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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-16

and valuable negro. But for three
days before found it out he had
been rubbing his back with the
chill tonic and taking teaspoon
full of the Imminent three times a
day with excellent results. On
another occasion | was sick and
had my negro wait on me. The
doctor in charge Of my case OPEN
ed a can of antiphlogistine to
make 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 cam
of peanut butter and ate it all
without discovering his mistake.
Whenever a negro tires Of
country life he moves TO town, ac-
quires charcoal bucket and a
tailors goose; forms an alliance
with some white mans cook, and
with his living thus assured he
opens cleaning and pressing es-
tablishment. He gets out Monday
morning and gathers up the Sun
day clothes Of the Jelly Beans and
SodaI Jerkers of he town and after
wearing the clothes himself every
night during the week, he gets up
early Saturday morning and
treats them to a gasoline bath,
flattens them out with a hot iron
and rushes them home to their
owner to wear on Sunday, collects
$1.50 and goes on his way rejoic-
ing. But if the negroes have
Feast in the Wilderness, Festival
or big Meeting" he holds back
the best suit and wears it to that
and carries it home Sunday MORN
ing. When the negro does not
take to clothes pressing, he gets a
gasoline stove and enough other
stuff to beat the vagrant law and
sets UP lunch counter where he
serves all who care to come his
way, irresponsible of race, color
or previous condition Of servitude
with hamberger, hot cat fish and
beef sausage and occasionally
spirits. frumenti ON the side. But
if these vocations do not appeal to
him he "Opens barber shop with
pool room and crap table in the
rear and enjoys life until the city
officials become obnoxious to
him, when, if he escapes, he goes
back to the quiet country life and
tries farming.
OF course we have a white law
and negro law in the South.
There are many things declared
by statute to be a. crime that
negro may commit with impunity
and never be molested, while a
white mann for the>same act would
get a penitentiary sentence. For
instance, divorces are not compul-
sorry with q negro and many of
them have two or three wives at
the same time, with or without
being married to any Of them and
mo one cares. If q white man
does that he Is promptly indicted.
Then again we strictly enforce the
statute against white men gamb-
Ing, but every large plantation
and saw mill encourages gambling
amongst the negroes and usually
have q house set apart for them
for that purposes
/ Whenever q minor controversy
arises between q white man and
. negro working for Him, whether
civil Or criminal. he generally
gives the negro an ex-parte
hearing III the barn or Gin house,
|where he impresses his theory Of
the case ~on the aforesaid negro
with 4 piece Of gin betting Or q
bout three fest 0f the butt end
of - old buggy trace, which il
ContlnQsd "a paee
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-16

" wood alcho6ol and even we
would hesitate and request
the friend who proffered
us the drink, to drink first. One
day, q friend of mine named
Gooch, found quart bottle nearly
full of liquor i'm the road. He
stopped, picked it up, pulled out
the cork and smelled it. It smell
ed alright, but with that news
item fresh in his mind about so
many deaths in the larger cities
from drinking new whiskey, he
hesitated, turned his car around
and drove back to Indianola. Co
ing up to the drug store he called
to the negro porter, who knew him
quite well, "Possum, do you want
a drink of liquor?" "Yas Sab, "
said Possum, as he grinned as far
around his neck as ONE could see.
well, come with me-" He walk
ed the negro around behind the
bank, took out the bottle and said: ]:
Nov Possum, take good one"
Possum did, and Goosh solemnly
put the cork back in the bottle and
the bottle back In his pocket, as
he expected Possum to fall dead.
He watched the negro for ten or.
fifeeen minutes and followed him
around for quite awhile, but after
a time he lost him and went to the
pool room to await news of Pos
sums death. After full thirty
minutes of waiting a, messenger
tapped him ON the shoulder sta
ting that a negro wanted to see
hm outside. With trepidation he
went and there stood the grinning
Possum, with his hat in his hand,
saying: BOSS, could you gin me
another drink OBJ dat whiskey?"
Gooch very promptly and sternly
replied: mo, you black devil, YOU
We done served your purpose" He
then hunted me up and together,
we enjoyed the rest Of the quart.
Saturday is negro day in the
South, by common consent, and if
you have any business that must
be attended to on Saturday, at
tend to it early and get off the
streets before you get stepped on.
A negro can't see you on Saturday,
unless he owes you something and
as he is busy shaking hands.witl1
every negro man, and hugging ev-
cry negro woman he meets, he just
cant help it if you get in his way.
Saturday is his news exchange
day and ration day and with his
numerous. social engagements his
mind is too fully occupied to no.
tice white man. The standard
rations for q negro is 3 peck Of
corn meal, three pounds Of salt
meat. two pounds Of sugar, one
pound Of coffee, q gallon Of molas-
SEES and plug Of Red Coon, Blue
Mule, Dixie Land or Wild Goose
chewing tobacco. This is suppos-
ed to last him one week, but he
can consume it all at one sitting,
or, If he is working for YOU and
boarding himself. he can live q
week on three soda crackers, box
OF sardines and five cents worth
of cheese. His stomach seems to
be built on the ACCORDION plan
and expands and contracts ac-
cording to who is furnishing the
food.
The negro is apparently i'm
mune to most poisone and swal-
lows some deadly drugs with i'm
punity. Some time ago one q my
favorite negroes was sick with
|chills and severe back ache. I eot
him ] bottle az chill tonic 10 take
ana ! bottle 81 liniment 10 rub
Hi hack With. The liniment Wee
labeled IS o AZ letter6 q Poison
-for eaEtcrnol a. onl n md + per-
ticnIarly eoiItioned Hin whom 1
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-16

