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VOL. XXV
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HOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, THURSDAY,
.JO, 1913
NO. 10.
CASTOR i A
. Tor Infants and Children.
Til Kind Yon Hart Always Bought
t'R OFESSIONAL,
T. E. Bingham,
Lawyer
BUUNE, x. c
Promptattention giren to
ll marrers of a legal nature
'ollwtioo a specialty.
OrH.- ith Solicitor F. A. Lin-
fHV
1 29 ly. jm!.'
T. A. Love. James C. Clink.
LOVE & CLINE,
Attorney s-aULaw
NEWLAND, - - N. C.
Will practice regularly In the coun
tie of Avery and all adjoining coun
ttea.
The collection of claims a specialty.
2-27-U3 1 jr.
VETERINARY SURGERY.
i have been putting much study
n this subject; have received my
tiploma, and am now well equipped
or the practio of Veterinary Sur
.eery in all Its branches, and am the
nly one In the county, all on or
Mm me at Vilas, N. . R. F. D. 1.
O. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
-U-ll.
r, M. MA. RON
DENTIST.
ugar Grove, North Carolina,
AI1 work done under guar
n-, ami best material used.
4-l8-'ll.
c. S. COFFEY,
ORMLi Al LA W .
fOONE, N. C
.mpi HttentioD given to
nutter of a legal nature.
- h si meting titles and
. t tnn oi claims a special
l-l'll.
Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney
-SPECIALIST
.. KAR; hose, throat and chest
KT 8 EXAMINED FOR
GLASSES
FOURTH STREET
ristol. Tenn.-Va.
..vlLND JONES
-LAWYER
-LKNOIU. N. C-
. ill Practice Regular! in
w Courts 04 Watauga,
ii
L, D.LOWE,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
MANNER ELK, N. C.
.n.ictici' in the courts
uiya, Mitchell mid adjoining
.untie.
7 6 1 1
EVA. L1NNEY,
-ATTORNEY AT LAW,-
BOONE, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of
the 13th Judicial District in all
matters of a civil nature!
6-11-1911.
B. P. Lovill. W. R. Lovill
Lovill & Lovill
-Attorneys At Law
-BOONE, N. C
Special attention given to
aU business entrusted to
their care. .'. . -V
THE TRAIL OF DANIEL BOONL
llMr.e .1 l.h. 11... ,.
r.wuur, 11 BBTlUluj
si mi uaniei doom Marker at Boom
N. C. October 23, 1313.
Mh. Chairman, Ladus Axd Gks
TLKMKX ASD LITTLE ChILDRKS:
Tall oaks from little
Stale jokes from hoary client nuts flow
And it 1 chance to fall below
uouioMneneB or Cicero (which islm
posniule)
Don't view me with a critic's eye,
But lay l he blame on the Edward
Buncombe Chapter, D. A. R
of Asheyille, who inyited me to
make this address. I do not know
why tbey selected me, unless they
wished to witness a genuine ca9e
of stage fright; for they know
very well that they have not
heard me even try to make a
speech in from seventy-fire to
hundred years. Still, if that
was their object, they must be
more than pleased with me; as I
amtbound to admit thai lam
plumb scared to death, although
1 know perfectly well that there
is nobody here who wants to hurt
me, and that I have the sympa
thy and commiseration of every
one within thesoundofmy voice.
Of course, I am trying to cou
ceal my fright as much as possi
ble; and, although this paper is
shaking, my hands and knees are
trembling, and my voice sounds
as though I was bidding you
farewell forever and a day, 1
would, nevertheless, have you be.
lieye that I am really as calm
and serene as a May morning.
But 1 know very well why I accept
ed their invitation: I wanted to
hear the welkin ring. Now; I nev
er saw trie weiKin, don c Know
what he, she or it is, and neyer
heerd" her rinsr; but I have
read of other great orators who
haye rung her," and I don't see
why I can't make her ring just
wuust" Lifting theroof oti the
court house is mere child's play
to that, which Major Will Lovill
can do any summer's day. So, 1
knew that it takes true eloquence
to ring her, and got a small earn-.
pie of the Joe Darter variety
trom Mr. M. B. Blackburn all
that could be found in Watauga
county but, unfortunately, I
'drapped hit'' on the smooth,
asphalt sidewalk that does not
run from the Cntcher house to
the Baptistichurch, and smashed
it into ten thousand flindercens.
Now don't askME what a''flinder
j'iL a tt r T t
een is duc "asc, rroi.Louguer-
ty.for while 1 kuow every thing ex
cept that, he knows everything
including that.
