The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-23
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL

find a slot machine. In one store, says a writer in Outing. I saw a wheel about half the size of spinning wheel with numbered pieces of cardboard on the different spoIes.
 The charge was "nipence" (ten cents) a shot, and the participant picked his number. The prizes ranged all the way from a box of cartridges to bag of corn meal or side of SOW bosom," according to the size of the pices of cardboard selected. The wheel was given a swift whirl by the storekeeper but judging from the shooting I saw I could not find out wherein he derived any profit from the contrivance.
 Probably the most respected citizen in eastern Kentucky mountain dis tricts is old Shackleford who lives at the head of Poor Fork Creek, in Per- " county Shackleford is getting old noW-he must be about 70-but there is no adventurous, fire eating youth who cares to try conclusions with him. Too many have attempted that and died
 He has a record of thirty-eight kill ings to his credit, a record that no Western desperado from Las Vegas to the Canadian line has ever equalled He has been shot from ambush, but he has survived his wounds, although this much cannot be said of the man that shot first.
 MRS c. E. Andrews
 His neighbors stand in awe of him and he is said to bear a charmed life. His cabin is decorated with coon skins and over the front door is nail ed the skin of the biggest rattlesanke ever killed in the Kentucky noun tains.
 Shackleford's most dreaded antagon- ist in a fight was his wife, and he killed her several years ago in a do- mestie brawl. The militant old lady was given an imposing resting place, She was buried on the top of Harlan Peak, and her grave was dug eight feet deep Shackleford has directed that he be buried just above her when he dies.
 T want folks to know that I come out on top," he said in giving his in- structions.
 We had a good chance to see how Kentucky religious controversies are settled when we moved up into Perry county. The Feet Washers and Muddy Heads (both being varieties of Bapt- ists) had joined forces and built a church on the crest of ridge, the usual site for public edifces. Every thing went well until 1t came to the question of dedicatlng the place of worship, and on this point the jarring sects could not agree,
 Word of impending trouble had reached our camp, which was about half mile away from the ney church and we were on the lookout for de- velopments. The people began stream ing by our tents by daylight, although the hour set for the services was 10 o'clock. It was beautiful Easter morning, and there was no lack of color in the print frocks of the women while the men were loaded down with l CHuuBH dIuWhie lU AdNS dNSu b lC- giment of militia.
 What amazed us was the utter lack of timidity shown by the women, They knew there was likelysto be a clash but the possibility ofawholsale shoot ling did not prevent their going or check tileir gayety. 4s
 And there was plenty of trouble The Feet Washers captured the church at the start and began services. Then the Muddy Heads registered a protest
 The shooting kept up for thirty minutes byq the watch but the execu- tion was not as great as might have been expected. Three Feet Washers and two Muddy Heads were killed and about a dozen wounded altogether The Muddy Heads came out victor lious, but they were magnanimous.
 They postponed the dedication ant proposed dance instead to whicf their opponents were invited. The dance lasted until early Monday morn, ling.