VOLUME XLI, NO. 50
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK R. STOCKBRIDGE
Radburn
Something- new in town building
has been accomplished in New Jersey,
twenty miles south from Nev
York City. The town of Radburn has
been planned and built with an <?y*
first to safety in the streets. It ha*
been laid out so that all streets in
the residential districts are "deadend"
thoroughfares. No through
tiaffic rushes past homes, endangering
the lives of children. Schools,
playgrounds, parks and recreation
centers have been so located that
no child has to cross a street carryh*
ing motor traffic to get to any of
them. And there are plenty of open
spaces, in the midst of which dwellings
have been built which house
today about GOO people, where there
was nothing hut a farm a year agoRadburn
calls itse-if-"Tomorrow's
Town." It is certain that new methods
of town planning must develop
to meet the new* tools of civilizai
ion.
Miracles
iNOttui}g hut i?as and water are
needed to make artificial silk, by a
new process discovered by Professor
Harold Hibbert of McGil! University,
Montreal. That is amazing, even to
such of us as have got used to the
idea of transmission of electric currents
through space. Gas?carbon dioxide,
produced from coal?is invisible
and, to our unaided senses, without
weight. Water is a fluid which
takes solid form only as ice, in our
ordinary experience. But by combining
the two to make a permanent,
tangible solid which will take the
place of rayon fibers produced from
cotton or wood pulp, l)r. Hibbert has
performed a miracle which seems
lone the less miraculous when he
xplains how it is done.
This is another step in the progress
of science toward the goal of
producing in the factory, by swift,
-^heap methods, everywhere we need
*o eat. wear and use. The method, in
general, is to take the short cut
where Nature takes the long read
mound.
Dollar
Eighty-six years old, owner of a
fleet of 50 great passenger anil
freight ships and one of the world's
lanresi himtmv
? - vntci nQjacj. \ ?i|iui in
Robert Dollar still vuns the details
|| <?t his
p to xvoi'k at 11. in his native Scotland,
at Wages of GO cents a week. He has
made every rent of his great fortune
by hard work and still gets
to his office in San Francisco at 20
minutes to nine every morning- When
he feels like it he calls up Mrs. Dollar,
tells her to pack the hags fo' a
trip, and the happy old couple start
out on one of his own ships for a
voyage to China or around the woild.
Un every such ship Captain Dollar
linds new opportunities for American
trade ami new business for the
Dollar ships. H
Spelling
There is a great revival of interest,
in the old-fashioned ''spelling bee."
Helen .Jensona lM-year-old girl of
Council Bluffs, has just won a prize
of $1,000 and the title of National
Spelling Champion in a contest at
wasningtor,. -Newspaper, men, Con
grcssmen, women's eluhs and other
bodies have been conducting spelling
bees in ninny cities.
This is interesting and more or
less important. Correct spelling is an
accomplishment which reveals a
great deal of the character of Hie
individual. Good spellers are persons
who concentrate on details, who have
a keen eye and a pictorial memory.
Few persons who learn chiefly by
ear are good spellers. The "phoentic"
method of teaching childien to read,
a fad which is being abandoned in
many schools, is responsible for much
of the atrocious spelling which makes
so many girls unable to earn more
than a bare wage as stenographers.
^ Good spellers remember words as
pictures. And that is as it should be"
Spelling is of importance only in connection
with reading and writing,
and reading and writing are a means
cf expression designed to appeal to
the eye onlv
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Teachers
One reason why our public schools
are not as good as they could and
should be is that we do not pay the
teacher the same respect ? to say
nothing of salary?that they do in
Europe. To be a school teacher in
Germany, for instance, is to achieve
at once a degree of social standing
equivalent to that of a physician or
a lawyer.
Texas set an example years ago of
. - one way of increasing the teacher's
... T? lOCfl ? '??
... j.ow a icitcnery
was built in the Blum school district
in Guadalupe County-?a home for
the teachers. Now Texas has 1,330 of
these teachers' homes, costing; an average
of S2.200. One teacher, H. E.
Dietel. of Schumannsville, taught one
school and lived in one teachery for
10 years. He became the foremost
citizen of his community.
The rural school without a home
for the teacher or teachers is a relic
of the dark ages.
