Cheap at That Price

My old friend Byron Simmons, a first class teller of nigger stories in his own right, handed me this splendid one the other day.

In Orange, where Byron lives, there is an itinerant colored preacher who rnakes the rounds every so often, calling on his "white folks" and asking for their help that he may go on his way and preach the gospel of the colored Baptists; No high-toned "negro" is this one. He steps to the door of the white man's office. His hat is in his hand, and he bends slightly forward and meets his white friends eye to eye.

"Ah ain't no 'negro' preachuh", he says. "An Ah ain't no'cullud'man. Ahm jus a humble nigguh, goin about de yerth, preachin de word o' Gawd to Mah nigguh frens. Ah acknoleges dat de white man is the supreem race. Ah decla'es dat de nigguh is de white man's suhvent. Yassuh. An all Ah axes is fo Mah white frens to give me bout fo bits er six bits jes t'hep me on Mah way, doin de wuk o' de Lawd an preachin de Baptis' gospel to de po nigguhs."

He pulled this little speech, with many embellishments, elongations, and gestures at Byron's office the other day, and Byron said to him, just to see how he would respond:

"IJncle, I'm a Catholic, myself. Surely a good Baptist like you wouldn't ask help from a Catholic?"

"You'se wrong now, Cap," answered the old darkey fervently. "Ah wants t'tell you dat de Cathlic Chuch is de oldes of al de chuches. Yassuh ! Hit's de Mothah of all do othah chuches. All dese othah chuches done sprung fum de Cathlic Chuch. Yassuh!"

"Why, Uncle !" said the white man. "I'm surprised at a good Baptist like you admitting such a thing as that."

"Yassuh !" said the old preacher. t'An whut's mo, Ahm de onlies' Baptis' preachuh you gwine find whut will admit hit fo fo bits."

Lumbermen's Post lVill Meet Hammond Lumber Co. Announces Octob et 9 Changes in Sales Department

The next meeting of Lumbermen's Post No. 403, American Legion, will be held at the Rosslyn Hotel, Los Angeles, Tuesday evening, October 9, at 6:30 P.M. sharp. Following dinner, a prominent speaker will address the meeting. All lumbermen are invited to attend.

One of the activities which the Post is sponsoring is the "Da.ughters of the Legion" drum and bugle corps which is the only organization of its kind in the United States Legion Department. Mrs. C. D. Smith, who is known as the best woman drummer in Southern California. is instructing the girls.

The Post is making a drive for new members, and their goal for this year is 75. The Post now has 56 members. At the September meeting, Superior Court Judge Leon Yankwich was the principal speaker.

CLIMB MT. WHITNEY

W. B. Wickersham, district sales manager for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, accompanied by his son, Bailey Wickersham, Fred D. Bowlus, Los Angeles county sanitation district engineer, and his daughter Lorraine Bowlus, climbed to the top of Mt. Whitney during the Labor Day holiday. Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the United States, its elevation being 14,498 feet.

The Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco announces the following changes in the sales department:

Frank H. White, who has been assistant sales manager at San Francisco, has been transferred to Samoa as mill sales manager.

George Knab, former mill sales manager at Samoa, has been transferred to the Chicago office where he will be sales manager.

E. E. Abrahamson, sales manager in the Chicago office, will come to San Francisco November I to succeed Frank White as assistant sales manager.

Building Display Room

The Wagner Lumber & Mill Co. at Santa Barbara are building a new display room at their plant. When completed it u'ill make a very attractive addition to their yard and will shorv the various samples of hard and softu'ood lumber and building materials

Buys Pleasanton Yard

Earl Johnson, Independent Lumber Co., Livermore, recently purchased the yard of H. Arendt Co., Pleasanton, and moved to a new site, where he built a new shecl on a lot 140 ft. x 140 ft.