The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-17
THE WAY TO, FORTUNE MADE AS PLAIN
AS THE ROAD TO MARKET.
A Farmer Talks. and Tells Some
Pointed Facts-The Way Good
Non Was Starved 10 Death.
Green wood, S. c., February l5, lSa

Greenwood, S. c., February 10, lSS2.
notice in nearly every paper that asoa,se ! get
the cry of hard times. Sti u / see ON the
streets of Greenwood every day OF the week
wngons loaded with guano, corn anu oac9n.
also see groups OF men on the streets talK-
inv of hard times and worse coming. can
also hear farmers abusing the merchant
for the condition of the country.
The farmer has 20 chance. the merchant mas
him between his thumbs and he Is going TO
keep him there; there Is no use III s[yips'
we can't make d living WIN cotton at ocenIs'
and corn at seventy Genus ,
Now Mr.. Editor, wish to say TO my iarm-
er brethren that there Is some use In trying,
bu, We must try i've Sipe at home and q"
this way we have Of trying to buy 1t, ana
lhcn, because we fail. stand on the corners Oh
The streets. or sit on dry goods at some cross
our own lack OF thrift. That old hill, back OF
your house, If you will plant II In corn, Will
make corn that won't cost thirty cents. pro-
vided you give II the same attention tnaI SOd on
back of your garden will make two hundred
bushels of potatoes per acre, ana lney s are
worth fifty cents per bushel In GREENWOOD.
That little flat back OF the lot VIII make you
chufas and pindars enough to fatten the iour-
ieen pigs that you have or ought 70 nave.
You no doubt have two hne nan Jersey
cows in the pasture that gives i you dsnn AL ans
milk and butter that you need. Inc madaIh
will have eggs to sell all summer.
Now brother farmers. II you can make
corn nt thirty cents. and sit down ana don I
do it, what righ; have you 10 grufnoie hag ~ hnG
merchant charges you one dollar per oushei
~ The corn. cotton, potatoes, pindars, vegeta-
bles, melons, tobacco, all grow OUT OF Inc
ground. ,,os ore aI, raised
N. the farm In pastures that are owned by
the farmers, not by the merchant
Now brother farmers want 10 KNOW Will
ripbt have we 10 grumble at the merchant? :?
He hasn't time 10 attend to his own business
and see that we work. When we get 10 t3wn .i'
and stumble up on pint ol mean "ii5hIr ISL
and get Il little tipsy, and spend tne Whoie
dnW in town when we could have been home
IN dinner he cant afford to insult us oy tell
inv MS that we are wasting time, ana tnht
there is good living In the 'id .rn,1 we et mad
n he were tc tell us that we would get Liau
with him and would buy nothing from MN In
pruvidcd we could get Il lieu somewhere e,se.
There Is one thing. brother farmers, thai I
yon p%t ri@ht now now" provided you won't say any
| hing about It, The mere hant Is IN muGn
Tighter place than the farmer. Iou see ne
hasn't got any land ana nes ,ad Eot me"pS n,ei o.
| Times He's afraid the farmers won't puy
Them from him. BESIDES. he has II heap naru,
or lime tnan we do. He talks about nara
times too But he GGesn IT whS5f wist an and NJ din
ncr timr-or while waiting tor customer.
There was good old Baptist farmer ana
deacon OF the church In town the other NY IVY,
and one Of his friends, Il Inerchant' tnoN m nir1
ont TO dinner with him, and the ola lellow
went home and sworc by all that was goo9
and bad that he heard so much about marc marc
lines while at dinner that he actually Saliit
near stnrvlng to death before he could gel
through eating. That gives you an idea WI whal
n fix the merchant is In, and II we VIII all &c
10 work, and put in all our time MINK Una, Ina
| we will soon be as happy people Us eNe'
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