The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18

remember OF having z negro WORK
ing for me one time who was having
chills and was suffering with severe
backaches. | got him a bottle of
liriment to rub his back with. The
liniment was labelled in box car
letters. Poison. For External Use
Only" and l cautioned him about 1t
when | gave it to him, but for three
days and nights, before found it
out, he had been rubbing his back
,tH The chill tonic, and taking a
~~ocnful Of the liniment three
times a day before each meal with
excellent results. On another occa-
sion | was sick and had a negro to
wait upon me, and the doctor opened
can of antiphiligistine to make a
plaster for my side, and left the can
on the kitchen table, and when my
negro went in to get his supper he
mistook it for a can of peanut butter
and ate the whole of it without ever
discovering his mistake.
Lays Up No Treasure.
The negro does not lay up treas
Ures on earth where moth and rust
would corrode them or where thieves
might break through and steal, but
when he has any money or othervalu-
able thing he Immediately puts it in
circulation, and the things in which
he usually invests are never of per-
manent nature. He spends much
money each year for legal and medi-
cal advice, presumably for the pur-
pose of finding out what he ought to
do, so that he may do the opposite,
for it is a we'll known fact that
negro was never known to shut a
gate or follow anybody's advice about
anything.
He is also an ardent admirer of
the work turned out by the dental
surgeon, and down deep in every
negro's heart there is a secret long
ing to some day have gold tooth in
front, one on a plate so that he can
take it out and look at it and put it
back at will.
Strong for Art.
He is likewise a great admirer OF
art, and in nearly every negro's
home, be it ever so humble, there
hangs a life-size crayon portrait of
himself on the wall right opposite
the door. where you will be sure to
see it as you come in the door. The
rest of his surplus money he usually
spends for entertainment, preferably
an excursion, but anything else in
motion will do I have frequently
stood on the street corner on a cold,
cloudy winter day and watched as
many as fifty negroes, who would not
average so cents each, and none Of
whom had on clothes enough to flag
hand car, clinging to merry-go-
round as it went round and round,
grinding out that well-known and
much beloved melody, ''Oh Bill Bal
ley, Why Don't You Come Home"
and their front teeth shining like
the keys on baby grand piano,
while hundreds of others who did
not have the price of ride, were
standing in half-frozen mud shoe
mouth deep, cheering them as they
came round.
Enjoys Circuses and Funerals.
All things are pleasing to him. A
circus or a funeral is equally enjoy
able, but a protracted meeting fol-
lowed by a big baptizing, or a term
of the Circuit Court followed by
public hanging is his chieftest de-
light.
The negro was once the white
mans slave, but that was only for a
Il1lS, duu was d pdlt VI lllS
great scheme which God had in mind
to better prepare him for the en-
joyment of the great things which
he meant to bestow upon him in the
future. BY long and close associa-
tion with the white man, the negro
learned all of his ways, and his most
innermost thoughts, and can now
size him up and classify him just as
accurately as a cotton buyer does
the different grades of cotton and can
do it much quicker
He Gets What White Man Has.
He is no longer slave to man or
Mammon. and verify that Scripture
which says: The last shall be first
and the first shall be last has al
ready come to pass and the negro
now has a reserve seat in the front
row. If any good things are to be
had he is slre 70 get his share One