The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-19

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mayor or make the acquaintance o.
any Of the grandees Of the town. ihere
is in this section some fine farming
lands, they tell me.
BEATS NEWEERRY FOR MUD.
After spending two days pleasantly,
7 bad adieu to "William and Mamie
and their interesting little family and
boarded the train for. Overton; but
alas, I was thirty-siX hours IN gong
about two hundred and twenty-five
miles. It was stop here and a lie
over there, and only got to Greenville,
Texas, Saturday morning. This town
is in the "black lands" as they are
called, and the mud sticks to your
shoe soles and wagon wheels like wax.
I saw a wagon with two step-ladders
on it stop in the street, and 1t took
four horses to pull 4 load Of ten Sides OF
bacon. The mud will fill up the entire
space between the spokes and huo,
making a solid wheel. Started again
at 5 D. m, got fifty miles, and bad to
stay all night at Mineola.
THE FIRST SMALLPOX SCARE.
Got to Overton next day at II. There
was quite stir there about smallpox.
This was the town where we expected
to locate, but one day was enough Tor
me. Messrs. Wyse and Brown had been
there several days. After consulting
we leftand went to Mineola aud located.
We got down to work there, and were
making excellent progress when the
smallpox scare came on, and the
quarantine got 50 strict that business
was almost suspended, and we had to
get out. The town We left (Overton)
had thirteen new cases Of smallpox IN
it a week after we left, and we learned
that the adjoining county to US was
offering ten dollars a day for nurses.
We consider that we made narrow
escape, and "we are glad we are here at
home tonight"
DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN TENAS.
There are some sections Of Texas IN
which the farmers seem to be doing
very well, but on the whole they are
not in my opinion as we'll off as are the
farmers in South Carolina. My ad-
vice to every one who is making I llv-
ing bere is to stay here, for you can't
do any more there, and the hardships
there as three to one here. Stick to
your forty acres of land and mule IN
South Carolina, and don't swap. l
never in my life saw as many poor
people as saw in Texas, and would
say to the women in general, don't g"
to Texas unless you want to shorten
your days. a lady with whom talked
said "Texas is woman killer.' Be
warned in time. Let do we'll" alone
and stay where you are. There are so
many disadvantages there as rule
over against the few advantages.
saw plenty Of families living in tent
l1xlG feet, and some living in wagons,
and others living in dug outs" Dug
outs are holes dug in the ground and a
tent stretched over the hol:. Others
are dug in the side of hill and door
put in, and that is how they live, move
and have their being. The negroes
here in most instances are better
housed than the white people there
in a great many instances. The disad-
vantages are many--the advan-
tages few. They claim as one Of
greatest advantages the fertility Of the
soil, requiring no fertilizing, &C., but
they pay from 81 to Sl.25 per day for
work, and 81 per 100 pounds for pick
ing cotton, and other things equally as
high, so when it is all summed up the
farmer in South Carolina with half Z
bale Of cotton to the acre makes about
as much as the average farmer IN
Texas, and then there are not near SO
many disadvantages here. They have
good schools in most places; in fact,
this is the only advantage that could
see Texas had over South Carolina. AS
to religion and religious training and
Sunday observance, there is very little
of it as far as l could see. Freight
trains run on Sunday the same as any
other day. Hunting and fishing on
Sunday is what a great many engage
in. The first invitation [ had was tc
60 quail hunting on Sunday. de
clined with thanks.
I attended church in Mineola and
heard the pastor say that when he
came to church that morning he found
fifty children there waiting for some
one to come teach them, and not
teacher nor an adult in the house
What a sad state. He asked, "what
are we coming to ," and echo answers
what? How long will it be before
these children will quit coming if theil
arents don't go?
FLEECING THE FARMERS.
l would rather have half q loaf IN
South Carolina thar1a whole loaf in
kEexas in SONS, ,or most Of the sections
NJ I was, IN. Of COURSE there are
thassspo1 sections, and it is great
some g<As good place to make money
State, anoSs,o ,oney, but to go there and
if you have nEIISae ground is an up hill
dig it out Of tA>>I have said above re-
business. What f<arests only, for 1
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