FORTY LOTS SOLD BY
T. J RAY AT ELK PARK
Elk Park, N. C.?T. J. Ray has
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder, four acres of hillside land,
divided into forty lots, which netted
y hitn about $300 per acre. The sale
was held June 12. Improvements had
been made before the sale.
I !V BKRl
VATA\
A Non-Partisan N<
BOON)
I^I T$are|
IN ATTENDANCE AT
SUMMER SCHOOL
Unexpected Enrollment SKowa an Increase
of 204 Over Last Year. New)
Teacher* Employed for Work. New J
[ Classrooms Equipped for Overflow.
Students Given Welcome by 1
Churches of Boone.
By J. M. DOWNUM
; The summer school at the Appai
lachian State Teachers College has
gone through the first week with an
unexpected enrolment of 790, which
. is an unusual increase over last
, or 204 beyond the largest enrolment
i for last summer school.
The student body is very widely
. distributed, nearly 100 counties in
North Carolina and other states being
represented. A large number of new
teachers had to be employed for the
summer school, as so many of the
regular faculty are taking work toward
higher degrees in various col,
leges and universities. Professors V.
C; tlo we'll'arid G- L. Sawyer at the
University of North Carolina; Professors
J. A. Williams, J. T. C.
Wright and Miss Maude E. Cathcartj
I Pt?kAW.. n?ii "
? . vauuu.7 ouucftt j nonjssor v <111
G. Hinson, Mrs. Van G. Hinson, and
Professor G. P. Eggers at Duke University,
and Miss Lilv Dale at Columbia
UniversityThe
work at the college is starting
off well, all seeming ready to
do their parts, indicating a fine type
of students. All the faculty is busy
getting everything in good shape and
carrying the work of the classes. New
classrooms are being arranged to
take care of the unusual number of
classes.
The students and teachers received
a hearty welcome at the different
churches of the town on Sunday
and ali were pleased at the large
number of students in attendance.
The Sunday Schools were well attended
by the fine student body,
showing the quality of these splendid
teachers for the young people of this
and other states. Boone is greatly
pleased to have this large body of
young people, and is showing a heartv
wolpfimp tr? ull nf
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| Rev. C. H. Moser Pays
Visit to Boone Friends
Tbe people of HoonfcjTand vicinity
were delighted early in the Week by
a visit from Rev. 0- H. Mover, forper
pastor of the Boone Methodist
Church, now of the Spencer charge.
Six months ago Mr. Moser left Boone
debt of $20,000, whichv "had been
hanging over the church, practically
undiminished, for the past fourteen
years, and the State papers of Monday
carried the following story of
just how the big debt Was liquidated
in so short a time:
"Sunday was a red-letter day for
the Methodist congregation in Spencer
when an indebtedness of $2G.0U0
hanging over the new church for
fourteen years, was entirely wiped
out, with cash. Of this amount, $S,000
was paid in two services conducted
by the pastor, Rev. 0. H.
Moser, .June 1 and June 15. At the
last service Sunday loyal members
.refused to accept a loan offered for
one year, preferring to wipe out the
entire debt at once, free the church
of any indebtedness, and hold a jubilee
and dedication service.
"The movement to pay off the |
| debt started late in 1920 when Rev. 1
>a.. *r . -- '
imi. uioser was assigned to the pas- '
torate in Spencer by the last annual
conference and the success of the ;
undertaking brings great joy to the
G35 members of the church as well
as to members of other churches in
the community and likewise to num- '
bers who are not identified with any
church, many of whom have contributed
liberally to the fund- In addition
to donations coming from the
business houses of Spencer and Salisbury,
a number of handsome donations
came voluntarily from members
of other churches in Spenser."
Stores to Close on
Account of Baseball
Pursuant to an agreement reached
several days ago by a majority of
the merchants of the town in open
session, the stores and shops of the
city will close on Wednesday afternoons
at 4 o'clock, and remain closed
until six in order that the owners
and employees may be privileged to
attend the baseball games being
played weekly on the college diamond
by the Boone club and visiting
teams.
The business men agreed this year
to assist the basehaii hoys by buying
season tickets to weekly games, rather
than by making small open donations,
as has been the case in the
past. The plan has worked well, and
tilt. cVl<rTilronT\ow *"1 1 *
u?y|wntKi^, vwfbll CMC f X It* [U-lOIl
of drug stores and cafes, will enjoy
a short rest each Wednesday afterdoon
during the months of June, July
and August.
