The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-04

Rathborne, "whar black folks have no
chance in the schools as teachers;
no chance in the stores as clerks; no
chance in the white churches with
the WHITE CHRISTIANS; no
chance in tho government. Yaas,
Nelly, that separatin' line am drawn
mighty sharp down south and way
up Norf."
"Rathborne (Nelly's voice was very
soft and sweet am yo' goin' to work
TO- yo' peoples?" Again Rathborne's
laugh was caustic. Use goin' to work
fo' nobody" His basket was swung
high at his side, and was bullying
white with the cotton boles. Use
goin to work fo' nobody" he repeated
emphatically. His voice grated very
harshly on Nelly's ears.
"Yos needed" said she. "Yo's has
pow'ful voice, an with the grace
l reckon yo's kin beat Tilly's Sam.
Rathborne swung his basket slow
ly. to his shoulder. use goin' to
work for nobody" replied he, dog
gedly. Use knows the way, but 1t
am another thing to walk in that
thar way
'eYo' only needs the grace, Rath-
borne, jes' the grace. Tilly's Sam
has the grace"
"Who tole w.? SAM"
Of Rathborne's irony Nelly took no
heed. Sam tole nothin' but them
stories of them killin's up in the old
Norf State. All facts, said Tilly's
Sam, an Sam he reckoned with me
that that Day of Judgment was COM
in fas' to that old Norf State"
whats Sam goin' to do bout it ?"
drawled Rathborne lazily. "Tilly's
Sam doan' say what he am goin' to
do, but l reckon he knows, an he
am goin' to do it mighty quick, too"
Did Sam tole yo' the whole of that
las jim Grow affair in Washington"
asked Rathborne, after a pause dur
ing which he had swung another
basket from his shoulder to the load.
Nelly threw up her smooth, yellow
arms. "All of it." said she, IAN mo-"
What MOI" asked he.
Working for His People
/ ooh, all bout the Negroes THROWN
| of that Jim Crow car into the Poto-
mac river" Nelly's voice was nom
chalant, but in her eyes was a smoul-
der of INDICATION.
What am yo's sayin', Nelly?"
asked Rathbone. Negroes takin di-
rect action on that Jim Crow car?
Sans been lynn to yo', Nelly"
Never, repeated Nelly, hotly.
"Tilly's Sam doan' lie, Tilly doan'
lie, an they say that car was saved
yes by a miracle"
"God, Nelly, miracle to save a jim
Crow car. nows yo's tellin' me
straight, jes what Tilly had to say"
Nelly realized that she had to tell
the whole story-Rathborne was get
ting interested, and she reasoned that
maybe he would go to work for his
people. She went on:
'At the Navy Yard that Jim Crow
Car started TO Georgetown, an up
the river. 1t was said that Northern
tourists had found fault with the
Negroes aridin' with the white folk,
SO them tourists, Sam said, went to
the commissioner in Washington city,
an the commissioner put on a sep
rdIe car, JeS 10 tle NEGROES 10 rue
in an that car was called Jim Crow.
Tillys Sans cousin works at that
Navy Yard an lives in Georgetown
has a Ill house there, jes TO him
self an his wife. Tilly's Sans cousin
is jes as straight as Sam, an he got
hot when he heard of this Jim Crow
Car been put on the Georgetown line
Sans cousin is a union man, Rath-
borne, yo' know that" Nelly gave a
quizzical look at her husband.
ooh, Use knows all bout unions,
said Rathborne.
! "An'" continued Nelly, "Tilly's