Page Eight
A THHILLINy STOK\
GENERAL STO'
Tf? " out .. . is '
K?* I? v. R tlv.;.,v. of A'eran
ier county,1 un<i prJutod nt the Rub
b Neo s fid Ob? c Son j iy. M
of the- S. ' . - vetei
\S tike >?>oro. f-.irr:; ;he 1 the copy t
:> North Wilfc. > Roto Hurler cor
taiuiny the story. which is as fol
lows.
! Mardi. *' ? . <? 'V"al Stu - ma1
left isast Tern ni? on fror
Taj ' . Wata
conntv to De p (Jap th* B it
Ridtcv On "he 2vth of March, h
?:nlered H- > X. ' . and th
day !' ?winy ' h?. ;.ntr: wo.s iivi.i
cd. ojiC divsu*'' ..ivier (ie.IK.T5
Scorn Mi exflheh , , -irds
u* Ismi * hi? rl^> . i>r.dpr G**'n>rr,
o -* ? i? > : The iobb<>r> La
ot the 1 - - y:v and t . aid ..orni'v.::
I fee up: . -..V lb< I >.:>e ?i<?*v. a
direction. Lhr: ' . aid be not hi o
move tu: ir i us than to attenvp :
rvi.'jh it. TV. s house belo-g^L \
*mc d;-rep-..: b-t woman by *.h
c- c i K ;-nvy und alter jwade ha
bv-i aru o?uupixii :t the name V
h It wag Known \va sFort Hal
s nowi. , tr how ma: y r??
ert- engaged : theSe dep?vi.vtiot.
Perhaps the ber actually eng^i
?-'i v.-. not more than thirty. A !?
of f2^?;r.'?or. rant-- was found wr.e
chat ?iuir.h-wa- '.mawn to co-ope ;n
revenge ana a desire for plunder,
all their raids. Indeed, tney see;:.',
to think that they must treat v. i
the utmost cruelty aU who v.v_o n<
in sympathy with them. They vs
hrave men and well drilled. All t!
peopie of Wilkes county i.cod in c?
stant dread of them?frightesred
every baTk of a dog or * s? rnrr.lii
of the leaves Life .-e' r " v. or
than death. All Wilkes cosrty w
subdued by fhv rn. They w . .
al raid- into Alexander and Caidv*.
counties, robbing the citizens ai
subjecting men and women to ?
grossc-: insults. On the Tea of 31;
1805, they made a raid ir?t cCaldw*
with a few men, made a well plann
~11.1. ~??
OF THK WAR "
NEMAN'S MARCH
cjrn >w v- the fort Snrju.y i i$U io
It >remetl that W;ui\ an<2 bi?
- tier were rot ;tw;iro i r>; ly-hum's
.or:.-;tch unto he >r d hi- men hud
v nrercd the house. VVa-iv and his
r l' art- ouneed their h? t>> >. ctntiiand
begged foi th< No
- > being: seen Bintrh.-.r believed
- iietr hi : - T:: y ? ' e Wade!
; and his v\n\ time :< dr?. s>. after
aj which, at u moment when the eapt?
:. !> ! . ovf their eruard. they ru^hu
d to tt:? 1 u trts. e hr. r: a ere cona
:ih at their le<is and opened
e'?>11 Idem. The result was that
t- C'lark .-or: of i.TeJu-r.i! rUrk. of
: y. an i He! ly, of the
.r. ? aunty, v.ere fcd'e f. The others
d the i .i s of C'avk
The .Saturday right t?* i^winjr tiwy
t..j -tver into A! \r ier county
: . *pi : kill W t\
R> i: -ireen, wh
been t ; t hv Conftri
army. i?ev. Kr. (Veen bad
mn-d ef the expressed pur
kill r > >?., and they were on
: - .'<>: ft dtr.vr . ' v.hich h
: way. ; rriet. with ?:" v hen 2v
w: - r a h- . thou* f-rc-1
'.! t- W. Iiuit rvtur? frcni A?>
a?ti tmrr .:; ?{ them. re,f
- n :!: -. ttlfdv d ?p
r-Srr-?\v yaixfe i?f rh- for
: 1 of * ? - :vv-n. . inu'" I . . .g?|
K. /.. Lin -
|.T vti, kiip ami lilt i?
j. i : Th I :>. roroo of th< n
f: : '; cir h'.'ivi'S ar.i .
