1 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:14,315 Don't be afraid. You're alright. 2 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:18,519 Just keep thinking about your baby. 3 00:00:18,586 --> 00:00:20,588 Grandpa, I know I made a terrible mistake. 4 00:00:20,654 --> 00:00:23,457 I gotta do something about it. But I don't know what to do. 5 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,993 The only thing I want is, you with me. 6 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:28,562 I don't want you against me. 7 00:01:27,488 --> 00:01:29,022 The mountain had been our home 8 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:32,293 ever since the first Walton put his ax to a pine tree... 9 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,429 and built his cabin on a plateau near the summit. 10 00:01:35,496 --> 00:01:38,666 Since then, each Walton child had been instilled with a... 11 00:01:38,732 --> 00:01:42,236 regard for the traditions of the land on which we lived. 12 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:48,041 Ironically, it was I who violated those traditions... 13 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:51,412 and exposed our mountain to a danger unforeseen... 14 00:01:51,479 --> 00:01:54,815 and literally unknown in our sheltered community. 15 00:02:15,903 --> 00:02:17,238 -Mr. Carter? -Yes. 16 00:02:17,305 --> 00:02:19,072 My name is John Walton, Jr. 17 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:21,875 Walton. Yes, yes. Nice to see you. 18 00:02:21,942 --> 00:02:24,345 We have your note here, bought from Mr. Johnson. 19 00:02:24,412 --> 00:02:25,579 -Sit down. -Thank you. 20 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:28,148 I wanted to talk to you about the note. 21 00:02:28,216 --> 00:02:30,518 Let's see here. 22 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:36,424 You're a couple of months in arrears with this, John. 23 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:39,059 I know. I've been trying to meet my payments. 24 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:40,428 I just started a newspaper. 25 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:41,929 It's called The Blue Ridge Chronicle. 26 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,397 Maybe you've seen it around. 27 00:02:43,464 --> 00:02:45,899 Yes, yes. You're doing a commendable job with it. 28 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:48,802 Thank you. I need a little more time to make those payments. 29 00:02:48,869 --> 00:02:50,571 'Cause my advertising is growing. 30 00:02:50,638 --> 00:02:53,574 In about six months I should have a solid paper going for me. 31 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:55,409 I don't doubt that, John. 32 00:02:55,476 --> 00:02:57,678 And I'd like to help you as much as I can. 33 00:02:57,745 --> 00:03:01,715 But money is hard to come by these days. 34 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:04,051 And if the bank examiner walks in here... 35 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:06,420 and sees that this loan is two months in arrears... 36 00:03:06,487 --> 00:03:08,188 I'm going to be in trouble. 37 00:03:08,256 --> 00:03:10,691 -You do understand. -I do. 38 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:13,961 Just that, if I had the press, I could keep making money. 39 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,797 That way I could meet my payments. That'd be good for us. 40 00:03:16,864 --> 00:03:19,933 It should be a working press, and what good will it do 41 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,336 if somebody just picks it up and puts it in storage. 42 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:26,139 If I could show some collateral along with the press... 43 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,376 we might be able to work something out. 44 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:31,144 You got anything you can put up? 45 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,781 I have a car. It's an old car. 46 00:03:33,847 --> 00:03:36,484 No, I'm afraid we couldn't do anything with that. 47 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,051 I have a piece of land. 48 00:03:38,118 --> 00:03:41,855 Land's a drug on the market as far as we're concerned. 49 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:44,392 I probably shouldn't sell it anyway. 50 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:45,993 It's in the family, you know. 51 00:03:48,762 --> 00:03:52,333 I don't know what I can do for you. 52 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,834 I surely don't want your press. 53 00:03:53,901 --> 00:03:55,436 But come Wednesday... 54 00:03:55,503 --> 00:03:58,639 I'm afraid we'll have to take possession of it. 55 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:03,644 -I'm really sorry. -No, I understand. 56 00:04:03,711 --> 00:04:06,246 I know you don't want to part with your land... 57 00:04:06,314 --> 00:04:07,815 but if you change your mind, 58 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:09,717 there's a new firm just moved in up the street. 59 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:12,920 Think it's called the Interstate Land Company. 60 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:15,489 I hear that they're buying land. 61 00:04:15,556 --> 00:04:17,024 About $1 an acre or what? 62 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:20,227 No idea. Fellow's name is Shelby if you want to look into it. 63 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:21,729 -Shelby? -Yeah. 64 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:24,632 -Thank you very much. -Okay. 65 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:43,617 I'll be back as soon as I can. 66 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:45,886 Gonna be hard to keep the family going without you. 67 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:48,722 These days, a man's gotta work where he can find it. 68 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:51,925 I'm just looking for an excuse to make you stay. 69 00:04:51,992 --> 00:04:54,027 You're reason enough for any man to stay home. 70 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:57,230 A houseful of kids, I got to take that Waynesboro thing. 71 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,432 You know how long you'll be gone? 72 00:04:58,499 --> 00:05:00,100 Can't say. 73 00:05:00,167 --> 00:05:03,371 Those Waynesboro girls are kind of hard to get away from. 74 00:05:03,437 --> 00:05:05,606 You just put your mind to it. 75 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:25,926 That's great. You keep it up, Mrs. Brimmer. 76 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:29,963 Mary Ellen, would you believe I lost four pounds... 77 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,465 in just 10 days? 78 00:05:31,532 --> 00:05:33,701 That's wonderful, Mrs. Brimmer. Congratulations. 79 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:35,603 I stopped sampling at the stove. 80 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:37,705 Makes all the difference. 81 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:41,375 You keep at it now, Mrs. B. I want you skinny and flirty. 82 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:43,511 Skinny, I can handle. 83 00:05:43,577 --> 00:05:45,613 I gotta get back and start lunch. 84 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:47,180 -Bye, Mary Ellen. -Bye-bye. 85 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:48,549 Okay, I'll see you Tuesday. 86 00:05:48,616 --> 00:05:51,184 -Thank you, Doctor. -Alright. Bye-bye. 87 00:05:51,251 --> 00:05:53,253 This place looks mighty empty. 88 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,555 Where are all the patients? 89 00:05:54,622 --> 00:05:57,290 -You probably cured them all. -Yeah. 90 00:05:57,357 --> 00:06:00,628 While you were at the post office, Miss Nora sent word... 91 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,663 that the Haleys had come down with something. 92 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,665 -Could be measles. -I hope not. 93 00:06:04,732 --> 00:06:07,635 I'm going to drive up there. I'll be gone for a while. 94 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,302 You want me to come? 95 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:13,541 No, you'd better stay here and keep things straight. 96 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:15,909 Think you can stay out of trouble while I'm gone? 97 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:20,213 -The world won't fall apart. -You see that it doesn't. 98 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,683 Doc! Doc! Doc, we need you. 99 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:25,218 -What's happened? -Martha Rose fell off a ladder. 