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BOOK REVIEWS Prof* By DR. ALICE HUNTER r of Entlith. Georgia State Colie; Wo BLACK GENESIS, A CHRONICLE sentence* were crammed into one : syllable. “E *hum” may mean: He, By Samuel Gaillard Stoney and Gcr- s j, e< or gaw-her, him, it, or trud« Mathew* Shelby lllu»tra- t j lem *• jj, at j s twenty-four things, tion* by Martha Ben»ley Bruere jjj not fj t »he Gullah The MacMillai York. 1930. Black Genesis will appeal i era! types of people. All Southern er should read the book, for it pr< sent* a St uthern aspect. Students of language will find therein plenty ..f mental food for pleasant con templation. Lovers of ' tycholojry nouth. Thus Breath and Mouth be- t»pectively breat’ and mout.’ Such became succi; ant became ier became bubbuh; j'hrinlc became swink. Seme of the Gullah vocabulary ivas pun African and may be traced to various African tribes. But most of it is confused with French and will like it, for the pane* are filled English. Stepney is hunger; monkey with thought reactions of c strange ; s exhaustion; cooter is turtle; pina and confused race. Within its leaves or goober is peanut, may be found many bits r-f whimsical The authors of Black Genesis at- philosnphy. Here is a golden driblet: j tempt to trace abo the associations "But no matter how po’ people is, with animals /which these Gullahs dey kin always mek it .a little worse have had When they had caught for deyself. An’ jus* like po’ people ^ their first notions of the religious blecge to do, Adam nnd Ebe hnbs to | themes derived from the Old Tesia- wheel in an’ hah chillen.” } ment, the Gullah negroes began to And this of Cain: "He work dat speculate upon the application of place hard, an’ he build him a house Bible stories to the life familiar to an’ all. He figger he best fix hcself them. Thus arose queer tales that ns good as he kin ’cause dey ain* no again added charm from the mongrel way o’ tellin’ what’s a-comin*. Jis’ THE UNION-RECORDER. M1LLEDGEVILLE, GA., MAY 1. 1930 I FARMERS WILL MEET r VTURDAY WITH MR. TREANOR I The postponed meeting of the j Farmers Club will be held next Sat- I urday with Mr. Terrance Treanor. i the President of the club. | Since the last meeting of the club [ Col. Jos. E. Pottle, a member and and for years Secretary of the Club. ‘ has passed away. As Col Pottle tel- 1 dom missed attending a meeting, he j will lie missed. i like de Lord tell him he aint had too much o’ luck wid de lan’ but all de same he satisfied to mek some sort *•’ crop an’ don’t hab to eat dem i cukynuts an’ t’ing de rest o’ life.” Black Genesis is an unu-ual book language in which they arc told, the strange mental twisting* of their brains The book largely consists of these Gullah interpretations of nature through Bible leadings. To some readers these will spell humor; to others psychology; to others history that offers a new experience of a ( Of a specialized type. The hump on type not open to most of us. The J the frog’s back is explained with a book proper is preceded by an infor- j long winded story that involves the motive chapter cntitlde the “Family nee of Bre’ Rabbit and Brc’ Tree of Gullah Folk Speech :»nd Folk Wolf. The cooter (turtle) stele the Talcs.” The uuthors assert that the uinea-fowl’a protecting back. In the branches of the Gullah family tree first place all living creatures were are American, the trunk West In- mruthless. God took the dog, one dian, the roots English and African .f his later creations, along with Him England's seventeenth century ex- to the supper the cherubims had ar- pansion and unre-t sent thousands of ranged for Him at the end of a long Irish and Scotch to the Island of hard day. The dog took such inter- Buibadi s. From the barracoons of est in the supper that his Maker the African coast came other thou - thought He would give him a mouth, ands of black folk of all kinds and These were His words: conditions. Although most of them "You been so fait’ful all o’ dis spi ke Bantu, their oppressors had lib-long day, since I mek you, till I SOCIAL GIVEN BY EPWORTH ‘ LEAGUE OF STEVENS POTTERYi A radeo party was given Thursday j night, April 24, by the Eprrortli League at Stevens Pottery. There were over fifty people present, after everyone assembled around the bon fire several games were played. At the close of the entertainment a de licious course of sandwiclu^ and lemonade were served. As the League had not been fully organized officers were elected. They were as follows: President, Wcnifred Lee; Secretary and Treas urer, Evelyn Lee; Corresponding Secretary, Rowena Polk; Superinten dent of Recreation and Culture, Sel ma Shearer; Superintendent of So cial Service, Lucile Finney; Epwcrth Era Agents, Emily Echols and Mau- ric Lee. The Epworth League will meet every Thursday night at 8:00 at the Matilda Chapel, Stevens Pottery. Ga. Everybody is cordially invited. FOR SALE—Nice Rod Broiler t, and Fryer* 45c pound. Mr*. J. R. God ard, Route I, near Allen’* Sana torium. ed them to be mixed slave pens and countle.-s varieties <>f the Bantu tongue thus came togeth er. In their new location they began to acquire a sort of English. This complicated state of language, cus toms^ hjirr.-.n slant of view ferment ed through time. * Thus grew up the peculiar type of mixed breed familiarly known as Gullah. inhabiting the Charleston rice plantations and the sen islands. Borrowings and inheritance, of lan guage were merged. Cases and ten ues meant nothing to them. Whole ‘t sit comfortable here you’self bout what dem bittle is. Mebbc dis t’ing is goin’ to gib you mo’ trouble dan pledjur but is jis' bleege to cut you a mout’ so I can see you nyam some o’ dem scrap W lefj’ an’ find what dey tas’e what is le likV.” * When Bre* Dog got his mouth and found what it was to cat. he was crazy with joy. Then all the other creatures wanted mouths. God was tired but He turned the task over to Bre’ Dog who provided himself with God’s gold knife and went to work. The little creatures got big mouths and the big ones sometimes small ones. All stood anxiou.-ly in line and all rejc iced with their new-found faculties. But when all were pro vided with mouths, trouble began. "Dat mout’ business start sich a big row in de world twix’ dem creet- er, de tame an' de wild, dat it aint nebber goin’ to stop. An’ God jis’ stan an’ study. ;n’ stroke he whisp ers, an’ say, ‘Uh-huh! Bensti-es an’ t’ings gotta be dat way. an’ act dat way Now jus’ watch out!’ The story of the .apples, Eve, and the garden gains a richness all its own in this native book. That and other accounts are crowded with unexpect ed details—inventions tlje rhetorici ans would call them. The reading of Black GenesL is like journeying to a far country inhabited by unknown beings. Its black and white illustra tions are ornamental and enticing; its flying white animals of the inner cover, as they race over a green field along with red-black serpents are one with the verbal revelation of the Gullahs. Based on mileage, power and pick-up CROWN STANDARD GASOLINE is always the low est price gasoline that you can buy Standard OilCompany HgTfOe.4HW.-wi GeMb.Ky. , i !• Mad m Oaf rarii Meter Trip, i Ilj ■ *-*f— —J ■v What a Difference - 90 Days Make,/ Ioday a Toddling chick ... in 90 day a proud pullet about to lay. There's some thing to think about! Tiny bones and little muscles have grown several times in size ... a delicate fuzz has sprouted into hundreds of feathers ... a chick weighing grams has grown into a pullet weighing pounds ... all in 90 short days! A wonderful change ... and only one thing can do it... good feed! 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