T
i'llK ILLUSTRATED FEA TUR E SECTION— July 18. 1931
To Test a Feller’* Friendshif
The Bootlegger Who Ruled 1
Portsmouth, Virginia
Make a touch
Smoke hi* pipe
P o n t lat! at hi* joke*.
Shave with hi* razor.
Borrow hi* car.
Flirt with hi* wife
Tlirow rock* in the water
While he fishes lor trout.
And if he remain* serene
Never offend him attain
For he k a friend—
Or Cuck-koo
'Tom Bouiidtr«*«* lla<l tin* Bi<*«;«*Ht H ouh «*
in Tow n and $100,000 in tin* Itanlv K;irn<*(l
liv Sidlin'» Liijiior uliicli Hr ‘ lA*«:f»rd
VrroHM llit* Virninia-N orlli < ¿irnliiia Stale
l i ne U lte at INi**lit in Anton. Then Som e­
thing
^ ent Wrong.
I happened to he one of his
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Did You Know This?
private chauffeurs at that
time, although he employed
about 25 men. most of them
Tom Huumltree was a l>ÌR
He was a
liOotleKicer in
Fortum ou th. police officers.
man of high esteem among
Virginia, in the year of 1925.
the ofays of that city.
His
word was law among all
C LA S SIFIE D ADS
racketeers and underworld
l i / n u r y m i n t HI M U
our Tr**i
He was
W| |Vl;f| nei » g - ai.i Md | m 4 i , m ***** men of both races.
nvm M
£
M aiM M I «■ • ***• a great gambler, in fact, he
M l o n AL
ran and owned three first
rnrttut* win fu«m uu any class gambling clubs.
But
V
in pite of all hia dealings
¡with sin he was kindhearted.
1 have seen white men aiul
| » t » > lU R J t T M AtlU .
MAKE
EE« NET
> <r
F » i c r ic »* , e
u in m r s t a o
women of all classes come to
Fa t >
• flee
A s m i ie*ti H s t e i U t e Eys
|.
-M* I) Ni«*«de a ? N V
him for help and advice.
One week later Tom received a tummona to court on a charge
L I K MAN f i r
Kft< RKT
One night in January Tom and I of bribery.
I happened to be one of hia private chauffeurs.
B y B IG B O Y
A S Lritch. .rilin g to the Wash-
InKton i dally i N e »». *ive* the follow­
ing information
Ella* B.udinot wa* elected Presi­
dent on November 4 17*2 The term
of offlL- » a * three year*. Copy of a
proclamation signed bv President
Boudinot. dated June 24 1783. and
of the •.sovereignty and Independence
of tlie United Slates the Seventh"
year can be found in the archives
at Washington
John Hancock was elected a* sec­
ond President 'served one yeari and
Nathaniel Oorhain «.is elected Presi­
dent on June 15. 1786
In 1787 a
constitution was adopted providing
a four-yeir term for President and
Vice President, a different method
of election and for two legislative
b idles.
In 1789 George Washington was
Inaugurated first President "under
the New Constitution ' and for many
years was so de'ig rated though be­
ing really the fourth to hold the o f­
fice.
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Community and Group Organs
T h - Pathfinder under the head­
ing. ‘ Long Live the Rural Press,"
sets forth its value to the community
it serves. All that It sava mav well
apply to the better and more pro­
gressive of the weeklies 'and now at
least one semi-weekly ) which servo
our group
The Path nder says:
K U t o N R S M ARIHNlD
•"The repainting of a neighbor's
I «that la the name everyone called
< iiM n istiiu s
I A NO E t l o t l M
lars So Tom let him have It. A f­ red barn, the Thursday postponed
| him by. although hr * u M) years
l)«
W eal
11 Till
N e «
V e ti
T om ’* men were run­ ter Christmas he tame buck again. meeting of the Tuesday Afternoon
of age> were altt ng in the parlor of
time he said that hi* wife was | Ladies Sodality and the glad tidings
ning whiskey seven rills
worse and Uie doctor had ordered that * i«’1*'’» townsman Is recuperat-
| liu Imtne. which was then locatrd on
a f a v o r it i
hrr
to
be taken to a hospital. He told m* from his recent illness—what
Ffllngham Street, mdtrn wc lieart!
nights a week, so you I Tom that
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.
lmnortant event* th e s e a r e in the
Th«* A rim ira N public have their
the city would not give important events these are In
...
