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PRODUCE.

(These prices are furnished Oy "
cGi egg, produce and poultry deaIel"'
Eggs-12c per doz; Hens, sc No
Spring chickens, 12cQ1Sc per "
Ducks, &c.
Butter-Choice country, 12c.
Hides-Green, 6hc; Cured 1RC
Feathers--New goose feathers ="
10; old goose feathers, 20cqS0c w.
mixed. 2oc@30cib; duck feathers wv
Wool-Tubwashed. 33c 10; unws''
ed spring. free of burrs. FAC ID
Honey--10c 10.
Beeswax-26c 10. .
oinsens-Dry. t5.3b; Yellow H'O>
90c.
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FIELD seer.

These prices are furnished by 10
cal seed ano grain dealers,
Clover-Red Glover, s5.50G$7.25.
Oats-New, 40c.
Millet-5Oc@75c per blu.
Hungarian Grass-$1.25 bu
Cane-$1.OO blu.
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BACON, LARD AND FRESH MEAT
(Tbese prices are furnished by .
cal Wholesale meat dealers. butcher
and cattle buyers.
Sides-12hc; Ham. 16c; Shoulder
12hc.
Lard--121s.
Fresh Meat-At stores, 1ecglSA'
10. Steaks, 10c@12hc.
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WHOLESALE oRocEF'-s'

sugar-Best Boston granuiatec su,
err, 100 lbs. wholesale. $40; per 10 :
stores, &C; Brown Sugar, WnolssA''
axe ~; ss.2s Dbl :.
Lard-Leaf. 1o1kc 10. barrel OAS' ~
Compound. shc@s%c barrel Oa''
y5f5 Dbl.
Coffee--Buik roast, In to E'n"
Green, 9hc to 141kc.
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WHOLESALE PRODUCE.

Cabbage-$1.60 per crate.
Irish Potatoes-New, $500 bag; Old
$3.50 bag.
Bananas--$1. 65@$1.SO per bunch
Lemons-$5.75.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-09

Today we place on Special Sale an immense lot of UT todate Dress Fabrics at IA to 13 their actual valu great big table heapng full of regular O0 and S1.2 Materials consisting of silk warp Eoliennes, all Wo Storm Serges, Nuns Veilings, Voies, Cravenette and last but not least stylish Plaids and Cheeks. TT color assortment could not be improved upon-widtf ranging from A to 54 inches It's offer abso
 utey without an equal in Phoenix Dress Goods histor Pick any in the lot today at' yard 79c
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
SHORT STORIES.

Chalk contains 800 different kinds Of
tiny shells.
Taken the world over. the annual
average rainfall Is sixty inches.
The utilization Of herring for fertili-
zer has been stopped by the Canadian
government
The highest flag pole in Connecticut is
said to be in Burlington Center. The
pole Is 100 feet long and stands 0S feet
out Of the ground. From It foats 20
by IA dag.
Mechanics In the Klondike get $40 o
day and common laborers $4 to 50,
with board. Everything consumed In
the way OF living costs from two to
three times as much as It does In the
States.
When the chimney on the old iris
tram GoIdthwaite house In Fort Hill
Me-, was torn down recently 10000
| bricks were taken out. or enough t
| build four ordinary chimneys. This one
| was built 1876 years ago.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

According to the London reviewers,
4 walta in tThe Merry Widow" has
created a perfect furore."
Dorothy Tenant, whose original sue
cess was scored in 1.-THE College Wild
ow, is announced as one Of the new
stars to twinkle next season.
One Of the scenes In THE Merry
Widow" the new viennese opera, is
located in Maxim's. where the people
are said to be the most frolicsome
found in any resort in Paris.
A host Of American opera lovers will
be interested to know that the well re
membered contralto, Marion well. has
been engaged to appear at the opera
in Nantes for the coming season.
Ada Lewis, whose eccentric charac
terizatIons are making her name fore
most In that line Of work, has mad
Winnie Wiggles in Fascinating Fiera'
Zone Of the most talked Of roles in New
York.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
WIRELESS system
MAKES RECORD
united Press ASSOCIATIONS.

