Barbour County index., 1903-10-28
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF FLORA.
giAEular Eject OF Shouting .Helia
Mac'' i'm Some Parts of
North Carolina.

CHING 6iOCeI Nudu, dCCOTQlQR 10 the
New York Sun, "and in a man tha,
came out of store up the street 9
little way and was crossing over t.
another store l was sure / recognized
Joe McCann. fellow travelling man
although / wondered at his beint
down in that country, so / hollered q
him:
'Hel-lo-o-o-o, Mac!'
Three men were walking up tn.
railroad track at least a hundres
yards away. They instantly stopped
turned around, and each one of then
shouted back:
"'Hello!'
Two men came hurrying out Of tn
waiting room Of the station ant
asked what was wanted. A man whi
was mailing a board on a fence TIVE
blocks up the street dropped his ham
mer and walked smartly toward the
station. A window in house across
the track was quickly raised, and
man with a shock Of red hair stucb
his head oIt and hollered:
"'Hello!'
-Four other citizens came hurried
ly out Of store on the other side OF
the railroad, and looked inquiringly
toward me, but Joe McCann didnr
look around, and in a moment I saw
that he wasn't Joe McCann at all.
THE train came along Just then and
I got aboard, puzzled at the commo
ton that shout of mine at the sup.
posed Joe McCann 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 I hailed the
man of mistaken identity, and who
seemed much pleased at the result of
1t. He sat down in the seat ahead CT
me and said:
That was the first time you've
tried 'em, see. You didn't get a
rise out of as many of 'em as you
will after you get used to it. II
had hollered EN- up, now, you'd have
thought there was dog fight in town,
the way they'd have bobbed out to see
what l wanted You want to put
more lung in your holler to see 'em
show up right smart
II began to think that the hamlet
was fresh-air lunatic asylum, and
that here was another Of it's patients
out for holiday. l guess must
have looked my thoughts, for the man
quit his grinning and said:
You was trying 'em. Wasn't
your
L told him l wasn't trying any.
body that I knew Of. and explained
why | had happened to raise the shout
that seemed to have turned everybody
crazy.
"'Oh! said he, that's funny. Then
I'll have to tell you about it,
It's all on account of Flora.
Flora Macdonald. You know the
story of Flora CT course? The beau.
tiful Scotch lassie, who saved Prince
Charley.
Well, after she saved him she
married Scotch muckamuck Of the
same surname as hers, and came with
him and big colony Of canny Scotch
to this side Of the water. They set
tied on the North Carolina coast.
somewhere about the present site of
Fayetteville, and got along first rate
When the colonies began to fight
the mother country, Flora Macdonald
didn't like it. She and her folks re
turned to her native land, and quite
number OF her colonists went along
But there was plenty of then
left when the war ended, and their de
scendants are thick in all this part Of
North Carolina. Thus 1t is, go wher,
you may, hereabouts. you will find tn.
woods full Of Macs-Macleods, Mao
donalds. McBrides. McNeils, Mac
phersons, McCrummonses, Macivers
McDufies, Mackenzies, McDades
Macleans, Macintoshes and hosts
other Macs. One man back here IL
the place we just left is what yos
might call a triple Mac. His name IL
Macdonald Macleod McIver
$50. If you step into almost an,
settlement around here In Moore coun
ty. and along the Cape Fear river. and
holler "Mac!" as you did bach
yonder, only louder. you'll be apt t.
have pretty much every able-bodied
man in the place answering the call
And that's why l thought you were
trying 'em. So, If you ever do try
'em, put more lung in your holler. and
you'll get a rise that would make
Flora Macdonald weep tears Of Joy
Il she could only see it.
81 never tried 1t. but from what I
saw at that little hamlet don't be-
Ieve the man was giving me very