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The Officiul Organ o
VOLUME XXXVIL No. 22.
Buildii
EIGHT BUILDINGS TO
BE ERECTED DURING
THE PRESENT YEAR
Two Now Under Course of Cons- ]
traction?Dirt being removed for j
Foundation* of Two Others
The New Year opens with one of
the greatest building booms on than
at any other period in the history of
the town. The program to date in
viuutrs live uuBincoa nuusci, ttiivj lie
plant, one church, and one dwelling,
to be erected at a cost of approximately
$150,000, together with the
municipal program calling for
$40,000 water extension improvements
total 192,000. This amount
supplemented by several thousand
dollars by the contemplated improvement,
by E. C. Moore, of the recently
acquired Valentine property,
part of which is already under course
of construction, brings the grand
total up to nearly $200,000.
Local capital is represented in the
present building boom entirely, and
is a progressive step of the forwardlooking
business men of Murphy in
preparation for taking care of not
only an increased local business, but
that of tourists. It is expected that
hundreds and thousands of tourists
will be brought into this section this
spring as a result of the widespread
pulkity being given Western North
Carolina throughout the entire country
in connection with the proposed
Great Smoky Mountain National
Park, and also the Appalachian Scenic
Highway, which passes through Murphy
North and South.
A brief summary of the several
projects follows:
Excavations have been finished on
the Brittain-Axley property at the
corner of Tennessee and Hiawassee
Streets, end the concrete foundation
is now being poured. This build
ing is to be a modern two-etory
Brick, the second story being equipped
for offices and the ground floor
fitted up for a substantial business.
It will be erected at a cost of about
$15,000.
A modern brick and concrete
structure to house a new twenty-ton
ice plant for Murphy is being erected
by J. C. Townson on, his property
adjacent the old ice plant. It will
be completed sometime next month
and will be erected at a cost of some
$15,000.
Excavations have been made and
sand and stone placed on the ground
of the Baptist Church lot on Peachtree
Street, prior to pouring the
foundation, which is expected to begin
as soon as the weather permits.
This building will be a magnificent
structure, two stories and a basement,
with an auditorium seating capacity
of more than six hundred people.
It will be erected at a cost of $50,
000.
The excavating work is progressing
on the lot of E. C. Moore on
Valley River Avenue, adjacent the
Coca-Cola Bottling works. The
building to be erected here will be a
modern one story brick, and will
oost approximately $5,000. It will
be completed sometime in the
spring.
Nichols and Ellis began breaking
the ground this week for the foundation
of a modern two-story brick
structure on their property at the
corner of Hickory Street and Valley
River Avenue. This building will be
erected in the form of a L, running
back 100 feet on Hickory St, then
bade of the present filling station about
60 feet. Part of the ground
floor will be cub up into private
garages and perhaps a large repair
shop, while the second story is ex*P<*ed
to be fitted up for three andl
ft*T room apartments or offices. It I
m >? erected at a coat of some
|2b>000.
The Dickey Motor Company U
preparing to enlarge tkeir garage on
Peachtree Street by erecting another
bedding on their lot between the
Mawgre and .their present building,
it gill be about 2b x 100 feet, of
rift, dad coat about fb.OOO.
Tbe standard Q* Company has
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RECEIPTS AT LOCAL POST
OFFICE HEAVIEST DURING
THE PAST SIX MONTHS
Total will Rub Over Seven Thousand
Gain of 25 Percent over
Same Period Last Year
Postmaster A. B. Dicksy in an in(
terview this week stated that the
i local postoffice receipts for the first
half of the present fiscal postoffice
year would Drobablv run well ovm
seven thousand dollars, which is a
gain of some twenty-five percent
over the same period of time for
last year. The postoffice year runs
from July 1 to June 30th.
The sales represented in this
seven thousand dollars include only
stamps, envelopes, postcards, etc.
"This sum represents the handing
out of many a stamp and envelops,"
stated Mr. Dickey.
Mr. Dickey was highly optimistic
over the record sales of the local
postoffice for the first half of the
fiscal year, and expressed the opinion
that this year's sales probably
would reach $15,000 by June 30th.
