The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
New York World.

New York World.
"My frens," said Brother Gardner when the
Saturday night meeting OF the Cotton BIOS
som Club had been opened In due form, oar
am seberal things destiah to call yo,r ten
| ton to al dis time. when dis Club has no per-
Lickler biZness befo' 1t.
II notice dat some of yo' is great hands fur
notices. In my time | has knowed heaps y
people wild notices, an neooer coala see
De trubble seems To he dat de motto an ae
man doan' exactly hitch up together. De
LATEST. s~leepiesL man l ebSer knowed mao
Excelsior fur his motto. De man who stole
sixteen chickens from my coop In Detroit had
fur his motto, Honesty brings success. II ID
now ober seben Vars since l lent three ooi.
lars to IL man who had no less dan hye dii.
ferent notices u spur MIN on, an haiu'
got dat money back yit t
at hain't de motto dat makes de man. out
cherry man must make htsself. When Snln,
dig Watkins goes TO de grocery lur u pounu
OF saleratus lie grocer doan' AK him wnat
motto he BIN runnin' bizness on, but LOOKS
him In de eye an expects him 70 come aoTu.
wild de cold cash. If Samuel Shin nuu Di1
Twin fur de last twenty-one vars oy de gold
en- principles of de motto or strive O.oo
Right" he couldn' go out Sixth avenue an
make II buy him three yards or caliKer.
When dat caliker was cut off an rolled UP
Brudder shin would hev to plank down De
cash or offer good security.
"An'I want 10 tell yo' dat one-halfde truo-
BILE we encounter IN dis wurldcums from our
expectin' too much OF our fellermen. We ex-
| pect a man am gwine to tell de troof when we
know we'd dodge 1t %ourself; dat he's gwinet
lieve in US while we doubt hun; dat he orter
he generous while we am stingy. In lact,
we's iookin' fur odder folks TO be perfect,
while we realize dat we ourselves am chncR
full o meanneSs.
~ has made it a rule all my life not to ex-
knowed a man to run long fur a var or so as
level az O plank an az good-natnred as g
sauarsh. Then. he'd suddenly kick up an
show his mean side. We Is all full O. streaRs
an whims an noshuns, and dar Gums a Lime
when we've got to show 'em out or bust de
biller.
Il has bin panied to obsarve a disposishun
on the part OF sartin members OF dis Club 70
be Gurus regardin' DER nayburs. used TO be
time In my life when, II a strange Niger
passed my cabin ridin' q traw.culpd new
AN followed by a yaller dawg, ia stop noeln'
con an sot down TO wonder VINO ne was
whar' he cum from-how many chllPen ne
had-wheder he wouldn't trade dat dawg for
a b'ar.trap, an so on an 80 forth. ! fouDd u,
a losin' bizness an ! quit. ANY one OF us Wno
kin manage to keep out Of de bands Of ae
doctors. police an lawyers has about al oe
bizness he wants to see to.
az felt compelled a few weeks ago TO warn
yo' agip the practise Of dispulin' ON Biblical
pints. 1 understand dat dur am TWO mem;
bers who still persevere in IL. lie keepin'
my eyes peeled. an de fust thing dey knoW
dey'Il feel u conmoshun. Long bout ioty
vars ago I'd sooner argufy OIL relgus inatIe.s
dan to eat dinner. ! let on dat salnpsoo was
u red headed man wild q squint To- his LETT eye;
dat de lions didn't eat Danl kase dey WASN'T
hungry; dat Noah nebber dun ct nall de
animals In his ark dat de Hood wasn't SIN
feet deep. an heaps Of odder things. In Jist
one var / had sixteen fights an licked foteen
men. I broke up q church, run 70. Baptlst
preachers out of de kentry an got al Ge
ehilren SO scarf dat dey dasn't say de LaWds
"An' VII What good dit 1t do mel Idun
licked men, but I couldn't convince EN-; 1
could out-holler a man, but couiont iurnlsn
any proofs dat I was right an he was wrong.
Folks dun called me. a fool, lost my lana on
a mortgage an l finally concluded to snet my
mouf an work wild my hands. None OF us
was In dat Ga'den OF Eden, HOW. oen, 90 vs.
kaow whedder Adam had red bar or p,ack,
or wheduer Eve was freckled or AR MONS
OF us was around when de- flood took, place.
None of us dun saw dat ark. what de use,
den, OF our argufying about It?
SAN want to say a few WORDS 70 DE
younger members of dis Gu on de subject
Of spreadIn' deirselves. De odder day l saw
Three-Ply Johnson, who is q Waltah In
hotel, gwine along Broadway, wild 50 mucn
spread dat ok stopped to look arter him an
wonder how many banks he owned. Wheh
we come right down 10 facts, Brudder Jonn-
son Arms about $40 q week, an'lf he am near
tonight I'll bet he hain't got-0 cents IN ms
spread ? Whats de use OF deceivin' de pup.
lie? Let q man be what he am. Ii nes goI
seventeen millyOn dollars zen leu uim INV
on seventeen millyon dollars with or style.
II he haln't got but seventeen cents let MIN
walk softly uroun' an attempt no decepshuh'
DE public can't be deceived about desc thlngs.
when Waydown Bebce gifts on dat cape coat
Of his an goes sailing down Broadway no
body believes dat he owns all dis Town peioW
Blocker street. Dey Is righ BIT on 70 hin LOT u
char who couldn't buy ID cents worth OF par
egoric an hev huff cash left to ride nome on
de kyar. | saw Que Of our members gWlne
into Il bank de odder day wild great STIFFNESS
an importance. He just reckoned dat ooer
io'ty thousand people would believe ne Was
gwine IN dar 10 git 100000 IN cash an ouy
house on Lexington avenue, but he was oe.s
ceived. ] saw a man look urter him him an
say, Il wonder If dat niger is gwine To carry
coal imp
II saws another member standin' down BY
de poss-ofis an lookin' at the Astor Hohse.
He walked up an dUwn an d an
looked. He wanted to emagine dat he WA
gwine TO buy dat hotel. He felt In his pock-
ct, an he Hsked q man If Mr.: Astor was
home, but he deceived no one. was stanin,
right dar' when a policeman said he mus
.sJist a word or two more. From Whar' I
stand I kin count no less dan forty-two great
large damon pins g%litterin' on de shirt pos
ums an neck scarfs of members, an / reckon
dere ar forty-two mo- ON de back rows De
ldeah wild cherry single one OF 20 Is 10 make
de public believe yo'r pin cost at least $oUO,s
| an dat yo' Is foliin' in richness. Does ue
public so believe? Not much! De public
knows winder glass when It sees II, an de
public pities yo'r childish vanity. we VIII
now put out de fab. upset de water pail, an
depart 10 our various homes? @T%Et