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Adolphus James Boyd
Journey in the past…… A Settler's Diary |
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March 31, 1915 |
hawled some corne up to Grovers to feed the mule
while he made a crop made some steps to the back dore built fence the rest
of the day |
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April 1, 1915 |
worked on the fence till noon Blode up stumps this eavning
wether clear but cold |
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April 2, 1915 |
plowd all day spit snow some to day cold to night |
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April 3, 1915 |
plowd all day went to Bayou meto fishing to night wheeler
Abbot was with me we caught seven used my new net the first time |
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April 4, 1915 |
Grovers first boy Borned went to Sundayscool Sallie
at Grovers all day Ina here to night |
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April 5, 1915 |
plowd for corne Maude ____ come to Grovers
to
night and (roice?) hear went fishing to night caught 25 John Abbot and
Hawit Wilkins went |
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April 6, 1915 |
plowd till noon planted my first corne this eavning Maud and
her children went home this eavning |
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April 7, 1915 |
planted corn all day fine __planting one peace planted
(some) artie choaks this eavning |
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April 8, 1915 |
planted Grovers corn |
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April 9, 1915 |
cut stalks till noon haul manure this eavning raining to
night |
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April 10, 1915 |
went to Jacksonville got a tun of fertelizer came Back to
Church |
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April 11, 1915 |
went to church this morning and to Mr Murdocks this
eav weather fine after the biggest rain of the spring |
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April 12, 1915 |
went to P L Basers and got ten sacks of firtelizer
tore down the hay shed and an old stable T E Hammons and Wesley
help Grover worked all day |
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April 13, 1915 |
bedded and planted the orche corne Grover helped heard that
Noler Jentry (had) died at six oclock |
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April 14, 1915 |
run the harrow over my big peace of corne Bessies cows
little calf hear |
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April 15, 1915 |
planted the orchid in yellow corne let Mt Murdock
have some seed corne |
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April 16, 1915 |
run the two horse harrow all day worked tilter this eav |
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April 17, 1915 |
went to Cabot taken 4 Bus peas old 1.75 per Bush Baught me
some every day shoes |
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April 18, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool at home this eavning wrote to
Sallie
Cole ruthy and Larence Boyd hear for dinner |
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April 19, 1915 |
turned my hay ground with the two horse plow and harrared it
off |
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April 20, 1915 |
plowd some and it rained two showers T L Carmical
Borrowed my waggon this eavning to go to Littlerock to morrow |
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April 21, 1915 |
plowd all day John Dickey come to get some cain seed
to plant Aunt Lucie Herrod Died to day |
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April 22, 1915 |
plowd till noon went to the funeral of Aunt Lucie Herrod
at Mt Pleasant Sanderson and John Abbot gon to Bigelow for Sanderson and
Bessie Abbot to get marrid |
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April 23, 1915 |
put out fertelizer and plowd all day comenced to plant some
cotton this eavning Grover helped me to day |
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April 24, 1915 |
planted cotton and Broke up the secon crop potato patch till
noon went to the graveyard at eboneazer this eavning Larence Talbert hear to night come to (bring?) his colt to put her in the (pasture?) Cleaned
off the graveyard at eboneazer this eavning |
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April 25, 1915 |
went to Church this morning and to Jesse Hammonses to
singing this eavning |
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April 26, 1915 |
plowd all day showerd at noon Mrs Gwin and children
hear all day |
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April 27, 1915 |
helped Grover plant cotton all day planted 8 acres |
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April 28, 1915 |
planted three acres of cotton this morning bedded land this
eavning Myrtle and the children hear to da Grover helped me
work |
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April 29, 1915 |
plowd all day Bro Williams around in the intrust of
(Baptist?) Advance |
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April 30, 1915 |
helped Grover plant cotton till five oclock whin it
come up a shower |
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May 1, 1915 |
went to town taken (Gordon?) to Argenta to send him
home come home at sundown went to hear Bro Williams preach to night
at Zionhill Grover done planting cotton |
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May 2, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Mr and Mrs Murdock come
thiseavning a while Grover and Myrtle hear this eavning |
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May 3, 1915 |
