The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-20
GAS COMPANY
GAVE IMPETUS
TO HIS PLAN
Earl budding Tells How He
Formed Great Relief
Society.

SSSlShJ
A letter from the wife Of Earl +.
budding, declaring a public service
corporation at Huntington was about
t. shut off her supply Of gas and water
because she was unable to meet pay
ments for service, was seed from
which grew the Prisoners Relief So
ciety, founded by Dudding three years
ago. 49,
Duddng was a prisoner at the
MoundSyiiie penitenliary on charge
OF manslaughter,
when received a letter from my
wife telling me she was unable o
pay her grocery bills" explains Dud-
ding, a was up against it, felt help
less. | had previously had an &C
.uuaintance with Senator Nathan Bay
Scltt, and 1t was to him instinctye-
" turned for aid in this extremity, !
wrote him and told him the plight OF
nv wife. Within few days he adj
vised me he had sent he. check
Or 500.
s'halOT scout, hilo"" "' ~ ,
ers' Relief Society as the hl5, Spon-
sor Of the organization, is d regular
contributor to the society.
The society might have failed be-
fore 1t acquired a real start had 1t
not been for Mrs. Stephen y. h'N'nS;
wife Of the late Senator ElKihS' "
West Virginia, according to DuaulNB )
story
Reception Was COid' .L
81 was making lour OF , lnc s ,..,,,
appealing for aid lOr the FrlSon G .
Relief Society, which was stfussI.ns
to establish on stable basis wen
TO Elkins. ! was discouraged NO
ray Of hope had penetrated the glooll.
cast about me by the cold reception Oh
my plea during by trip through west
Virginia,
~ Glanced to talk 10 the Rev. Fred
erick Barron, pastor OF the Fres1ylC a !,
ian church al ElhLnS, anu l'' "u '''>'
me to see Mrs. EIkins
a went to her home-a magnihccn'
mansion on a lofty cmlnehce o'CI
looking the town.
81 was embarrassed when ! ap-
preached the main entrance. a liver
led servant asked me for my card /
told him I had none
J am an eN-coH H, an. ', Ap'"''''N'
and want to see Mrs, Elklns'
1.-THE servant disappeared anu re- =.
turned with the request that ! "Flle
my name on a slip OF paper ne pre-
scented me. | did So r,,,.,,a
within a few moments Mrs, E'N.lS
appeared IN the DOORWAY, anu nv ,t e,%
cious manner gave me the first lnroo
of encouragement had ielt on my
breast since ! conceived the ldea OIL
the Prisoners Relief Society ,y
! have heard OF you; she sa'u'
A hioeI"i '1"'l .,i''w'' 500, ,ho
The result of the Interview was me
enrolment OF MIS-. Elklns as one III VI
the most liberal contributors 10 '"'
society ,.,.n,5
Ihe society Wou.0 a., n''' ia - NIro
many times without the aid OF Mrs
Elkins," budding explains
James n. Gamble, millionaire soap
manufacturer OF cincinnati Is nun,
bered among the oeneIac,ors OF ,nt
society The story OF budding "is'
interview Win N'''i'O'' 10 i''' "
terest
q was completely depressed oE IIe
uncorda recepuon Fecets ~. ~ .S "n
swar to nv plea for the society WnFn
went to Cincinnati, Nobody cared 70 .
take any interest whatever IN II.
got the cold shoulder everywhere !
went.
"Finally l approached the ohlceS OIL
Mr.. Gamble, was met by ms sec,
rotary James NJ. Brown VINO heaIa
n brief outline OF my pea, anu AM, l ns,
an appointment lor '''V WIN 'i' >'''"'