SCENES ALONG
DEEP RIVER
Romance and Tragedy Connect
ed With the History of This
■ Stream Which Winds Its
Way Throufh Guilford, Ran
dolph, Moore and Skirts Lee
• and Chatham Counties.
Miss Susan Iden, who has been do
ing sketch writing for some of the
iState papers while traveling about
the State, recently wrote an article
about a trip she made through the
Deep Kiver section from which we
quote the following paragraphs:
Just beyond Siler City, which has
the air of a little mountain town as
it sprawls along the steep hill sides,
within sound of the rushing waters
of Deep River.
now mucn or romance ana legena
and history are mixed up with the
beauty of Deep River as it cuts its
iway acrosa the State through Guil
ford, Randolph, Moore, Lee and
Chatham counties! Recalling the
■words of the old ballad, “In Old
Deep River the Villlan Threw Her,"
one begins to feel the spell of the
tragedy and romance of poor Naomi
rWise, whose watery grave was just a
little distance north where Deep Riv
es skirts the edge of Randleman.
Along Deep River, one of the most
feared and hated, but picturesque fig
ures of Revolutionary Days, David
Fanning, conducted many of His ma
rauding expeditions. “With the as
tuteness of the Indians and the fleet
mess of the Arabs,” according to a de
scription of Fanning in Caruthers’
history, with a constitution equal to
any strain of hunger and fatigue, he
could endure long hours in the saddle
and was always in motion, appear
ing on his enemies when they least
■expected it, spreading death and de
struction in his wake. With his band
of followers he practiced his atroci
ties along the thickly wooded banks
of Deep River for many months, burn
ing and killing, destroying life and
property. 4
Andrew Hunter, Patriot.
1 Andrew Hunter, ardent Whig and
•patriot, endeavoring to put an end to
Fanning’s marauding expeditions, was
captured and taken by the Tory lead
er to his temporary headquarters on
Deep Rivev, where he was notified he
was to be killed. The execution, how
ever was delayed, while the Tory hand
began to feast °npon some provisions
-found in Hunter’s wagon.
Fanning had a handsome and
blooded horse, Bay Doe, that was
.-standing nearby while Hunter await
ed death, and the Tories enjoyed
their feast. As the group moved
near the horse and the attention of
the outlaws was for a moment di
verted, Hunter seized his chance and
•jumped on the back of Farming 3
horse. The animal refused to move
until startled by a short from one of
‘the Tories, directed at Hunter.
According to the records of history,
Hunter overheard Fanning give ord
ers eo “Kill the rascal but save the
mare.” With bullets whistling all
around him he sped to the bank of
the river. i
Faith Rock and Bridge.
A less desperate man would have
qualied at the scene before him. At
that point a great mass of rock forms
the bank - of the - river,
dropping at an angle of
60 degrees 60 feet to the water be
low. To turn back meant death at
the hands of the enemy, to plunge
with the horse into the river also
,_maant dnath. but it was Hunter’s one
'chance and re took it, escaping-while
his pursuers stood balked on the rocky
precipice, not daring to follow his ex
ample.
The rock, generally known as Faith
Rock, or sometimes Fanning Rock,
though it would seem' much more ap
propriate to preserve in the stone the
name of the brave Revolutionary
hero rather than that of the hated
Tory, may be seen from the highway
bridge that spans Deep River just
west of Franklinville.
Two years ago the Andrew Hunter
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution of Greensboro and High
Point, placed a bronze marker on the
new concrete bridge, named for An
*drew Hunter, within sight of the his
toric rock.
“Andrew Hunter Bridge. In mem
■ oriam Rondolph County Revolution
ary patriots. Faith Rock, 200 yards
down the river, is where Andrew
-Hunter in 1781, escaping from David
Fanning, Tory, rode Fannings’ horse,
Bay Roe, down the rock into-the river
and to safety. Guilford Battle Chap
ter, 1928,”’ the marker reads.
It was one Sunday morning when
we first stopped to see the rock. Some
children returning from Sunday
school proudly offered to show us the
path up the steep bank and through
the thick woods to the rocky heights,
pointing out there on the weathered
atone the print of the horse’s hoof.
What difference if the horse’s shoe
was pointing in the wrong direction II
One did not have the heart to spoil
the story. Fanning and Hunter and
Bay Doe are very real characters to
the children of Randolph, as they
might becomet o other .children, if
they were taken to see the rock.
From the rock one looks up the
Hver beyond the new bridge to the
falls from whence comes the sound of
roaring waters and where the rem
< Hants of an old covered bridge, fast
falling to pieces, marks the old road
before the new highway Was built.
The Hver bank with its rocky cliffs,
is hung with great clusters of laurel
in springtime. From the depths of
the woods come the fresh smell of
ifems and mosses and wild flowers.
