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Born in Smith County, Mississippi, Sarah M. Winstead Zoda
got to Texas as quickly as she could-the next year She grew up
in Richland. She has been a homemaker, a beautician, and a
realtor She and the late Harry L Zoda were married more
than fifty years. She has one child and one grandchild.
10. BOOTLEG BOOZE
by Sarah Zoda
Daddy was a good provider for his family even though he
never owned land. A share-cropper, he raised cotton, corn and
other grain crops on a percentage basis of 3 to 1 and 4 to 1 (also
known as "thirds and fourths," referring to the landlord's share
of the crop).
Before the Great Depression of the 1930s, the harvest was
good and money flowed as freely as water from a spring.
Daddy's hard work and desire to provide for his family kept us
"living in high cotton," as the old saying goes. We never wanted
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Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Redshaw, Peggy A. Texas Family Secrets, book, 1997; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20209/m1/56/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin College.