100 00:06:25,285 --> 00:06:27,054 Now that is a dumb thing to do. 101 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,790 -She's hurt real bad. -Alright. Let's go. 102 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:37,064 That stings, Mary Ellen. 103 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:39,500 You've taken some skin off the side of your face. 104 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,101 Does that hurt? 105 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:42,803 I hurt all over. 106 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,673 I told her to stay off that ladder, but she wouldn't listen. 107 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,007 How far did she fall? 108 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:48,776 Clear from the top of the chimney. 109 00:06:48,842 --> 00:06:51,812 Squirrels had built a nest in it, she had to make sure 110 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:53,881 they weren't in there before we built a fire. 111 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:57,485 You could've called me, honey, I was right out in back. 112 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,687 Had to do it herself. 113 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:03,223 -You having trouble breathing? -Some. 114 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:07,628 You've broken a few ribs, and you've got bruises right here. 115 00:07:07,695 --> 00:07:09,630 You're lucky you didn't break your neck. 116 00:07:09,697 --> 00:07:12,332 -She gonna be okay, Doc? -Yep. In time. 117 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:13,901 I've got few calls to make... 118 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:16,604 then I want to take her to the hospital for x-ray. 119 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,706 Do I have to? 120 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:22,676 I can't put you back together until I see where you're broken. 121 00:07:22,743 --> 00:07:25,979 I want you to lie still, no jumping around, you hear? 122 00:07:26,046 --> 00:07:27,715 Yes. 123 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,483 I'll call the hospital in Charlottesville... 124 00:07:29,550 --> 00:07:31,485 and tell them we're bringing her in. 125 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:33,120 Don't go. 126 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:36,423 If you don't need me, Curt, I'll stay with Martha Rose. 127 00:07:36,490 --> 00:07:37,958 We'll take her over in my van. 128 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:40,961 -Appreciate that, Doc. -I'll be right back. 129 00:07:44,632 --> 00:07:46,233 Are you sure it's just broken ribs? 130 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:47,901 Can't be sure without x-rays... 131 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,938 Keep her quiet, don't let her move any more than necessary. 132 00:07:51,004 --> 00:07:53,841 And watch her breathing. Should be no trouble. 133 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:56,744 I'll get back as soon as I can. 134 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,613 -Yes, sir. -Carry on. 135 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,422 I'm gonna start Chapter 8 with the fifth grade on Monday. 136 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:12,392 That's fine, Olivia. I don't think you'll have problems... 137 00:08:12,459 --> 00:08:15,228 finishing the book by the end of the term. 138 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:17,030 How are your fractions coming, Elizabeth? 139 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:20,968 -Better. -If they are, I can't tell. 140 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:22,670 I'll be a... 141 00:08:22,736 --> 00:08:25,038 A little more careful next time. 142 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,041 What are you going to name the baby? 143 00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:31,444 If it's a little boy, Joseph, after Matthew's father. 144 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:32,913 And if it's a little girl... 145 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,948 we're gonna name her Margaret, after my mother. 146 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:36,984 I am trusting that with the name Joseph... 147 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:39,687 he'll be more inclined toward carpentry than his father. 148 00:08:39,753 --> 00:08:42,189 John will be glad to help you with that when he gets back. 149 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:44,625 Thank you, Olivia, but I intend to see this project... 150 00:08:44,692 --> 00:08:46,226 through to completion. 151 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:50,731 The instructions inform me that a child of 10 could assemble it. 152 00:08:50,798 --> 00:08:54,267 -Do you want me to try? -That's a good idea, Elizabeth. 153 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:58,839 Why don't you sit down there and read me the instructions? 154 00:08:58,906 --> 00:09:00,473 How are the other children? 155 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:03,677 The only time I get to see them is at church on Sunday... 156 00:09:03,744 --> 00:09:05,178 and they usually rush off so fast... 157 00:09:05,245 --> 00:09:07,615 I don't get a chance to talk to them. 158 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:10,117 Jim-Bob isn't Jim-Bob any longer. 159 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:12,586 -Now it's James Robert. -He's growing up. 160 00:09:12,653 --> 00:09:14,254 They're all getting so big... 161 00:09:14,321 --> 00:09:16,456 rushing off in so many different directions... 162 00:09:16,523 --> 00:09:19,092 it's hard for me to keep track of them all. 163 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:21,729 How does Mary Ellen like being a doctor's wife? 164 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:23,530 It was a stormy romance. 165 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:26,734 I have a feeling the marriage is going to be the same way. 166 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,302 She loves that wild man. 167 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:31,338 She's got her nursing. 168 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:37,577 We never thought it'd be like this when we were in school. 169 00:09:37,645 --> 00:09:39,880 Is your throat getting tight? 170 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:43,050 A little, but it's alright. 171 00:09:43,116 --> 00:09:45,052 Could I just have a little water? 172 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:54,327 Thanks. 173 00:09:58,498 --> 00:10:01,802 You didn't like me too much when we were in school. 174 00:10:01,869 --> 00:10:04,738 You weren't too crazy about me, either. 175 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:07,174 -I was jealous of you. -Of me? 176 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,442 You were the one who had everything. 177 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:12,345 Clothes. A bicycle. 178 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:14,147 You remember the time we both tried out... 179 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,884 for Pocahontas in the school play? 180 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,719 I could have wrung your neck when you showed up... 181 00:10:18,786 --> 00:10:22,790 in a real buckskin dress and a braided black wig. 182 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:25,258 A lot of good it did. You got the part. 183 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:26,927 Only 'cause I could yell louder... 184 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:29,362 and they could hear me in the back. 185 00:10:31,198 --> 00:10:34,201 You were the worst Pocahontas I ever saw. 186 00:10:37,537 --> 00:10:39,372 You were going to be a famous radio actress... 187 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:42,242 and marry a millionaire and live in New York. 188 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:44,077 I never got there. 189 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:49,683 I'm not a bit sorry, though. 190 00:10:50,718 --> 00:10:53,754 I married a good man. 191 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:57,424 I have everything I'd ever want. 192 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:02,395 Martha Rose, is it getting hard for you to breathe? 193 00:11:02,462 --> 00:11:04,932 Russell? 