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M'DOWELL FAIR
IN FULL SWING
Had Successful Opening-on
t. Tuesday' ; Large. ; Attend-
ance and Good -Exhibits;
Big Parade Yesterday. ;
-. . The McDowell County lair now In
progress Is proving to be a great suc
cess. In fact had it come to a close
at the end "of the second day it would
have' been thegreatest event ever
held in McDowell countyl "
' The first day, Tiiesday, brought a
good crowd to 'Marian, i Tuesday
night the attendance was "good.
Wucdnesday brought people from
every section of McDowell coanty.
The day was fine and the fair ground
were in good shape. The program
of Wednesday began with a large
parade starting at the lower end "of
Main street and extending practical
ly all the way to the- fair grounds.
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but. spoke interestingly for" . several
minutes. The large crowd was much
impressed ' with Mrs. Vanderbilt's
speech."
-The 'exhibits are proving- of much
interest" to the throngs of people who
visit the fair grounds. . All are pro
ducts of McDowell county.
Mr. D.- F. Giles, secretary and
The many industries Jind enterprises j "ie oeacons ox the liaptist church at old Fort boys were successful: Fred
were well represented in the parade, that place. For number of years Grant won the fifty yard dash. John
At if o'clock Mrs. Ediih Vanderbilt, Jhe was a member- the county board I steppe won the baseball throw. Fred
president of the SUte Fair Assoda-Jof education and did everything in j Grant, Charlie Canon, Franz Strick
tion, spoke. to the largest crowd everts power for the elevation and up-?ian(jf John Steppe, won -the relay
assembled in Marion. Mrs. Vander- building of the pub'hc school system race.
treasurer, haa done a great piece ofjthe sorrowing, family have been heard
work and has recived many eongratu-jin all circles, and the sympathy of
Utions for theTable manner In which: many friends is extended tothe be-
he has pushed the ' fair to a "great
success. - V
.-v The nrocram for Thursdav and
I .TVday fotlowsz
1 TharJr, October 12th.
-830 a. m. Gates to fair ground
9:30 a.tm. Brass band concert.
10:00 a. m. String band concert.
10:30 a. to. .Fiddlers and Banjo
pickers convention open. .
11:00 a. m. Mid-way shows give
morning performance. ' i . , -
12)0 noon. Everybody swing and,
change. ir
2:00 p. m. All shows open for af
ternoon -performance. " "
4:00 p. m.- Announcement of pri
zes for fiddlers and banjo pickers. "
4:30 p. m Free attractions. .
7:00 p. m. The minuet on Jh
pavillion
7:30 p.m. .Night showpen.
10:45 v m. Gates to ' the
ground closed.
.FHiay October 13th.
9:00 a. m. Gates to fair, ground
open. - . ;
9:30 a. m. Brass band concert- .
10:00 a. m. Shows give morning
performance. ,
11:00 a. m. Announcement of all
premiums - and awards.
2:00 pi m! Shows and concessions
4:00 p. m.- Exhibits moved. -7:30
p. m. Grand assemble. .
. 8 n70 p. m. ! Marshalj give grand
promenade, and crown the queens.
OLORED PEOPLE END
AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Aaheville Citizen.: 8th. - ,
Eighth annual exhibition given; by
the Colored People of Western North,
Carolina was brought to a successful
close Jast night. 'The exhibits ondis
plar at Gates ' Park, were "the ; largest
in the history of the association. V , ;f
To the colored farmers of Ruther
ford county went Jthe first prize for
truck nroducta. while-Buncombe
came Second and McDowell- third.jnoon at 3-0'clock by Rev. J. P. Hipps Mr. and-Mrs. H. D. Becton;of Vir-t-i-.-x-:.
;.t. -frftWi iViUnd interment made in -Oak Grove ginia are visiting relatives here-
Exhibits were jon display from nine
'counties.' Lower Swannanoa "was a
warded the first prize for tfte, rural
school exhibits. In the fancy schools
work contest, McDowell County
school Old Fort: gained all honors.''
croot retain weiirhins? one . to
six pounds, were shown as 1 well ;-as
many stalks of fine corn. , For the
best molasses, Rutherford came first
.and Buncombe second.
