SURRY PRODUCT GOES TQ EVERY!
LARGE OTY IN LAND
The Leaf That Made Lowgap Famous b
Shipped Out by Thousands of Cues
.„■! __ I
Small Villa*. 14 MiUe From
Railroad Hu IM«m IimIw
try and Manufacturing Plant
Lowrap in tha western part of this
county U only a wide place in Utr road.
Nat one person in (In who reads
theaa lines erer hear** of the place.
And jret Lowgap is se well known- that
a mkbffM from Liverpool, Enrland,
addresaed limply to Low rap, N. C.
will not be delayed one minute in
r<-aoning us destination. rrorn New
York the hnm|» will be wind into
Gala, Vs., and from there Mnt over
• private phone line to Lowgap.
Every city in the United Statea and
Canada large enough to hare a flor
i(t i* now doing business or hM at
ao«e time done baaineaa with the firm
-of W. M. WoodrufTi Son and Com
pony which firm la in a word Lowfap.
This village, SO mile* weat of Mt.
Airy, Irnli of one of the moat unique
hi the ueaati j, and the
of Ha kind hi the world, lo
la wad* to the gathering,
kl to Mm florist
of decorative greens, audi
bavea, fancy and
laurel, oak sprays,
to thia atate hot in adjoin- j
Not only doea Low gar
• product* In their nator
but H has a large niantifart
folia gee of all aorta
are dyed and pussnsd ao that their
life of usefulness la prolonged indefin
itely. ft will be inteftating to our
rn It« to know that thia Lowgap
i fc tka only oae in the'
the galas leaf.
TUa village and ha unique indoatry
la tka raaoH of the genius and untir
_ . of one man—T. M. Weod
i raff. Twenty five years ago ha waa
a country merchant with a atom at
by himaelf and I
Ho waa a aort of original renins and
to find ao«o way far the
to hie vicinity to add
living.
going to New Tork to'
i Woodruff would take
of galas leavea or
a noes. One day ha i
pad to to see a florist an Fifth Ave
nue and showed him some of the
loovea. The florist immediately came
alive, stating that thoae leavea wore
just what he had been looking tor
to MMke the foundation for funeral
analhn. Bo pm Woodruff an or
dor. Too, »ir, bo would pay real money
for than. T. N.—as he ia known over
• doxon gtetoe—T. N. went oat of that
flarlafu aKop walk in* on air. At
laat Wa dream of an induatry that
would halp to hay hi* mountaineer
aocnc of the neceaaltiea of
Ufa waa a reality.
Ha weot back to Lowgap and aet
a h—eh of women to pulling fa lax
lira and tie In* then up in uniform
hanrhn, 28 laaraa ta a bunch. Whan
the law ma weye ready he hired an ox
tool to haul than 90 mile* to Mount
Airy, whanee thry vent by expraaa to
tha Maw York floriet. After an In
taiwtaable wait the cheek in payment
waa Meahred. bat the day the Ml
raau a new industry waa horn, not
only for tha country surrounding Law
gap Wt far the entire Blaa Mice
■MMtaina ftoai Klbler, Va., to Blaek
Mil—lala, N. C. An area of thla
maoMUta aauatry tan mltea wMa by
71 mOaa long waa Morally carpeted
that there waa a atlWt far gator
laaaaa, nimnlHlmi ataev. For a laag
mm and m time T. N. Woodruff rami
to bt known m the "Galax King."
Last week there waa filed in Dob
son for tho firm of W. M. WoodrufTa
Caa A ci mm naaiM o# MoiMMkoa
N)B ■ i ovnptny p*p**rn 01 inrorpora
tion, the form of tho organization be
ing what la called an Bspreaa Trust
or common lav coaipany. It ia the
firvt paper of Ha kind rear filed with
the register in this county. The paid
up capital stock is $40,009.
The offieora are T. M. Woodruff,
President, and M. C. Roodaon, Secre
tary-Treasurer. while H. A. Alderman,
P. G. Lowe and W. E. Woodruff to
gether with the officers compose the
hoard of trustees. The company ia
a closed one and there ia no stock for
sale.
