SEPTEMBER S. 1923 WILKES FOLK VISIT THEGRANDFATHER Visitors Impa-^uwcd With the Mir?culotas Or.owlb o flhe Town of Boone. By "One of the Party" in Carter*? Weekly) On Wednesday August 22 a parly of thirteen from Maple springs an 1 Harley (Wilkes county set out up the Boone Trail Highway, route no. 60 J bound for the Grandfather Mountain. 1 The party was composed of C. R. ' Triplett. P G Triplett, Ralph Triplett W. H. Hamhy, Bert Hamby, Charlie McNeil. Misses Bettie and Mae Tom- '< son, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Proffit. Mr. . and Mrs. W. C. Taylor, and Mrs. J. 1 C. Thompson. 1 At Boone the first halt was made. 1 3oone is growing so fast one ran al- 1 most see it grow. Numbers of homes ' stores and various other buildings are 1 being built. "Worthy of mention are the new administration building at ' the Appalachian Training School and the new Methodist church recently I completed. 1 Leaving Boone, we continued up 3 the Boone Trail to Vilas. On each < side of the highway we noticed great fields of grass dotted with haystacks. 3 .From the number of cabbage patches J Watauga must be planning to supply 1 the whole state with cabbage and < kraut. 1 Near Vilas we stopped at a cheese A factory and purchased a cheese on * which the factory is to be complimented. At Vilas we left the Boone Trail turning to the left. After ^ climbing a mountain and descending again we came to a beautiful fertile valley and soon reached the village of Valle Crucis. The name "Valle Crucis," meaning "Vale or valley of j the cross" is truly jin appropriate} 1 .o - ?-u.. - .1 ' JUHIII nil tin i.t-i au.?r t:**- t ill ley in which it is locate*] is in the! shupe of a cross. ' Climbing the Valley Mountain beyond Yaiir Cruris, we were overtaken by a rain; but after a short stop we were able to climb the mountain to Mutney where we ate our first meal. Matney 1- situated in a pret-j ty valley far up the side of a mountain. After dinner we soon crossed the Bower Mountain at the top of which we found ourselves in Avery county. On our way to Newland we; passed through the little town of Ban-j ners Klk and Newland is mostly "cut over' unds thickly covered with un-i dergrowth. Very few people live in that section. Aewiunu, me county seat 01 Avery is a progressive looking little place. 1 There are a number of new buildings. They have just completed a large ' brick school building. The next town we passed was Mon' tezuma. Then at the very foot of th? Grandfather Mountain we found Linville City. If 1 were to describe Linville City I should call it a summer town," although ii may be equally as beautiful in the winter. It is 1 chiefly made up of summer homes,! tourists hotels and goir courses?all veritable playground. About two miles from Linville City ' is the Linville Nursery from wnicii many native shrubs and tree.- are .sen; out. It is an interesting sight to sue the rows pud rows of balsams, pines j ami rhododendrons. Leaving Linville City ?*i the Yona-1 Jossee Road.' Route 175, you at once ! begin climbing the Grandfather rnuuti ! tain. All the way up . the scenery is J grand. As you ciirnb higher the view broadens out until you can see uiiles and miles of forests, towns, lumber plants, mountains, hills and valleys, Looking up you .see the majestic peaks of the Grandfather mountaiin almost hanging over you. Far up the side of the mountain on the Yonahlossee road is McRae's hotel kept by a characteristic old scotch man. It was near this hotel that we pitched our camp. From this point a wagon road runs within a half mile of the top of the mountain. After supper had been cooked and eaten we ?"? ?? all nhout our caniD fire. Mr W. J. Church, of North Wilkesboro joined our party. The number was no longer "unlucky" thirteen however, his coming failed to improve our lack, for the rain fell thruout the night, and when morning came it was raining harder than ever. Of / course, we were all more or less damp, but we refused to allow ourselves to get "blue." We moved our camp to the shelter of a large cliff built a fire, cooked and ate breakfast and settled down to wait for tne rain to stop. About eleven o'clock we were delighted to see clear sky and after a light lunch we started on foot to climb the mountain, a distance of about Jwo miles. Along the way we were rewarded by several nice views but when we reached the top?who couid find words to describe thescene ? stretching out on every side. I wiil not attempt to. Surely no one can look upon that scene and not find