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C. $39.50 ood for 50 Years L low price for a four-drawer steel possesses the features of strength ICE EQUIPMENT ing cabinet, not a transfer, and for vered. for Office Supplies, Blank Books, rices, Stationery, Books, Engrav thing for the Office" will receive careful attention. 6ED FREW mer and Office Outfitter Greenwood, S. C. bdealers Stire mileage 1e lowest cost' in history ) RED-TOP CORD 0 $22.00 $27.50 ion on all styles and sizes w Low Price on a and Honest Product ~ISK TIRES FOR SALE BY LCANIZING STATION EST--STRONGEST--BEST T CITY FILIINGl STATIrON WHERE lOB[RI I By J. W. Daniel In Souti John Duncan came to Laurens coun ty from Pennsylvania. He built thc first cabin ever occupied by a whit( man in the territory now embraced .within the boundary lines of the old county. It must have been a crude buildnirS, constructed without nails, glass or boards. Most probably it was a crude pen of logs covered with boards rived fromt the giant oaks, witi long poles laid the entire length of the roof on top of the .boards to hold then In place. Oak pns were used whert nails 'have, since that dlate, becon necessary. It is a fact that all nails used ; late as the Revolution of '7 were made by hand in blacksmitl shaps. The floor of the cabin was doubtless made of large logs split in the center and the split surface hew ed smooth. These puncheons were notched down on the under side of Lte sleepers, making a floor as substantial as could be constructed with timber. One end sought in the cabins of these early settlers was to make them secure against the attacks of the Indians. John -Cuinean may have cut port-holei through the great ldgs through which he might fire his trusty rifle If neces sary to defend his hoie. This pioneer settled on a tributary of Enorce, in what is now .aeks town ship. and the creek oil which he iuilt his cabin afterward took his name. i)uncan's creek. This settlement was made certainly not later than 1775. Having no neighbors it is said a very friendly black bear paid him a social visit one day soon after he had biuilt his cabin. The bear walked in un heralded, viewed th surroundillgs for a few minutes and then beat a hasty retreat. The woods were then full of these animals and doubtless bruin's curiosity was aroused by so strange a sight as a settler's cabin. and therefore determined to ilvesti gate it. This isolated Pennsylvania Irish malln1 could not long have enjoyed the distillctio of dwelling alone in tie forest, for Logan says that iobert Long was among the first settlers of the county and that lit likewise lived on Duncan's creek. 'long was (1)bt less a carpenter, for the alutilhority whii I have just quoted, says, "Itob ert Long, one of the first settlers of Duncan's 'reek, in th. vicinity of the Old Church, was on1e, wilter's night returning home 111rough the s waipn with several 'arpileter's tools oi his shoulder, wIlen ie heard behind him the familiar howl of a park of wvolves hilnlg ill a hoy for their prey. .\Dpehending his danger he u ickly thriew down his tools aid setiig off. it is lot said how fast. "did not cease to run111 until he found himisilf saf. within tile door of his ho use." Though I.ogall does not say so it is most proh able that, contrary to well estahished .(uthernl (ustoil, he closed the (oot quick ly behind1( lim l. Such (x per lenlces ,we not10 i uncommon1111 wi the earlilest settlers. Two distinict sp~ec!i of t he wvol f were foun td in thle for'est. of I 'iper C'arolina, tile black and th. grPay. Thei skinl of the.. former was most15 highly pr ized biy thle ('le roki'e' because~t oif its warm11 fitr. The 'A.ira) wolf wa~s mlore vicious, fi.'reerp amd hardier. They mlade thir(1 dells untdet tih' g real rocks p rot rudinog ftomi thlC hlillsiides an ba ecaine very t rube some to thle settlers, feasting ' inl ti w% ilter 0on thleirP hicis andl (attile. Theli wolves, ho(wever, were rapcidly ext'r mlin~ated whlenl the settlers began te miulltiplyV. The governmienlt at Charles 10o1 inl I @G, 1700 alnd 17'% eniacted lawi looking to the destruction01 of the wol and (other wild atnimals. 'llounthi' were paid for their skins. The1 ('her ok ee 1 Indans alIso dlherishied an1 inlvet crate hatred for, and a racial coin temp~lt for the wolf, not (only biecatis oIf its cowaridice, bu11t'(ecause it wa one of Ithe greatIest eneie~1is to thiei: favorite wild an imlal, th111 deer. Th<i hiate which t he CThe rokeies chertishe for tile wvolf is enishirinedl in toi. ir an (ientl wvar-whoop101, Ec(ha -herro, tl, Itl' wolf." These capacious ran11imIals gath lere< in great >acks illn winter~ when~ food be camen searce? and ran dlown any ani ImalI, or (venl manif, whose trail the, sr&ented. If the Jpey was so unfor'tu nalte as to be caughit it wvas voraciou 5 ly devoulredi with jaws like steel-trap~s Such expleriences as itoblert Lo0n; haIn were not u~ncomml~on. L0~anl re cords another inlstance oIf a mat (ihnsed bly wolves. Ill tis inlstanlce i wias James .\osely, a piOneer on th Pacolet, whlose cabIn stoodi near Grin dal's Shloals. lie, It is saId, was; famous hunter andi an experienlCet woodsma~n, and1( lIved 1(o hecomie an In tropidl scout in the secrvice of the par. tisans from~ a hulnt in which he har taken a stmalldleer that lhe carriedi or his1 shlolder. The ivolves got a scent of theo gamle and were soon hmowling on the trail of the hunter. Hie heard. them and know that an effort mtust be made to save both himself and hlis deer. M'urningr 8 lIttle from lia pathi ONG MAD[ IRACKS iern Christian . Advocate he hastily sunk the carcass in a creek, and running some distance further, Just had time to climb with his rifle into the branches of a post oak tree as the pack came up In full cry. It was now too dark for him to use his rifle with effect, and he silently watched them as they circled, Inces santly yelping and -barking allound hin. They bayed him in this manner all night. At the apiproach of day, however, their circle grew larger; and as soon as he could see through his sights lie sinigled out the leader of the troop and shot him. The rest in stantly ran off to their dens. Mosely was afterwards asked why lie did not fire among them soonor. life replied that hie was perfectly safe in the tree, but felt a sort of pride in .waiting till daylight that he might pick off the leader and the largest of the gang. Perhaps there was another reason. Those old pioneers did not waste much animuinition; powder and ball were precious articles. When they shot it was for meat or execution. Mr. Logan in commenting on this adventure says, "The veneraibe tree connected in this story is still a living witness to the occurrence, and known to all the stirroundlng- cointry a Mosely's oak; no sacrilegious hand "TIlE MONEY YOU DON DOUBLE MO Don't build or repair o, job of it with genuine Insist on "Tide Water" Cypress - yout can iden. tify it by this mark. the wood that defies deca saves your money. "He who u: Write us for list of FREE PL and no substitutes" from yoi SOUTHERN CYPR YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL SUI ere Bu W ox, W be: Ar thi ski CF a n ex Te isf Get i Carolir Phone 404 rould dare approach it with an axe. t stands Immediately on the road Dading to Grindal's Shoals and a short istance from the house of Garland leng, Esq." Logan's history was published about C. 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