The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier from Waynesville, North Carolina • Page 3

THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINEER AND WAYNESVILLE COURIER PAGE THREE THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1927. WILL SOON TEST BIG AIR GRAFT 8pend Million on 8chool Plant The plant ot the new State School for the Blind will be worth approximately a million dollars when it is completed and when the students move in to the new buildings next year they will ge housed ln an- Institution which has, It is understood, only one superior for the purposes' In the United States, according! to Col. Joseph B. Pogoe, chairman of the board of trustees. "As a matter of special.

Interest to the blind children of North Carolina and their friends, I may be permitted to refer briefly to the nobis generosity of the people ot the State, expressed through the Legislature in the face of the enormously Increased demands of public institutions In North Carolina In voting the several large appropriations unanimously to meet the requirements of this institution, in the building ot the best and most up-to date school plant for the education of the blind ln the Southern States, totaling well up to the million dollar mark," said Colonel Pogue, In a statement on the new plant "This should stimulate the trustees to their best efforts to apply faithfully and Intelligently every dollar In providing Just what Is Intended, the equal of anything anywhere with the most modern equipment, and every facility needed to develop 'the mind and body and train the intellect and soul for the best and happiest citizenship possible, and I hope and believe you will And at the new sits where the pupils will be housed after the summer vacations all these blessings carefully planned and to follow as soon as time can be had to adjust the school to the new conditions and surroundings. "While sentiment and tradition plays a part in every heart and memories of the 'Old Camp Ground' will haunt us for many days all must be delighted with the change from the old to the new site, providing as it does the now universally! approved 1 'ffg-xj' YtT LonpPeak In which IheRockioJ tfeaafr for Themselves TiX THERE'S A LAND I "1 fif VaVl the bee, the most constantly perfect product of animate life, the peculiar composition of those of the 'Songs which are admitted to be characteristic of the 'New Expression' and yoa will readily detect and sense an unmistakable, distinctly perceptible, spontaneous and constant flow of the spirit of things. In these compositions you will find no modern Whltmonesque or Klpllngesque imitations; no forms of ode, hymn, sonnet or other ancient modes. While all these forms are sug- gested and appear, more or less lncor- porated In the text, yet the Impulse anil tmdencv Is all toward now. Whatever combinations of forms are visible, simple or complicated, it Is a secondary feature, a mere vehicle which carries the passenger of spirit "Do mountains, streams, canyons, rocks speak and converse with the human soul In some kindred mystery of spirit? As clouds, sunshine and shadow, storm and the wheeling plan ets animate the inanimate, give expres- slon to the vast muteness of crag and LETTING JUNE 15 MORE THAN A 8CORE OF PROJECTS AGGREGATING 126 MILES TO BE LET.

55 MILES OF HARD SURFACE Migration of Negro Laborers to North Hi Seriously Handicapped Raleigh. After a lapse of nearly three months the State Highway Commission will resume the letting of new contracts for road construction oh June 27th when bids will be opened on more than a score of projects aggregating a mileage of approximately 125 miles. The tentative list of projects gives 71.18 miles ot gravel road and 55.22 miles of hard surface. Further letting contracts was suspended indefinitely several months ago on account of the shortage of materials, the shortage ot labor, and the congestion 'of transportation. Contractors found they were unable to keep the work going and the Corn- mission determined to call a halt temporarily until the situation clarified.

Slowing up of construction work In many parts of the country on account of the advanced cost will make it possible for the Commission to secure sufficient cement to build roads In- volvej In the letting, It is believed, Railroads are in somewhat better po8ition to handle business, and chairman Page believes that It will be possible to get new work under way. Migration of thousands negro laborers to the North has seriously handicapped construction In the State, and this condition still prevails to a large extent. In several sections of the State road work has been suspended at times on account of the shortage of labor. This situation still leaves much to be desired, but the Chairman expects a return of many of the negroe8 before fall. First District.

Project 141, Halifax 18.15 miles gravel road. Project 146, Hertford 6.42 miles gravel road. Project 168, Northampton 16.81 miles gravel Project 189. Pitt Bridge. Second District.

