What a wonderful experience to have shared with your grandfather. My Powell line is the tie that I have to Blount Co. Thanks for sharing with us your memories. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lamisu@aol.com> To: <alblount@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Joseph P. Neely and Alby Thomas > Are you serious about Peep Crack? My grandad and umcle had "rolling > stores" > and traveled around Blount Co.selling there wares. They mentioned Peep > Crack as > one of the places they called on back in the 40s but, I thought all this > time > they were kidding me. They also mentioned "Red Onion Hotel" and "Lick > Skillet". Has any one heard of these places in Blount Co.? > > I spent a week with my grandad during that time and went on his route with > him. His store and home was at Necter. He would stop at a cross road whith > not a > soul in site and blow his horn. It played "O happy Day". After a while > people > would come over the surrounding hills to trade with him. He took in > chickens, > eggs, jelly, honey etc for his wares. He also kept a small library. He > sold > the bartered goods in Birmingham on Saturdays. He also was the local > methodist > preacher. He paid me 25 cents a chapter to read the bible to him that > week. I > should have been paying him. > > Some of you may have heard of him. He was the Rev. S. A. Anderton. After > his > death, his cash register was found full of IOUs wher he gave people food > during the depression. > > Dean Ratliff > lamisu@aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >