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If / ^ ? - . . ;1 yy, THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINER fle Tools, Rocky Soil lot! All Pioneers Had ijfcarly Farm Program c. MEDFORD '?riupter Our Pioneer Days ?gr^?g implements of the mostly home-made, shovel plow bull grubbing hoe and . !?%, the scythe and grain i|S later the grain-cradle into?' A few of these im ,lls i? still be found here ^j^^Higine what laborious the B ?f these crude tools e(j gBhe farm families?in all members of the work turned out corn aplenty on the of^H- virgin lands, buck t/^B rye. hemp for flax, t tn^Khaeco. The threshing yet come, so the out the grain with a f^^^Hned out the chaff by rf^Jloth held and put in n by Bo men. one at each r the Hiih. while a third man ip thBhaffy grain in a half ^^^?re and poured it slow 1 ante fere planted to a con-1 | nt ? as much, per ' ^B' purpose of making ^II^BaPPlv brandy as for ^?^^Klements and Crafts let1? name the household led lb the above in lavm nrak at; the dinner pots hang ??' th?Wiooks in wide <5 ft .) cesSthe rendering pots, 'en (In front of the firei, ? the lofteni rough-hewn boards and legs of the dining table. Also | there's the spinning wheel back by the wall, the long rifle resting on forked - wood brackets, boarded wild animal skins hanging on the outside wall to dry. and generally (lie family loom., l'hen there was probably a tanning trough for tan- , ning hides to make the family shoes. In the "smoke house" were gen erally to be found the meat-trough (section of a big tree cut olT and ^ dug out with a foot adzi, or maybe hanging middlings and hams of meat, in process of "smoking" ? and soon ready to be "ashed". Close by was the "Spring house." with its trough of running spring water for keeping the milk and butter coot. Also, near the house vi.s to be found the "washplace"? the house wife's washpot and "beatlin' block". Listen to the bifl biff-bifT! as the woman " in home spun beats the "salt soap?biled" clothes with her "beatlin" stick". j The "ash hopper" for the mak ing ol lye to make the soap also was to be seen at most homes. (We have heretofore described this process.) There were no sawmills then. So all the wood that went into these home-made implements had to be either hewn out or sawed with a rip-saw Those of iron were wrought: in the blacksmith shops. I'he Schools As best we can determine by the old records more than half of these, I pioneer citizens could not read and i write?not even their names. The Ernest W. Ross ones who could had, ill most cases perhaps, acquired the three ele ments ot an education (the 3 H's> before coming here. The appren ticeship system of education here was almost too negligible to men tion. Also the teaching practice by lay leaders and ministers of an earlier period had virtually passed out. So we are lett to consider the academics and the (sometimes* lit tle subscription schools. The academies were state - chartered schools, and at this time there was at least one in nearly every county of the state, supported by tuition fees. So you can readily see how very inadequate these schools would be to meet the needs of school children, especially the poor. In addition to Green Hill 'Chap, li it is said that a few little subscription schools had been oc casionally taught In the eountv by the latter part of this period?at Ford of Pigeon Canton), Bethel and Crabtree. Cturches and Religion Not; only as regards schools and education was there a need?there was a need for churches and reli gious instruction. To meet this need the Methodists and Baptists, as organizations soon became ac tive?the Methodists first to build schools, the Baptists first to erect places ot worship ? log "mettin' houses". Closely following came the Presbyterians and Episcopal ians. An additional Baptist church (the third for the county proper) was built at Waynesville )1823) near (he inowi lower Smathers street bridge. Indian Lands Between the years 1790 and 1799 the state had made large land grants to several of its citizens here, as stated heretofore. Some of these grants included large boundaries claimed by the Chero kees. Later, suits were brought for the Indians, and. by our courts, were decided in their favor. So the whites had to give possession. Years later, about 1829-30. the state of North Carolina purchased back some 25.000 acres of these lands through the Indian Agent. The deed was signed by about for ty of the "braves" iheads of fam ilies i, each family holding 640 acres. We notice that only two out of the forty could write their names. Thus the state put through a huge real estate deal?in this man ner; These large tracts lying most ly on the waters of Oconalufty and Scott's Creek (and former-cover ed by the Cathcart Grant), were divided into tracts of varying sizes and priced according to grade of land and location. Then the whole was put up at auction and sold at I from 25c to $4.00 per acre, Haywood was represented during ! this period in the Senale and House as follows, i meeting every year) beginning 1809 Senate: John Welch. 2 terms; I John McFarland. 4 terms; James Welch. 1 term; Hodge Raybourne, 6 terms; Thos. Tatham. 