194 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:07,134 -Russell! -What is it? 195 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,170 Martha Rose is having trouble breathing. Find Curt. 196 00:11:10,237 --> 00:11:13,741 -Can I do something for her? -Yes, go find Curt! 197 00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:16,409 Just try to relax. 198 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,362 -What happened? -She's choking. 199 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,765 Muscle spasms closing the larynx. 200 00:11:40,167 --> 00:11:42,502 Here, clean the area, quick. 201 00:11:42,569 --> 00:11:44,037 What's wrong, Doc? 202 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:48,408 I got to do some surgery. Get out of here, Russell. 203 00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:49,743 Get out! 204 00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:03,891 -What are you going to do? -Tracheotomy. 205 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:05,759 She needs air. 206 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:08,495 Hold her head, Mary Ellen. 207 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,467 Mary Ellen? 208 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:17,504 Mary... Russell? Russell! 209 00:12:42,830 --> 00:12:44,164 Mr. Shelby? 210 00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:46,666 Yeah, yeah. What can I do for you? 211 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:48,701 My name is John Walton, Jr. 212 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:51,138 Mr. Carter over at the bank said I should come see you. 213 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:53,006 Said you might be buying some land. 214 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:54,774 Yeah. Mr. Carter is right. 215 00:12:54,842 --> 00:12:57,945 I'm just moving in here. I'm not quite set up for business yet. 216 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,147 You got some land you want to sell? 217 00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:01,982 Not necessarily. But I do have some... 218 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:04,818 and I was curious what it might bring. 219 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:06,353 All depends on where it is. 220 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:08,388 There's a lot of ground around here. 221 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:10,590 Some of it's worth something. A lot of it's not. 222 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,359 I know. 223 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,394 Right here... 224 00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:16,897 Right here we are in Charlottesville, right there. 225 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:18,265 Now, where's your property located? 226 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:20,033 We're right up here. It's Walton's Mountain. 227 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,836 And my piece is about 10 acres right up above there. 228 00:13:22,903 --> 00:13:25,072 Yeah. 229 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:27,607 Yeah, that's marketable land. 230 00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,709 There's nothing on it now. It's just a meadow. 231 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:33,847 There's not even enough trees for logging or anything. 232 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:36,884 How much you want for it? 233 00:13:36,950 --> 00:13:39,586 It's not for sale, but... 234 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:43,756 I was wondering if in the future I should decide to sell it, 235 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:47,861 I'd like to know what it's worth. 236 00:13:47,928 --> 00:13:50,063 I'll give you $4 an acre. 237 00:13:52,032 --> 00:13:53,901 $4 an acre? 238 00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:55,235 That's what I'd pay you. 239 00:13:55,302 --> 00:13:58,005 Now somebody else might give you more. 240 00:13:59,907 --> 00:14:01,474 More? 241 00:14:01,541 --> 00:14:04,411 Mr. Shelby, how long you been in this part of the country? 242 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:06,813 Virginia, a long time. 243 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,781 Blue Ridge Mountains, not so long. 244 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:11,351 Well, I. I tell you, 245 00:14:11,418 --> 00:14:13,921 it may not be smart business for me to tell you this, 246 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,989 but you can buy land all over these mountains 247 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:19,092 for $1 an acre, maybe even less. 248 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,594 My offer still stands. 249 00:14:21,661 --> 00:14:23,396 Listen, I'll tell you. 250 00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:25,933 You give me... 251 00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:29,236 Yeah, here we are. You give me an option... 252 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:33,706 to buy your land in 30 days, $4 an acre, 253 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,675 and I'll give you $5 right now. 254 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:38,511 Now, if I don't buy the land, you get to keep the $5. 255 00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:43,150 $5, that wouldn't help me out right now. 256 00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,254 Alright. 257 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,158 I'll pay you $40 cash right now. 258 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,961 $40 cash? That seems crazy. 259 00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:56,196 I mean, what would you do with it? 260 00:14:56,263 --> 00:14:58,999 What would you do with a piece of land like that? 261 00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:02,069 Interstate Land is a diversified company. 262 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:05,005 We might fatten a few cattle up there. 263 00:15:05,072 --> 00:15:08,108 It would be part of a long-range investment program. 264 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:13,880 Son, I'm not twisting your arm. 265 00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:17,917 Now, you came in here and asked me what I'd pay, and I told you. 266 00:15:17,985 --> 00:15:21,188 I know. I know it. 267 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:26,626 I don't mean this personally, but $4 an acre, 268 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:30,230 seems like there's got to be some catch to it somewhere. 269 00:15:30,297 --> 00:15:32,365 If you feel that way, you shouldn't sell it. 270 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:35,335 I mean, if you've got any reservations at all, 271 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,104 don't do it. 272 00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:44,944 Doc, can I see Martha Rose? 273 00:15:45,012 --> 00:15:47,047 Quietly. 274 00:15:52,219 --> 00:15:55,522 Mary Ellen, if there's anybody to blame, it's me. 275 00:15:55,588 --> 00:15:58,291 I should've known that you weren't ready for that. 276 00:15:58,358 --> 00:15:59,559 It's nothing to be ashamed of. 277 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:03,596 I've seen medical students keel over. 278 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,565 I want to go home, Curt. 279 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,601 I want to be with my family for a while. 280 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:12,505 Why don't you just forget it? 281 00:16:12,572 --> 00:16:14,541 Martha Rose is alright. 282 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:17,544 A couple of days in the hospital, she'll be fine. 283 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:21,048 I did such a slick job, the scar won't even show. 284 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:25,218 Come on, shake it off. 285 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:29,756 I wanna go home. 286 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,474 Hold steady, old fool! 287 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,309 You know you're about the only mule... 288 00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:51,678 in the county that's pampered like this. 289 00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:57,650 You know my back has been kicking up. 290 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,852 It's predicting we're gonna have the biggest rain... 291 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:01,221 since the storm of '93. 