Samuel
Nathaniel Morris was born March 6, 1900 in
Paducah, Texas. His father had left his mother
with two small children two months before Sam
was born. Sam's mother went to live with her parents
on their farm in Cottle County. By the time Sam was
seven years old both his grandparents had died
and his mother supported herself and the three
children by taking in washing.
He did not see his father until he was nine
years old. Later, his parents re-married. His
father farmed a little, ran a saw mill, and
operated a tie camp. The children worked like
grownups. They lived in shacks, tents and
covered wagons. They never went to church or
school. From the time his father came back until
he left again in 1919, they were constantly on
the move in Texas or Oklahoma, from one place to
another, moving sometimes just across the farm
and sometimes across the state. They were always
in debt, always on the move, always embarrassed
. . .
He became the head of the Voice of Temperance
radio broadcast and his message was heard across
America.
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