. p T UtiJ !: '
t"Sopor v. Moriivi;'.-; r ,h
jf St : urfti-n >.:?v i*rv.uly 4??|; ?
j -vly v i..- were irr?:*t!y ?r.
:i 1 ! iheir t v?> Victoiu !?<
and Qpow*
dow cf tflu >ra a *
. 1:..- eoirpuj6l> -.h
: -. r. 5jc.r..'hv. !> of %:> ?.
r. ?.hh- -i.i. ::ry
. ' . > pt Cu togc the* an*
c.-rjsultoti-'-r. uivh a numh.-r ?1
the *i<I : -t? u-.-i it was s-.on de
i.i> .1 that another effort shoo Id : <
made to dislodge them ami put or
1 ?-r.d to rht- work of plunder and mar
^ ier. I left my school ir. the hand:
^ of one of my pupil.- and joined th<
eomr-atty. We started on Tuesday
. ?if?r*: !'oon following the Sunday ? i
v. hi L . Alexander men had beer
:ept;i?ed. The company numberet
. ; a1 ut twenty men. Having: crossec
J, i he Brushy Mountains at Cove Ga]
_ jju.-t b.-f- ;'t. reaching Moravian Fails
I ::t Wilkes county, we met a mar. Iron
<T ear Ho'.man's Ford, who told us tha
;ri Wade wa? looking for us and declar
. <J he could whip a thousand of u&
ri3 : and he hoped that we would come on
We -topped and heid a consulta: :oi
jn a:a; sen; one 01 our men imo reeut*]
county to ark Col Robert V. C.ay;.;
r who had commanded the 33rd Rear:
. incut of X. C. Troops in the war jus
ro I. Jo gather up all the returr
At ! -oldies he could and 10 come to Hoi
: maid.- lord with ail possible sjtcr
.. " < en ai othcone of our r u
yrr -* - headquarteds of a portio- o
( "he federal army .camped near !.
ington, N'. C., to inform them i ti.
of tilings in Wilkes com tj
^ i a?ke?i thorn to send and relit v
ndj ' l" ^LUat~'on early as they posx?V.
. j could. We then went on. reach.nc
t
Moravian Foils about sun-set, and n
u* anainedl there till near midnight, an.
then moved siowiy and cautiously u
the road leading to Hoi man's For
ed The night was dark, or the after pai
UI
THE WATAll
i?i , aad all felt that the march watrausht
with danger. Cominj: with
*. a wile or less of the ford, a volet
." ' at. and clear ranjr out: "Halt. wh?
^ There":"* ?Sharpe replied
>! from Alexander. "Who an
yotrg" The mswo; came. "Oxford'
"from Caldwell r^urty. Ad
. . " ft " as good ti. s
V- e ! . : \ Ox^ora < n?cr iJ? slecmri;
.... . tht u Dear the roa.
ex :r tv > or fhree who we*- * w.iik
>entif'c"'r V*.' shared
of iea . hrc a* of ca;
I ir? .. the cal" came for all to rt
ir:<i fall into line more *J ar. fori
We left the road leading to th
fi.rd ,.nd turned up the river to th
t ft ami crossed at a small ford o
f&rnt ff .? Mr. Triplet* and the
..-i :ded a pill to the valley road an
. -n.our.iea a"i fed onr horses an
r : <\.r 'mvn -MCh- anu an.* urea
l'list the yard of Mr. Triplett. 1
*. - h-? . . a woman dying, wh
a th '> hoSbaad the day before wa
:.chir.sc th- ?' <: ?{ in a wagon an
ivfcs shot by one of the robbers froi
: -i :e than a quarter of
mi . distant \\ riiie here Mr Tulbei
;?ui : V.-i; may easily judjr
nr. *' ars <ff the.> :vbbers ar
?ny feelings toward them, but
dare not say a *oi\l But my a.
y ; 4" back home; fo
' that : n y ?u h: i not be abl
the lpol
: ; doubtle.
