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i By NANCY ALEXANDER
He came striding down tke
Wilder neas Boad leading the
WMM Tr?m There ?u a dig
nity in his bearing, a sincerity
in his approach, ? reminiscent
far-away light in his eyes and
,a dedication of purpose that
led one to wonder about hmi.
Ivey Moore of Nerth Wilkes
boro, chief scout of the Wagon
Ti?in to Boone, paused for
questioning. Carefully and tend
erly he placed his long muzzle
loading rifle beaide hi* while
, he talked. In his other hand
he idly strung a golden toma
hawk.
i ''The rifle? It's the one my
ancestor Jessie Moore, who set
tled in the Globe, carried when
he made his way through -
Blue Ridge mountains. I'm a
direct descendant of his."
On a brass plate on the han
, die of the gun is engraved,
"Jessie Moore Rifle, Made by
B. Gordon, Philadelphia, Penn.
17*0. Brought to N. C. 1771,
(u*ed by Daniel Moore) Cow
peps-Guilfori Courthouse 1710,
Glebe, North Carolina. W64."
He contteued, "This la ?
throwing tomahawk. The pewd
der horn I'm carry Ug belonged
to Jessie's son, Jessie, Jr., was
made in 1836, and put together
with pegs.
"I'm walking all the way to
Boone. I've walked 13 miles
fram Ferguson today. I made
my coonskin hat and my skin
pants. These are Indian bead
work gatera about my legt.
"I've appeared en a number
of television stations in con
nection with this Wagon Train
event.
"I have four living children.
I retired as a furniture salea
man in '58; but didn't stay re
tired. I travel now occasion
ally.
"I'm just back last Saturday
frem my fifth fishing trip to
the Artie Circle. Dr. T. L.
White and Joe Whicker of North
Wilkesboro and I all went, drove
a car most of the way, and
toek a boat plane ia to the
rivers. We were above the 39th
Ellel. It was bush, tundra,
mesquite country. We
j?t plenty of brook trout lip
to |4 iaches long. JitM limit
snowed and sleeted on us. There
was an inch of ice in our buc
kets when we woke up.
"I'm head of the Moore clan
(also a family historical author
ity). We'll have our annual re
union the third Sunday in A?
guat at th? Globe."
Following a ahort distance be
hind Scout Moore was the long,
rumbling Wagon Train, eacort
ed by horseback rtdera. In one
of the wagons which formed a
circle in the wide green mea
dow surrounded by high green
mountains wu Bufus Estes, who
livaa near Union Grove Baptist
Ctarcb in Caldwell County. A
friendly, slender man, wearing
? vivid shirt, he dismounted,
unhitched bis horses, and led
item te an o*t-ffU*d trough.
"I've had by covered wagon
about 20 years. I keep it in dry
storage at my father's, Frank
Estes, barn at Mulberry, just to
use for outings, such aa this.
"Mr. L T. BarnaiU of Boost.
who is my saw mill boss, has
been driving my wagon. I've
been saw milling for hiaa for
18 years and working at night
?a Bight watchman at American
E/ird Mills at Whitnel. First
tin* in all theea years I've got
to boas him," he laughed
Barnett apoke, "I've enjoyed
this trip. Last night we sat up
most of the night drinking cof
fee around the camp fire and
talking with friends. Seems this
day and time people dont visit
like they used to. I've seen
friend* from Wilkes and other
places I hadn't seen in yeara."
Estat added, "I've got a kick
out of the whole trip, rain and
all. Some Girl Scouts were
eaaped aear in. I got up about
four o'clock IMt morning to
(m4 my bona* and some o f 'em
'way over on the bill a.vl wwre
a* conhnad they wouldn't come
come back til I woat over to
Vaad 'em.
"I've got aovoa children. My
wife and all of ua work. Two
?f my boya, Lloyd and Harold,
arc riding two of my three pon
ies. I can remember my ponies'
ages but not my boys."
"On my wagon here are relics
I've collected: a very old sad
41a with wooden stirrups, ani
mal traps, and lanterns, an old
Spanish- American War sabre
and a muzzle-loading rifle."
He rubbed his beard of sev
eral days' growth. "I'm not go
ing to shave until the trip's
over, but I'm going to jump in
that river and take a bath in
a little while.
"Back here just behind my
wagon is a stagecoach I'd love
to own. I offered the man $300
for it. He told me he'd recent
ly refused $3,900 for It. Here's
the owner, Claude Mlnton ."
Minton, who is from North
Wilkesboro, explained he not
only owns the stagecoach, but
an old hearse, a three-seated
carriage, a buggy, and a cover
ed wagon. The wagon, too, was
in the train.
He pulled out pictures of his
stagecoach parading down Con
stitution Avenue in Washington,
where he takes it each year for
WAGON TRAIN CROSSES NEW RIVER
the Cherry Blossom Festival.
It's been in numerous wagon
trains in Tennessee, "whtre
they really have them with
120 wagons or more." There
was a picture of A. W. Drink
water and Thad Bure riding in
the vehicle in the pirate Jam
boree at Manteo two years ago.
Drinkwater, who died this past
year, was the man who tele
graphed the first news of the
Wright Brothers' first flight.
Camp fires were lit. Spen
eer Miller of Watauga's Wildcat
eommunty, a man who has IS
children, was busy stirring the
evening's stew in a big bUck
pot. Fragments of age-old bal
lads floated over the meadow,
children raeed hither and yon,
wMoen berried about in long
calico dresses and bonnets per
forming wifely tasks. . . . The
day was ending.
And there are these who have
never tasted boiled peanuts.
The man with the loudest
mouth often wins arguments
among morons.
Our Mistake
Inadvertently the names of
Mr. and Mr*. Aubyn Farthing's
two gone were excluded from
the outline which accompanied
last week's Democrat picture
of the elder Mr. Farthing, re
tiring postmaster at Valle Cru
cis. The sons are Ray Farthing
of Vilas and Glenn Farthing of
Greensboro.
If you'll take your vacation
right away, you'll be sure to
take one this year.
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P *ow
The (WvHHMit ha* appro*
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vaccine rteaitned to five quick
simultaneous immunity ataiaat
all three type* of polio.
A license tor the new vac
cina was granted to Lederle
Laboratories, 9 spokesman for
th? United State* Surgeon Gen
eral OOke said
Udtrli Laboratories said
that (uppliaa ot the vaccine,
which U called Trivaleot Ori
mune, are already available.
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