that is full of the beauty of nature
at any season. In the spring, the
fresh new green of the pines and
the white of the dogwood-bloom on
the hillsides herald the new season.
In the fall, the hills are clothed with
the flaming beauty of autumn
foliage.
Morrow Mountain State Park is
part of an area most interesting
geologically. In the Proterozoic
Era, perhaps a billion years ago.
volcanic materials were laid down
in horizontal layers, and were
later subjected to such great pres¬
sure that they were forced from
horizontal to vertical positions, and
hardened in the process. This up¬
lifting formed the so-called "Ocoee
Mountains" which stood where the
Piedmont section of North Carolina
now is. and extended from the
northeastern corner of Virginia
southwestward to the northern
part of the Gulf of Mexico. These
mountains were, according to Jo¬
seph Barrell. not unlike the pres¬
ent-day Alps. Sediments from them
helped to form both the Appa¬
lachian Range and the Coastal
Plain. The Uharrie Mountains,
which form a part of what re¬
mains of the Ocoee Mountains, are
therefore a portion of the oldest
range in America — far older than
the mountains of the Appalachian
System.
Within the 4,135 acres that com¬
prise Morrow Mountain State Park
is a great variety of plant life. Dog¬
wood. redbud, rather odd-shaped
cedar, oak, maple, pine, are but a
few of the larger species under
which grow many kinds of herba¬
ceous plants. Plant associations of
both the woods and the open fields
are present.
Morrow Mountain State Park is
located in Stanly County, seven
miles east of Albemarle and is
reached over paved roads from
State Highway 740 between Albe¬
marle and Badin, or over an im¬
proved road which branches off
from State Highway 27, four miles
east of Albemarle. Over five miles
of paved roads comprise the park
road system within the park and
afford easy access to the swimming
pool, picnic areas, and other
places. Adequate parking is pro¬
vided. From the lodge radiates a
trail system of over ten miles whch
winds through the woods and to
the mountain tops. The park is a
wildlife sanctuary.
A large modern swimming pool
in which the water is constantly
circulated and purified, and an up-
to-date bathhouse furnish the
best of swimming facilities. There
is a wading pool for children and
also a play area close by.
Attractive picnic spots are lo¬
cated on Morrow Mountain and
near the swimming pool. Among
the facilities in these picnic areas
are large picnic shelters, outdoor
fireplaces, barbecue pits, tables
and benches, pure water, and ade¬
quate sanitary facilities.
In view of the current polio epi¬
demic, the Park has not been open
this season for swimmers, but has
been kept open to the public for
picnicking, hiking, nature study,
and limited camping.
The administration of the park is
by the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development,
Forestry Division, Branch of State
Parks.
“You All” In the Bible
Northerners who eritieise us for the use of
this favorite expression, may be interested
in knowing* that there are frequent refer-
enees to it in the Good Book.
I WAS talking recently to an
officer who is stationed at Camp
Davis. He is from Michigan and
is greatly interested in the things
he has seen while here in Carolina.
"This business of ‘you all’ is just
a lot of foolishness," he remarked.
“There is no sense to it. nor is
there any authority for it so far as
good usage of English is con¬
cerned. I don't see why you keep
on using it."
My answer to this was: “What
do you consider the best and most
authoritative source of pure and
accepted language?"
"The Bible," was his reply.
"You mean that?”
“I most certainly do."
"AH right," I said, handing him
a Bible. "Turn to Acts 3:16."
He turned over the pages of the
Book and said: “O.K.; I've got it."
"Go ahead and read."
He read as follows: "And his
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LOUIS T. MOORE
name through faith in his name
hath made this man strong, whom
ye see and know: yea, the faith
which is by him hath given this
perfect soundness in the presence
of you all."
Then I told him: "Now turn to
II Corinthians. 2:3."
He did, and read this: "And I
wrote this same unto you, lest
when I came, I should have sorrow
from them of whom I ought to
rejoice: having confidence in you
all, that my joy is the joy of you
"Well I’ll be darned!" he ex¬
claimed.
“Now read the fifth verse, same
chapter," I directed.
He read: "But if any have caused
grief, he hath not grieved me, but
in part; that I may not overcharge
you all."
On top of all this, I called his at¬
tention to Philippians. 1:25: "And
having this confidence. I know that
I shall abide and continue with you
all for your furtherance and joy of
faith."
Also Philippians, 2:17: "Yea, and
if I be offered upon the sacrifice
and service of your faith, I joy, and
rejoice with you all."
He closed the Book and said.
"That’s all I want to know. From
now on. I’ll have no criticism to
make when I hear ‘you all' again."
There are more than 20.000,000
acres of potential forest land in
North Carolina. It is claimed that
North Carolina forests supply more
firewood than the forests of any
other state in the Union.
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