Georgia Bios: Bargain House American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 _________________________________________________________________ Item 2 of 73 _________________________________________________________________ [Bargain House] _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ {Page image} {Begin page} (Life History) CONTINUITY February 16, 1939 J. Buford Dudley (white) 124 Thomas St. Athens, Ga. Merchant Grace McCune, writer BARGAIN HOUSE As I walked down a side street in the business section of town, looking for something interesting to get a story about, a large sign swinging out in front of a store drew my attention. Fastened on a rod, it was swinging in the wind and boldly announcing to the world that "Every day is a Bargain day here." In the window was a display of most everything that is carried in a dry good and ready to wear store. Yet it was very neat and attractive to be such a small window, and in one corner of the window was a small sign, which read "old and used clothing, bought and sold as well as the latest styles out." It looked interesting and thinking I might be able to get a good story here, I opened the door and went in. A tall, well dressed man, was waiting on a customer showing him children's overalls. Seeing no one else in the store I looked around at the different things and how they were arranged. It is a small store and most every bit of the floor space is used for either a table or show case. On the right as you go in the door is a long rack on which is a display of men and boy's suits, and just beyond that is the shelves for shoes. Also a small {Begin deleted text} wraping {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [wrapping?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} table with a small cash register on it. On the left was ladies hats, dresses, and dry goods. At the back of the narrow room was a long rack of second hand clothing. In the front was a glass show case in which was displayed hose, ladies underwear and baby clothes. On two long tables at the back of the show case was the overalls, mens trousers and some piece goods. A small rack of childrens silk and wash dresses was also on the left side of the store. As the customer went out with his overalls, the man came to me and asked what he could show me. I replied that I was just waiting for him and asked if he was the proprietor of the store. He replied that he was. I then explained that it was my first visit to his store and why I came in. He laughed, then said, "That old sign is a very good drawing card as it brings in new customers most every day. But how do you like my little store? I only opened it last August, but I have done pretty good. I bought out a man that only sold and bought second hand clothing and to get the store I had to buy his stock also. As it was paying pretty good, I decided to continued with this line as well as the new for there is really a demand for used clothing. Two boys came in the front door and asking me to have a chair in the little room at the back of the store, he went to wait on the boys. As I went in the very small room, I found {Begin deleted text} that {End deleted text} a large heater with glowing sides, two chairs, and a bench, a small table. As I waited I could see in the other room, where the boys were trying to sell a suit of clothes and one of them said, "It is a good suit but it is just too small." Mr. Brown bought the suit and paid three dollars, the price they asked. Before the boys went out they had bought shoes and a shirt each. As he came back he said, "See there if I had not bought that suit, they would have went somewhere else, to buy their shoes and shirts. I asked how long had he been in this kind of business before he opened this store. He laughed and said, "Well, I have worked in dry good and clothing stores for about 29 years so I should know how to sell. "But I was born on Feb. 24, 1887 on a farm, about four miles from Comer, Ga. and near the old Hard Shell Baptist Church. I have been to that old church many times and especially to the foot washings. Now that is something interesting if you have never been and all together different from what you might think. For instead of being funny it is very solemn and also sad, or at least that is the way it impresses me." *1 Another customer {Begin deleted text} came in {End deleted text} and [he {Begin deleted text} went {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} to wait on*1] {Begin deleted text} him {End deleted text} . The man wanted to know if he had any high top shoes for small boys. {Begin deleted text} For {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] explained {End handwritten} {End inserted text} his boy had a weak ankle and just had to {Begin deleted text} use {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} wear {End handwritten} {End inserted text} a strong high top shoe. {Begin deleted text} Mr. {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} The {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} Brown {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} merchant {End handwritten} {End inserted text} said, {Begin deleted text} Have you got {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} "Did you bring {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the child with you?" {Begin deleted text} The customer said {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} Receiving a negative reply {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , " {Begin deleted text} No," then the clerk made this suggestion. {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} he suggested {End handwritten} {End inserted text} Why not bring your boy in and fit him right I've sold shoes for years and that's about the only way that you can fit anyone correctly, and especially if it has to be a certain fit or make of shoe and perhaps I could {Begin deleted text} also {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} have braces fitted that would help your son. {Begin deleted text} The man thanked him and said {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} "Why I had never thought of that!" {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} the customer said {End handwritten} {End inserted text} and I sure will bring him in when I come back to town. {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} Maybe {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} we'll come in {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the morning for he really needs something to support his ankle. Sometimes it will give way with him when he's walking and he just falls down." After buying some cloth for his wife, he thanked {Begin deleted text} Mr. Brown {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} the merchant {End handwritten} {End inserted text} again and went out. {Begin deleted text} As he [?] I said, {End deleted text} "You have made a friend and a good customer out of that man {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} I remarked to the merchant {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . His reply was, "I think so and it's so easy to be nice to people. Of course, we come in contact {Begin deleted text} with all {End deleted text} with all classes of people. Some that just will not let you be {Begin deleted text} nice {End deleted text} regardless of how hard you try. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} But where was I at in telling my story? I reminded him that he had just finished telling me about the old Hard Shell Baptist Church, and he continued! "Well when I was about three, my mother got sick and do you know I was {Begin deleted text} eleven {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 11 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} before I remember her being able to get out of bed again. She was sick so long {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} that {End handwritten} {End inserted text} my father spent everything he had trying to get her well. "When I was {Begin deleted text} eight {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} I went to the fields and {Begin deleted text} ploughed {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} plowed {End handwritten} {End inserted text} like a man, {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} I {Begin deleted text} ploughed {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [plowed?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} day in and day out until I was 20. But hard as it was, we came back, got out of debt {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} bought our home and we had plenty of everything that could be raised on a farm. {Begin deleted text} For {End deleted text} My father believed in working, {Begin deleted text} but {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [and?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} he believed in having a plenty of everything {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} needed {End handwritten} {End inserted text} We of course had all kind of things that grow in gardens, {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} on {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} farm; and we didn't have to buy feed for our stock either, for there was plenty of that raised. "We had chickens turkeys, geese, {Begin inserted text} and {End inserted text} guineas, {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [stet?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} raised all our hogs {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} We {End handwritten} {End inserted text} had meat from one {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} hog {End handwritten} {End inserted text} killing to the next, and cows and plenty of good fresh milk, butter and eggs. Also fruits of {Begin deleted text} all {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} many {End handwritten} {End inserted text} kinds. And I'll tell you now, we didn't have to wait for company to come to get something {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [good?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} fixed, for we had what we wanted at any time. Father said {Begin inserted text} that {End inserted text} we {Begin inserted text} had {End inserted text} worked for it and should have it and he liked to have good things to eat. {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} lived {Begin deleted text} three {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} miles from school and didn't get to go to school until I was {Begin deleted text} eleven {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 11 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} years old. {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} We went to school {Begin deleted text} [a?] {End deleted text} after the work in the fields was finished. {Begin inserted text} [??????] {End inserted text} We stayed all day, {Begin deleted text} too {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} carried our dinner with us, and {Begin deleted text} with {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} all the time I went to school, I just finished the fifth grade. Our teacher was a man and he was mean as the devil. I know I shouldn't say that but it is the truth. "The larger boys did everything they could to aggravate him because he was so mean. I guess I was mean to. {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} Any way I would get from one to three whippings a day. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "What did he whip with? I asked. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "Why, he used big switches, sticks or anything that he could get his hands on, except his walking stick. {Begin deleted text} He had one made out of a large [?] {End deleted text} . He was very particular with it, and would not allow any of us to so much as touch that stick. "He was always {Begin deleted text} nearly {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [about? half?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} drunk and every day {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} at noon and recess periods {End handwritten} {End inserted text} he would take {Begin deleted text} that {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} his {End handwritten} {End inserted text} walking stick and go out in the woods. We followed him one day at dinner {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} time {End handwritten} {End inserted text} and we found out why he carried that cane with him. It had a big cork in one end, {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} would you believe it, {End handwritten} {End inserted text} he took that cork out and drank {Begin deleted text} [out of it for he had his corn liquor in it. {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} corn liquor from the hollow cane. {End handwritten} {End inserted text} When he {Begin deleted text} stopped {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} drank it {End handwritten} {End inserted text} he was just about drunk. We hurried back to tell the others what we had seen. "We hunted up about forty or fifty pins and put them in the big cushion in his chair. He came in {Begin inserted text} and {End inserted text} rang the bell like he would tear it up. That was one time we hurried in when the bell rang for we {Begin deleted text} was {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} were {End handwritten} {End inserted text} anxious to see what he would do. He looked at us like he could go through