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[ THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ?story Shows Roads In Haywood Set Pace For Steady Progress ?rds Reveal Bess Has ?wed Along ?Highways ? h c. MEDFORD ?_ Chapter 7 ?MI||S roads IN 1K40 ?() there was a so-called j ? state Road through the ?lowing pretty much the j ? No 19 before the re-1 Hps Leading off from this I ^Eville. Canton and other the public roads con-1 ^E> with precincts and set Hike Crabtree. Bethel, East ? ^Es of Pigeon, Beaverdam, I ^ftny Benson Cove, Fines ^E Jonathan's Creek. Tus Lower Pigeon < Clyde) Hthe State Road. Ivy Hill ? points of l>ellwood. ttie ^Ection. Plott Creek and ^Eniunities also had road ?is But some of these j Hre probably not passable j Hes of the year, that is for ^Hly this time also three or ^Emmts had been made! ^?section of Crabtree now I but what sort of road ^Er do n"t know, since we ^Lention of a road being ?ut" and made there (that ?entity) prior to this time. ? we know that the most ?>uff and White Oak and ^?taloochee were connected and Stock-Raising So far only the best land* were being clutivated. for crops, such as the river and creek bottoms and better grade of rolliny lands. Land was still very plentiful and very cheap: therefore the farmers could be "choosey". Since there was very limited means and methods by which to improve worn or deplet ed soils, whenever a piece of these virgin rich lands would reach that state of depletion, the owner would forthwith clear up another piece. The bull - tongue and shovel plows and the heavy-eyed hoe were still the impliments of cul tivation. Both oxen and horses were used in plowing. The little grain sickle or ancient hand "reap hook" was used in the early 1800's for reaping as was also the wooden plow in farming. At what year the grain cradle came into use here we do not know, but it was probably not very long before the Civil War. However, the reap-hooks were still in use af ter this. The old stock-range law which lasted in this county from the earliest days up until the early 1890\s was quite a help to the set tlers for the greater portion of this period. It gave them the privilege of ranging their cattle, hogs and sheep in a day when there were no cultivated grasses and rich pas tures as we have today. All animals turned on the range were required to bear the owner's registered mark. This was where 1 I he office "Stray-Master" came in. Oh, yes, there was often disputes arising?and sometimes lawsuits! over the ear marks, but the custom i was kept up, since a "free range" j seemed indispensable in those I days. "Caintucky Bottom" The John McDowell grant in j 1809 (Entry No. 74i of 600 acres! reads in part . . . "beginning on j Richland Creek and running up both sides of the creek . . . includ ing the Caintucky Bottom". Such entries (in the old Entry Book at the court house) began i September, 1809, and ended Febru-! ary, 1842, there being 1261 entries in all. These were for various tracts j of land scattered throughout this i very big county of Haywood as it was then. At first it was easy to locate and prove up without any dispute as to lines, title, etc.; but as time went on, and land became scarcer for entry and also more valuable, closer surveys wen? re quired to determine if the claim ant had any land and if just where and how tnueb. In many of the very early deeds we find the consideration reads "30 shillings per 100 acres," or around four cents an acre. At "Smatherses" (Turnpike) there were accommodation quar ters for drovers and other market goers, this being a day's travel from Asheville on the old 'pike road. It was also a relay and ex change station for the mails trav eling once a week to and from this county before the Civil War, In 1836-'37 there were 100 ped dlers, 60 store and 24 retailers of spiritous liquors in the county. This was according to Sheriff N. G. Howell's report on licenses col lected. About the same time we note I that there were 26 Justices of the Peace. Also in 1837 or '38 Is when a large boundary of "Cherokee' lands" (some 26,000 acres) was j I opened to thti public?at auction. Tiiis land was in (now) Jackson County and mostly on Scott's creek. Early Slavery The institution of slavery was ex tended into this section early ? even before Haywood became a county. The first mention of it was we notice is in the will of Jona than Osborn < 18051, as follows: ... "I allow my blacks as they raise up children to be set free upon Good behaviour at 30 years of age." . . . "Right title and interest in one black boy"?this or similar rec ords were pretty often made in those days. (This is from one of 1813). But be it said to our credit that traffic in slaves here greatly diminished in the early 1840's;?for some reason we do not know. It appears from the records that the early Love families were by far the largest slaveholders. With their extensive holdings, stores, horses, herds and other wealth they per haps required more of such labor. The Welch family, too, held slaves, as did also John Ditlard. Silas Kirkpatrick, David McCracken, John Leatherwood. M J Smathers, James Coman. William Sitton. Thomas Dillard. the Allmans and I others?from three or four up to eighteen or twenty. Then quite a number of families had only one. Place Names Such familiar place names as we ; have today, like Richland creek (from the rich land they found on it). Rush fork (this name also ob vious). Newfound Mountain, the Narrows, Allen's creek, Plott creek, Enos Plott Balsam and Rac coon creek were all in use at this time and most of them from our very earliest days. Then there was. "Hyatt's branch" (creek). Fines' creek. Henson Cove, Wilke's fork, j Sugar Cove, Bethel, Beaverdam Hominy and others?all old. In 1840 this county, as best we can ascertain, had only one prac ticing physician. He was Dr. Archi bald Osborn of Pigeon, perhaps our first, and seems to have been prac ticing at this time. I A BLUE RIBBON ANI) A GUT go to Kddic Wells, who rode his horse. Boots, to victory in the three-gaited class at the horse show Satur day at the Pigeon Valley Fair. Sue Kelly makes the presentation. (Mountaineer Photo). 