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TJSDAV, MARCH 19, 1942 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 11 y-v v 1 if- o r o 1 r no ML otco I ML HUMAN SIDE 0' LIFE irHT TOBACCO DAYS" f the most vivid recollec- ?f theu" -hood days is the id "cured (then called V and marketed bright J Before the cattle indus .trted up in this county, SSid 'almost altogeth- Ern-cured tobacco for cash. ,Z didn't bring enough to ! dPs meet, as was often ,,e we spliced out as best fuld with chickens and eggs, n7 "the hens laid just as ack then as they do now Y, eegs had a way of seU pyaring on the family table ever old "dommer" cackled Iv meant another egg for the e'r In very cold weather the were kept covered up in a ,t under the bed or in the iey corner to be counted but eaten. However, when the eot down to six cent a , the Go signal was given. W KICK I" uaiu--jr Lr:" Have you noticed the number of weaK-Dacuea men to 70 years of age? Well, came from raising eight- cents bright tobacco. When the price destroyed our morale then our backs gave away. On a re cent trip through Crabtree, Fines Creek and Iron Duff, one of my daughters asked why so much worn, red clay and thin brown sedge land was still un-reclaimed. "Why do the farmers let it get like that?" she asked. "It was worn out, most of it, by tobacco thirty-five to sixty years ago," I told her. Yes and in the mean time there was many a good man and woman, worn out with it. And so far as we youngsters were concerned, we got little rest, few vacations, and no promotions! They didn't have the steel gaffs to put on the tobacco sticks like they do now; we split the stalks with . a tobacco knife and strung them on a stick. "Most anybody could drop the plants on the hills, but I'm telling you, it took a strong back to set the plants in the hill properly and hold out at the work. I used to try to see how many plants I could set without raising up to straighten my aching back then when I'd straighten up it seemed like I could see stars. Bury Feud to Enlist Two members of the famous feuding families, the Hatfieldn and McCoys, enlist at Charleston, W. V., in the Marine Corps, taking the pledge to bury the axe in the Axis. Left, is Cabell Terry Hatfield. Right is Ed ward LaPort, whose mother was a McCoy. Both are nineteen and come from Matewan, W, Va. (Central Press) High Cash Prices For TAN BARK We are in the Market for both Chest nut Oak and Hemlock Tan Bark. If you have any to sell, come to our Office at once and secure contract. hum Your Tan Bark Into CASH Junaluska Tannery HAZELWOOD, N. C. When very tired I would often get on my knees and jump from hill to hill, somewhat like a frog hop ping. The cutting and curing season lasted about a month September and sometimes into October. The nights spent sitting up at the barns "running the 'heat" and drying out the tobacco furnished variety but certainly no rest. The most particular and scientific work connected with the bright tobacco business was "running the heat." I remember that my father was pretty expert at it, and our neigh bors would sometimes get him to superintend the heat-running at their barns. We watched the barns at night by shifts; first shift lasted till twelve or one o'clock, second shift was for the rest of the night. It was nothing unusual for a watcher to wash his face in cold water in order to keep awake. Often in the fore part of the night we made merry. With water melons and peaches (they grew well here then) also roasting ears to feast on, and often with someone to "pick" the banjo or play the harp, time didn't usually drag until well after midnight. Sometimes two or three tobacco barns in a com munity would be close enough together so that the merry mak ing could be heard from one to the other. As a boy, tending my shift, I have often listened to the strains of "Cindy," "Sourwood Mountain," or "Cripple Creek" as the music came through the still night from another barn. Tobacco from this county was mostly marketed at Ashe ville, and at first was hauled in covered "schooner" wagons; although later, the farmer got to shipping most of it, from Clyde, in large tierces. Clyde at that time was the prin cipal shipping point in the county and was one of the best markets for chickens, eggs, etc. As a boy of about twelve years I saw my first train at Clyde. I was OS VITAL NEWS Miss Valeria Hicks, of Clyde, route 1, operative case, is better. medical case, is better. Miss Juanita Smith, of Canton, medical case, is improving. Jack Price, of Clyde, route 1, medical case, is resting fairly well. Ralph, Evans, of Canton, route 2, operative case, is improving. Mrs. S. E. Carter, of Waynes ville, route 1, operative case, is better. Mrs. H. C. Shook, of Clyde, op erative case, is resting more comfortably. R. V. Putman, of Waynesville, route 1, operative case, is better. The condition of Wiley Varner, of Canton, operative case, is good. Mrs. Cecil Mauney, of Hazel wood, medical case, is resting fair ly well. Miss Virginia Wright, of Way nesville, route 2, operative 'case, is satisfactory. Mrs. Arthur Wilson, of Canton, operative case, is improving. Mrs. Jack Clark, of Canton, op erative case, is better. Mrs. Luscius Caldwell, of Cove Creek, medical case, is improving. Mrs, Howard Moore, of Waynes ville, route 1, operative case, is resting fairly well. Mrs. James Heatherly, of Can ton, route 1, operative case, is better. Mrs. W. C. Miller, of Canton, operative case, is resting more comfortably. The condition of Mrs. George Stewart, of Hazelwod, operative case, is good. James Owen Franklin, of Cove Creek, medical case, is resting fairly well. Morris Cochran, of Hazelwood, on the way to tovi with an older brother; we were nearly into Clyde, about the Charlie Sniathers place, when the train pulled out toward Waynesville. I stood up in the wagon so as to get a good look at the monster; but in joking me about it, they said I started to jump out and run. . The price of bright tobacco held up pretty well here until about 1898 when the price got so low it often didn't pay for the fertilizer and freight bill then everybody quit growing it. For the next twenty-five years or more, there was very little tobacco raised in this county. Between 1925 and 1928 the burley experiment was tried out and by 1931, our farmers were growing it extensively. 