London, August Ia new record
for transmitting messages from mid
ocean overland. for considerable dis
lance, is claimed for wireless sys-
tenn invented by Waldemar Boulson,
of Copenhagen. The apparatus was
installed recently on the steamer Olay
and 1t is claimed that while the
steamer was in mid-Atlantic a message
OF twenty-one words was transmitted
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

visitor. Miss Bertha Lee Byrns, of 1
Hugo, Okla, left this morning for
Gulfport where they viii spend
week or ten days on the coast
Miss frankie Miller returned home
Wednesday evening from Bay st.
Louis, where she has been visiting
= =
Miss Susste Powell spent Wednes-
day with Mrs. r. kB. stapieton. Miss
est Of Rural school work.
s
Mrs. p. 9. and Mrs. g. N, Calhoun,
who has been spending the summer
at Rawls Springs, win come home this
evening.
who has been spending the summer at
Rawls Springs, win come home this
evening.
| Mrs. J. M. Gbetim and little son, o.
Quitman spent a few hours between
trains today with Mrs. 7. ]. Terrell
4 = 8
! Mrs. r.. N. Collins returned home
last evening, after spending severa
weeks very pleasantly on the coast.
II & 9
i Mrs. ]. ID. Montgomery, OF Louis
willie. KY, is visiting her daughter
Mrs. Earl Conner, on Laurel street.
=
Miss Emma Rutherford. after Spend
ing the past two months in columbi
and Jackson has returned home
:
/ Mr.. Il a. Giliiam iei' 'lis ,l'o' -
for Mayneld, KY, Wnere ne Will spen
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
POPIJI, AR ri 4NO
COlN7ES CL OSED

i
4 The agony is over and the contest
for the piano and the season ticket
is thing Of the past.
But there are others to come and
you had best watch for them
Large numbers Of votes were filed
last night right up to the close Of the
contest and taken all together yes
terday was a banner day for the Daily
News.
The winner of both prizes was Miss
Marie Turner, who had a total of
rs, ga votes.
The following was the standing OF
the contestants at the final count last
night:
Miss Marie Turner .... ....- 25,624
Miss Rubye Miller ............. l7,2ss
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

Advertisements will be Inserted W /
der shis head at one cent : word.
Cash must accompany copy. ~Pos'-
ton Wanted" ads will be printed
three times free of charge.
.,,oo-,,>~oo.l.~>o,,- '-s~S<--r o>>>rsr'
WANTED-S Small set Of books TO work
on at night ny a competens book
keeper. Address p. p" DAILY
News.
WANTED-Po Position as clerk In cry
\ goods store or collector; can fur
Y nisn reference. Address 60 care
Daily News.
! WANTED Position as stenographer
! by young lady; can furnish good ref
nreece. Address 20. e. 81 care
DAILY News.
WANTED-Room and board with
bath, close to postoffice, by young
couple without children; State price
and location in your answer. Address
..Boarder," care Daily News. j24-ti
4 WANTED--A furnished room witt
4 bath and board in private family b.
| young couple without children; mus
be close to postoffice and REASONABLE
\ in price. Address, stating location
and p1lice, TX. T." care news. I'LL
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

