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ij & r > '? J^ .'.O M V r ? -V .1. ; 1 . I 4 t?' . . ? ' V 'M ^ . ADVANCE OUT SIDE THE COUNTY rr? V1VALS or FORESTS IN APPALACHIANS lv Horace Kephart ie eighteen national parks TlieV comprise an area 1,000 square miles. East of j^ippi Kiver there is but up on the Main coast, and #iilv eight square miles. .. j 1()U; th> 0f the ' American (l. ,.?st of the Mississippi. lt?, ciin not afford the time &aej& that must be spent to tern parks.-The mnlti ncver see the geysers and vim:*. the cliffs and petrified lie Yellowstone, -the aks of the Rockies or of )u< ?vlacirts of Mt. Ranier . [or Park, the big trees of the Grand Canyon of the Dr Zion Canyon, the marvel .ptli of the Carter Laktf, the li,,^ of Mesa Verde, the of Hawaii. )f the Potomac and cast of psippi there is no land left tor a national park on a in en mi rate with Jhe require jt in the southern Appala mtaiti region the situation is Here are large areas of ilderness, practically unin Here arc the highest and isive mountains in .eastern Here are the last survivals agniticent primeval forest red the eastern part of the when the first white men the New World. itional Parks Are Needed ast is a land of swarming centers. The millions of ved in cities have learned a matter of self-preserva them to have wing-room,, and then, in the open air. it have vacations out of [nd so we see them every (needing ft way from town r>. hundreds of thousands [ill the highways in every a? crowded with tourists nir routes, and comfortable ilaces, ijliyiis of tourists must |>?lifej(< to go, some place to eir natural refuge M'rom eat is tjie tool, green moun [til the present year they pet to our. mountains, for Dads, save in a few resorts I already overcrowded. Now ! the roads. We must have (Is and boarding houses, liftilarly we must have an ot proper camping sites, are camps and camps. To tight or a month in the cool besides a crystal trout and undisturbed lultitude: anil that is joy; freedom; that is camping at J But to herd with hundreds | wayfarers in a -public) the outskirts of ? town, dust and squalor of such u?well, 1 tried it, one night | Florida, a couple of years had little shade and Ni ot grass. It was piggy? p.. And 1 Who had camped fal wihlrnes8 u thousand the glorious pleasure of it fe "Xever again"' I would it a more comfortable night up in a cell of the county pome. East needs parks, . large Mer state or national con Iprovido decent camp sites fblintr grounds for our mil *0' no other reason?and othe?- reasons. iional Park in the mountains em North Carolina ^nd J5ast pi'ssop would not duplicate hi the western parks. The |u altogether different from them. It is typical of Appa ll its host. Here stands to pe Great Smoky Mountains, Hundred square miles of un Peval forest, the most varied |fty forest, in the world, just ??d, save for added growth, ?lumhus discovered America, all be destroyed within ten or fears if the Government does it over and preserve it intact Nu/e irenerations may see k%uin? t'orest wilderness is pmokies M-e not, as wapy wnk, a pa^ p? the Blno [They are a much higher and rantrj. ttian thp Blue iParalleliti^ it on the north p The Rlue Ridge forms peasterly rampart of the 'Mountains, fronting on the ^ The Smokies are the ^ni lampart from the Big to the Little Tennes ia th? Great Appak chian VaJIev. They are a segment ot the Unnka system, which corres ponds m the South to the Alleghanies ot' Pennsylvania as compared with the Blue Kidge. The Appalachian Mountain fcyslfcm, as a whole, extends as a zone 0110 hundred to three hundmTmiles wide irom Canada 1,500 miles southwest - | ward to Alabama. It reaches its c'i-1 max, not in the Black .Mountains, -i:; commonly supposed, but in the Great Smoky "Mountains of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. Comparisons in-this case are not' meant to be odious, but they are' neccessary to visualize' the fact that the .Smokies are the mountain climax of eastern America. v; Several High Peaks In the area of the Appalachian | north of the Carolina line there is only one peak, Mount Washington (6,293) in New Hampshire, thai reaches an altitude of (5,000 fee above the sea-level. In. the proposed Smoky Mountain Natic*H Park there are seven peaks higher than Moun Washington, Clingman Dome, 0,680 feet; Mt. Gjiyot, 6,636 feet; Mt. Le Conte 6,600 ;leet Waterock Knob, ?6,400; Mt. Collins, 6,400 feet Un named peak west of Guyot, 6,300 feet; Jones Kuob; 6,300 feet, y In the length and breadth of the Blue Ridge, i'rem Pennsylvania to Georgia, there; is no'' summit that readies 6,000 feet. Along the Smoky divide there is a stretch of twenly-cighjt miles, from a point east of Guyot to a little west ward of Silcr's Bald, where the whole mountain range is a mile or J more above sea-level. The "relife" or apparent height of some of jtlie peaks is majestic. Le Contc towers full 5,000 feet above the village of Batlinburg that nestles at its basqgJts height then, above the surroumiWg country is as .impressive as that of most of the Rocky Moun tain peaks. The Forest of the Great Smokies For wild beauty and grandeur I have seen nothing in eastern Amcii-s <*a th:'.t equals the Smoky divide and its outlooks. Over a goodly part of the range the primitive forest still otands in all the majesty of many hundreds of years of growth. It is the most varied forest in the world today. There a4fe 136 species of na tive trees and 174 species of wild shrubs, ruder their shade grows an immense variety of wild plants that can thrive nowhere but in a forest primeval; they perish forever as soon as the big trees are felled, and lovers of plants and wild flowers will know them, thereafter only as pic tures in books or as dried specimens in a herbarium. The preservation of this extraor dinary example oi^ what the forest wilderness was like when the first white explorers moved inland from the Atlantic coast is duo to the aston ishing isolation of the Smoky Moun tain region until the state highways entered it this present year. Although surrounded on all sides by a j>opulous modern world it has remained until r>ow in a primeval condition. Tins isolation, the outside world krjowing" practically nothing aboift thf snpefpine scenic masterpieces of the Sinqkies, >vill ,spem doubly strange when ono observes on the map that these very peaks an4 W?gea are nearer the center of population of the United States than any other mountains whatever, except the mea ger ones of eastern Kentucky. Re mote? They are anything but re mote. Inaccessible? So they were until within a year. Roads To The New Park North. Carolina is hard at work Jffikipg up every county seat with the others by a system of grade*} ap4 surfaced highways, In Swain bounty tor example, which comprises thp greater part of the Smoky Mountains on the Carolina side, there is npw in process of completion a greater mite' age of graded roads, fit for automo biles than in any other county of the State save one. Four highways center at Bryson City, the county seat, which is only tjfen miles in an air-line from the summit of Cling man Dome, the apex and center of the Smoky Mountain Range. One of the members of the Nation al Park Commission, 'Mr. Gregg, re tflld me, jvhen he was here exploring tbe^mokips, fh^f; tfje FefJ: $ria}0ov?rnm?int, if it Jopk ovpp ^})0 Park. would have to buil^ ROf; lfis& thaty three, an$ in his judgement four hard-surfaced highways not lp?s than fifty feet wide, across the Somkies from the Carolina border to the Ten nessee border, connecting with the roads on either side, in order to ac commodate the millions of tourists , w'10 would flock here as soon as the park was opened. There would be ( linked together by a sky-line high way running along the very crest of file Smoky divide for forty miles. Most of this sky-line road would be i>,00() feet or more above sea-level. , From it the motor tourists could look westward over the Appalachian Valley, on a clear day, a hundred 'miles in an air-line to the blue Cum beijands on the horizon. Then turn ing to the eastward, they would be hold a bilow.v sea of froested moun tains, with hci;e and there the glint of a river, but scarce any sign of settlement, forty or fifty miles to! where the Blue Ridge meets the sky. The Appalachian Scenic Highway, which will be mapped and logged in all the tourist guidebooks this com ing autumn, follows the Appalachian mountain system all the way from Canada to Georgia. Its link from Asheville to the Georgia line, via Waynesville, Sylva, Bryson City, An drews and Murphy is our Highway No. 10. This route runs along the southern edge of the proposed park. Other highways leading to the Park from every direction can be found on the map. Special Features of the Park The boundary provisionally drawn Up by the Park Commission takes in about 650 square miles, \ almost equally divided between North Caro lina and Tennessee. It includes no settlements except a few small saw mill villages and scattered clearings of mountain fanners. By far the greater part of the area is quite unin habited. There are no railroads ex cept a few logging roads. There are no mines, nor any industrial plan's other than sawmills, most of whi?5h are tiear the end of their operations. There are no water-power sites of any consequence nor any high-tension power lines. The great power sites are on the neighboring liver into which the small streams of the Park site flow. The Federal Government if this boundary were taken over, would have no interference of local interest to contend with. Within the area there are hundreds of miles of cold, swift creeks