EIGHTY If L
ADDED TO THE BAR
THIRTEEN APPLICANTS t "FELL
DOWN" ON SUPREME COURT '
, EXAMINATION.
MRS. A. M. FRY SUCCESSFUL
6econd Woman in North Carolina to
Practice Law The List Shows
That One Colored Applicant was
Successful.
Raleigh. Out of nlnety-three -appli-cnats
before the Supeme Court to ob
tain license to practice law in North
Carolina the list of the successful can-'
didates given out showed that eighty
passed and will receive their licenses,
thirteen again that unlucky number
having failed to pass.
It will be noticed that in the list is.
given as one -of the successful appli
cants Mrs. Lillian Rowe Fry, of
Swain county. Mrs. Fry is the wife
of a prominent attorney of Bryson
City, Hon. A. M. Fry, who was a mem
ber of the state Senate in 1909. Mrs.
Fry graduated in 1892 from the Ashe
ville Female College and was married
about seventeen years ago,, having
one daughter, Lois Fry, aged ten
years, bne reaa law in her husbands
office and at the University of North
Carolina. She does not propose to
appear in court, but says she willbe
an office lawyer.- Mrs. Fry is
daughter of Rev. J.C. Rowe, pastor
cf the Methodist church at Salisbury
her brother, Rev. G. T. Rowe, being
the pastor of the Tryon Street Meth
odist church in Charlotte. Mrs. Fry
is an attractive and cultured woman,
and the young men who were the
class with her at the University said
on the day cf the examination that
they felt certain that Mrs. Fry would
be successful, that she is a remark
ably bright woman. Mrs. Fry is the
second woman to obtain a law license
in North Carolina, the first having
been Miss Talina Anne Holton, of
Guilford, sister of District Attorney A.
E. Holton, of "Winston-Salem. She
passed the examination in 187?, but
died a few years after being licensed
to practice law. This makes an in
terval of thirty-three ' years in the
granting of the two licenses to the
only women in North Carolina who
have received them.
There is no record of the race of
applicants made in the Supreme jCourt
and with three colored applicants for
law license It is only known that one
of these passed the examination,
Franklin W. Williams, of Davie
county. .
Newbern Agricultural Exhibits.
It will be of interest to people all
over the state to know that the
chamber of commerce of this city is
mauing preparations to hold a big
agricultural exhibit here at an early
date, when people from all over thi3
section will be allowed to enter their
products and to compete for the sev
eral hundred prizes that wiirbe of-
iered. All during this week a" com
mittee of the chamber at their last
meeting has been busily at work find
ing a suitable site and securing sub
scriptions. They have secured sev
eral hundred dollars already and be
fore they will have concluded they
hope to make the amount reach into
the thousands. This exhibit; It Is
hoped, will lead into a revivification
cf the Newbern fair, which was sus
pended several years ago an account
of the lack of interest. ' A meeting
IU be held at the court house.
No Dearth of Candidates.
Although telegrams and letters are
wming into Governor Kitchin, urg-
ag The appointment of one and an
other favorite to the superibr- court
judgeship for the ninth district, to
succeed Judge J; Crawford Biggs of
Durham, the latter's resignation has
nt yet reached the Governor. It
as announced from Durham that
Judge Bigg8 had forwarded his res
ignation and that he is retiring from
ne bench on account of the great
amount of time that, his duties keep
n!m from his family.
A3itation For Public Health.
rhe greatest agitation for public
neahh in the history of Onslow coun
ty took place at Jacksonville The
.erest of the people of the county,
in te eradicatIon of the hookworm
the South, reached a white heat
Co7 when Dr. C. W. Stiles, the dls
thpeer f the nookworm, and one of
Mm oremost scientists of modern
erW Wh is 8tatined at" the Gor
ton Marine Hospital at Wilmlng
Dp ' Se on "A Reduction of Our
ath-Rate, America's Chief Duty to
ier vVcmen " -
Lo
n9 and Wife Am Rr,,n
j-on
long and his wife. Llna
Riddl
le Long. firat
er the Nnrtfc na,it,.
iaw, were given their sentence
Co,jrt f vvueaDee m the Superior
in th; r one year on the roads and
lUD wuman receiving tne
raJpn juuge wneaDee's ar-
lent, uron
Pressor -very severe, he ei-
Punisw Fegret that ' maximum
on ?n had been flxed at twelve
5ase8 er tne indictment in the
'BACK FROM nin pici c oiiAat i , r
Nwth CarolW Team Had Ore Time.