Weatner - rms
Reports from all sections OF the
state indicate that fine weather is pre-
vailing and this is assurance Of the
fact that large vote viii be polled.
-Four years ago the. vote was approx
imately 100000. It is expected to
reach somewhere between $4,000 and
$780, 900 in todays primaries
Figuring the Majorities.
The friends Of both sides are claim
ing a senatorial victory. Some OF the
enthusiastic williams men predict
landslide, with majority Of 10000 for
their favorite. The Vardaman sup
uorters are more conservative, esti-
mating his majority at from 1000 to
do, 900. it il. said that the Williams
supporters practically concede that
| vardaman will come to the Alabama
| and vicksburg Railroad with 5000 to
| 5000 the best Of the vote. This must
| be made up in .Hinds. Perry, Harrison
! Lauderdale, Adams and other large
counties OF South Mississippi.
/ The opinion Of ultra conservatives
lis that ne race is going to be close
/ and that the result viii not be defn
itely known until late tomorrow after
noon.
IL The cubernatorIsl Race.
Noel and Scott are generally re
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

have appeared, and some of them are
not very dignified, but most people
have already made up their minds and
very few votes will be changed.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
BATTLE Ol BALLl@
BEGUN II HIS MORNIfS
is NEkRINGlT end
Continued ON Page one

Continued rom rage one \
,,h,oh tho difs;culf0 work was done, and
no facility vim " hich everything was
hondled Tbere " as no perceptible or
annoviro dalavs II there are at times,
and everything pas feu OH as pieasan'-
| ly as possible.
w,+h tho annroacah of noon the vot
ing still continue 'rons anu uui,ns
the noon hour ther4 was lusn' ~,
those who had worI xed all day used
the dinner hour to ISL tne poiis anu
has,da voting thams1 Ives threw their
strength to the side 3eiler iasoiiee'
and increased the It'd OF pat'le'
/ Wet with perspiraq ION ana iuii Vi
energetic persuasiveny men seiue.
| gled to induce other men, VINO hau
not voted, to cast their paiiots ior can
didates for whom they SWere WORKING
and tickets and handbills We're tnrus'
into the hands of every owe VINO ap'
. lproached the polling places.
The length of the ballots Aaae tne
, time occupied by each voter dQnsid
Grafton and the voting though stea<R ~
was naturally slow and today's expeS
9 rience teaches the lesson that there
e should be more polling places in Hat
tiesburg.
!. Polls Are Crowded. q
AS a prominent worker at the q
t Hall polls said, eThere should /.
Jpolling place in each one Of tn 4 - :
Of this city and they should be open
e at 6 o'clock. But as it is believe that
y there will be in the .neighborhood OF
twelve hundred votes cast today In
Hattiesburg.
Ger ~, o'clock today there had beer
ca 1926 votes cast at the court house anf
az at the City 1Fal!, SO it can be ex
pected at that rate tflkt ne to.al so''
is will really be near the tweYee nunore'
srs mark.
Merely An Estimate.
At Q o'clock the concensus of OPT
ion among conservative men, was tn
the vote up to that time stood to she
a plurality for Williams, in the sena'
rial race and for Noel in the guberr
torial contest 1t appeared that n
Nair had the best Of it for railro
commissioner Smith for treasurer a
McHenry for auditor with the oths
city soa'e, ~,.s - ,oopad !,
= Magruder for sheriff, Nixon for Giro
clerk, ellis for treasurer and
others free for all run. The fact
that no man can tell about some
the OFFICES, on account of the mum
of candidates and the little inter
manifested in the voting for the cal
a. dates for some of them.
Pointers from the Polls.
The first man to cast vote at
,ular city hall polls was Mr.. J. Frank SIN
burg. lreal estate man and member OF
cast city council, while Attorney E. A.
derson had that honor at the G.
house.
lone JJp to the hour of going to p
Elec- there had not been an, angry dis
ut. sion at either polling place, leas
all fight--which is remarkable v
the bitterness of the campaign is
/ the sidered
3 rail. There was some money offere
k.this two to one on Williams, but few
n ing were really made and while it
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

