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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 13, 1908. AS JT SEEMS' TO -ME BY A PBISOJCER OF HOPE mTh Hr.lv Runntr im knt Indeed aT W Ull WJ Willi anw. m Not what we give, but what we share , - t or iqe gucwunoui ins giver It Ktmi t mi that hospltslity hat lost somethlnr of Its aM rime grace la Ita nlaoa we haver "Vapid pleasures. ths wearlneaa of gayety the miseries or style, the cobweb lines-or enqueue, the ftollowaess of courtesies and the substance of deceits."'.'1 It la all the foolish Aoatlneer of vanity, the aol emn trumperies of pride. The old heartiness and simplicity are rare, We have-It now In more pretentioua rules. Social lntereourae meana more and It meana less.- It doean't ring true anr . more. There uaed to be a welcome that waited, like the hinges Of the door, for whoever might come. Thla welcome belonged not alone to the homes of the rich. It waa nni versal like- the - fire on the hearth atone. ,. , ' Travel waa slower and more difficult and there waa more excuse for ask in a corner under the shelter that belonged to another. Fashion had not laid hold upon hospitality. 1 Jt was not cut up into social functions. Visiting was frank and simple. If evening brought a friend or stranger to the door he might not be turned away. His entertainment was a division of what the family, en loved. This waa the rule at tae bouso beautiful. Miss Betsy always suspected her visitors of wearing Hid den wings. The more perfectly mo angels were dlsculsed and the more unawarea she felt, the happier tne little old lady always .waa. Memory Is a wonderful moving pic ture show. Watching the proces sion of visitors passing -through the house beautiful is fascinating. One hardly feela ao sure of the hidden wings, perhaps, now that the world has grown wiser, but after all, the small hostess is always the central figure. This woman knew nothing of receptions, clubs, or any of the newer ways of calling people together, but she was possessed of a certain tact and grace that our modern fash ionable entertainer might envy. It was aa simple and natural and un ' conscious aa the color of her eyes. - inwi at me rnu 01 wij iui w a big gate. It looked plain and eommon enough. Just a gate that was good to swing on If some one happened to forget about latching it. But it waa really an enchanted portal. Tou wouldn't have observed its magic from the outside, but If you had pass ed through you would have known. On the Inside was home. I had another quite different home, and you would have had another, of course. But no matter where yours might be, how far away. If one counted by miles, you were perfectly sure to find It inside that big gate. You might be a stranger, or a friend, or only one of Miss Betsy's boys. Inside was home to whoever entered. Home Is a word that I like to think of in the singular as we think o.love and hope and light. It Is quality rather than a pise It Is always the very same thing, like gold. So I am entirely correct when I say that you would have found home on the Inside of the enchanted portal. It was there. Everybody recognised it at once. It is a thing one can feel. We know it by an Instinct that has not been cultivated out of us yet Now you would know for certain that you are not an angel either "aware or unaware," but Miss Betsy never could have believed you. Sh would have made her delicious little! cakes and fed you with a solemn Joy. That you needed what she could do, would have been an all sufficient rea son. The magic gate shut out all suspi cion, all prejudice, all respect of per sons. Inside there ' was a true de mocracy. Once you were through the gate your rights and privileges were equal with the best. Just as the old roof sheltered you. Miss Bet sy's hospitality nourished and protect ed you. The flrit thing that you forgot on the inside of the big gate waa that you had not been Invited. To the woman who lived there the Important thing was that you had come. There was no man of the house. When Miss Betsy's boys were babies the Only Man had died. It was a household of women. Beyond the end of the lane Miss Betsy's boys were men. Busy, earnest men. One or them took care of the people who belonged In my own home. But In the, house beautiful they were boys. They were petted and loved and ha mored and fed op the things they liked best. Miss Betsy never believ ed In their growing up. The home missed nothing by having a woman for Its head as well as its heart. I a m afraid that the m rn nf the hi gate had no power of enchantment oper the evil that we call Ingratitude, watching the picture show aa it passes, it seems to me that this moves along in queer procession. But there Is no change in the serene