Last year there waa gathered and
shipped hy the Lowgap organization
over 5000 cases of galas leaves alone,
besides vast amounta of other Yreena.
As each caaa oontalna 10,000 indivi
dual leaves this represents over 60,
000,000 of the beautiful heart-shaped
Icavea that went oat from the village,
or from WoodrufTa several ware
ho as as. The company now owns Ha
cold storage warehouse hi Gala*. Va.
hciiidi htvinf • itortff wtrebooMj
for leucothoe In OM Fort, N. C. and
another for fancy ferna in Johnson
City, Tena. The bwteaaa has grown
to such an extent that poaaMy 1600
people are supported hi whole er tn
part by Ha various aetMtiea. Sev
eral country storea, many of than
owned by the company, act as eoOaet
ing pointa for the aaaemhHng of the
tiooua gathered by the scorea of men
and women who work for the moat
part on a "piece" baaia. The company
alao haa man in Florida and Go ifgie
gathering magnolia leavea, coon tic
ferna and amQax.
At Lowgop it situated a largt 4pt
*n» penv*uatfrt|r plant for the p-»
of Mtiiw of nrltM aorta.
The staff to be perpetuated it placed
in • vat of water heated by lh» steals,
tha ijre h pat In thi nt nd the fol
iagaa allowed to eook and take the
coloring: nutter far a white. Then
the dyed green* «n pat into preserv
ing: vat*, filled arith a cheepical that
render* them bomune to discoloration,
decay or damage from weather or
other natural ageMy. That is they
are perpetuated. A large force of
women are employed at thla plant in
hunching, tieinc and pocking the pre
pared foliage for the flnttet market.
Thia la the oaly plant gi the world
perpetuating the galax leaf.
'Woodruff spent a couple thaosand
dollars pxperiasenting before he An
ally learned how to perpetuate the
delicate gal ax loaf. Enough featoon
ini u mane ny uiis concern annually
to string a line at It from Lowptp to;
Greensboro. The company ha* a!
number of festooning machines that
irrind out theae beautiful decoration*
by the thousands at yard*. Panml
wreathe* arc made by several expert
wreath-maker* ta the village from
prepared magnolia and oak leave*.
Everything fat the decorative line la
handled by tMa organisation. And
just now Lowgap la hi a nab taking J
"are of Christmas qrdera.
These order* literally come from
every large town and city hi the rem.
try. many of them by viva. The flor
ist buainee* la a rash business in it*
nature. The company own* tU ]
wire from Galas to Lewgap and i
tain* a number of truck* to calbet
the rarioui green* and rush th*m to
the Mpreaa offices. Hometimee b a
single day u|»mi shipments will _
forward from Galax, Mount Airy, B
kin. OM rcrt. and Johnson City. Tenn.,
besides ship. snU from one or tw»
in other etatea. Moreover, the
The next time yea attend a
I leak doeely and yea will eee
from galas leaves, the
that village Readers rf this
■ay ehanee to meter toj
wfll be tntoreetad la
*
to eap'ahi toj
visitors all about the
< t mno the tonmiUs tar dyeing anil
M STILLS CAFTUKD IN STATE
rrfml Atnti hM Ufl GmUmmm
•r NWtl Mtf 14 can ami OtWr
Pi MM I j ,
bition ipnU operating m Nartk Ca
rolina captured M (till* in November,
xmidlnf to A. fe Goltrane, director.
Quite a quantity mt liquor and ito
ingredients waa dumped. A total of
2.MM gallon* of spirit*. 107374 ral
Ion* of malt Hquorm, 590 gallons of
win* and M gallon* of mash wei*
poured out. Approximatrly 700 fer
montoni «m aaised. Fourteen auto
mobile* war* captured while haulm*
liquor and confiscated. Forty-nine ar
rest* were effected by the federal
mrncwa.
Value ef automobile* seised wa*
put at $6.1 &l. Total appraised value
of property seised and destroyed was
estimated at IS4.2M, while the value
of property seised and not destroyed
was 96.1MJ0. Amount of proceeds
of sale of seised property turned over
to the United State* treasury was
$2,280 while the amount of expanse*
incurred incident to seizure and sale
was $4I&J8.
