Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-11-13

AnOther Voice RAISED concern
ing the Lands Along the
Savannah.
1ssw piece in The Advertiser
from the west-side. | own water
front too, on big Stevens creek as
brother Medlock and to my surprise
II hear him making remarks about
| his friends getting what their lands
are worth. lie has forgot that he
signed option for $95 an acre, and
| then kicked, and got $45 an acre
for his, but when his neighbor
wants to get the same he then
wants him to hush right now, and
let northern capital in. We own
land joining him and the company
came around taking options on it.
Theytold us they were paying all the
same, but 1 notice brother Medlock
got$45 an acre and we only got
$s5an acre, ,and our land joins his just
across the creek, and we will have
to kick with Mr.. or Mrs. Justice
And if am not mistaken his son
came around taking options for the
company, and his son told US the
company was paying all the same
thing which was $25 an acre and
brother Medlock got $45 an acre.
Nov he says his neighbor must
hush, they have already got too
much for their old land. I wonder
itt brother Medlock will pay the
company some of his back, and take
the same as US, or / think he had
better hush right now aid let Mrs.
or Mr.. Justice prevail, that all
righbfor our forefathers to drive
the Indians out, but now we must
hush, and let northern capitalists
have what our forefathers laid down
theirlives for, and they have already
got enough of our property as |
seeit. Now they come down here
with their millions and billions and
run asline. across our lands just to
suit them and ruin the balance of
our old land az brother Medlock
putsi We think we ought TO
hsYeias much as brother Medlock if
theSssa land 10 not worth anything
as, water power please tell me why
great .millionaires want it. If
everybody was familiar with the
f.cts as l am they would certainly
say let justice prevail. Now they
want all of the little clod.hoppers to
hush, but think they are willing
to still stand by Justice and 60 be-
fore our people with the evidence
and ask them for justice, and 80 far
as 1 know the people in Shippers
Georgia only want justice.
l am very sorry to get into this,
but as things are so rotten shippers
will get into it. l have lived on Big
Stevens creek all my life and never
lost a COW or crop Of hay
yet. Some people will lose their hay
on top of Ceasar's head simply foI
not attending to it. We do not
want to extortion on the company
We only ask for justice, as they
have come and run lines just where
they want to 90 and want US to
take few hundred dollars and
ruin plantation that is worth five
or six thousand dollars and then
tell US we must hush that your land
is not worth anything for power,
but they want it mighty bad for it
not to be any good and maybe they
intend 10 say some day or other
you had better get out of here you
signed these papers and you wasn't
any account, and you must get out.
Then it is that we poor choppers
will have to move from our homes
that we have toiled for all our lives
and leave behind us our property
covered with pond of water for
small sum of a few hundred dol
lars. Our home as the song says a
home is worth something to US if
it be ever so poor. And as 1 write
this piece I can join with Mr.. or
Mrs. Justice at least seven or eight
families that have already been
misled By taking their word, and as
l am sorry that things are so rotton
shippers will get into 1t we st side
Big Stevens creek.
Skipeon.