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PAGE TWO \ MIGHTY Mount Mitchell is the highest peak! I in North America east of the Uoqky I mountains, with an altitude of 6.711 1 feet. It occupies the southern half i of Yancey county, to the east of Bun- | combe county, and is one of a number ] of high peaks forming the Black mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge. Mount Mitchell, or Mitchell's peak, as it is also called, took its name from Dr. ?v;iisha Mitchell, a professor of the University of North Carolina, at f'hapel Hill. In 1835 pr. Mitchell ex-1 plored this wonderful mountain and i measured its height, giving to the world the first information that its' summit was the highest land in east-j em North America, exceeding that of Mount Washington, of New Hampshire. by 419 feet. Previous to 1835 Mount Washington was considered! the highest peak east of the Rockies. Dr. Mitchell, professor of chemistry, minerology and geology in the North Carolina university at Chapel Hill, was born in Washington, Conn.,j in 1793. He graduated with honors at Yale college in 1813 In the class with George E. Badger. Thomas P. Devereaux and other distinguished i Southern men. and in January, 1S18. i through the influence of Judge Gas-' ton. was appointed to o professorship in the University of North Carolina, along with Dr. Olmsted, another ciassmaie at xaie. lie served tne university well for neatly <0 years. In making the final survey which gave to the world the information as to! Mount Mitchell's true elevation above sea level, he lost his life during the i i night of Saturday, Jun* 27. 18r>6, when he lost his way in returning to i his camp and fell over a precipitous i rocky cliff into a small pool, whore his body was found a week later by searchers who had explored the mountain fastnesses to locate hint. l)r Mitchell was one of the most eminent men of the entire country and i his death caused great sorrow every- i where. His body was buried in Ashe- i ville, but later removed and was! i buried on the very summit of the 1 great peak on which he lost his life, and which bears his name. 1 < One of Many. Mount Mitchell is one of a number 1 of high peaks of the Black mountains.' 1 a spur of the lllue Ridge, about 20, miles long, shaped somewhat like at' giant fishhook, with the shank lying ' parallel to the blue Ridge and close ' beside it. The inside of the curve is 1 toward the north and holds the wat- ' era of Cane river. The shank of the, fishhook is thrown far out into the.1 Smith Tnp rivpr vallov whnao wnlnrn , rise between It and the Blue Ridge. ' The area of a 10-mile circle about this point contains about 100,000 acres of as absolute wilderness as can he found anywhere in America, 1 rugged, wild and clad in dense forests. 1 "Mount Mitchell and its companion 1 peaks in the heart of the Blue Ridge, 1 are claimed by geologists to be the oldest mountains of the world and that this was dry lands when Noah's flood swept over Asia, that before Abraham was Mount Mitchell was. It was here when the Atlantic ocean extended to its base and the central states were a part of the Gulf of Mex-; ico. In solemn grandeur and primeval solitude it has stood for ages, mute, rugged and eternal. The vast forests of spruce and nam offer rare opportunities for the1 lumbermen who about 10 years agoj built a railroad from a point one mile; *>ast of Black Mountain to a point r.enr the summit of Mount Mitchell, over whu-h thousands of carloads of spruce and balsam logs are brought ( to the big band mills which cut 000 feet of board measure lumber petday. The lumberman's axe and thej forest fires, which broke out in the' lumbering operations wrought havoc on the fair sides of the great moun-i tain to such an extent that Governor Locke Craig in lb 14 held a confer-) price with Perley and Crockett, lumber operators, who magnanimously' agreed to desist rutting lumber near the top until Governor Craig could se-' mire legislation which would enable N'orth Carolina to purchase the top of Mount Mitchell for a state park This legislation made appropriation