planted some peas Peanut and cotton Just like one little
patch Being done planting cotton |
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May 4, 1915 |
plowed in my corne all day (Bard?) off my potatoes this
morning |
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May 5, 1915 |
plowd all day in corne heard that Walter McPhersons
wife was verry sick raining nice and slow now |
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May 6, 1915 |
went to Cabot Sallie Horace and Grover sent
Sallie
went to have some teeth fixed and stade at Mrs Browns Stevanna and hellen
Brown come home with me and stade all night Grover and Myrtle
stade all night to |
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May 7, 1915 |
went to Cabot after Sallie got home late Big mess
strawberries to night |
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May 8, 1915 |
plowd till noon went to Concord to the Auxiliary this
eavning Wesly Hammons went with me planted cucumbers this eav |
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May 9, 1915 |
went to the Auxiliary at Concord had a fine day having
plenty of strawberries |
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May 10, 1915 |
plowd till noon went to Cabot this eavning to have some more
work done on Sallies teeth heard that Aunt Cate died last
Saturday May 8 Mrs. Browne not as well as com |
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May 11, 1915 |
Bedded land and planted my sorgram |
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May 12, 1915 |
worked the orched corne Mr Clements and Allice
and irene come to night after we went to bed they are on their way to
see Mrs Brown |
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May 13, 1915 |
plowd all day planted a small patch of cain this eavning
Ina went to Cabot with Allice Clements and Stevanyer Brown
come home with her and is hear to night |
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May 14, 1915 |
sode my hay this eavning |
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May 15, 1915 |
went to Cabot this morning and Brought Allice and Irene
(Clements?) out home with me went to (_____) scool meeting this eavning
planted my watermelon patch this eavning Allice and Irene Clements
here to night |
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May 16, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Mr Clement come after Alice
and Irene to day Walter McPhersons wife Buried this eavning had a
good shower late this eavning |
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May 17, 1915 |
hode corne till noon plowd corne this eavning |
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May 18, 1915 |
plowd corne all day Ina got done thining corne |
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May 19, 1915 |
sideharrod cotton all day Ina and Horace comenced to
hoe cotton all day |
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May 20, 1915 |
raining this morning Grover went to Cabot this eav
plowed up a late corne patch had a big rain |
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May 21, 1915 |
went to Cabot Sallie went and had some more work done
on her teeth rained a big rain last night raining to night |
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May 22, 1915 |
got up some rock this morning worked on the road up near the
graveyard this eavning rained about all night last night |
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May 23, 1915 |
went to Church W D Curl and family and Mrs. Bell
come home with us for dinner Wesley Jewel Hammons and Lee Carmical
come this eavning |
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May 24, 1915 |
hode cotton all day to wet to plow |
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May 25, 1915 |
hode till noon side harrod cotton this eavning comenced to
answer Mag Tracies letter which I got on ____ |
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May 26, 1915 |
plowd in the corne till noon side harrowed cotton this
eavning Broke my harrow this eavning |
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May 27, 1915 |
raining this morning wind Block down on of my walnut trees
last night cut the Bushes in my corn this eavning Meady Abbott and
children hear this eavning |
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May 28, 1915 |
went to Cabot taken my first spring chickens John Abbot
went with me and got a moin mchean |
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May 29, 1915 |
scraped and hode cotton Grover Myrtle and Horace went
to Larence Talberts this eavning ent to the Justus School house to
hear Bro Bain preach me and Ina (Lilian Hanie married on 28) |
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May 30, 1915 |
went to hear bro Bain preach two surmons to day and
one to night |
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May 31, 1915 |
harroud and plowd all day Jewel and Walter hammons
hode cotton for us to day paid them 75 cts a peace |
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June 1, 1915 |
plowd all day Mr L B Justic Bad sick |
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June 2, 1915 |
plowd all day Joe Aldridge come and fixed the call
Bell |
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June 3, 1915 |
plowd and Harrowed all day Mr. L B Justic died |
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June 4, 1915 |
plowd up the gate peace of cotton and planted it in June
corne and peas Mr Justic Buried to day |
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June 5, 1915 |
planted some peas and Harod my cain patch till noon
went to Cabot this eavning Horace went to George Christian and
got him a cat |