Other property seised included 1,
160 pounds of sugar and one pair of
mule*.
The above totals are slightly lea*
than thoee of the three preceding
months. TMs waa probably due to
the fact that quite a number of fad
•ral areata operatinr In this it its
a ere sent to) Pennsylvania for a spec
ial anti-rum campaign.
OM Negro of VbfMi Acta Am Him
On MliH) A|tM
Washington Dk. i—Trtfilc hi
front of Um Whit* House m ■top
ped today by mi aged, white haired
negro who waved dawn ■■timbilea
with a cane.
"I'm the only nafru who mt look
ptninMM to the WUto Hooaa." ha
shouted after he had brought a loaf
line of ears to a stoadatfll. "Too aak
thoae boy» who uaad to ride the pon
iaa, referring to the Roosevelt youn5
etoni.)"
The old negro, a Virginian, who ha*
supplied the favorite negro fruit for
the White House for year*, baa Just
delivered a consignment for Praaident
Cool id** and had derided to take the
natter of publicity into his own
hands.
16 Perish in Fierce Gate Off
Pacific Coast
Seattle, Dee. 7.—Sixteen person*
art believed to hare perished as the
result of a 24-mile an hour gale which
•wept the northwest coast territory
Wednesday night and early yester
day. causing great property damage,
crippling communication facilities and
inundating portions of Moquiam and
Aberdeen. Washington, and Warren
ten, Oregon.
Fifteen persons ate believed to have
been drowned whan the steamer T,
W. Lake sank fa) Rosario Strait be
tween Beat and Fidalgo Islands, near
Anacoftes. Poor bodies, three of
them identified, have been recovered.
One of the bodies is said to be that
of Captain E. E. Mas in, of Tacoau.
"LOST PROVINCE" RAILROAD CAN
BE CONSTRUCTED
Saya Prank MilUr, h|hiiir,
ality is AaeurW.
Greenoboro, Dec. 11.—Ta* C. Bow
minion, in Greensboro last night aft
er a msating of the •■■laliiina in
Raleigh yesterday insi»n'< that At.
torney General Manning had fadkMM
«d the commission that the** waa no
queation aa to the cenattall lnalHj
of the IfiMM appropriation far pre
liminary survey* and that he woald
Hhoitly deliver aa opinion to that ef
fect
At the mm time Prank T. Miller,
engineer for the commission, made
public a rapart submitted yealatday
to the affect that the preliminary sar
veya tor the | tf ml railroad had
rone far enough soar to eatahliah de
finitely the fact that at least two and
probably throe feasible and jraetir
aMe Hnea had bean ran by the engin
eers. On any one of the throe Hnea,
Mr. Miller thinks, a railroad coold
he built within the limit of trade and
curvature laid down by the eommia
■ion.
Nr. Bom mm tut U»e attorney
general had not Informed Governor
Morrison, who wna not at the meet
ing, of hi* ostein of the constitn
tkmality of the tMjMO appropriation,
hut that he wnU do ao either Satur
day night or Monday.
"The attorney general told the eon
minaioa that tt was Ua optek|> that
| he appropriation waa constitutional
and that ha would instruct the atate
treaaurer to honor the raw Kara
against this fund," aaid Mr. Bowie.
This opinion of Attorney General
Manning, Mr Bowie aaid, did not
tooeh the larger matter, of the bonds
for the pupossd railroad. That Mat
ter has net yet mm np.
Governor Morrison recently wvo6s
the attorney genernl expressing donht
m to the const nationality of the
plans and asking far an opinion.
In a report sobmittod to the eem
mission yesterday Mr. Miller, the
engineer. Mid that his engineers had
femd feasible lines for a railroad
alone tow route* and had reach ad •
paint on a third where they thought
they ware going to find still another
feasible Une.
The first is on the line tram North
Wllhi shsrs to Mania In City, Tenn.,
hy way of West Jsffsieon. Fuss
North Wilkes ho ro to Big fey church,
shout If miles. has not bora t«n.
