The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-05-06

elwhe oiled ron ne eneeis Of sxssiions
,. ssse friend from drowning At,he sge
etsss. ~ wss sppssssiced 20 . tailor 10 he q
Hive city. with whom he served seven yea
HE mother wss unable 70 sfford him .,
Educational sdssnssees. end he never suen
ed school day 10 he life. While Iesrnis
HE Trade. however. he resolved 10 make Z
efsss 20 educate himself HE snxiety
BE- able 10 read wss particularly excited b
en- ineidess which 10 worthy o. mention.
\ A gensIssss Of Rsieigh wss II the hsbI
of going into she tsiior's shop sud resdin
while the apprentices End journeynen wer
q work. He wss an excel nj reader. an
HE fsvoriie book wss . volume u spesehe
principally Of British sfsfesmen. Johnsou
became Interested. snd HE 6rst smbiiio.
zee 70 equal him % . resder. and peeom.
familiar ws'h these speeches. Hs took ~
The alphabet without IN instructor. but b.
applying to ihs journey men ~iIh whom he
worked he o6isined listis constance -
Hssing acquired knowledge OF the letters,
hs sppheJfos he iosn OF the book which he
ID 20 often heard r~ad. The owSer made
him Psesent Of u. end gsve himlsoms in
direction on The use Of letters 10 the forms.
Iion 81 words. Thus bis 6rsi exercises In
spelling we're 10 that book By persevsr-
'nes he soon learned TO read. snd the hours
which he devoted TO HE eduestion we're a
hight after ne wss through he daily labor
'pon the shop board. lie now applied him
ell to hoohs from iwo 70 three hours eye,v
'gss. after working from ten 10 twelve
'ours a be trade. H.vine completed his
ppfenticeship In the autumn OF 1924. he
vent 70 Ssnens Court House, South Csro-
Inc, where h. worked ass jcurn-ymsn Tor
early two years While there he becsme
ngssed 10 be married. but the match We
soken on by the violent opposition Of the
irfsmosher and friends. the ground o. OBJ
'cs'on being Jshuson's youth snd want OF
eeonisry means. Ia Nay. 1926. he return
70 Raleigh. where he procured journey \
'crk, end rem siaed until September He
-en Ger out TO seek hs fortune in the west
arrying with him his mothe-, VINO wss de-
enden' upon him for support. He stopped
Greenviile. Tenn. end commenced work
, jsurneymsn. lie remained here sbou,
seIve months. married. snd soon sfterwent
al further west; but failing 10 6nd . suite
K place 20 settle, b returned 10 Cre.nsiie
I'd commenced business. Up 10 IRIS time
: education vas limited 70 residing. a. he
ID never hsd IN opportunity OF Learning
write OF rypher; but srdsr The insirue-
pms Of HE wife he learned these and other
snchcs- Tie only time, howeve.. he
'uid devote 70 them vas tn d-sd o.. niehi.
be frst once he ever held ~ss that oil
dermsn OF The village. 10 which ne we
ected IN 1928 H We reelected 10 thsl
me position 10 1922. aud sg.in ia 1890 ,
ihst yesr he wss chosen msyor. ~hichl
'si'ion be held sor three yesrs r. 1885 .
~ss elected to the Legislature. Ia The
sslon Of 'hst year be took decided rcund- !
sinst scheme Of inter- si i'm . row men,s.
lich be contended would not only prove
allure. bot entail upon the stste q bur.
nscme d-b'. The measure was populsr.
~evsr. end a. the next election (Is37) he
: defe,trd. He became . candidate r
sin in 1889 By this time .any Of The 9
y be had predicted from the internal :
Icy. which he hsd opposed four years
'vious. were fully demonstrated, snd he
: elected BY large msjori'y. In 1870 Y
served % presidential eIector for The y
. q large. on the democratic ticket Z
esnvsssed large portion Of the state.
ssIng on the stump several Of the lead o'
whiR orstors. In Is41 he VS. elected 4
he state sensts- 10 1s43 he wss elected '"
songre %. where. By successive eiecuons
served until 1853. During this period n ~
rice be wss conspicuous and sctive 10 =
oes,ing. respectively, the bill for refund. N
the 6ne imposed on Ges. Jsckson 81 ~
, Orleans in 1915. the annexation OF -
-. The tariff Of 1886. the war measures .
ir Poke scminisus,ion. and . home. "
dbiIl. 10 1858 he wss elected governor
Tsrnessee, after % exciting canvass. in ="
d he VS. opposed BY Gus,svus A. -
~. He vac reelected 10 1855, after ~
~, .~,,v. eo.,.., A.. ..m..,;,.. I. th'