EIGHT WATAUGA BOYS AT
CITIZENS MILITARY CAMP
Eight young men of Watauga
County reported last Friday to Fort
. Bragg, N. C-, when they began their
services in the Citizens Military
Training Camp. They will return to
their homes at the end of one month,
which is the extent of the summer
trair.ir.0".
Those going are: Oscar U. Brown,
Vilas; Jake G. Hagaman, Boone;
Raymond H. Harmon, Boone; Henry
C. Henson, Amantha; Robert G. Randolph,
Boone; Ralph J- Williams, Mabel:
John L. Yount, Boone; Joe W.
Todd. Boone.
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iwspaper, Devoted to the
E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH <
Democratic Convention
Is Called to Meet 28tl
J. L. Wilson, chairman of the Dera
o era tic Executive Committee, has is
sued a call for the county convert
tion to'be held in the courthouse 01
Saturday afternoon, June 28th, at '
o'clock, at which time delegates tc
the State convention will be named
a county executive committee select
ed. and such other business trans
acted as may properly come before
the session. The precinct meeting*
will be held in the various township.on
Saturday of this week and dele
gates to the county coirventioi
named in proportion to the numbei
of votes cast for Governor Gardnei
in the election of 1928. On this ba
sis there will be 128 delegates tc
the county convention which in turr
will be allowed 21 to the State com
yen tion. Under the plan of allotmenl
each precinct is entitled to one vote
in the county convention for each 2i
votes arid one vote for fractions over
12 Democratic votes cast by the pre
cinct for Governor at the last election.
The vote of the various townships
and the resulting representation in
the county^ convention. fn|]nws:g
Boone 905 311
Bald Mountain 50 2
Stony Fork 129 f
Elk 25 1
Blue Ridge 5S 2
Rlmu'mnp Boy.l"
.vuiu X;!Vl g
Watauga _ 34 9 14
Shawneehaw - 103 4
Laurel Creek 305 12
Beaver Dam 340 14
Cove Creek 384 15
North Fork 30 1
Meat Camp 242 10
Meat Camp No. 2 20 1
New Jersey Wet Wins
In Senatorial Battle
Newark, N. J The conceded winner
of the Republican nomination
for United States Senator from New
Jersey, Ambassador Dwight Morrow,
who in a campaign speech urged repeal
of the Eighteenth Amendment,
Tuesday night continued to pile up a
iead over his three opponents a* returns
poured in.
Re turns from 1,094 districts of
3,304 were: Morrow, 81,180; Fort,
22,185; Frelinghuysen, 9,807.
Following the example of Representative
Franklin W. Fort, former
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuyscn today
conceded his defeat and sent
a telegram of congratulations to Ambassador
Morrow.
On the basis of early returns, Morrow
ran ahead of his opponents even
in the dry, rural counties.
Representative franklin W. Fort,
who entered uie iac? as"a ?sry with
the aid of the Anti-Saloon League,
conceded the election on the basis
of returns from one-thirtieth of the
districts in the State.
In a telegram to Ambassador Morrow
at his home in Englewood, Fort
said:
"Please accept my very heartiest
eongrautltaions and assurance of my
earnest support throughout the coming
campaign. I have not th? Mi&hfT
est doubt you will he a fine and distinguished
addition to the United
States .Senate."
IMPRESSIVE CORONATION IS
PLAN OF RUMANIAN KING
Bucharest, Rumania Now thai
Carol II has swept all obstacles from
his path to full and valid kingship
of Rumania, he made plans today for
an impressive coronation that will be
the last triumph in the journey of
an exile to a throne.
Two weeks ago Carol was a private
citizen in a foreign land, divorced
from his wife, with the throne
of his father?which he renounced
four years earlier?occupied by his
nine-year-old son.
Today Carol Caraiman is King
Carol II, his divorce is recognized
moral] ndh-existent by the Rumanian
Orthodox Church; his wife, whom he
proclaimed Queen Helen, is reported
near a reconciliation with him, and
his son is merely a carefree little
crown prince.
The coronation will be the last
and most brilliant event in the scries
of startling developments. It will beheld
at Alba Julia where the late
King Ferdinand was crowned, and
has been set for October. It is believed
likely that October 11 will be
the date, for it was on that day in
191-1 that his father. King Ferdinand
I, became monarch of the Balkan
kingdom.