Plans are now on foot to in corpor-'
.ate the fair association and ptarchaie
.grounds to hold the annual event on
The last. week In September of 1923
has been set aside for the next
hibrtion. 1 . ' f
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' ', HALLOWE'EN PARTY: ' .;:-r. i '"X r XX
There will be a pie "supper and The alumnf of the University-of
Hallowe'en social at the Oak dale North Carolina will-hold a smoker at
school house on Saturday night, Oct. fthe Marianna Hotel, tonight at. 7:00.
23. Proceeds to be used for school. All Carolina men are invited .to be
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J. L. PADGETT OF NEBO DIES;
FUNERAL HERE THURSDAY
. Mr. .Jos. L. Padgett, prominent cit
izen of Nebo, died . Wednesday - In
-fAsherille at the Mission hospital, af
ter, a lingering Alness. - Notwith
standing the fact that Mr. Padgett's
health had been In a rather precari
ous condition for gome .'.time, ; hs
death taa af a hock ' to - his A many
friends'and relatires throoghput Mc
Dowell eonnty. '.
The remains were brought to Ma
rion Thursday morning and the -funeral
was conducted at the Baptist
church by Rev. J. M. Brown and Rev.
tJ T. BAwden. Interment was made
at Oak Grove cemetery.
The deceased was about 62 years
of age. He was born and reared in
McDowell county. For a number of
years he had been engaged in busi
ness at Nebo, where he was held in
very high esteem. .
Mr: Padgett was one of the best
citizens of McDowell county. His
influence was always for anything
that meant foirthe betterment of his
community. He was acUve in hisjne Canon. In the Field Day .exer
home church at Nebo, being one of SM f th mnfArpne th foiiAwino-
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ox ine county. Me was araemoer or;
the Masonic fraternity and lived up
to his obligations in every resneet.
Beside a host of friends Mr. Pad
gett .is survived by a wife and five
children, as follows: Mrs. Homer
Beaman, Mrs. Ernest Beaman, Ever
ett, Boanie and Joe Padgett.
Many expressions of sympathy for
reaved family in their great hour of
affliction.
NUMBER OF FIRE WARDENS
IN COUNTY INCREASED
With the. drought in western North
leaves thua advancing the danger sea
son in forest areas, the school of in
struction for fire -wardens in Cald
well and. -m McDowell counties was a
timely one, C. H. lurrage, district
fire warden of the North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey, be
lieves. .
-Mr. Burrage spent a few days last
week In McDowell and Caldwell coun
ties getting the wardens lined up for
the danger season.
, Three newwardens were added in
McDowell county. These were H. H.I
Tate, mayor of Marion ; A. B. JBurgin j
and W. J. Porter.' In McDowell!
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the state in raising forest protection
funo. there are 10 warden, includ-
ing the-three recently addeLxhese
are Robert A. Brinkley, Dewejr G.jiand. 7th grade AUie Steppe,
Brown, Charles M. Hemphill, Ransom
C. Nannev. M. R. Nanney, George F.
Rhom, J2 L. Waters, H. H. Tate, A.
B. Burgin and W. J. Porter.
C.D. ELLIOTT DIES AF
TER PROTRACTED ILLNESS
V; Mr, Champ D. Elliott,' a well known'
citizen of this place, died at the home
of his .daughter, Mrs. Mills Hendlty,
in Marion last Friday, the 6th, after
a protracted illness. Mr. Elliott' was
68 years of age on the date of his
death. The deceased is survived by
nine children:. -.Mrs. R.-L. Yount of
Rocky Mount" Mrs. S. E. Cline of
CUremont, Crosswell Elliott of Call-
f ornia, . Harvey Elliott of Kentucky,,
Mrs. Geo. Turner of Virginia?, Mrs.
Mills Hendley, WU1, Ben and . Frank
The . fufneral -services were con-j
ducted from1 the' residence, of Mr. and
Mrs.' Mills Hendley Saturday af ter-
cemetery.
GEO. W. HYAMS NOMINATED :
- FOR COUNTY-TREASURER
llie vacancy on the ' Republican
ticket due to " the . resignation of
Frank EUiottas candidate for coun-
tjvxreasurer has heen lined, accor
a
ing to an announcement of W. R.