face In side the fluted cap border. To many things the wise old lady knew how to be blind, i Visitors were fiot objects for character study. The home was not a hall of Justice. Nothing that passes before me now Is like this queer procession of guests'. One aftsr another the pictures flash out and ths figures hurry through the silent pantomime. The pines bending under a storm cloud,, a carriage at the gate, a stream of people hurrying toward the wioe open- door, light of Arts and candles, smoking dishes, snowy, fragrant beds. A lonely trav eler, .poor and weary, dusty clothes and" blistered feet And Miss Betsy with tub and towel and beautiful helping hands kneeling : before the stranger like a ministering angel. Ah, that Is hospitality. ' In every countryside there used to be some unfortunate wanderer. Some man or woman who had not been able to take hold of the world and grow up In it . These were simple harmless creatures who were permitted to go about as they pleased. ..- "The vacant mind", had no evil in It To . the house beautiful such a person used to corns almost at stated Intervals. Miss Betsy called him "Zack Watch, Ing him In the moving picture ahow that belongs alone to me. I think, as sn angel, he waa assuredly well dis guised. . It seems to me that Miss Betsy most have been altogether, "unawares." But there was the maelo of that big gate, 'On the right side of K Zack found himself at home. He waa a forge man with a baby brain. . He was unwashed, uncombed and diseased. An object of fplty and disgust v If It was summer, Zack came along the lane Slowly and sal under, the trees till he' was called to his meals. If the" weather happened to be cold he sat In a corner of the big old kltcheri. ' As evening deepen ed. Miss Betsy went the rounds of her big, puffy, fragrant beds. - Such rest as was hidden In their snowy white est Such dreams as hovered be hind their sweeping curtains! From on to another the little lady went, her fair old far very grave. It al ways ended in the attic, where a roll of bedding was stored under the; eaves. This was brought down and spread on the hall floor.- Miss Betsy called It "Zack's lodging." , In ths corner of ths kitchen there was a little table snread for Zack. ami Miss BeUj was always thinking of something that ought to be carried to It. She was a., little fluttery and unquiet when Zack was her guest: She used to test iha softness of the lod ing" again and again.- the last ' time, spreading it with fresh white sheets and flipping the. little pillow Into a wane case,, .This waa J&acka roeaa. In.-.". .- - ,, -: . ,, , : Zack retired 'early, eveu before ths little girl was la bed. - From her place beside the work, table . Miss. Betsy used to call. "Zack.?, Is your lodging soft?" and, after ' awhile; "Zack,, have you. got enough head Ing?" It was always the same way Ths uneasy - little woman who was not sure of the quality of her hos pitality and the mindless man who often slept in the forest leaves. Zaok was pious, and .a certain mumbling that came from the hall was his prayers. Once when the wind blew and the cold came Into the very presence of the hickory ore, me muo uuly was more uneasy than .usual. ' She repeated her Questions, arp us wind carried ths answers away. It waa one of the boys who veniurea to laugh at Miss Betsy's so Ucltude. It was then that the little May picked up a warm rug and open ed the hall door. The little girl was i xar away; ana me ugnt of tne fir streamed out. There on the edge of his lodging" knelt Zack. His cnuaiso iac uprated, his lips wan paring soiiiy. Ana we beard.' lie was praying for Mlas Betsy! Tou don't always have to .positively see me wings. una would feel so sure that thla dirty, unlovely creature bad come to tne house. beautiful that he might be warmed arid fed. He seem ed a long, long way from ths an gels "in the lonely horror of his disease." The unbesutlful body and the prisoned soul! But perhaps Miss ueisy was right Any way she look- ea that night as if she was quite aware." There was something beautifully unsensn about the old time open handed hospitality. Now we enter tain the people we like to have or those w ask when hoso Italltv is good policy. In ths old daya the guest was welcome because he had come. He was entertained because he was there. It was, perhaps, a matter of convenience to the a-uest Dut it was a matter of principle witJ tne nostess. There were formal dinners and dainty teas In the house beautiful and to these were bidden the real friends of the family. Stately men and pretty women form thla picture of the ln piooession. and Mlas Betsy in a oiack t.lk that was fine enougn and old enough to "stand alohe." What a perfect hostess she made among her own peoplel But somehow one