Much of Rifle Shoot,,
Ing. dumped Four States
Raledgh. Back from Camp Perry
LOhlo. with a report of a moat enjoy-
aoie trip from the time they left Ral-
eigh in a -Pullman till their return
in another, Adjutant-General 1 B. L
Leinster and the others of the North
- " iiw wcui
w uie -Dig snoot" arrived in the city;
coiucb wue omcers who were
ther with fifteen men in-, , the rifle
team, these going .to take part in the
there with fifteen men in the rifle
North Carolina teams been to this
big contest, but none went in the
last tnree years. This left North
Carolina at the bottom of the list, but
.this year it jumped four states. Ar-
kansas was at the bottom and was
the "goat."
Camp Perry is near Port Clinton on
.
LiaKA KCrie. nrtfl at tha famn mnin
teams from thirty-eight states, a
team each from the infantry, cavalry,
'
navy and marine corps of the regu-
lar forces making forty-lwo teams in
all. There were also at CampPerry
the 26th and 27th Infantry and the
15th Cavalry. LleutemJht Broad-
hurst of Goldsboro, being In command
of the cavalry, while with the' 26th
infantry was Capt. Thad Selgle, a
Charlotte man. General Leinster said
that Lieutenant Broadhurst showed
the North Carolina visitors many
courtesies.
General Leinster says that all In
the party had a big time and learned
much of riflle practice, that the pace
was fast. The highest score among
the marines, he says, was made by a
Tarboro man. It is his hope to see
North Carolina hereafter at these
Camn Perrv events, and If the rifle
teams go year after year he expects
to see them take a high position.
Charged With Maintaning Nuisance.
Chareed with maintaining a nuis
ance in the form of an obstructed
sewer, known as "Jacob's Run," pass-
ing through the down-town district
of Wilmington, Mayor 'Joseph D.
Smith and Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt, Su-
perintendent of Health, were arrested
and taken before Justice Bornemann,
who issued the warrants where they
o-ovo xttxa in th nm'nf fin ear.h for
appearance at trial. Anticipating an
attendance of. several hundred people
at the hearing it is announced that
the courthouse will be used. The
warrant was sworn out by J. C. King,
nmnrietnr of anressine club on
North Third street, near the court
house and only a few f et from
where "Jacob's Run" overflows dur
ine every rain, discharging a mass of
filth on the sidewalk in front of his
place. This condition has been es
pecially noticeable during the past
few months and recently complaint
was made to the City Council, a com
mittee being appointed to make a in
vestigation and report. ! As no action
was taken, the warrant followed. A
number of prominent citizens have
hPn summoned as witnesses.
xtA internal Revenue Law.
W IVIMV -
VJ a Mintz. formerly proprietor of
a printing shop In this city, but for
the past few months living in Bruns-
wick county, was arrested in this
city by United States Marshall C. O.
Knox on a warrant charging mm witn
v tDmoi rovomifi laws
by retailing spirituous liquors with in-
tent to defraud the government of
the tax, which is required. It is al-
leged that the sale was made at Win-
TM,cwv rmintv on or about
July 26th. The government will make
an effort to show that frequent sales
wava tqHo vv thft defendant during
rnr,th of June. July, and August
w ""v ' -
a tn Rnolc Form
One of the largest fees that Regis-
ter of Deeds Mackey has collected for
t, HoMHon of a leeal naDer in
Buncombe county during his several
., nA f- Via TOP-IB- I
jr cai o iu wv , Mr
tration of a $50,000,000 mortgage giv
en by the Southern Bell Ttelphone
& Telegraph Co. to the BanKers
Trust Company and John H. Parsons
of York, trustees. The mort-
gage is on the property of the Soutt-
gage 1 Ull V J . . .
ern ueii jompaiy ""c'c,c'
and is to secure 30-year first mort-
gage sinking fund gold bonds to the
amount of $50,000,000.
T r..r Hld
M Onon ...... w. " . . I
. . , 4Va shnrrocf terms I
. y immn tirno rVhaiWs Su-
r Sien. every
case on the docket had been disposed
caseoniueuu oI
of. There ..
very much imPortoa.ncgeJn e J
except the case , . of State Robert
Gooaman,anu .-t-S
account Ql me
Senator; K.T.I.J- -
tne aeiense. uuuu.j"
with the
a near Deer saiou
or last spring.