Chambers, chairman of the " county
Republican Executive committee, by
the nominatioiof Geo. W. Hyams-of
Old Forte Mr. Hyams, the new nomi-
nee for bounty treasurer on the Re-4
ex-publican ticket, is well, known in.Mc-
Dowell county and has a wide circle
lof - friends. J v;; '
items of-interest from
over Mcdowell county
Brief Mentionof Some of
out the County Hems About HomePeople
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OLD FORT
Old Fort, Oct. 9. Quite a number
of Old Fort boys attended the pider
Boy's conference at Morganton. The
conference lasted fromFriday until
Monday. The boys enjoyed it very
much and think that the conference
has accomplished a great , deal of
gooVl. Those attending were: Wil
liam Treverton, Bernard Tate, Franz
Strickland. Clifford Nesbitt. Charlie
istirewalt, Fred Grant. John Steppe.
Findley Fortune, Royce McDaniel,
Edar Hensley, Ralph Harris, Garnet
: White. Birch Allison. Garland Sienne.
Bernard Steppe, Paul Hugnes, Char-,
'"e,
Quite a number of people from Old
Fort went to Mt. Mitchell Sunday.
Miss May Jordan gave an ice cream
supper at Siloam Saturday night
which was enjoyed by all present.
The rajn prevented many from at
tending. The proceeds went to the
school.
Mrs. Lee Jordan and children spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Jor
dan's parents, near Greenlee.
vMr. and Mrs. C. W. Graybeal, who
were married recently, have taken
rooms at the Houghton house
Two U. S. Forestry service men,
Yomell and Denman, of Asheville,
were in Old Fort some-time last week.
Mrs. Chas. Dunn left Sunday for a
Charlie "Horton of New York will
spend the winter in Old Fort.- Mr.
Horton is connected with the tannery.
The graded school honor roll for
the month - of September ' follows:
1st B Ruby Arlington, Mary- Alli
son, Royce Burgin, Pauline Gosorn,
Myrtle Harvey, Agnes Noblitt, .Billy
Nesbitt, J. C. -Silver, Jr.,. Garland
Williams. 3rd grade Emmet ' Bur-
gin, Horace Dover, Lytle Steppe
Lucy Allison, John Rickman, John
Robinson, Selma Finch, Daisy Gib-
son, Evelyn Gilliam, Beatrice Free
man, Julia Padgett, Hazel Swann.
4th grade Sallie Mae Owenby. 5th
! Mcintosh, Eunice Wilkerson, Wilbert
Danner, Francis Mauney. 6th grade
, Asby Robinson, Elizabeth Strick
! Blanche Lewis. 8th grade Jose
j phine Luedley. 9th grade Dennis
! Haynes, Myrtle , Lytle, Rosa Turner.
110th grade Pearl Turner, Janie Par
ker.. 11th grade Elizabeth 5her-
rill, Estelle Lavender, Lizzie Lindley,
Sallie Epley, William Treverton.
NEBO
Nebo, Oct. 6. The infant son of
Mr; and Mrs. Pless Gray died Thurs
day after several weeks of sickness.
Carl Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jl P- Morrow, was killed by a train
in. Virginia during the week. .
.-' Mrs. H. F. Teague was called to
Hickory last Friday on account of the
death of her father,-J. B. Beard.
Jklrs.' H. -M. Wellman and children
of Weaverville are visiting the ' for
mers, parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Wilson.
' Miss -Ella Wilson, of Iowa is visits
ingher f ather, Tom Wilson. .
Nebo, Oct. 10. -J. L.' Padgett of
this place died at . the Asheville hos-'
pital .last Wednesday and was buried
.Thursday in Oak Grove cenetery at
Marion. ' ."' A -
Carl; Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J P.s Morrow was buried at the Nebo
cemetery, last, Wedn'esdayi -
. Walter1 Graham had a serious v ac
cident near CHnchcross v last ; week.
His friends will beglad to know ihkt
he -Is ; rapidly recovering from, the ;jn
juries he.received:
The ladies Aid Society gave 4an
ice cream supper , here Saturday
night, .which proved- very successful.
The amount .raised; was $23.00. which-
will 'go f ols the benefit of the Metho
dist parsonage.- ' - : r ' .---jj--
The- people are asked to come to
the church -here next Saturday morn-
ing for the purposejof cleaning off J
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the cemetery. Everybody is Jnvited
to come. Dinner on the ground..-
DYSARTSV1LLE
Dysartsville, Oct. 10. Misses Hat
tie and Maggie Taylor of NeBo spent
the week-end with relatives , nere- -
W. A. Carswell and son' RalpK were
in Marion on business Thursday.
