[Shave Them]

Image 1 of [Shave Them] August 1 1939 Enoch Ball white 223 Haywood Rd 4est Asheville U C Villworker barber preacher nne 4inn Stevens writer 1nevil1e 1 4s SHAVE TIE VLSI DAIS AVL XNDAi3 Original NaMa0 Lamb...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 2 of [Shave Them] Griizinal lames Red gill California Creek qverside Amusement Park kr d 4irs H A Dunham SparUnburg O Hartsville S C Gaffney C Hamrick tails Co Dr irenberry Lr Taylor Cherokee Co Florence...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 3 of [Shave Them] SHAYS Titi iS SAW Vali zliNDAY3 Ezra 3uiria stout and middleaged stood behind his barbers chair spreading later on tne back of a srall boys head As ae smoothed tie latier wita...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 4 of [Shave Them] then deftly removed tie lather from the childs neck Then s picked up a much used towel dried and anoothed the tow head removed the atrip of tissue from_tue childs neck and...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 5 of [Shave Them] Ola Then if any pliceman 24414 tie stuff contended Lzra 1A iodfearizz citizen the you are anould report him to the higher authorities Rnd Let him dismissed But the police dont buy...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 6 of [Shave Them] rheir father diverted from his arostent barked at them to be quiet They desisted for a aplit second but seeing him swathed in the biz apron soaped and quite helpless oily costinued...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 7 of [Shave Them] 4111154111 emptly in 44 July sun rise all lowceilinaed rvom was only less torrid than the street hen tas rough bench along tIle wall was filled some lar4er coy cli3bed into the...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 8 of [Shave Them] barber Is that so I inquired wiz Im aupAiint at a couL4ry church on a he replied modestly a3 he continued hi a hair cutting 1 conducts the rAinday choola reaches at...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 9 of [Shave Them] afford to to pay a preacher much Before I came tack here and opened this shop ten year ago I used to go around in Tennessee and Virginia and hold big zsetin6e...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 10 of [Shave Them] fter a few 1uestiona on my part Lzre embarked on his life history continuing hia work aa he talked 4 f_ther he said 4wa a day laburer He uaad to work for...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 11 of [Shave Them] Later I went to school in inckson ounty young an worked up tae school taere en I was ten tear old 1 stopped school It would be 4ard to say wraat 6rade...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 12 of [Shave Them] jeans auit for a Christras present y tyandftler made me lestler shoes for hrLfla drandfatners people were unkards 2ney had a cIrious ay of aptizi The made te candidate stand au aed...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 13 of [Shave Them] 11 10 aeata a day but not in He worked oaly ora or two 11a a Jsek ometimes hed bring home a big nuak or fat back omettues hed bring a peck...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 14 of [Shave Them] 411 tail They was like these new autyzooiles Lou couldnt tell tv looking at gem what direction tivey waa likely to to 4hen tley waa disturAd you couldrAear them ritting taeir teeth...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 15 of [Shave Them] 13 up new buildings hen I got older I learned to put tae quills in place after tileyd been refilled That paid 5 cents a day hen I got older yet I...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 16 of [Shave Them] to support There was 8 of us But hia faily was never as big as mine care to be Til I was 14 year old I never opened my on pay envelope...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 17 of [Shave Them] safe in those days even in jail fireat bid fat women would get drunk on the town square It would take two strappin plicemen to put one of tie ti in the...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 18 of [Shave Them] 13 After 1 was converted I stopped drinkini The other toss in the gang made fun of me They perscuted me at first and prophesied it wouldnt be long before Id be...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 19 of [Shave Them] 17 After I joined the alvation Army Id work at the cotton mill all day and hold meetins at nit I got to Le a serantmajor I wasnt paid any in for...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 20 of [Shave Them] 13 They werent no good of corse I got myaelf a pair of scissors but I didnt have any clippers T o millworkers and railroad men used to come to me to...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 21 of [Shave Them] 19 meetinA a Jay Che day in okersville S c I was arrested for prechin on the street he chief of ptlice come up and touched me on the shoulder when 1...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 22 of [Shave Them] No fte wasnt blocking tne sidewalk judge said the chief Then cnief what did y u arrest him for asked the judge 4uAt11 sald tae ciif of 2olice If an autymobile had...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 23 of [Shave Them] died of typhoid fever about the saws time I had a friend who was an undertaker hen I told him about this poor family he furnished me four cheap coffins free I...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 24 of [Shave Them] stp4400 Capn Burris he said I wouldnt do anything for you to sLive your life lou 11 find all the preachers in this town is cohined againat you How much Done have...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 25 of [Shave Them] 4414R services and to make out a cneck for 450 payable to me and tive it to him to sin 411e and my helpers raised 4300 in 111ffton de had a bik...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 26 of [Shave Them] 24 lzra commented Its the fault of the parents hey dont exercise no control over their children they let them run wild and go wherever they Aant tc lo I dont think...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 27 of [Shave Them] iow does tile oalvation Arry_ pay it3 officarai I inquired ell its accordin6 to ao man caildren a man nesot replied zra t4ourse waen I started la to oe jidnt neve DA...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 28 of [Shave Them] II didnt atay but a nw months in Norfolk I was sent from tnere to tne coal mines in ieat Virginia At that time tne miners clt hin waes Theywac zenerous with...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 29 of [Shave Them] figLered out that men witn famalies couldnt afford to payLiuca linr cut ao I iu out ti 4e aign you ae outsiet 3urris sizop hair cut cents I car4a all onilreil z...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 30 of [Shave Them] the evenin On atdays Im allowed to work ttil nine pm That is I must close the doors ad lock em at tie closin hours Im allowed to finish up with the...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 31 of [Shave Them] _ have a nice little hoLe ihthe ountry out on the teerview oad zeyond artell eighta and tLe hosiery mills It has an acre of xound a4 hcue wit n aever DOOM3...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 32 of [Shave Them] dont seem to care to zo anywneres but to church I brought elm up that waj VI slim nently dressed solemn lookin found man came into the aLop arli talked to ftra...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

Image 33 of [Shave Them] Ezras congregtions You know Ezra said as I rose to leave Im writing the story of my life I havent ot very far yet 3ut talkiaE tainls over this way has helped...

Contributor: Stevens, Annie Winn - Ball, Enoch
Date: 1939-08-01

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