HIGHWAY MARVEL
OF SCENIC BEAUTY
(Continued from \>
are mount*i .is of varying altitudes,
"orges, river?, lakes and valleys and
countless small turbulent
This highway crwej the Blue
Ridge Mountains in Georgia
the famous Neel Gap, the Blue Ridge
Mountains in North <>rolma though
the TalJlluh Gap. and the -""0k>
Mountains in Tennessee through the
famous Deal 5 Gap.
Some of the high scenic spots are
Neel Gap and Blood Mountain Gome.
^Georgia and the Nantahala Gome
in North Carolina, w'nic.i the moto
M see-, in" magnificent and
Danoramas from looKouts at Neel Gap
and Tulullah Gap : the Sante etlah
I.ake country, which skirts the high
wav for miles in North Carolina with
a 'serie- of very large lakes whose
?ur"quo.se waters are .aid to teem
vith came fish; the rushing. rolick
inir and heguilding Little Tennessee
River, which frolics beside the hl^h
wiv for miles in Tennessee, and
the majestic mountains of the Smok>
Mountains National lark in
essee. .
The unaccustomed to mountain
driving will require nine or till hours
to traverse the e.itirc highway from
\tlanta to Knoxville. but 4u the ex
perienced maintain dnver seven to
eight hours wiii be sufficient.
Upon the invitation of city officials
and other civic leaders in Blairsville,
Murphy. Andrews. Robbinsville, Mury
ville and Knoxville. this correspon
dent, representing The Atlanta J?UJ'
nal and Secretary Charles A. Cook,
of the Atlanta Motor Club, have just
completed an inspection trip of the
new scenic highway. They were ac
companied by Bcnnell H. Stone, of
Rlaiisvilte, president of the Neel Gap
Smokv Mountain Tours Association;
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Huber, of Mur
phy ; Alderman Giwles Cover, of
Andrews, and Walter C. Sparks, of
The Journal photographic staff.
Conferences were held with city
anil civic leader- at Blairsville, An
drews. Robbinsville. Marvville and
Knoxville. At Andrews. Mayor L>.
S. Kussell entertained the party at a
luncheon at the delightful new River ,
fid,. Hotel, which was attended by a
number of the leading citizens.
At the Luncheon
Among those present besides the
members of the inspection party were
From Andrew-: Mayor 1). S. Rus
sell. Alderman G. W. Cover. Attor
ney D. 11. Tillitt. W. T. Moore, pro
prietor Riverside Hotel; I.. M. Kills,
merchant. Rev. K. W. Prevost, pas
tor of the Andrews Baptist Church,
and R. DeLong. editor of the wes
tern North Carolina Times.
From Blairsville: Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Baskin. Mr. and Mrs. AN. H. Stroud
and Mr. Bonnell Stone.
From Murphy: W. M. Fain presi
dent of the Murphy l.ions Club and
former mayor; A. C. Huber, proprie
tor of the Regal Hotel, and Mrs.
Huber. , , .
At Knoxville the members of the
inspection party were guests at a
conference presided over by li. G.
Bonner, president of the Knoxulle
Chamber of Commerce, and attended
by Mavor James A. Trent; Clarence
F Holland, executive vice president
of the Chamber of Commerce; George
R. Dempster, city manager; Ernest
P Deaver, merchant; R. C. c. Ar
mand, manager of the East Tennessee
Automobile Club; Leon M. aite,
manatrer of the Farragut Hotel; K
E. Barkley. merchant, and H. M.
Watson, of the Chamber of Com
merce.
At Robbinsville. the party conferr
ed with Mavor R. B. Slaughter, .T.
E. S. Thorpe, R. I- Phillips. T. M.
Jenkins, Jack Morphew and Walt B.
Wiegins.
Several of the speakers at the An
drews and Knoxville conferences
npeke highly of the work which- the
Atlanta Journal has done in pro
moting improved highways.
Enthusiasm over the new highway
ran high at every place visited and
everyone expressed a very earnest
desire that the scenic beauties of the
route be made known. To this end
the representatives of Blairsville,
Murphy, Andrews, Robbinsville, Mary
ville and Knoxville urged that at the
proper time The Atlanta Journal 1
sponsor a motorcade over the high- 1
way.
Motorcade Planned
This cannot be done until all of
the highway is either paved or oiled
nor can it be done before the guard
rails are put in place at the numer
ous sharp curves. Approximately six
ty of the one hundred miles between
Andrews and Knoxville is unpaved.
but fifty-seven miles of the unpaved
section is surfaced with crushed stone
and gravel. Three miles just south
of the North Carolina-Tennessee state
line is unsurfaced but it is under
stood that crushed stone and gravel
will be snread over it within a few
weeks. The crushed stone and graiv
el provide a nall-weather road for
traveling but in places is rough and
in dry weather is quite dusty.
