The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-23

every horse, mule, ginpy, jackass,
every bull calf, some with tails, some
with stump tails, some with no tails,
all has been brought into rcquisition,
TO make cotton, to the exclusion of
corn, it is too late to plant corn {;
therefore, we may safely say, "thc dog
isdead, his eyes am closed, and his
tail cut clean off,"
4 So far as I can judge, the Freed
mon are doing finely ; they can mako
land produce more than we whites;
if tooy plant a.patch, let it be even so
amal.i, the yield: will be wonderful.
Let any man walk around his field
and .,look. at the. vast quantity Of
shucks and cobs,.; that The squirrels
have. oSErlied out and piled up,.it is
livery ;gtsangs, where will this thing
end how is ito ond I, From CLOSE
observation, things are getting worse,
there il no doubt Of the fact, labor is
getting moro scarce, we all oan SEQ it,
-four 'ifths of those people are planting
on thain own responsibility" whether
they work or. net, they vW gather,
they must and will eat but the
smallest number Of, them will work.
In few years the whites will leave
thoin;; far behiad; : Our people are re-
! lying more on themselves this year
than evor beforo. the; plow and the
hoe are their hands, our womon are
cooking, milking, &c., every nerve,
every energy, has becu brought for.
ward and we can aud will, do our
whole duty. 70 those who are BRAY
ing the heat of the summer sun, and
the storms, we say may The good Lord
help and bless you, give not way,
faint not, do not give up, you viii sue
ceed /; you: must win, seod timo and
harvest will soon be over you will
then soc tho fruits of your toll, if you
will only hold out; if you despond,
failure, uttor failure, will be your
reward. Remember that you are
white mon, the eyes of the nogroc is
on you he thinks you cannot work :
but you can and will leave him far
behind, you on the road to wealth,
contentment and happiness he to ut
ter ruin and degradation. It will be
80, see it and know it.
let me relate an actual fact that
took place :some time ago. In going
over tho work that was done. found
that the hahds, had done but little.
) went to the Foreman, and said, how
is it Bill, that so littlc work has beon
done to-day 7 "Too cold, massa, too
cold, nigger no work, when he cold,
jis lot de lwedder git warm. md de
sweat gin to come, so / kin smell dc
funk on me, den look out grass. Mas
sa, when you wus young genpleman,
you bin to many, nigger dance. En-
ty you :" "Yos." "You bin dey all
night, enty YOU" eyes" "Well,
you see dem gal and boy in do late
hours of de night, when dc fire burn
low, and old Bill eye shut, and he he'd
lerning obor de fiddle as he draw de
bow, you soc 'cm all work mighty
hard den, we'll, dc funk is rising, da
dc reson he dance so hard. You
tink dem times come gin, massa,
foil you do truth, massa sometimes
: Ink l hear de foot on dc floor, going
D dy- -blamidy-blam, like in old
= .'"eS' an wish massa Sherman was
= 49, a4 all do dam yanky and
I' "'seof lied on him. is Citing
. w. n'asSa IA, Citing old, all dem
: good time gone no,is one ting, do
some OF dc white smplcmans love to
sm0ll de funk on ':gger7 | specs
ON sah' do. You obt tipk Of dem
t old times, mossa I Dey vone dov
n gono ! 1t makes me sorry, smet;ms
| dc water comes in my cyes,"-od as
). ne brushed tear from his eve ,;.I' -
tho back of his hand, l retired to = ~ =
: cool shades of .
LONG BRANCH.
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: X. r.H lcomMUNIcATEp.I
0 Mr.. Editor:
ALLOW me through the columns OF
: your paper to express what know to
be the opinion of our community re.
speotipg the concerts. Having heard
that Mother the ladies or gentleman
OF tho concert club wish any allusion
to them by name, / refrain doing so.
they must feel that they are apprecia-
ted ! heard it remarked during the
Inst concert and'by competent judges,
that tho whole affair would do credit
to professional artists, ,~