The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-11-05


to be treated SO that the greatest
amount of money may be saved?
Gould not but result beneGcially.
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... ,iFoR THE IlERALD.
ssJoncs"---A True Bill.
Nh. EDlToR:-WiA you oblige sub
scriber and q farmer, who believes that
there is life in the old land, by repub-
fishing for the benefit of the farmers of
this State, the following true bill. 1t
was written many years ago for the
Macon {Ga) Telegraph, ana if l mistake
not, published by the HERALD shortly
after its first appearance. 1t will apply
as web 70 this State as that of Georgia
and is entirely too good to be lost, for,
alas, how many Jones' there are
That some do better by moving, can-
not be disputed, and these are the anu
bilious, energetic workers who must
have room or scope to spread them
selves in, but nine ont of ten find it q
miserable future, and realize only dis
appointment and loss. these would do
rs well to remain at home, among their
friends, who know them, and are will
ing to sympathize with and help them.
And the true secret Of their failure is
that they don't know how to manage,
or are too lazy to take advantage OF
their opportunities. There is no better
country anywhere than right here in
the South, and in this very old State,
and alt that is necessary to insure sue
:cess is to work and improve oar land.
Browns success might have been
jones' But the poem speaks for itself,
s,oaI&7r il, -.A A,,e-easi;-e-.aSo1-recs:
Ikucw msn, and be lived in Jones
Which Jones Is country Of red hills and
/ stoaeS- ~. -..-.-.-.
And he lived pretty much BY getting of loans,
sAnd his mules we're nothing but skin and
< bones, ~ ->
And his hogs. were ast as his corn-bread
pones, ....-
And he had bout thousand acres Of land.
This man-and his name was also Jones'
He swore that he'd leave thom old red hills
~ and stones,
For he couhdn's make nothin' bus yelIowish
,..-..-,- cotton.
And little Of that, for his fences were rotten,
And what little cotton he hid, that WI.
r boushtsn.
ADl be coaldn't get-a living from the land.
{ And tie longer he sworc the msddcr he got,
And he rose and he walked TO The stuble lot,
Aud he halIooed 20 Ton to comc there and
hi:ch,
For 10 enisrn'c Somewhere where the land
w4s rieb
Aad to GAIT raisins eocsburrs, thistles and
., s:ra, ..
Aud was,in: their time Oh. b ,ryen IanI.
So hin and T1:n b. Y hi!cAel up thcis mules
Protesting hat folks We're miy!t,y big fool
That u / stay in G.n.IiL ,h:i: lfelim. ont
Jest scratching living, w;..a all Of them
Innasht
Get places in Texas where cotton would
sprous
By the i'm, You eoaid p!lut it IN the lsnl.
And he drove by house where man named
Brown
Was living, not tar from tho e!se Of the
town, ..... .-.
Aad be blu:ered Brown for to buy his place.
And said .hut seeing Us money was skaes.
And seeing as she.iSs were hard to face.
TWO dollars M ac:c woull get th. land
Fley closed at dollar and f:,y cents,
Aud JoEss hs bought him a wagon und tents,
And loaled his cora, sRI Ills woman, and
trnck,
And moved 20 Texas. which il took
His entire pile, with the best Of luck,
To get there aad get him little land.
But Brown moved out on :he old Jones farm,
Aud ac rolled up bis breecaes aud barred bis
arm.
Aud he p!ckca ali ts.2 rasks from of on The
ground.
And ne rooted i, up and ploughcd It round,
Aud sowsd his corn and wheat in the land .
Five years Gid by, and Brown one day,
Who got 20 be 50 ia, that he wouldn's weigh,
Vas . sitting down. sortcr lazily,
To the bul!iest a;aEsT yea syer soc,
When oac Of the children Jumped on his
knee,
And Says. "Ysn's Jones, which you bough.
his land"
Aud tasrs Was Jones, standing out at the
fs~cs,
And he hnlu't no wlgoa, hos auiss pes
tents.
For he had left Texas afoot and come
To Georgia 10 see IL he couldn't get some
Employment. and b. wl' looking as hum
BE Us it b. L ID never owned any laud.
Bot Brown he ASKED him il, and be sot
Him down to bis 7ist4alS smoking hot,
And when he had filed himself and the door,
Brown looked at him sharp, and rove anu
swore, .--...
That "whether msu's laad was rich or poor,
There vas more in the man than there was
IN the land"
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