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XXXIX. NUMBER 34. "
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1928.
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K"EATHER
EVEALSPLAN
FOR DISTRICT
f To Be a Big Factor In Plant
r Highways In Western
North Carolina
l. (Asheville Times.)
lost any road or highway in
?n North Carolina is, in the
lature of the situation, a scenic
or highway. Magnificiently
by the "nature" of the situa
James G. Stike'eather, ninth
:t highway commissioner, means
ke 'he meaning of "state high
synonymous with "scenic state
jiv" in his district. To that
Ir. Stikeleather is shaping all
iiMs for new highways and high
mprovements.
v last week Mr. Stikeleather
t; five recommendations for
iny highway improvement pro
in his mountain jurisdiction to
at, highway commission, and
of the five arc distinct scenic
iy projects. Mr. Stikeleather*s
i of highways, as applied to
?n North Carolina, is that while
light line is the shortest dis
bet ween two points, it very
>ly is not the best way. Water
panoramas of grand mountains,
rivers and crooked mountain
i<. gorges and forests, mean
more to Mr. Stikeleather than
it lines in his highway calcu
There's as much sentiment
rtistic feeling in Mr. Stike
r's highway projects as rock I
jncrete. Moreover, the rock
Dncrete will eventually wear
i' the magni^ftien) ?w%fiy
.orious'y change with the sea
nd go on forever.
Three Scenic Proposals
three recommendations, with
enie advantages a chief con
tion, in Mr. Stikeleather's pro
of five projects, are:
mmediate taking over for
snance of the 50-mile stretch
Bryson City down the Tennes
fer and skirting the Great
Mountain National Park on
uth. This project has already
investigated and the facts and
s are now in the hands of the
highway commission.
Resurfacing of Highway No. 28
y county. This is the stretch
id from Hayesvi'le east to
lin, an important link in a great
one-day trip drive from Ashe
o Murphy, through Henderson
Brevrad, the Lake Toxaway
r>, Cashiers, Highlands, Frank
id HayesvH'e and return from
iy via Andrews, Bryson City,
and Waynesville.
Adoption of the routing of the
Jin to Highlands highway (on
ime scenic drive as No. 2 pro
to follow the Cu'lasaja river,
ke a magnificient scenic route,
' than accept an easier and less
route which leaves the river
i<ts off many of the scenic at
>ns.
rk Draws Eyes Of Country
h the recent announcement of
5,000,000 Rockefeller donation
> Great Smoky National Park,
r and definitely assuring the
r of that fond, long dream of
?n North Carolina and east
ssee, the eyes of the country,
f the Mississippi, turned tl> this
n to watch for the early devel
it of a new wonderland for
ists. The only reason why the
Smokies are hardly known is
here hasn't been any way for
ists to get into them. It is now
North Carolina and Tennessee
>vide adequate highways to
the new national park readily
fcble from the principal cross
ly traffic .arteries into the two
1 Tennessee has already got
Ito business on her part of this
?>? The roads through the park
vvill? of course, be provided by
I (Continued on page 5)
MR. J. A. (OSE)
POWELL DEAD
Mr. Ose Powell die dat Grady
Smith's, Andrews, Saturday after
noon at five o'clock, March 24, 1928,
and was buried at old Va'ley River
Church Sunday afternoon, March
26. He was gently laid beside his
wife, who preceded him about ten
years.
Mr. Powell was probably eighty
fcur years old. A brief funeral
service was conducted by his long
standing friend and brother-in-'aw,
Rev. A. B. Smith.
Outside of his wife's folks, Mr.
Powell leaves no near relatives, oth
er than the Bailey Meroney family,
in this country, but his friends are
many.
WEEKLY PAPER
TO BE STARTED
AT ANDREWS
G. C. Gaston Will Publish Papers
For Andrews And Graham
County
G. C. Gaston, who recently took
over the management of the Graham
County News, wil' also publish a pa
per for Andrews, beginning this
week, both papers to be published in
Andrews.
Lack of available space for print
ing equipment in Robbinsville caus
ed Mr. Gaston to negotiate with the
.vners of a plant in Andrews which
has not been in use for two -or 'nree
years.
He has arranged to * put rf.ks* the
Andrews equipment, it is said, and
to operate it in the place it is tiow
stored.
With considerable experience in
handing wtekly newspapers, Mr.
Gaston is promised the support of
the people of Graham county in run
ning the Graham County News, and
he has already been assured about
300 subscriptions to the Andrews
paper.
X
Parent- Teacher Ass'n.
To Meet Next Week
The regular monthly meeting of
the Parent-Teacher Association will
be held Friday afternoon of next
week at 3:15. An interesting pro
giam is being planned and it is hop
ed that a large representation witt
be present. As for the past two
meetings, a framed motto will be
presented to the grade which has
the greatest percent of parents pres
ent.
y
SLIDE PLACED ON
THE SCHOOL
PLAYGROUND
The slide for the playgroumd at
school given by E. P. Hawkins; was
recently placed on the school ground
and is being enjoyed by >& great
many of the children. Before and
after school and during the recess
periods scores of children may be
found in line taking their turn on
the slide. Also, it is not without
its users on Saturdays and other
holidays. 1
Announcement was made at the
last meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association of Mr. Hawkins' willing
ness to d&iate the slide provided it
was wanted. The Association by a
rising vote of thanks accepted the
offer and the slide was ordered im
mediately. It is a fourteen foot
slide and represents the first piece
of playground material of this char
acter placed on the local campus.
