While a young man, a son of Mr. Thos. CULLOM, living near Gaston, NC, was cutting wood, a chip or stick flew up and struck him in the eye, with such force as to knock him down.  Dr. A.R. ZOLLICOFFER being called in, relieved the man of the intense pain he was suffering, but found the eyesight permanently ruined.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 28 February 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.