292 00:17:01,288 --> 00:17:02,655 I'm sorry it's bothering you. 293 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,391 It's good to have your body tell you 294 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:05,858 what the weather's gonna be like, 295 00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:09,129 but I'd just as soon hear about it on the radio. 296 00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:13,366 What are you brooding about? 297 00:17:18,071 --> 00:17:20,207 Mr. Johnson sold my note on the press... 298 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,808 to a bank in Charlottesville, 299 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:25,945 they've given me till Wednesday to come up with the $30 I owe. 300 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:28,148 Oh, dear. 301 00:17:28,215 --> 00:17:31,351 You've been keeping real close-mouthed about it. 302 00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:34,421 You and Daddy have had your problems. This one was mine. 303 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:35,522 It was? 304 00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:38,291 You think maybe you've come up with an answer? 305 00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:41,161 -I have. -What's that? 306 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:45,965 You're not going to like it, Grandpa. 307 00:17:46,032 --> 00:17:48,935 I sold the meadow. 308 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,670 I had to. 309 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:53,773 Come down to the meadow or the newspaper. 310 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,575 You have to understand something, Grandpa. 311 00:17:55,642 --> 00:17:58,645 I had to set some priorities. I would've lost that newspaper. 312 00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:00,680 I swear to you, I would've lost it. 313 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:03,783 If I thought I could've kept that land... 314 00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:05,518 in safekeeping for the future, 315 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:10,390 you would've been the one person that I would've trusted. 316 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:12,692 Grandpa, I know how much the land means to you, 317 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:16,496 but you got to understand how much my newspaper means to me. 318 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:19,466 We Waltons have kept that land 319 00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:22,735 through the Yankee soldiers, the carpetbaggers... 320 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:24,637 and the land speculators. 321 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,038 And to think... 322 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:30,710 To think that you would be the one to just throw it away. 323 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,349 I'm sorry you feel that way. 324 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:39,386 But I'll tell you something, 325 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:40,887 that piece of land is just sitting there. 326 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,389 It's not doing anybody any good. 327 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,491 Except for the squirrels that are sitting on it. 328 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,326 And the squirrels and the birds are gonna be sitting on it 329 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,528 when you and me are long gone. 330 00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:13,353 Ben, the land company has got a new project out on Route 6. 331 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:15,255 I'll take a look, I'll pick you up at noon. 332 00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:17,690 -Okay, just don't be late. -I won't. 333 00:19:32,739 --> 00:19:33,873 Afternoon, folks. 334 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:36,776 -Hello, what can we do for you? -Are you Mr. Godsey? 335 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:38,978 That's what they call me. And this is Mrs. Godsey. 336 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:42,449 How do you do? I'm Bill Shelby, Interstate Land Company. 337 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:44,484 We're interested in property in this area. 338 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:48,688 -For what purpose, Mr. Shelby? -Industrial development, ma'am. 339 00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:51,624 See, my company made some geological studies, 340 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:54,594 and we found a vein of low-grade gold ore... 341 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,763 running through here right near the surface. 342 00:19:56,829 --> 00:19:59,432 Now all it needs is for somebody to come along 343 00:19:59,499 --> 00:20:01,834 and just kind of coax it out of the ground 344 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:04,571 and there'd be a whole new industry here. 345 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:07,407 And how do you plan to do that coaxing? 346 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:09,709 We call it hydraulic mining. 347 00:20:09,776 --> 00:20:13,446 Instead of digging the ore out, we use water under pressure. 348 00:20:13,513 --> 00:20:15,047 I've heard about that hydraulic mining, 349 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:17,717 and I don't think folks around here are interested in it. 350 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:20,687 I don't think folks around here like mining at all. 351 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:24,056 We've already bought some of the Walton land. 352 00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:26,859 I'm astonished to hear that. 353 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:28,828 Yeah. Yeah. Ten acres. 354 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:32,365 Ten acres right up here, right next to your 12 acres. 355 00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:34,701 Sold to us by John Walton, Jr. 356 00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:40,573 I didn't think John-Boy would sell it for a hundred years.... 357 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,310 I think he recognized the service... 358 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:47,580 he'd be doing the folks around here by bringing some jobs in. 359 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,950 Now, just what are you proposing, Mr. Shelby? 360 00:20:51,017 --> 00:20:54,654 I'd like to buy up a total of about 80 acres. 361 00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:57,189 If folks will cooperate, you'll see a business boom... 362 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,858 in this community. 363 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:02,128 You must have the only general store here in five miles... 364 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:04,431 -Six. -Six! 365 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:08,668 Well, I tell you, 366 00:21:08,735 --> 00:21:13,406 I see you doubling the size of this store within a year's time. 367 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:16,142 Any eventuality of that is certainly worth 368 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:18,845 sober consideration. 369 00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:23,182 Just how much were you planning to offer me for my land? 370 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:26,786 I'm offering $4 an acre. 371 00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:31,257 I don't believe we could consider anything under $4.50. 372 00:21:31,324 --> 00:21:35,528 I think you'll have to make us a bit more of an appealing offer. 373 00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:41,901 Sorry, but I'm not authorized to offer any more than $4 an acre. 374 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:44,904 Now, I know that won't make you rich right off, 375 00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:49,008 but it's the long-term profits you got to think about. 376 00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:52,679 We certainly have to think about the future. 377 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:55,815 Now, I have here what is called an option to buy. 378 00:21:55,882 --> 00:21:58,317 Here, just put it right down here and we'll... 379 00:21:58,385 --> 00:22:02,955 Yeah, see, all it means, really, is that I pay you $5 right now, 380 00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:06,593 if you agree to sell me your land later, say 30 days, 381 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,928 for the full price of $48. 