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a ham. Third, pepper him and salt
him and bake him in the stove,
There was a lady on Cartoogcchay
who said she was crossing the moun
tain with her husband once, and about
every fifty yards he would say
"There 1 killed a turkey!" He had
brought in as many as three big gob
biers many a day in succession.
The Phillips family located on the
river very early. They lived near
where . the ; Cullasaja flows into the
Little Tennessee. An old Indian chie
lived just above them on (the river,
He was a glum old chief and had his
moods. When he was in a good
jovial mood, he would often invite
Father Phillips to eat a meal
hominy with ; him, The white man
and the Indian then dipped into tne
same pot and partook of the savory
food, i Then' the pipe of peace would
be smoked, and a social . chat would
lbe had. '
Indians . made up their corn mea1
into dough, rolled it in a shuck, and
cooked itv in. the ashes. They boiled
great pots of roasting ears with the
shucks on them. They claimed that
the taste of the shucks made the
roasting ears . taste better. The In
dJans were vey religious. There was
a white boy that was reared by a
nice white lady, who wanted to buy
a chicken from. an old Christian In
dian on ' Sunday. "You come back
to me thru the week I. will sell you
chicken, said the Indian. The boy
said it hurt him very much to be
reproved by an old Indian, after be
ine reared by -such 'a mother as he
had. This shows that the Indians
learned much from Humphrey" Posey
and Joshua Ammons.
Humphrey Posey was an intelligent
and scholarly man. He aided the
eanyuaptists ,10 appreciate reai gos'
pel preaching. Much of the early
. preaching by the more illiterate
preachers was mere sentiment and
appealed only to the emotions. There
was much shouting over silly tales
that appealed to the sympathies.
A story is told of a good gospel
preacher of the early times who went
to a certain piace ana preaenca
. . ' i i i
. fine gospel sermon. Not a tear was
shed and very (little interest was
shown. Ah illiterate preacher follow
ed him and told a story of a man
and his wife and children crossing a
creek carrying in the wagon a little
dog. The little dog fell out of the
wagon and was struggling in the wat
er. He pictured the dog looking up
with a pitiful expression and calling
upon the children to save him from
this terrible fate of drowning. The
women oi the audience began to
shout! The illiterate preacher shouted
out: "Shut vour mouths. I have
been only telling you a dog story and
you shout. This godly man has
preached a full gospel, and at the
lose of his discourse you did not shed
a tear. Go and learn how to recog
nize and love the gospel of God when
vou hear it. Such are the stories
they tell of the early times m the
fountains.
Tht .members of the Franklin
clffurch living in the territory of Dil-
lam Ga., asked for the privilege it
18j5l tp-meet and have worship and
receive members as an arm of the
Franklin church, which was granted.
The Carters, the Pinsons. and the
Edwards lived in this section at that
time.
, By the year 1825 other families were
'added to the membership of , the
Franklin church, viz.,. James Poteat,
Peter Mason, Thomas Jennings, John
Kirby, Edward Carter, 'Joseph Pin
son, Martin Angel, Tavenor B. Moore,
Thos. McClure, -and Young Ammons.
The Dickeys, Craigs, Ainsleys, and
Woods also lived in the county and
were members at" Franklin. There
was no church in the county in 1825
but the Franklin church, and members
in north Georgia cam ev far to church.
The Bur ch and Stewart families in
Georgia also became members. This
shows how great was the religious
destitution of the times. Many of
"ie memDcrs oi ine cnurtn ruue or
. 'ed twenty miles to attend serv
r J The Poteat , family was . a noted
.:;"i!!v. They , have furnished to. the
Il?r tists college presidents, mission
ary c and scholarly pastors through
out the Tc"ih. ,
1(,!ford and Bryson families
i . . r if. . -1 i j .
;t the Indians,-, and had
encounters. T'--
Other families were the Redmonds,
the Hicks, the Ro;;crs, the Carters,
the Martins, the Johnstons. A few
people had slaves. The Love family
had many slaves, it is said. Elizabeth
Love was one of the first to be in
terred in the Franklin Baptist grave
yard. The present pastorium plot was
secured from the state by a state
grant in 1829. The sum of eleven
dollars and twenty-five cents was paid
for the three acres. The Baptist
church plot is one of the earliest
plots in tne city, mere is a spring
at the bottom of the hill that used to
have an abundant flow.'
