The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
ALL on ACCOUNT or FLORA.
Eject or Shouting Hello, Mac" in Some
Parts OF North Carolina.

Il was waiting for a train at a wayside
station in Moore county, N. c.. one
day" said John Gilbert. the travelling
grocerymen. and in man that came
out Of store up the street little way
and was crossing over to another store
l was sure I recognized Joe McCann a
fellow travelling man. although I wondered
at his being down in that country, so l
hollered at him:
'Hel-lo-o-o-o, Mac!
"Three men were walking up the rail-
road track, at least hundred yards away
They instantly stopped, turned around
and each one of them shouted back:
Hello!
1.-TWO men came hurrying out Of the
waiting room of the station and asked
what was wanted. A man who was nail
ing board on fence two blocks up the
street dropped his hammer and walked
smartly toward the station A window
in a house across the track was quickly
raised. and n man with shock Of red hair
stuck his head out and holered
Hello
Four other citizens came hurriedly
out of store on the other side Of the rail-
road and looked inquiringly toward me,
but Joe McCann didn't look around
and in "A moment ] saw that he WASN'T
doe Mctann at all.
"The train came along Just then and I
got aboard, puzzled at the commotion
that shout of mine at the supposed Joe
Mccain had caused among so many citizens
OF the hamlet.
Il Was followed into the car by man
who was standing on the station platform
near me- when ] hailed the man of mist aiken
hn MI
AZ the result Of il. He sat down in the
seat ahead of me and said:
That was the first time you 80 tried
'em. see. You didn't get rise out OF as
many Of Elm as you will after you get used
to it If had hoered 'em up, now, you'd
the way they'd have bobbed ont 10 see
what I wanted. You want to put more
lung in your holler to see 'em show up
right smart,
Il began to think that the hamlet was
fresh air lunatic asylum, and that here was
| l guess | must have looked my thoughts 3.
for the man quit his grnnine and said:
You was trying EN-. Wasn't yorT
Il told him I wasn't trying anybody
that knew Of, and explained why 7 had
happened 10 raise the shout that seemed
to have turned everybody crazy
oh" said he. that's funny. Then III
have TO tell you about il
IT'S all on account of Flora. Flora
, Macdonald. You know tho story of Flora,
of course? The beautiful Scotch assie,
who ga vcd Prince Charley,
We'll, after she saved him she married
! n Scotch muckanuck of the same surname
as hers and came with him and big colony
of canny Scotch TO this side OF the water
They settled on the North Carolina coast.
somewhere about the present site Of Fay
etteville, and COT along first rate.
When the colonies egan 10 fight the
mother country. Flora Macdonald didn't
ike it. She and hor folks returned to her
native land, aud quite n number Of her
colonisfs went along,
But there was plenty of them left when
tho war ended, and their descendants are
thick in all this part Of North Carolina.
! Thus il IT, go where you may, hereabouts,
, YOU will find the woods full Of Macs Mac
ODDS, Med ,nais, M,B-ides, McNcs.
Ma persons, McCrummonses, Macivers,
McDuffieG. Ma kenzies, McDades, Macleans,
Ma intoshes and hosts of other Macs Ono
man back here in the place We just left il
what you might call a triple Mac His
name is Mncdonald Macleod McIycr
So, II YOU step into almost any settle
ment around here in Moore county, and
along the Cape Fear River, and boiler Mac
AZ you did back yondcr only louder. you'll
he apt 10 have pretty much every able
bodied man in the place ans wering the call.
And that's why thought you We're trying
en-. So, II you ever do try en- put more
lung in your boiler, ard YOU II re, a rise that
would make Flora Macdonald weep tears
Of Joy il she could only see ii '
II never tried it. but from what saw at
that little hamlat don't believe the man
was giving me very much Of jolly"