The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-08
EARNS but A DOLLAR a DAY.
Yet Is Building House for Himself
wife, and Child.
From the Louisville (Ky) Times.

lanes s. Winebrenner, tailor help-
err. of 100 Cabel street, near Fulton Is
demonstrating how man can live on
wages of less than 81 day, support his
family and at the same time build
| house from this income
People passing the corner OF Cehei
street near Fulton, for couple OF
months past. have occasionally noticed
woman on a ladder mailing weather
boarding against the sides of an untinish-
| cd cottage. On Sundays and sometimes
at night man and little girl were heip-
ing her. ...,
4 Times reporter, who was attracted
nv the unusual sight of a woman doing
rarnenter work on a building, sought out
fhe owner. who gave the following infor-
nation:
Il work as a tailors helper. l have no
trade. but help around the store MY
health is very poor, and I cannot 10
heavy manual labor. 1 now make about
81 a day, but up to short time ago l
only got SO or 81 week on account OF
business being dull. If l drop off | want
TO leave a home for my wife and little
girl The latter is eight years of age,
but she is nearly as large as her mother,
who is of slight build. My wife and l
planned the building. 1t is to be four
room cottage. l am going TO put IN
stone foundation in front. / am build
ing the kitchen and dining room first, be
cause | will need them first. AT present
| live in a shed in the rear of the lot
which l will use for coal shed wheh
get into my cottage. This is not our
first experience at building. When my
wife and l were married we first lived on
Sixth street nearly opposite to where L
work She suggested to me that we could
live cheaper and better by owning house
boat and locating at the foot OF Tow
head Island We sat down and drew
the nlans for the boat / bought the
lumber. and we built the boat, and lived
in il for a long time. 1t was the prettiest
boat at the island, and one day Mr.. STRAIT
ton Of Stratton e. Terstegge, who wanted
a pleasure boat for the summer time, came
along and offered me $40 for the boat
| sold it, and with <he money bought the
lot where my house is TO stand. then
built the shed on the rear of the lot,
and nv wife, myself, and little girl live
there.
AFTER come home at night I saw the
weather boards and rafters into proper
lengths and fix the nails in them for my
wife When she has time during the day
she gets up on ladder and nails them
in place. and "a night when | come home
help do the heavy work. Our littlc
girl holds the lamp TO give us light on
Sundays we work ell day on the house.
mailing, saving. ana BellluS Out HndltIl1i
for The week / expect to have my house
finished in a couple of months. ! intend
TO paint it myself, but l cannot put on
the roof. I want a tin roof and must
get timer 20 do that, but / will put
IN the rafters and the boards for the
tin to be nailed on.
81 do not owe anything on the build
ing except a few dollars for lumber, which
/ can pay on a days notice. I pay cash
for ali the material l get. Had 1 not
been III / would have had the house nm
ished and paid for long ago. l was taken
sick and the doctors said I had Appendix
citis. They ordered me to Norton Infirm-
ary. where I could be properly cared for,
and operated upon. / recovered from the
operafion and now feel oil right or
course. all of this cost me money, ANA
was thrown behind considerably. be-
cause oil the money | had saved / was
compelled to spend for attention az The
hospital and doctors bills. By strict econ
omy have been able to get over the loss
I sustained in being laid up In the hos
pital. or course. l have kept up my
household expenses while I went along
with the work on my house
Winebrenner is man Of about 30
years. He Is very intelligent He says
he finds time to read one daily paper, nnI
keeps posted about current events. He
sends his little girl 10 school, and he
and his wife are neatly clad but II they
have any SUNDAY clothes" they have no
opportunity OF displaying them just now.
as oil of Sunday ls devoted 20 work In
stead Of churchgong.