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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-02-28

Mrs. A. B. Pierce is visiting in
Rebecca.
Mrs. M. Hogle went to Triton
yesterday.
Charles P. Ponder, of Forsyth,
is in the city.
"Al1 the world 8 a smiling why
don't you join IMP"
Mrs. Jacob Dorminey is visiting
her daughter in Cordele.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Brett took
the train yesterday for Abba.
Mrs. B. A. Fordham and her
daughter are visiting in Ameri-
Gus.
Editor B. F. Knapp carries
crushed finger which got caught
in the press.
The Parlor Barb Shop is be-
ing opened in the Bowen block in
Central avenue.
10. French and his bricklay-
err. went to Unadilla yesterday,
to com plete contract.
DR.. r. r. Smith and wife of
the West Coast of Florida, took
their departure yesterday, tor
Cordele and Savannah.
Mrs. S. J. Tankerslay and
Miss Ethel j. Steeg, of Thomas
vile, changed cars at the A. 3. A
Tuesday night, on their way to
Ocilla for visit.
Mrs. E. C. Dyer, of Bruns-
wick, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Dor
miny, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Prld-
DIV, took trip to Broxton, yes
terday, over the O. & Y. road.
Mrs. Priddy chaperoned the
| party.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-02-28

been brought to light through
the efforts of friends of Abraha.1
Lincoln all the documents to
show that in 1906 Nancy Hanks
and Thomas Lincoln were mar
ried at Beechland, Kentucky.
Now, one of these documents
was a marriage bond. It was
signed by Richard Berry, the
uncle of the little girl recognized
in the will of Joseph Hanks.
Here, then, was the chain COM
plete. The marriage bond and
marriage returns not only shove
ed that Nancy Hanks and Thorn
as Linco1n was married regular
~ three years before the birth
of Abraham Lincoln, thus set
ting forever at rest the story of
Lincoln's illegitimacy, but they
showed that this Nancy Hanks
was the one named in the will.
The suspicion in regard to the
origin of Liz coins mother was
removed by this discovery of the
will, for the recognition of any
one as his child by a man in his
will is consi dered by the law as
sufG cient proof OF paternity.
Now, what sort of people were
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks? 1t has been inferred by
those who haye made no investi-
CATION of Thomas Lincoln's life
that Nancy Hanks made a very
poor choice for a husband. The
facts do not entirely warrant
this theory. Thomas Lincoln
had been forced from his boy
hood to shift for himself in a
young and undeveloped country.
He is known to have been man
who in spite of this wandering
life contracted no bad habits. He
was temperate and honest, his
name is recorded in more than
one place in the records OF Ken
lucky. He was a church-goer,
tradition may be believed, stout
defender of his peculiar relig'
ious views. He held advanced
ideas of what was already an i'm
portant public question in Ken
tscky. the right to hold negroes
as slaves. One of his old friends
had said of him and his wife
Nancy Hanks, that they were
"iust stepped full of notions
about the wrongs of slavery ant
the rights Ct men, as explained
elna4fn.,ef7 ar. fast uaSe
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PARENTS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

history and they are 1egion-ther'
is none in our American chaptel
at least which is graver thar
that which has been done thu
parents, and particularly TIT
mother, of Abraham Lincoln. O.
course, / refer to the widespread
tradition that Lincoln was borr
of that class known in the south
as poor Whites" that his father
was not Thomas Lincoln, as his
biographers insist on declaring,
but rich and cultured planter
of another state than Kentucky,
and that his mother not only
gave a fatherless boy to the
world, but herself was a name
less child. The tradition has
always lacked PARTICULARLY. For
instance, there has been large
difference of opinion about the
planter who fathered Abraham,
who he was and where he came
from. One story calls him
Enloe, another Calhoun, another
Hardin, and several different
states claim him. Only five
years ago a book was published
in North Carolina to prove that
Linco]n's father was a resident
of that state. The bulk of the
testimony offered in this instance
came from men and women who
had been born long after Abra-
ham Lincoln, had never seen him
and never heard the tale they
repeated until long after his
election to the presidency. Of
the truth of these statements as
to Lincoln's origin no proof has
ever been produced. They were
rumors, diligently spread in the
first place by those who, for poll
tical purposes, were glad to be-
little a political opponent. They
grew with telling, and. curiously
enough, two of Lincoln's best
friends helped perpetuate them
-Messrs. Lamon and Harndon
both of whom wrote lives of
the president which are of great
interest and value. But neither
of these men was a student, and
they did not take the trouble to
look for records of Mr.. L!ncoln's
birth. They accepted rumors
and enlarged upon them. Indeed
it was not until perhaps twenty.
Ave years ago that the matter
was taken up seriously and an
investigation begun. This has
been going on at intervals ever
since, until I venture to say that
few persons born in a pioneer
community, as Lincoln was, and
as early as 1909, have their line
age on both sides as clearly es.
tablished as that of Abraham
Lincoln. It takes, indeed, a
most amazing credulity for any
oae to believe the stories I have
alluded to after having looked at
the records of his family. Lin
coin himself, backed by the rec
ord in the Lincoln family Bible,
is the first authority for the
time and place of his birth, as
we'll as the name of his father
and mother. The father, Thorn
as Lincoln, far from being a
'Hpoor white" was the son of a
prosperous Kentucky pioneer, a
man of honorable and we'll es.
tablished lineage who had come
from Virginia as a friend OF
Daniel Boone, and mad there
bought large tracts Of laud and
begun to grow up with the coun:
try, where he was killed by the
Indians. He left a large family
By the law of Kentucky, the
estate went mainly to the oldest
son, aud the youngest, Thomas
Lincoln, was left to shift for
himself. This youngest sor
0reu, RI manhood and on lime
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-02-28

