Jes Teched
Him; Jedge!
LI’L LAMB.” SQUALLING LIKE
J STEAM CALLIOPE, TESTIFIES
“Jedge, dat big buck nigger bit mail
li’l lamb an’ nigh brack bis haid open.
Ah didn’t seen him do it, but mah
Thomas tole me so. Ue wasn’t doin’
nothin', neither, -when dat goodfer
nothin’ nigger mauled him ober de
Laid.” ,
Thus, with feathers ruffled and a
general air of outraged. dignity, Aunt
Jackson testifies. Iler ample sides shake
with anger as she points out Henry
Mason, sitting baek of his counsel and
looking extremely uncomfortable.
Little Thomas Jefferson Jackson,
black, roly-poly and kinky-headed, had
been cuffed for general devilment in
the neighborhood. Aunt Emma, his
mother, had gathered the howling picka
ninny to her rotund bqsom and had
post-hasted to secure justice and re
dress. Henry Mason, stockily built, yel
lowish cast, and red-socked, bad fallen
into the toils.
Aunt Emma has her witnesses pres
ent, Similarly, Henry Jackson has his.
Neither side speaks to the other, except
an occasional remark of “Huh, niggen,
w’at yo’ know crbout dis?’’ “Nem
mine,’’ is the response; “Neniinine
w’at Ah knows. I'se gwine t’ tell de
co't.’’ And that's what they are now
doing—“fellin’ de co’t.”
“Tollin’ de co’t” is a universal
panacea for all colored ills. More often
than not they get no real satisfaction.
Aunt Emma Testified.
“Tell the jury,” says Assistant Coun
ty Attorney Dan Lewis, “just the cir
cumstances of this assauult.”
Aunt Emma squares away toward the
jury, but it isn’t six seconds before
she has squared away towards Judge
Shook. The colored witness singles out
the court as the final arbiter. The jury,
with them, is an auxiliary.
“Well, jedge, yo’ see. ' says Aunt
Emma, “Ah was jes doin’ mah wash up
an’ had mos’ finished when Ah hears
Li’l Thomas howlin’ out in de Streep
Ah draps de clo’es and runs out to de
sidewalk and dere Ah sees mah lamb
wallerin’ in de street an’ rubbin’ his
haid. Ah ast ’ini w’at done hurt ’im
nn’ he say dat big nigger Henry Mason
clump him ober de haid fer nothin’. Den
Ah look down de street and dere goes
Henry Mason —dat nigger dere wit’ de
red seeks.”
“What did you do then!” continues
Mr. Lewis.
“W’at did Ah do!” asks Aunt Em
ma. “Ah jes took after dat nigger an’
run ’im ’til Ah’s mos’ da id. Den Ah
heaved a brick at him an’ it lammed
’im in de back. Ah ain’ goin’ hab no
no-count, crapshootin’ nigger hittin
Mah baby.” ' _
“Is that all?”* T”
“Yassuh, dat’s all. ’cept Ah bad im
’rested fer ’saulting mah li’l lamb.”
“Li’l Lamb" oti Stand.
The ‘li’l lamb’ is put on the stand.
He doesn’t know what it was all about
and he bawls like a steam calliope when
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SAPOLIO
SUNDAY,
Being an account of the whys and where
fores of a thump over the head adminis
tered by Henry Mason to Little Thomas
Jefferson Jackson, with subsequent testi
mony adduced in the county count upon
the trial of the case for aggravated as
sault.
bis mother deposits him in the big wit
ness chair.
“Yah. now, honey, go on and tell de
co’t how that no-count Henry Mason
done hit yo’,” Aunt Emma admon
ishes.
“Yen, speak up loud,” said Mr.
Lewis.
But the “li’l lamb,” not over four
or five, can’t do much except bellow.
Several negroes loitering about make
audible comments that “dat nigger
baby shore kin cry. ’ ’
Finally, the “li’l lamb” is able to
tell a coherent story. It is almost whol
ly in response to questions, but he
makes out a good case. He was playing
in the gutter-mud, wasn’t doing any
thing to anybody, when along came
Henry Mason and hit him over the
head.
“What did you do to Henry Mason
to make him hit you?” asked Mr.
Lewis.
“Nothin’,” pipes up the “li’l
lamb.”
“What did you do after he hit
you 1 ’ ’
“Ah cried an’ hollered fer mah
tna.”
This closes the case for the state, al
though there arc still one or two wit
nesses who have been subpoenaed to
give additional testimony. They are dis
tinctly aggrieved when Mr. Lewis de
tides their evidence is mot necessary.
Henry Mason's Story.
