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j?AGE EIGHT Geologist De Of Grandfath ? Univresity of Virginia Professor Makes Survey and Reports at McRae's Request Lira..s. Aug. fi. for many years Grandfather mountain near here has been known as era- of the oicicst, if rut the oldest, mountain ;n the world. T1 lis information has ueeu relayed to visitor- to the Log of th t migiiiy oid - ah air.ee the openi/ir, of the twom iai lead te point near the top and. has naturally caused quite a bit of discussion as to just how this fa-.tr-v.? "in 1930 Wilbur Kelson, a Corcoran professor of geology at the University of Virginia, came to UinviUe at the request or Xeison McRae, president of the Linville company, to make a study of the company properties, which include 1.600 acres of land. Tile result of his work has been embodied ;r. two reports, one a highly technical one concerning the topography, drainage. formations, geology, structure and natural resources; the other being merely a geologic story of the Grandfather mountain region, of western North Carolina. It is from this latter report that the reason for Grandfather's heing called "the oldest mountain in the world" can be obtained. Geologic Story The geologic story of the Grandfather mountain region is one that goes back to the beginning o: historical geology, that pnase of the , science of geology that deals with ! ages and relationships of the rock layers and masses which make up th- surface of the ear ch. The oldest rocks exposed oh Grandfather are known as pre-Cambriau, aiul are of three typos, all of igenous origin. On?- i-jrgfc. known as the Cranberry granite, was solidified from a molten state far below the surface of the earth and is now at the surface due to the wearing away bv erosion of the many thousand feet v.; overlaying rocks in the millions of years which have elapsed since it solidified by cooling. In all geologic processes one must use a yardstick for measuring geo logic times of approximately 100,000 years, or even a million years, instead i of the yardstick of minutes, hours and years which we use in ordinary I . history. Cranberry Granite j So this Cranberry granite which j forms much of the surface of Grand father was solidified from a molten j mass, and became a surface rock j ever, during pre-Cambrian time. It formed part of the land surface of the earth during this geologic period, when aii iiiV on the earth lived in j the oceans and only life of the lower ; forms existed. Then came a period of intense sur lace igneous activity during which rhbiten lava flowed out on the curface of tile earth, r.ot from volcanic cones as one sees it today in many parts of tile world, but welling up from great rifts or cracks in the ! earth's surface until many thousands | of square miie3 were covered. Then this flow stopped. Surface Flotv The great surface flows were of ] two types, one known as the Linville metadiobace, the other as the Montezuma schist. But both have been altered and changed due to the heat and pressure of the mountain-forming force to which this region has been subjected. The original structure has been lost and the rock- j forming minerals greatly altered. \ The only visual evidence left in this rock to show it was originally a sur- j face lava flow is small, round, filled cavities, some of which have been mashed flat or elongated, which were formed by gas bubbles in the flow. The smaller of these cavities have been filled by white quartz, green epidete, or red jasper. This great flow came at or near the close of the pre-Cambrian period and ushered in a period of great earth movements which resulted in the settling and submergence of land. Probably for the first time the area of Grandfather mountain changed from land to a water surface of the earth. To the east of this region, in the area now known as Piedmont, there still existed land, composed of high mountain masses which lasted into Cambrian time. Their wearing away produced the great thickness of sandstone, conglomerates, and shales which total several thousand feet. The sediments washed off the mountains to the east were deposited in the newly-formed sea. extending from the region just east of the Grandfather westward so that during that time this area was in the eastern edge of a great epicontinental sea. ' V ' " " i'.'