So, having lost my Joe Darter,
have made little preparation
for this occasion beyond what is
written on these two Lsheeta ol
paper; and as I am rapidly draw
ing near the end ol them, I shall
have "to trust to luck and the
submlimity of the occasion-' for
the few broken remarks that
may or may not follow. For
'W orators never-.admit that
we have made any DTeparation
for our orations, as we all wish
to be considered so all-flf edTsraart
that we can get up on ' t&e spur
ol any moment, anywhere, on
any occasion, and juBt rattle off
a purely extemporaneoun( e x
temp 0, I'll have to send the
reHt of the word by freight it's
too long for me) on any sub
ject under God's blue skies, with
out any previous preparation
whatevtr; while in ninety-nine
cases out of every hundred we
have that very speech all careful
ly tucked away on the inside
pockets of our coats, to be
"drawn" on the audience only in
the dire event that we cannot re
member "What comes next?" in
our carefully memorized ora
tions. ...".
But 1 bavn't any such long
winded address on the inside or
outside pocket of MY coat. See!
You can search me. I'd scorn to
keep it in any u-b convention.
" B "a
Asking jour pardon,
then, for
en, lor my inexcusable negli
gence in having failed to prepure
the very best .address I could
for this patriotic occasion, I can
only plead want of time to do so
within the last thirty days, as I
hare been so busy doing nothing
That sound so much like a
lawyer pleading for a continu
ance that I am reminded that I
used to be a sort of Jack leg my
self before I reformed and quit
the practice, some time after the
practice had first quit me. II a v
ing at last come to the end ol
my paper, I can only launch out
on the sea ot extemporaneous
eloquence, without sail or com
pass, and deliver as best I may,
spontaneously (ugh, but that
was a jaw breaker ) a few off
hand, broken and disconnected
remarks of about three bonrs or
three hours and a half duration.
(I told you I didn't have it in
my inside pocket; but I didn't
sayldidn't have it up my sleeve.)
History tells us little of the
trail of Daniel Boone through
these mountains, except that he
crossed them into Kentucky; and
or one hundred and foity years
the outside world supposed that
it could never be definitely located-
But a very slight investi
gation in May and June, 1909,
dispelled that impression, and
today that route is as well eetab
ished as it is possible to estab
lish any fact by local tradition,
For Wheeler tells us that this
section was settled by white peo
ple as early as 1750, while Boone
did not move to Holman's Ford
till about 1760. We know also
from other Bourcea that the Per
kins. Greer. His. Hodge, Norris
and Lewis families lived m this
locality both before and during
the Revolutionary War. They
undoubtedly knew what route
Boone followed on his trips into
Kentucky, and communicated
their information to their descen
dants, who have jealously guar
ded the facts thus received and
zealously maintain the tradition
alter the lapse of all these years.
The facts gathered from old men
in 1909 have been supplemented
by the diligent enquiries of a
committee of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, with
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson as chair
man; who, after weighing all the
evidence as impartially and ns
carefully as possible, have reach
ed the conclusion that Boone
passed the Three Forks church,
the town of Boone, Hodge's gap,
Graveyard or Straddle gap, and.
Zionville before reaching the
Teunessee line. They very pat
riotically determined to tmark
these points with suitable monu
ments, and to givn to several of
the subordinate chapters the
honor of placing proper markers
at these various places. It has
fallen to the lot of the Edward
Buncombe chapter of Asheville
to erect the tablet here, and we
are glad to have with us on this
occasion and for that purpose
these visiting ladies, who as dele
gates from the State and Ashe
ville chapters are our most wel
come guests to day.
(Here it is written that I must
take, a drink of water extem
poraneously, There's that Sock
dologcr of a word again. I do
so.) ...
The reasons which have influen
ced them in fixing upou the points
named as being on Boone's trail
are convincing and satisfactory
when understood. For while
there is equally clearand positive
evidence that Boone crossed the
Blue Ridge and the mountains
on the Tennessee line at Deep,
Watson's, Ambrose's, Sta te Line,
Baker's and the Star gaps; and
that be had camps on Elk, Meat
Camp and Beaver Dam creeks,
nnl thewlieir-, it is pructicully
certain that when bewasin those
localities ho was then? merely ou
huutmg trips, and bad not star
ted on his long journey into Ken
tncky. In the eightor nine yours
of bin residence at Holmatis Ford,
Boone hud ample opportunity
to explore the region went of the
Blue Ridge; and as gmne was
more plentiful here than east ol
the ridge it is likely that he hun
ted oyer every mile of this terri
tory. If so, he necessarily knew
thfi, shortest and most practica
ble route between Holman's Ford
anj the head of Roan's Creek,
Roan's creek in Tennessee being
the stream on which he abandon
ed a roan horse that had gone
lame, only to find him strong
and well on his return iourney
two years later. Hence the uanie
of the creek, which has persisted
ever since- liooue and his com
panions were heavily laden on
this long journey and their pack
animals doubtless bad ull they
could carry. Consequently, it is
probable that he followed the
shortest and most practicable
route ou that journey. A straight
line drawn on a Government con
tour or geological map, between
Ilplinan's Ford and Roan's creek.
