The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-01

hungry and his nostrils worked briskly to draw
the smell of bacon. He was hungry, but he
tried to hide it because ], his companion, was
white man, one Of those who don't give a.
damn for q, Niger, ,.@.e r
a FTER the second cup of coffee and two ham
sandwiches, he asked: do you go to
church," @
mo, am a Jew @1@
"Do you go to a Jewish church?p,
wanted to evade this question but he looked
persistently. a4Ssa la sas
"Jews have no churches, n L answered reIuct-
antly. ~ aSges irsTsE J6kx 0h iaaW
"But you, man, must believe in Cod liam
sure if you could take niger to breakfast"
"How long are you in New Yorkg'ls e7 ~
Five days." 1928 ss
From the SOUTH" e@ af
From JAIL" aa ee3s.s, s. erl. Il.
What part Of the world is it?" 81. i sss.
"South Carolina
What did you do?''
Nothing don't you know niger is sent
to jail not for doing things, but because he
cannot do the things white men do?"
My newly acquired friend was a riddle to
me. l knew, however that he was different
from what he pretended to be.
"But why were you sentenced, on what
grounds?"
"That is just the thing don't exactly know
why"
My Negro friend proved to be pretty keen.
He noticed that l was puzzled and it amused
him exceedingly Why not? He had got
white man foolish or tolerant or kind enough
to declare a colored man an equal of himself,
so why not take the opportunity? AS for my
self, my egotism never liked to get a knock
out in an intellectual battle, but in this case
was glad to let my friend get the best of me-
and l permitted him to shower his witty re-
marks upon me.
rGood for you, my new friendr' said to my
SELF Say anything you care to say about this
so-called selected, rage .s,.,su,lod vtiao am
"Have you more money for coffee ?RsvWoa &c
yes" l ordered coffee and bread
Lincoln did not want to free the slaves be-
cause he was against slavery"
"But tell me-just why were you in jail?"
Because was sent there"
"But for what crime?" asked impatiently.
"Crime? A niger does not have to commit
crime to be sent to Jail. A white gentleman
steals into your shack when nobody can see
and says-Listen, you niggers know damn
well no white man in the South gives a damn
for you even if you croak like a rotten dog on
the street, and
"T know this without you telling me it,, 1
said. a
but don't care what people say. the man
went on.
"'What do you want?'
"'You are poor man and you're going to
have piece of pie for lunch for once in your
life. Here is three dollars and leave the house
till tomorrow
''T shall take my sister Ruth and CO. l said
knowing too well his motives.
"'You dirty niger he cried and left the
house.
Next morning the Judge said: Eighteen
months jail for insulting young gentleman ;"
did you tell the judge that he wanted to
buy your sister for three dollars?"
IA Negro explain himself? Before Judge?
Ha ha, ha!'s --s...,3f s.g,f Y.,,.-.,,s ''''''
What brought you to, New York? "y-gsr
"a scab agency. IN 49,. S@s.4.s
AS he said this his eyes were wide open to
notice any change in my face. l found it al
most impossible to control myself or to hide
my establishment. OF course, he aimed at
something worse. He wanted to enrage me,
but did not succeed. OF course, he succeeded