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I was fifteen yeara old ge~ we cc~e ‘to i.rkansas. ~ Mr. Walker Hayes that wae president of the Coninercial Appeal over at Memphis lost his land, We been from place to place over Arkansas since then, Mr. Walker wae General Hayes‘ grandson. We worked. field hands t ill then, we do anyth1n~ ce, I iiursed some for Mr. Charles Williams in Memphis. I have done house work. I got two children. My 80fl got one leg ott. I live with h1~. This little ~ran‘ boy ~ most pleasure to us all,

	~	“The Ku Klux never did irLtertere with uPs, They never cœ~ to a~ir house. I have seen them..

	“When papa coins fran war I t was all over, We knowed lt was frsedcm, Everybody was in a stir and talking and going scmewhere. He had got his fill of freedom in the war. He said turn us all out to freeze and starve, He stayed with the Hayes till he died and marna died and all of ua scattered out when Mr. Walker Hayes lost his land.

	‘Ladies used to be too fine to be voting. I‘m too àld now. My men— folks said they voted. They come home and say how they voted all I know about voting,

	“Walker Avenu.e In Memphis is named tor Mr. Walker Hayes and Macremore was named for him or by him one.

	“We never was give a thing at freedom ~t papa was buying a place tr~ his n~aster and got in debt and sold it. I don‘t own a home.

	“I have high blood pressure and the Welfare gives me *8 a month. I‘m.

not able to work. When you been used to a good plenty lt is mighty bad to

get mighty near helpless.“