Description
Two Crops A Year - - Mid Babcock of Seligman is back in Platte County on a visit, but will leave today.
He has changed considerably in appearance - is handsomer than ever. When he called Tuesday, however, we recognized him at once. He says we were about the only Platte Cityan who recognized him at sight.
He lives less than 2 miles from the Arkansas line. He says they raise two crops a year there: Summer - niggers raise cotton, whites raise h__l; Winter - whites take cotton and give the negroes h__l.
(Researcher’s note: “Mid” Babcock was Middleton Babcock, son of enslaver Richard Babcock.)Date(s) of Creation
10/5/1899
