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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-12-04
DEWEY.
Mrs. MAY MATTHEWS.

MRS. MAY MATTHEW'S.
Sam McReynolds and family spent
Thanksgiving in Carthage.
ban Matthews had for dinner Mrs.
Bradish, Mr.. Karls and family and
Albert Berry and family.
Oscar Follmer and wife spent the day
at Mr.. Johnson's.
Mr.. Riggs spent the day in Neosho.
Mr.. and Mrs. REGAIN from Marion
vile spent few days with Mrs.
Turner.
Arch Rice and family spent Thanks
giving at Joe Rice's;
Dan Matthew's sister, Mrs. Bradish
of Parkersburg, w. Va, left for her
home Friday.
The Bull, Ferguson and Carter fam
lilies went to family reunion at Man
sur Sunday.
Mrs. Florence Miller Carter enter
tanned for dinner Sunday: Kenney
Miller, Lester Carter, and Dick Carter
and families and other relatives.
Thirty guests in all and they had q
grand time.
Miss Bessie Flowers is going to
Neodesha, Hans, with her aunt, Mrs.
Ida Near, to spend the holidays.
Miss Lorena Estey and her brother
William will remain in Carthage until
after the holidays.
Mr.. Courtney will move into his
house vacated by Mr.. Estey. Mr..
Courtney has his brothers children
visiting him now and his family has
just dozen children, two more than
Mr.. Ogle's.
Mrs. Rusk entertained for Thanks
giving dinner 24 guests: Jim and Earl
Bull and families, and sister and
family from Carterville, two brothers
and families and Mrs. Robinson.
Miss Ruby Bull entertained Satur-
day and Sunday Miss Bessie Flowers.
The ladies aid society meets Thurs
day with Mrs. McReynolds in the
afternoon to tack comforts.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-12-04
LEBANON.
Miss OCIE ANDREWS.

Ernest Rex ond family and George
File spent Saturday evening at Fred
Winters.
Ray Jones and wife of st. Joseph
visited Mr.. Jones' brother and parents
here last week.
Miss Althea Armstrong spent Tues
day morning at Mrs. Emma Huber's.
Chas. Stansberry and family, Grand
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-12-04
Mahogany Trees.

Mahogany trees do not grow in clus'
tiers, but are found scattered through
out forests and hidden in dense under
growths.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13

Over these roads, mostly laid out by
hunters and farmers, mainly men who
had little knowledge of engineering,
rolled the stage coach. We mention
ed before that the stage coach figured
largely in the history Of our county.
The stage coach is a very old institu-
ton. It grew out of the old Roman
chariot and began to appear early in
the 18th century. So great became
the demand for coach service that
large establishments for their manu-
facture sprang up in all sections and
the coaches soon became models OF
Rperfect construction. The coach
known to these mountains was called
The Albany, and was especially built
for rough roads It was hung on
leather braces and seated nine pas
seners inside, two with the driver On
the box, and three upon a seat behind
on the front edge of the top. This
style of coach Col. V. Ripley ran over
the almost impossible mountain roads
carrying the mail and most Of the tine
with a full load OF passengers.
Dickens in his Sketches by Bee thus
details a punishment for obstinate
miscreants-"and then we would have
booked him for an inside place in
small coach which Travelled day AMI
night; and securing the remaining
seats for stout men with a slight ten
dency to coughing AMI splitting, We
have started him on his last travels
Had Dickens lived in these mountains
we believe he would nave been more
Lenient.
The driver was invested with abSO- |
lutte power, at his signal the coach |
went forward, at his command the pas
sengers assisted in eXtricating the |
wheels from the red mud. AT regular |
intervals were inns where fresh !
horses were put in and the passengers T
found entertainment of varying quail |
". On approaching these stopping
places, the driver blew signals on his
horn to let the inn-keeper know the
number of passengers, and in the
ears between 1928 and 'S2 the noun
aims re-echoed with the sweet notes
f the long tin horn until the shrieN
f steam drowned the ecnoes-
So far as we have record OF the
arIy roads, stages were never robbed
4 these mountains but many incidents
ccurred which were almost as eX-
iting as the stage coach hold-up of
lotion. We have only space here 20
ell the humorous story of the very
eaf driver who on starting the Jour
ey up the steep rough grade of the
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
HENDERSON COUNTY MAN
HAS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL

Probably the only man in Hender-
son County who has so far received
the Congressional Medal of Honor IS
one who received it for distinguished
service in the Spanish-American War.
Zebulon A. Shipman, rural carrier on
Etowah Route One, owns the coveted
decoration, awarded to him by vote
of Congress for distinguished service
in the line of duty at Guantanamo,
Cuba. Mr.. Shipman was one of the
small landing party of U. S. Marines
who were put ashore on the famous
Point" at the entrance to the bay on
the south coast of Cuba, and with his
comrades held their ground for days
against the murderous attacks OF
many times their number of Spanish
troops. InvaIided home, he was dis
charged from a naval hospital in 1885,
1t is not known just what amount or
money and other property Mr.. Ship
man claims title to, but it is a safe
bet that he would part with most OF
it rather than give up the big medal
bearing a profile Of Rear Admiral
Sampson.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13

old Howard Gap road was urged tc
hurry by an important passenger
Speed over the rough roads proved
disastrous when the belt that connect
ed the fore wheels with the nercn
that passed under the body of the
chaise to the hind wheels, s1lappe;.
he braces broke and the coach body.
1iding backwards of the run
ming gear, remained stationary in The
road. In vain the passengers yelled
disappeared from view. 1t was not un-
til he drew up at the door of the next
inn that he discovered his accident
Nothing could equal the utter aston
ishment which his features then dis
played as he gazed at the bare run
ming gear where the body of his
coach should be- 1t is said he did not
show himself for three days.
In the spring great bands of slaves
with large canvas covered wagons
come up from the cities to open the
houses in preparation for the sum-
mer visits of the owners, who follow
ed in their private coaches a week or
two later. All the old places in Flat
Rock had their slave quarters. At
Barnwell's estate MANY Pines" after
ward owned by the late Mr.. Smythe,
are still standing many houses of the
quarter" The postoff1ce is there and
several cabins.
The people of the county had hard
work to get their produce 10 marke..
There was little money amcng them,
their crops serving as IL medium of
1t was a three weeks trip
to Augusta, the nearest large town so
the people of a neighborhood would
punch their produce and two or three
wagons would start down together,
coming back weeks later laden with
sugar, coffee and salt instead of the
bacon, pelts and grain which they
had hauled down. And then as now
many men went through the country |
)uying stock, punching them together !
md driving the animals down the
mountain road to the markets in the |
anger towns Of the low country.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
SAYS LOCAL DEPREDATIONS
DUE TO DRUG-HUNTERS
Sheriff Case in discussing the hume

Sheriff Case in discussing the hume
Gus depredations on unoccupieG
houses of late, states that he is of the
opinion that much of the evil doing
should be charged to local dope-fends
who find their supply cut off by en-
forcement of state and federal legis-
lation. 1t is of course we'll known
that victims of cocaine, morphine and
similar drugs become desperate when
refused fresh supplies, and will hest
tate at nothing which offers a chance
of more dope. Circumstances connect
ed with many of the recent house.
breakings indicate that general lOOc
was not the object, in many cases
houses being ransacked from top to
bottom/ and many articles of high
value being simply cast aside. In one
case the thieves ransacked the drawers
of a bureau, turning everything out on
he floor and leaving with the other
contents a solid gold watch. This as
the sheriff points out, seems to indt-
cate that the thieves are not intent on
getting money or plumber to turn into
They are hunting something
lse. and that something is in all proc
liability the white powder which the
drug stores no longer sell.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
" OLD TIMERS "
(By Patsy O'Brien)

