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Northern People in the South.tr13{.ietegIs11JJ(v.rst.,Railway and Immigration News.To the Editor—Dear Sir: For. jsome time I have been intending to write a few lines for the benefit of your host of readers, but being constantly on the wing, I have had little time at my disposal since I last calledW 'at your oftice. I have been in Minnesota, Northern portion of Wisconsin and back to Louisville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and again back into Wisconsin, where the cold wave struck me and- almost laid meon the shelf.I spent three days at Louisville during the G. A. R. encampment and my old comrades were well pleased with their reception. They all agreed it exceeded any reception they ever had. Since I have traveled so muchlt; i . •in the South the past year I am frequently asked by Northern people this question : 41 Can Northern people live in the South and bo received on an equal footing in social and business circles? In reply, I can unhesitatingly say, Yes! I have for one year traveled quite extensively in the states of Virginia, North andSouth Carolina, Alabama and Geov-1%gia, along the line of the Southern railway, and have boon in the interior of those slates anxious to get law-abiding people from the North or from anywhere, to come and make their homes with. them. They are solicitous to extend to newcomers assistance and a courtesy beyond the expectations of Northern people,who, as a rule, are not so demonstrative as the Southerner. In my travels I have met many Northern men who have lived South ever since the close of the war, and the majority of themhave been ex-Union soldiers who fought them during the war, and I have always made it ray business to inquire how they liked the people and the country, and the manner of their treatment by the Southerners. I have yet to find the first man who had a complaint to make, or a word of condemnation either for the South-55; I ern people or the climate. A# far as L. j I can learn, they arc all enjoying life and doing well.I will mention the names of some of the people I have met and can recall their statements to establish this- U* • * * ti rf si f * *fact: that a Northern man can live at peace with the Southern people, and vote as he pleases and belong to any church or religious society he may select:William Kies, of Jennings Ordo-nary, Va., moved from Harrisburg, Pa., in 1866. He served in the Pennsylvania cavalry which burned the depot at Burchsville station, Va., and he made no bones of telling the neighbors that he was one of the- \ f §’ / ' * y • k v •Yanks that burned, the depot. He was the first ex-Union soldier to set-, * ? t j J y I 9 *tie in Nottoway county; He hasbeen elected to several of the countyoffices. J. J. Williams was the next ex-Union soldier to settle In \ that- ™ | jcoqnty, and is a hear neighbor yb Kies. Mr. Williams was elected tothe state senate on the Republicanticket. t^ , r •S. M. Eby of Crew, Va., movedthere from Pennsylvania about eight years ago.. lid came there shattered in health. He has fully recovered, and is satisfied with the people and country.I. P. Hayes, of Shiloh, Va., is also a Pennsylvanian, ha* lived theresince 1869, took part in the war asa Union soldier.inty.lit.inthe Confederate army.John Fuhrer, Atlanta, Ga., served in company IT. 136, Indiana Volunteers, went South at the closed of the war and 1ms lived in Atlanta seven-teen years.Jas. J. Donnelly, of West End, Atlanta, Ga., lives on one of the old battlefields. He served in the 118th Conn. He has lived there twelve11S12 i **. . myears.W. M. Scott, No. 12 Wall Street, Atlanta, was the adjutant of the 13th Wisconsin, lie settled in Montgomery, Ala., in 186*, moved to Atlanta twenty years ago and is now commander of O. M. Mitchell Post No. 1, of Atlanta, Ga. He said lie had always been a Republican and expected to remain one as long as he lived. I told him I wanted an honest statement from him with regard to the treatment * he had received from the Southern people. Ho said that he could not ask nor expect kinder or more hospitable treatment than lie had received. He then gave me the names of the following persons, members of the 0. M. Mitchell Post, No. 1, to corroborate bis statement.L. B. Nelson, capitalist, of company 0,10th, Iowa.Col. A. E. Buck, enlisted as private in company C, 13th, Maine, afterward a colonel of United States infantry.Capt. Thomas Nunan, company I, 3rd Ohio cavalry.Jas. P. Averill, capitalist, was sergeant company C, 21st Ohio.J. C. Allenworth, lieutenant, 82nd Indiana.F. S. Bixby, engineer.James A. Burns, captain company E, 7th Connecticut.John J.Clom, who was a drummer boy at Chickamauga, late, captain and quaterraaster M. N. 8, A.Robt. Domepfarther and merchant, was quartermaster sergeant 2nd Kentucky artillery.E. S. Fairbanks, farmer and telegraph operator, formerly of company E, 2nd battery and 16th U. S. in fan try. *L. P. HiUs, editor and writer, for merly of company E, 10th N. Y. cavalry. *N. S. Hills, capitalist, captain oom-pany E, 9th W. R. C.Thos. Kerk, merchant, companyII, 16th Massachusetts E. H. Kruger, teacher, 86th Illinois. Eldorado Knight, railroad agent, company H, 13th Illinois.This must suffice to bear out the statements made,, but if desired, Ican give, you a^bupfreii more. Notone of these men could be induced to go North. They all love the people and the country. Mere is a copy of a. letter from E)* Jl. Burr, Nameless JP. O., Campbell county, Va:^ “I came hebs in the Spring of 1894, broken down in health, and bought a broken down farm, about six miles from Lynchburg, Virginia, which has not beep worked sin^e .the war. Iylt;lemYin8Ul»einvoin;hhtoasso;1*1lt;1gnesi!S!ccfcS«lolnneinGvbdt!flt;e1-It(fc*c1i1Lflfy*•reb-J-J.Fred K, Tiffany Marion, McDowellcounty, N. C., went there from theNorth twelve years ago as an attorney without means and is now awas quite ill, and could 4o very littlework at first. Notwithstanding that, Imade more than I would have done at home. There is a ready and good market for all that yott can raise and the prices are good. The people arc glad to see me and aid me in every way in their power. There arc good schools, Sunday schools and churches. I have never received more attention, or been better entertained than I have been by some of the old rebels I fought against in the war. My health is good and 1 feel like a new man, and would not aoll my place at twenty five per cent advance. I can say this, that if Northern people come down here and attend to their own business, they will be re-t1lt;Ittpartner of Col. St. Clair, who is a leading member of tho Bar of Northf®51^ with op«« arm* and can doCarolina and distinguished himself in j well.h
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Tifton Gazette
Tifton, Georgia, US
Fri, Nov 13, 1896
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