North Carolina Newspapers

f (Harvey Ilolleman in Hendersonville ' News.) The fame of the Chimney Rock re gion and the Hickory Nut Gorge nestling below-, dates back to its se lection as a part of the original home of the Cherokee Indians, in Western North Carolina. A little later the old fashioned stage coach and the covered wagon played their picturesque roles in the drama of the Westward drift through this natural gap in the Blue Ridge mountains of the Southern Appala chian range. The roadside tavern had its r/nare in the migration of early settlers cn route to Tennessee and the far West. For nearly 100 years, the old Logan house, now occupied as executive of fices of the Chimney Rock Moun tains, Inc., located in the fertile .al ley of the Rocky Broad river, bade welcome to the traveler. In a short while it too will give way to the pro gram of progress which embraces the development of an 8,000 acre es tate, and the present location of the Logan house will be inundated by the waters of Lake Lure when the great dam now under contract is erected. Its height of 104 feet permits back ing water five miles up the gorge and contemplates generating enor mous hydro-electric power, as well as forming Lake Lure as the largest mountain lake resort in the south. Under the shadow of Chimney Rock, nature’s awe-inspiring mono lith, Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote her Vomantic drama, entitled, "Es meralda,” and Christian Reid de clared that here, indeed, was the crowning jewel of the “Land of the Sky.” To this region of charm and scenic wonder, world travelers had been lured b ythe infinite variety ot scenery which characterizes the Chimney Rock country years before the advent of the automobile. Now that good roads have come and Chim ney Rock is on a main highway—No. 20 from Wilmington and Charlotte to Asheville and the Tennessee line, the popularity of this section has increas ed leaps and bounds. Last summer over 40,000 tourists climbed Chimney Rock. Hundreds more visited the Bottomless Pools and other scenic attractions on the great Chimney Rock estate. From the pinnacle of Chimney Rock, or the outlook, of the Opera Box, visitors view miles of peaceful, fertile valleys, a thousand feet below, along side the turbulent Rock Broad river, roaring through •what experienced travelers have term ed “The Grand Canyon of Eastern America.’’ This remarkable granite monolith is one of the freaks of na ture, from which tourists view a scen ic panorama of matchless grandeur. Today’s great development, con templating thie expenditure of mil lions of dollars in the creation of America’s greatest playground moun tain-lake resort, at Chimney Rock is the culmination of the visualization of Lucius B. Morse, a retired physic ian of note, who was attracted in 1902 by the extraordinary potential possi bilities of this region. As his vis'on broadened, his faith increased. He pictured the harnessing of mighty water powers, by building a massive concrete dam from mountain tap to mountain top at a narrow point on the the river below Hickory Nut Gorge. He pictured the creation of a lake the waters of which would com pletely fill the valleys and canyons, thus providing hundreds of lake front lots for residence and villa sites which could be sold at a profit; and bring into reality one of the greatest scenig resorts in Eastern America. Here in the heart of the “Land of the Sky" lay a great natural vacation land, undeveloped, but within 2-1 hours’ travel of half the population of the United States. In addition to its indescribable beauty, Lake Lure would afford boating, fishing, canoe ing, sea-planing, house boating, and in fact, all forms of water sports. Nearly 100 farms have been pur chased and placed into a single cor poration, Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., and among the officers and di rectors are found some of the most prominent and eminently successful business men of Western North Caro lina. Their program of progress em braces a gigantic development along conservative lines which insure per manency. The property includes S000 acres—12 square miles—1500 acre lake—27 mile shore line—five town sites—five major golf links and 18 hotel sites surrounding the various | civic centers. This project is only 24 miles from Asheville, and is less than three hours motor trip from Charlotte. At these two places and other cities of North and South Carolina the company is establishing information offices. A recently issued brochure tells an amazing story of Western North Carolina development, and pictures the progress of half a cen tury. Quantities of this publication have been mailed tq libraries, cham bers of commerce and other places where the information is in demand. The musical saw, says an add, is as suming a prominent place among jazz Instruments. The saw is especially ef fective if drawh from left to right across a ukulele.