Georgia mas
this
dafho
to
sthmus PANAMA.
in the
Nave lacadem 'front.' n
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

ssee ssss.ee
CITY sRTv'rles.
]. Z. Lupdy, Of ereenville, is at Ho-
tel Hattiesburg.
w. M. Smith, Of sumrall, is a guest
at the klondyke.
w. L. Walker, of Jackson, is stop
ping at Fabacher's.
j. H. Napier, Of Poplarville, is
guest at Fabacher's-
w. L. Trotter and wife, Of Make,
are at the Klondyke.
q. L. Hoffer. Of Meridian, is guest
at Hotel Hattiesburg.
i o. s. Mayfield, Of Collins, is stop
ping at Fabacher's
Mrs. T. H. Powell, of Epps, is q
guest at the Hotel Hattiesburg.
G. H. Garraway, of Bassfeld, is IL
the city and is stopping at Fabacher''s
Il G. f. Sanders and wife, of Bassfield
: are guests at the Klondyke for fey
days.
Miss McLendon Of Greenville,e
! stopping at the Klondyke while in tn
I city.
Mrs. T. l.. Stegall, of Franklinton,
J. in the city and is guest at Hotel Ha
1tiesburg. u
g Hon. q. F. Noel was a guest at tt
[Hotei YattiasbuFk while IN the eli
yesterday L M ~
are Don't fail to see the salome Dai
pie and John the Baptist Electric tn
'na ter. Mobile street.
/. M. Rosenbush, of Meridian,
visiting the city and is at Fabach'
during his stay.
, !
Mrs. J. B. Elkins and Miss Ada
49, Hotel Hattiesburg.
81,
.,n Messrs 3. al Richly, H. o. Pfc
and. j. w. Reddick. w Jackson,
The
feet Messrs, D. II. Hudson and J.
20 Williams j III Meridiah, Ire in the
and are registered al the Klondyl
10 a
I SIS. Mr. n q wasb;nIaton. manage
IN the Hotel Hattiesb,irg, left for ,
70 mort this morning Tor day on
'ne coast
~.
Hill, Absolutely the nn9st. Saiohe =
! 600 and John the Baptist. Electric
to alter, Mobile street.
one
Mr.. j. H Neville, Jr. the POI
night clerk at TIE Hotel Hatties
went to Gulfport Asds morning to
ibis vote.
vers'
mas A dollar show for 5 dents: So
Dance and John the Baptist. at
sue tric Theater. Mobile strsks tol
~ -. Don't fall to see it.
.r,v Hon. ]. H. Neville, attorney 8S
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

to a station on the outskirts
lin, distance Of two Thousand
without interruption. The invel
great claim is the ability to send j.
sages uninterruptedly.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

Absolutely the finest. Salome Dance
and John the Baptist. Electric The
alter, Mobile street
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

Miss Grace Morord Entertalf's.
On wednesday morning from ten to
twelve, Miss Grace Morford enter
tanned at euchre, in honor Of Mrs, j.
w. stockton's guest, Mrs Beard. Of
Meridian.
Mrs. stockton won the prize and pre-
scented Il. to Mrs. Beard, the guest
of honor.
Miss Morford Served delightful re-
freshments after the game.
those present were: Mrs. Beard,
Mrs. j. w. stockton, Mrs. Forester.
Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. p g. Edmiston.
Misses Jamie Mcleod, and Morris. Of
Meridian.
The Kings Daughters Tag Day
The Kings Daughters had their tag
day yesterday and had very good sue
cess indeed. They made enough te
Ipay their debts.
Il They wish to thank the public fol
1.-The liberal help they rendered them
Misses Laura Dorset and Laura WI
Hams tied h the contest for the cup
n SO they got another handsome pres
H ent, and gave the cup to one and tn
+ bother prize to the other.
/ For the excellent work Of Misse
christine watkins and Lula Hawkin
some q the members OF the circl
presented them with handsome prizes
. 4 4. !, :, -, :,
Last eSenns e. ~ na., ~. ss~a
2 people lnaa a'' Z ! tSa sn,ava sl
nose pa s''ss. m,ssas. psc,se s :
z nne 80 Ta,,ra ror,,a or
BESSIE Haney, Norma Powe, Glen Ra
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
EVERYTHING
SURRENDERS


other day and night jackson has not
seen.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

