The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-13
Francis Honored at Banquet.
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with great fervor as his name was
substituted in place of the original
ones. Mrs. Hattie Hall presided at
the piano. AS the last stanZa died
away, Messrs. o. c. Hall, A. V. Hall,
Fred. McCracken, Chas. Miller and
S. E. Hall gave three cheers for Mr..
Francis which was echoed by all
present. Rev L. w. Harris. of Pill
grim Baptist church was the next
speaker introduced whose associa-
ton as pastor and friend to Mr..
Francis. made this occasion a happy
experience in his life. He spoke of
his thirty years of spiritual life; how
he had always been closely identi-
fed with the church. He likened his
life unto that of Booker T. Washing
ton; how he had found his own way
and made the world recognize him in
the greatest election. Citizenship"
the subject chosen by Rev. l.. w.
Harris, calls for progressiveness, CO.
operation, good government and an
aim for the higher ideals of life.
Though our group has been handi-
capped, we are gaining these attain
ments rapidly. He then commended
Mr.. Francis for his willingness to
help others at all times. Mr.. o. c.
Hall, as chairman of the resolutions
committee was next on the program.
A brief biography of Mr.. Francis
life was given which appears as fol-
lows:
Wheras: "If all the world is a
stage and all men and women are
simply actors then
Wheras without the pride of
heraldry, or the pomp of power"
poor in worlds goods, rich in spirit
ual values, a child of a Christian
mother was ushered in upon life's
stage to play his part.
He began as a barefoot boy of
tan," selling papers and shining
shoes on the streets of what was
then a near frontier city-St. Paul.
Later we discover his as messenger
in the legal department of a trans
portation corporation of growing i'm
portance.
Early in life the piercing vision
of this boy enabled him to explore
the future and set UP goal. Un-
consciously as it dirested by the liv-
ing spirit of the departed, in fancy
he wove in garlands along the path
way to his goal, the guiding words OF
Lincoln, II shall do the best 1 can,
the very best I can. II 1 come out
all right it will be all right. If dc
not come out all right ten thousand
angels swearing 1t was so will not
make it So"
He and his little girl playmate fre.
quently philosophical that promotion
comes to the prepared. PenmanshiI
was a qualification for vault clerk
He qualified and was promoted
Stenography was a qualification to
the next advancement. He qualified
and was advanced. General infor.
nation, reliability, good judgment,
morals and manners were added
qualifications for private secretary
He qualified and became private
secretary. Learning In legal lore de.
veloped to be the wall between him
and the next room. With the spirit
of Napoleon, there was no WALL
He qualified and was promoted. He
soon learned 1t was well for a good
lawyer to know the human body as
well as the human mind. Our boy
now a man, sometime since married
to his childhood playmate, vision
mate and help meet, goes further
and becomes a doctor of osteopathy
He is in turn promoted to the posi-.
tion of chief clerk of the legal de.
partment of the great transcontintal
railroad, the Northern Pacific. and as
such contributed his part to the
building of the great empire called
the Northwest, and presenting the
world the product of his genius-the
brief case.
A shift of scenes and we find our
actor in general practice of the legal
profession. with a practical knowl.
edge of some phases of his calling
superior to most Of his fellows.
All through in playing his parts
he has created an atmosphere of pre-
paredness, friendliness, gentleness,
sociability and carried the gospel of
the carpenter of Nazareth-"thy
neighbor as thyself," in every scene.
Recently the Republican National
Committee, with unreasonable in
fiuence, information and means,
combed the country from the east
boundary of the State of Ohio to the
Pacific Ocean to find the most suit
able person, peculiarly endowed with
the elements of leadership, to guide
the minds of our race from the errors
of an insincere socialism and destruc-
tive Ku Klux KIonfsm Thai cor,