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	“A man named Boyle told me that he had some ground to seil. I saved up f45, the price he asked for it. When I offered lt to him, he said that he had decided .Eot to sell lt. I went to town and‘ spent my f45. A few days later, he met me and offered me the place again. I~ told him I had spent my money. He then offered it to me on tim. There wasplenty of timber on the place, so I got some contracts with a man named Roland and delivered wood to him. When I went to collect the money, he said he would not pay me in money.

	“A man named Pennington offered me ~ a day for labor. I asked if he would pay in money.

	“He replied ‚ ‚ If you ‚ ra looking for money, ‘ t come . ‚

	WI went home and said to my wits, ‚ I am going to leave here.‘

	“I came to Forrest City, Arkansas J‘anuary 28, 1888. I ±‘armed in Forrest City, making one crop, and then I entered the ministry, and then I preached at Spring Park for two years.

	“Then I entered Philander ~nith College where I stayed from l891.. 189?, I preached from the time I left Philander until 1913.

	“Thén I studied law and completed the American Correspondence course In Law when I was fifty years old. I am still practicing.


Wife and Family

	n In 1897 ‚ when I graduated from Thilander, my wife and six children were sitting on the front seat, .

	nI have eleven sons and daughters, of whom six are living. I had seven brothers and sisters,

	“My wife and I have been married fifty.~six yeara. I had to 8teal her away from her parents, and she has never regretted coming to me nor I taking her. ~