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labor, twenty-five cents to fifty cents a day ; one-third field work done by 

 whites ; land sells from three dollars to ten dollars an acre. 



Rowell, {E. D. 101) : Lands level ; soils, on the bottoms, heavy ; on 

 the uplands, a light "fluffy" sandy loam, on a red clay subsoil. 

 Growtli, pine, oak, poplar, dogwood, hickory, cypress, &c. Some business 

 done in shingles, hoops, staves and turpentine. Fine pasturage for 

 stock. Wages for field work, forty cents to fifty cents a day for men, 

 and thirty cents to forty cents for women. The locality has been very 

 healthy for fifty years. Land sells for ten dollars, and rents for two dol- 

 lars an acre. 



Jeffries, {E. D. 91) : Prevailing soil a sandy loam, mixed witli clay, 

 varying in color from yellowish to dark gray, and resting on subsoil of 

 red and yellow sand, containing a good deal of clay. The higher lands 

 have more clay, the bottoms are more sandy. Much very fertile land 

 unreclaimed on the Great Pee Dee and other water courses. Most of the 

 land needs drainage. Growth of lowlands, oak, hickory and dogwood ; 

 on ridge lands, pitch and yellow pine, with oak, &c. Grapes are unfail- 

 ing, and grow with little care. Stock raising has been profitable. Wages 

 for field work, thirty cents to forty cents a day ; one-third of it performed 

 by whites. Some fever in the swamps, otherwise healthy. Some lands for 

 sale at five dollars to ten dollars an acre. 



Marlon, {E. D. 95) : Lands level or slightly rolling, one-half known as 

 "fluffy soil," is a dark gray clay loam, four inches to twelve inches to a 

 subsoil of red or yellow clay. The other half is fine dark sandy loam, 

 with subsoil of yellow sand ; below the subsoil occur clays of various 

 colors, which extend to the depth of the wells, ten feet to twenty-five feet, 

 where excellent water is found in a stratum of quicksand and gravel. 

 Very fertile bodies of unreclaimed swamps may be purchased at fifty 

 cents to one dollar an acre, admitting of thorough drainage and easy til- 

 lage. Growth, pine, oak, hickory on uplands, Avith the usual swamp 

 growth. Crops, eight hundred pounds seed cotton, fifteen bushels corn, 

 twenty bushels rice, two hundred bushels sweet potatoes, under good cul- 

 ture much more is made. Much attention is paid to fruits, which do well ; 

 the finer varieties of grapes succeed admirably ; the scuppernong is native 

 to the locality. Timber for shingles, staves and hoops abundant, and 

 some turpentine. Marl occurs. Field work, paid forty cents to fifty 

 cents a day ; one-half of it performed by whites. A little land for sale 

 at five dollars to eight dollars an acre, more for rent at two dollars to six 

 dollars an acre, or one-fourth or one-third the crop, rent for a portion of 

 the crop preferred. No malarial disease ; very healthy. 



Kirhy, {E. D. 72) : Land level. To the north, coarse, sandy soil, three 

 feet to ten feet to light colored clay, mixed with gravel. In the centre, 



