Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1938, Lincoln Parish, LA Submitted by: Calvin B. Jones, 180 Bay Drive, Farmerville, LA 71241 Keyed by Jo Autrey, Dallas, TX ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Spelling and punctuation is as found in transcript compiled by Calvin Jones from original diary of his father, Arthur O. Jones. The following format is used: date -day of week-entry-weather entry JANUARY, 1938 1 - Sat - Staid home - damp am - faired pm 2 - Sun - Went after mule and to Mr Morrises - fair 3 - Mon - At home split some wood - cloudy 4 - Tue - At home - fair 5 - Wed - Tore down old crib - part fair 6 - Thu - Worked around house crib - part fair 7 - Fri - Made hoist for hanging hogs - ice nite - cool part fair 8 - Sat - Went mill-& town am-Killed hogs abt 225 lbs - cool part cloudy 9 - Sun - Staid home - some sleet pm - cloudy 10 - Mon - Made sausage & cooked out lard-Mrs Killen & daughters came cloudy 11 - Tue - Went Ruston had tooth pulled for Claudia & Herman - cloudy faired 12 - Wed - Cut some wood-Ethel Choate went to hospital - fair 13 - Thu - Jim Alex came- reset mailbox - sleet rain pm 14 - Fri - Went town - fair 15 - Sat - Sawed wood & went town - fair 16 - Sun - Went Church Simsboro-Thelma & Prentiss came - baby not well - fair windy 17 - Mon - Split some wood - dust & cloudy warm 18 - Tue - Staid around house-baby sick-cut some wood - dust & part cloudy 19 - Wed - Went town - baby sick - fair & dust 20 - Thu - Mrs Alexander came-baby sick - part cloudy 21 - Fri - Went Ruston & Cut some wood PM - warm part cloudy 22 - Sat - Sawed some wood - warm part fair 23 - Sun - Went church-Ethel Choate died - cloudy - rain late pm 24 - Mon - Went to Ethels funeral - cloudy windy cold 25 - Tue - Went after mule & to Mr Morrises - cold windy fair 26 - Wed - Killed hogs - cold windy fair 27 - Thu - Cooked lard & made sausage - fair 28 - Fri - Hope around house - fair 29 - Sat - Went Ruston - clouded 30 - Sun - Staid home-Mavis Choate & children came staid while - cloudy rain 31 - Mon - Went Ruston - fair DATE EXPENITURE & PURCHASES FOR JANUARY TOTAL Jan 8 coffee .20 thread .10 lye .10 Soap .10 B.P. .25 soda .10 Coal oil .15 paid on acct 1.60 $2.60 Jan 11 Train fare to & from Ruston for two .20 each .80 Jan 14 48 lbs flour $1.35 sugar .50 Shoe strings .05 asprins .10 $2.50 Jan 15 Lolleys paid on acct .33 .33 Jan 18 Calvin school show .13 .13 Jan 19 3 soap .15 caster oil .10 Coal oil .15 .40 Jan 21 100 lbs salt $1.00 thread .05 Cabbage plants .25 coffee .20 $l.50 Jan 23 Borried from Mr Morris for Pastor $1.00 $1.00 Jan 29 2 lye .20 soap .05 soap .05 On account .25 butter paper .10 soda .10 sugar .55 matches .05 envelopes .05 vinegar .10 coal oil .15 $1.65 Jan 31 Bus fare to Ruston .20 Broom .25 .45 Total for January $11.36 DATE SALES FOR JANUARY TOTAL Jan 8 4 lbs butter $1.00, 4 doz eggs $1.00 3 butter .60 $2.60 Jan 14 6 lbs butter $1.50, 2 doz 4 eggs @.25 .58 $2.08 Jan 15 1 lb butter .25 4 doz eggs .80 $1.05 Jan 18 l gal syrup paid acct .50 Jan 19 2 lbs butter .50 3/4 doz eggs .15 .65 Jan 20 1/2 bu sweet potatoes .35 credit 1/2 doz eggs .10 cash .03 .48 Jan 21 3 lbs butter .75 l lb butter .95 Jan 29 