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Montgomery Ala. King overtook her, took her children away from her and & now has them with him in Smith Co Texas.  The poor mother is still in Ala.  She does not know that I am moving in this matter at all.  She is a hardworking woman and is fully able to sustain her family.

It will be noticed all these parties are apprentices, 3 were offered the promise of $50 hush-money, in order to get off with them, the 3 oldest ones.  Now as regards this apprenticing business in Ala, I was practicing law at the time & know how it was conducted.  All a man had to do was to pay a lawyer to write out the indentures & the Judge of Probate signed them and had them recorded without ever citing any parties before him or requiring any evidence whatever of the propriety of such a step.

The indentures read that the master must teach to "Single Rule of Three" & the "mystery of farming"!  Now this man King can't write his name if I mistake not, has no appreciation of education for himself or children & of course cannot be expected to do any thing in that line

I desired a Certified copy of the Record of