J. C. Goforth was in Marion last
Friday. 1-
Mr. and Mrs. TVill Engiand of Gil
key were visitors here the first of the
week.
Miss Frances Carswell left last
Friday to attend school-Jri Glen Al
pine. Misses Lona and Mamie Goforth of
Clinchfield were visitors. here the last
of the week. .
Miss Elsie Daves is visiting rela
tives in Marion this week.
R. L. Cowan of Marion was here
Sunday. - ;
Misses Ethel and Daphne Spratt of
Marion spent Saturday and Sunday
with homefoiks nere. ..
Mr., and Mrs. W. A Carswell were
in Glen Alpine Friday.
McKinley Hutch ins of Spindale
was a visitor hete Sunday. .
Mr. and Mrs. WiU tJLandis .;and
brother,. Edwia- were visitors here
bunday. , , A
Miss Mary Alice Laughridge of
Marion spent the week-end , with
friends and relatives berul,
A number of people attended the
birthday dinner at George Spratt's
Sunday.
t CURFEW
Old Fort, Star Jloute
Oct. 9.
Mrs. R. D Parker has been right, sick
for the. past week.
. Bruce Brcjwn and son, - Charlie;
Mr. Berry and Willie Jones, all of
Spartanburg; $ C., are visitingi Jeth
ro Parker who has been right sick. v '
Mr. and, Mrs. John Reel and' child-
ten viaiicu icutuveir wu; yiuvfteu
Creek Sunday. '
"W. W. Parker made a Husiness
trip to Marion Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. vG, G. Morgan visited
Grayson Pendergrass near Greenlee
last Sunday.
Mrs.'J. M. Gibson spent the week
end in Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Parker andj
children of Marion were the guests
of J. M. Gibson Sunday.
Elisha Gibson has returned home
from a 'visit in Caldwell county.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
BEGIN CANVASS - OCT. 14
A full schedule of appointments
for. the democratic - candidates has
been worked , out. Dr. Kirby, Demo
cratic Chairman, expects to have the
candidates speak in every precinct in
the county. "A full "list of speaking
engagements by the democratic Can
didates is as follows:
Broad River, Saturday; Oct. 14, 3
p. .m.iv A- ' -
P Monfords .Cove, Tuesday, Oct. 1.7,
7:30 p. m. v r .
"Buck! Creek, Garden City, , Wednes
day, Oct. ;l8, 7:30 p. :m.
Bracketts, .Vein Mountain, Thurs
day, Oct .19, 7:30 p. m;
, Marion Mill, Saturday, Oct. . 21,
7:30 p. m. '" o' X '
c-Cedar Cove, Ashf ord, ! Monday,
Oct. 23, 7 :30 p. m. X. . '
Turkey Cove? Sevier, Tuesday;
Oct. 24, 7:30 p. m V :
North Xlove, Pitts, TMesday, ; Ocjt.
24. 3 n. m. r- rf?:
Higgins, Wednesday, Oct25; 7:30
Crpoked Creekf. Friday, t0ctr, 27,
7:3Qpm: V i . t
Clinchfield. Mill, ;! " Saturday, ? Oct-jC
28rx7;30,p.;im.- : ;-r
Glenwood", Monday t Ocfei0?;30
m. '-tj-fX' hM 7:XrXr t.
Old Fort "TTiesday Oc13lyri30
pv to,-- t.x2mxxxm'mmxx
Nebo Wednesday, Nov. 1 7 :30 ,'p.
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Dysartsville;t ThuTsday;NpvJp2,
7:30 . V?-'$MJ-k
Marion, Saturday Nov 4;7:30p:
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The annual' productioh bf radium
during v the last five, years has. ayer-
aged ; 35 grams, " at
approximately
$120,000; a gram.
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' v4-T0 'SfcEAK IN MARION
Hon. Solomon' Gallerti : of 'llutherT
f ordtoni ' will ; open the campaign' in
McDowell county; on OcJ;.r14th,' when
he is scheduled to' speak at the court
house at 7:30-p m.' - , ,
Mr. Gallert haa been - active in
democratic -politics for many years.
