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If de colored. Deople don‘t pick up ~nd see about busi~iess dey is ~oiri~: to be behind. Lese ~rcun~ peoDle won‘t i:o to church. You can‘t ~et dem in dere. Dat‘s de :olacs dey ought to go. ~Itse been goi~‘ to cirnrch since I was a boy. Colored folks did not raise me. White folks learned me to ~o to church. ~rs. Baker., at Cook‘s bettie~3nt, w~u1d read de Bible every niLzht at 9 o‘clock a~d she would ‘solain it to me. If she vras not able, her daughter read it. We need a workhou~s~ for de young people. .

	“De first tir~e I ever cast any vote was for Garfield who got

killed. It was in I~ii~nswick. Been votin‘ ever since, and vote all throuEh dem all. I‘se beer~ talked to lots of times, tellin‘ me

:~~w to vote. Dey even ~‘ive me a ballot ~nd show me hot‘ to vote. I would stick dat in my pocket and vote like I pleased. I ain‘t never sold lay vote but I‘se been offered ~lC for it. But I say if you is goin‘ to get beat, I say you is just beat. You ain‘t no i~in to ~o over there and cast your vote . You ~~ot to stand Thr your point .

	“De first auto~ob1le I ever seen had bug~ wheels. It made a terrible racket. Mrs. Baker told nie dat people was goin‘ sometime to be ridin‘ in au~mobi1eS and in de air.