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r----■-* RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, VOL. XXXIV, No. 8 V .. .. " SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry JoL'.s With Climate In A Call For You, . “Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELLY, N. C. .MONDAY, JAN. 18. 192G. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ' ma*b P<‘r >,par (*n advance) $2.50 I By carrier, per year (in advance) $3,00 MISTER SLIMES BOOS WE ST PITER FUU .STielby Mayor and Police Officers Attend Funeral of Slaim Cher ry ville Chief of Police. Declaring that liquor was respon sible for the crime,and that ‘“00 per cent of the males of Cherry ville vert drinking alcoholic liquor in some form, Dev, Charles A. Linn .pastor of the 1 utheran church at Cherry ville, threw something in the nature of a bomb snell at the funeral Sunday afternoon , f Chief of Police A. L, Painter, it is reported here. The funeral of the dead officer, shot Thursday in Cherryvjile by one Jesse Van Dyke, believed to haw been liquored up, was attended by a crowd estimated at from 1,500 to t’.OOO persons. So great was the throng that the decision was reache i to hold the funeral in the high school auditorium instead of the church, as affording more room. The other victim of the wild sortie of Van Dyke, Horace S. Farnsworth was reported Monday as on the road t> recovery in the Lincolnton hospital. Chief of Police Painter died at t p I incolnton hospital late Saturday. 1 i: - goring for some forty-eight hours after the tragedy. A Shelby angle on the story dev i oned Monday, when it was reported Clyde R. Hoey and 0. Max Gardner had been retained as counsel for the alleged murderer. Van Dyke. News t . this effect was published Monday in the Charlotte Observer in a dispatch from Gastonia. Hoey and Gardner? At the local offices of the two at torneys it was announced Monday morning that they had gone to Ges f<nia. but confirmation that they h;;d actually been retained in the case was Jacking' The Painter funeral, was attended l<v Mayor Weathers and the police force of Shelby, including Chief Ham rick, James Hester, McBiide Poston end M. M. Moore. Addressing the great pothering i t the high school auditorium, in a fu neral oration over the dead poire chief. Rev. Mr. Linn asserted that h believed and hoped that in this case good would come out of evil, and that the tragedy would bear the fruit of i wakening the people of Chetryvill > to the seriousness of the liquor traf fic. He declared plainly, in eqtt'vocal terms, that the Volstead act is being violated in that section by at least 90 per cent of the people, those present say. “It was one of the plainest talk- ( ever heard a man deliver,” said Chief of Police Hamrick, commenting upon the-' discourse. The gathering was addressed by three other pastors of the local ' lurches, including Rev. Mr. Doebel, of the Presbyterian church; Rev. .1. J. Reach, of the Baptist church and Rev. Mv. Mock, of the Methodist church. Meantime while the impressive service was in progress, Van Dyke was in jaii ;n Gastonia, closelv guard ed,' < hief Hamrick said Monday th it the funeral was attended bv some "9 or 40 police officers of this sec tion of the country. Chief Painter be ing broadly known and very popular throughout the Piedmont. For a num ber of years he served as Chief of f' dice of Blacksburg, later going to Kings Mountain. He had been head H the Cherrvville force since 1919. He is survived by a widow and - v • o children. He was fifty-four years old. An unusual and solemn touch added to the funeral service, was the march ■" the grave of a company of the Ku Klux, in full regalia. The white-robed figures appeared suddenly upon the scene of the gath ering, issuing from a near-by lumber 'Plant. They attended the service, and • t the grave a wreath, innscribed with the insignia of the order “K.K.K-’ was laid upon the mound. After the service the shrouded fist ores dispersed as mysteriously as th> v had come. It was authoratively stated in Shel l's' Monday that a large per ventage of the Klansmen were from this city, which together with those from Chcr lyville, made up the delegation. The Point of View Kittle Bill ytripped over the edge of the carpet and dropped the dish of tanioca he was carrying. Picking himself up. he remarked, cheerfully ‘That’s lucky.” His mother was indignant. ‘‘What’s lucky, I should like to know?” she asked. “Why it’s luckv 1 don’t like tapi oca,” replied Billy. Plan the garden before spring comes, advise horticultural workers at State College. To have an extra 'ailv garden, it may he necessary to build a hot bed and cold frame. These an* easily built and are valuable Letter Found In Shelby Written By Robert E. Lee A IfUrr,. nf an order, as the < . c may I e, written '-by General If • it. !