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LARRY GANTT'S By T. Lai STORIES OF OUR SOUTHLAND. ! ? ! Nancy Hanks, the Mother of Abra> : ham Lincoln. One of the most delightful and romantic spots in the mountains of western North Carolina, "the Land J of the Sky," is the Chimney Rock region at the foot-of Old Bakl of earth- j qttarke fame, that cfleasted such a sen- V satiofi Some 25 yeaYs- zfgo by its shak- . tng and quavering, the convulsions ; tearing great rocks from its sides ana i forming a cave in the solid granite. ! For several years I have spent my | summer vacation there. Some years ago I was toaring through that region in a hack with Col. Irwin, a prominent lawyer of Rufcherfordtdn, and who knew every cattle path and mountaineer. When opposite a log cabin on the roadside, with stick and dirt chminey, Col. Erwin told our driver to halt and srave a "Halloa!" 0*n an old man appear-1 ing at the door' ?rw?n said, "Come; out here, Hanks!*' There leisurely came to the hack j a very tall, rugged featured typical . mountaineer, barefooted and in h:s shirt sleeves, apparently 75 or 80 s years old, but erect and in perfect ? condition. Ris face and every fea- J ture were familiar to' me, but 1 could i not call to mind where I had seen < him. ' ^ "Ever seen him before?" asked 1 Ceil. Erwin. 1 I replied that I sure had and his 1 iace was as familiar as pig tracks. i - ''I never seed you before that I can i J ? i j.i. _ i c4ll to mind, stranger," repnea xne : Old fellow, as he leaned against the ; ( hack and took a good look at me, ? *ind 'taint likely I'd forgit ez home- i ly a face as your'n," he added, with ? good natured grin. j '< "May have seen you in Spartan- j i burg," l suggested. , . .""Never wuz thar in my life?al-! * , .ways stay right arou' here. I once t went to Asheville, but that wuz 'er I . long time ergo," he replied. 1 * "Ever seeR Abraham Lincoln?" I asked ol. Erwin. I 'I replied that I had not but had a ieen his pictures, "and/* I continued, c rithat old rooster there is the express s image of Lincoln's picture." c "I never seed Abe Lincoln, either," j t ?anrl Kim are ' 0 feptiru UO^IAO. - sorter kin. - My grandmother andjb Nancy, his ma, wur sisters. They tell S me Ijirteblhgot t'er be a big man." I turned to Col. Erwin and asked f him .where did he get that sftrf? he h was trying to feed me on. t " The colonel assured me that there s was no jokej, and the old moiihtaineer f before us Was undeniably a great f wayicri-n~*n Ahrfllinm Lincoln, and AliOV vw , the resemblance between the two j p men was so marked as to be noticed i c at a glance. He then went on to ex- t plain that Nancy Hanks, tlie mother t of Abraham Lincoln, wa$ borrt ?nd a raised' to' young womanhoocf in Rftth- i ~e?ftfr<r county, North Carolina, wheft -c her family sent her to some relatives s in Kentucky, where she met and ifUttied Lincoln. 'T hear'n my grandmother say wheto on her death bed,'" put in c fii.aks, *"that the only thing she had c to regrjet wuz making her pap drive s - her sMe'f Nancy off." r j&'~Eroizi then gave sonie interesting . ihftftmation about ^ancy \ Hanks, tlfe mother of Abraham Lin- j coin.* She' was born in Rutherford coiinty," North Carolina, so this state \ Can claim a half interest in President r Lincoln. The Hanks were very" poor jteople; but respected for their hon- t esty and worth. j The history of this family is known to all the residents of Rutherford j county* being handed down from t father to son. The spot where the \ home of the parents of Nancy stoocf } is. pointed out, and her kinspe'ople Y are scattered all over that section. Thev are Dlain mountaineers, 100 "per;( cent. American. I Nancy was a fiy sample of a c healthy mountain lass, large in size and remarkably good looking. In .. fact, she was represented as the I ] handsomest young woman in the | ] < Chimney Rock section. The Hanks1 werepoor but ambitious, and they ^ gave Nancy a good rural school edu- j cation. She fitted herself to teach ! i the three months' school then