Henry Mason, duly sworn, takes the
stand. Henry looks sort of peeved about
something. He carefully pulls up his
trousers to display the gorgeous socks,
turns a vindictive look on Aunt Emma
and settles back. ,
“Now. Henry,” says his counsel,
“you tell the court and jury the facts
about this ease.”
“Dats w'at I’se gwine to do.” says
Henry, eagerly. “Ain’ goin’ tell noth
in ’ but he faeks. ”
“Tell the court why you hit Mrs.
Jackson's boy,” continues counsel.
“Well, jedge, hit wus diserway:
Here Ah am a-comin’ ’long de street,
mindin’ mah own business an’ sayin’
nothin’ t’ nobody. Dat Thomas Jeffer
son Jackson is always pesterin’ peo
ple an’ w’en Ah passes by ’im—’im
bein' in de gutter—he up and th 'ows a
big gob ob mud on mah new britches.
Says Ah t’ 'im, ‘Lookyhere, kid, I'se
gwine warm de seat ob yo’ pants ef yo’
don ’ stop. ’ ’'
“Did he stop?” questions counsel.
“Nawsuh, he th'ows anudder gob ob
mud on mah pants. Den he laugh like a
11 ’1 debbel.”
“Then what did you do!”
w'at did Ah do! Ah learnt
'mi not t’ be pesticafin’ wid grown
folks. Ah hit him jes a li’l tap ober
de haid.”
“Did you hit him hard!”
“Nawsuh. jes’ teched ’im. Jes’
enough so's he know nex’ time not to
bodder a colored gen’lman.”
During the -faking of this testimony
Aunt Emma has been wriggling and
swaying, trying to get a chance to talk.
Had it been elsewhere than in court
she would indubitably have obtruded
various remarks. Now she rises to her
feet.
“Jedge,” she says, despite all at-
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Aunt Emma Talks.
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TH SEE RICES
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First Licensed Aviation Meet
to be Held In Indiana City
Beginning Monday.
THE WRIGHTS CONTROL IT
Weeks Program Includes Thir
ty-five Events of Various
Kinds—Many Entries.
United Press.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 11.—Airship
contests, regulated by a book ou rules
m mid air propriety, will be initiated
next Monday al the Indianapolis motor
speedway. The opening of the first li
censed aviation meet which continues
all of next week will mark the second
of seven events here this season to
show man's skillful control of highly
developed, self-propelling mechanism.
The event will*take place on the spe
cially prepared aviation field inside the
two and a half mile speedway track re
cently the scene of national automobile
contests.
The week's program includes 35
events of various kinds. There will be
last and slow contests, flights with
passengers and many novel pranks iu
mid-air. The racing will not be of long
tistauee, the aviators following the
traek beneath them and in view of the
spectators. With the biplanes and
mono planes and other patented types
here and the machines approved by the
aviators iu their assembled form, every
thing is in readiness for the first signal
to shift planes upward Monday after
noon. Weather conditions prevented the
flights planned Friday and Saturday
afternoon and unless these can be at
tempted, tomorrow, the first day of the
meet, will see the machines first in ac
tion here.
Through their director of contests,
Roy Knabeushue, the Wright brothers,
of Dayton, 0., are in full charge of this
meet.
Entered in the week’s program are
six Wright machines to be piloted by A.
L. Walsh, W. A. Brookins, A, P. Cof
fin, Archie Hoxsey, Duval La Chap
pelle and Ralph Johnstone. Jos. Cur
zon has entered his Farman bi plane,
M. Marquette, of Indianapolis, and Rus
sell Shaw, also of this city, will take
part with bi-planes of their own con
struction. Lincoln Beaehey will pilot a
Beaehey mono-plane and Captain C. L.
Bumbaugh will operate a Fisher bi
plane, entered by the Fisher Automo
bile company, of this city.
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tempts to “call her down.” “dat nig
ger jes’ plain lyin’. Mah li'l lamb neit
her th'owed no mud on bis clo’es. He's
er big, no-count, sneakin’, bone-rollin’,
thievin’ nigger an' I’se gwine ”
Just what Aunt Emma intends to do
to Henry Mason remains unrevealed, for
Aunt Emma is summarily ordered to
keep “ silence, ”* and she does it much
against her will.
But Henry Mason apparently proves
his point, for he produces a pair of in
flammatory trousers which clearly show
that they have mud daubs all over the
seat and legs. He swears that the “li’l
lamb” did it.
The jury returns a verdiet of “not
guilty.” Aunt Emma grabs up her off
spring, tucks him under one arm and
marches straight out of the court room,
looking neither to the right nor the
left.
Henry Mason, freed, chuckles several
times, makes a sinister threat of what
he’s “gwine do t' dat kinky-haired
tar-baby ef he tho'ws any mo’ mud on
me.” and then leaves. The colored audi
ence, treated to a real court scene, jos
tle each other and laugh. Judge Shook
and Mr. Lewis look anything but
pleased. The negro in court is a problem
to these two.
