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Kendall, Montana, July 28, 1 9 03 . 3. • OffEND8THEION8HINER\ General James Longstreet Says He is by Nature i Peauable Man Fe is F102.5t and Hard Working and Has the Greatest Respect for Women \The average mountain moonshin- er is not the terrible desperado he is painted by writers of romance and men who have never come In close contact with them,\ said General Jas. Longstreet, the present railroad com- missioner and United States marshal for Georgia back in the 'iu's, to a Detroit Free Press man recently. \I have lived among the people, and I dislike to hear them condemned as a whole simply - because a few amoasr them show a spirit of lawlessness. The mountaineer, and especially those of Georgia, is a harmless, peaceable fellow until cornered, when he will fight like a demon for his liberty, and I do not know but this trait is to bt admired rather than condemned. They Lie mostly descendants of the old pio- neers who came from South Carolln and Virginia and settled when the In- dians were yet in Georgia. They are people who love liberty and (reedom with an earnest and honest love, only second to that which they have for their God. In their estimation a man who Is dishonest and will lie is thx lowest and meanest of creatures. Show No Quarter. \The first shot fired at a revente officer in Georgia was ou the 16th day of June, 18 75, and I believe that from that day to this the moonshiners have kept a compact to show no quartc, to revenue officers and spies. On that date James Findley, a bfave lep- lay marshal who lived at my home — Gainesville—was malting a rItil with a posse on the illicit distillery of old man Jacob Shane, near Leather's Ford, a place where John C. Calhoun and other public men frequently visit- ed many years ago, when the gold fever was at its fury in that aectio ,I. Jacob Shane had extracted the juice of the corn for years unmolested, and when Findley and his men went in search of the still they were met with a shower ot leaden balls from tl - e mountain sides. Findley's horre was shot from under him and he received two ugly wounds in the leg, and oth- ers of the raiders were slightly injur- ed. \The sound of the rifles had scarce- ly sent echoes through the mountains before there were wild yells of a half hundred mountaineers, who gave chase and followed some of the raid- ers almost into the very heart of Gainesville. The wounding of Find- ley, who was one of the best known young men in Georra, caused a great deal of feeling, and United States troops were ordered to that section, but the soldiers got no further than Gainesville, and had they gave gone into the mountains they would have been met by armed mountaineers who could and would have killed many of them from their hiding places in the crags. Why, with their old rif- les the mountain boys could have plucked away at the soldiers and they would have never known where the leaden missies came from. I.et me tell you, when a mountaineer pulls a bead on an object with one of those long rifles, death is sure to follow. The mountaineers are taught to ban - die a rifle from their very infancy, and some of the women can shot .tist as true as the men, too. Still Making Whiskey. \After a time the soldiers returned to Atlanta, deciding that it would be unhealthy to make a tour of the mountains, and things quieted down. It I] reasonable to suppose that some of these same people are still making moonshine whiskey, and I guess it will be made to tije end of time, for they believe they have the inalienable right to do as they please with the proceeds of their own labor. The law that molests them in the exercise of this right they consider as tyranni- cal and oppressive, and they will fight even unto death. The moonshiner is by nature hospitable and kind, but he has no love for a revenue officer and spy. He looks upon a stranger with suspicion, but when convinced that the new comer is not a hated 'revenuer,' he is taken in and given the best treatment possible, though in eyery instance refusing to accept, pay nor lodging or meals. An Honest People. \They are an honest people, and make their living by the sweat of their brow. For women they have the highest respect, and the roughest mountaineer is gentle and quiet in their presence. They will not permit any man to insult or treat a women with unkindness, for they consider man the natural protector of woman In almost every instance where there' has been bloodshed a: one of their mountain frolics, the cause has been traced to the offering oi an insult to some woman. That a mountaineer treats his women folks_ its slaves and allows his animal nature and pursuit to material aid and selfish happiness to dominate, is ent1;•ev untrue and a rank slanderrpon people who havi good and nobile traits of character. The priceless gem of v:rzue is as sac- redly and dearly prized by them as any peon!a on earth, and he who casts a slur upon a woman is made to pay the c penalty in sohrt order. Many ,-re Well To Do. \Many of the mountaineers are well to do, but a majority of them eke out a mere existence by cultivating small patches of ground, fishing, hunting and making illicit whiskey. The soil in the mountain counties is very poor, and it takes the most faitnful work to raise enough corn, potatoes, oats, vegetables and tobacco for home con- sumption, and the rough roads over the mountains make it difficult to cart the stuff to market. The mountaineer has always believed that it was his right to distill his own corn Into whiskey, and which will bring them from $1.26 to $1.76 per gallon. One bushel of sound corn will make 2 1 ,4 gallons of pure whiskey, and that bushel of corn would bring only about 30 cents. \No sir, the Georgia mountaineer — and I suppose the same is true of the mountain people of other states — is not the terrible fellow he !s painted as being. Like the Indian, he dislikes to be pushed too far and be interferred with in matters which they have always believed they have a right to control. Of course, in a large number of instances the moun- taineer is wrong in violating laws of the government, but yet a feeling of pity must go out for them when we know that they are honest as the day is long, and as brave as the bravest.\ Pharooll0s Cberlot Discovered. Pharaoh's chariot, in which he rode at Thebes, has been discovered in a perfect condition in the Valley of the Tombs of the kings at Thebes, along with the tomb of Thothmes IV, which is nearly 4,000 years old. Club Saloon: CLINOAN & HAMILTON, Proprietors M'KlNLET .4VENUE, ICEND.4LL • II High Grads 1 n Rye TRY OUR Hunter's Bourbo W hiskies • Cigars Cedar Brook • ;446444 - 41444 41r#34.4 1 1r#4/4 1 ili 444 - 44444444414444 4 44 NTANA: HARDWARE for WARE COMPANY Lewistown Montana We have on hand and can fill your orders for MINING SUPPLIES, ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES, PROSPECTING OUTFITS In fact everything needed for mining and pros- pecting EXCEPT THE 11INE Now is the time to beautify your home. Nature is putting a new dress on riother earth and you should put a new coat of Paint on Your House inside and out. The Montana Hardware Company has a complete line of Devoe's Ready -Mixed -Paints that are guaranteed. DON'T buy cheap paints, but send your mail orders to the MONTANA HARDWARE COMPANY and get the best. We also have a Complete Line of Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Steel Ranges, Cooking Stoves, Woven Wire Fencing, Poultry Netting and all other spring goods Screen Doors, Garden Seeds, Lawn Grass Seeds Call in or send your orders by the Kendall Stage company Montana Hardware Company Telephone 52 Montana Lumber Company Sash Doors Mouldings Shingles, Etc. Estimates Furnished on Application Corner Fifth Ave. and Water Street, Lewistown Great Britain Loads. Up to now. Britain retains\from to 25 per cent. of the total trade of the universe. No other nation has yet come within half of this remark- able percentage. Neatest is Ger- many. with nearly 11 per cent.; France claims about nine per cent.; the United States secures rather more than nine per cent. If we add the output of the colonies the Brit- ish errkpkie 'haws a record of about one-third of the trade of the whole world. WIladowlees Houses flu Frame*. There are at the present moment In France 200,000 houses which have no windows, because—Incredible as it may seem—there is still a French window and door taw. Kendall Bakery and Confectionery Store MARTIN cLaUSEX Proprietor Bread, Pies and Cakes Fresh Every Day Candies, Tobaccoes and Cigars, Very Choice Lcal Agent for Kendall Stages
