Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-12

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desks and a heating stove-by the way, just
as well equipped as was the schoolhouse two
miles away which was for the accommoda-
ton of the white children He urged the
mothers and fathers to send their children
to school regularly and to clothe them COM
fortably NListah Young, who, by this time
had ceased to be Marse John, interested him
self in the quality of teachers sent to that
school and went so far as to get worthless
colored teacher dismissed and first class
young native white man appointed instead,
who laid a foundation in many Of the minds
of that eighty odd bunch of black boys and
girls that has enabled them to hold their
own after maturity among the best informed
white citizens Of the North.
Despite the fact that ]ynching colored folk
became quite fad and even pastime all
over the South Mistah Young raised his
voice loud and long against it, which caused
him to be severely criticized by many Of the
young white bloods when he prevented one
of "my niggahs" from being lynched. But
his good qualities to the contrary notwith-
standing he chung to the idea to make a
bad niger good niger pisselm club was
the most effective persuader. He did not,
however, feel inclined to thrash young Sambo
for wanting to write book, for the very
idea was so ludicrous that he would laugh
until he was red in the face when he re-
lated the story, which he often did
''That's rather bright boy Of yours,
Uncle Tom, and if he had chance he would
become smart man. said Mr.. Bernheimer,
the Jewish merchant, with whom Uncle Tom
'dealt" from January to November on
credit Have you a good school teacher
where you live, if not I would send him
away to university" Uncle Tom thought
much about this, but did not like to spare
the money Ito edcate the boy jest to hoe
corn and dig taters.'
It was time for the district school to open
again and Uncle Tom was still thinking
about Sambo and the university. The new
teacher was a young colored man, rather
fastidious in his habits, yea, so much so that
in this day and date he could be safely called
a dandy dude He had been away to school,
had acquired smattering of Greek and
Latin, talked proper and ate his food with
his fork instead Of his knife, which looked
swfully funny. He was a great book lover
and read magazines "all de time'' His
actions were closely watched by both Uncle
Tom and young Sambo, and he often ex-
planned to both Of them the workings Of
university, which seemed to make wonder
full impression on both father and son. 1t
was not long before Uncle Tom had sub
scribed for number of weekly metropoh-
tan papers, the Inter-O Ocean, the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, and others. These Sambo
read to his father every week and soon
Uncle Tom and Sambo had almost as much
sense as Fwhite folks. - Uncle Tom who
could neither read Except in the Bible) or
write, was elected secretary of the church
and other societies organized in that neigh
borhood and young Sambo did the work
for which he sometimes got the magnificent
sum of one dollar
'Sambo will be eighteen next corn plantin
time, which was in February, and he is
smart enough to go to college," soliloquized
Uncle Tom "and I mean to send him the
LIST day Of January" and he kept his word.
Even Mistah Young was not averse to
Sambo going away to school because he would
be able to come back some day and teach
the plantation school, "and damf if I do
not believe he is going to make a pretty