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Mch 10th 1893
Mr. C. A. Williams,
Dry Grove.
Dear Cammie:
Your letter received only a few days ago. I was glad to hear from you and all.
I guess every body is busy now preparing their grounds for planting. Every body I guess are going to plant large cotton crop as usual and reduce the price to merely nothing again. Of course a person thinks while others plant small crops they will strike it right and put in a large one so by that means cotton crops are increased instead of diminished, as they should be.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Letter to Cammie Williams |
| Description | Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, attending Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Digital ID# | 20-272 |
| Physical ID | 20-272 |
| Object Type | Letter |
| Creator | Williams, Mims. |
| Subject |
Cotton. Farmers' Alliance (Miss.) Millsaps College--History. Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts), 1849-1909. World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.) College students--Mississippi--History. |
| Geographic location | Jackson (Miss.) |
| Date (original) | 1893-03-10 |
| Time period | 1890-1899 |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| Rights | Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Format (original) |
5-page letter 22.9 x 14.7 cm. |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi JPEG image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Williams (Daniel) Papers/Box 1/Excellent student letters (Millsaps College) 1890s |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | en |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| facet format | correspondence |
| Transcript | Mch 10th 1893 Mr. C. A. Williams, Dry Grove. Dear Cammie: Your letter received only a few days ago. I was glad to hear from you and all. I guess every body is busy now preparing their grounds for planting. Every body I guess are going to plant large cotton crop as usual and reduce the price to merely nothing again. Of course a person thinks while others plant small crops they will strike it right and put in a large one so by that means cotton crops are increased instead of diminished, as they should be. [page 2] These "Cotton Growers Conventions" they have been having does not seem to do much good or at least the people do not take much interest in them. You saw what W.W. Stone said about the Conventions did you not? He was a delegate to the Convention at Memphis you know and seemed to think it not worth anything. What are the "Farmer Alliance" people doing? I guess they are on the wrong track as usual. Does any body ever talk of the "Third Party"? Or has it died out entirely. I guess Mr Hollingsworth will never let it die out of the Alliance. How many B/C do you expect to make this year? I mean all your hands &c. Is Uncle Bryant farming I guess he has to rent land dont he & as he rented all of his place to "Bacol"-so, I understand. [page 3] Who is living in the old "Ray" house since he has moved? Is "Louis" farming all to himself or working for wages? Dont [sic] think Louis has enough "stick" about him to carry a crop through, of own. Do you know whether any of Nicholson's negroes are trading with The Davis Ellis Co. this year or not? I know Mr Davis was trying to get some of them when I left, but dont [sic] know whether he succeeded in getting any or not. I guess Johnny Jaxon is still trading with Davis. Is he not? I am sorter anxious to know, as I got "Ishaw" there and want to know how he getting along. [page 4] I hear that "Simpson Co" is getting twice as much trade from East as The Davis Ellis Co. I am sorry to hear this as Mr. Davis did not want to give up "Parker" and nothing would do Ellis but to let him go and I guess he sees now how things has turned out. Davis asked me what I thought of Parker controlling the Eastern trade and I told him because Parker did not sell more goods than the balance was no sign that his influence was no good. I knew all the time Parker could controll [sic] more trade than any body in the store but he was not quick enough to wait on them all. I use [sic] to get most of the money I took in from Parkers Customers. I guess things are pretty high on credit this year, an't they? Anybody out near the Grove raising Tomatoes this year? [page 5] Well I guess you are tired of me talking so much about farming &c, so I will change the line of thoughts a little. Bishop Galloway delivered us a lecture yesterday in the Chapel of the College the subject on which he spoke was "John Fetcher" a man of acient [sic] times who was devoted to Christianity and was somewhat of a Poet. I believe "Jno. Wesley" wrote his life, one reason I suppose that Methodist thinks he was such a noble character. The lecture was perfectly grand. A great many people from the city came out to hear him. A person never loses anything or time in listening [page 6] to this smart man talk, but more than to gain some information or learn something he never knew. I think this is going to be the finest school anywhere in a few years as this is the only Methodist College in the south and as Galloway terms it "is the pride of southern Methodism." It has one of the finest Facultys [sic] that could be gotten and all the advantages possible. It has a fine Library and besides the boys all have the privilege of visiting Galloway's Library and getting most any book we want and the the [sic] "State Library" is here and just anything in it a person wants. We also have two societies and they have each a Library apiece. Speaking of the Society's [sic] the Lamar Scty, the one I belong to is way ahead [page 7] of the Galloway Scty. We all take great interest in our societies and have regular debates every Saturday night. We had a debate last Saturday night that was good on both sides[.] The question was-"Resolved that Hawii [sic] Islands should be annexed to the United States." I was on the negatives side and we made good speeches. Mine was not very long however it was to the point and we won the question[.] Austin & myself were the only speakers on the negative side as two of our side failed to speak we were somewhat proud of winning the question and speaking against four men. I am getting along [page 8] fine in my studies and think I am doing remarkably well. I don't know what I am going to do during the Summer mos. I guess I will get work at Terry though. I will write to "HJ" is [sic] a few days and find out what work I can find to do. I am in hopes of getting some good work to do this Fall as Mr Davis told me that if I would come home in September and not go back to school he would give me better work, something that I would like better than clerking. But said if I wanted to come back to school that he would let me have the money to come on. I certainly would like to put in a whole session here I think I could make it worth something to me. But dont [page 9] Know what I will do yet, guess I will work this Fall though. I got a letter from "Paldo" yesterday and he was inquiring how you were getting along. Paldo is doing well now, so he says. He is managing a store is [sic] Louisiana & getting $75.00 per mo. Are you going to try to go to the Worlds Fair? You must write me real soon. And tell me something about the Heard Case Yours truly &c Mims |
| Collection Title | Daniel Williams family papers |
Description
| Digital ID# | 20-272-p01.jpg |
| Physical ID | 20- |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| Rights | Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi jpeg image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Daniel Williams Papers/Folder 20 |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | en |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| Transcript | Mch 10th 1893 Mr. C. A. Williams, Dry Grove. Dear Cammie: Your letter received only a few days ago. I was glad to hear from you and all. I guess every body is busy now preparing their grounds for planting. Every body I guess are going to plant large cotton crop as usual and reduce the price to merely nothing again. Of course a person thinks while others plant small crops they will strike it right and put in a large one so by that means cotton crops are increased instead of diminished, as they should be. |
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