The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-17
sLOW-GOING ~"cRAcKEEs,"
Ten Mics Their Days Journey with +,
Sleepy OK Team

zen hhes Their Days journey with a
Sleepy OK Team
Nom but a southern ''cracker" could
endure the long ride through the pine
o behind the slow-movinr oxen. 4
whole day is commonly occupied by
them in covering a distance Of EIGHT or
ten miles The animals have a Law ex-
preston In their eyes and the old two
wheeled cart literally stands sill ii
times while the animals are drawing
one leg before the other. But a CORES
pendent says this is suited to the tenn
permanent of their owner. He rides along
quietly, occasionally rouSing himself to
snip his whip with such a rasounaing.
crack that it can be heard for a mile
away In the pine woods. It is said that
these people get their name from the
skill which they have obtained in snap
ping their long whip lashes. and it
seems quite reasonable that this should
be rue. One can tie the approach of
a cracker and his load of oranges by
the occasional swapping OF his whip long
before he is in sight. He plows his
fruit orchard with the aid of the same
slow team. Frequently he allows them
to rest while he walks around the place,
End in the middle of the day the sun is
considered too hot for endurance. Man
and beast hen rest within the shade
of some tree, while the crOakjng of the
DullfrOgs and the cawing of the buz-
yards are the only indications of life
around Fortunately for the crackers
convenience. oranges are fruits that
do not have to be picked rapidly.
He 10 licfrih,,fo hic 1,lO- - lo--o4
ing over several months, and this
he generally does. The checks that
come back in return for the fruit con-
stitute about all the money the crack
ers see in the whole year, and generally
they do not see much of this. There is
an account at the general merchandise
store in b village hat has been run
ming for a year, and after this is paid
off the poor man finds very little left
But this does not bother him much. He
returns home to repeat the operation,
and to cultivate his groves SO that he
can pay off another bill at the store
which will gradually accumulate again.
There is very little religious life pos
sible to those lonely people in the
southern pine woods. In the smaller
places where a number of them are
gathered together a minister OCCASION
ally visits them to preach, but out in
the desolate pine woods they are left to
their own Every day is
about the same with them. They work
a little, sleep a great deal, and eat
when they are hungry. For pleasure
they go hunting and Fl ihing, OCCASION
ally the whole family takes a fort
nights trip in the biz curt to some dis
tan lake, whera they ann out This
is their only outing o. Y q a ion. Read
ing material i very ace, with the
exception of the S nall county papers,
the latter are very plentiful. in Florida.
SchoOlhOuses are generally few and far
between, and they are mostly small Jog
huts hat the crackers erect themselves.
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