382 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,964 Now if I don't buy it, you keep the $5. 383 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,006 It sounds good to me. 384 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:23,075 All it does, is protect me in case I can't round up 385 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:24,577 the full 80 acres. 386 00:22:24,644 --> 00:22:26,112 Alright, you just... 387 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,515 You just sign right there. 388 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:34,086 Prosperity is just around the corner! 389 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:37,924 Now here's my check for $5. 390 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:41,060 I'm afraid you're gonna find that that 80 acres is divided up 391 00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:42,729 among quite a few people. 392 00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:44,531 Yeah, as a matter of fact, 393 00:22:44,597 --> 00:22:46,833 you're the first I've been able to locate. 394 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:50,269 I tell you, there are more back roads around here... 395 00:22:50,336 --> 00:22:52,505 than limbs on a tree. 396 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:56,042 Yeah, they're scattered all over the place. 397 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,910 Well, now if you'll excuse me... 398 00:22:57,977 --> 00:23:00,713 Mr. Shelby, I have a suggestion to make. 399 00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:04,350 Practically, every name on your list will be at church. 400 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:07,754 If you want, Mr. Godsey could stand up after the services 401 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,656 and announce a community meeting. 402 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:11,991 That way, all the landowners who are interested 403 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,561 could stay and listen to what you have to say. 404 00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:16,596 Corabeth, that's a wonderful idea! 405 00:23:16,663 --> 00:23:19,866 I tell you, folks like you... 406 00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:23,135 and John Walton are gonna put this place on the map. 407 00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:25,605 Thank you very much. 408 00:23:25,672 --> 00:23:27,707 -Bye, now, Mr. Shelby. -Bye. 409 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:06,438 Well! What a nice surprise! 410 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,974 Is Curt with you? 411 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,011 He dropped me off. He's going up to the Haleys. 412 00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:13,580 Something wrong? 413 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:19,485 I had an awful experience, Mama. 414 00:25:19,552 --> 00:25:21,020 Martha Rose Travis got hurt. 415 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,690 Yeah, I know. Erin heard it at the telephone office. 416 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:25,524 Curt called the hospital. 417 00:25:25,592 --> 00:25:29,495 I was taking care of her and she started choking. 418 00:25:29,562 --> 00:25:31,297 Curt had to do a tracheotomy. 419 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,801 I fainted. Passed out, right on the floor. 420 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,903 -How's Martha Rose? -Fine. 421 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:39,706 Curt pulled her through it, no thanks to me. 422 00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:41,373 I feel just terrible. 423 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,677 The first time I had to face something serious. 424 00:25:44,744 --> 00:25:46,378 The first time Curt really needed me. 425 00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:49,782 Mary Ellen, that could happen to anyone who's not experienced. 426 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:51,884 But it shouldn't have happened to me. 427 00:25:51,951 --> 00:25:54,787 I've never fainted in my entire life. 428 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,156 You don't know how I felt, waking up lying on the floor 429 00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:00,760 like a useless lump while Curt was saving Martha Rose's life. 430 00:26:00,827 --> 00:26:03,329 Don't blame yourself for something you couldn't help. 431 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:04,731 I'm sure Curt understood. 432 00:26:04,797 --> 00:26:07,934 He was kind and sorry and blamed himself. 433 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,501 He even said it could have been emotional 434 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,605 because Martha Rose and I used to hate each other so. 435 00:26:12,672 --> 00:26:14,240 That made it worse. 436 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:17,009 I never could stand weak, spineless people, 437 00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:18,778 and now I find out that I'm one of them. 438 00:26:18,845 --> 00:26:20,680 Mary Ellen, you're not weak. 439 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:22,882 You're a human being, and stronger than most. 440 00:26:22,949 --> 00:26:25,718 I'm sure this will never happen again. 441 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,720 How do I know it won't? 442 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:29,355 How can I ever face another emergency, 443 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:32,258 scared to death I'm gonna pass out again? 444 00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:34,761 Curt needs a wife he can depend on. 445 00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:36,763 He'll never be able to depend on me. 446 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:43,736 Sometimes when things seem a little more than I can manage, 447 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:45,938 I go down to the church. 448 00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:49,275 I sit there and I think about my problems. 449 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:51,010 Doesn't always solve them, 450 00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:53,245 but it does help lighten the load. 451 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,622 Your grandpa was right. We're in for a good one. 452 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:10,229 I'll take care of Myrtle. You lock up the mill. 453 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:11,397 Okay. 454 00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:23,910 Jim-Bob, that tree is no place in a storm! Come on down! 455 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:26,078 Rover doesn't wanna come down! 456 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:28,114 Rover's a bird. He can stay up there. 457 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:31,183 Now, come on down and let's close up the mill. Come on! 458 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:42,394 Where's Grandpa? 459 00:27:42,461 --> 00:27:45,297 I don't know. Why don't you ask Jason? He's in the barn. 460 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,699 Okay. 461 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:49,268 Jason? 462 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:51,470 -Yeah? -Do you know where Grandpa is? 463 00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:53,105 Grandpa's pretty upset. 464 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:56,275 He took his wheelbarrow to transplant some wildflowers. 465 00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:58,978 I gotta talk to him. Know what Shelby's gonna do with the land? 466 00:27:59,045 --> 00:28:01,313 -We all know. -How do you know? 467 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:04,817 Ike told Grandpa. The agent bought some of Ike's land, too. 468 00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:06,352 No! You know what that guy's doing? 469 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,354 He's sneaking over the county, trying to buy land. 470 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:10,256 He's probably using my name to do it. 471 00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:13,726 -What are you gonna do about it? -I don't know. 472 00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:25,304 Grandpa? 