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Indian Summer Brings Glorious
Colors Os Fall Season V
In the mountains of Western
North Carolina, the change of sea
sons is a glorious thing! Spring
comes tripping gently in, a blossom
at a time and swings slowly into
summer, but the fall bursts forth
with a suddeness and brilliance
that over-night (It seems) flings
color in a dozen different hues from
the peaks to the valley floor.
In mid-October, when the lush
green of the trees is just beginning
to fade and summer is pausing
briefly to catch its filial breath, the
.forests become a tapestry of reds,
yellows, and deep mahogany. Set
against a background of ever-green
are the flame red of the sourwood
and.maples, the yellow of the tulip
poplars, the gold of the beechwoods,
and the scarlet and bronze of the
oaks. Intermingled are the brilliant
sparkling reds of the ash berry
bushes. At ground level are asters,
goldenrods, and other fall flowers.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
by Doris Burton
I’ve heard so many people use
the phrase, “It’s only human na
ture,’ in reference to an act or deed,
and I’ve often wondered just what
is meant by that phrase. I suppose
It would be impossible to give a
complete definition, just as it is
impossible to measure how high is
“up” and how low is “down”.
Don’t you think that “human
nature” is applicable only to the
individual, We aM know that no two
people are identical; therefore,
each nature is different. So, act
ually, we are capable of judging
only ourselves. And in many cases,
we’re not capable of that, so it be
hooves us to take care when we
form an opinion of another.
Snap judgments are the bane of
our modern civilization. It requires
a person of high intelligence to re
serve his opinions, to keep them to
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himself no matter what the urge
to speak them may be, until he is
sure; and even then to take care
and do much thinking about what
harm he may do by speaking.
Human nature is greatly in
fluenced by what people think of
us, or by what we think of our
selves. Anxiety over that can
change us into people we definitely
never were before we became con
fused; It can make us shy, retiring
beings who were always extroverts,
or it can work the other way and
change the Dr. Jekylls into Mr.
Hydes. But in neither case is the
change natural behavior.
A leopard cannot change its
spots, so they say. Neither does a
person's basic character ever
change. Fear, anxiety, loss of self
confidence, or even becoming
slightly confused about our own|
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The hillsides sparkle and shimmer
in the backlight of the warm fall
sunlight. H
, This is a land naturally scenic.,
naturally photogenic, so when the
, flaming colors burst forth, they
draw the photographers like a pot
*«f honey draws the- Great Smoky
bears.
This is Indian Summer in the
Southern Highlands. The days are
warm, filled with a golden, lazy
haze lingering over valley and hill.
The nights are cool and bracing
with a hint of the chill of winter in
the air. There is the nose tickling
smell of leaves burning and bar
i beque cooking in a nearby back
, yard. A balmy stillness prevails in
i the Telaxed, informal atmosphere.
: .Everywhere are the glorious colors
of the fall season. Autumn color
, ama in Western North Carolina is
. underway!
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' personalities can change us. But
when these pressures are removed,
’ we are ourselves again.
What we consider human nature
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is always a product of the specific
culture in which we live. There are
’ many cultures in which it is con
-1 sidered perfectly normal for a
man to have many wives, and a
1 few in which women have more
! than one husband. There are in
-1 numerable ways of courting in dif
> ferent countries of the world.
' There are different forms of
' government which seem to work
• just fine. There are different ideas
of the ideal way to live, and man
seems to adjust to all of these pro
vided he remains in the spot where
his first education in such matters
took place.
To him, it is human nature to do
those things just the way he knows
them to be. Remove him, and his
entire concept of human ature will
change. It is practice that makes
perfect, and that remains as true
as truth can ever be, whether it be
in stringing beads or in the study
of human behavior. Therefore, to a
man reared in the belief that a
man can and should have many
’ wives, our ideas of one wife for one
■ man would be entirely unbelievable
; to him. He would probably think
, we do not- behave normally and feel
I very sorrj* for us, when all the
while we are singly conforming to
our own ideas bf human nature,
Again I use the wfrds "moralistic
thinking”, but this lime I refer to
the reason our ideas are what they
are. A group of ryles have been set
before us by former generations.
We must follow those rules or we
' are accused of not behaving accord-
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Oroteok Qn Life
> By WARREN S. MBKVE
]. Note: The Idea of “Overlook” Is taken from the Overlooks
provided for viewing panoramas along the Blue Ridge
1 1 Parkway. r
From the Overlooks on the Blue
Ridge Parkway you can see many
things. And if you had a telescope, \
yoy could see many more sights
than are visible to the naked eye.
Two or three weeks ago you might,
with the aid of powerful bino
culars, have observed from some
overlooks on the section between
Craggy Gardens and Buck Creek
Gap a strange congestion on Route
70 between Old Fort and Marion,
r A line of cars found passing dis
-1 ficult. Yes, Chas. McCartney and
his caravan of goats were "cruis
, ing” eastward along the highway.
> Half a dozen stout animals were
r pulling the wagon and its “Pullman
t'Car” (!) trailer! Two or three
r other goats traveled on the roof!
Some were inside. They must have
, been the "elite” of the tribe, I
, think. Or, maybe that was their
, way of being “hospitalized.” The
'rest of the twenty-four trotted
. along behind, some of them not too
, willingly, I think.
, At last McCartney and his men
. age found a convenient resting
. place in an open lot,, where they
j could bivouac for a couple of days,
Chas. was ready Jot. visitors, of
3 whom there were plenty. We
. bought some postcards, views of
j him and his family, and of course
! his earavan. For more than twenty
years he has been travelling around
the country, in many different
states and in Canada. He estimates
that they have covered over 80,000
miles.
t Chas. is a preacher; perhaps he
might even call himself a prophet
of the Lord. It is recorded, he
pointed out, that John the Baptist
, was clothed in goat skins, and so
( he too —Chas. McCartney—lives I
. amid goats, calling upon men to re
pent and believe the Gospel.
There are not a few people in
this world who live in fear of
being thought peculiar. Chas.
McCartney is apparently not one
of them. Rather it would appear 1
; that he is of the other extreme,
choosing deliberately to be differ
ent. We may say that he capita
lizes on the unconventional. We
have noticed how blind men will
sometimes make pioney on tljeir
blindness. A grotesquely fat person
will make money by joining a
circus, Jn various ways, people
HARDSCRABBLE HD CLUB
MEETS "
The Hardscrabble Home De.
monstration Club met on October
12, at the home of Mrs. Wintze
Mclntosh.
The following officers were
elected;
Mrs. Wintze Mclntosh, president;
i Mrs. Dewey Bailey, Jr., vice pres
: ident; Mrs. Ernest Buckner, secre
tary and treasurer; Mrs. Vina
co-secretary and treasurer;
and Mrs. Otis Proffitt, publicity
chairman.
Mrs. Ralph Proffitt gave an in
teresting talk on praft work, and
Miss Sue spoke on
needle work, which was of interest
to all present.
Thirteen members and two vis
itors attended the meeting. We
would like for all women in our
community to meet with us next
month at the home of Mrs. Clyde
Phillips on November 16, at 1:30.
ing to "human nature”. It's nat
ural to do certain things and very
unatural if we vary even slightly
in our methods. We are considered
fine, upstanding citizens If we
follow the rules, but heaven help
us if we don't!
Before the eyes of all those who
work with people, there passes an
endless parade of the different
phases of -human nature—and no
one can put a finger on the reason
any one of them is of the nature
he is. Perhaps what we need is a
ohange in our ideas of what hu
man nature really is and not
from what we believe it to be;
changes that do not come from
living based on assertions which
were valid in the far off times and
places where they first originated,
but changes based on the needs
of today.
It will be quite a struggle and
take many years to bring about
this change, but someday It will
name and people will forever bless
that day when they no longer ex
pected to behave according to the
present coscepts of "human
gature”. ■ ■ i ; >
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utilize oddities to attract atten
tion, earning money thereby or
gaining a hearing for their message.
Chas. McCartney, through the
unusualness of his outfit and
appearance, essays to make men
heed the Word of God. I hope many
will. I would be terribly upset,
though, if all my church members
deserted my preaching and v - be
came his desciples and followed
him on foot, or with their goats
along the highways of North Car
olina and on down as far as
Florida. Even by buying and rais
ing some goats myself, I couldn’t
compete with him! But don’t worry
I’m not going into the goat busi
ness!
Obituaries
CREED McD. WILSON
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Creed McDaniel Wilson, 78, of
Burnsville RFD 2 died Oct. 9, at
his home after a short illness.
Funeral services were held in
Young’s Chapel Baptist Church
Thursday, Oct. 11. ,
The Rev, Jeff Willis officiated
and burial was Ui'the Young ceme
tery.
Wilson was a member of the
Young’s Chapel church.
He married Miss Harriett Mc-
Mahan 55 jye&ra ago. She died in
1951.