2 1/2 doz eggs .50 2 lbs butter .50 4 lbs butter .75 seed English peas .15 $l.90 Jan 31 2 lbs butter .45 1 doz eggs .20 .65 TOTAL FOR JANUARY $10.80 FEBRUARY, 1938 1 - Tue - Hope make sausage & cut wood - fair some warmer 2 - Wed - Plowed potato patch & put out fert in garden and cut some wood - cloudy warmer 3 - Thu - Set out 60 cabbage plants-planted english peas, cabbage, beets, radishes, turnips-Mrs Killen came - fair 4 - Fri - Hauled ferterlizer barn lot to irish potato patch - warm cloudy 5 - Sat - Sawed wood - cloudy warm 6 - Sun - Jim & Belle Alex came - part cloudy 7 - Mon - Went Ruston, bought mule $155.00 (old Jim ) - fair 8 - Tue - Went town, sawed some wood late pm - fair 9 - Wed - Planted pk irish potatoes-plowed in watermellon patch sawed some wood after school - fair 10 - Thu - Planted english peas 1/2 row-bedded sweet potatoes 66 bu - fair 11 - Fri - Went Ruston Claudia went am-planted lettuce set out onions & cabbage pm - clouded am fair pm 12 - Sat - Claudie sick staid home all day-sawed some wood pm- Garland and children came - cloudy am fair pm 13 - Sun - Staid home-Garlands children here - cloudy am fair pm 14 - Mon - Went town am-drug poles from new ground-planted irish potatoes - part fair 15 - Tue - Burned brush new ground am-went town pm - cloudy am fair pm 16 - Wed - Plowed - part cloudy 17 - Thu - Plowed - set hen - some rain & cloudy, big rain & storm nite 18 - Fri - Rain-Went Ruston - all day rain 19 - Sat - Went town am-Mr Choate died - cold fair 20 - Sun - Staid home-Garlands children came - no weather entry 21 - Mon - Thrashed some peas am- rain most all pm - rain 22 - Tue - Cut sprouts - cloudy 23 - Wed - Plowed corn land-hauled some wood - fair 24 - Thu - Plowed & hauled wood - fair 25 - Fri - Went Ruston am-Plowed & hauled wood pm - fair 26 - Sat - Hauled wood - fair windy 27 - Sun - Went Church - fair 28 - Mon - Plowed & hauled wood late pm - part fair DATE EXPENDITURES & PURCHASES TOTAL Feb 2 shoe string 5 paste 5 shoe string 5 colors 10 snuff 5 .30 Feb 4 For work cleaning yard etc .50 Feb 7 flavoring 50 asprin 15 flour $1.00 Oil 10 E salts 5 b powder 25 Lamp c 10 soap 5 coffee 20 2.30 Feb 8 seed potatoes .55 coal oil .15 Calvin 1 pr tinnis shoes .60 1.30 Feb ll lettuce seed .10 onions .35 Cabbage .25 candy .5 Hope on gas for car .35 1.10 Feb 12 1/2 doz lemons .15 valentines 5 .20 Feb 14 22 lbs seed irish potatoes .70 Feb 15 1 collar 5.00 2 bridles 3.00 1 pr traces .75 2 pr lines .70 2 hame straps .40 l hame hook .10 9.95 Feb 17 note book .10 colors 5 .15 Feb 18 1 pr wagon lines 4.75 union suit .39 Per shoes 1.49 seed .15 Eats 5 rain fare .40 7.23 Feb 19 48 # flour 1.85 bannas .15 1 gal coal oil .15 2.15 Feb 23 1 lb coffee .20 thread 5 soap 5 Feb 25 Black D .25 Asprin .10 Iodine .10 Castor oil .10 coffee .20 socks 15.90 Feb 27 To pastor of Church $1.00 1.00 Feb 28 2 plow points @ .25 .50 Total $28.50 DATE FEBRUARY SALES & COLLECTIONS TOTAL Feb 2 1/2 lb butter .10 l 1/2 eggs @ .20 = .30 .40 Feb 4 1 hen to negro for work .50 Feb 7 6 butter 1.50 1 hen .55 3-9 eggs @.15 =.55 2.60 Feb 8 1 box eggs .20 2 butter .40 .60 Feb ll 2 butter .40 2 1/2 doz eggs@.15 = .37 .77 Feb 12 1 d 3/12 eggs @.15 = .20 .20 Feb 14 2 butter .40 2 doz eggs .30 .70 Feb 15 1 bu sweet potatotes .75 Feb 16 3 bu potatoes @ .50 1.50 Feb 17 2 doz eggs .30 .30 Feb 18 3 butter .70 Feb 19 1 butter .25 1 milk .05 .30 Feb 23 eggs .10 eggs .25 milk .05 .40 Feb 25 6 butter 1.40 1 doz 4 eggs .20 1.60 Feb 26 Bu Sweet potatoes .75 .75 TOTAL $12.47 22 1/2 lbs butter $5.45 MARCH, 1938 1 - Tue - Plowed-hauled poles pm-pigs came 12 - fair 2 - Wed - Plowed - fair 3 - Thu - Plowed east field-2 pigs die 10 living - fair 4 - Fri - Plowed east field - fair 5 - Sat - Went town broke wagon-hung meat (8 hams 102#) (9 middlings 108 # (shoulders 75# (other 42#) rain pm 6 - Sun - Staid home - fair 7 - Mon - Plowed cane patch - fair 8 - Tue - Went town - cloudy 9 - Wed - Worked on wagon tongue - big rain pm 10 - Thu - Worked in shop - part fair 11 - Fri - Went Ruston - fair 12 - Sat - Went town - part fair 13 - Sun - Went to Mr John Givings - part fair 14 - Mon - Went Arcadia-planted cane - fair 15 - Tue - Planted 2 rows irish potatoes & redded 1 row sweet peas & potatoes - fair 16 - Wed - Fixed lot fence & run corn land middles - fair 17 - Thu - plowed middles for corn - fair 18 - Fri - Plowed middlees am-plowed garden & worked in shop pm - part cloudy 19 - Sat - nite rain-Worked on wagon am-went town pm - part fair 20 - Sun - Staid home - part fair 21 - Mon - Worked on wagon wheel am-planted corn pm - part fair rain nite 22 - Tue - Nite rain-went Ruston am-cut sprouts pm - cloudy & big rain 23 - Wed - Went town pm - cloudy 24 - Thu - Plowed terrices am-planted some corn late pm - part fair 25 - Fri - Plowed near cotton house-had stone fixed-Uncle George Alexander here - fair 26 - Sat - Planted corn - part fair 27 - Sun - Staid home-most all day rain - rain 28 - Mon - Went Ruston am-cut sprouts & plowed terrices pm - big rain cloudy 29 - Tue - Nite wind & rain-Went town & cut sprouts - part fair 30 - Wed - Planted corn west of road - cloudy windy 31 - Thu - Planted corn east field - part cloudy MARCH EXPENDITURES & PURCHASES Mar Boys school show .30 Stamps .08 .38 Mar Sugar .55 B.P. .20 Soap .10 soda .05 To boys for bringing wagon .25 Irish potatotes .65 comb .10 1.90 Mar Thread .05 Ball .05 Mar Well bucket .60 Bucket .60 Shoes 2.00 Shoes 1.50 Axe 2.25 Eats .15 Show .30 Soap .05 powder .25 7.75 Mar 11 Paid for mule 155.00 For recording fee 2.50 157.50 Mar 12 Foot tub .35 flour 1.85 Coal oil .15 Eats .10 2.45 Mar 14 Moldboard for middle buster 4.19 Nails .25 Butter paper .35 Bus .30 5.19 Mar 15 To paper 1.00 Apples .20 Stamps .10 1.30 Nar 17 Boys to school play .20 Mar 19 Paste .05 ink .05 2 Pr socks .20 .30 Mar 22 Coffee .20 Soap .10 Soda .05 Train fare .40 Breas. .10 .85 Mar 23 Fertilizer 44.12 Sugar .25 oil .10 B. Powder .25 Locks .50 Blueing .05 Matches .10 45.38 Mar 25 To boys for show .15 Repair on stove 6.50 6.65 Mar 28 1 Flour 1.85 Bean seed .20 Lace .05 Train fare .20 2.25 Mar 29 Apples .10 Coal oil .15 Thread .05 Candy .03 .33 MARCH SALES & COLLECTIONS TOTAL Mar eggs .20 Bu potatoes .75 .95 Mar 6 butter 1.40 1 doz eggs .15 1.55 Mar eggs .10 eggs .15 .25 Mar 4 butter .80 Mar 10 3 Butter .65 2 eggs .30 .95 By furnish check 155.00 155.00 Mar 11 For recording fee 2.50 By check