' Che Cherofeet ?>cout The Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County , Morth Carolina Published Every Friday C. \V. Bailey Editor-Manager Mrs. C. \Y. Bailey. Associate Ed. B. W. Sipe Associate Ed. Entered in the postoft'ice at Murphy* North Carolina, as second class mail matter under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates One Year Si. 50 Eight Months 1.00 Six Months 75c Payable Strictly in Advance Legal advertisements, want ads, reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc., 5 cents line each inser tion, payable in advance. Display and contract rates furnished on request. All communications must be signed by the writer, otherwise they will not be accepted for publication. Name of the writer will not be published un less so specified, but we must have the name of the author as evidence of good faith. GOOD ROADS By AcHlle du Fresne (Continued > In general the prcper location and design of a road involves; (1) deter mining ts controlling points: that i~ I fixing its general route with refer cnee to certain points which the road ' must pa>s through, i2i surveying a loute which passes through the con trolling j oints am is otherwise adapt ed t.? ihe lay of tl e land; (Ml a study ot the drainage situation; i -4 1 prepar int such plans and drawings as ale necessary for proper construct on and a complete record. Controlling Points Such features of the locality as Raps through ridges, exposure to the sun, narrow stream crossings, and suitable points for crossing: railroads (preierably by means of overhead 1 bridges or under passes), together with the necessity for connecting up with certain centers of population, usually will serve to fix the location of a road within fairly definite limits. For important roads these controlling points are determined by earcful in spection of all possible routes. The Survey The care which should be exercis ed in making a rod survey necessarily must depend upon the importance of i the road and the amount to be expen ded in its improvement. An ordinary farm road, for example, usually re quires no survey other than lining it by (he eye between the controlling points. Some unimportant public roads may require very little more than farm roads in the way of sur ^c\, but if any considerable amount ol gradnj. or other work is to be done, either at the time the road is located 01 later, the survey should in clude all instrument work necessary j t- insure that the work will be done economically. The purpose of a survey are (1) i to determine accurately the topogra- ! ph> or lay of tr.e land so that the lo cation may follow the route which presents the fewest obstacles, < :! i to lit the grade line to the ground sur face so as to keep down the amount I of grading necessary, (3) to balance cuts and fills so that whatever grad- : ing is done will be to the best possible advantage, ( 4 ? to line up the road and prov.de stakes for controlling the work, (5) to obtain data from which j proper plans may be prepared and an estimate cf cost made, (t>) to provide! a record that will prevent subsequent | contentions among landowners re garding the original location of the road. While the importance of all these purposes is apparent, frequent ly it is not realized that they cannot be accomplished except by means of a careful survey, ar.d that such surveys can be made only by experienced men who have been trained especially for such work. Farmrs and business men generally are inclined to underesti mate the amount of skill required to make a road survey properly and their influence has been responsible in the past for much bungling and for un economical road work for which they have had to pay in heavy taxes. In fitting the grade line to the ground surface and balancing cuts and fills it should be borne in mind that earth, after being thoroughly compacted, will occupy less space in an embankment or fill than in its original position. Drainage , Effective drainage usually should be the very first consideration in con nection w.th th.' location and design I of any road. This statement requires no explanation, because th* action of ? water cb anging clay into mud and in j causing all kinds of soilsr except sand, | to give way when a load is applied, is j familiar to every person liv.ngr in a j tumid climate. The outstanding cause of bad reads is poor drainage or a total lack of it. Side ditches frequently are found to be higher than the middle of the road, and in some places is found one ditch j instead of two, and that one in the ir.iddle of the road. Road drainage j s just as essential as farm-land drain age. Many culverts are completely clog ged v.ith dirt, and the water has no means of escape other than flowing 1 ?\er tFe road and by seepage. Drain age is all important and primary con ! sideration in road grading. | Grandview, N. C. 4-12-27 Editov i Cherokee dcaut, Murphy, N. C. Dear Mr. Editor Will you please allow me space in your paper to make the following; cor rections? Now, to make myself understood, i it is necessary to icier to some ar ticles that appeared in a recent issue of your paper, one written by a Mr. Spencer of Hrasstown; and one writ ten by a Mr. Mulkey, of Grandview. Mr. Spencer made some statements ii his article commenting on Mr. Mul key's article that are very misleading to any one not familiar with the situ L*; I iU- ... ...u - :i-j? . BB\?- I .itiifii ami mmm ????? luncu iu i v??u I Mulkey *s article. Mr. Mulkey made the statement .hat there were seven and one half miles ot road graded leading from Murphy to Grandview upon which | there has been very little work done n the past five years, and that he ivas informed that the Federal Gov ernment v^as cons. doiin^ the discon tinuance of the rural route leading from Murphy to Grandview because l?i the bad condition of this seven and | one half miles of road. In case this was done, stated Mr. Mulkey, people, j iv ou id be compelled to travel twenty miles for the purpose of mailing and receiving mail. Mr. Spencer seemed to think very strange of the above statement and intimated in his article that the great need at Grandview was schools and not roads. Mr. Editor, for Mr. Spencer's in formation allow me to state that there are more high school graduates at Grandview than in any other com munity in Cherokee County exclusive of towns ? Grandview h*?