Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1918 — Somebody Must Have Told Him. [ARTICLE]

Somebody Must Have Told Him.

Jay McCord of exemption board No. 8 finds the young negroes- of the district an Inexhaustible source of delight. “They refer,” he says, “quite rightly to their ‘consecration papers.’ One of them, whose patriotism was of the right kind, returned his questionnaire ,the other day. ‘Well, George, do you wdftve exemption?’ I asked him. ‘Oh, yassah, boss, yassah. Ah’ll wave anything. Jes’ give me a flag— a‘ United States flag, if you’ got one—ah’ Ah’ll show you whether Ah kin wave It’” Another, says Mr. McCord, wrote in his questionnaire that his allowance to his wife was SIOO a month. “That’s fair enough,” I said. „ “Let’s see —how much do you make?” “Ten dollahs a week, boss.’ Ah’s a porter.” , _ __ “Ten dollars a week, eh? Then you shoot craps.” The darkey’s eyes bulged with surprise. “Huccum yo’ know dat, boss,” he gasped; “who done tol’ you’ Ah shoot craps?”—Chicago Tribune.