The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-09-10
THAT GIANTS TRACK
PROVOKES STILNOPF
LONG DISTANCE TALK
LETTER FROM N. w. cuRRev !,
ANSWERED FROM \
HAMPSHIRE.
is GIVEN
Claim Made That 1t Is PLAINLY v;,,,.,v.
and Has Been Seen By Many PEG.
ple--shot 10 Taken at ceoIooi.o,
specuiation-Maury Co. Boosts,

SPecu'at'on-MauFy Co. Booster
Discussion Of the alleged giant,
footprint, which was found moo.
Hampshire, has waxed stronger and
stronger, and the contest has baor
warmly waged through the column.
OF The Herald as to whether it is in
reality the track of giant" The Her
aid recently polished a communico.
ton from N. W. Currey, of Eyant
Texas, in which he more or less ar.
pressed his doubt as to the realDess
of the alleged track. The Herald has
received the following from Hamn.
shire in regard to the footprint
To the Editor of The Herald.
In regard to further information do.
sired by one Mr.. N. White Currey of
Evant, Texas, asked through the col.
umns of your interesting paper. con.
corning the giants footprint, recently
discovered near Hampshire, we will
attempt to give more light on the sub.
ject, If you will kindly allow us space
through your columns. There has al
ways been dOubters, and perhaps al.
ways will be, even seeing with some
is not convincing. Some doubt for
lack Of knowledge, and other for fail
ure to see the actual object itself
some for arguments sake, whether
or not this great footprint, made by
prehistoric man, is in the Cambrian.
Silurian or Carboniferous rock, we do
not say. Siluria being a part Of
southern Wales of ancient times, in.
habited by the Siluves, about four
thousands miles away with the At.
lantic being between, besides this
rock or formation was a series of
rocks found there, the Carboniferous
Is an elementary formation. This i'm.
print is in what was once a melted
mineral, plainly showing on a lime,
stone rock, beyond a doubt, to any
one acquainted with ancient or pre-
historic history we have here plainly
Visible the footprint of a giant, and
not made in the formation of sedi-
nents of spring water, snow or mud.
Besides how does this gentleman
rom Texas know but this crustation
vas formed by some volcanic erup-
ion before the days of the giants,
when he nor any other man can tell
If the origin or coming of the red
nan to the American shores which
10 doubt the giants and Aztecs pre-
;eded the Indian. How long this
country has been inhabited, when and
" whom, is a far greater mystery
han the footprint itself, for all we
now this prehistoric man may have
canned here, while the great pyra'
nids were building, or when Abraham
hadowed under them We know not
rom what shores they drifted, or the
hannels they crossed. We are told
q Genesis, first chapter, Man was
1ade the sixth day of Gods creation
ence man has been here on earth
trough all the stormy violent chang
S throughout the worlds history
low can Mr.. Currey tell, Texas is
lder than Maury county? Only by
eology, which oftimes becomes con-
sctural. When Maury county is
lentioned as the "Dimple of the Uni
erse' naturally. this great man or
ace would like to have dwelt here,
nd not lived on the arid plains OF
he far west. He left that for those
ig footed horses to roam over, and
, Craze upon, of which the track OF
mes shoes so far as basing these
lings on geological reports, after
srtain periods are elapsed, it largely
ecomes conjectural.
Recent excavations in Egypt deYeF
B in discoveries of formations which
ztended beyond any certain PERIOD
the worlds history that could ~
18th any accuracy, or correctly re-
)rted as to solving these mysteries
: formations, which are the handr
ork of Almighty God. We can only
Tim the surface Of knowledge, and 10
ave to succeeding generations 10
Thorn its width and depth; and Wnen
pleases Him, He will unveil to US
ese things.
The writer is glad to give the geT
eman from Texas any desired lnlu
alton he can, cheerfully and unheSr
tingly. The footprint is plainly Wis
lie, without defect, one fourth Of
lie west of Hampshire, and num-
ITS have viewed It.
G. L. BAILEY,
Aug. 80, 1926. Hampshire, lem"