Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Oct 21, 1920; As I was going past the pressroom today, “Junk” Davis hailed me to ask me his customary questions about “When’ayuh going to get married Charlie?” I paused to talk with him & became interested in watching his brother operate an(sic) Hydraulic Press. Possibly few things can give such a thrill as one of these powerful machines. Ordinarily with machinery I feel that it swallows up the men around it in its personality; but today I felt that it was the man who was superior. Lynn Davis, is remarkably well built; his clothes were greasy and thin, and allowed the masses of his chest, back, arms & thighs to stand out vividly. He carried himself with so much assurance and primitive grace of muscular power that the monstrous black machine, many times his size, yet seemed like a submissive slave, in spite of its size.