The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-25

| f1er character Is exC6lenL. HAVING
lived with white people all her life
she has never formed any acquaint.
ance or relation to either sex of the
i colored race. Out of her entire life
| with our family she has never been OF
the place. Her work has been salts
factory and appreciated by each member
| of the family as a servant and as q
| good old. honest, domestic woman.
Her equal among children cannot bt
| surpassed. This is the second family
of Bankers she has helped rear.
j; Her health Is good; her hair Is gray
her features show the quaint old age
but "Old Suse" is the same every day
She is able to do her house work still
She is living in hopes that she Nigh,
MRS. e. L. BARKER.
Sam johnson.
July "a, 1919.
Length OF Service Editor:
My Dear Sir: While 1t may not strict
ly comply with the conditions of your
very interesting contest. / do not wish
the following length of service to pass
unnoticed. Sam johnson was with my
for little more than half a century.
He entered my. fathers employ early
in 1865 as a young boy and remained
with the Nicklin Drug company until
its dissolution In the fall of 1916. Sam
Is now old and gray. but he was all
ways faithful to my father and ever
refers affectionately to him as ~. B."
He 1t was who. in the days of my ia
theirs courtship, carried the notes that
passed between the latter and his fl
ancee. While Sans service may not
strictly fulfill your conditions, I trust
that you will not hesitate to give him
mention. even though he be not eligi-
hIA HAR 1f xNntu
J. B. NICKLIN, JR.
SIG Poplar street.
Thirty Years Service.
July "a. 1919.
Length of Service Editor:
l wish to enter Amelia Brigham, COL
ored. For thirty years she has served
in my family. She began service for
me in 1889 and has been almost con-
tinually with me to this date and has
She Is IS years old. She began serving
in my family when my mother. Mrs.
Missouri Ireland, sickened and died in
1889, and has been with me In the
death of my father, VIM. Ireland, and
husband. R. B. Bagwell. and has been
a great comfort to me in all my trials.
have given her little home in my
yard so long as she lives II she wants
1t. Her boy. who was a baby years
old in 1889, has served four enlistments
in the army and is now in the service |
on the border
MRS. r. B. BAGwELL.
Lyerly, Ga.
Two Gardeners.
July "a. 1919.
Length Of Service Editor:
My husband has in his employ two |
colored gardeners that think deserve |
in your contest. They have |
been with us seventeen years, except |
a year they have been in France. Their |
names are Ernest and Emery Hender- |
son. Their sister, Lottie. cooks for us |
now and has cooked in our home sew
eral years, but not continuously. |
MRS. DENNIS CORBLY,
Shepherd, Tenn.
Ida Smith.
Dear Sir:
AS one Of the contestants for the |
Length OF Service contest, could like |
to enter my cook. Ida Smith, as one
deserving recognition. She came to me |
from Murfreesboro Tenn, sixteen |
years ago as a nurse and served in |
that capacity for seven years. Since |
then she has been my cook, and can |
say that she has always been honest, |
reliable and faithful In every capacity |
in which she has served. l would also
ike to add the name of Mary Oakley,
who served me as laundress for thir-
teen years. Sincerely, 1
MRS. g, NJ. sMARTT.
404 Fort Wood Place.
Served twenty Eight Years.
July "a. 1919.
Length Of Service Editor:
Thanking you for the interest you
Ire taking in good servants, want to
present to you the name of Amanda
chittwood. who has been in my family
or twenty-eight years continuously, or
since 1891. She has been most faith
'ul, and has served as nurse, house
maid and cook. filling each place well.
She has never lost any time from work
except during one illness, and has at
Ill times been cheerfully helpful. No
me could be more faithful.
Yours very truly.
MRS. L. J. SHARP.
22I East Sixth street.
Esther Glenn.
July "a, 1919.
length OF Service Editor:
/ would like to say word In behalf
Il the younger generation of house
ervants. Esther Moore Glenn has been
bsolutely reliable and has done cheer
ully and willingly everything she has
'een called upon to do. She has taken
personal interest in the children and
n the house.
l think there are many OF the younger
who have all the good quail
ties of the older servants. and who will
rove equally faithful and efficient.
MRS. S. BARLOW STRANG.
20 Lindsay street.
Cooked Fifteen Years.
length of Service Editor:
wish to enter the name of Mandy
Warren on the List of faithful servants.
he has worked in our family for If
cen years Mandy is good cook and
faithful, trustworthy help.
MRS. JOHN H. GILLESPIE.