The Henderson County method OF
building roads years ago seem queer
to us in these days. Dynamite was
unknown and tools were scarce, and
tops of ridges offered the best roads
for the least work, as it was only ne
cessary to level off the crest enough
for a wagon to pass along The next
best location was the level ground
along rivers, but this being subject to
overflow was not so practical. Only
when extreme measures demanded,
did our pioneer road builder resort to
side-cutting into the cliffs. 1t took a
longer road to go by gentle grade,
so the sleeper road was invariably
built, as some of them still show.
Whenever rock lodges were encOun-
tered the road-builders took to the
woods, and where it was impossible
to avoid the rock great piles of weeds
were heaped up and burned on the
rock until it was well heated, then
barrels of cold water were hast
lily poured over it, causing the
rock to split and permitting it to
be quarried. These roads were far
from ideal, as the sticky red clay pc
culiar to these mountains made rough
going ten months out of the year.
Heavy vehicles would sink to the hubs
and horses and oxen f1oundered help
lessly in the mud.
The road over the Sa1uda gap is the
oldest road connecting the mountains |
with the towns in the lower country.
It was built in 1898 by Col. Earle a
South Carolinian. The Asheville and
GreenviIle road company was incor-
porated in 1851, and built a plank
road from Greenville to Asheville,
this road however, falling into neglect
after the Civil War and remaining
practically impossible until reopen |
ed some time later.
When Henderson County was form
ed in 1888, many other roads were 7.
being built, Solomon Jones, a man of
rare engineering talent who built the
road over the Jones gap in Transy1va- {
MIA County, which today is one of the
best roads in this section, built a {
road from Hendersonville to the sum-
nit of a mountain seven miles from {
town which he named Mt. Hebron.
His home and grave are on the noun
ain side, and many passersby have
'ead the simple inscription on the {
stone. Z
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
KENTUCKY HOME LEADS
HOTELS IN THE STATE.

Hendersonville has the c1eanest and
most sanitary hotel in the State, as
stated in an official bulletin from the
State Board of Health under date of
January 25th. OF the twenty-three
hotels covered in this particular re-
port only three of the number made .
score of 80 or better, Kentucky Home
leading the entire list with a score of
SO.
1t is pretty generally recognized
over the entire big. territory from
which Hendersonville draws visitors
that one simply gets the hest things to
eat at Kentucky Home that you can
get anywhere; one can hardly stop in
the lobby of hotel in ether parts CT
the state without heLrimt the travei-
;Eg inen dilatt urCn the abundance Of
& I'd things t1oy never fail to enjoy
here, and this fact has caused very
noticeable increase in the number of
travelling men who see fit TO make
Hendersonville their objective for the
Sunday stop-over and rest.
Home folks have known all the
the state, and it is fine to see this
official bulletin come out and cOnirm
the knowledge. The present manage
ment of Kentucky Home has made 4
pTD1 hoy. Of i1,oD1,r(Iyo,,o onto IN tho ooTin
ment of the hotel, on a scale which is
in fact seldom warranted except in
the big cities, and only in the finest
hotels there. For instance, the new
kitchen and it's equipment are fine as
can be found in the South. If money
will buy any item which will add to !
the quality of the food served, or the |
speed and convenience and sanitation |
of the kitchen service, that item will |
be found installed and doing it's duty. |
nothing seems 20 he lack
ing, from the high-speed potato parer,
The two enormous ranges. the alum
iium meat boiler digger than ar or-
1inary wash pOt), the live steam dish
machine, the battery of steam
vegetable cookers, the steam tables
o" heating ft DDS, the Dig store rooms
lied with the most inv!ii:!g supply O!
!uits and jellies an! ian., and smok-
ID meats; canned and fresh vegc
ables. A walk tnroTh the store
ooms in these h;gh-pri"ed times is
ike being escorted throdgn the trea-
ure vaults of the Mint, and one can't
lelp thinking that if he had wheel
arrow and a good chance he would
ote off load that would make that
zig gray express horse look like q
,ony.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
A VOW-NOTHING GERMAN

I will not drink from a German cup,
Or eat fro a German plate;
will not deal with a German man.
All foul with German hate.
I'll use no drug with GermaJ Ina lie,
That's grown on German land; y
I'll eat no food and drink no beer
If made by a German hand. n
1 will not use a German tool,
Razor, knife or saw;
I will not trade with German shop
That lives by German law.
| will not sail on a German ship
Where German songs are sung;
I will not breathe where Gods clean
air
Is soiled by a German tongue.
I will not forget those awful deeds
To girls and little boys;
No more I'll hang on. Christmas trees
Those blood-stained Christmas toys.
I will not take a Germans word,
He'll break it if he can;
There is no love in a German heart,
Or faith in a German man.
This is my oath, now war is done,
I'll swear to keep it true;
And, since I know you feel the same,
I'll pass it on to you.
That's Me, Duffy
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
T.. =. HOSPITALS IL NORTH
CAROLINA To BE CLOSED

