mw^L.......% county, f s trip in 132S to the prairie I for corn to feed his family, of hog \ drivc fro * Stilesrilli' to Nefr Winchcs-iC'titcr, when tiier£wa«;»i. 'i aad anti bnt sHsJr.Jae cabin tho tffiolc distance, of a hots turn , Jfcc. Wastbo n iiiftSv nd was 0 herct xcV- ?v »..» ?. -vs- .^Vju. C nstic af cared upon the^orurUnr©linft,lhfttoldbankrupttaie. Schculs* were kept »i by subscription, often poor par, of coarse peer teach, which accounts, for th; degraded position our State'Jong'occupied.-. Free schools, better lieusc* and teachers came urjih iucrcasing wealtKj^ and I Ian wot *d - coht A • m vith Ky.or any otl v . State. To-day tink/’rsk*atl butbi- infirmity renderedI tmifce ttoek*ittevroad whe re heP • ' lt;*« •* *«* ' - ^ abdwbaltlu-* t t. -i. «.*. iI. « -* . * I - - .» )UutS %, v * * ipfSO yera^s^uibjer,'-4 (MX)4U'J97z property oaa increaseu to near $12,003,000^ and ouc would think 8 cents still enough. Not so, for the increase has been sixfold ; end so was the rate of taxation, or 50 cents on the $100 for cetinty purposes. Add State, school, read, £lt;%, and it anaonnts to -f 1 on'the $100. ' The sntncis true of other counties. lie hero remarked: that he v.*u proud of die progress of oar noble county; : jieetr*. »?f in• dt -.ti », saw: *la and reUgi i a n shoulddemaud curtailed expenses in every de-psrtmentofpubliclilc. t Such a picture • be bad t Uchlt; I .« would hav ■ dampened the *lt;ergy of del f lMi*y? by wltbbe;hfiy bought. boekihc fces'difjajt tfirm^iiee ahawk yontoj-day, ||r ware «•. i • lng railroad e*mpanj whoselishea the first metnoaist unsresmtne county.'; Kexiah; 8 tslt;^3y:v,w*e born In North Carolina; . . ■ *» rid; ncvei * 1 calico dress’till rite had two children; wore' ’.coltonk''wofV'jJ:'rvrii.tb W^pWaa: often carried her shoes to the meeting | o»4 helped i« clear land time pirn; saw liard times when the frost bit the m; ■ *| cern.lfo ■ si and • i «ded bos i ndmcml is s stamp b^edgefef forpestle. V. 1',-.r Thejhe n$f g*« ■ -. ed elec-■ ion of otl. * « forth* « d'ye* as follow* : m • ;«*;” |^E^sp«d|hre Cora-|G;BiuritoriiSaGSbmftiPPhHUi£lt;lt;Rw£ IjW-vnaaimoiiMaHp*;®fShvv JtjoikiH'Wfi lt;e» wlirri ~ #». j * jyxiniC*•f thanks waammdmn,