The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-13

what is known and designated here, ga
one-hOrse farm"-that is, from forty to
| fifty acres. For this, they pay the owner
| from 800 to 1900 pounds lint cotton, one
| third the cotton, fodder and pears. The
renter is allowed to keep a COW, pigs
| and chickens, and all his firewOOd, but
must pay One-half the cost of the guanO
used and One-half the cost of ginning.
| The plantation described is now owned
| by son of the gentleman who employed
me as teacher in his family. Under
the system of labor mentioned and an
| improved mode of tillage acquired since
| the war, it yields satisfactory income.
He takes the place of the "Overseer," +"
with this difference-necessity having
compelled him to post himself on the
most improved modes of soils of differ
ent character, he gives the work study
and personal supervision, and when
necessary, takes hold and instTucts his
| employees how to do it to the best ad-
vantage, thereby demonstrating that it
takes brains to excel in farming as we'll
as to edit paper or doctor a sick man.
The close of the rebellion left thousands
utterly pennyless, who, before the war,
were never without the means of credit
to procure anything they wanted that
could be had for money. Since the war
they have been driven to all sorts of
shifts and substitutes to obtain the neces-
SaTies of life. Unused to manual labor
and deprived of the help upon which
they were accustomed to depend, they
were often in terrible straits. Half
their suffering will never be told. Many
became insane.
lam no judge of the quality of soil.
Don't know when | see it, whether it is
better adapted to wheat than water
melons, corn or gOObeT peas; but this l
believe, that when the Almighty made
the world, he pronounced it good and so it
must be for something that will pay to
cultivate if managed it in the right way.
The introduction of different grasses,
increased acreage to the cultivation of
cereals, and especially the excellent crop
this year, has impaired new life and
energy to the people of this section of
the South.
Since the South has been relieved of
Carpet Baggers" there is no trouble
with the negroes. They are fast losing
interest in politics, and many fail to
pay their pOll-tax, which all, white and
black, are required to do before exer-
cising the right of suffrage. That great
desire for an education, manifested i'm
mediately after their emancipation, has
likewise subsided. Where there is one
who manifests a disposition to make
something of himself, hundred are in
different whether school keeps or not. l
found no one here willing to have
slavery restored. They would gladly rid
themselves of every one with visable
admixture, that they might compete
with the West for foreign emigration.
| might add much on what l regard as
the future of the South, but the limits of
a letter forbid.
Washington, the county seat of this
county, is the home Of Gen. TOOmbs. 1
had personal acquaintance with him
when a resident here; in fact, voted for
him the first time he was a candidate
for Congress. have had several pleas
ant interviews with him, and was most
agreeably entertained. Though quite
cOnversant with the movements at the
Capital, he manifests but little interest
in political affairs. He is now 72 years
of age and has considerable wealth.