The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-11-06
From Hubbard City Texas.

EDITOR HERALD:-As this community
is Largely composed OF Malry county
folks, most of whom take the HERALD
and all of whom feel deep interest III
their native state and county, ana also
in seeing themselves and friends mere
represented correctly in their OLD nome
papers, | will ask a small space IN your
nADer to correct few statements Hldue
IN the Democrat by its Hill Station Cor
respondent under date OF sept: lOIh'
and signed ROuStabOut, VINO claims 10
have made an extended NlSlI 10 our
country during the latter part OF the
summer. We do not recognize the
gentleman by his "nOm de plume, put
think we ''knOw his oice." we thlnk
he was here Il short time, ana thaC ne
arrived at conclusions without lnVeStl-
cation. He says "that they VIII make
one fourth bale of cotton per acre, ana
the Deopie are in debt more than they
can paw" and "upOn the whole we thlhk
the prospects very gloomy for announcer
twelve months in Texas NOW While
we do not claim to be on any .S!eaI
boom here, we are making a llNlhg'
The cotton crop of this country has
made from One-thlrd OF Dal5 tune
| Iightest) TO three-fOurths OF bale per
! acre: the average is from the most con-
servatiVe estimate, One-halt bale per
acre, and | believe the people are ABOUT
all out of debt here at TINS time, Ocl-
! 18th, and nearly every farmer mas from
| ; TO 10 bales on hands, and some To pick
vet. of course we do not wish to De
| understood as saying that there are no
! droues here. We have our snare ol
| them There are some people mere as II
all other countries, who don't seem u
| nave auV desire to get out of debt; but
i'm the above statement we mean the
average farmer, whether renters or IahC
holders. 80:
Immediate part, and throughout the
country, the corn crop was very
sn0tted; but in the driest parts people
are making enough to do them, ano
with the surplus i'll the favored parts
we think the country perfectly saie on
the corn question. To sum up, WE
think this country has as favorable out
look for the next season, perhaps, a.
could be reasonably asked for.
Mr.. "ROustabout' says that we mere
in Texas, have a good country to Wort
in, but the poorest country on earIn L
| rest in; in fact he says there is no plac
in the country to rest at all. Wen w
do not dwell in palaces here, ana 90 no no
have luxurious country homes llke MI
r.. is used to in his country, but u
poor Texans who have become ac
! rustOmed to the surroundings and en-
vironments can stand good deal Q
rest even here, and many OF us perhap
= indulge too much in rest. lie says TN
country people all go to town to resi-
, and that in Tennessee the people go Z
l the country to rest, &c. Here Is ahoIne
J | of his Jumped at conclusions Inc lacl
q in the case are that he was here durin
leasure time with the farmers and di'
. not see many of them working in TN
| field, and saw quite numDer OF IheI
= in town. and thought they had all gon
TO town to rest. Now we conclude tina
: Mr.. RS. article and conclusions wer
ali drawn from his observations OF tn
/ Immediate part of Texas, as ne ana f nc ne
u make any stop in any other part ol VI
state, and that he jumped at conclusion
land did not give our people or ou
country justice. COUNTRY NED