The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
Short Stories
 From Real Life.

A little while ago William Dorsey Jelks, Governor of Alabama, and his friend Robert R. Poole, active and energetic as we'll as good natured and genial, drove out to the State farm in Montgomery county. The farm is operated by con- victs under the supervision of broad shouldered J. W. Bush. The Governor and the Commissioner were Sundaying in Montgomery and so they drove out to the State farm. which is seven miles east of the city, to look over the landed in- terest of the State in a purely unofficial way.
 Convicts in striped clothes were all about the farm and when the Governor and the Commissioner reached the place an aged negro convict rushed out to take the fast-stepping horse. which usually pulls the light buggy of Commissioner Poole.
 The negro d'd not know that he was waiting on two of Alabamas s most dis tinguished citizens and Commissioner Poole, light hearted and always ready for fun, set out to test the information of the convict.
 Uncle, said the Commissioner, you're a very good looking man to be in the penitentiary, Where were you sent up from and for what crime were you con- victed%
 Hat in hand with the servility and po- likeness of a plantation negro, the old man explained that he was "scused' of having cut his wife with a knife and that he formerly lived in Barbour county
 Barbour county?" repeated Commits sioner Poole. "So you're citizen of Bar bour. Do you know this gentleman" pointing to Governor Jelks.
 The negro convict approached closely to the Governor, looked him over with a critical eye and shook his head.
 ''He looks lack Marse Conner en agin he looks lack som'ern I've saw befoah," replied the old negro scratching his wool ly head. No, cap'n, I can't jes' zac'ly tell de name"
 Eufaula?" enquired Commissioner Poole vict. For a second he closely scrutinized the features of Governor Jelks Then he fell prone upon the ground.
 "Fo' God in Heaven" the old man yelled, It's Marse William Dorsey Jelks, de bigges' man in Alabama. Praises be to God, sho' am glad to see you, Marse William" and the old man kissed the feet of the young Governor.
 The incident touched Governor Jelks and he took several minutes to tell the old negro the news of Eufaula before he
 
 was shown over the broad fields and the well Kept gardens own by the State.
 Captain John F. Burns was in Mont gomery to attend the recent reunion of Alaoama's grizzled and gray Confederate veterans. Burns is he who writes his name as hotel books Burns of Burns Vile Moreover Burns calls himself Cnlef Justice of the Supreme Court of 6urnsville' because Burns has been Justice of the Peace in Huntsville pre- einct so long that he has forgotten the
 Burns was member of the Constitu uonal Convention of 1875. Burns was A memoer or the Constitutional Convention of 1sOl' and Burns has represented bis people in so many Alabama IepisIatures that 1t would be impossible to call the number. ~
 Burnsville is located in the broad aud fertile plains of Dallas County inc han- nsr Democratic County of Alabama ana Burns Is typical Black Belt Democrat of the old school. He fought for white supremacy in the days of reconstructio, and he is willing to fight for his peonla again.
 Burns also fought in the Confedeyat. army and there iB never . reunion of