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Nethers Mill served the community on the road to Old Rag Mountain, grinding feed and commeal for families of Nethers, Hudsons, Lillards, Jones and Jenkins who lived there at the turn of the century, and for the Weakleys, Nichols and Dotsons who lived farther on up the mountain in Weakley and Nichols Hollows and the Hazel.
Nelson Nethers grew up in the small hill community, where Nelson’s father, William Clifton Nethers ran the grist mill and the store.
Mr. Nelson Nethers remembers the community as quiet and peaceful. “We didn’t have the commotion that went on back in Nichols Hollow,” he recalls. “Except on election day. People voted at the mill and sometimes there’d be some drinking and fist fights.”
Social Center
As in most rural communities of the early 1900’s, a lot of the social life and entertainment centered around the country store. People would gather there to pitch horseshoes and play marbles. It wasn’t until the 1920’s that automobile traffic started appearing around the Nethers area, so local people patronized the Neth
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