The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-15

round the story current that LlncOll
was the son OF Abraham Enloe ant
was named for him by his mother
Nancy Hanks. Now, Mr.. Cathe,
writes pretty little book about i
and his excuse is that the truth can
not hurt the living or the dead; tina
Abraham Lincoln was Americas mos
remarkable man, and there should b.
no attempt to cloud the life Of rea'
hero. Cicero says that the first law
Of history is that it should neither
care to say anything that is false mol
fear to say anything that is true.
1t is, therefore, the sole purpose Of
this little book to prove that this won.
derful man was not without ancestors.
His mother was Nancy Hanks. If he
was the son of worthy sire the world
is entitled to know who that sire was,
whence he came and what his charac-
teristics. The custodians of this his.
tory of Abraham Lincoln are number
ed by scores and hundreds of the first
people-men and women of western
North Carolina, for the Enloes were O
large and Influential family and their
descendants have intermarried with
many distinguished people. But dc
not propose to review the book. It is
an interesting and remarkable revela-
Aion. and is written BY an enthusiastic
admirer Of Mr.. Lincoln, and estab.
fishes beyond question his paternity.
Abraham Enloe was himself an extra
ordinary man--the father of thirteen
children; and his Photographic like
ness to this particular son is very
striking. both in 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 r. Cathey of Bryson
City, N. G., and is kind in motive and
classic in style. I thought when
first opened 1t that perhaps it had bet
ter not have been written, but on its
perusal I believe that it is better for
the whole truth to be told than that
this remarkable mans genesis should
continue to be uncertain and unknown.
| am now trying to solve another
problem: the problem OF how best to
destroy the potato bug or beetle. Last
year tried Paris green and was not
satisfied. lam now knocking them of
morning and evening and hoeing the
ground around the plants, and think
that I have whipped the fight. This
will do for the garden, but not for the.
field. Professor Starnes will tell us
better way, I hope, for he is a scien-
tic genius and the most enthusiastic
I have ever met. Last
week visited the experiment station
1t Athens, Of which he has charge, and
was delighted with the progress he
has made on the university farm. He
IS absorbed in his work and am sure
be will make it great success.
"How is it," said I to him, s'that
you can be so enthusiastic over some.
hing that you do not own and never
will?" He smiled and said:
"Six years work in this business at
Griffin and here has created within me
in absorbing love for it, and I feel like
his little farm and garden and orchard
xere all mine. Ny ambition is not
'nly to make it success practically,
but to benefit the people by improved
and by remedies for the fail
lres and disasters that are incident to
he profession.
BE has now ten pupils under him
ind expects to have half q hundred in
August. hope the state will encour-
lge him in his good work, for. like
,mithson, his desire is to disseminate
knowledge among men.-BILL ARP in
Atlanta Constitution.