Eureka Reporter | 1908-04-03 | Page 2 | But Was it the Same Melon?

BUT WAS IT THE SAME MELON paper carr eri ed by darky amounted almost to perpetual perm t A negro just loves a watermelon said johnson of south carolina strange too that when a policeman sees a negro with a melon at an unreasonable hour he has it right down that the darky has stolen 0 that watermelon I 1 heard a story about a policeman who met a negro in the early hours of the morning and he had a big melon on his shoulder I 1 see you have a melon there yes sah sall answered the darky ise I 1 se got er melon but I 1 se fixed fer you sah sall and pulling out a paper he handed it to the officer who read this bearer of this is 0 K he paid me ten cents tor for the melon and he Is a pillar in the church james elder you are fixed said the officer dat s m hat I 1 lowed answered the negro and he moved on wash ng ton herald