his faith in God strengthened. I have never felt more reverent thai) I did at that moment. By three o'clock we were back on the road homeward bound. Yonah jl Jossce is an Indian name meaning th< "bear woods" and without a doubt many bears are still in the moun tains. All along the road are grea cliffs, hanging over the road at pia ces. There are dozens of fine camp ing grounds near this road. The Grandfather is said to be th< greatest watershed east of the Mis sissippi river, and indeed it must b< for in going around the side of it on< crosses, a roaring sparkling strean about every half mile A number o1 rivers have their sources on thi: mountain. For scenic beauty surclj there is no road in North Carolins or any other state that can equal th< Yonalossee. We intended visiting Blowing RocI and relurnig by way of Boone bul just before we reached Blowing Reel we found that we nrust detour tc reach Boone. That meant a Strang* road and probably rough, and as il was growing late in the afternoon w* leciuea co postpone our visit to mow ing Rock. On our way to Boone we passed Camp Yonalossee, a girl's summei amp. At Boone we were again or :he Boone Trail Highway which is al vays in good condition, so we halted xte our supper, and came home aftei lark. Although the weather was not pleasint al! the time we had a very enjoyable trip and plan to go again before a great while. It is a trip evjry citizen of Nort hCarolina ought :o make, for how are we to know vhat our state contains unless wc ?ee it for ourselves? The Frugal Mr. Coolidge [ exington Dispatch. Very much has been said of late ibout the thrifty habits of Mr. Cool idge. It is told that he has nevei nvned an automobile and has never purchased real estate ,renting e io?so for a month, while Govern >r of Massachusetts, probably be ause it was cheaper to rent than t? >uy. But a friend of this paper lands in a clipping from an interview - a child it Plymouth, I asked my father for i cent to buy some hoarhound candy. He heard me gravely, aud then informed me just as gravely that it nuked to him as if a Democratic President would be elected that fall ind that it behooved every prudent nan to exercise especial thrift. Accordingly he would he obliged to deny ny request. "Now that sounds absurd in these lays when money is so plentiful an-: when parents in very modest circum stances often give their children $1t.? $1*0 a week a- mere spending moil ev. and nut to be accounted for a all. But there is u good deal of sens* in it '! ildren brought up under thai regime of thrift and "prudent fere thought were better otf in later years than children treated with unwise ge "1 am sure that this habit of pre viding inexperienced young pot.nl with more money than :s good ?o them is responsible for Ihe ruir: o many lives and foi a great deal o injury to society." The elder Coolidge may have mean his remark about the penny for a wi ticism bni it must be remembered!) lives tvi Vermont* and Vermont f??!k take their politics very seriously. - Witness how they .-tuck t?? Mi Taft in 1912, rathe: than make change ii: party label temporarily. However that may be. John Too idge taught his sor. to be thrifts am prudent, and he became president If he had satisfied every childis whim and given the lad plenty < rope, there might be some one eh in the White House at this time THE AUTOMOBILE TITLE (Charlotte Observer) The taking out of property title to automobiles Js coming along i October and one immediate resu for the people of this .State will b a reduction in insurance rates. TI people will save more in that respei alone than the cost of the registr; tion of the property. It is one of tl most important steps taken by ar State in making the Automobiles mm secure against theft. A few oth< I f 71 A. I |M1> I | Iwaa.*! ? THE W AT A l>'< ? States hare enacted a similar law and this is the manner in which it op_ erates: When a car is transferred I to a new owner the certificate is en_ dorsed over to the buyer who then . deposits the old certificate and a new one is issued to him. Reports from y States where such laws are in e!fect _ are that they have somewhat reduc* ed the stealing of cars and it U to ? be thought that if certificate of title II laws were general the theft of cars f i would be greatly reduced. As it is J now it is difficult to sell cars in th* - State where such a law exists but J no more difficult to steal them and , run them into an adjoining state for sale. c As the people come into content-1 n plation of the