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FAGfc TWO THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, DR. HUFf MAN RELATES STORY OF WASHIfJGTOtJ AfJD RISE FROM SLAVERY Memorial services -tn 4 honor of Booker T. Washington were held in Bethel M. E. church at -which Dr.: W. Grant t Huffman- read, the following paper on Dr. Washington's Hfe: As nearly as can be determined Booker T. Washington was born either In the year of 1858 or 1859, near Hale's Ford. In Franklin county, Virginia. At the time of bis birth it was not the custom or practice to keep a record of the births of- colored persons. Hence a more accurate date of his birth can not be obtained. The little log cabin, 12x16 feet, Iq which he was born" and without .windows, and with a dirt floor; stiHi stands on the plantation several miles from Hale's Ford. The bed or pallet, sO called, was made on this dirt floor, and consisted f rags gathered here and there. The years that the war of the re bellion was tn progress were especially trying to the southern white peorJe with reference : to securing sufficient, clothing, and the slaves suffered like wlse.or the necessary clothing. The only garment received from bis owners .at that time was a "tow shirt," the' regulation garment for youngsters of Booker's age, he being six years old. Brother Wears Shirt. We might ,well imagine how com fortable we would feel going about In-, cased in; a; stiff ' and course ' garment made of the refuse of flax. ' The long er the garment; waB worn the greater the "torture became, until finally J could not be tolerated. ' His brother John, two years older than be, came to his rescue and. kindly offered to wear the shirt till its pin-sticking fibers were worn more nearly smooth. he; following winter, his .pride was greatly increased "-when .he was'fpre Eentedl Sylth his first:' pair, jof-shoes made of course leather uppers and soles of wood. ,r As soon as he'ywas physically able to perform any service; his duties con sisted mainly of watching and holding the horses, and riding behind the women of his master's household when they would ' go out horse-back riding: TJppn one .occasion, he recalls with pleasure, the time when visitors were being entertained.. . Just before, their departure,' a1 plate of ginger cakes was passed round. And judging from the manner in which .the visitors caused them to disappear! he thought his boy ish ambition Would have been fully achieved if only he could get an op portunity to help , himself to ginger cakes. As Booker grew 'older his various duties increased. One among them be ing to take corn to the grist mill, to repf nlsh , the Euppjy . of. com meal wtfidi deemed to'W'dnfe Of the chief articles of food. Many amusing ex periences occurred ' while performing this service. The sack was not always evenly balanced,' and often the sack of meal and Booker would fall to the ground, there to remain until assist ance arrived to relieve him of his pre dicament. Although a slave be personally suc ceeded in escaping many of Its hard ships and cruelties, but he could not claim as much for aome of his rela tions. He often related that his uncle, a fully grown man, was tied to a tree, stripped naked ' and sevef ely beaten with a cowhide, till he prayed his master to have mercy. This instance made such a deep impression on his young heart that he was never able to forget it. About this time he heard the slaves discussing the . threatened war and what it meant t6 them. These dis cussions would be carried on in whis pers for fear of arousing the anger of the masters. Early one morning, all the slaves were summoned to the "big house." The purpose was to inform them of their freedom. Young Booker was hardly old enough to realize what it meant to him. It was not long before the Wash ington family found themselves in their' new home in Maiden, W. Va. Booker secured a position in a salt furnace. He bad a strong desire to go to school that he might learn to read as he bad heard others read. In the salt mine he learned his letters. His step-father finally gave his permis sion for him to attend school a half of each day, but preferred him to continue in the salt mine. Thus he continued in school under many dis advantages. Worked in Coal Mine. Later he was compelled by his step father to resume his labors in the coal mines. -But he would not per mit discouragements of any character to prevent his making what effort he could to secure an education. Leaving the coal mines be accepted employment as a house boy in the family of General Ruffner. He con sidered the duties of the position too exacting and ran away, which he afterwards regretted. He applied to a steamboat captain for employment, which was given him. His services on the steamboat lasted only a few hours, and he again re turned to the duties of houseboy in the family of General Ruffneer, where he remained for four years. During