Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-11-11
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Eseintillations of Henderson County.
To-day.
by Thos. J. Rickman.)
Giving yesterday and to-day their
broad meaning, L took a real journey
Oh yesterday through Henderson,
county observing closely what was
e ne seen. | passed by the farm OF.
7Rey. r. M. flaming, DR.. Josiah john
son., A. y. Moore, the CarIands. w 7.
s& L. L. Johnson B. T. Morris, J. S..
rhodes, Col. r. /. Allen, DIR. Henry.
ZONES, Brlttains, Kimzeys, Whitakers1
alcKmans, Gillespies, Poseys. Wood
ms, Henrys, Crawfords, McLains.
aMurrayd Warlicks, ALIENS, Osbornes
Nv. Allen e Sons, Johnsons, many:
nelson, Morgan, Millers, Spanns.
BIoyls, Israel, LeVerett, McCrary, Nc
carson, Gufce, and on by the nresent
cemetery, into the village of Hender-.
sony1lle. These people and many
others of their neighbors, ~"yesterday.'
were all at homes with their. families.
and i looked into their faces and talk
ed with thems of theiI welfare. and
the general news OF the community
they all greeted me, and bade ne
goodbye as friends.
l made the same journey along the
same roads again HtO-daY.S1 passing
the same farms and homes, looking
for the same people and behold. there
was not one of them to be found at
gone strangers occupying
most the places, with only a few .rem1
nants of former families, left to take
their places.
YESTERDAY" again / .startcd .in4the
opposite direction, down the old Main
street, / saw and greeted Uncle John
Memory and Wesley 5Justus,
Mrs. Hawkins, John and Isaac ArIedge,
Colonel and Mrs. Ripley Col. Living
stone, Jackson and John Barnett, Dav
yid Stradley( Judge =. c. Gullick, DR..
7. A Allen at the Arlington; the little
mules and car emerging from the shed,
on, ever the creek, through the bot
tom / go, to the genial Joe Murrays,
around by Col. Jim Rutledges, back
by Col. r. H. Lowndes, Col. Memmin-
gers, the old Allen Tabor place, An
drew Hart, Rev. Drayton grove and
flower yards, the celebrated Farmer
Hotel, DR.. NJ. C. and Kirkwood King,
by the Misses Fowl, on to the old Nc
Mimi place now called Tuxedo station.
/ turn and come in from the easL and
find Uncle Ben Laughter, Sheriff w
d. Justus, Major Pace, Will Pace, ThosJ
Pace, Thos. j. Stepp. Govan and Rob-
ert Tabor Benz. Williams, NJ. S. JUS
Rufus Edney, S. III. King, Stations,
Jones, Gifreaths, Loves, brakes, II. N.
Ross, Maxwells, Aliens, Dermfds, Ed.
Shfpmany John FINLEY, intelligent peo-
PIE, with many Othera sstyeSterday," I
found at home, in the enjoyment of
health, in the pursuit of Happiness,
in society, building school
houses and churches, laying out roads
and erecting bridges-draining, clear
subduing and identifying woods
and swamps. All this i saw in my
journey "tyesterdag:7
"TOdayS" go again, the same route
and the John w. Erwin, home and
pine grove is gone and cannot De |
found-the Memory and Wesley Jus
tus old homes r wiped out-the+R ir-
ley store and home are unrecogniza-
bic, the Arledge and barnett homes,
~@,,1 H. l--1 = A. "a, /
Allen Arlington home is silent AID
still, the now elegant Main street side
are not whaS they, were tyeS,
keEdayIY and $50 change and strange
appearances greet me on the entire
trip, till arrive back, not
into the old time sleepy Village, but
~ the live, up-to-date little city OF
Herdersonvifle.~ The cows no more
and hogs no more root in the
streets, lots and a1leys-the "rattle-a.
Aang [ba1g," of the old we'll rope ard
MINDLESS is heard no Ih0re.
We'll, we are not here to discourage
patriotic activity inc inIEf9SAMents,
nut rather to encourage theU1-but do +.
i've us, Who went ahead IN the. race,
to drop a tear or two win you
lOt2 The acknowledgements OF the
;UtonnobiIe flyer and the sway Of the
ig-begs and g~randiose men and Wo-
OF these times, may be dazzling ]
o us, batt if there be such fellows as \
hese, In good Old HepdersonL this j
ritter would throw out a hint to them, i
hat the common people of this Hem i
neck-of-the-woods, are not 60 t
ig to invite a single n of these 5ost- \
,rs, simply because OF good clothes. !
!, step, on, sit On, spit on, anil live o n A
lie common scrubs. Let Us say to the b
on, Gents, II such come about. they A
mpK will not do it. 1t is absolutely
to the makeup OF the Hen "
erson breed. They look upon sucz. II
as belonging to Col. Roose gelt's
ones, and if they manage q
4et half the road, they a count 81
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