finds her at her best ministering to the comfort f the foot-sore traveler and listening to Zack's simple prayer tor nerjeir. we never do that aort of thing now-a-days. We send tramps away and we have Homes for the unfortunate. Perhaps it is better for the tramps and for the unfortunate, but I wonder If we miss any of the simple nappinecs tnat blessed tne house beautiful? We like now. to have some system about our giving. Besides, strangers are likely to be had. We are not sure, now that we are wiser, but misfortune Is brought on by wrong doing. We don't think we are at all likely to entertain angels unawares. We are rot going to risk It. But did vcu ever rivo your dinner to a hungry man and watch him eat It, going without yourself? if you are seeking happiness and have exhausted your source, try -:t. Never mind if he forgets to thank you. It Is not wise nor practical nor praise worthy, but It Is wonderfully comfort able. We are cautious now, and dis trustful. We are sure that misfor tune can never come near our own careful selves. We are never to be friendless. No one who is ours can come- to any degree of need. Our charity is of the cut and dried soft. The poor wretch who Is so inconsid erate as to bring himself to want muM let us measure his need and cover it neatly with our benevolence. The stranger at the gate must go away to the hotel where he belongs. It seems to me that there are no more gates like the one at the end of the lane. Can you iniaglne any one passing out of It hungry or un comforted or friendless? But the wanderers are all wicked now. We can't afford to bother with them. The pity of it! And, after all, we don't know how this other life came to be thrown off the track. It la not quite true that Bin and want are twins. Not quite. And It happens on occa sions that our parlors are open to a viler man than the tramp upon whom we hastily close the kitchen door. The Impostors do not all approach our homes by the alley way. . Why is the repulsive .beggar different from his respectable fellow creatures?. God knows. He Is different If the life Is a matter of choice, yet Is he an object of pity. What was left out? What has hurt and ruined htm? Who can "tell? There he Is, bereft even of self-respect, asking alms, . "Yet, or even thou hast harshly Judged, And linked their presence to disgust, Consider well the thousand things That made them all they are, Thou hast not thought eTupon the eauses, Ranged In consecutive necessity. Which tended long to these effects. With sure constraining power. For each ot these unlovely ones. If thou couldst hear his story. Hath much to urge as Just excuse, In nature's court of Justice." Tt seems to me that giving la a complex blessing. If tbe object of our pity be unworthy, we have, still, our own share of the blessedness. But who is able to sit In Judgment? We tell long stories of .base Ingratitude and ingenious deceptions, and we re fuse to "open wide the hand" In an swer to the supplication of the unfor tunate. - Ws don't want to encourage vagrancy. We believe In Investigat ing. Aad. 'once In awhile a beggar dies In a 'fence corner, and we find him huddled there with perhaps his dog for watcher. It is then that some one writes a poem or a para graph, for the morning paper and we all shed tears over Its beautiful senti ment Or a woman who begged for work or bread yesterday is drsgged this morning from ths river, and we all think of what a terribly hard world this is! If any dawning of the ons single reason for Its hardness reaches as far aa. our understanding ws send a contrlbuUon to ths Home of the Homeless, and turn ths next poor wretch away. And then we go "slumming," and do home mission work and say beautiful prayers and sin glorious hymns and wonder how long it's gotp to bs before ths world gets saved.' . ...- Suppose In our . "church work among ths poor ws are constrained to tell of the Master's love for sin ners, and In the midst of our tender. est passage our eyes are caught by a -glance irom omer eyes that fell Or hardened before ths pitiless re buke of our own closed doo&f . We had the sinner on our ' own door step, and ws turned him away, .Ths cold prudence that freeses ths im pulses of the heart Is not for ths world's bettering. It Is simpler' to divide ths crust and offer ths cup of cold water. ' s "Who gives himself with bis alms feeds - three - .