V
. VOX,. XXXIV, NO. 5
Free Military Training
For Watauga Boys
Citizens' Military Training- Camp
Offers Profitable Vacation For
Youths Between 17 and 24
Knoxville, Tcnn., March 12.-? Opportunity
for a month's vacation
with all expenses paid exists for
Watauga county boys between the
ages of 17 and 24, who will be the
first to apply for admission to the
citizens' military training camp to
.,-.,.1 *--? t- - 1
w wuuuctATu uy two uzmeu states
government at Fort Bragg. N_ C.,
June 17-Jttly 16, this summer.
The ciimp will be conducted under
auspices of the United States regular
army. its training vvill stress
American citizenship, self-reliance,
initiative, team work, good fellowship
and how to work hard and effictiyely.
Many parents would pa;/
more than $100 for such training
of a month for their boys.
The boys attending will be organized
into military companies and
drilled as soldiers. The mornings will
be devoted to the military training,
calisthenics and instruction in hygiene
and citizenship.
The afternoons will generally be
devoted to athletic sports, including
baseball, swimming, wrestling, boxing
and track events. The boys
will be entertained during the evenings
until "tattooa" by Motion pictures,
musical concerts/and other
forms of amusement.
No obligation for future service
iii the United States army will rest
on the boys and young men attending
the camp. All expense:-, including
transportation to and from camp,
uniforms, food, lodging, and instruction,
will be provided by the government
free of all cost.
The onlv requirements for ariims
sion to the camp hrc that the applicant
be physically fit, ot good moral
character arid able to speak and
write the English language. The
poor boy is welcomed equally with
the rich. la fact, the quality of all
American citizens regardless of
wealth is a lesson many .? boy will
gain from his contacts at the camp.
Applications are being received
rapidly from all of the southern
States? except North Carolina, From
present indications, it is said that
the camps will pvohabiy ali be Oiled
by March 31, ami if" so, no more ap?
plications can be accepted after that
date. A certain number of places
have been reserved for the boys of
North Carolina; but unless they
arouse themselves and fake advantage
of the opportunity without delay.
they may find their places taken
by boys from other states. Boys
wishing tm attend the camp should
immediately send their names and
addresses a letter addressed to:
"Chief of Staff, 81st Division, Knoxville,
Tpnn.i" who is charged with
giving" put information about the
camp to residents of Tennessee and
i\orui i.noijua. tui! mioimation
about the camp anil an apfffiratfon
blank will then be sent him".
Boys from WAtiuga cjiunty who
attended a camp last year aie: Allen
S. Adams, Boone: Albert C. Farthing,
Boone; Russell" K. Gragg.
Boone; Robert 11. Yates, Voile
Cruris.
FOUR BILLION IMPORTED
EGGS FOR BRITAIN YEARLY
London, March li.? Great Britain's
breakfast egg bill mounts up
pretty h'gh, the citizens of that
country consuming 5.700,000,000
eggs a year. Native fowls only supply
two billion of these.
The sum of money spcr.l by Britain
for eggs imported from outside
the British empire, which constitute
-17 per cent of Britain's importations
of this article of food, exceeds
the value of all the motor
cars, motorcycles, cycles and rubber
tires which Britain exports.
The imperial economic council
wants something done about it. English
hens laid 72 eggs in the prewar
period to their present 10,000,
hut the eggs are smaller at present.
Denmark and China supply manyeggs
to Britain. The economic council
Wants home laid eggs identified
so that the public may give them the
preference.
BAPTIST WOMAN'S SOCIETY
SHOWS HUGE GAINS
Ashevillc, March 9.?A 40 percent
increase in the number of Baptist
Women's Missionary Unions in
the state during- the year was" the
goal before the North Carolina organization
yesterday as some 500
members from all parts of the state
continued the sessions of the annua!
convention here.
Mrs. Wesley N. Jones of Raleigh,
in an address oil "Growth," not only
outlined this increase in the number
of unions as the objective, but said
also that a similiar increase in related
young peoples' organizations
would be sought.- There already are
2,413 Baptist. Women's Missionary
societies in North Carolina, Mrs.
Jones announced.