McNeill's Township An Object Lesson
McNeill's township, Moore county,
should be an object lesson to the peo-
pie Ot tne wdoib wuiu. V".
' , n-,..4-t. Throo vars
aeo the township was noted ior us
abominable roads. Today according
to a statement from John R. Mueen'
road supervisor, the - towBiMpho
nearly seventy mues
roads, money in the treasury to build
it Imnrnmn I
nearly seventy mues T J-.m! 1
inTr;Jwa
more, money coming wiiu w. v I
soon due, anatne BU5
vide for the
bond issue J uiw ,
reduced the bonded oeoi mcuru M
rAdiirAd the 1
' S 7-III IIUI.I1 ILU UllirilU
h uiioiiLn unuwin
T"
FARMERS' STATE CONVENTION
PUT UP MONEY FOR THE
DEVELOPEMENTS
V. J. SHUFORD IS PRESIDENT
rnw cicx une-nunared county
Vice-President. Mrs. Charles Mc
Klmmon Elected President of Wo
man's Division.
Raleigh. Ater three .days of suc
cessful and valuable meetings, the
North CarolinacFarmers ; State Con
vention and th Women's Farm Life
Convention came to a close, the in-
1 terest in the dual meet-In pa pnnHnn.
ina- to the eioae th
I w f
I .
lust Hav nwvtrlno' i 11
" " " "
attendance. The meetings have been
ore largely attended than in the
P8t an steps were taken to make
the meetings even greater ones.
rnls movement came to a focus
during. a discussion as to what meth-
odB,to use to increase the attendance,
that there ought to be from one to two
thousands farmers and many of their
wIves at each of the annual meeting
More money for publicity work and
Preparation was declared to be the
need, and then President D. H. Hill,
the A. & M. College, after a vigor-
0118 speech, announced that the A. &
M- College would contribute one hun-
dred dollars for the work. At otfee
Mr- r- B. Parker added-another hun-
area I0r tne Department or Agricui-
ture. President Frank Shields of the
Farmers' Convention said the assocla-
tion would do as much itself and be
gan with a personal contribution of
ten dollars. Other subscriptions fol
lowed and soon $109 was subscribed,
much of it paid in cash, and the total
was" $309. This means that next year
there is to be an increased attendance
and to do further work this purpose,
tne association elected one Hundred
county vice-presidents, one for each
county in the state. It is proposed to
o ig wort lor tne next annual meet
Ing.
The Farmers' Convention elected
as president for the ensuing year Mr,
W. J. Shuford, of Hickoy with Mr,
O. Schaub, of the Department of
Agriculture, as secretary i and treas-
urer, the first and second vice-presi
dents elected being Mr. R. P. Hayes,
of Asheville, and Mr. J. A. Brown, Jr
of Lumberton. The Women's Farm
Life Convention elected as its presi
dent Mrs. Charles McKimmon, of Ral-
eigh.
Good Roads Fever Hits Caldwell Co.
Lenoir. The good roads fever has,
at last, begun to do its good work in
Caldwell county. A short time ago
the enterprising farmers of Little
River township, this county, organized
a good roads association, which is a
good step m tne ngm aireciion ana a
similar organization m every town-
snip in tne county wiu : neip aiong
I, - . m : M A
tne cause immensely, ine iarmers oi
tnis county are iast coming to realize
that good roads is an essential to the
welfare of every communiy in the
county. At their recent meeting the
. .
Steele, president; F. M. Whitener,
secretary; Messrs. D. C. Flowers, F.
M. Deal, Zeb Johnson, T. H. Sherrill,
M. W. West, Wilson Tetters, H. M.
Crouch, W. T. Roberts, C. E. Sherrill,
blowers, ana jonn w. jjowns,
chairman, compose the executive com-
imncc ui iue qauUu.
Convicted of Manslaughter.
t. i . rri.. i l- u T.1m
iJUrUttlU.-X 11C J Ul Jf 111 CUC DUUlvCi
maioue muiuei tone leiuiucu a vci-
diet of mansluaghter, after being out
out a very suorx wmi. Buinc ua
not been passed as yet. The defense
put on no evidence and relied solely
UUOU lUo tcBUlUUUjr Ul. BCU-UClCuao
that was adduced from the state's
witnesses on cross-examination.
First Sale To Satisfy Tax Claim.
Raleigh The Wake county jau
thorities have just had their first sale
AtT ooMefxr o a-r flatm Thft
- - ,
y .
amounted to $5.13.
l"K 'vo Bona, rgr why cHu0.wo.
