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
-<?nie newspaper men had with Mr
Coolidge which sets forth concisely
lis ideas of frugality and the necessity
of teaching thrift to children. It
-ays:
44 Back in IS SO when I ua> 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
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| Iwaa.*!
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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
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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
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^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<? thnt heiv. ? <> 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? <o But before he is told
' to come down" the jury and every
one in the courtroom wondeis whether
he is ready the sort of reman the
opposing lawyers have intimated be
by the question? ihev asked -eflecling
on the man's character.
"Ii won't take Judge ohatr long;
to convince the lawyers who try rases
oefore him that witnesses rr.ist be
treated v :th respect because he demands
t hri. very thing of everybody
in the court room. But one Judgo
can't ho'd court inall of the districts
of North Carolina.
People all over tile state who have
ever had experience with a browbeating
lawyer will rise up and call Judge
Shaw "Blessed!" if he succeeds in
prevailing upon the members of the
bar to sh"W more consideration for
the feelings of witnesses. May the
spirit of Judge Shaw spread until it
is absorbed by every judge in the
State.
..SEVERAL CHOICE LOTS IN
DANIEL BOONE PARK FOR SALE
H. W. HORTON.
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