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iiaving no personal acquaintance (now recollecteh in Missouri, buE under standing that my fiend, Mir. isgbcrt Harris, intends going into that State on business, l take pleasure in stating, that l am well acquainted with his charac- ter from iiliai.e5, and have known him personally since iS22. He settled in Alabama in lSl.l, and from that perioa till 1920, was very opulent, and gener- sons in proportion to his wealth. In I8iS, and 1919, Il mania prevailed here 10 borrow money. at any rate of inter- est, and the rate rose to to, To, and sometimes 240 per cent. Mir. Harris became surety for several friends to large amounts, bearing such afinihilat- ing interests; md those friends left him to bear the consequences; so that in lS20, about l00negroes, the finest plan tation in Madison, and other property, were swept away, and chiefly fer sure tyships. NIr. Harris has ever been cs- teemea n gentleman of temperance, of innexible perseverance, in his undertak- ings. l need not say farther, but shall feel much gratifed fl lie can get into business that will afford him a new beginning. itis all he wants. His eff forts will soon retrieve his fortune. which have been the eruelest repersesl l have ever known.

 A. HUTCHINSON.

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