Oode No.	~ No. Words~_~
Project, i~5-‘(I)	Reduced from	words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis ‚ Rewritten by
Place, Marion, S.C.	~
Date, January II~, 193e	page 1h  ~  . ~ 2~ ~

	“No‘urn, I never didn‘ go to none of dem coinshuckin en fodder pullin en all dem kind. of thing. Reckon while dey was at de oornshuckin, I must been somewhe‘ huritin sornethin to eat. Den dem kind of task Was left to de men folks de
was
most of de time cause it been so hot, dey/force to strip to

do dat sort of a job.“

	“LOrd, I sho reniembers dat earth shake good as anything.

When • it come on me ‚ I was settin . down wid my foots in a tub of water. Yes, my Lord, I been had a age on me in de shake. I remember, dere been such a shakin dat evenin, it made all de people feel mighty queer like. It just come in a tremble en first thing I know, I felt de difference in de crack of de house. I run to my sister Jessie cause she had been live in New York en she was well acquainted wid dat kind. of gi~ine on. She say, ‘Josie, dis am‘ nothin but dem shake I been tellin you bout, but dis de first time it comè here en you better be a prayin. ‚ ~n, honey, everything white en colored was emptied out of doors dat night. Lord, dey was scared. Great Jeruseleun~ De people was scared everywhe‘. Didn‘ nobody know what to make of it. I tellin you, I betcha I was 30 years old in de shake.“

	I‘ Now ‚ I gue s s t ime you get done ge t t in up all dem ~ memo.~ ranclum s ‚ you gwine bay e a p ile • I tell you ‚ if you ke ep on, you sho gwine have a bale cause dere a lot of slavery people is spring up till now. I ought to could fetch back more to speak to you bout, but just like I been tell you, I waan‘ never