The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-05-19

found the story current that Lincoln
was the sou of Abraham Enloe and
was named for him by his mother,
Nancy Hanks. Now, Mr.. Cathey
writes a pretty little book about it
and his excuse is that the truth can
not hurt the living or the dead; that
Abraham Lincoln was Americas most
remarkable man, aud there should be
no attempt to cloud The life of a real
hero. Cicero says that the first law
cf history is that 1T should neither
care to say anything that is false nor
{. ar to say anything that is true.
1t is, therefore, the sole purpose OF
this little book to prove That this won
dtriul man was not without ancestors.
His mother was Nancy Hanks. If he
was the son Of woi thy sire the world
is entitled to know who that sire was,
whence hc came and what his charac-
t,iistics. The custcdians OF this his
tory of Abraham Lincoln are number
ed V scores and hundreds of the first
rco ple-m.n and women of western
North Carolina, for the Enloes were n
I'm ge ard influential family and their
des, endnn,s have inter married with
many tingushed reople. But do
not pl OF o,c to evi, w he hook. 1t is
an in,cre, ting and remarkable revela-
,ion. and is written by an enthusiastic
ndmircr Of MIR. Lincoln, and estaO-
ishcs beyond question his paternity.
ABRAHAM En!oe was himself IN extrn-
ordinary man-tLe father of thirteen
children; and his rhotogi aphic like
ness to this particular son is vely
striking, both i'll form aud feature.
Both were the same height and had
the same long, unshapely limbs.
This little book of IT'S pages was
written by james II. Cathey of Bryson
City. n. c., md is kind in motive and
classic in sty'e. thought when
first opened it that perhaps it had bet
ter not have been written, but on it's
perusal I believe that it is better for
the whole truth to he told than that
this remarkable mans genesis should
continue 20 he uncertain and unknown.
am now trying TO solve another
problem: the problem of how best to
destroy the potato bug or beetle. Inst
wear [ tried Paris green and was not
satisfied I am now knocking them off
morning and evening and hoeing the
ground around the plants, and think
that have whipped the fight. This
will do for the garden, but not for tho
I,ield Professor Starnes will tell MS II
fbctter way. hope, fer he is scien-
titic genius and the most enthusiastic
eXperimcnter | have ever met. Last
week | visited the experiment station
at Athens, of which he has charge, and
. was delighted with the progress he
mas '~ade on the university farm. He
IS absorn,a in his work and i am sure
y i'e VIII ii'.Ne Great success.
' "How is it," salo to him, "that
/ you can be SO enthusiastic over some
" thing that you do not own and neve,
= will?" He smiled and said:
e Six years work in this business n
g Griffin and here has created within III.
,, an absorbing love for it, and feel lik,
q this little farm and garden and orchar,
- were all mine. My ambition is no
y. only to make it success practically
~ but to benefit the people by improved
-" methods and by remedies for the fail
urcs and disasters that are incident I,
. the profession.
g lie has now ten pupils under hin
" " and expects to have half n hundred il
l. August. l hope the state will encour
: age him in his good work, for, lik,
e Smithson, his desire is to disseminat,
knowledge among men. BILL ARP il
Atlanta Constitution.