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A Non-Partisan P
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i POLITICAL EVENTS
| OF THE PAST WEE1
| Highlights of Politick! Activity
I Both Major Parlies .Summarize
From Recent News Dispatches
j From Over the Country
j Gov. Lowden Developing Strengt
Throughout Country
The past few clays have witness*
a remarkable mobilization of h?o\
den sentiment In Missouri. It hi
|u,on t I- jjSja
?.-w.... tu-iii me ut'Sinmi
that the sentiment in Missouri
mostly for the Ohioan. It no
seems a certainty.
Sentiment at the recent conve:
tion of the Young: Republican A
y soriation of Missouri was so stror
I for Governor Lowden that it is ge;
orally conceded that all of the 1
J congressional districts in Missou
j outside of Kansas City and St. I.oii
i will send Lowden delegates, with tl
J possible exception of one d is trie
i The new alignment in St. Louis pra
tieaily makes the state unanimous
Arthur M\ Hyde, former govern<
of Missouri, was quoted hv the S
Louis newspapers as saying th;
Lowden is 100,000 votes strong
than his party in Missouri, and th;
he fell the state delegation shou
he for hiui for the nomination.
More than 1000 of the 1430 del
gates to the Republican state co
ventson in Iowa are under instru
tions from their county convention
to vote for Lowden at the state eo:
veniion, and it is believed that nea
h all of the remainder are friend
to him. The only county in tl
state to .instruct for any other ea
didate was Dubuque, which has goi
i Republican only once in 75 years.
| instructed delegates for Hoove i\
There is plenty of Lowden ten)
s nieht In Ohio, judging frmn the *c
j unci choices filed by the candidal
for delegates on the Willis ticket
j that slate. Under the Ohio law,
j candidate for delegate must inc
I rate both his first and second chbic
J on the ballot. Governor Lnwiios
j name is not being filed in Ohio
accordance with the time notion
; custom whereby candidates nhser
the home state rights of each olht:
j Of the 51 delegates or. the Wil
| slate, 54 have declared their secoi
i choice to be Governor Lowden. Tl
j others are divided among Charles
Fisher, Senator Curtis of Kansas a:
Senator Watson of Indiana for so
oud choice.
The first two instructed dclcgat
elected to the ll?2S convention a
those from the first district in Nor
Carolina'; Xhc district coiiventic
unanimously instructed for Goyerni
j Lowderf. It is expected thai tl
other North* Carolina districts w
! follow with sim\!av instructions.
: Ail observers are putting Ms
nc.sota tiehiiitdjj in the Lcwd<
column. It has been generally ec
i coded that Governor- 'Lowdeir- vvou
nave the delegates from four or fr
i of the rural congressional district
hut a stubborn fight wks cvvpeeti
j elsewhere. State " Senatot Clau<
Mclvcozie, who is general of il
Li>ivdeu foixes;;ii^Min,h$^^repor
that tremendous gains have bpi
made during the past two we el
;r i:i=;?wjiayci I gi?>l IS CWJV Say LTlilL It
j quite possible that nil the Minn
solo iieTejSffips xv ill be for Lnwden
Gnonin1 Lowdeu has filed h
OKI's.inul declaration of Candida.
. with the secretary of state of Nor
Dakota, in accordance with the bit
; of that stale. His name will be t!
] only one on the Republican primal
j ballot on March lSth.
I
An Expert in Government
Charles Evans Hughes ir.troduci
Governor Smith to a New York a
' dience recently as "one who repr
' sent-; to as the expert in govcr
i nient."' When the petition held I
i Hughes in the minds of the Amci
can people is considered the for
going statement becomes pregna
with meaning. Despite ali that ct
be said about nis religion and h
views on the Volstead act, even h
I political foes arc bound to cved
| Smith with being one of the fe
, men in America who can be class*
1 as an "export in government."
: It is hardly fair to Governor Smii
i to attribute his fame to an attitin
on the Volstead act- and his religio
Neither is it reasonable to suppo;
| that had he not demonstrated qual
i ties of honesty, ability and nobili
: vi purpose rarely ioun<1 among tt
public men of America, that 1
would continue to rapidly ga
ground as a candidate in every sc
tion of the country despite tl
greatest handicaps ever throw
across the path of any president!
aspirant.?Hickory Record.
