THURSDAY, FEBRUARY H
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One of County's
Oldest Residents
Writes History
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aiourul one hundred all told, and only
three streets Main, which extended
from Dr. Allen's to the Gudger prop
erty; one leading to Pigeon; and or.e
now known as Chuich Street, leading:
to White Sulphur Springs and Jona
than Creek. The road leading into
Waynesville from Asheville after cros
sing the ijhelton Branch, turned South
anti continued around the rear of all
buildings now on Main Street as far
as where the Book Store now stands.
Acid
STOMACH
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For Troupe
due toAoj
fAOC
rXCESS acid is the common cause
of indigestion. It results ia pain and
sourness about two hours after eat
ing. The quick corrective is an alkali
which neutralizes acid. The best
corrective is Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia. It has remained standard with
physicians in the 50 years since its
invention.
One spoonful of Phillips Milk of
.Magnesia neutralizes instantly many
tunes its volume in acid. Harmless,
and tasteless, and yet its action is
quick. You will never rely on crude
methods, once you learn how qukkiy
this method acts.
Be sure to get the genuine. "Milk
of Magnesia has been tfce U. S.
Registered Trade Mark of ke
Charles II. Phillips Chemical Com
pany aod its predecessor Charles H.
Phillips since 1875.
There were no sidd walks. Stock
roamed at will.
There were two stors John Wtfbors
and Howell sold goods where Miller's
Harness shop now stands and the
Herren's near the Mizell Filling Sta
tionand two churches the Metho
dist, at the cemetery which had the
only church bell in the county; and
the old Baptist Church where the Al
len residence now stand.-.
The Presbyterians and Episcopal
ians had no building of their own, but
held regular monthly sen-ices in the
Methodist Church conducted by Rev.
Graves, a Piesiyterian who lived in
the Mills River section in Henderson
County, and R. Bue!, an Episcopalian
who lived in Asheville. There wa.s
one small school building which stood
near Dr. Allen's office where Prof.
Mclver taught school until the house
became too small to care for the in
crease in children.
Dr. G. D. S. Allen moved from
Pigeon River, now Canton, and began
practicing medicine here in 18G8.
,I- S. Ij, Ixne and Dr. M. H. Rogers
were the only practicing physicians
and W. P. Welch and Sam Bryson,
who moved to Texas soon after the
war, were the lawyers.
There was one hotel operated by
Mrs. Battle and one shoe shop operat
ed by Alfred Rich.
John Swanger's black smith shop
stood near where the Library build
ing now stands. Two tanneries, one
operated by Walter Brown and the
other by E. B. Herren, tanned the
leather used for making shoes for the
people. An old fashioned com mill
with an old fashioned saw mill at
tached ground the corn into meal and
.-a wed logs into lumber. This mill
a.- where the roller mill is now lo
cated, i
In the band mill section there stood
a double log house with a chimney
in the middle, occupied by Tom Brown,
an exclave and his wife. -After the
days work wa.s done and they had
eaten their supper, while she was pre
paring to retire for the night, Tom
would .pas.?. the. time-away blowing his
bugle. Tom was an expert bugler
and at early dawn you could hear its
shrill notes.
Three mail route went out from
Waynesville one to Webster, one to
Jonathan, and ene .to Asheville. Mail
was carried on horse back with two
days to make a round trip. There was
no publishing house west of Asheville.
The Asheville Citizen, a four page j
paper edited by the late Natt Atkin-j
son, was published on Thursday and
i arrived at the Waynesville PostOffice '
on Saturday.
A. J. Herren was post master of
the Waynesville Township which in
cluded a portion of Clyde and Ivey '
Hill.
Two conspicious characters of that!
tun were Daboro McGee and his
sister, who weighed about three hun
dred pounds each. The older occu-:
pied her whole time when not asleep j
or sick reading the Bible while the ;
younger sold whiskey to a large trade,"
especially during court week, which
convened in March and September.!
