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Fywood History By W. C. MEDFORI) !hapt?r 11 ent and Taxation 1840-'50) t and taxation in Hay has perhaps changed v other order or prac he decade 1840-'50. ?e have done away of Entry-Taker, Standard Keeper, surer > and, of course, rful County Court, duties.and functions )ave been taken over unt> Commissioners, :ourt and tbe J.P.'s, superior Court, (41 rtment, (5) the vot electorate. assessment $1.20 was ?oll and the same on rth of land "accord ie General Assembly tssvlum and 20c out to go to the poor ore the county had small advalorem tax nd a $2 poll tax. were court costs, ie privileges ? and 0 the public roads seems that there received from the ? Literary Fund for loned heretofore). > probably self-sup io not know if the ? 1 any fund there- < court fees were as ' L'nt, $1.00; Exccu- 1 keting Judgment, i costs, $1.30, Fines < ourt were general- I nes $2.00 and sel- I er. Occasionally a i costs was placed ( endant. Superior i n generally from ; t rsons were return-1 < t? J. B. Allison, in j I IrililS lIlMJi Y trill. .-A1SO 111 ;ice that the sheriff turn Court a list of discover ing 1685 acres of land, 12.675 'about $1.60 per es wore taxed at from t dollar^ each and "re quor dealers) at four dollars. Peddlers were also taxed County Officials, Attorneys. Etc. Along about this time last of the 1840's and early '50's, some of the county officials were: John 1. Smith, Clerk; John B. Allison Sheriff; Banister Turner, Register; C. T. Rogers. County Solicitor; N. W. F.dmonston, Trustee: and Wm Evans, County Surveyor. There were a few practicing at torneys. They would read law for a short while, get an easy license and start out. In the County Court minutes of 1845 is this entry: " Bryson ino first name given) is almitted to practice law on condition of oath and license." We suppose the reference is to Sain C. Bryson. who after the war left this county to reside in Texas, where he became a Superior Court judge. J. A. B. Fitzgerald. C. T Rogers and R. M. Henry are also j spoken of as attorneys. 1840 to '52. Also Michael Francis probably , practiced some; and Col. Robert Love, though not an attorney, did a lot of legal work, it seems. The Crafts, Commodities, Etc. The trades of Hatter, Cooper Lock and Gun smith. Tanner j Wheelwright. Shoe Maker, etc (they were usually capitalized! were still being followed here in the , 1840's and later. Quantities of custom-made goods were being sold over the counter by the Loves and Dillard. here and at Webster: by Wm. Johnston, John Smathers. Whip Hill and others. because many commodities for home use i1 could not 1)0 produced locally. In V :his list were the more costly cloth a joods, fancy articles of clothing. | a -ibbons, needles and pins, combing yards, guns, steelyards, some axes, j 'opes, cutlery, tinware, the trade lj ools, cooking utensils, chinaware. ;tc., were brought in. as was also :otton. sugar, coff ee tin green: c aeans), indigo and salt. rv.. <1. ? ' ' * j wu uic omer nana, no res a list j of some of the many things our j l'orebearers made, either in their ! own homes or vver emade locally by such craftsmen mentioned above: j chests, cupboards, beds?in short, all articles of furniture used in that day: plows, hoes, handles, wheels, sleds, wagons and carts. Then there were yokes, harness, j chains, grain cradles, etc The wo ! men carded, spun, wove and dyed for the weaving of woolen, cotton and linen goods in their homes? for suits, dresses, skirts and shirts, shawls and socks for the whole family. Most these old . pioneers nade their own looms, spinning | iheels, brooms, lard stands, soap! nd tanning troughs, leather, shoes! nd men's hats, cowbells, ash hop ?ers and other articles too.