People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1894 — The Darky and His Check. [ARTICLE]

The Darky and His Check.

“on£ pf the incidents of the boom at Chattanoogd, which happened to fall under my immediate observation, interested me greatly,” !?ald a Tennesseean. A negro there had come into the ownership of a small piece of real estate worth, when he got it, about one hundred dollars. During the boom this property became very desirable, and could probably have been bought for a few hundred dollars had the would-be purchaser not scared the darky by offering him several thousand, but a deal was finally closed for ten thousand dollars, and the negro went to the bank with a check to get the money. “How do you want it?” asked the cashier. “Gib it to me in silber.” The cashier began to pile up the sacks of silver and the negro’s eyes grew bigger and bigger. Finally he could stand it no longer. “Stop, boss,” he said, “gib me a ,dollah and a half an’ keep de res’ fer me.’ ” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.