us, as we marched by his chair. As we all {Begin deleted text} got to {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} arrived at {End handwritten} {End inserted text} our {Begin deleted text} seats {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} desks {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , he just flopped down in his chair, but he came up in a hurry and the cushion came with him. His eyes looked like they would pop out of his head, as he tried to pull that cushion lose from him. "We all yelled out {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} and laughed {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . It was just too funny to watch him, but that is where we {Begin deleted text} give {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} gave {End handwritten} {End inserted text} ourselves away for he knew then that some of us {Begin deleted text} was {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} were {End handwritten} {End inserted text} responsible for those pins. He kept every one of the boys in after school and tried to find out {Begin deleted text} which one {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} who {End handwritten} {End inserted text} did it. No one would tell - just didn't know a thing about it. He got a bundle of sticks and said if we didn't tell he would whip the whole crowd for he knew then he would get the guilty one. {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} " {Begin deleted text} And {End deleted text} Still no one knew anything about the pins. Why we didn't even know that there was a pin in the schoolhouse. Then the whipping started. I'll say we really got {Begin deleted text} a trashing {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} thrashed {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , and he didn't miss a one of us either {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} Almost beat us to death. Oh, yes, he got the guilty ones, for we {Begin deleted text} was {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} were {End handwritten} {End inserted text} all {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} everyone of us in it. "He didn't last very long after that {Begin deleted text} as a teacher {End deleted text} for we told why he gave us such a whipping and about his {Begin deleted text} drinking. {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} walking-stick flask. {End handwritten} {End inserted text} Some of our fathers got {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} hold of that cane and found {Begin deleted text} the {End deleted text} whiskey in it. As soon as they could get somebody else they let him go. For he was never able to {Begin deleted text} learn {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [teach?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} us anything. I guess one reason was because we disliked him so much. "Our next teacher was man also. But such a different one! He was a fine {Begin deleted text} man {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} person, {End handwritten} {End inserted text} and teacher and we all liked him. All I ever learned in school was from him. He did not believe in whipping, but was strict with us and made us study. Yet, he never had any trouble with a one of us. He was a good man. "When I was about {Begin deleted text} 17 {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} seventeen {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} I got sick and {End deleted text} was sick for a long time. The doctors were treating me for indigestion, but I didn't get any better. Finally my doctor sent me to Augusta for an operation for appendicitis, and on the 17th of October 1907 they operated on me. The *2 doctor {Begin deleted text} in Augusta that operated {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [operating*2] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} kept me {Begin deleted text} there for {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} in that Augusta hospital {End handwritten} {End inserted text} two weeks and charged me $500 for the operation and hospital bill. {Begin deleted text} But {End deleted text} When I was ready to come home I asked the doctor for my appendix. He said {Begin deleted text} they were {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} it was {End handwritten} {End inserted text} in such a bad condition, {Begin deleted text} in fact were just rotten and {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} that {End handwritten} {End inserted text} they had to throw {Begin deleted text} them {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} it {End handwritten} {End inserted text} away. But {Begin deleted text} that {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} they said {End handwritten} {End inserted text} they had {Begin deleted text} some {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} one {End handwritten} {End inserted text} that {Begin deleted text} belonged to {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} had been taken from {End handwritten} {End inserted text} another man and I could have {Begin deleted text} them {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} that {End handwritten} {End inserted text} if I wanted {Begin deleted text} them {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} it {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . I {Begin deleted text} thanked them and {End deleted text} told them I didn't care {Begin deleted text} of {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} for {End handwritten} {End inserted text} anyone else's {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} appendix {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . I came home much worse off than I was before the operation. "I stayed at home until January, {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} 1908. Then I went to St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} One of {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the doctors there, after the {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} x-rays, {End handwritten} {End inserted text} examinations, {Begin inserted text} [??] {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and x-rays, {End deleted text} said, 'Well, son, you will have to have an operations for appendictis.' I couldn't understand and told them that I had an operation for that, just a few months back. {Begin deleted text} They {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} He {End handwritten} {End inserted text} said, 'Well, you still have {Begin deleted text} them {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} it {End handwritten} {End inserted text} so what are you going to do about it?' "I was in such a