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SOUTHLAND STORIES 1 \rry Gentt Give* Some Inter esting Recollection*. i tt'rfth" f',,r The ronlelo U.v T. I .ju ry (iantt.) (jwi* of t lit' niojd delightful and ro twiiuilv *<**'# ih ,,u' mountain* of vi.-rn No 'I' CuroJlua, "the Kami of jjjc Sky." I" the Chimney ltock re* frvii at t'v1 fool of .Old. Haiti of earth* quake, f?M'v,< I'"1' floated sue h a ?eu -i tin*' 'Jft > t ;irs l?.v lis shak iu* uihl t|uav?jrJli*jfc 111? 'i-onvnl>donx i.diiiiu ?P''M rooks from ils sides and f(.r mi ii n a ?'?? v?' I" ?olld Kianlto. >\tr sovornl .veat'x 1 have ripen t my .iimaui vawiflOtt there. Si >iiii y<;ir^ iiu'n I wft| (ojirlng1 liiroutfb ilia t roglou In a hark with Co|. Irwin, a proinlnejlt lawyer of Btrthtfj'fonllon, and who know wvry ialtU? pat I) and mountaineer. When opposite a !??? eahin oh the roadside, with a stick and HI rt ehiinney, C_V>]. Kr ?a in toll! our driven; halt Hid gave I , '-Holloa !" An old man appear |S;ic at i In* d??or Kirwin 'said, ''Come oat Jier<*. Hank's J" Tlk-r?' leisurely eaino to. the hack a very tall, ru?g?Hl featured typical wountaim'or. barefooted and in' his sliirt sleeves. til*] ?arentiy 7,"V or <SO years fild, bill erect and in perfect condition. His fan- iiikI every feature were faini liar to iiic. hht I could not recollect where 1 had seen him. "Kvi r ?-i n him hoforoV" asked Col. K'rwiii. "1 llt'V'T *e?'d > "'? before ll'llt 1 I'll " , tn to mind. ^ranger." replied the , ij f, .1- lie lea imhI against the lack iUi-l '""k A I,M'k n* llie' ?W!iil taint Iik. lv I forgjt eJi boiue ij a face ii- voiir'u," he added, with a iirwl ijatund iriiu v have Spartan Kiirg." I ?'?*? "N?'V ii' A\ uvt Mi ?ir in my life ? al iiavf x< ii v ri^hi amnn' here. 1 once Aonr t < ? A-lifvUli*, 'lull- that wuz %?r long t i iik' lit* replied. "Kver seen Abraham Lincoln ?M#ask ? Krvvln. 1 replied that 1 had not, but had ?-?D l?i> I'i'-tnrrs. 'ami," I continued, "thai old 'rooster there is the express imaRf "f Lincoln** picture." "1 never <.ed Abe Lincoln, either,' replied Hanks. "Me and him are sorter kin. My grandmother and Nancy. his ma. war sisters. They tell ine Lincoln aof ter he a big man." I turned to Ool. Hrwin and asked him where did he get that .stuff he was frying to feed me on. . The eoloneJ assured me that there was no joke, ami the old mountaineer before iiv wa< undeniably a great first cousin :<? Abraham Lincoln, and the resemblance between, the two men was marked ns to be noticed at a gluiK-e. II.- then went oil to ex plain that Xaiu-y Hanks, the mother <1 Abraham Lincoln, was born ami raised t>> voiim: woman hood in Ruth erford '?"iiriiy. \ioth Carolina. when her t ;i in i I \ v,ui )|,.|- to *oine relatives, ir; Kent u*.*k> . w i <- -die met and mar ried /Lincoln. he.-irii i,i v L'randinothi'r say M "i> '?? ' -i'Ii I m? I." put in Flanks, Miat r I |v : )i i ult -In- had to regret * xu.-i k i : ?t: ] ?.- 1 1 ? drive her sifter Nail. \ uftv :<ii ^avc voui#' irit<>r < * i ? ' 1 1 ;i l >i in t Naftcy ? "f Al.ralm nt Lin "i!i in Kuiherford ' " iii.i. this stale 1 1 1 r ? *r? ?- 1 in President ' ' I ? k- w i ! ?? very poor ? l"f tin ir honesty ? I .i i?.i l\ is know ii "f Rutherford .iielfii down from f J * ' t ? spot - where the - '1 \ ; I 1 1 1 ? \ s 1 1 ii m1 is - >??!? kirivjHoplo are ii.i; Thev fcfr . * ? ?I- 1 < h i p,.p cent r" ?" ?? \;. ? : i" m pie of a ' large in size , , - 1 looking. In -"i ti-d ;i s the hand u in rhr Chimney I fail k^ were poor. ' ' travt Nancy a ? dii.-;i t inn. she fit ? 'he three months' "??I Miroutrhont the i nd was ? ?f f?