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE govern
ment hospitals at Waynesyille ana
Hot Springs will be abandoned. The
Kenilworth Inn hospital has not been
passed upon yet. The war DEPART
ment has reached a final decision on
the two plants at WaynesvlAe and hot
Springs. Representative Webb intro
duced today a bill for $4,000 for al
site and public building at Morganton.I
This is one of many public buildings
bills going in now.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
Not Adapted for Pet

The average-sized Alaska walrus is
as big as an OK and often weighs more
than a ton. A walrus was recently
killed by some whalers near Point Bar
row whose head weighed 80 pounds,
and skin, including flippers, 500 pounds.
The animal had a girth of IA feet, the
inches in thickness, and the blubber
weighed 500 pounds.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
Aceticism.

Acetfcism means the practicing of
severe virtues, or the mastering of de-
sires and passions. It might be termed
the extreme practice Of the simple life.
Among the ancient Greeks it denoted
the exercise and discipline practiced by
the athletes and Wrestlers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
RE-ENTERED BUSINESS
J. E. Dyer Now Manager of the
Dunlap Racket Store for
Chattanooga Parties.

J. D. Dyer is now manager of
the Dunlap Racket Store, having
been placed in charge of the
stock of goods formerly owned
by him at Dunlap by a Chatta-
nooga man who purchased the
stock. He is assisted by his son,
Hugh Dyer. as salesman.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
vETcH GROWING
Being >Agitated for Improving
Lands of Marion.

John Lay, a prominent farmer
of the Rankin Cove district, is
agitating extensively the grow
ing of yeteh to improve farm
lands. He has tried it and knows
it to be a success, and is asking
all the farmers union. of which
he is a member, to try it, if only
one acre. There are two vetches.
the hairy vetch. and the sand
vetch. The sand vetch does not
grow very large, and IS not as
satisfactory as the hairy vetch
with which Mr.. Lay experiment.
ed. Quite a number of farmers
are inclined to try it. as Mr.. Lay
is a very successful farmer. He
also advocates growing crimson
clover with the vetch.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
RAG DOLL SAVED LIFE
Keeps Shot From Entering Body
of Ten Year. Old Child.

Manchester, Aug. 10. John
ME Reed, the eight year-old son
of Houston Reed. who resides
near Manchester in Coffee coun-
ty, got hold of his fathers shot
gun, and while playing with it
pulled the trigger. The gun was
loaded and thirty-six shot struck
his sister, Ora, who was stand.
ing a short distance away. A
ragdoll she held in her arms pre-
vented the shot from entering
deeply, almosN all just piercing
the skin, tho one shot went deep
er. A surgeon removed the shot
and the little girl is recovering,
but the rag doll is what saved
her life.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
Descendant of Old Israel Pud'lam
of Revolutionary Fame, In DALEY

/ ion that it should be fortified also
and in the words of the historian
while the American detach,
ment was drawn up on Bunker
Hill, a conference took place be-
tween those officers on the ground
at the end of which. notWith'
standing the order to throw it UP
where they then were, it was de-
cided to begin. the intrenchment
on Breeds Hill. This being set
tied, Colonel Prescott immediate
ly led his men down the hill and
over the ridge between the two
eminences, to the plateau of
Breeds Hill. The intrenchment
was marked out, and the men,
laying aside their trusty firelocks,
went vigorously to work turning
the first sods. : : Toward
morning Putnam mounted his
horse and rode back to camp.
His own idea was that Bunker
Hill should be fortified as well as
Breeds Hill. +" Gen Putnam was
right in this belief and later on
it was proved that he was.
The events of the battle of the
18th of June are most fully re-
corded in the history mentioned,
and Gen. Putnam played a most
dashing and brave part in it, so
much so that Col. Abercrombie, a
British soldier, while being-borne
off the field mortally wounded,
said to his men: IF you take
Gen. Putnam alive, don't hang
him, for he is a brave man." In
fact, Putnam was the unconquer-
able rearguard of the American
army, for when the storm Of fug
itives fell back from the PENN
sular, he with those who still
fought stoutly, resisted the ad-
the advancing British and yield
ed ground so slowly that when
night came, he and his forces
camped in sight of the enemy on
Prospect Hill. And he it was
who when the fire of the enemy
was directed at the masses OF
Americans on Bunker Hill, said:
Make a stand here. In Gods
name form and give them one
shot more. !" G
Had Bunker Hill been fortified
as well as Breeds Hill, the de-
feat might have been turned into
an American victory. for later
seeing their need for breast
works the American soldiers en-
1eavored to dig up the earth with
heir hands. The history in
question contains handsome
steel engraved portrait of the
brave old general.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
Not Exactly Decent.