Project 213, Craven 10.43 miles hard surface. Project 230 293 Extension of pro Ject 189 Into Greene and WHson counties, 8.99 miles hard surface. Wilson-Reconstruc- Project 295, tlon of three macadamized roads leading out of Wilson. 8.26 miles. Third District.

project 302, Bladen 1.25 miles of gravel road Fourth District. Project 438. Harnptt 3.81 miles hard surface getween Dunn and Duke. Project 464, Person 11.64 miles gravel road. Fifth District.

Project Alamance 31 miles hard surfaced link of Central Highway In Burlington. Project 57, Alamance 4.03 miles of hard surface. Project 641, Guilford 4.31 miles penetration mi. cadam. Project 656.

Montgomery Troy to Mt. Gllead, 3.07 miles macadam. Sixth District. Project 608, Anson Six miles grading. Seventh District Project 701! B.

Allesthany 6.S6 miles penetration macadam. Project 750-B, Stokes 8.62 miles gravel. Eighth District. Project 802. Avery 5.67 miles waterbound macadam Project 837 Henderson 5.88 miles hard surface.

Ninth District.4 Project 930 Graham 2.92 miles waterbound macadam. Rlcaud Did Not Seek Clemency. Governor Morrison has telegraphed A. G. Rlcaud, -Wilmington attorney, acknowledging error ln the statement which accompanied the communta-tlon of the death sentence of Clyde pinnacle, so human thought lenas ant- The tentative list of projects to be matlon to the still and silent things lncIuded ln tne letting may 'be re-through literary expression as dictated oefore tne actual letting of the by the genius which senses the mystic contractgi but on the basis of present Impulsions of the otherwise voiceless tatentl0M tne list follows: THE WAR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PILOTS FOR BARLING BOMBER.

WILL WEIGH 40,000 POUNDS Has Duplicate Pilot Control, Carrie 2,000 Gallons of Gasoline, Meas-uret 120 Feet. Washington. The army's nes "two and a half planer" air giant, known as the Barling bomber, the biggest thing yet ln flying machines, will soon be tested at Wilbur Wright field, Ohio. The war department announced the tentative selection of Lieutenants Leigh Wade and Harold R. Harris as pilots tor the test flight.

The ship measures 120 feet from tip to tip, is powered with six Liberty motors, weighs 40,000 pounds and will have a flying speed of not less than 90 miles an hour. "If the performance in flight is satisfactory," the department's announcement said, "the air service engineering division at Dayton will have achieved the credit ot putting in the air the largest successful airplane in the world." The plane was designed for the air service by Walter H. Barling. It was constructed by the Wittemann aircraft corporation ot Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.

While It is generally rated as a tri plane, the "mld-plaje" is so narrow as to prompt the expression "two and a half plans." The gasoline capacity is 2,000 gallons and oil 181 gallons and a minimum operating crew of four will be required. "Specifications require that not more than 5,000 pounds of bombs -shall be carried at one time," the announcement acded, "but were anything so large as a 10,000 pound bomb developed, the Barling could lift and fly with It for two hours." Spruce and "60,000 pound steel" were used in construction ap compared to the 160,000 pound nickel steel used In building the navy's trans-Atlantic flier, NC-4. Of the fuselage construction, the statement "Six-inch shells could probably pass through the tail portion withott bringing the plane down. There are I no vital longerons or wires which-. would end the flight." The ship is scheduled to have a 12 hour full speed flight capacity and 1 will carry seven guns, sweeping the wnoie neld or approach of enemy machines.

Controls of the six motors are cenrallzed for operation through a single control stick, added features being means of shutting, down jtho engines on one side without-reducing the drive of the others to aid in negotiating "power turns," Many Want to Emigrate. Rome. The commissariat of emigration is besieged by workmen, artisans, and peasants from all the provinces who wish to be Included ln the new quota beginning July 7 for emigration to America. Commenda-tore de MIchaelis, the general commissioner, is personally supervising the selection of the emigrants and frequently conferring with Premier Mussolini, who takes personal Interest, In order to Insure that the best types of Italians will go to America. It Is desired by the authorities to demonstrate to the American government and people that It Italian emigration, Instead of being limited to 42,000 yearly, as now, were regulated to the selection of workmen according to the needs of American employers, both countries would benefit without Injury to the American workmen, as the Italian emigrants would not take their places, but simply flit vacancies.