. " WAT/ termines Age :j ter Mountain From the depositions mad? iri this area from the mountains to the east geologists have concluded that from \ the close of the Cambrian period, j known as the beginning of the Pale- er.oic era. to the present this region, has been i continuous land area: a land area however, which has not] been stable bul which has gone i L-UvU'-.h one or more great cycles, uplift, deformation and down-warp, and has also beer, subject to erosion which resulted in the deposition v?f at least 48.000 feet of sediments ir the Paleosoic soap that existed to the west. ai roe cicse or. me rajeosoic era, a great earth movement took place j along; a line roughly extending in a 1' southwest direction from the niari- c time provinces of Canada to Ala- 1 bama, movements which resulted ir. breaking, folding, of faulting of the j; layers Ths period of rnoun- j. tain-making, which took piacc many j t millions of years ago and is known ! j to geologists as the Appalachian j i Revolution, caused to fiat-lying sand- j s stones, conglomerates and shales to c be folded, compressed ah-1 faulted, * due to the movement of the surface * rocks from the coast to the west1 against an immovable segment of ; ( the earth's crust. So was produced j} a crumpling of the surface rocks j r much as one would crumple the * 1 fives of 2 book or magazine by j t showing from the unbound edge to- j ward the bound edge of the book, j ' Mountain Chain At the end of the great period of i { folding at the close of the Paleozoic f there ''anie into existence a magnifi- f cent mountain chain, with towering peaks and masses, much higher thai: c at present, for from that day to this, * the action of heat and cold, wind and rain, have alternated and combined * to continuously wear away these ^ rocks. With the aid of the rivulets. . \ creeks and rivers these eroded par- i, tides of rock and soil have been car- i i r:ed away, some toward the At'.an- 1 : tic, some toward the Gu'.f of Mexico, until tile mountain points as we ! know them came into being. The harder, less soluble rock, be- 1 mg more resistant to erosion, formed the mountains such as Grandfather, while the softer rocks formed the | valleys and low ranges of this section It is this differential erosion ax wofk tnrougn uie minions 01 years that have elapsed since the ] close of the Paleozoic, plus a . i gentle uplift or warping of this region several times since then, that \ has added the final touch to the ] mountain scenery. Even today Grandfather towers < above his neighbor peaks to the height of nearly 6,000 feet above sea 1 level while the valleys have a general elevation of 4,000 feet. It is hecause of this that the view to be obtained from the top is one of the most beautiful to be found anywhere : in eastern America. THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued from Page One) start Home to have it out with their : constituents. The passage of time and the things they hear from the folks back home may change the attitude of some of those who are at present hopping mad. Those who ; are most seriously concerned are the "rtlH.lir.A'' Opmnprntq frnm thr- smith They are concerned about numerous tendencies which they believe will handicap the progress of the south and infringe upon the rights j of the southern states to look after i problems which they regard as peculiarly their own. They are afraid i of federal regulation of hours and I wages, believing that it will put the south at a disadvantage in its efforts to build up new industries. They, or some of them, were enraged by the renewal, in the last days of the session, to put over the antilynching - bill. They have been behind the administration, up to this year, by reason of their ingrained tradition of party loyally, and they still retain that loyalty to the Democratic party, but protest that it is the New Deal which is disloyal, not themselves. Republicans Planning for 1940 A bitter fight for control of the party at the 1940 presidential convenj tion is shaping up. Here the