condition that something had to be done. I told them to go ahead and see what they could find. They laughed {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} and promised {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and said, 'Well, {End deleted text} We will find your appendix. Want to bet on it? I was sure they wouldn't, but was just about too sick to care, but after the operation and after I had come to myself, that was the first thing they showed me, my {Begin deleted text} {Begin handwritten} appendictic {End handwritten} {Begin inserted text} appendix {End inserted text} . {Begin deleted text} They were {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} It was {End handwritten} {End inserted text} in a very bad condition. All that suffering and hospital bill in Augusta {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} had {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} didn't do me any {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} done me no {End handwritten} {End inserted text} good. "It seemed as if I just couldn't get any better, and on the {Begin deleted text} eleventh {End deleted text} (11 {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} th {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} day {End deleted text} of March I had to have another operation. For three days and nights I didn't know anything. They had sent for all my folks and just knew I was going to check out, but I wasn't ready to die and after the fourth day I began to mend. I stayed there in the hospital for {Begin deleted text} twenty-seven {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} (27) {End handwritten} {End inserted text} weeks. "After I got better I had a good time for {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the {Begin deleted text} Sisters {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} nuns - we called them Sisters' - {End handwritten} {End inserted text} were so nice {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} They {End handwritten} {End inserted text} did everything that they could for us. There was a man there who had been burned. He was in a terrible fix, but so jolly with it all. {Begin deleted text} There was {End deleted text} A young doctor {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} was {End handwritten} {End inserted text} there for treatment. We were soon put in a room together, for the Sisters said they could keep up with us better that way. "We did enjoy teasing and playing jokes on these good Sister. They were good sports and could take it {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} Very often we got it back {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [from them as good ????] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . I was there on my {Begin deleted text} twenty-first {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 21st {End handwritten} {End inserted text} birthday. I was a little blue that day. I had been used {Begin deleted text} used {End deleted text} to having {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} my birthday {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} dinner at home and then you know a man's {Begin deleted text} twenty-first {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 21st {End handwritten} {End inserted text} birthday is rather important to him. We were discussing it and the other two {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} patients in my room {End handwritten} {End inserted text} were threating to give me a whipping {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [- 21 licks?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "One of the Sisters came in the room and said, 'I have tried everything else to make a man out of you and now I am going to try the last thing. I only hope that it will do more than we have been able to do.' And then another Sister came {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} in {End handwritten} {End inserted text} rolling {Begin deleted text} in {End deleted text} a table {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} And such a table it was {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} A real dinner for the three of us and in the center of the table was a cake with {Begin deleted text} twenty-one {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 21 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} candles. "I just couldn't say anything and I guess I would have been a big baby and cried if it had not been for the doctor. He told the Sisters to put the baby to bed {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} that {End handwritten} {End inserted text} they would take care of the dinner {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . We really did enjoy {Begin deleted text} the dinner {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [that ?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , and as we were eating they {Begin deleted text} bought {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} brought {End handwritten} {End inserted text} me in a cake from mother and I had a nice birthday if it was {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} spent {Begin handwritten} {End inserted text} in a hospital. "When I did get home I was not able to do anything {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} the doctors {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} had {End handwritten} {End inserted text} told me before I left the hospital that if I would take things easy for a year, I would be well and a good man again. After I had been at home for a few months and got a little of my strength back, my father decided that a good camping and hunting trip would put me on my feet again. "After considering several places, he decided that down in Greene County would be the best place for me to go. That suited me fine, for there is nothing that I enjoy more than hunting and fishing. I went to Parks Mill and Ferry, and I just fished and hunted birds, rabbits, and squirrels for the rest of the year. I was camping out, {Begin deleted text} but {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} and even {End handwritten} {End inserted text} had a cow with me so I had all the fresh milk that I {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} needed {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . {Begin deleted text} could use. {End deleted text} "The only thing I didn't like was the water. I just couldn't get used to that, but I had to drink it. I met some of the finest people that I ever knew there and they were all so good to me; always bringing me {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} things to eat, and inviting me out to their homes. I stayed there until I had my health back and was ready for work again. But you know {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} , [??