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Mitchell Has
SLfnique Tourist Appeal
P By MAiUAM KABB ,
'J (North Carolina News Bureau) |
no point i? I ess than a mile above
sea level. i: *
From many points along the
Iilue Ridge Partway ?he? ye
superlative view of Matefcall aqf
ita rugged neighhoriag Iraki in
the Black Mountain range between
AaheviUe and Spruce >lae. aad
from the Parkway crejrt pi Mount
Mitchel Issacesatble by an eaay
drive over ? fivr-aile ipur of
paved state highway The highway
(N. C. 128) termiaates in a IfiO
car parking lot in Mount Mitchell
State Park From the, parking lot,
it la a pleaaant 300-yard walk- along
a trail through thick evergreens
to the gfcaprvatUM lower on the
mountain's hijpieat point 1*e
tower was boilt a quarter of a cen
tury ago aa a memorial to Dr.
fclMia Mitchel, who lost *i? lite
while co nd acting explorations
which established the mountain'a
altitude. His tomb la at the foot qt
the tower.
Mount Mitchell State Park,
vislfed by Hfi.no nrople in iM8.
covers some 1.224 acres purAasad
by the State of North Carolina in
l?l5 for its fiaat State Park It is
ope* tree to viailot* from April
through mid-October. Park faciti-'
ties Include picnic areas, refresh
ment stand, camp grounda. com
fort stations and hiking trails. A
large atone building rnmplaiad la
1H1 houses a restaurant and a
spacious room for clah meetings i
and_ lectures Music in the restaur
ant comes from Radio Station
WMIT, built oo nearby flJBMoat
Clingiaan's Peak as the first TU
station Tn the South. There la a
Suit Highway Patrol radio a ?iro
ns oa the Mitchell ohaervatiaa
towar.
For many yean, tile V. 8 Weath
er Bureau maintained a weather
station on top of Mount Mitchell,
with an observer on duty year
around to make recordings of tem
perature. rainfall and wind velo
city every aix houra. (Summer
temperature* on the
have raraly risen above M decreet,
and, tuuaUy ib*> ffg muchM?*.)
The sturdy log cabin which once
sheltered the weather obaerver ft
now used a* a barracks for' partr
personnet in the summer, and is
closed In the winter. No human ha
?prln g, but U has ? thriving popu
Wlf ??* W v. t^irreU,
wocflchuclu. ?lldf?? ?U other
small animate. gutted grouse a*
the Carolina /unco (snowbirds)
are found here year around, but
songbirds are rammer residents
only.
Plant life on Mount Mitchell,
like Nm> climate, if more that ?f
Canada then Carolina. There as?
/nagjiificent Hands of virgin bei
?am and apruce, with some Mrck,
njd cjjerry, mountain ash and hem
lock Shrubs include rhododeu
<iron. elder, mountain maple, *nd
wild hydranga Few deeUhtoua
toes arc -found near the top at the
mountain.
Ifetre are privately owned tracts
of land on the east slopes of the
mountain, while vast areaa of the
western slopes are in the Mount
MttchrM Game Refuge, under the
jurisdiction of the U. 8. Forest
Service and the' North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission.
Dr. Clisha Mitchell, profeaaor of
mathmatics at the University of
North CaraUna, first measured the'
mountain's height in J 83 J god
found it to be greater than that of
Mount Washidgt&n, II. H-, then be
lieved to be the highest peak in
Eastern America. In 1844, Or. Mit
chell and General Thomas #CTlng
man made further messurements
In the Macks, Balsams and Great
Smokies. When General Clingman
igpoited discovery of a higher
peak, Dr. Mitchell attempted to
yuib hi* own me*wtwo\? of
Mount Mitchell (then Black Done)
and last his life in 18*7 in a fgll
over the brink of a waterfall. HU
body was interred in Ashevflle, but
a year later M was removed and
buried at the peak of Mount Mit
chell Two mountains are named
for his associate, Genera! Cling
man ? Cling man's Dome in the
Great Smokies and Clingman't
ftaftk is Um UUtek but
neither is quite as high as Mount
Mitchell.
V. S. PAY ROLL
The number of civilian employe*
of the Federal Government in
creased In April for the fourth con
aecutive Booth, according to Sena
.toij JfcnL The Jncmue from March
to April waa 6,994. bringing the
?fafe?<t.UMn The biggeat in
tiwrn occurred in (far Agriculture
Interior, Commerce Department
and in the Air Force.