found ! < throughout the mountain settlements, | and .was offered and accepted ah school in Macon county, North Car- j ^ olina, not far from her home. Mr. W. R. Dillingham of Spartan- j; burg tells me that his grandmother ] lived in Macon county at the time Nancy Hanks came there to teach school and knew her well. She said ? that Nancy was one of the finest look- ; ing girls she ever saw, was the picture of health, and well educated for ; those times. She was given a three months' school and boarded with a family named Enslowv who were well . WEEKLY LETTER j I i rry Gantt to do and ranked high in the eounty.1 But the head of the family had a bad moral reputation and his wife was j very jealous of his attention to other women. The attentions shown by! Enslow to Nancy Hanks became the j talk of the settlement, ana sne gave, up the school and returned to her' family in Rutherford county. The scandal followed her there, and her family being a sensitive and high Spirited people, Nancy was sent to some of her relatives in Kentucky, wheTe she met and. married Lincoln. . Her being sent away was also due to I the fact that she had several unmarried sisters and who hoped by this step ta put an end to gossip. There is no question about this part of my, story being true, for that old mountaineer spoke of his grandmother's regret at having been instrumental in driving Nancy from home, and for which act she expressed regret on her death bed. i Some years ago a little pamphlet was published, which endeavored to prove that Enslow was the father of Abraham- Lincoln, and showed pictures of the Lincoln and also those of the Enslow family. The Enslows ?till live around Asheville, and do not deny their relationship with the martyred president. Mr. Dillingham says that the older citizens of Macon :ounty firmly believe that Lincoln's father was Enslow, and as proof of i this fact some years ago a member of * :he family entered a court bouse, ' xhere a new gudge was presiding, ' md who was impressed with the striking resemblance. j' I spent some time tracing the lo- ' ;al history of the Lincoln family, and 4 ilso rsad a number of books on Ab- ( aham Lincoln. But exeept this old ' scandal, and which was resurrected' iffcer Lincoln became famous, I can ' lot' find' a thing to substantiate it. 1 >n the other hand the life, of A bra- ] lam Lincoln states that he waabofn 1 hree years after Nancy moved from / fcuterfoi'd county to Kentucky, and ler manlage to Lincoln. But there is no doubt or question nit that Nancy Hanks was born 1 Lmcng the mountains of Rutherford" ? ounty, North Carolina, that she was 1 ent to Kentucky after her name be- je ame mixed up with Enslow's, and < r hat members of her family are to- ^ lay found among- tfee hardy ' and . irave mountaineers of the Old North .1 itate. - \ ~ | Also, the'' strortg resemblance be- f tf?en the old' mountaineer and Abra- ^ am Lincoln, and whicfk is noticeable o even a stranger, shows that the tall. tature and the marked and rugged' eatujes of Lincoln were inherent rom his mother's family. And just here let me state that for i lure blooded, 100 per cent. Ameri- ^ ans you must go'to* the mountains1'of he two Carolines and Georgia. Their J hin soil and" poverty haVe kept back * l'Ken immigration ariil the same1 fam- ( lies that carved that region from the (* vilderness and expelled the Red Men ( till reside there: v ' c items of Long Lane. We are glad to know the road is, * 4 Av*AnnrW T nno T ! CtU < LI L Vii V-' ^.UilW I immunity. They are Tj'eautiful to! ee and are so nice for the people to! ide over. j1 Mrs. Claude Price spen t Tuesday'j1 nth her sister, Mrs. Charlton Cro- ( ner. Mr. John Lee Mack of West End j s spending the week with his grandnother, Mrs. Lizzie Felker. p Mr. R. H. Caldwell and family mo-; * ored to Little Mountain Tuesday and,( 1 x 1 I f pent a pleasant aay mere. Messrs." J. M. and H. W. Sanders, 1 tfr. Sligh Wicker and Miss Mat-:( ie Sanders spent Sunday in Canton' * vith Mr. John Carter and family. ' &r^ James. Carter accompanied them 1 J- 1 * ?