Mayor W. I). \Vhitak;r. M. . . Irwin, of Lawrenceville. (It. >y' \ ~ I '' '--As ; 1 _ >e i \\. J I tetch Of g Of Murphy ic a frontiersman himself who had acd (quired all their desires and preju.ii,rjccs, the Treaty of New Echota waj I negotiated in 18.15, under the terms] of which the- Indian County of North e ! Georgia, Ea?t Tennessee and Southj.! western North Carolina was c ded to; Is j the L'nited States and provision was c made for the removal of the Chero-; s kee Nation west of the Mississippi. n j This treaty was the subject of great j ._ criticism and figured larg ly in the \ national political controversies of the ' r> j time, but Jackson was relentless in] the exercise of executive authority. js _ and the removal of the Indians was i I accomplished by military force after' T passive resistance. At this day the perusal of accounts of the removal j, touch the heart that has a sense of e feeling for the mental and physical d sufferings of others. ,f j In the military n moval thus acc complished existence of Murphy betj gan. The Secretary of war detailed g for this task. Brigadier General John e E. Wool, who, on July 25th, 1815. s reported that he had stationed a force of .150 men at the mouth of Valley ,r. River, and established his headquarters at this point which he described ' as being "among the most savage f_ j and troublesome part of the Chetoo kecs," and as commanding the pasf sag?s of the Hiawassee and Valley n , Rivers, and the "road to Georgia." e which he repaired for thirty miles. Ir e his dispatch, he speaks of the objec- f e j tionable feature of hi3 military post, . <1 -s- x i\ ^ -1 \ \ al Tour O' 1 Scenic H rto is ding Newspaper in thi NA SKI'TKMBF.K It. 1 5 WHO WILL BE IN B n thfAinor Guoraia and North Carolinj Atlanta .lourna! over the n. w Appala Top- row. Ivft to liuht: Mayor waiter !. Mea'.or. of Gai esville. Sc-conJ ro of Amlrttt's and Mayor M- idy <iri;i ?Photo Courtesy Atlanta Jour- D V^X< I j/ \ \ ^ A I * JSKHT | w=i; J ;V_J ( ?* VraRBH the dif:culty of transoA-^-c ?'r ': -. specially in win tor. R-:cord is lost as to the exact p'.ac? where General Wool established his iheadquart? s; it wis possibly up*>r the present site of M;rphy, in the junction of the two rivers. The task allotted to Genera Wool was i ao.st dlsa/rr ><*abl \ and hr- evnrsssed so ir.u?h sympathy ?>>the Cherokee? that h? was r Ij-vI fror.r Vis po<$. and General Wiufield Sco'f detailjd to car y the removal into efeet. Th . preparations f >r removal thus begun in 18.115 continu.-l unt;l 183$ whm the military forces gathered the Cberbkee Indians into fortifications erected fir the purpose. The chief of these was Fort BuU?r. lying or. a beautiful wooded :cnoll a few hundred yards west of the Hiawassee River where Fort Butler Park has recently be:n dedicated through the liberality of the owners of the Hitchcock property as a perpetual Fort Butler was probacy named in honor of B. F. Butler, ;ecretary >f War ad interim, in the cab net if President Andrew Jackson, via) ; ? 1 ver Atlant; ighway, Sej >COUt ( s Seciion of Western IG AUTO TOUR a i'tic-s who h.-vc- ottered trie Atlantaeh'un Scv?r.:c hiffhw.i; and who v. .: i? A. Sims. of Atlanta; Mayor John H. j L", left to right: Mayor v.. M. Fa >* . ? der whose instruct i n planus for la.- j rcin?..al ot" ti.o Ch-i?kee Indians! wjre t .rxulut-d. The G >? ;; a rca-i fir.ed to b? 1' Gv. era Wool had I en onr.tr acted i: .bl.t, by r p- -.^n ati'/es of G/jt . e:a, T'* IIWHI o and L.:H Ch^raicse >a- j rion, alt!. u>-h :oe na-sjjje ther on 11 wju alv/ays th? >u:j?rt of suspi::on|" en th? part of tr. ? Cherrke s, and at 1 th * time of th? -?:n?>val pa-sag* upon,1 it *.is a mat: c of difficulty and at j i j.u-rlj opposed by the Indian:*.]* ! Thi.s road began at cr.e head of nav-1 Katiai: on tr. Tcgalro River in G-.r-!" i giu, crossed the upper Chattahoochee, I piused .trough Clark.wil'e a:d the j Xacoociue Valley and d? *n ch head- _ waters of the R:awa:5see thricgh ch" j' sites of Haye-ville and Murphy, con , tinjing down Hi&waasee Rirer, cross. ir.g Beaverdant Creek and th'ough tht. ] Smoky Mountains to 'h- Cherokee : Capital, Eeh.