facilities For Eastern
By HENRY BELK
' . GoUJboro,- Jan. 25 Ninety-
M foot cliffs that rise from flat
I , .Is to unfold their ribboned
- tul.ione the geologio history of
i IIJuiis of years; rolling hills
v ' nre the Spanish moss of the
i uitroplcs wave gently. . in trees
s t whose roots, grow the mountain
lax; an area onosnal in the va
i iy of its plant life; a section
famous from Indian days for its
health-giving' waters, vru t': "
That is a brief word picture of
C::"s of Neuse State Park at Seven
fprings, newest in the State's ays
t m. The park will provide, when
; developed. State recreation faclll
t'.es for the first tune for the heart
cf Eastern North Carolina. More
than 500,000 people live within 60
miles of the park. -
The Cliffs are located in Wayne
County ' at a point near where
Wayne, Lenoir and Duplin counties
join, They are 15 miles from Golds-
ltoro, J25 miles from Klnston, 15
miles from Mount Olive, 41 miles
from Wilson, 40 miles from Smlth-
- field, 32 miles -from Snow Hill, 40
miles from Greenville, 59 miles
from Rocky Mount, and 67 miles
V ' from Raleigh. This great area and
its people, who produce , a large
. part of 'the flue-cured tobacco of
.the nation, had been without a
State Park until the establishment
,of the Cliffs area
Land which had' been picked by
' national and State park authorities
as most desirable because of Its
unusual scenic' value was given to
the State In 1944 and accepted by
the Department of Conservation
ana - development. Donors , were
Lionel Weil of Goldsboro and A.
' J. Davis of Mt Olive.
. Preliminary, development of the
park has been started.'' A tenant
. .house on the donated land was con-
- verted Into quarters for the park
ranger, and Roy Sisk assigned to
the post Access roads have been
built, park roads have been im
- proved, and a few picnic table
placed.
i v . Increasing in Popularity.
' -v Despite the fact that only pre
. limlnary development has ; been
done and facilities are wholly ln
- adequate, the Cliffs Park Is a spot
increasing popularity for sight-
seers and visitors, iach Sunday
.numbers of automobile loads of
, people drive to the park to enjoy
- the thrilling view from the Cliffs
or to wander into the dark vallevs.
marked by trails in dense growth,
and to the spot where, the earlier
settlers brought their irh to the
mills now marked by ancient
stones.? . . - - i , , , .
.. Impressed by the quiet beauty of
' the place, members of the Inter
denominational Youth Council last
spring Stayed a sunrise Easter Ser
vice on the Cliffs high above the
Neuse jong before dawn a group
1 of some 20 went ahead to prepare
" breakfast; " Several score others
- joined them,, and Just as. the sun
peeped in the east, they gathered
'reverently for a reading of the
story of Easter and for appropriate
observance, i The group voted to
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.one at the Cliffs. 'r;;
: ' In accepting the acreage for
v ' State park purposes, the Depart
. ment of Conservation and Devel
' opment agreed to develop and pro
vide facilities needed.' Officials of
the department , charged with re
, .. sponsibility of such plans blueprint
ed a program of . parking area,
quarters for group assemblies, pio
nicking, overnight camping, sani
tary facilities, swimming pool, na
ture trails and museum. The over
all plan represented the least the
Department felt should be provid
ed if the crowds sure to visit the
: Cliffs park are to be accomodated
properly . , -
' V' Budget Recommended
. Recommendations of the plan
., ners were approved by the Depart-
ment of Conservation and Develop
. ment and a budget of $213,000 for
the next two years was recommend
. ed. ; 1 .
r In their acceptance of the Cliffs
' ' -and pledge for the park's needed'
'.development, the Department acted
; after considering high . endorse
ments from some of the nation's
top-ranking , park and recreation
experts.
' One of the first to point to the
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need for preserving the Cliffs area
for those who come after was Hor
ace M. Albright, former" director
of National Yellowstone Park, and
later director of the National Park
Service. Albright spent some time
studying the area. In his formal
report, studied by the Conserva
tion Department before act to cre
ate the park was made, the national
expert said in part: " '::'.'
"The Cliffs themselves are In
teresting as an unusual geological
exhibit that will command much
attention. But they are of greater
value as an outstanding feature of
the scenery because they form the
promontory from which sweeping
and plunging views of the Neuse
may be obtained by the observer
as be gazes up or down the stream
flowing in its ancient court far
below.
. "The Cliffs too are significant
because they have Influenced the
continued growth of plant life that
long since vanished in adjacent
regions. They have retained for
this section of the Neuse an abun
dant and varied flora which alone
entities the area to perpetual pres
ervation. . . . . :
"The writer regards the preser
vation of this beautiful section pf
the Neuse in a State or Regional
park as a task of urgent Importance.
I Ellwood Allen, recreation expert,
spent several days studying the
Cliffs section, and presented a re
port enthusiastically endorsing it
for recreation purposes. At the
same time he came to the section,
he was landscape engineer with the
National Recreation Association.
Sidce then he has established his
own office as recreation and plan
ning consultant in New York "The
section must be ' preserved," he
L wrote, adding that it was ideal for
a ."people's park." .-.--
' Many Species.
