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HOWELL, an American statesman; born in Cherry Hill, Ga., Sept. 7 , 1815. He was graduated at Franklin College in 1834, became a lawyer in 1836, and in 1843 was elected to Congress as a Democrat. He served eight years and was Speaker of the House one term.
Elected governor of Georgia in 1851, he COBBETT returned to Congress in 1855, and was made Secretary of the Treasury by President Buchanan in 1857, resigning in 1860 to urge secession. He held a Confederate military commission in the Civil War, but saw little service. He died in New York City, Oct. 9, 1868 .
Paducah, Ky., an American writer, born at Paducah, Ky., HREWSBURY), in 1876. He was educated in the public schools and privately, and while he was still a boy began contributing humorous matter to periodicals. For a time he served on the editorial staff of several papers in Kentucky. In 1904 he became special writer and editor of the humorous section of the New York "Evening Sun." For several years following he served as a correspondent of other New York papers. In 1911 he became staff contributor to the "Saturday Evening Post," and in 1914-1915, and again in 1917-1918 he represented that publication as war correspondent in Europe. He was a prolific writer and was also wellknown as a lecturer. He wrote also, in collaboration with others, several plays. others, several His books include: "Back Home" (1912) Home" ( 1912); "Europe Revised" (1914) "Paths of Glory" (1915) "Old Judge Priest" (1915) "Those Times and These" (1917) ; "The Life of the Party" (1919) Party" (1919); "The Abandoned Farmers " (1920). coBB, SYLVANUS, an American novelist; born in Waterville, Me., 1823; was editor and publisher of a periodical called the "Rechabite," but best known as a prolific story-writer. His most popular novels are: "The King's Talisman" (1851); "The Patriot Cruiser " (1859); and "Ben Hamed" (1864). He died in Hyde Park, Mass., July 2, 1887.