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a good. man. One of my nieces and her husband went dar atter Marse Gerald died. arid tuk keer of Mistess ‘tu she went honte to glory too.

	“Mammy followed Old Miatess to glory in ‘bout 3 years. Us was livin‘ on de clobnsori place den, and lt warn‘t long ‘fore nie and George Kinney got married. A white preacher iriarried us, but us didn‘t have no weddin‘ celebration. Us moved to de 3~oe Langford place In Oconee County, but didn‘t stay dar but one year; den us moved. ‘crost de crick Into Clarke Ucunty and atter us rarn~d d~ar 9 years, us moved ôù~ ~ to dis here place whar us has been ever since. Plain old farmin‘ is de most us is ever done, but George used to make some mighty nice cheers to sell to de white folks. Re made t em out of hick‘ ry what he a easoned jus ‚ right and put rye split bottoms in ‘em. Dem cheers lasted a lifetime; when dey got dirty you jus‘ washed ‘em good and sot ‘em in de sun to dry and dey was good. as new. George made and sold a lot of rugs and mats dat he made out ot plaited shucks. Most evvybody kep‘ a shuck footmat ‘tore deir front doors. Dem sunhats made out of shucks and buirushes was mighty tine to wear in de field when de sun wa~ hot. Not long atter all ten of our chillunwas borned, George died out and left me wid dem five boys and five gals.