for mule 155.00 157.50 Mar 12 1 Butter .20 1-4 eggs .20 .40 Mar 14 2 Butter .35 1-4 eggs 20 .55 Mar 15 Eggs .20 Eggs .10 .30 Mar 19 5 butter 1.25 2-8 Eggs .40 1.65 Mar 22 1 Butter .25 Eggs .25 Eggs .10 .60 Mar 23 2 Butter .50 1-8 eggs .25 .75 Mar 25 8 hens @ .50 = 4.00 4 gals syrup @ .35 = 1.40 5.40 Mar 28 3 Butter .65 3-4 Eggs .50 1.15 Mar 29 Eggs .10 .10 TOTAL $270.95 APRIL, 1938 1 - Fri - Plowed on terrices & middle bussted cotton land - (cond wet) cloudy 2 - Sat - cool-went town am-plowed in pm-went after bees at nite-Mavis Choate & other children came - cool fair 3 - Sun - Staid home-Mavis went home pm-Mrs Killins came - fair 4 - Mon - plowed cotton land - fair 5 - Tue - Plowed-went town pm-cloudy threatening rain- pm - showers 6 - Wed - Rained all day & nite-staid home - rain 7 - Thu - Went Ruston rain nite & most of day - rain 8 - Fri - All day windy cloudy cold-staid in 9 - Sat - Went town am cut sprouts pm - part fair cool 10 - Sun - Staid home - fair 11 - Mon - Plowed- Davis & Jones got pigs (4) - fair 12 - Tue - Plowed near spring - fair 13 - Wed - Plowed cotton land east field- sold 2 pigs @ $3.00 - fair 14 - Thu - plowed am-hauled cane pumies to ditch pm - part fair 15 - Fri - Claudie went Minden-fixed land for & planted watermellons - part fair 16 - Sat - Big nite washing rain-went town pm - part fair 17 - Sun - Went Simsboro to Mr. West Cooks funeral -= big rain pm 18 - Mon - Set some post for lane fence - faired pm 19 - Tue - Went to Ruston-Earnest & Mae brought Claudie home - part fair 20 - Wed - Put up lane fence-taken sow to male - part fair 21 - Thu - Fixed fence & planted some peas - big rain nite 22 - Fri - Worked on fence-set out some tomato plants 23 - Sat - Went town & replanted corn - fair 24 - Sun - Went Church - fair 25 - Mon - Plowed for cotton land east field-Herman taken measles - fair 26 - Tue - Plowed east field & garden & truck patches - fair 27 - Wed - Broke up potato land spring cut - fair 28 - Thu - Put out fertilizer for cotton - fair 29 - Fri - Finished putting out fertilizer in cotton house cut - fair 30 - Sat - Plowed for cotton - went town late pm - fair MAY, 1938 1 - Sun - Staid home Mrs Killen came - fair 2 - Mon - Plowed middles in cotton land - fair 3 - Tue - Plowed new ground for cotton - part cloudy 4 - Wed - Planted cotton, cotton house cut-George Killen hope - part cloudy 5 - Thu - Planted cotton & plowed middles in corn - fair 6 - Fri - Plowed corn middles - clouded pm 7 - Sat - Plowed for potatoes & set out about 1500 slips - shower noon 8 - Sun - Mothers day-staid home-Calvin, Clara Belle & Self sick-Mr W.E. Lann came - fair 9 - Mon - Went town after 11 sacks fertilizer-Calvin & Clara Belle broke out with measles - fair 10 - Tue - Hope put out fertilizer - feeling tough - fair 11 - Wed - Hope put out fertilizer & plowed some middles came to house about 4 pm - fair 12 - Thu - Staid in bed-George Killen plowed - part fair 13 - Fri - In bed broke out with measles-Geo plowed till 10 oc - came rain 14 - Sat - George went mill & town for us - no better - nmostly cloudy 15 - Sun - Staid home - fair 16 - Mon - George plowed - cloudy 17 - Tue - Rain most of day - cloudy 18 - Wed - Claudie & Mrs Killen set out some potatoes - cloudy 19 - Thu - Claudie & Mrs Killen set out some potatoes - faired 20 - Fri - Plowed some-George plowed corn - part fair 21 - Sat - Borred off corn & started borred off cotton - fair 22 - Sun - Staid home-Pastor of Church did not come - fair 23 - Mon - Borred off cotton - fair 24 - Tue - Borred off cotton-Roy Townsen started work - fair 25 - Wed - Borred off cotton & planted cotton east field - fair 26 - Thu - Planted cotton - West to school closing exercise - fair 27 - Fri - Plowed patches-cleaned out well-chopped cotton - new ground - late pm part fair & showers 28 - Sat - Went town am-plowed garden & patches-dug irish pot pm - fair 29 - Sun - Staid home-Mrs. Killen & Mr Towsen came - fair 30 - Mon - Swept cotton - Roy Townzen moved at nite - fair 31 - Tue - Chopped cotton - fair JUNE, 1938 1 - Wed - Chopped cotton-2 Sampson girls hope 1/2 day - fair 2 - Thu - Chopped cotton-3 Sampsons all day-finished cotton house cut - fair 3 - Fri - Swept cotton am-went Ruston pm - fair 4 - Sat - Swept cotton-boys finished thinning corn - fair 5 - Sun - Walked over some crops - part fair 6 - Mon - Swept cotton - boys hoed cane - fair 7 - Tue - Swept cotton - boys sodied corn - part fair 8 - Wed - Borred off cotton east field - showers & thunder late pm 9 - Thu - Set out potatoes, showers most all day - 10 - Fri - Borred off cotton east field - faired 11 - Sat - Borred off cotton am-rain 2 to 4 oc-set out potatoes - cloudy late pm 12 - Sun - Went to Jim Alexanders - part cloudy 13 - Mon - Laid by corn east field - fair 14 - Tue - Plowed corn west field - fair 15 - Wed - Plowed corn, went town after noon - rain 4 oc pm 16 - Thu - Finished set out potato vines-went fishing-plowed corn pm - cloudy 17 - Fri - Plowed corn - showers pm threatening 18 - Sat - Rain-plowed some corn-rain most all pm - 19 - Sun - Staid home - part fair 20 - Mon - Shower am-finished plowing corn-went town-plowed potatotes - cloudy 21 - Tue - Plowed potatoes am & swept cotton cotton house cut- fair 22 - Wed - Swept cotton cotton house cut finished - part fair 23 - Thu - Swept cotton east field - part fair 24 - Fri - Swept cotton, finished east field - fair 25 - Sat - Plowed potatoes am, went town pm - fair 26 - Sun - Went Church, pastor came home with us - fair 27 - Mon - Hoed cotton - fair 28 - Tue - Hoed cotton east - part fair 29 - Wed - Hoed cotton field - part cloudy 30 - Thu - Hoed cotton - part fair JULY, 1938 1 - Fri - Finished hoeing east cotton field am-plowed terrices pm - fair 2 - Sat - Went Ruston am-plowed terraces pm - 3 - Sun - Staid home - fair 4 - Mon - Went fishing am-drawed water out of well pm - fair 5 - Tue - Plowed cotton east field - part fair 6 - Wed - Hoed cotton - showers am 7 - Thu - Hoed cotton - part fair 8 - Fri - Hoed cotton, went town noon - part cloudy 9 - Sat - Hoed cotton - threatening part cloudy 10 - Sun - Went to Monroe Morrises - part fair 11 - Mon - Hoed cotton - hot part fair 12 - Tue - Hoed cotton - hot showers pm 13 - Wed - Hoed cotton - part cloudy hot 14 - Thu - Went W.C. Grave Yard working am-hoed cotton pm - hot fair 15 - Fri - Plowed cotton - showers pm hot 16 - Sat - Plowed am - Threatening rain went town - late pm 17 - Sun - Staid home - part fair 18 - Mon - Plowed cotton - some rain am - part cloudy 19 - Tue - Plowed cotton - part cloudy 20 - Wed - Plowed some-rain 9 oc-hope cann peaches pm 21 - Thu - Hoed potatoes am-hope wash haul watermellons pm - cloudy 22 - Fri - Plowed am - big rain pm 23 - Sat - Sick staid in - cloudy 24 - Sun - Meeting start went Church - showers cloudy 25 - Mon - Went Church-went town-canned some peaches - part cloudy 26 - Tue - Went Church - big rain pm 27 - Wed - Went church-hoed some in garden - part fair 28 - Thu - Went church-planted few rows peas - part cloudy 29 - Fri - Went church & Henry Mays - big rain at noon 30 - Sat - Meeting closed Fri Nite-Went Ruston & town - big rain pm 31 - Sun - Staid home - rainy pm AUGUST, 1938 1 - Mon - Cut trees in hog pasture - hot part fair 2 - Tue - Cut bushes & trees in hog pasture - hot part fair 3 - Wed - Cut in pasture - rain pm hot 4 - Thu - Cut in pasture - part fair hot 5 - Fri - Cut in pasture - hot part cloudy 6 - Sat - Went town - part fair hot 7 - Sun - Staid home - part fair 8 - Mon - Plowed cane & planted some-cut some in pasture planted two rows beans in garden - rain pm 9 - Tue - Cut some in pasture - big rain most all pm 10 - Wed - Cut in pasture - part fair 11 - Thu - Planted 3 rows turnips in garden am-cut wood for syrup mill - rain 12 - Fri - Cut syrup mill wood-rain nite and early am-big rain late pm 13 - Sat - Cut wood in pasture am - Went town pm - cloudy 14 - Sun - Staid home - cloudy some showers 15 - Mon - Big rain am-fixed some fence pm 16 - Tue - Hauled poles from pasture & sawed some wood - cloudy am faired 17 - Wed - Cut corn tops - fair 18 - Thu - Cut, hauled in corn tops - fair hot 19 - Fri - Hauled in fodder pm - fair 20 - Sat - Went town - hauled poles & fodder-Ernest & family came - fair 21 - Sun - Ernest & family went home-Jim and Belle Alex came - fair 22 - Mon - Cut some in front pasture am-picked some cotton pm - fair 23 - Tue - Cut in front pasture - hot fair 24 - Wed - Worked in pasture - hot fair 25 - Thu - Worked in pasture - hot fair 26 - Fri - Cut brush in pasture - hot fair 27 - Sat - Cut brush in pasture - hot fair 28 - Sun - Staid home-went church, preacher did not come - fair 29 - Mon - Picked peas & cotton - fair 30 - Tue - Picked peas & cotton - fair 31 - Wed - Picked peas & cotton - part fair SEPTEMBER, 1938 1 - Thu - Picked peas & cotton - threatening part fair hot 2 - Fri - Picked some peas & some cotton-electric storm 3 pm - big rain 3 - Sat - Went Ruston & picked some cotton pm - fair 4 - Sun - Went to Jim Alexanders, threatening - hot rain 5 - Mon - Picked peas & cotton - rain & wind 4 oc pm 6 - Tue - Picked peas am - cotton pm - part cloudy 7 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair hot 8 - Thu - Picked cotton - threatening - some rain 9 - Fri - Picked cotton - part cloudy 10 - Sat - Hauled bale cotton to gin am-cleaned out barn pm - cloudy pm 11 - Sun - Staid home - Frank Lomax came - showers pm 12 - Mon - School starts-haul bale cotton to gin-picked some cotton pm - fair 13 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair 14 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 