and branches that are already fairly well stocked with brook trout and rainbow trout. With Government con servation this would be a fisherman's paradise. The whole country is adapt ed to the propagation of interesting wild life. It could be turned, within qf we years, into a great game ref uge, and its overflow of deer and ojliir game animals would stock the surrounding country. Directly adjoining the Park boun dary is the reservation of the East ern Bank of Cherokecs. These are about 2,000 of these Indians living under tribal government but Federal supervision,\ of the Ucona Luftv River and its-tributaries. Rig]it here it is pertinent to call the attention of Nofth Carolinians tp the fact that such a fund, whether provided by popular subscription or by state appropriation, or both, would not be a donation but a money-mak ing investment, the gasoline tax 011 cars coming to the park would amount to a pretty figure. The tax amounts to the same thing as a toll rate. It \s fofir cents a gallon in North Carolina, That is threp-tentbs of a e?nt per mile, average consumption Assum ing the very conserv^tve figure of 50,000 cars per annum eoming Into tho state to visit the parte, besides those that would be here anyhow, and an average trip for each of them of 400 miles within our state boundary, the toll received from them would amount to $60,000 a year, Such rev enue would perpetual, What a Park Would do fof thg Na tive People Tho expericuee of western national parks and eastern tourist resorts ensures that if the Smoky Mountain National Park were created it would be visited every year by hundreds of thousands of tourists' cars. Look on the map .of the United Stjftes, note the center of population (near Bloom ington Indiana), and observe the strategic position of this park area as compared with the western parks. If the Smokies are taken over for a park, immediately the construction of Federal highways and bridle-paths will begin giving employment at fair wages to hundreds of mo^n|?iflee^ who are row sgking -ftpf a pififfll subsistanfle- Camp sites on the grand seale must at once be provided, , with dining halls seating a thousand people or more, amusement halls, rest rooms, cottages for eampers, and t everything else that the millions would ^require. | No liotels would b& permitted in ? the park itself, but ttoey would spring V up like magio along the boundary line. A car of tourists, starting from one of these hotels in the morning could spend the day running up one of the transinountane roads following the sky-line road to another,' and; return to ahotel on the border for Every trade and business associat ed with tourist life would plant itself on the park boarder and thrive. Real estate values wolld double,quadruple multiply indefinitely. The mountain counties of far western North C&ro-' lina would emerge from pbscurity and become gems in the oid State's ' crown. WILLI _ I J. BRYAN IS DEAD A mighty leader 1ms fallen. The Great Commoner is no more* The De fender of the Faith has passed on. The nation mourns the passing of cne of her greatest sons. William J. Bryan citizen of the world, is dead. His. life, from beginning to end, was a fight for the things he, be lieved to be right, for the -principles he held dearer than life. Yet, withal, his was a kindly spirit, in which there was no guile. -- Men differed with him,, violently, but no man who knew him, br had i '' \ L |. \1 the opportunity of listening to the silver flow of sincere language, from the fullness of his great heart ever after doubted his sincerity. Mr. Bryan was a Clixistian, in the fullest sense of the word. He had afn inplicit, child-like, faith in his God and is his Christ. He staked his all upon the promises of of the Bible, and in the Resurrection of Jesus. Like the Carpenter orf Nazareth, he was a. Commoner, who lived, and labored, and loved, among the people of the shops, mid mines and fields, lie strove to make life fuller and richer for them, and thus to help to bring about the coming of the King dom of the Prince of Peace. Going to Dayton to make what he conceived to be the great fight of his' life in defense of the Bible, ha?feU on sleep and is 110 more. ? v V-' In hiy death he directs, once again,, the attention of the world ? to? tji& things of God, in which he believed so faithfully, and will, perhaps, draw more men to his God and to his Christ, than lie could in life. In life men opposed him. In death, the nations of tlie> earth bow in hom age at his bier. It is men liko Bryan who, through the ages, have brought us our Christianity, have kept the fires burn ing upon tlie alters of Christian faith, which are the hearts of mcn? The bealtiful words, which he lit tered at the convention in which Al ton B. Parker was nominated,, are still trfio of him. Twice defeated