- ?j il _ i. 1 y Lom& 10 spexiiu urn weeft.. i Mrs. . Lilia Cromer, Mrs. Ella ( ]Jlenn and Mrs. Lizzie Felker spent-j ilonday night with Mr. J. W. Sanies' family. Mr. Jimmie Felker and family, Mr. Arthur Felker and family from the Pomaria section spent Sunday with; Hr. Hilary Felker and family. Miss Marie Rikard spent last week ,vith Mrs. Jim Baker at Whitmire. j Mrs.. Lilla Cromer returned home J Wednesday after spending several' 3ay.s with her sister, Mrs. Jim Glenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of Greenrille visited Mrs. B. H. Caldwell last iveek. Mrs. Ethel Chandler and children are visiting Mr. C. M. Folk and family. Mrs. J. E. Sanders and daughter, Mrs. Jas. M. Suber, of Columbia spent several days last week with relatives in the Pomaria section. Mr. Geo. Cromer and family spent, Saturday night with Mr. J. W. Sanders and family. Mrs. Lula King of Saluda visited. Mrs. Henry Brock last week. Miss Nealy Darby of Atlanta is i: spending several weeks with Mrs. P.;a G. Glenn. p Mr. Vernon Suber has returned to T his home in Columbia to take up his: work as soda jerker at Hudgen'sc drug store af.ter spending his vaca- s t'on with his grandparents, Mr. and t Mrs. J. W. Sanders. With best wishes to The Herald v and News. IP T7\*n^ .Qncin j JL>1UC X^?v_vt ? , it Midway Community News Prosperity, Aug. 25.?Mrs. John't Dowd who underwent an operation in ^ a Columbia hospital several weeks ago "r returned home last Sunday. At this f writing she is very ill, but the con- $ stant visitors that she has had since $ her return still hope for her recovery.'t An event of unusual interest and.t pleasure was the Shealy family bar-jt.; becue which was given today, Thurs-'d day, at the home of Mr. L. D. Shealy.j ? The occasion was one of a "gettogether" and pleasure event of the j descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Shealy. | His coming birthday, which is soon,!_ is 70 yesrs; this wife is nearly the ^ same age. They are both hearty and ! a well, and enjoy-the best in life. The ^ following are the children, all of' whom with their families were pres-'^ ent: Abner; Lillie, wife of Charley Bundrick; G. L. Shealy and family,. husband of Corrie (deceased); Irvin; rj Claude Counts and family, husband,^ of Anna (deceased); Rufus; Enos; Virgil; artd Ethel, wife of Forrest g: Kempson. The honorary guests were the paztor, Rev. J. B. Harman and family, and Mr. Geo. Mayer. ^ The young people of Mt. Tabor | :harch are having a mission study: :lass at the parsonage each evening tl \t 8 o'clock. The book being used is, 'Serving the Neighborhood." The ;hurch, the home, the community, all tz which go to the making*of a sta<te, ire studied in all their phases. Thfey N extend an invitation to any one to i ittend. . J ti Olin Bundrick spent the past week- st ?nd in Lamar, where he acted as beFit, ^ nan in the Lance-G^ace wedding. He! ^ ? i w eported the crops in that fine farm-: b; ng section of the state practically i ei aken by the boll weevil. j ^ Lee Shealy spent the week-end in ^ jreeriwood and Piedmont. j ai Prof. J. E.- Long and wife leit iasiii-" veek for Lykeslan-d, where he is prin-! ^ipal of the school there for the com- J ^ ng year. He will occupy the teach- j m ;rs' cottage. Mrs. Dr. Cyril Sease and children , ^ if Virginia have been visiting Mr. ] tlfames Sease and R. B. Shealy's farn-! c 1 ly. j ^ Prof. 0. W. $hndrick returns to j e: jreenville Saturday to ]3ut everything | f* n readiness for school to open scon, j ^ flr. Bundnck is principal 01 one oi:ni he largest schools in the city. i re Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook of Camden ? ire visiting Mr. an<l Mrs. Virgil Shea- " 1 y' ' Mr. "Box" Counts was a business i visitor in Columbia Thursday. Every Sunday evening or so we see ; ust about twilight a party drive down | he road in a car marked with an "H" I )n front of it. One representative of flie party stops at Mr. Harman's. The >ther moves on toward Mr. Lat Shea- j y's. We often wonder