. . . a..
—i . life of the average small American
«Miirmir
knocki|ig
loudly
at
Uie
front
•'favorite«." Whether person or pro*
can
judge
what
the
him . 11 .> money lor
* j*
TllW , community! The cities can have
duri, the*r ftvoritm enjoy uhuaua I door
¡lim e he got one hundred dollars.
their picked over news and society
P* p u lar ty. Fot Inatanre. II«b e
police were making -
’1 < hii went to m * t who It s ia be
One
week
later
Tom
received
a stupidities but the rural press con-
Kuth'a popularity in tbe re»uft of
to court on a charge of tlnues to flourish on local chromc-
rauir it was very late Hr staid at
hi* home run hitting an«l rolorftil
$350 for giving Tom summons
br.bery
He was trlrd within the Lne* of genuine Interest
the door so long that I became a -
personality. ('onaUure Bennett's
and got a sentence of ten years . ■ ‘2
*
*
*
,
Hv L bafVi
protection and $150 • week
fame result« fr«»iw her beauty, ber
larined and al*o went to the door
t - ___ *2.___ ,.
. .
I bone of the naUon. so ts the rural
ability to art nn«l wfnr eloth«*« ef-
i ^ ¡L "“ » ‘ thing ,1“ t he
not 1,0 jiress a guiding light in American
When I finally arrived at Tom's aide
a day for whiskey.
Officer Poore hid been the cause of I Jou. nalism . Indeed, it is today more
ferti\r|y. Bobby Ji»nr«, the gttlfrr,
1 saw at a gSanre that Uie men he
the trouble The first money th a t; c; a beacon than ever
occupi«- n prr miment position be-
"It is true that the great city dailies
<*auM*of hit tmrannv «kill anil pleas,
wa.n talking to acre policemen
1 the highest uttornry in the state of P oire had gotten from him wav
given to Uie Catholic preacher, also and the naUonal magazines are now
li »r per«on«lity. And no it go«*«, on
took one look at them and Uien Virginia to plead tor him
tlie nest one hundred dollars.
Bo procurable at the corner drug store
nml on. Sl.Jo*« pit's (¿munte Aspirin
ducked hack Into the room
lie an* worth nearly one hundred when the five of them testified that or elsewhere in any representative
is now tbe lm gr*t rriling pure •«-
When loin returned to th- parlor thousand dollur* m cash alone and . k , nurnev was for tetherv after lev- 1 »mall American community, but that
jurin in tlw world for 10c because
I asked him what they wanted
He about fifty thousand In Jewelry and
.
h . n. . . , h does not m-an that the local press
it i« n« genuine ami ji , pure as
said that they were begging to r . real estate and securities
| r i g brio “ t w T s U u T a t t S ? ^ t h e y J“ *
«• *£■.
fnon. y ran buy. Thousands now rea­
money That seemed strange to me
lize that it is neither sensible nor
He wa* at* fret tall, brown *ktn.
lo , rnd to Richmond to get a
T h a t ^ w h y ¿ T f l n d ^ v 'm i r
police biggin* for mangy, but i ml weighed 175 pound* and was a third bel ore he was convicted
neressttiy to pay more than lOr fop
questionnaires many* rural residents
tlioughl It was nut 11 ,V bii.dne.ui, m > 1
twelve tablet« of genuine pure as-
*tx,rt
I The trial went from court to court | subscribing to as many as seven to
anon
dismissed It.
pirin. I fiat month alone more than
There was one motorcyelc officer utld finally to the Supreme Court In 10 state, countv and local publica­
one million pro pi« laid down on
At one o'clock the boys, as they w h o » name *a * Poore. Poore had Richmond.
tions The modern countryman may
druggists’ emint* r« more than one
and marasmes for
wire callrd by Tom, came In from been discharged from police duty
Tom told how Poore had come to take city pipe
millmn «lime* for one million boxes
North Carolina. They had "200 gal­ since the trial of Tom He and five ),im for money He spent thousands general news, agricultural advice and
• f M Joseph's(irmnnr 1‘ure Aspirin.
other
reading,
but
he still depends
lon* of whiskey in two Ford ears.