•-. Lee ha ; been unearth 1(1 in Lheiby. It bel •,< Mr -. J- 1'. Mumi.v, sitter < f Mr. Paul \\ i l»b. Mr. \Y . b’> unearthed it in lefri.through s; me <:t papers I’m- a fee i. Anion'; t the ! t of old (hieun.-ent.-, In- eye caught sight "■ a letter; which he thought Plight ■ e interesting^ ami he rea 1 it. 1; proved t be a it. K. Lee doc ument. A pet sbi.i 1 relic of the ini n ht;;i S'ep'ierner. I; is a fpd"d ap'd inveh .did document-, \vrit r a f •'•.staking. eopy ! <a‘e tyle. and i ■ an e'lampje of tin t ge t ire. in penmanship when the .'er refid ones shaned their lft t"i -. Hi! • he * ith of H sets forth the plain, sincere •• and formal thput! t of the great Confederate leader. The order :e :i| parent!y that Written to I.ie's men after the .■•o r. i.Per. !•’< Mow ing is a verbat im copy of it: •‘lidqrs. A. X. \Y.. “Cer. rai Order No. *». “Alter four years of arduous service marked I v unsurpassed courage and fortitude the A. N ' Va., has been c aipiUed to > if),1 to overwhelming numbers and re sources. 1 need not tell the brave | survivors of so many hard fought battles who have remained stead fast to the last that 1 have con sented to this result from ho dis trust of them, but feeling that valor and devotion could aecotu I'lish nothing that would compen sate for the loss that must have attended the eon!inuar.ee of the contest. 1 determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those who. ■ past service endeared them t > their countrymen. By the term^ of the agreement officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. Voii will take with you the satisfac tion that proceeds front the con sciousness of duty faithfully per formed and 1 earnestly pray th it a merciful God will extend to you his blessings and protection. With unceasing admiration of your Constance and devotion to your country ahd the grateful remembrance of your kind and gracious consideration for myself I bid you an affectionate faro well. “II. E. LEE. General." North ( :ir:■!ina Spends More Monty i’or Public Improvement Than Any With Single Exception. Haltigh, Although North Car flina received ir. revenues per capita K‘~ • than 12 cf i •• )S ?-1•;ter- in the Union in 11)24, she spent more nancy for.'public improvements than any state in the country, with the single ircopti -n of Illinois. Her total inter est charges, however, were hitcher j than ary of the states, with the ex ception of three. Spending $-32.070,600 for perman ent improvements .during that year she ranked second highest in this par titular, being outdistanced only by Illinois, the expenditures for that state for this purpose having totalled S4h.28D.060. | But North Carolina’s per capita revenue receipts were only $7,80. Hrs was lower than any states, except Il linois, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida and Arkansas. The figures are compiled by the bureau' of the census of the United States department of commerce, and nave just been received here. But while North Carolina’s expen diture fi r permanent improvements ran very high, comparatively, and while her revenue receipts per capita were comparatively very low, her in terest charges Were high. Only three other states paid out larger sums for interest in 1021. They were. New York, Michigan and California. N, rth Carolina’s interest payments in 1924 ran to the tidy sum of $3,495,600. New York’s interest payments ex ceeded the ten milion dollar murk,, but the other two states'- whose inter-' ect charge- were larger than North Carolina’s were ahead of this state in that particular only slightly—neither (it them paying as much as $4,000,000 for interest. North Carolina in 1921 ranked h:gh U f iotber particular—the amount of income taxes collected. Of 21 states levying income taxes in 1924 NoUn Carolina collected more than any ex cept New York. This state’s revenue from that source was $4,400,000, while Ss'ew York's totalled $9,5$<j,000. Other sources of revenue which brought in large sums to North Car olina's treasury were the motor ve hicle . license, from which source this state received more than $2,000,000; motor fuel taxes, which brought in nearly $4,000,000; and the earning of general departments the figure for the latter being placed at JT.OGO.OnO Shelby Folks “Enjoy” Shrine Ceremonial A large party from Shelby journey ed to Charlotte Friday to attend the Shrine meeting. The party left Shelby at fi o’clock Friday morning, and cali co it a day at 10 o’clock that night. Following composed the group: ton McSwain. Durham Moore, W. T. Alexander, of the Moore and Lever tet firm; Tom Kskridge. Richard Brabble and Dr. Hunt of Lattimorc. Raul Wootton, John Honeycutt. R. Z. Riviere, Garnett Cox, Will Metcalf. W. J. Roberts, George Small, Charlie Li.ughridge, K. B. Hopper. Dewey Plummer, Knrs Beam, Knox Hardin, Wade Hoey. Shovine Beam. C. R. Doggetf. and Mr. Graham of the Dog gett" firm ; George Washburn, Holly Ledford, Otto Long, Fred Baber Rev Sailor And Girl Draw Fines Here Legends sometimes will not be .mod ernized. Song and romance of the seas f< r endless years of nor'westers h: v • cast on the shoreline the legend that a "sailor has a sweetheart in every port.” Mayhap- it's the duty of sea faring men to live up to the legends (■I the scan—many men wouldn’t con sider it strenuous duty to seek a sweetheart < n every shore. Anyway the words sweetheart and sailor mingle together with the ease c* salt with sea water. Nobody tan take the salt out of sea water, but sometimes a judge can take the kick out of a good time for a sailor and bis sweetheart. Monday morning a sailor—they were once famed for their balloon trousers—and a girl were before Re corder Mull charged with several things, among them being a charge against the gob for being under the influence of an intoxicant— la.uor used to be the word, but you never know nowadays—and there were also charges against the girl. Sometime during the week end the car in which the couple was riding near drover didn’t follow a seaman's compas-. in navigation and there was a crash. Then the officers. Judge Mull wrote a finis to the song of the sea with $75 and the. costs opposite the hero's name and S25 to the side of the heroine’s name as reg gistered on the blotter. And so ends another yarn of the seas, of ships that go and conic in the night, and those that have wrecks ; nd travel not. Shelby Methodists At District Meet A delegation from the ' Methodist church of Shelby attended a meeting: in Gastonia Friday, called for the gen oral purpose to consider ways and means to raise six thousand dollar.-, needed in the foreign mission fields. The meeting was successful, and resulted in arranging for three other meetings to be held in the surround ing territory, one here at Shelby slat ed for the 28th of January, one fur Lineolnton and another in Gastonia, The following .*;,osed the dele gation that attended the Friday meet ing: lh\ and Mrs. II. K. Boyer, the former the pastor of the Methodist church; Mr. and Mrs. George Hoyle, Mr. and Mrs. Thad Ford, Mr. and Mrs R L. Hennessa and Mrs. (’. It. lloey. Hoey Bible Class To Put On Drive The Lloey Bible class of Central Methodist church will next Sunday start a drive tor regular attendance of members, who in the past have at tended none too regularly. Meetings preparing details of the drive will be held this week and two teams will wage a contest in the drive, one being headed by Ward Arey and the other by Oliver S. Anthony. The class with over 300 men en rolled is one of the largest classes in the state, and during the drive new members will also be sought although the major purpose is to get all old .members hack to attending regularly. Mediums __V-_.."I*. it Cap .'.in Clive Ma: kelyne. ahov \ i* I I of 11.v Oeeult Coii.miltce of the .tV aic On-lt* Cnfrland. atUtrijtUng to I t.vpouf fake 61 irituao. • . J.ut-a 1 Merchant Back Front Nc'v York Secs Prospect's Ahead of Good Spring Business. Sprktg >■' in- < amongs’. the n.er ckarts will lit the !■ : ever,- ar d They arc going to be ah a ter, mean ing the ladies skirts. t i. j h'- of. the:;; e.w j. C. tb -Neely brings back from'New York, after a week's spring buying trip. Mr i.M'eNeely blew in Sunday. • (’ Vi.'M ,ing the business outlook. he ’said: “New York is crowded with 'buyers, and they are purchasing free, ly, and' they believe the country will T; vi. ethe best spring business it ever had/' On tie subject of spring styles, he ,j.id: “Ore of the leading features of t' e spring regalia both in millinery ; ml dresses, is the coloring. There are I many new and attractive shades. The creators called on Florida for their ideas. For example there is the Mi ami rose, the Pensacola nine. •“•Other outstanding shades are sea green, hartruese a light shade of green); peach, coral, bow de ri se, », pbeiry. matador red and Hussar hire. “Moss of the styles are full; there arc some straight lines. Suits are much in favor, the skirt, coat uni 1 louse. The dresses are some shorter, averaging from 12 to 14 inches above the shoe. “The length most commonly worn lv.w is about, ten m eleven inches.’’ Fire Destroys Home On Kings Mtn. Road Fire which is supposed to have ori ginated from a .