The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-01-21

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a- Truthful Pictsre of Texas. 40
Maj. E. G. Mcclure, formerly editor of the
Chester Reporter writes an occasionalnlette 10
that paper, giving his Impressions of Texas.
We make the following extract from one of his
recent letters He has been out there year
or two, and writes from the hourishing townof
There is great deal Of suffering here, par
ticqlarly among those WHO haze been drawn
hitler by the extrayagant pictures of the c0dI-
try, painted by those who are interested in dis.
posing of the large. tracts of land acauised
years ago, when to own Texas land was q badge
/ of poverty, and who brought with item MOTH
lug to live on, and no well-defned idea of what
they wanted to do when they got here. Many
who have come to Texas from the older States,
with the view of bettering their condition iln
life, have been sadly disappointed, and bewail
daily their bad luck in being tempted to leave
their old homes Thousands, again. are on the
high road to wealth and .afluence. here, who,
in the older States, would haze dragged along
through life without securing more THAN conn
Portable living
For eduability of climate, fertility of soil,
and in: fact everything that shoul I'D tempt the
agriculturist to new field. and then enchant
him after he had reached there, make bold to
say that there is no portion Of this" terrestrial
globe that surpasses North Texas. To any
farmer Who felt that he ought,to seek q new
home, l would, without any hesitation or rese5- rese5
here. It is right here that the cereals of the
North overlap, as it were, the tropical produc-
-tions of the South. The same acre of land
Ethat will produce as much cotton as ANY other
acre in the South, will, if planted in corn or
wheat, yield as generous a return as the most
feftile land of the Northwest So that the
farmer can consult his own taste, he ,cah deybte
himself either to grain or; to cotton, and feel
assured that unless some disaster befal him, he
win make as much as any other man planting
the same crop in the United States. That all
farmers do not succeed in making money. hsIp
is, of course, fact But when they fail it is
their own fault, and not that ;,of the soil or
climate. Indolence thriftlesshess and intem-
perance will produce a SURE Crop of poverty
and dependence in Texas just as they do in
South Carolina or any other country And
there is a great deal of all three to be found
here.
There is another class of men for whom the
world affords 40 better felG: of operation,tha
Texas, and that is men of quick wits with
little cash capital: Opportunities are are al II the
time offering for the placing of money In in-
vcstn,ents which promise sure, early and large
returns. A man with IS small cash capital MIN
could not double it in the: course. Of twelve
months, would not be ranked as shrswd bus
iness man.
Of fho classes that ought not toacome to
Texas. Il would mention lawyers, Isdoctora,
school teachers and young men without means,
seeking employment as. clerks, and book keep
ers.. IN this city there are lawyers ehohgh,i If
they Had tie proper qualifications TO do an the
I.professionai work required in twenty counties
of the State And the same condition of Affairs
exist. in all the cities and towns TO the south,
north and west of this. Of doctors, there ate
about two here for every case of serious ILLNESS
that occurs They are; if possible, &c moreiina-
pecuniohs and seedy looking set than the gem
tlemen of the bar. -. .-...ft .;s,.; S..,,
the land. Hundreds of young men, too lazy
to work and too proud to beg, have strucka
happy medium by undertaking TO Jay ia the
Young Texans mind the foundation for COM
mon school education The compensation is
generally very small but it is generally fully
ADEQUATE for the services rendered. 81 Within
the last two weeks have had two men from
South Carolina-both of them graduates Of
the South Carolina College before the war, and
both of whom came to Texas to teach schooEG
in my Office begging; yes, actually 6egSingf for
dollar to get something to eat. = Ihelf pltia-
BILE condition was not due entirely to the state
of the country, however; whiskey was largely
responsible for their debasennent. +'''4h'"I 10
In this city now are many young men CLERK
ing for,their board alone, and glad toget situsr
tions even on these terms, while, the streets
are filled with others seeking employment at
any price" Other clerks that l know OF who
have been in the employ of the houses with
which they now are for over q year, and who
work from seven, in the morning till nine, at
nirht, get only fifty dollars a month, and are
clad to hold on to their positions at that price.
One of the young men mentioned above as
graduates of the South, Carolina College has
been employed here for some time guarding q
wood yard at fifty cents night. He came to
my office to get assistance in collecting four
dollars his employer was in arrears to HIM;
andclosed by begging dollar to relieve his
gnawing stomach. sl ybsa,
While it would give the sincerest pleasure to
greet any of nv old South Carolina friends out
here, cannot conscientiously advise any man
to come unless he brings money enough to sls-
tain himself for year or so, or unless he, is
going to farming. In either of these events l
unhesitatingly say to any man who has sense
enough to take care of himself amonga shrewd,
sharp, money getting people, that this is the
country for him.
"What's the use, in these days, trying to
be honest?" exclaimed grumbler. ooh, YOU
ought to try it once and sec" retorted one OF
his companions. ''