The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-19
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PROSPERITY, S. c., February IL
am now back IN old South Caro-
lima, I have seen much in the for'
weeks out West, Us the railroad porters
saw, the wild and woody West. My
first experience was at Shreveport,
where the agent sent me nine hours
out of the way to reach my destination,
and from my experience with al. OF
the railroad people Of Texas, L have
learned that they 60 on the principle
that "the fartherest way round IS the
easiest way found" for they certainly
do send you around good deal before
YOU can get to your destination. l
saw the great city of Dallas, but was
not tickled to death by the sight. My
impression of the great and only"
Fort Worth was that it was city OF a
great deal of boom about it and not so
much a reality as it was on paper.
Both Dallas and Forth Worth are
somewhat of railroad centres, and bid
fair to be cities of no mean Importance
They are only forty miles apart, and
the one may have to give way to the
other. There is room for both. The
distance from Fort Worth to Henrietta
is about 100 miles, and is through one
of the most lonesome sections that
have ever travelled over, sparsely settled
for nearly the entire distance, and
where It is settled it don't appear that
it is making much progress. The prairie
stretches as far as the eye can see, and
not tree to break the view beyond the
rolling hills, and not a house for miles
and miles. There is nothing IN this
section to invite or tempt the sturdy
-pioneer to tickle nature to see II she
will smile. One can see thousands of
cattle grazing and running wild appa-
:rently.
NO CSE tON
Ny first stop was at Bowie IN Mon
xague county. This section seems TO be
much better as farming section. This
is new town, being only six or seven
wears old. There are several nice busl-
ness houses there, and they seem to be
doing a fair business. At this place l
struck the best hotel stopped at in the
entire State of Texas. In this town
they permit no colored people to stay.
AS they putt: "We've got no use for
the niggers." And they don't have
any either. 1t is not a congenlal Gil
mate for them, I suppose, and they
move on "instanter." This is the case
in q majority Of the towns in western
Texas and the Pan Handle, they tod
me. The white people do all Of their
own work. There are a mum DER OF
white servants to be seen.
MUCH BONES AND BEER.
Nv next stop was at Henrietta IN Clay
county. This county isnow eNperlen-
cling boom, or they are trying to boom
it, but the boom is flat. Henrietta, the
county seat, has been doomed to death.
walked all over the town. Saw some
fine buildings in it, and a number OF
them are empty. There were heavy
stocks in all the stores, and no business
doing of any kind that could see. At
this place I saw pile of bones as large
as Mr.. Ruf7s shop that had been
gathered on the prairie and were being
loaded on the cars to be shipped North,
or East as they say. The parties that
were loading them told me they were
to 60 to New York to refine sugar with.
T supposed they were going to fertl-
lizer factory: Which ? 1 also saw on
the platform for shipment to Fort Sill,
Indian Territory, over 100 barrels of
bottled lager beer. 1t is against the law
to sell liquor of any kind in the terri
tory, but they give beer ''tits," Judging
by the quantity at this place.
ENTERTAINMENT BY HOME FOLKS.
Leaving Henrietta at 5 p. m, ar
rived at Belcher, where Mr.. W. s.
Birge lives, with but one mishap. The
train was stopped by a Texas steer
being on the track and not getting OIL.
On investigating it was found that he
was fastened in q 'cattle guard"
Train hands and passengers by a strong
and united pull and a pull altogether
succeeded in pulling him out, and thus
were permitted to so on our way.
sSld say that they don't seem to
%>~SSeattle out there. counted fifty
"oes. S~S7tSAa run o;about fifty miles
care sasaas .ol " ;;1fd1s Of the road. Hundreds
cafo'ssss ,,a 10 s;ttssg year by the trains.
Oh s,hs SaeSp in all conditions
Won could see thet--YSIo lhe oie"cn''s
from the freshly killed
skeleton. ~
GREAT COTTON Sho<,3 Moilly 3
We had royal time at "Bro:~slm'
onS right glad I was, too, to see>S e>S%
I enjoyed his hospitality for two oaSss
We seems to be doing we'll and making
rnorey. He has made some very hne
Investments in real estate: ms ott'el
+rne helpmeet, and little Mary
and Willie are two as fine girls as can
he found anywhere. On Friday seated
behind a fine pair of bays, I was driven I
to the Indian Territory by ! Bro, ascH,.1. VIII
M,m and shown the far-famed country
hut "nary Injun" did we see; 50 We
felt felt secure as to our scalps. In th';
.,o,, section Mr.. Birge is fencing