Ex~S1ave:	Emanuel Elmore
.~ 7
	“At the Iron ~Vorks they made everything by hand that was used. in a hardware store, like nails, horse shoes arid rims Thr all kinds of wheels, like Wa8orl and. buggy wheels. There were moulds for everythiri~ no matter how large or small the thing to be made was. Pa could almost :i.ck up the ri~‘ht mould in the dark, he was so used to doing it. The patterns ±‘or the pots arid kettles of dff-~ ferent sizes were all in rows, each row beine a different size. In my mind I can still see them.

	“Hot molten iron from tñe vats was dipped with spoons which were handled by two men. Both spoons had lone handles, with a man at each handle. The spoons would hold from four to five galIons of hot iron that poured just like water does. ~As quick as the men poured the hot iron in the mould, another mari came along be~ hindtheni aridclosed themould. The large moulds had doors and the small moulds had lids. They had small pans and small spoons for little things, like nails, knives and forks. When the mould had set until cold, the piece was prized out. ~

	~“Pa had a turn for making covered skillets and fire dogs. Remade them so pretty that white ladies would come and give an order for a ‘pair of dog8‘, and tell hirnhow they wanted them to look. He would take Ikis hammer and teat them to look just that way.

	“Rollers pressed out the hot iron for machines and for special lengths and things that had to be flat. Railroad ties were pressed out in these rollers. Once the man that handled the hot iron to be pressed through these rollers got fastened in them him~ self. He was a big man. The blood flew out of him as his bones were crushed, and he. was rolled into a mass about the thickness and width of my hand. Each roller weighed about 2,QQQ pounds.