The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-03-25
Letter from Spartanburg, s. c.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Since the great calamity,
"the Baltimore fire." have often desired
to send you short letter, if only to tell
our friends and people that we had heard
Of the calamity and how deeply we SYM
pathize and how much our friends here
Joined in sincere, sad interest in what was
such calam ity. OF course, I, more than
any other man in Spartanburg, came more
directly in conflict with outpouring of
sympathy. 1t came from the fact that
many dear ones of mine might be greatly
endangered or ruined.
An illustration will show my meaning.
Early Monday morning, when dear old
Baltimore was in her firery agony, my
phone called. I responded. A lady
friend of our family wished me to tell her
something Of the fire, if any of my imme.
date friends were en- dangered, and par
ticularly Miss Louie (my daughter, Mrs.
Frank Scrivener). answered, 1.-THE heart
of dear old Maryland is atire. My per-
sonal friends are all safe thus far. Mrs
Scrivener is over a mile from the present
fire line, and 1 sincerely thank you for
your kind sympathy"
And so many calls were made, showing
how deeply the people of this section and
city felt for Baltimore, knowing how
much Baltimore of 1866 did for the
sick, wounded, distressed Confederates.
This thought is the keynote of all this
expression of kindly sympathy.
Well, the calamity was great, the actual
loss almost staggers the comprehension
of an old time mind, but. by the Provi-
dence of God, it may prove well-read
lesson for Baltimore, as well as the rest
of the world The Tower of Babel was
too high.
Your readers, Mr.. Editor, may remem-
Der that our county was visited last spring
by blighting flood. At the time, we
more than once tried to explain what it
meant to this comm unity. A modest lit
tie stream being harnessed up to destroy
in three hours twelve millions of capital
and throwing out Of work for twelve
months five thousand laborels. All this
has been smoothed over and all the dam
aged mills of this county will be in full
work again before the LIST of May.
Notwithstanding the high price of "raw
materiar'-high price cotton, like high
price tobacco. makes the honest farmers
smile-the cotton ''raiser" got something
out of the advance for the first time in 10
years. So we say down here the "wool
hat" boys have got the go on them (the
speculators). Our press is charged with
advice and suggestions regarding the pol
icy of making large crop or not. The
bool weevil will take care of the large
crop for some few years, SO say the scien-
fist; but let all this pass. The agricultural
people of the South are, and by rights
ought to be, prosperous. My prediction
is, that this portion of our population is
destined to control the wealth, politics
and social order of our country; We feel
that nothing can now impede our agri-
cultural development, for the white man
has taken hold of the pillow, spade and
brain work to this purpose.
One of our neighbors, not four miles
from our city, gave me practicable illus
tration of probabilities and possibilities
of land cultivation in this section. Six
years ago he was tenant on an ordinary
piece of land-65 acres; he had one mule,
ich ut for bo
ton from to g. cents; raised his own
meat and -four and saved his money. He
is now owner Of nice 155 acre farm,
with three mules, happy and healthy
wife, seven children, and he hires no ex-
ira labor, except in "picking-tim has
over one hundred cords of pine wood cut
and ready for the market (he has just put
a cord in my yard for three dollars). This
is by no means an isolated case. No land
can be bought in this county, classed as
farming land" for less than twenty five
dollars an acre, and with the present out
look for the price of cotton will be greatly
advanced.
Well, Mr. Editor, 1 have written 50
much and yet said nothing about politics.
I guess all the "wise ones" will have to
fight shy for some time on National poll
tics. They can say many things on local
doings, when there is anything to do.
We have much rumbling in this county and
politics will be in the near future ago. but
our good friends in old Prince Georges
need have no fear that the
white man will win here, and
if there is county in the entire
South that the white man will not win let
that county be cut off from social and
Christian order. Is this good politics for
your readers? Are tho people of South
ern MARYLAND in touch, if not, why?
A. j. GwYNN.
More Riots.
Disturbances of strikers are not nearly
as grave as an individual disorder of the
system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous
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