Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
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HENDERSON co. "REMINISCENCES.
Pass and Repass-BIue Ridge-Blue
Skies.
(By Thos. J. Rickman.)
Editor Democrat:
Last week it was the pleasure of the
writer to again pass over a lovely
part of Henderson. Ascending the di~
Viding ridge, near Rugby community,
and looking westward, there doomed
up the picturesque and lonely Pisgah'S
top with the most lovely, of all the river
valleys lying between French Broad
and Mills River, the smaller peaks
standing around and looking up to
cd Pisgah, through the bluest of blue
skies, were the rat, old Funney Top
Slate Rock Mountain, Laurel Noun
taink Black Mountain, Forge Mountain,
Syniard Mountain, Mill Knob, Cochran
Mountain running toward BuncOmba
county, and numerous smaller peaks
too tedious to mention. Pausing on
the top of this Rugby dividing ridge.
tC glance in the opposit direction, east
ward, spread out before your eyes,, the
rising in the beyond, were Tryon
Mountain, Sugar Loaf, Bear Wallow,
Burneys Mountain and the never end
ing great divide, the Blue Ridge. We
nuts al lthe time say, the older man
and woman, have their day and gen.
Grafton and pass on, but this grand
blue Land of the Sky" and these blue
tops, which have stood and
watched for ages, were eve yOungeI
and more beautiful than today. How
wonderful are such statements, and
yet nothing so true!
MI. Editor, this is what is CON
stantly being called the young peoples
day and generation, and so 1t is, and
now is your chance to be useful with
your weekly journal. While We in
good old Henderson and surroundings,
ale happy and gladstone, yet there
FeVer was a time in the worlds his
tory that mankind so needed the salVe
for Sadness as at the close of this
year 1915. Look across the broad At
lantic and alas! what a picture is to
be seen! Eut as We are unable to cOn-
troll, or influence these mad nations,
ii is not worth our while to brood i'll
sadness. We can the rather rejoice
our own blessed. land was never
from the accursed> war spirit
than now. We can all say and ex-
claim, Peace, sweet peace, tbs the
gift OF God to mani"
Passing along where one has gone
By, amusing incidents will often be
brought to mind. We passed by on
his trip, near where was a coun-
ry meeting house, and associations
~ gone are brought to mind. AS the
;rowd met in the grove waiting for
he people to gather and the hour ar
and women gather from va
ious directions-when a somewhat
optimistic fellow inquired of the crowd
Why it was that egotiStic man put
imself up as being all in all. No
4Gman, he said was allowed to stand
u in the pulpit and preach, nor was
he expected, he said, to pray in pub
ic. make a speech, or hold office or
Iything but stay at home and COOK
nd take care of the house and chill
rem. Nobody Ventured to explain the
roblem till a certain wag, we'll known
n the community, spoke up and said,
Boys, l thought any of you had sense
nough to answer all such questions.
lon't you know it would do for
romen to do their own praying? If she
for one thing, her husband
would be certain to pray for another
hing. When a man wanted dry
weather. to cure his hay, she would
re praying for. rain; when the corn
5ouId be twisted with the drouth, she
would still be praying for sun-shinT
what does a woman know about
weather., any way? No sir! it would
ever do, women must depend on man
or her preaching and praying. And
etter than men, it would scare nj to
cath to hear a good woman preach
would be afraid to go near. 1 would
ust fall down and tremble myself to
Ieath. No boys, 1 surely do hope
here is some way to keep them from
at it, for I tell you the preach
ng of women is the beginning of
The crowd seemed to know nothing
lse to do, but take our wag for it, and
t the suggestion of the church leader
III filed into the church for services,
IL of which was conducted by men
he women seeming to be o~nlookers,
ut our word for 1t, matters will hard
y remain so forever. Who now be.
ieves the doctrine our wag taught
way?
Blue Ridge, blue mountains, blue