MORE GOOD QUALITY MERCHANDISE FOR LESS
MONEY
Watauga Trading Post
GROCERY SPECIALS
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APPLE BUTTE*. 1 fa L \ Me
CAMli 1 1 sour. Vcrtakb or Ttrnt*. I for Me
CORN HEAL. M Ike. tl.M
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MEAT SPECIALS
PORK CHOPS, lb Me
STEAK. tenderiaed. Ik. ...... Me
ROAST, >mlm, ?. Me
SAUSAGE, pare port. Ik. - - Ik
WEINER8, Ik Me
FRYERS, foly dretaed, Ik - ?Se
GROUND REEF, S Ike. $1.M
STEW BEEF, ktnelEM, Ik Mr
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FRUITS AND PRODUCE
BANANAS, golden ripe. ?. Me
CABBAGE. Ik _ _ _ e.. Je
CELERY, S for __ lie
GRAPE FRUIT, * for - Me
FROZEN FOODS
PEACH PIES. 1IH oc. tie
APPLE HBS. 1*4 m. ..? Me
CHERRY PIER. MH oe. /. Me
CHICKEN HBS. ? ot. _ ., Me
TURKEY PIE8, I OL Me
STRAWBERRIES, II w. Ue
KLEENEX, Zftk. Z for .... Me
KOTO, rag. lta. t for _ 7le
Don't FiU To See Onr Uae of LAD ICS DRESSES mM from
|Ui <o (MS
All New Stylet and Pattern? Tfcete Drenn Arc All let Qnallty
And Priced To Save You Mosey
We Alto Have Excellent Valaet In CHILDREN^ DRESSES
from ilM to |*M
LADIES' BLOUSES? Ne* Stylet and PaUernt II J* - MM
LADIES' NYLON HOSES? ltt Grade Fall Faaklan,
Scanriete and Strettk only Me
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MEN'S SPORT CAPS Me ? tl.M
MEN'S NECKTIES |LM
MEN'S SOCKS _ Me ? Me
BOYS CAPS Me ? Me
BOYS SHIRTS : M M ? I
ALL SHOES GOING AT COST .
WE RAW A COMPLKTB LP? j^|fiCNIC SWHlgS
WE HAVE BARGAIN PRICES ON PHONOGRAPR BROOJ
41 RPM'a? Me. I ffr .ZLT. ..... ZZI
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Watauga Trading Post
*o* Merchwlbc far UtfHmn ? Qpem All Py W*
W? PAHftflUi OPEN LATE IN BVKNIMG8
hocwScnK^
In Motor Cars
CtolVtf - bud) CKSUW'i
population of ragtafercd pum%
get Un w#l increase by more
UMb S17,t00 and there will be a
K?<fc of lie, 000 families In th#
utatr by 1MB. according ta ? study
hp t?W nation'! Urgent independ
ent automobile finance company.
llaomai F. Moore of Charlotte,
it in this are* for Unt
Crgjjit Corporation,
's analysis of thp
in the Mote's pop
in family Income?
without considering other import
ant economic treads at work ?
points convincingly to higfcrr level*
of prosperity in the future
Passenger car registrations by
IAN, he Mid. ahould total more
than 1 327,000, a SI per cent in
creaae over the 1,010,000 now reg
istered.
The finance company official
| alao forecast a population gain of
' about 11 f^r cent, or more than
471,000 persons, by 1M. Thia
would bring the atate'a papulation
i to more than 4.771400. Aa for
families, he* foresaw a gain of 11
per cent, raising the total to monr
than l.mjMO as compared with
about 1,090 XXX) familiea now.
"Credit I# a major force In main
tailing lo??l prosperity, purlieu
larly in view of the excellent pay
ment record made by families in
the state," he said. "Two out ?f
every three sutomobiles are sold
on credit. Ita continued use In
i the aate of cars and other valuable
consumer goods will continue to
make for higher living standards,
more convenience and greater
comfort for American families."
Other menu raging factors in the
automobile outlook, he said, are
the rapid growth in two-car fam
ilies, accelerated by the trend to
mburban living; the sound record
far credit repayment established
| by familiea purchasing cars; con
I tinned high levels of employment,
ncome aad savings, and more ag
gressive selling by automobile
manufacturers and deata'a.
Moderniiation e * highways and
streets, including relief of city
j congestion and provision for more
parking facilitiea, the finance com
nan y official added, are vital con
siderations in view of the expected
growth in auto regiatrationa.
?AMES
: Jhe Census Bureau recently an
; lounced that 23,900,000 babiea'
?ert born in thia country irom
1010 until April 1 of thia year. Thia
ma almost aa large a number aa
for the decade from 1030 te 1040
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Slower Speed
Is Urged By
Colonel Smith
Raleigh -"Hold your horses!"
Col. lame* R. Smith, commander
of the State Highway Patrol Mod
that tea honored admonition tJus
weefr to urge Tar Heal notorial*
to keep ? sensible rein on their
speed.
Col Smith's pita for driver re
straint waa a port of the Slow
Jtawa and Live campaign now un
derway in tike itate and nation
"Undisciplined highway speed
leads to disaster." the patrol chief
said "Such uncontrolled spaed
played a big part in last year's
1,189 Tar Heel traffic deaths."
Col. Smith explained that the
high speed potential of^the mod
ern car is there for a purpose
to be kept mi reserve Cor special
needs, such as passing.
"There's never any excuse for a
driver to unleash this speed full
force," he said. "The whole trouble
comet when the driver uses this
extra power and speed at the
wrong time."
