Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-04-22
Chambers of Commerce of the
Carolina Enchanted Circle
New Organization Formed at Blow
ing Rock Tuesday to Advertise
Western North Carolina; Move
ment Started in Asheville Recent
ly; Will Mean Much For This Sec
ton.

The Carolina Enchanted Circle was
organized at Blowing Rock Tuesday.
Upon the invitation of the Lenoir
Chamber of Commerce, goodly
number of citizens from Hickory, Le-
noir, Boone and jefferson met at the
Watauga Inn Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock and discussed the Importance
and feasibility of putting forth CO.
operative effort in advertising this
section of North Carolina.
A few days ago a number of men
representing the chambers of COM
merce of several western North Caro-
lima towns met in Asheville and Or
ganized the Western North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce.
F. H. Coffey, of Lenoir, was
chosen vice president of the new or
ganization. AS vice president, Mr..
Coffey and Mr.. Sturkey, secretary
of the Lenoir Chamber of Commerce
called the meeting at Blowing Rock,
for the purpose of of getting all the
chambers of commerce of the vicini-
ty lined up in the movement of ad-
vertising the resources of western
North Carolina.
At the recent Asheville meeting
western North Carolina was divided
into three divisions, each embracing
circle with a diameter of approxi-
mately so miles. One division en-
braces Waynesville in the southwest
ern section of the state; the second
is the Asheville district, and the
third district is the Blowing Rock
section.
At the present time each section
is mailing out, or preparing to cir
culate literature advertising its own
peculiar advantages so that the
tourists who are expected to visit
western Carolina during the coming
summer will have the opportunity OF
visiting places of interest in the state
on a tour that will embrace "a circle
that will consume day or two or
longer as the individual desires of the
tourists may permit.
The counties from Allegheny to
Mcdowell, and as far east as Catawba
are in the Blowing Rock division and
have been named by Secretary Stur-
key of the Lenoir Chamber of Com
meree, "The Enchanted Circle" The
advantages of these counties are to
be advertised as whole and are to
be advertised in wholesale manner.
Those citizens meeting at Blowing
Rock organized new commercial
BODY. and named it "The Chamber of
Commerce of the Carolina Enchanted
Circle" F. H. Coffey, of Lenoir, was
elected president The presidents of
the various chambers of commerce
represented in the movement will be
vice president of the organization,
and the various secretaries will con-
stitute committee to devise ways
and means of advertising the En-
chanted Circle"
Mr. Swink. real estate dealer of
Blowing Rock, was elected secretary
and treasurer of the new organiza-
ton. The next meeting Of the body
will be at the call OF the president.
At Asheville on April 29th, anoth-
er meeting of the paren. organiza-
tion for advertising western Carolina
will be held. Every public-spirited
citizen of western North Carolina
should attend the meeting and get
in touch with he scheme to put this
section of the state on the map in
such way that will make the hearts
of all loyal Tar Heels swell with just
pride.
A feature of the meeting at Blow
ing Rock Tuesday was a splendid din
ner at the Watauga Inn, given by the
Lenoir Chamber of Commerce.
Representing the Boone Chamber
of Commerce at the meeting Tuesday
were J. L. Qualls, Edwin N. Hahn
and Ed. R. N. Baldwin.