would pass nearer to the pomts
named by the D. A. It's than to
any other points at which he i
known to have been in this local
ity. As a well denned and much
traveled Indian trail also marked
this identical route, Boone
doubtless followed it into Ten
nessee. Remarkable as it may
i si i r
seem, untmstaKaoie evidences 01
this sell-same trail are still in ex
istence, notably at Cook's gap,
Norton's gap and to the north
ol the road in the gap between
Zionville and Trade. Nothing is
better established than that In
dian trails did not follow the
bauksof Streams, but kept ou
high ground as much as possible
both for the purpose of viewing
theBurrounding country and to
avoid the bushes and thickets
which invariably grow on
the banks of all the streams.
Then, too, their stone toma
hawks were too dull to cut bush
es with.
Brushy Fork probably richly
deserved its name, and the Indi
an ;trail lft. it at the first low
gap, no kuown as Straddle
gap, but formerly called Grave
Yard gap; atil; crossing Dog
Skin crce'i, kept! cjn over the low
est gap iu the ridge west of the
stream, now called Watson's gap;
and crossing ths ridges at t h e
foot of Rich mountain, passed
through Silvei'stoneiuto Tennes
see, crossing at the low gap be
tween Zionville and Trade. That
is the lowest gap betweeu North
Carolina and Tennessee where
a stream does not piss through
on iu its westward way; and It
is visible for miles around. Cook's
Gap is only seventeen feet high
er than the -village of Boone,
aud Hodge's, Straddle, Wa'sou's
gaps aud Silyerstone are much
the same elevation- The route in
dicated is much nearer than
through George's or Ward's gaps
into the Beaver Dams, and theme
out into Tennessee, via. Baker's
or the Star gaps. The same is
true of the routes north of the
gap at Zionville, The trail
through Cook's Gap divides just
west of the Blue Ridge, one fork
passing the George Blair farm
and 4he other passiug Three
Fork's church. The latter has
been chosen as the one Boone
followed, though he may have ta
ken the former. They are barely
half mile apart however.
Long before Boonestarted in
to Kentucky a Tory named Ben-
1'amin Howard lived on the Yad"
;in near what is now Elkville.
He herded cattle in the New Riv
er yalley, and built a log cab
in r.n the creek which winds
through the lovely town ol
Boone, for. the accommodation
of himself nud herders when he
and they came here to salt and
tend tb cattle. Howard' name
still lives in the peak and creek
to the north ol the villaire of
Boone, and be owned three hun
dred acres on Laurel Fork and
Dfty on Cow creek in 1799- lie
wus a man of letters and of prop
erty, 'and was blessed with a
plucky and resolute daughter, a
pretty aud vivacious child of
twelve years. Once she was stop
ped in the road near her home by
a party of Whias or Americans,
and required to tell , the wherea
bouts of her father;"for Howard
remained loyal to the cause of
King George after the Revolu
tionary war began. She refused
to tell, and the men who were
quizzing ber very ungallantly cut
a chinquapin switch and switch
ed her smartly; but Miss Sallie
remained loyal to her father and
disclosed nothing. She afterwards
became the wile ol the first Jor
dan Councill, aud their descend
entsareas loyal Americans as
those of Daniel Boone nimsell.
Ben Howard also had an African
slave boy, named Burnll, one ol
whose duties it was to cioss the
mountain at Cook's gap and
salt the cattle on New river. One
day a hunter named Daniel
Boone cot Burrill to pilot him
across the Blue Ridge to the
Howard cabin which stood in
the meadow just in front of the
the boys' dormitory of the Appa
lachian Training School the fi
nest aud most indispensable in
stitution of learnig West of the
Bine Ridge iu North Carolina. It
was Daniel Boone'8 first trip
across the Blue Ridge, according
to the statement to me iu May,
1909, of the late Cnptain James
Martin Isabell ot King's Creek,
Caldwell county. Uegot the sto
ry when a boy from Burrill after
the latter had reached the age of
one hundred and six years, and
from his grandmother, Sallie
Howard, then the widow of Jor
dan Councill. Tradition says
that Boone camped iu that cab
in on occasion from that time
till his final removal to the West
in 1775. Its site has been mark
ed by an imposing and worthy
monument by Col. W. L. Bryan,
of Boone.