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June 6, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool (stade) at home this eavning wrote to
Sallie Cole |
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June 7, 1915 |
plowd all day in the corne McNease arested to day and
tuck to Jale |
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June 8, 1915 |
went to P L Balzers to in quirer of one Mose
Morris wanted at L R as a witness assessed my tax 215 dollars worth of
personal property |
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June 9, 1915 |
side harrod cotton all day |
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June 10, 1915 |
plowd in the corn all day Grover went to Cabot this
eav |
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June 11, 1915 |
plowd all day ni corne all day |
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June 12, 1915 |
plowd in cotton to day |
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June 13, 1915 |
went to church Bro Killpat(rick) come home with us
for dinner (another?) little calf to day |
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June 14, 1915 |
plowd till noon come a big rain fixed some fence this
eavning and it come another rain this eavning |
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June 15, 1915 |
went to Cabot Horace went with me Baught me some plow
shoes |
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June 16, 1915 |
planted me a patch of late corne and peas hode corne this
eavning |
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June 17, 1915 |
hode corne all day Wesley Hammons helped us paid him
75 cts a day |
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June 18, 1915 |
hode corne all day Wesley Hammons helped me heard
that eulan Hammons had left the country |
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June 19, 1915 |
plowd all day robers went in the the post office but did not
get any thing at Cabot |
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June 20, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool F M Talbert come home with me
for dinner had a little singing hear this eavning ulan Hammons Back
at home off of his trip |
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June 21, 1915 |
plowd all day weather hot |
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June 22, 1915 |
plowd in the corne till after noon and it come a big rain
Mrs Prator died last night |
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June 23, 1915 |
helped to dig grave and Bury Mrs Prator dug potatoes
this eavning made 14 Bushels |
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June 24, 1915 |
dug grave and buried Bro Killpatricks baby cut Bushes
this eavning in the corne John Brown hear a while this eavning |
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June 25, 1915 |
hode cotton all day Myrtle and the children hear to
day Grover went to Cabot |
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June 26, 1915 |
plowd all day Maudie (and) the children hear to night
raining to night |
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June 27, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool rain this eavning Brine Lea come
after Mr Barnwell hose that we had up Maudie went home late
this evening |
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June 28, 1915 |
hode cotton till noon comence to plow in my sorgram this
eavning and it come a big rain and wind and Blowed the corn down |
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June 29, 1915 |
went to F M Talberts this morning as he is sick set
up corne this eavning me and Horace |
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June 30, 1915 |
went to see F M Talberts as he is still sick plowd in
the corne this eavning |
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July 1, 1915 |
plowd in the corne all day F M Talbert still (sick) |
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July 2, 1915 |
plowd all day went to m_____ meet Charley Boyd and
his wife hear to nig |
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July 3, 1915 |
went to Cabot this morning plowd some this eavning
Grover
Myrtle and the children hear to night made some cream |
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July 4, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Jewel Hammons hear to night had
a good shower this eav Clarence and George Douglass hear to day |
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July 5, 1915 |
went to Cabot after some chops for the chickens till noon
worked for F M Talberts this eavning |
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July 6, 1915 |
plowd in the cotton fixed the cross fence at noon up at
Grovers to keep the cattle out of the corne |
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July 7, 1915 |
planted peas and peanuts (in) the corne went to F M Talb
to night as they are taking him to the hospettle to night L E Talbert
and Jesse Hammon went with him |
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July 8, 1915 |
side harrowd cotton all day |
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July 9, 1915 |
Harrod cotton all day F M Talbert operated on
pennicitus Mrs fowler at Grovers to day |
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July 10, 1915 |
plowd till noon went to church this eavning |
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July 11, 1915 |
went to church George Boyd and family come home with
us for dinner Mr Derden hear to night to comence teachen to morrow
one of Albert Walpoles boys died to day |
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July 12, 1915 |
went to the scoolhouse to hep clean out the well and to