473 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:30,076 Grandpa, I wanna talk to you. 474 00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:32,745 Grandpa, I know you're angry and I don't blame you. 475 00:28:32,812 --> 00:28:34,546 But you don't know the whole story on it. 476 00:28:34,613 --> 00:28:36,849 You needed the money and you made your choice. 477 00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:39,418 I made the choice 'cause I didn't know the facts! 478 00:28:39,485 --> 00:28:42,789 I didn't know they were gonna mine here. Shelby never told me. 479 00:28:42,855 --> 00:28:45,591 If he had told me that, I never would have sold. 480 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:47,459 That's why he didn't tell you. 481 00:28:47,526 --> 00:28:50,763 Grandpa, I made a mistake. I made a terrible mistake. 482 00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:54,300 I gotta do something about it, but I don't know what to do. 483 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:58,004 I know I want you with me. I don't want you against me. 484 00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:01,740 This land was yours to do with as you saw fit. 485 00:29:01,808 --> 00:29:04,576 What's done is done. 486 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:06,378 We'll talk no more about it. 487 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,747 -Could I help you with this? -No, thank you. 488 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:10,216 Reckless. 489 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,084 Mary Ellen! Mary Ellen! 490 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,393 Mrs. Fordwick, let me help you. 491 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,195 The baby's coming. 492 00:29:56,262 --> 00:29:57,864 Matthew went to get Curtis. 493 00:29:57,930 --> 00:30:00,967 Curt's way back in the hills. 494 00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:03,469 Thank heaven you're here. 495 00:30:08,374 --> 00:30:09,508 -Zeb! -Yo! 496 00:30:09,575 --> 00:30:11,443 Now you're just gonna make your back worse. 497 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:13,812 Can't be any worse than what it is right now. 498 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,747 -Is it worth it? -It is. 499 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,183 Stop that. 500 00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:19,718 What are you going to do with those wild things? 501 00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:22,454 I'm going to preserve them. 502 00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:23,722 Increase them. 503 00:30:23,789 --> 00:30:26,125 There's a specimen here from every wildflower... 504 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:28,527 -in the upper meadow. -Zeb, now, will you stop that? 505 00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:31,797 John-Boy selling that land has got you going off 506 00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:33,432 in all directions. 507 00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:36,302 Give me a hand here, Esther. I'm gonna make another trip. 508 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:38,938 Will you try to understand that, to John-Boy, 509 00:30:39,005 --> 00:30:41,340 that newspaper and his future mean more to him 510 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:44,376 than a hunk of land on the top of that meadow. 511 00:30:44,443 --> 00:30:46,512 If I don't propagate them, they'll be lost 512 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:49,548 to future generations like the passenger pigeon was. 513 00:30:49,615 --> 00:30:52,218 Will you listen to me? There's a storm coming. 514 00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:54,921 You're acting like you don't have a brain cell worth... 515 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:56,522 Here's a wild white azalea. 516 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,525 Englishmen had come over to our mountains over 200 years ago. 517 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:01,227 They took it back to the Kew Gardens. 518 00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:03,996 It has adorned the gardens of royalty ever since. 519 00:31:04,063 --> 00:31:05,932 You haven't heard a word I've said, have you? 520 00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:08,200 And here's a wild bloodroot. 521 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:11,403 The Indian squaws, they used to use it to dye their clothes. 522 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,572 And the warriors would use it to paint their faces 523 00:31:13,639 --> 00:31:16,475 when they went on the warpath. And here... 524 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:17,809 Here, Esther. 525 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:21,547 Here's some wild mint from alongside the splashing streams. 526 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:24,050 For your tea. 527 00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:27,086 What am I gonna do with you? 528 00:31:27,153 --> 00:31:30,789 I'm gonna plant these right below your window, Esther, 529 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:33,059 so you can see them most every day. 530 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:36,996 These are wild bird's-foot violets, for your hair. 531 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,666 You old fool. 532 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,768 I love you. 533 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:45,037 That goes both ways, old dear. 534 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:52,945 Here, come on. Give me a hand here, would you? 535 00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:03,722 The pains are getting closer. 536 00:32:03,789 --> 00:32:06,625 Mrs. Fordwick, let me go get Mama and Grandma. 537 00:32:06,692 --> 00:32:08,127 No. 538 00:32:08,194 --> 00:32:10,062 They'll know what to do. They've delivered babies. 539 00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:12,198 Don't leave me. It's gonna be... 540 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:15,134 It's gonna be soon. 541 00:32:15,201 --> 00:32:18,304 Okay, I'll need some scissors and some twine. 542 00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:21,207 It's there, in the drawer. 543 00:32:27,713 --> 00:32:30,749 I am so fortunate you're here. 544 00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:32,684 I hope so, Rosemary. 545 00:32:34,853 --> 00:32:39,591 That's the first time you've ever called me Rosemary. 546 00:32:39,658 --> 00:32:42,228 I'm sorry, I didn't realize I did it. 547 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:50,036 You're not my student anymore, Mary Ellen. 548 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:52,271 You're my friend. 549 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:01,113 Ike? 550 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,349 Ike, I wanna talk to you about this man Shelby. 551 00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:05,984 -Do you know where Curt is? -No, is somebody sick? 552 00:33:06,052 --> 00:33:07,786 Rosemary is about to have her baby. 553 00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:10,156 The reverend came and he tried to raise Curt on the phone. 554 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,290 He couldn't, so he went out looking for him. 555 00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:13,359 -Is she alone? -I hope not. 556 00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:17,029 He tore out of here fast, I couldn't ask him any questions. 557 00:33:32,278 --> 00:33:34,413 Breathe deep, Rosemary. 558 00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:56,202 Elizabeth, you wanna help me put things on the table? 559 00:33:56,268 --> 00:33:58,304 Mommy, I'm... 560 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:01,039 See, Miss Margaret, she's scared of the lightning. 561 00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:02,541 You tell Miss Margaret 562 00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:04,710 there's not a thing in the world to be afraid of. 563 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:08,647 She's inside. Lord knows where the rest of the family is. 564 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,449 Grandma? 565 00:34:12,151 --> 00:34:14,553 Mama? 566 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:17,423 Rosemary Fordwick's having her baby. She's all by herself. 