The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-08-01
LETTERS OF
The PEOPLE.
Crops IN WAYNE COUNTY
CUT SHORT BY THE EX-
CESSIVE RAINS.
SICK AND SORE or AYcocKIsM."

A New RaIlroad to be- Built From Near
Gold.boro to Roseboro In Sampson
County-Can't do withou. the Cauca-
slAn.
Grantham's, N. G., July 20, 1901.
You will please pardon me for oc-
cupying little of your tipe read
ing this short letter which i propose
10 make a brief report Of all grow
ing crops. Ours Is light sand that
produces well of dry year, but 1t
has rained 80 much since last April
that the prospects for "hog and
hominy" next year looks gloomy,
and our people are alarmingly de-
spondent. The estimate now made
by our oldest citizens are If we
have no other mishaps) corn about
a half crop, cotton about one-fourth
crop, groundpeas about one-half crop,
field peas almost none at all, potatoes
about One-half crop, tobacco almost
a complete failure. Our farmers
have, tor the last few years, done
quite well with tobacco, but now
they say no more tobacco for them.
One of our planters last year from
four acres in tobacco, realized be-
tween six and seven hundred dollars.
This year from four acres Of as good
land, and fully manured, he says he
will not get exceeding one hundred.
This will give you some idea Of the
state of crop affairs here.
Now upon the hack of this the
working people have been burdened
with new state officers and heavy
salaries for same. Heavy and un-
necessary appropriation. Increase in
the Governors salary &C., by the
last red shirt legislature. And /
want to know how the people are
TO carry this load. Furthermore the
Governor proposes to bankrupt the
state. SO it seems that if the people
avoid starvation, they will have to
90 to parts now unknown. So the
Argus says stop this lynching. II
/ mistake not Governor Aycock was
one of the Simmonites who canvass
ed this state advocating fraud, force,
red shirtism, bloodshed and the like,
during the last campaign. The
Argus man claimed that the Cover.
nor was a Christian gentleman, and
il such was the case, since the Gov
ernOr's new conversion, we may now
claim for him entire sanctificatiOr
which am glad to note. But right
here arises o little barrier. / heard
leading democrat and church mem
Der whose integrity cannot be ques
toned, say, only few days ago
that he, with many others, was SICK
and sore of Aycockism, that th'
Aycocks had been on the hands O
the people for safe keeping for near
ly fifty years, and that when th'
atmosphere of this state could. b'
breathed with no taint of Aycock
ism, that the relief would be great
Gentlemen Of the jury, you Cal
take the case. This red shirt legisla
ture of 1901 granted to board o
incorporators, (by demanding $25 o.
more than the law required a chart
er for railroad to begin at Genoa
near the city of Goldsboro, N. G.
via. Grantham, Newton Grove
Beamans X Roads, Salemburg +
Roseboro in Sampson county, to b
built by individual municipal an
township subscription. Said charte
provides that the townships throug
which the road will pass shall vot
upon the question Of issuing bond
the first Monday in next Septembe
This election will be held, and fifth
project Is not defeated at the pol
the work will soon start up, and
this effort proves success tn
directors will make an effort to Col
tinue said road on from Roseboro
Elizabethtown, in Blanden count.
to connect with road surveye
from I Ihadborn, s. c., to Elizabet
town. At this end of the line neg
tiations will be made with the A.
l.. line if possible, if however, tn
cannot be arranged, an effort will
instituted to connect with the A
lantic and North Carolina road.
With best wishes for you and Il
CAUCASIAN, am very respectfully,