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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
6
Sales pitch references cash discounts on harnesses and vehicles with price comparisons and finish claims. It promotes Geo Delker and White Elephant Vehicles, urging readers to compare and buy if superiority is evident to customers.
We invite customers to trade stock of any kind or bring in their old buggy and we will pay a good price for it toward a new vehicle.
The writer contends the 1900 census shows a small white population with many enslaved or poor Black workers on a large plantation. He ridicules Northern poverty versus Southern contentment, notes open doors and theft myths, cites Protestant mission work, and recalls a plantation episode about a mixed couple seeking marriage after a probationary living arrangement.
A letter from D. Lander in Maury County urges relocation to the Deep South, praising plantation life and cheap land. He touts Maury County farming, cattle grazing, peach and sweet potato potential, and notes examples of success from residents who moved and prospered. He contrasts southern stability with northern meddling and endorses a southern future for settlers.
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