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Title: The Bishop of Cottontown
A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills

Author: John Trotwood Moore

Release Date: November 26, 2007 [EBook #23637]

Language: English

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THE

Bishop of Cottontown

A STORY OF THE SOUTHERN
COTTON MILLS

BY
JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE

AUTHOR OF
"A Summer Hymnal," "Ole Mistis," "Songs and Stories
from Tennessee," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY THE KINNEYS

"And each in his separate star,
Shall paint the thing as he sees it
For the God of Things As They Are."

Kipling

PHILADELPHIA

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY

1906

COPYRIGHT, 1906,

BY JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, 1906

_All Rights Reserved_

IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER,

EMILY BILLINGSLEA MOORE,

WHO DIED

DECEMBER 14TH, 1903,

THE FAITH OF THIS BOOK BEING HERS.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PART FIRST--THE BLOOM.

PROLOGUE--THE COTTON BLOSSOM 7

PART SECOND--THE BOLL.

I. COTTON 13
II. RICHARD TRAVIS 18
III. JUD CARPENTER 27
IV. FOOD FOR THE FACTORY 39
V. THE FLY CATCHER CAUGHT 50
VI. THE FLINT AND THE COAL 64
VII. HILLARD WATTS 84
VIII. WESTMORELAND 92
IX. A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING 103
X. A STAR AND A SATELLITE 108
XI. A MIDNIGHT BURIAL 117
XII. JACK BRACKEN 127

PART THIRD--THE GIN.

I. ALICE WESTMORE 143
II. THE REAL HEROES