- i Himself, his hungering neighbor and Me." At the house beautiful there was no nice line of distinction drawn be tween hospitality and charity. There were no "bitter loaves" baked in the old oven. -; The only rule wts the simple law of kindness, direct and face to face. We are doing more for the world now.. We are making more noise and spending mors money, and giving more time to good works. But there was something about the old single-handed way -. that : was good, Ws have a sort of machine substitute now. We are always go In to have the indigent, the vaga bond, the unfortunate with us.' There Is no getting rid ot - them. They mnst be good for something. We may classify and sort them, ws rosy shut them in Homes and prisons and make laws to govern them. We may set them to work and teach tbem to say their prayers. But as long as sons of men are born upon the earth we shall have the privilege of feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. Always we shall be able to find "The badge of the suffering and the poor." Is It with ths beg gar's worthiness Or unworthlness that wo are to be most concerned? AIRSHIP WILL GO EXPLORING. Dutch Officer Hopes to Get Past Ob stacles in New Guinea la a Balloon. New YorkSun. An attempt will be made next year to explore a part of New Guinea by balloon. This great Island, the largest In the world excepting Greenland, Is very diffi cult to explore. It abounds In swamps, dense tropical forests and hostile tribes. Dr. Poch two years ago found tribes only fifteen miles inland from the coast of German New Guinea that had never been seen by white men. The chief of the mining department of British New Guinea In hie last annual report said that though gold had been found In many parts of the mountains the cost of proKpectlng further afield was almost prohibitive because parties have to hew their way through the tropical vegetation and are likely at any time to be attacked by the natives. The worst savages are In Dutch New Guinea, two thirds of which U still unexplored. These are the reasons why Lieutenant Rambaldo of the Dutch navy, an experi enced aeronaut, has been authorised to make an experimental balloon trip next year across the western part of Dutch New Guinea for purposes of exploration. His plans are all made and his govern ment Is backing the enterprise. He will travel In a free air balloon, and he has the utmost confidence that, as cending from Cape Bteenboom on the astilth rmmt- h will land at ths foot ot Geelvink bay. on the north shore. The meteorological condltlona seem 10 ju. fy his faith. , From April till October the southeast trade wind can be counted upon as reg ularly an the dslly reappearance Of the . .in . 4 1 t It. vinrtn- sun. f rom uciouer uu west monsoon takes lis turn. mnw will choose some fine day in June ne his ascent and has no doubt that he will be carried almost due northwest and will land somewhere nesr the shore of Geel vink bay. Upon the success of this snort sir tw- age depends future endeavor ot inw i In New Guinea. The distance in a about 200 miles snd the balloon explorer expects to make It In the daylight of one day. Of course he will be equipped to see and record a great deal. He win have a number of the special camsraa now used in balloons and he expecu to secure panoramic views of the earth below an on both sides of hln tnrougnoui inr Journey. His course will take him about midway across the Carl Louis mountains and h thinks It very likely that he will be able to count all the snow peaks In that mighty rani?e. The plains, forests, rivers, lakes and hills will H be caught on his photographic plates and Rambaldo be lieves that this material will suffice for the production of an excellent map of the region above whim ne win noai. If the Journey succeeds it will afford a good Idea tf the topography of so almost unknown rcKion. MR. OLKVKLAND IN HISTORY. His Lofty Convtlnn of the Character ot i'uuiip i-uiy. Adlal E. Stevenson, !n The Circle. I saw Mr. Cleveland last upon the pension of his visit to Arbor Lodge, Nebr., to deliver an address at ths un veiling of the statue of the late Ster ling Morton, former Secretary or Agriculture. Ths address was worthy the occasion, and indeed, a Just and touching tribute to the memory of an excellent man and able and efficient Cabinet member In my last conver sation with Mr. Cleveland upon th occasion mentioned, he spoke feelingly of our old associates, many of whom had ' passed away. I remember that the. teara came to his eyes wnen the name of Colonel Laryont happenea to be mentioned. , During our stay at Amur wuii the beautiful Morton home, by in vitation of the superintendent Mr. Cleveland visited the State Asylum for the Blind, at Nebraska City. In his brief address to the unfortunate Inmates of tho Institution Mr. Cleve land mentioned the fact that In his early life he had for a tlms been a teacher in an asylum for the blind, and spoke of his profound interest in whatever concerned their welfare. I have heard him many times, but never when he appeared to better advantage or evinced such depth of feeling as upon this