Later he married Miss Gladys
Pendley, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Gilbert Cannon and Miss
Romae Wilson of Burnsville RFD 2;
three sons, Ransom and Horace
Wilson of Spruce Pine, and Beeler
of Burnsville RFD 2; a step-dau
ghter, Mrs. Lydia Wyatt of Burns
ville RFD 2; a step-son, Buddy
Pendley of Burnsville RFD 2; a
brother, Bud Wilson of Burnsville 1
RFD 2; 19 grandchildren and 15
( great-grandchildren.
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Conducted By
Edftk Dp»derick Erskine
THROUGH MEMORY
Through Memory
A host of friends
Return to me.
I know them now
Eternally
Througlwnemory
Through memory
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MRS. RETTA KLAXKJENSHUP
Funeral services for Mrs. Retta
Blankenship, 74, were conducted
Tuesday, at 2 p. m. in Price’s Creek
Baptist Church by the Rev. T. E.
Woody.
Mrs. Blankenship died Sunday
in the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Lee Maney of Burnsville RFD 1,
following a long illness.
She is survived by two other dau
ghters, Mrs. Burgin Robinson of
Asheville and Mrs. James Folkson
of Bowels Hill, Va.; two sons, Roy
of Asheville and Troy of Burns
ville; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Mat
thews of Asheville; a brother, Tom
Elkins of New York City; 12 grand
children and five great-grand
children. -
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MRS. PANSY FRANKLIN
At ®
Funeral siilitices for Mrs. Pansy
Honeycutt Franklin, 60, of Burns
ville RFD 1, who died Friday night,
were held Monday at 2 p. m. at
Jack’s Creek Baptist Church.
The Rev. <Sbrthur Pafe officiated, j
assisted by the Rev. B. M. Strick
land and the Rev, J, B. Starnes.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were Bernie
Wilson, Stanley Franklin,, Bern
Hunter,' Molt Hensley, Bruce
Bailey and Nelson Woody.
Cousins and members of the
women’s classes'of Jack's Creek
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I and Soted’e 16ree» churches ware
flower bearers. 7 ‘—■- -
She is survived by the mother.
Mrs. Hester Honeycutt of Burns
ville RFD lr four sisters, Mrs. A. 2.
Jamerson of Burnsville, Mrs.
Margaret Johnson of Fayetteville,
and Mrs. Marvin Robinson and
Mrs. Alice Rector of Marion; and
five brothers, Willard P. of Burns
ville RFD 1, Murray of Oak Ridge,
Carl C. of Topeka, Kan., Dewey of
Rising Fawn, Ga., and Lenoir of
Hudson, Ohio.
Holcombe Brothers
Home was in charge of the
arrangements.
MARY LOU AUTREY
Mary Lou Au trey, 13 year old
9th grade student at Micaville
School, passed away Tuesday, Oct. I
16, after a short illness. Funeral
services were held Thursday, Oct.
18, at the Celo Methodist Church.
The Rev. Joe Peetree and the
Rev. Theo Letterman officiated
and burial was in the Carroway
Cemetary.
Surviving are the mother,, Mrs.
Dorothy Autrey of Celo; one sister,
Flossie; five brothers, Floyd,
Arthur .and Jay of Celo, Bill of
New Jersey, and James Ray of the
U S. Air Force, Illinois; and the
maternal grandmother, Mr s.
Maggie Carroway of Celo.
Holcombe Funeral,
Home was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
TiIURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1056
CORNKUL# BYRXP J
Cornelius Byrd, 76, or Ramsay- ■
town died in a hospital here Oct. 16,
after a long illness.
Funeral services were held Thur
sday at Piney Hill Baptist Church
at Ramsaytown.
[ The Rev. Elzie Robinson of
ficiated.
Burial was in the Byrd Cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Nell Byrd of Robbinsville; a son
Harold, of Black Mountain; a sis
ter, Mrs. Dorothy Phillips of Ham
rick; and two brothers, George of
Ramsaytown and Adler of Burns
ville.
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MRS. J. M. SHUFORD
Mrs. J. M. Shuford, aged 70,
passed away at her home at Celo,
. Oct. 12, after a long illness,
j Funeral services were held at
the South Estatoe Baptist Church
on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Rev. Steve Clark officiated
and burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are the husband, two
sons and three daughters.
Tribes along Africa's Lake Kyo
ga just north, of the Equator eat
fat . roasted locusts. They also
rress dried gnats into cakes. Tor
’ rv*es are another favorite ford
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Indian artifacts thought t<
9.300 years old were recently
I covered near Paisley, Oregon, by
. two high school boys. They were
J located in caves under 4‘/ 2 feet of
1 dust and dirt.