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VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 21.
SHOA
DECISION TO TENNf
INTERSECTIO
CONNECTION WITH
CHATTANOOGA IS
STATE OBJECTIVE
Stikeleather Renders Decision at
| Meeting Called By Lions Club
Monday Afternoon
- Announcing his decision in favor
f the lower route as far as the intersection
of the Shoal Creek and
Hot House roads, as a connection with
Tennessee from Cherokee County,
.'ames G. Stike leather, Highway Commissioner
of the Ninth North Carolina
District* told an audience assembled
.it i he Library Monday afternoon
that he wanted to wait until the
question he had asked Commissioner
Bass* of Tennessee, had been
answered before announcing finally
which one <>f these roads would be
selected. However, he stated that
the Shoal Creek route was favored j
in this instance because of it having
already been constructed t<> the T< nnessee
line.
t The meeting at which the announcement
was made was the result
f a special call by the Murphy Lions
1'lub, and was opened shortly after l
o'clock with the appointment of
Italph Moody, local attorney, as chairman.
All Thre* Rout... Wnr.K,
Before announcing: his decision, 1
Mr. Stikeleather stated that all three
routes-?Beaverdam, Hothouse and
Shoal Creek?were worthy of great
merit, and that he had made a careful
study of the benefits to be realized
from this connection from the standpoint
of both North Carolina and
Tennessee. He had gone over all
three routes, studied conditions carefully,
and wanted to make a decision
that would be right, honest and fair,
he said.
The Beaverdam route was eliminated,
he said, from the fact that al-'
ready Western North Carolina had
three roads now under construction
that would give direct connections to
Knoxville with No. 10, all west oi"
Aaheville.
One of these routes intersected No.
10 at Top ton, by way of Robblnsville,
Tapoco, Maryviile and Knoxville, and
by selecting the Beaverdam route the
distance to Knoxville from Murphy |
could not be materially shortened. ?
This, he stated, gave Murphy a direct'
route to Knoxville and that city a'
direct route to Atlanta via Murphy. !
Another route left No. 10 at Ella,
near Whittier and Bryson City, to
Smokemont, Sevderville and Knoxville.
A third leaving No. 10 at
Lake Junaluska, near Waynesville, to
Newport and Knoxville.
Chattanooga Connection
In selecting the lower route, Mr.
Stikeleather said this would give
Murphy and Western North Carolina
a direct connection with Chattanoo- j
Sua, the Dixie Highway, which is one
of the best known and most exten- !
sively advertised rc-utes in the United '
States. It would also open up a more j
direct route for the great Mississippi
valley, the Southwest and Middle
West and give a large number of'
tourists from those sections an easy
access into Western North Carolina
and the Smoky Mountain Park, and
Murphy and the towns in this immediate
section would certainly benefit
largely by such a connection.
Chattanooga, too, he said had been
endeavoring for sometime to get a
direct connection opened into the
beautiful mountains of Western
North Caroline, and this connection ;
was greatly to be desired not only by j
the Tennesseans but Carolinians as
well. It is estimated that the distance
between Murphy and Chattanooga
is 112 miles, and between
Asheville and Chattanooga via Murphy
is approximately 237 miles.
Awaits Answer of Bass
Mr. Stikeleather stated that he had
asked Commissioner Bass, of Tennessee,
the question: "Will you meet'
us with a state road at the junction
I of the Shoal Creek Route with Ten- I
I nesaee?" This question, asked some '
@S|e i
ng Weekly Newspaper in
LCRI
SSEE MADE TO
N OF TWO ROADS
COMMUNITY
XMAS TREE AT
nn * nnrrrviiT* t
BKASMUWN!
The I^ulies Community Club of I
Brnsstown, which is a club t?f bulb's
fiom the three communities of Brass-!
town, Little Brnsstown and The Mis-J
sion, raised funds and provided a :
community Xmas tree for all the
children in this section. These ladies
made over 200 beautiful stockings
which were filled with various colored
candies. A large tree was placed in
the baptist church and literally filled
with stockings, pop corn balls, etc.,
for the children. The church was
beautifully decorated with evergreen,
and hundreds of yards of pop corn
and holly berries which were strug on
strings by the children.