GEO. B. SHAW JARS TOLSTOI
JOKING ON SERIOUS TOPIC
Russian Reformer, Annoyed By Friend’s
Comment, Sends Acrid Reply, Ac
companied By Dissertation.
London, June 11. —-6. B. Shaw, who
regularly corresponds with Count
Tolstoi,’has given the aged Russian re
fortner a jar by joking on a serious sub-
ject. ...
Tolstoi asked Shaw Io send him a
copy of Ids “The Showing Up of
Bianco Posnet.” which Shaw did, with
a letter in which, replying to Tolstoi s
criticism that Shaw jests too much.
the latter contended that humor is a
divine attribule. and. for all he knew,
the universe might be a joke of the
gods, in which case it wan worth while
to make a good joke, not a bad one
Tolstoi was startled and annoyed, lie
sent an acrid reply, accompanied by a
long dissertation on religion.
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SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE
PEARSALL CLUB HAS
FIRST ENTERTAINMENT
—— — •
—
New Organization Hosts to the
Elite of the Town at an En
joyable Function.
Special Dispatch.
Pearsall. Tex.. June ll.—The Pearsail
club, recently organized, for entertain
ment and amusement, social, literary
and athletic, had its opening entertain
ment last night. The dub rooms were j
beautifully decorated in the <lub colors. |
I green and gold. The refreshments were
| punch, cake and i -••■I watermelons. Each ■
member of the club invited a triend, ,
and about >O9 oi the town's elite were i
present to enjov the evening r enter- ,
tniument. Progressive fortv-two and
other games were played. Excellent •
I music was furnished for the occasion ■
by the Mexican string baud.
The committee on decoration was ;
| composed of Prof. 8. G. Turner. Clar- I
I cnee Arthur, R. 8. Nixon and Buford!
Nixon. Committee on reception, Mrs. |
Is. G. Turner, Mrs. K. S. Nixon and
Riding Skirts
$3.95
Of Best Grade Khaki
Divided skirts in all sizes fu F
at the very special price
Our June Clearance Sale Continues
One Week More of Extreme Reductions
again tomorrow and continuing the entire week, Half-Dollars
will do the service of Dollars, when attending our clearance sale in
women’s and misses’ suits, dresses, coats, waists and skirts. They are the
pick of this season’s styles, tailored and finished to our exact high
standard. Thousands of garments are here for you to choose from at
prices that are unmatchablc. The reductions follow:
Linen Dresses and Suits Half-Price
For tomorrow, unrestricted choice of any linen dress or coat suit in the house at
EXACTLY HALF PRICE. They are all this season’s styles, in white, natural and
every desirable color. There are no exceptions. All must go. Price examples follow:
$ 7.75 Dresses or Suits $3.88 $18.50 Dresses or Suits $ 9.25 $27.50 Dresses or Suits $13.75
810.00 Dresses or Suits $5.00 $20.00 Dresses or Suits $lO.OO $35.00 Dresses or Suits $17.50
$15.00 Dresses or Suits $7.50 $25.00 Dresses or Suits $12.50 $42.50 Dresses or Suits $21.25
Extreme Reductions in Women’s Fine Skirts
Every skirt in the house is included in this sale. In black and colored Panama, voiles,
serges, mohairs, worsteds, taffetas and pongees. Pleated, gored, and overskirt styles.
Here are the price reductions prevailing:
S 7.75 Skirts reduced to $4.95 $11.50 Skirts reduced to $ 8.95 $16.50 Skirts reduced to $12.95
$ 8.50 Skirts reduced to $6.95 $12.50 Skirts reduced to S 9.95 $18.50 Skirts reduced to $14.95
$lO.OO Skirts reduced to $7.95 $15.00 Skirts reduced to $11.45 $22.50 Skirts reduced to $17.50
Linen Dresses $8.35 —Worth Up to $30.00
There arc only a limited number in the new Russian blouse, belted style, tunic effect
skirt —white and colors. Regularly they would sell at $25 and $3O. There is a limited
number only that we want to clean up quick, that is why they are priced at $8.35.
Women’s $7.75 Lingerie Dresses $3.95
This is the last chance to secure one of these beautiful all-over embroidery dresses at
such a remarkable price. Made in blue, pink or white. Some have tunic effect skirt,
with handsome lace yokes, in sizes for women and misses. Just enough to last the
day out, at the special low price of $3.95.
