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1 } ' JULY G. 1933 PLAN GREAT ROAD CELEBRATION SOON Completion of Last Link In xouuiuu^ see Trail to Be Celebrated July 15; Governor Ehringhaus and Other Notables Are Expected. Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, former Congressman M. H. Thatcher, E B. .leffress, chairman of the State Highway Commission, and many another notable arc expected to be present on Saturday, July 15. at the formal celebration of the opening of the last link in the Yonahlossee Road between Blowing P.oek and Linville Announcement of the celebration was made this week by Nelson McRae, of Linville, Mayor Grover Robbins, ol Blowing Rock, and R. L. Gwyn, ol Lenoir, who are the committee in charge. According to Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, president of the Black Bear Trail, Inc., the occasion will begin with a meeting on Friday evening, July 14, at Galax, Va.; whence a motorcade will travel over the newly-completed stretch of road between Blowing Rock and Linville, around the side of Grandfather Mountain, and will have luncheon in the latter town |B Although the road will not be paved before the end of the summer, the widening, shortening of curves, construction of culverts and other improvmeenta are practically complete, and the dressing of crushed rock will be smoothed out to prove an excellent surface for the celebration. The road is now passable throughout Sic eight miles which have been under construction during the winter and spring. Is of Wide Significance The opening of the new road is of much more than local significance. The eight miles newly-constructed of the twenty-mile stretch between the two resort villages, are the last link to be completed in U. S 221, or the Black Bear Trail, which stretches from Quebec to Miami. It is also the last link to be finished in the ParRto-Park Highway, extending from the Shenandoah Valley National Park to the Great Smokies National Park, a route which will bring thousands of now \rioifr\rn *Vi?w??irvV? T?1 ?-1 ? ? " . 'u.w*u in. viu^it oiuwiii^ nu^K and Linville every summer, "Ynnahlossee" is ari Indian word for "Bear Trail," and the local appelation of the famous Blowing: Rock-Llnviile highway has been applied to the tremendous new thoroughfare from C.'anadu to Florida. Bead Has Forty Years' History 2?o read in PTnrth Carolina has won jrrcat or fame than the Yonahlossee Ttohd for natural MsftfS Cut into the ride of Grandfather Mountain, it looks on one side over the John's River gorge: on the other hand it looks up to the black peaks, balsam groves and cliffs of Grandfather. The new construction, which will shorten by two miles the distance between Blowing Rock and Linville and eliminate many dangerous curves, has been made with particular care for natural beauty. The cliffs, wateriaiis. and forests which line the road have been left undisturbed, and liberal parking spaces provided for these wishing to pause and look at the view. Nelson Mcltae. of l.invUlf, recalls the first building of the Trail of the KBear, which was in 1891, by a company headed by his father, Hugh MeRae. S. T. Kolsey, civil engineer, was in charge. At Mr. McRae's insistance, gigi the route was made to follow its winding but superbly beautiful course between the two towns, and the grade laid out for this early toll road has been left practically unchanged by the State engineers in charge of the present job. The entire Yonahlossee road was first built at a total cost of $12,000, contrasting with a cost of approximately $15,000 a mile for the paved highway to be celebrated on July 16th. Record Temperatures Shown in June Report Temperatures ranging from the sweltering 90's to frosty 30's are disclosed in the weather report for June, Issued Monday by J. T. C. Wright, observer at the local government station, which follows: Average maximum temperature. 