The church was packed with
children and grown ups. Santa Claus
was there in lull costume and delighted
the children with his antics.
Miss Helen Binyman of Berea, Ky.,
delivered a beautiful reading on "The
Christ Child".
Everybody went away highly pleased.
There was plenty of candy, etc.
The children had their arms full, anil
there was plenty left for the older
men who filled their pockets.
MARTINS CREEK
I
Rev. C. F. Conley filled his regular
appointment at (he Baptist church, !
last Sunday. Four new members were !
added to our church.
Miss Mae Chatham spent Xmas
with friends and relatives at Suit, |
X. C.
The many friends of Mr. Wayne
Crisp will learn with regret that he '
was badly hurt Saturday afternoon
when his car collided with another.
Mr. Perley Crisp of Tapoca spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Crisp.
Mr. Ernest Hughes entertained a
number of friends Thursday night
with an apron party.
Mr. J. I*. Cable and family moved1
to Martins Creek last week.
ten days ago, had not been answered,
he said.
The reason, it was pointed out, he
wanted to wait for an answer to this
question was because the Tennessee
commissioner had sometime ago stated
that he would not consider meeting"
this route with a state highway
A? I?
heard from the Tennessee Commissioner,
he would make a decision as
to the route selected.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
CommJssioner Stikeleather was given
a rising vote of confidence and thanks,
which was practically unanimous,
only one or two failing to stand. The
meeting was attended by citizens
prominently identified with and interested
in the road work from all
sections of the county.
This decision was heralded as news
of far reaching consequence by those
assembled. The history of the selection
of this road has been drawn out
over a period of several years. First,
the Shoal Creek route was put up
for the Tennessee connection. Later
the Beaverdam and Hothouse routes
were considered. Engineers were
sent over them nearly two years ag}
and the Hothouse route was recommended.
This report brought forth
a wave of indignation from the advocates
of the other routes which caused
a postponement of the decision,
until Monday of this week. In the
meantime, surveys were made and
the Shoal Creek route built, and it
new appears that this route will be
the one selected finally.
Mr. Stikeleather and Engineer
Walker who accompanied him, left
Monday afternoon for Asheville.
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Mfm
Western North Carolina
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLI!
iKl
LIBRARY IS
RECIPIENT OF
LARGE GIFT
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. N. Powelion
Present Ninety-Five Volumes as
Christmas Gift
The Murphy Library is the recipient
of ninety-five valuable hooks as
p. Christmas gift from Mr. and Mrs.
W. V. N'. Powelson, ?>f New York,
according to announcement coming
through Mr. T. N. Bates, manager of
the Murphy plant ?>i the CarolinaTennessee
Power Company, of which
company Mr. Powelson is president.
The books arrived this week and
have been turned over to the Librarian,
Miss Josephine Ileigfaway, and
will he placed on the shelves imme<hately
so that the public will have
access to them. Bach hook carries
a neatly printed stamp hearing the
words: "Presented to Murphy Carnegie
Library by Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
N. Powelson,
This collection is a valuable addition
to the local library, and constitutes
a gift that will he of untold
pleasure and benefit to the people of
this section, not only at present, but
in generations to come. It is another
illustration of the interest the
donors have in this section, ami the
trustees of the library and people of
this section are grateful to Mr. and
Mrs. l'owelson for this most valuable
of all gifts?books.
The list follows:
In Chancery?John Galsworthy.
Saints Progress?.John Galsworthy.
Daniel Boon, Wilderness Scout?
Stewart K.dward White.
Love?"Elizabeth".
North of :16?Emerson Hough.
The Green Hat?Michael Arlen.
The Trail of Tecumseh?Paul G.
Tom) in.son.
Whipped Cream?Groffrey Moss.
