108 THE UPPER PINE BELT. 



Benndt^ville, {E. D. 105) : Lar^e bodies of bottom land on the Pee Dee; 

 once ver}' productive, are now abandoned. Culture is chiefl}- confined to 

 the uplands, which are level or gently undulating. Soil, a fine sandy 

 loam, resting at four inches on red clay underlaid by a chalky clay. 

 Growth, pine, oak and dogwood, with the usual swamp growths. Crops, 

 one thousand pounds to fifteen hundred pounds seed cotton, ten bushels 

 to thirty bushels corn, twenty bushels to sixty bushels oats, fifteen bushels 

 wheat per acre. Grapes, fruits and vegetables do well. Wages for farm 

 work, fifty cents to seventy-five cents a day ; one-third of it done by 

 whites. Two large mill creeks traverse the township. Little land for 

 sale, price ten dollars to twenty-five dollars. Rent, three dollars to five 

 dollars per acre. Very healthy. 



Hebron, {E. D. 108) : Level to flat lands. Soil, a sandy loam, mixed 

 with clay on clay subsoil. Growth, pine, oak and dogwood. Crops, eight 

 hundred pounds seed cotton, ten bushels to thirty bushels corn, ten bush- 

 els to forty bushels oats, five bushels to thirty bushels wheat per acre. 

 All fruits do well. Wages, fifty cents to seventy-five cents a day ; one- 

 fourth of field work done by whites. No prevailing disease. Land sells 

 from ten dollars to fifty dollars an acre ; rents for three dollars to five 

 dollars an acre. 



BrightsviUe, {E. D. 106) : Lands elevated. Two-thirds of the soils fine 

 gray sandy loam, with j^ellow sand subsoil resting on red clay ; the other 

 one-third the same, without the clay. Growth, pine, oak and dogwood. 

 Crops, eight hundred pounds seed cotton, eight bushels corn per acre. 

 Wages, fifty cents a day ; two-thirds of the labor performed by whites. 

 No prevailing disease. No land ofi'ered for sale or to rent. 



AdamsviUe, (E. D. 104) : Lands level or a little broken. Soil of fine 

 and coarse whitish or yellowish sand, ten inches to fifteen inches to sub- 

 soil of red clay, under which a chalky clay occurs. Growth, pine, oak, 

 hickory and dogwood. Crops, one thousand pounds seed cotton, fifteen 

 bushels corn, seventy-five bushels oats, twenty bushels wheat per acre. 

 Crooked creek is twenty feet wide, eight feet deep, fall eight feet per mile. 

 Wages, fifty cents a day. One-half of field work done by whites. Very 

 little sickness of any sort. No land offered for sale ; price would be 

 twenty-five dollars an acre ; it rents for one hundred and twenty-five 

 pounds seed cotton, or two bales of five hundred pounds for one-horse 

 farm (twenty-five acres). 



Red Bluff, {E. D. 109) : Prevailing soil a gray or brown sandy loam, 

 with subsoil the same, less the vegetable matter, resting at one foot to two 

 feet on clay that extends eighteen feet to the bottom of the wells, where 

 excellent and abundant water is found in quicksand. Growth, pine, oak, 

 hickory, dogwood and gum. Great resources in timber, hooj)s, shingles, 



