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T 7 rt ' If"1 m ; 'ft 4 ,V THUSDAY, 8XPTXHBER U IMS 1 n,-4b -ft tfc Mis ! fl Wt s"--"d- COMMUNICATION FROM CLIFf tOVK. RAT- On looking back on the past for sixty years when I was just entering my teens and remembering conditions r.s thy then rxMd and observing the many chanK-j in both our social ,nd industrial life and the great progress tha' lias been wrought and th- part that Kiyvocd county played in l-rirnring ' " realization these great achievementsis one that should be honored and revered by all t'.ie good and loyal citizens who are n w enjoying the privilege and blessing that the old veteran during the dark period of reconstruction through their struggles and privation sought to obtain. When peace was made and the careworn soldiers, some from the battle field, some from the rigors of Northern prisoners, there was joy mixed with sadness. Joy becau.-e the Ionic druggie was over, and they were permitted to unite with loved ones once more. Sorrow on account of conditions as they found them. The good wife and mothers who with anxious hearts and hard struggles hud maintained the family through this dark period almost in despair The children mostly clothed in rags ivith vcrv little to cat. The country stripped of almost nil of it-; work stock, except some old brok en down mules and horses that had been discarded by the Northern army and marauders who had scoured tn( count rv and removed most every - .u:.... ,.f value. Yet with .ill ih..w seeminglv (insurmountable difficulties before them they stepneii iutn the furrow behind such stock a they n.uld obtain with cheerfuliu s nnd courage to provide a living foi ,v,..lr f.-.milii.s and to help buil'i up our devastate county, using su'li tools as could be made and repaired by the country blacksmith whose ...mil would ring early and late draw ml sh.-ininL' the old bull tongue plow, making horse shoes, re nnirinir hoes and other tools that was used on the farm which has long since been discarded and a more con venient tool has taken their places. The old flax brake was brought inti play where the stalk was broken and then to the scruthing board where the broken pieces (called shoals) were knocked out of the lint and thn went to hackle where the coarse ma terial (called toe) was separated from the finer lint which was manu factured into cloth by the old time methods of which our summer pnnts were made which was a very good substitute for finger nail if one was so fortunate as to have the itch. The finer lint waB spun and wove into cloth to make shirts, sheets, table cloths, towels, etc. The good women played an important part when time to prepare for the incoming crop they would lay aside their household duties and to the field and perform all duties that were required in making the crop. When crops were laid by they would return to their household do mestic affairs, working early md late at night, coloring, enrdirg, spinning and weaving into cloth from which our next winter's clothes were made. We children thought we were fortun ate if we got our new suites by Christmas. Our hats were made of straw or rushes, our shoes of home tanned leather by the old county shoe maker, over lasts that were cut and shuned bv the shoe maker which wa, ungainly in nppeurance. but answered a 'iod purposo. Rye was su.x. tut for coffee except on Sunday vol nin sn.rnr was a raririty. the inly sw et- ening wrs black molasses mad- by rnislnnir the iuiceo lit of the cane .n k. l.rl ,,Hnn mill, the (real;.-, of IIIC which could be heard all over -.he community, boiled in keif 's placed in a furnace, skimmed with long necked gourds prepared Co.- that pur- nose. Our meals chiefly sons' itcu VkuplrwViont nan cakes or rc fritters ,,r,rl pt the water mi'.le. bolted with a hand bolt, friend in l.ird served with rye coffee, honey, fried ham. etc., cooked in ovens and rwts in the open fire place which wero nn petiiing and sufficient to sasfy the hunger of the most fastidious. (To be continued ) SAGE - Mrs. H. J. Bryson visited relatives fator. in Clyde Thursday of last week. Messrs. Frank Welch, Whlaen hardt and Grindstaff of Asheville were here Monday looking after mica interest Mr. Homer Brown has sold his home to Mr. Guy Reed of Miami, Fla. Mr. Garnett of Hypoluxi, Fla. has purchased a lot from Mr. Cogdill and will build a summer home in the near Mrs. J. R- Kork ol raoucsn, a.y. has purchased the J. B. McKay home in Balsam. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hyatt went to Svlva Friday. Mr. Barley Mehaffejr left Tuesday to resume his studels in tnapei aui, Mrs. Maybelle Perry and Mr. Charles Perry went to Sylva Friday. Mr. Jim Barnett and family of Ware BALSAM ITEMS. Rev. John A. Taylor of Waynesvillc and Sebring, Fla.. preached two very interesting and instructive sermor.s in the Methodist church here Cunday Mrs. W. M. Hutcinson and daughter, Miss Mary, who have been spending some time at Balsam Springs Hotel, left last week for their home in At- lanta. Mr. J. C. H. Wilson, who has been visiting John T. Jones and other frior.Hu hers, returned last week to his home in Asheville. Mr. Grady Queen accompanied Mr. Byns to Daytona, WUu Monday. Mr. Byna has a summer home in the Bal lough subdivision. . ' ' . Mr. C A. Ballough ia in Daytona, "V fla, this wsek. vv KMCJrlef Perry wid Mr. -Bill A, Hannah1 attended a meeting of. the ," - "r -m Pht.Ejfallon in Asheville SaV THE SOUTHERN SERVES THB SOUTH A buyer as well as a carrier of Southern products The industrial resources of the South are so diversified that the Southern Railway System is fortunately able to purchase a large part of its supplies along its own rails. While we are carrying the products of our shippers to the markets of the country, we are also buying from them for our own use coal, iron, lumber, cross-ties, equipment, rails the thousand and one things that are needed to operate and maintain a railroad system of the magnitude of the Southern. The Southern is a buyer as well as a carrier of Southern products. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Club Talk Often leads to the discussion of footwear and where to find the great est values. The unanimous verdict is And there is a reason. Distinctive style perfect fit unusual wearing qualities and economical prices domi nate our entire line or American Gentleman Shoes, preferred footwear for over half a century. You'll like the way they look you'll enjoy the way they feel and you'll marvel at the way they wear. Come in and look them over. BURGIN BROS. Waynesville,' North Carolina You Can Double The life Of Your SHOES CHAMPION SHOE SHOP HI 1 - Shoals, S. C. visited Mrs. C. A. Foster last week. Mr. Albert Mehaffey and family from near East LaPorte spent Sun day with Mrs. C. A. Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bryson and Mrs. Meleta Beck went to Waynea- ville Sunday. Miss Hulda Foster, Mrs. Daisy Bennett and Mr. Harley Barnett mo to red to Sunburst Sunday. Messrs. John T. Jones, James Bat lough and George T. Knight went to Sylva Monday. Mr. J. B. Porter and family who so successfully ran the Balsam Springs Hotel this season, have closed the hotel and will leave this week for their home in Plant City, Fla. By their courteous and genial manners, well supplied table, etc. the Porters made many friends while here and we hope they will return next season. ' Balsam has been visited by several heavy rains recently. Also a severe hail and electical storm Thursday night, during which a large chestnut tree in the back yard of Mr. A. H. Mehaffey was struck by lightning, shocking Miss Mary Mehaffey. About the same time a large white oak tree back of the Odd Fellows hall and half way between Mr. Walter Bryson's and Mrs. W. B. Farwell's was struck from j top to bottom. Mr. Bryson was badly : hocked and it looked as if balls of fire were shooting by both houses. I Hon. and Mrs. W. T. Lee of Way- ncsville were in Balsam Monday. j "It rivers could not be deeper . Nor inouhtatea more lofty and hegtC Now really, truly ean we say this in such dry weather ? Asheville Citizen. MfEIllS aw lea, api Jae aysMa AGAINST llALAIUA HOME MADE POETRY. Declaring that it not want any more home-brewed, the Concord Tri bune says: "We cannot get the con sent of our minds to inflict original poetry on our readers," and so puts up, in effect, the sign "No trespass ing." ! And now in a town where there should be a reasonable amount of con cord there will be a considerable dis cord, at least if the "original" poets are as many to the square mile in Concord as they are in the rest of North Carolina. Will the home made be sent elsewhere, to Asheville fin- stance, for expression in print ? Nay, not here; we have plenty poets and some of them write excellent poetry others not quite so good, sometimes the verse baulks jerkily, but the facts are there, while in other cases the rhyme is facile but fails to track reality. Now we have on hand a pretty bit of verse, but hesitate to print because poetic imagination out runs fact. Thus goes a two line stanza to "Asheville:" -it's not how fine or big a car you may have in your garage that counts. It's the money you have in the bank Moral: Buy a Ford and Save The Difference DUCKWORTH MOTOR CO. THE UNIVERSAL CAI PRODUCTS PHONE 350 Waynesville, N. C. E. t DfJCKETT, Pfop., Main Street . . - . - Prices Ar LoW New Cathedral Gorig LKDldnmal C XOCK Now on Exhibition at our Store Will Be 'given away ABSOLUTELY FREE ! You May Hold the Proper Dial and Receive THIS BEAUTIFUL HIGH GRADE CLOCK FREE With each $1.25 cash purchase at our store, we wUl give our customers, absolutely free, one Special Clock Dial. When all of the dials have been ; given out, the Clock, which is on display, will be wound and placed in bur ' window. JWhen the clock, after running for a number tof daysi, runs down the party holding the Dial identically corresponding to the time vpf-v the '( stopped Clock, will receive absolutely fre6, this High Grade Colonial Clock ' y: ; , ' 1 '. ' v j w ' Vi Coma to Our Store and Personalty ee the Colonial1 Qtotic ott DJsplajf We Want to Increase Our Business So Me Thia Wonderful Offer, . P&om Number ??? -3 v'v -V & nJw S" . . . .: . ... r ; ill, If -"" LI-1- ' -1 -U.. .L..1NII ,.. ....... . ... mM ( j. 0 0 " it j.' H ,, -, , ' ..If ..,., . ..... . ... niii ,-r . . 1 t ft
The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
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