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a m£* mystery. li imltemr bU>4 la Hirttert fim Ths folio win* article by OoL J. P Gibson. of Marlboro eoonty. 8. C,, waa rocaaity pubHebed bi 3 tbaCbarlaatco Sunday New*: Marlboro eoonty, South Caroli aa, border* oo Scotland aad Rich » mood com tie* in North CaroUaa, and the upper section, the ex boro, i* known to tent spansiy ' nettled territory, a aandhill ro* $ **oo, ^BtbouKh many awampa bay into almost mountainous % pwpcrtlaoa. The original forest growth ie composed of low. scrubby blackjack, gall buahe* all shrouded arahaof allthay eorveyad.” This v. eoMro taction far miles ap aad dawa Crooked Croak. WMta*s Croak. Mask’d Croak, ligbtwood Knot mod Naked Croaks, contains hoedrads of eld ^Indian moanda,” two uf which I recent* ly witnessed the digging into foQM«i ml uito 1V.UUU llwumwl Kwl* icsot the former tribes, sock as akalataaa of tadtorw. arrows. Pipes, beads, pottery, scalping Madw aad other articles of inter. Lt will be fatWwtiartefoRBa tom It state that tfafti an tire sec tion of ooun try Mam the Revolu tionary war, aad before, has been almost axdoaively UhaUtad by dsMspdtot« of Indian*, know® abort to ba described was only hr two of !§j aad. that^'Acgon' wdb ta mooa for “moonabini ng." I used ta fai-baot and take camp out ings for a weak at a tins, and in this wag endeared myself to these people and formed friend ships whisk will endure throagb ootllfe. In my poUtical career and cami<aigne of several yean, all of those people supported me and in many ways have demon strated their aonidaaaa aad friendship. I have extended ?jgldbettareehodfadtttiee. These brave, eoatageooa Confederate aoMtara daring the war, aad ■heu say ef than aver got ieto vpgMs I ahraye satiated thepa whaa in ay power to do pa Dr. Hair, an "aid Indian harts doctor," lived in tho section. He rseaatly died rt the advanced age of 87 years, and that liaandhta eoaamunity ie known aa "Hair TWn.” Dr. HMv, Us brother Elijah, now 90 years of age, aad their aaaarcwa kindred have al ways been tny personal aad po tttieel Meade aad they are boa orahla aad patriotic. lofty braaohee after having bavin ■hot and killed, kw. for Um first that during fata sixty years of life eew tide Ugh. dry Meed; that Uwy. after ooe day and night of unrelenting toil through mud. akuab aa& underbrush. Planted thdr feet on this newly discovered Island which contained at least twenty “Indian mounds," small blue jacks, deep send, a bold spring of dear, pure, eoM freestone water near the trunk of a Urge sycamore tree, and abundance of wild game, which ’ttay have enjoyed all to them* But the scientific revelation is yet to be unfolded—tbeee two Indiana waatal me to go up to tbdr home, twenty-two miles northwest of the dty, and visit the strange bland, but 1 could not return with them on account of aartoas iiinaia in my family. However. I made so engagement to meet them at Oaten*. N. a; on the Seaboard Railway between Chamr, & a and Hamlet. N. C., button that day Ae snow was fifteen inches deep, sod of course I could not meet them. Howev er. I obtained from them permio ebe to make pobtte the strange tldaga revealed to me. I intend ed to -visit Um a . " ' days, and will Umm togst buid, aa no pay taxes on It that naar tba western__ _ the island they found aa optoirg of a cave or cavern, this "|wJi being about twelve feet square. &*y have, alone, visited the is land quits a number of times, provided with laateme. and they hava, mote than a half-dosen titoea, explored this on known After descending twenty feat; thecave, according to tbe Indi anw turns abruptly to tike south, broaden* into four large rooms, with waits of bird chalk and many hieroglyphics and beeuti 1 of Indian last and longest opartawot visit ed by them, they said, a beauti ful subterranean stream gently floapsd, teaming with fish, and that in this large room they fauhd many skeletons and old Indian rehea. 1 have known these Indiana for 25 years and believe impUdty In the truthfalaaas of their strange story, aa above written, and when I visit the “unknown is land" I will famish the press a detailed aeooent of everything that 1 may me la that strange owronc. otioa line, and this tame Crooked Crosk flow* through the county faMP north to sooth with impep tbe channel. The old Telegraph, of "wire road,” as it was ealisd in antebellum (fays, pass so throagh tho northern portion of thoeoaoty. which at that time was tbs rapid BOWS medium be twooo Cheraw, 8. a and Fay. etteeflle, N. CL last three mi loo oouth the "oki stage rood” from Cboraw to FsyaMoyDia aware. and prior to tho war this was an l»portaabswttoa'ef tbeeouatry. 