This monument was erected in
the fall of 1912, and has attract
ed more attention since that
time than any other thing in the
town ol Booue. Not a visitor has
been here since that has not
ben interested in the reality of
the passing cf Daniel Boone
through this locality. It will for
ever stand an a memorial not
alone to Boone, but to the pub
lic spirit and patiotism of Will
iam Lewis Bryau, who also is a
direct descendeut of that Morgan
Bryan from w hom both Rebecca
Bryan, the wife ol Daniel Boone,
and William Jeunings Bryan,
the orator and statesmen, are
descended. Col. Bryan was a
brave Confederate soldier, be was
a merchant and farmer for years
and is still active and vigorous
in the management of his home
affairs. He has done more to pre
serve the history of this section
and to sid others in its preserva
tion than any one else. At seven-
tv-six Col. Bryan is still the
youngest and most patriotic cit
izen ol Boone.
(Concluded next week.)
Westto East.
W ni. Lee. Paskenta. Calif., savs
'It irives universal satisfaction and
I use only Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound 'for mv childrdn. E. C.
Rhodes, Middleton, Ga., writes: '"I
had a racking lagrippe cough and
finally got relief taking Foley's
Honey and Tar compou-d." Ose
noother in vonr family and refuse
I substitutes. For sale by all dealers.
k Ei Timber Deal.
Lpuoir Topic.
Last week the Ieuoir Lumber
Company sold 2,000 acres of fine
timber lands in Watauga near
ShuH'sMilsto the Whiting Lum
ber Company, of Awheville, the
price paid being $72,500. This
boundary of timber is consider
the most valuable iu Western
North Carolina and the deal has
attracted wide attention. The Le
noir Lumber Company is com
posed of the following stockhold
ers: Messrs. R. L. Guyn, J. H.
Beall, G. II Inoir, E. L. Steele.
and Mrs. G. L. Bernhardt.
Connected with the transfer is
a well founded rumor that a rail
road will be built into Watauga
couuty lor the development of
it It is known that the compa
ny is negotiating for the pur-
chase ol other bounaries, and a
road will doubtless be projected
from Elk Park, Cranberry or
Montezuma into this territory,
Already the Graudin Lumber
Co-owns thousands of acres of
timber in Watauga county, and
so far it is the only big lumber
corporation to occupy this terri
tory and construct a railroad in
to it, but this purchase by the
Whiting Lumber Co. seems to
mean that another big lumber
corparation is to enter this ter
ritory and will yie with the Gran
din people in the development ol
timber in that couuty by con
structing a railroad. For several
months work has been suspende J
on the Grandin road, but now
comes the announcement thai
this company has adjusted all ol
its financial difficulties, and the
construction work will be resum
ed the first of November.
Tn nv.anti.-.OT n.n nfn .n if vi ! 1 1 I w"
nothing at all to put the enemy
'Were all medicines as mentor;
uos as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy the world
would be much better off and the
percentage of suffei ing greath de.
creased," writes Lindsay Scott, of
Temple, md. For sale by all deal
ers. It's a good thing that all pro
pie do uot see alike, because,
thiuk what a world this would
be it the pessimists turned up on
top.
The Family Gough Medicine
In every nome there should be a
bottle of Dr1. King's New Discovery,
ready for immediate use when any
member of the family contracts a
cold or cough. Prompt use will stop
the spread of sickness. S. A. SiiJ,
of Mason, Mich., writes: My wnole
family depends upon Dr. King's
New Discovery as the best cougli
medicine in the world. Twc 50c.
bottles cured me of pneumonia "
Thousands of other families have
been equally benefitted and depend
entirely upon Dr. King's New Dis.
covery to cure their coughs, colds,
throat and lung troables. Every dose
helps. Price soc. and $1. All drug
gist, II. E. liucklcn & Co., Phila
delphia or St. Leuis.
NOTICE.
Any and all persons are hereby fo
bidden to hunt, fish, cut and remove
any timber of any kind, without our
permission, on any oi our lanas, or
passing over the same or in any way
committing a tresspass on the same
said lands being in three different
tracts, one lying and being iu Laurel
Creek Township, Watauga County,
adjoining the lands of Wayne Hind
man, William Kellerand ttie Farthing
land and others and containing 02
acres; the other two tracts lying and
being in Stony Fork Township, Wa
tauga County, one of which contaius
r,0 acres on the Blue Ridge west of the
Deep Gap, adjoining the lands of Aa
ron Church, W. P. Welch, Alfred Wat
son and others, and known as the old
"Larkin Greene" tract; the other
known as the W. S. Greene tract con
taining 190 acres adjoluing Larkin
Wellborne on the north and south, D.
L. Wellborne and W. E.Greene on the
west, and C. H. Cowles and W. H.
Uilleron the east. Any person or per
sons committing any tresspass as above
set forth in this notice may expect to
be prosecuted according to law.
T..G. GREENE.
R. W. GRESE, Owner.
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