for the presidency, yet still a powerful force in the nation, discredited, an:! the leadership of his ]tarty taken frpr.i. him, Bryan made his way to ihc pl;U' form, raised his hand to einimw! quiet, and started Ike i?!ntIcvni Ci his life: > "Some of you may say I have finished my course. Some of you may say 1 have not fought a good fight. But no man; can say I havft hot kept the faith," If the promises to the faithful be true, and we must believe they are, then the great soul of the great Christian, lives on, triumphantly, through the ages. Associated Press Report. The Associated Press report, giv ing the world the news of the death of Mr. Bryan, follows: William JenningsBryan, three times presidential nominee of the D?mo-> cratie party, and known the world over for his eloquence, died at Day ton, Sunday afternoon. , The end eame while the great Com moner was asleep and was attributed by physieians to apoolexy. He had retired to his room shortly after eat ing a lage dinner to take a short rest, Mrs. Bryan sent the family chauffeur. Jim McCartcy, to wake him about 4:30 and it was learned that lie was dead. Dr. W. F. Thomason and Dr. A. C. Broyles, who examined the body, ex pressed the opinion that he had been dead 30 or 45 minutes before they arrived. The death occurred in the residence of Richard Rogers, which had been assigned to the Bryans duping their stay in Dayton. Despite the strenuous program Mr. Bryan had been following as a mem ber of the prosecution staff in the Scopes case and as leader of .the fundamentalists, he appeared in ex cellent health, Shortly before Mr. Bryan entered his room to rest he told his wife he had never felt better in his life and was ready to go before the country to wage his figh^in behalf of funda mentalism. \' *-?' ? STATE FAIR NOW V PUBLIC INSTITUTION Raleigh, July 28?The North Caro lina Stal,e JFair is jiqw more of a pub lic institution thnii' over before. Not only is it supported by public funds but it is also governed by a Board of Directors representing North Caro lina and particularly, the State Col lege of Agriculture and the State Department, of Agriculture. For this reason it shduld be sup ported by people from all sections of the State and not'alone by those who live adjacent, to Raleigh, believes 0, Max Gardner, President of the Fair this year. Mr. Gardner believes that farmers particularly should-start at this time to select and prepare at tractive and worth while exhibits for the fair this fall. This must be done, lie savs, if these exhibits arc to com l>ete successfully for public atten tion and interest with the amusement features , of the "fair. ' ?? , "The North Carolina 'State Fair ? ? . . f . is primarily an educatiohal institu tion and if it is to fulfill its purpose, quality must be one of the outstand ing* considerations in preparing'ex hibits. This applies to-the individual entries of products in the'field crops, horticultural and livestock depart ments as well as in the county*, in dividual fiarm. and community ex hibits, 'says President Gardner;- * The State Fair this year will run the entire week of October 12. A number of new classes havp been opened 'for competition, especially ofr livestock growers, and no live-, stock man need fear that his animals will have to compete this'year with the animals grown in another State unless he so desires. Special State classcs have been arranged and prizes are offerpd' for the' champion animals in ^oht,breed. ! 'r'>, ?'1 General j'Tpanage^ |E: V. Walborn states' and enlarged sh'ow'.'\v^l*bc 0110 ?f the feat ,urOfe of (Uie/kf^i^|hi^ faJJ-y He states lhat the show and tlie musical pro gram together with the usual exhibits and features wiH^plaep^thfy fair iflr 1925 on a high plane among such in stitutions in the South. -o?. FARMERS' CHATAUQUA , GREAT SUCCESS The fanners' eltotauqua,? staged, last week, by tl;e business interests of Sylva, Dillsboro, arid the state do ^artmcut of agriculture, was a huge success, and will prove of great bene fit to the farming interests of the comity. , irv^"* , *r ,-v Tliero: were, a number of ,sp9akc?s on. tyie p,rQgi#iu, who. ablv presented the-farm fttyfrlfUK.?<.went into the pos sibilities .of dairying;-and poultry raising,- and the marketing problems. (_ A note, of optimism was struck by each, speaker; and there can be no doubt ijjaV, bf' pDopefi appi-oach to these matter Jackson can become a rich agricultural ^oujuty. y j . There :is' no- better'"'natural dairy ing and poultry raising region in the world, and the close proximity of the section to the great markets of east ern America, makes it idoal for these purposes..' 