start the scool helped dig grave and bury Vergel Walpole |
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July 13, 1915 |
plowd all day in the cotton and plowd my swet potatoes this
eav |
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July 14, 1915 |
plowd all day in the cotton |
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July 15, 1915 |
plowd till noon fixed to go to town to morrow Harrowed my
potatoe patch this eavning |
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July 16, 1915 |
went to Littlerock with chickens sold for four dollars per
Doz |
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July 17, 1915 |
come home from town got hear at one oclock broke my potato
patch and harrowd it made some cream to night ____ Hammons folks was
all (here) |
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July 18, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool slept most of the eavning |
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July 19, 1915 |
had a small shower last night plowd all day |
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July 20, 1915 |
finished the crop to day Grover went to Cabot |
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July 21, 1915 |
hode some in the cotton John Abbot come home from
Warton |
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July 22, 1915 |
hode cotton for grover and helped scrub the church |
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July 23, 1915 |
work around hear all day put my old sow up to keep her out
of J H Duncans filed F M Talbert come home to day after the
operation |
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July 24, 1915 |
went to Cabot this morning dressed a kid this eavning and
put up two of my hogs went to church to night Bro Killpatrick preached started a meeting (of) days |
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July 25, 1915 |
went to church day and night no company to day |
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July 26, 1915 |
went to church day and night Bro Killpatric come with
us to day |
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July 27, 1915 |
went to church day and night |
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July 28, 1915 |
wentto church day and night Idell Clements come this
eavning Miss Smith and Miss Bryant hear to nigh |
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July 29, 1915 |
went to Church day and night Joe Bearden and wife and
Mrs Bundy hear for dinner Idell Clements still hear to night |
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July 30, 1915 |
went to Church day and night T L Carmicals mule run
away at the church and thur him and Tim and Gladdys out of the
buggy (Sallie) Clements and Dell hear today |
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July 31, 1915 |
went to Cato and to Mr Clementses for dinner Ina
went to as the singing convention met there come home and went to Church
at night |
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August 1, 1915 |
went to church meeting Brok W. E. Douglass and
children come home with us Bob Carmical got a new Boyd Mr Durden
come back to start the scool |
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August 2, 1915 |
hauled out maneure on my potato patch had a good shower this
morning |
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August 3, 1915 |
planted my potatoes this morning run the hule sweep this eav
Grover Mytle and Ina gon to L E Talberts to night |
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August 4, 1915 |
helped to work with some graps till non dug in my well at
the Barn went to Mt Pleasant to night to church Ina went with me
___cool |
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August 5, 1915 |
dug some in my well at the barn went to church and to
A J
Beardens for dinner Grover Myrtle an Ina and Jewel gon to Church at Mt Pleasant to night |
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August 6, 1915 |
went to Cabot got 535 feet of lumber to floor the loft in
the barn went to Mt Pleasant to church the meeting broke |
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August 7, 1915 |
flord in the Barn till noon went to Mr Whiteheads saw
mill this eavning A D Boyd and boys come home from boilie lake with
plenty Grinnel |
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August 8, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool and preachen Grover Myrtle Ina
and Jewel Hammons gon to Harmony to church tonight |
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August 9, 1915 |
Built a furnis and got ready to make molases to morrow good
rain to night |
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August 10, 1915 |
made molases to day for J D Duncan made 25 gal |
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August 11, 1915 |
sode Turnips this morning went to Cabot this eavning sold
thre galons of molases to Pendergrass |
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August 12, 1915 |
Built a shed over the molases pan till noon cut tops this
eavning went to Harmony to night Ina went with me |
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August 13, 1915 |
sawd stovewood till noon split stovewood and tied tops this
eavning Ina gon to church with Wesley and jewel Hammons at Harmony |
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August 14, 1915 |
hauled in two loads of tops went to Cabot Grover Myrtle
and Ina and Horace went to the picnic at Ward |
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August 15, 1915 |
went to Church day and night at Justic scoolhouse |
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August 16, 1915 |