-red hi Ma<vin eoiinty ' lar from bet. homo. 1 n _'!i;i Hi of Spartan ' his L'randuiother "ily :it the time rrf, . there f,-, teach v well. She said uj . . ? f t he finest look the pic " ' ' ' well educated for :rr,M;. " given a three If;- , ? 1 rdetl wnii a * who were well [t*. ; ? ',:Sh in the county. L,. ' ?Jho family had a bad |w-rj ?' n(l his wife was Attention to other ?.ii*;,.* ,i:{f'ntir>n?r fchown by L.; r, . "" -v }I^nkR W?me the fl itx . ., """lrTrif-nt, and she gave rWj '' aiJ<1 r^nnied to ber ? V . i,l!hf>r'f'rd county. TB? ?' her there, and h*r ci !i< '???ill i;iti '?.-1 family being a sensitive and high spirited people, Nancy wan stmt to some of her. relative* iw Keutucky, wiu'i-o she met #nd married Lincoln l|?-r l>elng sc*it away was also (hit to the fact that sho had several uiiwur rled sisters ami who hojK*d by t)i(# step to put an end to gossip. There it* jio tptestlou aliout this part of xny story being true, for that old moun taineer spoke of his tfraudtnotiier\s regret at having' toeen instrumental in driving Nancy from hoiAe, and for which act she on pressed regret on hftr death bed. Si tuii' years ago a lUtlo pamphlet was published, which endeavored to prove that Enslow was the fa'ther of I -S.br a ha m Lincoln, and showed pic tures of the Lincoln mid also those of i the Knslow family. The En slows still live around Asheville, and do not deny their relationship with the mar tyred president. Mr. Dillingham gays that the older citizen* of Macon county firmly believe that Lincoln's father was iKnslow, aud as proof of this fact some years ago a member of the family entered a court house, where a new judge was presiding and who was impressed with the striking resemblance. 1 spent some time tracing the h? cat history of . the Lincoln family, and also read a number of books on Ab raham Lincoln. Hut except .this old scandal, and which .was resurrected after Lincoln became famous, 1 can not flud A thing to substantiate it. On the other hand*- the life of Aliru hum LIuqqIu states that he was born three years alter Ntfney moved from Hutherford county to Kentucky, ami her marring to Mucoln. Hut there is no doubt or question bin Dial Nuiicy llanks was Ihhm among the mouutaiu* of Rutherford county, North Cafblina, that she wan sent to Kentucky after her name be tunic in i \?m| up with I'nslow's, ami that members of her fninllj! are to^ day found among the hardy and brave iiioiiiitn iin-cis of flic old North State. Also, the strong rosemhlflnee tie tween the old mountaineer ami Abra ham Lincoln, ami which it noticeable to even a stranger, shows thnt the tall stature and the marked and rugged | features of Lincoln were inherent from his mother's family. Awl Just here let me state that for pure blooded, iiM> i?er <?ent Ameri cans you must go to t lie mountains of the two Carolina s and Oeorgta. Their thin soil and poverty have kept back alien immigrattion and the same fam ilies that carved that region from the wilderness and expelled the lied Men still reside there. Figures shoy t^at 20,000 women paid an income tax in Maryland for 1020, an Increase from the last of ficial riip'ort in' 1018 of 100 per cent. MINI STICK AS HANGMAN (jet* Thousands of Letter* from Over the Nation. News that W. II. It*?l?h. llu* preach or sheriff at Dcs Mollis. Iowa is jjo Itktf to hanj; two murderers with his own hands, has seomii.iKly "tirred the entire nation: Hundreds have written | to Ilohh, i<Uhor eougra tula ting or con ! detuniuc him. Row Kobh says he, finds Just ij'icu- ! (ion fi>r hi* course in tho MtMo, fthd that nothing can ^wny hint from It. Meantime hlx offioe desk Is swuui)>e<-] with mail, ami more letters arrive with every visit of the mailman. Here is what a few of the correspondents say: lOugoue A. I'rtut, Cleveland: it Is your duty either to resign as sheriff or npvor to outer tho pulpit again. You enfinot servi* two masters. 