Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-09-17
4 TARHEEL IN TEXAS.
A FORMER NATIVE OF FORSYTH
SETTLES IN GATESVILLE.

Several of Whose Most Prominent Cit
izens are North Carolinians-Speaks
of Wages Double those in this State,
but Fails to Tell the Reader that it
Costs More than Double to Live.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel
GArEsvILLE, Texas, Sept. 9.-Hav-
ing seen copy of your excellent pa
per in which you requested every
North Carolinian living out of the
State to write letter for publication
L will endeavor to give you few
items. [ was born and raised in For
syth county, n. G. emigrated to
Texas in the year 1888. [ struck
Texas soil without money and without
friends, but with determined resolu
ton, | sailed forth to hunt ',job,
like many other poor fellows that |
have seen in the same condition. l
soon found work at double the wages
| could have gotten in North Carroll
na ] don't only think" but [ know
that Texas has superior attractions to
those Of the Eastern States-she has
the rich prairies that produce abun-
dainty when put into. cultivation. A
Texan will not clear up land like peo-
pie in the old States. He says that
he did not put the grubs there, and
he does not intend to take them away.
A friend of mine sent me copy of
THE SENIINEL-the second one that
I have seen since left the Old North
State. was so proud to see it that l
read If until I wore If ont
Gatesville is fourishing little
town of 1000 inhabitants; it is the
county seat of Caryell county and the
terminus of the Texas and St. Louis
Railroad. 1t is situated on the east
side of the Leon river, which runs
through fertile belt of country.
We have several stores, one bank,
two newspapers, two artesian wells at
depth of 500 feet. Some of our best
busines men are North Carolinians-
our banker, depot agent, and dentist
are all Carolinians.
Our school system is working adj
mirably well-students Of scholastic
age (from to 49, receive $40 each
this year from public school funds.
Coryell county has recently disposed
of her school lands $1,000 acres at 50
/ per acre. Crops-corn, wheat and
oats are better than usual, but cotton
is not as good as was anticipated. Corn
is worth 20 cents per bushel, wheat
from 6a to z5.zonts lis to 20. cotton s
| 30 cents per pound.
We have a good climate, the heat
! is not so oppressive as it is in North
Carolina, owing to the sea breezes, or
rather the breezes from the Cult.
Fearing that my letter will be cum
bersone and that it will come to an
untimely end in the waste basket, |
will close by wishing The SENTINEL,
as we'll as its many readers, much
success. B. T. HESTER.
If our correspondent had exerted
the same amount of energy in North
Carolina as he was doubtless forced
from shear necessity, to exert in Texas,
he would have accomplished just as
great success here as there. When he
speaks of getting Ndouble the wages
he got North Carolina" he neglects
to add that it cost him to live in Texas
considerably more than double what
it did i'll this State. He doesn't men
ton the fact that the water in Texas
is very bad and that it is productive
of maiarial complaints, and general
tearing down of the system. He
doesn't refer to the excessive taxation
which is necessity in all new coun
tries, and which adds to the genera
exorbitant expense of living. Alto
gether, we think our friend will agree
with us, that he did not give Nortl
Carolina sufficient showing previou;
to his departure.-ED. SENTINEL