The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-07
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ave that this little sec
@- ton is foremost in point
OF the ~strenuosity characterizing early
history. 1t is filled with quaint char
acters who have participated in the
vicissitudes running through its seven
ty years Of existence, and countless he
roes have been disclosed for venera-
ton on a ma scale. The reputation
OF the county is quite u~nenviable be-
cause no deeds but those of the VIII
lain have been heard outside the Dor
ders; for the citizens are modest to
such a degree that only those who
have become familiar with them even
hear accounts of the better things in
the long ago.
n county seat of Yancey is per-
maps the chief point of interest. Burns
vile is a modest little place. havins
doubtless q thousand inhabitants ac-
CURED principally in the last two years
and its altitude of $500 feet has made
1t a faVOrIte place for summer visitors.
Inc quletud~Which prevails there is
SO intense that one can hear the creak
OF a Wlndlass resounding through it on
q summer day. There are numerous
Nicholas Eedders who smoke in the
shades and listen to belated news from
remote communities, but beneath all
TINS apparent lack of life lies a history
OF stirring scenes in which l>en show
ed a mettle not Incompatible in the
with The grit and endurance
Of their Revolutionary fo~refathers.
In the war between the States the
inhabitants were quick to offer service
tor n Confederacy. No soldier was
more heroic than the plain looking in
dividual from Yancey. who, though
never having bod tho laact avrario-no
with arms aside from their service IN
~conquerinE the animals Of Black
Mountain was just as instrumental in
covering h fields with dyingNYankees
as the most disciplined regular could
possibly have been. A mong the resi-
dents who COngregatc in huntsville on
commissioners day or the first day of
court II hears many stories Of the
War times, provided he can set the ball
of recollection going among the old
people. One is often told CONCERNING
Julius Robinson. a srfzzIed veteran
Of siAty-}iVe. who rescued a fellow
soldier from the field surrounding New
Hope church in Georgia. The soldier
was wounded in the high. and his
cries for help back TO the
ranks was pitifuI even to the hardened
feelings Of those INJURED to war. Rob-
lnsOn, like Jasper at Charleston, broke
- Tx line. IAN SlIaISh toward
the astonished hlueccats, who perhans
thought he was a, messenger. and in ar
amazingly. short while he had q bleed.
ing form on his back and was runnirr
Whit toward the rebel works. When
he had deposited his burden the hero
tainted, but his name is handled +en.
derby By lovers of heroism in that SEQ.
ton.
\ Marvellous Escanc.
IN Vt1l6 o-na!-
McCallister who is famed for a mar
Vicious escape from Federal prison tn
soldier, together with an acouaintance
from south Carolina had been cam
tured ana lncarcerated at Point Look
out. IncN We're guarded in a large
~stockade, which faced a hay sow
miles IN width. and the adventurous
fellows conceived h idea Of escapiDr
pS swimming that distance. For.
tune favored the attempt. CrawI-
ing through a ditch meside which .
sentry walked with a fixed havon.t
ready to run through any who might
endeaNor TO pass him, they could oct
TO the water. one night. while sol
dlers were bathing at that point the
two conquered the ditch, and fortu-
nately were soon lost among the GufD,
melS, VINO were unaware, of course Of
the presence g the erstwhife prisoners |
Land was cached just in time to save
them from death by eyhaus,ion
but their perils We're not or
over; for most OF the people from
whom they ~endeayored 10 sec,ra
food We're sympathizers with ~
YANKEES and often attempted Ia hoha
ihein Tor fecapttr". By KNOCKING a.+
various landlords aud using he SOL
alte : lI.I.se Tor tneft. they finally re-
saiaeu thelf positions under Confeder-
ate colorS. and McSlliet.r refc;.a. -