Buffalo Flames Stifle Nineteen. Buffalo, N. Y. Nineteen firemen were overcome in a fire that started in the basement of the Hans Kelly Dry Goods Company. The blaze of unknown origin was discovered In the waste paper store room and the fumes rising from the tightly packed balec for a while completely baffled, the efforts of the firemen.

Gas masks were of no aball as man after man was carried out into the air. Some were shouting and fighting like maniacs, others were limp and unconscious, while many staggered -up to tha sidewalk to collapse in a heap and be bundled into the waiting ambnlances. Chief Murphey himself superintended the work and fresh men were sent down In two minute shifts. It -was some time before the fire was brought under control. To Ground Cotton Gins.

Washington. To reduce losses from fire, ln cotton gins caused by Ignition from static electricity the department of agriculture Is urging the wiring of cotton glng so as to ground the electricity generated by friction. Fires ln cotton gins have reached as high as a million dollars season, a irreat many of them having hnen caused by static electrlc'ty. The effectiveness of. a proper grounding system, the department points out, is now recognised by insurance com-oanles.

There's a Land where mounteina and K'aclera Form waters that All up the aeaa where canyons saueese rivers to rlbbopa And dark forests Stir In the breese. This Land Is where both worlds are closer The world of God and the world of Man; For their a-reetlnv point la Nature. A )ana-uaa-e all understand. CHARLES EDWIN HEWES. By JOHN DICKIN80N SHERMAN TIUARLES EDWIN HEWES, I poet, mystic and Inn-keep- Vxl er In Tahosa valley at the foot of Longs Peak In Rocky Mountain National park, serves notice on the literary world that the "man-made West, with Nature as a mere back ground for forest-destroying, cow-punching savages.

Is out of date henceforth, and that a "God-made West," with man In his proper place and the Rockies speaking for themselves. Is now revealed through the "New Expression" verse of the revised and enlarged edition of his "Songs of the Rockies." Says Mr. Hewes: "A half century ago the ranges were mostly described by literary travelers as mining camps, gambling hells, haunts of desperadoes and the goal of the tunneling railroad engineer. Bret Barte, Eugene Field, Stevenson, Bayard Taylor, and others, described more or less a very man-made region Where erry prospect pleases And only man la vile. Only a little over a decade back the cowboy and the 'Wild West Show' held public attention, and the mountains were still a mere background for the rough-riding genus homo.

"Today, however, the Rockies are beginning to be appreciated tyr their true worth and glory," continues Mr. Hewes. "In the 'New Expression' they speak for themselves. We no longer find them man-made, but God-made, revealed In their supernal sublimity nd grandeur, the Alps and Andes of a new and classic West. In this estimate man is not forgotten he Is put In correct alignment Instead of an ignorant, militant, forest-destroying, In-nocent-nnlmal-kllllng, dynamite-exploding, cow-punching savage, he Is presented as' be truly Is refined, civilized, awed and humbled before the smpercreatlons of the great First Cause.

He Is Invited to so conduct Ills life as to' match and respond to the pure chastity, the elevation and the profound altitudes of the Snowy Range, with equal virtues and loftiness of SOUL" The establishment of the Rocky Uountaln National park In 1915 found the originator of the "New Expression" taking In tourists in Tahosa val ley of the Eates Park Since then, by official, figures, there have been 104,042 visitors to the with the result that a whole lot of people In all parts of the country know "Charlie" Hewes In at least one of his several capacities. Some swear by Aim as bonlface and at him as poet; doubtless some swear vice versa; Inasmuch as the first edition of his "Songs" has been sold out, "though never reviewed in the press or advertised except by mere word of month mention." There are many, of course, who wear not at all concerning Hewes the Mystic. of them are rather awed. But it takes all kinds of people to make a world, and most of them simply say, "How does he get that wayT" and let it go at that In response to my Inquiry along the same line and for the facts concerning the "New Expression" and Its originator, Mr. Hewes obligingly furnishes me with quite a comprehensive memorandum and with permission "to use It verbatim, to quote It or otherwise." Unfortunately there Is not spacei here -for it verbatim.

