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"STORY OF CATEECHEE" IS RE .ATED BY DR. J. W. DANIEL; STORY BASIS FOR PAGEANT, "THE KEOWEE TRAIL." Bel-cause many reftiests for the "Story of Catecclie" have conie to the leaders in the movement to stage a hi 4ormical p.. aga: in Greeiville on1 November 11th thevse leaders yester day ec te'iTd a d raft of this story as; obtained from Ir)i. J. W. Daniel by I. M\ei Gle nn for jublication, and t.h tor w.as givei out late yest-er Trhis story the basis for a. thread of rmaince ru nning though the en tire pageant. "The Keowee Trail." The pageant is to be plwseited on tile afternmoona and eveniing of Armmlistice - Day. November I I th, at the Gree n -e ville County Faili grouidils, and it form the feal tIIre ' event of the Ci y's IlOme Coming Week. \lorie than 2, 500 will take part. in the pageant, and an %tteidaince of from i 10,000 to 20,000 is expected. Gr"eenville Com1-1 munity Service and the Chamber of Commlerce are co-oper-ating in the staging of the pageant. The "Story of Catecchee," as re lated yesterday, is as follows: "A bout the .middle of the eigh teenth century thei upper part of the Piedmont 1eetion of South Carolina was the backwoods of .thle country and was inhabited by the Cherokee and Choetaw Indians. It was in 1750 that Capt. James Francis and his two sons, Allan jind Henry, in coipayiv with other pioneers estab .lished a trading Iost in what is now GrCenwood county, with the Chero kee Indian.. Alla n IFrancis, with his father, frequently visited the Chero kee country (i1 trading expeditions. li)uring these visits he beame ae qua inted with Cmleechee, Who was a slave to the li chief Kuruga, 10-l a captive Choeinw maiden. She was a beau tifu l i'i 'n A Ilklin Francis be came an faim ored with * her personal chamis. A fe' yvars after the es taIbliShieun t of the trading post, Ku ruga detvermi'ned to massacre the traders and appropriate their effects. The Plot was betrayed by Catecchee, who rodo through the forest from Keowee, a famous Cherokee town located at Keowee river, in what is now Pickens county, to Ninety Six, im wVhat is now Creenwood county. MICAME, THE PRIN \D, MICKIE, THE PRIN NA ,Bu Dout usvou \ ~-~;~:? I'The story goes that as she rode this distance of ninety six miles, she namied the streams in Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties; 'henwe we have Ninety Six; Six Mile; Twelve 'Mile: Eighteen Creek: Three and Twenty aid Six and Twenty creeks (',(lnamed inl comniiillomorationi of her failmout s an(d heroic ridte. TI'hese s vOas cr 0 issedl her h. ami were re.-p!tivel y s.. twebve. eighteen, twenty-threi mati twem'ug-*ix miles at the poinUt where sh c4rosed them from the Clherokiee town, Keowee, anild Ninety Six. Ih rli: of her i: i n: Just ' . miles front Keowee. ,poni her mii :,-, Ninety Nix, which w's thn, i v - as Fort ('ami 'jidge., h' ith Wa itijlt in the shpelm) ' a sA, she re\e:2l Kuruga's dark d eshiis to her ir Allan Francis. Tlht bet raya l of the plot thwarted Ihe designs of the (ll chief. Catee kle did iiot r n:mrii to Keeowee, but becatm e the w if *( - of A lh ln F ancis' Some years after this event young lFrancis and 'atechee were captured by Cherokee braves and carried into the Cherokee country, where they re mained for nearly two years. One iight duriing a terrillic storm they made their escape and fled to Stump House Mountain, just above Walhal ia. This mountain gets its name from the fact that Francis used the stumps of fouri trees as pillows to the hut' which he built. Kuruga learning of the whereabouts of his former capt ives, w\ent in search of them but Cateechee out ran her pursuers and lea pd over lmaqueenla Falls and hid he neath tIe spIrav ; the braves think Iu (d course t'hlat she was dashed to death on the rocks some forty feet below re turned to their camp. "Fratcis a:id Catevehee, together with their young clhild. later return 4.11 to Ninety Six, the old trading >ust. a it li ved and died in that vi eility." LAND AUCTION SALE. Mr. j. Lewis Young!- i will sell his arim of '70 ares in the edge of Ea iey, on the Iberty road, on Tue'sday, November 8th, at auction. rhe land will be cut into small tracts and is in a fine state of cultivation suitable for trucking and dairying. Every body is cordially invited to attend this sale. rER'S DEVIL WA OF M\MOS AS A PE sf:' , OT"U\t STOP MN PA? N, u\<E Nou AM OLO MAD %OSS, NF N I TELjL\--' - 11) 1 Gw $ rr . Hap'O9 /k WOMOER LV -.04 DA Go un HOGVILLE LOCAL NEWS. 