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Show H REV. MB. KESTKRSON. H A TENNB88EE CLEnOYMAN H WITH A HECOnD. H Was Oeee U.K. Ma Ktllsr-.Hew He M Is I'araoa IHfT.r.al Ilinp, aad H Dasalae lllraaatr lo S)eilag oU B Uala.se llaska-eails Character. H fT --alll! Iter. Charlee HH III Keateraon la n H Uj old Tenneseeean H . v i who hss been on aVaH fTJsTiiO M" 1'1' "' "" VeVaH IbfjQiytift '""' "' wM buru BB ItvMlCv!!! ,n "' wild of asvasH HliTJ yllT ,,,nfock c o u n t r. H aJMllL U Mil Tenneewe, eeven- aVaVaVJ Wu -M ly-three years ego. . ' Ilia father waa on H ' J of the early pl- H neeri, and hla mother u nn Indian, H bejeic a member of the tribe of (ha H famous Malungeoni, who compos H nearly tha entire population of Han- H rock county now. The lie. Mr. Keeter- aon l no ordinary man. ll I on of H Ih tallest mm In Tenncesee, perhaps H In America. Ilia height It eaven feel H eight Inches, though he ctalme thai when In the prime of manhood he waa M over eight feet (all. Hla weight la 30? B pounds, Yeara (0, when Hancock H county waa not mi thlclr populated H It la now with men of education, and H lawlessness wai at lie hclcht. th Her. H Mr. Kesterson waa tbo terror of that part of the country Drought up with- H In more than 100 milt of acllr of any H note, he never heard the whistle of n B locomotlre or saw lh Iron monatera H till a year or ao ago, whtn he went to H Knotvllle, Trnn. It li claimed by H many of li la) neighbors that he hai M Tim IIKV. Mil. KH.STKItflON AND H ANOTIircil MAN OK OltUINAHY 1 HKICJHT. H killed at leait aeven men. The old H preacher denies Hilar, he acknowledge B th errors of hla youth, hut aay lhat H he nerer killed that many. A to the H number of men that liav lilt the duet H at hla btnda he It allenl. H The Iter. Mr. Kealeraon waa not only H a bad man In lila youth, but continued H to defy Hie law until about 30 yeara H ago, when he jolneit the llaptlat B church, and began prearhlnir, Until H he reformed lie ran a moonahlne Mill H on Walker's ridge, and wo Iietlde the H revenue oncers that dared molest him, H In fact. It la said that no revenue of- H fleer erer bothered hlni much, he waa H no well knosn. and they knew till H deadly aim. Now, however, since lilt H conversion, quite n rhangs lias come H over him. lie doea everything that he H can to break up lawlessness, and It H "death" to the moonshiner. H When not preaching In the illfferent H K-lioolhnusM he farms. He worki H hard, though getting alone lu years, H (Ives his mnney to the poor and needy, H and Uvea a happy life. He would not H be taken for a man over 60. II la an H Inveterate chewer and smoker. Tor 71 H years lie hai lived alone In "ilnul H bleaaueM," |