Project #1655
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MARY RAINES

EX—SLA~VE 99 YEARS OLD



	Mary Rainee ia the oldect living person, white or black, in Fair.‘ field County. If ehe survivee until next Decexi~ber, she will have attained her century of years. She lives with her widciwed daughter, Fannie MoCollough, fifty-seven years old ‚ and a ~ on, Joe Raines ‚ aged 76 years • They rent a ~y~j.‘room frame house, on lands of Mrs. Saille Wylie, Chester Couxity, S. C.

Joe, the son, is a day laborer on nearby farms. Fannie cooks for Mrs. W. T, Raines. Old Mcther Mary, has been receiving a county pension of $5.00 per month for e everal years.

	‘How old would blar~e William Woodw~u‘d be if he hadn‘t died befot I gwine to die? A hundred and twenty, you 8ay? Well, dat‘s ‘bout de way I figured ire‘ age. Hi~i was a nephew of blarse Ed, de Lust Marse Ed P. blobley.

llu~L 8&~T d*t when him ‘come twenty.‘one, old marster give him a birthday dinner and ~vite folk8 to it. Marne Riley Mc~etor, from Winnßboro, S. C., wae dore

a flyin‘ ‚ round my young mietrees ‚ Mie e Jiariett • Mar~o Riley wae a young doctor, ridin‘ ‘round wid eaddlebage. While they wae all settin‘ down to dinner, de young doctor have to git up in a hurry to go see fl~T XJ~JTtt~T• Left

his plate piled up wid turkey, nice dreasint, rice and gravy, candy ‘tatoes, and. apple n~rma1ade and cake • De wine ‚ canter was a settin‘ on de ‚ hogany

sideboard. All dis him leave to go see n~.imny, who was a squafli& lak a passle of patarollers (patrollers) was a layin‘ de lash on her. When de

young doctor go and come back, hiu~ say as how ~‚ n*i~ny done got all right and her have a gal baby. Then him saydat Marse E~, his uncle, took him to de quarter where maim~r was, look me all over and say: ‘Ain‘t her a good one? ~&zst weig~t ten pounds • I ‚ a gwine to na~ dia baby for your ~ma ‚ Willia~a.