Dr. B. W. Wells, State College
botany professor and an authority
on North Carolina plant life, spent
a week in making a preliminary
study of the flora of the park land.
"There can be little doubt that
this state area will stand very high
in number of species (of plant life)
compared to other areas of equal
acreage," he concluded, -v
. "It is of special interest that here
the longleaf pine is in such close'
contact to the mountain type of
hardwood forest which so luxuriant
ly covers slopes. Such excellent
examples of second growth stands
of these ; two extreme . types are
seldom seen together.. The oak
species presented by both number
twelve Which tr about half of the
oaks in North Carolina,' he wrote.
"Among the sandhill plants are
those two interesting relatives of
the honey locust, the dwarf species,
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Folks lta er tewm,Wve Men
aaUmg mighty eempliatentary ss .
marks abeat 8am Abernathy. In
apito af talk about inflation. Sam's ;
prices (say, on eggs for instance)
are what they ere a year age..
' Shueks," says Sam, "Dont give '
me credit I get my eggs from Slim
Hines' dairy farm. Slim hasn't '
raised .his wholesale prices, bs
eause Bert Childers has kept his
' price the same on chicken feed. It
works by mutual agreement!''
Ac! f-ore i" a yon have Sc!f
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ilorili Carolina
only 48 inches high and the waist
high one with the beautiful rose
colored flowers. The sandhill blue
berries and huckleberries abound
with the goat's-rue or devU's-shoe
string scattered everywhere. The
erect poison-oak is ' common. In
places the grass-covered golden as
ter carpets the ground like a lawn
and the weird sandhill milkweed
with its pale green leaves reclines
on the sand like a sickly-looking
plant Frequently seen is the milky
Juiced spurge with its highly vari
able leaves and its attenuated
scientific name Tithymalopls
Ipecacuanhae The rarest sandhill
plant -so far found Is the Carolina
indigo (Indioferacarolina), a south
ern species seldom seen In North
Carolina and which . here at the
Cliffs may reach its northern
limit
"In the transition zone to the
hardwood forest the most distinct
ive feature is the large amount of
yellow Jasmine spreading over the
ground. The visitor : treads on a
carpet of jasmine. Such a concen
trated mass of the vines to be seen
in the woods of the upper slope
is not common. - ,- 1
"Moving down into the hardwood
forest a remarkable mingling of
eastern and western shrubs Is to
be noted: Wax myrtle and horse
sugar occur in unusual quantity
and the' sparkle berry is every
where. Fr ench mulberry and shrub
bery St Johns wort are to be seen
together along with the lead plant
and the strawberry bush. On the
lower level near the river is the
button bush, alder, pepper bush
and the moisture loving yellow
root Higher up on the well drained
slopes are the trailing arbutus and
the round leaved mountain galax,
the latter in places making a solid
mat over large areas of the forest
floor. Amid these, one easily notes
the characteristic odor which will
instantly bring to mind a hundred
mountain slopes."
Near Seven Springs
The park is located only three
miles from the- famous: seven
springs, each with . a different
chemical analysis In an area of a
few feet It was from these springs
that the village of Seven Springs,
renowned as a health spot since
Indian days, got its name. A "ninth
spring" is on one edge of the Cliffs
park property.
The Tuscarora Indians who in
habited the area called the section
where the park is located "Sapony
Hllls."ind it was about the Seven
Hills thar-tjiey gathered to drink
the healthful waters and to stage
tribal hunts into the wilderness
fastness of the Neuse.;
The early settlers learned from
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co-operation by mutual agree
ment Or, if you want another
name for it, ttlt-remdatienl
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the Indians the value Of the mineral
qualities of the Springs, and more
than, a hundred years ago Seven
Springs was one of the most popu
lar health resorts in North Caro
lina ' For many years now the
Maxwell family has operated the
springs, and number of the same
people' have been returning each
summer to drink from the springs.
They will tell you emphatically that
they are improved In health by the
water. Quantities of the mineral
water from the springs are shipped
each week to distant points, some
as far away as adjoining states. The
Maxwell family is reported to have
refused offers from Philadelphia
and Minnesota health experts who
desired to acquire the springs and
build there a health spa of national
importance. .. .. '
, Along the Neuse river below the
Cliffs, the river, boats in Colonial
days , brought their produce for
Everittsville Wayne county vill
age South of Goldsboro fallen to
dust many years ago and even
to Smithfield. Sometimes they
brought brick from England on the
trip upstream.
The old Ivey Homestead in the
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structed with brick brought from
England. One date of 1802 has been
found en the old home, but la the
family It is believed that it was
built before 1800.
Soulhern Farm '
Msrkef Summary
' Prices dropped sharply this week
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lower, ChQice steer dropped to
$3.00, the lowest since ceilings were
removed. -
Hogs were fairly liberal and in
line with seasonal production, but
demand pushed prices for best
weight butcher up 25 to 60 cents !
per hundred pounds. Lightweight
pigs were off at several points.
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Orange shipment, of Floa'i
oranges dropped off with auction
prices in large cities the lowest of
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Cotton prices were down further
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