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America's Foremost Makers oi Overalls, Work Shirts and Pants. Dress Shirts, Playsuits. PARADES PAGEANTRY HS H E VI L L E JmA NORTH CAROLINA t^Invites ^ou JUNE 15 - 19 NINTH ANNUAL RHODODENDkON FESTIVAL P IVE merry, care-frec clays and nights-- to glorify the matchless attractions of a matchless section . . and usher in another vacation season in “The Land of The Sky." Pomp and pageantry! Carnival gaiety! Parades! Vast expanses of blooming Rhododendron—Craggy Gardens, Pis- gah Cjardens, etc! Great Smoky Mountains National Park! World-famed scenic wonders! Cool, crisp mountain air! Come for the Festival ... or come later. A land of rare beauty and warm hospitality awaits! Low Railway Farat Pullman 8««^ic« Pavad Highwaya from Everywhara BLACK BASS MOST POPULAR By DICK WOOD The black bass, small- mouth or large- mouth, is the most popu lar game fish that swims in American inland wa ters. There have been many hot arguments as to which is the gamer, bass or ^ trout. Certainly the bass ‘ is no inferior fighter. TThe small-mouth bass taken on a flyrod will put up a fight not surpassed by any fresh water game fish of equal weight. The sniall-moiith is geiK*iall> taken ill rapids, fast water over a rocky bot tom, or around nxk led}ii“s. "1 he largi- nioiith tiequeiit laki's, ponds and still holes in rivers, prcfering weed beds and lily pads tor cover. Dark splotches ot the sniall-niouth are iiuliiu'd to be ver tical. In the large-inouth, the dark line is lengthwise of the fish. Scales of the former are smaller. Plenty of Fight 'I’he main points of identification an- the nioutii, and cheek scales. The aii^l.- «>t the sinall-inouth’s maxillary stops un der the eye; in the large-mouth it ex tends back of the eye. 1 he smali-mouth has 17 rows of scales on the cheek to 10 or i 1 on the large-mouth. I'he sniall- inouth is also apt to announce its cogno men in the way it fights, because no large-mouth can equal it. Hoth are taken by bait fishing, bur the most iwpiilar method of taking the large-mouth is by casting “plugs.” I'lie small-mouth takes flies readily, but es- IH'cially nature lures and spinner tlies. The most killing lure 1 used last season for small-inouths was a I’eck’s under water minnow 111 the liabcock pattern. Landing a 10-poun-d l^rge-mouth baa* in a Florida lake near Lynne I hey just ate it up! One ot the best early season luies tor the bass is tlie helj;ramite, fouiul iiiuler the stones of mountain streams. ()thei favorite baits are minnows, frogs, spring lizards, grasshoppers, crickets, crawfisli, and bugs. Fly rod artists will need a box full of popular bass bugs, in about 1 -O SliM'. Watch For Strike Hait casting is generally done from boats. Start the season with a new 18- lb. test, silk braided line and a tew half ounce lures. I am partial to the River Runt and Crab Wiggler lures; although a jointed minnow is second best. Un der-water lures should predominate. A few vveedless feathered lures are needed to get among the pads, \lake your casts close in under over-hanging banks, iK-xt to rock ledges ajid weed patches. When tly fishing tor small-mouth, let your lure ride down with the rapids, pulling it by submerged rocks or over underwater crevices where the bass hide. Work the big iwols. U-t youi under water lure sink, then retrieve a yard >it a time, imparting life-like action. When fishing surface bugs, leave them motion less on the water tcjr a minute, then twitch the rod tij), and look out tor the strike. There’s all kinds of weather signs— some of ’em fairly accurate—us fellers on the farm use—at least get a good deal of fun out of it: rain crow a-holler- ing—almanac signs—an’ things like that —but the beatin’est thing anybody ever heard of was a feller experimentin’ and studyin’ to work outa way to tell how hot or cold it is by a cricket’s chirp, un less it gets colder than 50 degrees, for when it gets chillier than that crickets jest don’t sing. Nearly everybody kiM)ws that the wanner the weather the faster a cricket chirps—the way to do is to take out your watch and count the chirps in a second and add 40 to it, and that’s the temperature. An’ talkin’ about crickets, the bug books say their ears are in their legs— and that cicadas—we call ’em locusts— all the females are deaf—an’ tiu; funny part about it, that “/.izzy” sound they make is supposed to be a love song and his best gal can’t even hear him singin.’ In Ireland the pig’s known as “The (leiitlemaii that pays the lent—and he’s about that here, tcx) — ’cause a hog'll prcnluce more meat from ux> ll)s. of feed than any other animal. He'll eat and JESTA-WHITTLIN' AN'A-THINKIN' BY PETE GETTYS grow and fatten on more kinds of feed than will any otiier critter—an’ hogs can be sold at any time or age or weight. Ever look in the dictionary and see the clifterent things “hog” means“A sheep about a year old that has never been shorn;” “To cut short a horse’s mane so as to make it bristly.” Surely no more colossal ignorance could exist than some town fellers’ sense, or lack of it, alxnit things in the coun try. I'he other day a new neighbor cAmc to borrow a gun to shoot a “chinuiey swt;-p” that sang all night. It was a mocking bird, and he thought it a “chim ney sweep” ’cause it sat up on his chim ney and sang—and his wife complained ’cause the quail waked her up at day light “Kob-whiting” and called the bull a “male cow”-—and fussed because there was water in the buttermilk. Eatin’ peas with your knife and usin’ toothpicks maybe ain’t the best modern manners, but a Ip* of fellers in the coun try who do this .lave got a lot ujorc brains in their head, and know a mcKk- ing bird from a “chimney sweep.” Truth is there’s a lot of comfort and satisfaction in breakin’ some of the rults of etiquette—eating chicken with your fingers and sopping big hot sody biskits in the gravy, and “sucking up” your coffee like the old folks used to. May not be just the thing to do—but it makes ’em taste mighty good.