The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-25
Cedar Grow Items.

Another new year has come and the
weather has been very cold so that l
could not do anything but sit in tho
house and read yonr most valuable
paper, the INTELLIdENCER, and In read
ing it i ind that almost all of your cor
respondents at the commencement OF the
year gave good advice to our farmers.
They say plant less cotton and the price
will increase. This is true, and our
farmers should heed the advice, but
instead we hear some of them saying the
price of cotton has gone up and l am
going to try to make 20 or % bales OF
cotton with one mule. Dear friends, II
you would only study the matter care
fully you would find that by planting
still less cotton tho price next fall will be
from 10 to l21 cents per pound, which
will be better than to plant so much and
get only to cts. per pound. five only
could get our farmers to plaut plenty of
corn, raise 2 or hogs apiece, and make
their molasses. flour, etc., at home we
could then stop having to so to the mer-
chant'4or credit. But as it is now, by the
first of January we hear our poor fool
farmers say, swell all my money is gone,
and am obliged to have some meat and
-four" and they will so to town to get
some. Then we see them step up to the
merchant with their hands in their
pockets and say to him: II come to town
this morning to git little meat and flour.
I haint got de money but will give you
a mortgage on my COW and horse and
everything got if you will only let me
have things this year." The man goes
home and plants very large cotton crop
and does not try to raise his own supplies
at home, and by and by paying time
comes and he hasn't got the money, and
80 his cow, horse and everything he's got
farmers let's say no more about it, but
take all the good advice we can get and
use true economy, and we will gain the
victory.
A great many Of our old men say they
are not in favor OF the Dispensary law.
There is one question I would like to
ask. What did the majority Of our poo
pie of this State vote for in the last elec-
tion? Was it for prohibition OF for no
prohibition 1t is our opinion that the
Dspensary law will bring on more law
suits in our State than you have ever read
of before.
On last Wednesday afternoon the snow
WAS falling very heavy and our school
teacher dismissed her school at about3
O'Clock, and in about an hour afterwards
our school house was burned to the
ground. We regret this, as we had a
very large and flourishing school, num-
bering from about rs to 81 scholars, with
two noble teachers. 1t is expected that a
new house will be put up in few days.
Mr.. A. G. Copeland has been suffering
from the grip tor several days
Mr.. j. Copeland will soon have his
new L to his dwelling completed.
Cuttings and sociables are the order Of
the day now. There was big sociable
at Mr.. w. /. Mahaffey's few nights ago,
at which friend G. says he lost his best
girl.
Two of our young men rode a mule
back recently to see their girls, but when
they came into the house, the girls would
not pull of their bonnets to talk to them,
so they got on their mules and never
stopped until they got home. Try it
again, boys.
Mr.. Tom McMagriga is having his old
home place repaired. GRIT.