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Thursday; Cuthbert, Dawson, Albany and little places. Then Friday they peddle Alabama; Clayton, Comer, Midway and Union Springs. He has regular customers and always sells out. Saturdays he sells 'cut fish' to niggers. 'Cut fish' is the big red fish he cuts in small pieces. The red fish he catches weighs from eight to twelve pounds and more. All the red fish he gets in the week time, he puts in his fish boxes and keeps 'live 'till Saturday morning. Then 'bout four o'clock he gets up and with one or two of his men he gathers 'em up and cuts 'em in small pieces; puts 'em in push carts, takes 'em up town and before nine o'clock he is sold plum out to niggers and poor white folks. Then Sam comes back home and has a day of rest. He sho' needs it, cause he is sho' over-worked. There is a lot of folks right here in Eufaula been living here all their lives, ain't got no idea what a big business the fish "business is right here.

"He has had some narrow escapes too. Fell in the river lots. Course he is a fine swimmer, but this last time his clothes and boots was so heavy it was hard to swim and the current was swift. He lost his gun and his batteau. The batteau was over-loaded; that's what made it sink.

"He is a good "batteau maker too. He makes his own boats. He also makes boats for sale. They are row boats.

"Fish bite better when the moon is full. He has a camp on the mouth of White Oak Creek, on the banks of the Chattahoochee River.

"He uses spring lizards and stump grubs to bait his hooks and trot lines. A trot line goes from one side of the river to the other

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