—Detroit News. To some men, home is a place where you stumble over the children’s shoes at night. A straw vote shows a majority will JiST.e lit..', hats byiurc __ Mrs. Jennie Mallard Buried In Shelby Liv«d In Cleveland And Has Two Sisters Here, Mrs. Sallie Riviere A-cl vIrs. Klias A. Morgan. Lincoln Times. Mi -. Jennie Mallard, aged 7(1 year!, died Saturday night at mid night a.t the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. 1‘. Houser, with whom she had lived for (lie past eighteen months She had been in -failing health for several yea: - hut her condition was not regard. :! as critical until two weeks ago when she became worse and sank gradually until the end. Mrs, Mallard was a native of Geor gia, having been born in, that state March If), 18 lit. Her maiden name j was Jennie Jackson. About fifty years ago she was married to James Mallard, who was a brother of the late John lallard of this city. Mr. Mallard, let- husband, died twenty five years ago. Since that time the. deceased had made her home with her children of whom the following survive: J. P. Mallard of Raleigh, N. C.; \\ ( . Mallard of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. S. P. Houser of Lincolnton and Mrs. Matt i Smarr of Charlotte. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sallie E. Riviere of Shelby and Mrs. E. A.' Morgan of Gaffney, S. C,, and one brother, Thomas Jack-on of Texas. Mrs. Mallard w‘as a faithful and devoted Presbyterian, holding her membership with the Lincolnton j church. She was a woman of beau tiful ( hristian character and was be loved by all with w on: she came in j contact. Impress:.- funeral services were conducted at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Houser yesterday at 2 o’clock by Rev. \\. V\. Akers, pastor of the !• irst Presbyterian, arid the remains were then taken to Shelby where! they were placed by the ride or the late husband of the deceased. A large number of iriends and relatives at tended the service at the home and accompanied the funeral partv to Shelby. _ The pall bearers, all nephews of Mrs. Mallard, were: Ben Kendall, Charlotte, Abner Jackson, Zollie and P.nk Riviere of Shelby, Brady and htvd Morgan, of Shelby, and Charley Baber of Blacksburg, S. C. A. H. HAMRICK & COMPANY Real Estate Dealers IF YOU WANT YOUR REAL ESTATE SOLD, LIST IT WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO BUY, LOOK OURS OVER. WE HANDLE FARMS, HOUSES AND LOTS AND ALSO BUSINESS PROPERTY. THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST OF OUR FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY NOW ON HAND. FARMS 35 5-8 acres of fine farming land in high state of cultivation on Lattimore and New house highway. Has a new 7 room house, one of the nicest country homes in the county. Is in a good community near two high schools. Convenient to store, mill, cotton gin, etc. Also has an extra good pasture. Plenty of wood for own use. This is a real farm. Look it over. 116 acres in Lincolnton county, North Brook town ship. Good 6-room house and outbuildings good orchard. Church and school convenient. 45 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. 150,000 feet of saw tim ber. 870 per acre. 50 acres near Lattimore on Lattimore and Boiling Springs highway. 7 room house and outbuildings, .35 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. 30 acres in Lattimore, 25 acres in cultivation, bal ance in timber. 30 acres of land near Kings Mountain on a good sand clay road. 4-room house, good orchard, 22 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. $70.00 per acre. 25 1-4 acres of land in No. 5 Township. Price $1,500. 