The Grenada sentinel., 1907-03-02
FORKER WRITES LETTER
Galligoota StartIes People Of
That Community. j.
REMAINS FOUND LYING ON RIVER BANK
Candidates and the P0ssibilitieS---
Prospective Barbecues and Good
Time PrOmised.-Other Inter.
esting Items

Having been some time considera
bly, handicapped with the rheumatic.
and the rattling of my jints and feel
ing badly generally, it has been impOs
possible for me to write my annual
letter about the good people Of this
section, (The Fork,) l am happy tC
state at this present time and may be
in the future, that there is not a sim
gle candidate for governor over here,
but there are several running for the
senate, one or two for coroner, half
dozen for sheriff and two for Supervi-
sor, Capt. Jim Smith, Sebe MoCor-
mick and your correspondent are rum
ming like the mischief to get out of
the way of the other fellows. Sebe and
myself are running about even, Capt.
Jim Smith being a little Slicker on
the heel is about a mile ahead-Capt.
Smith is such a good farmer and such
popular man is liable at any time
to branch OF from his usual course
and run for school teacher. He is q
very substantial man and one OF the
best farmers In this section, he never
fails to make good crops only when
the elements work against him. His
smoke houseis at home and his cribs
are always supplied with corn. He
always has : fatted calf to kill, espec-
tally along about the fourth OF July
or barbecue time" when Spring
time come, gentle Annie" he is up be-
fore break OF day. He is very fond
Of singing and generally composes his
own ssngs, md 'une OF his faEOrite
sones;ts: -.
"Over these hills and down thess hoilows.
Is the piaes make my DOLLAR
Ny tnter patch snd inj uu crop.
Gee. whis! ia hotter stop. and etc."
Melvin. NcOornssek, another one
Iof our-subatantiat citizens, ,is trying to
drop into the tTeasurer' s Office. II he
succeeds, wlltvh 1tse, hope he may, be
viii make the vounty 1one Of the best
,of1cers add, connty funds Will be In
safe hands. He is . good man, reads
very extensively son I'll subjects. In
the last fay 00uth&s the people Qf
st5h scetionshave built q very neat
and attractive Church and the services
are always attended: This being q
thickly settled neighborhood and ev.
cry one, being interested in church sf.
airs, attend, old and yoang alike.
In the last few years we have lost
two Of our most excellent families
frum this section, Mr.. Mack Bailey
now OF CORTLAND, Mr.. d. B. Phil.
iips, Of Grenada. r.
: Bai3sy.is now engaged in the mer.
cantiier business. We understand
that he has accumulated quite . for
tune. Mr.. John Vsnho0zer told your
correspondent that Mack had succeed
ed in forming partnership with
John ID. Rockefellow in the oil bust.
ness and now has the exclusive sale OF
all the oil in Pamela county. He is
trying to get the oil introducef1n
this section, but do not think he will
succeed as Mr.. Jake Stevens, another
one of our good citizens, thinks
he has oil in unlimited quantities on
his farm, aun when he gets the ma
chine for boreing. will commence op-
perations. The drummer, your cor
respondent (Beaver Dam) wrote about
was on the way to see Mr.. Stevens at
the time he was taken in by the
"Give damn road" when last seen
he was singing "Aint glad got
out de wilderness"
Several months ago the people OF
this section were very much stirred up
about very dangerous looking ami
nal, which made it's appearance over
here and twas supposed to have eS-
caped from some show. No one saw it
but Isaiah Harris, he described it, as
very large animal, quite six feet high,
with long horns and name. 1t being
turned out only at night in search OF
food. 1t was shot at several times:
but was bullet proof-as no shot could
penetrate it's thick hide. While in
this section the colored people were
afraid to get out of their houses at
night. A short time ago MIR. Sebe
while fishing on the river
found it's remains near large tree
where it had been roosting. 1t was
thought that the limb it had been
roostlng on was broken off by the
wind and this Galligoota, (aS it was
calleO fell out and broke its spine of
his back. Mr.. Mccormack gathered
no the remains and now has them on
exhibition at his house, anyone who
doubts this statement can call around
1t his house is and see for himself.
This story was told your correspon-
liant by negro who had not taken a
lrink since Christmas, but that was
IN the morning of December 26. The
appearance of this Galligoota had a
very beneficial effect upon the people,
the colored people, as a good
many of them began to read 81 ,ans
Almanac to see whether old Noah had
hat kind of an animal in his Ark, or
vas he turned loose upon the country