Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-04-09
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Wednesday, April 9, 4 D. m
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Young Cedar Creek Farmer
Writes Interesting Letter.

Editor The Advertiser: ] will at
tempt to give you a few happenings
from the immediate locality of Ce,
dar Creek. This is the name of the
creek which runs through our farm
for two miles. 1t rises in front of
Mr. S. e. Morgan's home on lands
owned by Mir. A. B. Covar, where
the clay was obtained and hauled To
Miles Mill or pottery and made in
to fine earthen ware many years ago.
1t then runs in westward direction
through Charlie Cheatham's place
to Mrs. J. M. Cobb's Abney place,
through Henry Cohen's, Mrs. Mary
]. Norris and Mr.. L. T. Mays, the
wide-awake merchant prince of
Edgefeld. Thence to Mr.. J. a.
Mays, the champion bird hunter
and truck farmer, on through j. NJ.
Mays, J. w. K. Smiths to G. H.
Wells, the great fuancier of Edge
field county, almost to the equal of
the late J. Pierpont Morgan in
business prosperity. Thence TO lands
of Mr.. Frank West, Hon. Thos. FL.
Rainsford and DR.. G. P. DeVore,
who owns the hills and valleys of
Cedar Greek and Horns Creek by
the thousands. Cedar Creek empties
into Horns Creek just below DR..
DeVore's old mill site. Now this is
what know of Cedar Creek. 1t
runs through some as fine lands as
ever crow flew over.
My school is not yet out, but |
had to stop the first of March to
take special course in farming.
We did not do much pillow ing until
the past ten days but have made
good progress since then. We, COM
menced to plant corp on the 29th
March and have planted about for
ty acres, only have about 10 acres
more to plant. The oat crop Is
promising and more than usual was
sown. We will not plant much cot
ton. Have special cotton and corn
patch this year and will join your
corn club. | want to get into the
bale-pen-acre- o-ffty-bushel class.
intend to make the improving of
cotton and corn especially.
Mr.. J. r. Cantelou is ploWing
up the finest field of oats / ever saw.
He surely wants a cotton crop to
plow up those oats. The land was
sown in oats last year than soWn in
peas then in fall bedded with two
horse plow. The oats are simply
fine and are over half stand.
We want to plant some cotton
seed by the 18th. Our neighborhood
is taking on some new life. Mr.. S.
D. Mays, who is carrier on R. F.
d. No. q, has completed and NOV
ed into his cosy cottage on High
Point Hill. He has beautiful view
of the surrounding vicinity.
MIR. J.. Yancy Bryan, that get-up-
and-get cotton farmer, has bought
part of the Jasper Miller tract and
cut every brier, bush, tree on it.
He has broken it up thoroughly and
narrowed same, then terraoed and
ditched it. He has bedded it up and
is now ready to plant in the best of
shape. He says he expects to make
enough clear over and above actual
expenses to pay for the land this
year.
Mr.. Bud G. Byran has bought
Mrs. Sallie Collects place and NOV
ed on 1t. He is doing some fine work
there. Bud is hustler. No doubt
he will do we'll.
Mr.. L. T. May has bought a
place from Mrs. E. H. Talbert on
the Boulevard road.
Mr.. w. E. QUITS has had guam
tity of fine lumber sawed and has
built barn and will erect mod
ern cottage when his crops are laid
by this summer.
Col. S. b. Mays and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Kemp and family,
Eddie Talbert and Mrs. s. D. Mays
spent Sunday night with us.
MIR. B. l.. Holston and family
spent Sunday with Mr.. Bud Bryan
and family.
This being my first letter will
close wishing you and your good
paper much success and thanking
you for the space and your patience
Fred L. Mays.