'The Iogville baseball team has List closed a very unsuccessful sell on. The team has not won t game UnCe back iti 1913. Unless they oe -il to show improveielnt. soon only he oldvt resideits cal tell of the lay whei they von a (contest. The Ilorse Doctor sufl'ered quite a .elaipse inl reputaitionl by perIitting \ lexanider .f1.. eley's cow to die last *Veek while he wis present attending ler. Th 1Horse )octor usually d - mts when he r ecognlizes the ap oach (f the inievittble, but in this :ase tile ol(d cow fooled him anild (lied xhile he was on the'Jjob. Ibig Smith realizes now that lie niade 'I powerful mistake by letting I:s wife beginl dict atinig to him in the mrely days of their married life. A very respectable lookiiig book tg'enit was inl logville this week sell ig books wvhich he claimed were so interesting they would keep hus bands at home nights. The wives lis Iened to his talk but strange to say he did not. sell a book in all of Hog ville. Bill IHellwanger says Christmas has about lost all its fascination for him; that it is not what it used to be. The writer will not venture an opin ion as to just'what he meant as Bill used to be a hard drinker, especially at Christmas time. .1l iss Ptunia Belcher went. to Pump iville last week and one of those good salesmen got hold of her andlu sold her a pair of shoes she did-not, wanvt It all. She finds the shoes are just comfortable and feels that she Iould have had at least. two sizes Al ost boys' eeing prayers are that their parent"! will not find out ;-4111 of the things they did during the (ty. Girls, too. The Postaster has recommenlde(d to tie goverinment that the Mail (Cairier get in earlier evenings so that the postoilice can be closed with some regularity and system. In- this By CharL EGAR~ '\ )OE ASOuY( 01.0 RSO .L IMSUt AMD NOU CAM VR A N \'O A LOY RbMME ?a \01T WNO RuAs -\s ' - EL HA\A\ SO. A GEOD MESWEAJEB' GNO ) D A GOO0D A LL '\-\ 'f6AE R ) A~ Home Town I j( (rtij A tiA &r 't ARP iiIA M1EtWR "l HtERE P0 PORROW, WELL tI E ' ~Ift4 IOUV 6EF .6'0' (oET ALL YOUR Ie'omU leldation' he intimated that. CA the mail Carrier is spendinv too much timeiv trading horses aid pck et.kivets with tihe people livo o: bi roultev. l 'rsiinonolls and wild grapes a'e at Vettin r 11. in. the fields and wood" W( about Ilo.vill. a111 (;ape All-op is -' t h inkI ing f Iecolim etndii to ti. !lor ille 1mpovemenvit S-ociety 1Wm u kind of F-'all Fstival and have thel t hanksl(givingt. The Old liser has beii spendiing- . Y somle tiie lately inl the woods gathi- " tring his winter suipply of h':ekory e Inits. I e is now engaged in going -\ I through tieit and culling out those. u which have worm holes in them and W will take these back and get. good ones in place of them. w s Sughroe 1.*piqer Union .-e d 0 M n GoNG Tro L. OF MW4SELF AMD MANSSeR SUQe" OFEO 00F- TBpLgA04S ris Sughroe- - Narspayr Unjog AWw MY'\I: PA GSY\1.S B t9. u AMAGE*1% 1n~w o O 9 OE TO .' AW BORROS 'T # - _ _ _ _ ai :aper Week, N< 'g To (0r4- TifAT'> NE W W4"r YCI PE~WfR o .hT TO TOT NE 5 T2 T ME N S HO0METOW4 PAPE 4 ROLINA CLUB BOYS AT IN. TERNATIONAL CONTEST. hl-misonl College. O -.2 .--o t -li otvi' tea ll of litil> oysit t h ; ornatioall ('11inh JluS ding Con1tIt t'" ilhe Southeastern F'air inl .-\Want.. 11 tenth placl llni' llng a111 states rinl;,- 2,'117 poitgI out (I f a possibI t.. i i wat oly :"'.I1 ont h Ithe winnmink I' teaml from .\lary A. :tu d it indient-s teil cloenes lhl cotest. ' Tn'll , nt ('ar-olina: tocan con1sist c, -,ivs Garr'ison, lPichvri, couni ; lrovin~v Blranham. Kershav tinty; Rtobert. - Whitehevad. Un'lim Uly Walice H /cher, IdersonII' count.y. with L.. L.. H'aker pervising agent of 'u orlk, inl charge. '.\It. H3aker reports that lthe teal as stronger ' onl placing thlani o He ,osE oro= 'TME \N"Ot..e WVI FoR I Dog uP wI AOSa EET .'~ , GGEWW.LTc 07. ww.V 2 n io '.A...OFF A N MOE MNSEL. ovember 7-12 IIIAT WVA A - 6REAT SALE NIER DIP OAT JOHNSOS' PuT ON P P"? pa*. ~9 Yrz5, I WANTTO .SUSSCRIIE EOfR A VEAR rea son((s. Gis l made perfect score on thre h(lsse.s. anid WVhiteheadl made petrfoct. score oi oie Chiss. 1he mnwon third prize, mloney en1 puu ing. iuornwyv Cat.tle anI fourth ';1 phacinig Shorthorn4 cattle. "I feel on the whole." says Mr. haker, "tihat 4ur boys did remark. :u1 !y wel with trainihg they had, and Ihey bret I iheves ike memn. They on )Ily the prelb~ini~ary t.raiiig _ he Shortt COurse for Ch1b loy. in .July and a week at the collego just primr to the contest, While some ofi the other states h:da their meii in the field for wee'k visiting stock farms, fairs. etc. 1ut. cert ainly our boys etied not be ashamed of their Sreord ; aid th expervience gailned la the training iand in taking part in Sthe con-test justify the trouble and n expense incurred." Couldn't Stand the Shock! XerN , we20, Nou FELus~ I0OT 'thE ZEST pA1aq SEE CIW " 6 Do mT ssome momags -co TI he B~oy Is Right! N BOO'STS ru 4 \L WE.' . A)4 )s i~aus :% ~ 6'<V__ * 44S