Nevertheless, what follows may be considered -official Inside Information. How Sea Horses Converse An observer named Kent wishing to -make some colored sketches of sea horses, placed two of them In separate (lass dishes, few yards apart. Shortly afterward he was surprised to hear sharp little snapping or chirping noise coming st brief, regular intervals from one of the dishes. Almost Imroe-dlately these signals were answered from the other fish. On examination Kent found that the little sea hones modern cottage system of housing and teaching the blind, which is here typified In its highest sense, with its family groups as it were in cottages numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5, about SO to a cottage, with the house mother and teachers, the kindergarten building, administration building, power house and laundry and the cold storage, Industrial building, gymnasium and bahlng pool, now undr contract, in all I believe an even dozen buildings, all of the best modern fireproof construction, artistcllly grouped upon a beautiful plateau of land of about 70 acres, the campus proper ot which being the area sheltered and under the, spell and charm of the spreading branches of scores of both anginal and new growths of native oaks we all love so well.

"I know that all will enthusiasti cally cooperate in making the move and setting this beautiful house ln trder." Income Tax Figures Show Decline. A total of 44,161 persons in North Carolina filed individual income tax returns from the calendar year ended December 31, 1921, showing a net income amounting to $127 992,951 and 'pay'nB tax of $3,760,499, according to figures made public by Gilliam Grlssom collector of revenue for North Carolina. As against 8.23 per cent falling off from the year before in the number of returns and a decrease of 17.62 per cent In the net Income and 33.08 per cent in the tax as shown in the figures for the United States, North Carolina federal income tax payers ln 1921 dropped off 6.72 per cent ln number while the reducion ot net income amounted 21.8 per cent and the reduction in tax to 60 91 per cent A comparison of figures for the five year period beginning with 1917 shows that the ndmger of returns Jumped from 22,977 in 1917 to 47.34 In 1920 and then dropped to 44,161 in 1921; that the total net income jumped from $84,220,131 in 1917 to in 1920 and dropped back to $127 992.951 In 1921; that the average Income for each return jumped from $3 665 In 1917 to $4,346 in 1919 and dropped during 1920 and 1921 to that the total tax jumped from $2,747 673 in 1917 to $10,010,348 In 1919, declining to $3 760,499 In 1921. Forest Fires Cause Big Loss. The report on forest fires In North Carolina for the year 1922.

in most counties based chiefly on Information from voluntary correspondents, has recently been made public by the Geological and Economic Survey. The nature of the replies sent ln precludes the possibility of any great accuracv. but the results are at least concervatlve. They show a total for the State of 1,227 flres. which burned 190.737 acrs and caused a damage of $42.42 80.

Reports from Wake county show rhetham Jail la In Good Condition. The report of the Chatham grand Jury whl-h state, that after an in- the jail and county home there are in excellent condition and Inmates have been treated humane-'v bv off'cials. has geen made public by the of nubile welfare. Mrs Kte Burr Johnson, commls-s'oner of nubile welfare, also made '1 eft It appears from the memorandum that Mr. Hewes Is of Welsh descent, tempered with English the Egertons and Palmers, who are still numbered among the peerage.

His American ancestors landed in both New England and Virglula early In Colonial days. He was born In 1870 In Boone, Iowa, ite Worked as a railway expressman until 1907, when with bis mother and brother he settled on a homestead In Tahosa valley at the foot of Longs Peak. His schooling ended, with a brief period In high school. "An in tense Inherent passion for books and reading, however, put him far beyond the average adult reader by the time lie was sixteen." "At the age of twenty-one in Seattle," says the memorandum, "Hewes came face to face with a remarkable psychic mystery, and from that time forward be became In every sense of the word a Mystic. The pages of his autobiography from this time on exhibit a visionary and ecstatic soul, struggling in the grasp of the world sufficiently to rouse It to success ful efforts for a livelihood and to maintain a reasonably normal mental balance.

"Foiled, apparently, almost despair ing of his efforts to penetrate beyond a certain point in the contemplation of his mystery," continues the memoran dum. "Hewes turned to the visible things of nature that he found about him In his mountain retreat and poured out his heart and emotions upon them, Ecstasy, prayer, worship, adoration and many threads of mystic correspondence, are still In evidence In this latest volume." One thing Is sure: No matter how fiercely the critics may wrangle over the merits of his verse, Mr. Hewes Is to be congratulated on the timeliness of his "New Probably verse of all kinds was never so popular as now. And certainly many of the poets of today have cut loose from all literary traditions of form. Of course, being a Mystle, the poet's choice of subjects Is as chaste as the snow-topped peak, though there are 208 poems on almost as many themes.

