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Dibble, Fred, 2.11. ‚ Beehier Rheba ‚ P.W.,


Beaumont, Jefferson, Dist. ~3.


A frail sick man, neatly clad in
white pajamas lying patiently in
a clean bed awaiting the end which
	does not seem far away. Although . we protested against his talking,
because of his weakness, he told a brief story of his life in a whisper, his breath very short and every word. was spoken with great~. effort. His light skin and his features denote ne characteristic
.	of his race, has a. bald head with a bit of gray hair around the crown and a slight growth of gray whiskers about his face, is medium in height and build. WASH A1~DER~ON, although born in Charle8ton, S. C.,
~ . S ‚	has spent practically all of his life in Texas ( ~ ~ ‘~j~ ~


	“M•s‘ folks call me Wash Anderson, but dey uster cal). me George. My whole name‘ George Washington Anderson. I was b. ‘n in Charleston, S.u ‘f ‘ lina in 1855. Bill Andenen was my •l~ marster. Dey was two boy‘ and two gal‘ in his fanilly. W~ all lef‘ Charleston and conic to Orange, Texas, bof.‘ freed~o~n come. I was f,‘ year‘ .1‘ when dey mek dat trip.“

	N1 dan‘ ‘member nuttirt‘ ‘bout Charleston. You see

where I was b.‘n was ‘bout two rnile~‘ fron~.de city. I went back ‘ne time in 1917 ‚ but I n‘ stay dere l•n~.“

	“My pa was Irv in ‚ Anders en and my memmer was name‘ Bliza. 01‘ m&rster was pretty. rough on his niggers. • Dey