The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-05
ONLYAFEW OBEY THE LAW.
Five Cinnamon Register at the
Custom House.

Jim All Sin Says He Is White China
man and Loves God and Meliea-He
Is Even Willing to Fight to Show
His Patriotism-Sam Lee Tells Mr..
Barnes About the Chinese Meeting
and Three other Celestials Dodge
Behind Desks for Fear of Having
Their Pictures Taken-A Day of Fun
in the Big Granite Building,
Five Cinnamon complied with the Geary
law yesterday and registered at the Gus
tom house Their names are James All
Sin, Samuel Henry Clay Lee, better
known as Sam Lee, Chung Joe, Chung
Goe and Jung Wing. With each regis
tration there was lots of fun for the Gus
tom house officials.
Jimmie All Sin was the first to show up
He walked into the custom house about
10 o'clock with broad smile on his face
and asked; "Mlistel Blarnes here3" He
was shown to the registrars desk,
and everybody gathered around to
witness the performance. All Sin
has no queue and looks d little
Americanized, except for his broad
face and little eyes ME want legistel,"
said the Chinaman, slapping his hand on
his breast. me Mclean Chineeman; no
pipe Chineeman; fiom Picking; me white
healt Chinee; not black-healt like othel
Chinee in Savannah"
All Sin stopped for breath after getting
off this speech and Mr.. Barnes took add
vantage of it TO get him to answer the
necessary questions and sign mis- name.
MI
Of some questions asked him by Collector
Johnson about going back to China with
out queue. Me don't want go black to
China" he said. 'Melica glood enough
fol me. Chinee no glOod. Me hub Melica.
Me fight fol Melica. Been thlee yeals on
Mclean walship.o
WANTS HIS COUNTRYMEN SENT BACK.
All Sin here Strengthened himself up to
show what patriotic American soldier
he would make and then he continued:
Me hlope Mclean glovelment send black
all Chinee who don't legistel They no
good fol this clOuntly, Five tly kill me
fol Cutting my queue. Yes, slend EN-
black" All Sin next got into a re-
ligious strain. ME glood Christian -
said the Chinaman. ME Loman Clatlic.
Been blon Christian and love God and
Melica." Finding that he had exhausted
his oratorical powers All Sin turned to
Blarnes, me all light now}" Mr. Barnes
told the America-loving Chinaman that he
was "all light and he departed with q
grin and the remark: Send all blad
Chinee black
Sam Lee was the next to appear, Sam
is quite an intelligent Chinaman and there
was no monkey business with him. He
told Mr., Barnes that he wanted to regis
ter because he proposes to make his home
in America for the future. Il CALLED
meeting of Chinee last night" said Sam,
land told ALI blettel legistel and not
kick against law. Some Stay all light,
but mole tell me aflRid Chinee consul will
slend names to Chinee if legistel. | tell
EN- Chinee consul glot nothing to do with
Mclean law, but can't mlake 'em undel-
stand"
DIDN'T WANT THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.
Chung Joe, Chung Goe and Jung Wing
were the last to appear, and while they
expressed a desire to register, the trio
kept as far away from Mr.. Barnes as pos
sible. They seemed to be afraid he had
some sort of an apparatus on his desk to
take their pictures, and when told to sign
their names, they kept one eye on the pen
and paper and the other on Mr.. Barnes, to
see that he did not take any advantage of
them. The registrar is required to make
a note of any popularity about the face
of his subject, and when Mr., Barnes
attempted to scan the Cinnamon.
closely for some mark of Identification
they began lodging behind the desks and
grinning in way which set the spectators
into hilarious laughter They thought
this was whore the photo business came
in and were determined their pictures
should not be taken
Registrar Barnes closed his Office at
o'clock last night, and those Cinnamon
who failed to take advantage of the OPP
pOrtunity given them by the government
will now have to take their chances on
the supreme courts decision May H. If
it is in favor of the law only five China
men can remain in Savannah. Theothers
will have to go back to China, and the
Chinese laundry business of Savannah
will be a monopoly.
The secrctary's order relative to the
law was not received here yesterday until
the registration was ended