Anson County NcArchives News.....John Gulledge 1894
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Daily Charlotte Observer 1894
11 Dec 1894

Four at One Throw

Mr. C.C. Redfern, one of Anson's substantial men, was in town today and tells 
some facts that will sound to many people like a fake. A man named John 
Gulledge, of the county, went out one morning to cut wood and while passing a 
thicket by a branch, he heard a rustling in the leaves and bushes and stopped 
to see what it was. In about half a minute four wild turkeys came trotting out 
along a little path. Thinking he might accidentally kill one, Mr. Gulledge 
threw his axe at them with all his might and was more that surprised to see 
all four of them felled at one stroke. He supposed naturally that the handle 
had broken their necks, but not so, for he found upon examination that the 
blade of the axe had severed each head from the neck. It is not a very recent 
occurrence, but is said to be true all the same, or at least is believed in 
the community where it took place.


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