The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-03-04
IN THE SUNNY SOUTH.
A soJouRN OF EIGHT WEEKS IN FLOR
IDA.
(BY JOHN 9. FARNswARTu.)

, tuo W bCeue tues Nv ouo ". WV
little stations on tho j. & st. A. X
X. IL was Sunday morning and
WAS waiting for the train which wal
r apt to come along at any hour OF tb'
day. Presently ! saw "big buc'
!, niger" emerge from little log bu'
situate q short distance in the wood,
' Justify blowing q large tin horn. A
little "coon' passed me presently
and I asked him what that was for
"Meetin', sir he replied. Nv,
have Sunday school overy Sunday
and preaching three times day.
| was sorry the train took me away
from the scene.
The whites az rule are q heart.
Z, less. desperate set. Tue crime a
murder is q common thing aud gem
orally goes unpnnished saw one
man Who had killed two whites and
three negroes aud was never 81
much rs arrested for it. When
saw him be had white apron on
and was waiting on table at bo.
tel 10 st. Augustine. lie was after.
wards elected sheriff These des-
peradoes generally travel on little
mustangs, have biyh-topped boots.
broad -brinmed hats, a Wiucheste,
sluDg across their back and a re-
volver strapped around their waist.
These whIte>livered devils delight
in nothing more than the killing Of
poor negroes for the most trivial
offences.
Ii | were to tell you all learned
} Of the poor cololed race, aud the
position they occupy in the South,
you would hardly believe me. They
are not treated half rs well as the
dogs are in the north. They get
$4,000 per mouth for their work.
and are generally robbed Of half of
that At night You can see large
fires dotting the country all aronnd.
These ara the negro camps. They
build large fires aud sleep around
them in true aboriginal style. When
u white man associates with them
he is despised by his race. I vieit-
ed one Of their camps one night.
but not without the premonition
from the whites before l started
that | would DO spotted by them
4 went. told the'u to "go to
sheol, l was going to the nisgers."
hy appearance among them caused
u lull in their amusements, but |
presently assured them that | meant
them no harm and they became
quite laxative. piled them with
questions. Few pretented to know
their own age. Their answers were
extremely ludicrous at times. For
instance, ! asked them the distance
from one place to another. The
answer was; 20, 'spects, bout two
looks and yell" | afterwards
learned the distance to be about II
mile. When they enter a railroad
car where there are whites. the men
raise their bats in the most polite
manner and pass right ou through
to the smoking car I paid one
poor black brakeman q quarter extra
= to keep tue stove warm for mo n on
one point on the road to another
Every time he bad fixed the fire he
would stand mp by the side Of IN,
seat. invited him to sit down
Presently the conductor came il
and greeted him with: you cd d-d'
black devil, I'll kill you for that.
told him to shut up, as I had TO-
vited Sambo down, aud it was none
Of his business il / WAS satisfied
I served as qnieter for the hsugh.
" southerner for the time being
aud Sambo was delighted to sc,
me arch my backbone in bis de-
feuse l inquired Of some Of then
regarding the privileges they Gu
joyed as voters. One prominent
intelligent citizen told me that b,
stood at the ballot box 10 one o
their precents and saw t~en.y-si
Blaine votes go into the ballot-box
When the returns were made ther
was not q republican vote in th
box. They never attempt to vot
at county elections-beuce the fare
is only performed every fonr year,
A favorite game is to register the re
publicans wrongly and when the
como TO vote and the number q
their house does not exactly CORES
pond with their story (shich nnde
I. these circumstances it seldom does