Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1920 — A Round Trip. [ARTICLE]

A Round Trip.

Recently, aays the Forecast, Aunt Mary Wells, who is one of the few “befo’-de-wah" negroes who are left in a little Kentucky town, .was discussing the merry-go-round with her employer. “Nawsuh, Mr. Malcolm.” she said, “nawsuh, I don’ ride on none o’ dem things. Why, Mr. Malcolm, Tse seen some o’ dese hyah fool niggers git on that thing and ride as much as a dollar's worth, and git off at de very same place dey gits on at; and I ses to ’em, ’Now yo’ spent yo’ money, child, whar yo’ been?’ ”