The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-22
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prepsFing tho wages field FOR tha aom
Ing crop he said very solemnly: Miss
sE ye sssssskk sn you Wrastls wild
strong man, ON de iLo'd gle you strenl
fotrow nn 5n.ya snss, aSa's ;a.SS-; 8 8 10 oc Try
una GAIN, i laughed, but, remen
bering that 1 would ksvc TO- borrow
money 70 plant che fold snis year.
determined 20 take the old sman,s
adyiee and not attempt it. This was
most fortunate, for there was ter.
rible storm that autumn aud / would
have been ruined. NY. renters were
most fortunate in, getting their rice il
before the etorm, 30 that they; did
we'll again. SIS s
y From that time I have continued to
plant. FROM twenty TO. thirty acres on
wages and TO rent from 100 to 15C
acres. Of course, i have had 1az ups ups
and downs and many anxious moments.
Sometimes + have been 30 unfortunate
as 70 take as renters those who were
unit TO stand alone, and then I have
suffered serious loss; but, on the
whole, I have been able to keep my
head above water, and now and then
haveF 9 little money to invest. In
shorts ]; have done better than most OF
my neishbors.
Five years ago the hasd Of our fami-
" passed away and the Cherokee plan
tationr (which my father had inherited
Ysc@ Lss grandfather, had 10 be sold
fora div iainn ne The easa.a e aeHHss ses rHz
family was able to buy .it, and 8 syndi-
cate Of Jews seemed the only likely
purchasers, and they wanted to get it
FOR very little. So I determined the
best thing I could do vas to buy it in
myself aud devote the rest 81 my life
TO keeping is in the family. and NAP
maps at my death some Of the younger
generation would baable to take It.
This would condemn me to very iilso-
lated existence, with much hard work
and anxiety; but, after all, work is
the. greatest blessing, as I have found.
I have lived at Cherokee alone ever
since, two miles from any white per-
son. With my horses, my dogs, my
books and piano, my life has been q
very full one. There are always siok
people to be, tended and old people
20 be helped, and 7 have excellent SER
wants.
nv renters here nearly ali own their.
farns and live on them, coming to
their work every day in their sx-,
wagons orbuggies, FOR the arst shing
q negro does when he makes q good
crop 10 60 bny q pair OF oxen, which he
oansdo 9or $50, and che next good crop
be- huys e horse and buggy.
Tho purchase oe Cherokee does more
credit 70 my heart than head and il is
very doubtful IL r shall ever pay. Of
the mortgage. I have lost two entire,
crops by ereshet, and the land ia now
under water for the third time this
winter, and though i have reated 12b
acTsa,it isyery uncertain if Icep get the
half fsof that in. hiaroh Is the month
whsn all the rios field ploughing
sbauld be done. The earliest rice is,
planted generallyas the end Of March,
then thraugh April and ono week in
May Last season Toniygot in iety.
acres Of rent rice and tan oe Wagesst
for 10 the samataay che fseshat waa over
Che ries land sll winter. and when is
went, of there was only time TO pre-.
pare that much. The renters made
very fine sorop 30, /: 20 and AZ bushels
60 the aeres while tho wages fields only
made l7i This Id i uompiete iraversal
of the ordinary results, sos i hava
very rarely la all theae years made
less than 80 Snshels 10 the acre on
my, fields, and I was greatly disocur-
aged and anxious co. understand the
reason Of this sudden failure in tho
wages rice tboth plantations.
Il BY the nerest chance I found out
ths cause Earlys ID December I was
planting oats six.acre field.
We broadcast winter oats in this SEQ.
tion and then plough. it ia on fields.
which have been planted in peas be-
fore. was anxious 10 get the field
fniahed before 8 freeze aud had six OF
the best ploaghmen in the; fold. Grip
had prevented "a going out until
they had nearly finished, hnt Bonat
parfe had assured me itS was being veil
done. When I won't into the fisid is
locked strange TO me e-shs rick broysn
earth did nos BE in billowy ridges 40 40 4
ploughed fold generally dcee. Here
and there 8 Wasd ekeieto;s stood erecs.