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THE WATNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 125 NATIONAL PARK. Japan and China introduced the world to tea, and its delightful fla vor and soothing qualities have made it the uni versally popular beverage. Buy Your Tea at i j Our Store j and from our wide range of stock I choose the leaf most suited to your i taste. Keep in mind, too, that our ; supply of staple and fancy groceries 1 is the best to be had. We assure Courtesy Cleanliness Honesty Service L. A. White -Hyatt Grocery Co. Prompt Delivery Service Phone 195-J ' Waynesville, N. C. Thanksgiving Nov. 26 We have everything necessary for your Fruit Cake: Our material i always treat; Currents, Raisins, Citr ons, Orange Peele, Lemon Peele, Crystalized Cherries, Crystalized Pineapple, Dates, Figs, Pecans. English falnuts. Almonds, Spices, Swans-Down Cake Hour, Pulverized Confectionery Sugar. We have the dainty one two and five pound fruit cake a waiting your order. Miller Brothers Staple and? Fancy Groceries Main St. Phone 30 Waynesville, N. C. Send Us Your Printing With the creation by congress of a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina as their ch jective, the two States, primarily In terested in the project North Caro lina and Tennessee have joined hands to make the park a reality. During the past week the organiza tions which have been working sepa rately toward the same end have or ganized a joint committee, which will co-ordinate their efforts. Col. D. ('. Chapman, of Knoxville, a prime mov er in the endeavor to save the Grea Smokies from the ravages of the lug gers, has been named chairman of the Inter-State Committee, and State Senator Plato D. Ebbs, of Asheville, secretary. The immediate good ol the two organizations, the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association cf Tennessee, and the North Carolina Park Commission, is to obtain funds to purchase at least a part of the area to be set aside as a park. Tne goal set by the Inter-State Executive Campaign Committe is one million dollars to be raised pointly in the two States. An intensive campaign for North Carolina's share is scheduled to begin late in November. Tennes see's work will begin intensively on December 7th. Campaign offices have been opened in each State. Asheville is the base of operations in North Carolina, and headquarters have been established at the rooms of the Ashe ville Chambers of Commerce. At Knoxville, where the Tennessee cam paign will be centered, offices have been opened in the headquarters of the Knoxville Automobile Club. The sponsors of the movement to acquire the park are speeding up their efforts to have a National Park cre ated before the mountains in the pro posed park area are further denuded cf their virgin forests. The timber interests, which hold the bulk of the park lands are rapidly encroaching on the primeval forests of the Great Smokies, regarded by botanists as the most remarkable examples of for estation in the western hemisphere. Unless those sections are soon sot aside ' for a park, it is regarded .'ts inevitable that the beauty of the mountains with their unexampled va riety of trees and shrubs will be des poiled by the invading loggers. The area of the proposed park is roughly a minimum of 435,000 acres. The State of Tennessee through its State Legislature has authorized the purchase of 80,000 acres. It is nopal that funds will be raised in the com ing Inter-State campaign to purchase several hu- dred thousand acres more, and that the interest of the Nation can be mused to provide funds for the balance, or that Congress may make appropriation for that purpose. The park area, as tentatively plann ed, is located within the confines of Sevier, Monroe, Cocke and Blont counties of Tennessee, and Swain. Graham and Haywood counties of North Carolina. The establiahmen of the Great Smokies as National Park has the ap proval of Secretary of Interior, under whose direction the National Parks are administered. A Federal Pail- Commission, appointed by Secretaiy Work to select sites for a National Fark in the Southern Appalachians reported that the section visited, the Great Smokies "easily stand first be cause of the height of mountains, depth of valleys, ruggedness of area. I DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY To Save $15 or More All Wool 2-Piece Suits Made To Your Order Made from Real $40 - $50 Woolens Three-Piece Suit $29 50 or Overcopt . . . We mk these suits and overcoat to special order in any style and guarantee perfect fit and satisfac tion. All we ask is a trial-we know we can please you-and save .you $15 in cask. . R. L. LEE & CO. Waynesville, N. C. and unexampled variety of treei, shrubs and plants." Under an act 6f Congress, approved by President Coolidge February 21, 1925, appoint, ment of a commission was author ized whose duties were to set tho boundaries of such portions of the Great Smoky Mountains as were de sirable for park purposes, to rece:vc definite offers of lands and money, nnd obtain options on park lands. An appropriation of $20,000 for the work of the commission was author ized, and