A more delightful.place for a picnic
lunch or sapper could hardly be found
and there were signs on the rock of
campfire feasts. It must indeed be
lovely by moonlight.
BRIEF SKETCH OF
UNION CHURCH
On Saturday, July 12th, at old
Union Presbyterian Church, there
was held a reunion of Vass, Lake
View, Cypress and Union Presbyte
rian churches, of which Union is the
mother church. Carthage and Came
ron churches also grew out of Union
Church.
The address of welcome wap made
by Dr. Lawrence, who is now paBtor
of Vass, Lakeview, Cypress and
Union churches. The response was
by Dr. W. S. Golden, pastor of the
Carthage Presbyterian church.
The main address of the day, how
ever, was made by Dr. A. K. Me
yueen, oi uunn. Ur. McQueen gave
a brief sketch of the foundation of
Old Union Church. He said:
“The Presbyterian work at Old
Union began in 1796, when Orange
Presbytery sent Rev._ W. D. Paisley
to serve the people of the congrega
tion now known as Buffalo, Union
and Bethesda. Union Church was or
ganized in 1797 with the following
bench elders: Walter Macbeth, Zach
ariah Graham, Graham, Duncan Pat
terson, John Blue and Col. A. Mc
Dougald. After these John McKen
zie, Donald Blue, and Martin Mc
Pherson were made elders. The first
church building erected was a log
house, in 1798. The church was sit
uated on Crane’s Creek, by a spring,
across the field from the present site
of the church. The property was giv
en by Mrs. Eliza M. Rowan. An in*
teresting fact may also be noted—a
log session house was built, which
was used during the life time of 3
church buildings. Dr McQueen’s
father was called to Union on the
i3th day of May, 1866. The present
building has only been built a few
years. Dr. McQueen recalled many
happy days of the long ago, and ex
pressed the hope that these reunions
would continue.
FARM BOYS "AND GIRLS
WILL GATHER AT COLLEGE
—With reservations for about 800
farm boys and girls anticipated, plans
for the ninth annual 4-H short course
to be held at State College during
the week of August 4th to 9th, are
being rapidly matured,
The course will be given under the
direction of L. R. Harrill and Miss
Elizabeth Cornelius, club leaders of
the extension service, and will embody
instruction'“in work now being con
ducted in the field and home by the
2,000 club members now enrolled in
North Carolina. Each course will
be of such practical nature that the
club representative may take the
amain facts back to the community
which he represents.
Mr. Harrill says one of the most
interesting features of the short
course will be the general sessions
at which the club officers will preside
and where the club members will ar
range their own programs.' It is
expected that reports will be made at
these sessions from the delegates who
attended important gatherings both
in and out of the State during the
past year. A report of the pro
gress in club work will also be made.
Recreation, health, culture, judg
ing contests, and demonstrations will
be some of the main activities or
studiey of the meeting. The King
and Queen of Health will be crowned
on Thursday evening, August 7th, at
special pageant exercises. Dr. E. Mc
Neill Poteat, well known Raleigh
Baptist minister, will conduct vesper
services each evening, speaking on
the early life of Christ.
The whole cost of the short course
will not exceed $5 including meals for
the week. The college is giving its
rooms free of charge.
The final session of the short course
will be the impressive candle light
ing ceremony, Friday evening, August
8th, when the camp fire will be light
ed from a candle brought from the
national camp. The new state officers
will be installed, and these new offi
cers will light the candles of aH the
delegates so that the light of new liv
ing will be carried back to each 'club
represented.
PELLAGRA CAUSING LARGE
NUMBER OF DEATH IN STATE
Pellagra is causing more deaths in
North Carolina than any other dis
ease with the. exception of tubercu
losis and is creating the largest prob
lem which the State Board of health
now has to deal according to Dr. C. H.
O’Laughinghouse, State Health officer.
Last year there were 981 deaths from
Pellagra in North Carolina, more
than were caused by automobile ac
cidents in which more than 700 died,
and more than the total number -of
deaths from typhoid, diphtheria and
measles combined. The death toll
from pellagra was exceeded only by
tuberculosis, which claimed 2,601 livse
in.,1929.
The Express is informed that there
is a lot of pelagra here in Lee
county. It is found not only in the
rural sections, but in the towns. Ef
forts are being made to eradicate the
disease by getting those who have it
to put themselves on a balanced diet.
It is claimed that this will cure the
disease.
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F’rinstance,
How I Invented the Pocket Flask.
(By Dr. Ezra Pocket.)
I do not remember much of my
birth. My first memory was of my
father standing over- the bed where
I lay, smiling, as was his wont.
“Mother,” he said, “we’ll keep that
one.”
I went to school first under Dr.
Bixby, dear old Dr. Bixby. “Our Bix,”
as we used to call him when he passed
us under the spreading elms or on
our exams. I left Dr. Bixby because
of a remark he made one day, and
I will never forget the look of pro
found austerity on his face as lie
said “Ezra, your are expelled.”