- . ' n - \ dip ^ {'or^ r\^
|j| {' id a counsel
A f; V.' of OjflS bp3; V$i I'-.lC tl WC1
:r. tar 3?#.' i>aej-. a; u wait in
' r fore*
vnfjG" r;*- ^q*tr tift r-;)
'~"v' &\to. - tit':e r.arvO'
Avt eodfv-o '.?' :?] t?inc
: :u?|g, H Vou gg
r.-?..1; fc.- hi; \ on U'
i fc'.i.- i'.'i ' h -vt: . -vluih hi
- r.. t\,
v: . ... ouul; It,
li' .-ai- v .. yoi- rcacli the hi
. - that the:
ra- ; . I v. . . u;kt the con
n\ m hoi . t -t.itior. them u
? t .. . a -1 <>f li.' fort ai
. ? ; - i: ?u tided wit
it South. Wlu
m?. r. ,re -tar.o?.ad a jijii will I
" 'rod -n th. east that y.-u may kno
we art . . p;:?c1 took t>
e men ami \jffi wni: >m^ie file Or
: tcr ar.othv i-, expecting ev ery sir
i . shot dew a. We .reathed n<
hi Until v ?cached 1 I
and ?coui\ iI it jail ia? r and t\?nr
* . otie 011 it. \Vi had b'? en in mat!
: .ace* of danger dwng :he wai. In
1 t v : had out courage bet-., trit
5 a- : i . i.a? tua'cb thmugr th;
kt.t . i\. r\ hat an e:ie?v
;r. we to aid nut see \vas &b( J
s > >]> us it: t.'aelis?in <.
1 t- vt-i-atiou ot Oeii.4 ?hoi into cle
i i,o-v \i".- a. v.>?- gg?
i ; r t&z~\ . . ' : t ^'.yggBBBSBPga
. ty when ivt- it'.?,-hod that i.j
' v. r.i-r- v.e fed tpjit ?r. the right ->
ad reo fa v. \Vc na.'i i.Vv-r. t!
I iiiii o.-ify u i minutes v Ihi
."?! dijt?0"Ok ii'tS Vv^HS rffcOIl itS&Vtli.
tlx. <uiu j&KfHS&rfo the ii'-'iu fil
iv in ic- > ?era! r'nc- ho?:os >..-.
.;-;.7.:.._. He bridled one if or
... .; w hi'c erid.'Ug OUe o\ wcr.'i. a::
j iit briiijraijr tin horse the writ*
: 11 tiie hill about tvrenc
v.. i- toward the ere'k (Lewis F-u
. from .. p.it- tree v.a> -rying t
_ * shot at the robber, Hv.r thei
iu many iv* ^r "n the way 1
i he horse rapidly awav bey or
: s >me thickly timber land and '.'.as oi
* ^.ight In less than five minct<
' l hoard the gun ol one vf my men o
7.i>.* r.s . t p behind nisnap. 1 iooi
ed and saw that he was pmi t'.ng h
' art: . toward the creek below me. II
' guii snapped several times. I kne
that he was trying to shoot one (
Wade's band, but I could not see hin
: but i felt thai the mar. was betwee
me a: i i he creek. Then 1 saw- anotl
1 or one of my me nsiip his gun to tl
? one whose gun kept snapping. h
reached his hand and took hold oi tt
1 muzzle ? f the gun and pulled it i
1 him.
He raised it to his face and
T V. 3 -
i ut acnx U a gUE !'i)l
louder. He shot at one of the ro
11 *rs sitting on the bank of the cree
S;.it missed him. He pitched furwai
into the creek and ran down it t
wards the Yadkin. The creek w;
t .so over hung with undergrowth th.
we saw no mure of him. We su
!" posed he was then wa thing for 01
. approach. If he knew of our pi t
nee till tired on we knew not. T!