All Tailored Suits One. Third Oil
If you are going away now is the time to secure that much-wanted suit at a liberal
reduction. Every kind of woolen fabric, shantung and pongee silks in those nobby,
plain tailored styles. Make your selection early at these prices:
$25 00 Suits reduced to $16.65 $35.00 Suits reduced to $23.35 $45.00 Suits reduced to $30.00
Suits reduced to $19.65 $37.50 Suits reduced to $25.00 $49.00 Suits reduced to $32.65
$32.50 Suits reduced to $21.65 $40.00 Suits reduced to $26.65 $55.00 Suits reduced to $36.65
$ 7.75
$ 8.50
$lO.OO
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Reduction Sate
In Women’s Finest
Lingerie Waists
Beginning tomorrow and throughout the week,
vou will have an opportunity of selecting that
supply of summer waists at an extreme reduction.
They are all of this season's styles, made of the
very latest fabrics. There are thousands of
waists for you to choose from. Plain or elabo
rately trimmed to suit the most exacting taste,
at a price that means a great saving to you.
Here are the reductions:
$1.50 Lingerie Waists reduced ■< i —
to 11 » J v
$1.95 Lingerie Waists reduced । < —
$2.45 Lingerie Waists reduced — —
to ? I
$2.95 Lingerie Waists reduced q q —
to *.
$3.15 Lingerie Waists reduced
$3.95 Lingerie Waists reduced
$1.50 Lingerie Waists reduced n
to
$4.95 Lingerie Waists reduced 3 rr ~
to
$6.00 Lingerie Waists —
$7.50 Lingerie Waists reduced .y —
$lO.OO Lingerie Waists reduced 7.95
Mrs. J. M. Windrow. Refreshment com
mittee. Henry Bilhartz, George Sanders.
Jr., Louis Osteryoung. The several
committees left nothing undone to
make the occasion one long to be re
membered by everyone who was for
tunate enough to attend.
The officers of the Pearsall club are:
I) B. Windrow, president; Irby .1. Hud
son, secretary; Ernest Berry, treasurer;
R. S. Nixon, first vice president; Geo.
W. Curtis, second vice president.
! The Conservation of Nature’s Re
sources
Applies as well to our physical state
as to material things. C. -I. Budlong,
Washington. K. J., realized his eoudi
' tion aud took warning before it was too
late. He says: “1 suffered severely
from kidney trouble, the disease being
hereditary in onr lamily. 1 have tak
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WHILE A T YOI ~U 'MER HOldE.
WE LL SEND IT TO YOU.
' Theo. Artzt orchestra. Both pherM
$3.95 Wash Skirt Sate
For Monday only, we place on .sale one hun
dred best imported white and natural rep
Skirts, made in the new gored style, button
down the front, tnnic effect, pleated or gored,
with placket in front. Every size makes it
possible to fit you without an alter Q
ation. At the sale price of 5
The Famous Nemo
Seii Reducing’ Corsets
•O’
No stout woman cati offord to be without one.
Thex produce extreme reduction tor back, hips and
upper limbs, with perfect comfort and hygienic safety,
because the new patent devices
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really sylph-like.
No. 405 —Nemo Self-Reducing,
for short, stout figures: low bust
and under arm, very long skirt
that comes well around the front;
the wonderful Nemo relief bands.
An entire new model. J IY
Priced 11 a D * /
Style 318—The new Flatning
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BUILDING BOOM IS
FELT AT PEARSALL ,
i
Special Dispatch.
Pearsall, Tex.. June 9. —Ten thoua- ,
and dollars of Pearsall's new school
bonds of $2.1.000 have been sold. Bids i
for building the new school house will
be opened June 11. 1
The ice plant and waterworks build i
ing will be . onipleted this week. It
lis a Kiibstanti.il brick structure ami
adds considerably to the “ manufaetiir-
The L AL C. A. GLEE CLUB
Composed of twenty of San Antonio s best
singers, will give a musical concert on Mon*
ilav evening. June 20th at 8:30, in
The COOL Y. M. C. A. AUDITORIUM
You can't spend that Monday evening Admis
in a cooler or more delightful place. s,on **VV
JUNE I'2, 1910.
$4.95 Pettkoat
Special, Monday Only
Twelve different styles, tine cambric
tops. 16-ineh. flounce of embroidery
or lace, ribbon trimmed.
$5.00 Taffeta
Petticoats $3.95
Of best grade taffeta iu
white, black and colors;
also a number in beau
tiful Dresden flounce
effect. They are full in
size, none better in fin
ish. At the 'll ( )
sale price of. s D
ing district” of Pearsall.
Ward i DeVilbiss are pushing the
work on their new gin building aud
plant.
J. A. Metcalfe is building a hand
some two-story resiileihc on Oak street.
J. C. B. Harkness lias his new res
idence leady for the painters.
B. A. Smith's new re-idenee is well
under way and carpenters are push
ing the work.
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Wanted—Extra carrier boys with
horse and cart. 8. A. Light and Gazette.
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