-t .v flue. Friday night do troytd the home of Will Wil liams, white farmer living to the hack of the Fairview Filling station, on the Shelby-Kin..- Mountain high way. The house as well as till con tents and the smoke-house nearby were totally destroyed. Neighbors hurried to the scene of the fire and saved all organ and sewing machine which is all the members of the fam ily have left from the home except the clothes they had on- Mr. William • ; • v wife arid four children and friends tire making up a purse for their re- : lief. It is understood the insurance amounted tea only iSbriO which by no nuaris covers the heavy loss. Modern Woodmen To Stage Campaign Here The local camp of Modern Wood men is this week staging a drive f-. new mem hers in Shelby and over the county. The drive will be featured by a big meeting to be held Wednesday l ight in Webb hall. District Deputy .1. (’. Gibbs is spending several'days here in conni - tion with the drive and will be present at the meeting Wednesday nigh'. The local camp now has a member ship of about 40 and hopes to increase this tic about 100 members during the 'drive, Enos Beam Will Undergo Operation Mr Enos Beam, one of the proprie tors of the Princess theatre, was ex pected to be operated on at the Lin Colnton hospital Monday Tor appendi citis. I It is understood he left Shelby for l incolnton Monday morning, for at least a two weeks’ stay in the hos pital T> i* K\ n Kill A! *i't inr . .nipany held it- annua' ; mt • ting the 5 5th, which trim' Fuel/ Were. r ■ > < a U-i whi-h indionC s this is one .of-fin* fi.-fenu-u progressive ci mv’’i i.if t!v:« “Oct it,! The c.ipvp-uy js four y-;,r V.hi; The first ; i':ir .'Hi! -the -annual' busind* aggregated • i 1 11: 11 aft , the Us: ii ('oila,"; . The \ i pa ; * it•» volume leaped to a ti.e-ur • ret w,-i n a .quarter : :a! a half milPom. ; An.I V. Ku h H win k t hi The Star after the na-.-t hg i, :it .it - • * rfl ■ tieipated,- and i h,i v. .- •• la,,I f.> a fit' per cent di’W’p in It*.* In tie pat Pince of t ray. that i stepping ■ I tv j. a All the :fi:e. re ; ’ . I -; , i i iiit! -ny \\ re re.-- a-, | ; : the meet ing. T| e fell, wing •!. wf 11. iai j ej-'-e rri l: \\ ilha-it !. : , -borger., presi dent;': If 11, K'-ndia.ih \ • p! c-iilen! ; ( K't h li t.-iofc, i r< t iv:< . r,. :rrr and general manager. Directors: .1, It- L;r. hortfer. Feli.i; ft. (lee, Paul Weiib, ,1. \. SuttLe ami V, D. Quinn. The <-!;•,.!*:i11\ la- expanded to take ■i! j'(ters Tory of sis e.iur.tios, and ttrti phye,- three ah men on the road. Good Show Coming Here January 29, For Night Stand Madina of Paradise Isle" Itoniantic Play,- and l ine Music < tuning At an Karlv Date. Shelby is its-Mtrt-d. what promise.- to he :t p-ciod . low,’ of modern variety, Friday id; bt, January li;*, when “Ma dina < f Paradise Isle” comes to the C .r.tra.1 selt.-d' ■under tile auspices of the Shelby'- Woman's club and Cen lii.l schm 1. Ms tvi • e, ire .. • ! gf.'; and .Shelby fre quently rets the type t goes and nil. one wan s back. This show fir or,.* ists something different in the east of characters e included .-.nine of the most famous stage stars of modern i lays Broadway lights. flow would you like to see a show that had in tne cast: Kenneth Curry, the .one-time leading man of “White Cni’go”, the recent stage hit; or Itaynioa Cardwell, one of the original characters in. "What Price Glory", the thing that ~et even blase Broadway p.-.-.ping;, <t ..Miss. Marjorie Chester, v. ill. k now ii. s t a ge lie aaty ? They’re all coming to Shelby, or are suposed to come in "Madina of Paradise Isle"’. All of which should lit a treat. But these -tars are not just coming hire for presentation formally, but ;o characters in a play that i> in itself entertaining and pop uiar. ff-hatV .niore tlici't' will be skits ga lore of music, dancing and inghg the catchy stuff. Shelby seldom secs until it has become antique—ukelele?, steel guitars and the over-accompan> ing dusky maidens, for “Nadira" of course, a native of the romantic seas and “Paradise Isle” eouid not. help but lie of the South wa jutting land where the sun kisses and: the moon bewitch is. Emily Montrose will' be leading lady. In the larger cities that alone would draw a full house. The play is by Lincoln Osborn, author id' Play wrights. and a famous creator of stage studies. The play is put out by Maty Byron, Ir.e.. and is press agent id as better than “ The Birds of Para dise.'’ Mi«s Dorothy Justin, advance agent and former opera talker, completed arrangements for the presentation : ere last week. Yates Mauney Gets Acquittal Verdict Gastonia. Jan. 10.