The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-25

NANol anu lSsHIg L nau ever manIfeS-
Ted Tor my native town, since / had left
al Tor another location. This expression
was called forth in measure, through
the information | gave Doctor Battle.
FeEet1Ve 10 the old schools of Hertford
county, and | write now to thank you
Tor Your pleasant references. You
claSSed me correctly. for | certainly do
cherish. and will always cherish. kind
ly feeling for my old home and l have
Il lively interest in everything tending
TO the advantage or advancement Of the
good old town of Murfreesboro: for
there my happiest days We're spent, and
her people Were to me, always courteous
ami consderate.
1ou are correct i'll saying there were
some errors as published in the paper re-
ferred to- but they were not mine. said
that W. w. Manning was judge in Ala
bama, and not +. j. Carter. who was
nos even "a lawyer | said David A. and
not David III. Barmes-and that the
school at Capt. Collin Barnes was in
Northampton. and near the Hartford
hne. These are about the. only errors I
now recall. There may have been some
omissions for [ think DR.. w. T.. Poole
and John Deans also taught a short
wfdle at the academy / think also
that there was Il northern teached who
preceded, or followed Mr. Seward, but
1 do not remember his name, though /
was one of his pupils l remember he
mad some trouble with Burnett, the
horse trader about the sale of a horse
TRAIT died on the first drive. Major
Wise would probably know his name.
lie was of small stature VIM. w.
Mann ng was judge in Alabama, and
was brother of Chief Justice Thos. G..
Manning. Of louisiana They were
both natives of Chowam county, and
Thos. {. practiced law in Edenton.
when young man. w. w. Manning
married daughter of Rev. Quentin
Trotman of Gates county. Mr.. Trot-
IMAM being DESTROYS of his daughter's
return TO North Carolina. Mr.. Manning
resigned his judgeship, returned and To-
Gated in Murfreesboro, opened school in
ahe academy and lived in the brick
house, afterwards owned and occupied
by that good man, the late Peter Will
Hams. Mr.. Manning after the war was
q Senator from Gates. l was one Of his
pupils. and it was the last school | ever
attended.
Amos L. Alderman was from New
York. He was small pale-faced
man; walked with quickness and ac-
tivity. He was quite cultivated and
we'll informed, and was a fine conversa-
tionahst. He was Attorney General
under Grant but made not much repu-
tation as such. though he had a lawyers
good record in Georgia. His discipline
in school was strict, and he whipped
numerically Badly Capehart, Tony
1s.l.o 7 g IL \
and | came in, generally. for the lions
share of these Establishments. / can't
recall Billy Wise getting amy of these
whippings. as / am sure he was one of
his scholars, and yet, / can't account
for it, for | know he was more entitled
TO these foggings than the rest of us.
for he was always up TO some mischief
or devilment.
One morning about three weeks be-
fore the school would close, Akerman
called mp jolly old Jack Lawrence,
Tony Baker, and me to answer for
some accredited misconduct. Our jack
cts dislodged dust upon the mere imme-
date call tocome forward. Jack was a
great big boy, and showed fight. and
Akerman wilted and backed down. He
couldn't whip Tony and me. and not
: whip Jack. and being afraid to tackle
him. together with our possible help.
(which however was a remote danger,
he solved the problem by Diminishing all
three from school. We walked right
out of the school house. and straightway
went out to Hal Parker's and drank
sweet cider all day When l got home
that night the whipping got. to-
gedher with the supply of sweet cider,
eliminated in surer remedy for in
somnia than the late good Bishop Ly-
mans remedy which was Il quart of pea
nuts and a quart of milk, taken just be-
fore going to bed. Owing, however. to
the gripping propenstties of the late
Bishops remedy it will become more
popular than mine with the undertakers
in general
Edward J Carter was IA man OF cul
ture and fine appearance. and WAS
good teacher. He was the finest VIC
linist | ever heard. l had rather hear
him Ilay than to hear Ole Ball He
was taught by his uncle, Tom Murphy,
himself Il charming player, but his pupil
went so far ahead Of him, the old man
quit playing altogether. Carriers rendi-
tion Of the "Arkansaw Traveller would
almost make dead man dance. He
was extraordinarily neat in appearance,
and was always we'll dressed. Was over
six feet in height. He entered the army
and was killed, l think, some time in
1863.
DIR. Robert II. WinboGne was a man
OF much mental power. and Il very fine
scholar He graduated in the c,ass OF
1S47 at the University, with NJ. w.
Ransom and j. Johnston Pcttigrew.
Ransom aTd Pettigrew took first dis
tinction, and he secod but he WAS their
equal i'll scholarship, and better Greek
scholar than either. Pettigrew is con
sidered the BEST mathematician that ever
graduated AT the University On. Win
borne was a man of fine parts / think
he died only few months ago. He
was a brother of the late Samuel D.
Winborne of Maney's Neck
Among all the many boys who went
to Buckhorn. and Murfreesboro. can
now only recall, as living NJ. w. Wise,
Julian II. picot. Lawrence s. Baker, i.
NJ. Wynn, s. S. Harrell. Jno. b. Neal.
Jno. W. Moore. Or. Thomas Barnes OK
Virginia, Vim. ID. Barnes. Of Florida.
and myself All the rest. numbering
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