The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-23

,.,o ,h;ogS WAS the beSettiDg SIN Oh N"e
81 vos = race trait. And that
h.a,;,c in 4 trade was 4 race tra4i IA
ceurI.s. We white ok 90
mi call il cheating. but say ne
n1-opt,.a ar he got the best OF Tue at
hin. but this advantage Is seleraiis
~ .lacerytio1t or Il suppression OF 1ie I'll III
negro snlooths his sin over ps e"1
;,.- Il taking q~hings-just as our tVVN
nn9. said 10 me- when | complalhtu 1oO".
b.r stealing lard and flour ana rice ~
-,,oh Times. Mr.. Major, L DOM lhinh
Won miss what | takes Well 3un
very much. for she never took hiuoIi :"
= time. but it annoyed ne Tor net
+Iriuk she was foollng me he -,
wasn't. But that same negro """to
M all might with a sick me1loer u -
familv and was always good ana hiH"
49, ,hil3ron Now the white man
ror.lv steals anything and the negro az
ra,.ly ,beats YOU in a trade. Before Tue
C;,il War the negroes most ffequt't
c,i,o. was stealing chikens and tl2@s so'
80 EXPERT in that business that Il ii" W
nassel making it a penal offehse lor any
body 10 buy chickens from Il hesto cN,A
thc,,nh he had raised them III ms own
y,rd W.. could buy foot mats anu
h,,s1ns and baskets, but we must not o"H,
chickens. Law or 10 law, Ne colAl'hue'
his midnight vocation. anu IL 'Hc '""
,rarllnent had said thou SHAFT not toNe'
,hv nqiyhbor's chickens it would nave
na, oil the same 10 him: First covct
ond then steal was part of his religion. l
,.,s ,unsinatiny about this because l
hou,ht i turkey yesterday from 4 negro
fu,. :, very low a)ricc and l "olueie"
,,-b.r.. no got it. / didn't question did,
f,. didn't want to hunt his feelings.
When + was in North Carolina Il fTleln'
TOLD me about an old darky VINO was on
trial for stealing a turkey ana 'he 1"'oi
was ,oSitiyc. ard yet he did not seem ~
le alarmed. His lawyer was dlScodIas-
cd and said. Uncle Jack. 1T LOOKS i1hc
they have got you.' No, dey amt 'n"s
Jobn dey aint got me yet ana oes 'Eh
orwine to get me. Tell You now It -
Mas John. De jedgc setc1l UP u'i
was my young master "hen ue va
broke out and not gwinc to seII me 10 de
r.n 40. sir; he aint. he don't forget
VIA Know But Mas John had lost
confidence. fol. he knew that the Judge
wo7,,a do his duty and execute the law.
IN q short. time, the trial was OVer ;,lu
the Judge asked Uncle Jack IT ne mao
ANYTHING to say in cXtenuatlVl OF LIE
crime. The old gray-feaded man got up
with 4 yrunt and looking around upon
tl}e. snett ators and them at the Judge
said: Muffin much. Mas Judge. puilll
much. Only dis, You know all about ua'
old war when We all got whooped ana
vGl lairt fOrgOt how l Went out "
yo,r 10 de army for YOU was a cappe1l
and old master told me to go long aux
take keer Of You and You knows ulc
dc very hes ! could for four nightly lonr
,cors and how one time you got Woundet
and ataiu by YOU ontell You was WEI
again and how ;uoder time you took th'
measles and me, too, and 1 stay 10y !ot
and nus YOU and how anoder TIME den
Yankees cotcll me and | got away II DC
ri"ht and come bach to you and nov
sometimes you get ont Of money and on
re srunfen to eat at de same time ans
Won call me up and say, Jack. YOU mus
go out a forayin' and get US sunlfnl am
90 out late in de might II brllS yo'
chickens and roastm ears and ole TIM
t,.in~ Won a turkey. and you neber a,
mo muffin about whar / got hin ard 20
never Civ me any money to buy HIM, oil
YOU. Mrs Jedge: You call 1t forag'h
/ den. didn't YOU. Mas Jedge. and If /
/ was fcraging den how Gum 1T to a
stealth now!
; Pv this time the courtroom Was COZ
l yulsed with laughter aud the judge coul
| mot conceal his emotion, for his recollet
tion Of the old darky's .faithfulncss wa
revived afresh. He wiped lis brow an
L HIS eyes. and said: "Mr. Sheriff, adjour
court. Uncle Jack, / will pay for tina
turkey, but you must not do 50 amy NOR
When YOU need anything YOU must com
$ to me. l haven't forgot YOU.
\ 1t is amazing to read our penlteiItIar
; reports where we learn that there III
! over 600 negroes i'll the State and coul
~ clainganSs who are there for Stealln
Of some kind. Most of them are of II
new issue who We're never III slavery an
y majority have advanced under freedom
from simple larceny to burglary. Clicl
II ems are too small game for the model
darky. One Of my farm hands was sci
there for two years, and was disguise
II with his associates and said. Il tell 20
what. boss. dar IS some mean folks Z
de c~haingangs. Fact is, dar is some foil
lust as mean in dar as dur is outen dar
Cote says that Cuba is a good place
s..ral the darkyS to, for the trees a
small and the chicken roost low, bl
the new negroes don't seem to hank
after chickens like the old-fashioned IL
croes. They had rather snatch Il lady
u pockctbook and run. 1t is astonish11
> how many CHARGES they will take to =
something for nothing, and will take Il
risk of arrest and punishment and yet
have never heard of one being turus
out Of church for stealing.
Is War will make white folks steal al
d Judge Dooley believed that mean wliisl
h would. The old-time lawyer used to te
" how he was broke of taking too mue
G.. When he was on the bench Of the Mort
7, ern circuit. a man by name of Sterrc
II kept 4 dirty saloon near the hotel and IL
judge p~atroniZed him every morning b
fore breakfast and by court time W;
pretty mellow. One cold morning the M
: chieyous lawyers borrowed half il ,loz.
silver spoons from the landlady Of IL
hotel and slipped them into the judge
oycrcoat pocket. He never discover,
~ them until court adjourned for dim
= and was drcadfuliy puzzled and perple
Cd. He recognized the spoons. for tn,
had ibis iaIdlady's mark and were ancie
heirlooms in her family. He sent for h
to come to his room and gave them ba,
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