The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 I see by the parahs," said the Ken lucky Colonel, that theah is a good deal of commiseratin' of the fac that this heah Suh Hfam Pushy Maxim that's whut they call him, aint it, has invented a noiseless weepun of some soht, gun, believe. A gun what won't mail1 no soun' but a click when 1t goes off Some ah commiseratin' of it because they ah afraid it will acceluhate the l1illln off of people in Kentucky whut have been killed off with enuf acceluhashun already.
 the othah day in one of the papahs. A the othah day in one or the papahs. A long commisuhatin' article.
 Now, you know theah ain't no weapon whut Is entiahly unknown among them theah feudists of Kentucky, no weapon at all. Noiseless weepuns have been fre- quently used theah. Frequently.
 If Suh Hi'am Puhsy Maxim thinks he's invented somethin' altogethah new in wahfah, he is mistakun. Whats the mat tah with the razoh whut is used so prom iscuously in Harrodsburg, Ky, among the Thompsons and the Chinns? Whut's the mattah with the ole rusty swords whut ah so frequently drawn frum theiah scab- bahds in the famous feuds that have gone such a long way toward depopulatin Lawrencebuhg and Frankfort?
 "No. They needn't wuhhy theiah souls about this noiseless gun or Suh Hiam Puhsy Maxim's introducin' nuthin' new in the way of Wahfah in Kentucky Couldn't Besides, twouldn't be populah with Kentuckians. Not at all. Kentuck- fans prefuh the pleasuhable excitement of the scum of guns accompanin theah bat ties. If they could they'd have brass bans. Theiah ain't nothin undahhan about them theah feuds in Kentucky. They ah all open an above bode.
 Did you evuh see a Kentucl1ian whut was ashamed of the notches on his stick or of his private graveyahd? Then why should he be ashamed of cuttin the notches or plantin' the yahd?
 "No. I knew a feud whut had neahly died out and whut was stahted fresh by one of the mos noiseless weepuns in the world Whut was 1t? A jackknife. Now was theah evah a mo noiseless weepun than jackknife? Suttenly not. This fresh stahtin' of this heah feud come of one of the ringleadahs getting religion. Yes. Deacon Smithers of the Billup-Pike feud of Fudge County, that little county whut is famous fo' bein' nex' to Breathitt.
 'Now, befo' the Deacon got religion I mus say that he had the reputashun of
 
 connected with the Billup-Pike feud. He'd shoot at the drop of the hat, the Deacon would. No telin' how many notches he had on his stick, but so many he took good keer to hide it in the attic, wheah nobody could see it aftah he got that theah religion.
 'A-settin on the moahnahs bench the Deacon come to a sudden conelushun that his misshun in life was to bring about a H. t..g facshuns, the Billupses and the Pil<es.
 Felt little soly he hadn't come to the conclushun eahlieh in the acshun befo' he'd done any killin' hisself, but decided he'd bring about peace S soon's possible in ohdah to maik up fo los time.
 with that he went about exhohtin' and exhotin'. Seems laik aftah he'd com menced exhotin' he couldn't exhoit enough Some people wah of the opinion that he run it in the groun but othahs they listened and admaiahd him. Couldt hep armiahn the gall of him fo' ex- hotin' so strenuously aftah he'd spent so much time and ammunishun, to say in the spillin' of blood.
 He went about from one section to the othah, quite unahmed and reckless, beggin' on 'em to quit theah misbehavin' and mailx fr'en's and dwell in peace and hahmony and the feah of the Lawd. It was the Lawds dessiah, he said, through His special agent, meanfn' himself, to tuhn this heah wah into peace. He want ed 'em to throw away theiah shotguns, he said. an go to plantin cohn.
 This preachin, eomin, as 1t did, frum such an unexpected soce, had a good ef- feet. It brought about the result that he two facshuns concluded to meet togethah and have drink at the Deacon's expense and think 1t over.
 ..,rhe llnshot of it was 1ney met in the