The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-12-13
BILL APPS LETTER.
In Which He Writes About Presby-
teriansm and Politics.
He Calls Upon the Governor to Pay Ills
Respects, hut Finds Large Crowd
Ahead of iIlm-Farmevs and
the Price of Cotton.

people. They are comics. Solomon says:
The comics are but feeble folks, vet
they make their houses in tho rocks"
President Harrison was a PRESBYTERIAN
and so were most OF the members of his
cabinet. President Cleveland is a Pres
oyterian and so are most all OF his cabi-
net. And now comes Governor Atkin-
son, another Presbyterian, though his
enemies say he is nothing but Presby-
terrain sinner. Well, had rather be
Presbyterian sinner than Populist
saint. My wife is not as .loyal to tho
faith as am, for she was raised a Meth
odist, and like Lots wife, looks back
That way yet. She was grand daughter
OF old Hines Holt, who was Methodist,
and nothing but her loyalty to me ever
got her into my church. She believes
in falling from grace but she has never
fallen. | don't believe in it, but am
falling most all the time ever and anon.
She believes that anybody whose name
is Hines or Holt is little better than
anybody named Smith or Jones or
Brown, and so when Judge Hines came
out as a candidate for governor she was
for him because of his name, and wanted
me to write him letter and find out
the kinship, but l didn't If be was to
call at our house now she would claim
kin and have two chickens killed and
make him stay to dinner. She has one
boy named Hines and another named
Holt. She claims kin with all the
Hollis in the country and the Colquitts
and Tarvers and Ben Hill, because they
descended from the old Holt stock.
Not long ago told her that another
ono of her eminent kinsmen was dead.
"WhoP" said she very earnestly. "Your
great uncle, Joe Holt" said !. "Who
was hep" said she. "Why, don't you
know Judge Joe Holt, of Kentucky?
Mr.. Lincoln's attorney-general-the
great man who prosecuted poor Mrs.
Surratt and had her hung
That was mean in me, but l try to get
even sometimes, for there's nobody on
my side to brag Of She has a family
tree which tells how her grandfather,
Hines Holt, descended from Sir Charles
Holt, an old bachelor, who left an estate
of 500, 900, 900 to be divided among his
brothers children or descendants. one
OF whom she is.
That was more than one hundred wears
ago, and it has been in the bank of
England ever since, drawing interest,
and the bank is just waiting for tho
heirs to come over and get tho money,
and my wife is just as proud of it as if
she had it. Her share is about 5000, and
she would have to move to England to
get 1t, and pay a lawyer half of the
legacy, but still she is proud that Holt
could die and leave 800, 900, 600.
This reminds me of my gold lot up in
the mountains. | have owned it for
forty years, and never got dollar out
OF it, but it has got coolies Of gold away
down in its bowels, where the Yankees
couldn't find it. 1t is tho only thing
they didn'tilnd and carry off. 1t is good
thing for the family TO brag Of, and say
they have got a gold lot, and SO / am
just letting it stay there for the next
war.
But was eliminating about Governor
Atkinson-how he ever got elected, being
as how he was Presby terrain, and there
are only about 800 voters of that church
in the whole State. Joe Brown had
10000 Baptist voters to help elect him
and they did IL. Governor Colquitt had
$4,000 Methodist voters to vote for him
and they did it, but Mr.. Atkinson had
90 depend upon the sinners mainly and
they stood up to him. There we're more
oil them than we thought. Poor man
roor victim-poor prisoner ! felt sorry
for him yesterday. ] started in to see
him and pay my Presbyterian respects,
but found seventeen ahead OF me in
the ante-room, and they all wanted
'sugar in thern." Some of them had
been waiting three days for their turn.
But the rush of this oilice-seeking BUSH
ness will soon pass away and then maybe
he will have time to receive friendly
calls. To relieve his mind l thought
would write on my card mo AK" 1t
must take a power of patience to listen
TO fifteen or twenty men who are all
after the same office. Besides these
personal interviews he has to read
scores of letters from their friends.
Here are eight Of our town lawyers after
the judgeship OF our county court and
they are all so clever ana capable and
have so many friends that I wouldn't
know what to do if J was governor.
Think ! would make them draw straws,
for then ] wouldn't make seven of them
my enemies. The governor is not hide
bound. He hasn't shown any sign yet
that none but original Atkinson men
need apply. was glad that he reap
pointed my life long friend Jim Warren,
who has now been in the executive
office twenty-three years, the faithful,
efficient, trusted secretary of twelve adj
ministrations. Always a gentleman,
always kind and. considerable. always
diligent in business. he grows old grace
fully, and bis habits and manners are
ever the same. He was an Evans mar
and st was a graceful thing for Governor
Atkinaon to do 10 retain him. AS Mr.
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