But fran Big Iry churrh to Dentals
gap, IT asitoa. from Daniels gap to
West Mhnsi II nlhs from Waal
Jsfforaan to the month of Big Lnurnl
creek, M mflss, from the month of
Big Lanrul ersofc tU^frmaaaaM
tol rfVtnBae.'St! haa'beoa*nL
to wttfcfa mvh milee of Mountain
City on l Maximum grade of mm ami
a half par cant, rompenaatad against
weat bound traffic and w par cant
compenaatad against aaat bound traf
fk aad with a »astpu» ewrr^taw
'I MMe Aad prtcticlc Um. Mny
put* of It have shown a Milan
of fhre-tentha of one par eeot grads
Tha aac<^d7ul i> from Elk in to
Mountain City by way of Bparta aad
Jefferaan. Han It la pro pa aad to uac
tha Elkin and A'ieghany right of way
from Elkin to Doiwhtoa, roughly
about 17 miles. Tha Una from Dough
ton to Stone Mountain has not been
surveyed bat a roconnoiter has shown,
said Mr. Millar, that It is feasible;
the distance is about sis miles. From
he foot of Stone Moontain to the top
of the Blue Bide* to the top of Peach
Bottom mountain by way of White
head and Thompson's mill, 17 milea,
has been ran. Prom ihen to tha
mouth of Cranberry erode on New
river la under sarvey now bat suffi
cient information has already been
obtained, Mr. Miller said, to show that
H la practicable.
The Itate up New River from the
mouth of Cranberry creek to the
month of Naked creek la retarded aa
not difficult; it 1* 22 milea from Peach
Bottom mountain to Um mouth of
Naked creek. The line from tha
mouth ef Naked creek has been run.
Are miles, to a inaction near Jeffer
son with the Daniels nap Mountain
City line. This comprises a through
line from Elkin to Mountain City,
Tena.
Tne third rout? la IiKww Nortk
Wilkenboro and Butler, Twl, by way
(rflNM. About IS aulea from Nortk
Wilkaeboro on Fall riw at the hear
of Ben Triplett the wflaMn struck
the foot of tlw Blue Ridge. Fraat
there to the top of the Blue Eidga at
Deep cap a feasible Um baa been IM,
It 1-t railea, and fraai Deep gap to
Hodge* gap, at Boone, 14 atOea. Thia
gtrea a total of M 1-t aiik* of cow
plated line.
Thia party waa tix wotki lite in
itaitfag end ia not ao far along a*
the ether two bat a reconuaiaaaar
baa taitaatil aeeordinc to Mr. Millet,
that a Mae fna Hedge* gap throa^fe
the Waftaaga river valley aad a or go
far.
COOLIDGE FOR WORLD COURT—
AGAINST SOLDIER BONUS
—; —
In His First Address to Congress New Pres
ident Outlines His Policies
[ * • .V
P.y. Clowmf Trikoto To PaB
•a Lmdmr mmi With SU*kt
Shiftiag of Out
lines Continuation mt Hard*
I tng Policy .
Walhinirton. Dec. l-Pmltat
Cool id** iddrmwj Congress Iton
dty for the fimt time linn he hwanu
chief eiKTrtiri.
On the floor of the ho—e ttaetf the
crash was so great that member* com
plained they were unable to gat \he
■eat* to which they acre entitled.
House officer were directed to clear
the floor just before the President'*
arrival, of person* not entitled to ad
■tesiew
Mrs. CooMdge sat in the executive
gallery. She had arrived before the
houee sassrablsd at aeon, and receiv
ed an ovation from the floor and gal
leriea.
The chief executive spoke slowly
and deliberately without effort at ora
tory. The. first applause came when
he said the United States saw no rea
son to limit ita own freedom and in
dependence of action by joining the
league of nationa.
There was scattering applauae as
Mr. Coolidge declared for the world
court, but with reservations. A dec
laration against recognition of the
Ruaaian soviet government bi ought
further manifestations of approval aa
did the Praaidants* announcement that
he did not favor cancellation of the
foreign war debt and hia announce
ment of Ma unqualified approval of
I the Mellon tax program.
the Nation hti lost PmklMt Harding.