The Bryson family has furnished
many excellent citizens to the county
and South. A native intelligence of
noted strength seems to character
ize this old stock. School teachers
and preachers have come from this
noted family. The early ideas learned
how to sprout under the tutelage of
the Bryson school master. The rod
was not, spared in those days. An
irate parent who came to remonstrate
with the teacher,, was summarily dis
missed. If a word did not suffice to
make the enraged 6ne depart, a chair
was always handy.. The boys used
tb fight a greadeal on the way home
from school up on Ellijay . Thev
stripped to fight, and the best man
frequently went home bloody. The
one who was worsted went home in
a worse condition.
The boys went to school for a few
months in the year when it would
not interfere with making a crop.
A steer was usually given to a boy
to plow. The steer was more sure
footed than a mule and could stay
on the hillside better. One day an
Ellijay youth was plowing, when the
July sun was blistering the hillside.
He said to his steer : "Well, Buck,
when we finish this cut, we will go
to the , creek and get some water."
About that time old Buck caught a
glance of the shimmering waters of
the cool creek, and decided he would
go for the water at once. .He raced
across the field, headlong down the
hill, with the little stripling being
dragged . across the corn rows. The
boy met up with several strong
sprouts, and bushes in his swift de
scent, and was considerably scratched
when old Buck reached the creek
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side.
inis is a true story ot old
Ellijay days. Jt was so cold up on
Ellijay that they used to kill hogs
m tne summer time. It was onlv
necessary to keep the flies off the
meat, and the coolness of the weather
would save the meat. vlt was both
hot' and .cold up on Ellijay even in
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and Howard Wilkie. Jewel Alice Lee
and Velma Peek the Golden
Bells. is
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Forty thousand five hundred chap
ters in the Bible have been read to
date. The church voted and asked
that 50,000 be read by January 1,
1930. It is hoped that this will be
done. ,
Pine Grove Sunday school is said to
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nave reacneu an attendance of liy ast
bunday. This is a fine record.
Mr. Herman Childers had a fine
attendance at the Intermediate B. Y.
U, The adult B. Y. P. U. had a
good attendance. The Senior B. Y.
P. U. is makirar Droeress. A little
misbehavior is reported among the
junior c. i , f. u. Farents are ask
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ed to investigate.
Airs. Arthur Waldrooo made several
beautiful artificial bouquets of "red
lowers for 'the decoration' of the mil
pit. Holly leaves and red flowers arc
proper decoration for the Christ
mas season, i hese flowers are ap
preciated.
College night will be observed at
the evening service on December 29.
when our collecre bovs and cirls from
the various colleges of the state will
speak. The orchestra will be prfsont
in full force that nieht .'.Miss Willip
Mac Ledford is appointed committee
on arrangements.. A program will be
'lrn'shed bv the Southern Bantist
Sunday school board. Each stndrnr
will be given a subject. , ,
Christmas music will be suns; next
Sunday rnrning by the choir and
church. The pastor wil Irfeaeh
Christmas sermon. All : members are
asd to attend- . ,
The rastor visited the jail and
preached and praved with the prison
ers last Friday.' Mrs. Peek and sever
al of the trirls of her class visited
the jail and sansr for the prisoners
The pastor distributed tracts an''
Christian ' publications in the jail
aronsj the risrii'ers.
Bro. J. B. Stallcup paid a fine
compliment to the' members of the
church choir and its director, in com
pliment of the music. He made a, talk
about the pavement in front of' the
church.
(Bro. Stallcup lacks $56 of having
Ho'ish to nav fc the new paveme"l
tf -..of the. church. Let iip heir
I'M 1.. - .
J. E. Rickman, Jr., of the U. S. S.
Trenton, is spending the holidays iir
Franklin with home folks.
William McGuire, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. McGuire, who is a senior
at Davidson college, is at home for
the Christmas holidays.