of $20,000 for the purchase of the op of the mountain and places its control in the hands of the state for the use of the people of the state and nation. To June. 1019, an area of about 1,300 acres has been secured. Mount Mitchell railroad is one of the great scenic mountain railways of America and :s 23 miles in length, ex-1 Tending from Mount Mitchell station,; a mile east of Black Mountain, on the Southern railway, in serpentine Turves and nine great switchbacks, to a point within a few minutes, by trail of the top of eastern America.j The railroad winds back and forth along the face of the mountain in its upward climb, skirting great granite THE LANC !^=^gg5^sagg MOUNT MITCHELl fluffs, spanning rocky chasms, cut-' 1885 to begin the practice Ling through the sharp ridges, niak-j fession. ing circle around the wooded coves | . He was married to B n*..i?/?l? K..t - 1 111. auu uuuuns, iiiv nine siuiu;, uuu ru^naiu auu silt), wilQ powerful geared engines sometimes, dren, three daughters am pushing, sometimes pulling the train j Barto. survive. The dau until the great coveted height is( Mrs. Horace N'eal, Mrs. W. reached. The nine great switchbacks Miss Elizabeth Houston. S on the railroad were made necessary j Agriculture David Frankli in order to maintain the direction andi is the only surviving broth* negotiate the elevation. From thej As a dentist Dr. Houst windows of the observation cars the large practice from his s rugged grandeur and beauty of n?v profession and retained his ture in the original is spread before as long as he continued al the eyes in constantly changing pan- About six months ago orama that almost takes the breath forced him to retire. Th away as the engine swings around was one of Union county's rocky bluff, which seems to the one men and a Christian geutl in the coach looking forward as was a member of Central though the engine and cars were rac- church. ing to jump into the great chasm a thousand feet below, when with an WILLIAMS PASSES 1 extra show of power flings the dark YO EX-SEN \TOR smoke a little higher into the clear atmosphere and saucily darts around the curve, discovering to the eye ofj * omPtr?"pr ?' Currency the traveler for a few seconds a rare' at Critics Before stretch of valley of the east, with the Committee. silvery spray of the Andrews geyser far below, breaking hundreds of feet Washington. July 17 ? Vi ??? Iv intn ervro aoolncl t ltn I Williams, comptroller green of the mountain ana valley be- . . . , , _ , , 1 ro?r>\ appearing before yond. through which the sun in his ... . , . , , . banking committee which majesty collects the colors of the uni- . . . ., . , * . . , mg his nomination today, ! verse and mounds them into a rain-' , . . ... , .. ,. , at his critics, passed the lit bow of marvelous beauty. The soul - ... , , .. oenator W eeks, of Ma? of man flutters and gasps at the gran- ?.. ... , |?ho bitterly opposed his deur and beauty of the scene spread !, , . , , , , ' , , at the last session and den before his eyes and involuntarily' . . t . recently made that he had uives birth to the thought. Thou art , . , . , withdrawal ot Red Cross God. the Supreme Architect of the , ... ? , .. , ? , . , i certain Washington hanks. I niverse, followed with a prayer of ,, ? , liams announced when the thanksgiving for the opportunity toi .. ... . ... ,, ... ' , , , adjourned until next Frld see His choicest handiwork. , , , . .. . ., would at that tune reply Many leaks \ isiltle. ... , , , .. It ions made by John Poole From the sum 111 it one may see Hie, ... . . . , ? , ' llogan. local bankers neighboring peaks of the Is.ark .. ... , .... alleged discrimination agal mountains, all of them over 6.000 innj<s feet in altitude, clad in primeval for- .... ....... , . , , Mr. Williams gave his ests. while across the aw till gorges , . . , , ... , today alter A. K. Jones. r? and the everlasting cliffs may he seen ... , . , , stockholders of the defunc the majestic heads ot the pinnacle of tj()na, ^ of l:n|ontmv the lllue Ridge. Craggy and Craggy whj(.h , y Thompson Dome and the Bull's Head, all pierc- . . . I