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2 TRUTH IS STRANGER THftH FICTOII. Col. W. W. Anderson Appears to Have Lived in Kansas Long Ago Under the Name of Leeland. The following very remarkable story is from The Macon Telegraph of Tuesday last, but on account of the fact that Colonel Anderson is an old citizen of Jackson incidents here related will be doubly inter esting to the readers of The Argus. Colonel Anderson says the identity is correct, but he denies having any property in Kansas. The mat= ter is being investigated by Colonel Ed Stephens, a grandson of Colonel Anderson, and there may be further developments. It is the opinion of all who know Colonel Anderson intimately that he is a very correct man as to morals. The Telegraph’s story is as follows : When The Telegraph yesterday mcrning carried into the thousands of Georgia homes the interview with ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas, who spent two nights and yesterday at the Hotel Lanier, the story about the strange disappearance of Francis Marion Leeland from Atchinson at the close of the war caused many people to go to guessing. The story was that in 1859 a bril liant but eccentric lawyer of 45 years, claiming to be a bachelor from Perry, Ga.J appeared at Atchison and opened an office. He had means and bought real estate, and loaned considerable money. He soon enjoyed a lucrative practice, as his ability was promptly recognized by the people of that sec tion of Kansas. At the close of the war Leeland grieved considerably over the result of that great conflict and said he was going to return to Perry. But before he made any arrange ments to settle his affairs in Kansas, he went up the Missouri river a short distance to attend to some legal bus iness in a neighboring town. The stableman who drove him returned to Atchison and reported that Leeland liad been drowned while trying to enssaferry on the thin ice. Lee land was never heard of there again. Plis property remains just as he left it, except the personal effects, which were publicly sold for rent. All be lieved the mysterious Georgian, who had claimed to be the descendant of a Huguenot family recently moved to N Georgia, was dead, and it was often wondered why no relatives or friends from his former home inquired about him. When Mr. Ingalls talked with The Telegraph reporter at the Lanier Sun day night he naturally asked many questions about Perry, and incident ally told the story of his acquaintance with Leeland. The reporter sought to learn some thing about the matter from residents of Macon who formerly lived m Perry but none of them had ever heard the name. A telegram was sent to the clerk of the superior court of Hous ton yesterday, and the reply was that no such man had ever practiced at that bar. In the afternoon of yesterday sev eral gentlemen called at The Tele graph office and said they believed that the story was more romantic than the ex-senator from Kansas had supposed, and they thought they would be able to give the public an interesting account of Leeland’s life within a few days. Among those who read the story with avidity was Col. J. W. Preston. As his eyes ran along the lines he was seized with a strong suspicion that he knew Leeland, but not by that name. The colonel was on his way to Jackson, Ga. He carried the telegraph in his pocket, determined to satisfy his mind on the subject. At JacKson he met in the court house Capt. \V. \V. Anderson, whom lie had known almost continuously from boyhood. Capt. Anderson is a small, delicately built man of about 70 years, and is well preserved. He is one of the ablest and most highly esteemed lawyers in Middle Georgia. He has been married twice, and at one time his father was a wealthy planter living near Hillsboro, in Jas per county, There Capt. Anderson, when quite a young man, wedded a Miss Goolsby, with whom he lived happily until her death. He became intimately acquainted with Alex Stephens, who taught school at Hillsboro, and also with Ben Hill, from whom Hillsboro took its name. After the death of Capt. Anderson 's first wife, who bore him a daughter, he married again. The second mar riage was not happy, and the couple separated. The disappointment in this affair unsettled the high-born Huguenot, and although he became restless and disconsolate, he pursued his profession with increased energy and determination to forget his troubles. Suddenly he disappeared, leaving property and everything. Col. Preston knew him intimately, as did several other Maconites who then lived in that portion of Georgia. His disappearance was just before war was declared. When the war closed he re-appeared and no one could ever learn where he had been. With these recollections on his mind Col. Preston approached Captain Anderson yester day and asKed him to read the Ingalls interview in The Telegraph. Hamlet like, Cos!. Preston then went to an other part of the room to watch the effect. Capt. Anderson read along rather indifferently until he reached the Leeland story. As if frightened by a sudden peal of thunder, he start ed, and his face flushed. “Ah, lam right," thought Colonel Preston, who pretended not to see. But in a short time the captain’s agi tation was too plain. Col. Preston approached, looked him straight in the eye, and said : “Thou are the man, Leeland!” Capt. Anderson jumped up and paced the floor, rubbing his brow and biting his lips. Suddenly he turned and beckoned to Col. Preston to fol low him into a more secluded place. In an adjoining room, the captain said : ‘“Dad burn it, I am the man.” This “dad burn it” has been a life long expression of Capt. Anderson, and when Col. Preston returned to Macon last night and reporti and to Mr. Ingalls a detailed account of the dis covery of Francis Marion Leeland, Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contains Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except ou pre scriptions from reputable physicians, as I the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufac tured by F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, 0., contains ne mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys i 1 tern. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure he i sure you get the genuine. It is taken I internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Cos. Testimonials free, i Sold by GruggistS, price 75c. per bottle, * Hall's Family Pills are the best. THE JACKSON ARGUS. living and still mysterious but brill iant, no additional proof was needed that Leeland and Capt. Anderson were one and the same. “Why,” exclaimed Mr. Ingalls, “I can just see Leeland in the very act of making that ejaculation. It was a great favorite with him, and all who knew him in Kansas will readily re call it.” “But.” said Mr. Ingalls, when the Telegraph man called on him after supper last night, “I had no idea that Leeland was living. I had al ways suspected that he had been the victim of foul play on account of the large roll of money that he was ac customed to carrying about his per son at all times. I simply mentioned his name to you to show that I knew something of Georgia and Georgians, Leeland had a wonderful fund of in- formation, and could tell excellent ! stories about his state. I remember one night he and I were in a parlor at the home of a young lady whom he visited with a fatherly kind of in terest. Several other people were present, and there was some formulity among the group just at the moment. Leeland sat down on a big puffy lounge to which he was not accus tomed, and it sank with him so sud denly and so completely that his head went down and his heels went straight up. Of course, everybody roared. In a few seconds he was on his feet again, and was enjoying the fun as much as any of them. This illustrates what a companionable kind of man he was and all of our people were fond ol him, and his sudden disappearance which was as complete as if the earth had swallowed him, caused much sorrow in the community. He was a man of keen sensibilities, and showed many admirable traits of character. We wouid perhaps never have heard of him again but for the casual men tion I made of the matter to you on Sunday night. I certainly hope that I can see him when I pase through his town tomorrow morning on my way to Atlanta. I shall look anx iously from the platform as I pass through, for I would know him with perfect ease if I should ever see him again.” “lam going to use all of those facts,” said the reporter. “Of course, it is a fine story,” said Mr. Ingalls, “and it furnishes a subject on which one can write a book; I wouldn’t blame you for us ing it, even if you have to rush with it for the morning paper : you could not do it justice in the short space of time between now and when your paper will come out, but use your judgment about that; I know the pressure that forces morning news paper men to prepare their copy quickly. I realize that but for you I would never have known anything about this last chapter of Leeland or Anderson’s life and I am anxioug to (Continued on page Six.) Rheumatism Cured. After eminent physicians and all other known remedies fail, Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. 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By authority of the General Assembly,ap provedDecember 21,1897, the Prison Commis sion of Georgia invites bids for the hire of terms not longer than five years of ail male felony convicts who may be m the Peniten tiary on April 1,1899, or who may thereafter be sentenced to service in the Penitentiary, ex cept the following, to-wit: Boys under fifteen years of age, suon aged, diseased and infirm convicts as in the judgment of the Commission should not be hired out. and such convicts un der sentence not longer than two years as may be hired to the county authorities under the provisions of said Act, under the following terms: The Stare employing and paying all necessary guards, physicians and other offi cers, and retaining official and personal con trol of every convict; the hirer furnishing transportation, maintenance, medicine, cloth ing and ail other necessaries, and such build ings as may be required by the Commissions; to be paid for quarterly at an agreed price per capita per annum, anc. to be employed at any labor consistent with reasonable punishment and the physical ability of the convicts, ex cept in factories where women are employed. Under tha provisions of this Act all convicts so hired may be sublet by the hirer, by and with the consent of the Commission, provided that thereby the State shall be at no addition al expense. All convicts may be hired to one or more persons or companies, but no bids for Jess than fifty nor more than five hundred will be received. Parties hiring convicts under the provisions of this Act will be required to give suitable bond, with security, conditional for the faith ful payment of the hiie and observance of the contract, and such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Commission. Ail bids shall be in writing, and must be filed in the office of the Commission on or be fore the 3lst day of March, 1898, and s.iaii state definitely the number of convicts wanted, price ottered, employment to be engaged in, the counjy and location of the proposed em ployment, and the term of years for which they will be w r anted. 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