The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-29

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years ago and has now spread all over
de land. Out O. cherry hundred Guild
folks in any community you will find
ninety-ive libin beyand DER means
and de odder five mad bekase dey can't
do de same.
"In my time a caliker dress was
thought good huff fur any Guild wom-
an to wear anywhar's, and de Guild
man who had on a clean shirt was
dressed fur Sunday. Today de Guild
woman who would appear on de street
wild caliker on would lose her standin'
in society widin two minutes. and de
Guild man who went to Il weddin' or
prayer meetin' in his shirt sleeves
would be thrown out on his head.
81 don't want to be personal in dis
matter, but l want to refer to Brudder
Giveadam Jones fur a mint. Brudder
Jones Am a iaintor in a public buildin'
His pay am SO per week. II he has Il
wife and three chillcn. If BruGder
Jones would cUddie right down and lib
sensibly he might be happy. hut be
won't CO it. He wants his plug hat and
cane. He wants patent leather shoes
and 4 diamond pin Els wife "antS
silks and satins and ten dollar hats
His chillen want bikes and dey want
circus tickets. De result is dat &c Jones
family IN constantly on De verge Of
bankruptcy and Whicheber way de-
turn dey behold a yawnin' chasm III
front Of 'em. If Bruddcr Jones was
suddenly called upon to pay back de
81 he owes me he would fall in a fit
and be no good fur de next two hours
He am putin on style, but am be TAX.
in comfort? It has brought hin gray
hairs at thirty-five, and I don't believe
he finds de game with de candle.
81 was passin' Samuel Shin's cabin
de odder day when his wife called III"
in to see if de baby was gwine to have
de measles. | decided dat he was not,
but how | cher got out of dat cabin
alive is a mystery to me. Oar was
eight day clocks, rugs, vases, pictures,
lookin' glasses, gilt cheers, green sofas
and lace curtains, and Mrs. Shin sat
dar in a red dress and blue slippers and
bossed a hired gal around. Brudder
Shin Arms S13 per week. How he man
ages to live in SIGH luxury on dat sal
airy am beyond me, but jest as shore as
we lib a calamity am gwine to hit him
plump between de eyes some day and
knock him into de middle of next year.
He can't keep it up. Eben if he had
a dozen hencoops to draw on he couldn't
keep it up.
zone night two or three weeks ago
Trustee Pullback come ober to my
cabin at midnight and woke me up and
axed me fur de loan of a dollar. Mex
day he was borrowin. money Of Elder
Toots. Three days later be was pawn
in Il rug. | didn't know what it all
meant till | heard later on dat he had
gfben a party to de elite Of de town
Yes. sir. he had gone at it and giben q
party and had ice cream and angels
food to pass around. Trustee Puilbach
jobs around and Arms about 81 pc:
week. but his wife must have her gold
watch. and he must have bis plug hat.
and dey must glib parties same as ii
dey had a miilyon dollars Oar ar
gwine to be a result to dis Som SIN
ne day when dar hain't a cloI1 in DC
sky and de birds am sing.n DER songs
daE am a crash comm. and arter de
dust has settled down you viii fn1 te
Pullback family scattered ODER sixteen
acres of ground.
"One night not long since I was
aroused from my sleep By what I
thought was de wail;n' of a cat under
de winder. / got up to throw a club
at her and diskibered dat it was Brud-
der Consolashun White on de doah-
steps He was weepin' and lamentin'
and calm hisself all sorts o. names
I invited him in and lit de candle. AM
den he told me dat he was behind in
his rent; dat his chillen hadn't shoes;
dat his wife needed medicine: dat he
owed de grocer and butcher: dat lie
had gone dat day and pawned a feath-
| er bed. felt sorry fur Brudder White