P j warning he got saved his life, for
i di-i not return to the fort. Our m<
kept up tiring o nthe house aii da
.?:.u they returned v :ire3' at i
e and shot with such accuracy that 1
" had to keep at a great distance I
- iiihd tiees and logs. In a very f*
~ minute after the shot was tired
' the robber on the creek bank one
p J the me nfrom the east of the fo
d fired his gun to let us know that ?
rt were stationed. Then such a yell w
i
GA DEMOCRAT
"\ raised in the fort n gwe never heard
fore nor since. The most fearful
tths. ft was more lik" the howling:
* f devils, curing us and prioR us to
n e on: evidently trying to make it
I . ' pear that thev were there in strong:
8
Night came on ;t was a very datk
. <>cdy night. Another counsel of
" a: wauv held. Some advised that in
lev of our small numbers ami the
; robability of their bringing in re.
uils that night and surrounding us.
:t would be the part of wisdom
withdraw and wait til.' we could
a ly greater forces. Others said if
we did not dislodge them then that
ley would never return for another
ffort. A majority of us declared
n 'hat we could whip all the recruits
hat might come and that we must
ay till the fort was taken, saying,
II Tvath is preferable to the miserable
* fe which they ar*? causing us to lead,
vi live or die let u sstay till the
>k is done." We staid. And i*i
< darkness we constructed a new
of breast-works nearer the fort
n - d kept on shooting at the house
some time after dark. The ene...i;
for them to see us We had
jl Alexander company a man
m IredeJ C'-ur1. . Ii'.o M.e of
5 Wallace Sharp- . Ke went y the
--f Wa'l S'. ;?_ . His t:
near the rvfirg and bci v.een
. h ?.'? ] MV.i wry i - ?r it
; : he a .L. t b at I small
- wvc:\ d jrj, i a t:s *?ul
- wr; . -A diy. \Va.; .-h.:r?K
on as he to, ' set - ens of np
r.Kiir day, pail- a e!V his shoes
. t y . i'i: waj *o *!v
a touched it ano ?jVi? i>?u t?? ill"
rivii. V..,; Tharpe replied witl
i atii: 4*Wt *-vfli last oiuj
Tl .. :hnie out with \Vad<
front Hi rai>?d his hand tun
h:s '.at a tnou^h he wouk
:-.?h ? and tin.:. ?laru-d like an ar
v. .iuua the -? --? } hili toY-an! th?
i d - on thio igh our line, oui
| >. X. isin.;- at him. h;v
. ;::tr tee ?:arlc t.? -<_e not a siugh
<hot hit him. He ran across the l ot
torn |< the Yadkin river and hi? un
10
i del hank ei' he river. Wi-b a!
ic , . . .. , , , .
, our - i-eha'u wi- l.-.ued to find him
lz | IU > IV:.* <>Ke afterward > tha
; sonii i .,r men came within five >
. -ix . e* ..f him. We tracked him .
the river, hut coutd ne; no fiirthe
IV
1"t'f]a0C kin:. Such strides as h<
^ | made arte ihc bottom, according: t<
his track . it did not seem possible t<
*l j bt made by man. As soon as tin
IV I
! other: me out thev ver- seized o;
the Miidicrs, and for a few mir.i'tvs i
-ee:m .1 that ihov would be torn ti
r- .
_i Oil . i r.i V A'(-W 1?1 f-ll.. llUllitv: ..
men \vho>c mothers. wives and sister
.. V.:?tl lr Milted. The whole com
v j r:.':y ?va- tor a bule time an inl'nriat
fd mo'. . Then for the- first time som
"*!oi a.- w re ftnpi essed with ihe fac
' viia' il i- nothing so much to hi
L l" ari d a.- a H'nip:iiiy of men so or.
w i raged - ti Jose their heads
Men u-iTt n?mmaii'lefl . ?.T:mb t<
the top of the bouse and extluguisl
1 ; the fire, so rh&t Mithciem time wauh
'? | be had to ascertain what was conceal
$ed therein. property of nearly everj
? dos iptio:- was found. Mary tini
LI ih'e.'ses and ladle* hats uhich the
1 had taken for the dtSoiure vvoniat
l" wfcc ..a .pied the house. Many fin?
| horses were in the pasture nearby?
