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WATAUGA8DY ?NFiRS
BOATSANKBY GERMAN:
Williatn F. R oraiivger, of Hacke!
Oo Board Aztec When Torpedoed
Off French Coait
HAD BEEN IN NAVY 13 YEAR
Re-lnlisfed After War and Was Di
charged Because of Bad Health;
Died in Texas Two Years Ago
The itubi that a Waatuga boy w?
a member of the gunners' crew o
the first armed American vessel san
in the World War is not general!
known. His name was* William I
Rominger, nephew of Mr. J. W. R<
minger .of Hackelt, and was guivnc
on the Aztec, sank off the coast c
France by a U-boat on April 1, 101'
Thex crew of the Aztec: consisted o
twelve gunners, all of which reache
^ France safely save one,. John Eop<
lucci. of Washington, D. C., who wa
t.iie tirst American to lose his lif
in that titanic struggle.
Young Rominger hail been in In
navy for twelve or thirteen years pre
vious to Che war. and when the sfciug
gle ended he re-enlisted and serve
in that branch of the service until hi
discharge because of ill health. H
died about' eighteen months ago in
sanatorium at Legion Texas, and wa
burled in the National cemetery a
Johnson City, Tenn., with militar
honors- Rominger had a brother i
the army, who went* "over the top,
was wounded and decorated fo
bravery under fire.
We reproduce the following stor
of the sinking of the Aztec from th
Washington Herald of April 29. 1921
which paper carried a five-colum
picture of the gunners' crew:
"Mrs. John A. Eopolucci, the firs
mothei of the nation to lose a son ii
the present (World), war, yesterda
gave up her last faint hope that h
had been saved.
- "Shipmates, members of the gu:
crew of the Aztec, called upon Mrs
Eopolucci in little groups of two
V arid threes at her modest home, 04!
I sCj&ct southeast, duriug the day am
extended their sympathy.
" 'We all feel very badly abou
j Johnny being lost,' said one of th
visitors. "Tie Was such a good ship
mate.'
"Ho twirled Jus hat in his rough
ened hands and looked bard at th
floor. There was sincerity in hi
voice.
"The Aztec survivors, who reachei
Washington last Thursday night afte
a s ri s of thrilling experiences, has
tened to call upon the mother o
ficKilr would permit and as soon, alsc
as they vvoro fitted out in presentnb!<
Clothing. For they arrived from tlv
war zone in suits ntueh the worse to
wear
"Eleven of them came bark fron
their perilous trip across the Allan
tie. They t'old their comrade's moth
or of the circumstances surroundinj
the sinking of the Aztec, arme<
merchantman. They fold her of tin
high sens, the driving sleet and tin
hours spent ir, an ouen boat.
" 'Tip until today 1 thought lb;:
John might have b<er. rescue;; ' a <
Airs. Eopolucri yesterday afternoon
'Now I know it wasn't possible.'
" 'He did his duty, and 1 an
proud of him'? lie paused?'bur i
isn't like [rating him with you.'
"Till- surviving members of thi
Aztec gJit crew continued to main
tain their silence yesterday on the in
eidenU of the sinking, their rescue
and later re-crossing the Atlanta
amid the dangers of war. Navy of
? ficials gave each man strict instruc
tions not t'o talk.
"Several of the men indicated
however, that there were somt
mighty exciting times coming back
They would make ''some itidirec
mention to these events, halt, ant
explain that they were not allowed ti
y talk of them.
. Three submarines were sighted 01
the return trip,-if was broadly inti
mated. Behind the air of mystcr;
and re.-eiw shown by members of th<
gun crew there were further intima
tions of skirmishes and narrow es
capes. When any of the survivor
became too talkative, an officer re
minded them not to tell all the;
knew.
" 'We played in hard luck, all "th
time/ explained one of the survivor;
'There seemed to be a hoodoo fol
lowing us/
" 'There were thirteen of us in tb
Dolphin crew/' one of the bice jack
ets remarked seriously. 'You see, v
started out with an unlucky nun
ber.