cut tops all day Grover helped me Ina and
Mr Derden gon to church to the Justice scool house |
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August 17, 1915 |
harroed off my potatoes this morning tied tops and hawled
them in this eavning |
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August 18, 1915 |
made molases this eav for Lonny Goforth made 19 gal
Grover Myrtle and the Chaps (?) hear to night and it is
raining |
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August 19, 1915 |
rained all day did not work only to fix some steops in the
Barn |
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August 20, 1915 |
made molases for C J Gwin made 47 galons |
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August 21, 1915 |
mad molases for C J Gwin made 53 galons went to
church at Justice scool house |
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August 22, 1915 |
went to Zionhill to church heard that Mrs T M Adkins
died this eavning Ina gon to Justic scool house to night |
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August 23, 1915 |
made molases all day made 52 gal for C J Gwin had a
shower this eavning |
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August 24, 1915 |
made 18 gal molases for C J Gwin and got done he made
170 gal wentto Church to Justic scool house to night the meeting broke |
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August 25, 1915 |
went to Cabot taken 13 gal of molases Baught me some evry
day shoes Grover and Mrytle went to Olmstead to a picknick to day |
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August 26, 1915 |
made 12 galons of molases for J D Duncan rained this
eavning Marion Hogan eat dinner hear |
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August 27, 1915 |
sawd and split molases wood till noon fixed to go to
Littlerock this eav worked in the garden |
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August 28, 1915 |
went to Littlerock to the scool directors meeting got home
at dark |
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August 29, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Miss Mollie Porter and Mr Padie
come to day we had a little singing hear this eavning |
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August 30, 1915 |
made molases all day made 49 gal for John Abbot Larence
and mawd hear to night Ray Short died to day |
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August 31, 1915 |
made molasse all day for J F Abbott made 48 1/2
galons they cleaned off the grave yard to day |
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September 1, 1915 |
made molases for J F Abbot till noon made for
A D
Boyd this eavning made 49 gal Grover and Lee Boyd stiped
cain for me |
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September 2, 1915 |
made molases all day for A D Boyd and F M Talbert
made 50 1/2 galons |
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September 3, 1915 |
made mols all day made for F M Talbert till noon for
me this eavning made 51 1/2 Wes Carmicals Babby Buried |
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September 4, 1915 |
made molas for Lonnie goforth made 41 1/2 galons |
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September 5, 1915 |
went to Mrs Browns me and Sallie stade all day |
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September 6, 1915 |
made molases all day for my self made 42 1/2 galons |
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September 7, 1915 |
made molases all day for Emmit Barentine made 62
galons |
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September 8, 1915 |
hauled hay worked irish potatoes and went to town with 15
gal molases |
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September 9, 1915 |
come home from town made cream to night |
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September 10, 1915 |
went to the scool house this eavning as Mr Rob Derden
scool was out |
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September 11, 1915 |
made molases for Gearge Belew made 15 1/2 galons went
to Church this eavning |
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September 12, 1915 |
went to church Claud Clements and Ada Moor
come with us for dinner |
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September 13, 1915 |
made molases all day for Tom Hanie made 45 1/2 gal
McColes baby died to day |
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September 14, 1915 |
helped John Abbot get some cain to the mill and make
it up made 21 gallons McColes baby was buried to day |
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September 15, 1915 |
made 38 galons of molases for Hozie Melton and 18 for
T L Carmical |
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September 16, 1915 |
made molases all day for T L Carmical made 61 gal ten
little pigs made their (appearance) |
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September 17, 1915 |
made molases for T L Carmical till noon for Wells
this eavning made 58 1/2 galons |
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September 18, 1915 |
made molases till noon plowd my potatoes this eav Grover
and Horace gon Hunting to night Myrtle and the chaps hear |
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September 19, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Jesse Boyd radind tilter to day |
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September 20, 1915 |
made molases for Bob Carmical and went to
Jacksonville to try to summon Mr McGuire as a witness did find him Sallie Clements come to get some molases rained to day |
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September 21, 1915 |