coal land owner, was forn ing the sky hut little short of Mitch-! , . . , . . '* dent, had charged Compt Ml, the king of them all; while 011 the ? ... , liams with niismanageme rar-off horizons rim may be seen the, ,)ank.s affa|rs sQ as fo towers of the Roam. Grandfather. Ta- j stockho]d(,rs a ,oss of ble Rock, the Tennessee Bald and a. . ,, . ,, . ,, , ... , Jesse (. Atkins, one of hundred others. Peaks and tiers of . ,. ... ' neys for the government ir mountains pile up tier 011 tier, higher ... * . , .. ,. hank case, and another \ and higher in the purpling distance , . ,. , futed testimony given bv until lost in the wonderful blending hat lhe comptroller ha(, of color of the great artist of the uni->n Rjggs bank aml charR< nature- bank had repeatedly violai Those who would see Mount Mitch-' banklnR statutes unt|1 co Ml at its best should stay over night, dps,st by Mf wm,ams and see the sun rise. Here, as the; Thp comptroIler read t< light king of the world from his eter-i m|ftre a ,etter whjch hp ff> nal home slowly pushes hack the to Senator Qwpn Qf black curtan of night, a veritable former cha|rman of the world of mountains seems to rise out'a|IeRln|? |hat (hp resolutior of the darkness of the infinite abyss.' w (hp oonunRtee ,ast with great lakes of white clouds cov-; ff)rmpr SonatQr Wep||s ering the valley below. The majesty j noarlng House assoclatio of day approaches from the chambers, rhpator Kv and , exR of the east which are hunir with dran r were "impositions" upon t pries of scarlet and gold As neater( t<>e Williams declan he approaches the riin of the lake of | organization exists in the i clouds below, great shytts of purple j,uj uiat "resolutions" and gold through the pale blue sk>, > r()(,((>(| |jy ,wo junior loca brushing away the mists which o er-. ficia 1h. apparently at the hang the scene and chasing to cover jruu,.nof, 0f some person the twinkling stars, the eyea of lieav- wj,oge identity has not ye en. which have watched over the( cloRe(i-. in an effort to sleepers of the night. The universe sen.ltf. ronimittee and inju has thing wide its portals for >he^ The comptroller quote great light king, and again the soul Weeks as te|ling the com of man flutters and gasps and invol-j |n flvo yL.ar), ho had not untarily gives birth to the tliouKtit.i oommuHlcrition which had 'Thou art God, the Supreme Archi- oriti'-al the comptrollet tect of the I niverse. eronce to this Mr. William DR. \v7l7HOUSTON DIES ^..ml^achu'dts IZ AT HOME IN MONROE time had in his possexsii . , froni^a former president ( Brother of 1*. S. Secretary of Agrlcul- ,u'kv Hankers1 associatior .... . . i against the senator's oppr tore Was (.reatly Beloved by That statement was m His Towns|>eeo|?le. (Weeks i deliberately and shows that in making it. Monroe. N. ('., July 17.?Funeral an untruth." Mr. William? services were conducted over the re- ter asserted mains of Or. W B. Houston, brother! Replying to charges tha to Secretary of Agriculture David funds had been withdraw) Franklin Houston, at the homo yes- stance of the comptrolle terday afternoon at 5 o'clock.I Federal National bank li Services were in charge of Rev. H. il 'ton. Mr Williams read le jorumi, pastor 01 tin1 t enirai ftiem- niai iroin nugn ss. liir odist church, here, and Hcv. J. K.'treasurer, of the Red Cros Abernethy, pastor of the Salisbury( ter of the latter asserted Methodist church Secretary lions-1 Poole has deliberately giv< ton, of tlie department of agricul- mittee information that is ture, brother to the deceased, was in I not true." Mr. lllrd exp California inspecting a governmen' j tho $38!),000 had been wit forest and could not reach Monroe In said this was due owing time for the funeral. the money belonged to s I>r. Houston died about 8 o'clock vision ;ui<l had been d< Tuesday afternoon following a long mistake in that bank. illness with bright's disease. ^ The deceased was a son of the late ,.Thltt ?cenario." said th W. If. H. Houston, who has been cali-j thor, "Is about a girl w he ed the maker of Mecklenburg county, months for a letter of Fie \Vas born in what is known as the J from her lover and then Whitfield residence here, in the year other man who?" 1863. As a boy he moved with his' 'AN alt a minute, ext father to Charlotte. He graduated! mm'<* manager. ,, . a ?ii . * , it "What's the matter? It from the dental department of Van- ,lM . . . . i "No. Too modern. We derbllt university, at Nashville,. ^ (hp VtV?nm9nu Tenn., and return^ to Monroe about' has had criticism ei ASTER NEWS, LANCASTER. S? C. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT wmmzi r TO PUNISH THE GUILTY TJ-|g Assures State Department Those lte~ sponsible for Murder of Joint Cor . ?... i port ana result or investigation." Bl?uu"1 " ? might deem It expedient to inquire for,> not ,PRS igton, ky.. further before rpplylnK priee based on he commit- ^ dockage, at the fd no RU0h FOREST FIRES RAGING tageoitBiy read wele 1"con- IN WESTERN MONTANA les* a reaHona' ,1 bank of- * " instance or Several Towns Tl.ere ami in North-. |,^p or persons ?'r" ????>?? i" Danger of l>c- Of AA^ySi jr.' I [ MR re me." Spokane, Wash., July 17.?Forest # Ml Senator fires fanned by heavy winds are] inittee that threatening timber and livestock in I |70|| received a western Montana and northern Idaho, "not been according to reports received today In ref- by federal forest officials here. Sev- I l&i/jf I s in his let- oral small towns are also reported in if that the danger of destruction. The flames AviiOfiTi .tor at that have caused the fire fighting crews to nVCiW >n a letter retreat. lWSCIrt if the K?-n- Many fires In federal forest service ASHEVII i protesting district No. 1 were reported as OBC1IAIT isition. spreading rapidly under a high wind J dKLVHK ade by him an<J all western Montana was said to| LAKE Jl the record be under a pall of smoke A band of h<* uttered thousands of sheep were burned when KANUGt i in the let- ;4 blaze swept down on Tarkio. a smalt TffTF ^ town west of Missoula, and trapped Irll b J t Red (Toss (he animals. I | QPCtlUIX i at the in- Two ranch houses in the Frlest I r from the river valley east of the town of I i Washing- Priest. Idaho, were destroyed by a* J* tiers of de- qre which started last night and EUCrVStlf d, assistant which today was threatening lf> other s The let- ranch homes further up the valley. GODC i that "Mr 1 pn the com- I NEW REIGN OF TERROR II ahsoiutptly REPORTED IN BUDAPEST I la inert that IVACA" hdrawn hut "Terror Troops" Are Now Musters of! 1 to the faet tlie Capital?TJipy Have Disarmed leparate rtl- tlie llcln Kim Troops. posited by ! i OA llerlin. July 21. A new reign of , Utror exists in Burtapest, according e eager all- ,0 art vices front the Hungarian eapl-1 ? waited for tal to the Tageblatt, and "red terror" forgiveness in its worst form is anticipated. married an fh0 dispatch says so-called "terror troops" are now masters of the capi-j In I inert the an(j t hn t they have stormed the .o old'" garrison, disarmed the troops of the, ( re not going Bela Kun government and distributed , The post arms to "the ragged proletariat." | JUBBMI tough." The leader of the "terror troops,", eaBarorami . ? i it* inflaw i - ....... . ? -I ?1 "IS pro- ,, . .... no orrmni or rell W ill Bo l>oalt U ith. important to hoi klonoyo. Whan -lias Mollie "NT0? totUl 'f four chil- Washington, July 21.?While the ?**y. "wbwr 1 one son, state and navy departments awaited X**havot*piiinJU ghters are further information in regard to the owoo. Tour I S. Lee and attack and robbery of a boat load of ecretary of American sailors from the U. S. S. {?