" 'Then we left port on the thii
teenth and were torpedoed on Frida
the thirteenth. The Aztec was. sun
on April 1. AH Fools' Day. We wcr
aboard a little old boat4 that mad
nine kriot?. And finally, we arrive
?, in England on the thirteenth/
/'Nothing could shake this sailjr
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A Non-Partisan N
BOONE
T THE THINGS THAT
1 ARE WORTH WHILE
P
J inter?stin| Talk by Prof. Dowraura
Before Royal Arch Mason* at
^ Recent Meeting
Prof. J. M. Downum. member of
the faculty of the Appalachian State
S Normal, delivered the following address
at a meeting of the local
*" chapter of the Royal Arch Masons onl
September 28:
"What are the things that are real-1
is ly worth while? This is a question)
n that might be answered variously ac-J
k cording to who should answer it. It'
y is well for us each to think seriously!
r. j for a while before attempting to
?-1 answer it. The deeper problems of
?r life are here.
"Some would claim that as a na
I^jtion. a state or individuals it is our
d I great wealth and abundant resources, 1
, | surpassing as they do that of the
IS? rest of the world. Others would say j
c.. our fine highways leading from town
arid city over our great state and j
ej nation. Still others, our 20,000,-'
000 automobiles, whereby we go in a
r_ j short time for work or pleasure or
ji worship or service, to various desir-;
s I able places. Others would say our j
e splendid schools where every child'
a? may have a chance to prepare fUr j
s the best in life. Others, our great
i! progress as a state and nation by
v'which the eyes of the world are
n turned upon us, some in wonder and
" some in envy. Others might say it
r is our wonderful scenery spreading
out before us on towering mountain,
y rolling hill, and beautiful dale, all soj
t? pleasing and inspiring and uplifting
to the souls that look upon it.
ii "But what do these really mean to'
us as a nation, state, individuals orj
it a lodge? They are wonderful in:
ii their influence and powerful in their
y appeal for nobler* things if rightly
e used. They are worth while in many
ways, but it depends upon how they
n are used if they are really beneficial.
im Do they really build up the nobler
,s principles of iife so strongly and iin9
pressively emphasized by our noble
i order? Those principles by which
God is honored and our fellowme.n,
t from the poorest to the richest, and j
c from the lowest to the highest, arc j
K lifted to a truer plane of life? This;
is a question that well might sink toj
i- j uur uewpvsi Eiunru
e ! It is not so much what we have
s| that makes of lis a great people, bat
j it is what* we are. The wrold hisi
J tor.v has taught us ibis lesson. How
r j few men of wealth and power have
i_j really btossed the world. It is often-j
f i er those without* means?the toilers,!
_! the self-sacrificing that are the up-:
,t j lifters:
q! "The problem before us is riot so
3 i; much making a living in the world or
i- getting the most physical enjoyment
| but* of flic worldly interests?any
n j one may do this?but the real prob.;
lem is to so use all our means, .our
.'abundant wealth, our fine schools,
r our splendid reads, our wondrous and
j beauteous scenery, even our troubles i
ft and disappointments, and whatever
ft else inay come in our way, ^ to make |
} a life of the truest mold?getting the j
tlhlgho t spill life.
[ ; "'This lesson the principles of our 5
.{great older would impress upon us,!
and well will it be for us and lor
, those whom we may serve if we but j
t' carry out t'hese noble tenets in our*
j daily lives. These arc the. things.
? for which the noblest men and women ;
of the world have stood. These are j
-'the things for which such men and;
j women of our own day are stpndihg.-r
c' These arc the things that count, j
- These are the things that arc really;
. worth while. These are the tilings J
that God approves, and we might say, j
. nothing less than these."
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FEMININE BLOC IN HOUSE TO j
tj HAVE 4 MEMBERS IN HOUSE {
3 Three feminine members of the
present house of representatives have
1 won 4Ji the primaries and will in all
" probability be elected on November
^ 2. There will be an addition to the
e bloc, Mrs. John W. Langley, who captured
the Republican nomination in
R a district in Kentucky* that always
goes Republican. She succeeds- her!
y husband, who resigned to accept aj
position in the Atlanta Federal peni-j
e tentiary for violating the prohibition!
| law. Mrs. Langley is labeled "dry" j
- and is said to have the support of j
the Anti-Saloon League.
e Mary N. North, Progressive Demo~
crat\ of New Jersey, was given a
vote of approval by her constituents
and will return to Washington for
>. another two-year term. She made a
y splendid record during the last conIt
gress.
e Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican,
e of Massachusetts, and Florence Kann,
Republican, of California, received
renominations in the recent primaries
_ and have excellent prospects in the
November election.
