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Go to Church in Their Underwearlt;/P) Feature ServicePinckneyville. Miss Eight neg roes in this southwest corner of Mississippi are happy to be able to go to church on summer Sunday mornings in soaking wet underwear.The eight, all men suffering from an inherited glandular deficiency, are unable to sweat.With snub noses, pointed teeth and eyes always wide open as if Jin amazement, these negroes work ; on plantations here, and in the summer go out in the fields with soaking wet underwear and pa is of water.Fnder the torrid sun when theii body heat becomes unbearable they douse themselves from head i to foot and keep on working. Orftelse they jump into the neaiesl creek for relief.Summer nights are the worst for them They make their beds on the porch during the night and arise from time to time and throw buckets of water over themselves.On Sundays, when other members of their family keep cool in church with hand-fans, they sit through services in underwear thoroughly soaked before leaving home.In winter, they get along ail i right, although sultry days make them uncomfortable
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Albert Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Sat, Jan 27, 1940
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