-ta. o.i th. Little Tennssee R v t. This constituted the 'first roadi ever bui't n Cherokie County, and th? read iron* Murphy : :o the Unicoi Gap o.: the Tennessee hn?? is now being reconstructed by the county of Cherokee a :d is one of the suggested lines fo- a scute highway into Ten-.'ssee. From Murphy' t to the Tennessee state line the road , now being built follows tne road .so ; ' cor.stru -ted for practically Its entire distance. It was originally known. :officially a* Unicoi Turnpike, hut was 'j j.ouplarly ca'i a in early days the ' Wachese Trail, iron* a p. omineat In-j tian o*" that name living on Beaver-, dam Croc!;. , The ter:itorv ceded by the Te.*aty ] of New Echota embraced practically ail of Southwestern North Carolina j (Continued on pa;o 6) ~~ _ I "Iwe (too O - He.A5 s -? _ 5 >xetcs: O r i XV W.x r! Court ?jr Atlanta Journal. i-MurphyDt. 14-15 SECOND SECTION North Carolina ? ? 5c COPY_*1.80 PER YEAB MUCH OF CREDIT FOR STATE ROADS DUE TO WOMAN Hi?* K.v:t'.e 3*r-y D'eired Dreamt But L-tad Courage To Fiijnt ;t cut MADE NO COMPROMISE ON STATEWIDE PLAN E aa _t?v. Morrison Went To Raleigh latent On County Main, tenance System In a r"? -.1 i of th. Raleigh " v.., i d Ob: * rvor, an arwr -.ten by John A. Livingstone, which much of the cr :it for the *rt state system "f r ad- is givr Mk;- K. M. Berry, formerly ~-i" owner ur.: a?- - m u. editor of Hie Cherokee .Scout. Miss Berry :rrequ?, :r 1 y visited Murphy and is d. known throughout this section 2r : her many friends here rejoice ivi:- th rest of the State which she has w"l! served m knowing that r > i si-ar?* " the honor for the : "?rt -stem of good roads is due her efforts. Tie article in part T r? u.e many pioneers in the road aovement in North Carolina, ar : is yet too early to write the history of this movement but it is r. t > en.ly t. pin a bouquet upon product f Orange county, who timing this move merit lived up to the ar t. traditions of Hiilsboro and the surrounding section. To be born in H. i.-boro is a privilege. She is a > - of Killsi ro. and her name is Mi ^ Harriet M. Berry. She dared to dream dr?ams ar.d to stand by them. One of t.Kjni was a State highway system. 'og-am ;f progress" in North 1 as elsewhere, was born in i-'af i .d tribulations. It was so ivi-a trie State highway system. It rr>:u.y didn't g.t going good until tour year.? ago. as it was not until thai time that a real program was iCu.-'d, hut before that ;ime there had heen i lot of seed sown, and rw^ut iu m i iiiuasvrjous sower chun Miss Harriet M. Berry, of the i-tiuncy of Orange and the town of Killshor i. In and nut of season ih^ was engaged upon the business >f preaching the virtues of the State system of roads. even when hardheaded progressives considered it in ''iridescent dream." She never compromised with the idea of a Stat.a system. She was not alone, hut it was she who studied the problem from start 'to finish, who absorbed information until it bad become a part of her, who fought with ideas and who knew exactly what she stood for and why she -:tood for it. With her it was no "iridescent dream" but a dream to be made a reality. Yet Miss Berry wa.-? not among those chosen to make the dream real. When the Time came that the women of North Carolina could entef the political scene in their own right, she was not named. Today State roads are a reality, and she has had to seek new fields in which to iai>or. Verily, the lot of a pioneer is not one to be envied. In such a day as a pioneer little suspects muLiurr win coma along and steal ilia thunder. It was twenty years ago that Dr. T. A. Holmes, then State geologist, with several others, organized the North Carolina Good Roads Association chat was distined to achieve much that was worth while, later Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt became State geologist and he fell heir to the work of promoting good roads. He wa5 a good booster, and served for a number of years as secretary of tho North Carolina Good Roads Association. To name all the pioneert of that period would take too long, none of them were more enthusiastic in their devotion to the cause thatf the late Henry Branson Verner, of Lexington, who gave freely of hii time to this work, and among other activities published a good roadi magazine. It waa in the early days of the aft* (Coatiaaod ? ftftf* ^
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