The North Carolina section of the
highway was completed to the Ten
nessee state line about a month ago
when the last big boulder was blast
ed out of the way. Since then con
siderable smoothing out has been
done.
A motorcar to celebrate the open
ing of the highway will be run from
Andrews to Knoxville late in July or
early in August. This motorcade
YOUNG GIRL ROUTS
THREE BANDITS
WITH HER FISTS
Keep* Promise Not to Gire
Up Without Trying to
Protect Self.
Kansas City, Mo. ? Miss Gertrude
Harper, twenty, frequently hod told
her friends that if s'?e was ever ac
I costed by bandits she would give bat
1 tie. Her friends advised against it.
"'You can't win." they told her.
Vet Gertrude nipped three budding
holdup careers when she refused to l?e
robbed.
She had started to a drug store near
her home when at a dark alley inter
section three youths c^nfront^d her
with the demand. "Hands up!"
Hit* Them With Purse.
This was her chance, aud since no
weapons were In sight she refused to
put her hands up. Instead. ?he start
ed hitting them with her purse. Out
numbered, however, she was forced to
release her grasp uu her purse and
the three youths fled, taking $6.36 in
cash, cigarette lighter and powder puff.
Miss Harper, thoroughly aroused,
called the police. When two patrol
men arrived In their car she climbed
neighborhood.
"There they are," she exclaimed and
Jumped from the car before tae pa
trolmen could Interfere. She rushed
up to the youths and began striking
them with her fists. So effective were
her blows, the police felt sorry for
rhem and rushed to the rescue.
One of the boys, William Wright,
seventeen, had Miss Harper's ciga
rette lighter. Another. Louis Flok.
Began Striking Them With His Fiats.
twenty-one, had $G.3C? which he said
he had taken from the purse, which he
had thrown into a school yard.
Catch Third Robber.
The purse was recovered and tho
arrest of Lester Norris, twenty-two,
the third member of the bandit trio,
followed.
The boys admitted that Wright and
Norris had been paroled from ;he
Garden City (Kan.) Jail recently on
a liquor charge. Fink had never been
in trouble.
They said that they had planned
several larger holdups If they could
ttrst obtain enough money with which
to purchase guns to use in them. They
hda picked on Miss Harper, they said,
because she had looked like "an easy
mark."
Bread on Water Returns
to Man After 30 Year*
Las Vegas, Nev. ? Hack in the old
days when Manhattan was a mush
room gold boom mining camp a gam
bler tossed $7.50 to a frightened youth
who had lost everything he owned at
the gaming tables.
"Forget it, kid," said the gambler.
Money was the freest article in the
camp In those days.
Thirty years later In Las Vegas a
bewhlskered tattered old man begged
a hurrying business man for a dime
for a cup of coffee. The old gambler
and tbe business man recognized eacb
other.
A few moments later the old-time
gambling man was seated at a sumptu
ous dinner ? with $15 in his pocket.
India's Sacred! Snake
What is generally considered to be
the sacred snake of laHa is the hood
ed cobra. This is a slender-bodied,
nervous and active serpent, with a
maximum length of about 48 inches.
The bite gt this species is very deadly
and. whether guilty or not. in
India it la debited annually with the
death* of between 18,000 and 22,000
persons.
will have the backing of the Neel
Gap Smoky Mountain Tours Asso
ciation which is coapoeed of repre
sentative citizens of Blairsville, Mur
phy, Andrews and Bryson City.
A TRIP TO PALESTINE
By K?t. Howard P. Powell ?I-X-H-X-X-X
Leaving Beyrout we passed thru
the silk farms and heard the silk
worms at work. A few miles from tbe
city we were shown a big rock which
has been traditionally known as the
one upon which Jonah was cast by th^
whale. While it is only a traditional
story, it is possible and was of inter
est to many of us as students of the
Bible. We soon came in view of Sid
on into which we soon entered with
oranges, lemons, bananas, almonds
and apricot- growing in abundance i
on either side of the road. Here in
Sidon we found some oranges that
were almost equal to the Jaffa^ or
anges. A short distance from Sidon
we visited a Mission school that is
under the supervision of the North
ern Presbyterian Church of \meviea. '
It was encouragir ^ to fin-,. i>is work
in a place where it was so much need
ed.
