The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-25

to save himself from death ant
play joke upon another member
] Of his race. The sheriff was about
to hang this negro In the county
jail yard. He had him trussed ur
. and the black cap was over his
eyes when, as he was about to pull
the trigger to the trap, the fire q.
larm was sounded. The sheriff de.
cided the negro could wait and he
went to help put out the fire. Just
after he had gone there came by q
negro who knew the man who was
standing upon the gallows.
| 'Whatcher dom up there, Hen
ry?" he called out to him.
j "Nigger, I'm er actor" was the
reply.
What kin of "a actor?"
Moving pitcher"
"How much yer git?"
II gifts SIS err hour an as done
worked two hours today rs made a
plenty. How would you like to
make some?"
The newcomer said he would be
delighted. So he released the man
waiting for the return of the hang
man and allowed himself to be
trussed up and black capped in his
stead.
AS soon as the fire was out the
sheriff came back and, seeing the
negro he was to nang, as he
thought, standing on the trap door,
he pulled the trigger without ado
and shot him down into space. The
rope broke. The Negroes life was
saved. He had only ONE comment
to make when hegot up.
MA goodness, you white folks
shore do play ruff" was all he
had to say.
In the south we have a great
many negro newspapers. They are
employed to chronicle the doings
| of colored society. Their descrip-
tons of weddings are some times
absurdly delightful. Said one Of
these negro papers-these colored
supplements of the south-of ne
gro wedding-and remember this
| is. no fiction Miss Julia Mae
|Swangin with her angel appear
ance was dreamily dressed in
French silk georgette artistically
beaded with cut glass beads and
pearls. She came down the aisle
where William Daniels the very
stylish groom awaited her arrival
with smile"
And yet, why should not the ne
groes have their society set and
their exclusive 400? Consider We
the black lily Of the valley. She
stitch in darkness and cometh
forth respondent in the glory of
straight hair and powdered COM
plexion. She haveth her manicure
and her itloons; her high heeled
shoes and her respondent attire.
She descendeth from a cocoanut
thrower in Africa, but 10! in few
generations she becometh a coal
black vamp or a cream colored Del
ilah. Her white sister she envleth
only long enough to go and do like
wise.
The descriptive powers of the
negro are some times very remark
able. One of them was asked how
many hours he had to work every
day.
IT work." he said, from can to
can't"
Asked what he meant by that, he
said he labored from the time he
could see in the morning until the
hour when he couldn't see in the
evening.
Anegro ferryman was approach
ed by another negro who asked him
to ferry him across a stream. The
fare was five cents. The pros
pective passenger said he didn't
have five cents.
"You aim got five cents 2" the
negro of the ferry ased in aston
lishment. ''Then if you ain got
five cents I ain gwine take you
over because one side of the river
is jest as good to you as the 10th
er."
Southem children are accus-
toned to having negroes around
them. They look upon them as
servants and they know sometimes
that servants are very hard to
keep. This was the spirit that con-
trolled the feelings of the little
girl who was discussing with an
other little girl their future plans
as married ladies.
"When I get married" said one
of the little girls, Il am going to
have three children, two boys and
a girl"
The other little one wanted to
show her wisdom and her ability
to meet conditions.
when | get married." she said,
Il am going to have five children
and two Of them are going to be
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