San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-08
Letter From DR.. Ditzler.

bCdnU lull OI fulu Causing buo bthoot'
to be in o very bad condition. A.
Letter From DR.. Ditzler.
BY request, we make the following
extract from q letter from the above
named gentleman to the st. Louis
Christian Advocate. Itrelates to thii
section of Texas, and will Interest
our readers.-ED. FREE PRESS.
From Farmersville we went tc
Blanco, in Blanco county, i. O.. White
city, White county. This is 35 miles
west of San Marcos, the county Of
health seekers from the North. This
is series of mountain ranges inter
spersed with living springs, with
several small rivers. Blanco has 0
population of as moral, civil and OK
cellent q people as can be found in
any State. They have built beauti
full church Methodist, so by 80, Of
white stone, are erecting q fine high
school or college building, have local
option by an overwhelming majority
strong Jail that stands open month
in and month out, save when o mur
derer or thief decoys his victim from
Ind. Territory, Ills, or Mo, or else
where down into some lone place fol-
murder. The circuit court sits only
two to three days in that county as q
rule. Sometimes it sits only half o
day; such is the effect of the absence
of saloons. Bro. j.. Denton is z
G. there-the honored son of noble
father. Denton county, Denton
Creek and Denton, fourishing city,
are all named in honor Of Bro. Don
tons father, who fell by the bullet Of
an Indian in the early Texas wars; O
patriot, brave and active, and u faith
full Methodist preacher. Blanco will
be a prosperous city. And those who
seek country of health, with rich
soil in the wide valleys, beautiful
rivers all within reach-the two
Blancoes, Guadalupe, and Perdinales,
full of fine fish; those who wart
school advantages along with health,
will do we'll to give it call. We
marvel that those who make temper.
ance specially do not correspond
with responsible men in tho counties
and towns that are solidly for prohibi-
sion, and compile data on oil the
issues involved in Texas. Live Oak
county, Bee county, and many others
ore all prohibition counties. The
result is, the courts have next to moth
ing to do when they meet, save to
attend to civil cases-suits about land
titles, etc. But in every saloon town
murder is the order of the day. The
iails are full of criminals, and the
courts ore full of periured juries.
When will parents learn wisdom J
Of what avail is their wealth when
their sons are drunkards, vagabonds,
or OF the mercy at least Of the licen-
sed bullet? In the region where we
were born-10 miles up the Ohio
river, North East from Louisville,
Ky., and that was in 1831--we now
live on the place where first we saw
the light. In that ncighborhood
within So years there has never been
q saloon or drinking shop. Within
that region no white man has ever
been killed or hurt by human violence
within said So years, and only two
colored, and they were killed by
colored men, and they full of whisky
secured from distance. We think
these facts are sermons in themselves.
We are glad to report q great
improvement in tho tone of the
secular press in Texas during the last
few months. OF course there were
many excellent secular papers, but
there were some prominent ones that
were allied with every evil that insures
Yica crime and murder, and were the
bitter foes of all men who had the
courage to oppose crime aud ras-
cality.
In San Marcos we preached for
that excellent and well balanced man,
Rev B. Harris, one Of the Etandard
bearers Of the conference. Like Bro.
Denton, he is a man Of pure life and
moral courage. San Marcos is noted
for the wonderful river that bdrsts
from the base Of its mountains, clear
a. crystal II is simply indescribable
in lis beauties. IT IS safe 70 say that
no spot on earth in the same area at
once presents the amoInt Of beauty
AID lJrClines8 that il grouped togc-
tier r. the Grst quarter u NILE of
this stream On az The range Oihills
or mountains back q San Marcos for
msny miles arc acc1os u beauty and
q health. a man can endure more
work 10 this aimospLore tllan in most
p'laes--0rc than IN Hny VIC ever
meL d. IcAnllly, Il you can get
he time, c0sae b ToTas and visit
tiiosr confcrelces. You riIbe greeted
On a. E.lcs ty r1ulttaias that honor
aad love yol Ihey VII Creet yc1
I'll crEzo1s icy Ere Eko tis
crest cDu-t-y. br0s5 n tker Visrx