all this time his ambition to advance educationally was not re strained, for bis spare time was spent In study. While working in the coal mines, he had heard of Hampton Institute, and that poor colored students would be given an opportunity to work for their board while attending school. He had no knowledge where Hampton insti tute was located, or the distance. However, he fully resolved to go there and apply for admission. After making what preparation he could, being assisted by his mother and brother John, he started on his leng Journey toward Hampton insti tute. ' ".' -, " Part of the -way ha traveled by milroad and then by stage cojfA, and m j cm vu - wv , . BLOOD f 0ISON CAUSES DEATH OF MRS. SMITH LIBERTY. lad, Nov. 24. Mrs. Charles Smith died of blood poisoning at her home west of town, Monday morning. Mrs. Smith was taken ill Saturday and became steadily worse ontil the time of her death Monday morning. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Wednesday after jioon at 2 o'clock.' The Rev. C. W. Whitman preached the funeral sermon. 5Irs. Smith leaves a husband and two young children Mrs. W. E. Morris end daughter, Miss Catherine, return ed home Monday from a week's visit with relatives In Columbls Mrs. Garfield Farr was the guest of rela tives In College Corner Monday. Charles F. Bond was in Cincinnati on Justness Tuesday Mrs. E. J. 10outbut was shopping In Connersville ittonday. Louis .Harrell spent tne day Sunday in Indianapolis with his Gather, James Harrell Miss Irene lUcMahan of Rochester, Is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Minnie McMahan. this week..... Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Post ?ieft Sunday for Rochester, Minn., ivhere Mrs. Post will undergo an oper ation for goiter Miss Ida Williams was the guest of Mrs. Homer Baker In College Corner Monday evening. Miss Hollis Beard is spending a ;'ew days this week shopping in Indian apolis Mrs. A. R. Lockridge spent lhe day Tuesday with friends in Col Jege Corner Miss Florence Stev ens entertained the Delta Theta Tau sorority at her home Tuesday evening. CHESTER, IND. Rev. Mr. Ulmer and family were guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Carman Sunday Ivan Starbucks and Miss Carrie Vornauf were married Satur day afternoon Miss Marjorie Pick ett spent Sunday with Miss Eva Pyle who is at home, for a short vacation Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Duke enter- talned Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fulghum, Everett Hunt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hodgin and eon, Robert, and Mrs. Lizzie Hodgin Sunday , Elbert Kemp and family and Bert Car man and family were guests of Ollle Boerner and family Sunday A number of young people formed a par ty Saturday evening and serenaded Mr. and Mrs. Iva Starbuck (nee Miss Carrie Vornauf) and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brumfield (nee Miss Afton Pyle). Those who formed the party were Misses Marjorie Pickett, Bonnie Carman, Lucile Huffman, Carrie Boer ner, Marjorie Huffman, Opal Piatt, Mrs. Blanche White, Messrs., Chauncey Morrow, Floyd Brown, Harry Brown, Wallace Kendall, Harry Vornauf, Clar ence Alexander, Shurley White, Fred Pickett, Earl Bunker, Elmer Berg, Chester McMahan, Everett McMahan, and Fred Vornauf. MILTON HOLDS UNION SERVICE AT 10 O'CLOCK MILTON, Ind.. Nov. 24. The an nual union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Christian church Son day evening. The Rev. F. C. McCor mick will deliver the sermon. Lecture Draws Crowd. - The lecture given at the Boosters' hall Monday . evening under the au spices of the junior class of the high school was largely attended. The ev ening's entertainment was given Rob ert Wassmann, and was a program of magic and illusion. .. Postoffiee Closes. The postoffiee will close at 9 o'clock Thanksgiving and remain closed until the evening mail Givea Play. ' Everybody who wants an evening of entertainment will go to the Boosters' ball Thanksgiving evening to see the play, "A Daughter of the Desert." Schools Take Holiday. The public schools will close Wed nesday evening foe Thanksgiving. They will open Monday. The several rooms gave programs of exercises ap propriate to Thanksgiving. Doddridge Holds 8ale. David J. Doddridge will hold a public sale November 80. Mr. Doddridge is about 80 years old and is in poor health. He will spend the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Morris. Work Progresses. The work on the Masonic hall ia progressing rapidly. The plasterers are through. It is hoped that the work will be completed within the next three or four weeks. HAIR PIN. PUNCTURES EAR. EVANSVILLE. Ind., Nov. 24. Mrs. Emma Barney may lose her hearing as a result of her ear drum having been pierced by a hairpin upon which her head rolled while she was asleep. One Paris motion picture plant pro duces an average of three million feet