The Junior Historian, Volume 28, Number 1, September 1967 Page: 4
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THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
fresh vegetables at the store, all had their
own gardens. They usually grew their
own okra, peppers, beans, tomatoes, and
melons, in addition to some pumpkins.
The poorer tenants, by raising part of
their food, could usually save that much
more money toward other expenses.ants and other farmers of the area. This
mill got its power from a water ramp
which led from the Guadalupe River. He
also set up a lumber yard in conjunction
with the mercantile store. The long-leaf
pine lumber sold here was used in build-
ing barns and the three- and four-roomIndeed, the half-renters often had fi-
nancial difficulties. As skillful a business-
man as Henry D. was proving to be, he
sometimes ran into trouble with the half-
renter of his land. Some, wanting too
much credit and too many extras at the
store, had to be "held down." Many got
behind so much that they had to be ad-
vanced cash in addition to their monthly
allowance. The third-renter on the
other hand, was not much of a credit
risk; in fact, he asked for very little
credit, and as a result of his conserva-
tism, he was usually in a healthy finan-
cial state.
Soon after building his store, H. D.
Gruene built a cotton gin for the process-
ing of the raw cotton raised by his ten-houses of the tenant farmers and hired
help. Because of the nearness of the
yard to the store, H. D. could shift his
help to and fro, resulting in a low over-
head and reasonable prices.
These prices appealed to the farmers
from the part of Texas between San Mar-
cos and Seguin, what many called the
"Geronimo Country." These well-to-do
farmers would pay cash for their lumber.
They all had large families and, observing
German custom, the father would usually
build a home for each of his children
when they got married. Hence, Gruene
lumber was used to build houses for
several generations in that area.
The large number of children in the
vicinity necessitated the building of a4
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