The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-06
(By Rambier.)


 Just fifty years ago, when the sun peeped above the horizon and re- flected its rays against the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, a baby came into the world-the child of poor, honest, struggling parents. The infant was christened Jefferson Liv- iDgston. As he grew from infanthood into boyhood, Jefferson Livingston became asleader of his crowd of bare footed and tattered companions around Sixty-siXth street
 They called him Jeff for short and this sobriquet has stuck with him. Through all stages Jefferson Living ston proved himself a leader-both in fun and in the industrial world, un- til today he stands pre-eminent among the big men of America.
 Jefferson Livingston, actompanled by his private secretaries and friends, will arrive here today Hot Springs welcomes the man who rose from barefoot boy to multi-million- aire. He acquired his fortune because of his wonderful personality and good business judgment
 MT. livingston has acquired two ap- pellatious which he won because ot his aggressNeness in the business world and his knowledge of big busi- ness. He is now called the "Catsup King" because he is president and sole owner of the largest preserving company in the world-the T. A. Sni- der Preserve Company Recently the big Jobbers of New York have ap- piled the term "One Hundred Per Cent Livingston" because he fulfilled all orders per contract since the European war.
 Mir Livingston is a simple man He bears no frills. His mannerisms are those of a man who belongs 10 the common people. lie is a philanthro- pist bu. never wishes this fact to become public. He likes to do charity and does a world of good amon4 the poor in the vicinity where his diff fercnt plants are located
 The "Catsup King" comes here to see his racing colors paraded past the grandstand He has one of the largest and finest stables of thor ouahbreds in the country.
 This self-made man who today has become a power in Wall street, be- cause he is director in eleven of the largest corporations in the United States, is such lover of blooded horses that he is leaving his busy ot- flee in the east to watch his horses race and also receive much needed rest,
 Back in his early career, when he was struggling typesetter, Ar. l.iv- ingston acquired his education by reading good books and newspapers just like Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Carnegie and j. Pierpont Morgan did The portals of our big colleges never opened for Jeff" but his desire 10 become a business man and be recog- nized in the financial world cane true after honest diligent work.
 He drifted from one city 10 an other--a rowing young man-seeking the proyei5idl pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
 Jeff" chased the mythical pot un- til he reached Cincinnati. In that city he went to work in the office of the Snider company. His business acumen soon began to assert itself. From clerk he became manager and eventually bought out all of the stand ing stock of this company until he became its president and owner.
 But while he was acquiring his wealth, Mir. Livingston never lost sight of the horse Long before he thought of owning a stable of race horses which are HOW worth more than $750,000, the "Catsup King" owned a buggy horse As Dame For tune began to smile on him, Mir Liv- ingston became interested in trottins horses and was also an amateur