IN you want anything, Try = liner In
the deily News
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
Daily News Busy Column
Make Your Wants KnouOn Here

FOR SALE-One cock anu two pub
lets, young and thoroughbred game
Address. J. r NJ, care News j-313t.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

FOR sALE-Two pigs your choice.
two out Of three; can be- seen los
Williams street. i2s1st
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01

A dollar show for 5 cents. SALON.
Dance and John the Baptist at EleS
trio Theater. Mobile street, tonight
Don't fail to see 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-15

particularly tho mother. Of Abraham
Lincoln. OF course. I refer 10 the
widespread tradition that Lincoln was
born Of that class known In the south
a. poor whites" that his father was
not Thomas Lincnol, as ris biograph-
ers insist on declaring. but a rich and
cultured planter OF another state than
Kentucky. and that his mother not
only gave n fatherless boy TO the world.
but herself was q nameless child. The
tradition has always lacked partIcu.
iarity. For instance, there has been
large difference Of opinion about tha
planter who fathered Abraham, who he
was and where no came from. One
story calls him Enloe. another Calhoun,
another Hardin. and several different
states claim him. Only five years az,
a book was published In North Caro-.
lima to prove that Mncoln's father was
q resident OF that state. The bulk OF
the testimony offered I'm this instanc;
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-15
The Parents of
Abraham Lincoln
BY IDA M. FARRELL
BY IDA nj. TARBELL

who for political purposes were glad
to belittle a political opponent. They
grew with telling. and. curiously
enough. two Of Lincoln's best friends
helped p~erpetuate them-Messrs. La.
nan and Herndon--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 rec.
ords OF Mr.. Lincoln's birth. They &C.
cepted rumors and enlarged upon them.
Indeed. II was not until perhaps TWEEN.
ty-five years ago that the matter was
taken up seriously and an investiga.
ton begun. This has been going on ut
intervals eve since. until I venture
to say that few persons born In A
pioneer community. az Lincoln was,
and as early an 1909. have their line.
age on both sides az clearly established
as that Of Abraham Lincoln. II takes,
indeed. a most amazing creduiity for
any ono TO believe the stories | have
alluded TO after having looked at the
records OF his family. Lincoln himself
backed by the record In the Lincolr
family Bible. Is the first authority ioI
the time and place OF his birth. an vel
as the name Of his father and mother
The father. Thomas Lincoln, far from
being a poor white" was the son of
prosperous Kentucky pioneer. a man o
honorable and weil-estahlished iineag
who had come from Virginia as O frien,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-15

lily 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 Kentucky ut
the same time that Joseph Hanks
came. A little further reseach. and
Mrs. Hitchcock found that there had
been brought to light through the tf-
forts Of friends of Abraham Lincoln.
all the documents to show that In 1906
Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln
were married at B~eechland, Kentucky.
Now, one Of these documents was a
marriage bond. II was signed by
sRichard Berry. the uncle OF the little
girl recognized In the will OF Joseph
Hanks. Here. then. was the cham
complete. The marriage bond and
marriage returns not only showed that
Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln
were married regularly three years be
fore tho birth Of Abraham Lincoln.
thus setting forever at rest the storf
of LincOln's illcgitimacy, but they
showed that this Nancy Hanks was the
one named in the will. The suspicion
in regard to the OrOgin OF 1incolh's
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 considered by the law as sufficient
proof Of paternity.
Now what sort Of people were Thorn.
as Lincoln and Nancy Hanks? It has
been inferred by those who have made
mo investigation of Thomas Idncoln's
life than Nancy Hanks made a very
moor choice of a husband. The facts
do not entirely warrant this theory.
Thomas Lincoln had been forced from
his boyhood to shift for himself In a
Young and ~undeveloped country. He
Ia known to have been a man who IN
Ispite of this wandering life contracted
no bad habits. He was temperate and
honest. and his name Is recorded In
more than one place In the records OF
lKentuckv. He was a church-goer. and.
n tradition may be believed. a stout
defender OF his peculiar religious
views. He held advanced ideas o
what was already an important public
Iouestjon In Kentucky. the right to hold
negroes as slaves. One OF his old
friends has said of him and his wife.
Nancy Hanks, that they were ''just
steeped full Of notions about the
wrongs of slavery and the rights OF
men, as explained by Thomas Jeffer-
son and Thomas Paine" These facts
show that he must have been a man
of some natural Intelligence, He had
La trade and owned a farm.
That the two people who endured its
Ihardships and made In spite Of them
Ia home where a boy could conceive
and nourish such ideals and enthu-
lsiasms as inspired Abraham Lincoln
from his early years should have their
names darkened by %unfounded susp'c-
ions IL a cruel Injustice against which
every honest and patriotic American
ought to set his face. II In carrying
out the noble project OF making q
national park Of the Kentucky farm
where Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks made their first home the dir,c.
tors do nothing more than set forth the
facts Of the ~parentage Of Abraham Lin
coin they will Justify their undertake
ing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-15