65 1-2 acres of land about 3 1-2 miles from Shelby on a good road. Two good houses and 3 good barns, two good pastures. Two good orchards and plenty of wood •for own use. $129.00 per acre. 102 acres of land in No. 10 Township. All in wood \and timber. Price $1,100.00. 150 acres of land in No. 10 Township. 60 acres in cultivation balance in timber and pasture. House and outbuildings. 50,000 feet saw timber. Price $18.00 per acre. 200 acres of land near Lattimore on a good highway. Good dwelling house and outbuildings, also two tenant houses. 100 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. $90 per acre. 168 acres of land about 2 miles below Hickory Grove, , S. C., on state hihgway. Good two story house, also ten ant house. About 30 acres of good bottom land. Railroad splits this place wide open. Price $70.00 per acre. 172 acres of land about one mile below Hickory Grove, S. C.. on State highway. 4-room house and out buildings. 140 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. From 35 to 40 acres of fine bottom land on this place. Railroad runs through this place. Price $53.00 per acre. 168 acres of land near Polkville. Two good houses painted and fixed up. 75 acres in cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. HOMES New 6-room bungalow on Fallston road. With all modern conveniences. Has nice French doors and other fixtures. Lot 100 feet front, 200 feet deep. Good dou ble garage. New 4-room house in a beautiful shady grove at Patterson Springs, N. C. on lot 200 feet front, 110 feet deep—cheap. Good two story house with 7-rooms on North DeKalb street with modern conveniences, on lot 150 feet front, 200 feet deep. Has good granary and also good garage. Price $3,800.00. Good two story house with 7 rooms on North Wash ington street. Close in, with all modern conveniences. Lot 80 feet front, 200 feet deep with 12 foot alley. New 5-room house in South Shelby. Has water and lights. House is painted and plastered. Price $2,100.00. Good 6-room house on Sumter street. Close in with modern conveniences at a reasonable price. BUSINESS PROPERTY Brick store building, 30x100 ft. on lot 125 ft. front, 150 ft. deep, with large woodhouse on same. Also entier stock of merchandise, located in one of the best farming sections in Cleveland county. It is considered the best country stand in the county. Doing about a forty thousand dollar business in 1924. If you are interested in a good business proposition, look this business over. 3 brick buildings, close in, on North Washington street. First one is 50 feet front, 65 feet deep. Has concrete floor with plate glass front. Second one is 35 feet front, 70 feet deep. Has concrete floor. Third one is 25 feet front, 60 feet deep. Has concrete floor. At a bargain. 12 acres of land at Rockdale. Has roller mill, corn mill and crusher on it. Also has good dwelling house. There is one of the best shoals on it in the county. A fine place to build a power plant. VACANT LOTS ' 1 ' Beautiful block of property on North LaFayette street, 235 feet facing LaFayette street, running back 458 feet touching North Washington street and facing it 230 feet. At a bargain. Nice building lot on Lee Street, 350x118 feet. Lot with beautiful shade trees on East Suttle street, 110x100 feet. Corner lot. Lot on North Washington street, 73 feet front, 250 feet deep. Lot on Cleveland Springs, road 66 2-3 feet front' 387 feet deep. Lot on North LaFayette street, 65 feet front, 200 feet deep. i Lot on Cleveland Springs load, 100 feet front, 226 feet deep. Lot in West Shelby, 100 feet front, 136 feet deep. Lot on West Warren street, 75 feet front, 162 feet deep. Several cheap lots on Lackey property east of hos pital. THIS IS JUST A PART OF OUR PROPERTY WE NOW HAVE ON HAND. COME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR BARGAINS. EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED ON ANY OF THIS PROPERTY LISTED. _ _ OFFICE COURT VIEW BLDG. PHONE 574 Buick Loops Globe in Record Run The above illustration shows the route taken by the ' ; on ! t'.r v *;d" Buick. The lower left photograph Kenilworth Castle, Warwick, England, in the background; t • t > at the upper ripht sli-icj the pl ihe in front of, the Paris office of the New York Herald. Ti e . .: n h in ; driven by dealer representatives, have had 350 different drivers when it completes its world ■ . i , New York. shows citcler It