41. Still id ii \ , Johnson Hildo School Klmhorlin, Tent) : You p>w your duties toward your follow men first ami your duties to your God second. Punish ment Is to make criminals repent. Can they repent if you hang them? ? l>r, <\ T. Riley, Matonioras, O, ; You cannot ho a follower of Christ and kill your brothers. Ask yourself ? Whit would Christ do?" ? Itcv. John M. Clark, Topeka, Kan.: Yes, < J oil is a liod of justiee as well as a God of mercy, lint cannot ho deal out his own justiee? 1 can't find a world in the Script ur?e that would Jus tify you it) hanging these won. ( Miss lltt*i'l M. l)lck?, Mailon, lud.: Ail an ordaiucd minister, It U your duty to save, not to .slay. . \re you returning good for .evil? J. A. Hu^h, Fort Thomas. Ky, : When you kill these iwvu, you are taking 1 i from them what only tiod mu give. ? j Should man take what jie cannot re ! 1 1 urn V Mis IMhel t Jcifks, Ok (a : A> an officer, it Is your duty to hang these men ; as a child or < : o.i . it is noi Alfred M. Hafcgard, officer, Iowa, Missionary - society; I congratulate yon. Measured hy the fair and square *lil?' of the Hlble, you are right. llev. Hubert Scott, pes Moines, la,: I am absolutely hack of Sheriff Hobb. I I i ^ stand is the right- one. - i . Killed Hy An rnkiiowu. i | rolumhia, August -S. Tho coroner's j jury Investigating the4 death of Pol lee man Frank lirown tonight returned n verdlot that the officer was shot. to death hy an unknown person. The testimony Indicated that the shoot, Ing was done .by u negro and that tho of flcer was killed hy a .4,5-eallbor bullet. ; lie was carrying a .JlS-ca liber at the time. Hoy Llndler, eye witness, who has bhen held hy local polhv for inves tigation, will be released tomorrow morning. <Y?ronor Scott has held three sessions of jury. , AhKs Jurors To Hold Tlielr Tongue <ireen\ille, An;' ?1 Alt uiuiMi.il departure fr?un the ordinary run of court proceedings w as furnished in iht> t'lmri of general sessions here yes terday by Judge U \V. Meiumiuger iu remarks he made to a Jur> whloU had j u h t returned a verdict of man slaughter with recommendation to IIU'IV.V ana 1 1 1 > I Walter ;i hi I rail liowcrx ch.aVged with i li?v ut\irder ^ of Andy We! la. hiformlnu them thai there whs u<> power on earth which could forco the lit to reveal tlio urtHyediugs in 1 1 1 ? ? Jury room, Judge MeihinlpgOV UfgOd I ho jurors to maintain silence ;i> to the 'halloaing and nil thai look place when the ease was under discussion. Many misunderstandings, needless new trials ami useless expense to I lit* county liave resulted frc^m- the talk of loosolpngued jurors after a ver dict was rendered and tho Jury dis charged, the Judge told tlio jury. Dis cussion of a M-ase 1?y Jurors after it has been tried Is needless. Judge Memmlnger said, and in many instan ce* load* to trouhje.. The judge sound ed a warning to those wlio would c<>orcc jurors into giving information concerning ballot I hg and discussion in the jury room and declared that per sons utility of Mich an offense would Itc halvtl into court, if hrbfigbt to his notice. . Seven Ills? One Cause I ? ^ ? WHEN your motor is sick, find the rea son. 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