. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . ifty years Styles Scarlett has been a citizen ofWaycross. In all that time his relations with his neighbors,white and colored, have been cordial. He sees the need ofeducation and of money and many other things, but he putsthe purity of the home and the virtue of the motherhood of therace above everything else. NORTON MOSES NORTON MOSES, who lives near Sharpsburg, in Cowetacounty, is a remarkable man. The story of his suc-cess should be studied by every poor boy in owes his success in life to good comm
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . ifty years Styles Scarlett has been a citizen ofWaycross. In all that time his relations with his neighbors,white and colored, have been cordial. He sees the need ofeducation and of money and many other things, but he putsthe purity of the home and the virtue of the motherhood of therace above everything else. NORTON MOSES NORTON MOSES, who lives near Sharpsburg, in Cowetacounty, is a remarkable man. The story of his suc-cess should be studied by every poor boy in owes his success in life to good common sense and hardwork. He is a great believer in the Georgia mule and in Geor-gia land. He was born during the Avar, June 5, 1863. His parentswere Milledge and Maria Moses. His grandparents were Jereand Eliza Freeman; the grandfather was a Baptist mothers mother was brought to Georgia from Virginia. The boys father died when he was young and bis mothermarried again. When he was eleven years old, his motherhired him out and by the time he had reached his early teens. NORTON MOSES AND WIFE. 504 HISTORY OF AMERICAN NEGRO he was such a good farm hand that he was given a manswages, which was ten dollars a month at that time. His step-father, however, regularly took this up at the end of each weekso that Norton was not permitted to handle any of his ownwages. The only money he had was such as came to him inthe shape of tips. With this uncertain income, he bought somebooks and with such help as he could get, began to study atnight. His employer set him a copy after many requests butdid it so reluctantly that the boy did not ask him to set an-other. The next time he went to Newnan he bought a copy-book and thus learned to write. He pursued his studies untilhe reached the fourth reader and was accustomed to pass hisused books down to the younger children. He was not per-mitted to work for himself until he was about eighteen yearsof age. Mr. Moses believes in the Bible injun
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