Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-05-31
wKrTES OF SUNNr soUTz
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hrE.nr ~ the tennessee Ens III We
u5gac1e5 ths Frsmrh Bruz6 RrvE-
a. d he1Et -esg-z called PANT Rgck
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a wunas-fL eEhinr-ign W oVe--hEnE-
nr rocE ane projecting peaks rsn-
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and form A--0ss 1hs rvg many times
rum Pam Enrk 10 AsnvIle. The
Bs6 a 1iIs rBa6 has beeu blasted 1ut
q M uuEauln soc We arrived ~
AbTIs n c. a 80 ?. n.
uhH-E ! have napnsEs AND 1isoes hy
ne 5BIHns winch assured rs q uu
ro85 care En5 caufuT Curing uu
Shy Fhsu ] WIS lEz II tins place
FRY yeas ago. 1s-s were possibly
SOS nhEbzzrts win rnres or f1-
SHARES and business plares. Nov,
AlnE zbuu- T. mt less rhEn forty
1ngzsEaa E1h al ths modern m
RrgvsnsurB and CITY prs1sunuas
BANKS. CHURCHES and railroad I'D
rgvgnsuts, hsyan5 limit.
AE.ar . Gay q FEST We were aiken
70 VISIT the palE1L home d the Van
5 which IS located about fuur
m1ss ssuth 81 AshEri1e. acr1sg The
SwEunz3sa rfrsr and through me
soEn q Blznu-s- Among pthE
things q interest," We were shown
-gaEh The dairy q LZ5 Jersey ru~E
Ehidh IS equipped with ali the moi
EN- improvements for taking care Il
rzilk. Here ne saw on first riIk-
ng machine Ia operation which not
.oaly uilks the cows. but carries ths
mix Arvagh . kong cable ACROSS the
street 70 another building, and after
separating the cream from the MAX.
empt5es il into large cans wiihoEt
the assistance Of human hands. We
also visited Grove PARK. the finest
resort hotel Ia the world. built On the
mountain side East Of AsheyiIle. with
golf course down the valley. At Val
ley Park Hotel, which is bail. up8a
a high elevation, overlooking al II
the City Of AsheyiIle, re we're able
to review the palatal Vanderbilt
home.
From AsheYile, we went to Wsynes-
vile, which Is a Summer Resort, about
thirty miles southeast Of Ashevine
This place Is located at the foot Of
Mount Jurahshz. Big lumber camps
are here, where lumber is furnished
for United States ships. Oxen are
still used in these camps, and also
for farming. Eagles Nest, a resort
hotel, is built on the mountain top,
$3.50 feet high. Plenty Of bear and
deer are still TO be found in the old
Ball and Bals0m mountains.
At Waynesville, ! visited some Of
my old comrades in my company of
the Confederate Army. Among those
| saw were Dick Moody, Jerry Allen,
VIII Messer, Tom Muse and Rube
Law. ! also met - Suayman,
whose sister married in the early days,
and | was best man at the wedding.
visited the old swimming hole
where | had crossed q thousand times
when a barefoot boy, on a foot
log, with the aid Of a hand pole. The
log has been replaced by an iron
bridge, and as | took a walk across
the bridge TO the Sulphur Spring
whore / drank SO many times before,
the place, | thought, could
have been recognized on account Of
the improvements.
During my stay, my health did not
permit my visiting as much as |
would liked to, but / made special eff
fort to visit the familiar haunts that
were so dear to memory. After
reteurn from Waynesyille 10 Ashe-
vile, we made it a special point to
visit our old boarding place, where
we had stopped while we were teach
ing in a country school, north Of Ashe-
vile on Ream's Creek. Here we
saw u boyhood sweetheart, Lou Gar
rison. We also saw Rev. Harvey, a
Presbyterian minister, who is ninety
two years Of age, and still preaching
II was he who performed the mar
rage ceremony at my wedding forty
seven years ago. God bless him, he
is a useful man in his declining years.
We returned home by the same
route, where at Louisville, Ky, VIC
had our first pure "eye-opener" of
the famous Kentucky type. l reach
ed home, not improved in health as
much as | had hoped, on account Of
the inclement weather, and fraternally
greet my friends.
DR.. j. B. HAWKINS.
NEW HOPE
7. X. Dollins and wife and daugh-
tiers spent Sunday with Mrs. Min