Tirl.lo. TT'-c-onl-B- r FDt.11.tD
iiuiuiugivu. - . w v. v
on the Wilmington banks for not mak-
. a bid ?n $1000 Btreehbonds,
which rauea to oring Par ana were
therefore not sold, the City Council
clared it would hereafter deposit
the city's funds where it pleased. The
commlBsion form of government
it mandatory for the Council
nA.lt th oitv'a funds with the
accordlng
amount of the bank's capital
stock, but also provides that the
bsaks shall giVe bond for same.
To Establish a Large Dairy.
Durham. The Southern Railway,
through its land, and industrial agen
cy, headed by Capt. M. V. Richards,
,oa hd ronrpsentativea here dlacuss-
, Mty,ani. rtf,0 ,ffa
enterpri8mg cltIzeng nRTe
almo8t gaIned their own consent to go
busIneBS Tne j
1UW
interested except as a shipper, hav-
ing much the same concern about this
,t w onoiit th trood roada hul-
neM of fhe. state. Recently It sent
4, ,. aafa anfi nor.
all expenses.
: anaM
I ; YESfEMMY I
, Bv E. X EDWARDS I ; 1
Bit bf Uriwsen;
Bustavus V. Fo?, Carrying Message
to Czar, Crossed Ocean In Mon
itor Mlantonomah to Prove Its
. 8eaworthlness.
-To Gustovus V. Fox, assistant sec
retary of war . during the Civil war.
was popularly credited, and rUchtlv.
the plan for opening the Mississippi,
xor tne capture 'of New Orleans, and
the Selection ' Of Parrasnit for ifa-Ti
command," said Frederick W. Seward.
assistant secretary of state during the
war and also under Johnson.
"I think I am safe in savlne" con
tinued Mr. Seward, who la now In hia
eighty-first year'that of all the men
who had an Influential part in public
affairs during the war Fox was the
most modest and the freest from any
of the tricks of) self-advertisement
But while he wis personally one of
the most retiring of men, he was a
curious combination of great bravery
great ability, and a tremendous ca
pacity for work J and self-assertion
when Important-official action was de
manded of him. I '
"Often during fthe war the closest
co-operation war necessary between
uie state ana navy departments. : At
such a time my father would ask Fox
to take dinner with us, and while at
dinner the whole sublect would h
threshed out, Fox never failine us
with pertinent aucsrestions an oa.
vice. He was a I man who could al
ways be depended upon, and his sole
aim was to do what he could, and do
it as Well as he if OH Id frr tVii TTnlT
"After the wart was over it seemed
to my father that there should be
some high official recognition of Mr.
Fox's work during the war. Others
high In the administration -agreed
with the secretary of state, and so a
hint was carried, to Fox that if he
would ask for appointment as rear-admiral-
he had ! served tor eighteen
years in the navy before retiring to
private lire as a wool manufacturer
In 1856 that . appointment would
surely be mado: and confirmed. But
Fox absolutely declined to ask for the
appointment I knew the reason; he
felt that high appointment should al
Storyf About
N . : '
His Fiaht Aaalnst MEtra Rtiiv"
8mith Which Settled Point That
President and Cabinet Cannot
Be Mandamused.
Under twenty-six postmasters-sten-
eral of the United States did James
Henry Marr serve; before he was gath
ered to his fathers. TTa ntprod tha
department in 185 under Amos Ken
dall, who has gone down in history as
the "brains" of Jackson's two admin
istrations, and he died a chief clerk
when William FjTIlas was enjoying
under Cleveland the distinction of be
ing the country's first Democratic
postmaster-general since Buchanan's
administration, ; I
"Kendall has been called the man
who really put Jackson up to many of
his best-known acts as resident"
said Mr. Marr to! me one day in the
early eighties. "I remember that it
was freely said all through Jackson's
administrations that Kendall was the
real author of most of 'Old Hickory's
state papers. But however that was,
I do know that it was Amos Kendall
who made the fight with Jackson
back of him, .which established the
fact that the federal courts could not
mandamus a president or any mem
ber of his cabinet
"That fight all came about because
of the persistence of 'Extra Billy'
Smith. 'Extra Billy, as a young man,
in the late twenties, had established
mail routes running across Virginia
into the Carollnas and even into
Georgia r he was jwhat a good many
years later would I have been called a
Star Router. Now 'Extra Billy . was
not content with the regular com
pensation from the government: he
was always asking for extras, and
when he did not get them he usually
made a fuss: hence his nickname.