A short distance from Sidon we I
passed Zarephath, which was the
| home of the widow with whom Elijah |
lodged, an account of which you may
I read from I Kings, chapters seven
teen and eighteen.
It was interesting to marfy
of us to notice how so many of the
points of miraculous interests had ,
been preserved. ibis was iurincr
proof of the importance of the sup
ernatural in our Christian Keligion.
When we lose sight of the miraculous
and supernatural in our religion, we
will have nothing more than those
who hold to lifeless religions that
feasts upon superstition .
We only saw Tyre at a distance, j
but we looked upon it with interest ;
| remembering that it was visited by j
I Christ at one time, and that it was at !
j this point that the Apostle Paul had
the experience that is recorded in
Acts 21. Leaving the view of T\re '
we continued our journey touchrng j
now and *hen points of interest along
the shores of the mediterranean. !
Among these sacred spots we saw
the probable home of the Syro- 1
Phoenician Woman. Read this inter
esting story for yourself in Mark 7:'
24-31.
One of the interesting experiences i
of the day's journey was to get thru
a passport office. We were not allow- 1
ed to carry fruit through the gates.
We had some very delicious fruits,
which w* bought at Sidon; so we ate
as much of it as we could, and had t<?
either hide or throw the other away.
The writer <L?d not conceal any of the
fruit, but there was one member of
the party who was clever enough to
get his fruit through the gate without
breaking the rules of conscience for
himself.
We soon came to the river Kishon
and the river Na'mein, near which
stands the the ancient Belus. It was
at this place that the Phoenicians
first learned to make glass. Riding
through these interesting points we
soon came to the city of Haifa. It
was early in the afternoon, and thru
the generosity of our director, we
had an additional trip, which took us
to Megido where we found the most
interesting work of excavation of the
entire trip. The University of Chica- 1
go has the work well under way, and ,
it was under the direction of a most
interesting man. We saw pieces of
ancient pottery, the remains of the '
stables of Solomon, and the ruins of
the ancient city. From this point we
could overlook that most historic bat
tle field the memory of which sur
? vo ut v " v? U VA HMM
ageddon.
Leaving Megiddo we passed over
the winding road to the top of Mt.
Carmel. Here in the Hospice operat
ed by the sisters of St. Charles, we
spent the night. Perhaps one of the
most interesting night scenes was
that from the porch of this Hospice
overlooking the city with its bright
lights and the lighted ships going and
coming. We were delighted to find
here at our hotel some mail from
home, which added to our peace of
mind. i
Early the next morning the writer,
with his early morning friend, went
to a quiet spot on Mount Carmel to
see the sun rise. From this spot we
could see the place where Elijah's
God won the victory over the gods
of Baal. You will find this to be one
of the most interesting of the Old
Testament experiences. Please read |
it in I Kings, chapter eighteen. As the
i sun came up on this morning we,
read this chapter toother
upon the God of Elijah |? ^
our people and ourselv^ ^ ?
We are hoarding the train J
Haifa at eight-thirty ,n th? ; **1
for Kantara, Egypt, ,'here
chancre for Cairo, Egypt
charge
' Retx
?n [
Report of the Condition 0{ ?
Bank of Murphy, at Murpky,
Carolina to the Commi?*iooer "
Banks, the close of buaii
30th day of June, 1931.
Resource;
Loan? and discounts $206,43^
Overdrafts 227.1
United States Bonds . 200.
Banking House 5,0Q03
Furniiure and Fixtures 1.5QQ.J
Cash in vault and amounts
due from approved depos
itory banks 46,70oi
Cash litems (items held o\*er
24 hours)
2i
Other real estate 10.00Q.(
Total $2
? Liabilities
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits (net
amount)
Reserved for interest
Other deposits subject
to check ou,4
Demand certificates of deposit
in less th?r. SO
g*~| : 168,937.1
5 30,000 a
1.199.4
-? 4371.3
60, 433-d
days)
Cashier's checks out
standing
165.&
Total 52 7 0,068.$
State of North Carolina,
County of Cherokee, ss.
J. W. Lovingood, President, H. 1
Dickey, Director, ar.d Walter i
i Hyde, Director of the Bank of Mm
iphy, each personally appeared I
[fore me this day, and, being du
sworn, each for himself says that t
| foregoing report is true to the
of his knowledge and belief.
T. J. W. LOVINGOOD.
President
H. E. DICKEY, Director.
WALTER W. HYDE.
Director. ?
Sworn to and subscribed before erJ|
this the 8th day of July, 1931.
(seal) L. E. UAYLESS,
Notary Public.
My commission expires, 10-26-31.1
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