Editors Back Smith to Win
Mdxico City, March li.?A ca
vnss of 100 mid-western Unit;
States editors who are touring th
! country shows an overwhelming m
I jority believe Governor A1 Smith <
j New York will be the Democrat
' presidential nominee this ycai.Th;
j (Continued on Page Eight!
UGA
Newspaper. Devoted to tin
'OXE. WATAUGA < OUXTY. XORTH
i
| News of Week in and
About Blowing Roc
* Much Building in Prospect for
I sort Town; School Pupils to P
of j sent Play at Cove Creek
| Blowing Rock, March 1) ii
I the coming of fair weather, bundtti
^ ; operations started here with a i us
' The town council has ordered tin
s, j work the sidewalks be resume
y.! April 1. About 100 feet of wall
,1S remain to be laid. I). W. Woo ten ?
l?r Blowing Rock will have charge t
jg the work. The original contract wj
w let to Boyd and Goforth of Charlefci
but that firm has sublet the contra*
n_ to Mr. Woo ten.
s.. Excavation has been complete*
,g the foundation' has been laid, and tl
n_ \ialis of J3. G. Pitts' two-story bus
2 ness building adjacent to the San
rl tary Barber Shop are now rising
is Rob and Ben Greene have begn
K? excavation for their business built
t in?: on the lot adjacent to the Bar
c_ of Blowing Rock. It will have tv.
stories and basement ami will be <
brick construction. None of tl
;t. rooms have been leased yet. but
at is understood that several prosper
er have been approached,
at To Give Play .it Cove Creek
Id The Blowing Rock high scho
Dupils will present at the Cove ('ret
e- high school Friday night the comet
"Unacquainted With Work/* whi<
c- had such a success fur pel formain
ntt here last week. At the first perforr
n- Alice, $34 was obtained Cor the ben
r? fir of the school. The cast at Co!
ly Greek will be the same as that whi<
le performed here.
p,. ^ Tuesday Afternoon Club
-,t. A program outlining the life woi
It of O. Henry was given at the week
meeting of the Tuesday Aftevnoc
Li- Ciub this week. The program \vi
c- opened with Scripture reading ai
es prayer by Miss Mabel Coffey. Mi
in Ann Greene then sang a solo. \vhi<
a-1 was followed* by a "Sketch of '
li- Henry's Boyhood" by Mis. I
es Story. "0. Henry's Later Life" w
the topic oC Miss Ethel Holshousc
\v. ThF was followed by a reading? 1
oi:c of 0. Henry's stories by Mi
re Louise fcenhour. Mrs. Greene tin
favored the gathering with a mm
Iks cul selection, and the program \v
u', closed by the reading of anothc
\xv Oi Henry's stories bv Miss !\-ai
R . | Webb:
!< 1 Personal Mention
c Mrs. GJark Brown and child r<
arc again installed in their hpn
s, here, after spending a pari of t,!
i'q j winter at Jefferson. They ma<
thi the temporary change in order to I
>n | located ncaro ther center of M
or J Brown's business territory.
-it,' !. II. Winkler, reinygehtativc
ill j Blowing: Kock of the Chevrol
j Company, attended tin- slate banqu
ii-int Charlotte on Monday evening:, a
u | compmiitil by T. H. Miller who \vi
ji'.j Mr; Winkler's guest nn this pee
hi | sioit.
,*e " Mr. and Mrs. Eroe.s'. Banner m
i;I daughter, Ernestine June, left Mo
,,i J day for Durham, where Mr. Bann
It, 1 wili he employed by the fluke Hi
m! vcirsity during its extensive; huildit
ts psugram.
>nl Mr. C, 15. Prerette. who ir.