C. T. P. STOCKHOLDERS
TO MEET JAUNARY 18
Announcement is made by Mr. W.
V. N. Powelson, President, that the
Stockholders of the Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company would meet
on Monday January 18th, at the office
of the company in Murphy for
the purpose of electing directors and
transacting such other business as
: might come before the body.
recently acquired the Wells home
place on the corner of Hiawassee and
Tennessee Streets, and are expected
to erect a modern filling and storage
station to be used as their
headquarters in this territory. It
is understood that this building will
cost approximately $25,000, and be
erected sometime during the year.
Plans are being formulated by
vi. ??. n. *ini xor tne erecting oi
a magnificent dwelling cm his property
in the Pealtown section, on the
Appalachian Scenic Highway. It hi
estimated that this structure will ha
erected at a cost of $12,000
Sometime ago the town Isstffcd
bonds in the sum of $40,000 for
extension and improvement# in the
water system. A- new filtering plant
is to be erected on what is known
as the Patterson field now owned
by Hie Carolina-Tennessee Powerj
Company. Material for this plant j
baa already been bought and the
conferee! let, it is understood.
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McKINLEY-ROOT CONCERT E
CO. NAME OF LYCEUM FOR
MONDAY NIGHT JAN. 11
The third number of the 1925- ''
26 lycsum course is scheduled for
next Monday night, January 11th, I
I i .ou u ciocii, at tne scnool auditor- [
ium. |
j The trio of young lady entertain- J 2
, era known as The McKinley-Root a
I Company, is a very capable and t f
; versatile organization. Their pro-,1"
fessional experience extends over a.t
I period of several pears on both thfrl
j lyceum and chautauqua platforms of ( (
11the Middle West and have been header
j liners as entertainers where ever they d
; have appeared. 5
j The Company includes Miss Doro-,a
j thy McKinley, dramatic soprano and j ii
i pianist, Miss McKinley has a beauti-^e
ful soprano voice and features cos-.t
turned Indian songs. ] u
Miss Eugenia Root is a superb (t
(violinist who also plays the banjo. r
most acceptably. Miss Root is the c
accompaist for most of the vocal j
numbers and at the piano is very p
gracious indeed. But Miss Root's. Ii
spscialty is in her violin work.
Miss Edna Bell is a regular come-1 a
j dian and a most remarkable enter- (n
tainer with her Scotch song imper- r
sonations. She has a very low alto j a
vioce whose tones are prefect and, v
musical to hear. Miss Bell is also (d
a captivating reader and it is said, n
of her that she can make any au-,t!
dience laugh without effort. This is I
v becauss she is natural in her work. o
] This number of the lyceum course (a
j has been looked forward to with a v
I great deal of anticipation, and Mur-' c
| phy people are pronised a real treat I
in the McKinley-Root Concert Com-1
|pany. I.
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DATE OF MEETING FOR it
COUNTY PENSION BOARD
CHANGED TO FEBRUARY h
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The date of the meeting of the ^
State Pension Board for Cherokee ^
County has been changed from the
, first Monday in July to the first ^
Monday in February, according to Q.
announcement this week by Clerk of Ti
the Superior Court . E. Davis. ^
The appointment of Attorney John c
H. DUlard on January 4th as a mem- tl
ber of the board to fill the vacancy ti
caused by the death of P. E. Nelson ;6
was also announced in connection di
with the change of the meting date. m
The other members of the board tl
for Cherokee county are J. G.
Tatham and Mack Harris.
