Week ending Aug.6,	1937.	Mary A. Poole, 5.
S-260	~	Identification No.0149i4366
S-200		Federal Writers‘ Project,Dist.2.
		~~ Project 3609, Mobile, Ala.

CHARLiE A&RONS ‚ EX-‘SIAVE ‚ SAYS ~.

LOVED YOUNG MARSTER JOIU~T.

(Conipiled by Mary 4LPoole. )

think,— Yes ‚ Madam saw President Grant. „ “He cerne through Mobile from New One an s ‚ and. my~ there was a big parade t hat day . „

	When asked about Abrah~n Lincoln, Uncle Charlie thought awh 11e ‚ an d a~were d:

	“According to what was issued out in the Bible ‚ there was a ~ in~ f or s lave ry ‚ pa ople h ad to be puni shed for the ir s in ‚ and then there was a time for it not to be, and the Lord. had opened a good view to Mr. Lincoln, and he prc*noted a good Idea.“

	When he was asked about Booker T. Washington he replied:

	“It was traversed out to him until the white folks took part with him and helped him carry on. „

	Uncle Charlie thinks the present day folks are bad. an~ wicked, and dont realize anything like the old folks.

	Charlie Is a Baptist, becanie oś when he sought the Lord and thinks all people should be religious~.


BIBLIOGRkPhrY:	Personal contact with Uncle Charlie Aarons, Oak Grove, Ala.