Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-26
d1rftS and
Gravel
By L. MOSES JONES


shout A mile from here Miss Minnie
tanoht Bibie at LittletOn College
some wears ago. She is a sister of the
,te Nev *. l.. Willis, who was pas
Tor of our church at Oxford for .,our
,.ears and was later made a presid
mo elder She spent one summer at
his home while she lived at Oxford
me said Mrs. Willis now lives at
Hegtford. 1t was real inspiration to
see Miss Minnie once more.
size is one of the mos: active mem
iafs of the Longs Chapel Methodist
Church which is near her home, and
: ereately enthused over her Sun
day School and church work. She
seemed to appreciate our calling to
see her.
Sack by the post office and re-
cevcd our first news from home-a
Dispatch for Tuesday and Wednesday.
thanks, Miss Page.
We went over the factory here
where they make thousands of use
full and ornamental articles and SOU
venirs which are made for sale to
tourists. They are sold for miles
around at almost every turn in the
u.
ferent colored wood are glued together
to make them. H. j. Council sells
them at his store in Oxford He
the father of Mrs. Pinnell, of Hen
derson.
They seem to make everything on
earth but draught boards, and that
is the only thing 1 wanted, so of
course, l did not get one
Just before supper Mrs. Jones and
myself got in rook game with a
Mrs Bell, of West Palm Beach, and
Miss Helen Gibson, formerly a deal
coness of our church at Tampa, Fla.
There is also a musician here
whom l have met. He is Gustave
Houseal, of Newberry S. G. He is
a poet and also writes the words and
music to hymns. EIei now compos-
ing a book of hymns.
After supper we rushed down to
the auditorium to get a good seat
for the play, reaching there 80 min
utes before starting time.
The play was THE Patsy" and
lasted about TWO hours It was in
three acts. Each of the seven char
acters exactly fitted their parts, and
right out in the middle of the scenes
After the play we waited at the
door to watch all who passed. We
saw Mrs. E. M. Snipes. She now lives
at Durham Her late husband, who
died several years ago, was the one
who performed our wedding cere-
mony 16 years ago from this Au-
gust 13.
1t was on a very rainy Sunday aft
ernoon out at the home of Mrs. Jones
parents, and holes were made all over
the yard by the cars as they left
after the ceremony. We were glad
to see Mrs. Snipes as it had been
several years since we last saw her.
Lake Junaluska is a beautiful place
in the mountains. The lake is about
five miles around. The large boat
goes around the lake. every evening
at Z o'clock. The lake is about 40
feet deep in the middle, and 60 feet
deep at the dam. It covers more than
300 acres.
There are lots of row boats and
motor boats. There is a beach for
swimming also There are good-sized
fish in the lake.
The dam was built about 1912 or
1913 1t was in 1914 in August, that
my sister and myself, then children,
came up with Aunt Lula and Uncle
Jimmy Rhodes and spent 10 whole,
long days at their cottage here, which
they called College Inn.
1t was the largest building here, but
he sold it in a year or so, and as
much more was added to it, SO
is still the largest house here. At
that time there were only few cot
tages here, but since that time manA
houses have been built and it does
not look like the same place, except
for the lake.
A huge cross stands near the en-
trance of the grounds, and is lighted
at night It, and also its reflection in
the water, are both beautiful.
The weather has been rainy ever
since we arrived, so we cannot see
the real beauty Of the mountains
at it's best.s A lot of water falls over
the DAM 1t is said that the lake
filled in six days after the dam was
completed, but cannot quite take
that in.
Mr.. and Mrs Medford, who own
and run the Cherokee Inn where we
are staying, are fine folks. We have
nice front rooms overlooking the lake,
and our dining room fare is first
class Mr. Medford says that lots of
the folks here plant their Irish po-
tatoes in rows straight up the noun
tain side. When digging time comes
they just dig a hole at the bottom
end of the row and all the potatoes
in the whole row come rolling out.
There is a little girl here named
Cornelia Gates from Mississippi. She
is only eight and is as cute as she
can be. We: took her to ride and
she just can't talk quite as much as
myself. There is the largest dahlia
garden here I ever saw. Hundreds of
the prettiest flowers l have ever seen.
Some of them are huge, enormous,
and mammoth
One of the cottages here is owned
by Rev. D. G. D. Parker, who was
missionary in Portugal for 35 years
He named his cottage Lagoalinda,
which means in Portuguese, Lake
Beautiful.
| am writing all this in long hand
and hope the operator can make out