La Junta tribune., 1913-02-22
WAY GOWN sovrn IN DIXIE
CONCLUDED from r.r., Page,
,ime-pcrhaps ten years.

I Although the Sunny South ID
winter resort for northern people.
more OF them coming south every
winter. notice that when We have
cold wave north 1t usually ex-
tends beyond the Mason and Dixon
lin. saw ice on the ponds AS
far south AS Birmingham and here
In Mobile the town ladies wore
their fnrs TO church yesterday and
the men have not donned their
straw mats yet The green things
look mighty good tdough-first the
pine forests then mixture OF green
bay trees followed further south
by the magnolia live oak All OF
these are green Throughout, the year.
the magnoilas and III. bay trees he
longing TO the same species. Other
trees are siil as bare as In the
north. saw some peach trees In
bloom and some otIers which had
been nipped by the frost great
many northern people are locating
south and land values are adyanc-
ing.
Colcr Line strene Down South.
They draw the color line down
,here-ihcy "sure do" The law pro-
vides for separate waiting rooms and
railroad cars and school houses.
The public square in Mobile has a
sanitary drinking fountain beside
which is this sign. For Waite Peo-
pie Only" In the matter Of lynch
ing. the south draws the color line.
also. as hanging seems to be For
Colorod People Ouly-' Alabama Is
boas,ing jus, now because she only
hanged two niggers last year. As
compared with some Of the other
southern states. where they assist
ed seven or eight In making quick
exit. this Is a pretty good record
and really justifies some boasting
Booker Washington has been keep
ing record and reports one who
was hung for not paying his debts
A'N iuoil'i III i'ihNihN " ''T'''
In tn. matter OF education there
is the same color line and Wash
ington Is my authority for the
statement that last year South Car
olina spent si.s per head for edu-
cation OF the colored children Of
school az. and si3os per head for
white children. In passing through
the country on the cars We saw
more coiored than white people. II
would seem AZ II In selecting = hab-
i,ation the colored people line up
along the railroad when possible. A
familiar sight IL . bunch ot pickt
ninnies perched on the fence like .
row Of black birds. and their nanny
Ia r-d or white turban on the 'froet
gallery" II you called II = porch
they wouldn't know what you were
talking about.
In the same park containing the
: drinking fountain referred to above
there II = square block Of stone
which has been covered with cement
70 keep Il from crumbling II bears
no inscription. ! took a paAitton
near and asked = dozen passerbys
what II vas there for. They did
not know. A friend In St Louis had
told me about the stone saying that
II had been used in early days A.
an auction block where slaves we're
sold. Later \ slave market vas op-
en~d = few blocks from wher. this
stands. This market IL now occupied
by the electric light plant. . bronze
tablet In the wall bearing the In.
scrtptton. Here Stood the Slave
Market Before the War" Quite III.
ting. indeed. that N black = spot
should he tho source from which ligi
ls nov distributed.
Some people from the north. liv.
ing here. say the negro Ii as much
n slave Of III. white man AZ he
was before Lincoln signed TIM Emsn.
cipation Proclamation. They claim
the rights OF the negro are not re-
spectcd. his subsection being secured
by keeping him continually In debt
10 the land owner. Having no cd.
ucation h. II cheated and dcfraud.
ed on every hand and no, allowed
tn reap IN. fun benefit OF his toll
II may be- this is true. but ! hope
not.
Something About Mobile.
This letter H. longer already than
/ | intended but mus, not close with.
out giving n few facts about this
city. II IL located where ue riv-
or and bay bearing the same name
unite. fify miles from the Gulf Of
| Nexicn IL Was founded hx a French.