Grandfather Mountain Sought
For Blue Ridge Parkway Area
server Staff Writer)
(By Dick Wathen, Charlotte Ob
Wanted: One mountain 200,000,
000 year old, about 6,000 feet
high, covered only with the best
specimens of flora and fauna, con
veniently located with regard to
Charlotte, at a fixed price of
?165.000.
?It doesn't seem as though hunt
ing for the above would be any
thing like looking for the veri
tabk- needle in the haystack.
Harlan P. Kelsey, member of the
National Arboretum Advisory
council, and Sam P. Weems,
superintendent of the Blue Ridge
parkway with headquarters in
Roanoke. Va., are hoping that ac
quisition of their mountain won't
be as hard as finding the little
needle in the big haystack.
They arrived in Charlotte yes
terday and are here for the avow
ed purpose of getting some one
person or group of persons to con
tribute $165,000 to purchase 5,550
acres of land near Linville which
will include (grandfather moun
tain and also the smaller Grand
mother mountain close by.
The reson for purchasing this
tract so familiar to motorists and
travelers in this state is to make
it a part of the Blue Ridge Park
way system. In order for land to
be made into a national park it
must, according to Mr. Kelsey,
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J. C. McConell. Owner
[first be purchased by individual1
funds and then turned over lo
Federal government. In ottrer
worfo Uncle Sam won't buy the
land himself but leaves that to
the private citizens although hei
will agree to be responsible forj
the care and maintenance forj
years and years.
Although Mr Kelscy now lives
,in East Boxwood, Mass., he spent)
|his entire youth in the mountains
(of North Carolina and*it is onlyj
natural that his interest in the1
state remains strong
He is the son of S. T. Kelsey
(who pioneered Highlands and wasj
ju founder of the Macon county,
|community. Young Harlan, born
in Kansas came to the Highlands'
I when he was two years old and;,
remained there until he was 16.1
jit was at Highlands that he be-l
icame interested in botany and at j
'the age of 12 had his own nursery, j
Subsequently the elder Mr. Kel- <
,sey became manager of the Lin- '
'ville Imporvement company and',
the family moved to Linville.
Harlan's interest in plant life
Continued until today he is recog- !
nized as one of the leading bot- j
anists in the nation. As a mem- i
ber of the National Arboretum
Advisory council along with
Frank Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, MrJ
Kelsey assists in the development
and planning for the National!
Arboretum at Washington, D. C.
| Mr Weems has been associated
with the Blue Ridge parkway de
velopment since 1935 and has
spent the main efforts during the
last 11 years of his life toward
seeing the ambitious project com- '
pleted.
Both men feel that the addition j
of Grandfather mountain to the
Blue Ridge system is a necessary \
and logical development of the
original highway plan Theyi
point out that the Grandfather isj
the oldest mountain in Northi
America and possibly the oldest!
in the entire world.
In Mr. Kelsey's opinion the
flora of the mountain is as fine as
can be found in the Appalachian
chain Also, Mr. Kelsey feels that!
the Grandfather area would be1
desirable as a park because ofj
what he calls the "pitching views
|of the mountain.'' This means
[views that command a sheer drop
of cliff giving the person seeing
| it the impression of extreme high
'altitude.
"Grandfather mountain com-]
(pares closely with Pike's Peak in'
Race Segregation
Action Rescinded I
By Baptist Group
Asheville. ? The- North Carolina
State Baptist convention last
week rescinded its action of Tues
day opposing segregation of the
races in the church.
The action Was tafrn after a
tumultous 4rbate at the closing j
session last week of ttfe annual'
meeting. Members said th>?y had
this respect although of course it
is not nearly so high. However,:
there are mountains much higher:
than the Grandfather which do|
not seem as high because they!
have no pitching views,'' Mr. I
Kel.?e> explained.
Mr Kelsey was a member of
the National Park commission:
which selected the Great Smokies'
and Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,'
as suitable for park areas in 1925J
For years he and Mr. Weemsj
have cherished the hope of mak-|
ing the Grandfather area part of
a national park. Their visit to
L'harlotte is the first real effort;
they have made in this direction'
and they are hoping their project;
will meet with early success.
They say they'd rather have thej
?165,000 come from one man but;
if two, three, or five more want)
to chip in, well that's all right to.
CONSTIPATION
Risky in
BAD COLDS
Retained undigested food becomes
putrefactive, causes toxins, which
overload the liver and other vital or- 1
gans of the body, lessening your re
sistance to colds and other winter ills
and interfering with 'their treatment.
Why take this chance when you can
take Calotabs? Calotabs thoroughly
yet pleasantly act on every foot of
your intestines, sweeping out toxin
laden putrefactive foods and virus
laden mucus, enabling you to more
effectively avoid or fight a cold. Noth
ing acts like good old Calotabs. Use as
directed. 10c and 25c at all druggists.
hike CALOTABS
Try BISMAREX
for Acid Indigestion. Insist
on genuine'BISMAREX ai.d
refuse other so-called Anti
acid Powders, recommended
to be "just as good." BISMA
REX is sold in Watauga
county at
Boone Drug Co.
The REXALL Store
recalled numerous telegrams and
other messages protesting a-i
gainst Tuesday's vote.
No change was made in thel
convention's stand favoring eni
actment of a Federal anti-lyneh
ing law and advocating equaliza
tion ot hospitalization, suffrage,
and educational opportunities for
diffferent races.
| Dr Sasper Warren of Charlottej
was re elected president. H H |
I Black well of Mars Hill Robert C.
jHumber of Green^lle and F. O.
Mtxon of Raleigh were named
vice presidents.
Gardner- Webb Junior college
at Shelby was accepted as a unit
of the convention's education
.system.
Welcome To Our Town
...ana...
All you farmers and those connected with the
market ... We extend you a special invitation
to visit our store while here.
II you do not want to buy anything, come in
and loaf with us. Your visit will
be appreciated
FARMERS HARDWARE &
SUPPLY COMPANY
R. C. COLEMAN
Announces
First Sale, Opening Day, December 2
Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 2
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
First Sale Wednesday, December 4
Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 1
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
We want to thank you again for selling tobacco with us last year and
invite you to come back this season. We open the 1946-47 season
with a FIRST SALE in our new warehouse, MOUNTAIN BU$
LEY NO. 2. Th is is the new house we promised you last year but
were unable to give you due to bad weather. However, it is now
complete and one of the most modern and best lighted houses on
the hurley market. With this house and MOUNTAIN BURLEY
No. 1, which has served you in Boone since 1940, we know we can
give you ample floor space for the orderly marketing of your crop as
well as every other convenience.
We guarantee you the best in price, service and experience. We fol
low the marketing of tobacco six months each year, selling on three
different markets on three different belts. Our warehouse in Tabor
City on the Border Belt and our Warehouse in Mebane on the Old
Belt topped their respective markets in average this season. Most
important of all, we can give you a warehouseman who has been i|i
the warehouse business for I 2 years. He knows tobacco as a farm
er, as a buyer and as a seller from the Border Belt through the Bur
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Telephones 28 and 194 J ? R- & Coleman< Mana3er