The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-12-18
THE NEGRO IN HIS LAIR.
Indianola, Miss, Man Tells IL Unique
Story of the COlOred Brother
in His Delta.

GOO, Says .. = Odh4s, W WV
Miss, in the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. In my early days birds, bees,
bugs and flowers were never-endlng
source of pleasure to me; and when
a lad of more mature years l have
lain for hours in the shade of some
friendly tree and played with toad
frog o. June bug until the dinner
morn blew. when l was enormously
supposed to have been diligently
hoeing cotton. In after years | have
sat silently on the seashore and
watched the tide ebb and flow; | have
climbed lofty mountains and looked
down upon the clouds; l have de-
scended into the valleys and stood
on the banks of the worlds greatest
river and watched it's turbulent Wa
ters roll by; l have looked above
into the starry decked dome Of
Heaven and gazed upon the far-away
planets and comets performing their
: stupendous and harmonious revolu-
tions, and have seen written upon
the face of all nature the glory and
wonder of the great Creator. But l
have always, and do now, regard the
negro as His masterpiece. He stands
alone in a class by himself: and while
the Yazoo and Mississippi Delta is
peculiarly suited to his needs. yet he
can adjust himself to any kind of cll-
matte conditions and live and die
happy under the most trying circum-
stances.
Sleep i'm the Ocean.
He can lie down beneath the
scorching rays of MONDAY sun and
sleep the sleep of the seven sleepers
of old without suffering any evil
effects from it whatever or he can
weather the fercest winter gale, clad
only in a pair of cotton overalls and
a blue Jumper. He can also wear
an overcoat to Fourth of July cele-
hration, or a pair of linen pants and
an alpaca coat to a Christmas tree
and be perfectly comfortable.
And strange as it may seem, any
body's clothes will fit him, and look
nice on him. King Solomon, in his
declining years, when he had become
thoroughly disgusted with high So
eiety and fast living, said that there
was nothing new under the, sun; that
he had gone all the gaits and had
seen the whole show, from the free
exhibition to the grand concert, and
that there was nothing to it, or words
to that effect But it will be re-
membered that he never had any ne
groes to deal with, or he would have
had a new problem to solve every day
of his eventful life. There is moth
ing else like the negro under the
sun. He sees all things, hears all
things, believes all things, and has
implicit faith in everything he sees
or hears, and stands ready at all
times to step aboard of anything that
comes along from a young mule to
flying machine.
Has Used Wireless.
Wireless telegraphy is nothing new
to him; he has used it for ages;
every negro's mouth is transmitter
and every ear a receiver. If any
thing of Importance happens on a
plantation tonight every negro for
forty miles around will know it by
morning. -.
If you ever arrive in a delta town
on the train on Sunday and the whole
colored population is not at the depot
to meet you, do not get off the train,
for may know of a surety that some
catastrophe has struck the town.
Saturday is his special day by GUS
tom and common consent, and if you
have any business to attend to in
delta town on Saturday, attend to it
early and get off of the streets before
you get hurt. A negro cannot see
you Saturday unless you owe him
something, and if you get in his way
he is liable to step on you, sit down
on you, or back you up against a
brick wall and smother you to death.
He does not usually do these things
or any of them, through any evil de-
sign, as many sometimes suppose,
but he simply cannot help it If you
get in his way, for he is busy and can
not look out for you. Saturday is
his "rashions'' and news exchange
day, and in addition to having all
those things, on his mind, he has to
shake hands with every other negro
woman he meets. You had better
take out an accident policy or get off
the streets Saturday.
Stomach Like an Accordion.
The standard "rashions' for ne