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THE GALAX KEWS JULY 19, 1962 PAGE ll m '•i "SiircE 1881" NEALS SERVED BY RESERVATION HIGHLRnOS CLEflHERS flRD LflUnORY DIAL 2530 GOOD CLEANING GIVES A SMART APPEARANCE (EU.ICOTT»S ROCK CON*T FROM PAGE 2) established the boundaiy of the three s tates at "this point* Some time prior to the year 1813, there was a question be tween the states of North Carolina and Georgia as to the exact boundary between them* A commission from each of the Caro- linas was appointed by the legislatures to have 'bhe location of the line determin ed, and South Carolina also appointed a commission to determine the line between it and Georgia, which line was supposed to follow the Savannah River from the coast to the 35th parallel of north latitude* To carry out this work, the comp* missions employed an Etoglish engineer named Ellicott, who started out from Sa^ vannah, following the river and its iQain tributary to a point, which after several weeks of observation, he established as the 35th degree of north latitude* Here he placed a marker on a rock In the Chatoo* ga River, which consists of the following: ’’Dross, N*C.G.A# 35 degrees If Lat* AD 1813.« The point became knows and has since been called ”KIlicott>s Rock*** E3.1icott*s rock lies secluded in some of the wildest and most beautiful country in this section* The' Chatoogs River, beautiful at any place^ is espe cially so for several miles above and be low the rock* This ^int can be reached over the Horse Cove and Glade roads automobile and then by foot over the Gl^ Warry trail for four and one-half miles# When the ford of the river is reached, a small island will be noted, and the mark er will be found on the east bank of the river, about one-third of the distance of the island from the southern end* MRS. S. L. NcCARTY PASSES Word was received here of the death of Mrs* Elizabeth Louise McCarty, on Wed nesday, July 18* Mrs. McCarty,mother of Mr» Sidney McCarty of Highlands, had been in failing health for some time* She was in ^opka, Fla at the time of her death, but had lived with her daughter, Mrs* E3.1- zabeth Rose, in Orlando, Fla« Sidney Mc Carty left immediately Wednesday morning for Florida* Funeral services will be held in Orlando and graveside rites will be in Augusta, Ga» where Mrs# McCarty* a late husband, Rev# S* L# McCarty, was the (CON*T ON PAGE 15) GUESTS AT HOTEL EDWARDS Dr. & Mrs, J, Ralph Neale, Winter Park, Fla.; Miss Frances Gales, Ft. Lauder dale, Fla.; Mrs. B, Overdorf, Delray Beach. Fla. ;Mrs. John J* Lyons, Jr. Anderson, S, C.; Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Parrish, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; Mr. & Mrs, S. S. Williams, Greensboro, Ga. Mr. & Mrs, James D. Kittrell, Fernan dina Beach, Fla*| Mrs, R* E. L. McCaskill, De Funiak, Fla*; Mr. E. A. Partin, Hender- ville, N* C.; Mrs. Ruby H. Alexander, De catur, Ga.; Mr* Tom Reid, Greenville, S. C.; Mr. & Mrs. R. P. Sandidge, Avon Park, Fla. Mr. W. W. McAbee, Asheville, N* C*; Mr. Jack Mull, Asheville, N. C*; Mr. C. W* Edmonds, Hullsville, Va.; Mr. G. S. Tarpley, Asheville, N. C*; Mr. Ralph Hook er, Bassitt, Va.; Mr, John Campbell, Bas- sitt, Va* Mr. & Mrs, Les Fagarty, Orlando, Fla.; Mr, & Mrs, Vance Erwin, Umatilla, Fla,; Mr. Joe Oates, Central City, Ky,; Mr, ^y Stahl, Springfield, Ohio; Mrs, J, H. Per son, Atlanta, Ga,; Mrs, T. R. Smith, At lanta, Ga*; Mr & Mrs, C. Jones, Pelian, S.C, nflniflHflLR CREflniERY Dairy Products of Super Quality Sold in All Grocery Stores in and Around Highlands. In Franklin, North Carolina Everyone Knows It*s D FOR BETTER CLOTHING FOR LADIES
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