The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-13
FROM DIXIE.

| Extract From Letter FROM Lazy
to her Sister in which she relates her
Experience while attending a Sun
dav-schOOl Convention IN Alabama.
We arrived safely about Il 80
The church was only a short distance
from the depot In a country place.
The number present ut the convention
was smaller than last year, as it was so
far; but we had with us some who we're
quite talented as well as consecrated
Christians
| must tell you about the place where
we stopped. 1t was about half mile
from the church through the woods and
the houses were very scattering. The
path which we followed was quite crook
ed. There were no fences at all in the
woods, except around the houses, Where
II was cleared they had fences around lit.
lie patches that were plowed, The fami
ly were clean and neat, good cooks and
good Christian people. They were willing
to do all they could TO make it pleasant
for US. At night, or when II rained, they
carried us back and forth from the church.
The distance TO the church when riding
was about mile. We went in one direc-
liUn and then another, often going through
places where the opening between the
trees was only about wide enough to al-
low the wagon To pass. This all furnished
variety and we heartily enjoyed IL.
One evening as we entered the church
some white men were standing outside
and looked at us sharply. My friend mis-
trusted Immediately that there was trou.
BILE ahead. We were told afterward that
they had been trying all day IN End out If
we were white ladies and had come to see
for themselves. The subject for the even
ing was temperance, which called out
some spirited remarks. During the dis
cussion the report Of pistol was heard
twice just outside. We thought they shot
against the house. Three Of the white
men that came in stayed just as long as
we stayed in the house. / didn't think so
much about It, but my friend, knowing
more Of this low class Of white people,
felt sure that II meant trouble. On onr
way home, the colored people on foot did
not follow the wagon but went the shorter
way. The whites followed us most OF the
way and we were fearful that great harm
would come 10 the colored people II not to
Us. Those low white people think no
more Of shooting down a colored person
than we would Of killing cat, nor hardly
as much.
My friend and some others took an ear.
ly train tor B. as she wished TO NEE, her
sewing school for the last time before 60
Ing north. She didn't feel that II would
be safe for me to remain, but / thought
probably the excitement was over. Dor
ing the day, Saturday, we had a good
meeting, aud It the close, which was
about 0 p. M, one Of the ministers came
to me and said, ~ fear It will not he safe
for you to remain over night Those
white men up at the depot have been
making threats al! day." 1 asked him Il
II was because | was there, and he said II
was. l heard afterward that one OF the
threats was that II l staid with those color.
cd PEOPLE over night they would blow the
the house up with dynamite. went back
to Mr.. Bonds, ate supper and packed my
linen bag. Quite company came over to
supper and the most OF them went TO the
depot, some TO leave on the train, others
to help If trouble arose. Two strong men
rode with me as a body guard. The man.
ner in which those colored people look
out for my interests Is quite similar to
traits which their race manifested during
the war - the sly manner in which they
protected and fed the soldiers.