, 1879-05-16
THE !" SUNNY SOUTH"
Utter ThriftIessness in tbs Cultlya-
.:' ton of the Soil.
gevcral. Hundred Northern Families
Settled Recently Near De-
oatur, Ala.
Views of Whites md Dlacks on the Sub
5ect. Of tho Negro Exodus.

TO tht Editor II The TfbHns.
V,cEssuRa, Miss. ,AiGy AL loft lndfnnnpo'
,,a nlteun taya ogo, 20 snko view nE tho
!. sunuy SOUTH" passed l.ont*T''le ana NASH
vile, ns., at Dccatar. Ala, male a s'trt stop:
,rt,u Tcpuc.*cc River at this print IS oea"'"a'
.,cht. It louks rs large AS the Ua'o 'H'ce
Ss,r,,c.u. Two iuportant railroads cross cach
,.,mn, t,rrr.-t,,e LtulkyIe, Nashville d Hreat
s,,,nnrr. ind tho at~u,nhts II Charleston. The
s..,a,, .nrrouu]rg this rlAta ior many miles Is
''',, ,,na nruductsve. wta,pltnty of no Timber
~" ,.,s .aa1 wafer. But never kaw farming
so,,,trv that has pcen
eoa'"' 70 BADLY USED.
| have known nlun 10 have good hork+A In In |
diana. w1p worked them l,arl and did no, more
tuan hnlf.fccd tllctn. That fccfna 10 haze
heen tic principle governing tho farsneti
Of this valley. The only difference Is
that they have made no nrctcn5c to
feed 1hn soil with even }ln!s.ratsors.
But, notwithstanding this rohbng proccsa,-
tl,at Of takilg yearly NIL they coult from tle
soft, anl returning t,otlltnE for the past hftesn
years,-the pscsont crops Of WHEAT, cur'i, cot
ton, ele., loos thrifty, With promising pros
poet Of q good Yield. Early c!Icrrics arc rpc'
and fcastc1 on strawberries. Pouches Rre
lsrrer than q,,ails' eggs, In tho past thrre
wears several hundred fat1cs havc settled IN
thls valley, mostly from Indiana. Ohio, Micht-
pan, md llllnols,-tsey paying frosR 10 10 Si5
,,.r arr. for improyrti farms, l met quito a
A.,mber of prospectors hero from the North.
who neu1cd to be highly pleased. ! mndc To-
Quiries u Soycrnt people muVl'lE tn Railsas.
They said tllaa s,uca the War closed, their folks
had been going NORTH, few Ut a time. "sati the
letters wrote bnek to frtcrls werc encouraging;
and thJs fort was tne tntluepcc that was the
most actyo Ia stirring UP their people to 'cnVo
fh's ecction' lHe nsslse Whites Hs.e e4u w.
tear sudden extens've fn'Rsatioi1 ol the olackS'
md, II they did,
ri,r rnnTuyrN IMMIGRATION,
.,,.. ',,.,' r.,s,no,a T., thn, roliov ,ror,l
t'at Hau r1ei' 'oo'n"'u ~ 'ilAt 'A.'s'' "eu"
iucrcss" 40 10 10 o'efnalanee nnf loss ny 'he
migration Of tho colored men.
I took tho train To Grand Junction. From
%ht. roi,,. tr.ye1ca a,,ut,, n, IN, f.htcoro a.
.n'a u',"t n.'a 49, n.u."-, y" ,.,.,,s :.
LOUIS q Ne" ot'eaas sa''"ao' 7topp"ss III
Grenada, Jacltson. md then nt New Orlcans.
THIS Is ttuc rafroaa and In excellent condition.
But tie country It runs through shows lack uf
thrift, which is a most prominent leu,urc Of thu
North. onh tI,rrc ia IN tuod Tcnson why IN.
.a,,, a,,ac,r,n.. NJ ,hr1ft efo,,,d nol c,n,1.p
o.'o .,'s. ',a" w. .,'.,. s .n,,'., .,,.
from the appearances that the boil is good
enough: but the best COW In the land would
mnkc noor mtlkrr by at,,se mud s,sryatiou: 10
Ia. ~, n.s. Iii. 49,, ,sat.. ,.,,I ,,st'a
their productiycness to MI end' can safely
say, Here IL q rich, productive soil, almost cx-
cIus,vctv Agricultural. fron, tho Tnnncssco line
- NJ. neioan, viii, H., ,v.,or o,,d ,,uh,r
antl IN most lovely climate. nnl healthy,
with market for all products Of lhc farm equal
to nny other locality TT this Nation. with the
nr,ec a. 1a1ts from - to $40 nrr mere peor tnls
roIrood II tharrf,,rr rrni,ros m trrrnt wisdom
or thut1rlt to res that ibe future wealth Of Ibis
m oa,n must ~ 0e evmr tr'n r,,ltva,on of its sn
For instance. ,lIe railroad tiut runs through
th,s locality must aecltro through and local
i,,,s,n",s n, nay Tl,nnlnr rxne,,Hcs rcnnirs. anil
utirr n,,t,ors' Nth tjircmis ~, rn,,itni inycst-
% ID NV. ;,n viii sunnnse tint In, un.,apurs t,f
Ills road BLOW tlie sa,uc shiitlrssncss In its
!as ,ae ,asG5s @ s y w ~
nm nro,1,,rtiv" ,nwrra Of ,cir lands iiuw tonr
wn,if) ~. tnke 10 run down tI,js ruatt until t
wnm;tj hc worthless under such management
And thrhe very sanle farmers who arc rcduclnt;
tho productive powers OF tiesu llnds slowly but
surely, would 10
THE MOTT n1rTun
I, 1crou,cinp the lucnnor1v of tbe rcfIro,d,
rnanarcrs If tirry werc iu Iail 10 keen teir rond
IN euoi rupair, we tl.cy are doi!IE III they car,
n1prnrdly tyste,n of cultivation and want nj
t.sss ~ ;},e snli If tbs ,Ennith nni 1,rnsnrrltv
n tiis section have to con,o from tbs cultiya.
lion Of ,ts soil, it is ills. az necessary that ths
tnr shs ,rrntest vIrjd wI,h,nt tu,nairlnts t,'r
rtnid In ,he fttsnre ms II ia tiut tbts rna sSond
(" Ernt IN rnoa rnnli;nns In f'tct t,n 1ar,n"r't
,n wnn1a n hrlre1 1fo ~ rrent"r @ s
s.r "oA'N " '''0 >''''
From Nov o,,cans went h, r,vcr IN Vtcks
b,,rr .tonn,nn nn1r nj na;nn Ronrs nN,
Mn,oh,y ~ h,fh sIsea # iii rr.,"f r,u"r
. Ex t,.a" y. t,etnU n,.n. n. - ~.
aos ~ 't inamupv ~ nu n'Mi tarn ~" t,,"r
ss6co III fndi."a rh. hniiInrs' M Vail in, a
n,iiivat'on shn,.ntI qoat tosr T}s cro,, ,,n1.