The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-29
Cedar Grove Items.

AS "Grit" has been little slothful,
| MIR. Editor, Ia his duty toward the IN
| TELLIaENCEI- for the last few months, he
| will promise you to hold out more faith
full in the future.
Mr.. M. A, Mahaffey visited the Au-
gusta Exposition last week. He reports
pleasant trip, but couldn't see the city
for the houseJ.
Messrs. A. T.. and o. J. Copeland ex-
pect to go tt, school at Clemson College
next year. Go it, boys, while you are
young.
Mr.. M. c. Nfahaffey soon expects to be-
gin to erect new dwelling-house on the
Five Notch Foad.
The people Of this section will observe
Thanksgiving Day at this place. Our
pastor will be present and give US good
talk.
Mr.. Drake Garrett, formerly of Ander-
son, but now of Greenville County, Wis
tied this secti,in last week. Mr.. Garrett
is always welcomed in our midst.
Mrs. J. J. Kelley has returned from
Georgia, wheie she has been spending
few days with relatives.
Capt. Will. Lawless and family have
moved to PelHer Factory.
The bird hunters of this section report
wonderful success this. season.
Mr.. John Ovens, of Williamson, tells
US that he expects to run big truck farm
next year. Ee says he is going to plant
fifteen acres III cabbage.
Potatoes have already began to rot in
this section.
We hear the question asked almost ev-
cry day: "A::e you going to sell your
cotton now ?" The answer is: II am 60
ing to carry il down to town and give it
away" Farmers, study for a moment,
and see if this answsr is correct. Study,
study now. If you nave studied the an
swer of that cuestion carefully, you will
| say, "Well, am not going to give it
away exactly. but almost give it away"
Farmers havn gotten from 6 to little
over cts. . pound for cotton this 1all.
Well, now we have looked at that side Of
the question, let us turn over and look at
another side and see what is on 1t. The
first thing We see Is good -four at 1915
per barrel. Why, have heard father
or r1 cotton % then ?" Why, son. G go got "a: as
high as 20 and 25 cts. pound for cotton
then. Why, son, can recollect when we
used to load or bales of cotton on one
wagon and go away down to Hamburg to
sell it, when i: would be just as cold as it
looked like i; could be, and the roads
would be nenrly knee deep in mud"
"Pa, wouldn't you get mighty cold?"
mo, son, we would always have plenty
of good corn " hiskey along and we would
fair tolerable WELL" What is the next
thing you see On this side? Good molas'
ses at Is cts. psr gallon if you havn't got
the homemade. "Pa, how do they mako
homemade lnolasses?" "Why, SOD,
they have got ahese Eastern mills to grind
. tlo NTH onA nrotn n U q
the molasses on. They can be bought
very cheap. Before me and your ma
were married, they had these old wooden
mills. Anybody could hear them screak
mile. Then hey boiled them in pot p
What do you see next? Good sugar at
18 lbs. to the dollar; coffee at IS lbs. to the
dollar; good brogan shoe at IS to 9l.25;
good jeans at rs cts. per yard; soda at 5
cts. per pounll, and everything else in
proportion. Somebody says, Eyes, he
has called owe: everything but bacon and
hasn't said word about it, It's IL cents
per pound now. I don't see how can
live and pay II cents per pound for meat
and just get ITS. for cotton" No, nor I
cent if meat would 60 to 81 per pound
for the farmers. They would get right
rusty fol the want of greasing, but any
farmer thst can't raise enough meat to do
him had better quit the country and go
to where the hogs are already for use and
big pone OF cornbread on their back,
squealing, "eat me! eat me-" Now, as
some of you think that you are almost
giving your cotton away, don't you think
the merchants are nearly giving goods
away to you. What is the difference,
getting big price for cotton and paying
big prices for goods, or getting small
prices for cotton, and paying small prices
for goods. Times are getting better every
year. Don't be discouraged, my brother,
just press on with good hopes.
| GRIT