which gave him national notoriety
long before he was elected governor
of Virginia in 1846. -
'Well, when Amos Kendall became
postmaster-general be made up his
mind that some of the mail routes in
Virginia In which 'Extra Billy' Smith
was interested were costing a good
bit more than they ought to, and that
still other routes i were unnecessary.
and he proceeded" to act accordingly.
only to find himself at once in hot
water with 'Extra Billy,' who threat
ened all " 6orts t or political conse
quences. ; I
"Mr. Kendall, In his dilemma, called
upon the president and laid the
whole matter before him.
"He threatens, does he?' cried 'Old
Hickory,' when he had been told of
the rage of 'Extra Billy.' 'Well, you
can say to him that if he threatens
you he threatens me. Let him under
stand that I have .never yet been
frightened by a threat 1
"Amos Kendall I went back to the
postoffice department and gave a final
and emphatic 'no to 'Extra Eilly,'
who swore mightily that he would
Have the law on -Kendall r and aura
ways come unsolicited; he had never
asked for any appointment under the
government- . Lincoln's , selection of
him as ' assistant secretary of the
navy $ coming as - a complete surprise
to him.
; "But shortly after he had refused
to become a rear-admiral, he did
break, In a way, his well-known rule
of asking anything for himself. But
he did this not for his own advance
ment, but to prove practicable a
theory he had long held. And here
comes In a bit of unwritten history-
"After the failure of the attempt to
assassinate Czar Alexander H In
1866, congress by resolution expressed
Its sense of gratitude that the life of
the European sovereign who had been
so friendly to the Union in Our own
time of great emergency should have
been spared. President Johnson at
once decided that this congratulatory
resolution should be delivered to the
csar by a special representative of
the government and he designated
Mr. Fox for the mission.
"At that time there was serious
question of the seaworthiness of the
type of war vessel known as the mon
itor. The marine engineers were prac
tically unanimous, in declaring that
the monitor was unfit for try. service
Book That Won
How James Parton's Life of Greeley
Aroused the Interest of "Fan
ny Fern" In the
Author!
Recently I told the story of how an
obscure writer on Nathaniel P. Wil
lis Home Journal James Parton
made himself famous as a biographer
by writing an anecdotal life of Hor
ace Greeley in the middle fifties, when
the name and deeds of the great Whig
editor were on the Hps of every Amer
ican, north and south. My authority
for the story was Parton's friend, Hen
ry B. Stanton, husband of Elizabeth
cady Stanton; and. Mr. Stanton is
Amos Kendall
,
enough, a few days later, Mr. Kendall
was served with papers in a proceed
ing asking for a mandamus to issue
against the postmaster-general to
compel him to grant extra compensa
tion to 'Extra Billy' and to restore
certain of his mail routes.
"Again Mr. Kendall laid the situa
tion before the president 'Old Hick
ory's' ire was up on the Instant
"'Kendall,' he said and I had the
conversation direct from Kendall him
self 'Kendall, don't you pay any at
tention to" that paper. If the courts
try to eommit you for contempt, you
turn to me. I'll make it speedily un
derstood that the executive depart
ment of this governmentjs Indepen
dent of the courts. No court can man
damus me or any member of -my cab
inet We can be impeached, but we
can't be mandamused, and it is time
that the courts understood it'
"So Amos Kfendall went back to the
postoffice department and paid no at
tention to the mandamus proceedings.
Then there began a move to have him
punished for contempt Mr. Kendall
told me that he believed that had it
been necessary, President Jackson
himself would have gone Into court
and denounced the court to Its face
for even daring to summon a member
of the cabinet to the court to answer
charges of contempt But the law
officers of the government took the
matter up, contending that the courts
could not mandamus the executive i
department the president and the!
cabinet officers and the higher court
sustained that view, settling the issue
once for all."
(Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Father Ring's Popularity.
From San Antonio, Tex., where he
has been staying for the past three
years the great Oblate priest Father
Ring, has returned to Dublin. At In
chicore, Ireland, where he formerly
lived, he was much beloved by the
people of the district, irrespective of
class or creed. One never-to-be-forgotten
memorial that remains in then
hearts was the great Irish pilgrimage
which he guided to Rome about ten
years ago. The reception accorded
him then on his return with the pil
grimage from the Eternal City Is
still remembered as being one of the
largest and most touching manifesta
tions of public esteem ever witnessed
in the city. All the City Catholic or
ganizations turned' out en masse, ac
companied by several bands, and
greeted the white-haired priest on his
arrival at the North Wall, and led him
in processional order out to Inchicore.
