The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-25
THE COLoRED SUPPLEMENT.
by w. G.. Sutlive, Editor of the
Savannah, Ca, Press.

Savannah, Ca, Press.
Delivered before the National
Editorial Association, which met
at st. Augustine, Fla, last March
The colored supplement with
which / will deal has nothing to do
with those bright daubs of highly
c0lored inks that have done so
much to popularize the Sunday pa
pers. This talk will not refer to
the "Katzenjammer Kids" Mutt
and JEFF" Bringing Up Father"
Buster Brown" nor the drawings
of Gene Carr, Goldberg, nor any of
the other artists who have brought
the smiles of fortune i'm their di-
rection through the use Of the col
or press. The colored supplement
of greatest interest to Southern
publishers is none of these. The
colored supplement of Dixie is not
a mere drawing. He is living,
breathing personality. Specimens
can be found in every Southern
household. The colored supple
ment to the Southern newspaper is
the colored resident of Dixie. He
supplements almost al THAT we do
down here. He is al part of the
community in which he lives.
Sometimes he is such a nuisance
we can't see how we can get along
with him and when he doesn't
show up to perform his appointed
tasks we are sure we cannot get
along without him. And so the
colored supplement in the form of
Sam in the stable or in the garage,
Jim on the farm, Manda in the
kitchen and Eliza in the nursery
remains with the Southerners
through all generations.
The Southern negro is optimis-
tic. He may encounter a great
many difficulties and he may have
many mishaps, but he can always
see brighter day ahead and bet
ter times coming. This is particu-
larly so of the negro in the coun-
try. With him next years crop is
going to be a good one, although
that Of this year may be failure.
If the mule on the small farm he
rents dies, in the fall he counts it
as one mouth less to- feed through
the winter and trusts to providence
to get him another in time to make
a crop next year. 1t was the opti-
mism of the race that cheered up
the negro man who was busily en-
gagged on a midweek morning hoe
ing an early crop of spring corn.
AS he toiled away there came a
long whistle from down the rail-
road track and in a few moments
the fast express came hustling by
on it's way to the next town. Now
if there is anything a negro would
rather do than indulge in break
fast of fried chicken. it is to ride
on a train. Sam stopped work as
the vestibule rushed by. He
watched it as it came nearer to
him. A wistful look was in his
eyes but he was not dismayed. AS
the last coach whisked out of view
he waved his tattered hat in the di-
rection of the disappearing train
and said cheerily:
Never mind, doggone you, I'll
ride on you Sunday.
"Hey," he called out to the ne
gro on the outside.
This was characteristic of the
race. He lives in a state of ex-
pectancy. He hopes always for
better things and even when mis-
fortune comes to him he does not
entirely despair nor lose his sense
of humor. An example of this is
found in the case of three negroes
who were enroute to the peniten-
tiary. They were all in the same
railroad coach and the train stop
ped at small station for a few
moments. A negro loiterer who
wandered into the train came upon
the trio chained to their seats for
safe keeping.
well, we'll, he said, "Youall is