'■***>« 1 front ‘sv -. ; v ALMAR FARM la Transylvania «... BY CAL CARPENTER (Due te state and ST adUtl interest in the re* .cently revived border dispute c‘seeithe following columns i.::>witl^ relate the background and»story of the ‘'Walton Wat,” a brief but bloody con flict between North Carolina and Georgia over the same disagreement more than 160 years ago. The fighting, which actuary included at least two principal shooting engage ments, ,took place in Tran jyjnmdn county, only a few UdUU from Brevard. ' w .... (This, information is taken ({-pm VT'he History of Transyl vania County” by Ora L. Jones of Jupiter, Florida. Mr. Jones •"•was’*4editor and publisher of •The Sylvan Valley News,” the *' Brevard newspaper, from 1911 to 1917. His history was written --iuTUttfc It has not seen book publication but has appeared as a series in newspapers twice— once in the “Asheville Citizen” in 1916 and again in this news 1969.) -☆— From: “The History Of Transylvania County” ! That the states of North Carolina and Georgia should have engaged in a bloody war over the location of the state line and that some of the more important engagements in that war, where lives were lost andTHrisoners were taken, fought within a few nufery the county court htraufcsof Transylvania county, sjgira-to be almost incredu lmOui an examination of historical and geographical reco®* hear out the fact that tMgr*» really was a war be tnSf£iC these two states even iUmvacticaHy everyone now lmns*(-1915) has either nev erHriSrd of it or has forgot-. lAjkile more than 100 years >m 1915), about the [0, the state of North and the state of Geor it with eaah other over ition of the boundary reen them. This was ‘The Walton War.” the two principal en lts in this conflict was at; a point about one jutheast of Brevard. The place on top of the south of the present town of Selica. In the iportant of these two mts, the one fought rard at McGaha Branch ','$filson’s Bridge on U.S. ty 276), a number of 'Variously reported at from fourteen, were killed, •twenty - five prisoners ~fen by the Carolina forces. At Selica there were also some casualties but no record of the number or extent was ever found. jrjj Complete Story c$t for a few sparse of mcords which have ac ■ulated the dust of a century, there has never been writtgrsi; complete story of that disagreement. In order that the history of this war rtdhL fern preserved, the writer haJAsumaVored to gather all the information available and arrange it in chronological order. Unfortunately- much of the essential detail is mis When you think of Hons, think of VARNER’S, adv. S sing. The facts contained in the following paragraphs have been gathered from many dif ferent sources. This is prob ably the first attempt ever made at writing anything like a complete account, and it is far from complete. The nearest approach to a complete account of the Wal ton War is found in Arthur’s “History of Western North Car olin.” It gives a fairly accur ate account of the causes that led up to the fighting between the states.'1. Alhough he refers to it as the Walton War, his ac count does not justify the title. He makes no mention or refer ence to the actual conflicts and bloodshed. It seems inexplicable that the people of the county could so far forget an event of such importance that a little over a hundred years later (1915) probably not twenty men in the county ever heard of the Walton War. But when we study the conditions that prevailed in the upper French Broad country at the time, we can find reasons for this state of affairs; we can then better understand why a small war could be fought without attracting very much attention. Boundaries Not Important It must be remembered that a century or more ago, little attention was paid to boundary lines. Surveys were made a matter of hit or miss. Marks set up by the surveyors were very temporary affairs. It was but natural that the boundary lines of a state were matters of little moment in a land thal was so sparsely settled. Bui after the lands became more valuable, as more settlers mov ed in, more attention was paic to the boundaries. When efforts arere made to locate them, ii Sfenerally resulted ' bittei quarreling. When the corners of three states wrere located al the same spot in a remote mountain section, causes for trouble were multiplied. In the efforts to locate the line between North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, such a quarrel arose. As a con sequence of the chaotic state of government that ensued, this remote section became overcrowded with outlaws and refugees from the law. Mur der, arson and fighting were the rule of the day. The up per French Broad valley be came infested with these characters. Because of such lawless conditions, the Walton War failed to receive the no tice it would have in a more peaceful community. As a consequence it was also soon forgotten. Conditions were so bad that South Carolina did not care to have this ter ritory, retroceded to her by the national government, when the offer was made by Con gress on April 7, 1800. For the following accounts of incidents that finally cul minated in the Walton War, the writer secured facts from Ar thur’s “History of Western North Carolina,” from the “Fif th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1883 - 84,” the “North Carolina Booklet,” of ficial records in the Library of Congress, and from officials of the state of Georgia and older residents of Transylvania coun ty. (To be continued) * SjLvX i 'v See The Smith Corona Portables Smash Comedy Hit Is Now Playing At The Playhouse “Spofford” opened the sec ond half of the Vagabond Play ers’ 10-week season at Flat Rock Playhouse Tuesday eve ning. Based on the novel “Reu ben, Reuben” by Peter De Vries, this smash hit Broadway comedy was written for the stage by Producer - Director Herman Shumlin. The title role, portrayed by Melvyn Douglas in the long run Broadway hit two seasons ago, is performed by W. C. ‘Mutt’ Burton, a 20-season Vaga bond veteran. Mr. Burton is a newspaper man by profession, a special feature writer for the Greens boro Daily News, and author of “Professor Burton’s Col umn." He becomes an actor in summer stock, and at the Flat Rock Playhouse has earned a host of fans through memorable characterizations. He has star fed M “Our Town.” “On Bor rowed Time,” “Harvey” and “Yaw Can’t Take it with You,” among many others including the pc'trayal of W. O. Gant in the rac’nt production of “Look Homewird, Angel.” “Spofford” is a surburban farmer who has watched with awe the retreat of the wealthy from the city to their town, the while drawing a stnct social line between the rich and the old! timers. “Spofford” decides to cross that line, and a series of comic encounters accumu lates. The New York critics were unanimous in their approval of “Spofford.” The N. Y. Daily News reviewer stated, “A wise, sly, witty and ingratiating ex posure of life in exurbia;” and Clive Barnes in The New York Times stated, “Tim character* and events give the play its warmth, humor and screwball charm." Principal roles in the cast of seventeen will be played by Elieh Kelly, Earl Wentz, Ellen Evans, Sally Nall. Margarete Kilnesa, Walter Williamson and Marianne Hyre. The multi-sets of the play, an Old Connecticut farmhouse and other places in New York State, have been designed and execut ed by Walter O’Rouke, with Bobby Hiers as his technical as sistant in charge of lighting. Direction is by Anita Grannies with Dennis Mauldon as stage manager. Anyone with the name of “Spofford" will be admitted Flat Rock Playhouse, located three miles south of Henderson ville on U. S. 25, was designat ed the State theatre of Ncrth Carolina in June, 1961, by the jSE C. General Assembly. iV ‘ Large backyard swimming pools should be divided by depth lines, ju$t the same way that municipal pools are, ad vises Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. 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