;s. i delegate to the state Republic!
is! convention to meet in Raleigh t
e-j April 11, will be accompanied to 1,1
. I capital by Mrs. Prevettee .-.nd dank
lis j tcr, Louise, and Miss Lena Reeves
^ Old Fashion Mission
><*- Rally Here March 2
ry
Dr. Charles E. Maddry, gene*
secretary of missions in Noil
Carojink, is conducting a serins i
;d mission rallies throughout the sea
u- during the months of March av
cs- April. lie will be at the Boor
n- Baptist church on March 22nd. T1
)j i meeting here will begin at )
i-1 o'clock in the morning and clo:
e- about 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
m I Every church in the Three Fori
m' and Stony Fork Associations ai
is urgently requested to attend ar
is bring q good delegation for eat
lit church. The ladies of the loc
w congregation will serve dinner at tl
?d ehurch.
Come without fail!
th P. A. HICKS, Pastor.
ie
n 100,000 CHICAGOANS PRAY
se FOR POLITICAL DEL1VERANC
li
ty Chicago, March 9.?-Chicago
it' protestant worshinners ??? -
*ej God yostevday to deliver thevn fro
in the corruption in Chicago politics
c- J One hundred thousand persoi
>e gathered in the various churches ;
'n noon and evening meetings ar
a' called upon the Almighty to "clean;
the city from the most degraded p
litical situation in the historv of th
community."
n-i These meetings were politic
id I Prayer meetings, Tliev were mee
iisj ings where the sneakers called upc
a- i the worshippers to go to. the halli
of I. boxes ir. the April primary and ca
icj their vote'for the good of the cit
jv I and rid (,'oieago of crooked politic
? i ans who have only their own got
I at heart.
DEM
e Best Interests of Northv
C/ 5" 1.INA THURSDAY. MARCH
*
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//AGKcase
BEGAN TUESDA1
Four Witnesses Heard First Da
, Jr? Trial oi Watacgan at Wilke:
Lh boro for Death of Dexter S. Bys
ig on Christmas Day, 192.6
h. T
Wi!ke?boro, March 14.?Huh f
, Wagner for the second time in le*
than a year, faced trial hers for hi
*5 life, this time upon the charge <i
>l the doing to death oi Dexter i
Byrd, the second man he is allege
13 to have killed at Fcscoe on Christ
mas day, 192G. For the killing c
-t E'art Moody Wagner received a sei
fence of not less than 13 and no
more than 20 vears in the state pei
When court adjourned yesterda
afternoon but four of the state
1 30 cr 40 witnesses had been c-xan
ir.ed. Frank A. Linney cohductin
in the direct examination, for the -tat
nr.vl Will C. Newland and A. I
'k Brooks alternating with the cross-ej
? ambling.
^ Jesse L. Coffey, an eye-witness t
1C the killing, was the ftr=;t witnes
it called to the stand. He testified tha
saw Wagner retreat after shoo'
j ing Moody to the rear of a fertilize
| house and there appeared to reioa
olj Ids weapon, lie said the first she
-hj appeared to be aimed at Byrd's fac<
iy the second at about, the waistline an
h the third, just before Byrd sank t
-e the ground.
?- The second witness. Shirley Ca
c- loway, was also an eye-witness t
,r- the shooting. He testified that af
-h , r the killing of Moody, he hurrie
in the direction pf David \Vyke
stoic in quest of help to take cai
rk of Moody. He met Bvrd. told By;
iy thai Wagner had killed Moody. A
>*> instant later Wagner came up b?
as hind him. having left the fertilize
id < house and walked oYi up the railwn
ssl iiiui Byrd said, ''What's the matte
-h| Hub: what does all this mean?" 11
said Wagrie never spoke but swuti
E. | his pistol from behind hb buck an
'is I hblding it?in both hands began shoo
i'-1 mg.
pf j Mr. Calloway was subjected to
ss| vigorous cross-examination in whit
21*1 !u- v. as asked if he didn't hear Byi
d-{ threaten Warner. He denied hen
as iijjj* threats made by Byrd.
of ^William ilcCoin and Ralph Stoi
\e were the other two witnesses e
amined, both relating* about the san
facts as other witnesses with one ?
*a two exceptions^ where they had eit
io er not been pro-sent or were tod t\
ie away to distinguish between uhjec
h> and persons clearly.