The following humorous and
very interesting paper on the
Southern Negro" was read by
Hon. j. A. Richardson, the bril-
liant editor of the Indianola Toe
sin,sm, before the recent meeting
of the Mississippi Press Associa-
ton at Greenwood:
iFor the benefit of this associa-
tion / will state this address was
written at the request of Prof.
johnson, of the University of
Iowa, to be published in the an
nual Thesis of the University for
1921. You will see from the OPEN
ing, and at various points in the
address, especially while discuss
ing the legal status of the negro,
that it was written for northern
consumption.)
Coming from one of the most
noted. Southern States, Mississip-
pi, and having grown up with the
negro; watched him in the fields,
in the home, running the cotton
gin, blowing the mule and
driving the motor car,
l am well qualified to
intelligently discuss this most
needed, to us, of all Gods Great
ures. For all practical purpose
do not hesitate to pronounce the
Negro as Gods masterpiece in ma
ture. He stands in class by him
self and to we Southerners he has
proven ar umbrella in the summer
and an overc0at in the winter.
While the Yazoo-Mississippi Del
ia, where / live, seems peculiarly
suited to his needs, the negro is a
very adaptible piece of furniture
and can adjust himself to any
kind of climate, condition or suit
of clothes and live and die happy
under the most trying circumstan-
ces anywhere on earth. One of
the finest sights in the world, to
me, is to go out to my plantation
and see my negroes lined up with
their front teeth shining like the
keys of the piano as they ex-
change familiar greetings with
me and expect the usual langi-
appe.
While presumably the negro
speaks English, he can scarcely be
understood by one unacquainted
with his lingo and yet be perfectly
ineligible to one who knows him.
The negro does not lay up treas
ures on earth where moth and
rust would corrupt them or where
thieves might break through and
steal, but when he has any money
or other valuable thing, he imme-
diately puts it in circulation and
the things in which he usually in
vests are never of very perma-
nent or lasting nature. He spends
much money for medical and legal
advice, presumably for the puf-
pose Of finding out what he ought
70 do 50 that he can go and do the
opposite, for it is . well known
feet that = negro was never
known to shut gate or follow
advice about anything. He is 9
great admirer Of the work turned
out BY = dentist, and down deep
IN every negro's heart is q secret
longing to one day have q gold
tooth ii front He is also 4 great
admirer Of art md ia nearly every
nelxo's home there hangs . 1ife
sixo portrait of himsen d tIle Woll
opposite the front door where You
viii - sure see II when you an
W. The rest of his money he
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-16