—Yates Mauney, r 1 was acquitted of murder in the sce i nd degree in Superior court here to day when a jury found that Wesley Hallman, farmer hoy. was not fatally cut by the defendant at a corn shuck ing last fall when a gang of city toys and country lads engaged in a fight in the upper part of the county. Tlie defendant’s counsel, including O. Max Gardner, attempted to show that the dead ipan was cut with a pocket knife in the hands of his broth er, Joe Hallman. The case lasted two di vs and attracted wide attention. J. T. Bland Dies At At Rockford Home Mr: S. L. Gillespie*, music dealer .of \Y. Marion street, has received word of the death of liis cousin, Mr. J. T. Bland. of Rockford, this state, which occurred last week. Mr. Bland was not only well known in the Shelby section, but he had a number of relatives nere. Back some fifteen years ago, he lived in this section and taught music. At the time of his death, Mr. Gillesoi? said, he was making his home with 1 is son at Rockford, lie was 70 wn-s ,)l age: Chimney Rock Co. Takes Old Historic Properties For Value Of $600,000 V\ jo! 1 i d Raim IVevcd Valuable ill'. -1 ,!: l I Munty ■ i ' "H •'> sire, t, with money —1 '■!’ 1 • <i ’! ,*>:aki*:K.:in terms of , >. ;m. rhe downpour Sunday 'inti ■ '■ y. iiif; i: i i :1 imr.t d |.i have* tV‘l .i': i.'i ' in an iji, h and a i ' ; "hi It had al l < i.> V:; v i nhf.i. •• <1 by the iv c .nr ;■ : e.c fall. ■ ,'j \ t's tl. ■ i it. t deposits of *5 !;1. iff' ti..f tin*' drought, f t.'' ti water storage is con !, . ' j , ..ytii'ally neutraliz 1 I;.'it'l l lli.Il. Jan, 15.- What is tv gard.ed as one of the most eventful ap'd successful press meetings ever 1 ■ *11«1 in the state etune to a close here thi- afternoon with adjournment of th< second newspaper institute to he held under the auspices of the North Carolina Press association and (he university. Before leaving for home this aftrr ..nn the newspaper folks heartily en dorsed the institute idea and express ed the hope that another such meet ing might he held ir. the near future. The institute was divided into weekly and daily sections this, morn ing for the discussion of special prob lem.-. In the weekly section Lee EJ. vVanthers, of The Cleveland Star, pre sided. There v.ere discussions by Ole Buck, field manager of the Nebraska Press association, who told of the problems of the country weekly; by I'rt f. E. K. Peacock, of the university .school uf commerce, who outlined a I f metical system of accounting for weeklies; nr.<J by M \V. Atwood, man i aR:ng editor of the Observer-Dis patch, of Utica, N. Y.. followed by up open forum discussion. freedom ot the rress. In the daily section Gerald W. Johnson, professor of journalism in the university, discussed some aspects of the freedom of the press. Mr. Atwood gave a survey he had n a.de of the daily newspapers of North Carolina, referring specifically t-> what lie considers their merits and shortcomings. l\ L. McCall, southern division su* per inter, dent of the Associated Press, discussed methods of co-operation for better Associated Press service. A general session was held early in the. afternon, with A. C. Honeycutt, editor of the Stanly News-Herald, of Albemarle, presiding. Morrison Jewelry is Sold to Alexander The K. (!. Morrison jewelry store which has been, tinder the operation of John S. McKnight, trustee for the creditors for the past sixty days has Keen sold to Mr. George Alexan der who will continue the business in the future at the same stand in the Lineberger building. Me. Alexander, has gone to the jewelry markets ] where he will buy a full line of jew elry. cut g hi s, glassware and musical .instruments to restock the store with an entirely new line. When Mr. Morrison, the former owner of the ■ tore made an assignment, Mr. John S. McKnight prominent wholesale groeerynvah of the firm of McKnight ami Company, was appointed by the creditors to operate the store and un tier splendid management the credi tors will receive more than they would have received in the final set tlement of the affairs of the com pany. Lincoln County Boy Is Highly Honored "I am very highly gratified at read* ing <if the success of \V. W. Keever, [Lincoln county boy, who stood second !ir the intercollegiate poultry judging contest at Madison Square Garden.” [declared Commissioner of Agriculture William A. Graham yesterday. "’Young Keever is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M Keever, of Lincolntor. [Under the present arrangement,” he continued, “the department of agri culture and state college, under Dr. L. C. Brooks, are working in co-oper taion with each other along all lilies and the relations between these two state agencies for the promotion of agricultural endeavor are very cor dial. I want to see the department ex tend to the college all the financial aid possible, as well as its moral sup «)i'! ’’ Raleigb Nr - in l Observer Biggest Realty Transfer of Year lakes Place in Western Carolina. Imolves Chimney Rock. Asheville, Jan. tG.