occasion. The passing ot tne iv c-ti''i marks an epoch. He was inaeeu striking figure in American history. Take him all In all. we may not see Ms like again. The "good cltiienshlp ' an expression irequoimj u upon his lips to whicn ne wouia nave his countrymen aspire, was of ths noblest, and no man had a clearer or loftier conception of the responsible snd sacred character of public station. With him the oft-quoted words, A public offlcs is a public trust, jvaa no mere lip service, i His will be a Urge place in history. His admin istration of ths government will safely endure the surs test of time. Whatever record, leaps to ugnt. He never can be ashamed. , tn victory or defeat n office or out he was trus to his own self and t his Weals. His early struggles. Bis nrm ness of purpose, his determination that knew no shadow of wavering, his evalted alms and the success that ulti mately crowned his efforts have given him a high ' place smong statesmen, and will bs a continuing Inspiration to the common . generation of his countrymen. Proof of Japanese ntliuslaam. Baltimore Bun. - 1 Ths spectators at wrestling; matches In Japan pelt the winner with their hats. This is a custom with tbe Jap aneses for showing their appreciation of the skill of the winner. yThs hats are gathered sp by ths attend ants and handed te the champion. Eventually the owners come for ward and redeem their hats with presents of various kinds. The cus tom In question is, tt is explained, dns to a recognition of ths fsxt that en thuetaaim Is likely to coo! down shortly after tbe event which excited It is passed. - So to provs ths gen uineness of his admiration the Jap gives his hat as a pledge, to bs re deemed la his cooler, moments, ; THE WEDDINGvMGM9 From "The Sweet Old pays In Dixie." . Among the colored people of the Halt Considerable excttemunt was aroused by tne announcement . of the . approaching nuptials of two favorite servants .of, premment families in "ths Vicla - Ity.- - in . ante-bellum days , It ' :. waa the - custom ot : master and mistress to give the servants fitting entertain' menu.' on such occasions. In some in' stances ' the repast was spread In the mansion itself, and marriages ot servants being alas at : times solemnised In ths dwellings ot their owners. In this in stance, great 'preparations were made to sm . ims particular nousemaia a goeu send-off. The marriage occurred on a Sat urday night a few weeks before Christ mas In the forties. A few days prior to its accomplishment, there arose a difference between the couple as to what minister should be selected to perform the cere mony and which threatened a crisis. Ad am, the groom-elect said he was a Hard shell Baptist and wanted Uncls Prim Us Cotton to marry them. Vlney, his lady love, bolonged to the "Silk-8tocklng Church" and moved only in first-class so ciety. Adam said he believed in a change of-heart by grace, and when the heart was once touched by God's graoe nothing could separate the child from the Father. Vinty averred that the Church would work that change. Be sides she was High-Church, and It was always customary for members of l.er churcn to be married by ministers who officiated In white robes. WeU. said Adam, If Primus Cotton don't marry us next 8aturd.iy nlIU we will ca t it off. In repiy Vlney sakl It would be very agreeable to have the Roy. Mr. Cotton perform the ceremony. This settled the question und the marriage occurred on tha right appointed. On tho rueceedlng Sunoay morning, while Mr. Hill, the mnntger at Scot land Hall, was in the office, he beard the following colloquy between two young negro bucks, who were not aware of his presence. "8ay, Gum, did you go ter de weddln' las' night?" "Tou bet. an I lafe and lafe till my sldts busted." "How dtfl Ts Vlney took?" "NlKger, sne looks outer sight. Iter dress wus white and k!vrcl wld all sorts it ftl'ls and fuilelows. snd she had six waiters ter liole de candles fer Uncle Primus ter read de Bible." "Den, what Uncle Primus rsy?" "He says, 'Well, I s'pose you wants ter git married. Et so, I Stan's here ter tie de knot. Marlge am a mighty tick lish thing, an' dey dat enters de spider's web had better be Jnbus. Ef you does right yo' life will be full ob joy; et wrong, you will be beat wld many stripes an 'hab many spsts. Now, Vlney, I axes you ef you will take dls man fer ye lubbin husband, an' do what he axes you. an' forsake him, fer Vlney say, 'I will.' 