Col. Smith advised drivers to
cut their speed whenever weather,
road conditions, or visibility are
poor and also when driving
through shopping districts or re
sidential areas.
"And don't relax your control
when you're on the open road," Iw
warned. "High speed on long,
monotonous stretches of road of
ten tends to produce a somewhat
hypn(Aic effect."
The colonel, who hss himself
driven well over a million miles
without an accident, said that the
combination of monotony and
speed is a -factor in many rear-end
collisions, and also figures pro
minently in accidents in which
vehicles roll over or skid off the
"Control that urge to cut loose,"
Col. Smith Mid. "You'll live long
er and get there in good time."
The colonel gave these six points
as a guide to drivers In determin
ing safe speeds: ,
1. Drive at a speed that will en
able you to stop in the assured
clear distance ahead.
2. Slow down before you get to
curves and intersections.
3. At night, drive at the speed
which will let you stop within
your headlight range.
4. Drive with traffic. You are
probably going too fast if you are
passing many cars ? too slow If
many cars are paaaing you.
5. Where children are playing,
be able to stop in a car Jength or
Life I9 a Dream . . .
In a "Well
Telephoned Home
ytm tight Phonos... In Tho Right Plocos...
In The Right Colors
Vtet teenager wouldn't few her very own phonet
In color, too, to blend or contrast with tier pretty
room.*
Matter of fact the wkofeJamity live* better
with telephone* in room* where they live, work,
play and sleep. Phones with diak that light up in
the dark . . . spring cords . . . even a volume
control pbooe Orandpop can turn up or down like
a radio.
For suggestions to make your* a well-tele phoned
home ? at moderate cost ? call our Buslines Office.
Or better still, come bf and sec our colorful
display.
?And her mm separate listing H the directory, too.
Southern B?ll T*l?phon?
w I?IW cowfAMT
Too Many Holes
In fence Row 1
"Vou may be difgiag 10 tiaae*
u many Mm on your fann as you
need, neigh ber," iay> Jim Ander
?en. State College extension fore?
I try specialist
1 How long do your fence post*
laat? Two years? rive year*? Some
where in between? Well, that'a the
average ?pan of life for an un
treated fence pout in Eastern North
Carolina.
Now, what about this "too many
law.
6. When you're tired or irittten
tive? (top.
?' r ? . ?- .
hole*" buaincas? Just (hi*: a fence j
pott treated with "Paula" or
creosote will last (mm IS to 25
/?art. if properly treated, Ander
sen emphasizes.
If you have to replace your posts
every, two years, that means that
you may well fee digging that same
Me 1# timas ofteaer than you
would have to if you were using
treated pouts, Andersen concludes.
That the quality of beef cattle in
North Carolina caatiatev to im
prove was shown in a recent fat
stock show and sale, where out of ;
41 steers entered, seven graded j
Prime, 20 Choke, 11 Goad, and on- I
ft three Commercial.
STRAWBERRIES
Berries will be available every day beginning Jane 1.
Most of our berries will grade "fancy." Those wanting
berries are asked to notify me in advance so I may tell
them what day to come.
W. D DAY
WALNUT LANE FARM. NEVA, TENN.
(Detour by 603 to Watauga Lake and follow signs.)
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FUEL OIL (jB6j KEROSENE
Colvaldj Snc.
P. O. Box 588
BOONE, N. C.
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Why just hope
you're getting
the best
truck buy?
ODGE . . . and w? can prove ill
rmoM F>icK-ur?m
AJVO
TO
DO Dam LEADS in |6?jLVS
When you go to buy a new truck, you owe it to yourself
to stop . . . look . . . and think? to think about this,
among other thinge:
Hew can you penMrfy knew you're getting the bft
value if you sign up for a new truck without met taking
time to stop and look at today'* big, husky - muscled
DODGE? lne answer, obviously, is you can't be sure;
you're just hoping you're getting the beet buy!
Wouldn't you be wiser to get at least a Jtu> facts about
DODGE? For instance, such easily proved frets aa these
-that Dodge trucks give you:
L
ftfantar mm koromv. Dodm'i exclusive Ohrvlff anii
, _ m ? m ~ " I* m'~ ? ' - . , ' " ? ?
mend Power-Dome V4 engiaae deliver more mOee per
gallon, full power en nfular gaat
L Maximum payiowdi. Dodge trucks sn built extra rugged
?will haulup to 36% more.
I. Lower upkeep costs. Dodge shert^faroke V-8 engines
msinUirt like-new performance far longer than truck
enginee of etenderd
4. Short*
wbee'baue
traffic much eeeier, eeve you
5. to ch beWew pricee. Today, many Dodge modele oeet
lees then any other mekel
Podge gives you imn in other ways, too. So, before you
buy, wny not get the full Dodit story? Unless you do,
we honestly believe youH end up paying mora and
getting less.
DODGE TRUCKS
?ntm mi romwAmo iook^s>
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815 East Main Street
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Boone, North
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