79 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 56 degrees. Average temperature, 67 degrees. Average daily range in temperature, 23 degrees. Greatest daily range In temperature, 28 degrees; date, 16th. Average temperature at 6 p. m. (.time of observation), 73 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 90 degrees; date, 8th. Lowest temperature reached, 33 degrees; date, i6ui. Total precipitation, in inches, 1.89. Greatest precipitation in 24 hours, 0.99; date, 28th. Number of days with 0.01 inch or more precipitation, 5. Number of clear days, 21. Number of partly cloudy days, 5. Number of cloudy days, 4. Date of killing froets, 15th. Dates of solar halos, 1st, 2nd. Date of lunar halos, 1st. The newly-established cream shipping station at Morganton paid Burke County farmers $366,13 for surplui milk and cream during the first month of operation. \ ' - : V I Women life guards, the first ever to be stationed along the Atlantic coast on regular service are cow on duty at Wildwocfl Bench- N. J. Tbej are Miss May Ottey and Miss Flor ea.ce neiHOZL Wilkesboro H Backgrounc By ARNOLD COFFKY di? The majestic mountains of the Blue an Ridge are filled with stories of folk Lc lore, love, hate, intrigue and history, atl Some have been put onto the pages Sfc Cf bocks and ^ome remain unrecord- tb cd, handed down from gray-haired ha graudsires from generation to gener- j in< atlon. an From the rugged county of Wilkes ho comes this bit of history, and the famous old Tory tree known to many kit throughout the State. his Wilkesboro is an old town and has en been the scene of many exciting hap- rai penings. The old-fashioned red brick Th courthouse stands with its roof six proudly looking down over the town, die Within its wall many trials of hair| raising crime have taken place that ' j would delgiht the heart of any fic- he | tion writer. dei j Hack behind the courthouse stands tui (the old To?" Ire", bo eniiaa because rtc nine Tories woo supposed havelurs been hung from Its ? etroiftg oaken in? limbs. Some say it was only five, and sol others insist that nine were hung by Colonel Ben Cleveland back in the mt dork days following the Revolution- dai ary War. hoi Tree Slowly Dying otl Tlic tree stands on a 3mall plot ] surrounded by a cement border, with in a road eliding it. There are only three j in or four limbs to it now and it ap- th< pears to be dying. A year ago the fat State sent tree surgeons to work on old it. and hollows were filled with ce- all ment and chemicals shot into its roots. nis This helped the historic old tree, ag for citizens say that its leaf crop the coi following summer was larger than bu ever. Visited by all who come to urn Wilkesbcro, the people are sadly ] watching the old tree slowly die. Thus cv< stands the historic old Tory Tree, old gn Wilkesboro's landmark. ye Fort Hanthy fir About seven miles from Wilkesboro die above Hoiman's Ford, there once an stood the old robbers roo3t of Civil War days, "Fort Hamby." Wade the bushwhacker and his thi gang of cut-throats terrorized the ry county and sections around Wilkes kil during the Civil War, robbing unpro- lej tected homes of soldiers, stealing lmrscg and firing houses. Wade and flc his gang kept the county in a state hi] of terror. sic There were three distinct raids up- bii on Fort Haraby by returned soldiers do from Caldwell, Wilkes and Alexander pe counties. The first raid occurred aft- roi er Wade and his ment went into Ai- da exander County and robbed Colonel ar, McCurd and undertook to rob an old [co preacher by the name of John Green, trt Green and his family saw the robbers coining and fired upon them. The bushwhackers thought the house was full of people and fled back to Fort Hamby. The men of the neighborhood or- m' gaiuscd and followed them, making ea the first attack upon the fort. Two w] of the soldiers were lost in the first wl raid. Their names were Jones Brown re and James Lanney who was only 18 years old. The latter was an uncle ur in T * v. - * iui 11. a. uiuucjr, uic jJteacui. lA?f I master at Wilkesboro. Bushwhacker Raids They were found by the robbera to and carted about a mile up the creek wi to Lewis Fork and buried under a tree. Also a private by the name of do Clark was killed in that raid. The Fort stood on a hill overlook- wl ing the river. One day two of the ? bushwhackers saw a wagon crossing at Hoiman's Ford and one bet the le* other he could hit it with his first er ' shot. He picked up his rifle and shot it i into the covered wagon, killing a wo- aa I man who rode inside. 