Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-04
DREAM OF MYSTERY
A Strange Story Of the Finding Of
! Buried kespsakes.

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! Buried keepsakes.
I In eastern Kershaw county, South
Carolina, Turkey creek, a streamlet
which takes Its name from wild tur-
keys which were formerly numerous
in that region. begins at spring some
where up In Piney Grove township.
winds itself, serpent-like down by the
edge Of fertile fields, through dense
forests ON to Black river In williams
burg county. Many traditions cluster
about this section. Kershaw county
has q glorious history.
Many tales have been told about
buried treasure down there during the
Revolution-before and during the
War Between the States. Searching
parties have made attempts to find
some Of It.
( In the early seventies In - town
ship, barefoot lad attended a prayer
meeting one night at q neighbor's
house. Returning home three miles
distant at IL o'clock on the sandy
Georgetown road skirting the branch.
he sang and whistled My Darling
Nellie Gray" Listen to the Mocking
Bird" so as to hush the sounds Of any
probable noises-such as the DETECTED
drop Of a pine burr, the hop Of mis-
chievous cotton tail, or the who-Y-h-o
ah who are y-o-u Of we'll Known
night bird. The night was unusually
calm-the new moon shone dimly.
When half the distance home was
made, suddenly there appeared, fifty
yards In front Of the lonesome travel
or, what seemed to be strange AMI
mal-black and white-spotted-about
the size of a wildcat. He halted, so
did at" AS he moved. 1t would move.
Walk or run the "varmint" would do
the same. Strange as 1t may be, 1t
could not be hit with lightwood knots
or rocks, though aim were true; just
like striking a shadow. The appari-
ton kept the same distance in trOnt
Though badly unnerved, the lad de-
termined to proceed. Opposite an old
field log school house, near grave
yard dotted with ghost-like tomb
stones stained with age, the thing"
vanished at a triangular spot covered
with pure-white sand, surrounded by
three stout red oaks, some twenty-five
yards from the road. The young fell
low marked this place with his big
toe. $3.50
That same night he dreamed he dug
there and found an old-fashione ed skill
Iet-in which biscuits were baked be-
fore stoves came into general use;
and, by the way. biscuits then were
the best that ever will be cooked
containing valuables. The dream was
broken by the blowing Of the cowhorn
at 4 O'Clock, calling the hands to feed
up"
Anyway the dream harassed the boy
SO much that after sunrise that morn
ing, he walked down to the creek with
a spade, telling the farm hands he was
going to dig bait" He found the
cross mark made the night before with
his toe. After digging two feet OF
earth away. he was about to leave,
when the steel spade rasped on some
thing rough. Sure enough he un-
earthed the rusty skillet seen in his
dream, on which the lid was sealed
with resin. A whack with the farm
tool shattered the oven.
Inside was found long black curl
Of woman's hair; q heavy gold-band
wedding ring with the word 'Mizpah"
engraved inside; a gold-coined dollar;
a rare cameo breastpin with the bust
of General lafayette; single candle
mould sealed at each end with tallow.
enclosing the following note, written
in an exquisite hand:
''Keepsakes
my darling gave me. On bloody bat
tlefields, on dreary marches, on picket
duty, around campfires. these precious
remembrances have cheered me. Now
the end is near These dear tokens
are too sacred to me to fall into un-
known hands when my dead body is
found. I consign them reverently to
Mother Earth with tender recollections
of a Noble Woman. Good keep her.
No person has ever been found who
could explain the meaning Of the mys-
terious find. The identity Of the own