9 'til 12 at the Waynesville ARMORY All hands join and circle r left . . . promenade right on ? down here for a sav evening ' of Square Dancing fun and frolic. Come early ? 'cause the danrin' starts at 9 sharp! The Proceeds From These Danecs Are Used To Assist The I^ess Fortunate People Of This Area. Sponsored By The WAYNESVILLE JAYCEES BUG KUYKENDALL, CALLER Admission ? FREE THIS WEEK tSUlm I I JUST LIKE A FURNACE ... I I BUT WITHOUT COSTLY, I UIRT COLLECTING PIPES I AND REGISTERS! I O^^rtHI a^TOM THI f010 -I L massie i Furniture co. WijrfeMTifie ^ FOR REAL WESTERN BARBECUE IT S THE Chuck Wagon SPARE RIBS AND CHICKEN OCR SPECIALTY Dellwood Hills COURT AND NEW DINING ROOM ON SOCO HIGHWAY DIAL GL C-6669 I Library Notes Margaret Johnston County Librarian Gleans From Annual Report July 1, 1953 - June 30, 1954 This report is long overdue, but with the increasing use of the Li brary and the Bookmobile during the past two months it has been pushed aside in order to meet our every day demands. Circulation for the year totaled 92.857 books and periodicals being borrowed as follows: Waynesville 48464; Bookmobile 42604; Pigeon Street Unit 1789. From these places 49468 books were checked out to adults and 43389 to children. One fifth of the total amount was non Action. Through Inter-library loans 97 books were borrowed from other libraries to meet special requests for technical information and titles not in our Book Collection. These hooks came from N. C. Library Commission: State College and University of N. C. Libraries; Char lotte Public Library. Kowan Coun ty Library, Salisbury, Gaston Coun ty Library. Gastonia; Olivia Itancy Library. Raleigh and the Pack Memorial Library of Asheville. The present Book stock of 18,410 includes 484 books housed at the Pigeon Street School. 1240 books purchased and through gifts wen added last year. According to Am erican Library Association stand ards we should have 75,344 books <2 books per capita) in order to give minimum service. Naturally with one-half book per person in North Carolina it is often ditricull to get books around to all the bor rowers Waiting lists are kept for most popular books. Along with hooks and magazines 1311 music records and 174 films have been used either in homes or club groups with an audience for the films of 875<i. The six adult films available each month on a cooperative plan through the state is not enough to meet present de mands for this type of material. So far the library does not own any films or film-strip- that is a dream for the future! The record collec tion while an excellent one still has many gaps when balanced against our requests. (Any Club need a good project?) The Bookmobile travelled 4753 miles making 112 slops every four weeks all year long lis use in creases every year. Many new peo ple have been introduced by their neighbors and friends and even their children. The Bookmobile lias in its six years become a regular event in most of our communities and it is looked for by adults and children alike. The increased .use this summer made it necessary to send our page along in order to relieve the situation on certain trips where as many as 400 books were cheeked out in one day ? that's too much for any one person to handle. If this increase keeps mounting as it has in the past year, two people will be needed oil the Hookmobilo to- give satisfactory service. Also It won't be long until demands will make it necessary to have trips every day during the week instead of our present three trips per week. This presents a problem for a question arises: "How can the Li brary do any more on its present budget?" Its activities aro already spraid too thin?It needs more depth to each one. Special activities during the year have- included a visit from Richard Chase, author and story teller, <2' story hour and films for children <3? spiTial Hook Week Activities in November (4> An American Heri tage Discussion Group <5) exhibits at Richland Garden Club Flower Show and at Tobacco Festival (6) I Anniversary Tea and WHCC broad | cast (7) Miss Margaret Johnston's j leave of absence (without pay) to study Adult Education activities in other Libraries. Along with the regular routine special bulletin board, exhibits, book film and record lists have been prepared to add to the en joyment of the Library. Library Notes have appeared regularly in order to keep borrow ers Informed of library activities. Special collections of books have been selected for Clubs, Schools and individuals. Want Ads bring quick results. Reliable Jewelers watch\ wy/tito jewelryx repairing ^ Vau work Atsoiumr/ ^^GUAAANTEED yTnl Take extra ? good care of yoor most valued possessions. 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