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PAGE FOUR (Second Section) . THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLfY ( YOU ABOUND TWirCtSAR ") S ? g STORF ALL MOffrNING AJOW 2, 7 XOU CAN HAN& THERE UNTIL -? Z 4 I THE WIND BLOWS "1H SMOKE -n 7 5 T 4 S OUT OF YOU CLOTHES -ANY ' V ' i7 74TUE MEANTIME ' ' " Zf. ' y cllTb WILL SMOKe IV jf UP THE- HOUSE r nrVlV TRANSACTIONS IN fteaf Estate Waynesvllle Township N. of May Leatherwood. et al. to r: Honrinrson et al.. trustees Church of God. W. Howard Hyatt and A T. Ward, trustee, to Shepard and Sinimerman. J. A. Gann to L D Thrash. Walker Lee Messer and wife to John Henry Huff. C. K. Muse and wife to Connie Muse and wife. James Ralph Dunn to Edward (Jlavich and wife. Lvm Shepard and wife to Oscar Shuler and wife. David Underwood. Jr . and wife to H V. Welch. J. L. Krady, Jr . and wife to Jack M. Davis and wife. Gruver C. Leatherwood and wife to HoDcrt F. Jones and wife. Ronald W. Adkins and wife to James U. Wyatt. Silbuig Lee Kobinson and wife to Glenn N. Messer and wife Beaverdam Township Ji-ptha Thomas Smathers to Name Mabel Hardin. Canton Building and Loan Asso riaiion and S. M Robinson, trus tee, to Ernest Holcombe and wile. Mary H. Reese to Clarence Flem inons and wife. R. U Caddis and wife to Wil liam Hugh Bumgarner and wife. Kmc st Holcombe and wife to Harding Stephenson M D Beck and wife to James Bernard Anderson and wife. Leona Rhinehart Clark and hus band to C S. King et al. (Continued From Page One) grown on paicnes ot leiilie, well ,i cmi larffflv for home use. On sides ot many hills and ridges of the valley' there are apple orchards, and in some districts great numbers ot peach trees are being set out on the hillsides. In raising of cattle is tne most important Uve-stocK industry, lo wai'd the south, the pastures may be grazed nine or ten montfis a veai. tor grasses remain green "througn most ot the rather mild winter season and an abundance ot hav and other toed is grown. Mere sntds proviue enough protection in tne comer weather. As you snould e.viH'ci there are more dairy cattle near the towns and near the rail roads and the better country roads, and more beef cattle farther away irom markets and highways. The tarmeis in some parts ot the Wal ic sell mucn poultry and many eggs. There is mucn wen-drained, gravelly soil which helps to pro vide healtntul conditions tor poul try. The hens lay well in the win ter, when the prices ot eggs are hign in city markets, because the winters are mud and the hens have plenty ot green tood. Train loads ot live poultry are shipped about once a week ot New YorK City lrom the chief poultry market in east ern Tennessee These poultry train have right ot way over all other trains except the fast passenger trains, 'lwice a year, too, before Thanksgiving and before Christ mas, a train known as the "Turkey Special" is rushed from this Ten nessee poultry market to New York. A man is sent with each car to feed and water the turkeys in it, some 1200 in number, and to see Clyde Township Joe S Hardin and wife to Wil liam G Haney R L Penland and wife to Cecil C Spencer and wife. Ivy Hill Township Cora May Moody and husband to C B Ferguson and wife. Crabtree Township Eie L VCrscker! Trey Mc cracken and wife Finrt Creek Township Herman Green. Bentie Green and Helen Green to Reeves R. Hawkins It Cost $10 But Maybe Lesson Was Worth It WORCESTER, Mass. UP) It, tost $10. but 13-year-old Roland i nuoerauio. nau a lessvn iic iivi likely to forget. With a $10 bill, the lad set out to buy an air rifle. A sporting goods store clerk said he was too young. Hubereauld met an older youth who agreed to buy it. Roland wait ed outside for some time, then went in to investigate. The -friend" had slipped out of the store by a side door with the $10. The grave of Mark Twain is in Elmira, N. Y . near the place where he had a summer home. that they are welshed accurately at the end of the Journey. These mountainous lands are a maie of ridges and valleys. The ridges are covered Jor the most part to their very tops with toresis. r'arms occupy tne valleys, and cul tivated bits of land dot tne slopes. This "land of the sky", as the high er parts of the Appalachian high lands have been called, is so strik ingly diiterent in every way trom tne neighboring lowlands, that It has also been called "a country within a country". Some of the highlanders whose cabins are tuck ed away In the little valleys and "coves" of . the rougher sections call all outsiders "foreigners". Few railroads have invaded the moun tains and in some districts, the bowlderstrewn beds of streams serve part of Jhe time as roads. When the streams are high, nearly all travel must stop save that on foot or horseback along- the wind ing forest trails. Many of the high landers are shut oft from almost all connection with the outside world. Corn is tbe chief crop in the rougher parts of the highlands. It produces more food per acre than any other crop, serves to feed both people and stock, can be ground into meal as needed. The yields of corn and of other crops are largest on the bottoms of the larger val- levs. where the soils may be en riched by the deposits of overflow ing streams, and there all usable land Is likely to be cultivated. But many of the farmers are forced to I grow corn on slopes. Some ot them are too steep and loo stony to be l plowed. On the rougher farms, little is grown