-humer us to mention. Win. Francis was one of the ounty's most noted wheelwrights n those days. He not only built ins own nun in r rancis tovei, but others in Haywood and Bun combe, also a number of dwell ings in VVa.vnesville vicinity. The Division of a "Family Empire" After Col. Robert Love's death, in 1845, came the probation of his will, which had been finished, sign ed. witnessed and sealed in 1842. In it he stated that * * "if any of my heirs or legal legatees should be dissatisfied with this * * and bring suit or cause a suit to be brought to destroy this (will), then the ones so offending shall for feit any share," etc.?as set out in (lie bequest. But this did not save the litigation that was to follow, first over the probation of the will itself (1846-'51), and then over the administration of the vast estate of w hich he and Jas. It. Love came in possession. We refer to the Blount an<l Allison grants, or the remainder of these lands, amount ing to several hundred thousand acres which they, the Loves, had come in possession of through the will of John Strother and other w ise. Then there were his lots and land lying ill and around Waynes-1 ville?these we notice he placed the most value upon. Two other tracts, one of which was mentioned as "lying on I'igeon river" were included in the will, Iiut he did not give the number of acres therein. Two tracts in Jackson County t300 acrcsi were also bequeathed. Now we come to the 9,366 acres which the old "Founder" states as being in the "Western District of Tennessee" ? lie mentions Henry, Lauderdale and one or two other counties. These tracts he gave mostly to his five daughters, viz. Anna Gudger, Winnie S. Miller, Dorcas Henry, Sallie McBee and Mary Ann Welch. These lands he valued at $16,600, or a fraction over $3.00 per acre. In his bequests to the daughters he slates that he had "already given (them) slaves which (they) now possessed." However, | we note that there were 26 slaves, ( men, women and children, left to the estate to be administered.' These were not sold; Instead they were hired out by the administra tors or executors to different in-' dividuals for a period of 12 months service. It seems they were kept in family groups?a kind considera tion. The price paid for 12 months service per slave, or group of from i two to five, was from $1.00 \o $61.00. Besides the enumerations above there were lists of other goods, chattels, notes, store accounts, etc. too long and tedious to set out. Tenants he had, a plenty, on these lands; and he mentions his stores, mills, barns and shops. Yes the old "Founder" had, indeed, built up a kingly estate. John Howell died <1849> leaving a will in which he set aside enough property?which he thought, to pay his debts. On the administration of his wil lit was found that the prop erty so set aside was hardly enough. So the court ordered that one Negro man "be sold on 6 mo. credit"?to finish paying Howell's debts, "since the property in the will won't pay all." One of the pieces of realty was a large lot i (now opposite First Baptist Church), Lots in this immediate vicinity recently sold (1954) for $300 per front foot. I$?l COLO OISCOMFORTS J. - 35# Pen Dottle !0D LISTENING DAY and NIGHT lOoWHCC 1400 RT THE DAY BRIGHT, START THE DAY RIGHT WIND YOURSELF UP TO THE USICAL CLOCK 7 to 8 am WITH PEG FRY AM) EDDIE SHERMAN Y ? BOYS and GIRLS Listen at 5:13 I*. M. Weekdays; 5::>0 P. M. Sundays HEAR ORIES From TOYtAND All Your Favorites Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, at 5:13 P. M. HEAR SANTA CLAUS Reading letters from girls and boys I uesdays and Thursdays, 5il5 P. M? Sundays, 5:.'50 P. M. Address all letters to Hox 26fi. Waynesville A Gift From Santa For Every Boy and Girl Who Writes Latest News - - - Rest Music - ? - Special Programs >0D LISTENING DAY and NIGHT 400 WHCC 1400 I CRANDO'S FIANCEE ARRIVES IN U.?. JOS1ANE BERENGER holds a picture of her fiance, film star Marlon Brando, as she awaits clearance through customs after arriving from Paris at the International Airport, Itilewild, N. Y. Brando was ex pected to follow her as soon as possible. The French fisherman's daughter who became a model said she expected to marry Brando "arour.d June" and hopes to make a movie with him. Meanwhile, she will study at an American dramatic school. (International) ARRAIGNED IN GIRL'S SLAYING PETER MAKAREWICZ, 15. of Norwood. Mass., is handcuffed to a police man as he is taken from the Dedham. Mass., jail for arraignment on a murder charge in the slaying of Geraldine Annese. 15. The girl was found strangled in a garage near her home. (International) Librarian Colonel Webb Is A Whittler At Heart By JANE EADS ^ WASHINGTON ?Usually when ?ol Willard Webb gets his vaca- h Jon he stays home in his nearby v Virginia country house anil whit- c :les. d Colonel Webb is chief of the c Library of Congress' stack and ; P reader division. This year he's ; r been tapped to be American rep- j c resentative at the Eighth Interna- ! P tional Film Festival at Edinbor- j a ough. Scotland, and is combining c business with vacation and is leav ing his whittling knife at home. t In addition to attending the 1 "noncompetitive. no-Oscar compe- i tition" of documentary and edu- I rational Aim showing, in which I thii country has entered 111 com mercial and 16 government films, ' he expects to visit Aberdeen. Scot- ' land: London, Leeds and Oxford. 