The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-11-06
SARGE PLUNKETT.
The Abundance of Corn Invites People
to the Farm.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
There will never be better time
than this year for the poor people to
get out in the country and go to farm
ing.
It strikes me that Providence has
especially smiled upon the country
this season. Good corn crops are
everywhere, and the abundance will
make it easy for the poor town people
to get start.
Farming is the coming thing, and it
is wise man that begins to stir him
self to get out. [ know that it is
mighty hard for poor people to get out
on the farm and live to make crop,
but it must be done. The land owners
everywhere have begun to show bet
ter disposition in this matter than
was common before, and it behooves
the poor people to profit by the dis
position.
I know how hard it will be for a
great many to get out to the country,
but it must be. The wives and daugh-
ters are the greatest trouble in the
matter. 1t is strange to me that it
should be so, but there are but few
women willing to make the sacrifice
necessary to get to work on the farms.
A poor man is in bad condition
that has not the sympathy Of his wo-
men folks in this or any other busi-
ness, but it does seem To me that COM
mon sense should tell these women
that to work is the coming thing in
Georgia and the South, and that to
farm is the best field to enter.
There arc too many people trying to
live by their wits, and there is hardly
a business but what is crowded to
death. On the farms there is room
for all, and I hope to see great rush
this winter in that direction. Corn
will be cheap. and such an opportun-
ity may not be found again in years.
The land owners are improving, but
there is great room for more improve
ment in the encouragement extended
in the matter. T can tell these owners
of thousands of acres that it is to their
interest to do all that they possibly
can to have the poor people come out
from the towns and work on the farms.
With the native Georgians settled
on the farms, there would be never
problem on such as the George the
ory," and unless it is done, some Of
these theories may grow to be a greater
question than abolitionism was.
We all know the poor people of the
South have had mighty little encour-
agement to turn to farming. We have
ali worried over the condition Of the
negro to the neglect of the poor whites
It has come to the place that the poor
white man needs attention, and a
movement to colonize them would be
the proper thing and deserve praise
much more than to be running off over
the ocean for colonies.
There is scarcely nationality of
people but what has received more at
tention and been given opportunities
that the poor whites already here
should be proud to receive.
The passage money that has been
paid out to bring immigrants from
across the ocean, would have set many
poor family up on farm.
The poor families must grow in
sense. There must be sight of sac
rifces and much charity in the matter.
There is lot of the "poor but proud"
spirit among our natives that must be
overcome.
The truth is that poor town folks
hate to acknowledge just how bad q
condition they are in. The most Of
them would be unable to pacify the
girls. There must be hard living and
humanity mixed with big chance of
industry to overcome the stress that is
bound to be met with.
Above all things family must get
in touch with each other. If family
will resolve to work together and suffer
together, they are bound to rise. 1t
is mighty hard to live poor and dress
shabby, but the furthest way round is
the nearest way home sometimes, and
it will all be right when you get there.
One years hard living is much better
than to be forever in a strain to live.
Once succeed and you are all right.
What we used to be is forgotten in
the present.
There will be much advising and
many different opinions as to just how
the poor people of the towns are to get
to farming, but it must be done.
I don t think that land owners have
ever shown such a disposition before
as they are beginning to show at this
time to help in this work.
There has been sight Of anxiety
about the "poor negro, to the neg
lect of the whites. Ze poor whites
have been crowded s4n -, the country
by the negro and by that spirit Of
haughtiness that kept them from being
valuable laborers.
Now the negro is crowding them, or
will crowd them, from the towns and
the only thing and the best thing is
to get out just as quick as you can.
Especially will our Southern women
have to tame themselves for the
change that must come. The most OF
them have a notion that the towns
give them a much better opportunity.
The drudgery of a life on the farm
seems too ksome for the most of our
women. The most of them like dress.
They feel that the neatness Of Office
work is much better than to be run
ming around in the dew and sunshine
hunting eggs and setting hens.
They can keep their hands soft and
white in town, but I can tell you all
that somebody has got to work. There
are too many people trying to get along
without work.
I feel sure that the disposition is
growing to build better tenant houses
and to improve the surrounding OF the
tenant houses in general.
There will be some complaint to the
effect that town people do not know
how to work-they can learn. There
is no denying but that there must be
great changes in the notions of our
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