of films weekly. rrr M Banish Unwelcome Hairs on Arms or Face VIZHY endure auch mortifying- die . curccacnc waen uazin will re move it instantly and retard its JrowtbF Society beauties end actresses of Peru and Now York have used X. Basin lot year. It is saie and sore approved bj phytioians aad dtrcaatoloists. Get bottle todey-50 cad $1 . Don't eonfsst with cheap, inefficient preparations, but try 'it and bo convinced by its wonderful re sults. M.de by Hall &Rgcket, New York X. BAZIN DepUatory Powder ( Far Sol By (Dealer's name and address) 1..H B HHHHllnsn1f CLEM THISTLETHWAITB .SV-W-"- -4. I "Yin r n TTi,i,.in - - v t aw v vjflV' ''''''' ' Tr? I Tobacco Co 'WSPr IIk V t .s-awss U ."W!c Ji V'ffMtof) Harm im another just-ahctd member -:w:-:5ssj: v: :.:y I .: mmmi I I I mi I'M fuet. & mat. Mr.- Jr. . '0 Ifff'l I I Y.i'mVm ORetiley is on of tho grand old ' iBlli 1 )!' ! ' men w eoma to this rip aga r f1 MMl W fr i'-ilm I'M 1th Joy of Aia frnndly Jimmy I ff iS'i'I J H ? I'M Pip frash in hi mind each morning. ; mimL 2Mm You uncork that sunshine tank by letting some Prince Albert joy smoke sift into your system via a jimmy pipe or makin's ciga rette, for you never got such fun out of tobacco in all your life. Get mat P. A. flavor? Get that P. A. aroma? Go to it mighty cheerful, because P. A. can't bite I Puff away like you hit perpetual motion in the first round 1 And keep fired-up till the cows come home. For it's sure facts Prince Albert never grouched any other man's tongue and won't grouch yours I Get P. A. jimmypipejoy'us and cigarette makin's happy, then youH persomUly un derstand that : no other pipe and cigarette tobacco ever was or ever can be like Prince Albert, because it's made by a patented process that cuts out the bite and the parch. That's why pipe peaceful and cigarette peaceful men call m&Joy smoke Prince Albert ia aold everywhere beeaua the demand for it ia universal. . So wherever ytta happen to run ehort Jmat drop in the nanitteat a nop that mm Urn tobacco ana pay tne toppy red bam far a jitney piece. Set tidy red tin, lOc; handmomm pound and half'Pmmnd tin hamidorm; and that clammy crymtal-mlame pound humidor with aponga-moiatener tap. You be a sport and take a chance on this say-so, because you've no idea of the bully goodness, of the joy'us satisfaction, of the contentment and restfulness and that sort . of thing, that hits every man who gets , chummy with P. A. Hammer this home for what ails your smokeappetite, because you've no time to lose getting introduced to this real and true man-tobacco that's ace-high and a yard wide no matter how you swing on it, jimmy pipe or makin's cigarette I R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO Winston-Salem, H. C Will FREE JOURNEY WITH LARGE CROPS EATON, 0-. Nov. 24. Hu- Scherer, near this city, raised on a single acre of around 72.17 bushels of corn, and has been named the winner of the Preble County Agricultural society's free trip to Washington. Wesley Ozias, who lives near West Alexandria, had the second highest yield, 70.581 bushels, and will receive the trip offered by the Twin Valley Farmers' lnstutute. Other contestants and their respec tive, yields follow: Clarence Dixon, What You Like Use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets to Help Your Stomach and Do Not Worry. ,mmmmammummmammmmm Trial Package Sent FREE on Request. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, weak stom ach and similar names simply mean that the supply of digestive juices is inadequate. That is where Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets come In by sup plying this deficiency. "Believe Me, I Enjoy My Meale to the Limit. No Fear of Consequences, Either, While I Have Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets to Fall Back Upon." If you will eat a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal and one just before you go to bed, you will learn that there is no harm in your meals. The reason ts clearly plain. Your system lacks the proper digestive juices -to make your meals easily di gested. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give the stomach and othtr organs of the digestive apparatus the where withal to digest food. Get a 50c box from any drug store and try them, or send the coupon for free trial. . FREE TRIAL COUPON. F. A. Stuart Co., 210 Stuart Build ing, Marshall, Mich., send me at once, by return mail, a free trial package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets. Name Street City : State New Paris, fit. 60S bushels: Carl Saver, Eaton 65.SS1 bushels; Lawrence Rtnck. West Alexandria. 69.36; Leon Coon. West Alexandria. 70,493; Lawrence Smith. West Alexandria. 