Our old friend, John Weaver of Greens Creek township, made this office a pleasant call Saturday morning, bringing with him a bouquet of beautiful flowers for which Mrs. Weaver is noted, and which seemed like a nosegay from the Garden of Eden when our own growing things are dried up and pulverized into dust.
John issued a challenge—three of them to be exact—and the columns of the News will be open to all comers to take up his banters. In the first place, Mr. Weaver is known to be one of the best fiddlers in the state, and his rendition of “Arkansas Traveler” with monologue is a rare treat to those who have been fortunate enough to hear him. He challenges any fiddler to a contest in this particular number, fiddler to live east of Bird Mountain, and excludes blind or left-handed fiddlers.
The second challenge is one that should appeal to every lover of primitive nature, particularly to those how feel a deep concern for the rapidly vanishing forests of our mountains. Mr. Weaver’s claim is that he has the greatest variety of the biggest trees covering the smallest area of any man in this section. In this particular woods on Weaver farm are trees which have, in some way, escaped the woodsman’s axe.
The third challenge has to do with an unusually large and rare collection of Indian relics gathered from the mounts and valleys of Greens Creek. These relics are valuable from a collector’s viewpoint, owing to the splendid condition and variety of articles. Mr. Weaver is a man of pleasing personality, and very hospitable, and is always glad to show visitors around the farm and woods, and will be pleased to show his curios to those really interested.
From the front page of The Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., July 23, 1925
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