Having read the telegram sent you by the Chicago Herald & Examiner, and seeing your reply in today's paper, we are writing to ask if you would use your influence to secure fifty (50) of these negroes for us.

The labor situation here is much worse than last year, and unless we can receive relief from some source, the handling of the tobacco crop at this point will be greatly hindered.

Thanking you to advise of the prospect of getting these negroes at your earliest convenience, and with every hope that your act will be beneficial to the entire state, we are,