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of the oo].ored ~ clergymen of the Episcopal Church are finished. After I felt that I was fairly well.. fitted to begin n~r clerical work, I chose South Carois. hua as ~ field.

	“My first assignment was at Waooamaw Neck, a little belovr Georgetown,

s.	C., and a big industrial center. There the Negro population is keen for wine and whiskey. One of the men whom I was interested in, ~s pretty tipsy when I called, and, as I sat and talked with hint, he said: ‘You‘re drunk, too.‘ This surprised me, and I asked him why he thoughb ‘soa ‘Well ‚ you got your vest and collar on backwards, so you must be drIJXikI‘

	~Si~i0., I have had pastorates at Aiken, Peak, Rook Hill, end Walterboro. From Wa].terboro I came to Columbia as paitor of St • Anna‘ s Epis copal Church and

the missions ofAnn‘s at New Brookiand and St. Thomas at Eastover. I presume
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I have clone pretty well in this field, since the Rt. Rev. bishop Kiricoan G~

Finlay, D. D., appointed me arch-deacon for Negro work in upper South Carolina.

	.	“As I was coming away from the Bishop‘ s office, I was accompanied by another colored rector ‚ who had very short legs • I am s ix feet ‚ four inches in hčight, and he looked up at me as we walked along and asked quizzically: ‘Eow long should a man‘s legs be?‘ I smiled and told. him I thought, perhaps1 every mejn should have leg8 long enough tc reach to the ground. Yes, of course, we laughed at each other, but my argument won, because Bishop Finlay is about six feet, three inches, and I told n~r short friend: ‘When Bishop Finlay and I talk, we are able to look each other in the eye on the level.‘

	*1 married Susan MoMahan, a colored school teacher, and the Lord has .~! blessed us with a son, John B.d)Jr.. a fine wood—worker, like his grandfather

was, and two sweet daughters. Alioe, the older one, is a teacher in the public

schools of Columbia and Annie is a student. Our home life has always been