The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-26

who are SO far away from them it may
not seem SO great now but it will. /
see the people of Illinois are finally
getting awake and some towns won't
allow a black man to even light.
Think what it is for little hand full
OF white folks among thousands Of
blacks. Northern men very often
think they would like to go south in
order to get that cheap labor. A
negro who works by the month gets
from s6 to s8 per month and feed S
himself. That is very small pay, but
| it is all he is worth. One white man
is worth two or three black ones on an
ordinary farm and will do as much
work in year.
have been working from % to 35
hands for eight years and by staying
right with them to push and show
them how and when to do every
little thing / manage to do pretty
well. There are lots of good negroes.
1t lis not true that every negro will
steal. Some are as honest as white
folks, but as race they are no account
They are just as they were, created,
without judgement, affection for one
another, or any feeling for dumb
brutes. II one dies their grief only
lasts for a few hours. They are s1p-
erstitious and 1t worries them worse to
go back and stay In a house where
one has died than it does to lay one in
a grave. They believe dead folks
come back and are always seeing
"Haunts." They forget everything.
AS soon as one lays down tool of any
kind he forgets how to use it again
unless it is an xe or q hoe. They
have no idea when plow is running
right. About twice a year [ have to
show and learn them all over again
how to put a set of harness on team.
The Creator never intended a negro
should own OF control any brute and.
l believe that any white man who sells
a mule, horse or COW to black man
will have that crime to answer for
when he meets his Creator. At differ
ent times 1 have sold two horses and
Ethree mules to the best darkies on
my place who were renting land and
trying to farm for themselves, but in
Ieyery case, after seeing them starved
for water and feed, worked with sore
shoulders all day and then rode all
night and get reeling poor, / have
bought them back and promised my
/ Creator that each time would be the
last. For the last few years have
kept my promise and have been work
Ing negroes on shares. / furnish
tools, seed, mules and feed them. The
negro does all the work and gets one
half OF all he can raise. also have
to furnish them rations, ana little
money for about nine months in the
i year. Each grown darkie gets one
y peck Of corn meal week and the
| first OF each month ] give them a little
d money, the amount depends on the
B size Of the family. A man and
A wife without children gets $3.50
}. That las to buy his meat, snuff, soap
J, clothes and everything he needs fol
u the month. When the crop is sold
{ take out Of his share for all I have
| let him have and give him what il
) left, If there is anything.
l George says there isn't a bit o
J, difference between raising cotton ant
] playing poker. We gointo. our pocls
S ct and put up money to feed an,
t clothe the darkies. II they have
i good crop we get it back but if any
! thing happens, poor crop, or it set
e in raining in the fall, or is only fou
t or five cents per pound, then we jus
i loose what we have put up. Abou
| the only difference can see in th
n two games is that in the cottol
5 game one year OF our life is gon
I. with our money while in poker a fe,
Q hours is all it takes Of your time, n
7 matter which way it goes.
Y / understand that a machine 70
: picking cotton has been invented an
g that two Of them. were successful
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Miss. don't knew what will becom
j, Of the negro when those machines ge
u into general use. but | suppose tn
9 president will have a good part q
j. them into Office before that tim
al comes. The Young negroes /, in ou
e nelghborhood have organized wha
!. they call a batting siety.'' The
E meet once a week and some Of th
d questions they have. up are prett
g good. One was, What's the mos
d benefit, COW or a mule?:'' Anothe
ns was, WHAT'S the most benefit,
til lawyer ora doctor9s" They call th
e Judges the jury. The jury decidedi
Is favor Of the COW and doctor.
n 5 The Negro Me ethodist church abou
. one mile south of my house is abou
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