the vicinity, Nancy Hanks
There is no doubt whatever
about the time and place of their
marriage. All the 1eagal doc
uments required in Kentucky at
that period for a marriage are
in existence. Not only have we
the bond, and the certificate, but
the marriage is duly entered in a
list of marriage returns made by
Jesse Head, one of the best
known early Methodist minis
ters of Kentucky. It is now to
be seen in the records of Wash
ington county. Kentucky. There
is even in existence a very full
and amusing account of the we'd
ding and the fanfare which fol-
lowed, by guest who was pres
emit, and who for years after was
accustomed to visit Thomas and
Nancy. This guest, Christie
pher Columbus Graham, a uni
que and perfectly trustworthy
man, prominent citizen of
Louisville, died only a few years
ago.
But while these documents
dispose effectually of the ques-
ton of the parentage of Lincoln,
they do not, of course, clear up
the shadow which hangs over the
parentage of his mother. Is
there anything to show that
Nancy Hanks herself was of as
clear and clean lineage as her
husband? There had been moth
ing whatever until a few years
ago, through the efforts of Mrs.
Caroline Hanks Hitchcock, of
Cambridge, Mass, who had in
preparation the genealogy of the
Hanks family in America, a little
volume was published, showing
what she had established in re-
gard to Nancy Hanks. Mrs.
Hitchcock had begun at the far
end of the line-the arrival of
one Benjamin Hanks in Massa-
chusetts in 1863.
She discovered that one of his
sons, William, moved to Virginia
and that in the latter part Of the
eighteenth century his children
formed in Amelia county Of that
state large settlement. All the
records of these families she
found in the hall Of records in
Richmond. When the migration
into Kentucky began, late in the
century, it was joined by many
members of the Hanks settle
ment in Amelia county. Among
others to go was Joseph Hanks
with his wife, Nancy Shipley
Hanks, and their children. Mrs.
Hitchcock traced this Joseph
Hanks, by means of land records
to Nelson county, Kentucky.
where she found that he died in
1898, leaving behind a will, which
she discovered in the records of
Bardstown, Kentucky. This
will shows that at the time of his
death Joseph Hanks had eight
living children, to whom he be-
queathed property. The yoppg=
est of these was my daughter
Nancy" as the will puts it.
Mrs. Hitehcock's first query,
on reading this will, was: Can
it be this little girl-she was but
9 years old when her father died
is the Nancy Hanks who six
teen years latter became the
mother of Abraham kincoln?''
She determined TO fad out. She
| learned from relations and
friends of the family of Joseph
Hanks still living that, soon after
her fathers death, Nancy went
to live with an uncle. Richard
Berry, who, the records showed,
had come from Virginia to Ken
lucky at the same time that
| Joseph Hanks came. A little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
SHE'S a KANSAS WOMAN.
Negro Who Claims to Be Widow of
Lord Beresford.

