The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10

TJohn| Speeds store.9 at ''Old sto re''S near
the present site Of Lombardy Grove. and
that frequently Mr.. Epperson would take
him behind him on his horse to the
store, where he would spend the day.
and that he could then remen' ',ers n 8
distinctly incidents that happened, 4 the
store, and some Of tho conversations OF
the different people who frequented the
store as IL 1t had occurred only q few
weeks before, but he said there are cir
cumstances sometimes SO indelibly in,-
pressed on O. person mind thatShe can
never forget It. for to think OF 1t he
said 1T hardly looks to mo like that old
Howell Taylor was killed moro than q
few years ago, yet IT was when r was a
boy. and here asked II the writer knew
who Howell Taylor was, and being an
sswered In the Affirmative. with the. re-
z mark that he was ono OF the most promi-i
nent citizens OF the county in his day.
and that no served his county with
distinctions, as q member Of the Legis-
slature for many terms, the old gentle
mans eyes spnrkled. and with evident
pride he said, yes. he was more than
that he was the personal friend OF Jef-i
$fersons md one OF his younger broth
{ ers served as Governor OF Indiana for
several terms whilst It was a territory,
and afterwards was elected United States
Senator from there. and II Howell Taylor
had not have been KILLED. he would have
been elected to Congress. Mr.. Taylor
was very popular man with his neigh
bors. He gave barn raising to
which all his naighbors were invited.
There wero moro negroes ttore to do
the work than could wei get around the
logs. although three barns We're being
raised at once; and then there were nearly
as many white folks there to see II
done. and drink old man 1laylor's brandy,
as there were negroes. I was large
boy and rode over behind my father.
When one barn had been raised to about
eighteen logs there was some hitch In
taking up one large log TINT had been
raised nearly to the top, Col, Taylor walked
down to see what was The matter, when
jack Zone Of tho negroes) who WAS pulling
up the log by tho Cow tall" warned
him to stand back, as the Cow tnV'
was getting weak but instead OF heed
i Ing Jacks warning hes yelled to him ITO
use his muscles and henye 1t over. Just
then the COW tail broke. and down cana
the log, striking the old colonel In tho
breast and killing him. Mr., Evans said
no was standing close by. and that II
affected him so much that he could not
sleep we'll for many nights afterwards
Then the old man became vlsibly af-
footed and said "You know Of the cir-
cumstances of the death Of my son. Whilst
he was serving III tne civil WIZ HeurQ
of his being sicls In q hospital In Rich-
mond, !" wherel1pon he went down In q
carriage to bring him back Upon arr
irving there the doctors In charge in-
formed him that his son was much bet
ter and would be ablo to go hack to his
command In q few days so he returned
home without him, AS coon as he ar.
rived home he was pressed into service
by the local authorities to go up to a
Mr. Bruces farm. in Halifax, to get
some lint cotton. for the use OF the
Confederate Government, When he re-
turned from this trip after driving near
~ all night. he put his horse in the sta
I hle and started In his house. In passing
tho garden he noticed n newly made graves;
z ne know then his only son, whom he
loved better than anything else In this
world had died. and been brought homo
and buried during his absence, The
untimely death of this soldier hoy Of his.
and the refusal Of the army surgeons to
allow the sick one to DO carried home
SO incensed the old gentleman that to
the day OF his death he had no use fer
anything connected with the Civil War.
Mr. Evans was n kindttearted old
gentleman. and was highly thought of
by every ono who knew him
Theoretically Closed,