The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-09-20
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lands neat, and adjoining the bolon.,. t are
generally high, pine and oak hills, inter.
srersed by strenms making their way TO the
river. a!l cf cHif'ich have some swsmp and
bottom land on them. 1t ,resem,,les The
country Of GreenvilIet ana Laurehss very
much. with the exception that Q great many
of the small streams dry mp in summer.
Tie Red River cottonr 'lan,is1 " oiild ;bs all
considered bottom Ianls. some, eecond tb6t.
tom, and a large portion o. it ,ufjectstO
overflow ut times Of very High Water 3 But
that is sonsidered nm advantage, rs It never,
Or rery rarely. comes At q time to injure the
crops, and il. always leaves a rich. sediment
that makes land !, that hns been worked any
length OF lime, like new land, The water
used on the river is cistern aud, we'll water;
'the |cistern water is very good; the well
water has, like the river water, rather a 81
line taste, but is good after one gets accus.
toned toit, q" Eff"':ff 1'tI N.
As, to reptile. and insccts-we have q
good. many. snakes, a few tarantul.s and
ceniipsdes. and in the spring plenty III. .gnnt.
and @nsquitoes but not much Troublesome
during summer and winter ~ ss.,..r,, .rss
. For game, we lave anything from q hear
to squirrel, and from a evan to spurtow.
There are. during the winter season, thou.
sands of wild geese and ducks ,on Tho river ;
can Kill a deer whenever we will take the
trouble'to hunt him--and have some, g!o-
ripus i" bar fights" in the cane hreAks. Sd}
or fish, We haye all kinds, caught boil,
In the river and the small streams aud iakes
In the bottoin--caught mostly. with hook,
Caught a cat mt, my place ~veigbing "A
pounds with book, this spring, and killed
ah alligator gar measuring seven aud,a half
feet long. There are gr-at many'aiieators
in the Iqkes back a short distance from af,e
river, also a good .rnuylR the rivcrss The
negroes had fsh this srfing antil they would
NOT eat them, .,,tF -" !.
i,l There are !; good many tribatary streams
running inte'the river, but no wstsrfait for
running mile The. country lis loo, o,IeveI,
and oil mills, DE, are run here by. steam
A good many are running their coiton, gins
by 'stcsnts : Grist and Esaw n,il;seay wen
here, run by Steam, ana they Cost hut ii,,lc.
If any more. than water power mill.
r think wool cnrts. would; lmy well and
could be run 10y the same maeilinery tl.e'gfist
innds swmills are run, with little other bxpen-
ses.rl Iorsrs. mules and cattle, do, web here
Those You do not nse, need no feeding, win
ter or samIuer There lie fine Ernss range in
summer, and cane in winter, Sheep also do
wcli-a g"cd many raised Hogs will raise
we'll. There is very near enough rnised to
supply tue market. When there is good
mast. no one fattens on corn. -..-..
. There is n good deal OF swnmpy land in
some portions Of the country. We have
good sandy roads in the hills, hut in TINT
portion Of The river bottom. out from the
river next the hills il very Ind in winter
and spring. Some Of the roads are almost
impassnblc, but they are burning them, and
making coal roads that are hard and good
The process of burning is this: Pile up dry
weed as You would to burn coal. cover it
over and set it on fire. It will burn all the
wood out, md The rich, hlsck dirt will turn
red like ,biick. aud 80 hard il win not dis
solve by, standing In wnter. II isinrned in
summer. when it Is dry and hard. The
road near aud on the bank of the, river is
good all the year. ' ...~i - a~g-,-., y
We can safely calculate" on an average
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year is inferior to any for nuabcr of cars
past, or at least the present prospect. The
boil worm, grasshopper and other Insects
are not so destructive to the crops here as
in some other por,iont Of the cotton grow.
ing States, set they sometimes make their
appearance, but have never yet. that
know of. entirely destroyed a crop.
The mnjorityiof persons coming hero will
be subject to bilious fever and chiIls md
fever the first year, but il is not universally
so--a great mnny escape. Some of my ne.
groes have never Ind n chill or fever since
hnve been in the State. Others have been
sick good deal. Almost all sickness here
10 brought on persons, when they frat come
here, ny careltssness Of themselves. They
come 10 make money, and do not think IL nj
all incumbent upon them to take cnre ol
,themselvts--never think OF the change they
have made In climate, dc. :. and when they
get sick, attribute it all TO the uuI,oaltl,ful.
ness Of the conntry, when, if they had con.
ducted themselves properly. perhaps they
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