The Vagatant Duke?George Gibbs
Also Ran?Mrs. Baillie Reynolds.
Babel?Hugh MaeNair Kahler.
Tales From a Dugout?Arthur Guy
Empey.
The Inevitable?Louis Couperus.
How to Play Mah Jong?Jean
Pray.
Joan and Peter?H. G. Wells.
The Conspiracy?Robert Baker and
John Emerson.
First Steps for Little Feet?Charles
Foster.
Plain Tales of the North?Captain
Thierry Mallet.
Simon Called Peter?Robert Kahler.
Babbitt?Sinclair Lewis.
The Yellow Horde?Hal G. Evarts.
Two Arrows?W. O. Stoddard.
The Crepe De Chine Wife?Amy
J. Baker.
Madame Claire?Susan Ertz.
The Queerness of Celia?Amelie
Rives.
Mr. Stubbs's Brother?Jume* Otis.
Where the Biue Begins?Christopher
Maoley.
The Research Magnificent?H. G.
Wells.
The House of Quiet?Arthur Christopher
Benson.
8?SCOUT
The Perennial Bachelor?Anne
Parrish.
The Red 1 Jimn?Mnrv Robert.
Rienha-t.
Diana of the Crossways?George
Meredith.
Pinocchio?The Adventures of a
Maiionette?C. Callodi.
?Captives Among the Indians?Horace
Kephart.
In the Old West?Horace Kephart.
Carpenter's Geographical Reader?
Krank G. Carpenter.
Nonsense Novels?Stephen Leacock.
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame?
Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew.
Bimby?Stories for Children?Marion
L. Kirk.
The First Hundred Thousand?Ian
Hay.
The Eyes of the World?Harold
Bell Wright.
The Magical Man of Mirth?Elbridge
H. Sabin.
Great Possessions?David Grayson.
The Plastic Age?Percy Marks.
Little Foxes-?Harriet Heechei
ktt I
, Serving a large and Potei
S'A FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, >926.
touTi
Bold Bad Bandit
;'i
Now photo of Mrs. Rebecca
Rogers of Austin, Texas, 22 year
oh", co-ed bandit, who is charged
with holding up and robbing the
Farmers' National 13;nk at Buda,
T -yas. When release! on bail she
t olT to be married and faced
after her honeymoon.
j Stoxves.
j The Ocean and its Mysteries?A.
Hyatt Verrill.
rhe I toll-Call? Arnold Bennett.
The Four Horsemen ?>f the Apocalypse?Vicente
Blasco lbane7..
?Mi. l'roback?Arnold Bennett.
The* Party Battles of the Jackson
I*tre< d?Claude <?. Bowers.
The Age of Innocence?Fdith
What ton.
Abbe Pierre- Jay William Hudson.
Java Head?Joseph Herbeabeimer.
The Hounds of Spring?Sylvia
Thompson.
Adrift in the Artie lei* Pack?Elishe
Kent Kane. M. P.
j Castaways and Crusoes Horace
Kephart.
A "Temporary Gentleman" in
France- Captain A. J. Dawson.
Slaves of Destiny?Pearl Dales
Bell.
God and Tone Tewitt?AlLeoi Kin
rosa.
The Old Maid?Edith Wharton.
Virginia's Wild Oat -F. E. Bailey.
His Children's Children?Arthur
; Train.
The White Monkey?John Clalsworthy.
The Brasshounder ? David W.
Hone.
The Devine I-ady K. Barring.Ion.
The Shephard of the Ocean?G. 1.
Whithanr.
Wife of the Contour?Cyril Ilunie.
| Songs and Music of Froebel's Mother
play?Susan K. Blow.
Carpenter's Geographical Reader?
Frank G. Carpenter.
The Little French Girl?Anne
Douglas Sedgwick.
Firth Through the Grand Canyon?
Major John Wesley Powell.
Hohart Pasha?Augustus Charles
Hobart-Hampden.
The Gold Hunters?J. I). Bbrthwick.
