' - THE VVAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ss
(wood Hunters Known I
? And Wide For Their
Kert Marksmanship j
1MEDFORD
Note: Hunting is
sports known
ancient history. U
very much in the
it is still perhaps
ar of sports, as this
so?
id hunting.
something that
to be cultivated in
iked nor to be en
a pastime and laid
neither is it just a
, Hunting is more
an all these; because
lrUe hunter is one
-and will be so un
ion says;
ie hunter, home from
lay me down with a
OaJNTERS AND
IIST1NG
bear dog," Nick Med
i, of course, the Plott
hief Stringfield, who
ir best known living
says he prefers the
ids for foxes; but he
e other breeds equally
aps. such as the Hud
souri dogt, the Good
: says that the Walk
?en bred a little too
fed to suit him, at the
mouth and tongue",
t do you mean. Chief,
nd tongue', I asked,
be able to open up or
n the trail, have plen
th and tongue?that's
for. to listen to them
the trail."
1 to get good dogs
he said, out of the old
Pot-lickers,'i mixed up
n some of the old Red
good, "Not so fast, but
mouth," said he.
of our well known fox
i ho have passed away are:
awn, Rufe Edwards, Lebo
Mark Killian, Tom Ed
,?? Medford Boone Sen
j Dave Noland. Most of
ed in the Waynesville
)o Medford lived in Iron
: Medford at Canton and
Noland on Fines Creek.
NG FOX HUNTERS
af these are: Chief String
) Killian, Joe Davis, Carl
I Frazier, Hardy Medford,
avis. Sam Plott (now in
Devoe McElroy, Frank
:on Duff', Tommy Davis,
i Plott. Also Bob Samanth
ored. John Plott was also
(inter.
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Some of these are about "knock
ed out." as Chief put it. for hunt
ing any more, the oldest being
Medford, Killian, the Chief and
Bob Love. It is said that Hardy
Medford still insists on being tak
en to the chase sometimes, al
though he cannot hear the hounds,
you see now what I mean by the
"hunter born".
A RECORD CHASE
Chief Stringfield recalled one of
the best hunts he has ever had; it
was back in the days of the old
Haywood County Fair he said. He.
Will Frazier and Bob Samanth
Love, with twenty-five dogs climb
ed to the top of the Pinnacle early
one night, arriving at 8:00 o'clock
when, and near where, the chase
began. He said the round over
which the dogs travelled ? and
sometimes re-travelled in places,
cris-crossing at times (as the sly
fox tried to throw them off the
the trail) was. roughly, a circle
bounded by the Pinnacle, the Old
Bald and Cabin Flats on the Jack
son County side.
Often the voices of the dogs
would be lost as they travelled
beyond hearing-range or followed
the trail into deep coves?then out
again, and the hunters could hear
them again in hot pursuit! This
kept up until nearly 11:00 o'clock
next day, when the three men left
their listening-station atop Pin
nacle Mountain and hurried in the
direction of Cabin Flats, as the
dogs were last heard going in that
direction. There they found the
fox, a large red male, had just been
killed by the dogs; but it had
been taken from them by a Mr.
Ashe, who was working in cord
wood nearby.
This chase necessitated taking
out exhausted dogs and putting
in fresh ones (held in reserve)
two times, Chief explained.
FOX RACE ? IN ACTION
The dogs?half a dozen of them,
have been turned loose on a high
ridge of the Balsams above
Waynesville, and as soon as loos
ened they were off. It is near a
well-known "run," as Old Lead,
the oldest of the pack, knows.
CbMf- String?eid: WHl FrartMy
Joe Davis <Andy's Joel and Carl
Ray have kindled up a small fire?
where "old hunters had kindled
fires before," on this commanding
position for listening. By this
time Old Lead has struck what is
known as a "cold track," and has
"opened up" a few times, slowly
and uncertainly?"Oo-oo-uh". But
none of the others, Frazier's Madie,
Davis' Ol' True nor Chief's Blue
had yet "spoken". As for the Pup
(Chief just always spoke of the
young dog as "the Pup"). Well, you
couldn't expect much out of him.
this being only his second race?
just in training.
But now the dogs have struck
what the four hunters agree is a
good trail; other voices have join-,
ed Old Lead's, and even the pup
can now be heard joining in with
his sharp "ye-up?ye-up". He
seems to be running behind; but
Chief will not admit that he's far
behind?"purty close up, boys," he
says, "I'll bet that pup's goin' to
make a good'n." "Well, he ort to,"
replies Joe. "out o' good stock aint
he?" "None better," returns Chief,
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Thirteen-Month-Old Cow Has Calf
A cow belonging to Stella Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fisher of Hyder Mountain Road,
was bred when four months old and gave birth to a calf Christmas day when 13 months and
two days old. Keeping the calf quiet is Stella's brother, Boyd. The cow now weighs about 400
pounds and probably never will acquire full growth. The calf, which weighed about 15 pounds at
birth?one-third the weight of normal calves?will probably never be full grown either. Adequate
fencing, if the farmer does not use artificial insemination, is necessary to prevent breeding before the
cow reaches the proper age from 15-18 months. Early breeding is not an uncommon occurrence in
the county and results in otherwise fine cows from reaching full production, tMountaineer Photo).
*'0>' Lead and my Sinda that 1
lost, better never follered a fox".?