He'is an-able speaker, ; and it is , ex
pected that j& large; crowd "wH hear
huzTdiscuss the issues of &e' day. on.
the 'above dafe..r y v', u,, '
On October i20th fHon.",25ebulon
Weaver," Congressman from thisr dis
trict, wUl speak? at the t Clinchfield
school : auditorium.';" Congressman
.Weaver promises a livelyjdiscussion
bf the- issues in the pretfent campaign.
The public : -r is invited' tolearlhim ion
the" above date and place. , r. ;
Col. Albert Cox, f Balefgh, who is
well known, in ' McDpwyjl county, hav
ing spoken here m previous"? cam
paigns, will -address - the ( people I. of
this section at Xhej court house v on
Oct. 26th, at 7 :30 p. m: ' ; Coli CoCis
one of theV'ablest-8pei&enfr''Korh'
LCarolihap, and J it' is hoped- that V
large crowd will turn out to r hear
him.
The Clinchfield ': Band has . been en
gaged for -these appointments land
will furnish music for the .occasions.
STATE AGENT AFTEPAR- iJi
TIES BURNING BUILDING
Mr. Frank Jordan special-jagentf of
the Fire Prevention and ; Insurance
Department of North Carolina, . was
here-last week investigating the burn?
ingr f the HenipJiillbdihg!tJie
land of tiie. Power Company on Lake
James about two , "week ago. - f This
was a valuable . building - and aome
parties entering it, built a fire,vwhich
caused the . destruction' of the -building.
The State is following "such
matters., and starting prosecution so
as to prevent people, .not" only from
setting fires willfully, but Sallowing
fthem to be 'set carelessly..- : So'many
ftratt ovd Haiti re c&ciT ortrl vq mo nlA TVtL I
i perty ye-eaanesa
? hwilA'n Tm ffr It,ifrrn.lw
ve been , "made against it and the
State is sendine out officers to -"en
force these lawsl r-j Mr.; Jordan has
learned who -the - parties are who' seti
fire to - the building; named and : pre
parations are being made to prose
cute them. "
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES .
. - SOLICIT NEW MEMBERS
The Associated Charities has1 not
made an appeal to the people of Ma
rion for sometime past, but now there
is need- of a renewing memberships!
A good many have kept theirvdues
pawl and every one is sked to .be-J
and for convenience, will be . collected
each month.-- There are calls at this
time and as the winter: advancer- the
urgent needs cannot be taken jcare' of
without funds. Supplies have been
furnished many sick . and needy -families.'
aA . blanket has been ' requested
for' a. sick woman Any one who can
supply this,, need will please , let it be
known at once. XX ;
Solicitations will be niade for mem
bershipby the following 'i'Mrs; JH.
Tate. Johnston street : Mrs. " E.': H.
Dysart; North Main street iMrs. j
Joseph Reid, SouthMain: street; Mrs.
J.E. Neali West Main street ; Mrs W.
A. Conley, South Garden; streeij Miss
Lucy Davis, North7 i: Garden"5 'street";
Mrs. CtSxxll
Mrs, 12 J; P: Cutlar, .igani street;
Mrs. Clifton ;McCall, Henderson
street; Miss Nell Shepardson, Morgan
street; Mrs.R. H ; Bomar " ;Sweeney
Hill ; Mrs.;RSr Clay, tParkpHll
WILL LET? CONTRACTS
X pllIRiSCHO
v ;TneJt;buntyf?Bid
will be-in special session MbndayjTfor.
the; purpose of receiving bids for the
cplcpplilschpol 'SuildingX in
Easrjbto:Schb
building' isoi striitaiy tnbdf rn and
ivhSppfefwl
conBjll huniber jbf johtractbrs
jiavesecwed - plans and; are figuring
theconstructon of this . building.
it is expected , that a .number of bids
will fcef iled. v '.XS
FEDERATED CLUBS TO ip
. XX J -;' "CONVENE AT LENOIR
Hickory, Oct. -4i--Mrs.: A. ; L.' Coble
d Statesville, .president fof . the "elev
enth district of federated clubs, has
announced the annual "meeting bf the
district at . Lenoir for 4Tuesday; . Octo
ber l7.-The -Lenoir Betterment as
sbciatidii will be hostess to the women
fof . the' district, comprising i clubs at
Lenoir fiickory,; StatesvUle,Newtori
AlberlelnsonvaiepMor
Marion! Salisbury,""and' J,orest City.
