Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
MOUNTAIN MAID
USES HICKORY
ON SUITOR
Pastors Daughter Forces Retrac-
ton With CIub-Seeks the
Brother of Victim.
Continued From Page I.

she Sdlos ne went out tDIb tIt
woods and cut a hickory stick and
told me TO wear it out on the young
scoundreL was a little afraid when
we started from home. but when We
got there and I saw Roy sitting in
the buggy under the very tree under
which he once told me he loved me +
got mad. ] remember jumping out
of the buggy and the next thing 7
remember was when father pulled an
my arm and told me had beaten him
enough"
The girls father told The Georgian
reporter a dramatic story Of the Rise
and Fall Of Roy Oweusby," or THE
Vengeance Of Mountain Maidh'
Young Owensby moved with his
father. Doc Owensby, from Union
County to Cherokee about two years
ago" declared Rev. Mr. Grier. "They
rented the old Jim Dickinson place
and appeared to be nice people My
daughter always went 10 Sunday
school at my church and attended an
the socials and entertainments given
by the young people Of the neIghbor-
hood Naturally she met Roy and
they became sweethearts. He never
took her anywhere, but he used to
meet her at the church after services
and they would talk
Found Lawn Too Slow
"On the first Sunday in June Roy
asked Belle If he could take her to
the singing at the Little River camp
meeting grounds that night. and she
said he could So they went The
next afternoon I heard that Roy had
been talking about my daughter and
spreading SANDER and scandal and /
could hardly believe IT, As the days
went by / heard more Of the things
he had said. and ] began to investi-
gate. ! proved that he was Islander
Ing her. and / went TO Canton, our
county seat, and had a long talk
with the officers of the law
II found that ! couldn't get a war
rant for the young SCoundrel until
court opened ! tried to learn wheth-
er I had right to take a pistol and
shoot him, but found that the law
would not back me up in such a
course So / went home, hardly
knowing what To do.
Last Thursday afternoon Belle
heard that Roy had been talking
about her, and she asked me II II
were 80. / told her il was NV
daughter got very mad and rushing
into the house she took down our
shotgun and came out onto the front
porch.
Come on, father she said
i asked her where she was go
ing, and she said she was going over
TO the field where Roy Owensby was
working and shoot him. ! persuaded
her not TO do it, and then we sat
down and talked it over We finally
decided that she must horsewhip him.
She resolved To thrash him the first
time she saw him. She carried her
hickory stick with her everywhere
she went, hoping to see him. but she
never saw him until Sunday morn
ing.
Gave Baby to Mother.
When my daughter drove up with
myself and Mrs Grier, young owens
by was sitting in a buggy with Wal
ter Ragsdale, My daughter was hold
ing the baby in her lap when she
caught sight of Roy
There's the scoundrel now, she
SAID. Here, mamma, take the baby
Then she picked up her hickory
stick and jumped from the buggy and
/ followed, determined that She must
whip him If ! had to hold him so she
could do It. Mrs. Grier placed the
paby IN the bottom of the buggy and
came with us she was as anxious
that Belle whip the man as I was.
Roy neevr saw vs. coming, and he
never knew We We're in the neighhor-
hood until Belle grabbed his coat
sleeve and said
What do YOU mean by telling
those scandalous lies on me-?
Young owensby looked around and
got pale as "a sheet. Before he could
say anything Belle struck him with
the stick The long piece Of hickory
CurleG around Rows body and cut a
big cash in young RaRsdale's arm He
howell and jumped from the buggy
and ran as fast as he could We
could hear him crashing through the
underhrush as he ran across the
mountain
Had to Take Medicine.
Roy jumped from the buggy and
tried 10 run, but nv daughter knocked
him down with the stick He got up
again. and then she began to beat
him. He stood there and howled. and
finally Drew his knife from his pocket
lie opened il and acted as though he
We're going 10 stab my daughter. but
] told him not 10. and ht whined that
he wasn't Then ne tried To run. but
! grabbed him and told him TO stand
up like man and take his medicine
Then the young wretch spoke for
the first time
I'm going to, he said but that
hurts!"
Il stood there and watched my
daughter beat Roy Owensby until She
had worn out about three feet of that
stick on him, and he could hardly
stand. Then ] told her that she had
beaten him enough. Roy looked al
me and said.