Other playground devices are badly
needed and similar gifts from other
citizens or business houses or other
agencies or organizations would b&
welcomed.
LIONS SEEK
GOLF COURSE
FOR MURPHY
Appoint Committee at Meeting Tues
day Night to Assist ?jn Making
Arrangements for Marking
Fort Butler
I
Tho regular fortnightly meeting of
the Lions Club was held Tuesday
night at the Maples, with thirteen
members present, but the number
did not prove unlucky for a good
meeting was the result.
Reports from the members in
regard to the possibility of securing
a site for a golf course was heard
and the go?"f club committee was in
creased in size and instructed to
make further investigations and re
port at the next meeting. Lions
Adams, Cooper, Hoover and Ellis
were appointed to assist Lion Gray
I in further investigations and Lion
Witherspoon was made an advisory
member of the Committee.
It was brought to the attention
of the club that there was some pos
sibility of the Southern Railway dis
continuing trains Nos. 17 ami 18 on
the Murphy branch. The Lions dis
cussed the effect this would have
our section and drew up a resolution
to bo sent to the Corporation Com
mission and the proper railway offi
cials asking that these trains be
maintained on this division.
A committee consisting of Lion
Sipe, Witherspoon and Hawkins was ,
appointed to arrange for the proper
maiking and dedication of the site!
of old Fort BWer of Cherokee In
dian days, established within the
limits of what is now Murphy near
ly one hundred years ago for the
purpose of rounding up the Chero
kees and sending them to Oklaho
ma and Indian territory. Lion Coop
er was designated to appear befo;e
the Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners and ask that the site donated
some three years ago to the Town
by the Tarheel Development Com
pany at he head of the L. &. N. wye
be put in shape and that steps be
taken to have the marker prepared
sometime ago by the Regal Blue
Marble Company p'aced on the site.
Uhe above mentioned committee was
asked to arrange for exercises at the
proper time.
Future meetings of the club will
be held in rooms over the Brittain
& Axley Hardware store where the
club decided to rent rooms . for this
purpose. For a long time the club
met in the social rooms of the M. E.
Church, but for the past month or
so has been without a permanent
meeting pace. Lion Fain donated
serving tables for the new rooms and
the American Legion chairs are ex
pected to be available. Just what
arrangements will be made for serv
ing meals remains to be worked out.
X
List of Jrurors drawn for Super
ior Court Term of April 1928 wihch
convenes April 2nd, 1928, Cherokee
County, N. C.
First Wmk
Grady Smith, R. B. Cole, C. J.
Marcus, J. M. Lovingood, G. F. Rose,
W. G. Ho'land, T. J. King, T. M.
Rice, N. W. Abernathy, John Killian,
i>. E. Dockery, R. L. Donley, W. K.
Derreberry, Ed Raxter, W. E. Payne,
D. A. Harper, W. H. Hughes, J. W,
Davidson, Walter B. Dockery, J. V.
Parker, E. P. Hawkins, G. F. Hen
drix, D. V. Carringer, A. A. Fain,
W. D. Burrell, N. E. Dockery, M. E.
Mill's, U. S. G. Phillips, Grover
Carpenter, J. B. Hall, J. A. Bettis,
W. W. Ashe, C. D. Dorsey, Percy B.
Ferebee, J. C. Parker.
Second Week
E. B. Barber, G. C. Patterson,
Will Dockery, W. E. Waldroup, N.
B. Graham, J. U. Farmer, P. H. Wil
liamson, Hiawassee, N. C., Waiter
W. Hyde, M. F. Farmer, Pess Davis,
J. H. McClure, J. W. Phillips, Ed
ward Lovingood, J. P. Garrett, J. W.
Walker, Jasper Dyer, WJn, P. Payne,
B. H. Mintz.
MISSION RALLY
AT MURPHY
Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Raleigh,
General Secretary of the Baptist
State Convention, and his associate,
Rev. Walter M. Gilmore, Raleigh,
have arranged several series of Mis
sion Rallies or Catch-up Ra'lies
throughout the State to be held dur
ing March and April with a view to
rallying all the B'aptists in the State
to support more liber&'ly all the ob
jects included in their co-operative
program before the cose of the fis
cal year of the Southern Baptist
Convention April 30, and Murphy is
included in the itinerary.
For several months the Centen
nial Campaign has occupied the cen
ter of the stage in Baptist circles.
Dr. Maddry and his associates are
now endeavoring to catch up the
slack on the missions and benovo
ience budget. Several of these ral
lies have already been held in the
central and easter sections of the
State with yery successful results.
