The Oxford falcon., 1866-11-10
lrram she Aberdeen (Nsss J vzam'rrrI
The Dollar Crop Of Monroe County
for 1856.

listening % the mournfIl plaiut -
" ruined, inaking nothing, d" guns
% thedogS," cts, frum day to day.
from week tn week, from month 81
month. the cresiulous and unFeflect-
ing are apt D. afzNb the sal story,
and echo lt, and ALL uuwiilingiy, TT
sustaining an eTrDRrnli~ idga that ia
calculated tO add 81 the general ele-
glr,--sinn that was liuFu in the south
when the causeof the souih expired,
and i inlnring our credit Al homc
and abroad.
What are usss facts in the caaas--
Monroe county tn hc sure cannot ilc
taken a. q fair criterion ~ the so,Iih,
Or STATE, hat lt j. In the Immediate
prosperity ~ MHnrtc county, that
are concerned, and II i tO Munruc
county. that We propose devOting
our article tllis morning.
Muuroe county IN lSdn, produced
-stsssis O. an ls.ls-s ~ sszsAlssa wlaissh Al
S5 peF bale. which Is a fair average,
taking an grades into consideration,
WELDED 81 Shl On, II sold 20 be de-
lived to the steamers at our wharf
or at the nearest railroad depOts.
Tie crop " cotton for Monroe
county thls year, cannot fall short
of lO,uJO bales, and reasonably esti-
mated az l3,WAl. and d lly many &C n
much higher figure; but Let Us ~
sumo il.WH, for thC sake Of argu-
ment thi. viii bring, delivered as
above stated, - ,6in,WD I'm currency
% our planters, leaving the tax "
three cents per pound 81 - paid ly
I the purchasers. Now, when We re-
member the tremendous prUpnFtion
I ~ the proceeds Oi the cotton cTOp
/ ilcf0rr the war. tilai vas invested ifi
negroes, and found its way % Ken
lucky, Virginia. Missouri, Maryland
and North Carolina, O. be invested
I In the ainp~aid chattells, we may
reasonably expect that there win hc
/ more money ~pccic-tandaril In The
country aftcr the crop II 1906 Is sold,
| seeking investment than 40 any pre-
I viaus period II our history.
\ Now there are On the county of
I M0nOc, a. pcr cCusII~rgtuFn f1F i~ial,
lIl.2i0 negr1e=. II we assume that
t.si0 of these negroes are too young
urold foF plantation service, oraFegiss-
.oempl0yed a. O. bceufitlcdto waEEs,
which our readr-s viii agree with a.
. j. most libcral allowance; it win
4 leave 1910 whose wnggs viii directly
. 10 indinctly bc drawn from the pro-
Il ceCtis Of cotton sales, which at an
Iavenge Of Slm,Ohh Per year, pcr
| hand, viii amount % ST0Q,f0 20 De
circulated by the negroes among our
merchants and people generally,
. that On other years, would have been
. sent todi~taut staie-, O. be invested
in the purchase Of hands whose la-
E hors would hav aUas-ed yet other
funds tolc thus invested the same
routine would have cnntinuad as
, u long a. occupation could have bern
. found flr new purchasers. And tie
planter who at dr-t purchased his
little stock az PROVISIONS Cor ten la-
Y b0uers from Har local dualcrs, would
. when his fIree became larre encurh
. % justify Go. have gone into tie cify
. markets tlnanEh hi eommHa'on
merchants and though incHHasine &
vastly himself On wealth, ard lr-
clcasing his number 81 iaioUe end
2 . acres cd hundred fald have bneft-
go his own country in no way save
thrurh tha tax rrrhenr
+. From the H-lres that we have
| given which are lew and iradeurrta.
land tn Wl.el oar readers mas afl
. largely. t apparent That nrftfur
. tla eHsncf eat-Cu t1 S uuh l1utr
. estimate than can rsuuaIr Ii
made. rlaFa mooney ~
hr1u erartu n o
when ne za4 nH. over lan
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