81 A second and third raid was made fr upon the fort by the returned sol- dt WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER"! Farm Peony Wins Mr. A. M. Brand, on his farm near ^ Faribault, Minn., went m for peony e, raising. He developed some remarkable Han&ena blooms. He entered f" them in the Century of Progress.world k fair at Chicago . . . and his peony t< won the gold medal as best in the show. id as Colorful I 1 Of History J al lii :rs of Caldwell, Wilkes and Alex- n' der counties after the surrender ot VI e in '6S. They met at the fort and Lacked it. As night fell Colonel Wall 04 larpe of Caldwell slipped through el e darkness and crawling on his nds and knees, nc went uunoticed sc '.o the kitchen, which was a sepate building, but close to the main ol use. ri Finding a straw mattress in the t,! chen, he set fire to it and rejoined i comrades. When the bushwhacki found tile kitchen on fire they is a out of the fort and surrendered. A ere had been twenty of thim, but ; lost their courage before the sol- ' rs came and fled. J*. Fort Destroyed Wade came out also, and pretended . wanted to surrender, when sud- 31 aly he fell to the ground, t oiled and . nbled, and fled into the darkness. 13 ruling down to the river he crawled I" der a bank with jua>. his head stick t out and remahied there uniii i"ue|nt diers left. [Br fvner capturing uie robbers the in put out the fire with only slight mage to the kitchen. They hauied me the bodies of Linney and the ^ ler soldiers killed in the first raid. Mr. Linney's father was wounded the first raid and carried his arm a simg in the thiiu. Years after to : battle Mr. Linney accompanied his b' her, J. Wellington Linney, to the D I fort site, and was shown and told the details of the three attacks. rn After clearing the fort of all furhings, it is slated, the soldiers P' ain set it on fire. They held a trial, irt-hartialed the five captured ^ shwhackers, tied them to stakes p d shot. j" ITr. Linney's father plcaed his rifle ir the shoulder of an old slave ne- w >, Orange Linney, who died several ?' ars ago at Flint, Michigan, and . ed. It is said that the firing squad 13 In't know who's rifle was lor.ded, d who really killed the robbers. Ui W&taugan Killed Another soldier who was killed in ] 2 fighting at Fort Hamby was Hen- 1?' Henley of Watauga, who was' fc led ill the third raid. Private Hen- ~s r was a member of the home guard. And so the river at Holman's Ford iws on its sighing way and the ltop where Fort Hamby stood nods ^ eping in the summer simshine. The ^ -ds are singing and nature has nned her green mantle and all is ^ aceful and quiet where once guns ^ ared end b'ood was shed in the dark ys of '65 when Tankees invaded d busk whackers terrorized ihe untry. But today all is quiet, on the >nt at old Fort Hamby. re WELFARE BOARD TO MEET The Welfare Board of Watauga will n eet regularly the second Monday in y ch month at 2 p. m. All citizens gj 10 have an interest in the work or ? 10 desire to present problems are (ji quested to meet with us. B A. J. GREENE. Chairman, SMITH HAGAMAN, Q, Superintendent of Welfare. ^ him' ?- TV aSmall boy.?"Mummy, we're going p play elephants at the zoo, and we int you to come." U Mother?" what on earth can I ti i ?" f< "Small boy?"You can be the lady si lo gives them lieanuts and eandv " P :?_? " lp Just the way you see in the roov- 9 ?. The real-life romance of the bank - ^ and the poor waitress. Read about in The American Weekly, the imagine distributed with next Sunday's it altlmore American. Buy your copy F om your favorite newsboy and news g aler. b r THURSDAY?BOONS, N. C. The Week in ji Washington Washington ?The man of the hoar l Washington ia Bernard M. Barch. Sitting at a desk in the State iepartrnent without any title or o?fiial position, while President Rooseelt was away od hia vacation, Secitary of State Hull in London and jKeiataut Secretary Moley on his way J join Mr. Hull, Mr. Baruch has een receiving mail addressed to "The .cting President," the "Next Secreiry of State" and even "The Big oss." The explanation is that Mr. E&rch has greater influence with the .dmhiistratlon than any other men ho appears in public. That statelent does not detract from the touch cc of Col. Edward M. HodSe, ho never appears in public, and 