The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-08-04

Carolina few weeks ago:
President Hutchins had gone and
Dr. John ID. Trawick, of Louisville,
and | were left to hold number of
clinics in a small valley Of the Wa
tauga river at the foot of Grand
father Mountain (Dr. Trawick OF
course conducted the clinics, while
engineered the journey and bore him
company.
The Watauga threads its way thru
the most picturesque part Of the Blue
Ridge mountains of North Carolina,
which means one Of the most pictur.
esque regions in America. Gran
father is the second mountain in size
and height of all the Blue Ridge
Range. 1t touches Caldwell and Wa.
tauga counties, but like the Father
of our Country is claimed by the
whole state Of North Carolina.
Grandfather has lain with his face
heavenward for centuries. The per.
feet profile can be seen for fifty miles
in three directions. There is some.
thing awe-inspiring in the grim fea-
lures of this mountain face as one
stands in the distance and gazes up
on it. You can imagine Grandfather
as an Oriental God, or a God Of the
Teutons. Had Grandfather been
planted in some old country, the
legends and folk tales :nat would
have gone down concerning it from
generation to generation would make
many volumes, but Grandfather has
been deprived of myths and legends
because his neighbors are Americans,
and are not myth makers. They are
people who grind out an honest liv-
ing and pay little heed to the rom
ances around them.
Grandfather sends a thrill of de-
light thru the soul of the sight-seer
who occasionally passes thru, but he
forms a barrier to opportunity and
modern civilization to his neighbors
who live at his foot. Grandfather
saw Daniel Boone as he found his
way up the Watauga valley, STEALTH
ly avoiding the lurking Indians that
inhabited the coves. He saw the pio-
neer settlers that came thru from the
southeast and found their way to- the
West, planting Kentucky and Tennes.
see and later on the far West. He has
seen the timber pulled down from the
streams to build the cities of the
plains, and recently he has seen a
narrow gauge railroad built from
Boone, the lofty county seat of Wa
tauga county to the great thorough
fare of East Tennessee, known as the
East Tennessee Valley. The mar
row gauge now accommodates the
citizens along the valleys of the Es-
cotoe, the Watauga and the Doe
rivers with one trip in and one out
each day. The road was not built
for the accommodation of the PEG.
pie, nor to give them an outlet to
the world, but to furnish a carrier
for the removal of the timber from
the mountain sides to the markets of
the nation
Grandfather saw, during the war,
hugh sawmills of the most modern
type, cutting and ripping, sizing and
jointing huge logs so rapidly that
the main duty of the workmen was
to stay out of the way of the ma
chinery. He now sees a poor lumber
market and the mill still and dead.
He sees idle, jobless men sitting on
the front porches of the board shacks
in the mill camp, waiting for the
news, THE mill is going to start
again next week"
Grandfather saw two strange men
alight from the train one Thurs.
uay HlotIulB anu walk up the |
valley toward his base in search Of
a crippled girl, who, they were told, |
lived in the vicinity. She is a beau.
tiful child Of twelve, who has been a
patient sufferer since she was two
years old. Her two crutches have
been as inseparably part Of her as
her two arms, and are Of more use to |
her than her right leg. DIR. Trawick,
in very skilful manner, examined
the crippled foot and diagnosed the
case, The tenderness and sympathy,
as well as the skill which were dis.
played by the doctor while examining
this timid and nervous child sent
thrill Of appreciation thru me for the !
possibilities Of the medical and sur.
gical sciences. We left the little girl
and her parents with words of hope
ringing in their ears and relief in
sight If the instructions of the doc.
tor are carried out.
Another three mile journey brought
US 20 the foot, yea, far upon the