Miss Sue Hunnicutt, senior student
at N. C. C. W. has returned to Frank
lin to spend the holiday season with
he parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Hunnicutt.
Miss Edwina Dalrymple, teacher
in the primary grades of the tiayes
vilel school, is at home for the Christ
mas season.
School girls' haircuts in all latest
styles, 35 cents. Munday Hotel Beau
ty Shop. Adv.. 3tpJ2
Andy Andrews, who has been at
the Maxwell school for boys in this
county for the last seven years, is
learning the printing trade at .ine
Press office. Andy s home was orig
inally in West Virginia.
Miss Ann Moore came through
Franklin last Saturday on her way
to Ellijay where she will spend the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. .Moore. She is
attending Sylva high schol. ,
Mr Charlie Moore was in Franklin
last Saturday from Ellijay. . ..
Miss Amy Henderson
visited - r.
Franklin last Saturday.
Ed Camenter. of Hiedonville, ' was
shopping in Franklin last Saturday.
Mr. Carpenter is principal of .the
Higdonville schol.
Tribute in Memory
Of W. J. Jenlcins
Another voice is silenced. One, has
gone from our midst out into the
fields of Paradise, roaming in eterna
bliss.
This time it was our own dear
father, W. J. Jenkins, who departed
from this life October 4, 19p9, about
6:30 a. m. Already we are missing
his presence. His kind, quiet, unself
ish habits are visible to us no more
No more do we hear that counseling
voice which rang in tones so pure.
He was sick about eighteen months,
although not confined to .bed all that
time. Times were when we had, much
assurance of hJ recovery. AH dur
ing his ' sickness'! he spoke of death
and freely' asserted his willingness to
die. When the - last moments came
he was consciousJ to the last, and
kftew, as he expressed it, . that he
"was going out" The last gentle
stroke was so light that there seemed
tn h no "stine in death." All that
he wished we granted, if it was with
in our power.
To live to see the new church fin
ished, which he was. doing much to
construct, was a wish of his that was
fulfilled. The church was being used
for services and was near completion
To die in autumn when Nature had
finished her tasks and put on her
colors was a wish divined by One
who knoweth best.
All through life I knew my lather
to be grave, pious, and careful what
he said about others. His daily life
suggested one in close touch with
God. He was self-sacrificing and
humble. My earliest recollection of
him extends to a time when I was
very small A meeting was in prog
ress at Snow Hill. After supper he
would take mother and us children
to church a mile away in the twi
light: A younger sister . he carried,
and led me by the hand. An older
sister did not have to be led. I may
not have been more than three years
old. Father was a loyal friend to his
family,- always interested in their
moral and religious affairs.
I felt some emotional effect in his
love and interest in me when he em
ployed a .noted musician and lady of
much accomplishment, Mrs. W. B.
Marritt of Black Mountain, to teach
lis music.
Father was- a member of the Snow
Hill church for about sixty years, and
a Sunday school superintendent most
of his life. At Sunday school was
where you would find him and the
ministers of the gospel knew where
he lived. Once at home when I was
hardly grown, he told about his early
Christian relations and said he "cer
tainly did meet with a change." He
mentioned many things about the pro
fession of religion that I haven't time
to enumerate. He belonged to. Snow
st!,5ols in Ms con county. He rc
ceived cmi-loynicnt in the State Legis
lature for more than a quarter of a
century, and has been entrusted with
many things irt life that showed his
ability as well as his reliability. At
his little reading table was where he
was often seen at home. Any intel
ligent man was papa's teacher. He
always provided his family with re
ligious literature. The strongest ad
vice ever given was his caution, "Do
unto others as you would have them
do unto you," from the Bible. "
I understand my 'father vividly in
his little book of poems, "Mountain
Rythms by a Mountaineer," but still
nothing dear in my father's career
goes so, deeply in my heart as the
memory of those early scenes when
he led me by the hand.
I used to note how elderly women
mentioned' their father in such an
interested way, but while I always
had much regard for my own, the
word "father now falls on my heart
with unusual force.
' MRS. DORA ELMORE.
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