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Show Georgetown, Dear S. Co, Sir: We are located on a beautiful bluff overlooking Pee Dee river. In the park surrounding the house are stately moss grown live oak, cedar, pecan, walnut, holly and other varities of trees and many rare blooming shrubs and flowers. The place has much of historic interest associated with its past, dating from pre-revolutionary days. We are about 16 miles from Georgetown and two miles from the village of Plantersville. A county mail road runs through our property and we have daily mail. Once it was one of the great rice plantations of the coastal country and at the present time we have 368 acres of rice land through which flow Cheraw and Cooter creeks, great fishing water for bass, bream and many other varities of fish. The canals through the rice fields also afford splendid bass fishing. It is also in the rice lands that the ducks feed and rest on their flights north and south. Millions of them. I think it is less than eight miles to the ocean where oysters, shrimp and all varities of sea food can be had with little effort or expense. Pawley's Island, the principal ocean summer bathing resort in this At one time there were probably country, is about 12 miles distant. 200 acres of upland cleared and cultivated, but for a long period of years it lay idle and the larger portion is now covered by a fine | growth of young pine and at this time my tenants only cultivate about 70 acres, but all the upland of 835 acres or more in which is inis cluded the pine timber land and that in actual cultivation, generally considered as good, if ‘not the best farming land in the Almost anything My tenants certainly raise good crops. county. Wood on our steamboat wharf sells at $5.50 grows to perfection. per cord and I doubt if there is an uncleared acre on the place from which 15 to 20 cords cannot be had, while the pine timber, of which I think there is about 500 acres, will produce an average of not less A saw mill would certainly pay. than $200 worth of lumber per acre. On what is known as the Breakwater portion of the plantation is an exceptionally good natural stock range. There are fine living springs and all through the timber there are mast bearing trees, pecan, hickory, walnut, oak, persimmon, etc. At least 500 head of hogs, in addition to cattle, could be ranged and fattened with but little if any other feed. . | My dwelling Built less than sleeping porch, able, convenient furnished ready house, barn and 18 months. The house eight rooms, closets, and for quite well occupancy. garage are practically new. is screened. Has a nice hall, porches, etc. Comfort- furnished and will be turned over |