Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-28
THE NEGRO IN gsORaIA.


also engaged III btislnS1sih K1tlAHd, "
/ 10 in tho city on bis way there from RI
mah, Ga, where. he spent the wipt<
For several years MI. Myers Kss p1as.
bis winters III tkss0uy6. Ms b high
intelligent gntlenan, and having CIV
some attention. to the state Of Affairs
that section of the Union, II Was thougi
that Whist be might hAve TO aay On @
negro txc5us would b ofintepsst p r
,'ss @eSs s.,;I,' Rs9p|e FA' .rs FsseAiss y
A keuder rspostsr thsaefoss ualie'
ppon M. MyslA ~ the fseest QiAl
house wheRs ,ths following inte.yie!
was lad, though II c0iitain1 but lit6
that beam directly on the ex6dms: Il ,si
-.Mr ,Myers," =. aid ths !, '.eportes
what can you say about the negro AZ
oausf' fsess4ttsi sGzta 'lfssgsia ai1s $50
aIscsn give you no infofhAtiia ssa
that subject f0r the cola reason that thl
cslored man is not allowed to leave
Georgia. / have passed the winter ID
Eastman, in thst state, hut have fseez
nothing of the ex0duA Three or -four
years ago agents from Texas came into
Georgia for sAe purpose 0i then Inducing
the negroes to 10 10 that State. Ihil
alarmed the people, and = law was paased
making it = punishable oHense for ! psr'
son to come into the stats for the pufpq6<
Of inducing colosed persona 10 ls1vs
the commonwealth. The Law il strictly
adhered TO, and has tho support OF the
most intelligent and influential whites
In the state. It il upheld, and dsfepded
BY such intelligent men - Col Nc
Arthur, of Eastman, . highly intelligent
who has had sone buninesl
relations with VIM. F. Dodge. Esq., Of
New York, and sold him 300, 900 oi
timbered land. {l1B 9 s@ ss1
What can you ny about the trsA*'
ment Of the blacks in the south q ;s,syr !,
"Well, psr, that Is outrageous; there
can be no doubt about that. The
colored man geb hut 90 iper muath.
fbur pounds OF pork and : peck, Of com
meal for what Ii called heavy w0rk,
sucL - chopping and boxing turpextine
tEses. !. ThepoEk and meal sfe.AowvostA
shout 10 cents, The colored women are
hired at $G per month, With the sams
fations as tho men, tn.do xhat b called
Light work, such ~ ploWing. Ten. miles
from Eastman, when out With my Nife
and children, 9 + saw light-colofed
women ploving In ono field EAdh
one had either .. mule or . pony, and
q shovel plow about the size Of your
hand, which cut three or four inches IL
depth. This was in March. The wonen
were very scantily dressed, being hare
footed, and having hardly enough cloth
Ing on to conceal their personA They
were without mOdesty and chastity,
which, by the way, Is generally the caae
with the old slaves. They work from
sun TO sun. live in great fear, Int On
Sunday sttend church" - qs
"Does the negro have any ahow7"
"None whatever. The southern
whites will give him No chance. In
Eastman there is population Of between
200 aAd 800. There are about fifteen
whisky shops there, one Of which b kept
by the mayor of the place, / believe.
II 4 colored man should start ono Of thsse
be would be persecuted and driven ont.
He wDuld not be tolerated - ths seller
Of posr whisky, even. / want to tell lyou,
the people Of the north do not know
about the infamy In the south.
If they did they would rise up In, arsaa
and put q stop toik No ono can under
stand the state Of affairs there till he has
been there. All the negroes except Z
5sw hS d.,,.h. hsvs s,,.. so%s ,dp.S Ps.Ssps.sy "a
ret out of the reach Y n tke
1outhDrn, whites. h At any rata Ishsys
never seen . colored mAa without prop-
sEty but that wAs anxious to do thia. 1
wish / could show you 3 lester ] received
from . poor fellow Who wanted toscegne
With me. He had corresponded With
sx-State Senator Palmer, 81 New York,
il regard to coming s~ay, but net HIM
It Aiken, =. O., and wiz - 70 ths fas
vest with him. The letter was very
was neatly written md well
upelled. He Was ~ unusaally intelli-
yept yo0ng uan.*a 4s4ssAaAis 9aas
"Did 5oa, .sxsz witnes N slsetion n
he southf" -
II have moi, but / know thst tAs
coloreA voters of the south cA1t tAeff
ballots Just = they are told 70 " the
Tbs negroes asU pof6oot1y
,owed, and are afraia 30 tAlk n TT
respeot I have tested thean. 4 Souetimaa
when In. my hunting suit, 4 have steld
them Was Z southAznsr, and that ~
we're eoing 70 have then %
tighter place than they weEe befors
the wnr. They would jtat beg q
n 1890 ~ 1890 3~&.ak>s.>I = -