The world knew his kindness and his
humanity, hU pMtMM and his char
after. Ha has left hi* mark upon his.
tory. He has made justice move eer
passing tribute paid to his memory
to rttt at last at home rsraalad the
place be held in the hearts of the
American people. . Bet this is net the
occasion for extended reference to
the man or hi* work. Tn this presence
among those who knew and loved
him. that is unnecessary. Bat we
who were associated with him could
not resume together the functions of
our office without pausing for a mo
ment, and in his m—intf reconsecrat
ing ourselves to the service of oar
country. He is gone. We remain. It
is oar duty, under the inspiration of
his example, to take up the burdens
which he was permitted to lay down,
and to develop and support the wiae
principles of government which he re
presented. *
Following is s condensed statement
of the fist of the President's recom
mendations to Ceegress—
Our count! > has one cardinal prin
cipal to maintain in its foreign policy
We attend to oar own affairs, con
serve oar «wn strength, and protect
the interest <4 oar own citisen*; bat
we reeognisa thoroughly oar obliga
tion to help others, reserving to the
decision of our own Judgment the
time, the place and the method.
Pending before the Rente la a pro
posal that this Government give ha
support to the Penaanent Court of
International Justice. I comawad It
to the favorable consideration of the
Senate, with the prspssid reserva
tion* dearly indicating ear refusal
:•> cdhere to the League of Natisem.
Russia presents notable dlfflsallies j
Our Government 4m not peupsas,)
■area Ik law, hot lot it ha taw* thai
ha la appaaatf toit» .iolalioa
I *■ iMiliia< that oar praaaataa»>
nooUc and aacial conditiona ««mat
a limitation of thoae (—ijjili) %a
ha aihailtad. Wa nhootd ftod aii
tional safety in a law va<iuiriaf tfca
m mad lata refUtiation of all aliCM.
I do not favor the tranUag af a
Sanaa.
Thr supply at coal moat ba con
stant. In eaae of Ha piuapactlto
tarraptioa the Piaaid—t ahoold km
authority to appoint a uinnalaatOM
r m powered to deal with ahatowt
emergency situation nifbt ariaa.
No > o«np kate<i ichc*i- of ralM,
no piaa for g > .unit fixin* af
will be of any permanent value to
establishing airriculture. Bin pie and
direct mstheds pat into apseaitlaa kf
the fanner himself are the only raal
The taxes of the Nation
which U arrent in oar fiscal |
la the abolition of the ri(kt to imm
tax-exempt ■aaailUaa.
The piumil tariff law haa ana
pliahed ita two main objects. It haa
productive of an abounding pi uapaei
ty. Under it the country haa had a
rery lanre export and import trade,
fc conatant revision of the tariff by
the Congress is disturbing and haito
fuL
Our Government during the war ac
quired a large merchant fleet, ethk
ihould be lianafined a*
> [hie, to private <
ft*
the role of making a (railroad) rata
that will yield a fair return. It maat
abandon rate making ike gather. TW
law for raassHdatiowi la not safB
riently effective to be n pod Kb as. Ad.
litkmal legislation is needed gtvtaff
authority far voluntary i
tath regional and roota, and |
(fOveiimifnt machinery to aid and l
mutate such sctietL
The world had had enough of the
of hatred and setfiahneaa,
K Iw y
ial power. Far the healing of the aa
tions there arast be
:harity. confidence and
thne has r*M for a m
tee of moral power, npd l
upon the principal that right
Its own might
Dr. Barrua Of High Peiat Talk* CM
"In Mrrthn"
Hi«h Point. Dk. 6.—The ritjr cooa
-il meetinr laat ntrht ma enHvMMi
>jr the declaration of Dr. J. T. B«r
rus. whtle W wan wfi *ktng am tt»
propoaal for ■aaicipal aM il emitag
[or charity eaaca, that "afcua 101 ft
iraa that aaU Um onh nalitatlwi
[ ever made to charity wrrr hflla tkM
i could not col Wet, told an lataM
ie." And taming to newspaper Ma,
Dr. Bvrru* maid: "I would Mho to to
looted to that effort."
Wilaon, No*. 37.—There'a Male to
he air arooad Seven flpriagi Mv
Tto Mf ovo«t will to potod eg oa
hat at laaat l^MO dag* w® to il tto