The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-08

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voyage.
paraded and drilled smartly enough
to have been . college unit. As the
climax to one performance. the
Confederate flag was unfurled, and
We were astounded at the cheering
and applause that greeted II. as
the band played Dixie" They stu
remember. most wildly. However.
the Confederate flag was followed
by the Stars and Stripes, made by
colored cards held by the girls, and
the applause was still greater.
The next day we were driven
about Pumpkin Center--a series of
back roads connecting the small
farms strewn along them. Our
host was running for a political
office and had call to make-he
was hiring one of the Pumpkin
Center men to nail up his placards.
We arrived at the house and out
came the young man and his par
ents. While the men talked politics
the woman came around the car to
chat to our hostess and right there
Louise heard something that left
her gasping. II she hadn't heard IL
with her own ears, had her hear
ing confirmed by our hostess, she
would never have believed it.
Amazing Remedies
II seems that the little grand
child was sick with the whooping
cough-or had been, but they had
cured her. And Mrs. c :" she
stated. II want you to remember
this, because 1t actually worked"
They went to the river and fished.
finally catching a small one. This
they carefully put into a pail of
water to keep 1t alive and went
home with 1t to the sick child. The
fish was removed from TIE pail and
held to the child's mouth, so that
1t could breathe down her throat! |
Then it was put back in the pail |
and returned to the river, still alive.
Result - the child was cured of |
whooping cough! Is this 1889?
For cold sweats during the night,
this same woman would place a
pan of water under the bed! She
solemnly declared that since doing
that the child's nightdress would
be bone-dry in the morning; no
more night sweats.
These remedies" left us speech
less. but during the homeward ride
our hosts assured US that they
weren't uncommon and related one
even more strange. It seems that
one Of their tenants complained of
chills and fever one year and his
neighbor advised him what to do
about 1t. First he had to catch a
young, black, rooster. This was
to be cleaved down the center and
placed over the face! Our host.
CHANGING in on his tenant a little
later. found him in bed, with the
split rooster over his face.
voo-Doo Followers
Colored folks still practice voo-
doc to some extent, have their
charm" bags. and believe in signs.
of course, this is not so prevalent
among city" negroes, but is still
70 be found off the beaten trail.
The countryside around Ham,
nond interested US very much. It
. quite flat and fertile and the
predominant trees are pine. As we
irove along the back roads we
'assed grove after grove OF young
zines and all the underbrush had
'een cleared away. In answer to
'ur questions 1t was explained that
ZACH year at strawberry planting
line, the men 60 into these groves
md rake up the fallen pine needles
md dried grass. This Is then taken
o the fields and spread along the
'erry rows forming kind of mat
Inder the plants. This keeps them |
IT the dirt and also helps to keep
he plants healthy and less subject ]
o disease.
The homes along those back roads :
vere mere frame shaeks, built
e the ground on stills because OF
he dampneas. The only ones that :
sere painted were those belonging !
0 the Hungarian farmers, who ,
eemed to take more pride In their :
oldings and outclassed the others .
> appearance. Chic Sale. the spe- :,
ialist, had wide field here, but o
ow the WPA has standardized the 2
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