Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 296, 24 November 1915 — Page 2

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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 cannot 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 rebellion was tn progress were especially trying to the southern white peorJe with reference : to securing sufficient, clothing, and the slaves suffered likewlse.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 comfortable we would feel going about In-, cased in; a; stiff ' and course ' garment made of the refuse of flax. ' The longer 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'fpreEentedl 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 consisted 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 boyish ambition Would have been fully achieved if only he could get an opportunity to help , himself to ginger cakes. As Booker grew 'older his various duties increased. One among them being 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 experiences 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 succeeded 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 discussions would be carried on in whispers 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 permission 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 disadvantages. Worked in Coal Mine. Later he was compelled by his stepfather to resume his labors in the coal mines. -But he would not permit 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 considered 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 returned 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 restrained, 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 institute 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 institute. ' ".' -, " Part of the -way ha traveled by

milroad and then by stage cojfA, and

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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 afterjioon 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, returned home Monday from a week's visit with relatives In Columbls Mrs. Garfield Farr was the guest of relatives 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 operation 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 Indianapolis Mrs. A. R. Lockridge spent lhe day Tuesday with friends in ColJege Corner Miss Florence Stevens 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 Saturday afternoon Miss Marjorie Pickett spent Sunday with Miss Eva Pyle who is at home, for a short vacation Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Duke entertalned 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 Carman and family were guests of Ollle Boerner and family Sunday A number of young people formed a party 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 Boerner, Marjorie Huffman, Opal Piatt, Mrs. Blanche White, Messrs., Chauncey Morrow, Floyd Brown, Harry Brown, Wallace Kendall, Harry Vornauf, Clarence 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 annual union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Christian church Sonday evening. The Rev. F. C. McCormick will deliver the sermon. Lecture Draws Crowd. - The lecture given at the Boosters' hall Monday . evening under the auspices of the junior class of the high school was largely attended. The evening's entertainment was given Robert 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 Wednesday evening foe Thanksgiving. They will open Monday. The several rooms gave programs of exercises appropriate 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 produces an average of three million feet of films weekly.

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by letting some Prince Albert joy smoke sift into your system via a jimmy pipe or makin's cigarette, 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

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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 respective, yields follow: Clarence Dixon,

What You Like

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"Believe Me, I Enjoy My Meale to the Limit. No Fear of Consequences, Either, While I Have Stuart's Dyspepsia 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 digested. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give the stomach and othtr organs of the digestive apparatus the wherewithal to digest food. Get a 50c box from any drug store and try them, or send the coupon for free trial.

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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, neckties, children's clothes, suits, caps, woolen garments, fancy vests, draperies, 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 outfit. 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 mediction.Thuj gives it soothing, healng properties which dear the complexion, comfort tender skins and keep the hair rich and lustrous. Sold by n drnriU. Foriunnlcfn.vrft. to Dept. ll-P. lUstBoj. lUUan. auT

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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

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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 sootslng, and Instead of a weakening aftereffect, you feel trulv refreshed and invigorated. 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 Wednesday 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 complete aad choosing Is easy, la th selection of special engraved 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 amSle time for perfect engraving, ittering by the engravers. A beautiful showing of French Ivory Manicure and Toilet Sets. 0e E. Dickinson Special Agent Hamilton Watches. Seth Thomas Clocks.

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Where Nixon Used To Be, at Eighth and Main Streets.

Phone 1668

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