15 - Thu - Picked cotton - part fair 16 - Fri - Picked cotton & hauled B.C. gin - part fair 17 - Sat - Went Ruston am & picked cotton pm - part fair 18 - Sun - Went Monroe Morrises - fair 19 - Mon - Picked cotton - fair 20 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair cool 21 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 22 - Thu - Hauled bale cotton to gin & sold & picked cotton - fair 23 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 24 - Sat - Picked cotton-Mr John Davidson killed in car wreck near Nobles community - fair 25 - Sun - Went Church - Mr & Monroe Morris & family came - fair 26 - Mon - Hope dig grave for & went to John Davidson funeral - fair 27 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair 28 - Wed - Taken bake cotton gin-picked cotton pm - fair 29 - Thu - Went to Association at St. Rest church - fair 30 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair SEPTEMBER EXPENDITURES & PURCHASES TOTAL No Date Sack flour 1.70 meal .45 oil .10 coal oil .15 matches .05 train fare .20 2.65 No Date Baking powder .25 coffee .20 Soda .10 soap .05 4.34 No Date For ginning bale cotton 3.74 Sep 2 For ginning B.C. 3.81 3.81 Sep 6 For ginning B.C. 3.85 1 meal .45 4.20 Sep 7 Soap .10 .10 Sep 22 For ginning BC 3.68 sugar .55 flour 1.50 socks .15 5.83 Sep 23 To paper 1.90 1.90 Sep 25 Minutes .50 for pastor Church 1.00 1.50 Sep 28 1 shirt .50 1 pr shoes 1.75 1 overalls .49 3 pr pants 2.40 coal oil .15 soap .05 snuff .05 Baking P. .10 candy .05 4.54 Sep 30 1 meal .45 For association .30 .75 TOTAL $30.52 SEPTEMBER SALES & COLLECTIONS TOTAL No Date 1 doz eggs .20 1 fryer .40 .60 No Date 3 doz eggs .60 .60 Sep 2 1-3 eggs .25 .25 Sep 6 2 1/2 eggs .50 .50 Sep 7 Sold 3 B cotton 137.75 less 15.31 otal 122.45 $122.45 Sep 22 1 bale cotton 38.88 1360 lbs seed sold $22.50 =$15.30 54.18 Sep 28 1-3 eggs .35 Sep 30 1-2 eggs .30 .30 TOTAL $179.23 OCTOBER, 1938 1 - Sat - finished picking cotton cotton house cut - fair 2 - Sun - Staid home - fair 3 - Mon - West Ruston am-pulled corn pm - fair 4 - Tue - Pulled corn - fair 5 - Wed - Went town to farm meeting, pulled some corn - fair 6 - Thu - Pulled corn - fair 7 - Fri - Hauled in corn - no weather entry 8 - Sat - Pulled & hauled in corn - fair 9 - Sun - Staid home - cloudy rain late pm 10 - Mon - Hauled in corn & pulled corn - fair 11 - Tue - Finished hauling corn - fair 12 - Wed - Dug & picked up potatoes-Ernest Alexander came - fair 13 - Thu - Hauled in and picked up potatoes - fair 14 - fri - Went to local fair Simsboro - fair 15 - Sat - Went town & scrapped cotton - fair 16 - Sun - Staid home - fair cloudy late 17 - Mon - Scrapped cotton - cloudy 18 - Tue - Went town congressman election am-picked cotton pm - cloudy 19 - Wed - Worked in garden & barn - rain 20 - Thu - Staid home am-picked cotton pm - cool cloudy 21 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 22 - Sat - Picked cotton (scrapped) - cloudy rain nite 23 - Sun - Went church pastor did not come - cool cloudy 24 - Mon - Hauled 4 loads wood to town-picked cotton late pm - fair light frost 25 - Tue - Scrapped cotton - fair 26 - Wed - Scrapped cotton - fair 27 - Thu - Scrapped