New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08

to the fact that no cornfeld is barred agan1
them
Superintendent Spauding says the forty per-
sons constituting the colony are the most
thrifty and contented community Of his race he
has ever seen There will be eight more fam
lies here in the spring." said he. and al I can
ask Is that they shall be good workers and
take as much pride in their homes as those
we have here now" The newcomers viii al be
from the same part Of North Carolina as the
families which now constitute the colony.
One OF the women whom the reporter found
standing in the doorway Of a neat farmhouse
talked freely about her troubles, hopes and as
piratons. Yes. sir" said she. Use mighty
well cOntented here It's healthy, and taters,
cabbages, turnips and all sorts OF truck grows
fine. IL it wasn't for the automobiles in the
summer my garden would have been better.
| though The automobiles knocked il or nigh
| onto half" The reporter asked in establishment
how automobiles could affect crop conditions
Lord bless you, child" was the reply, how An
you expect folks as never saw such things before
/ to keep a weedin' and a hoein' when one Of them
| things. with fine ladies and gentlemen a laughin
and chatting. cones a snortin' down TO the Cape
| or up from it every few minutes? 1 never saw
no such rippin' and tearin' down in old Caro-
| lima and me and my man lost half the summer
| a loOkin' at EN-"
/ This woman said her man had paid $500
down on their place and they were paying Oh
| the mortgage at the rate of IS a month and
/ expected to have their little farm clear Of debt
| in less than five years. although it might take
/ longer il the automobile fever should prove in
/ durable. She had couple of flower beds pref
tiIy bordered with white shells in the front
yard. and neatness was written all over the
place I'VE could "a lived and died in the
| South" said she. and never had a home half
as good as this. nd''-refectively-''I-ve yer seen
an automobile
| While the women were gOssiping at the wen
a curly headed little lad OF about two years
came out Of one Of the houses and joined the
group. In one hand he had a butchers knlie
over a foot long and in the other an apple nearly
half the size Of his head. The apple he was
munching with the eager haste peculiar 70
youth The reporter expected 10 see rush OF
women for the knife but the yOunSster was hO'
disturbed in his possession Of the dangerous
weapon. Instead, the mother, whose SKIN WIS
fair and whose hair was Ions and scarce9
darker than auburn. said: George. why don't
YOU cut your apple? 1t isn't nice to gna" II
like that. That amt the way Northern people
eat apples George. however, held UP tns
knife cOntemptuously for one good looA' anu
! then dropping II proceeded WIN A47 ~FF'0 -
| the way he had begun.
| I'VE amt no trash in this settlement OiS
! of the women proudly declared TO the reporter.
Every child has shoes and stOckn's on anu
when you find cOIored people drsssin 'neN
young 'uns that way you know they nouns
| to sOmethin'." -
Some of the settlers have cut enough Wood on
the Kind they pure Edsed almost o. pay 10, -
The town site. however, has been pretty IL
! Oughly cleared and the timber ON the reli--Il N
| OF the tract is To be worked W -- q s@"I3 .-
| which will be established. as q means Oh $3.50
! employment To some of the men az Jl--es "0
/ they not busy with their flrTlnE- -.
| The successful colony for poor Hebrews. -,
t. blshed at WOOdbiue, in the same county. =
, / Baron De HirsCh. is only few ri--eS LLO ~.
7 WhitesbOrO. and il is said that the touhdel - -
the colony of colOred people has studied lnS
older experiment. with considerable care 49,
aspires to make his enterprise Is sIc-esS4-A