will A Huick car, which departed un heralded from New York City las' December to be driven from one fiulrk dealer to another In a trip around the world, is nearing the end of its lung journey. The ear, a Standard Six Touring model. Is strictly “on its own," be ing unaccompanied bv mechanics or special drivers. When it returns to New York City the machine will have been handled by approximately 350 different drivers. The last difficult leg of the trip has been completed, a long run over the questionable roads across the continent of Australia. The oar is now enroute to New .Zealand and Honolulu, from whence It will be shipped to Man Francisco and driven across the Fnited States through De troit and Flint to New York. The trip around the world was conceived to demonstrate that a Huick will travel to the remote cor ners of the earth and that on such a journey it is always safeguarded by service facilities. The globe-encircling car has rryido its trip without faltering. Driven from dealer to dealer by dealers' representatives only, it has demon strated Iluiok'fi ability to withstand the ‘man-handling" from hundreds of drivers of various nationalities and degrees of skill. After com ini; f*om rh r> j-Miiar a* s iiiUly lin<* in tb lnctor at Flint. Midi., it waa eciuij>P*wl with four par*- tires - ami a .- «<'•(. Supple ment ar y tank s •»:t i h running j.'hoard 4 prbvide oil., uasdlinr and I water for the lorur ro • ^ o\ **r *1-rt « i apil other uninhabited r< yrk.ns. After being boxed ai d sent t New Vork City it was shipp d across this Atlantic to Fiverpool. where its land journey started mi t'kse miter 21. 1924. The ear yas pars* df rom d- a er to dealer uiroute to Bond on. It then v.*as ah;ppe-1 from Fond .n to Amsterdam. With frequent chaiurV s of drivers it o'.Hsed south > through Furope. vei'iMu F.russ ] and 1 ‘a *1 s and fl* * \r roi».*liing the j M* dSterta;i an ai Marseilles, Ihance. On January 20. it was plated on a ‘steamer bound for P< rt Said. iv-rvpt. 1 From there it was .driven south to Cairo. Then the route swung W oj of Su r’* where the real t* sc be;;an. Throngh. Palest{r,e and th • bihth al country, the ear pren .* d d P» .Beirut. ( in February f». it »<• i ? there for ; hamasrus a nd Pag dad. flw»oipanv incr one « f the desert ci»nv.«v, g of the Na i r n T ra n a 1»or 1 t Win p a n y. * c h; v h incidentally uses Butch a 0 \ 3 d/ y - ert fleet. The Syrian desert \v •; . — osv d without dlflicub Th * Huick d & tributor In Hfieit. h-• wover trie, s some idea of t h v eountrv f raversed. I in the following letter excerpt: “The road was icrribb; in places, j-nttmu: in>ri> than a cart tra k (Strewn, with lari: bowlders, lii. the * nii ■■>*ver ihe L< banan Maun tains t hr* cur ell .’mb* d us a Hi i«M of mnH‘ than a m:Hf. A f i * r -ik the ni^ht a? l^miisfus; t H v • f.'4u mil a run to 1 Uit:iiadw:;is inf>de at ,tii aV frag-' A ; miUat at? hour.” The Mla'i'uita-n.ua'n distr ibu: ors f ioiv ih ’ iitnek at HaU.dad :?rid druv^ i t t o 1 ’ a s i a «; - u t i n r I •r s1 a n iarnl t, from when or.. it v an m is! to Ii mi ha .v, India. Kr »m t here j t watt driv - ft) Over indifferent iralbr. ads acroBs i ntlia to A-£r;:, and thiiiUy Calcutta. It th*;i w-' Rt to 0 \ Ion. where the I'uick dirtrlbuforH d»o\<• it for three da>s before ionuUhi* it to Perth/ on tin? B<*uthW‘ st or ikt of Ausiralia, where it arrived April 1. The d■;*s < : t watff of .southern.- Atitttralia be?* tvieen berth arid Adelaide* was re - "nrtb <1 as Uvo mo»'t difficult part of i in* trip. T'ii" di-st a'nee is somethim? more than halfway a irons the Unit*? < *1 Stairs, This font? stretch of i>ad i - * i n i' \vas ! •:• vo.t hit d -t:iicce asfu i I y. .