1L E2i' Quality and Real Service, see SAVE TIME SAVE MONEY ave Tire Wear! N your wheels lined up right . . . jhampion Motor Company Canton, N. C. pialuska Supply famine shop Phone 88 f Brazing General Repair Garage Work Lathe & planer L WORK neraj Merchandise jCrade A. MeaU ; f Dnr Goods ; v Vegetables Shoes BRADLEY'S ? 326 Hjuw1 Newest Modern Stitcher Modern LAMAC-W E L D for Invisible Soling. Champion Shoe Shop HURRY! HURRY! Let's Go To Charlie's Place Delicious Sandwiches Curb Service Eyes Examined C ON S V LT DR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST 125 Main Street Wells Bldg. For Appointment Telephone 2483 Cantos, N. C. Phone 196 See " Service Cleaners For Service First Satisfaction Always . . ; In the Basement of the Boyd Building Entrance through the Boyd Furniture Store Real Estate Automobile And Fire Insurance ATKINS Insurance Agency Phone 301 Designing Re-Stlying Alterations-Tailoring MRS. HENRY GADDY East Street The Holly Real Home Cooking If you like real healthful, ap petizing, home cooking, then here's the place to get it. DINNER PARTIES MRS. H. W. BURNETTE Phone 317-W Brookmont Dr. Don't Wait If you are worried about what to cook. Don't cook at all! :''.:'., Just come to the Green Tree Tea Room and look over our delicious menu . then without another wor ry order just what you want. You get all the health and vitamins of real home cooking with the assurance that it will be cooked just right. It's really inexpensive, too. Come Today ! Green Tree Tea Room Phone 9165 Babv Marv Gavle KirkDatrick. of Hazelwood, medical case, is resting more comfortably. The condition of Miss Carolyn Powers, of Hazelwood, perative case, is fairly good. Miss Earlene Standridge. of Can ton, operative case, is better. Discharged The following were discharged from the Haywood County Hospital during the past week: William Wells, Miss Ruby Ledford, Mrs. W. J. Stone and baby, Mrs. Elmer Keener and baby, Clay Ingle, Miss Alice Caldwell, Mrs. Carroll Wright and baby, Mrs. Willard Garret and baby, Mrs. Clinton Rid er and baby, Mrs. Floyd Caldwell and baby, Mrs. Stephen Cogdill and baby. Jack McLean, Robert Under wood, Mrs. Lester Jenkins, Mrs. Jack Medford and baby, Mrs. James Queen, Mrs, Thad Tipton, Master Douglas Moore, Miss Joan Caldwell, Mrs. Dick Bradley and baby, Mrs. Joe Sutton, Mrs. Adam Knight, Mrs. D. M. Cagle, Bill Williams, Mrs. Audrey Clontz and baby, Dr. R. Frederick Brown, Mrs. Roosevelt Kirkpatrick. Also Master Glenn Ashe, Miss Shirley Silver, Miss Mildred Ded- deinfield, Mrs. Arthur Queen, Mrs. Perry Heatherly, Mrs. G. B. Fer guson, J. W. Henson, Mrs. Roy Norris, Miss Loretta Hannah, Mrs Irene Seay, Lily Coleman (color ed), Mrs. Clyde McCracken, Hor ace Downs, Wilson Kirkpatrick, and Mrs. Sani Welch and baby. Births Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hipps, of Candler, announce the birth of a son on March 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Medford, of Waynesville. route 2. announce the birth of a daughter on March 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bradley, of Waynesville, route 2, announce the SAUYS SALLIES OICTmG DOEiKT NfkP-J IVCRYTIMC I ri r SQO HtAl it! birth of a son on March 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Roth Kilpatrick, of Clyde, announce the birth of a son on March 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trull, of Waynesville, announce the birth of a daughter on March 10th, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Phillips, of Mt. Sterling, announce the birth of a daughter on March 11th. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Under wood, of Waynesville, route 1, an nounce the birth of a daughter on March 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Parris. of Waynesville, announce the birth of a daughter on March 11th. Out-of-Town Preacher To Hold Holiness Service ' Rev. R. 3. Jackson, of Elizabeth, S. d will preach at the Congrega tional Holiness church here on next Sunday the 22nd, at 2:30 in the afternoon. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. of a son on March 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Calhoun, of Hazelwood, announce the birth of a daughter on March 12th. Mr. and Mrs. George Price, of Waynesville, route 1, announce the birth of a daughter on March 13th. Mr. and Mrs. Coot Inman, of Canton, route 2, announce the birth of a son on March 13th. Mr. and Mrs. John Ledford, of Canton, announce the birth of a son on March 13th. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, of Canton, announce the birth of a son on March 14th. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Pless, of Canton, announce the birth of a son on March 15th. Navy recruiting offices were so flooded with applicants after war was declared that they had to close temporarily. Mr. and Mrs. John Ashe, of Can ton, route 1, announce the birth of a daughter on March 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, of Canton, route 2, announce the birth JoHfUtvw MUerjor GliniLUJ lUMITl.SAlVI.M03t MOTS Superior Cleaning Pays Light fabrics demand ex pert cleaning to keep them fresh and new looking. We will turn out high quality work for you every time. At our reasonable prices you can afford to be ready for all oc casions with freshly cleaned jlothes. Try us. 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