To Be Consistent
"Do you think that man can con
vince people that he is greater than
his party?",
"Perhaps," replied Senator Sorghum,
"but" the only way he can do It is to
make x his party look exceedingly
small.
except that which was near shore.
Bat Mr. Fax had long been confident
that the monitor was perfectly tea-
worthy, and he had stated at various
times that he would be willing, should-
opportunity offer, to risk his own life
and . stake his reputation as a naval
authority upon an experiment which
would decide once for all the question
of the seaworthiness of the monitor.
When he was asked to carry the con
gratulatory message to the czar he at
once saw an opportunity of putting!
A. 'mm. a . . .' '
tne monitor to tne test he had long
had tn mind, and . he', stated that he
would be glad to undertake the mis
sion' provided the monitor Mlantono
mah was commissioned to-take him
across the Atlantic as the official rep-l
resentatfve of the United States.
"His request, was granted. He
boarded the monitor with perfect con
naence. tine steamed easily across
the ocean, demonstrating beyond thei
shadow of a doubt that this type oft
easel could cope with any. emergency
of .wind or weather which any other
type of vessel could meet. And when
this had been demonstrated Mr. For!
was , never happier. He was. I be
lieve, prouder of his victory over the
marine engineers than of the im
portant part he played in opening the
Mississippi, one of the greatest feats
of the war."
(Copyright Mil. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Writer a Bride
also authority for the story told here,
of how his life of Greeley won Parton i
a bride. !
1 had the story from the lips of
the lady who became Parton's wife the
year after his life of Greeley was pub
lishedthe widowed sister of Nathan
iel P. WnBa, sand Mr. Stanton. "She
was then Sara Eldridge in private life,
though "known from one end of the
country to the other as Fanny Fern.'
Up to the time of the appearance of!
'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Fanny Fern stood
pre-eminent among American women
authors, her sketches in the New York
Ledger bringing her in a handsome
income.
"Not long after James Parton had
seen his life of Greeley leap Into in
stant popularity, winning him : a per
manent place among American biog
raphers, Fanny Fern visited her broth
er at hia estate, Idlewild,' near New
burg, N. Y. There she met for the
first time James Parton, an old em
ployee of her brother's and a friend.
Naturally, the subject of Parton's suc
cess came up in the ordinary course
of conversation the book was the talk
of the day and the poet's sister
evinced a lively interest in the man
ner in which the material had been
collected for the life. Parton had spent
weeks traveling all over New Hamp
shire, Vermont and Pennsylvania in
terviewing persons who had - known
Greeley in the days of his obscurity,
and Fanny Fern became so interested
in Parton's story of his travels that'
sho laughingly declared to him that
if he wrote a book entitled 'How I
Wrote My Life of Greeley.' she be
lieved it would be quite as popular ai
the life Itself.
"Thus Parton entertained the Jta-j
mous Fanny Fern, whose collected
sketches sold over 100,000 copies be
fore the sale dropped off: while she. in
turn, found Parton deeply interested
in ner stories of her own career
how, for example, after the death of
her husband she was in such strait
ened circumstances that she decided
to open a sewing; school, a venture
which was: not very profitable. Then.
one day; she wrote out a little sketch
and sent It to a newspaper, which pub
lished it and- sent her a dollar. 'But
Is was not the pay that impressed
Fanny Fern; it was the fact that she
round tne little sketch copied into a
great number of newspapers: and.
judging from this that she had struck)
a popular chord, she went oxrher way
writing, and so wrote herself intoi
fame.
In this way, and over Parton's life
of Greeley as it were, the courtship
of the two writers began. And when
their betrothal was made it was mu
tually agreed that each should go on
as he or she had gone on in the past
that each would maintain a separate
literary identity. , That agreement was
perfectly kept, neither interfering in
the- slightest degree with the other's
literary work. And their married life
was ideal, and it was ideal because
Mr. and Mrs. James Parton were one,
while James Parton, biographer, and
Fanny Fern, popular author, were two
entirely different . persons.
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. 8Im!lar Characteristics.
"It is seldom that a child who is,
named alter a famous politician resem-l
Mes him." .
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"Even at his early age nothl 5,wHll
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