proportions outoino-j r' bile stealing ha-1, obtained in this coun > try, other suites may he expected! to follow the example of North Taro-| t lina, and registration of automobile? j ' will become common. The Nation's j Business in commenting on the fact' that automobile thievery is a large; I and well organized industry in many 1 of our big cities notes that the cars i 1 stolen each year in the United States! is put at around 100,000. Police fig j M ures are that 4,802 cars were stolen \ : j A GREAT P. A WONDERFUL 1ml 1 AT I I MONDAY : BALD MOUNTA MOUNTAINS, R m 4,500 FEET ABO p A RANK GROW v m RES IN NORTH> ' ig BEAUTY, ITS HI LIKE CRYSTAL 1 m DEVELOPMENT e m BALD MOUNT A LOST PROVING jpj Bald Mountain or J," A- or Todd. Five mil< .The tract contains H grass, upon whicli Sale is being held jri utrix, Parrish & E SALE TAKES PI art For further infornr gS Masonic Temple, it jg tive of the compai | GRAND FREE I Atlai ^pnlSnLgrig3^ Tfc P^5 j^rSbm ri?3 n? #A DEMOCRAT _ in Los Angles in 1922 and only 2,772 recovered. Detroit is?another cit? where the number of automobile thef'-. is large. 3,194 by police report and with a high record of recoverage of 2AF26. Keeping in mind the differences in population New York 7,107 thefts and 3,200 recoveries seems not so bad. PROTECTING WITNESSES From the Durham Herald. A: last the judges ;ire begining to realize that witnesses are due a I little respect from the lawyers. For J a lor.u time when a person went on a wrness stand he prepared himself! to ' dvrgo an ordeal >f abuse and . insb * at the hands of some lawyers who tad a Irwinir pnsp ami ? ant^l mud the water by trying to show up " witness. But the fact that | such 'actios are getting in bad repute | with 'he better class of 'lawyers and \ with the further evidence that the; pub is beginning to openly protest' agai; st the treatment of a witnes4- I is t sure sign of the advancement j of /!hzation. -Judge Shaw recently holding court' in Greensboro, laid down the rule] to thv lawyers that witnesses must | W ING PROPOSITION OPPORTUNITY FOR 1 CLASS DEVE OR LONG H SEPTEMBER 10 IN IS IN MANY WAYS [SING 1000 FEET ARO> 'YE THt. SEA LEVEL, C TH OF GRASS. I T IS O? .VESTERN CAROLINA. .FRESHING BREEZES, WATER, IT IS WON DEI AS A SUMMER RESOf JM IS CONCEDED TO 1 E.S.' " Long Hope Farm is local of Sutherland and ten J 2,000 acres, 600 acres of i hundreds of Beautiful SI to settle the Lindsay Patt< >eal, Attorneys, Winston-! .ACE ON THE MOUNT. ration see or phone the ofh< or Parrish and Deal, Atti \y, Hugh S. Sheppard, Cri lEROPLANE EXHIBIT! AT NINE l SALE COND ntic Coa The Name that Justi Petersburg, Va.?OFF1 Sr treated with respect, which caus- J ed the Greensboro Record to cornel forward with the following words of I commendation for the judge. * "A vijit to almost any court room! anywhere and at any time will con-i vince anybody that lawyers have their] own a ay in cross examining witness-! es. As the trial proceeds it takes on j the appearance of a bulldozing, bull-! ragger. browbeating, knocking down and drag-out affair, with the lawyers taking the lead. In most instances the judv either takes a nap or chats with an old friend who has nothing much to do except talk. "Rarely ever does a witness- com- \ nlair to the iiiilir Wr?_ inz treated fairly. If against him that; he will be given a lecture by the cour* which is invariably concluded with *-,structions to (go erica.I and arsv. the question, yes or not And then :he abuse of the witness is renewed with increased vigor. "Neither the judge or the nttor-j ney- seem to taKe into account that the State summons a witness to court without his consent and that it makes no great amount of difference to him J whether the person on trial is con-1 bifeiianSrfla^ OF INTEREST TOGA HE SPECULATOR TO XOPMENT OPE FARM rTIC I'HE WONDER OF THi /E THE SURROUNDINC JOVFKED 1 O THE VER \'E OF THE FINEST GR WITH ITS L'NSURP; AND I rs ABUNDANT: *FULLY FAVORED B\ IT. BY ALL WHO HAV 3E THE "UNCLAIMED :ed four miles from Elklai niles north of Boone, in V which is gently rolling, lort Horn Cattle are now ?rson estate, Mrs. Lucy B Salem. MN 1 ce of Atlantic Coast Real Orneys, Winston Salem c itcher Hotel, Boone, N. C. ION ON THE MOUNTS DXLOCK UCTED BY st Realty ties Your Confidence. CES?Winston-Salem, N (yr3yc!njaurTnji^'ayc^rc3y^ ,3n?3f^;Tl^nl^r^nI^)] T^r^ngnfcnibrtlff it , . - page'thksk victed or acquitted. He is asked to tell what he know? about the ease and doe? uic rciircscuiaUS wb JN BEGINNING | H r Co. | EiffififfiS?83SiSiSiaSisj|