Not only the pastors but a group of
| representative laymen and women
from each church is invited to at
tend the ral'y most convenient. In
each case the meeting will begin at
10 in the morning and will hold
not later than 3 o'clock.
The foi' owing schedule of appoint
ments has been made for the Asso
ciations in this section of the State;
Tuckaseigee at Cullowhee, Wednes
day, April 11; Tennessee River at
Bryson City, Thrusday, April 12;
Western North Carolina at Murphy,
Friday, April 13; Macon County at
Franklin, Monday, April 16.
In addition to the inspirationa*
addresses by the visitors, time will
be given for a round-table discus
sion of any problems that may be
presented.
X
2 NEW SCHOOL
BUILDINGS FOR
CHEROKEE CO.
Bids Being: Advertiied To Let Con
tracts on April 3rd.
The Board of Educatoin of Chero
kee County is advertising for bids for
two new schoolhouses for the coun
ty to be built during the comimg
spring -and summer. County Sup
erintendent A. L. Martin is receiv
ing the bids at his office in the lo
ca' courthouse and if a satisfactory
bid is received contracts will be let
on 'Tuesday, April 3, at the regular
monthly meeting of the Board of
Education. One of the proposed
buildings is to be built at Peachtree,
about seven miles from Murphy up
the Hiawassee river, and is to re
place an antiquated- wooden building
at that place. It is expected thati
this building, which will be modern
in every respect, will cost around
thirty thousand dollars. The other
structure is to be built in the Mar
tin's Creek' section about five miies
from Murphy and is expected to
serve a consolidated school district
in that scction of the county. It
will be located near Highway No.
10 and will be accessible to the en
tire Martin's Creek Valley. This
structure wi'l cost from fifteen to
twenty thousand dollars, it is
thought.
Plans for these buildings were se
cured from the State Department of
Education at Raleigh ami their con
struction will be supervised by the
state architect. These buildings
were contemplated last year but for
severe', reasons were not built. How
ever, their speedy construction is
now contemplated so that now they
will be ready for the opening ei
school the latter part of August.
NEW BUILDING
GOING UP ON
HENESA CORNER
Another Old Land Mark Giving Way
For Modern Two Story Brick
Structure
A modern two story office and
business structure to be erected on
the Henoicsa Corner and to be com
peted during the next three or four
months was announced this week by
Dr. N. B. Adams and Dr. Edw. E.
Adams.
The work of tearing down and
salvaging the old residence bui.ding
was begun this week by Dennis Bar
nett, local building contractor, who
also has the contract for erecting the
,liew building. This work is expect
ed to be completed this week and ex
cavations for the foundations of the
new building begun.
The new structure is to be of
brick, of modern architectura' de
sign, two stories and basement. It
will front 70 feet on Valley River
Avenue, and extend back to a depth
of 99 feet. The first floor will con
tain four store or business rooms
while the second story wil* contain
eight suites of offices and one apart
ment, the apartment to be occupied
by Dr. and Mrs. X. B. Adams. It is
understood that all space in the
building has been rented with the
exception of two offices on the sec
ond floor.
The tearing down of the old resi
dence building on the Hennesa cor
ner marks the passing of another old
"and mark in the march of progress
In Murphy. It was in this old build
ing that the visiting lawyers and
judges made their abode when at
tending court l\pre many years ago,
when it was then one of the finest
in*is in western North Carolina. It
also used to be the center of Mur
phy's social life, and its floors have
creaked time and again to the merry
skip of the old time dance.
The bufding was erected in the
years of 1868 and 18(59 by Col. J.
H. Hennesa, father of Mrs. Eliza
beth Posey and Mrs. J. F. Aberna
thy. Mrs. Posey is the widow of
the late Col. Ben Posey, owe of the
most noted criminal lawyers of his
day, and Mrs. Abernathy is the wid
ow of the late Dr. J. F. Abernathy.
The real estate on which the build
ing is to be erected is owned by Dr.
N. B. Adams, a native of this county
and a practicing physician of Mur
phy for the past fifteen years. His
son. Dr. E. E. Adams, a 'so a physi
sian, is associated with his father in
the building of the new structure.
The Doctors Adams, who have had
offices in the home of the elder
Adams, now being razed, have mov
ed their offices to the second floor
of the Grant Building while the
Adams family have taken an apart
ment in the Davidson Building un
til the new structure is completed.
This new structure is one of the
largest bui'ding undertakings begun
in Murphy in a good many years,
other than public buildings, and is
indicative of the optimism and con
fidence that pervade this community.
SCHOOL WILL
PRESENT PLAY
The Junior Class of the High
School is planning the presentation
of a play entitled "Mammy's Little
White Rose" in the very near fu
ture. It is possible that it will be
ready for presentation by Friday
night of next week. The proceeds
from the play will be used to finance
the athletic program and other school
activities. The public is asked to
watch for further annuoncements
and make plans to attend the play.
X
Asking a pround young mother if
I her first baby is healthy and bright
is just about as sensible as giving a
] college boy a pair of hose supporters
I for a birthday present.