The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
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many lines Of work, as he puts
II. has helped him, he believes to
understand many facets Of
legislators work. though when
ne was growing up on the farm
IN Charlotte he then had little
ioea OF the number of pies he
would get his fingers into
Born In 1896
he was born in Charlotte Coln- |
W on March !, 1896. He was edu
cated In the local public schools.
ana tnen went to work on a dairy
farm in New York State for two
years. OF this experience he says
worked on profit sharing
OASIS, and as is often true with
farmers. there was no profit dur
ing my stay there"
IN 1914, ne moved to Charles
Ton. ) C., to serve an apprentice
snip IN the fertilizer manufacture
ing business and moved IN the
laooed to later become plant
superintendent. From l92O-30 he
was engaged in the wholesale and
re'ail dry goods business in Rome
Ga. and then switched to his own
mail order clothing business which
is still in operation.
In the early days of our opera
lions, muses. MI Daniel, I'VE
gained the reputation as the
Worlds Worst Tailors One cus-
toner wrote from PENNSYLVANIA
about an order for a summer suit
lhat was three months old He
addressed his letter to John II
Daniel Co, manufacturers of
summer suits for winter delivery
In 1880. times were tough, and
we were selling 3-piece suits for
Slo, They were all cotton OF
course. One customer complained
that he got caught in a shower
While wearing one of our suits.
and that the trousers crawled I'D
his leg like measuring worm. to
say nothing of the shrinkage alse-
where
However, after several years of
selling ill-fitting suits we over
came most of the obstacles ex-
perienced in the formative stages
Of a business" he says.
1t was in 1912 that he moved
back to Arcadia. ran for the
House Of Delegates in l943. was
elected and has served in that
capacity ever since.
And, ever since. he has been
caught up in a whirlwind of duties
AS public servant while trying
to maintain the development of
his interests as a private citizen
Typical Week
Mr.. Daniel was asked to give
blow by blow account of a typical
week. He agreed and cited the
one just past
Monday he was in Charlotte
tending to his dairy, his business
and catching up on numerous de-
tails, keeping appointments and
dinner date with a local organi-
cation.
Tuesday afternoon he arrived In
Richmond to attend a night
meeting of the Soil Conservation
committee, preparatory to OF
s hour meeting he had Wednes-
day with the same subject
Wednesday afternoon. he hop
ped on a plane for New York
where he worked Thursday anc
Friday in the interests of tht
chenille business He arrived bach
home Saturday thaving turned
down an offer to attend a Broad
way play), and spent part of that
day lining things up on the
farm and looking over my mail at
the office"
He was off again Sunday after
noon to attend the Public Edu-
cation Commission hearings and
meeting in Richmond, expected to
last for several days. expected to
return home for a day afterwards.
and, IN all probability, vii be in
Knoxville later this week attend
ing to his business down there
Evening At Home
When he does get to spend an
evening at home. he sits in his
favoritc chair catching up on re-
ports, studies, news and reviews
At about $50. says Mrs. Daniel
her husband will usually stack
the papers into a bunch under his
arm. turn off the light. and re-
tire upstairs with the declaration, |
We'll. I think I will get good |
nights sleep"
The only trouble about that.
she confesscs, Is that he never
does and he never lets me what
with the rafting of papers and
turning on and off Of the lights
throughout the night
When her husband does relax.
he wants to do it as hard as he +
works, usually at a party with
lots of people around
Scarce Event
Real, unfettered relaxation for
man in politics like Mr. Daniel .
is scarce event and one that
calls for real celebration He be-
heveS that a public servant must
be available at all times to serve
the public. not only during the
regular sessions of the legislature