south 1 is handicapped by the abolition at ' the 1926 convention of the two-thirds , rule. It takes or.ly a majority vote now to nominate a presidential can i didate. Under the two-thirds rule the solid south held the balance of power ir. Democratic national con! ventions. Republicans are laying their plans : for 1940, also. Talk of a coalition or constitutional party, to unite the conservative elements of both parties, is -widely heard, but with little evidence so far that it has the support, of practical politicians of either party "to any extent. The Republican national organization i3 still pretty well disorganized. VUG A DEMOCRAT?EVERY TH AT GRANDFA ? Children *>f yrumlfitther home, 1 I ages ur? the t>vo permanent stoi Uuder the development program o vri.ui.a is tn replace th frame, with similar buil(lin|^ rhe ta'k of a winter convention to j or.sidcr a program and definite Re- . mblroar. policies is still mostly talk. ' ilr Hoover. Mr. Lahdon and Sena-1 or Vandenberg are supposed to have j lad some communications on the sub- -t ject. and sgmewhex*e among those, j hree the future ' adership of the j i ?arty lies. The belief that Senator; , i'andenbergi on his record in the , cnate. is the most available man in i j tight now for the Republican presi- j , iential nomination is widely held! > lere. Billion l-'rom Beer Tax ! ( Uncle Sam is paying- the expenses j \ >? the senators and representatives < iack 1.0 their home towns, at the! < ate oi CO cents a mile. It cost this j \ car $109,000, and will cost as much < geth them back here in January, dost of the members got checks for < he round trip at the beginning of 1 he senior The largest check was or .>2,054.SO lor Samuel Wilder 1 ving, territorial delegate from Haw- 1 lii, who lives more than 5,000 miles i rem Washington. 1 The treasury is happy over life lash returns from the beer tax. j Since the sale of beer was legalized in April 7, 1933. the American poo- j fie have drunk 200 million barrels >f it, or almost a barrel a year per amily, and have paid a federal tax 1 >f $5 a barrel, which summed up arly this month to a round billion j lobars, which is more than the most j i mient advocates of repeal predicted. | < rhe hard liquor" and wine taxes lave not yielded so much. ! Surgeons Sew Negro's Heart, He Survives Delicate Operation is Performed in Winston-Salem Hospital Winston-Salem, Aug. 24- Two men in white bent over an apparently itfcless form in the drab-gray operating loom at City hospital. The heart from the still, death-like body lay in the hand of one of the nnen. Eyes glued to the delicate human dynamo, the other man watched intensely as the elder surgeon closed up a long gash in the heart. There was no sign of life in the big, black body of Lester Harrison. An interne felt of the negro's pulse. "It's gone," he said. There was no sound in the big room. iac ;?ui gcuxus wuricea on, ngnung against time. They never stopped. A nurse wiped perspiration from their foreheads. "Maybe," the eider surgeon thought as he worked to save a life, "there is a chance. Maybe he will live. Maybe this will be a miracle." Carefully, he placed the heart back into the body, back into the place where God put it when he made Lester Harrison and gave him life. A faint tremble of the heart muscles. Weary almost from exhaustion, the surgeons looked hopefully. One brushed his hand across his eyes. "God," he thought, "is it moving?" It was. Lester Harrison would live, maybe. Thirty minutes before he was wheeled from an ambulance in the hospital yard to an elevator and rolled into the room. Police had found him dying in front of his home on Cleveland avenue. An ice pick had been jabbed into his heart. Harrison's eyes were glassy when they wheeled him through the swinging doors to the operating room. That was last night. On a white cot in a room one floor below the room where doctors performed a surgical miracle to save his life, Harrison lay today. There was a smile on his face "Ah feel fine, doctor," the negro told Dr. J. B. Wliittington, superintendent of the hospital. But Harrison is still a sick man. Anything can happen, almost. The shadow of death still hovers over his bed. But