The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 19, 1916, Page 2, Image 2
MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN LIGHT. I
Has Baffled Solution of Thousands of j
Observers. j
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The mysterious Brown Mountain j
light, which has baffled solution by
thousands of observers during the j
past six years, has been working over j
time the past few weeks it\ an effort j
to put to shame those who have con- |
fidently asserted that it was nothing i
but a locomotive headlight, says a i
Linville, N. C., dispatch.
During the days following the I
, great flood of last July, Agent Gallo\
way, of the Southern Railway, at
Morganton, was one of a party at
Loven's- l\otel at Cold Spring, on the
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no trains were then running on the
Southern from Hickory to Asheville.
During that time the light was
seen almost, every night, playing
above Brown Mountain. Not only
were no trains running, but the roads
were in such condition that no automobiles
could run at night, hardly
in the day time. This fact alone
. proves conclusively, say those who
have watched the light most closely,
that
it is impossible for any kind of
headlight to have had anything whatever
to do with it.
For some time past the light has
been seen in nightly and continuous
performance, with much wider range
than ever before. It is now viewed
with wonder by people from several
points of view, one of the best being
< from the famous Jonas Ridge Bald
Ground, four miles east of this place,
altitude 4,350 feet. No one has been
found with the temerity to offer any
explanation, plausible or otherwise,
for these mysterious and brilliant
fireworks in the heavens.
An observation by the writer and
others from a high point near Loven's
r hotel at Cold Spring on Sunday night,
jyi* the 24th, revealed a better demonstration
by this phenomenon than has
been described before?at least more
extensive in number of appearances,
duration of some of the illuminations, 1
variety of manifestations and in the
wide range of the location of the '
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different appearances of the unknown
marvel.
Beginning at 6:55, Eastern time,
the first flash of light appeared between
the electric lights of Lenoir
and the northeast end of Brown
Mountain, and it looked like the
flash of a headlight, either of a railway
locomotive or of a big touring
car. It lasted only about five seconds,
when it faded out. In a few
minutes the ball of fire rose above
Brown Mountain for two or three
short flashes and was gone.
A^ter a short interval the most iniln
teresting and convincing exhibition 11
of all was given-, when from toward
the southwest end of Brown Mount'/S
tain the light rapidly ascended to a
great height, probably 15 degrees
^ ' . above all the mountains to be seen
from this point, including the South
"j Mountains, 30 miles away. Descending,
the fiery globe described an arc;
and slowly disappeared, this display
lasting for about 15 seconds.
The doubters who had maintained
that this mysterious light was nothing
but a headlight gave up at this
point, admitting that "locomotives i
nor automobiles don't travel up into
the sky and then down." During the
hour of observation the light made
.its appearance ten times, all but one
rising from some point behind Brown |
Mountain, here and there, but not in
pK''"/ continuity, biit jumping back and
forth along thk horizon of the mountain,
which could be distinguished in
; the clear night.
Each appearance was longer at the
last, the eighth being 24 seconds, the
ninth 30 seconds and the tenth two
minutes and ten seconds. The last '
appearance was very wonderful, being
in alternating flashes after the
first minute or more, and during the
first part of this display the light was <
very brilliant and sparkled like a ]
great electric light. The display be- ;
fore the last sent the red ball very <
high in the. sky.
It is hoped by the many in this i
region who have seen this extraordi- 1
nary demonstration in the heavens 1
that some scientific investigation may <
be undertaken to determine what, it
really is. A so-called scientist was ,
, 1
sent two or three years ago by the ]
Geological Survey at Washington, ,
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but he came with the preconceived (
theory that it was nothing but a rail- j
way locomotive and made no investi
gation, not even going to the place .
from which the light is to be seen.
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No Other George For Him.
In the mountains of New Hamp- .
shire an old negro drives an ancient ,
and rickety stagecoach.
"What is your name, Uncle?" a
a traveler asked him one morning.
"George Washington, suh," said he
with dignity.
"That's a pretty familiar name to
everybody in this country," said the
tourist.
"Ah reckun it orter be, suh," was
the darkey's pleased reply, "'cos Ah
been a-drivin' dis yere stage ebber
since de wah."?Louisville CourierJournal.
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RETURNED EIGHTY DOLLARS.
< Man
Had His Heart Softened by Religion
and Gave up Money.
Stating that he had found eighty
dollars over 30 years ago that belonged
to the late D. M. Milling, Sr.,
a, man whose name will be kept secret,
handed to Mrs. Ellie Moore
Milling, the widow, eight crisp new
ten dollar bills Monday afternoon at
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than fiction and certainly so in this
case.
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train that afternoon by a man using
long distance. She wanted to send
some one, but he insisted that she
come on very important business.
3he went, taking a stand as he had
indicated. When the train stopped
a man got off, came up to her, told
her that 30 years ago her husband
lost his pocket book with that sum |
in it, that he was the man who found '
it, that he had kept quiet all these
vears, but lately he had become com
verted and he wanted to as far as
possible make amends for the sin. j
Handing her the money he got back
on the train and was gone.
It was real money though and these
facts are real. Mrs. Milling states I
that before her marriage she had j
heard of the loss of the pocket book |
and that some one else was suspected I
of having found it. She will not re-'
veal the man's name.?Greenwood
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