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FRIDAY. JANUARY 8, 1926
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HG PROMOTERS POUR I
MILLIONS INTO WESTERN |
NORTH CAROLINA IN 1925
DTeitmenti toUlinf $75,000,000
r orecaat by Liuiriotte Newt J (
During 1926
The Charlotte News of December
7, carried on its first page under
, streaming box-car headline, the l(
ollowing review and outlook with t
egard to the development of Was-11
em North Carolina:
Investment in Western North t
Carolina, Principally in projects j
elated to industrial and real estate' j
evelopments, that may approximate
175,000,000 in the course of the
pproaching New Year were forecast
a reports assembled here. Further ^
xtensive improvements in that asev-jj
iom of the great natural beauty and
indeveloped resources will be under- ,
aken within a few weeks and othrs j
nay be launched at intervals in the 1 j
ourse of the year:
The popular interest in these pro- j
lects, all of them planned on a j
arge scale, lacks any spectacular }
dement. Investors here who have1 j
icquired. interests in some of these 1 j
lumerous enterprises, particularly ' j
eal estate and hotel properties, and j
igents here for some of those de-' (
elopment companies are in accord in
leclaring that there is no exciteaent
attendant upon the progress of
he Western North Carolina counties, j
Jeither is this interest concenrated
n one or a few localities, but the I j
ccomplishments in a naterial way are I
rell scattered over the whole section t -
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AP1TAL IS ATTRACTED. !(
Some estimates, based on care-1
Lilly made surveys Place at $100- jii
00,000 the amount of foreign capit- J p
1 which has been brought into Wes-1
}ra North Carolina in the course of ii
lie past three years by the appeal
is section's potential resources has C
tade to the judgment of financiers j s<
iese estimates in licate that perhaps, ii
alf of that amount was invested i fi
ithin the past twelve months. j
Approximately a dozen tremendous p
evelopments, largely in the nature e
F resorts, are being promoted with
>markable success, and are making
l* names of as many Western North it
arolina localities known far beyond
le Units of this State. At the same
me this is being accomplished, there n
industrial development of tremen3us
importance, which is serving to
laiatain the wollrounded growth of e
lis section and give additional
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tout I
Section of Western ]
$2(K
ATE COPE IS SHOT
BY NEPHEW WHILE ON
HUNTING TRIP IN SWAIN
orouer Finds Ckin Was Accidentlyl
Discharged?Was Brother of 1
G. H. Cope, Of Murphy
Fate Cope, 25 years old, half
rother of G. H. Core, of Mnmhv I
nd a prominent farmer residing:
ear Judson in Swain County whose
ody was found in the woods near
is farm Tuesday was slain aecientally
by a shotgun in the hands
f his small nephew, according to
indings of Dr. B. C. Thomason,
ounty coroner, who instituted an inestigati.on
Were Hunting Rabbits
Cope and his nephew were out
abbit hunting late Tuesday afteriooti,
according to the coroner, and
he boy, carrying a shotgun, is sup osed
to have cocked the weapon
rt anticipation of a quarry, leaving
he gun in this condition while
Talking. When Cope was slightly
head of his nephew, the latter is
aid to have stumbled, discharging
he gun. The full load of shot
truck Cope in the head, nearly
evering it from his body.
On account of the remoteness of
he community in which Cope livd,
when the body was first found,
eport was brought to the sheriff's
ffice at Bryson City that the man
lad been slain. Sheriff G. T. Fer;uson
was out of the city at the time
nd Sam Beck, deputy sheriff, with
'oroner Thomason rushed to the1
cene.
Upon arrival there they found I
ind interviewed the nephew who
old them how the accident occurcd.
The coroner, it is said, was
convinced that the boy was telling
he truth and no further proceed-'
ngs will be taken. |
Cope is the son of William Cope
ind the family is prominently con-J
lectcd in Swain and adjacent;
: rt_
uuiihies. i*c was marriea nut naa (
10 children.
Funeral services were held Thurslay.
MISS LENORE ANDERSON
WEDS IN OKLAHOMA
The following announcement is
aken from the Binger (Okla.) Journal:
"Mr. Glen A. Hudelson and Miss
Lenors Anderson, were united in
Holy Wedlock on Christmas day,
December 25th, at the Binger Conraegational
Parsonage by Rev. George
H. Dierlamm.
"The wedding took place shortly
ifter three o'clock in the afternoon,
[n the course of the ceremony a
>eautiful ring was given to the bride
i>y the groom.
"Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hudelson, of
Carnegie were in attendance as
ipeciai guests.