I then attended Cornwall-on-thc
Hudson, lOom-on-the-Cob, Swiss-on
the-Rye and Tum-on-the-Heat. At
the last named school I once attended
two consecutive classes. My deans
could not understand me, it seemed,
.and I enrolled in the I. S. C., a school
where only letter men were accepted.
When I finished school my father
gave me $4.63 and a roadster and
sent me out into the world alone.
You’ll have to shift for yourself, son,"
he said, with sobs in his voice and
tears in his pants. “I have to support
my old aunt who, as you well know,
has been in bed with the same doctor
for twelve years." I knew this wasn’t
true, but father was always a great
one for getting a joke into a story
just in the right place.
Well, as they always aay at the
beginning of the fifth paragraph, 1
slid into second and turned to face
the world wtt|i determination and
$4.63 and a roadster. On my way to
Sehnecktid-, er, New York City,
many exciting adventures befell me,
none of which I intend reciting here
for I have not the slightest recollec
tion what they were. I do remember
that on a lonely country road I fell
into a stupor and after I had extrieat
eel myself I found that an axle-was
broken and my inSiiCs were dirty.
They are always leaving the covers
off the stupors on lonely country
roads.
When I arrove in the city I imme
diately ran into an old school chum
of mine, whom I call an old school
chum of mine, and knocked off his
right front fender and damaged his
license plate. I noted the number:
469833C. Again! All my life that had
been my unlucky number. I once or
dered a set of horseshoes from Sears
Koebuck, article No. 46983SC, and re
ceived instead a volume of Edgar
Guest’s poems.
Fell, about the flask When I was
a "youth” I had not wasted my time
like other boys. Instead, I was out
getting drunk, preparing for my
career. Whiskey was, if you’ll pardon
the expression, my “bosom” friend.
And then came the Call. One day,
quite unintentionally, I wondered
what a flask looked like. I take no
particular credit for I did not try to
wonder what it looked like. I had just
never heard of one and by "boyish
curiosity” got the best of me.
‘‘Mother,” 1 lisped, “what is a
flask?”
“Ja, a flask, what is it that it is?”
my mother came hack in flawless
French, and we ill laughed.
“Well, Mother, what would one look
like if some one were to invent it?”
“Mica, mica, parva Stella, for vy
you esk me? Laws/ mercy, chile,
don’t bother yo’ ole aunty, I mean
mammy, wid sich trash.”
I toiled for months without end
for a spark of inspiration. I was in
a weak, run-down condition. I needed
a drink. Then, it came to me «U in a
flask. It stood before, me, clear as a
crystal. But what was seen in that
crystal and how I invented the fa
mous Pocket Flask will be related in
the next episode, “How I Invented
the Pocket Flask."
Well, to make a long story short,
I'll stop.
EDISON ASKS FIVE MORE
YEARS*
"Give me five more years and the
U. S. will have a rubber crop ' which
can be utilized in leas than 12
month’s time,” Thomas Edison stated
the other day. The crop he referred
to is Goldenrod, a common weed that
grows in nearly all parts of the coun
try but is especially adapted to South
em state. He has discovered a va
riety that grows 10 feet above a
man's head which, by gross breeding,
wil produce 8 per cent fine rubber.
Edison, now 83, still works 14 hours
a day. He declares his rubber prob
lem the toughest he ever tried to
solve.
$640,000 TO BE SPENT AT FORT
BRAGG.
It seems that a big construction
program is soon to be put on at For.
Bragg. The report comes to the ef
fect that sealed proposals in tripli
cate will be received by the construc
tion quartermaster at Fort Bragg
until 10 A. M., August 15th, on the
construction of 50 new buildings at
the military post. The structures to
be erected are eight field officers’
quarters, 16 non-commissioned offi
cers’ quarters and 25 company offi
cers’ quarters. The bids will be
publicly opened by Captain Simpson,
the construction quartermaster on
the morning of the 15th and then
forwarded to Washington for the Wai
Department’s approval of the lowest
proposal. The approximate cost of
construction will be $640,000.
Jewell, Riddle Company, of this
place, recently completed 14 new
buildings at Fort Bargg. These
buildings are being inspected this
week and will be turned over to the
proper authorities as soon as the in
spection is completed. There has
own an immense amount oi uumung
at Port Bragg during the past two or
three years and the above paragraph
shows that this building program is
to be continued for the next year or
two. Many of the old wooden build
ings that were constructed about the
time of the World War, have been
tom down and others will go to make
room for modem brick buildings.
This is now known as the biggest ar
tilery fort in the country and perhaps
the biggest in the world. Many of
the brick and other material that go
in these buildings is manufactured
here in Lee county. This brings
thousands of dollars that are spent at
Port Bragg to this county. It is
thought that there will be at least 50
new buildings constructed at this
big fort within the next few years.
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