what their i objectives are? | :OTTON MARKETING FOR FINANCING COTTON CROP Columbia, Aug. 22.?Invited to nake an address, Theodore II. Price, veil-known authority cn financial and i iconomic subjects and editor and pro-; , p-ipf-nr of Commerce and ! mance, i __ ^ . I STew York city, who is one of the ; vorld's greatest cotton experts, has j r iust expressed his sympathy and con- j idence in the campaign now being! ; conducted in Spartanburg county for j cooperative marketing of cotton. His j ; :elegram to Dr. W. W. Long, director > )f extension service of Clemson col-1 ege, reads as follows: "W. W. Long, j Q C* TT i rrVi 1 tr cnnro^io^ fl ^UiUIUUAl, O. ~ v- ?? ? v w nvitation. Am sympathetic with > /our purpose and greatly regret ac- ( jeptanee impossible, as I have prom-j r i Qrri TPiTV ?JI^VW?\i JL M \ Res our The Natior New B. C. MATTHEWS, Pre ent. =ed 10 be in Texas most September nil October and cannot leave New rork in August, (signed) Thco. H. 'lice." Dr. Long wired Thee. H. Price to ome to Spartanburg county and * > - . j. _ pend .several flays in tiie interest 01 he cooperative marketing campaign. Ir. Pr'ce is going to spend several reeks in Texas assisting in the camaign in that state. Dr. Long has been informed hroug'h Aaron Sapiro, the cocperaive marketing expert of California, hat the Farmers Cooperative Mareting association of Texas has arar.ged the loan of $10,000,000 hi ough ithe war finance corporation, 2,.">00.000 from Texas bankers and 2.500,000 from large banking instri' 'v' V - -1 - mal-ino' n Ulions 01 .M'W lUir. V.11.V, Iiiunn.n ^ otal of $lo,000,000 to help finance he Texas cotton crop which is hauled through the cotton marketing asociation. Greenville, S. C., Illiteracy Washington, D. C., Aug. 25, 1921. -The census bureau reports that in he population of Greenville, S. C., s enumerated in January, 1020, here were 1,757 persons 10 years of ze and over who were illiterate in tie sense of bein? unable to write-, icluding 247 native whites, 47 forign-born whites, and 1,461 negroes, 'he percentage of illiteracy in the :tal population 10 years of age and ver, is 0.5, which shows a decrease ince 1910 when it was 13.7. For the ative white the percentage is 2.2, ir the foreign-born white, 15.3, and :>r the negro, 21.8. ?5li The G. 0. P. must reduce taxes or ? - > rt n ic people will reduce the u, u. r. A wise old hanker says that loose tlks makes tight money. fOTICE TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS. Notice is hereby given to the abutng property owners upon Nance ;reet from Friend to Harrington: ;reets, in the Town of Newberry, S. that pursuant to the- petition filed ith the Town Council of said Town y two-thirds of said abutting proprty owners,and an Ordinance of lid Town providing for the permaent improvement of said street, that j le assessment roll, showing the J mount to be assessed against the j ^4;n,,iov n-f rsrnnertv abuttinfiT! 21 tit Uiai i r ' ?r ^ ___ w | n said streets', has been filed in the i ftce of the Clerk and Treasurer of I ie said Tow-n-and the same will retain there fpr one week from the ate-of the publication of this noce. Any amf'all persons concerned! i said assessment roll may inspect ie same and;file, in writing with the erk and treasurer exceptions or obtctions to such assessment or any ie of such assessments. After the j cpiratjon of ,t,he period of one week I om the publication of this notice lid assessment roll, together with ich exceptions or objections as ay have been filed thereto, will be j iferred to the Town Council for cor-1 i * ' \ i Summer Exc Announced by Southe Numerous Mountain i Tickets on sale May 15 - final return limit, October privileges. Following fares applying Asheville, N. C Black Mountain, N. C Brevarcl, N. C Hendersonville, N. C Hot Springs, N. C Lake Toxaway, N. C Riclge Crest, JN. U Saluda,.