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~partanburg	Dist.4		Elmer Turnage ~‚
June 28, 193?
	STO~R lES PROM EL~SLA yES	~‚ ~ .


	“I do not knows when er whar Iwas born. My Lather was Price Feaster; mother was Lucy Richards Feaster. She be1ong~d to Mr. Berry Richards dat lived ‘tween Maybinton and Gosheri Hill Township, on de ‘Richards Quarter ‚ . My sister name Harriet; brothers was Albert and Billy, and dats all de chilluris dere was in de family. My furs‘ recollection dat I knows was when we went to de Carlisles. I was so young dat I can‘t recall nothing much ‘bout de Feaster plantation. Our beds was home... made and had ropes pulled tight £rum one side to de other fer de slats . No sir, I doesn ‘t know nothing ‘bout no ~randmaw and grandpaw. .

	“De.furs‘ work dat I done was ~drappirig peas. Albert was p1ow..~hand when I corne into de world. Harriet was up big enough ~t O plant corn and peas ‚ t oo. Billy looked atter de stock arid de feeding of all de animals on de farm. My furs‘ money was made by gathering blackberries to sell at Goshen Hill to a lady dat made wine frwn dem. I bought candy wit de money; people was crazy ‘bout candy den. Dat ‘s de reason I ain‘t got no toofies now.

	“01e lady Abbie looked out fer our rat ions • De mens eat oa~ one side and de gals on t ‚ other side de trough. We eat breakfast when de birds furs‘ commence singing off‘n &e roost. Jay birds ‘ud allus call de slaves • Dey lowed : ‘it ‘s day, it ‘s day,‘ and you had to ~t up. Dere wasn‘t no waiting ‘bout it.