King Carol intends to invite all the
crowned heads and presidents of Rumanian
World War allies to the impressive
event. Today he commissioned
General Prezan, an outstanding
soldier who attempted to form a
camnet last week, and Professor Nicholas
.lorga, his boyhood iuior and
friend, to deliver the invitations personally.
Both will leave Rumania June 30,
Professor .lorga going to London and
Washington, and General Prezan visiting
Belgrade, Rome, Brussels and
Paris.
SMOOT-HAWLEY TARIFF B'LL
1S PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE
Washington.?The Smoui-nnxlcj
tariff bill with its increased duties
on sugar, shoes, lumber, cement.
orjck and nearly 2,000,000 other products,
has been passed by Congress.
It now awaits the action by President
Hoover who is confidently expected
to sign it within a few days.
The new law will become effective
at midnight following its signature
by the PresidentLegislative
action on the measure
was completed late Saturday when
the House adopted the final form oi
the conference report- The vote wa;
222 to 153.
DEM?
i Best Interests of Northw
CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUNK 19.
B. ANDL LEAGUE"
' OPENS SESSIONS
AT BLOWING ROM
I
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) Proromeni Building and Loan Offi
cials from All Parts of the Stat*
Gather at Green Park Hotel fes
Twenty-Scveitlh Annual Meeting
. Program Will Be Finished Tomor
? row- Chandler Delivers Address.
[ The twenty-seventh, annual nice*.
1 ing of the North Carolina Buildii!;
, & Loan League convened at tb
. Green Park Hotel. Blowing IwiL yev
. terday morning at 9:#0, and one
; the most important meetings in th>
t history of the Association was pre
dieted by 0. E. Todd of Wilmington
l secretary and treasurer of the stat*
J organization, who came to Blowinj
Rock Tuesday. An elaborate progran
. has been arranged for the three clay:
session which will both instruct ani
entertain the many delegates assem
bled.
. Dr. O. J. Chandler acted as prox
for W. I1. Gragg, secretary of the lo
cal Building & Loan Association an*
delivered the ctudress of welcome a
1 the opening of the session yesterdaj
' morning. lion. Fred W. Bynum o
* Rockingham responded- The higl
spot in the days program was the ad
! dress bv W- S. Ryland. president n
;|the INorth Carolina Bank & Trust Co
1! of Greensboro. Mr. Ryland spoke 01
i the friendly relations between the
banks and Building: & Loan Associa
tions and followed the address by th(
. president, Mr. R. B. Davis of Rock}
Mount, N. C.
i The three days program is featur
ed by addresses by different men ol
the State, prominent in financial anc
governments.! circles, as well as nu
merous discourses along Building &
Loan lines by widely known authori
I ties. Entertainment will be provider
for both the ladies and gentlemen
noteworthy among which are the poll
tournaments which have been arrang
i ed. Trophy cups will be awarded foi
the highest scores and consolation
prizes for the lowestA
banquet is to be given this eve
ning at 8 o'clock in the main dining
room at Green Park Hotel and at
that time a musical program and
other entertainment will be provider
by Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Greer of this
eitv.
Th e convention will come, to a clos<
with the Friday morning session
when the reports of the various com
mittees will be heard and the time
and place of the next meeting decided
upon.
May view Manor Open;
New Manager in Charts
The May view Manor, fashionable
hotel of Blowing Rock, officially
opened for the summer last Saturday
evening- This year the Manoi
is under the personal direction of
M. M. Chapman, v/cli known Florida
resort iirvlrkl --..J --- -
HltJ il-mvi; una manager. :vir,
Chapman arrived several weeks ago
ami had been completing his arrangements
prior to the opening or
Satu rday.
Besi'* the Mayview Manor, Mr
| Chapman is lessee and manager of
-J the VVillianis Hotel at Davtona
Beaeht Fla., and. has had a wide ex
perienee in the hotel business at the
most famous resorts in the country
li was announced that the rate at
May view this year will range from
S5 a day up. Heretofore the rates
have been much higher than that,
and Mr. Chapman feels that a reduction
In the rates will tend to inI
crease the volume of tourist trade
He is also putting on an extensive
advertising campaign in newspapers
! all over the mnn^,v
Last year the hotel was under thi
management of D. J. Boyden. formerly
of Boone.