Made molases all day made 65 galons 28 for Bob Carmical
and 37 for T E Hammons Tom Shirleys children struck and kill
by lightning |
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September 22, 1915 |
made molases for T E Hammons and Jesse Hamons
got reday to go to town |
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September 23, 1915 |
went to Littlerock take a barel of molases and sold it to
the Jale got home dark |
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September 24, 1915 |
made molases all day for W E Douglass and Gene Christian
made 69 galons |
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September 25, 1915 |
made molases all day for james Abbot made 67 galons
form a dry pan |
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September 26, 1915 |
went to church Bro Killpatric and Mr Mitchell
come home with me for dinner |
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September 27, 1915 |
made molases for Jim Abbot made 59 galons Walter
McPherson hear this eavning |
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September 28, 1915 |
made molases all day for Walter Evans made 74 galons
rhumatism in my knee |
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September 29, 1915 |
made molases for Roofus clark made 48 Grover
gon to Littlerock with first cotton |
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September 30, 1915 |
Mad molases for Rwoofus Clark and A J Baentine
till noon and it rained us out cotton selling for 12 1/4 cts per pound. |
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October 1, 1915 |
made molasees all day for A J Barrentine made 60
galons had my first bale of cotton gines to day |
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October 2, 1915 |
made molases all day C J Barentine made 74 galons |
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October 3, 1915 |
Stade most of the day at J F Abbots as he had a bad
chill today |
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October 4, 1915 |
made molases all day for Dan Robbins made 57 gal went
hunting to night caught a possum |
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October 5, 1915 |
sawd some stove wood for me and Grover till noon went
to Cabot with my first cotton sold for 13 cts got a letter from Mr Gasper |
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October 6, 1915 |
got done making molases for this season made 59 galons to
day for Hawit Wilkins and eulas Wells |
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October 7, 1915 |
went to Cabot to get hulls but did not get any hawled
Grovers seccon Bale of cotton to the gin served a paper on S P Dent
to night |
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October 8, 1915 |
went to Cabot with Grover seccond Bale of cotton sold
for 12 3/4 cts |
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October 9, 1915 |
gatherd corne and cut and hawled some cain for feed
Grover went to the wood |
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October 10, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool WA Abbott and family come home
with me for dinner and Jewel Hammons also come |
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October 11, 1915 |
gatherd corne for Grover all day gatherd five loads |
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October 12, 1915 |
picked cotton the first this fall picked 187 pounds looks
like rain to night |
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October 13, 1915 |
went to Blazers store this eavning worked old tilter
the first time to the waggon paid off my fertileizer note to day |
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October 14, 1915 |
pullted up my peanuts this morning and picked cotton the
rest of the day got money order from Mr Ward for 10 gals of molases
to be sent to Longmont Colorado |
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October 15, 1915 |
picked all day Grover hawled his thrid bale of cotton
to the gin it weighted 565 |
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October 16, 1915 |
went to Cabot with Grovers third bale of cotton to
the gin it weighted 565 |
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October 17, 1915 |
rained this morning went to A D Boyds awhile this
morning went to W E Dougalsses this eavning |
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October 18, 1915 |
went to Mr Derricks and to Robert Blands to
Garneshe them for S P Dent dug my sweet potatoes this eavning made 8
bus |
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October 19, 1915 |
picked cotton all day weather warm |
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October 20, 1915 |
picked cotton all day T E Hammonses folks help us got
our second Bale Ina gon to the fair Mr Hunter a Jess Bostic
eat dinner hear to day they were looking after some fertilizer notes |
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October 21, 1915 |
hauled my secon bale of cotton to the gin picked cotton this
eavning Ed Justices wife died lat night at L R |
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October 22, 1915 |
picke cotton hawled in peanuts and one load of corne |
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October 23, 1915 |
Ina come home from the fair last night picked cotton
killed a goat this eavning Grover Myrtle and Horace gon to Mauds to night they went to trads day at Cabot to day |
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October 24, 1915 |
went to Church Lee Carmical and emmer Fortson
hear for dinner Grover Myrtle and Horace come back from L E
Talberts weather fine |
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October 25, 1915 |
gatherd corne all day Marion Jackson helped me
