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Thursday, Jan. 14, 1937. Slip (Ultmikrr Bwnt Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County, North Carolina PL'BUSHED EVERY THIRSDAY Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina as second class matter under Act of March 3. 189/. SAM CARR Editor L. A. LEE ... _ Owner and Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE One Year $i.5( Six Months .7; Payable Strictly in Advance Legal advertisements, want ads, reading notices, obi tuaiics, cards of thanks, etc., 5c a line each insertion payable in advance. Display rates furnished on request Murphy, North Caroli a, Thursday. January 14. '.'J IT NO. 19 BEING IMPROVED A CHANCE FOR ITS CITIZENS TO CASH IN Albeit construction on Highway No. 1J ? Western North Carolina's Maia Street?is causing a great dea! of inconvenience at present t'n- "happy medium" will be returned ten-fold when the project is completed. Highway officials have given assurances that the practically new highway from Topton t > Bryson City v-M he open for motor ar and trunk line traffic within a year from this date. And it is mighty good news to i ?.?? who have to tuak :h trip between here ani Asheviile regularly or periodically. Contracts were : two new sections of the road recently wnnn mear.n i.nea..y ii <- tance, when the ; >b is " . \v:;I ha*- ? :s rebuilt in straight. wide fcighw:?traffic rove at a gloriously faster irate .t:: t> h "vtofore been possible. It is not th fca in miles that will - greatly help the motorists. ?:i t?f many sharp .and dangerous c ; . s v i dr: s . - v. route had to put up with. More than that the new route when completed will cut th- v j: -etu : T :l a::d Bryson City by four miles. There i-< no : >u i; *. >at that business along the 4 Main .Street" . ? gr at.y aid * i by th" new highway although l. . \ filling stations operators, and ether l-udm * - it fr n the tourist 4 ado on the highway arc sufferi . i's gs at present. SI owl but v- - . wh live ' <y \,>. H? and draw from its t* \ .r seeing * transformed into one of the maiu higl:-.ea>.* Sou-;;. But it seems to us that very little i.? l -i g . ah >ut it. It ;! )?. 4 .1 Cherokee county citizens 1 ? . ;.::g a reputation for No. J i ! i a AshtviUe and Atlanta. I .it tie has or done about it outside of this county tl at . o\v ?f. It was Cinuokee county men, all of whom we would JB he unah - t > mention here, who were largely responsible for the cnipnivoments row taking place between Topton and Bryson City. It is th same men who urged the pavi ? if th.? hi j-> unv frnm P-tni/.ir tV*<? Vn??fU P?r<ilin-< Georgia state line, and it was the same group, practically, that urged Governor Talmadge of Georgia to pave the highway between the state line and Blue Ridge, Ga. Work was begun, through their efforts and several responsible Georgians, on this link but a turn of administration in that state seems to he holding up the work There is every reason to believe, though, that the new .iff; e holders will see the necessity of paving the Culber son-Blue Ridge link while work is going on between Topton and Bryson City. Thus when both highways would he opened up foi traffic next winter we would truly have "the main trunl line between Ashevilie and the South". There is no doubt but that new highways are 2 potentially great factor in stimulating business in th< towns along the routes and aid in the tourist business. If the blessings and the fruits of these highways ar< to be ours it behooves us to give the situation our seriou; and cooperative thought at once and see that Xo. 19 i; duly recoirnized as a f rent hichurav Traffic is a funny :hing. It's like sheep in a storn ?they go any way the wind hows. Once drivers become acquainted with a certain route, they become dubious o a newer or better one unless they learn of its safety ant 'economy. It would be well for everyone between Canton Ca., and Bryson City to organize as a directing wind fo; the traffic sheep. If one goes to the lookout on the Robbinsvi'le roat tlao vast program of new highway building along No. 1! can be seen. The engineers in charge of the work, i seems, have been sparing none of their ingenuity in build ing the best highway possible in these deep mountaii ravines and cuts. It is remarkable how straight and wide the route wil tie and the