The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-05-07
East Side

ANoa SaMW
PDE interested knowing little things like that be-
cause it indicates something what instance the
guy scrapng road low for the bridge there
GU bridge that goes deep gully
property 1t is the only approach field Every
time the saper goes by, he cuts it extra
two or three inches deep so that bridge setting
so higher of can't by
truck, car, tractor.
PDE: You have pigs understand They
J. CT: We have lost fifty some of them this year.
every just since this business has been
going on?
GU Just in the last two Then too we had some corn
picked piled the field Someone just helped themselves
to it. They loaded truck and took it. In the minds OF most
people human beings The property no
whoever wants avail themselves OF It,
PDE: Have you had any fields that burned?
CO. We had field that was set on fire We put 1t out be-
fore did too much damage only burned about s an acre.
PDE: When that?
CT: That was in January of 1857
q PDE: Didn't you have house burned here!
a CT: Yes.
PDE:
CT: No They tried to burn Jack Singeltarys barn
you think is going to come of this? What is
future history Certainly have given some thought to it.
What you think?
thing gone contrary predictions hest
tate predictions thought would take the
dreamed that decent people would allow these
things happen There has been good bit of put
us by but yet the united
stay indefinitely We not going to stay
forever don't know how much stand
long going to stay here 1t depends,
think happens the south relations get
in the SOUTH much harder time If they get BETTER
What happens here depends what hap
pens south in general
very question and you don't have to
it, but how you fixed financially?
CO. Last perhaps worst Most of energies
consumed in farming producing but in repelng
attacks night watches meeting and others We spent
investigated by department that had the right
investigate Our pretty much consumed
in productive labor We had to make minds whether
going to accept outside help or we were going to sink
quickly pressing hold that they wanted
help hold In order help the lawyers ee to replace
being destroyed accepted help Our
ord show that with that help went approximately $685.
We showed net loss for the year
nate financial situation perhaps critical
productive labor situation We have lost lot of work.
by the division of sending
group New Jersey It evacuation Wheth
er don't know. 1t very expensive
thing also took of productive laborers We
have people this the
mighty hard times economically but have
all these and have good health weather
enough time going to make financially believe
for the group here of them weaken
ing, to selling and moving?
discussed lot The thing that percpitated
the circumstances unable to
both community and the New Jersey The New
Jersey unable make ends meet Because the
ton up there
Negro family said that they could not would
back this situation is too dangerous, mga
cost them children
school and live like human beings there
and they would Georgia The white family
is there them agreed
g saying existance Georgia and that things
could have real effect Georgia The
suggestion that sell the New Jersey place and the Geor
ga place III. .f.tsjt.Ix
PDE And go Mississippi
go somewhere else where could all be together
spent many hours debating that delegation
Jersey spent whole week debating
that discussion the feeling that for at least the time being
should remain in Georgia
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