about twenty. They were returnee
n | to their owners. Stakes having beer
v" erected for their execution they wen
|s told that they must die. They begg
l2> ed to be imprisoned for life, but wen
l\. told they must he disposed of sum
** J marily, as they had disposed of Clarl
a? Henly. Linney and Brown . Passinj
n j with them through the yard to th<
- j piace 01 execution, 101. anarpe ton
le them they could have a little while t?
j make any preparation for death
,e should they so desire. They begai
0 i praying, hut their prayer was, "Men
! -pare us!" Wall Sharpe said with ai
* > oath, "don't pray to us. Pray ti
*r' God. He alone can save you." Som
b-jof the men still burning with rag
;?egar? to ridicule and mock then
rc* j Wall Sharpe said: "Men. we hav
| given them time to repent, and yoi
as shall not bother them."
at . (To be Continued!
p-|
1 DOSE COLD
fl m seems to run its course
but welcome relief ma;
is usually be had durint
v2 the worst of the attacl
e- by applications of?
I WICKS
? VapoRub
as Ovmr 17 Million Jan UndYoar*
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE j
i 1 rtue of an execi ozs d rect ':Wa
? taugra County, from the Superior j
i Court of said county, in that certain
action, entitled W. C. Wilson and
O. M. Wilson vs. D. I. SUnshery and
.J. ?. Stausbery, on the 10th day of i
April. 11*23, 1 will on the 2nd day of
July, 1023. it being: the first Mon;
day of sa a month, to satisfy ..aid
1 execution and costs, sell to th ehighi
est bidder, for cash at th? court-.
k.i.t.or of Wataujra County, be-j
twve the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. I
and 4 o'clock P. M.. the following j
described realestate. to-wit:
Beginning on a beech. running
South 73 deg\ West 17 poles to 'a;
chestnut: the: North 4 deg. Hast 72 |
poU - : a stake; ?n top of the ridge; I
then with said ridge Westward 2S
pole.-. to a stake in the Ladrine Kgg<
; - ' ; v. ,th : t .
s:..k? Davis' Inn th? :? Davis* lino
to a stake i.i Landrir.e Eggcrs Deceased,
line; then w.th said EggerM
line f" an s>.d d<i<re..<d corner. now j
i'j.u1'- 1::!o an Kiefward r.to a
stake in l.andrine Kegel's line; rear j
a pair of drawbars ami school-hoi s- ; |
then with the .-aid La?inline Egg vrs* j
Jr. iine to the beginning, centeirdng!
[| 5-52 acres more or less, from the j
fo'-eu'dng boundry is excepted a
lj..'-. "f iand allotted to J. Stan - ^
; k'ontst
| t ollew s : ,
Beginning on a .-mail dogwood hi- J
low the little old -tore house at
: jushiic i'oa 1. and runs Nor'. I: 8 deg.
, West |?oh-s to a stake; tie. ".: Xorth
>1 : u. East -i po:. to a rock
rhei! South -s deg. East %2 |h>K-s j
: t *1 ft 11 popular; then South 25
d . . E, i ' t pole-* to slake n.
, 2'I: then ; v, i. the old road to ti:
; pT- Xess.
r.e i 2 ?'av cf Me. 1922.
< ?. . HIT. :!KR. _
1 . G re.". P. S
NOTICE.
X." I.. '1.INA.
v,\.: . .\ > TXTY.
?.i. M. s.i.Meith. Admim-lrat -n
| ] red gptfey el ai Heir
,';u \ i Geu. ? 'otfcy. PCCC aod.
Having been appointed a C?mrais-r
1 violin : i-y the Clerk o? the Supwlor
Court "f Wut&uga i "iir.ty, 1 will o.
,Junc i. 1._." . ffer : r ai the
Court House ?S>r, in Roone, at one
" o'clock p. in., the lands suuafrejA ii?
V Watauga township a*, i known as the
Geo. Coffey land con sibling ?>f about
acres, said lands bounded by the
1 land of Hill Wright and others.
' Terms to be anm?it2iced upon day
r of sale.
G. M. St DDERTH.
Commissioner.
for bconomical
SUPERIOR MODEL
$62<
i
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1 WALTER?
' ,waa?. ... ?
\
JUNE 7. 1923
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