OREGON MOMINEE FOR
GOVERNOR DIES AT REVIEW
Camp Clatsop, Oregon, June 16.?
State Senator George W- Joseph, col
orful figure in Oregon's public life
who won the Republican nominatioT
for Governor at the recent primar>
as a "vindication candidate," dice
suddenly today of a blood clot on the
heart.
Death came at the national guarc
came here while he was talking tc
Major General George A. White witl
whom he was reviewing the 162n<
regiment. The Senator has just madi
a joking remark when he gasped ant
fell.
Joseph was 58 years old. He wa:
born in a log cabin in the wilds oi
Modoc County, California, May 10
1872. As a yorrth he was a sheep
herder. He worked his way througl
school and acouired an education ir
law. In and out of the State assem
biy to which he was elected in 1911
he found himself often at logger
heads with party factions.
STATE PATROL BRINGS IN
$16,000 REVENUE DURING MAI
Raleigh.?The activities of Cap
tain Farmer's highway potrolmen ii
the State during May brought in ;
, revenue of more than $16,000 ii
fines, costs and licenses, it wa
m tfie monthly repoi
of the highway patrolThe
some 37 members of the pa
trol traveled a total of 104,935 mile
during the month, made 445 arrest
and investigated a total of 4,131 lav
violations. They investigated tei
deaths on the highway and 28 in
juries. Sentences aggregating 91
i months resulted from the patrol's ac
tivities. Fines ioatllcd $3,720.61)
costs $2,597.25 and proceeds fror
i changes and purchases of licneses or
! dered by the patrolmen $9,810.80
i bringing the total income to the Stat
and county to $16,128.65.
OCRA
est North Carolina
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Boone Civitans Are
Honored at Asheville
The Boone Civitan Club, which hasr
J" j been widely acclaimed as one of the
i most progressive civic organizations [
in western North Carolina provided j
a high spot, at the Monday's session [
- | of the International Council of Civis
j tan. at -Asheville, when it was called ]
r to the attention of the assembly that
. every member of the local ciub was
- in attendance. International officials
of Civitan congratulated the Boone
delegation, which was headed by the
.r President. P.. D. Hodges, on, their
g 100 per cent enthusiasm and a rising
e Vote of appreciation was given. Thir
ty members of the Boone club jourf
neyed by motor to Asheville for the
i convention besides a number of the
ladies of the city. Those jjoing inclui,
ded; \Y. U Gragg, R. C. Rivers, C.
a M. Criteher, G. P. Hagaman, TIoWj
aid Mast. M. P. Critcher, S. C. Eg,1
genf, Will Cook. ,T. L. Quails, A. V.
s Howell. H- Neal Blair, U. 1.. Clay, G.
i K. Moose. Tracy Council], S. M
- Ayers, C. A Harris, P. A. Hicks. ,!. |
C. McConnell, .1. F. Moore, W. Cy
Greer, R. F. Me Dade, Fred Church,
- Ralph Winkler, John 13. Steele, A. E.
j South, J. A. Yount, S. F Horton, I>.
t f- Wifinrrlnn Winkler and R. 1
; D. Hodges.
f Messrs A. E. South and J. F. Moore
i were the official delegates to the con
I vent.inr* artA ? ?. : > ' *
. .v.iiamcu in Asneviiic
r till the close of the sessions^ Wednes.
day. The others returned to Boone 1
i Monday evening* :
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j Watauga Man Receives j
Medal at Wake Forest j ]
J. M. Horton, son of l>. F. Horton,'J
1 of Vilas, was awarded the Laura Ha- ,
" kei Paden MCdaT at Wake Forest CM-1 (
lege for the highest average in the1
. department of social science for fo ir ,
years. He was also awarded the B. S .
*. degree in commencement upon grad- .'
uation. ?