he thinks he will live. "My chest,'' he said, "is a little | sore. But Ah feels fine." Police, meanwhile, are looking for Harrison's wife. They believe she stabbed her husband and fled. Harrison won't talk about it. He won't tell anybody who stabbed him. It's the code of ids race. He just lies there on his white cot and smiles. "Ah ain't a-hurting, boss," he said. "They can't kill me." IURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. rHER HOME Banner Elk, at play. The cotcie buildings of the institution, f the Edgar Tufts Memorial ase other structures, which are Local 1eachers Attend Conference Mrs. K. H. Haiinon and Mrs. Wads S. Brown attended the vocationa tome economies conference at thiVoman's College. Greensboro, las vee2\. The conference was under th? iireetfon or Miss Catherine T. Den lis, state supervisor of home ccono nics education, and Miss Virgir.ir iVard, assistant supervisor. Teachers representing: over 200 vo rational departments gathered a :h.is time for the purpose of plan u'ng" the teaching* program for tbi routing1 school year and discussin. the new federal requirements for vo rational education. High school home economics, fed 'tally aided, is mad? possib'j through the eo-opeiYilion of lacs school authorities with tne state air federal hoards of vocational cduea Lion. Two-thin is of the expenses fo Lhc maintenance of such a depart mcnt for a ten months period is re iiubursed through the use of foder? and state funds. The remainui third is taken care of by the loci' administrative units. Watauga cout Ly maintains departments for voce tional "home economics at Boone an Cove Creek schools. Departments of this type arc foun in schools where there is an interes in an enriched course of home econ j>mics through a more closely relat ed home community program. I addition to high school classes an supervision of home projects came cm by pupils, the teacher organize adult groups interested in relate subjects of home-making to the e> tent to which interest demands an time permits. Mrs. Harmon and Mrs. Brown ar anxious to co-operate with all loci and county agencies interested i promoting better home and conuni nity life and urge that they be calle upon to render any service possibl IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT HARDWARE STOR1 The mezzanine floor of the Farn ers Hardware and Supply Co. ha been extended so as to provide tti establishment with about six hundre feet of extra display space. Anotl er improvement which greatly ei hances the exterior of the progre; sive institution is the placing < striped black glass in the space b< tween the sidewalk and display wii dows. The windows are aso beir refinished on the inside. PC Attei We have a tw will sell at rec over. Will d< WE C/ P< BOG FARM Am ? ! A new variety of glass has been ' produced by French manufacturers. It is so tough that it can be nailed ; to the wall, drilled or sawed, without danger of fracture. SPECIAL NOTICES FOR SALE- Bight weeks oid pigs. Ready for delivery. See or write Joe Moody, Vilas. N. C. lp ;FOR 5AI*K- 59 acre farm. 1 miles from Boone, just off Blowing Rock road. Good 7-room house and outi buildings Plenty water. Price j reasonable. Rev. \V. C Payne, & F. I\. Blowing Rock. N. C. 8-2 6-3 p (FOR SALE Al a low price, 2 threegallon milk cows. Must sell now. W, L. Winkler, Shulis Mills. lp \vB OFFER YOU the 'n Beauty Culture training. It will pay you to invest!grate our modern school. Tuition $65.00 Moehimann Beau\ | ty School, Hickory, N. C. &-1SMC , | FOR SALE?Six good Holstein cows, . 1 five milkers. Also one young ' ! thoroughbred Holstein bull. Failing "health cause for sale. A C. Trivett, Sugar Grove. X. C., Route 1. Box 41. 8-19-tf-2p - i MAX WANTED for RpAvleigh Route 1 of S00 families Write today Rawleigh's. Dept. XCH-23-SA. Richmond, Va. 8-12-3p . LUMBER TOR SALE?About 15.00C feet of cull oak and chestnut Will sell at reasonable price. Don Ellison. 