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 2.-"I am
Delavel Beresfordis common law wife,
and want a wifes share in his estate.
The laws of Mexico protest the negro
as they do any other race. I shall fight
the WILL 3
With this statement, Flora Wolf, the
mulatto mistress of the scion of a no.
ted British family, declared her fnten-
ton to fight for the estate of the broth
ed to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
and Lord Marcus Beresford.
If one of the brothers come to Mex
leo he will have to meet face to face
in the courts of the republic the woman
who, for % years, had ruled over his
brothers household and who came to
be known as Lady Flo
The woman is in no sense hysterical
over the death of the man whom she
claims as a husband, and she discussed
today without show of any great emo
ton the man who become infatuated
with her when he was % and she was
49, Her only, show of feeling came
when she talked of the will. The wo-
man is stopping here a the house of
some negro friends.
."In Texas a negro woman would new
er get justice; in Mexico she will" de-
ciared the woman with fiery eyes.
s.They may come over here with
their fine notions, if they will. and try
20 cast me away because of my yellow
skim but fine lords as they are, their
brother was my husband. He was %
when we met. I was 49, I was working
at the time in Chihuahua at the house
of the American consul. I was born in
Kansas and went to Chihuahua with
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Mary Logan was the maid of honor
and Mr.. Radcliffe Lee. the groomsman.
The house was decorated with palms,
Christmas greens and garlandS, we'd
ding bells in white and pink carna
tons. The bride wore q gown of white
chiffon trimmed with val lace and car
ried white roses. The maid of honor
was in pink, with pink roses. DR.. and
Mrs. woodruff will leave Thursday for
their home in Niles, where they will
receive their friends after January Is.
The out of town guests were the Rev.
and Mrs. J. II. Snyder of Lecompton,
Mrs. Elmer Snyder of Lawrence. the
Rev. Woodruff of Wamego, Mrs.
Woodside, Misses Marie and Vernie
Woodside of Carbonate and Mr.. Har-
~ Clark of Kirwin-
n
Miss Helen Spielman will give a
party this evening at her home in Pot
win for the following guests Miss Cor
nelia G1eed, Miss Mildred Poindexter.
Miss Gertrude McCEntock, Miss Leona
Curtis. Miss Anne Troutman, M1s3
Alice Larimer. Miss Emma Bolmar
Miss Myra Tompkins. Miss Frances
Winters Miss Grace Koontz, Miss Ma
RE Lagerstrom, Miss Marguerite Mills,
Miss Laura Southwick, Miss AnnabeI
Carney, Miss Marion Thompson, Miss
Berenice Emahizer. Miss Highly, MIR.
Arthur Gray Mr.. Harry Curtis, Mr..
Warrick Updegraff. Mr.. Quinton Ad-
ans Mr. Herbert Lininger, Mr.. Roy
Funnel, Mr. Osborn Larimer, Mr..
Alexander LOOMS, Mr. Wayte Lytle,
Mr.. Joe Risteen. Mr.. Roy Starr, Mr..
Jay Close, Mr.. Clay Hamilton, MIR.
Wilson Hobart, Mr.. Gilbert Morley.
=
The married men of the Baracas,
an organization of young men of the
First Baptist church, planned very
pleasant surprise for their teacher,
Mr.. Robert Stone, Tuesday evening, 1t
being the fifteenth anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Stones wedding. Thos in
vited met at the home of Mr.. J. L.
Moneypenny at y. m. and drove on
a hay rack to Mr.. stones residence on
Euclid avenue, west CT the city In
remembrance of the occasion the class
left a very beautiful cut glass water
set. Those DreSent were: Mr.. and
Mrs ]. L. Moneypenny, Mr.. and Mrs
George C. Moore. DR.. and Mrs. t. j.
Kimbrough. Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. West,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Eldridge, Mr.. and
Mrs Ernest E. Mines, Mr.. and Mrs
]. w. Graft. Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Frazieur, Mr.. and
Mrs F. c. Slater, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G..
Hubbell, DIR. and Mrs. Maurice Wood
hull, Mr.. and Mrs. George Stone. Mr..
and Miss Lang, Mrs. Bliss and Mr.
George Jewell.
"
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Dallas of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

