The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-03

prejudice against Gne lSOiaUlou VI
plantation life But as against these
impressions and ideas and prejudices,
will submit few facts.
I know young man who five year!
ago returned to the old farm from the
city. 1t had been in the family fol
generations, but for many years haC
been rented out and neglected. III
cabins were creened and falling; i'll
fences were gone, and the mansion
house leaky ana dilapidated. Ever
the negroes had scattered. But when
they learned that ''young Marster
had returned to his own. they came
back, and together they went to WORK,
and now he has an Independent in
come, a safe business, comfortable
and happy home.
There is carpet Dagger who came
here from the North shortly after the
war, ana went to work. He had no
money or land; but he had level
heau and willing hands Now he
owns thousands of acres of land, and
hundreds of head of cattle. He is
rich, ana he made 1t all Iignt here.
Several years ago a young man grew
tireo of working for others in the town,
and decided to go to the country. He
had little money; Just little; only
q few hundred dollars. He rented
grazing land ana invested bis all in
young cattle. Now he is well off, and
making money fast.
You can rent grazing land here for
80 or IS cents an acre year. | know
Of track of 800 acres that can be
routed for $3.50 You can turn young
cattle on that land and they Will feed
and grow aud fatten themselves. ALI
you have to do for them, winter or
summer, Is to salt them about once a
week, and when they are grown. ship
them, by rail or river, to the markets
of the world.
You can buy land here cheap. l know
of 600 acres in a body that can be
bought for $4,000. About one-third of
it is new cleared land that will produce
a bale of cotton to the acre. I he bal
ance is thickly timbered; mostly pine;
the finest sort of pine; properly handled
this timber would nearly If rot quite
half pay for the entire track. One hun
dred or more acres ID graes and thick
cane, and cattle never reyelled upon
finer pasture. Land lying as rich and
level in Maury would be worth fifty %
one hundred dollars an acre, according
to location. Here it can be bought for
$40, and on easy payments; and as l
said above, the timber would half pay
for it.
An experienced man with lumber
mill, can make good money here. These
forests abound in large, tall, straight
pine trees. They can be bought low,
and pine lumber sells well. The ma.
kets can be reached b, aue "A .Dam
river, or by the Southern IA road
This is better fruit country than
ours. have seen ard tasted and know.
Peaches and apples grow to perfection.
and the seasons IRE so mild they seldom
miss. Why the people do not put acres
and acres m peaches and apples lido
not know. The few who are doing so
on small scale find it profitable. The
man VITO will make business of 1t on
a large scale would grow ricn,
This is the home OF the Yellow Yam
sweet potato too. 1t is surer crop
than the Irish potato crop 10 Maury,
and quite as profitable. With cheap
land, cheap labor, ready sale, fair
prices and big crops, what could pre-
vent the sweet potato industry from be-
ing profitable ones
would not advise a man to leave
Maury county to go anywhere, If he
owns his land there and has enough Of
IL, Butif he is q renter or small land
owner, with two or three strapping boys
to help him and is going somewhere, l
would cay to him, 'come here.' Come
here and cot down pine and plant
peach tree. Come here and pillow up the
cane and plant a potato. Come here
and raise cattle where they don't have
10 be fed. Come here and by example
show these hospitable, chivalric people
y hat grand opportunities and glorious
they are neglecting.
II any OF our readers are interested in
The business openings down this way,
shall be glad talk with them when l
return.
! #. ID. LANDER.
Wilcox County, Alabama, j. ne ~, 1903.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales
re the possessors Of nineteen pianos,
every one which was wedding
present.