gathered 7 loads |
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October 26, 1915 |
hauled Grovers fourth bale of cotton to the Gin
picked peas this eavning |
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October 27, 1915 |
plowd up Grover potatoes this morning picked peas all
day |
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October 28, 1915 |
picked cotton till noon and peas this eavning |
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October 29, 1915 |
picked cotton all day Grover and Myrtle gon to the
stock show at Littlerock |
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October 30, 1915 |
pick cotton till noon went to Cabot to mill this eavning
moved my mail Box over to the house as the mail carrier will come this way
Monday |
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October 31, 1915 |
Joe McPherson and famly hear to day tom Bryants Baby
Buried Grover and Myrtle come home from the show |
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November 1, 1915 |
went to littlerock taken 11 gal molass F M Talbert an
wife and Mrs Moors girls also went mail come by the house |
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November 2, 1915 |
come home from littlerock got home at dark |
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November 3, 1915 |
picked cotton all day Joe Aldridge and Jim Abbot
dug all day in the well at the barne |
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November 4, 1915 |
picked cotton all day Joe Aldridge and Jim Abbot
dug all day in the well at the barne |
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November 5, 1915 |
picked cotton and gatherd corne till non hawled in corne
this eavning |
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November 6, 1915 |
went to Cabot to see the beloon go up the family went with
me went to L E Talbert to stay all night |
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November 7, 1915 |
come home from L E Talbert got hear Before sundown
saw my first map go up in a Baloon yesterday |
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November 8, 1915 |
rained this morning went to Cabot after some dinemite
A D
Boyd and his boys gon to baly Lake |
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November 9, 1915 |
worked on the road all (day) helping to grade the road (bed)
hear and Zion hill |
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November 10, 1915 |
worked on the road all day for Joe Aldridge and
Jim Abbot finished my well at the barn |
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November 11, 1915 |
worked on the road till noon and it rained us out |
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November 12, 1915 |
me and Horace cut wood till noon helped clean out the
well at Zionhill this eavning went to A D Boyds to night and got some
fish as he got home from the lake to night sold a large goat to J T
Abbott for 1.50 one dollar and fifty cts he dressed Better than 50 lbs |
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November 13, 1915 |
worked on road all day Mr Clem Pool came to start
teachen our school Monday Maggie Wilkins supposed to have penocitus
at Littlerock |
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November 14, 1915 |
rained all day slowly Lee Wilkins was thrown from his
waggon while coming home from Littlerock and was killed out at once and Hozie melton fell from his wagon at rixey and was hurt rite bad |
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November 15, 1915 |
scool started at Zionhill with Mr Pool as teacher
first killing front last night Lee Wilkins buried |
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November 16, 1915 |
went to littlerock taken one Bale of cotton for me and one
for Grover sold for 11 3/4 Baught Ina a pair of Sunday shoes |
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November 17, 1915 |
come home from Littlerock got home at 8 oclock |
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November 18, 1915 |
went to West Carmical sale me and Grover went in the
buggy cold to night school teacher Ina and Horace gon to
spelling match at the scoolhouse |
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November 19, 1915 |
put up some turnips J L Brown hear for dinner helped
to get Hozz Melton some wood this eavning |
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November 20, 1915 |
went to Littlerock on the Jimey got home late |
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November 21, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool singing hear this eavning cool tonight |
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November 22, 1915 |
worked on the road at Nelson got done the road
Horace got his watch to day |
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November 23, 1915 |
went to Cabot got 18 hundred pouns of cottensee hulls paid
eleven dollars a tun |
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November 24, 1915 |
went to Cabot got 528 feet of lumber and 5 roles (of) roofin
to sid the Barn dug our late potatoes made seven Bushels |
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November 25, 1915 |
hawled a bale of cotton for Grover his fifth raining
to night |
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November 26, 1915 |
sawd wood till noon put our irish potatoes this eavn |
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November 27, 1915 |
went to Cabot to traids day me and Ina Grover and
Myrtle went |
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November 28, 1915 |
went to church and Sunday scool |
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November 29, 1915 |
