New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-05
TIE SOUTH CAROLTN4 EXODUS.
IT'S WIDE Extent AND ITS CAUSES.
r9ocfed C1afy coesDordence Of The Charleston Nc'rs
ami Courier (BCurbOHJ

| IT'S WIDE Extent AND ITS CAUSES.
ami Courier IBOTbOnl
There is NO Disgusting the fact that most
alarming condition Of things exists In Edgeheld toihS
in consequence OF the exodus OF the negroes 10 AIhan
sgs which began more than week since ana mas con
tinupd almost without utornlsson MP 70 ur pI'r,it
time II estimated that already about one-h,t 81 Ie
entire negro population Of tie county, or more man ue
thousand persons, nave gone and me reg or Is syn
Ph lraoh and the situation may Vol occA son ne ustP
anxiety FOR the future IA thr rue Tc," o. nj, tI
Mace along the line OF the Charlotte. COLUMBIA ana Nu
gusts kairoaG and east o. tGS To| 70 rue
four miles long and four 20 i've miles wide IL Is eHumat
ed tAat At le.s tour ffsh- vi tine negroes nave Johti
a.. "Tnius mo townships most affected by the move
mont are shaw. Ward, Norris and portions "I hol'S
ana PicAenz some OF tAc most extensive plantations
i'm inns section on which large Numbers o negroes we're
formerly employed. now without one c"ofrd ,hp'l
spread di-may The reports heretofore published In tHe
newspapers have not exaggerated SUI rt''HS
this unparalleled moycmrhl e',rt r. i'iI, e. AM
Drcn dep0pudtcd, and the public roads ieahS W Al,
lu.ta ave rcsun1cd day and Might Tor the past week
with the shulng tread OF picturesque ana ho''o!
caravan. 1870, -.r . -; ,,,,.,,..,,s
TO their departure. The hYaEdOe Complaints have
t,e ' moi Vote M the elections and If they do vote
that their ballots uot counted; hli they nave no
Az Il, the keeping OF a hostile political party Another
complaint ia That the rent 81 land II 30 hiEh ana
Ihe p1'Vr' living For ten years"
80 l, eYnress il we have tried o. make money and
nave not been able 10 do We are poorer no" thdu
began. Nc have cssI:h iact We LA ho.ni'.7
t6c ccnnnn,y we knew how TO uee, and going
further down hill every day Ihafe - 40 ioI W.
here there's in irving 10 get along lndrr IN" Oh
oondlionz longer. aud SO we nave lis, ueter'leu
tO "a, somewhere else ana take q new START
0oibar cause Of the exodus il general dissatisfaction
a the passage of tho stock Law. when the negroes c
coo more tLan 10 any other combination Of circuu-
stances may be attributed the determination OF the
heroes TO carry the exodus scheme without delay
Tncv claim that their wishes ana necessities were NOT
consulted, that they we're not asked or ao"cu 20 St
init of he protests argcr part OF the people of the
county and that under its provisions they would ma
P sbc tdcGSndcd Tor their supply meat ana
little mix ana butter they could geI ron ,ner I2%s
ta.oh nom tH tbSy concluded 20 ., unto land de
sScr,,ed to them as flowing with mix and honey
General Il. T. Nicholson ARG p,a s 'eL H,Jg lI i
ticai move aggravated by the passage 81 the stock
law the dread Of the next campaign lhe snort crop OF
farmers were closed ont by he merchants and planters
10 whom they were indebted for rent and supplies Be
tween Rlire Spring and Johnslons ab"nt onha ~ the
ueCrocs nave zone. had thirty hands employed on my
plantation and lost twenty i've OF thrh Ihrf places
conc yers the rich ones and those who are left behind
are poor There's not negro ON Wy place. wan Ac eA-
copton Of Two who renamed VIE me ar 'i,i com
supplies Most Of my hands want To WORK next ear Tor
wages intending 10 live closely ana est Inan none so
thar ry MAY able 20 leave INC country next winter
NE CEcIu- will result ina short crop next year and
some suffering II viii probably be t"0 or tiHee years
before tie country win recover from H. lsli ia the end
Il WI q
yme VA m md - spring yesterday stunterel into
a gronp of negroes VINO were standing on the street
earnestly discussing the exodus A!ier dngeht pNAp
u tDey said that there's no Use talking about IT, the
gOIJrei people haze just b. gun To- 60 We acSI gong
jbev were foolish 10 think OF snch thing unless thcy
had tie money TO live on aftcr thc sh1dd reach tcI
ucd: Bo.s, list rs leave die wild do Who"Wn cough
as L. die wild measles II We Htay mere W. SNic 70
wav 70 RocGansds to die in sour Carolina Accord,
ing TO these people, as soon "a ne mex nue. ana
r..-.. ftaiur y uI
nainn in this section OF the county VIII follow. those
roioroG DE- 6Pc with whom Ihaye talkcd bitterly
couau of their treatment under the pre- ent admins
traitor OF The laws have no doubt thi many OF ihelr
stories are without loundatou but tt lat remains that
Te;t VIII very probably induce them 70 seek
If !. said that there ia scarcity Of labor in other
counties in tbs part Of the state and although no emf
yaiiou project l. vet Oh foot there ouinoua whisper
ingr in Aisen and Barnwcl Counties which do not
Mos Of INC negroes ~ tlc section Of country from
which The exodus wa Intdn worried undo" icnantiy
system. 1ney rented lana ana WO ked u ON ther own
account pay Ing stipulated amount 81 cotton Tor every
trre Of land under cultivation. Inc rents nave been
very mgl. IAF"heh i.ls bS'hoh tnt tuic hS "etu 10
rent certain amount ~ land fora certain quantity Of
ready gnned cotton, the rent beins one bale OF $50
hrug required furnish - own fertilizers, stOch and
farming Implements rhc result OF tho sy stem was that,
after the guano ana supplies had been pAid Tor there
was nothing left al the end OF the year Tor thc labocr
Much Of the land rented In TINS way. The sou -
very thin. and without heavy iertilznS will produce
no hing like a fair crop.
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viii mention the NJ an Industrious, hard working,
frIga negro farmer, rented during the past year
forty acres land The stipulated Deu bales
of uiduing cotton, Ching fOur hundred ana nifty
pounds each lie was required TO use two ana half
IONS OF commercial fertilizers for which lac mad 10 pay
I2j pounds OF lint cotton two and half bales He
paid $40 for mule 10 plough his crop bOasht ms own
nrOvisonr on time giving Hen his crop TO secure
The same furnished his labor and made seven bales
of cotton The yield very little short Of average
CROP and az the end OF the year he had hall bale
cot ton TO pay his mnle, his lien and his labor The
natural conclusion that the high and
this farmer operated under the tenantry systom,
and whose condition affords fair Illustration OF many
OF his class, either had To steal or starve.