"Short Stories and Sketches," Jefferson County.
Folder contains 16 pages of a story about Marion Sears written by Hugh McEniry, for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s.• " • - • can down to the D.P.;;. found out ahe was :o.kln l four dolJ.ars a veelt, and he told me I couldn't work 1'0' him no mo'....
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Folder contains 16 pages of a story about Marion Sears written by Hugh McEniry, for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s.•
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• can down to the D.P.;;. found out ahe was :o.kln l four dolJ.ars a veelt,
and he told me I couldn't work 1'0' him no mo'. I >rent up there and told
him jee' how hi t vas, but hit didn I t do no good at all.. I!e told me I
couldn't vor~ fo' dec no L~, : jeG' can't tell yo' ho" ve
lived here 1'0' a vhile. ...e: val j~81 ma.."<1n t one dollar a vael: and deY'
"as Boce ~'8 when we jes l d1d.n 1t 1..QV8 no food in the house at alJ..
:3ut de neighbors wae &><ful good to us, end the' hite folks was mighty
nice. Dey was always givin' us a little food and dey old clothes.
llossu..., 'W' didn1t have no money to b~ no clothes P.t sll. l:.r. ~te,
he ,,"'&8 de m was Yorh."'1n
'
fo l , he went a.'1d. wrote to the D.P.1:.
J..//.;;;r
j 8' what lid been tellin l lem. 'Bout ow .a.sa want 'Werkin , no 1110 1
1'0 'dem 'ceptin' jes I det one day a week, and I finally got back on
relief. But dey was still pJjenty of times when "e sat around this
house vi th no thin ' to eat.
and US a1nt got no chillun. !lossuh, I don' know not.•in'
II I aint never had no chillun, n088uh. I never was J"I\.:ril1d tilJ. I
Z
took up "id
'bo~' t.At control business, and I didn't mind ef'n ve hod chillun.
I reckon we jas' never vas l~ky to get o:ny." But "1Il\ wunIt
lettitl& • fIl!xItUntT.!IU.Ix!lllllb: the matter drop
thare. It was the first chance she had received to occupy tha
center ot the stage.
" NOIr 141ms, you know dst aint de reason wa dnt had no chillun.
De doctor dona told me after ma "04 Toodlas had our third one
born dsad dat I couldn't lID....." ...." never birth no chillun." SIle
1
turned to ... DIb::Ja~.b explained," Yo' aee t lt1mIS bere, bet my
second husband. 'lbra I married up with him I was mrr1sd to
Toodles. He done acme trom down Where I _os born at rion
Junction. But me and him just naver could git along. lIef' him
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GSU# SG022775_00568-00584SG022775_00568_00584"Short Stories and Sketches," Jefferson County.Folder contains 16 pages of a story about Marion Sears written by Hugh McEniry, for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s.1930-1939African Americans--Alabama; Alabama Writers' Project; Jefferson County (Ala.); United States. Works Progress AdministrationTextDocumentsAlabama. Dept. of Archives and HistoryWorks Progress Administration filesSG022775WPA Alabama Writers' Project, Short Stories and Sketches by Hugh McEniry, Editorial Dept.Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.96 dpi tiff•
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• can down to the D.P.;;. found out ahe was :o.kln l four dolJ.ars a veelt,
and he told me I couldn't work 1'0' him no mo'. I >rent up there and told
him jee' how hi t vas, but hit didn I t do no good at all.. I!e told me I
couldn't vor~ fo' dec no L~, : jeG' can't tell yo' ho" ve
lived here 1'0' a vhile. ...e: val j~81 ma.."<1n t one dollar a vael: and deY'
"as Boce ~'8 when we jes l d1d.n 1t 1..QV8 no food in the house at alJ..
:3ut de neighbors wae &><ful good to us, end the' hite folks was mighty
nice. Dey was always givin' us a little food and dey old clothes.
llossu..., 'W' didn1t have no money to b~ no clothes P.t sll. l:.r. ~te,
he ,,"'&8 de m was Yorh."'1n
'
fo l , he went a.'1d. wrote to the D.P.1:.
J..//.;;;r
j 8' what lid been tellin l lem. 'Bout ow .a.sa want 'Werkin , no 1110 1
1'0 'dem 'ceptin' jes I det one day a week, and I finally got back on
relief. But dey was still pJjenty of times when "e sat around this
house vi th no thin ' to eat.
and US a1nt got no chillun. !lossuh, I don' know not.•in'
II I aint never had no chillun, n088uh. I never was J"I\.:ril1d tilJ. I
Z
took up "id
'bo~' t.At control business, and I didn't mind ef'n ve hod chillun.
I reckon we jas' never vas l~ky to get o:ny." But "1Il\ wunIt
lettitl& • fIl!xItUntT.!IU.Ix!lllllb: the matter drop
thare. It was the first chance she had received to occupy tha
center ot the stage.
" NOIr 141ms, you know dst aint de reason wa dnt had no chillun.
De doctor dona told me after ma "04 Toodlas had our third one
born dsad dat I couldn't lID....." ...." never birth no chillun." SIle
1
turned to ... DIb::Ja~.b explained," Yo' aee t lt1mIS bere, bet my
second husband. 'lbra I married up with him I was mrr1sd to
Toodles. He done acme trom down Where I _os born at rion
Junction. But me and him just naver could git along. lIef' him
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