'Now, all udders? Adam, yO' namesake llbed in a garden whar dey was plenty ter eat an' make him happy, but he wants mo', an' he lose all. Eve was a mighty purty 'ooman and he lub her. She hab a powful stick tongue, Jes lak de mos' ob our 'oomans has to day, an' she gits him Inter trouble. Now Adam Bentley, will you take dls 'ooman fer yo' lawful wife, ter pervide for her In sickness an' In helf, treat her well, an' not beat her, 'ceppln she gibs you too much Jaw?' Adam say, 'I will.' Den Uncle Primus say, 'I renounce you man and wife,' " "Supper " was denounced, and ob all de good eatin' It am de bes'. Presn'ly Uncle GUI and Bob Harry gins ter tune dar fiddles. Gill say, 'Git yer pardners!' an' de flo' Is kivered. Gill say, 'Balance all, de dance begins. Turn pard ners, an' awing corners all.' Hick danc ln' I debber seed. De house shuck. 'Bout dls time. . somebody hollers out. 'Here comes Uncle Ssm Lartnce, de king ob dancers.' De ole man comes hobblln' on krutches an' Stan's nfgh de dknoln' ring. As he looks at 'em dancln' I see him take his hankchlf out his pocket and wipe his eyes; ds ole man Is crytn. Aunt Dllsey, she come an' say, 'Cousin Sam, what alls -ou?' lie say, 'Cousin Dllsey, ebber sence I bin grow'd I'se bin called de king ob dancers, but sense de rumatlx has tuck me I can't take step.' 'Cousin Sam,' says Dllsey, 'you bar de cross, I has bin a -member ob de church more'n forty-odd years an' bleevea In wlslons, resolutions an' dreams. I was late las' nlte In a wlslon ter cum ober here an' bress my son Adam an' his bride. I weighs ober two hundred an' forty pounds, an' walks fru de mud an' water to do my duty an' I has done tt; I tells you now ter do de same. I Is now so cole I'se a I mos' frex.' 'Cousin Dllsey, you says you'se cole?' 'Yes, I feela like a Ice-burg.' 'Well, the doctors gin me some draps for my rumatlx. what will warm you up; here dey Is, ef you 'oept 'em.' 'Dat I will, Cousin Sam, an' fank you too.' De ole fokes gits up In de corner an' keeps knockln' de tickler tell It's empty. Presently Sam say, Cousin Dllsey. I feels like I used ter, when I was do king ob dancers.' . Dill say, 'Cousin Sam, I feels Jes' like I did fo' I Jlned de church.' By dis lime Gill hollers out, 'Git ytr partners.' 'De music strikes up 'Ole Gray Eagle,' and de house fairly shakes. Ole man Sam can't stand It no longer; he lays 'side his krutches, hig lim's 'gin tsr trlmble and feet 'gins ter shake; fuss thing I knows, dem ole niggers Jlnes hsn's an' ris In de flo' an' flew down de room like shot In a shovel. IX dancing niggers glv way fer 'em, an' dar eyes farly pops. De ole fokes dances up an' down, round an' round, cuttin de pigin wing and double shufTis. Eberytlng wus lubly tell dey tries ter convert de backstep Inter da squeesln' bls- ness ds white fokes calls 'German.' De faster de music, fsster dey dance, an' tighter dey squeezes. De ele 'ooman gits se toxlcated wld de squeesln' blsness she life ols man Sam squar off .de flo' an' whirls him 'roun' so fas' his feet flies tn da air. She sques Sam so hard he say. Dllsey, lemme go.' 'No. Coualn Bam, can't let you go; you tlced me ter dance, an' while I Is at I wants ds bes tn ds shop.' 'But Dllsey, I tells you. lemms go. you huts my rumatlx. 'Cous in Sam, dara no rose wldput a thorn, an' no pleasure wldout some pain; 'sides I'se teachln' you de dance de white folks lubs so well; ds faster it's danced de tighter dey squeeses; it puts Christmas In ds bones, an Joy In de hearts.' 'Cousin 6am. I la a widder, an' Is ready. Ds Whits fokes say. Is Barkes wUlln'r "Dod trot Barkis. I dunno nuffin 'bout de nig ger; who Is be, an' whar he cum from 7 'But Dllsey, dad drap It, I tells you agin ter lemms go, I'se glttm. weak, my breaf Is gittln' snort I'se almoa' gone gwlne ter km me? 'No. deer, dear, sweet cousin, nebber will I kill you; I'se only try In' tsr perserve yer breshus life, so you kla west In nay lubbin' srms.' 'Dsng yer lubbin arms. I stan's no mors sho' den a fly tn a solders web. an' I rXtlea da nigger dat ebber falls In yer grip, fer he'll bs sques ter deaf. I tells you ones mo ter lemme go.' "De ols man wiggles an' twists ter git wsy, but de ols 'omsn ! holds - her grip. . By dls tlms she's foosted. - sn makes a stagger an' falls agin de table, turn In' It over,' splllln' ds things an Break In ds plates snd dishes; bofs pis niggers cunts snrswtin ter da flo, Sam at de bottom. He hollers out. Tse kilt; pull dls 'omsn ofTa me; she's smovetln me ter deaf. De dancln niggers runs W help , 'Ira up. , an' when on dar feet Dll sey she hauls off sn' Isms Bam a sablnd Ing lick aids sr bis head. . an he falls prawjin'. gen Dllsey, Take dat, black rascal, fer dancin't me euten de vnucn.