I Raleigh aciotd UfJ Ul III III ” r From Page 2, this Sec. column business, you get the strangest requests— Received a letter last week, for instance, from one Chet L. Suital of Beverly Hills, Cal., wanting a copy of the old-time dime novel entitled ‘‘Automobile Lillian, the Daring Girl Bandit of Arizona, which was published about 100S. Mr. Suital leaves the impression that he might pass along a rather handsome reward to the capturer of “this most elusive of all source hooks on our American cowgirl as we have come to know her and her Western attire as standard Western female wear ever since. If vou have a copy, please deal directly with Mr. Suital. Mash — The beer dealers are doing some hand-wringing on the had publicity they get when raids are conducted on illicit stills in North Carolina—and aren t all stills in this state of the illicit variety ? Be that as it may, it seems that newspaper accounts of these raids feature headlines about so many gallons of white whiskey being seized—as well as vast quanities of “beer." That’s what gets them. The general public, the beer dealers complain, think that “beer' is beer. They maintain that their product is getting an undeserved ly bad name. ' "The beer that is seized at a still is not the beer that you buy in bottles at a restaurant or store. The still beer spoken of so glibly in the press is actually a ‘mash’ from which the whiskey is distilled. It ha^ been given the name “beer mash' because it has some grain in it." Beer folks say this stuff is a far cry from the bottled beverage and they virtually have opoplexy when newspapers put the title ‘‘beer’ ’on the unpalatable, un clean, raw mash that is seized in raids on stills. They solemnly re quest that, in the interest of ac curacy, the newspapers term the concoction “mash.” We might add as an after thought that only a pig pen in full bloom can approximate the smell of fermenting mash. EXTENDED VISIT Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Leentan have as guests for several weeks Mrs. Leeman’s father, Wilfred Normand and Mr. and Mrs. J, Lajeunesse, all of New Bedford, Mass. MONUMENTS All Sizes and Designs $5 to $10,000 JOHN I). STRONG Asheville, N. C. — Phone 6232 Hendersonville Road r I^ast Wednesday we had the pleasure of showing the Mt. Mitch ell District to 130 women, six children and three bus drivers. The ladies represented 18 McDow ell County Home Demonstration Clubs. Most of the ladies were wives and mothers who took a day off from their normal d,uties to see some of the scenic beauty of the District and get a first hand look at many of the National Forest activities such as water shed protection, timber growing, logging, timber marking, fish and game production, fire protection, camping for children, forest re creation, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Mt. Mitchell State Park. They met Gus Hultman, Parkway Ranger, Robert W ilson, Mt. Mitch ell State Park Superintendent, and Blight Rector, State Game Pro tector. The trip was made possible through the organizational efforts of Miss Elsie Garett, county home demonstration agent and was fin anced by three of Marion s leading industries—the Cross Cotton Mill Co., Clinchfield Manufacturing Co., and the Marion Manufacturing Co. The rule in conducting show-me trips is not to take more than 50 people because of the difficulty of keeping more than that num ber of folks together. However, we are pleased to say that the 130 ladies cooperated wonderfully and we were able to pretty much ad here to a tight schedule, and had a really delightful day. Now that the ladies had a close-up look at the District, we hope that they will come back often with their families. The South Toe Organization Camp, which is in the heart of the Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Manage ment area, opened on June 4 and is now occupied by i5 children from rural areas in the District. The eanip, although built and owned bv the U. S. Forest Service, has been leased by the govern ment to the Optimist Club of Asheville for 30 years. It is a non profit camp, ran on proceeds from the Optimist Club’s annual benefit football game at Asheville and from contributions from individ uals and organizations interested in providing under-privileged child ren an opportunity to spend a week in the clean healthy atmos phere of the forest for a week. Dr. J. B. Anderson, of Asheville, has given unstintingly of his time to make the camp a success. We are prouii to have such worth while use being made of a Na tional Forest camp. Incidentally, when the ladies visited this camp they got quite a thrill out of walk ing across the swinging bridge that spans the South Toe river at the camp. In these days of heavy equip ment and great earth-moving machines, hills and ridges are quickly chewed up ami shoved around like they didn’t mean much. But William T. Wright of Pleasant Gardens, our Forest im provements foreman, can rem ember back when things were different. Mr. Wright lias had H-W 5 - 10c STORE Next to Knight’s Pharmacy Black Mountain, N. C. Complete Line Of — • NOVELTIES • NOTIONS • VARIETY STORE MERCHANDISE BUCK MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL INSURANCE and BONDS i Representing Leading Stock Companies GREENE BUILDING BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 30 years of service with the U- • Forest Service in road, telephone line, building:, bridge, etc., con struction and maintenance. He car remember back many year when he was overseer over a miles of countv road near Hign lands, N. C. All road work «■ done by hand at that time. One dav, while reading a farm mac aztne, Mr. Wright saw a mule drawn grader advertise: by a .in waukee firm. It sold for ^bO.oi Mr. Wright wrote and asked 11 he couldn’t buy the machine or terms. The firm not only shippet the machine to him but matically made him the Nortr Carolina sales representative, "her compared with the great deisel powered road machines of today the grader was a midget with a tiny 4-foot blade. But in spite of its size, the grader and a team of mules could do the work of of men. Mr. Wright says that when the newly-painted grader arrived from Milwaukee, it caused more excitement in Highlands thar when the first automobile chuggec into town. After using the mach ine for two years, he sold it te the county at its original purchase price. Mr. Wright said, that about five years ago, while visiting Highlands, he spotted the ole grader—still in good shape park od in a local blacksmith shop. SPENDING SIMMER Mrs. E. G. Griffin of Wood land, N. C., is here to spend the summer at her home on the Mon treat road. RETURN FROM VISIT Mrs. J. A. Gudger and Bil have returned from a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gudg er and family in Atlanta. • READ THE CLASSIFIEDS ! I Kerlee Heights Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan and children, Jimmie and PejCgy, of Benton, Ark . visited Mr. and Mrs. Rov Burgin. Mrs. Morgan is a sister of Mrs. Burgin. Mr and Mrs. Koy Burgin were called to Forest City Wednesday because of the death of Mr. Burd in’s mother, Mrs. Rufus Burgin. Miss Joyce Lytle of Marion is visiting with relatives here this week, Mrs. Joe Quinn and her aunt Mrs. ’ Rov Burgim Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dawson spent the week end with relatives in Georgia. The intermediate class of Kerlee Baptist church met Friday night at the home of Mrs. Allie Padgett. After discussing our business, we played games and refreshments were served. Those present were Mrs. Fay Quinn, s Kerlee. Beat, ;, ’ . ••: v?| ; Be of $ Brown, Mary } a.u^fe< y. tist church neRr M-,.' , Ed Lytle is a General hospital. Claude Swann Moore General returned home an: ,J ’"Z('r 8»v| n m4 i'S-ient ■ •’«! I FOR SIM MLR Mrs. Mary R. n . granddaughter, B;„t,,'-,^*n Miami. Fla a„, .. '•»>'*% Miami, Fla., arrived day to spend the Lonahan home on SAILOR HOMK Lester Caraway Navy, Norfolk. wa. yj «’eek end! FOODS Stay FRESH in hottest weather! . .Today's electric refriger ator keeps food fresb and good for days, even In the hottest weather. No more worries about spoilage! No more wilted vegetables! 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