aeSt 10 shift fnr hiAnseaf. The yownrest
san gF~w 10 manhsnA ama Gu Jane IN.
lAa%. as maEyae4. @s B@eehiand. Ksar
sneky. ao . yoaag wcanan of u family
well knDma lin the FaeARlty. NANCY
Hankm. TheEe I'm no doubt whatever
ahast The time aaa place 0f their mar-
Faase- All the legal documents requtr.
- In kentaeky NJ that persod for .
marriage are In exlsfenca. Not Only
hare Ne tie hand aa1 certificate, but
the marriage h daily entered In a lisr
Iof marriage returns made by Jesse
Head. che of the bess-EHown early
Methodist ministers Of KentneKv
II il now 20 be seen 10 the records u
Washington county. Kentucky. There
Il even In e~xisieaee . very fun and
amusing account Of the wedding and
the fanfare which followed By a CUES
who vas present, and who for Year.
Afterwards was accustomed TO vis,r
Thomas and Nancy, This guest. Chris
so1'heT Columbus Graham. a unIo le
and perfectly Trustworthy man. a Prom
in"at citizen Of Louisville. died only
a few years ago.
but while the documents dispose
effertuaily ~ the question u the bar
en'@ge Of Lincoln. they do o az
course. clear up the shadow which
hangs over the parentage 0f bis rvctar
or, IL there anything 90 show tina,
Nancy Hanks herself was uf as clear
and clean lineage as her husband?
There had been nothing whatever nm.
Ill. a few years ago. through the Of
fortS OF Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitch.
cock OF Cambridge. Mass. who had I,
preparation the genealogy OF the
Hanks family In America, a little vol.
urae was published. showing what she
had established In regard TO Nancy
Hanks. Mrs. Hitchcock had begun at
the far end Of the line-the arrival OF
one Benjamin Hanks In Massachusetts
In 1899.
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 a large settle
ment. All the records OF these famli.
les she found In the Hall OF Records
in Richmond. When the migration in.
TO Kentucky began. late In the cen
tury. it was joined by many members
of the Hanks settlement In Amelia
county. Among others TO 20 was Jo-
seph Hanks. with his wife. Nancy Ship
ley 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 1893. leaving behind a
will. which she discovered In the rec
ords Of B%ardstown. Kentucky. This
will shows that mt the time OF his death
Joseph Hanks had eight living child.
rem. to whom no ~bcqncathed property.
The youngest OF these was my daugh-
ter Nancy" as the will pits II.
Mrs. Hitchcock's first query. on read
ing this will, was: Can Il be that this
little girl-she was but nine years old
when her father died-is the Nancy
Hanks who sixteen years later became
the mother of Abraham Lincoln" She
determined to find out. She Learned
from relations and friends Of the fam