- Den steps back, Jes as ole Pri mus wus passln' her wld a plats piled 'up wld "possum meat an' taters, an1 fell , agin' him. knockln' htm down. De ole man squeals like a pic, an ' hollers out f'Fer de Lawd's sake, fokesles, pull dls i'oman off'n me'; she's inashtn' me ter deal an' I feela like a bale oU" cotton under de press.' Eberybody runs ter git, ole fokes on dar feet "Ole man Sam all dls time lays under ds table an' say nuffin'. He slips UP 'hind Dllsey an' breaks a big dish all In pieces ober her head an' say, 'Now dang you, I'll aho dance you outer de church.' Dllsey falls like a beef shot Ob all de eafualnt I nebber see. Some runs dls wsy, some runs dat way. some rubs her nan's, some rubs her head, some pours water m her faoe an' whiskey down her treat. Slick, lemme tell you de Lawd's truxe, a nigger Is a nigger, I don't keer whar you puts hire. Tou kin edlcate h&n, dress him In store clothes, but he's a lgger still. Tou can't change de na- tur ob de nigger. Olo Mlnger. what 'longs ter Doctor Bell, (de niggers cans hlra Dock) la mighty blggaty; he cornea runnln' up an' takes hold ob Dilseys ban's like his marster, feels her pulse, an' ses she's mity weak. De lick she gits side ob her head may envelope an' perdu os de discussin ob de brain an' end In def. " 'What you gin her?' De 'omens say, we baved her head In water an gin her a big dose ob whiskey.' 'Ah me!' ses Dock, 'whiskey dese days la nuffin'. What she needs now mos' in a big dose ob ap ple-jack.' De fuss busted up de dance. GUI hft puta his fiddle In a hag. throws It on his shoulder an' starts for home. When he comes ter whar Dllsey lay, Gill aay, 'Dock, here's de stuff what shoots close an' hits de mark , pine blank,' an' han'S him de brandy. When Gill's back la turned Mlnger takes two hig swipes, but GUI ketches him an looks at him mlty hard, an' said. 'Dock, gwlne ter drink all my llcker? I pays fer It but you doea like It b'longs ter you.' 'Mr. Griggs,' sea Dock, 'does you gruge a lit tle aperrlts when dls poor lady's life hanga on a fread? She needs two, sted ob one glass.' 'Well.' sex Gill, 'she could hab had two ef you hadn't drank my brandy; you ole dead beat, blaster blower, whiskey sucker, now dang you. gib me my tickler.' 'wld dls Gill grabs his tickler an' let'. "'Bout die time ole Dllsey comes 'roun' an' makes a mlty grunt, den sets up sn' looks 'roun' an' ses. 'O, whar la my near Barkis?' fncle Primus leans ober her an" ses. 'Bister Dllsey. who am it straage nigger you talks so much about ? Dls makes de ole 'oman flghtln' mad; she doubles up her fists and makes a lick at Primus' head, but de ole man dodged an' saves hlssef. De niggers gits alhred mad: dey hustles Dllsey In a ,,,., , - her home. Sam lef an' wnan Dllsey sees him pasnin' de kyart. ... VVimln Mam I forirlh. von. but ;can.t ,erfU y.r. Now r got ter go fru dat ole long 'eperlence I goes fru I forty yer ,go kagB you tuck Bn. dances me outen ae cnurcn. "De white fokes hears de rscket, an' comes down ter de quarter ter see what wus de rumpus. When dey gits dar, de lights Is out. niggers scattered an' ebery tlng is silent as de grabe." Before de party dispersed Rev. Trl mus Cotton gave notice to the mem bers of his errant flock that he would preach the next night and requested those present to Inform the other mem bers of his intention. Sunday night the church was crowded to Its fullest ca pacity, many members of other churches being present. The old man seemed much depressed, and earnestly prsyed that he might be so directed In all he said, as to be Instrumental In turning the footsteps of the wayward. When he arose from prayer to address his people, he spoke as follows: "Bredren. cordln ter promise, I lias call ed my chlllens togedder ter have a lit tle fireside talk. Now I'se growin' ole, an' can't be wld you long, an' when I leabes you, whose gwlne ter take keer ob you? Ef you chuses ter go In fer blden paves while I'se wl yor, what you gwlne ter do when I is gone? I'se knowed you, an' lead you an' fed you sense you was little chlllens. an' I Is now trubbled In sperrlt when I consld- j ub luiyr years, wnen oie rrimus won't be here to advise an' sort an' spound de word ob trufe ter yer deaf ears no mo'. De subject I has In view to night am Adam an' E1h. In dar In nocence an' hapness. de persented a butl ful plctur'; in dst happy home, all wus Joy an' peace. When Kbe eat dat ap ple, den gib Adam a bite, de law am vlla ted an' bote dem niggers hab ter leabe dat butlful an' happy home. When dls happens Adam an' Eh gits so skeered dey turns white, an' my bredren, dat'S why de white man aan among us dls wery day. Now, bredren, wan't It mean In dem niggers ter fro away dat butlful garden, wld all Its hapness, Jes' fer one lone apple? Ef It had bin a big fat 'pos sum, a chicken, watermlllion or a horse cake., dar wus some sense In It, but Jes fer one apple, dey makea a hig slip up. Den comes In de fall ob de year, an' it am a mlty cole day, Adam an' Kbe had ter put on close, an' eber sense den you nig ger has bin puttln' on close. Tou 'omans dreaaes like peacocks ebery Sunday, gad