"Miss Anderson came to Binger
iome time ago from North Carolina,
dr. Hudelson has been in parterhip
with the Binger Drug Company
'or the past year. After the cerenony
the newly wedded couple left
or a short Honeymoon to Ohlahoma
Jity.
"We join with their many friends
n wishing this happy couple a long,
rosperous and happy life.
"They are at home to their friends
i the Tracy Appartment House."
Miss Anderson is a Cherokee
!ounty girl, having gone to Oklahoma
ometime ago. She wai a student
1 the Murphy Schools during the
irst part of this scholastic year.
The announcement is quite a surrise
to her many friends here, who
xtend best wishes. j
A head to a thing generally puts
on its feet.
Divorce evils are no worse than
larriage scandals.
At that, hoW could peace treaties
ver be signed withenft arms,
4
Would'*, it be cheaper for France
t> take straw votes of ce.afideace?
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"TWO NEW NATIONAL
PARKS" TITLE OF ARTICLE
IN OUTLOOK MAGAZINE
Members of Park Commission "Sleep*
tical" Until Tbey Saw Great
Smoky Mountains ^
If the old spirit of exploration*
which led Columbus and Balboa to
their discoveries, where not still cxistant
the men who located the Great
Smoky Mountains and the Shenandoah
Valley as sites for new national
parks, ths first in the Eastern
United States, would never have
succeeded in their quest. Such is
the conclusion of William C. Gregg,
one of the members of the
Southern Appalachian National
Park Commission, which at the
behest of Secretary of Interior Work
undertook the task of locating sites
for a national park in the East. In
the current number of the "Outlook"
Mr. Gregg tells of the search for
these parks, and presents a vivid ptetrue
of the necessity for the early
creation of those great playgrounds.
The article, which has a prominent
position in this issuo of the
"Outlook" is entitled "Two New
National Parks" and beneath this
caption is a map chowing the relative
location of thoso proposed parks and
the following legend: "You can have
them if you want them, as the may
on this page shows. The proposed
parks lie close to the thickly populated
sections of the East, tho South,
and the Middle West. One lies close
to the National capitol itself. Ask
your Congressman of he will help."
Six illustrations accompanying Mr.
Gregg's article how the beauties of
the Great Smoky Mountain! section,
and the devastation done by the lumerman'a
axe, fire and the consequent
erosion.
In introduction of his subject Mr.
Gregg Writes:
"Under the shadow of a great tele c.?po
a man with a miscroscope may
\ be unfolding new worlds.
"Thousands of discoverora followed
Columbus and Balboa. When did
the first white man see Niagara Falls,
the big trees of California, the
Yellowstone Geysery, and Ausable
Chasm? 4 ^
"Has everything been fully discovered
in the Unitsd State*? I
Igues3 not. A commission of five
men, appointed by the Secretary of
I the Interior, last year, with powers
to hunt for a National Park in the
Southeast, found two which were
unknown and might have remained
'unheralded and unsung' if the old
spirit of exploration had not spurred
them on.
"Timber cutters cruised the areas,
bull their views were commercial.
A good many hunters had pursued
game in both areas; but the impolling
adventure was evidently thd
chase and the kill, for they did not
pay much more attention to the femarkable
secenery than did the dogs
they were following
"This commission composed of
five National Parks 'experts' were
of all men must sceptical before they
put on their canvas clother and start*
ed to examine a few suggested
'parks*.
"We americans hunt oil becauser
we wast oil, and by George, we find
it! We want one or two places
worthy te be called National Parks jn
the East, and we find them.'*
| The Article is rather lengthy, yef
j it should be read with interest by
every person io Western North Cuo?
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POWELSON'S GIFT OR I
, 100 BOOKS RECEIVfO
ZZ&r, ?
Miss Josephine Helghway, IibrC*
rian, announced this week that thQ
gift of Mr. W. V. N. Powebjorfj
President of the Caroline-Tenners ed
Power Company, which vd select*
ed by a vote of the people last October,
had been received and would .
be in the shelves and ready for the
patrons of the library the latter
of this week. The gift isf
volumes of fiction,
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