The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-16
Some Southern Stories.

A MEMPHIS man was running q big
9 steam automobile along a country
road ten or twelve miles out of
town one day this spring. He was go
ing at a good clip when he saw turning
a corner a quarter Of a mile ahead an
ancient wagon, drawn by an old white
mule. ON the drivers seat sat an old
negro man and a niger nanny"
with a red bandauna bound round her
head. They were evidently man and
wife. The moment they caught sight
or the automobile both showed great
Alarm The man stopped his mule,
puileQ nm as FAR TO zone side Of the
road as possible. and both he and his
we Jumped out Of the wagon. The
mule was perfectly calm and self-pos-
sesseQ. It paid no attention WhateVer
70 the approaching terror. But its
owners were both terribly excited and
frightened Plainly it was the first
time either Of them had seen an
auto
The minute the old negro struck the
ground he pulled off his coat and threw
it over she mules head. He was evil
IDENTIFY determined at least to save his
faithful friend from the pain of watch
ing the terrible engine which was COM
lng TO grind them all - powder. The
ola negro woman elambcred M the
high bank at the side of the road and
hid behind the trunk of a big oak
tree. peeTing out at the automobile with
a look of terror.
Closer and closer came the automo-
Die The mule made no sign of fear.
while the old man. still holding his
coat over the animals head. shivered
almost audibly just as the machine
came % a fun stop even with the mule
inn y
throwing the coal holder and the coat
10 one side Of the road. Then the mule.
Jus long ears tapping mourBfuHy. gave
Single glance at the auto and turned
20 pluck a neiEhbormg thistle It's GU
uosity was satisfied.
The man In the machine could not
resist the temptation to give shrul
loot on his whistle The mule did not
even deigu to look around while the
old man. who had Joined his wife on
the bank above. out Of the reach of
danger, shot around behind the trunk
OF a big sycamore tree. The autOmo-
Dlllst burst into laughter. His mirth
proved contagious. Presently the old
woman came out from behind her tree,
laughing herself,
Fob duh Lawd. white man." she
said, you done scat me wuss dan You
scait duh mule,'
No stronger light can be thrown on
the negro problem iu the south than
by repriuting the sole and only notice
which was taken of the killing of thir-
teen negroes i'm Arkansas county, Ar
Kansas, by the leading newspaper Of
that county
The fighting i'm and bout St. Charles,
i'm which more than q dozen negroes
lost their lives. took a good part Of the
time and attention of several score of
white residents for almost a week.
Night after night as related in the
Tribune, the white men picketed the
country roads and marshaled all the
negroes who could be found into gangs
which were marched IN to be locked up
at ST. Charles
The leading paper Of that county is
the Stuttgart Free Press which an
uOunces on its first page that mo
strings are tied to This sheet" The
Free Press goes to press on Wedues-
day of each week. The trouble at St
Charles began on q Tuesday. The Free
Press Of that week contained no men
tiOn whatever of the breaking out of
the race war. Wednesday. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday after its publica-
ton were marked with bloOdshed.
Thirteen negroes were killed and three
white men wounded ali Of them slight
ly.
A careful search was made Of the
next issue of the Free Press TO find
what it might have 10 say in regard to-
the sensation. AT the first attempt
nothing al all was found. Then the
paper was read through. line by line.
Finally, on an inside page, a half coll