Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-08
HARDY's HAPPENINGS.
Suffered From Severe Cold.
sawmill Ruined Labor.
Many People Move.

homes all over the world. 1T has gone
and another year has come, what has
it in store for US? It will no doubt be
happy for some, and others full of
care and trouble. Let us hope as the
days come that they will bring
brighter prospects than we see ahead
of US now and wish for all, a happy,
prosperous year.
The fall has, been exceptional! So
warm and dry for the gathering of
the crops.
Winter began December %, truly,
and has increased in rain and cold
steadily. Thursday last, was beyond
a doubt rainy day, the night, more
so. After it stopped raining, the wind
brought us a part of the blizzard that
Others were having and froze rs in.
That is, those who have someone to
attend to the outside work, stayed in
and enjoyed a fire, while we, who
have all the outside work and inside
also to do, have to keep cn the move
and almost freeze, hands and feet.
Perhaps, if live to see June, mine
will thaw then. ! am like someone
related to me said: "My feet get cold
the first cool spell we have in Sep
tember and stay so until June or
July" j know we have to have cold
weather to save meat, but that does
not make me like it any better.
! We hope to kill our meat this cold
spell and have it saved, then would
like to have winte r calm itself and
not be so cold any more.
All the negroes have gotten SO rich
they have bought horses, mules bug
gies; wagons and automobiles and
have rented farms where they ind
a place that the owner has left and
will turn&it3over to the negro to cut
allGhe wood and haul it to town, con-:
81 l}sa5 80 fissd
so we have no one to work for us
again this year.
The sawmill in the neighborhood
has also ruined all the labor We can
not get any one to cut wood for US
because they are working at the saw
mill.
We hear labor will be plentiful
now as so many are being mustered
out. They won't be worth a pinch of
salt for they will think they have
been in the training camps and had
nothing to do but draw pay from the
government, so they will expect the
same pay and no work here. Some of
the town negroes have been out in
this neighborhood and made bargains
with other negroes. and robbed them
and run off already. Another made
bargain with white man, borrowed
$4,000 from him and has not been
seen or heard of since. 1t is risky
business to buy a negro. | suppose
tha tis why we don't have any, we
haven't the money to give them to
run away with.
Christmas has been very quiet and
sad with us and we have not heard of
any frolics although there may have
been one at every other house in the
neighborhood.
Mr.. j. H. Harrison took four of the
McKie children, Misses Alice, Doro-
thy and Lois and Master John Her
bert up to Christmas tree the Miss
es Harrisons gave in their honor at
Trenton.
Miss Marjorie McKie came home
for Christmas and left Monday De-
cember 80, to get back to her school.
Miss Sallie Delaughter left Satur-
day 2S, to be ready for Mondays
opening. Her school has been closed
all the fall on account of the "fiu.
Mr.. George Wright and family
have moved to Hepzibah, Ga, to
make their home in order to be near
a good school. We are sorry to lose
so fine a family from our communi-
ty but hope they will succeed nicely
in their new home. They tell US that
our friends Mr.. and Mrs. John BaX-
ley live just across the street from
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Cogburn have
moved into Mr.. Jack Reynolds home,
he having moved to North Augusta
to educate his children.
Mr.. Milton Barker has gone again
to Chattanooga, Tenn, on business.
He left Thursday, anticipating meet
ing his brother, DR.. Barker, who was
on his way home on furlough. They