A high school freshman girl is going
TO her first big dance tomorrow night,
and the new frock which her mother
made for the occasion is her first shoe
top length skirt. The young lady is
sued an uItimatum that the new dress
was to be longer than her old ones.
They're not calves any longer" she
announced with spirit, they're cows
and I'm going to have them covered
up
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days from Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Shut have return
ed from visit in Stafford county.
Mr. and Mrs. B. r. Putnam have gone
to Great Bend on a two weeks visit.
Dr. W. T. Taylor and wife took New
Years dinner at the doctors brother on
Poplar street.
Mrs. Ira Amer won first place in the
prettiest woman contest given by the
Oakland blade.
pected home from their visit in Rathbon,
New Mexico, this week.
There will be a meeting of the ladies
of the Oakland Presbyterian church
Thursday at 2:3o o'clock and also of the
men in the evening at O'Clock. These
meeting are to plan work for the com
ing year.
At the Oakland Christian church the
pastor, Rev. Homer Foltz, will preach
Sunday morning on the subject, "Relig
ious Reveals" Sunday night he will
preach to the members of the Fraternal
Brotherhood who will attend in body.
Rev. and Mrs. Homer Foltz gave
reception at their home, 219 Winfield
avenue, to the members of the official
board of the Christian church and their
wives on New Years. Following are
the names of those present; Mr.. and
Mrs. r. v. Lesson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Brit Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoyt, Mr..
and Mrs. c. NJ. Reaugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Severance, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K.
sanders OF NORTH Topeka, MI ana MIS-
D. A. Starr of Silver Lake. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Jessup Mr.. and Mis-. d.
Rathburn, Mrs. ]. F. Heller. Miss Mita
Taylor and Mr.. Richard Lesson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Jeffries of 139
Logan street, entertained a few of their
friends New Years. and served an ex-
cellent dinner to Mr. and Mrs. George
Burnhana and Miss Mamie Durham of
Topeka, Grandma jackson of Topeka,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Shut Grandpa
Shut and Miss Louisa Shut of Ash
land.
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WAS DRUGGED BY MORPHINE.
Boy Found at Dump Victim of His
Associates.

According to a letter received by the
State Journal today, it was Mrs. Will
liam Schlegel, and not Mss Long. who
rescued the Desch boy from the city
dump heap where she found him in an
unconscious condition Tuesday morn
ing. Mrs. Schlegel carried the boy TO
the home of her father Joseph Long, and
notified his father. Chas. Deisch, who
was working in the Santa Fe shops.
-4ey Marshal Ward of Oakland says
that he has Information that the Desch
boy was drugged by companions who
administered morphine by injecting 10
into his arm with a hypooermic syringe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
Missouri Legislature Meets.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Jan. 2.-The
general assem- bly, convened here at
noon today. Lieutenant Governor
John c.. Mckinley presided in the
senate. The house was called to order
by Secretary of State Swanger, who
then surrendered the gavel to the
temporary speaker. wallace Crossley
of johnson county. 1t was announced
that Gov. Folk would not submit his
message until tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

relative of Governor Anthony of Kan
sas.
''Delavel left a million when he died.
and the biggest part of that belongs to
me.
Afraid to fight a lord admiral of
the British navy? He's just a man,
like any other, and his brother was my
husband. 1 was never afraid of Della
vel. and will not be afraid of a uni
form of gold lace. My lawyer in Juarez
is preparing my case"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02
PROF. BERG is DYING.
For Thirty Years organist at the
Little Church Around the Corner"

New York. Jan. PROF. Albert
Wilhelm Berg, for thirty years organ
ist at the Little. Church Around the
Corner" is dying at his home in this
city. For a month he has been suffer
ing from heart disease and dropsy and
his burden of 81 years was against
him. On June 20, 1908, he and his
wife celebrated their golden wedding
Prof Berg was for many years a
ycluminous composer of church music.
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An effective and useful gown OF crepe
cut o
a
of
up mad o
a a
collar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

A
wide
erybe pale
onep n emd of
row
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-02

Judge and Mrs. ]. B. Furry gave a
New Years dinner at the Topeka club
yesterday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Wilson of Kansas City who were
their guests for a few days. The din
Ing room decorations were in red and
the table flowers were poinsetta. Gov
ers were laid for ten.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-13

a fine crop of as nice potatoes as
those we usually buy from Colora-
do.
There is a great deal of kicking
about the way certain person is
doing regarding his cholera hogs. 1t
is reported that he has them we'll
scattered over a good big batch of
his part of the county and it makes
his neighbors just little hot under
the collar. They think he ought to
at least destroy the dead ones.
There was quite a little scrap in
towd Saturday night. E. E.
Rhodenbaugh's little boy and a
young man by the name Of Phillips
were the principals. Judge of the
Peace F. A. Eastman will arbi-
trate the matter Monday, if the
young man can be found when
wanted. The little boy was said
to be considerably bruised up.
Don't you remember that when
the republicans unloaded a ready
made panic on Grover Cleveland
how the republican papers howled
and did everything they could to
aggravate the matter and cause
the people to not only lose conf
dence, but kept right at it till they
again got in power. Now don't
you also remember that we have
another one but it is unloaded on
the republicans, where it rightfully
belongs, and do you hear the dem
ocratic press bowling and doing
things to still aggravate the mat
ter or is it not true that they are
all doing what they can to keep up
the confidence of the people? Why
is it this way? Is it because one
party would let the country sink in
order that they might get in pow.
er while the other would rather see
the people prosperous even though
they remain out of power? Which
is the more patriotic of the two?
Any one can see at a glance which
| it is.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-13
Folly VS. Wisdom