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SEEK; LOCATION
FOR ELKS CAi.i
Locationjo Lstaonsn i.amH
:iirg Grounds Near, Marion
Is Being Given Favorable
.Consideration. ;
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(By Hubert Holloway)
Marion. VThe Home of Opportuni-
r 1
ties,i situated at the entrance to ter
ritory" cited by . world-travelers
among the -most beautiful in Ameri
ca located two railroads with val
uable ; manufacturing plants at every
hand, and backed by progressive citi-
zenship, , may spring . into national
1 prominence ! through proposals of the
f Benevolent fand i ltective Order of
ElksC establish a camping-ground
for members, ;and the tentative selec-tion-of
property on the C. C.& O.
railroad "within .striking distance of
the city.-.y c : :. -; - ,
The . PeboJ Canip Company;' com
posed of members of , the B.- P. O. E.,
n6wlnpr6cessrpf rmation,; -has ;
been Coffered anyptioir and is making
plans to 'sepure 'valuable property in
thJihearfel thelBhie" Rdge ;Mdun-":
tains 'for the purpose of establishing
the camp grounds where members of
thejorerrimay ' spend Jeir. vacations
at; a moderate cost. The move , ? is
started by Northern members - f amil- r
iar;witH:,ilus;seco't
' The uresent idea is to secure a lo-
fcion Inttenibuntains, pref eraLly
in Western NortH : Carolina, ' where
the. altitude' is from "two to ; " three;
thousands f eet, on -the; railroad so as
to make tt accessible .to all and on qt
convenient to a, good , fishnig stream
and there build7cluh houses, , swim
ming pool and other attractions . tliat '
would add, to tHe; pleasure of the
ta -. - '-v
E11 Qjpv&out the country, aa :xn-
dividuals aiid '&ftp"hv lodges and''
would.- bring! .thousands of' members
to'Western North Carolina each Sum-
me
y.y J-i-
v. The location which is now being
given - favorable consideration is on
the Carolina, ; Clinchfield and Ohio
and Southern-Railroads in the vicini
ty of Marion and covering : a .-large
area iris the heart :. bf this rugged and
picturesque "country, f which" , has been
hailed bjX proniinent ticjrists as
among v the most beautif ul in Ameri-
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Cllrti a t i ! .l'- a"""' th-' i.'"v'-- - -' ,V'. ;
Located between Marion and John ..
son? City. Tenn., - the tract would be'.
serve1 by;:the Southern .Railway at
both Marion, and ' Johnson' City and
the . C. 0. & O.. for. intermediate ter-
ntory;-;; .; : o?C' ,r"-. X": - ' ';- '
; .v Altapas,' Spruce , . Pine, Green -, : '
Mojuntainfrwin vflUnaka . Springs '
and Toecane are in close ' proximity
to. the ' location and - woiild ? give the ;
Elks one of the most attractive camp-
ing -grounds1 iii' America. ' "
Shares in 'the enterprises are be- '
ing offered to Elks at Jf25 per share .
andit!is planned 1 to ; sell at least 2-..-boOshares
before the canip option 4 '
would be taken up and the movement '
to buildpjbe ;caniping grounda
stad:iySXsXX -r ' ; :
Several Elks who - have expressed .;
interest in,"the. proiect i have , , stated'5
that possibly, members of he lodges
in various cities would erect huts and
camp houses, to be used by -rnembers" -.
from these cities.
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; INCREASE1N ENROLLRIENT.
Approximately 60,000 more child
ren attended ; the,' public ' schools - of
North Carolina - during X the - term
1921-22 than during 1920-21: That
istarsaat 'aughvestimate some- -thing,
like 443,000 children Jbretween
tbeagesjdf .andW were in public
schoplsin -this : JState. last rj year ."as '
against 383,000 between the ages of"
8ahd ; 14 .enrolled the year; preceding.
Tlese figures arebased upon ' those
frpni; 6 5; counties reporting? to the
State j Superintendent of Public ln
strubn4'.togese, 65? counties-"'
tte?ehas;been an Increase of-40,C0Ch
chilb!nrolled aince the'"extenslbn.
of he age lindt of the'pe'riod of cohi
pulsory, school 'attendance from 8 b
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