inconveniences that will be overcome when i is completed. Anyone who cares to look at the highwa; at thi3 point will get a pretty good idea of the latest won in mountain highways and can sec the advantage ovei Kn The Cherokee Scout, Mu FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Recent events, and particularly the elections can paign, served to put journalism on the spot at little moi than it ever had been before. Beginning about four years ago "should or shoul : >t thi* newspaper interfere in the Lindbergh kidnapint should or should -ot newspapers interfere in. the Kin - Sdward-Mrs. Simpson love affair, and should or shoui not newspapers and other publications attempt to fore cast environs results" became mighty pertinent question * the trade. They answered them all "yes", of course ) based on their latch-door key-phrase of "freedom of th< > press". But even publishers can be wrong?not publisher . ollectively. mind you, but some individual publishers. As long as there is freedom of the press the answei will always be "yes", and is safe to say that none of u; will ever live to see its freedom seriously challenged. The trouble comes, and publishers get in hot water (only when they take it upon themselves to overrun thi: "freedom" of the press and cram something down th< public's throat. The most notable examples of this oc mrrs when certain publishers, usually small fry, set uj a Ii<t of awe-inspiring and dictatorial policies with whici they hope to sway their reading public. Furious political attacks, unfounded and eruptive statements of color designed to mislead the public am he erudite treatment of certain small facts that cami about aa victims of circumstances most always act a boomerang to the publisher and hurts the profession ii general. The American public has become surprising educat < i to newspaper worn in me last uecaae. lime was wner the average person became sincere in the belief in any thins he aaw in the paper. But now Mr. John Q. Public u prone t? take all his reading matter with a grain of salt He can spot insincerity, dressed-up publicity and subtU treatment of political issues a mile off. We d > not infer that mouern journalism has lost an; it- prestige. But when the Lmbergh case, the King Ed ward affair or any other startiing news comes to headline. e sees the reporter earnestly about his duties gleaning all the news as quickly a :d as accurately as possible. Too the "oh-that's-;ust-n*wspapev-talkM attitude i dwindling. Education ard wide and varied media of read itig has taught the pubiu -?s much about the newspaper a it knows bout its bank ': , l- me: chant and its bootleggei Publishers have learned that they are only foolin themselves when they attempt t fool the public in thes days and times. You can play up your pet candidate a you want to but you ve got to deliver the goods to put hit acresToo often our many newspapers forget this or fa to realize it. When they ' -e sight of their value an purpose as a news agency and resort to publicity the pul lie sees their perfumery duties in what they really ai 1 looking for and bad impressions are left. Vil'ltinrr i J . O If >* n At nml AAlll.] brought to light to the interest of the public. No goo newspapermen ever inierferrcd where loss of intelligenc life and limb were at stake. Newspaper and other publications are sensational < conservative as you please; and you will find your choic of the two at your disposal. So when you see people s , around and throw up their hands in horror at newspapi "interference" with the Lindbergh's movements and Kir Edward love affairs, just think how much better off migl many he if they really knew what their government w; be some of our foreign countries such as Spain and Ge planning, their crime agencies were doing to combat i i qui to us efforts and their lovers' methods of courtship. Pease don't get the true meaning of the "freedo of the press*' mixed up with "yellow journalism". other routes between Asheville and Atlanta, i In fact if we can get our Georgia friends to c rperate with us in improving the highway between Ci i erson and Blue Ridge ,the new "Main Street" should I - a motorists' paradise when completed. 