Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-25
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In open Wagons TO the Ian" y !.
- -, the Immigrants Move and
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H. omen Wagons to the Land OF ioN
ri.bfDg settlement on the st
Iabn,s-HovF the Emigrants Move and
C.Yp-A Midnight Adventure
~ dilspidated. old-fashioned covered
yragons came 70 malt yesterday morning
in the rear Of the planning mill Of Messrs.
Bacon. johnson & 60. They excited con-
siderable interest and crowd soon col
lected.
4 NoRNING News reporter" went W
-e - nat vas astir. and was informed
br one u the party who was standing n
front II MS team that he was a IaT-heei
travelling % the Land Of Flowers.
one touch Of nature. il has been salQ'
makes the whole world kin. and the re-
porter pulled out his notebook ana Oe7ah
D. put the questions
How many are there in the cOinpdht-
nd e,-b..ra arc Won roing.1 he inquired.
Come. III make YOU acquainted Win
us~ And the reporter was introduced -
Sir. Mark Johnston. capt BOD / dIslon'
NJ William Turner and vile. HehIf
Pearson. Bill MOrehead and family. >dIoa
Tucker and family. consisting 81 W. NJ
~ iris whose bright faces peeI,ed from
-,,,,iernaafh OId-faShiOned scoop bonnets,
No. E1Diss william Caldwell. mother
srd two sisters. and Tom Rawlings all
~ whom hailed from the good old North
-+a+e near the eastern @hofe-
,-hiIe two II the parties were
f~orn near the middle Of the state IN the
refghborhoCd Of CabaTrus county. AlIeF
having due respects % the party ME,
Tucker remarked. y gu see us neI5 al
together: well. we'uns are bound 70 lgfl-
ID and will make a settlement near En-'
-..rrrise 304 miles from jacksonville,
along near Lake Monroe. klght mar
VEINS have bought big tract o. lara
vvbar we will make a settlement.
What DO you propose doing when you
make a settlement:
-.Weu, reckon. thar's whar heal ol
folks think We are going II BIND, Dut THIS
colony was planned out before Dill Ut
ner went down thar and got the Iahds;
some Of Us will farm. some trade, ana
some 90 in the fsh-dTying business.
Sc here. stranger. did you ever eat q
dried North Carolina mullet: wen. II
Won haint. lust come down 10 Enterprise
afout a wear from now. and we'uns VIII
rive v0u;ns some that YOU can't tell from
them cured in the old North state. Sure
as YOU live. squire. there i gong 70 De a
big thing down in that are county III thls
or business"
-0uth."
..WeH. SEE here. stranger, come, let's
try some Of the old North Caro-
lima whisky-Berry Fosters best,
before 7 tell YOU: its such good
SPEC. Don't care 10 take any, SIT:
Well. put up the jug, honey address
ing his wife, that ar man
don't know the lie IN Iofty
drops Of that old critter. on see,
about year ago party from our state
went down thar all along the It. johns
and through Florida and he got good
deal Of information. He came right back
and told us. We made up our minds 10
throw in "A fund and buy a tract OF lana
which was offered buyers cheap. y
proposition was made and we bought the
land and mind yer. in less than three
wears we'uns will be making money rlght
along"
perity On!'
..Right i'm the water Tharc are thousand
and thousands Of mullet in the waters 81
the 81. Johns. When they is caught
dried and properly cured IKE
wc'uns do down in North Carolina, thar
is fortune in the business. The whole
country can be fixed. Everybody likes
mullet. A biz thing about the It. Johns
is that mullet come up thar IN big schools
and feed. getting right fat, winch makes
them more desirable
What do YOU propose naming your
settlement:7
-. Well call it Tar Heel after the old
state where we'uns were all born. Wei
do wonders for that ar country, too. We
uns are all hard workers. and hang on
our own labor and skill 10 get along
How long will it take You 10 reach
your settlement place"
Well. there Is yet about 800 miles
more before We get 10 the place: We
travel about fifteen miles a day, so 1t viii
take uS till about the 18th Of next month
before we get thar"
Have YOU been troubled much on the
roadE"
Look here: thar's one thing | am glad
YOU smoke about Yes. thar was one
uight-Owl in human shape about the first
OF the month Wasn't 1t. honey Yes,
about that time remarked his wife.
Two negroes came on our camp about /
O'Clock in the morning. when Fife, that
are dog thar, gave the alarm. Inc olu
man be got up and pulled down the mus
kct and peeped out under the wagon. and
saw A negro man going for the cOmmlssa-
rs wagon. He let 20 the contents Of the
gun and a negro yell went up IN the ar,
and nothing was ever seen or beard OF the
feller again. He took 10 the woods and Il
big swamp, and there the buZzards had
him for a least.
What is that in that wagon, 50 heavily
loaded"
That j. Upon, squire. II the Kettle
was hot, my Old woman would give YOU
some fine tea from that ar stun, which
beats the green and black teas all to pieces.
Wen raise this bush in our new home. 1t
crows quick, and down in the east OF Car
olina they collect the leaves, dry 1t, ana
make IA drink of il and call it tea"
The reporter shook hands with the
party ami bid them adieu.