The court house was small and poorly
equipped. There was no bell to call
the people together. j
Cornelius Curry, court caller, stood !
at the front door and called with a
thrill voice the witnesses, whenever
needed.
The court officers at that time were
Judge Cannon, R. M. Henry, solicitor,
G. S. Ferguson clerk of court, and A.
J. Murray, sheriff-
The whrr of the old spinning wheel
and the batter of the hand loom coold
be heard in different parts of the
town. Cooking, to a great extent, wasi
done around the open fire.
But as time rolled on the people!
became partially adjusted to the new'
order of conditions. The spirit of im
provement was very noticeable along
many lines. The people realizing the
need of a school building to care fori
the rising generation, erected a tw-o!
t
room brick building near where the
present building now standi. W. ('.
and C. W. Milier came to Waynesville
arid bought a house and lot known ts
the Hyatt property and operated a
harness shop where they manufactur
ed harness, saddles, etc.
W. C. Francis, a carpenter, erected
a small house on the Dr. Way proper
ty and lived there some time. He also
erected a store house where he and
John A. Ferguson sold goods. Later
Howell and Rogers engaged in a gen
eral merchandise business. This; is
khere Ray's Variety store new stands.
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for first insertion; half price for
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Minimum charge of 2"c.
POULTRY MEN Get the best qual
ity at the lowest price for your
llaby Chicks. V. S. S. Starting
and Growing Mash $2.50 per 100
pound.. Rhodarnu-r &. Smathers.
.Opinion. N. C. Feb -11-18-25
INSURANCE For all kinds of in
surance, with reliable companies
see J. M. Newton, your insurance
man, at the Waynesville Insurance
Agency, Over The Mountaineer
Office.
FOUNTAIN PENS REPAIRED
at
THE WAYNESVILLE PH A R.MAO
by
I. H. Tharkstnn
FOR SALE Six Angora goats Sec
II. C. Wilburn.
QUICK SELLING Ut the want
aJ column f The Mountaineer
prove its ability as a speedy and
efficient sales meiium.
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Uie package as pictured abov? .
ycu tan nwer be sure that you
re taking the genuine Aspirin
that, thousands prescribe in their
J tily practice.
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puffy your protection against the
is always
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i$RiiUtion. Millions of-, user;
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Headaches Neuritis
Colds fcura!gia
Sore Throat Lumbago
Rheumatism Toothache
JVe . henm ut afttr-efects follow ils
nen aoa oat uterus ifie heart.
Alden Howell and G. S. and W. B
Ferguson and W. L. Norwood obtained
license to practice law. Main Street
changed to its present location.
W. L. Tata and J. C L. Gudger
caT.e here iv. H70 and started tj prac
tice law.
Mr.-. Ma:y Mull, who wa present
on all public o.-casions with her ginger
cakes and cider, bought a lot opposite
the new court bvmse, and built a house.
Jerry Ratcliff built where the Bon
Air Hotel now stands. Alden Howell
butft w-hett the Gordon stands. V.
L. Tate built near the Presbyter
ian Church. Hail Felmet built near
the Le Faine Hotel, and William
Bright built a house used as a hotel'
near where the National Bank stands.
R. K. Harris from Hickory purchas
ed a lot on Hazel Street, erected a
house where Jim Palmer now lives,
and sold windows, doors, sa.hes and
other building material in a small
house where the Swift Garage now
stands.
By and net of the Legislature in
1S71 the town was incorporated and
by that act some .spirit of gTowth was
manifested. Herren and Means en
gaged in a General Merchandise busi
ness in the old Herren store house,
Benners and Brown in the old Welch
store house, Henry Lee where Miller
Harness shop now stands. J. C. and
J. L. Smathers bought the Johnson
property and carried on a general
mercantile business also buying cattle,
hogs, sheep and county produce for
the southern market.
