The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-13
DIVERSITY OF Crops.

Nv observation was that an ne grOes tina
were industrious and tried t0 do right hal
i'm the whites their best friends. They car
rent all the land they want and can get al
the work they can do at good living wages
and the majority of them coming under ml
notice were prosperous, cOnienied anl
happy. some of them own farms. have
good stock ON them and money in bank
The mild winter climate of sOuthwes
Georgia and the South generally suits them
clothing and fuel costs less because less D.
required. and they have better health thar
they would North where the winters arr
severe.
The scho0l population OF Terrell county
is 2.1Oj. and Of the number l.i2j are blacks
These have ample school privileges. arr
furnished with c0l0rod teachers, and e
their per capita share OF the funds provided
by the state and county for educationa
purposes.
MUTUALLY DEPENDENT
The negroes and the whites are mutually
dependent ON each other: the one needs Labor
in cotton fields and factories. the 0the
needs the wages and a home In the warn
climate Of the South: and if let alone hl
Northern maliguant- and South haters-wii
themselves solve the race problem vii
H
contontment.
The climate suits the negro, his former
owners are his best friends, and with tho
rapid strides the South b. now making, hi'
labor will Doe i'm greater demand than now
ana az better Wages-a condition of thing'
more favorable To- him than Doe viii find ir
any other section. The weather was like
that of our summer during my stay az
Dawson. the thermometer registering and
showing am average temperature of 30 de-
groes i'm the shade.
ANDERsONVlLLE REVISITED.
Andersonville. the famous Confederate
prison. is thirty miles from Dawson. ON tho
same railroad: and ]. feeling anxious 90 sec
the spot, paid IL visit. The cemetery Is
well kept. and there sleep beneath its beau
timl surface between 1900 and $4,000 Fed.
cral soldiers. Noticing four maidstone
standing apart from I'll the rest. ] onqured
what il meant and was told that four pris-
Oners hanged for stealing from their fellow
prisoners were buried there. BY permission
Of tine Confederate authorities IN charge at
Anders0nville tie prisoners were allowed On
organize among themselves q trial court.
and these poor unioriunates. caught steal
ing rati0ns. were tried by this court. con-
demned and sentenced 20 De hanged, and
after execution We're buried seperate from
the others.
L. W. Nichols. who died some time iu
January last. at Springfield, Mass, Of J.,
grippe. was 10 is said. chosen sheriff of thi,
county and did the hanging.
The prison was ON an elevated piece oi
ground n short distance east of the railroad
station. and was enclosed by stOckade Ol
pine logs fifteen feet long, set 0n end side
by side. five feet M the ground, thus making
10 ten feet high.
But few of these logs remain. having been
carried away in pieces by relic'hunters. s.
c0l0rcd man 10y some means came into pos
session OF The ground soon after the war,
and has been farming d. in cotton every
year since The first year Or two he pl0wcd
mp many buttons, knives. forks. spoons,
Nc., and found ready sale for them % relic
hunters and people from the North. many Of
whom visit there every year, and are nicely
40 a good hotel kept near the
station.
BUTTON RELIC BUSINESS.
This button relic business proving a
source of profit. the old darkie, it is said
plants new Tot every year when preparing
bis land for cotton. and when DE ploWs DO
the things planted are brought tO the sur-
face sufficiently stained Go relicy and profit
able. and are carefully laid away 20 De Of
iered % the next corners.
found the IlOw going and stopped the
old man when be came Out no the end Of the
field. He said he had plOwed up a number
lf buttons last year, and If ] would 90 over
.o his house bee would sell me some. de-
slined. lie bad plOwod up none this year,
for the reason. ! guess. that the crop had
not been pitched long enough 90 De suiii-
GENTLY stained 90 Doe rolicy.
PROVIDENCE SPRING.
Within the lines marking where the stock
ldo once stood can now DE seen the several
wells. now nearly filed mp. and the spring
from which the prisoners got water the lat
cr called Providence Spring, and thereby
hangs a tale. The story goes that the pFis-
lners were not furnished sufficient water
from the wells, and hence were furnishing.
they c0ngregated and prayed
For water, and that in answer 20 their pray
ms water burst from under a large pine
stump standing at the i00tOf the hill within
Pie enclosure. / visited this spring. drank
IF its waters, and sat upon the
stump. block or the top OF which
lad recently been taken by a gentleman
rom Michigan. lie paid s. for il. took ID
% some town in his state. cut DO in pieces.
md sold 90 relic hunters for the aggregate
um of 5000. The story of this spring is
NTH, 0t being there before the location OF
he PRISON. as are other accounts Of the
and voluntary cruel treatment OF
he prisoners by the Confederate authorities.
TREATMENT or PRISONERS.
Your correspondent spent a night with a
Gentleman, now residing four miles from
unreasonable, who was a member Of GEN
raj Winder's stan, and was 40 the prison
early every day after its location. and De
informed me that more deaths resulted from
Exposure TO the hot rays of the sun than
rom other CAUSES. Federal authorities re-
Used 90 exchange, and the number I'M
reased so rapidly that, with the means at
and, 10 was impossible 90 provide shelter /
lr them. lie took his negro men from his /
irm and aided all be could in the cree /
lon Of shelters 90 protect the prisoners from /
'Orchlng heat of a South Georgia sun. i
rovisions were scarce IN the South, but /
lis scaniy supply was divided tO the last
18th these unfortunate prisoners. The |
antleman referred 90 stands as high-in
pint. honesty and trthfulness as any man (
Georgia would scOrn % make any
no correct statement relating 10 the
eatmento Federal prisoners AZ Ander-
lnyille. He could have had no reason 10
isrepresent the matter % me, and | be-
I'VE every word be uttered 20 be the truth.
ner and conficu ng reports 20 the con-
airy Notwithstanding
NOW THE WAR Is OVER.
This cruel war that brought the necessity
prisons and harsh treatment ha. passed
10 history. and many, very many. of the
ly scars IL left have been and are being
liberated, and a feeling Of fraternity and
arity established. No state Of this Union
: produced son that has done morc 10
ny about such a result than did Henry .
Grady, Georgia's nosle and late lament I
son. Every State ought 10 contribute 10
monument, for he was working 10 ,
end that peace, happiness and 3
'speriiy might come 10. and frsfernal re-