The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-31
Advises Would Be Emigrants to Look
Before They Leap.

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Before They Leap.
J. Calvin Alewinc, formerly of Antreyille,
but nov Atkins, Ark, and his wife, who is
the eldest daughter Of Thomas Craig
Milford deceased are now in the homo OF
their earlier years. They left Abbeville in
1869, and went to a house which he bought
two miles north of the town of Atkins, 65
miles west of Little Rock. Mr.. Alewine
was a member of Co. g., 10th S. G. v,
which left Abbeville in December 1861 and
lis now 6S years of age, being then the
Youngest and the least of the boys in the
days that tried mems souls. He went
safely through the war, and surrendered
at %Bentonville, N. c., arriving at home
about the middle of May, 1865. He mar
lried in 1867, and left Abbeville County in
mighty good company December, 1863
His four sons and two daughters, he says
all that the Lord gave him, are living and
doing well in the country of his adoption
and their nativity.
Mr.. Alewine was enquiring for Quarter
Master Sullivan, The thinks j. B. are his
Initials, ahd he is pretty certain he was
from Edgefeld.) Mr.. Sullivan left his
valise with him, in which was MI. Sullt-
vans Bible. He would be glad to return
the Bible, if he knew the address Of MIR.
sullivan or any Of his kindred who may
be entitled to the book.
Mr.. Alewine says he loves old Abbeville
County more and more as the years go by.
The railroad is the dead line North OF
Atkins, beyond which no negro lives. The
whites in that township resolved forty
years ago that no negro was needed there
and they have kept the resolution until
this day. Anegro may pass through that
township, but he neverlets the sungo down
on him in that section. Even the white
Republicans out there hate a negro. II n
negro happens to get killed in a fuss, the
Republicans say he ought to have been
killed, and the courts are not bothered
much in searching for the slayer of the
negro.
Labor commands a good price. Labor
ers by the day receive 81 a day, and lin
ner, if a married man. If an unmarried
man, he is boarded. BY the month $50
and board. All laborsrs are white. There
are no colored cooks in his township. Ihe
cooking, Mr.. Alewine says is a family
affair in his neighborhood. He says the
prettiest kind of girls do cooking and
other homework, when the ugly girls.
M. Alewine says that he is surprised to
see the improved condition OF the farming
lands In this country. When he left here
the country was redshills and gulleys, but
the better farming has greatly improved
the lands. He never saw as good crops
in Abbeville County before he left, as he
now sees in the country. He never saw
crops to equal the crops today. The good
crops and the prosperity almost make
Mr.. Alewine sorry that he moved away
from Abbeville. If he had stayed until
lnow, he would not go away.
Mr.. Alewine while on his visit to his
former home, among other friends went
to see his old friend and eomrade Lieuten-
ant J. Marion Carlisle, who lost a leg in
the battle of C~hickamauga in 1868. He
saws that Mr.. Carlisle's mind is as clear
and as strong as it was Of the days long
past, but he was sorry to see the friend
of his youthful days suffering with rheu-
matism. He has little use Of his arms and
can hardly feed himself. MI. Carlisle still
towns part of the land which was coded to
his ancestors by King George, Mr.. Car,
isle is now Is years Of age. His grand
mother was 81 years Of age when she
died. Mr.. Carlisle is a christian waiting for
the summons of his Master. And this..scribe
would add that q more courageous SOL
der than j. Marion Carlisle was not in the
Confederate army. He never shirked a
duty nor lodged a danger. Where duty
called J. Marion Carlisle was there.
Mr.. Alewine also went to see another of
his old comrade in the person Of Ebenezer
Bell, WHO is now "a years of age. He says
that Mr.. Bell told him he did not know
why the good Lord preserved his life so
lloDR dlItI lt "US ulldDlt W NOIh VI W Do
Of service to anybody. Mr.. Alewine told
Mr.. Bell that his work for the Lord was
more valuable than wat his activity in the
service of his family.
Mr.. Alewine was at the home of Mr..
Wesley Bowen another old comrade of the
stormy days in the sixties. Mr.. Alewine
was glad to see so many evidences of pros
perity around the home of Mr.. Bow, n and
to see that Mrs. Bowen, mentally al.u ply
sicaIly seemed to be Of younger v'ars
than the records in the Bible would .Ildic-
tate.
Mr.. Alewine wants every old confede-
rate soldier to attend the next reunion at
Little Rock in 1911. He says if he is &C.
tive that he will be thrre, where he hopes
to meet all Of them.
When asker what he thought of Able
vile men going West or elsewhere in
search of a fortune Mr.. Alewine said.
Il have been far from Abbeville, but l
have not found the honey pond and the
~fritter trees of which you no doubt have
hnnrl much They hoyn ulwnvc bnou iuSt