About a hundred people are he1
i*. from Wataupa for the trial, a m
jdrity of them be mgr. witnesses <
relatives of the deceased and tl
fit def en sect
ft is expected that the defen:
c-[ will have half n dozen or move wi
^ nea.se? to swear that. Byrd thrcatei
a- c?.i Wagnor, so the defense is whol
'rdyinrr upon self defense to smi
tdj their client from the death penalt
u- J
" J TAR HEEl. RESORT CITY
j'J FAVORED BY J'RESIDEN
*" J
"AVoihiiieiori. March O'.--Of vav
U1' ous invitation? far receirMi /<
)R! this year's summer' White Hons
1C i President Coolidge tin lis one fro:
,,J the south. n? Ashcvitiv. N. C.. t-t
i roost attractive.
| Although a final decision has hi
i yet hoe 11 reached, a residence offe
e<] no later than Thursday by Ehili
O S. Henry of Ashe.viile, appears to th
president to iniite'the essential fe:
lures for his 1928 vacation home.
a' Zealandia, as the Henry niansio
'^jis known, occupies iUO or 120 acri
on Eean. atcher mountain at an alt
tudc of about .>,000 feet, or abot
500 feet higher than the city prope;
1C The place also is close to Wasl
le ington, relatively close to Mew Enj
(> land and at a sufficient height to a:
iei aUTe relief from the summer hea
! three factor's which will figure 1
cs the ultimate selection:
t- Asheviile is only fourteen horn
from Washington by railroad, an
as such is looked upon by the chic
a' executive as within a convenient di:
lu tnnec -front his likely centers o
operation this summer. One of th'es
probably be Northampton, _\l::s?
where Mr. Coolidge does nor wish t
depart too far or. account of th
condition of Mrs. Lemira Goodhui
E Mrs. Coolidge's mother, who lis
been dangerously ill since last Ih
's cember.
m HATCH EARLY AND GET
BIGGER POULTRY' PROF1
is Washington, March 15.?The d<
rt partment of agriculture has mad
id surveys which reveal the decide
>e benefit of hatching the year's suj
r- ply of pullets early in the seasoti. ]
is was found that one hundred earl
hatching gullets will lay. in a yea
ai ahout 10,000 eggs, valued at moi
t- than ?450, while the same numlu
>n of late hatched pullets will produr
->t only about ) 1,000 eggs,
stj The late-hatched pullets will leav
v.j receipts in the seasons of lovvt
i j prices only about half v large j
>di the early layers. Maj 15 is as lal
[ as i! is believe.! profitable u> hatel
OCRA
/est North Carolina
is. lost;
| Hoover Club Formed
J Here Last Saturday
\
1 ; Republicans of County f avoring
| Commerce Secretary for Prcsiy
( dent Organize
i I
dj Republicans of Watauga county
| met in the courthouse here Saturday |
j afternoon ami organised a Hoover-!
5 J for-President olat, v/ifch T. E. Biiig^1
bam, attorney, as chairman. No oth
;s.er officers were elected, but cundi-'
if! dates for eacli township were named j
5.[as follows:
d Boone, Dr. M. Hodges, G. B.1
l I Millar an.'! C ^.T ('nitr?V?r?;
,f Blowing Rock, G. C. Bobbins. Lee?
Jtobbins and Arthur Moody.
" Meat Camp No- 1, R. A. Greene,]
j Alex Greene and Charles L. Lewis, j
y Meal Camp No. 2, John Penley,
Wayne Miller.
Watauga, George Robbins. J. F.
pr Coffey, G. M. Hodges, Blaine Coffey,
e B. W. Farthing.
Jm Stony Fork, J. S. Welborn. G. M. |
c. Greene.
Laurel Creek, W. J. Farthing, W.t
w L. Winkler, W. J. Barman, J. L.
;s Glenn. Rut us Ward.
L< Shawnechaw, Holye Shook, Albert j
L. Mills, J. C. Hubbard.
,r Beaver Dam, Hill E'jxgers. Raleigh j
Johnson, E. J. Farthing,
g Cove Crc-ek, 0. M. Greer, A. (1.,
2 Wilson, Alfred Thomas,
j North Fork, J. AI. May. F. M.