Now the dogs are getting faster
? "Listen!"; they all jump up
from the fire, and Carl Ray lets
out a loud, "Whoo-pee! go it,
boys!" The dogs are bearing across
the ridge?soon we'll not be able
to hear them well; all are now
"opening up" in this running con
cert around the mountainside ?
the pup's tenor, the soprano's and
baratones and Ol' Lead's deep base,
oh. it's wonderful?
?"And the music of hounds in
the still of night
Make cares and troubles take
their flight."
The chase can be heard through
out all upper Richland valley ly
ing below; and perchance some
nimrod. now too old for the hunt,
turns on his pillow and says, "'Lis
ten! Marthy, do you hear that?
Wiab'J-<oouM be right up thkr with
'em."
Or some little four-ycad-old, a
descendant of the tribe to the third'
or fourth genevartion, is being put
to bed on this night:
"Now say your prayers, darling." j
the mother says. But the child on
ly looks enquiringly. "What is it?"
the mother asks.
"Mama, will ? will God let
Grandpa go hunting in heaven?"
"Well, maybe so. darling?1 don't
know; but God will do whatever is
best for us if we'll be good. Now .
j say your prayers."
The little hands are folded ?
then: "Now I lay me"? * * * "and
; God bless Mama and Daddy and
brother ta pausei and?and please j
let Grandaddy go hunting, Amen "j
; And the child did not notice that
i Mother, as she turned to go, brush-;
ed away a tear.
Yes, maybe so?who knows? j
But, now 1 have narrated and
preached?until, lo and behold!
I've gotten my fox hunters into
Pvt. Fisher Of
Canton Serving
Duty In Korea
WITH THK 3D INFANTRY DIV.
IN KOREA?Pvt. Charles A. Fish
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Fish
er. who live at Dutch Cove, Can
ton, is now serving with the 3d
Infantry Division.
During the winter of 1951, this
outfit cracked the Communists'
line in the battle of "Bloody An
gle," one of the bitterest engage
ments of that year.
Private Fisher, assigned as a
rifleman, came to the Far East
Command from Fort Jackson,
heaven, and I'm reminded that I
haven't been so gracious toward
I he bear hunters. But. of course.
they all belong in the same cate
gory.
33 Haywood Men
Inducted Tues.
At Knoxville
A group of 33 men from Hay
wood County were inducted into
the armed services Tuesday at
Knoxville. They were accompanied
by 34 men who were sent for pre
induction examinations.
The draftees included:
John Richard Blythe of Canton;
Kay Gillett of Canton; Robert C.
Henderson of Canton; Charles
1 Joseph Womack of Waynesville;
Malcontbe Lee Beasley of Rt. 1,
Clyde; Frank OUis Parker. Jr. of
Canton; Boyce Thomas Brock of
| Hazelwood; Gilbert Masque Low
i ery of Canton: Roger Frank Lowe
j of Rt. 1, Clyde; James Troy Wat
j son of Rt. 1, Waynesville,
Joseph Lee Byers of Rt. 3, Can
ton; William T. Welch of Rt. 1.
1 Waynesville; Robert J. Head of
Waynesville: George Robert Owen
of Waynesville; Richard Jay Sil
ver of Rt. 1. Canton; Archie Whit
ner, Jr. of Hazelwood; Carl Gene
Bryant of Rt. 2. Clyde; Harold J.
; Robinson of Rt. 1, Canton; Charles
Edward Gaddis of Lake Junalus
ka; Donald June Howell of Rt. 2,
Waynesville.
Harold Edwin Donaldson of
Canton; Thomas Grady Boyd, Jr.
of Waynesville; Carl James Clark;
of Rt. 1. Canton; Charlie Blanken-1
ship of Canton; William Robert
MehatTey of Canton; Wiley Carroll
Clark of Rt. 3. Canton; James New
ton Whitman of Waynesville; Har
ley Lee Sherrill of Rt. 3. Waynes
ville; Lewis Grooms of Rt. 3. Can
? ton; Willie Morgan, Jr. of Waynes
ville; William Gifford Webb of Rt.
3, Waynesville; John Paul Davis of
Rt .1, Waynesville; and Rufus
i Richard Burnette of Waynesville.
where he took Ills basic training.
A 1947 graduate of Canton High ]
School. Fisher attended PfelfTer.
College, Misenheimer. N. C., and
later Duke University, Durham,
where he graduated in 1951. He
was employed as a teacher at Can
ton High School, before entering
I the Army in March 1952.
One estimate of U. S. wealth of
the United States, which excludes
some items and which uses the
value of the dollar in 1929 for all ,
' years, indicates that it grew fcpm j
1G4,200.000,000 dollars In 1896 to
| 518 billion dollars in 1951.
Jelke Faces Court
MINOr "MICKEY" JUKE, heir to ?
$3,000,000 oleo fortune, arrives
at General Sessions Court, New
York City, for the start of his trial
on charges of compulsory prosti
tution. The safe society playboy
is accused of living off the earn
ings of numerous call girls, Sev
eral of whom arc expected to a(y
pear as witnesses for the stat*
Youth Wins Top
Rac ing Spot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP? ? Wil
liam It. ?Billy> llaughton. 29-year
old ex-farmhand from Ktutonville,
N. Y? is the nation's leading
money-winning harness horse driv
er for 1952. Billy is the youngest
reinsman ever to win the title.
According to official U. S. Trot
ting Association records, Haugh
ton earned $311,728 this year. This
figure has been topped only once
in the history of the sport ? by
Johnny Simpson who collected
$333.13(1 last season. Simpson fin
ished 10th in '52.
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