Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-10-15
Mn MAN DISCOVERED

the individual signing nlmSel1, Inc
Old Mann to a series of articles
rubll,hed in the Journal for the last
several months has been quite a
conundrum to the readers of that
paper especially old cit zens of Jack
son county. | am not among the
older ones although getting quite
hoary and have spent many happy
DAYS on the old red hills of Webster,
(Dow deceased) and the rugged sides
Of Jackson County's lofty peaks. |
have carefully noted the writings
eoGeavors of my old friends Tom
Frizell, Joe Buchanan. and Jess
Leopard to spot this same old mann
and James Cathey's denial of being
this "Old Mann" have been expect
ine for long time to hear from
others of my old friends who have
been born and raised and lived to
the ripe old age of four score years
or more, and who at the time this
odd Mann" gives his historic dates
knew every man in the whole of
Jackson County. | speak of such
men as NJ. w. Bryson, Wib Fisher
the Cowan's D. L. Love, W. A. Enloe,
whom he speaks of and many others,
and oh say" what has become OF
Tom Davis (colored) he surely ought
to have located this same Old
Mann" but it looks as if it was left
for me to enliehten the readers of the
Journal and place before the anxious
waiting, and almost despairing pub
Tic the name of this "Old Mann.
Ir doing so | will ask you to 60
back 10 the beginning OF his bach
of .J1nk and review it with me, and
sec if the whole summed W don't
IL brazen letters spell this old
Nanns name. We will now review
that, Doe-tail. Had you ever thought
Of what a wonderful old bear hound
was9 If not read that this, When
on|v a boy father and | went to
3lncomb County, on returning home
we camped near the head waters Of
SCOTS Creek, along in the nlght
heard a noise in the brush seer
two red balls the gun snapped anc
the dog kissed me etc, the dog hae
followed us and had overtaken us
al this place" now reader how doe'
ttat dog-tail wag to you? taking
MS dates for it we will say this dog
tail was supposed to happen abou
not less than eighty years ago, n
being ninety, eight years OLD nov
and was only boy when the gu1
snapped, and at that time you olde
raen know about how long it woul'
take one to make the trip to Bun
combe over the roads and mode Q
travelling eighty years ago: l sa
and believe you will all agre
with me. that was the most wonder
iai dog / have any knowledge 9
either in history or experience an
] have had an unlimited experienc
in hounds. After reading this dos
tail I asked several of the old hunt
IT'S of the SCOTS Creek locality
they knew OF any blood OF ths
s,rain of Bear cogs being bred t
tbs late day. If so by whom? In
answers I received were, its los
dos, and its dead dog one sal
ts.e last dog known to be OF tn
t.1od of the dog that made tn
famous historical one week hand
G., race through the Counties
haywood and Buncombe ovt
strange roads and through strant
iocalities on his masters trail, an
ely for the old flint lock gun loslT
lis primine would have met II
u=ath at the hands of that sam
yolng master died by over eatlr
t's4 Balls MulIigan at the big ste
agd plenty Of moonshjne Banqus
heiG Oh the hill south east of We
ser the night after the one eye
gent had his neck pulled. | WI
further informed that only OF
family owned the blood of these do
and that this family lived near t
Cracking chestnut Gap. That is Il
end of the dog.tail.
Continued next week)