The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-28
THF CREEK ISLANDS AGAIN
EXCITED.
Not a Gurrilly or the Santer This
Time, But a Strange Aerial


Time, But a Strange Aerial
Visitor.
For The Robesonian.
Mr.. EDITOR:
We learn that the good citizens
of the Creek Islands, lying, as
your readers will remember,
south and west of the Seaboard
Railroad, and east of Lumber
river, are again in a condition of
mind. They are not scared, no,
not that, nor can their condition
be called one of apprehension,
but they are sitting up and TAX
ing notice.
| 1t will be borne in mind that
this is Mr.. Willouhby's neighbor-
hood, that here was the lair of the
"gurrilly, (which some who were
wholly ignorant of zoology called
the santer, but this time it is
neither "gurilly" nor santer. A
gurrilly and. we dare say, santer,
can be met and slain, although
we believe that whenever and
wherever the blood-curdling
screams of the varmint were
heard, our friends of the Islands
always, just then, happened to
be going the other way, and that
quickly; but who, however val
liant, can do anything with ships
that pass by night, or by day
either, if they be overhead and
high up in the air?
We have not exactly heard
that it was the passing Of a ship
which has caused care to take it's
seat on the brows of our neigh
bOrs. Some there are, perhaps not
good Ornithologists, who incline
to the opinion that it was a mon
ster bird, the same seen by the
late and lamented Stephen Bod
diford, on a trip by raft down
! Lumber river to Georgetown, S.
&C., "a hell-hawk with claws as
big as Winyaw bay' but we can
not give our assent to this. We
place high value, ordinarily, upon
the conclusions found by our
friend, but they will excuse us
| this once, for being a little skep-
teal, and for doubling the accu-
racy of their judgment. If they
had gotten a good look at the
thing, it would have been differ
ent, but we hear they did not,
| for when the strange visitor
| hove in sight, floating on the
| clouds, they, each and all, in sin
gular unanimity, repaired at once
to their various avocations, which,
| by accident, Of course, were at
that particular moment in the
| deep recesses of the wood.
I If we were to hazard a guess
we should say that this seeming
| bird of i'll omen was not a birC
at all, but a ship, an airship
From the description we have
we are confident.
At first we thought that the
) Wright brothers had left Xii
! Devil Island with their aeroplane
and were soaring in the empy
rean above old Robson, through
the bluest, balmiest, brightes
t skies which enwrap the form AM
kiss the face of good Mothe
Earth, but we are now convinceC
that when we thought it wa
Wright, we were wrong.
We have made minute inqui
ries, and while, owing to tn
great hurry of all who saw it
! time and opportunity for gather
ing details were within very mar
row limits, enough is known rea
sonably to settle:
Ist. That the visitor ha'
something like a prov. whicI
. was bell or horn shaped.
3, End. That it came from tn
o general direction of Wilmington
and Brunswick county.
o Bird. That attached to what woll
;, appear to be the car was
c streamer, with this strange device
which we do not pretend to de
). cipher: Upon whichever hor
Z Of the dilemma you are cast, 20
S may be thrown into Johntso
county,"
S Soon after the appearance c
!. the heavenly visitor, Hon. Ashle
n Horne, Of Clayton, N. c., an
= Squire George H. Bellamy, {
-, Brunswick, the one a populs
!. candidate for Governor, and tn
IS other his strong supporter, an
7. both splendid fellows, appeare
:. on our streets. What connectio
); there may have been betwee
IS the commotion caused in tn
2, Creek Islands and the advent {
|. these two gentlemen, we will NJ
I, undertake to say. We have 9
,. opinion, which we decline to e:
e, press. We would remark, hoy
\. ever, while again most positive
S, declining to express any opinion
Y. that we did not see them alig
tie from the train, or an auto, al
to horse flesh is out of the questio
n INQUIRING SCIENTIST.
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