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ewspaper. Devoted to the 1
I, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA1
ATRIP TO THE SESQI-C
AND OTHER POIN
By J. T. C. WRIGHT
i On Monday, September 6, a '/arty,!
comprising Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hart-j
!zog and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. C. |
! Wright and family, left Boone in Mr. |
! Hartzog's automobile for a t'our ofj
the north. It was our purpose to*
visit New York City, the Sesqui-J
Centennial at Philadelphia, Washing-'1
ton, Richmond and other' points ofj1
interest along the route. We leftj
Boone about 1 o'clock in the after-j |
noon and spent our first_ night in.j'
Wilkes county at the home of my j'
father, C. C. Wright, who with his.1
wife and son, Calvin, joined us in j
the tour, traveling iit their autobilfT
The next morning We left about;
T-!?A e:?I > j *
. .-_?v avi vui akSs rem aays journey.;
We went by way of Winston-Salem, 1
Leaksville-Spray, Rocky Mount in j1
Virginia, and other points, to Roa- 1
lioke where we got on the Lee High- j
way which traverses the beautiful |
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Be- '
fore we had arrived at this point wel:
had to change tires on each of the i :
cars, haying picked up nails on the1
road.
Between Rocky Mount and Roa-j
noke, Va., we crossed the Blue Ridge!
and descended into the Shenandoah'1
Valley. The Blue. Ridge at this point
is very low. You scarcely realize
that you have crossed until you be-j
gin the descent to Roanoke.
After getting gasoline and oil at j |
Roanoke we traveled on ovfer the
Lee Highway to the Natural Bridge. '
.Mere we made camp just, beyond the
bridge, having traveled 23C miles that
day. We stayed at a tourist camp {
about* two miles beyond the Natural
Bridge.
Toe next morning we went back to
the Natural Bridge and paid the admission
price of SI. 10 each for the
privilege of wandering about under
the bridge and looking at it as much
as we desired. This property is
owned by a private corporation. They
have' fenced the road where it crosses
the bridge with a very high fence '
on each side. It is, threfore, im- 1
possible to s.Ce the bridge, without
paying the admission fee.
After paying the admission we
walked down trite path until we were
standing dirSctly under the bridge.
The snan of (hp hriHcr*. i-c on ,
length, (?0 feet in width and 200 j
feet high from the Waters of the
creek to the road oyer it. The stream 1
that flows under the bridge is called j
Cedar Creek. j1
There are several interesting' for-:i
matipiis on the bridge. Among those j
are the Spreading Eagle with at
man sitting on each wing, the Turk, '
Solomon's Temple, the Indian arid
others. Far up on the roek can be !
soon the. initials G. W. that, were
carved by Geroge Washington when ;
he was a young man. ? <
Farther up the creek from the;;
bridge we entered Salt Peter CaveF1
whicli was. fovmeriy mined f?>;- -alt !peter
to be used in the manufacture 1
of gun powder for use among the 1
early colonists. .We left our names j *
and addresses or. a bulge n the er.-j <
trance of ihi< cave along with those j-.J
of many other tourists.
We then went stiil fart her up the: 1
cteek to the point where Lost River;"
barely comes to the surface only top
disappear again. . We drank from its i
waters and then turned back-without f;
visiting Face Falls stiil farther up the
creek, as we were pressed for tiniej '*
and must be on our way. j I
7: On the return trip down, the creek. i
1 ciimbed to the top of the bridge ]
and wathched the others pass be-j <
neathi They looked very much small-!;
er than they actually were. It is said j
that few people can stand on top of J
f lla Ki-irii/.'i mid iiirvt' rtmvn Tlirtmoc ' i
Jefferson in his- description of ihe i
bridge says that he had t'o get down ?
on his hands and Knees to look over, i
and even then he could scarcely ?
stand it. <
There are many beautiful paths, !
seats, bridges, railings and other *
conveniences that the corporation
has prepared for the use and <
convenience of tourists; but 1 cannotj<
help but foiil that it is a shame to
commercialize one of nature's won-ji
ders. 1 feel thai this property j t
should be owned by the government jand
thrown open to every one free:t
of charge. ^
On the left of the Lee Highway as I
you approach the Natural Bridge i\
you behold Ghost Mountain, so i
named for some white rock forma- j c
tions on its side that at night as-jl
sume ghostly appearances. This is J t
also known as Short Hill Mountain.) 1
A man by the name of Short settled 1
on the eastern end, and a man by i
the name of Hill on the western end; i
thus the name of Short-Hill was given 1
to the mountain. , . i
This section of the country includ-?
ing GHost Mountain and the Natural i
Bridge was granted to Thomas Jefferson
in 1774 by King George III <
of England. This grant consisted of
1,500 acres.
