Oocle No.		No. Words________
Project, 1~5~(i)		Reduced froii__~*~rds
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis		Rewritten by
Place, Marion, S.C.	.	~ ~ ~   ~
Date, ~ovember 9, 1937		Pace 5.



	III	don‘ know, child. I settin here in dis bed day in en day out wid dese old bare eye en I don‘ know how de people gwine. I don‘ study nothin bout dem. I know I dOrAi care how or which a way dey gwine cause I studyin bout most all ~ny days behind me now. Plenty people am‘ livin good as dey used to live long time ago. Seems like de times is tighter en worser den what dey used to be. Reckon de reason be dere was niere made to eat den. Pa always tell we chillun dat it a sign de times gettin better when dere more made to eat, child»‘





Source:	Salue Paul, age 79, colored, Marion, S.C. Personal interview by Annie Ruth Davis, Oct.— Nov., 1937.