approved by the President and the Budget Bureau. The com mission, which is at work in mapping the boundaries of the proposed Groat Smoky Mountains Park is headed by Representative H. W. Temple of Penn sylvania, and is made up of four na tionally known park experts: Major W. A. Welsh, manager' of Palisades Inter-State Park of New York an-1 New Jersey; Harlan P. Kelsey, presi dent of the Appalachian Mountain Club; W. C. Gregg, of the National Parks Service, and Col. Glenn 3. Smith of the United States Geological Survey. The Inter-State committee of co-ordination consists of six mem bers, three from each State. The Tennessee delegation consists of Cel. D. C. Chapman, chairman of the com mittee, Major B. A. Morton, and Dr. Herbert Acuff, all of Knoxville. The North Carolina members are State Senator Mark Squires, of Ln ir, chairman of the North Carolina Paik Commission, State Senator P. D. EM,' of Asheville, secretary of the commis sion, and Charles A. Webb, also of Asheville. From an altitude of 12,500 foot ubove the earth Lieut. Charles L. Williams, United States Army avia tor, and Sergeant Sam Houston, his aide, have during the past five we?ks been engaged in the gigantic task -f photographing every square foot u' the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park. First, the airplane winged its way around and above the the boundaries of the park area while Sergeant Houston, an expevt airplane photographer, took phr.to trranh after photoirraph of the edx nf the park domain. Then the taslr of reproducing the topography of the interior of the park boeran, and daily the plane has flown North and South, while each square mile was recorded on the camera lens. The photographs hundreds of them, are being develop- at Langlcy Field, Va., and when the nark is finally covered by the airplat,.' the developed pictures will be so cit and fitted together that a great top ographic picture of several hundr1 .square feet will, be produced. The iob of making this unique map piceure of an area that is in part unknown to the eye of man is not ye, completed. At least nine more da.v of clear weather will be needed, L,ieu- i.nnnt. Williams has estimated, to mnlptB the interior. Favorable weather for airplane photography in the Great Smokies is infrequent at this time of year. Clear, cold days the best for this work, for during rate weather clouds form ill the pockets of the mountains, and, the absence of clouds and smoKe is necessary for best results. It is pos sible by means of intricate phono graphic devices to penetrate the hart ihnt is so common to the mountain area. Lieut. Williams has found that the most favorable time of day to obtain pictures is between 9:30 A. M and 1:30 P. M., Central Standard Time. Both Lieut. Williams, who pilots the Diane, and Sergeant Houston, the thotographer, wear parachutes strapp ed to their backs while in the air. it has not yet been necessary for them to resort to these extreme devices, but once when flying high over one of the sharp and heavily timbered moun tains, the fuel supply was suddenly cut oft, and the engine stalled. Just .is the pilot was about to give the command to leap, the engine startel. The low temperatures found in the high altitudes from which the photo graphs are taken requires the airmen to wear fur lined coats. One day thu fall, it became so bitterly cold that the oil spattering from the engine froze on Sergeant Houston's camorn Lieut. Williams was assigned to the task of mapping the boundaries of the Great Smokies after he had com pleted a similar map of the proposed Shanandoah National Park in Vir ginia, which is to be a sister park of the North Carolina-Tennessee Dark. The assignment was made by the War Department at the express request of Secretary Work, and the federal com mission appointed to define the boun daries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 1 M Loinof Wa V It Pork lH lllifl ' W abut tight for H'3 KMM dinner today, fW WA doesn't it? And WWW it is the right Wv kind of a pork roast it will be just about right If you want one that has an appetizing flavor, one that will be thoroughly enjoyed, ; order it at our market. You get honest j ! weight at honest prices. JaSs r - I CITY MARKET J. B. DAVIS, Prop, Phone 149 Church St. SULGRAVB CLUB MEET. The Sulgrave Club held its regular meeting with Mrs. John N. Shool bred on Boundary street Wednesday afternoon. After the business rou tine of the Club, Mrs. Shoolbied served a delicious salad course. Mr. Charles Badgett was the invited guest of the afternoon. Beautiful Engraved Yule-tide gree? cards at Mountaineer office. Price? If Bathroom Fixtures We can undoubtedly save you money on your bathroom equipment. Our stock of fixtures includes the best and most reliable makes. And it is complete in every detail bathtubs, lavatories, sanitary clos ets, all kinds of water heaters, towel racks, soap dishes, tooth brush and tumbler holders, toilet paper holders and everything needed in bath room fixtures. We make quick, careful and thorough Installation ana are sure we can please you. Phone or call and talk it over with us. L. A. 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