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Best Interests of NorthwlOLXNA.
THURSDAY. OCT. 7. 192>;
lENTENNIAL
TS OF INTEREST NORTH
On the left of the highway as you .
journey towardsrLexington you pas&j
through Purgatory, the name of ^
small village. Here you also s ^
Purgatory school. Purgatory chu/,&*
and cross over the waters of PtCA'
Lory creek. We thought this I
very wonderful?that Puf icy
should have all these convey "Jes,
especially a church.
The first place we visity Lexington
was the grave o' eneral
Stonewall Jackson in the ^/metery'
Lhere. A fine monument marks this
great leader's last* resting place. We
next visited Washington and I.ee
University where we saw Lee chapel.
In the rack of t'he chapel lies a
white marble monument of Lee :n re
i/v.-m- aiwi it uctci-ju. i nis was or.o ol
the most impressive sights we saw
t?n the whole trip. We went down to
the ground floor of the chapel where <
we saw Lee's office which he used s
when president; of the university. The
original furniture is there, and they
are trying to preserve the room just
as he used it. On the other side of
Che hall from the office is Lee's!
1'onih where he and several other
members of the family are buried, i
There are 28 vaults in this tomb, 14 |
of which arc occupied by members of
'.he family.
We saw the Lee coal-of-arms, on
vvjiich was the motto, f'Non Incautus
FuturS.. At the front of the chapel
was this motto, "Pro Aris et. Foc.is.*'
This was the motto of the Stonewall
Jackson Brigade.
We had the distinction of being
witnesses to the first wedding ceremony
ever to be performed in the
Lee chapel. We arrived just as this
was taking place. We did not learn
the names of the party.
Lexington is also the home of Gen.
Sam Houston, but we did not visit* i
this place or any of the other historical
points, as this would have
take it up too much time.
From Lexington we drove to
Staunton, the birth place of the i
great Woodrow Wilson. We had to
drive around and see this. It is a
large brick house painted white and
with white pillars on the front porch.
The next place of importance that
we. yisil'ed was the Endless Caverns
just beyond Staunton and about two
or three miles off the Lee Highway.
We arrived here just in time to join j
a party making a tour of the. caverns.
We each paid the admission fee anil
aC.IT out on the tour of sight-seeing in
the wonderful caverns- These- cay
eriis are lighted by electricity. There
are 820 lights in the caverns, seven
miles of electric cable which is said1
:o have taken a force of twenty men
five weeks lo lay and put in the
light's. Those lights aire laced at the
most suitable points to show off the
.vonders and marvelous colors of the
caverns as well as to aid the sightseer
% traversing them. These caverns
gradually descend until you are
> Landing nearly 300 feet below the
urface of the ground. It is estimated
that these caverns are 55-100,000
years old. Gediogbis also
claim that it takes many years t'o
L'orm one cubic inch of the stalactite
i'. ti stalagmite formations. One of
rhese formations is formed like an
cicle while liis other is hitik up
from tl t* floor in the same way. In
many cases the two formations meet
lud form a pillar.
The trip through tim caverns is
ibout two and oral-fourth miles "m
length. A guide goes along with
sich .party to show the way and explain
the different formations that;
ire to be seen. These formations
ire indeed interesting The guidej
showed us about* one hundred different
formations and told us the names:
>f eaehY The most beautiful sight
s the Bavliing Pool of the Fairies,
inti the Rising and Setting of the
Sun ovbr Diamond Lake. These are
Humiliated by many electric lights,
ind the rising and setting of the sun/
ooks very real as the lights arc turnh
id on and off.
Explorers are at work in thej
averns and soon hope to have anoth r
route for tourists mapped out and I
lighted with ele'&iricity. Thus a;
jetton will have to make two trips
? : ,.21 T+ ,..^n ?ii,.,
V fvi;-, it on. it. is wcii W'Jtui me (
ime and money, though, of any one
o visit one of these caverns and see
he wonderful formations that have
>cr;n caused by the solidifying action.
?i warier on the limo^ojie.
These caverns were discovered he- (
ddentally by a hur.ter while out with j
lis dog. The dog had got on the;
rail of an animal and tracked it un;il
it disappeared in a large hole in j
:he ground. The hunter took a;
;orch and began to explore the cave,
n this way the beautiful caverns of '
th Shenandoah Valley were discovered.
These caverns were used during:
Lhe Civil War as hiding places for
soldiers and also deserters. Owing to
the many hiding places in the caverns
it would be next to impossible to find
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3CRA'
est North Carolina.