567 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:19,325 -Where's Matthew? -He's out looking for Curt. 568 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,460 Elizabeth, you go upstairs and stay with Erin. 569 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:24,096 We'll be back as soon as we can. 570 00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:36,842 That's it. Don't be afraid. You're alright. 571 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:41,980 Just keep thinking about your baby. 572 00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:43,449 Yeah. 573 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:50,722 Dear Lord. 574 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:54,326 It doesn't matter. Don't worry. I'm right here. 575 00:35:08,374 --> 00:35:10,509 We ought to try and find Mary Ellen. 576 00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:14,346 I know more about birthing a baby than Mary Ellen ever will. 577 00:35:14,413 --> 00:35:16,315 Can't this contraption go any faster? 578 00:35:16,382 --> 00:35:18,184 I'm going as fast as I can, Grandma. 579 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,518 Do you want me to run us into a ditch? 580 00:35:19,585 --> 00:35:22,588 Of course I don't. Just go faster. 581 00:35:44,743 --> 00:35:46,845 This is spooky. 582 00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,113 Why don't we tell ghost stories? 583 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:49,315 Ben! 584 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:52,484 This is no time to tell ghost stories. 585 00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:55,321 I hope Rover's alright. 586 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:57,589 I hope Mrs. Fordwick's alright! 587 00:36:39,331 --> 00:36:41,933 It looks like you managed without us. 588 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,503 -You and the baby alright? -We're fine. 589 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,776 Rosemary? 590 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,383 It's all over. 591 00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:59,551 Our friend helped us. 592 00:37:01,553 --> 00:37:03,555 Thank you, Mary Ellen. 593 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:07,993 It's a girl. 594 00:37:09,495 --> 00:37:12,331 This is our Margaret. 595 00:37:12,398 --> 00:37:14,700 This is our Mary-Margaret. 596 00:37:40,526 --> 00:37:42,394 -Howdy, Reverend. -John-Boy. 597 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:44,530 How's that new baby of yours doing? 598 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:46,565 Strong and healthy. Just like her mama. 599 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,567 You know we're all so happy for you. 600 00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:51,837 Becoming a father is surely one of life's most solemn 601 00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:54,640 and moving experiences. 602 00:37:54,706 --> 00:37:57,443 -I wanna ask you a favor. -Surely. 603 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,511 You know how sometimes on a special occasion 604 00:37:59,578 --> 00:38:02,113 we have the service up on the mountain? 605 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:05,216 I think tomorrow is gonna be one of those times. 606 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:06,284 Come on inside. 607 00:38:06,352 --> 00:38:07,753 I think what happens tomorrow... 608 00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:09,621 could affect every member of your congregation. 609 00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:13,492 I like to think that every one of my sermons is powerful. 610 00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:16,294 "This morning's service will be held in Walton's Meadow. 611 00:38:16,362 --> 00:38:19,398 "Let us take advantage of this glorious day to refresh 612 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:22,000 "our spirits and stir upon God's land. 613 00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:23,569 "Reverend Fordwick." 614 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:26,438 I wish that I had been given the benefit of some advance notice 615 00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:28,907 so I could have worn more suitable shoes. 616 00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:32,378 Mr. Godsey? 617 00:38:32,444 --> 00:38:34,680 -Mr. Shelby. -Morning, folks. 618 00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:38,083 -I hope I'm not late. -No, you're not late at all. 619 00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:41,186 Mr. Shelby, I'm afraid there has been a change of location. 620 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:44,790 Our reverend occasionally gets the urge to commune with nature. 621 00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:47,693 So services will be held on top of the mountain this morning. 622 00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:49,294 It's in walking distance. 623 00:38:49,361 --> 00:38:51,663 I'll just join you, if you don't mind. 624 00:38:51,730 --> 00:38:52,798 Fine. 625 00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:44,550 Mr. Walton? 626 00:39:44,616 --> 00:39:47,619 Would you be kind enough to lead us in our closing prayer? 627 00:39:56,995 --> 00:39:59,264 O Heavenly Father, 628 00:39:59,330 --> 00:40:02,468 we thank you for our gathering together here... 629 00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:05,403 in the glory of your universe. 630 00:40:05,471 --> 00:40:07,405 We ask you, O Heavenly Father, 631 00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:09,675 to walk with the people of our community 632 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:13,344 in good heart and in good health. 633 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:17,516 We also ask you, dear Father, to hold up a protective hand 634 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:19,818 over all the little wild things, 635 00:40:19,885 --> 00:40:25,056 the birds, the animals, the trees and the plants, 636 00:40:25,123 --> 00:40:29,528 that live here on this earth with us and give us so much joy. 637 00:40:30,829 --> 00:40:31,663 Amen. 638 00:40:31,730 --> 00:40:33,799 Let's go catch butterflies. 639 00:40:35,501 --> 00:40:37,368 Today, before we adjourn, 640 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:41,272 one of our members wishes to make an announcement. 641 00:40:41,339 --> 00:40:42,307 John? 642 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:45,711 Thank you very much, Reverend. 643 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:49,280 I think maybe you all haven't got the word yet, 644 00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:51,550 but there's a man here today 645 00:40:51,617 --> 00:40:54,686 who's going to offer to buy your land from you. 646 00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:57,856 Now, his name is Mr. Shelby, 647 00:40:57,923 --> 00:41:00,291 and he represents a land company, 648 00:41:00,358 --> 00:41:03,328 and what this land company of his wants to do... 649 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:08,066 is to destroy everything up here and turn it into a mining camp. 650 00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:12,638 I'd like to try to keep you all from doing something that I did. 651 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:15,206 I made a big mistake. 652 00:41:15,273 --> 00:41:17,142 I was in a pretty desperate situation 653 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:21,513 and I found a way here of making a little money pretty quickly. 654 00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:24,215 So I sold this piece of land. 655 00:41:24,282 --> 00:41:26,852 This piece of land that belonged to me. 656 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:29,655 But I never would've sold it, not in a million years, 657 00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:32,090 if I knew what Mr. Shelby planned to do with it! 658 00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:36,394 Wait a minute. Alright, now I'd like to have my say here, now. 659 00:41:36,461 --> 00:41:37,796 This... 660 00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:41,466 This young man here came to me. I didn't go to him. 661 00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:46,638 He had some property to sell. I bought it, at a fair price. 662 00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:49,374 I took an option on the Godsey's land, too. 663 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:54,145 Now, certainly I stand to profit. I'm a businessman. 664 00:41:54,212 --> 00:41:58,917 But look what a mining operation here could do. 665 00:41:58,984 --> 00:42:04,790 It could bring jobs, prosperity, food on the table, 666 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:07,993 getting out of debt and living like human beings again! 