70.457. v ORDER OCCIDENT FLOUR TODAY Try it, and ' If yon do not td it it wo cay iuu 11 49, urwiu iiveiv ma name nonr von have used just come and see us aacl get your money back. Pretty clear aad pretty fair, isnt M - . All Grocers CLEVER WOMEN Use gasoline te dry eleen thing at home and eave tS in an hour. tuu wiil never again pay enormous prices for dry cleaning after trying this. Any woman can clean and re. new the appearance of yokes, ribbins, satins, laces, silks, furs, shirt waists. Swiss, lawn, organdie and chiffon dresses, kid gloves and shoes, neck ties, children's clothes, suits, caps, woolen garments, fancy vests, draper ies, rugs, in fact, any and everything that would be ruined with soap and water. Get two ounces of solvite at any drug store and put it in two gallons of gasoline, where It quickly dissolves. Then put in the goods to be cleaned. After a little rubbing out they come looking bright and fresh as new. You will find nothing fades, shrinks or wrinkles, requiring no pressing. You would have to pay 65 at a dry cleaning establishment for the clean lng which can be done at home as essily as laundering. Any grocery or garag will supply the gasoline and your druggist will sell you two ounces of solvite which Is simply a gasoline soap, then a large dlshpan or wash boiler completes your dry cleaning out fit. Adv. a friend to tender clone Anr oap will dean your skin bare laundry smpwiUdo ilyoa do not rare what becomes of your Pja- But. you knew W alkali thaodumio'urakSSS hair, so you never think of usinz it for your toilet. - Many toilet soaps contain this sameinmnousalkau, ResinolSoap contains absolutely ; no free alkalC and to iter.: added the ResinoJ med iction.Thuj gives it soothing, heal ng properties which dear the com plexion, comfort tender skins and keep the hair rich and lustrous. Sold by n drnriU. Foriunnlcfn.vrft. to Dept. ll-P. lUstBoj. lUUan. auT ECONOMY SMOKERS 2 for.. 25 for. .Se .60e SO far $1.00 FELTMAN CIGAR STORES Chief Cause of Pimples, Blotches, Sallow Skin (MsMsacsr of Hsalt,) . traslrbUy. eruptions, M pUaplss, bolls, fclotches. sallow or muddy skin, osuaily are duo to a slufKish llvsr. a conatlp&Ud bowel and a poUutod blood atroam mm m consequencs. How foolish la such eases to rsaort to outward applications, wblca can asver have natural, permanent re Ealta. If mors peopls only Knew it. thero i a very simple remedy, to be found in any drug; store, which is as effective as it la hartalasai and quick actios;. It im an old formula, lossr recognised by the medical irtgeaalon, which has bean put ia tablet orm. and at such small coat no on need ow se deprived ec IM woaderfei slta. -aentanal tablets tkatsi mim eatlrely vecetabla aad UtereTn mm EaUt-Xanaiac lnaredieet. Ton need only get about a dime's worth, and swallow one at bedtime to" realise tkero's notfelnr else quite so sood for the pgrp a Th action in the mornlna; is so easy, so soots lng, and Instead of a weakening after effect, you feel trulv refreshed and invig orated. Sentanel tablets are not only the finest remedy known for constipation and torpid liver, but offer the sanest, most sensible treatment for complexion 41fficuHles of thn eharacfv -CinUCSffd. DO NT OVERLOOK The Bartenders' Dance AT EAGLES' HALL THANKSGIVING NIGHT Music by Weisbrod Four With Cabaret Singer. Second Hand Clothes for Working men Sold at Crawford's 313 North D Street. Coliseum opens Wednes day Eve. Skating all day Thursday.' Wi Always Have Exactly What We Advertiee." It is not too early to plan Christmas Gifts "What a feeling- ot satisfaction when you have listed your Christmas Gifts aad avoided the uncertainties ot last minute shopping. Our stocks are brimming over right now. Selections are com plete aad choosing Is easy, la th selection of special en graved goods In Gold and Silver such as Card. Cigarette and other cases. Bracelets, Rings, Watches, Charms, Lockets. Manicure and Toilet Sets, Etc Tour purchase now will not only afford a more complete line to select from, but will allow am- Sle time for perfect engraving, ittering by the engravers. A beautiful showing of French Ivory Manicure and Toilet Sets. 0e E. Dickinson Special Agent Hamilton Watch es. Seth Thomas Clocks. PA LLADIUM WANT ADS PAY rti 'l A gfe.lgtitltfitij mwmmewmepmm- aw am We give thanks to all our friends and cus tomers for their generous patronage of past year. We shall merft a continuance of same. If tN I I I J 1 7 17 .ATI IV M. mmmm. -mmw -amr sr m For TBaaiinilksfflwniiiiffli Pure, Wholesome Ice Cream Delicious Home-Made Candies SSSBSBSSSSSHSSSSSBSBSSSSSSSSSSHHMSSSBBSSSBSSSBJSS Nothing would complete that gorgeous Thanksgiving dinner more than a big, full dish of Townsend's wholesome ice cream. It's just that sort oi good ice cream that makes you come back every time for more. Then too, don't forget the kiddies they surely like good candy, and Townsend's Home-made Cindies are so much better than all others that you should have at least one pound for the kiddies and grown-ups to eat Thanksgiving day. Bring or phone us your order tonight Tounsend's Confectanr Where Nixon Used To Be, at Eighth and Main Streets. Phone 1668 1