The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-08-17
FROM CAROLINA TO GEORGIA.
EXON Citizen Writes of His Expert
enee and Observations.

The Advertiser, l concluded | would
write you short letter.
Myself and wife started from our
home in EXON by private conveyance
on Aug. 4th., our destination being
Washington, Ga. We came by way
of Ware Shoals, Cokesbury, Abbeville,
Mt. Carmel, crossing Savannah river
at Cades Ferry and entering Elbert
county. From Ebert we crossed
Broad river into Wilkes county. Af-
ter driving about ten miles we came
to the little town of Danburg, where
we stopped for much needed rest.
Just before we reached Cokesbury
we saw a field of corn about, ten
acres, belonging to Mr.. Higgins, who
said he would make seventy five BUSH
els per acre. 1t was by far the finest
neid OF corn we saw on our journey.
Farmers around Cokesbury were
still working their cotton, but we
failed to see what good it could do.
We saw several farms in that section
that will take twenty-five acres to
go0d at all. We came by place in
Greenwood county called Deadfall
where we struck the Abbeville road
that led us out to Abbeville court
house. This road led us through the
section Of county, known as the Toll
bert or Long Cane settlement, and
the people that | had heard talking
about this particular part of creation,
/ thought had very lively imagination,
but from this on will not be so curl
Gus as to investigate that particular
section We thought would get place
out OF town for good nights rest, so
commenced trying to get place to
stop first night before sundown. The
first place we tried of course they
had company and could not take us
in, but knew the next place would
accomodate travellers. So we tried the
next, and found that the men folks
were away, but that they expected
their brother would take us in. So we
were off for the brothers and found
to our disgust that his wife was away.
His siSter-in- law was not able to wait
on company, so he directed us to a
mighty nice place, just over the hill"
i had given up in dispair, and con-
cluded to drive on to Abbeville, but
my good lady insisted that we try
One more place, which we did and
met with success and hearty welcome,
.nl,
good people left. 1t was our good
fortune to be accommodated for the
night at the hospitable home of MIR.
Monro Graham, where he and his
good wife made everything as pleas
ant for us as one could wish. These
good people We're formerly from Geor-
gia. My wife being native of the
same State twitted me with the fact
that we could always depend on
Georgia for hospitality. After good
nights rest we started out for Mt.
Carmel. We had a nice morning for
travelling as it was cloudy. We found
the crops along the roGd in very bad
condition. Can't be more than a half
to Mt Carmel about noon and were
then a distance Of five miles from the
river. After resting our team again
we resumed our journey. Another
hours drive brought us to the grand
old river. Cade's ferry, better known
as 1.-The Point, is where Broad river
runs into the Savannah. The river at
this point. is 445 yards in width. A
fai.t al old slavery time darkey, whose
life has been spent in the service
landed us safely on Georgia soil. Then
we found the little village of Lisbon
in Wilkes county. They have had
three months wet weather and crops
very poor. On some of the large
farms, one thirG or one-half of the
cotton is turned out What they were
fortunate enough to get worked is
small and cannot make half crop.
Taking everything into consider
alton our home county, Laurens, has
the best prospect for good crops we
have seen But this condition of af-
fairs; over here seldom happens, for
you can go to any farmers home over
here and fine last years corn, fodder
These farmers furnish their hands
with meat, corn meal, etc. from their
cribs and smoke houses. so you see
they are prepared for bad crop yeal
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