The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-06
RACE PREJUDICE
IN the South, and Some Of the e..
tremos 70 Which it Is carried-sOme

tremos to which 1t Is Carried-some
Rich COIored Folks Humorous
Features. ~
New York Sun: People who live
north OF Macon & Dixo1 ine. /" said a
man whose business "a nifty takes
him. 10 the south. ''can'tre )ize the In
tsnsIty of race prejudic ttat prevails
below the line. 1t has ri humorous
features, as might be suppoied. Ihave
heard men say in the abutl that they.
wont ride a bicycle, :brVhse riggers.
have them now Was.f ltting In one
N the hotels in Memphis the other day
when an automobile came down the
street. An old man WAS sitting next
10 me whom I supposed 70 BE one OF the
Oldest inhabitants and who either re-
lied from business or was idle from
The lack OF having something to do.
This kind Of man IL communicative. He
eat in his chair momentRrily hitting the
soles OF his shoes on the tiled floor and
looked as II he was WRitlngifbr ch4nce
10 begin a conversation, sou turned to
him and said;
81 see you have automobiles In Mem
phIs.'
Yes he replied, we have one and
we're going to have another, but tWo's
all can positively stand for
"Of course wondered why there
should never be more than two automo-
blIes in Memphis and quickly asked
him. 'How's that? ~
"'NIggers, was the sententious re-
ply. You see, one Of our leading cit
liens went to New York not long ago
and brought an automobile back with
him. He's going to sell 'em here. He
rides his friends around town In his
new machine, and a lot OF people began
figuring on buying one. Before the
machine had been in Memphis forty.
eight hours In walks colored gentle
man to the mans store and says he
wants an automobile Is quick as It can
be delivered. A little thing like pay
ing $1,000 for one Of these machines
didn't bother him. he could draw his
check for many times that amount.
Now what d you think % that2' and
the old fellow turned around on me
with so much feeling In his voice that
was afraid TO say exactly. what
thought automobile ssales In Memphis
would be quite limited.
Have you wealthy negroes in Mem
phis?' ! asked.
Have We?' said the old man,
there's one negro here that's worth
close on to half a million dollars, and
that's a big pile in the south when cot
ton aIn't bringing fiye cents a pound.
Why, he goes to Europe now and then
and doesn't think any more of going to
New York than / would OF going ten
miles down the river. Didn't you ever
hear about the time the white woman
called on his wlfe?' "a.
"'of course hadn't, and the old gem
tleman Immediately began to tell me.
WELL he said, the rich negro built
town and some of the white ladies were
just dying OF curiosity to know what the
inside Of the house was like. guess
some Of them thought there would be
little nlggers sitting around the floor.
eating out OF pans, and soap box pic
lures and calendars hungfoh the walls,
and receipts from the furniture install
ment man and the coloTBf MRson's
treasurer sticking in the clock. They
didn't talk about anything else
and they heard such wonderful tales
about what was in that house that they
decided they would go and see. So
one day a lot Of EN- goes over and
rings the front door bell, and n servant
Mrs. Blank. what areGYe going to
call herr" asked one Of them While they
were waiting. I'VE can't Mrs a me-
gro. l know; we won't call her any
thing. Just let her show US through
the house" Just then they beard Mrs.
Blank coming down the sthirs, and
they all Strengthened up ana held their
heads as high as Daughters OF the
Revolution. In comes Mrs. blank and
one of the white ladies gets up and
says:
much to be shown through your new
house 49, 81
"'Then what do you think happened?'
said the old man. hitting his Ast on the
arm OF the chair. why that negro wo-
man Just turned around and mashed u
button In the wall and grnllSd sweetly
and said: Every well, viii call my
maid" and then che sweepsmnt OF the
room and the white womeuGAll try to
catch their breath. d1ils
my. my continued the-old man,
without any urging. times have chang
ed. You can't tell when you are go
Ing to run on nlggers now. A white
lady out my way had n young yellow
girl working for her and the other day
went into the kitchen and had a little
row with her because the Rlrps fellow
kept calling her up over the telephone.
After the lady had given the girl lee
ture she went upstairs and dressed to
90 10 town. She got on one Of these
street cars that have seRts for two like
n railroad coach, and at the very next
block the colOred girl got or, the cur;
She pranced down the car ind Topped
herself down in the same seat with the
white woman, and her mistress at that.
They were both bound fort same
store, too, and for all / know they
might have been headed for the same
bargain counter
ii had TO stop the old man at this
point, for my train was to leave IN an
hour. got up, explaining that had
to get shaved. h
We'll said the man, so aoross the
street into the basement. That's a