Janie, Ah done watched it time and time again; each and every white man think he know all de GOOD darkies already. He don’t need tuh know no mo’. So far as he’s concerned, all dem he don’t know oughta be tried and sentenced tuh six months behind de United States privy house at hard smellin
It using any real judgement to determine who they think is a good or bad person.
Mah likes and dislikes ought not tuh make no difference wid you, Tea Cake. Dat’s fuh yo’ lady friend. Ah’m jus’ uh sometime friend uh yourn.”
She tells him that she feels like she's just his friend and maybe using this moment to draw the line when things aren't so sure yet even though she likes him
Business was dull all day, because numbers of people had gone to the game. She decided to close early, because it was hardly worth the trouble of keeping open on an afternoon like this. She had set six o’clock as her limit.
This is talking about how it was a pretty slow day and there was no business so that she decided to close early because of the baseball game.