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v~~derburgh County •	Joce~h7ifl.i~m_Carter.
:auana Creel

aeet ~ the ‘:Tar clDsed.“ Barbacueing ha~ been Uncle Joe‘s specialty curing slavery ~ ~ iic~ ~ol1 ~ed. the same tro±~essi~n during his service ~jth the federal army. He vras freed by the emancuapation -proclamation, and ~OO~fl met and married Sadie Scott, former Slave o~ Lir. scott, a Tennessee )lanter. 3aCde only lived a short time after her m~arriage ‚ . He l~..ter mar-[‘ied Àr.‘~ Doolin~. EIer father was nai~ed Oar~auel. He v~‘as a blacksmith and- ~±1ter he ~as free, the countrymen ~vere after hi:-~ to t‘:~:e ~s life. He was shot nine times and finally kilie~ himsel±~ to ~)rcveut meeting dee~th at the i::‘~riCS of the ~

ro2e~ph ~ Carter is a cripple. In 1933 he fell an3. broke his right thj~i—bOfl~ aYi!~ eince th~.t ti:e he ha~ ;~alke~. :1th a crutch. He stays u~ ~quite a lot ~nci is al~7a~s gI~d. to tTeicome visi~tors. He possesses a noble character ana is adrnirei3. b~ his frienas an~L heighbors. Tall, straight,
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lean o±‘ body, his nose is aouj~line; these physical characteristics he inlierited from his Indian ancesters. ~ E.~entle n~ture, Ï~)(1tL good humor are characteristics handed to h~~n by his mother arC~ ~Qstered by the gentle ~rearing o±~ ~is southern mistress.

~~~heii TJncie Joe Carter celebrated the lOO~1th aniversary O~ MS birth a large cake was presented to him. dec3rated. viith 100 candles. The party was atten~ed b~- children an~ ~ran~ehildren, friends ana neighbors. 1T~at . is ~ pOlitical viewpoint?“ was aske~i the ol~ man.

~ “Mypolit±cs is ~y ~ love for my country‘T. “I vote Thr the man, not thc ~arty.“
Oie JOC‘S religion is the religion oi~ decency and virtué. “I dontt want to

•bç hard in my judgement,TTsaid he,“But I Wish the ~vho1e viorl~ would be decent.

•~hen I was young man, women wore more clothes in bed. than they now wear on the street.“ . .

:•~~ has: always been a lover of horses but he does not eare for Automobiles G~ ~‘ero~1ane s • „ sa id a d~au~hter o~ Uncle J oe ~ Une le Joe ha s se ‘von dai~gh~.
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