taken medicin last night fix my sideboards and loaded my
last bale cotton this eavning |
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November 30, 1915 |
went to the gin this morning went to Mr Murdocks
and
got ten bushels of corne for Mr Pool eulan Hammons and John
Abbot hear till bed time last Bale of cotton waid 595 |
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December 1, 1915 |
Lee and Dick Carmcal sawd saw stocks hear all day got a
letter from J L Brown |
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December 2, 1915 |
went to rixey and got a letter from J L Brown |
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December 3, 1915 |
went to Cabot with Grovers fift Bale of Cotton sold
for 12.40 it weighed 553 |
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December 4, 1915 |
hawled Grovers last bale of cotton to the gin it waid
610 ground the first meal at Gordons mill had a letter from Mrs
Ditts in regard to her husbans pardon |
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December 5, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool Joe and (Jim?) Aldridge and
Jon Abot hear this evening Grover and Mrytle hear this eavning |
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December 6, 1915 |
sawd stovewood till noon got out sills for the shed to the
barn this eavning George Christian helped and Grover helped
too |
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December 7, 1915 |
sawd wood till noon put down the sill for my cow shed this
eavning and went to Wheelers this eavning as he is comencen to roll
his house |
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December 8, 1915 |
sawd wood till noon worked on my cow shed this eavning
jesse Hammons helped me |
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December 9, 1915 |
worked all day on my cow shed Grover and Mr
Hammons helped me wee put on some ruber roofing an Earthquake felt at
sevrel places in the state |
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December 10, 1915 |
went to Cabot with Grover sixth bale and last for him
this year sold for 12 1/2 cts come home in time to finish the roof on my cow
shed |
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December 11, 1915 |
went to Cabot with Mr Pool as he wanted to go to
Littlerock come home at noon went to church this eavning cold to day |
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December 12, 1915 |
went to church at Zion hill this morning and to hear
Bro
Kimbro at Justic scoolhouse this eavning |
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December 13, 1915 |
hawled some wood this mor thrashed my peas this eav made 10
1/2 Bushels Mr Roofus Clark verry lo with lung trouble |
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December 14, 1915 |
sode Turf oats all day Grover helped me Mr Pool
sick to day did not have any scool to day |
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December 15, 1915 |
worked on my cowpen till noon taken Mr Pool home this
eavning as he is sick |
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December 16, 1915 |
it rained all day taken B A Abbot acroos the branch
to J F Abbots as the Branch was to hy for him to cross |
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December 17, 1915 |
went to Littlerock Grover went with me |
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December 18, 1915 |
come home from Littlerock got home at dark Myrtle
hear to night |
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December 19, 1915 |
went to Sunday scool to the grave yard this eavning
Mr
Roofus Clark verry lo |
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December 20, 1915 |
killed two hogs this morning they waid 210 and 217 went to
roofus clarks to night taken them some sugar and coffee |
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December 21, 1915 |
helped Grover to kill two small hogs went to Cabot
got 1060 pounds of hulls pade 14 dollars a ton Horace gon to L E
Talberts to stay a few days |
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December 22, 1915 |
fence my cowpen this morning sawed wood for Grover
this eavning |
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December 23, 1915 |
went to Chance Mayfields and got a load of stuff for
July Mayfild his wife as they are seperated hawled some wood worked on
my cow pen this eavning |
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December 24, 1915 |
went to Cabot this morning me and Ina and Brought
Horace home he has bin at L Talberts a few days helped to bury
Floid Stobaughs baby this eavning raining |
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December 25, 1915 |
went to Bob Carmicals and staid all day Sallie and
Horace went with me |
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December 26, 1915 |
went to church at Zion Hill at home this eavning |
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December 27, 1915 |
finished sowing my turf oats and plowed up half the garden
Mr Pool come back to start the scool after a spell of Lagrip |
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December 28, 1915 |
rained last night and to day froze ice on evry thing this
eavning is still raining to night |
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December 29, 1915 |
Dug grave and burie Osco Walpoles baby |
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December 30, 1915 |
went to Cabot to mill and to get some medicin for Grover
as he is sick |
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December 31, 1915 |
went to Dr Herrods to see him as he is sick got some
more medicin rain nearly all day sister Gipson died to day |
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