667 00:42:08,059 --> 00:42:11,062 Mr. Shelby, you neglected to tell me something 668 00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:13,665 that it would mean. 669 00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:16,935 It would mean a mining town. 670 00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:20,138 It'd mean a company town! 671 00:42:20,205 --> 00:42:22,507 You know what a company town means? 672 00:42:22,574 --> 00:42:23,809 It means that you blast everything 673 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:25,844 that lives off the face of these mountains 674 00:42:25,911 --> 00:42:28,313 and it ends up scarred, and it ends up dead, 675 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:29,881 just like the dustbowl is! 676 00:42:29,948 --> 00:42:31,983 And it means there's gonna be trucks rolling up 677 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:34,319 and down your roads night and day, 678 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:37,488 and there'll be rows and rows of them ugly clap-trap 679 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,324 look-alike houses! 680 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,092 Them company houses! 681 00:42:43,061 --> 00:42:44,462 Mrs. Brimmer, 682 00:42:44,529 --> 00:42:46,832 when you wake up and you look out of your window, 683 00:42:46,898 --> 00:42:50,702 don't you just like to look up here at this pine forest? 684 00:42:50,769 --> 00:42:53,138 It's a view I treasure. 685 00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:55,240 I guarantee, if you sell your land up here, 686 00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:57,542 in a year's time, you'll be looking at nothing 687 00:42:57,609 --> 00:43:00,078 but slag heaps and mountains of dirt. 688 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:04,983 Some of you had your families living up here for 100 years. 689 00:43:05,050 --> 00:43:07,152 Some even longer than that. 690 00:43:07,218 --> 00:43:10,288 And how come? What makes you stay up here? 691 00:43:10,355 --> 00:43:13,224 Is it because of the money underneath the ground? 692 00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:16,594 Or is it because of the beautiful things on top of it? 693 00:43:19,164 --> 00:43:20,699 Alright, alright. 694 00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:23,401 All this makes right pretty talk. 695 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:25,170 Now let's get practical. 696 00:43:25,236 --> 00:43:29,140 When it comes right down to it, what good is a view 697 00:43:29,207 --> 00:43:32,410 if you don't have any money to buy food for your kids 698 00:43:32,477 --> 00:43:33,979 or put clothes on their backs? 699 00:43:34,045 --> 00:43:38,684 You hold on a minute there, Mr... Whatever. 700 00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:41,386 We here, and our family and these families here, 701 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:44,422 we've kept care of our families and fed and clothed them 702 00:43:44,489 --> 00:43:46,057 for over 100 years, 703 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:49,995 and we could continue to do so without destroying the land. 704 00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:52,764 This land is given to us here in trust, 705 00:43:52,831 --> 00:43:54,900 just for a little while, to take care of, 706 00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:57,836 and if you blow it up and mine it 707 00:43:57,903 --> 00:44:00,939 and pour cement all over it, it's gone forever! 708 00:44:01,006 --> 00:44:04,609 Mr. Walton, you can't stand still! 709 00:44:04,676 --> 00:44:07,879 The world is changing. This is 1937. 710 00:44:07,946 --> 00:44:11,582 We have radios, we have airplanes. 711 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:13,952 The days of Daniel Boone are gone. 712 00:44:14,019 --> 00:44:17,923 America is a highly civilized, mechanized country. 713 00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:20,826 What we're planning here is progress! 714 00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:22,460 Whose progress? 715 00:44:22,527 --> 00:44:24,830 Now, I believe in progress, too! 716 00:44:24,896 --> 00:44:27,432 It means working together with your fellow men 717 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:30,501 and helping hold on to some of the wonders of this world 718 00:44:30,568 --> 00:44:34,239 for our children and children's grandchildren to enjoy. 719 00:44:34,305 --> 00:44:37,375 Where will we be? Or our great-great-grandchildren? 720 00:44:37,442 --> 00:44:39,711 Where will be the air and the trees? 721 00:44:39,778 --> 00:44:42,413 Clean air for them to breathe? 722 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,051 You'll always have trees and clean air for people to breathe. 723 00:44:46,117 --> 00:44:48,787 Where? Where will they be? 724 00:44:48,854 --> 00:44:51,389 After you and your kind get through with it. 725 00:44:51,456 --> 00:44:53,959 Just where will they be? 726 00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:55,827 Thank you, Grandpa. 727 00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:02,433 Well, I think you... 728 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:06,104 You heard what my grandfather had to say about it. 729 00:45:06,171 --> 00:45:09,107 But you all gotta make up your own minds. 730 00:45:09,174 --> 00:45:12,310 If you want to sell your land, then Mr. Shelby is right here. 731 00:45:12,377 --> 00:45:16,447 I think you ought to step right up and talk to him about it. 732 00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:19,650 I guess I could use a few dollars in my pocket. 733 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:21,820 Now, that's all I'm saying. 734 00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:23,855 Mr. Shelby's your man. Just step right up. 735 00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:30,195 I don't wanna raise my girls around a mining camp. 736 00:45:30,261 --> 00:45:34,265 Ever see country after hydraulic machines were through with it? 737 00:45:34,332 --> 00:45:38,169 Hydraulic mining isn't half as bad as strip mining. 738 00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:41,572 Why don't you go over to the other side of Rockfish and see? 739 00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:43,174 Make you sick, mister. 740 00:45:43,241 --> 00:45:46,277 This mountain will never be the same if we let them in here. 741 00:45:46,344 --> 00:45:48,379 We got to stand up to these people. 742 00:45:51,850 --> 00:45:54,352 I guess I kind of went off the deep end. 743 00:45:56,888 --> 00:45:58,356 You were pushed a little. 744 00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:11,269 Ladies and gentlemen, our service for today has concluded. 745 00:46:11,336 --> 00:46:13,872 I'll see you in church next Sunday, alright? 746 00:46:26,251 --> 00:46:28,553 I reckon you'd like to sell me back my land now, 747 00:46:28,619 --> 00:46:30,488 wouldn't you, Mr. Shelby? 748 00:46:37,295 --> 00:46:38,897 No. 749 00:46:38,964 --> 00:46:42,500 I think I'll hang on to it. 750 00:46:42,567 --> 00:46:44,035 But why? 751 00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:49,574 I mean, 10 acres, that's not enough to mine on. 752 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,477 What would you want with 10 acres of land? 753 00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:58,850 Let's just say I'm keeping my toehold here. 754 00:47:02,787 --> 00:47:04,689 I'll be back someday, 755 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:08,927 when all you bird watchers and flower lovers are gone. 756 00:47:18,003 --> 00:47:20,271 I hope that time never comes. 757 00:47:20,338 --> 00:47:22,173 Although it had been spared, 758 00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:26,044 that piece of land was never again to belong to us. 759 00:47:26,111 --> 00:47:28,213 Mr. Shelby has never returned, 760 00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:31,883 but the flower lovers and bird watchers are waiting. 761 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:36,721 I saw Mrs. Fordwick's baby today. 762 00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:38,556 How'd she look? 763 00:47:38,623 --> 00:47:40,058 Well, I don't know. 764 00:47:40,125 --> 00:47:42,560 -You saw her, didn't you? -Sure. 765 00:47:42,627 --> 00:47:44,762 Well? What do you think? 766 00:47:44,829 --> 00:47:46,497 Not so hot. 767 00:47:46,564 --> 00:47:47,732 Elizabeth, in a few weeks, 768 00:47:47,798 --> 00:47:49,935 little Mary-Margaret will be a beautiful baby. 769 00:47:50,001 --> 00:47:52,303 That's a relief. Goodnight, everybody.