The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12

free from weeds and brush n straw that show
that the south Georgia planter has turned rea
of, The plantations to the north. that OF R
G. Mcintosh naturally sugpests Itself. on &C
count Of a popularity IL has. The pcculiarity
is an immense galvanized iron storehouse fol
holding the products OF The land. Most Of
OF having a large number of small outbuild'
ings % hold their crops; tor nearly. every one
ton to hold his crops till the market Is at It's
best. or from year to year IL he. please. or 10
shut his gates and hold himself independent
Mr.. Mcintosh has built one great storehouse
20 hold his crops. which looms up from n hill
top rs big ns II Pennsylvania barn.
To the New Yorker. who sends to market
in the morning for his days provisions. going
into such a storehouse gives q greater feeling
Of tangible wealth than seeing n pile of bonds.
This Is n plantation of about 900 acres, and.
the. storchouse Is packed from floor to roof
der for the cattle. boxes Of cured bacon. bar.
rels Of syrup. piles of sugar cane, bags OF pea
enough here TO feed the plantation for years,
but most Of It lie for sale when the market
reaches the right Eh point " II, ,h The i,t sugar ars ssne sb Is
Workers. find in the best mixed chocolates.
There is no color line In the chewing OF sugar
cane in south Georgia; black children and
white munich at II with equal ~avidity: Every
p HnnS. fee feels 9TH ,Rst td he IN, %g sS, ggt out but q few ,S % %SrSs
syrup for the family and for sale; On, the
larger plantations twenty or thirty, barrels OF
ny u u every S'hls uili tIi's n "
ton and bacon. is AS good as cash In the market.
Somewhere about nearly every plantation may
De seen one of the oid fa as !, sngar l pans -
make way 10 improved methods of turning
cane Juice Into Georgia syrup. In some places
covered with what the Cubans call ..begass.'
the dry cane from which the Juice has been
a field and plouphed under, to decay and en-.
rich the soil. Cotton stalks and corn stalks
are left standing in the fields At after sr,t the
Of ofu cor? H!DG ato Pl% % : from me- the sS, stalk. as hey
quently IA 'shock" OF corn, AS we know 1t In the
North. is never seen in Georgia;
These nre all comparatively new places;
nearly every one OF them built up since. the
war by men of modern methods and ideas.
What ABOUT the old places; the real old South
ern plantations we used to hear aboutS, they
Snsd not to lSGEins s,. slthss; though Il m ,s more oe than tSan
thirty years since the war closed. and In this
country a full grown pine forest springs up on
that any stranger would declare to be a century
old. Where these pine woods are, were in
t man' but Gs's ssel ilnG trace R,sS'e of Them m Is :n son ne.'' stiii
there are a great many Of the old plantations
left, all now refrigerated to compete With their
tation, six or eight miles north Of the town, Is
a good sample OF the old plantations.
OF a fine old broad mansion. with two
s~ies m shs RsIsht tree of the IN house issn' F "fGi. Is w pR rS
that buryins ground to the right There
across the road"
The big front yard was full of old trees; and
aG IaDs it the o T9ad T va q the ss left Wns d tbs se wlth
ment Of negro cabins and the many outbuild-
Inss that give to every large plantation the ap-
played and shouted under the oaks, and
lid not seem to be in the least oppressed by the
- 's%lS's Stood ooi't the Gaulde en- eis r'fh4'if fresh "sio's with iaH
white paint, where the Gauldens and their
and servants have worshipped for
-oad was the family cemetery. a little square
enclosed with a painted fence, The school
open. There were women and children
we're at work in the fields. Finding a church
md a schoolhouse and a cemetery attached to
he old plantations is q novelty to the stranger
It first. but he soon becomes accustomed to 1t
n travelling through Brooks county.
II want to find a good likely darky to make
!. little spat for you on this long drive" said
he Jud mS. Who is zone, one Of fo The old.time South nth
nolasses. picks a heap more, cotton than yin
gar. Il was taking a long drive up in Ten.
got up a little amusement with an old chap
Who was trpdging along with g sack over his
black He ss,n wS @srS a wPS str,1 hsira,n 1ld s fsifo sn
he same way 1 was, and when ! came up with
You might as we'll get In and ride. Uncle
/; there's plenty. OF room in the buggy
or = Sort fss1 way sure or tfe and h soop ne dr reSs the the
dental with him.
~ see you are a man to be trusted said /. |
not a man who will go off and repeat
I say to ,you.',
We'll. the fact Is. said I, i've been sent
lown here by the Government to see how the
Shi1 s.1 people op IN are ws ..ss5ias yt tha soi tbsT!rs sol nas
you very WELL and I've come down to
Vow, dat's .pow'ful good In de G~uv'ment
o do dat" said he an Use mighty glad you'se
ONE. case de white folks treatin' us dreffel
,Well, what do they do to you9, asked,
''De wustest is about de cotton pickin'. sah.'
aid he. 'Dey ulster pay US ffty cents a hun
red fer pickin', an now dey dom lay us but
Yes said J. but they used to get ten
get i've; don't You think that, ought to
lake a difference in the price for p~ickin4I',
~ don know nothin' bout dat, said he:
o live now as It did them
he Judge continued. but there was no use
rying to convince him that 1t wasn't worth
us: as much to PICK hvs-Sent cotton as ten
I must talk this thing, over with all the
lblhS, l-toll I'M. lhNl Eplilk Ilblu
meeting in the Blakeley schoolhouse next
friday evening at : O'Clock, and | want you
IL to be there. ready to tell tne all about how
he white folks use you. You tell all your
rienis, and be sure 10 have them there. But
e sure you don't let the white people know
nything about II. for II you do they will
'reak up the meeting, and that will spoil ev-
rS thing
THE old man swelled up with pride to be
iven such n mission, but unfortunately
missed the gathering at the schoolh9use, for |
vas making. n survey for a railroad, and had
q move on"
Even when n Georgia field hand is the In
ended victim, however. II sometimes happens
hat the Joke is turned upon the Joker. It
IA ppencd So in that afternoon drive. As the
'uggy WAS going over a long stretch of road, a
eGro "huy" rpcarrd in the distance.
'Nuw let us see whether ! cant work my
Government mission story on that fellow
mid the Judge.
Here, hoy" he went on. as the buggy drew
~ beside tho man.
The boy, looked mp, and instantly a smile
preUd over his sunhurnt face, mud he showed
wO bcautiiul rows OF teeth,
Good cvcHln'. .IcdC" - said he, and of
am his up. Il was one Of tho Judges for
ncr wurkmcu, huewshgw hts old employer too
veil to be- fooled with any story about Gov
rnment missions.
Aside from the well.tillei fields, the most
thing In South Georgia are the lie
'onte pear trees. They grow in every yard,
~ ava rnuHEiIg and apEn gfnnullN IN nnna