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} there are more {Begin deleted text} kickory {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} hickory {End handwritten} {End inserted text} nuts in Greene County than in the {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} rest of the {End handwritten} {End inserted text} whole State of Georgia. I never saw so many {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} nuts {End handwritten} {End inserted text} in my life. "I came {Begin deleted text} back {End deleted text} to Athens in November 1910. As I was walking down the street I met a man I knew and he offered me a job. I accepted and went to work {Begin deleted text} for {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} in {End handwritten} {End inserted text} his store for {Begin deleted text} twenty-five dollars {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} $25 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} a month {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} I worked for him until April of 1911 and then I changed jobs. And on the fifteenth {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 15th {End handwritten} {End inserted text} day of April 1911 I went to work for {Begin deleted text} [??] for thirty five dollars {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} another store at$35 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} a month, {Begin deleted text} [and worked for thirty five dollars a month ?] {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} in {End handwritten} {End inserted text} June of 1913 {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} when {End deleted text} I got married. Then my boss raised me to {Begin deleted text} forty-five dollars {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} $45 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} per month {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} , and {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} But {End deleted text} he continued to give me raises until I was making $175 per month. I worked {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} for {End inserted text} him until the end of 1919. He was such a good man to work for {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} Always looking out for the people working for him. He was just a good old Scout all the way around. "But you know I was from the country and I wanted to go back to the farm {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} I don't think you just ever get that country out of you. I know I haven't {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} !" {End handwritten} {End inserted text} So in 1920 I went back to the farm. The first year I made good with the farm, and I also put me up a country store." He laughed {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} and {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , "I {Begin deleted text} have {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 've {End handwritten} {End inserted text} noticed you looking around in here, but you should have seen that country store of mine. "It was small also, but Lord the stuff I did have packed in that {Begin deleted text} small {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} little {End handwritten} {End inserted text} place. It was a sight {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} . I {End handwritten} {End inserted text} had to move things sometimes to get what the customers called for. I had farm supplies, such as {Begin deleted text} ploughs {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} plows {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , hoes, rakes, seeds, {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} and, {End handwritten} {End inserted text} in fact {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} just a little of everything {Begin deleted text} [?] {End deleted text} needed to farm with. "Then the food stuff, everything in that line. 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I lost heavily {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} for the other farmers could not pay for what they had bought in {Begin deleted text} the {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} my {End handwritten} {End inserted text} store. {Begin deleted text} It was {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} That {End handwritten} {End inserted text} just a bad year for all of the farmers, and it took me {Begin deleted text} four {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} years to get over {Begin deleted text} that {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [it's? losses.?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "I never did like to give up when I was down, so I stayed right on that farm until I was on my feet again. Then as my wife did not like the country, I came back to {Begin deleted text} town {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [Athens?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . This time I went to work in a mens clothing store. "I worked there for {Begin deleted text} three {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} (3) {End handwritten} {End inserted text} years {Begin deleted text} for {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [at?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} $124 per month. My boss {Begin deleted text} was very good to me, but he {End deleted text} had a good business and he carried a line of clothes that his customers could depend on. He is still in business here and he still carries the best in mens clothing and I really did like to work for him, but while he was good to me, he was really hard on the {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} other {End handwritten} {End inserted text} clerks {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} but {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} Finally, {End handwritten} {End inserted text} a dull season hit him {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} as well as all the other stores in town {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} and my salary {Begin deleted text} as well as the other clerks was out. I {End deleted text} was cut to $100 a month. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?????] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "When I left there I went to work in a department store. 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He had a stroke of paralysis a day or so before and never knew anything after that. They called his son-in-law at the store, {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [????] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} but you know that sorry {Begin deleted text} Jew {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} wouldn't go home until the store was closed {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} The old man {Begin deleted text} was dead {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} before we left {Begin deleted text} [??] {End deleted text} and the manager told us that he would have to close the store until the funeral was over, but that he wanted me and the two girls {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} that {Begin deleted text} were {End deleted text} {Begin deleted text} working {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} worked {End handwritten} {End inserted text} there {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} to come to the house the next morning to help them get fixed for the funeral. {Begin deleted text} Do you know {End deleted text} I never saw anything like it in all my life {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} And I don't think I was ever so mad about anything that really didn't concern me in anyway. 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I went out and bought a shirt and tie myself and asked the undertaker to put them on my old boss {Begin deleted text} for he had always been good to me. {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [????????????] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} But {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?? {End handwritten} {End inserted text} His son-in-law {Begin deleted text} said {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} , " {Begin deleted text} What is {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} What's {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the use {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} in that? {End deleted text} {Begin deleted text} It is {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} It's {End handwritten} {End inserted text} just wasting money and he will never know the difference," but I remembered how neat and particular the old man had always been in his clothes and I felt sure that he would want {Begin deleted text} it that way {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [???] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} . I begged for a new suit out of the store to put on him but I sure didn't get it. "The funeral was the next morning at {Begin deleted text} eleven {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} 11 {End handwritten} {End inserted text} o'clock. Of course, we all went. Do you know that {Begin deleted text} [the manager and?] {End deleted text} son-in-law {Begin deleted text} of the old man {End deleted text} gave me the key, {Begin deleted text} [???] {End deleted text} while they {Begin deleted text} was {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} were {End handwritten} {End inserted text} letting the body down in the grave, and told me to hurry back and get the store open. It was open and ready for business before the funeral wreath had been taken off the door. 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I told him my small salary was the reason that I was having to work so hard to try to get something else started, so that I could take care of my family. "His business kept going down and he just bought until he was loaded down with stuff that he could not sell. {Begin deleted text} The {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} That {End handwritten} {End inserted text} fall was a disappointment for that is when he {Begin deleted text} has the {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [???] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} most business, {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [but that was ??] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} {Begin deleted text} and {End deleted text} he went broke. For awhile it looked as if he would lose everything but he finally got a settlement with his creditors for 33 1/3 per cent, and just as soon as that was settled he put off part of the help, cut our salaried again, then {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} took his family on a trip to Florida. That left just three of us to run the store and get it straight {Begin deleted text} of {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} after {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the inventory that had to be taken before the settlement could be made. We worked hard and had the store all cleaned and everything in place when he came back. He {Begin deleted text} was telling {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} told {End handwritten} {End inserted text} us about the grand trip and how they had enjoyed it. 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I asked him if he thought we could live on what he paid us. That made him mad and he said that was up to us, he didn't have anything to do with it. I told him that I was sure I couldn't live on it and that my family was just as important to me as his was to him. "He said, 'Well {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} what are you going to do about it?' Only this, I replied and put the *3 key {Begin deleted text} to the {End deleted text} [store*3] down on his desk. He wanted to know what that meant. I asked him what did he think it meant. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [It meant?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} That I was leaving for I wouldn't work {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} for him {End handwritten} {End inserted text} any longer. Then he wanted me to reconsider. 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"My wife and daughters help me and we manage just fine." {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} ]?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "Do you do any credit business {Begin deleted text} {End deleted text} {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} ?" {End handwritten} {End inserted text} I asked. {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} {End handwritten} {End inserted text} "No," he replied, "But I do use the lay-away plan. A small deposit will hold anything the customer wants for a reasonable time, and I find that is a much better plan than taking it out and paying later. It really is a help to the customer as well as {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} to {End handwritten} {End inserted text} the store. "My greatest mistake was in not pulling out for myself sooner. I would have been so much better off and {Begin inserted text} {Begin handwritten} [would have?] {End handwritten} {End inserted text} bad something to fall back on. 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