* sent out more men and women who have made good in the various professions and callings than any other community in Western North Carolina, and this vail be proven and names given. Now for Mr. Spencer's further enlight nient: The ma 1 is taken from the Grandview postoffice by stai route carrier by way of Unaka, and Ogreia to V lo.et, Noith Carolina, a distance oi fifteen miles airline irom toe Grandview post office. Fifteen plus seven is twenty and two to spare. 1 agree with .\lr. Spencer that none of our schools are what they should be, | but all rural schools aie on the same 'basis, to Grandview school is jusi as good as any other rural school. Some years past when school teachers weie i paid less than now, Grandview em- | p Joyed the betU-r grade teachers. To ( do this we paid them a bonust to that which the county paid them. Many ci those teachers are yet alive and are woivi while citizens of this coun- | ty. 1 have no iil will toward Mr. fcpencer or anyone but 1 think before one writes disparagingly they should inform themselves. Thanking you, 1 am, Yours respectfully, W. A. ADAMS. OLD BRASSTOWN ROAD To The Editor As one who has lived many years on tli is road I was pleased to see that the people are beginning to complain about the way that the Commission ers are neglecting to give us even a little fair play. We have to pay Road taxes every year but for many years we have had very little work done on one road and not one penny spent in work that was a real improvement. The road was scraped with an old scraper a few days ago, but, as it was done mostly dur ing heavy rain, what was done was labor wasted and it is now almost as bad as ever. I have been told that the large scraper owned by the County is miss ing and dan't be found so they had to do the job with a little old one. I wonder how often the county equip ment gets lost nr stolen because no body seems to look after it. I sup pose they spend so much money on equipment that they have none to spend on using: it, and the tools lie around rusting away and people for get where they are. Anyway it is money thrown away ' dragging dirt roads unless culverts i are put in to drain away the water. | On our read there are no draines or ! they are choked up and the water just lies there softening up the dirt and making mud puddles. And money spent by the County is mostly thrown away because there there is nobody interested in seeing: they get a days work for a days pay. I It would be better to give the work | by public contract to lowest bidder ! and have somebody to see that the contractor did his work right. OUT/ This rock sheathing cuts winter fuel bills ? makes your home cooler in sum mer. It's FIREPROOF? made of pure gypsum rock, cast in broad sheets be tween tough fibre paper. Patented tongue-and-groove joints make it weather-tight. Speeds construction. Call and let us explain why. W.M. FAIN GROCERY COMPANY, Inc. 101 Depot Sthecl Phone 101 TELL IT & SELL IT "A yf"Y father, who is past 75, shares our bottle of Syrup IV J. Pepsin with his little great-granddaughter aged three. And when I feel constipated, with headache and biliousi ess, I also get r? ?hare of Syrup Pepsin. We would aa soon think of being v. >ut salt and sugar as not to have a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup I'epsin in the house." (Nam* address will be furnished upon request) Constipation Always a Danger "Always something." says mother. "Biliousness, sour stomach. headache, colds, fevers ? you never know wnen or what" Syrup Pepsin is mother's safeguard. Sweetens stomach, moves bowels; children recover like magic. No wonder mothers everywhere know and trust Di Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It is the guardian of the family's health. Sweet, sirupy ? children and old people Jove it Mild, yet thorough in action. Sudden colds, fevers, headache ? conditions responsible for nearly all disease? a do?e of Syrup Pepsin and ail fear is gone. Once in the home every mother says? "1 keep it always on hand." Every druggist sells Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. For 2 fre- trial bottle send name and address to Pepsin Syrup Company, Monttcdio, luinuia. Dr. Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN NOTICE TO r\\ I'.WKRS OF i ( IIKROKI K COINTY This the ?iua?lr* nnin 1 year, an. I t!*e I Vwir for re-ass* swine .ill real <-sta te in Chero kee ? ouniy. mi jn |.urs;;.-;nT tcf li v there- ! ? ?f. the Hoard of County rmnmifniowrn have appointed a Tax sut?ervisor ami he. anil thr?v> assistant lax li?ter for each townsh ip: the listinu and aseejisins" of real ami i?orsnnal proj?erty will l?--in on the first Mon?l:i> in May. whlrh ilulv "-I timely notli-e will civen l'v i esters i lu wl at iliff^r'-nt puMi* . i?lai i s in eji'-h townsiiip. ???- ursrnt!.-* rc:;"cr! ? tho ro-? iteration of every taxp.iyer of Chero- I ki ?? oountj t.. n\? et the tax listers at one of these iilan-K ?vith an itemized statement of ?ill pors nal promt y. and for th" purpose of j jascertainlnu ? trim and adequate valuation | ? a real estate then ? wtied I y them. i This April 14th. r.?-'T. , A. .1 VAKTIN. (."?*?- 2 t-c) Tax Supervisor. J FOR SALE FINE PEPPER AND TRANSPLANT ED TOMATO PLANTS. ONLY BEST AND EARLEST VARIETIES'. I)?>zon20c; 100, $1.50. ITy mail 10c extra each order. MRS. JAS. H. CATHEY, Sylva, N. 0. FOI5 SALE ? One good l.'ream Sep arator not ummI lung. Will sell rhtap. T. H. DAVIS, Marble, N. C. i :iii-2t-poar en tire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabs, ? one - or twi -e a week for several weeks? ".a - ?' how Nature rewards you \v..u aealth. Calotabs are the greatest of all system purifiers. Get a family pack age, containing full directions. Only 35 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.) The Super-Six Principle freed to the limit ast Get-away and performance so smooth that only a stopwatch shows how swift HUDSON SUPER -SIX Standard Model s Coach - - -*gg Sedan - - " 13w Custom Built Mwfrk *U? . 1575 Pass. Sedan - J'5J 7- Pass. Sedan - Roadster Phaeton - Suber~Six WA1.TER C. WITT GARAGE AND SHOW ROOMS EAST MURPHY MURPHY, N. C. J I