-~-The biggest realty transfer of the year in western North Carolina was announced today. It involves the taking over of the Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., own ers and developers of Lake Lure, the consideration being in the neighbor hood of $600,000 it is understood. The properit ins transferred include: the famous Chimney Rock described as America's most spectacular monolith, which towers 315 feet above the au tomobile parking space on the mountainside; the unique f 1 iff Dwell i r; Inn; the dining pavilion in the clouds; the Devils Head; Hickory Nut l.dis; with its sheer drop of loo P>et n its plunge of 1,700 feet to the Rocky Broad river; the Appian Wav; Kxclamation point, so named by B. C. Forbes; the Needles Bye; Moon shiners cave, and pll the rights and easements belonging to the three-mile toll road from the valley to the foot i t ( himney Rock, Approximately 200 acres of the best located land in the Rocky Broad canyon is included in the t! a lister, 50 acres of which adjoins other lands of the purchasing cor poration, at an elevation of over ,'5,000 teet. all of it overlooking the ban a of Lake Lure. ( himney Rock is famous in history. H is believed that it was from this point that Henry Clay made his fa mous and often quoted remark, "I am listening to the tread of oncoming millions. Jt was at this same pinacle that ( hristian Reid in a moment of inspiration declared of western North Carolina “This is the Land of the Sky." and SO gave the region its ac cepted name. Dr. F. A. Sondley, fa mous North Carolina historian of Asheville, declares that unquestion ably the first white men to gaze on Chimney Rock wore DeSoto and kis jn trepid hand of adventurers on’their '"ay to the discovery of the Mississip pi. The early English explorers and later the settlers of Tennessee and I' ontucky all wended their wav through this gorge on their Westward march as did also the Indians who were being moved to the Oklahoma reservations. Hickory Nut gorge, beginning at the foot of Chimney Rock mountain,, has beeh for generations by far too l oost traveled highway acrossr tlie olue Ridge mountains, and today car i ‘os more than 1.000,000 persons a year according to the traffic count of the State highway commission. Beginning at the bridge to Chita, itey Rock is the Fairview highway section of route 20, just completed, the short route from Chimney Rock to Asheville, declared to be the most beautiful scenic highway in the east. It was Dr. Lucius B. Morse, who came to western North Carolina in. search of health, who foresaw the possibilities of Chimney Rock r.s a scenic resort and 20 years ago, with his brother, purchased the property . for an amount of money which would set m today ridiculous, but which at that time led the natives to pass tile word from mouth to mouth that they believed the doctor “plumb crazy." In 1916 the toll road from the Rocky Broad valley to the foot of Chimney Rock, climb o fmore than 1 , 500 feet in a distance of three short miles, was financed by Dr. Morse and his brothers and completed, later ad ditional developments such as the "Cliff Dwellers, Cottage hotel with 20 rooms, (lining pavilion, stairways and other attractive and interesting ac cessories were added and an increas ing number of visitors has year by lure of the spot. In 1926, more than 50,000 persons ascended the toll road it is understood. Two million post card views and snap shots of Chimney Iipck have been disseminated by tour ists all over the world every yen'-. The taking over of this property by Chimney Rock Mountains, incorpor ated, marks the securing of the last of more than 175 tracts in the Chimney Rock and Rocky Broad River section where this development company is creating the outstanding resort devel opment of Western North Carolina. A huge dam is now under construc tion which will create Lake Lure with a beautiful shoreline of nearly 46 miles, the new highways and the devel opment of the first town site of Lake Lure arc going rapidly forward at this time. Officers and directors of the com pany include successful business and professional men and bankers of North and South Carolina and Flor ida. This transfer marks the final ac ouisition of the development company o fthre principal phases of the de velopment, namely, water power, re - sort lake and scenic property.