1 term 11817?; Thos. Love, 6 terms; Wm. Welch, 2 terms. House: Thos. Love, 10 terms 'be* tween 1809-20. not con.sectivcly); Thos. Lenoir, 5 terms (dot; John Dobson, 1 term; Joseph Chambers, 4 terms (not consecutively); Wm. Welch, 2 terms; Daniel McDowell and John Stephenson, 1 term each; Jas R Love, 9 years consecutively, except for one year (1828 > when Benj. S. Briltain came in; Ninnian Tdmonston. 11 terms, consecutive ly except one year (1827) when j Benj. S. Brittain agains came in; j Benjamin Clark, 1 term. ????????? How To Kill Athletes Foot Germ Quickly relieves Itching, kills fungi of j Athlete'# Foot on contact. Bin# rapid healtng of red. raw, cracked skin. 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See It Today At )DY RULANE, Inc. = This Week's Best Sellers FICTION Not as a Stranger, Morton rhompscui. The Royal Box, Francos Parkin son Kcyes. Mary Anne, Daphne du Mauricr Never Victorious, Never De feated, Taylor Caldwell. Sweet Thursday, John Steinbeck. Bless This House, Norah Lofts. NONFICTION The Power of Positive Think ing, Norman Vincent Peale. But We Were Born Free, Elmer Davis. The Mind Alive, 11. A. and Bon iro Overstrect. Minutes of the Last Meeting. Dene Fowler. * Forty Plus and Fancy Free, Smily Kimbrough. I'll Cry Tomorrow. Lillian Itoth. KaibesA BOOK STORE Dial GL 6-1691 ' Main St. j Rotarians To Hear Their District Governor Friday The Rotary Club of Waynesville tomorrow will be host to Ernest W. Ross, Governor of the 380th Dis trict of Rotary' International, who is making his annual official visit to each of the 37 Rotary Clubs in Western North Carolina He will address the club and confer with President William S. Ray, Secre tary Charles Way and committee chairmen on Rotary administra tion and service activities, and on I plans for the participation by the j Rotary Club of Waynesville in I world-wide observance of Rotary's \ Golden Anniversary, February 23 ' June 2. Mr. Ross is a commission market | er for the Sinclair Refiining Com pany in Marion, N. C? and is a member of the Rotary Club in Marion. Mr. Ross has been a mem l ber of the Rotary Club in Marion j since 1945, and is a Past President J of that club. He is on the McDow I ell County School Board, a Direc tor of the Merchants Association, a i Past 'President of the Parent-1 Teacher Association, a Sunday i School Teacher and a Steward in I the First Methodist Church. He I was elected District Governor of j I Rotary International for the 1954-j i 55 fiscal year at the annual Rotary I j Convention in Seattle, Washington | last June, lie is one of 220 District'< j Governors supervising the activ-j i ities of some 8,300 Rotary clubs' which have a membership of 389,-; 000 business and professional exec- 1 utives in 89 countries and geo graphical regions throughout the 1 i world. t Wherever Rotary clubs are lo cated. President Ray asserted in discussing the Governor's \isit, their activities are similar to those of the Rotary Club of Waynes ville because they are based on the same general objectives?develop ing better understanding and fel- , lowship among business and pro fessional men, promoting commun ity-betterment undertakings, rais ing the standards of business and ( professions, and fostering the ad 1 vanctment of good will, under | standing and peace among all the I peoples of the world. Each year, this world-wide serv j ice organization continues to grow | i in numbers and in strength. Dur- i ing the past fiscal year, 448 new j . Rotary Clubs were organized in 51 countries of North. South and Cen- j tral America. Europe. Asia, Africa ? and the Islands of the Pacific. Musical Program Features Meet Of Iron Duff .CDP By MRS. RAY MILLER Community Reporter Highlight of the July 14 meeting ' of the Iron Duff Community De , velopment Program was a pro- t ' grani of songs by Russ Kilpatrick : and his group from Canton. The meeting was opened by | group singing, followed by the j devotional given by Mrs. Nora Davis. The secretary's report was , ; read by Frances Yates. Several visitors were recogniz 1 ed. A young man from Swiizer land gave a short talk. Mrs. Jones, representing the Haywood County i | Library, spoke on the Bookmobile and what it means to the people. 1 Plans were made for the com- i ing Field. Day w hen Iron Duff will , ( entertain Francis Cove. I I Mr. and Mrs. Krastus Crawford and daughter Shirley and Georgia Crawford spent the weekend in St. Augustine. Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Davis of Franklin spent their vacation with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Davis. Charles Dean Medford spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cash Medford. His lather and Frank Medford accompanied him ! back to Camp Gordon. Ga . where he is stationed. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Bradshaw and son Bobby of Pasadena, Texas, are spending a few weeks with Mr. and . Mrs. Clinton McElroy and other relatives in the community Mrs. Frank Davis and Frances Davis returned home last week from Greensboro, where they were called by a death in the family. Fungi df-pend on other organi sms for their food materials, but Dften develop complicated chemical processes to digest them. A RATTLING GOOI) TIME was had by this quartet recently on the I'igeon Kiver Koad construction project in capturing this rat tlesnake. The reptile measured J's feet and had II rattles. Left to right are J. C. Weaver. W. II. Coward, Kenny I'almer, and V. K Khinehart. Jr. State Angus Field Day Is Set At Arden On July 28 More than 300 cattle breeders, farmers and extension specialists are expected to attend the state wide Aberdeen-Angus Field Day lo be held at Ear! Morgan's Oak Leaf Farms at Arden, on July 28th. The day-long program will get under way al 9:00 a.m. with a regis tration of visitors to be followed by a beef cattle type demonstra tion by Sam Buchanan, well-known specialist from North Carolina State College. Among the others taking part in the program are Jim Vogt, Caro land Angus Farms herdsman from Tryon, who will give a Fitting, grooming and showing demonstra tion: W. A. Terry. Aberdeen-Angus Association fieldman who will ad dress the group on "Merchandising Your Product" and Sam Dobson. Agronomy Extension Specialist from State College who will dis cuss "The Care and Management of Pasture and Roughage Supply." There will also he introductions, judging and weight-guessing con tests. a welcome address by Mor-1 gan, and ail inspection of Morgan's Angus herd. A lunch will be served on the farm. Located 8 miles from Bilt nwit, Oak Leaf Farms is found one mile from Route 25A at Cedar Lane Royal Pines. All cattle breeders, farmers busi nessmen and interested persons are cordially invited to attend the Field Day. I'se Want Ads for quirk results. Lake Speaker Says Most Of World's Ills Are Rural It Mas for a Methodist layman. Raymond Miller, world traveler and representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization, a branch of United Nations, to remind dele gates to the south-wide Mission ary Conference in session here, July 15-21. that ninety per cent of Asia's population is rural and it is in this field that Christianity has its greatest opportunity by helping these people to find ways and means to achieve a better stand ard ot living In fact, he said, most | of the world's problems arc rural I and a city can t last overnight with out food from the country. The speaker, who has recently returned from six months world! tour studying the food situation among underprivileged nations.! spoke encouragingly of the spread ot the Christian religion in India ' and other Asiatic countries. He stressed the fact that Christianity came out of Asia and said the secret ot success for the Christian faith in countries like Asia is to build an indigenous church that will reflect the genius and spirit of . the people and not seek to get 1 them to accept the western brand of Christianity. "Because God has blessed us we unconsciously take it for granted," he said, "that we have more brains than any other people. Until we discard that idea, Christianity is doomed, for people don't like that superior altitude. Unless we over come our attitude of national superiority and work in a spirit of cooperation at the Chritsian world task, we will pass on to our chil dren a heritage of war. We've got to forget everything else except the fact that as Chritsians we've got the greatest job ever given to mankind." Gypsy Moth Moves West LANSING Mich <AP??The gyp sy moth, a damaging pest hereto fore found no further west than Pennsylvania, has been found in Michigan. Three infestations were discovered in the Lansing area. Federal and state agencies quickly combined efforts to wipe them out. saying the pests could cause mil lion of dollars damage to trees, shrubs and other vegetation in a single year if allowed to spread. ?l^22nyyH3252SSiZLS2SEnG^nS3ElBS3y^^SSH^B As differs! from ordinary heaters AS/mROM RADIO! ^^^ -? *? 'lk- - ? ? SIEGLER S EXCLUSIVE PATENTED TWO-IN-ONE HEATMAKERT USES HEAT THAT'S 4 TIMES HOTTER over your floors! Siegler'a extra, patented inner heater, built right in the heart of the hottest fire, captures the Top-o'-the-Flame heat that's 4 Times Hotter than Side o -the Flame heat Sieglor i>oura this bonus heat over your floors throughout your house, saves you up to 50'.o in tuel! 1 Bite J Tut ^ feeJ rntf MOST ORDINARY HEATERS waste 4 times hotter heat up the chimney! There's nothing to stop it, capture it use it for your comfort. Chim neys and ceilings get hot. rooms stay cool, floors stay cold, wasting your fuel dollars! Ml YOUt NIAtl ?T 01 Alt* Of WftiTt SIFOlft CIWTRAIIA III / MASSIE FURNITURE CO. / I MAIN STREET (JL 6-.nit I WAYNESVILLE ART GALLERY 2 - AUCTION SALES DAILY - 2 10:30 A.M. and 8 P.M. The Largest Collection Of Art In The South ' j ?. .. v. ;? ' Consisting of: Diamonds, Watches, English Plate, Royal Copenhagen, Dresden, Crown Derby, Persian Rugs, Linens, Oil Paintings, China Lamps. Sterling by Georg Jensen, International, Gorham, Tiffany, Peacock and other Famous Brdnds. ? Ask To See Our Own Imported "Jimmy Mann" Watches ? THIS IS OUR 22nd CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN WAYNESVILLE 133 MAIN STREET James Mann. Owner WAYNESVILLE Seymour Kisen, Ward Eidridge, Leon Sis son, Elinor Jones, Fred Duianl?Personnel Irving l'ine ? Associate Auctioneer. ..w - .
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