'hose influence with the present resident is probably as great as It 'as with the last Democratic Chief Xecutive, Woodrow Wilson. But Col. louse and Mr. Baruch understand ach other, and nobody detracts for minute from Mr. Baruch's ability or is sincere devotion to the public injrest. Baruch, Unusual Type Mr. Baruch was Chairman of Prcslent Wilson's War Industries Board, iter the war he heinea fie?ee? ork oat the first of the programs >r farm relief which laid the foundaoti for the present Agriculture Adlinistration Act. He is that unusual rpe, a man of large affairs who has lade millions by h?3 own unaided bility a3 a trader, who prefers pubc service to anything else, but dries 5t want public office. His advice is liued because he knows business and nance down to the ground and betuse he has the confidence of lead's in almost every walk of life. Personally Mr. Barueli is tall, handime. white-hatred and urbane. He is reeful but always tactlui, a man f genuine culture and high integty, and the President relies upon im for advice to an extent which is hardly been realized so far For example, George N. Peek, who the suprmee administrator of the gricultura! Adjustment Act, is lown as Mr. Baruch's man. Mr. eek was a plow manufacturer In Lino is. and Mr. Barueh got to know m and to admire his qualities when j was actively studying the farm tuation. General Hugh Johnson, the dministrator of Industrial Recovery, also Mr. Barueh's personal nomi?e He was associated with Mr. Peek the agricultural implement busiEssasaasssi Thus, indirectly. Mr. Barueh is tne i lousor for two men who will have ' operate the two most far-reaching ojects of the New Deal, and it is i lie expected that his advice win imtnate. Some New Deal Surprises Washington is only just beginning i get acquainted with the men who ive come in to operate the New eal. Some have proved surprises. Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Comerce, is one of those. Mr. Roper is been so active in politics and the actice of law that nobody had any ea of his administrative capacity, s the head of the largest of all the ovemment departments, however, he showing so much "horse 3ense" that i is being spoken of as the balanceheel of the Administration, lie is le of the most, influential men in le Cabinet, and more and more work being dumped on his shoulders. Mr. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasry, is personally beloved by everyle who comes in contact with him, om the President down. It is an >en secret, however that he ?sn r.M ! :main Ions: in his position. The strain beginning to tell on him; he is 67 iars old. His successor may or may it be Lewis Douglas, Director of le Budget. Mr. Douglas is amply ratified, but there is strong opposion to him developing among the lore radical elements of the party. Mrs. Wilson, who uses her maiden line of Frances Perkins as Secreiry of Labor, is coming to be resided as perhaps the nest judge of .en and motives In the whole cabinet, nllke Mr. Roper, who is able to delfate details, she wants to do everyling herself, which may prove too luch of a job. Eastman and Railroads Mr. Eastman, the Federal GoordlMor uf Railroads, former head of le Interstate Commerce Commison, is no longer regarded as a "daneroua radical," but has the confience and respect of railroad people, ie believes, although he does not per- i anally desire It, that Government ] wnership of railroads is inevitable at >me future time, and he is skilfully roparlng the minds of railroad peole to the acceptance of that idea. The one man in high place who, links solely in terms of party poll- I cs is Postmaster General Farley. His ;uow uaoinet memDera try to rest his efforts to displace competent eople merely because they are Reublicans, to replace them with perms whose chief known qualification i that they are Democrats. Patronage Days The distribution of Government jobs i just beginning. As long as the resident wanted things from Con ress quickly he withheld patronage, low those members who "played I I, ! ' ^ ^ ! Miss Arietta Young of New York j City found recreation by roller skat- j ing on the roadways in Central Park. I A theatrical producer saw her doing i her turns and glides and signed her to a contract. Now she is appearing on Broadway. ball' with him will be able to nomi- 1 nate their constituents for public oi- 1 fice, and there will be plenty of them. 2 Tim New Deal calls for a larger army ' of Federal employees in the field 1 than has ever been seen: more than 1 enough, probably, to make up for all ^ the dismissals in Washington. < i VILAS NEWS t Mr. Grady -Eller, of the Retoresta- ; tion Camp near the Globe, was a i week-end visitor. 