< N. C Wavnesville, N. C Isle of Palms, S. C ' Walhalla, S. C (Plus 8 per ce Fares to other points, sc' tion on application to ticke Dii No. 1844 -SERVICE?P ces Over $2,000,0 lal Bank of berry, South Cam o T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. i rections and ratification and siu-h ac-1 ilor. as the Town Council may see fit to take. Published this lfith day of August, 11921. * J. W. CHAPMAN7, ^ ' Clerk and Treasurer, Town of Newberry, S. C. 8-1G-2t " NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make final settlement of the \ estate of H. L. Dominick in the Pro- i 1 Prkiivt fni* Wu'hcrrv f'ountv. S. ! ~ - ? ? , (C., on Saturday, the 27th day of | [August, 1921, at 10 o'clock in thei 'forenoon and will immediately there-1 after ask for my discharge as admin- j i istrarrix of said estate. ! All persons having claims against ! the estate of H. L. Dominick, deceas- j 1 ed, are hereby notified to file the' same duly verified, with the under-! signed, and those indebted to said i estate will please make payment likei wise. MRS. ELVIA DOMINICK, Administratrix. j State of South Carolina?County of j Newberry?Court of Comon Pleas. J. D. Quattlebaum, Master, plaintiff, against J. G. Lowe, J. W. Lowe, Roy L Lowe, J. Chesley Lowe, Har; old Lowe and Nina Lowe Stone, Defendants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. j . Tn thp Above Names Defendant Nina I Lowe Stone: ! You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in | this action of which a copy is herejwith served upon you, and to serve a icopy of your answer to the said com- : ; plaint on the subscribers at their ofi fices on Law Range, Newberry, S. C.,; ! hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the ' within twenty days after the service complaint within the time aforesaid, | ;the plaintiff in this action will apply! j to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. DOMINICK & WORKMAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. I JnriP 1 109.1. ;To the Defendant, Nina Lowe Stone: Take notice that the complaint in the above action with the summons of which the above is a copy is now on file in the office of the. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and ' General Sessions for Newberry County, South Carolina. DOMINICK & WORKMAN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. r 6-24-6t-ltaw. - CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION I TU/* CUfo r\f Qnnth rinmlmo flnnnt.V 1 lir uluwl Ui. uv/ut/41 v/M4 of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart. , Probate Judge: Whereas, Ada M. Lawson hatb ' ! made suit to me to'grant her Letters ^ of Administration of the estate and effects of Thomas Lawson, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the s'aid Thomas Lawson, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, South Carolina, on Monday, ^ the 18th day of July, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration ? <mU /Mil / ! v? A f- U/^ V\f A/1 Miuuiu iiui ^kujlcu. Given under my band this 28th day of June, Anno Domini 1921. W. P. EWART, P. J. N. C. ww?kemmmp?HowBBBS?m?MrnwrnWi :ursion Fares n *i o B . m Railway system 10 mi Seashore Resorts '! . ?th-September 30th, with ' 31st, allowing stqp-over : from Newberry: $ 9.22 . 10.30 o oo iJ.UU 7.85 11.74 10.52 10.44 7.06 11.09 < an 1J.35 j 7.49 nt. War Tax.) hedules and other informat agents. S. H. McLEAN, strict Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. ROGRESS 00.00 Newberry iina W. W. CROMER, Asst. Cashier. % 1 Cake Klenzo Soap with each 50c tube J Dnoi-A I rkicuz.u J. uuui a asic # Also Special Price 35c \ Prophylactic Tooth Brush, U. S. Army Stock. $1.00 Lather Brush $2.00 Grade, Guaranteed , . I for 2 years Glde'iiCvabCo. f / . ?? r A * ' ;':S . I j [ V Don't Spare the Spoon ' ] in time of sickness. Doses of medicine must be taken to : get well again, but a lot will ' depend upon the quality of the medicine the spoon holds. Bring your doctor's prescrip * - l j ;n ;?af lion ncrc cinci yuu win ju^i what his order calls for, made up of the purest and freshest drugs, with consummate care / and skill, yet charged for most reasonably. Prompt service. I ! Mayes Drug Store Newberry, South Carolina i