The Lion Hunter- Roaleyn Gordon
Cummings.
The Silver Spoon?John Galsworthy.
The Great Catsby ?F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Splendid Outcast ? George
Gibbs.
Peeps at Many Liuds?New Zealand?P.
A. Yaile.
Will Shakespeare's Little Ben?Imogene
Clark.
Over the Footlights?Stephen Leacock.
The Day's Journey?W. I?. Max:
well.
Tarzan the Terrible?Edgar Rice
Burroughs.
What I Saw in America?G. K.
1 Chesterton.
The School in the Home?A. A.
. Berle, A. M.. !>. I).
| Captain Cook's Voyages?Lieut.
ChaVles R. Law.
I The Enchanted April?"Elizabeth".
Story of the Thirteen Colonies?H.
A. Guerber.
Harlequin and Columbine?Booth
Tarkinfrton.
Eager Vines?Bonnie Bosch.
' Tales of Chinatown?Sax Kahiner.
[ The White Queen?W i 11 i a m
Stearns Davis.
Beasts, Men and Gods?Ferdinand
i Ossendowski.
Mr. Leon Ellis, of Canton, returned
to his home Thursday after having
spent a week with his uncle and aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ellis, and family.
hruut
itial1 y Rich Territory in t
fw
FORMER MURPHY
WOMAN DIES AT
BRYSON CITY
' Funeral of Mrs. L. A. Enioe Held
Wednesday?Wat Daughter of
Mrs. Mary F.. Dowcssce
Mi-. I.. A. Enloe, 30 years old,
daughter it Mrs. Mar3 E. Dewcsse,
and well know in Murphy and Cherokee
county, died Tuesday at her home
in Hryson City after an illness of
short duration.
Mrs. Enloe formerly lived in Murj
phy. She leaves nine children, the
eldest lieinp IX, and the husband is
seriously ill and net expected to live.
Fujneral services were oonducted
from the home Wednesday afternoon
fat 2:30 o'clock, and interment was in
I llryson City cemetery.
She is survived by her husbund,
1 and nine children: Jack, (J I en. !.. A..
j.Jr., Drew, William, James, Mary,
Hazel and lluth; her mother. Mrs.
! Mary Deweese, of Murphy; one brother.
l.ewis Howecsc, of Knoxville; four
sisters, Mrs. (J. M. Spurlin, of Omaha.
Nehr : Mrs. J. I.. Hell. ..f Sweet cum
Ga.; Mrs. Martin Kinzel and
Miss Hazel Hi v.ec.se. of Atlanta, Ga.
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina is the land,
Which we alt should love and praise.
It's the land of heroes grand derived
from ancestral days.
Now I'll rive a few remaps of hov;
we gained our land i.nd fame.
I And tell yuu all I know uhout.
i IIow we obtained our loyal name.
Raleigh with his little fleet,
i In the days of long ago,
j Sailed across the ocean wide,
i I'rom a distant land we know,
j And his ship did finally drift,
| To n land (hats now so fine,
[The capitol of our state today,
. Deals the name of monarch's friend.
1 Our mountains in North Carolina,
! Provide us with m cnery so great,
i Our valleys, hills and rivers
i Give us happiness in our state,
: And the moon, stars and planets
i Shine down on our land at night.
I To make our state more beautiful,
' By giving us beautiful light.
. There are forty-eight states in the
I union,
j The greatest of all is ours.
J The Old North State forever
Will maintain its ruling powers,
[ So 1 will go no farther
But 1 hope you have it in your head
That the Old North State is coming
to the front,
With Cherokee in the lead.
?Comer Garrett.
PEACHTREE
Mr. Will Moore of Charlotte spent
the holidays here with his father, Mr.
Newt Moore.
Miss Mary Jarrett is spending several
days with relatives in Hayesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Merch and
J two sons. Ralph and Paul, of Chimney
Rock, N. C., spent several days
here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Suddath of Jefferson,
Georgia, spent the holidays
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j W. H. Suddeth.
j Mr. and Mrs. Hon l>avis and Miss
Kmily Davis of Charlotte visited relatives
here last week.
