more that I ask for. I will say that I did not know the real
value of a dollar until I had spent 2 years and 9 months at
Tuskegee. The teachings from the various teachers and the Sunday
evening talks of Mr. Washington made an indellible impression
upon my heart. I remember the first Sunday evening talk that I
ever heard him. He spoke of things that were in line with my
thoughts and I have tried to put them in practice ever since I
have been connected with the school. There is one word I heard
Mr. W. Speak 13 years ago that has followed me because I was
taught the same words by my white people and they were not to do
anything that will bring disgrace upon the school you attend. I
was taught not to do anything that will bring disgrace upon the
people that raised you. There are a number of other thoughts that
I will not take time to mention for I have thanked him a thousand
times for those Sunday evenings talks.

GARNER J. EDWARDS

_The Republican_--Springfield, Mass.--Dec. 6, 1902.

The Milledgeville (Ga.) _News_ of November tells the following
interesting story of one of the young colored men connected with
Booker T. Washington's school at Tuskegee, in regard to the work
of which Mr. Washington is to speak in the high school hall in
this city the 10th:--

A case has come to the News which deserves more than a mere
passing mention. The story deals with the prettiest case of loyal
Negro's devotion and gratitude to his white benefactors that we
ever knew of. When we refer to the incident as a story we mean
that there is in it a good subject for a real story with a
genuine hero. And every word of it is true; in fact, there is
more truth in it than we feel at liberty to tell.

About 30 years ago Buck Edwards of this city picked up a very
small and dark-colored boy and undertook, in his language, "to
raise him and make something of him." Mr. Edwards clothed and fed
the boy, and in a general way taught him many things. In return
the boy was bright and quick, and rendered such return as a boy
of his years could. His name was Garner, and in time he came to
be known as Garner Edwards, which name I think he yet clings to.

In the course of human events, Mr. Edwards passed from the stage
of life and wen