/, of negro women, who like lilies of
the field, toll not neither do they
spin, yet the QUEEN of Sheba, in
all her glory, was never clad like
one of them. Verify the negro is
fearfully and wonderfully made
and his ways are past finding out
have said that to one unaccus-
toner to the negro his lingo is not
easily understood but is readily
comprehended by Southerner,
Southern people are familiar with
the fondness of ignorant negroes
of the voluble type for words of
great length, with little or no re-
spect to their significance, and
they not infrequently manufact-
ure word which has no meaning
at all; but singularly enough
they manage to convey definite
ideas to their hearers by the use
of such verbiage. One of our
preachers employed NEGRO ma
son to constr1ct flue for him and
asked him if his instructions were
understood. "Yas, boss" he re-
piled; you wants obstruction
on dat side and a substitution on
dis side" "That is correct" re-
piled the preacher. A young
Southe1ner was taking a northern
friend home with him for the holi-
days and, on the way, they had an
argument about negro dialect.
The northerner contending they
did not speak English and the
Southerner arguing they did.
When the train reached the home
station, two negroes, evidently
looking for their young master,
were there and ONE of them ex-
claimed, "Dah he," and the other
one replied, "Whah he?" which
was evidence enough to the north
erner that they did not speak Eng
llish. Years ago the Yazoo-Miss-
issippi Delta was regarded as q
(malarial swamp only fit for aili-
gators and rattle-snakes to live
| in, but one day artesian water was
discovered that forced its way out
through the pipes to quite an ele-
vation and made of my country q
paradise ia live in. When the ne
lgroes saw the water shoot up inthe
air, they became somewhat excl
ted and one of them came over to
my town, Indianola, and was tell
ing the other negroes about it.
| He said :S"N "Niggers, you sho ought
Ito go over to Moorhead and see
Col Ponds new artillery welT.
ut shoots de watah way up dar,
an it's fine water too; dey done
had it scandilized and it's got hy-
Idrophobia in it and ten grains OF
|oxide of gas
An old negro by the name OF
Henry Hall came into Inidanola
lone morning and went up to 9
friend Of mine, DR.. Martin, who
lowned the drug store at that time.
The doctor wanted Henry to work
out his garden and said to him: !:
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
governor BOYLE
VISITS TONOP All

This mornings train brought Gov
ernor Emmett Boyle and wife 70
Tonopah. The governor and his wife,
who had been in Washington, D. c.,
and the principal eastern cities, got
off at Hazen catching train No, "a
for this city The governor felt it
his duty to come to Tonopah and
view the labor situation from a
personal STANDPOINT, with all its dips,
spurs and angles Upon arrival he
requested a conference with the mine
workers committee, which was grant
ed, and the conference lasted, about
an hour.
The governor also asked for an
audience with the business mems
committee, and later in the day will
have a talk with the mine operators.
It is said the miners. craftsmen
and mlllmen will hold a meeting to-
morrow to discuss the wage contro-
versy.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
RATE Change
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS IMPRESSIVE

Thy Associated Press)
LONDON, May Announcement
of a change in the rate of discount
cf the Bank Of England, such as the
recent reduction from Z to 612 per
cent is an impressive affair Not
one of the many hundreds of the
staff of the Bank of England itself
knows of the change until the ac-
tual announcement is posted, except
those with the governor inside the
parlOr.' where the directors of the
bank and leading men of other banks
and institutions are gathered to de-
liberate on the momentous decision
which affects all parts of the world.
When these deliberations are con
cluded a gorgeously attired messen-
ger stalks out of the parIor with de-
liberate slowness in accordance
with ancient custom, carrying a big
sheet of paper in a glass frame on
which are the magic words "6la per
cent"
Hundreds of bankers clerks, mes
sengers and newspaper men who
have been thronging the passages
push forward to read the notice,
which the messenger deliberately
keeps face away from the crowd un-
til he has affixed it to the wall
Then there is a scramble for Of
fees, telegraph, telephone booths and
cable offices, while press agency rep
resentatives wigwag the new rate,
which is Immediately flashed through
out the world
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
PAPER TRIES TO
STIR Up GERMANS
TO REVOLUTION


BERLIN, May Repeated ef-
forts of the Rote Fahne, Berlin or
gan Of the soviet to incde German
workmen to another revolt against
the government have caused conser-
vatiye newspapers to protest to the
administration against the continued
publication of the paper as inimical
to law and order.
The Rote Fahne has been suppress
ed a number Of times, some of it's
issues confscated, part of its presses
taken away by the authorities, but
if has always been able to issue
succeeding editions, in a manner
which its opponents assert is con-
fusing and mysterious
Since the March uprising in middle
Germany, the Rote Fahne has con-
Quoted a campaign against the gov
eminent and the special courts which
President Ebert appointed to try the
workmen who raised the red flag
in Saxony and the Ruhr 1t has
urged the workmen to prepare for
another uprising, which it has recent
ly said should now be launched.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
TRADE BALANCE
Of 1920 FAVORS
THE PHILIPPINES