A soldier by the name of Nor
wood pulled off a not exactly de-
cent stunt at the river yesterday.
He appeared in little more than
the proverbial fig leaf, thereby
disRracing his flag and shaming
lady bathers. Such stunts should
be cut out.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions. and
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi.
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
In this country" for years. It Is COM
posed of some Of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination OF
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi-
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
FAIR VISITORS BY Frank Wing
PICKED this apple OF tn

PICKED this apple OF tn
big tree standiH back OF tn
hen house tn other day, an
when I showed It to Paw, he
said, "T'll say that's some ap-
ple.' was tellin' Gertie
Claypool about 1t later. an
she says. right quick, why
don't you show 1t at tn fairf"
Well, tn more got to think
in about II, tn more I wanted
to 'zibit Il. But II / was goin'
to take an apple to tn fair.
why not take some other
things, too? l had q fine gar.
den. / went over everything
careful an picked out some
good mushmelons, a water
melon, some potatoes, an
other things. all to be taken
to tn fair. My brother liked
to leased me to death about
the prizes l was goin' to take,
until one day he got SO per-
sonal that he and me had .
regular fight. When Paw
heard about It he got awful
mad, an whipped my brother
like everything. Said he'd
had enough fightin' am quar-
relin' about this 'zibitin' prop
osition: in fact he favored Il.
Since that was the first sign
he'd shown that he was in a.
yor of my 'xibitin'. ! felt pref
~ GLAD my brother an me
b6a had . aghI Cssas ssvana
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21

Sequachee Valley can boast OF
at least two families that can
trace their lineage back to the
battles of Lexington and Concord
and Bunker Hill. when American
Independence was won from paid
Hessian hirelings. The Hill FAM
lily, of this place. can trace on
the mothers side to the Battle OF
Lexington, when two boys who
had armed themselves. were kill
ed by the British, These boys
were from two families of Wo-
burn, and when the call came to
arm had seized their. guns and
gone to Lexington breakfastless
and were killed about daylight.
The women of Woburn, to anne
liorate their anxiety, met in one
place that day, and made a quilt
of woven material, and for years
a piece of this quilt was in the
home of the Hill family.
The other family is the Wells
family. of Inman, of which Prof
James Wells is the head. He
is descendent of Gen. Israel
Putnam, who took up the thread
of battle at Concord and carried
it to Bunker Hill. and had it not
been for his judgement that day
the route of the American forces
would have been much more dis
astrous.
From the History of Middle
sex County," by Samuel Adams
Drake, the following is learned
regarding the heroic old general:
ION the twenty-first april II,
l775) Israel Putnam rode into
Concord on the sam Ell rse he
had mounted the afternoon be-
fore at Pomtret on hearing of the
fighting at Lexington and Con-
cord, The gallant veteran had
not stopped to change his cloth
ng, or unyoke the oxen with
which he was ploughing. After
comforting with the provincial
delegates, he on the same day
rode back to hasten the dispatch
If the Connecticut troops to Cam
bridge. The next day he was at
Cambridge, ready for any call
hat might be made upon him.
His presence was a tower of
strength to the provincials; in
lin the provincial soldiers recog-
1ized a leader" He raised a
'egiment and on the 10th Am
,rican troops occupied Bunker
Hill. 1000 strong, a preliminary
orce. On the 9th of May he
commanded at the capture of a
British armed vessel at Chelsea,
nd on the 9th of June he con-
lucted in behalf of the whole ar
ny an exchange of prisoners.
len. Putnam was in command of
he troops nearest to Charleston,
nd covering Lechmere's Point.
While Gen. Prescott had been or
cred to Breeds Hill with in (
to fortify it. Gen.
'utnam's own position wss on
'unker Hill, and it was his opin-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-08-21
Fish Shooting Illegal.

1t is not any more legal to shoot
fish than it is to- dynamite them
or catch them with seine. The
only legal way to catch fish is by
rod and line or trot line, except
in the large rivers where nets
may be used under license.