Mr. Kiaine Carringer of Robbinsville
visited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. J. K. Stiles is spending several
days with relatives in Bryson City.
Mr. Wilbur MeCombs of Charlotte
spent the holidays here with home
folks.
Mr. Harry Ferguson of Miami,
1 Florida, is visiting his mother, Mrs,
; Sallie Ferguson.
, | Miss Clara MeCombs who teaches
MURPHY is the Jobfc.o, C*m?m ? !|
Extreme Weatern North Caroliaa. :|
North Georgia and Eait Teeaeaaee, ! j
and i* Served by Two Raitroada. |l
his state
5c COPY??1.50 PER YEAM
ORED
ROAD LEADFRS
GIVEN NEW LIFE
a -r H t I/\M
A1 [VILLI 1V1UIN.
Di*cu?*:on Afterward* Varied, But
Plan* For Forwarding Work
Being Formulated
; The roiul program as affecting
. ( hciokuc ? ounty was given impetus
!by tin- meeting and decision of CGn?j
nussioner Stikeleather here Monday
afternoon. Tht leadens were also
l iven new life, and the meeting is be'
l;eved by those in attendance to have
been one ot far reaching importance.
Although no definite program was
I'agreed upon, plans for forwarding
the road work in the county are being
formulated,
j It was pointed out that this visit
juf the Ninth District Commissioner
was the first one in a Jong time that
hi- had made and gone away in us
i ] leasant mood, and certainly those
with whom he talked felt greatly rellicved
over the settlement of a question
that had kept the spirit of all
sections of the county, and especially
road leaders, at a high tension of anxiety
for more than two years-.
Comments Varied
The comments after the meeting
were many and varied. However, a
majority seemed to think that the
Shoal Creek route was the only logical
one for the Tennessee connection
from the standpoint of county iinanccs.
It was pointed out that Mr.
Stikeleather had expressed himself as
being more favorable to this route;
that it was already built over the
creator distance from the Tennessee
line to its junction with No. 10; and
that, in view of the county's alreudy
heavily bonded indebtedness, un additional
bond issue to complete another
road at this time would not
carry.
Some brought f ?rward the argument
of Commissioner Stikeleather
with regard to the fact that he had
given this county more than its pro
rata share of state bond money in the
past. One project in the county
that cei tainly needs attention is that
portion of No. 10 between Andrews
and Topton, which calls for hard surfacing
and ought to be done as soon
as J ossihle. It perhaps will be one of
the lirst projects in the ninth district,
to he let under the forthcoming
state bond issue. This will take a
: considerable amount, and in all probability
consume Cherokee's share of
this issue, yet Commissioner Stike|
leather said he was going to do all
i he could for Cherokee and the con'
ncction with Chattanooga.
I Would Turn Money Over to State
| The Lion's committee approached
j members of the county road commission
on the matter of turning over
j to the state the fifty thousand dollars
I which had been agreed would be
'available f??i use on the route selected
as the Tennessee connection, let the
I state match it with funds, finish build ing
the road and thus take any furj
ther responsibility in its construction
i oft the county. This suggestion was
[received favorably and it is expected
! that a contract will be sought with the
: state toward this end.
To Survey Patterson Hill
j The Lions committee also made arrangements
with Commissioner Stikeleather
while here whereby Patterson
hill would be surveyed, with a view
to both relocating the road and using
I the old one, and an estimate of cost
in both instances. T(his the commissioner
said would be done at
(once. Whore the money would come
j from, he did not know, and it was
! suggested that the county advance the
! state a loan to care for this and let
j it be returned in a later bond issue,
J in the event the county's share in the
\ next issue was consumed otherwise.
He said it might also be borrowed
from the maintenance fund.
at Etowah, Tenn., spent the holidays
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John McCombs.
Several of the young folks enjoyed
j the dance Tuesday night given by Mr.
jU. 1*. Etherage.