The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-29
SETTLING A FEUD.

have heard Of more than one
reference TO lire trouble between
The B0wmans and the JOrdons, the
Two families of this name living III
the same neigIlbGrhnOd and being
the most prom inent Tor miles
around. AS | drew near thi.
neighborhood began TO find par
tisans, and this bitterness became
more intense. Finally, when only
three miles from Bowman's, whose
farm would reach first, came
upon a "sduat" close beside lhe
highway, with woman smoking
IA corncDb pipe on The door sill. |
was passing with a nod, when she
called out i:
"Arler Bowman or Jordan, stran-
ger p
Neither one" answered as |
came to stop.
Then who might you'un be ?"
Pm only a traveller"
"Whar de We speak I'rom!'
"The north"
do exclain! From way up
aorlh! And what might ycu'un
be doing down yere Z"
"Oh, I'm travelling around IA bit
among the farmers 20 see how they
get along"
She was smoking the dried
| leav(S Of some plant, and | pre-
sented her with new pipe and
some regular tobacco. The gilt
highly pleased her, and she gave
me the door step and took u log
and said:
I'm glad TO meet mp with you.
| reck0ned you might be gw;ne
down yam 10 mix in with the fuss
ing. Heard yesterday that the
JordOns had peppered Dan Will
liams powerfully bad. Dan sticks
for the Bowmans, you know"
"Can you tell me The cause OF
the trouble between the two fami-
lies Q"
kin |! Wasn't me N the ole
man right thar when it headed out!
Sartin, 1 kin tell We. II was at an
auction down by Miller'S. Bow
man bid on bureau, and JordOn
bid on the same. Both got mad
and neither would back down, and
The crowd divided off into two
parts, and directly thar was Iuss
The sale was broke up and every.
body got bad blooded."
GLOW long ago was that Z"
"Night ten Vars, l reckon"
"And has any one been hurtW
Hurt! Why thar's been half a
dozen killed aud all OF twenty
hurted. Ny ole man has got a
hunk of lead in his shoulder on
account of il, aud mebbe yOu'un
has noticed this scar on my cheekg"
Yes
"Well, | was a sittin' right whar
vou'un is now one AFTERNOON a
year ago, and some one fired at
me from that bush over yam to kill
me-"
But whyy'
"Cause he'un was for BOwmans
and weuns is for JordOns."
"Don't you think it foolish 10
keep NJ a quarrel which started
about such a trifle !"
"Then why don't the Bowmans
give in I"
| had been directed 10 stop at
Bowman's for the night, and |
reached the farm about s o'clock
i'm the afternoon. A boy 10 years
old, who was posted near the house
as a sentinel, gave warning OF my
approach, but as 1t was seen that
| | was stranger my reception was
not a hostile one, although Mrs.
Bowman and her two girls regard
ed me with distrust for time.
The father and oldest sOn were hoe
ing corn a quarter of a mile away,
and when they came up to The
house at supper time ! saw that
each had a shotgun. The family,
as a whole, were far above the av-
erage in Intellect and manners. and
The first parlor organ had seen in
a month was in The parlOr. Moth
ing was said about the JOrdons un-
/ iii after supper, when all Of us sat
down on the grass for a smoke
and a talk. Then l began it my
self by saying:
sIs it true that a man named
Dan Williams was shot by the JOr-
dons yesterdays
J "Then you've heard Of the Jor.