1 England, and Paris on business for ' lie Library. As representative of the Li rary's principal public service dl ision. the five or six-million-item. lassifled collection, he plans to liscuss with librarians in these ities the concern of the United Nations Economic and Social Com nission for a universal system of ataloging. The colonel's lady, dargaret. interested in ceramics ind weaving, expects to get some ?xpert pointers on her hobbies. 'I'm playing the side tips by ear," he colonel explained, "for every hlng is grist for the mill of my ?uriosity. As for my assignment :o the Film Festival, I feel like a <rade-B Cinderella." Tennessee-born Webb, now 50, ivas commander of the 782nd Heavy Tank battalion in the Pa cific during World War II. He had to brush up on his reserve train ing at Fort Knox before taking off for Scotland. "I Rot plenty of whittling in there," he laughed. "The more a commanding officer whittles, the less he gets into the hair of jun ior officers who know more about how to do the job at hand." Though he says he's no linguist, Col. Webb doesn't expect to have any real language handicaps on his European journey. He knows how to say a few tHings in French and Italian, and he once wrote a book on "How To Say It In Spanish." Glider For Sale DAYTON. Ohio <AP> ? The Air Force experimental glider XG-18 is as big as a house and that's prob ably what it wil'wind up as. It weighs 4'fc tons, has a 72-foot wing spread and a 39-foot body, com fortably seating 48 fully equipped troops. But the Air Force found only a four-engine plane could 'haul it into the sky ?? so it's on the auction block. Use Mountaineer Want Ads AH this - and mora mites per gallon tool Be sure to test out the phenomenal effect of "variable pitch propellers" in Dynaflow Drive ! MAYiiii ? among (lie upcoming crop of new 1955 models ? there's another car with an advance that can hold a candle to this one. But we doubt it. We doubt it because ?among the rumors of w hat's cooking in automotive laboratories ? there's nothing t</compare w ith what's actu ally happened at Buick. It all started with the fact that modern air liners get two big advan tages because they can change the pitch of their propellers. h irst, they get olT the ground hundreds of feet sooner than they used to. Second, they can stretch their gasoline In setting propeller blades at just the right "pitch" for cruising. So Buiek engineers asked themselves ?"If you can do it with air, why can't you do it with oil?the oil inside a Dynaflow Drive?" And to make a long story short?they could, and they did. Ihcy engineered the propeller-like blades inside the "stator" of a Dynaflow Drive so they can change their pitch as much as 75 degrees. I hat provides one setting for more miles-per-gallon, and another for an instant safety's urge of power when it's needed. 1 A1 ? you do is push the accelerator pedal the last half-inch beyond the full throttle position?and a-wny you go! Of course, there's a lot more to make a visit to our show rooms the "must" of the new-car year. There's a step-up in styling as sensa tional as the step-up in power. And the step-up in horsepower is this: 236 in the Roadmaster, Super and Century ? 188 in the Special. But the thrill of the year is Buick's ? , latest engineering "first" ? and what Pay-off on progress! Buicks today go a lot farther on a gallon of gas, thanks to constant improvement in Dynaflow and in engine design. Even the new 236-hp Roadmastcr averages 4.8 more miles per gallon than Buicks of six years ago. it docs for the man or \voma 11 who drives tlic latest and greatest Dynaflovv Drive. *StaitlarJ on RoaJ master, optional at extra cost on other h cries. Thrill of the year is Bill&C f?) ?"N4?? Xf n?y 50 MIlllONTH CAR MILTON BEPtC STABS FOB BUICK So rl r i: AHo-r ,t, V t.o>. ______________ WHEN BITTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM TAYLOR MOTOR CO. | Dial GL fi-3501 1 Haywood Street 1 *
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