Mr. Horton. who is widely known '
throughout this section, is now j
1 spending his vacation at his father's1] <
home. A sketch of his life is as fol j ,
" lows: (
Back to the success-maddened days |
' of 191 i), when the great war had (
. just ended and everything and ev- j
erybody were crazed with the money- ,
' making idea, the young fellow, who
was reared in Watauga County, and (
who had been in Wake Forest- in uni- <
' form in 191K with all the money to ,
".spend at his command that he could ,
a....?* *? * ..
i...., viuiiUKn wicn, decided that bis|<
present sphere was too small to con- .
tain him at his young age, so he went j
back to Wake Purest College in the
fall of 1919, but only to get his \
trunk umi board the train for a ,
Northern City "to make hia fortune ;
.= Ho urnp-kpH iii inn* city IV.r .
nine years at a day laborer's wage {
1 and came home in the summer of \\
1927 thoroughly disgusted with it |
all, and no better oft financially j |
' j than when he left home in 1919, but ,
j with opened eyes and a detormina- j
L i tion to make good yet. .So after the!'
college had been in session two weeks j
> Jim packed his trunk on the old oarlj
and landed at Wake Forest to take 5 (
up the work he had left off nine j
years before. He was given the title jj
I of "Judge" by his fellow students \\
i anil entered into the social life ofU
1 UM
j roresr and Raleigh- Me was |
I president To the Spanish Club the last i I
two vcar-:, pianist of the orchestra,, ajt
( member of the band and glee club, j?
He graduated last week with his B. ?. ( j
degree, winning the scholarship med- ;
; al for making the highest a\erage in '
social science of any student for the {
four years- .
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B. Y. P. U. Convention ,
Convenes Fifth Sunday 1
i
The First Annual B. Y. P. U. As- r
sociation Convention will meet with 1
the Boone Baptist Church on June 1
29th and will take the place of the <
r regular fifth Sunday meeting. At this!
meeting the young people's work <
- will be considered. The State B. Y. <
- P. U. secretary, J- A. Ivey, of Ra- ]
, leigh. will be present, and John R. 1
i Jones, of Wilkesboro, will make an .
address. A number of local people ]
! will appear on the program. At the j
? evening service there will ho o-iw.r. .
la'missionary drama. A full program i<
will appear next week. All the |
churches of the association are urged .
to elect aud send delegates to this ,
important meeting. ,
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BONES OF LARGE PREHISTORIC ;
BEAST UNEARTHED ON COAST i *
1
Wilmington, N. C The teeth and 1
jaw bones and particles of other ,
bones of some prehistoric monster,
which either swam in the ocean .off 1
Wilmington or roamed the forest of ;
j Southeastern America, were found :
g Saturday by dredging officials en
gaged in digging a section of the:
intracoastal waterway between Caro- '
lina Beach and Myrtle Grove Sound.
The teeth, several of which were
f dug out of the earth, were approximately
nine inches lor.g and about
>- three and a half inches in diameter.
!t They weighed several pounds each. !
a One of the jaw teeth had a spread
a of about twelve inches, was eight
s inches long and had a thickness of
-t about four inches.
Particles of the hDmuuiag a
"CIC |
-1 of a massive nature and indicated
s that the beast was extremely powers
ful and capable of accomplishing
r! much destruction with its iron jaws
i . and vise-like teeth. Search will be
- I conducted for the remains of the
? I fossil, it was announced.
-1 Major \V. A. Snow, district army
i, engineer, who has collected the tr.a
a jority of the bones, has wired H. H.
- Brimlye, at the State museum, of
i, the discovery and asked his" advice
e as to what species the monster might
belong.
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?1.50 PER YEAR
ME=BERSOF PARK
BOH' WILL VISIT
BO* NE ON FRIDAY
as
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Forty ___jincss and Professional Men
of this City Motor to Linville on
Tuesday Evening and Extend Invitation
to Conference Squtre3
Delivers Address on Great Smokies
National Park.
More than forty of Boone's business
and professional men joined
with the beautiful little town of Linville
Tuesday evening in welcoming
State park and forest workers from
every part of the United States to
the tenth annual meeting of the National
Conference on State Parks.
Professor I. G. Greer of Appalachian
State Teachers College, spokesman
for the local delegation, extended a
welcome to the body to visit Boone
Friday afternoon, referring to \Y afcauga's
capital as "the best town to
its size in America.'' The invitation
was eagerly accepted bv the organization,
and on Friday afternoon at.
1:30 o'clock, the nearly three hun dred
delegates will arrive in the city,
whereat or forty-five minutes they
will be entertained in the college auditorium,
women's clubs of the town
being in charge of the program of activity.