But when It comes to form Well, here's what Mr. Hewes' memorandum says about that: "Hewes' vast and comprehensive readings and re-readlngs of the world's literature have resulted, so far as lit'' erary composition is concerned, not In the academic gymnastics of a word-monger or verse-maker but In a pe culiar manipulation metre, rhyme. measure, technique and form, all seem to melt down Into pure spiritualities. Substitute In literature tor the cell ot were signaling or talking to each other In this The noise was found to be ivade by the muscular closing and sudden expansion ot the lower jaw. These sounds are produced by both sexes and they are both more frequent and louder than nsual In the pawning season.

Exchange. Lydla Thrived In Early Days, Lydla thrived most from 716 8. Ol to MS B. C. (when Croesus was overthrown by-s Cyrus, the The Lydla ns were the most advanced ot spirit or things.

"So faithfully has Hewes attended to his gift, with his perceptions heightened and perfected by his Immense reading, applied, unlearned and spontaneous, us the bee selects Its honey from the flowers In the delicate and exquisite subtleties of pure Instinct, that If the Rocky Mountains were to be swept from the earth tomorrow or sunk In the 'depths of the sea, they would live, sublime. Inspiring and vividly vis-toned and portrayed In the So says the memorandum. Longs Peak also casts Its nfternoon shadow on the cabin of Dean Babcock, Illustrator of VSongs." He was born In Canton, 111., thirty-flve years ago and homesteaded In Tnhcsa valley about the same time ss the poet. He Is happily married, has children and has been surveyor and park ranger. He is now winning un enviable reputation as an artist.

In oil, black and wblte design and plain and colored block-prints, he has attracted much attention. His painting of Mount Orton in Rocky Mountain National park, which the federal government has recently named in honor of Col. Edward Orton, received high praise at the exhibition this spring at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; it will eventually hang In the Orton Memorial library at Ohio State university. Of his friend and himself the poet writes: "At first strangers and mere acquaintances, they later became Intimate neighbors and long periods of winter and snowbound experiences developed a strong friendship. While Babcock has gone the somewhat Conventional rounds of school, college, American Art academy and European atelier, yet, like Hewes, he Is pos- uauul fnndamentallv of nn Inherited genius, striving for Its particular ob- Ject.

Perhaps no volume ever Derore in the history of art and literature, combining verses and sketch, was produced so spontaneously, both author and artist working Independently of each other, yet each expressing in their particular field the same thing. For example, his cover design In gold, represents The Dawn of a New Ex pression' the figure of the Muse seated, playing her violin in the shadow, while -on the mountains ln the high background Is breaking a golden dawn. "Thus," concludes the poet. Mystic and Inn-keeper, "in the tiny valley at the foot of Longs Peak, and ln what was not long ago the unbroken wilderness, dwell the creators of a 'New Ex pression." all peoples In those days, as they were also the richest. While they were ef femlnate, they were also the most cul- tured of luxnry-lovlng traders.

The Lydlans loved the good things of rife, exquisite garments, beautiful gems, costly carpets and rags, scented oils and music. It Is recorded. They discovered the art of dyeing wool, of coining money and were the first to use gold, which they procured comparative abundance from the Sarabat and Pactolns rivers and the mines, as mediant of ex char te. i Montgomery that Mr. Rlcaud.

who that in 1922 this county bad six tor-was acting solicitor In the nrosecn est flres which burned over 47 acres tlon of Montgomery, had recommend- and caused an estimated damage' ot ed commutation. $200. New Coraoratlons. The Mills Company, of orlsed eanHal and $300 suhscrlb-d hv L. Wllllrmson, Burlington: T.

"rooks. Haw River; and J. O- Cohb Durham. Rtvr'd Park Company, of Wh Ington. wth $25,000 authorized rnt tsl A in0 subscribed Amendment was file to the char- an Investigitlon of the two Institute of Cllffsldn Lake Unmnnnv and her return to Raleigh f.finno'n the name of the concm to made the same resort as the grand he r'on Salem Amusement Co.

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