in the way of cereals other j than corn. A few oats commonly are raised, and a few acres may be used for hay or other forage. In some cases, a little broom corn is grown, and in many cases some to-hK-co for home use. Almost all 1 farmers have gardens, in which ! beans, potatoes, onions, and per haps pumpkins and a few other vegetables are grown. Some of the vegetables are prepared for winter use. Beans are dried in the pod, and pumpkins are sliced and spread I out on the cabin roof to dry in the autumn sunshine. Wild fruits, es pecially blackberries, add in their' season to the supply of food, and i many farmers have a few apple trees and peach trees. In these ' more rugged districts, away from j the railroads, it is useless for the farmer to grow what his family or family or stock cannot eat, for it would not pay to make the long, ! rough Journey to the nearest mar- ket with any of Ihe products of his j land. In some of the less rugged 1 I sections, some wheat and rye are I grown in addition to corn and oats ; land on some of the high mountain I nlatpaiiK mnrp la nil ia rievntpri to hay or other "forage. than"(b corn, j There, is little good pasturage in most parts of tne mountains, and strvlr ufinrlare at will in th fnrpstfti in search of food. Hogs are the j most numerous animals, and to gether with chickens and geese thev mav be seen about almost every cabin. Hogs can get part of (heir own food from . nuts and acorns, they furnish the cheapest source oi meat ,and tney grow to usable size quickly. The geese are raised for their feathers. Many farmers keep a cow or two. but in naoaa Iku w 1 1 ir i ...... r ,nJ I usi Luca in, hi in in uvt.ji aiivi very hot,' and springs abound. On the other hand, many parts of the region are not suited to pasture grasses. . Many of the houses in the mountains are built of roueh-hewn thin. The keeping of sheep is less common than in earlier years partly because of trouble with sheep-killing dogs. A few are rail ed here and there for their wool i ik. ictrirt where the farms All " contain a larger fraction of tillable land, and where more hay and for age are raised and mere land can be used for pasture, there are more beef cattle and sheep, but usually fewer hogs. Some of the cattle and sheep are sold each year to low land farmers. In a few such dis trict c milk cows are kept, instead. and cheese is made in little fac tories in which the farmers ot tne surrounding country own shares, onmo of ihp conditions in the mountains are very favorable for this business. The summers are not logs; the walls are chinked with clay, and are bare within, unless pasted over wltn newspapers, m some cases they are without win- a.-. .nH have only one or two cheerless rooms furnished with the barest necessities: ana oneu are poorly heated in cold weather from fireplaces which open into low outside chimneys made of stones and mud. Such homes tell the story of mountain poverty. In the larger valleys and the less rugged districts, where there art better lands and better roads, their houses as a rule are more com fortable and have more conveni ences. Especially near the fe'v rail roads, many of the newer homes are built of lumber instead of logs. The southern highlands contain th uroatrst suDDly of hardwood timber in the United states, me ..onr rougher land there, which Is unfit' for farming, can best be used for growing timber. sucn lands should be kept well wooded all the time, partly because, as you have learned, mountain forests have a very important effect on the flow of streams. Some of the streams which flow from the south ern highlands are used as highways in their lower parts on the plains, and many of them furnish water power. Much power is developed from these swift-flowing mountain streams now. and much more can be developed when it is needed. As in the West, most of it is car ried in the form of electric energy to the cities of the lowlands. The keeping of forests on these h , nt fotli help th. . and farm ! In ;nm there b Appalachian Mountain slopes, many of which are worn badly by rains when the protecting vegetation is cut off of burned off, is so import ant that the United States govern ment is buying land and establish ing national forests there. In a few places the beauty of the scenery already has led to the es tablishment of pleasure and health resorts, and more of them will be lit u, started as the national forests are ' sprme k " opened up and so are used more ! irn i i. 8tJ snd mnro as nlavrnunris Do vmt .,.. .. tlial ... - ' luan tie n see how these things will help the ! lowlands u H neighboring nigniano dwellers to i the railroad hPttor their conditions? Thev will inn, s "! be able, fo rexample, to sell vege- i of the betJ?! tables to the visiting people, thev ' shium-H . . - i i n il vm iu no . - v oHif-r ,. "lM ' that I ilUllmi,, . Ihe mPnnPTIFDI Mountain Supply Co. Has . t HlfWEiti: For Immediate Delivery DEARBORN Two Way Plows 12 in. 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Formulated in the laboratory, proven on the Test Farm, manufactured to precision standards, you'll find Security Feeds will help you get more profitable results. See us today for all your feeding needs! WAYNESVILLE FEED & SEED CO Temporary Location Highway 19- A at Intersection of Aliens 1 ree 7T nopply ..o. (SFrT.DVT'vuiiLSl H Main Street Phone 461
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