J. Shehon was elected neriff and
lived in the band mill section some
time, He afterwards bought ar.d
built a house on Pigex:i Street where
W. T. Shelton r.ow lives.
The town was becoming noted for
its beautiful scenery, bracing air,
healthful climate, pure water, and
hospitable citizens claimed the atten
tion of tourists which flocked here in
great numbers. Thi- creatt-d a great
er spirit of improvement among the
people in looking after the .-anitary
conditior. cf the town, building side
walks, building new and improving
old buildings. New enterprises sprung
up. The progress was slow but :n
general, improvement equalled any
town of its size in the State.
W. H. Arrington, 72
lieoy 01 Making vj,
to Be Profitable
Farm Meetings Were Held
Last Week in County
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vUn. and Mrs. J. R. Boyd.
Last week a program was given them he can tell when
Allen's Creek School to an auow
ha- filled the school to overflowing.
(Continued from
it thU meetine Mrs. Hardin Howell
county chairman of the woman's work,
appointed Mrs. R. O. Allen, chairman
and Mrs. Belle Bright secretary of
the Allen's Creek district for the wo
man's work in that community.
Mrs. H. W. Baucom, of Waynes
ville, spoke on beautrf-catron of the
home and its value.
The garden club, which Is an active
organization of Allen's Creek was
reorganized at this meeting and 16
new members enrolled. The purpose
of this club is to plant more and bit
ter gardens.
On Thursday a meeting was held
at Bethel, with .Van Wells, W. A
Moore, G. L. Abels, and Ed Wells
appointed as a committe for the men's
work.
Those appointed on the woman's
work for Bethel were Mrs. J. M.
Cathey, Mrs. Paul Hyatt and Mrs. R.
0. Kelley.
Bruce Webb, promotional director
of the farm program, of Asheville,
presented the outlined program, :t3
purpose and value.
i At all these meetings the vocational
class presented a play, pertaining to
j fa'm life in Haywood cour.ty. They
also furnished string music for all
meetings.
On Friday night Jas. L. Robinson
I presented the farm program to the
night school students of Miss Powell
at Sunburst.
The students showed much interest
and promised to help carry out the
program in their communitj
Mr. Bonner Ray, of Waynesville, ij
'scheduled to address the students of
the night school class next Friday
i night.
! Meet-sings for the coming week are
i as follows:
! Thursday, Feb, 11, Clyde,
j Monday, Feb, 15, Morning Star.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, Rock Spring.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, Maggie.
Thursday, Feb. lb, Curso.
unseen
0;
has been acquired.
Mr. Arrington ha.
cabinet-makers business
years, one oi nis nrst ;oa
ing with the interior wo
Episcopal church. He s;.,.
pride at the several differed (
of the woodwork of the oh-irc-
made. At that time he ?,a.
years old.
Mr. Arrington does no:
his time to making vioknj aj.j,
making, but has a i::ce fir,
orchard and grows some of 'V
apples in the county. In orde"
for these apples Mr. Arriagtji
a large modern apple storage
this fall. The capacity
Crete construction.
J. A. Trull, 69, Wi
Known Here,
Mr. J. A. Trull, a b:,Vfti
of Canton, died at his h )mc -!
Wednesday. February !.
Mr. Trull was 69 years .jij.
he married Miss Delia lr.nia
died in 1921, and to this ur.io
born five children: James C. 1
Leer Park, Washington; Jo,.
Trull of Canton; Nellie E. Fi
Luther, N. C; and Mary A.
Oleiiy Springs, Colorado. w
survive; and Nola E. Trull, Je
In 192:i he married Mrs. Mar;
of Waynesville and to this Mi
bom one child, Blanche Trull.
Mr. Trull was a member
church at Canton and was a
Worker both in church aiv!
School.
He is survived by his w:d
children, 26 grand children, .
grand-children, 5 brothers an.,
ters."
! IF YOU HAVE A WEAK 1
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i FRANK EN STEIN.
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FEBRUARY 19, and 22.
argains Galore in Every Store
Prices Have Been Slashed for This Event (
Never Before Such Values
BE HERE EVERY DAY
NEW SPECIALS DAILY
Watch Next Week's Papfr for Prces Quoted by the Leading
Business Houses !fWchans o Waynesville
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