0 Thomas.
Bald Mountain, C. M. Blackburn,!
t_ T. Watson, Tom McGwire.
f, In craning the meeting, (. hairnum
[. Bitighiim argued that it ihe Deriibcj
crab; nominate Al Smith, ih- b* can?s;
didate will have a poor show:"". in
e North Carolina, and llie Itepun. us
will have an excellent opportunity to !
,, carry the state with a man as popu-l
Jar with both parties as is Hoover.!
iY The same sentiments were expressed
v by other speakers, among them being j
y S. C- Ejrgers, G. 0. Bobbins, W. D.
[q Farthing, l>r. Hodges ami other's.
i . j
1{| PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
* The Bdone Parcnt-Teaehcr association
held its regular monthly
;i meeting Thursday afternoon of last
.^vSv.eck in the Demonstration school'
i! In: :!.i i.,<> .-. if i-Am
r. jarid Unichn a present)
The meeting was imned by a;
.v most impressive devotional service
x_ conducted by Prof. WilUford. lie.-,
mediately following the dovotibhalj
period the hit;); school students, pn-j
der the direction of Miss Greyhiil,
,r rendered an interesting program,
consisting chiefly of a croup of
readings. These programs, arranged
re and sponsored by the various teach-;
,, ers of tin; school, prove a most do
)V lighr.fui source of information of the,
R work being done in the school by'
the students.
.c Dr.. 11. B. Dougherty, president of,
j.. the Normal, made a roost interesting
R talk along- educational lines, giving
lv the historical background of public
school ivork in Booho from the time
when the did school building stood;
hack of the home of Mr. J. S. Stan- !
'city, then Lo the r.UI Watauga acad-i
,'?ir win, h stood hack of the Bap-1
T ihtf parsonage. an to the present;
day. In'ctlii: course of his address he;
i- stated .that Til:years ago there were;
>r j only l et) people in the Boone district
etj'att'd ch children of school age Tie
' *{ painted a vivid picture of the mar--'
re eelods growth in educational work:
in the town, district and county,
>t comparing, cv rather contrasting the
r building^ and present-day equipment:
li : u-iln tKrv l>i,:l/Kttrrc unil nrnnWrSiiMf e\f'
? yu?- ;
,t 2'.i vears ago. In concluding his;
i- talk'. Dr. Dougherty urged a morej
progressive spirit, on the part of the
n people of this district, and a more
is hearty co-operation on the part of I
i- all to the Appalachian State Norma'
:t for teachers, in the building of I
c. which he has been a most indispon-'
i- sable factor.
C- Mia;. Smith Hagaiiiun, president;
of the association, expressed to Dr.'
t. Dougherty the appreciation of the
n organization for his splendid contribution
to the cause of education:
s locally and throughout the state and '
d for the address delivered at the
f time.
5- The minutes of the last meeting,
f were read and approved, and the'
e various committees, the membership, j
picture, playground and the ways'
o j and means committee, were asked to
e j make reports. The ways and means I
?, | committee announced that $27.S7
is: had been collected. The library com-!
;-jmittee suggested in its report that a
i subscription list be made in the
| near future for books greatly necd]
ed in the school library.
TConcluding the meeting a vote
;-!was taxcn to determine which grade;
e should have in its possession the pic-:
d ture for the coming month. Tha
>- majority voted in favor of the fifth,
ft grade, which had the picture lastj
y month. The next meeting of the as-!
r, soeiation will be held on the second'
e Tuesday in April.
;r
e A curator of a certain zoological
garden was on holiday. He reeeiv-i
'O. e.l a note from his assistant: '"The:r
!:.mpans.ee is sick. He appears to
ts! l ino for a companion. We don't.
.e; kn.avv what to do pending your ro-'
n' j
FT.T5 CENTS A C OPY
HHFsioii
MOUNTAIN PARK
ivuA-'Ay ffi " - f:V- ' " \vVyA$-Atsured
by Recent Gift of J5,000,' ""
OOO. Cover* 700 Square Mtic? of
Mountain* ir North Carolina and
Tennessee
The gift of $5,000,000 by the
Lama Spelmah Rockefeller Memorial
to the drear. Smoky Mountains
National Park fund announced last,
week, insures the east of a great
national park rivaling the national
parks ot* the west and is accessible
to three-fourths of the country's inhabitants.
in magnitude the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
will compare with the Yellowstone.