tbN AsADclHltu ITeHhJ
MANILA, p. /, May 24.-The bal
ance Of trade during the calendar
year of 1920 was in favor of the
Philippine islands. the exports ex-
ceeding the imports by approximate
ly $16S4O00, according to the report
of the customs bureau just made
public.
The total exports for the year
amounted TO approximately $151,123,-
eco and the imports to $149,439,OOo
compared with exports of $113,00O,.
600 and imports of $11S,OOO,OOO dur
ing the year 1919. The exports of
sugar were the largest of any single
product, being $49,OOO,OOO for the
year 1920
Goods imported into the Philip
pines from the United States during
1920 amounted to $92,2SO00O in value
and exports of Philippine products
to the United States amounted to
approximately $1O5,OOO,OOO, making
the total trade between the two
countries approximately $4,000, 900
for the year Japan was second in
the total trade with the Philippines,
the value Of the business being ap-
proximately S24OOO,OOO.
American ships carried $129,SO0,OOO
worth of the business Of the islands,
while British ships came second
transporting merchandise valued at
S1OSOOO,OO0 During the year 992
vessels of the total net tonnage OF
2.755,752 entered the ports of the
Philippine islands
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
WARREN LEASES ON
CHARLESTON HILLS

A Iaase 90 che Charleston HIN prop.
critics at National Go H. Warren oi
Winnemueca tor To years. was record
"a YESTERDAY The uroperfv leased
eba aHuae tdo hm4rH National
Mines bgp. #a# a.r#"f# -
United statr sateuuggf reFaF.s Us
Cbmlastaa gruuad contains che ex-
trns.au santhsrly % che rich Na.
tlaBal head This Is sboNu by the
Lnsrea ruiogt tag che government
aui also appears and Il safaclontly
Indicated On me property itself
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
PARSON.EDITOR
CONDEMS PAPERS
FOR DRY STAND
lRy Associated Pressl

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May "a.
Rev, Lr Elmer | Goshen, Congre-
gational minister who is editor. and
running" the Salt Lake Telegram,
today in an editorial condemned the
newspapers Of prohibition He de
clared the average newspaper IS
concerned in making money and that
to make a profit will keep still on
every great question and fill all its
columns with sush."
He contended that the prohibition
law has failed to prohibit and IS
producing the finest crop Of youth
full brewers and distillers the world
has ever known
He advocated that the United
States government should manufac-
ture its own liquor and dispense it
to people desirous Of obtaining it.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
RAILROADS Will
MAKE SWEEPING
RATE REDUCTION

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May "a
Transcontinental railroads have de
cded to make widespread freight
rate reductions from California to
all eastern points and from eastern
points to California, in order to meet
water competition by way of the Pan
ANA canal, according to telegram
received here by the Southern Pa
cifc railroad from Freight and
Traffic Manager Luce who has been
attending a conference Of traffic eX-
-ecutives in Chicago.
Dried fruit, canned goodss beans
and rice. the principal California
products affected, according to the
list while westbound commodities in
clude manufactured goods of all
kinds, Oranges and lemons were
aot included,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
MARTIAL Law IN
dublin RESULTS
IN Finding ARMS
CBy Associated Press)

DUBLIN, May PA new feature
of military administration in Dublin
is the success of the authorities in
discovering concealed arms and am
munition. Most active in this work
has been the company Of the au-
xiiaries to the constabulary, which,
as communications regarding it are
always issued by general headquar-
ters and not by the castle, must be
supposed to be operating by military
orders.
After months of almost fruitless
searches important finds are being
made. Search is not confined to the
poorer districts and the most fash
ionable houses are exhaustively ex-
amined. Suspicion is not directed so
much against the owners Of such
houses as against their servants,
while in some cases it is probable
that neither masters nor servants
we're cognizaut OF all that the prem
ises contained.
Dublin has numerous streets OF
houses each with a stable at the
back, relics of the time when the
occupants kept carriages. In many
cases these stables are let TO car
drivers. or to anybody willing to
rent them. and several Of these
stables have been found to contain
supplies OF reyolyers, rides and
bombs. Some houses in the suburbs
have long gardens To the end OF
which the owners DO not often peue-
trate. and In some of these bombs
have been discovered
Despite all this activity the ofhcial
summary Of outrage records each
week shows 90 dim.nuti0a in the
number or character Of the attacks
made in the city. which have grown
In excess of an ant.eipations
Apart from the bomb attacks 90
the military lorrles which have
sounded more hysiaadug civilians
lhan members u me crown inFesH
the audagl,y ~ the republican arms
s manifested every day ia exploits
each q them perhaps lrihIns bal g
eomhlaatlon shaslag reckless bid
neaa Ana eaFufal afHaulAatpn
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
Mining MAN
TAKES BRIDE

