The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-04-29

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Accent Too Eastern
Returning to my stopping place,
was curious to learn what had pro-
voked the policeman's hostility to-
ward me, especially when / had been
courteous in my query | repeated
what had transpined to friends. They
laughed aloud. "He did not like the
way you talked. Your English was
! too Eastern" | was told. "But I
was talking naturalw | exclaimed.
My friends gave me to understand
/ that, natural or unnatural, the cop
did not fancy my way of talking.
Wonderment was expressed that !
| had not been given good clubbing.
1t has often occurred to me how
fortunate it was that | did not hail
from Boston.
On another occasion I was guest
OF well-to-do Negro who owned an
automobile of expensive make. We
had motored some so miles and were
returning homeward when we passed
a white man driving frisky colt.
The buggy was of ancient vintage.
Seeing the car, the animal became
frightened and unruly. We were
surprised when the driver shook his
fist at us and called us names. He
appeared more interested in inyok- |
ing his wrath than in managing his
horse.
Colt Owners Charges
Our big surprise was handed ne
when We drove into the next town |
and my friend was told by the sher-
III he was under arrest on charges |
preferred by the owner of the OBJ
streperous colt. The COMPLAINT had |
been made over the telephone. An
anlas could not have been more pro-
iiihc IN trumping up charges. In
court the owner of the car was de-
plcted as a ruthless, reckless, impu-
dent Negro who thought he owned
the entire road, who was callous as
to the safety of others and had de-
liberately run into the COMPLIMENTS
buggy. These Misrepresentation cost
my host, in fines and attorneys fees.
more than $50.
one afternoon | was a member of
an automobile party in another Sou
tnern town. We were on our way to
a barbecue. Without warning one
OF the cars was stopped and white
men brusquely demanded to know il
certain female occupant was white
She answered in the negative. Not
however, until her sister, who was az
darker complexion, but bore strik-
ing resemblance, registered emphat-
&c denial was the incredulity of the
Investigators appeased. Then they
drove off. Two blocks away we spied
white woman of apparent wealth
and social position driving a car and
a colored maid comfortably en-
sconced on rear seat. "
South Hates New Yorker
While eating an appetizing South
ern breakfast on a Sunday morning
an ). .. 5. reached me to aid in ex-
Treating from the meshes of the law
two members of a Negro theatrical
company sent from New York to
tour the South. One Of the Thespi-
ans was languishing in a suburban I
laii some miles away. The other had J
succeeded in securing temporary re.
lease by putting up as bail his gold i
watch and chain plus some cash. {
The night previously, after the
now, the defendants had escorted I
-wo female acquaintance to their {
respective homes in the suburbs
While standing on the corner at IL
o,ciock, waiting for d car bound for I
he city, police officer inquired as 4
% their destination. Having politely C
answered the question, they were v
lext asked where they lived. I'm
willingly they told him New York. r
oh, you're New York niggers:
you'd better come along with me- I
luoth the police officer, who arrested
hem for lettering.
sunday morning the police magis-
rate, worshiping in a church one
block from the Jail, was called out
md lmportuned to arrange matters q
% the defendants might leave town Y
With the company. The impression {
le sought to give was the case was K
90 serious to permit his interfer-
nee. After we had INDUCED in
'ceans of obsequious talk, another x
'fhcial finally agreed to release the I
PRISONERS If 500 was left to nav II
helr fines by default the next morn i
ng. The defendants were not fined !,
,5O each, but the amount returned u
hem after the fines and charges in
ident to trial were deducted was
MALL
In another town one mornine.
bout IL o'clock, a woman member
4 Negro show was going to the D
heater for her mail. She was an +
reached by two men whose attitude :,
ias one of familiarity. She resented .,
hat she regarded as an insult in Il
orceful words. They happened to = !,
e detectives and arrested her for :
isorderly conduct. Only prompt ac- =
ion by the theater managers made
possible for her to work at the
iatinee performance.
Whites Have Right of WAY @
Riding in an automobile with two
cquaintances one day in the bust
ess district of a thriving Southern
NY, we were caught in the traffic
onngestion and held with other cars 81
oing IN the same direction. When
le traffic policeman gave orders to =
art the driver of our car promptly IT
oeyed. AT the intersection our car