Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

OOHultoH, WOulu never get them
cleaner. When we are in the field, and
with hot work before us, then we will
drive dirty horses, but not before"
| 1t was said that one of the pegs
dropped out of the toe of one of Georges
boots on this occasion, and the language
that he used was said to have been very
| impressive; those to whom the tradi-
ton has been handed down can hardly
reconcile the big, strong words that
George used on that occasion with his
meek remark when a boy, to his
fathers question:: who cut down that
tree?"
Il did, papa. l cannot tell lie'-
But enough of old traditions. In 1881
this mansion, from which Washington
and La Fayette that morning, 55 years
before, had ridden, was the PROPERTY
and home of John Lloyd, Carolina s
wealthiest banker
Lloyd was widower of As years of
age. and with his daughter Fannie, a
young girl of II, and nephew, Herbert
Lathrop, of %, together with servants
(who, by the way, were his slaves), oc-
| cupied the mansion.
Fannie Lloyd was a very charming
young girl, and would in time be $50 it
was supposedly her fathers heiress.
There was. however, strong bond of
affection existing between Fannie and
her father, and she desired nothing
more than that his life might be long
spared.
Herbert, the nephew, was a son of the
| hanEnr'S o.. L
had been dead some years, and they
had left him little but the name he bore
and poverty, so his uncle had taken him
beneath his roof, educated him, and
now he was cashier of his bank.
One morning in the early part of Feb
ruary, he was in his accustomed place
| at the cashiers window, when an ap-
parently middle-aged man advanced to
the window: Good morning, Her
bert"
Good morning, Mr. Hill Can 1 do
something for you?''
Il wish to see Mr.. Lloyd, Herbert. Is
! he in?"
Observation-Disclosures" to a colored
porter, show Mr.. Hill into my uncle's
Office
| This was soon done
MIR. Lloyd was seated at his desk. writ
/ ing, as they entered. "Ah, good morn
ing, Squire Hill. hope 1 see you we'll
how goes all at Orion, how is the mad
am, the fair Clara, and your boys?'
All well, John, all well-but called
TO see you on financial matters to-day;
you see, [ bought another plantation
last year, something like couple of
thousand acres, and that together with
the money l paid out for a dozen addi-
tlonal negroes, just about cleaned up
my bank account. Present prices don't
justify the sale of rice, and will want
TO put in this years crop, and run me
| through the season."
Very good, squire, you can have it;
| the Carolina bank vaults are at your
| command"
Thanks. John, thanks, I will proba-
bly, not want more than So 900 or $40, 900
by the way, why don't you come down
and see us? Bring the young folks.
Clara told me must be sure and bring
Fannie back with me-
II can't spare her to-day, squire, but
we will come down Sunday. with Capt
Harper, on the Sunshine-Andrew, tell
Herbert to honor Squire Hills check
for what money he wants-good day
squire"
Good day, Mr.. Lloyd, Wen look for
you Sunday" and Abner Hill, the owner
of Orion. the largest rice plantation in
the Carolinas. and 100 negroes, walked
out into the bank, drew a check for
what money he needed, pocketed the
same. and took his departure.
After paying a number of calls to
various merchants around town. the
planter proceeded to the wharf, and
took the steamer to Orion. At the land
ing he was met by Cudgo, one of his
negroes, with saddle horse, which he
mounted and rode home, while Cudgo
with a team, followed on with divers
bundles and packages.
The family of Abner Hill consisted OF
himself and wife, Clarence, the elder
son of %, Thomas, the second son, who
was at the military academy of West
Point, and an older daughter, Clara
who was IS years of age
Abner Hill belonged to one of the old
time families of the state, and his plan
tation and negroes had largely de-
sceEded to him from his father. as had
they indeed from father to son. fol
several generations; each adding to the
| broad acres of the ancestral home. and
to the number of slaves, until now MANY
thousand acres were included in the
tract, which consisted, on the lowlands
of the river, of vast rice fields, which
were hemmed in on the one side by CT
immense dyke that fronted the river
for many miles, keeping off the salt wa
ter of the Atlantic, which at flood tide
would otherwise have converted the
fertile fields into IN inland sea-
While on the other side. some two
miles from the river front. the surface
of the earth gradually arose, and for
full mile width was a sloping ridge,
which then descended to what would
have been vast plain, but for the fact
that here grew in all their grandeur
the yellow pines of the Carolinas-
rearing their heads aloft, while their
green boughs bent beneath the pressure
of the sea breeze. which comes moan
ing, whispering through them, and the
words seem to come wailing from the
green treetops:
Look at our SCARED and hacked
sides-we are yielding up our life blood
year by year. Mingo and Caesar, Pom
Pey and Ben are hacking US to death fol
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