The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1896-11-28

SOME TORRANCE HISTORY AND
BIOGRAPHY.

9 HARDY STATION, Miss. Nov. 20, 1896.
81 Editor Sentinel:-On the public road
y running from Hardy Station to Gre
NADIA il some OF the finest and largest
plan tations that can be seen in Gre
NADIA county or Beat 4. To prove how
s sensible the people are in this section,
7 they have managed to place all Of
their poor land near the road so
: they can utilize it in stopping up the
! gullies which were caused by the
: excessive heat Of last summer. Some
8 Of this section is what might be termed
s rolling land, as a good deal Of it rolls
: off every year. Some of the people
: around rere firmly believe in time that
! these hills will continue to roll off un-
J til they strike the Yalobusha river
: and put an end to that historic stream.
: In leaving Hardy going south about
: mile from this place, we find the NICE
: and comfortable place owned by
{ Messrs. r. S. and T. Bowles. Mr..
! r. s. Bowles was gallant soldier
+ during the war, having served in Gen.
s Walthall's Regiment, the 29th Missis-
: sippi; was badly wounded in the battle
of Atlanta, Ga, and was noted as being
! the most puuctual soldier in the army.
He is what you may term ''suariter in
xq0d0, fortiter in re-" His brother Tom
: is the brag farmer of this section. A
: drought never interferes with him in
y making crop, as he commences to
= plow very early and throws up such
: high beds that land never loses ii
particle of moisture during our lriost
S weather. He raises everything that
: can be made on farm, also raises his
( own riding and plow stock, plants
! nothing but the best seed, often pay
8 ing as high as IS bushel for his COT
: ton seed, and next year expects to get
+ some of those fine cotton seed from
: Georgia which grow twenty feet high
y and make four bales to the acre. Says
< il he can succeed in getting Il f'w
I bushels Of those will try to revolution
ize the cotton industry. In the last
: year or two he has been experimenting
: with the Japanese persimmon and
( sugar maple tree. His persimmon
! trees have just begun to bear and he
= says ina lew years he will be able TO
: furnish this section with all the beer
= lthey can drink. His maple trees are
( doing very nicely, and in few more
( years he will commence making it into
: syrup. He is only trying this business
s n a small scale but will gradually in
Z crease it if he finds there is money in
s it. He raises all of his chewing and
y smoking tobacco, usually plants about
. ten acres of the weed, is quite an adept
in making cigars; never sells any, but
It always keeps plenty for his friends.
They are so fine and good he thought
IS it best to give them name, and he
wanted long name thiciling they
!, would last longer, therefore he calls
n them 'Utile Dulcie,' and says they
have improved very much.
n After leaving Mr.. Bowles, | went in
It the direction of the farm owned by
Stokes Bros. While riding along
IS heard some one singing an up-to- date
o song. The voice was equal to the Rev
g Mr.. Moody's. inquired Of Il colorrd
man whom I met, who it was that had
:. such a glorious voice and sing :ng
such an appropriate song. He said
lord bless you. that's Mr.. WaGe
Stokes; he's always singing | mauag
ed to catch a few OF the words, it ran
thus:
Over these hills. down these hullows
Is the place we make our dollars.
Our place is stocked with hands you see.
They are happy. so are we.
These old hills are rough and red.
But they give us plenty Of good corn bread:
They make us taters. cotton and sich.
'Tis said the country's poor, but it is mighty
rich.
was sorry could not catch more of
it. He has the finest hogs in Beat 1;
has one that he is breaking to his cart,
a full.blooded o. l. c., weighs about
900 pounds; says he has him trained
80 now that he can travel IA miles in
Is days. Mr.. H. Stokes the elder
brother. takes great delight in rails
ing bees and has quiteta snug apiary.
He never thinks his days work is done
until he sees every bee in its proper
place. He has several different kinds,
but prsfers the Italian to any, as he
says they are more industrious and
never leave home unless they have
business, TORRANCE.