The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 02, 1921, Image 3
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
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