*•-3 was the shorter jour to*.v from Adelaide to Melbourne, near the southeast i Ofi f the » ohlinem. The car since v as driven to Albury and | then to Sydney, from which point it v; as shipped i , New Zealand. After completion of the cloha journey ir is planned to preserve the car as an object of historical in* i terest. Food Distribution A Grave Problem John S. MeK night Leaves fur Wash ington (o Discuss Ways and Means to Kcep h'ood I.anes Open. J. S. McKnight, of McKnight and On,, Die., wholesale grocers, left Sun-, day night for Washington, D. O.. to at tend tho annual meeting of the Ameri can Wholesale Grocers association, which convenes there this week. Important matters relating to the okt libution of foods will come up a; this ni sting, one of which affects the entire consuming public; During the late war, the great meat I ticking interests entered, the whole ali i too ry fietd, buying up canner i- ; i.d packing plants throughout the ! uiti-d Stati , and wi in a fair way ! > monopolize the food industry of ti ; country. The government realiz ing the danger of closing the free ave nue of di trihution and competition m food-gathered facts toward indict ing then on this and other violations of the law, and it was settled by the pm h< r- agreeing to get out of the gro cer. bu iresn, provided the govern inert would drop the prosecutions. This agreement was called the “consent de cree.’' Recently application for anullment of this decree was made in the district Supreme court of Washington, I). C., by two of the large packers and one of the cannc-rs of California. Justice Hailey of this court suspended this de cree, w!iic hpraetically annuls this law, end permit:; the packers to again en Ur the grocery field. Way: and means will be discussed at this meeting towards appealing from this decision, and keeping open the fit-’ channels (if food distribution.And competition as have existed in recent years. ^ .MeKnigi t and Co., and A. Blanton Grocery Co., are active members ot this association. BEAN SALESM AN IS CONVICTED OF FRAUD Norfolk, Vn., May 2-1.—A. B. Kirby of Gaffney, S. who, under the name of ('. L. Lawrence, of Elizabeth City, N. C., was alleged to have used the mails to defraud in the sale of beans to farmers throughout the South yes terday was convicted of the charge by a jury in the United States district Court here and sentenced to 18 months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Motion for a new trial was overruled. The future is coming, but we won’t enjoy its visit much unless we are ready for it. Methodists Strong On Education The Great Methodist Schools of Learn* ing Are Barked by Ample Money for Colleges. Charity and Children. A visitor from a nortlh n state com mented the other da\ on the extra ordinarily strong position that South ern Methodists are occupying In the educational realm of the south. It used to be believed that the Presbyterians were the great sticklers for education, but in the south, at least, they aro having to make way for the Metho dists. The latter now have three tre mendously strong universities south of the Potomac, not counting Vander bilt, which is still predominantly Methodist in spirit, although no longer under direct church control. At Dallas, Texas, there is the Southern Metho dist university, with 1,400 students and an immense amount of money be hind it. The Methodists have their share of the oil millionaires, and they are willing to put money into any rea sonable enterprise that the univer sity undertakes. At Atlanta, again, there is Emory university, not very rich at present, but which old man Asa Candler is certain to take care of even tually. Undoubtedly a good share of Coca*cola money will go into Metho dist education, sooner or later. Final ly, there is Duke university, by long odds the greatest of them all and cer tain to become greater when the to bacco and waterpower king realizes his dreams. These three institutions, in financial power at least, tower over the whole field of southern education other than state education. We can sneer at mere money all we please, but the fact remains that money makes the marc go, and financial power is the basis on which a univer city must raise its intellectual power. The other churches cannot discount the facts. If the Methodists are not to dominate the field, the others must prepare to emulate them in strength ening their own institutions. As far as the Baptists are concerned, they have in North Carolina everything ex cept money. No finer traditions, no greater prestige belong to any North Carolina colleges than are possessed by Wnke Forest and Meredith, but in this day of huge endowments we may as well face the fact that the Metho dist brethren are going to put it over us if we do not give our colleges somsi thing more than praise. No one seems to know what Von Hindenburg has up, his sleeve, but whatever it is his published portraits 1 look like it.—Omaha Bee.