1 '? ?? ?; - it is understood that there will be a cooperative effort along the line, fo be initiated in the near future. ' NEW FARM AGENTS ARRIVES Mr. B. W. Tilson, the new farm ,r ? - agent for Jackson county has arrived in the county and foill take charge of the work on A igust l. . Mr. Tilson came during the farm ers' Vnautauqua, and availed himself of the opportunity of meeting a large numbejhof the people of the county. He copies to Jackson highly re commended, having served for some [ time as assistant agent in Buncombe, one of the colnties tahl ismaking the greatest progress in farm cooper ation. V. ?. ..?? . Mr. Tilson states that he eomes, to work for apd with the farmers of Jackson in making this a .great agricultural county, to assist in the marketing problem, and to make him self generally useful to the farmferi of Jackson county, \ PHILLIPS FAMILY ?? - ; TO HOLD REUNION The Phillips family reunion will be, held at Rieh Mountain on Saturday before the First Sunday in Septem ber. All relatives and friends of the family are requested to bo present. AMERICAN FOREST PRO DUCTS TAKES OVER WEST ERN ELECTRIC PLANT ' ? .^T J The American Forest1 Prodncts Company, with offices at 292 Madison Ave., New York City, took over the operation of the Western Electric Company's Pole Treating plant, at Sylva, on July 20, ' , All the pole operations of the Western Electric Company will be handled through the new company in the future. The plants affected are one at Sylva, one in Tennessee, two in Virginia, and one in West Vir ginia. I , The change in ownership does not in any way.afreet the personel of the Sylva plant, so officials state. Mr. W. P. Banker is president of the new corporation, and Mr. H. P. Marshall is vice president. CULLOWHEE RECEIVES $1000 PROM THE MASONS Cullowhee,' July 28.?A check for $1000.00, part of the $10,000.00 loan fund distributed by the North Caro lina Grand I^odge of Masons, was re ceived by President Hunter of the Cullowhee Normal School recently. This money will be put immediately at the command of worthy and needy students. Two years ago, Cullowhee was one qf the few State schools which did not have a student loan fund. Today, cash contributions and definite pledg es have established a fund of ap- - proximately "$5000.00. The Masons have contributed with noteworthy generosity to the estab lishment of the student loan fund. Early in 1924, Cullowhee Normal' School received its first gift from the Grand Lodge, a check for $500. Be- s fort; that time, the Cullowhee Normal and the Appalachian1 Training Schools were the only educational institutions of higher learning maintained by the State that had not been beneficiaries of the Masonic Loan Fund. Since then, the Boone School has also re- , eeived help from1 ffie Masons. With in six inorffchs, after the donation of " the first check, an additional $1000 allote<jl at Cullowhee. The $1,500 "nest egg",thus contributed, was a decided encouragement to friends of the School who were interested in the founding of a permanent loan fund. , Another effort in the support of tho iloan fund was made by the Masons. The Waynesville Commandery of the Knight's Templar raised by sub scription last year about $200, to bo added tp the fund. Friends in Sylva have contributed, in cash and pledg es, approximately $1200. Donations from the students and the Alumni Association, which has pledged $100., and from interested individuals, have helped to swell the loan fund until today about $5000 is at the disposal of those students who during their stay at the School have shown special merit, and who are not financially prepared,to complete their education. Beneficiaries of the fund must be stndents in .the^ Normal School de triment, preferably Seniors. This is a revolving fund, used by the stu dents until they become financially able to replace it. Thirteen students so far have availed themselves of tho opportunity to borrow money. SYLVA METHODIST CHURCH * Preaching. Sunday morning at 11 o/clock. There will be no evening service, so lei every one be on hand Sunday naming and help make it a big worth while service. Sunday School 9:45 A. M., Ep worth League 7:30 P. M. The attendance at all the services during the dry hot weather has: been very gratifying so far. Let us keep it \ip. "Resolve right now that you arc going to be one"'to help fill the church Sunday morning. ~o LITTLE MASON CHILD DIES , Dorothly Claudia Mason, the six year, old daughter of Mr. and MrsJ C. C. ? Mason, died at their home, in Dillsboro, Sunday, after having been ill for only a few hours. The funeral of the little girl was held at the Methodist church, in Dillsboro, Monday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. W. M. Robbins, pastor, and Rev. Thad. F. DeiU, pastor of the Baptist fhurch. Inter ment was at the Purris Cemetery." MARRIAGE LICENSES James Messer to Xora Scatr<-, botfi of Haywood. Wiliiam M. ttochran to Minn Heron. \
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