din' an' flouncln' 'bout, leabln yer chll lens home by darsef, ter grow up like weeds, an' dea like de worl blongs ter yer, an' didn't hsb ter go ter ds cotton patch ter pick cotton Monday mornln'. Frum las' nlte's dessepatlon I wishes ter dellber a dlscose on de ebll ob drlnkln whiskey. Now I'se ole an' feeble an takes my dram when natur catls fer It but I keeps It as my sarvsnt an' not es my marster, an' I aays ter you now, my bredren, wld tears In my eyes, yea wld a heart full ob sorrow, an eben weepfn' dat yeu Is lef de paves ob right lousnsss. Christ mss sm nigh an' should bs sacred ter ebery heart, but de chll lens ob ds worl uses dese sacred times SWwfcat Iff . Du Rivt Km Orwy Onitu My inmpwetitm wty, Oi4 Hwmtr rw -" UBS SI Hr.t.t.t.flIM.... McCewty WhitAwTs ottl.4 In Moo, i ym rlllMMMllrimfMIMtll f H ;! f N S fj stSMsassMisfetsstfsesets H - l N ' 4 Bsasaersaasaasasa4sasaei M M IV M " 4 M , alutreoa VetiS TjF4st k9e HichsiHrs Kre i M. Ce COT!) White"1. setiresssilHsM VlrrfWa, Cora Whimkwy HmHM.HMt V-ry OH M. C. Com WUs4y. OM Bwes Cera Whiskey.. aaesaaesa - WJ OiQ....ea,.4s...M aaa I Ho4la4 Qim. sMHsesssssMs4MsmsM . 1 aW1 "y e essseea. s as .SiSsef.MStttfSS Cousins Supply Co 35:,?: C::!:-"', v fer desespatton an' dninkness. Ole Ball Face am s mlty man an' a power In da Ian', an' sears a -bad name," an" has plenty ob debil in hlni. but ef you lew blrn lone, Ole Red Eye am peaceful. Ef you tech him, de debit flu rite Inter you like he gits inter Pfisey las . nlte. when she kicks up so much debit; an' brings, ding race on- hersef an r porch, on de Church. No sooner does she tech bird den she fights eberytln. what sums in her way an' dances like. a worllng, sn ds sum powerful warm members tn dls con gregation, but dey gfn't hot -snuff ter an' do dar deblltry. I knows ws's got wus ob- It, when she , dances, she rosses does, witches Is sho' ter 'sin dar work, keep de church warm.' Tou -young nljr gers thinks we ole folkses got ne senss, but we knows you Is a big set ob fools, kase we has aised you up an' whittled you down ter a pint Tou tries ter hlm itate de young sprigs ob de ole ma ra ter g; wld a bottle ob whiskey In yer pocket, one cent segar in yer mouf, hat one side ob yer head, ' an' red crebat 'round yer necks. You den thinks de don't you nebber cross your foots; ef you worl' am yourn. I wishes ter my heart d. Ve.V"e demaTe de ole marsters would keep dar boys at you all will Sho' go to h . Dar now, drat ef I didn't cum mlty nigh lettin de cat outer de bag, but you- niggers mout git back Inter de church rite easy. but now ahe'll hab a hard road ter trabel her foots: ef she hadn't done dls she fo she gits back inter de fold. Now Jes lemme tell you young niggers one ting, wexes me so, I gits dlgnant when I sees ef you ebber falls Inter, sin by dsnclq. wld you fen bad company erupts good manners an' 'moralises de nigger genera tion, dls time present. Ef you, young niggers keeps walkln' in dar footsteps you trspsln' arter dem young sports. Keep on, fus' thing you know ytr heads will be In a halter an' I tells you rite ter yer face, ef you don't pent an' alter yer cose you'll nebber git ter heaben. Now In de clusla ob my sermon I will say (about this time one of the mem bers, a strapping young buck, occupying a seat on one of the front benches near est the stand, while asleep gave a mighty snort, which created such a sensation In the congregation and so ruffled the speaker, ha exclaimed with great Indig nation, "Brudder Dick Gaaklll, do, fer de Lawd's sake wake up dem perllte niggers on de moners' bench what haa been noddln' ter me fru de whole ob my dlscose. I specks dey habn't got ober da defects ob ole Ball Face dey tuck at de i weddln' las' nlte, when he kock up so l much debil). Brudder Jim Dugger. lock ! dat do' an" put de key In yer pocket an take up de collectln. while de quire sings j dat butlful refrain Tse er Cumin' Bred- i , rerij j nopeg ou wm Hi.trlbute ter do ttf ef ytr debllty. fer we needs all de cash we kin git dese Christmas tlmea. ter plenlsh de inner man. so ws kin hab grace an' strength ter so forth an' i work )n de wlnevard an' warfare acin sin an' moralliatlon. race." an' upllftln' our fallen After the collection had been taken and the money counted, from the many smiles upon the countenance of Uncle Primus, It waa apparent the amount collected waa satisfactory. He at once requested Brud der Duitgcr to unlock de 'do', then pro ceeded to say: "I knows amongst de members ob dls 'I church dar Is Borne hard nuts, an' deyjl' needs crackln', but It'a weakness ob dej We Arc Dependent Upon the public for our very existence. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 13, 1908, edition 1
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