^p,rly* in Houston Cheyenne in the Temesi river near par?tL* to'oeeo er. Tampico. July 6, the Mexican govern- ^hlcS*tf "uim*! on drew a ment through its embassy here fn- doatroy y^u u tart in the formed the state department that it J 11- "T"t< i popularity would "omit no efforts in the prose* i the work, cution nnd punishment of those re- ill health sponsible" for the murder of John W. w^? waa 1,e,a e deceased Correll, an American citizen, and the ?' h?nor. publl best loved ' attack on his wife in the Tampico dis- unteers, and leman. He trict late last month. saries, Varga a Methodist ' The message from the Mexican Commissary of government, replying to representa- salPary, the n< tions made by the United States im- have sent an u uIE mediate.y after the attack on the Cor- erate c'ty com ' WEEKS ro" family was reported, however, Habrich, order: I did little to lessen the gravity of the ^ce an(* *urn ? situation existing since yesterday The dispatcl Hits Back when news of the attack on the Amer-I government is i Senate iean sailors reached the state depart- ei*tente is too ment. Officials made no attempt af- arme<' Interven ter the message relating to the Cor- "lhe red armj J h ??k re" attac'k was received to minimize t'nues to disln ' ^ e I the seriousness of the situation re- "ons 'n Uudap t\ ^ * CU?r 8U^'nK from the assault on the sailors, discrihable, ant te sena e|W|j0 were dressed in American uni-;^e rapidly falll is consider- , , , , forms and were in a motor launch at t *t ru ok hnok the masthead ot' which was an Ameri- LONG STA^ s to former ? isachusetts, ?a" , , >, DISPUT The message from the Mexican nomination , , ? ied charges ?overnment ,n ,he Correll case as rn||ed S(ufcs ( made public tonight by Acting Seore-' caused the , . , ....... , , ! Enteretl lut , i tary of State Phillips, said: funds from ... ?,i ,i. ,, | The Mexican government will 111 .Mr. >\ 11- . .. . ? omit no efforts in the prosecution and; punishment of those responsible for a1 ^ ork. J 1 crime so odious, in the clearing up of standing < 4 whirli it will exhaust all means at its 018 an" ?ra*n and b rank dJsp08al | prion basis fc 1.-?' Additional information is expected ^ta,?8 P,a'n <><: ain by both departments within a very *n,() a eontrart few days, probably tomorrow. At the"10 latter agn * ,nion> |laVy department it was said that '? Pr?(',,PPrs '' t^Firs^X1" 'hove had been nothing received to|an,0'<' Pr:t'p !l ' " indicate whether the notes of inquiry; w .... 1 ' addtessed by Secretary Daniels late' riiis contract yesterday to Conidr. Karl Peck Fin- 01 n hi on t in th >er y P^"PR j n?,y, 0f the cruiser Topeka at Tain- Pr*??lncors* to s 1 pico, who reported the attack, had Pr?Ppr price 1 Gt been received by the otlicer. , vides that, in 80Ton " j Some delay in the receipt of answer .pi,her farmers 1 to the secretary's message of inquiry 'p8P(' to submit tl Hi ?- was anticipated. Because of inability : 'n (HsPl,fp ,f) 1 1 t", *? communicate direct by wireless president of tl M n?,a,S F< with the Topeka?due to the exist- an^ fro'? bim ogan once jn Qf Mexico of what is nielhod of dete persecuted , . ,, t, ?iari . .. . known by radio experts as a static ' 11 iUSU P'?> . ^ ?the secretary's message undoubted- decision may I ' ' .ftrf ly would have been transmitted over "arnfS> w-heat m|) ? ?jland wires from Galveston. Tex., to K,a'n corporal! . I Tampico, and telegraphic comtnunlca-j se"Pr8 to rpapl . ?m tion over Mexican wires is subject to wherever possil Ski h 800 ?OII?Merabto delay. corporation bui con^ Ut"0' While Commander Finney un- disputes. tm ee, (jolljJled|y jlu8 investigated the affair ' 'lP contract ^re.3?n ? thoroughly, it was pointed out that in anrt <'palers "s 8f S ?n 'yi view of the request for a "fuller re- Pr?Ppr Krade a from the . ... I TUESPAY, JULY 22, 1919. " IOST "x' ^ DANGEROUS DISEASE the hnmut body art ao Get aome (Kft.1) MKDAL Hid^Um Oil ^n* lire as the Qapau|en at once. They are am old, tried they alow up and com- . ,, _Z(Z .. . i their duties, look out! preparation used aH oyer the world tar the trouble la?without centurien. They contnfh only old-fnehrer you feel nerroue, toned, soothing oils combined with " iffer from aleapleaaneaa, strencthvirlvtn* et?d system-cleanalnff In the back?wake up herbs, well known and used by physlkteers need help. Ttieee clena In \ t h pit daily p root lee. OOLO em you that your kid- MKDAL Haarlem oil Capsules are laeperformlnr their func- ported ikftct from the laboratertea In They are only half Hollaed They are convenient to take, k and are allowing lm- and will either give prompt relief or muinte and be convert- jrbur money will be refunded. Ask for w eld and other polaona. Himii at any drug store, but be sure to A( you dlatreas and. Will k<t the original Imported OOLO " ? ,K-- itriw.ii M I*'I hA 1. hraml. AcerDl no aubstltutee. m. " ^v' I In s?tJ?