cotton - fair 28 - Fri - Scrapped cotton & loaded bale cotton pm - fair 29 - Sat - Went Ruston, hauled bale cotton to gin-Claudie and children went to Minden - fair 30 - Sun - Went Church & to Mr. Sims-Claudie & children came home late pm - fair 31 - Mon - Worked on road to syrup mill-cut down cane - fair NOVEMBER, 1938 1 - Tue - Worked on syrup mill - part fair 2 - Wed - Sick most of day stripped some cane - cloudy 3 - Thu - Made syrup for D.B. Alexander - windy cloudy nite rain 4 - Fri - Stripped some cane - faired 5 - Sat - Made syrup for self - part fair 6 - Sun - Staid home - clouded pm 7 - Mon - Rain wind cold & cloudy staid home 8 - Tue - Made syrup for Jim Alexander 28 gal.-sold hog - fair 9 - Wed - Went Ruston - fair 10 - Thu - Hauled load wood-got tin roofing - fair 11 - Fri - Hauled load wood-take cow to male - fair 12 - Sat - Saved wood - part fair 13 - Sun - Staid home - part fair 14 - Mon - Hauled 3 loads wood town - fair 15 - Tue - Went Ruston - fair 16 - Wed - Hauled wood to town - cloudy 17 - Thu - Re-covered house with tin - windy cloudy 18 - Fri - Worked on house finished - rain wind 19 - Sat - Sawed wood - part fair 20 - Sun - Went Church - fair 21 - Mon - Went Ruston - fair 22 - Tue - Went Ruston - no weather entry 23 - Wed - Staid around house - cloudy rain nite 24 - Thu - Worked on porch - faired cold 25 - Fri - Worked on porch & sawed some wood - fair cold 26 - Sat - Sawed some wood & burned brush - fair 27 - Sun - Staid home Mrs Killins came - fair 28 - Mon - Went to Mr Morrises-hauled 2 loads wood - fair 29 - Tue - Hauled load wood am-filed saws pm -part fair 30 - Wed - Sawed wood-Cap Russell hope - cloudy DECEMBER, 1938 1 - Thu - Hope wash am-hauled load wood - cloudy 2 - Fri - Hauled wood town - cloudy big rain nite 3 - Sat - Hauled wood town - fair 4 - Sun - Staid home-Mr & Mrs Alexander & Thelma came 1 oc - faired 5 - Mon - Hauled load wood town-Mr & Mrs Alexander went town - fair cool 6 - Tue - Sawed wood Prentis hope 1 day - fair 7 - Wed - Hauled wood & made hog pen - fair 8 - Thu - Went to ruston purchased 40 acres of land from R. L. Sumlin @ $10.00 acre $400.00 - cloudy 9 - Fri - Split stove wood-Mrs Alexander here - fair 10 - Sat - Hauled 2 loads wood & cut wood - fair 11 - Sun - Went to Jim Alexanders - fair 12 - Mon - Sawed wood - cloudy some rain 13 - Tue - Hauled wood - cloudy 14 - Wed - Split some wood - fair 15 - Thu - Went Ruston am-hauled wood pm - fair 16 - Fri - Taken yearling to Houseton - fair 17 - Sat - Sawed wood - Bro Jones came - part cloudy drizzle 18 - Sun - Went church - cloudy 19 - Mon - Sawed Wood - hauled 1 load to town - cloudy 20 - Tue - Went Ruston - cloudy 21 - Wed - Staid in sick - drizzle most of day 22 - Thu - Cut wood pm - some rain am 23 - Fri - Start cutting wood, rained most all day 24 - Sat - Went town Sawed wood pm - cloudy 25 - Sun - Staid home - cloudy 26 - Mon - Sawed wood - turned cold late pm cloudy 27 - Tue - Killed hog - cold fair 28 - Wed - Sawed post & wood cold fair 29 - Thu - Sawed wood - threatening cloudy 30 - Fri - Sawed wood - cloudy 31 - Sat - Hauled wood & cut wood - fair NOTE: all the wood he was cutting & hauling is how he paid for the land.