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	“It woulthi‘t do no more good to vote in the Primary than it do in

the General election0 It don‘t do much good nohow.

	9~i~r as :r ever knowed the slaves had no uprisin‘s9 They thought

well enough of their n~stera, ~verybody worked then hard ae they could, The master he worked all time in the shop making things jess like he needed, boards and handles, plows and thinge. MisSU8jVerYbOdY worked hard dem days, both black and white, and that is the reason folks had plenty. The old grandmas done work whut suited them and helped out ‚ Now lac].c me, I can‘t get the right work whut I able to do ‘nuff to keep me livin‘. It is bad.

	“If times was bad asthey was few years ago all old roiks done been rotten, starved to death, Times is better but they sho ain‘t all right yet.

	“This young generation livin‘ so fast they stop thinkin‘ • They do well to keep livin‘ their selves, They wastes a heap they outer save fur rainy days. They ain‘t takin‘ no advice from old folks. I don‘t know whut

~	goiner D~COIfl8 Of them.“