Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-14
! GOOD NEGRO FARMER
The Story Of fllhu Dempsey Jones
~ { Of THCapau.
Re HIS s0RE MONEY IN THE BANE
"Hsver Had Nothin' Given to Me-" He
.Says-All Of His Life He Has Work
ed and Saved. ,,.s ...

Says-All of His Life He Has Work
ed and Saved. ,ss
Spartanburg Herald, 80.
The field representative of The Her
aid, accompanied by A, ]. Dillard, we'll
known fertilizer man, yesterday, Wis
tied the home of E1ihu Dempsey Jones,
colored, who lives near Tucapau mills.
Jones is one Of the best known and
most successful coiored farmers in the
county He owns. absolutely free from
any ineumbrance. 172 acres Of good
farming land that lies well for farming
purposes and "a ttirteen-room, two
story, comfortable home. Jones is an
interesting sketch in black. There Is
a queer combination to his make aup.
For s,sinstance, as you approach the
home you see a. beautiful field of two
acres or more Of alfalfa right across
from the home place, but when you
look, about the place for a garage you
will never find one. In other words,
Jones is progressive, but not what
some folks call "up-to- date."y ~.
y Elihu Jones is stout. heavily built
eolored man, broad of ,girth, with open
countenance. He is So years of age,
weighs 23O pounds, and has wife and
four children. He has lived within q
fow miles of his present home all of
his life He managed to secure enough
education to read and write and figure
satisfactorily. All of his life he has
been hard worker, and today the la
Dor and toll he has spent is shown in
the wrinkles and expressions of his
sturdy cou1tenance. -.
II never had .nuthin' given to me-"
he said, chad to work hard. / worked
and saved, and just kept on working
and saving g.,
Pleased With Alfalfa.
- This is Jones' second year OF exper-
inenting with alfalfa, and he is pleas
ed with the results, and intends TO
keep on 'cultivating it. He believes in
building up his soil, and plants many
bushels Of peas. He is counting on
getting half cotton crop this season.
Last year he made, about rs bales, and
is figoring now on thirty. He says he
will have a big corn yield. Jones new
er buys corn. ~4
Pays Cash for Fertilizer.
Mr.. billiard, who accompanied the
.fewsgatherer, has known Elihu Jones
ever since the latter began farming
He remembers distinctly when Jones
first started out he would come 70 town
8ndUgive the customary lien on his
crop. for rations. He Kept this. up for
years, but just as soon as he got, his
head, above the water, he began using
the cash system as far as possible.
Jones' uses every year from forty to
fifty tons of'high grade fertilizers, and
for the past five years has paid spot
CASH for the fertilizer at the time he
gave the order In this respect he is
a unique. farmer. the great majority,
whitesand black, giving their notes.
Prepared for Rainy Day.
. Besides having thirty or more bales
OF cotton OF this years crop to market,
Elihu Dempsey Jones has good stake
ahead in the way sof cash and money
collateral. BY dint of thrift, frugality
and incessant toll, he has managed to
ACCUMULATE a neat amount Of money.
In one of the big banks Of Spartanburg
he has on deposit four thousand do.-
lars, in another city bank he has $1S3.
In the bank at Wexford he has two
thousand dollars deposited, and owns
FIVE shares of stock of this bank. He
also owns 46 shares of stock in f.
nancial institution of this city. He is
a rare bird, indeed. to have such an
array of quick assets in these stringent
times, but there is no luck or Jug
Siery nor short cut to the way it came
IN his possession. Jones not only has
worked and toiled from sun to sun
and practiced the strictest economy
and prudence and made that the rule
of his home, but today he is as active
and energetic as in the past, putting
ina mans work on the farm.
Not Long on Automobiles.
ma, sir" he said. 81 amt got no au-
tomobile, and tRdt amt alL-f'm not
going to buy one. An automobile, l
think, can ruin most any ordinary far
mer;' certainly more peoples got 'em
than, can afford EN-
Good Horse His Weakness.
Jones, instead of tin-Lizzie or
high-powered car, travels in a buggy
carried by a morse, and this IS his one
weakness. He is fond of good horse
and keeps one. The horse that hauls
his buggy cost him $500. and he says
this animal can make a mile in two
minutes and II seconds any day $50,
what do | want with a carp" he que
ried, concluslvely.
Patriotic Side of His Nature.
Elihu Jones, during the war period,
bought in the several liberty bond is
sues a total of $1,000 worth of bonds;
he also bought $1,000 worth of war
Savings stamps. He is a quiet, hum
bic, inoffensive, Industrious colored
man, who never figures in courts or
ltiorationS or .,aiDbhoYl,ood fnssas ~,