Show 1 WANTED PAY FOR H HS 1 WORK british west indian who wanted rc bee for building hl his own house materials far dished hi shed an eng english lish naval officer tells of being on a war vessel which took provisions to st ritts one of the british west india islands A hurricane had left many of the inhabitants in a destitute or even starving condition hungry crowds gathered at the wharf but refused to help unload the food that was to bo be given to them unless paid for their work A similar story sheds sheda light on the jamaican negro five or six years yeara ago a hurricane devastated the island and a largo large relief sum waa wa s raised much of it in england and the united states the committee having charge 0 of f this fund sent a wagon load of lumber to a husky black man whose house had been scattered over the parish lie he and hla his family were living in a rude shack aback majo made out of odds and ends that nr fur 7 he asked of thle the men who were unloading the material in front of his patch of ground for your new house was waa the th 0 reply its from the relief fund and wont cost you anything 1 I 1 chos coln to build man mah housel you are it if anybody does docs chos coln jo to pay me fur mob work |