2 miles below Todd, i 8-5-41 i RAVE a number of good usee i i pickups and trucks will exchangi for horses and mules. If interestI ed write me. Frank < 1. Harris j Hickory. X. C. 7-26-li - FREE If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains. Indiil gestion, Heartburn, Belching K' Bloating, Nausea, get free sampis il doctor's prescription, Udga, at th< ; Boone Drug Co. 7-8-12[ a WANTED, GIRLS?To learn Beaut: Culture. Complete course onl; (1 $50.00 Positions secured tor grad .. uates. Instructors have had man; ^ I jrvaio iciivr. *? I HC lUt uuyiv i lei. HinshaW School of Beaut; | Culture, Box 4fi 4G. North Wilkes j J boro, N. C 7-20-8 ll ! EYES EXAMINED- <Jla3ses flttec s j Complete modern examinatioi d j room over Bank. Wednesday an. Thursday each week. Other day d by appointment. Glasses complet 7.50 to $10.50. Dr. Wellmar e Mountain City, Tenn. 8-1 n DR C. B. BAIGUMAN, Eye, Kuj Nose and Throat Specialist, Eliza :(j bethton, Tenn., will be in the of tic e of Dr. J. B. Hngaman in Boone o the first Monday in each month fc the practice of Iiis profession. l* BUSINESS ASS< d We want, a capable man to invi K the city of Boone, N. C., where capital. EXPERIENCE in our "j necessary training free. For fij 5- j WESTERN AT. 311 \V. Wendover . >TATC t tion, Fat ro-horse Potato Digger in iuced price for quick sale 5 the work of eight or ter \RRY A COMPLETE SI DTATO HOOKS AND B GS POTATO GRADE SPECIAL ORDER ERS HARI d SUPPLY BOONE, N. C. I AUGUST 26, 1937 NOTICE } An Ordinance Authorizing the Issu- \ ance of $218,000.00 Refunding Bonds. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Boone, North Carolina: Section 1. Bonds of the Town shall be issued to the maximum aggregate principal amount of $2.18.000.00 for the purpose of refunding the following bonds of the town now outstanding and to be cancelled simultaneously with the issue of the bonds to refund the same: $4,000.00 Street Improvement Fund- ' a i ing Bonds dated October 1. 1922. and maturing $1,000.00 Octo- k ber 1st of each year .1933 to 1930, ? inclusive. $6,000.00 Street Improvement 6v . 1 Bonds dated January 1. 1924. and maturing $1,000.00 January first of each year 1936 to 1941, inclusive I $31,000 00 Water Supply System 6'i I Bonds dated July 1. l?25, ami maturing S2.000.00 July 1. .1935, $1,000.00 July 1. 1936, $2,000.00 July 1, 1937 to 1957 inclusive; ^ S5.000.00 July 1. 1958 to 1961 inclusive, $4,000.00 July 1. 1965. i S40.000.G0 Street Improvement 6% Bonds dated February 1, 1926, and ! maturing S2.00d.00 February, 1. 1934 to 1939 inclusive, ?4,000 00 February 1, 1940 to 1943 inclusive. $36,000.00 Street Improvement 6'; Bonds dated May 1. 1926 and maturing SI,000.00 May first of each year 1934 and 1936, S2.000.00 May 1, 1937 to 1939 inclusive, $4,000.00 May 1. 1940 to 1946 inclusive. ^ | $14,000.00 Street Improvement 6r; Bonds dated October 1, 1926 and ) maturing $1,000.00 October 1, 1934. SI.000.00 October L. 1936 to 1 194*4 inclusive. S2.000.00 October 1. ' 1945 and 1946. $22,000.00 Street Improvement Gr..' * , Bonds dated October 1, 192S and maturing $1,000 00 October 1, 1934 r to 1939 inclusive, S2.000.00 Oeto1 ber 1. 1940 to 1947 inclusive. $12,000.00 Refunding 6' ; Bonds dated September 1. 1932 and maturing $5,000.00 September 1. 1947 '* and 1948 inclusive, S2.000.00 Sep3 tember l. 1949. ~ Section 2. A tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the . bonds shall be annually levied and collected in the manner and amounts i ' 1 to be hereafter specified by resoluI tion. j Section 3. A. statement of debt of ! the municipality has been filed with I the Clerk and is open to public InI. speclion a j Section 4. This ordinance shall d' take effect on its passage and shall s ! r.ot be submitted to the voters, e | The foregoing ordinance was passl, ] ed on the 18th day of August, 1937, 5 ; and was first published on the 19th = I day of August. 1937. r> i Any action or proceedings quesL"j tioning the validity of said ordinance e | must be commenced within thirty 11 days after its first publication, f G. K. MOOSE, I 8-19-2C Town Clerk. DCHATE WANTED 2St in a successful retail business in he will own; operate and control his line is not essential; we provide the ill particulars write ITO SUPPLY CO. j A.ve., Greensboro, N. C. bbhrbhmhsbdhhbhhb^I )ES I 'mers! I stock which we ! Come look it I I 1 men. I 1 POCK OF AGS 1 RS ON r )WARE CO.
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