NEAR FATAL I
AUTO ACCIDENT !
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Greene Seriously
Hurt When Car Leaves Road j
Tu'iiMing Down Mountain j j
^ .)n Thursday of last week. Mr.
' al Greene, a former citizen of Wat-{
i?county, now of West Jefferson* ?
with his bride of only a few days, was:
mingling: with friends at the Wilkes j
county fair, probably one of the hap-;
pi est men in the large gathering.
Lafer in the evening he and Mrs.!
Greene started home in their car. All
went well until they had reached orj -j
passed the summit of the mountain,,;
when for some cause unknown, the i
car left* the road, plunged over a'**
high embankment, turned over and j ^
over down the mountain, carrying . u
both occupants with it for some dis-:
tance. ; When
they were discovered, it' wasj
thought Mrs. Greene was in a dying vs
condition and Mr. Greene not soit<
badly hurt. They were- carried to!
their home at West Jefferson and on
examination, reveaied the fact that!
it was just to the opposite. Mrs.! ^
Greene was badly hurt, but not near- |
iy so seriously as was Mr. Greene. J ^
The full particulars could not he]
gathered by The Democrat, hut lavst?
reports on Sunday morning were i
that the. lady's condition was not' so j
u... At.. r* "
- - ov:iiuuv. uui .???. un:eii? was51
very low.
His friends in Watauga, and they
are numerous, will hear of Mr. I ^
Greene's misfortune and that of his
wife with genuine regret.
PROGRESS'OF THE BAPTIST
CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA
t
On March 2<f, 1830, 07 years? ago. |
fourteen Baptist met* at Greenville ^
and organized the North Carolina ^
Baptist State convention. At that
tinie, according to Charles E, Mad dry, ^
corresponding secretary, in the
Biblical Recorder, there were not
more than 15,000 Baptists in the
staie who believed in missions, edu- t
cation and progress. Mr. Mad dry ^
gives t'he following achievements of
the denomination from 1S30 to
1926:
Number of churches, 2,300. .
Number of members, 864,000.
Number of Sunday schools. 2.203.
Number of teachers and officers,
is.ooo.
Number of pupils enrolled in Sun- r
day schools,. 312,000.
Gain in enrollment in five years,
:> 1,000. ;
Number of B.?Y. P. U. members, .
<10,000.
Number of B. Y. P. L*. Unions,ri"
1,800. i
Seven Schools and colleges owned j..
by the convention with a property ^
value, including endowment and deducting
ail indebtedness, of ?5,223,570:
Sf'udents e mo lied in the seven
schools, 2,900: '
Number preparing for the ministry j
:)rid mis-ion field. 270. j
Missionary societies number 2,281 ?
with a membership of 50,000.
CONGRESSMAN DOUGHTON
TO SPEAK IN COUNTY ;
7.": ~ . L>
elou. ixonert i.. JJoughi'on, congressman
from the eighth North Gav-J
na district. will address the voters
e 1 the county next week at the following
tirnoj and pladesV
At Don Hagaman's st'ove in Beaver;
Dam township,1 on Tuesday, October','
12th at i p. lii. ,
At Stevens' store in Meat Camp
township, on Wednesday.. October '
1.3 th at 2 p. m.
Everybody invited.rwith special in-j
vitiation extended to the ladies
J. L, WILSON, j:.pj
Gbm. Dorn. Ex. Committee. ^
REYNOLDS TO TAKE STUMP i jj
FOR SENATOR OVERMAN!^
Ashevillc, Oct. 5.?Robert It j J.
(Bob) Reynolds, defeated opponent!?
of Senator Lee S. Overman for thejst
Democratic nomination Cor the UnirY^|
ted States senate, has announced I ^
that he has set aside the week of
October 25-30 for service to the ^
ptirty and will take up the cudgel in j
behalf of the senator :-n a number of (w
ipeechcs to he delivered throughout1
the state. j
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COOL1DGE TO BE HOST TO j v'
MAR1F-, QUEEN OF RUMANIA
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Washington, Oct. o.?President j^.
and Mrs. Copiidge will be hosts to...
Queen Marie of Rumania, at a dirfrier ; ^
at trie wmte House on U'ctober lib, ^
The Queen is now on her way to 0
America, and will visit North Caro- e,
Una sometime in December. ^
GOVERNOR McLEAN SPEAKS *
AT WILKES COUNTY FAIR j jj
Governor A. W. McLean was the
guest of honor at the Wilkes coun- v
ty fair last Thursday and spoke to ^
approximately 5,1100 people in the _
i afternoon.
