Middletown transcript., 1906-10-20
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" zasiaaason 10 News ORLEANS last Saturday,
sAaaiday sud Monday Dssas Id The pos
1ssiiy prsgsiling nthss0nsl sspnthpan
Railroad istrS inRfo do 4 four rack business
over ainale track road iii consequence,
we we're Ill laaaFs Iale Il Atlantis sud is
lspuss late IL New Orieans Tllis made
she ffip somewhat tedious. but tie ffs-
qsssnt stops ol from flye 10 tlsirty nsiss-
ntes enabled IL 10 gpt out on The era..ad
and zee aise .'lialivts. Ills relieving
tie saonotouy There are many
types oi The natsves ron tie pros
perons basiAess nlan of the cities. to the
poor white tFasi,n that work III The cat-
ION Mills These latter are i,y the better
classes oi this section placed even below
the negro. They are 81 nosnadie l,a-
tnrs. working ID one mill aHly Ling
enough to get ahead sufficiently 20 move.
They must be seen 70 i.e appreciated.
Tie coloFsd peasple largely predonlinate
ii numbers, ia many localities being three
qnarteraof tile population.
Tile farming interested us greatly.
Soon after crossing the Potonac. We got
into the tObacco and cattle raising sec
zion Of Virginia. Tie tillage oi the soil
seemed from the car window 10 be nlnch
like our own, except We saw bus little
evidence OF wheat growing AboyeLexing-
ton, North Carolina, we began TO seetheCot.
ton. We have 10 spell Il with capital C.
for it is King in this section. Cotton,
Corn and Hogs are the crops and the mule
the motive power for business and pleas
ufe.
In more than two hours run. the sew.
eral members OF our party, sight in all,
kept watch for the teams on the public
roads. Being Sunday. the travel was all
for church or pleasure. Only two iIoises
were seen, but mules innnmerable. A
popularity Of the cotton culture IL that
the plowing and planting il seldom done
in straight row or line. The curve Is
used to prevent washing Of the land.
While il is late and there have been two
or three frosss. there is plenty Of cotton
yet Co be picked. We did not see any
actual picking, ae we had left the cotton
belt BY day light Monday, but the plan
was evident from the half filed baskets
and wagons in the fields. There are
many mills and gins aud presses every
few miles The talk III the psople is cot
ton. Twelve cent cotton is in eight with
possibility oi fifteen or sixteen cents per
pound.
This means continued great prosperity.
The Corn raised is evidently for local con-
sumption In the shape Of bread and pork.
No attempt is made 10 save fodder as We
do, there being apparently no use for 1t.
Through North and South Carolina's . and
Georgia, ,two cows seema to bethe standard
per farm, frequently only one, and occas-
ionalIy three. After getting into Alabama,
tEtFS - Bfauunt tnCBcasE III AlsS AAsEHtt0As
given TO cattle, and in Mississippi there are
numerous fine large herds TO be seen. All
Of the stock seems good and apparently
well cared fOr.
The houses are, oi course. Southern in
type. One story Is the rule. Many OF
tl.e nrsrnes live in lo9 cabins not so good
~ our farmer provide for their hogs, and
not 10 BE- compared with S. Georges
Hundred cow-barn. Atlanta, Georgia,
and Montgomery. Alabama. are beautiful
cities. We spent several hours lii each
AMI walked around 70 see the sights," "
like ail countrymen. Our impressions of
New Orleans are still hazy. We hare
been here but a few hours and there has
been 20 much Of greeting old, and makiae
new friends, that We are mp in The air"
We hope to settle in day or two. when
there may be more to write. j.