8togo stands aad teoorno wort toaafd hero, and poopto trnoalod •oar this thorough faro going to aad from Washington. Tho writ bora and I Goodwill, who of the hoc, lived in a idenw. on the stage road w Aon Gan. Howard had his beadqAar «*rs. The Federal* tried harfl tc capture Cept. Goodwin, but If or. tunately for him he secreted Aim self in the moee-shrooded awAmp end evaded hie pursuers. |Al Ch-n^w. on the Pee Die rilwer, General Butler and Wheeler's cavalry had given ShermaA e pretty fierce stuck from Nwrth Carolina Consequently the 1 an keen were more nr lew ner out while In this section. Son* of the negroes, who at that I Ime ware allowed to roim at w ill throagbout the Yankee ca up, have always said that vahia lies ware hidden in the creak by \ an kee officers. Of conns verj Ut tlo attention was paid to v hat these old darkies said copse qneatly no search was ate" Since 1870 to the present time every two or three ream myste riood Kqhta could be awn moving ap and down the creak, and mo meroua holes at different times, frwhly dog. wan dlaeovated in theewaup. Mo one knew what theae lights meant, and the In habitants talked with hated breath of ghosts and haunts, as a couple of wagooere had lopfl rears ago beau murdered marl that placa. Inst ymr two fishermen' ^ that locality, #hilc digging da]t at tha root of a boga cypiaaa, broke into a pot which paid ttam ia gold coin far their trable. They denied the report and per sistently refused to diseasa the •object; however, it is betirved they mads a rich find. Last Sunday night, two fran gars, Whiteman, want toloid Jack Lnintr’i house and told the old negro that be moat Itch hie mole to the cart andgovith them, and that they woeldpay him well for hie Jack, although vary obrnteHAifd#"* and hia strang* com pa creek where he bOJ—eti. times seen strange lights, aaya that an iron box about teen inches tong waa sitting. newly-made excavation, arid,that he assisted tha two men tq put the box into hia cart and that it waa vary heavy. The box j waa carried to Osborne, an obscure depot on the Seaboard Air Line road, where’lt waa left wit » the two bmb, and after neat vie X $10 the negro' returned home. Old iaekaaya that ha now upder* etaads the mystery of tha igkts which be has seen far tl»Inst thirty-five years, and whk) have given him ao much troobh and caused him ao aaay ale ipUaa nights. i L Tha theory (a that these trees one were buried by Sim man'! man, who warn fearful of aP at tack, and rathes than ta w anj chances they deposited tl om al a marked place in the k and had been unable tfc leeati then until last Sunday night. «ai IEfJ ITEMS. — •ModMm Ittptop Ttonfctii | >1 Cowtry. L Aa.^a. P*** tree that had ^mrtohad beyond usefulness in the back yard of J. Edward Reed, at toe Angelea. Cat, waechop ! ped down a few days ago and a |*«tthathad been occupied by blackbirds for several .eaeons fell out Reed eaami ed it and I round a email diamond ring that had been lost by Mrs. Reed near ■? two years ago. ^Mps. Mary McMullen, appear ing in court at Kansas City, and asking fur the county’« ears over ner eight-yeay-oM daughter by ■•Jnrflf *£ hu'b*nd- <*«l»red: J**?* i *• married six “d “t* time I’ve drawn And*ts!* Wjmmver I marry and jndthat'I have to dotheaup. Air e?ha v”gone. ** "*“ ■* v ■■■ • Matching coins decided the fu hUPhSui!!? *^Ddoo«i malf in. Philadelphia when six patrol men became ao food of a baby h®7* ^>ont two month#old, found ! that all of them -uiMh*. RicUriK^.^; _ I Of w.tk onion’uW#* WOrkio* « M ooJooflrfd. he was handed a t*l adeWns Mm thitb.ni MW to a fortune Of aboat $20,000, left by s W»consin relative. He if hte SSL,?'“f *** *** <Wded bis overalls, invested in a new ■It .f doth* ^xJ 2^11“'*“*" to Kin hi. ?*** *" °*th U»at £ pfctaof whiskey and I iy willies b If the liquor, low the teat to be made. William Mullens, 64 yean old, of St. Louis, after beins sen tenced to 90 days in the work Jjouae, offered to remain t daya ioegw if Bryan Pattern » 19-yearold boy. would freed. "Sending a youngster jail doesn't help; it makes criminal of hint." declared Mi Ians. "Let me serve his sc tsnee, so that he can have « more chance.''*The boy's tri was deferred. Members of a work train cre near Athena Ga, discovered few morninga ago where nur here of chickens belonging ora fwrn nctr the milroed have b^n foing. While waiting for a pi •anger train to pass they vn attracted by the criee for h.p from a mother hen. They wnt to her and found aha was m *ktg a fuss ovar one of her chicks as Wg *a a partridge, which kd been caught by a monster bll frog. the chick being half aval. y** fng wu aaughtjid the chick disgorged, bot tbeal ter was dead. Asserting that his wife, Ira. EitaMabone. entered a chirch where he eras kneeling in prgar and e send him out with a Gaorge H. Mahone. of Athnta, Gs. has tiled suit for divore. Him petition also stated that shawaa Frequently "exceedingly bokter m* and rough." The life of a child sfgtteen moothi old was estimated ct six cent* by a Detroit jury, join A. McCurdy’s child was piayfeg oo the lawn when a team beoame frightened and dashed over the 1»wn. Ullinp’ ths child The jo ry held the defendant wa» re sponsible; bat awarded damages of six orats. Four Bebriao officers who were In command of Ft. St. Marie, northwest of Antwerp, recently drew lots ns to which should re main and tju family. 