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WILLIAM ADIMS, 93, was born i~i slav.r~y, with no opportumit~
for en education, •xcspt three aor~ths in a public school. He has t~ight hi~eelf to read and ~ ~ to writ.. Hio lifelong a~biu tion has been t o become easter of the a~pernatural powers which he bilieves to exist. He is n~ wsll.known among 8œ.i~thweetsrn Negro.. for hi. faith in th, occult.



“To~ia want to know end telk abont de power de people tslli yœ~

I bas1 WeU~ sit doua here, right there in dat chair, befo‘ we~uns

starts. i: gits •oe ice wat•r and. den we~uns ce~ discuss de subject.

I wants to ‘splain it clee~rl7, so youe can undereten4.

	“I‘ s born a slays, 93 years ago, so of c~irs• I ‘~sabs d~

war period. Like all de other alavei I has ‘to chance for edumacation. Three months am de total time t‘a sp•nt going to school. t teached. sy~elf to read and write. X,s anxious to lars to read so I could

s~w,7 and find out about amy th~ngs. D~ • I has done,

WThsr. am lots of folks, and edumacated. ones, too, what s~s

we ~vns believes in .upsr.tit ion. Wel 1, it i ‚ cause dey don‘ t under.

stand. ‘kember de Lawd, in som• ~ Eis we~s • can b. ~yst•ritoua~ D Bible says so. There s~e thisgi de Laid wants & 1 folks to know, so~• things jus‘ de chosen few t o know, end soue things no one should know. low, just •cause y~ts don‘t know ‘bout a~ie of de Lawd‘s laws, I taint s~peretitton if some other person uMeritands and believes is sich.

	~There ii some bors to sing, some born to preach, and. so~ ~.- born to know de signa. Th~rs ii soue born under de powsr of &. d~övil
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