Dr- 6. B. Dougherty, president
of the school, will deliver the
address of welcome.
Blowing Rock was represented at
the Tuesday evening session by a
small but representative group of
itben*-, headed by Mayor Grover C.
Robbihs, who extended greetings to
wu.. ? - i^?M
Hi e-jure re nee. and invited the members
to visit the "city above the
:louds" Friday. This invitation was
ilso accented by the presiding offi;e;\
Mrs. M. F. .ludd, of Dalton, Ga.
Fhe caravan of motor cars will move
>ut of Linville Friday afternoon at
I o'clock over the picturesque Yonihlossee
LI igliwayj recognized as the
State's most scenic thoroughfare.
Fhe first stop will he made at Blowng
Rock; thence to Boone, Vallo
"Tucis, Banner Elk, Ncwland and
nick to I.inville. where the conference
will he adjourned. At Banner
Ilk, the delegates will be the guests
if Lees-MeRae College and Edgar
M. Tufts, superintendent, for 'afternoon
tea.
Hon Mark Squires, of Lenoir,
-hairman of the North Carolina Park
Commission, and Dr. David C. Chapman,
Knoxvilie, chairman of tlie Tenvissce
Great Smoky Mountain Park
.'ommission, delivered the principal
id dresses Tuesday evening, their subnet
being "The Great Smokies." Mr.
Squires dwelt at length on the beauLies
of the park area, and reviewed
;ne early- struggle** of the commission
r. raising funds, procuring lands and
?f.tin an ?? the atupen- .. : ious
undertaking. He brought out
.uHiu:. pnases ot North Carolina
ustovy, many of which had been all
ml fqrfcokteh by the assembly, and
mid tribute to the Kelscys, McRaes,
\nd other pioneer spirits who first
eulb.ed the advantages of the Smokes
as a national park reserve- Acordihs
to the speaker, an act of
Vngress several decades ago vested
is the Secretary of the Interior the
ight to establish a national park on
he face of Grandfather Mountain,
it any time that official deemed the
iction necessary- Mr. Squires be-.,
ieve- that the time is ripe for the
levelopment, and indirectly boosted
he establishment of a park area ?)odying
the historic mountain and
ts surrounding wilderness 01 beauty,
fhis preserve would lie directly be ^
yveen the Shenandoah National Park
uid the Great Smoky Mountains
CVpI- three Federal highways linking
he properties ir.t > a chain of natural
beauty, unexcelled by any secion
of the United States.
Colonel Chapman's address was iiustrated
by colorful scenes on the
Tennessee side of the Smokies, and
lis rpniarl--- ??? ..1-1 ? -1
? .o?sA*iYi<ru wan pumor. as
le related experiences he had en?ountered
in the purchase of park
lands from the mountaineers. He
stated that Tennessee has less u.an
j>ne hundred thousand acres yet to
purchase and that North Carolina
sas deeds for more than half of their
acreage. "All of the purchases will
have to be made," the speaker renarked,
"before we will know which
State has the largest acreage." Col.
Chapman eulogized Mr. Squires for
his splendid work on the commission,
itating that no man in the South
Sesei ved more credit for the progress
yi the undertaking than he. The two
ipeakers were introduced by MajortVilliam
A. Welch, general manager
)f the Palisades Interstate Park, who
s presiding at the four-day convention.
Other speakers on the program
Tuesday evening were Ernest F. Coe,
Dresident of the Tropical Everglades
National Park Association, and Miss
Harlena .lamoi oYoonHvo +
?, waV6?vi><; SCtlCWIlJ,
\merican Civic Association.
During the "last three days. Ui UIC
conference, the members will be given
opportunity to visit outstandingly
beautiful spots throughout the section,
and will be. treated to discourses
by prominent figures in park work
from this and other states. Hon. Jo?ephus
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer, will preside at
the Friday session.
A CORRECTION
The democrat's atcntion has heeo
called by different readers to an ciror
appearing in the report last week
of the vote cast in Boone Township
for United States Senator. A transposed
numeral made it appear that
Bailey received 238 votes in this precinct,
whereas his vote totaled 283.
Privilege cards used by the mem- ^
hers of the Federated Farmers Ex- CT
change of Craven County entitle them
to discounts of from io to 20 per
cent, on many farm supplies.
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