Yesterday afternoon at o'clock
Justice Of the Peace Cuddy joined
in wedlock Miss Florence Bard and
R c. Johnson William Cochran.
chief Of police. and Robert Dalzell.
chief deputy. were witnesses to the
ceremony. The bride has been lv-
ing at Reese River for some time
past and is "a great tavorIte with
the River people. The groom has
been mining near lone for many
years and is recognized ass one of
southern Neyada's brightest engt
uers The newly mated couple will
tour California before returning Ca
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
SUMMER
SERIES DANCE

~he uembarH af &. Tn8orah lodge
No. laas a o. @ q vu s.ye the
arsi 90 their summar SERIES ot social
aaaees neNt Wednesday evening at
their todssFugms rts dance b the
usual nxltaiaaal anlir and 90 al
misa.ua s o. b. charged
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
YOUNG JURIST
resigns POST

RENO. May 24.-Judge Edward F
Lu.nsford has resigned The Washoe
county jurist yesterday forwarded
his resignation to Governor Boyle
from Wlnnemucca where he has been
engaged in judicial matters during
the past few days He will leave the
bench here May 81 to enter private
practice OF law
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
ELKS INITIATE
67 CANDIDATES

The Goldfeld Elks who went to
Caliente on Thursday returned Sun
day night after putting horns on 81
candidates in the Lincoln county
town. This brings the membership
Of Goldneld lodge to $40. The Cold
fielders, says the Tribune, were en-
tertained royalty in Caliente follow
ing the initiation on Friday night
and the banquet and dance on the
following night were big events.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
AIR MAIL funds
EXHAUSTED; WILL
SUSPEND MAY 81

WASHINGTON, D. C., May "a
Funds for the airplane mail serv-
Ice from New York to San Francisco
are almost exhausted Postmaster
General Hays advised congress to-
day. and the service must be sus-
pended May 81 lacking the deficiency
appropriation Of Sl25,OOO Under the
treasury ruling, appropriations for
The railway mail service cannot be
used for air mail service. Hays said
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
No GROUND FOR
AGREEMENT ON
SEAMEN STRIKE

WASHINGTON % c. May st-
American ship0sHgrs might have
sieaed an agreement with the ma
rIse workers before May T. bat they
cannot see their Way clear % enter
into aHy agreement nov Secretary
Marvin 81 tbe shin owusfs assoeia
taa dsstsred before gu.uE nto eon
h4rasa ath Secretaries Davis ani
uoagsf and officials u the shipping
baard
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
RESOLUTION PROPOSES
STRIKE INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D. c., May "a
Investigation of disturbances in Min
go county, West Virginia, was pro
posed in a resolution introduced by
Senator Johnson OF California today.
Having been permitted by Lenine
to fix wage scales, Russian trades
unions would now like to have him
provide somebody to pay them.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
GERMANY TAKES
STEPS To CLOSE
ITS Frontier

lBy Associated Press)
PARIS, May 24,-Germany replied
today to the French communication
of Yesterday on the Silesan situa-
ton, the reply declaring in effect
that Germany has taken the most
rigorous methods toward closing its
frontier with Upper Silesia
DR.. Mayer informed Premier BRAND
that the German government had
decided to close the Silesian frontier
and oblige the volunteer corps to dis,
band. After his call French official
circles were optimistic regarding the
situation.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
JUDGE Lands TO
GET ENGRAVED PASS


Cay Associated PressD
TACOMA, Wash, May 24.-Judge
Kenshaw Mountain Lands, high
commissioner of baseball, is to be
presented with an engraved season
pass to all the parks Of the Pacific
International Baseball league.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1921-05-24
SON Of CONSUL
To JAPAN CUT
IN Arm BY MAN

IUN AhNUCIHIVW n TN'HT
TOXIC, May 24-According to a
Japanese special dispatch from Ma
goya, the 7-year-old son of Harry f.
Hawley, American consul here, while
playing in front of the consulate and
throwing stones, was cut in the
right arm by an unidentified Japa-
nese who had been accidentally
hit by one of the missiles. The
child, the dispatch states, was not
seriously wounded.