Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1923, Page 7

Through his experiments, carried on over a period of twenty years or more. he has developed scores of by-prod ucts from the principal crops of the south. He ‘s principally noted for his products developed from peanuts and sweet potatoes and for his cold wa ter paints and stains, developed from by-products from peanuts, 115 from sweet potatoes, and 85 from pecans. Born on the plantation of Colonel George W. Carver, near Neosho, Mo. towards the close of the civil war, the negro who was destined to go higher than any other member of his race in scientific circles, was kidnaped with his mother at the age of two weeks. raid on his plantation, offered a re- ward of a race horse valued at $500 and forty acres of land for the re- turn of his slaves. Baby George was returned in exchange for the race- horse, while his mother was sold when the marauders found they could drive a better bargain. The baby negro was taken back} into the life of the plantation and was raised by the Carvers until he reached manhood. Later in his late twenties (Carver does not know his exact age) he entered Ames College in Towa and after winning his B. S. and B. A. degrees took several post- graduate courses in chemistry and science. | Since then he has devoted his life) to experimenting in by-products of va- rious products of the south and in the Tuskegee institute as head of the| department of agriculture but was later elevated to the head of the de- partment of agricultural research. Though membership in the Royal/ Society of Great Britain is an honor cherished by scientists above all oth- ers, Carver doesn’t even know how he was elected to membership. “Maybe it was Sir Henry Johnson,” Carver said. Sir Henry, while touring this coun- try several years ago, spent a large portion of his time at the institute SONDAY, APRIL 8, 1923. HORNASLAVE, TUSKEGEE NEGRO DIRT FARMER : S FELLOW OF BRITISH SOGETY MMMEDBYAUSS <= SForssse: ech er. and is as dry as if it had been Pfs Cane Noted x Chis I Mens ON STATE BOARD wizszorsncrseen.= Race Horse When Only a Baby in South. TUSKOGEE, Ala., March 31.—(United~ Press.)—From slavery to a Fellow in The Royal Society of Great Britain. Thus in one brief sentence sums up the life of Professor} George W. Carver, negro, head of the department of agricul- tural research at Tuskegee Institute here. Carver by his research work has gained nation-wide farmers" to membership on the new Prominence in chemical circles., here and became deeply interested in| State Board of Agriculture: It fs be- First district—Paul Dupertuis, Re- Meved he proposed Carver's name for! Publican, Lingle. membership, which was accepted. In 1918 Carver addressed congress | Democrat, Lyman. Exchanged for a Horse. Colonel Carver, incensed over the development of water colors and : paints from Goorgia clay. He first ac- Face Brick and cepted a position on the faculty of Art Tile Honor Unsolicited. the work of the ex-slave. on the subject of a higher tariff on| Third district—Herbert Sabin, Re- peanuts and succeeded in raising the| Publican, Lusk. rate from $40 a ton to $180, a great|_ Fourth istrict—John Hendricks, service to growers of the south. Carver has been closely associatea | Fifth district—Douglas B. Sparks, Georgia clay. He has developed 165| With the national department of agri-| Democrat, Buffalo. culture for years and was a warm| The commissioners wil mect in DFS, Bowers nd Ramsdel friend of the late President Roosevelt Manufactured by Wyoming Baking Co. Trees and Shrubs Have you bought your trees and shrubs? Only three weeks until a car will be shipped. Order !mme- diately or it will be tco late. S. H. PUNTENNEY Colorado Nursery Co. 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