Yosenute, Grand Canyon and Glacier
National Parks. The Great
Smoky Mountain park will embrace
?m? square miles of mountains,
scenic country in eastern Tennessee
and Western North Carolina. The
park will lie within Jackson. Hwain
and Haywood counties in North
Carolina, and Sevier, Mount and
Coche counties, Tennessee.
The Rockefeller donation makes
certain that the ?10,000.000 goal
sought l?y those who conceived the
idea of the (?reat Smoky Mountains
National Park will be reached.
Nearly ?5,000,(ji)0 has been raised
by public subscription and by legislative
appropriation ir? North Carolina
arid Tennessee.
The ? 1 p,00<l,000 fund will be used
to purchase the vast tract of land
for the park; The acquisition of
the iand has Ween placed in the
hands of the North Carolina National
Park commission in this state: arid
a similar commission is charged with
the Giilj < ? acquiring lands in
Tennessee.
When the state park commissions
have assembled the lands i\?v the
pfbvk, the two states will tern oyer
the area to the federal government
for park development by the National
Park service, which has super.
: ?:
?/vv? Vli!
in olhei parts of tb; United States;
The five riviPior. vftft by the ltockei>.Uei;
Memorial is said t<? l?e the
lui'jresl gri'ft. for park purpo^e^ ever
made h\ the HoikvfeiitM-s.
The Cheat Smoky Park will ineJ.ude
ai?!Mo x';matei> 700,000 acves.
of which *>00,000 acres are o: \ pain
forests. Approximately hall" the
prescribed aiea lies in North < aroima
and naif in Tennessee,
KnoX-vi'le. Tenr.., ;p\d Ashevilltt
are the largest cities adjacent to the
park territory. The park area has
e if htn its. borders a score, of mountain.
nc:iks d,00G feel high Or- higS|
ilundreds nt" peaks tower above
5.000 ieet A recent survey of the
projected nark reserve's wild animal
life showed that there were more
than 3.21)0 ret! deer, arid that black
bear, oik and smaller game were to
be found in abundance. The tract
contain;, m?r.. than t00 mils. of
trout streams.
ZIONV'ILLE NEWS
.Ztor.viliv. j'-iareli 1 t.?Airs.. Reeves
Uirinian has beer, rente t.hitt for the
past week, but is somewhat better
now.
' , . .C tah':
: i MI. v\- i lv.euvrs oi pie >>.
N; S.. was a visitor over the voekciul
at the home of .1. A. Castle.
Mts. Wade Recce spent last Thursday
v\l;h hex* mother, Mr:s. Smith Eg rev?
at Sutherland.
Fleet Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. 0. Greer, left last Meek for
Richmond, Va,, where he joined the
army, shipping: for Panama. Ho was
accompanied as Car as Bristol by
.Spencer Greer and Charles Wilkinson.
Mrs. Law son Isaacs and two small
dmighetrs of Lynchburg, Va., returned
to their home the latter part
of last week, after spending a few
daVs with Mrs. Isaacs' mother. Mr?;.
.1. M. Hodge.
Gus Norrisv after spending a few
months with his father here, has re
i wi iicti ms vvui h. in rermsyivanui.
Mi. ami Mrs. Shelton Penn anil
children of Bristol, spent the past
week-end in the village.
Miss Blanche Greer is off to
Mountain City this week, where she ''
has work in the store of Smyth &
Son.
Mrs. L. L. Madron of White Top,
Va., spent a short time in the village
on Saturday.
Mrs. Harrison Greer and children
of Hickory are speniiing a few
weeks with relatives here. Mr. Greer
came up for the week-end to be with
his family and to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Greer, who are
in very poor health.
The death of "Uncle" Mark Winebnr.ger
which occurred on Friday
night last, will be learned with genuine
regret. For several months Mr.
Wincbarger had been in poor health
but his death was wholly unexpected.
Mr. Winebarger for some time had
been making his home with his son, 7'
D. V. Winebarger here.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. 0. Greer and
-"d IV -VI. Greer of Boon? were
visitors in the village Sunday.