"Up north” was not what it was
said to be. They found no time to
hunt the ’possum and the yarn about
living luxuriously, the same as “the
white folks,” they also found, accord
ing to the communication, was myth
ological without foundation. They
work from break of day until night
and spend their extra earnings buy
ing coal with which to keep their
bodies warm. This is going against
the grain with the southern darky
and he wants to come back, where
the sun shines in the winter and a
negro does not have to dig through
the snow to get out of the house
mornings. The call has been sound
ed. The negroes are stranded and
would like to hear from their Mo
bile friends. They prefer picking
cotton to shoveling snow.
WEIGHTY WORDS
“Did your words have any weight
with the masses?”
“It looks cheerlessly that way,”
answered Senator Sorghum. “The
boys are saying it was one of the
heaviest little speeches I ever made.”
—Washington Star.
WILL INVESTIGATE
BRIBERY CHARGE
Mobile School Site Sale Figures In
Allegations
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 25.—Charges
that bribes had been offered mem
bers of the Mobile County School
board in connection with the sale
to the board of the Carton property
as a school site made at the board
meeting by the chairman, K. P.
