The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-22

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/ rheumatic and does not work aitt
i issa5s att mis- trade,now and prefers tax,
ING ohasgu oF my planting 40 head
man, or agent, 20 shey now prefer II
call il. BE ii Trustworthy and has
! ahasss Of the keys tony barns where
Eioe, eorns oats and potasoss are keps.
i have trusted him entirely and II
would DO . dreadful blow TO think
that he war iosing his intergRity.
TAesgk skkss pressure from the idle,
shambling, triaing element Of his race
10 veEy great, his own son being one
cY that GLASS, he has been able 60 re-
sist in the past.
showsd Bonsparte what I had
discovered and he seemed terribly
shocked.
Whether this ssas real or not cam
not say, but 1t seemed very real, .ad,
as he has never ploughed, perhaps he
really did not understand. Wher. I
said: "And this is why the wage rice
turned out SO badly2 You received
ploughing like this and / paid for it. -
he seemed convinced and handled.
he had told me how beautifully the
rice got up, but as soon as the hot
suns Of July struck it the leaves just
Wilted. OF course the roots could not
penetrate the packed unbroken clay.
soil. The best rice field coil is blue
clay, which the sun bakes like brick.
For . while the roots lived in the
fresh earth on top.
The seed rice I had paid $1.35 q
bushel for and planted two and ONE
half bushels to 1ooh acre; the cost Of
cultivating and harvesting it is sl5
the acre, so that makes 1887 which
il cost to; produce seventeen bushels
Of rice, which sold at go cents o bush
eel, S13. go.
What is to be the result s6f This new
departure in the way Of dishonesty T,
do not know. Il hes s44sEen me long
time to lose patience. a few years
ago one could get the value Of. che
money paid for work. just after the
war thero was splendid body Of
workers on this plantation, and every
one in the neighborkood was eager to
get some Of the hands from here ny
father gave prizes for the best work.
ers in the different processes, and
they felt a great pride in being the
prize ploughman or ditcher or hoe
hand Of the year; ;Sbut now, alas, poor
things, they have been so confused
and muddled BY the mistakeo ideas.
and standards held out TO them that
they have no pride in honest work, no.
pride in anything but to wear fine
clothes and get ahead Of the man VII 8
employs them to>do job.
It's very hard for me to say this.
I veylabored 30 among them to try
70 elevate their ideals, TO make them
bring mp their children 20 be honest
and diligent, to make them still feel
that honest, good work 10 something
90 be proud Of. Even lasr year I
would not have said this, but, alas, I
have 80 say it now.
i have ina. eee::a;s IA from the corn
field, where two women have been
paid FOR cutting down the cornstsiss,
SO that there will be nothing 70 inter
fere with the plough. They have only
broken oil. the tops Of the etalks, leav-
ing about eighteen inches Of stout
eornstalks sll through tne field. B L
shall have to send some one else TO do
the work and pay once, more.
Yesterday 7 drove aigilt miles 70 my
lower place, Casa Bianca, where the
foerman asked me to gos around the.
banks with him and see the inroads Of
the last fall moon tides, and it vas
qppalliDg, the forces Of nature are 30
Immense. e makes me quail TO think
o The necessity ss sstsiH sssstsssiHs my small
human powers in opposition. The
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sica Geld banks ere about three feet
above the level of ehe riTsr as high
wases, and each Gald has very small
aood gate. (called trunk,) which
opens and oloaee 20 let The water iu
andsont, but ahan . gale or freshes
comes. all the trunk doors haye TO be-
raised pc as not to strain the banks,
and the water in the fields rises to the
iccel OF the Ever outside. s.
! must stop writing now or I will
get too blue. I must go cut and bathe
in the generous sunshine and feast
my eyes on the glory OF yellow jesse
mine thateiown every bush and tree,
and reyelin the delicious perfume, as
my bicycle glides over the aofh broun