11 Miss Maxie Greene spent Sunday < at Siitler, Tenil. J The Baptist Young People at Wil-1t lowdale are progressing nicely with i Mrs. J. L. Rcece as president. < Tommy Presnell address the Sun- t day School on the life of Joshua. s Ben Henson and Ed Henson, with their families, spent Sunday in the r community. f Mr. and Mrs. Russell Barlow, of f Lenoir, spent Sunday with the lat- $ ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Hor- c ton. r Mr. and Mrs. Dough tor. Greene took t dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. r Paul Bingham at Sugar Grove. c A small daughter of Calvin Hicks is recovering- from a broken arm. if Or. "C2*i?v mnntinor a thunder-11 Sturm uiu uVuCn uuulugC- tC" the TOS^!? and crops. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brinkler visited their daughter, Mrs. Chappell, at ( Shouns, Tenn., Sunday. U i Big SMASH S A] tmmammmmammmmmtammmmmmmmiammmmmmB Men's Suits, a real vali Men's Suits, $1 2.95 va Blue Serge Suits, ! 6 oz. Men's Straw Hate Men's Shirts, regular i Men's Shirts, regular ij Ladies' Hats, good assi Entire stock Ladies Hi; all going below cost Special Prices on Entir Keplar's S ||j CAMELS ARE THE m best-flAvOREO I CIGARETTES I EVER S-^okep ; ' .. . -f. " ' ' ' " " V. TAX REDUCTION FUND HAS MET ITS OBLIGATIONS ???? Distributed to Counties nt State for Extended School Terras. A. T. Allen Sends Out Cheeks. Watauga Gets *1,505.10 from the 1932S3 Fund, But None from the 193132 Allotment. Raleigh.?The State of North Caroina has met its final and complete >bJigation to the counties in conneclon with the tax reduction fund for )peration of the public school extend id term for the past two years by jending to the counties a total of >394,901.78, representing balances for he 3Chool years 1931-32 and 192213. Dr. A. T. Allen announced Monday Governor Ehringliaus made the fund available, as director of the Bud 5^vr w n'-juiuaie me oDUgatiODS incurred against thin fund for operation of extended terms, Dr. Allen, who sent out the cheeks, announcing that it meets In full the appropriation made by the State Board of Equalization for this purpose and which the district taxes collected as )f March 1, 1933, matched. "The tax reduction fund, or the State's contribution to the extended term for the last four years. Has meant the preservation of the rural school system in North Carolina," Dr. Allen said. "Without this fund the -ural schools would have suffered an itter collapse. For the next biennium iiis fund is no longer recessary. because the State-supported uniform 8months school term guarantees the continued integrity of the State sys:em. "Ail of the obligations incurred igainst the six months school fund for the last two years have not been lis charged In cash. This is a record if which the State may well be croud Tn spite of the depression and :he decreased revenue, the State has nanaged t.o liquidate in money all :laims incurred, against the operaton of the State-supported six month school term," he said. GuilfOrd ftnd Nm rnnof..r.rl icthing in 1932-33 or the year before rom this fund, the amounts ranging rom $218.10 for Scotland County to 6,371 30 for Johnson County for the ither 98 counties. Thirty-six counties eccived balances of the 1931-32 fund, otaling $13,600.12 for that year, as :ompared with the $251,301.66 the 98 xjunties get on the 1932-33 fund. Watauga County gets $1,505.10 rom the 1932-33 fund and none from 931-32, the report shows. Four sheep growers of Cumberland lounty pooled 2041 pounds of wool ind sold it for $511.50 cash. for CASH LE! ie 7.95 lue 9.95 , 15.00 value. . 12.95 value 59c J >0c value 39c j i 1 value 89c ! $1 values 89c gh Grade Dresses 1.98 to 10.95 e Stock Peters Shoe*! tyle Shop Icuccotclife Lcttcz : :
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