Catholic priest* framed Tom.
,,f dollars trying to beat the case,
Alw ayi ask for "St.Joseph’s", it
it was very cold that night and It
Poore went to T im s .1 me a week bllt this time he rouldn t.
They on home periodicals lor local news.
meet« e\« r> government standard.
“The town cr community with an
wa* rattling and hailing
It wa* a before Christmas and told him hi* gave him ten years In Atlanta Pen
Independent and fearless local or­
bad winter night After they became wife wa* sick and hungry He said n , trial was Uie biggest ever seen gan need not worry about being dic­
iim. they all took a drink
After he didn't make enough In the poi m Virginia,
tated to and havtng 1U opinions
the drink*. Tom got down lo busi- ire force to aupport and feed her. |
formed for it by outsider* often
new with the boys. Hr asked them He asked Tom fo Irnd him fifty dol-
THE END.
swayed by selfish interests."
how they made out In their trip to
North Carolina
Alter the boys had told of their
trip, they all* Including Tom, went
l to deliver the liquor, snd, being his
i private chauflriir I had to go also
Tlie first .slop was at the Jail In
Portsmouth
Ten gallon* were left
there to srlL Tlie next stop was at
a white m ain store
Ht* name was
Charles Fuiiit One hundred gallons
| were left thrrr
The remaining
ninety gallon* wer- delivered to var­
ious places around the city.
I Now here 1* th- police's big ruck -
! eh Out of very gallon sold by Tqpi.
I they charged him 50 cents on the
gallon and fifty dollars a trip for
j police protection, besides all the j
Sprr.id lhi« rntfrant. white whiskey they would get free.
Tom s men were running whiskey |
Idrarh liffhllf on yoar fare
, seven night* a week, so you can I
and nrck at nifht
| Judge what the police were making
. . then watch how Q(JI< K
Three hundred fifty dollars for glv-
I.V pimple■ and other akln tng Tom protection, and $150 n day
blemiihe« vanish
, for whLski.v.
. and how a* thouch by
Tom rot *o hiph In the city that
magic your completion be-
^RW d!dn t bother him. nor one
come» shade, a n d sh.de»!
J?™
«nythlng that they
did.
Everything ran aceordlng to
I.K iH T K K anil ItK IO IITE R .
the way Tom wanted It for about
W .vln* Skin Whlten.r ano two years.
Then things began to
PAU L LAURENCE DUNBAR
Ointment I. Iha name of thll happen against Tom.
1872-1906
wonderful bleach that Qlvea you
First, they tried to get hts home,
DAYTON, O - Paul Iaiurence Dun-
clear, light, lovely okln. Price which Is one of the best ever built
only ?5o at drug atoroa or by In that city for a colored man. Sec­ b u r f a m e d rv , n f wa* born here June
27 fifty-nine year*
mall poetpald from Tha Boyd ond. he began to grt warnings from
ago. Three weeks
1 Mnfg. Co., Dlrmlng
the K. K. K.
Third, lie had more
ago
tlie
l a t e The Dunbar Home on Summit Street,»htih the Dead Poet'* Mother StiU
* ham, Ala.
Preserves as a Shrine.
money and Jewelry than any white J
poet's mother sat
man In Uiat city.
Fourth, the
In her small two- over station W SM K
She hated slavery enough to run
Everybody In
whites didn't like It because they 1
story frame dwell­
away and find freedom.
Dayton
knows
Mrs
Matilda
Dunbar
were almost ruled by him.
Fifth. I
ing at 319 North
Visitors r-ho make the mistake of
they couldn't get any Jury to con­
Summit
street, Some say she Is 75 snd others say
vict him Sixth, the law wa* afraid '
mentioning alavery never fall to
snd listened to a she is near 100
of him because he knew so much a- |
She ha* more visitor* of both hear Mrs Dunbar protest in a moat
radio
broadcast
bout them.
Srrrnth. he could get
Mother Danbar of Paul * poems races than anvbodv else In the city. emphatic manner.
;
Paul Laim'ticr Dunbar's .Ma U ra n i Son's Forms llroadrast
on llis 5*)th Birthday. June 27
Lovely
Light Skin