The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-09
WHERE THEY HELP EACH OTHER
4 Southern Custom That Must Cause
the Angels to Smile.
From the Philadelphia Times.

rom inc EHRt0Netpftiu AAWeS-
A gentleman who has Travelled extensively
through the south was one evening seated
in one of those proverbisl corner grocery
stores in a email village talking to the peo
pie and commenting upon the unstinted
hospitality of the people a tall. cadaver-
Gus looking chap, who had listened 10 him
intently, interrupted;
That's SO, stranger; when q man comes
among We 'uns an does what's right we 'ups
ant the people to see him suffer when he's
down on his back an can's help himself.
We're just going to raise him up"
And they do raise him up" II he ia
sick they till bis ground, feed his cattle, cut
his wood, and in various ways render him
assistance. On the eastern shore of Merry
land and Virginia this custom is universal,
and many a sick man has silently made his
grateful prayers for blessings on his neigh
bors for the great stacks Of chips and split
wood that have been gathered about his
yard, and for the hams and -four and other
necesseries that have been placed in his
smoke house.
Almost in the heart Of one of the dense
forests in Acoomack county, Virginia, Jim
. German lay on d sick bed IN his cabin, sur
rounded by his wife ard four children, all
suffering from that disease so prevalent on
the eastern shore, the "chllls."
Luck had been against Jim fer some time,
and now he was prone upon his back, suffer
; ing with fever, with no one TO attend to
his wants but his daughter Sallle, q girl Of
is, and she barely able Go perform that
duty. He was in dire distress.
Up at the Four Corners, four miles away,
gathered about the stove in the general
store. was group Of typical farm hands,
| discussing the weather. When Judge
| Watson-the Judge was the wealthiest
landowner in the observation-disclosures in he
suilingly greeted them, and, making his
purchases, started TO 60 out He paused
and looked about him. Say, boys. where's
Jim Gormenl I've not seen bim for some
time" No one knew he hadn't been up to
the store for q week.
just then Moss Hansen drove up in his
OK cart, and oil covered with snow, stood
on the steps stamping his feet and brushing
his coat.
Good day. gemmens; good ebening,
hassa Watson. Use jest been cbeT to see
Massa Jim German. He been nigh onto
def TO- ober a week. fo,ch him some water
an cut him a stick or two o wood an sent
de ole woman ober to kind o. cneeT him up. u
"Biess my soul!' exclaimed the Judge.
"Boys, do you hear what Nose says about
Jim Gormanp
They did.
When Moses started for home it was with
light heart that he jumped into his OK
cart, Tor ne carried much larger amount
OF provisions than be was wont to purchase
for his family, and on the way down DR..
Harrison, with the sleigh bella jinRling on
his horse, passed old Moses on his way to
Jim Germans. The next night the old
farmers aud their men, black aud white,
rich end poor, came with cleaning axes,
followed by a two-horso wagon.
Lights flashed through the woods, the
cord wood piled in RANKS here and there,
wes vigorously attacked and the chips fle "
I right and left, aud the AK blows kept time TO