A wise man had cancer on his jaw,
employed DR.. Kociell to take it out. He
is we'll now. A foolish man employed
the "Best in Town" to take out the
tumor and he has his bump still on his
body.
A woman did a wise act when she
employed DR.. Kociell to treat her hus-
band for fever. In four days Der hus-
band was up. The same woman did a
foolish act entrusting the case to the
"Best in Town" who managed to nurse
her husband for seven weeks with ty-
phoid fever.
A wise woman with appendicitis en-
ployed DIR. Kociell who cured her with
internal medicine in short time. Foolish
parents on recommendation of the BEST
in Town" sent off their child to Wichita
Hospital to be cut open.
Avoid the danger which may sometimes
follow the use of strong drugs by giving
your child Homeopathic medicine.
S. KoCIELL {.
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M0W0 Items.
From the Journal

From the journal
James Stranathan and wife ar
rived from Kansas City last Satur-
day to visit with relatives and
friends.
A. Rossi expects to leave about
the middle of this month for Cor
pus Christi, Texas, to spend the
winter.
Miss Apple Utterback has return.
ed from visit with relatives and
friends in Champagne City, Ill.
and other points.
E. Perry who has been very SICK
for the past week is reported as do.
ing well and it is expected he will
be able to be up in a few days.
Mrs. Al Shannon is in the city
from Ponca City, Okla, visiting
her mother, brother and sister.
Miss Lucy Denton went to Medi.
cine Lodge Sunday to visit with
her sister, Mrs. E. D. Skinner.
VIM. Garland met with an acci
dent last Sunday while out feeding
his cattle. His horse fell with him
throwing him on his head and in.
juring his shoulder and head. He
has suffered considerable pain
since, but is at present doing we'll
Clipped from the News-Review.
WILDER and Frank Campbell were
in the city yesterday afternoon to
visit the grave of their father in
Riverview cemetery. They left
for Alva last night.
H. Gibson sold his residence
property near the Mo. Pacific sta.
ton to A. E. Grouse, who recently
sold his farm in Alfalfa county at Z
big price and will move to town to
take life easy. Mr.. Gibson will
give possession of the premises Jan
uary first. and may remove from
Kiowa with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blackstone O
Springfield, Ills, arrived yesterda,
morning and were met by Jacol
Achenbach in this city and take1
out to his home at Hardtner. We
understand the visit of Mr.. Black.
stone has something to do with
perfecting arrangements for tn,
kiowa- Hardtner railroad.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-13

MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

diseases Will visit our city
Tuesday, November 10, 1907,
And will be at the Grand Hotel until
5p. M. one day ONLY.
DIR. Potterf, president of the staff of
the Boston Electro Medical Institute,
Is making e tour of the state. He will
give consultation, examination. and all
the medicines necessary to complete a
cure FREE. All parties taking advant
age of this offer are requested to state
to their friends the result of the treat
ment. Cures DEAFN ESS by an en-
tlrely new process. Treats all durable
cases of catarrh, throat and lung dis
eases. eye and ear, stomach, liver and
kidneys. gravel, rheumatism. paralysis,
neuralgia, nervous and heart disease,
epilepsy, Bright's disease and disease
of the bladder. blood and skin diseases.
liquor and tobacco habit, big neck
stammering cured. Piles, fistula and
rupture cured without detention from
business. Eyes, nose and throat.
Glasses fitted, granulated lids, cata-
racts, cross eyes Strengthened without
pain.
Ii you are Improving under your fam
lily physician do not take up our valua-
bic time. The rich and the poor are
treated alike. Idlers and curiosity seek
ers will please stav away. Remember
not penny will be charged for the
medicine required to make cure of all
those taking treatment this trip. Office
hour 9 a. u. Positively married ladies
must be accompanied by their hus
hands. Remember the date, Tuesday,
Nov. 10Th. at Grand hotel. Medicine
Lodge. Kansas.