Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
sAGEoF PARKsVILLE.
Sage of Falfa Removed. ReFo-
spect of Past. Thanks the
Good People of Red
Oak Grove.

Editor Advertiser: Yes. I am in
the house in which I was b0Tn and
as 1 write i lift my eyes and there
stands the old gin house and my
mind goes back to my boyheod
days, when I sat on the leTer and
drove the mules tancient eIlgines)
from soon in the morning I'LL sum
down. Many times have my teeth
ratified a smart tattoo, but those
days are fifty or more years IN the
past. Two bales of cotton weighing
from $50 to 400 pounds'a day was
considered good days work. Now
with the modern way of ginning 2
bale weighing 500 pounds infrom
twenty to thirty minutes is aot con
sidered very fast ginning, Fhe boys
of to-day know nothing Of the
rough times their fathers and grand
fathers had, and / sometimes think
that possibly ous boys at sixteen
and eighteen years of age think it
was easier on the boys fifty and six
ty years ago than now.
AS Iwrite, in my agination, |
can see father and mother and !
can, it seems, hear them taking to,
gether and see them walking about
the place. Father was larGe, " eigh.
ing something over 200 pounds, and
consequently took very short steps,
while mother was tall and 50 quiet,
so smooth of disposition, yea, so
good, SO loving, SO. forbeaing, al.
ways speaking in low tone, and
so easy and graceful in her walk,
yet so firm in her discipline that
when she said No, We knew she
meant it, and we the children seldom
teased for her to make the No
mean Yes. / must not write any
more about my parents but ! have
to lay the pencil down and go away
to myself for awhile. Brother John
ME will be with US fora few days.
(The only living brother I have and
there were six of us) and then he
will move into the town of Parks
vile.
Moving is q big az Ting but
1.-The Red Oak Hre} pe were
equal to the OCCASION and when the
morning came for me to start for
my new (yet old) home the wagons
began to come in, just like those
people always do when help is
needed. P. H. Bussey, James Ham
ilton, D. C. Bussey, O. o. Thinner
man and Ellis Mcdaniel, the last a
colored man, and just let me say
right here the colored race if treat
ed right Gas they should be) appre-
oiate it and if you need their help
will show their appreciation in
something more than words. Other
wagons would have come to my aid
but the morning was so threatening
that they aad no idea that would
move that day (Thursday). So on
Friday Mr.. W. Mcdaniel sent his
wagon with four able mules and
brought me a load. All this kind
ness makes me grow still stronger
in nv belief that men love one an
other more than they are given
credit for. 1t only needs time to
show it, that is all.
Let me through your columns
thank each for their kindness and
may God reward them, for / fear
never can in the way / would like
to do. / am in hopes now that may
gain my strength faster since the
move is made and the suspense of
mind is relieved. And now, Julian,
when you come over to the Parks,
vile fair I shall expect you to stay
night at least with me. You will
now have no Sage of Falfa but old
Uncle Iv still.
No grain sown yet and the ground
very wet. l see right smart cotton
still in the fields. Should this be per
mitted to take up any of your val,
ued space may, when I get better
acquainted with my present sur
roundings, write again.
pa-l.au;lla 6 C.. Old Uncle IY.