1 *1 Tbe teslc C"=. ==========; mimiUnInI Pud Urm iMpwtflM. "* Df* Abaher, representing the *tat« Board of Health, la in our wunty for tba purpoae of con 'd acting a sanitary campaign over “the county. His work will nee “ Maerily be limited to three seboo communities, aa his time among 1 us is limited to four months. He will naturally locate in those com* muni tie* which express the strongest desire for his services. So be has asked me, as your county superintendent, to notify you that you may express your wishes for the work. His work will be in the nature of sanitary surveys of the om muni ties, examination of achy ) children for eyes and none trou ble, examination of all the people for hock worm and treatment of thoee infected with disease until cared, vaccination for typhoid, and general campaign against Aba. open cloeets and ail kinds of filth. His work is absolutely free of cost to the community, and the school community that saeurea his services will indeed he lucky. Every community that will promise hearty co-operation pleeaa notify me at ones, that she Doctor may aalect the schools in which he will work, as ha is ready to begin hie work at once. He comet to us from the noted Philadelphui Farm Life School In Robeson county, to which school ha. has added fame by the great deaa-up campaign for - health be has just waged than. L. M. Peels. Supt. An Tu Defac » ? • During these distressing times ■»« you trading at home ? Are you giviog the mail order bouse the go-by? Are you understand ing that your duty is to sperd every dime you spend with your neighbor—with your house mer chant ? The mail order houee is talking about taking cotton at so much, provided you trade it out Keep •way from that Go to your merchant, the man who has " wh^help*^ him all the money you '” have to spend, and thus help to hold the South in line. Don’t look at the seductive mail order catalogues. The horns merchant will really save you money and make you money If you trade with him.—Everything. Calendar for Scotland County Superior Court Civil Cases—November 4th, 1914. HI8 HONOR, HENRY P. LANE, JUDGE * * WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4tk, 1914. PLAINTIFFS’ AfTOKNSYB " DEFENDANTS’ ATTOHNET8 ML L. John. * —No. 63. A L. Lane n. Elisabeth Seals. Neal, Gibaon M. L. John. —No. 13. Town of Laarioborg va. Southern Contracting Co. C. AD. -No. 17. Nannie Ml Stubbs va. John Stubbs. W. fL NeaL . —No. 18. D. Ellis Guinn, et al va. Maggie Guinn and Delia Guinn. R. A W. ' —No. 22. D. L. Goes va. M. L. Morriaon. CLAD. 8. O. R A W. • - -Na 26. 8. A. L. Ry. vs.,Jobn E. PhJIHps. C. A D. B. F- McLean. —Na 28. J. T. John and John Lsaeh va. N. A MeLaaehKa C. A D. RAW. — Na 80. Arch Graham va. Honriatta Graham. R. A W.-; —Na 81. D. L Gove va. Make Morrison and Venice Morriaon. R. A W. — Na 88. D. L. Gore w. Hugh Livingatoo. M ML L. John. i-Na88. H. A. Stewart vs. A A James, et aL Motioo. C.AD.R AW.j / — Na 86. McKinnon, Oirria A Ca va. Scotland Supply Ca RAW.l -Na 87; - John F. McNair va. Mcllwinan A Leggett Gtbeoo. Neal. ‘ —No. 88. M. M. Morgan vs. Intontata Land Co. Protest C.AD.RAWI R A W. . -No. 41. 8eotlayi Supply Co. Tt. J 0. Norton. MeL L. A P.B THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th, 1914. , ^ R. A W. — Na 44. J. T, Bostick A Bro. va. Antbooy Doogiaaa. C. AD. . — Na 45. Wesley Howard v*. Pinkey Howard. .' Gibaon, NeaL -Na 46. E. J. Gibson vs. Z. V. Pate. G.RP.AR At: M-1* John. —No. 80. C. W. dark A wife va. 8. A L. Ry. Ca A C. C. R. R. Ca R. A W. O. B. Pattereoo. - —Na 66. John F. McNair va. 8. A L. Ry. LAW. 1 —Na 86. C. M.Thotepcon to. 8. E. MeCarmlek, at at. .Protect RAW. —Na 62. EllaabeO» Pats and Elijah Pate, m Morria Morgan. RAW. ‘f j . -Na 88. Mattie Norton and.C. D. Norton va. Morris Morgan. RAW. .,'■■■ —Na 64. G. D. Norton vs. llerria Margam. CAD. • —Na 71. D. J. Mart Mon va. Beotland Supply Oa a AD. • —Na 88. H. B. MsAhea va W. M. Dtvaraand Roaooa W. Tarns CAD. — Na 6a Southern Gotten 0(1 Ca va. Loransa MedHa, ' The Win ba tried in the cedar b which the same appear. AO bn All ceases on tha docket ahal ba open for trial as sBowed leadings alio wad. H. H. COVINGTON, UbMbpBR N. C, October JStb, MU. Clerk Superior Court , , • . :
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