<T pack are Tbr? t<i?? Kun's personal guard TOBACCO PltlCKS TO ItK shes an appeal for vol- lHSOl*SSKI> IX FIX)IIKNCB the peoples' com mis- Columbia, S. C., July 21.?Governd Szamuely. and Vice nor Cooper, at the re<|uest of bankera Forogn Affairs Mose- and business men of the Pee Dee aw leaders In control, counties of the state, has issued a iltimatum to the mod-(call to the bankers, merchants, plantmander of Budapest, ers and others interested to meet at ing him to give up of- Florence next Friday, July 25, for the ver the city to them. purpose of considering the prevailing l says the council of prices of tobacco. still convinced that the The governor Is in receipt of a weak or unwilling for number of telegrams which say that tion. It says also thai the prico now being paid for tobacca ir" of Bela Kun con- is ruinous and that something must itegrate. Food condi- be done to stimulate the market. He est are said to be in- requested the meeting in order that 1 money Is declared to plans for boosting the market might ing in value. be considered. m Governor Cooper said that it was IDING GRAIN Improbable that he could attend the c XT/Mir lttti rn leathering, as he had a previous imENOW SETTLED p?rtam ,.?gagomeilt (ulnI. I'nln <'<,r|wir,?,l<>? II,u ?1MS vr ||lt||? "\VA I Lit o a ('outract With STOPPKD (iltOT DAM.KiK e Buyers. Morganton, X. C.. July 21.?The Southern Power, company storage uly 21 To settle the dams at Hridgewater are believed to dispute between farm- have saved a tlood on the Catawba buyers as to a proper which would almost have equaled the >r wheat, the Cnited Hood tlitee years ago. . u irporation has entered After 48 hours of downpour, all Vr with buyers whereby ihe small streams reached almost un e "to reflect properly precedented heights and swept away / ie government's gnar-( all crops in their path. However, the or various grades of Catawba was up only six or eight feet, due to the fact that the great which places the go\- dams at Hridgewater held the surplus e standing behind of, water, saving millions of dollars in 'i ee that they obtain a crops all down the river, it is be- A for their wheat, pro- Beved. /' case of disagreement. The damage along the small t or nuyers are pnvi-| streams in iiutke will reach several 1 a sample of the wheatl hundred thousand dollars,"principally I he nearest zone vice- \ . . * > a le grain corporation Al^OO sw get a review of th. COiV'J ^ J rmintng the price. ' jn joints orVnuaided appeal for final cles, Rivo u brisk FgJiflK >e taken to Julius 11.1 massage with v TT i F director, although tiie ^JT/*1I*C VAPftWIffvi on urKed buyerB ami 60?jfeo t a mutual agreement - lie. thereby saving (he ^ ^ ^ + + + + + + + + + + + + + rden of settling trivial ?, PROFESSIONAL CARDS specifies that millers DR j lUCiCCK FUN1>K1%BURK? hall purchase on the DenUtl Surgeon, nd dockage under the 0fflce Hourt; ds and shall pay there g;S0 12;jo x g, - i than the guaranteed 2 00 to 6 00 P. M. such proper grade and ^ by XppolntmenU , terminal most advan- onM phQne ^ tied, less freleght and , ' . Residence Phone 52. ?le handling margin. __ . Office over Lancaster Pharmacy>6711 Feet Hijb iAbest Mountain in Eastern America. .(20 Miles East of ftsbeville). . I attractive Resorts in the Mountains >of Western flortbG&rolina je Elevation 2500 Ft. Above Sea Level; ;s Healthful and Delightful Summer Climate .LE-ME/tDERSOftVILLE HIGHLAND LAKE* D* BLACK MOUrtTAIrt WAYrtESVILLE? JflALUSKA-TRYON SALUDAFIATROCK. r A LAKE*BLOWING ROCK* LlrtVILLE* iPRinG,TEflf1.*SIGffALM0UfrrAM1,TE/1rt. i ivi ?. ? A* ?. - ireo i roos&oa or norevisitors to these | ;Rrf rlO RTM' CAROLIN A - RE50OT5 I proerBecMse of tbe Pelijjbtfal SamrrerCRnale { I Hotels Bot\ndic>? Hocises | > EXCURSION FARES' ' COflVEMEflT SCHEDULES n. IV Af,p SERVICE * * United State* Railroad Administration, Director Grnrral ot R?ilroi4t. UTHERN RAILROAD LINES * < HBT 3^Fll ? I A. M QBn^PSHHPi 1 . ^