The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

that Everet was not the champion raiser? @
 His son wesley was sick. Mir. E. came to a store in c. and told the merchant that his son was dead. and he wanted burial clothes for him. You say Wesley Is deAdf "fes sir. Wes- ley is dead and I want good burial for him. A few days after Wesley came to the same store aud the mer- you were dead: your father told me you were dead and got your burial clothes" No. am not dead. father was mistaken" Soon after that Mir :. p. came to my office. q was there practising lawb. and said he wanted to sue Jim Mckenzie for taking his gravel asked. what grave? He said he had dug a grave for his son Wesley and Mckenzie. buried old Mrs. Cantiin Ca pauperJ in it and he want ed damages He said no, 1t was In the public grave yard. told him he had no claim for damages. l charged him nothing for this opinion.
 Among the odd characters In Monroe county in the olden days was one s M.. who lived in the extreme upper and Sam B. who lived in the extreme lower part. Both were men of prop erty, but had an aversion to paying debts. They were reputed to be fond of law suits and litigation. They were on the court docket as Peffer Delft al every term and sometimes in several suits s. M. always carried large sums of money in his vest pocket Che had no use for iron safes) and permit ted himself sued on small claims rath- CT than pay. He said he could make more money by shaving paper than the court cost amounted to. What excuse Sam B. gave I do not know. Tn 1887 my fathers store In c. was burned and the report was current that the books were destroyed. MT. B. owed an account. Everybody had credit in those days. He failed to pay and suit was brought. The trial came on and clerks sworn as witnesses to prove 1t item by item. After tedious evidence. my father appealed to Mir. B. Why will you put me to so much trouble to prove this account. when you know it Is just?" B. replied: "I have never disputed It," But he did not confess judgment He was after wards killed by half-witted man. wEo was for the murder sentenced to the penitentiary. the first convict from Monroe county. On arrival the war. den asked him if he had a trade thai he would like to follow. He replied Yes. I am a bee hunter and want t. follow that business. Whether these eccentricitles or idiosincracies were attributable to love of money love of contention or moral and mental oh liquity. leave to the moralists and philosophers to decide We have plen
 ty of n1oralists, but few common sense. practical philosophers. since the death of Bill Arp. tChas. Smith) the sage of Rome and Carterville. Ga Alabama claimed part of his brains and practical sense as heritage. Col. James Dellet was retained for the defense in one of the numerous lawsuits of s. R. Col. D. was pro- ficient in sarcasm and invective. IT his speech he bitterly denounced $ M and 8. B. for their methods. H.
 said Monroe county should have three court houses---onP for s. M, one fol Sam B.. and one for the rest of tht l people
 Far different from these was steph en Rowell. Rowell was a poor illit- crate farmer. but honest. and afraid oi law. For some cause he failed to pa! l debt he had contracted and wal
 sued. He thought 1t dreadful. ant that the jail or death was his. portion He hurried to see Col. Dellet, rushed excitediy into his office. almost II tears. and said, MT. Dellet, I'm sued what must ! do about it7' Sued? fo whatf On a debt owed. Is 1t jus debt? Yes and l am sued on it., Wha shall do? Col. D. roaEed,~why pa! 1t. sir. pay it--that's what to do.