3 Nowhere would advertising be of more benefit thi 3 bringing this fact before motorists and commercial coi panics using the highways between Atlanta and Ashevill i What with the building of the dam here Murphy's trai ? should incite a highly competitive bid between its si f riiunrtinc* on/I ?* -1 1 1 ...... ?... vxvu vlicio VI L snuuici 1 gleamed to our advantage and to the advantage of t , Asheviile-South highway. r It appears to us that three del e steps should taken at once: I 1. Enlist the support of Georgia highway officii > in paving the Culherson-Blue Ridge link, t 2. Plan a giant motorcade between Atlanta a - Asheville next fall if both projects are completed. i 3. Institute a cooperative advertising plan suppo ed by all the corporated public units between Marict i Ga., and Bryson City. t Cherokee county and its citizens should then be rec< 1 nized as the "main spring" that brought these possibilit 1 about and the gratitude of the other communities wot r be earned along with increased business here. rphy, N. C. TURNING BACK H 10 YEARS AGO I Friday. January 14, 1927 Miss Leila Posey, Miss Sara Goo': and Mr. Howard Ferguson motored g to Biairsville, Ga.. Tuesday and had , dinner at the Akin Hotel. ' Mrs. Hardy Coivard of Robbinsville spent the week-end with Mrs. Bessie s Deweese. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher HubbeH, of Decatur are visiting relatives here. ? Col. J. X. Moody is attending Buns combe county Superior Cour: this week. Mrs. J. VV. Jones who has been at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. P. * E. Nelson, returned last week to her home at Turtletown, Tenn. Messrs. T. S. Evans and Fred Johnson were business visitors in Atlanta, Wednesday. Ex-Sheriff Riley Orr. of Graham - County was a business visitor here } Tuesday. Mr. Fred Swain and Mr. Ed Dairy. 1 mple wqrl in Asheville last week on business. 20 YEARS AGO 1 Friday. January 12, 1917. > W. H. Woodbury was a visitor in Asheville the first of the week. s Sheridan Heighway who is with the 1 Asheville Telephone Co., is here this week on a visit. T. C. and Fred Dickey went to Washington. Ga., last week to visit , the former's brother, A. K. Dickey, who is in had health. E. A. Davidson of Atlanta, has 51 been here several days visitimr his relatives. A. 13. Dickey returned tht- week to Doug-las, Ga. DR. E. L. HOLT ! Dentist - X-ray Specialist i | Hill-Parker Bldg. i Murphy, N. 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A ps bp | mmr bond* and ot he y au.iuitie? that can b bank aaay need it. 1 V fsnds is available foi ? | This bank has mot V poses that safeguard al; S oar cane. In this a & maximum of useful .J. of this community. nd V | Citizens Bar ies ? L ,ld f MURPHY N [ISTORY'S PAGES Harve Elkins came home Sunday I night from Hopewell. Va. ! Miss Maida Austin has gone to Hopewell. Va.. where she has a good ' " W position. I J. W. Davidson left yesterday for ' Miami, Fia.. where he will spend a month with Harry P. Cooper. 34 YEARS AC.O Tuesday. January 14, 1902 H. B. Elliott visited Ducktown last ! week. Mrs. A. J. Martin went to Asheville | Wednesday. Miss Mellie Brittain is visiting rela. i tives in Ashevilie. Miss Annie Axley left Wednesday to visit relatives in Blount county. Attorneys Dillard and Axley visited Statesville last week.on professional business. Miss Josie Coooper has returned from an extended visit to friends and relatives in East Tennessee. Dr. J. F. Abernathy has returned from a short trip to Oklahoma. 40 YEARS AGO Tuesday. January 12, 1897 James Cooper has resumed his studies at Chapel Hill. Rev. A. B. Smith occupied the Baptist pulpit Sunday night. Miss Bessie Meroney will leave tomorrow for a visit with her sister, I Mrs. K. L. Porter, at Franklin. T. J. Sword returned from Atlanta ; last week. J. M. Barnett, who has been west i for several years, returned iast week j to stay and will occupy the Craigmiles h.ewp in Fast Murahv as soon as his family arrives. GET UP NIGHTS DUE TO LADDER IRRITATION? It's,not normal. It's nature's "Danger Signal." Make this 25e test. Use buchu leaves, juniper oil, and 6 other drugs, made into little green tablets called Bukets. Flush out excess acids and impurities. Excess acids can cause irritation resulting in getting up nights, scanty flow, frequent desire, burning, backache, anil leg pains. Just say Bukets to your druggist. In four days if not pleased your 25c will be refunded. 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