The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-08
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Moses Crawford Was Talk of Nation When First
 Heard of

Pearl River, La., Nov. 8 - (U.rl Moses Crawford, once Q ntsI grade celebrity, crawled around the floor of the Crawford cabin inLgn Scrub Pine Forest today, yuls- turhed by the occasional hen plg who wandered In from the qitslde, and by the nlolnentouB tae ulat this is his birthday. E
 Moses had survived the fst year Of his life, healthy and stong. He Is learning to walk and tak--in the peculiar patois of ne OIHn Crawford. He Is eating practlcally everything and 1t won't long now before he is on the trVitlonal diet of his people--sow belb corn bread and molasses.
 surprlaed Her tuSband
 The exact date of foses' entrance into tho world, 1t ill be recalled, waS asoertained wih the difaculty amid national ourysity. A year ago. his mother. Fine, drprised her hus- band, Louis, wit new porn ln. fant, explaining hat Q big dog had trotted out of ne forest with the baby in his teth, and deposited Mosas in the fawford clearing.
 Tor d day { 90 this extraordil. ary occurret,b enjoyed the venera- tinn of the brest people, who, de. vo,,tiv relinlus, believed 1t Q mir acle, Louis already the father of three chilSen, who, for months to Mffie'a anryance, had heen unwill- inc Ia heelne the parent of another was areay moved that the deity had malfested such interest In him. rrBiously accepted the role of proxy ] Q heavenly babe, and namediim Moses.
 lOubts Began to Arise
 Tha doubts began 10 enter the ueacfll scene. Authorities of the couT assured the numerous rela- tiveg that Efae's story was absurd. The relatives questioned Louis anl he assured them that he was ceIain he could not he the father. AChorities talked of taking the lJoy, and, finally, Fine capltulated [ all this pressure and confessed iat she had given birth to little Hoses tout behind the woodshed" while her husband slept in their one room cabin. Moreover, she said, Louis was not the father.
 Louis was willing to forgive but not so his family. The Crawfords had been in the Scrub Pine Forest for generations: Fine was not ol them, she was Q "come-here" on alien, and therefore suspect from the beginning. They wanted to chase her out of the country. But New Orleans welfare workers in- tervened-(New orleans is 70 miles away)-provided clothes and food for Moses and smoothed out the do- nestle difficulties. That was tho status Of affairs Q little less than Q year ago when the world lost it,- terest In the Crawfords.
 All Is Peaceful
 Today Fine has regained the tol- erance of the Crawfords. She'll al- ways be Q "come- e-here" to them, but Louis mother and father, brothers 6tStGES, &tAu CVuoAAAS akV dASABh6VAAys She goes barefooted about her du- ties of caring for Moses and his three half brothers, cooking the SOW belly tending the chickens and pigs She seemingly has forgotten the cir cumstances of Moses arrival.
 The Crawfords and their neigh. bors seem to have forgotten too though the matter is recalled occa' sionally in gossipy rather than cen soring manner. Louis looks upoi Moses as an extraordinary chile and no longer feels disgrace. H. reckons that Efiie has learned hel lesson.
 Moses is tow-headed and blue eyed. He laughs Q great deal ant shows tremendous interest in tht Crawford's dog, who is one of hi closest friends.