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3R, 8. 8, DOUGHERTY
AT NORTH WILKES80R0
"S
(riliiant Addreis of Noted Educator
Before Recent Good Roadf
Conference
IOONE TRAIL MEANS MUCH
*o Northwest North Carolina; Money
Muit Be Provided For [ts ,
Completion
The Democrat is pleased to present
i tali this week the brilliant address
f Dr. B. B. Dougherty before the
ood roads meeting in Wilkesboro on
epfcember 23. It was not* known
ntil this week that a stenographer
:>ok down the address, and while it
iU little late, we feel that it is
ell worth reproducing . L>r. Dough2i*y
spoke as follows:
"Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Genlemen:
4 I have no speech to make. If I
id have. I hope I would be too
houghtful to speak at le ngth at this
our on this crowded program. He
.r??? unnlfl K.,!l, !*-.??
WII\ iwuk JU.-1 now, muse
lomniit suicide.
"But if you will give me two
luiiutes of your time?only two
iiiniif.es?I will say this much:
"'First of all, I arn a North Caroinian.
I love the whole state; I love
Co: h Carolina from the Tennessee
iur dpwn through Piedmont Carpina?where
the electric lights overip
each other from many progressive
U'ies; I love North Carolina down in
he laud of the artesian wells; I love
Jorth Carolina down to the sands of
he sea. I love her institutions; I
lave a common interest in every
iome; and I have an intensive interst
in the welfare, prosperity and
lappinoss of. every living human beng
in this commonwealth.
"Bui I hope it: will not he indeliatc
for me or. this occasion to say
hat I have a passionate pride in the
uture growth and development of
to reinvest North Carolina. 1 waft
torn here; 1 have always lived here;
expect to die here; 1 want to go to
teaven from here. (As anxious as I
mi about going to a better world, I
nust confess, however, that* 1 am
lot. in a big hurry about my deparure.)
"My frientis, I can think of nothng
that would add so much to the
ihysieal growth and development' of
his section of our state as the
iuildihg of a good road?not a fairy
good load?but an up-to-date,
irst-elass, concrete road,, such as we
,ave in other parts of North Caroina?from
Winston-SaJem to the
"ennessee line. I want it to come
ut of Winston Salem, across the
adkin river, through the fine couny
of Yadkin, on t'o the Wilkesbprps,
hen up the slopes of the Blue Ridge,
lirough Deep Gap, and on to Boone;
rom there to the Tennessee line,
onnecting with the i'rr.e road built?
v that state, leading through Mounaivi
City to Bristol, there intersectrjg
with the Lee Highway, gyving
plendhl connections, on hard suraeed
roads, mio every state of
.merica.
"But 1 hear a doubting Thomas '
:xy: -(.'an si*? done?' I tlbrd: if can
-J know it can'. Let us join our
elves all along the line into a .-ingle
jiiv. I.o lis create a public sent?tent
that will grow like the rolling
iv. . ui?* 1 .1 becomes -ill power- ul
even irresistible. Lot us bet
ye in our catise. Let us press our
1st claim, and we shall succeed.
"But 1 hear muttering* as to >vhere
e shall get the money. I can tell
on where we shall get it*. We will
ledge the credit of the state for it.
iTe will got it out of the same box
lal* we got the money when wo
jilt the Centra! Highway from
aleigh to Durham, to Greensboro,
aliabtiry, Stafcesville, Hickory, Mor- .
mton, Manon and on to AshevUle.
e will gel the money out" of the J
ime box that we are how getting it
? build fine concrete roads from
^heville through Haywood, Jackson
dd other spa reel y settled counties
est of Ashcviile.
"Let lis have proper legislation this
inter, and next summer we shall see
dozen contractors working at a
j/.on different places; and by the
in er of 1927, we shall be driving
automobiles, touring cars and
eight cars alike, from \V.in&tpnalem
across the Blue Midge mounlins
into Tennessee, on railroad
rades and at railroad spaed. A
reat momentum, never before f
riown or even dreamed of, will come
ur way. Winst'on-Salem, the largthe
richest, and one of the most
regressive cities in the state will
ecome "The Greater Winston-Sa?m.'
Yadkimille?I know you will
e glad to get this message--will
hen begin to grow. The Wilkes oros
will spread out until they
rill make but one cororation. Boone
rill grow, flourish and prosper as
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