The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-12-30
TEXAS AND ARKANSAS.
/, Letter From Rev, T. j. Duncan.


Buckle and arguments in favor of the
Tennessee Methodist, t,I whirled away,via
Memphis and Texarkana, to Waco,
Texas.
The Arkansas bottom had been dread
fully damaged by a spring and fall
overflow, belating the planting and pre-
venting the gathering OF meager crop.
It's wealth OF soil, and grand posslblH-
ties, awaits the development OF the ages
10 come. For want of drainage the land
is in many places, of less market value
than when the planter ov ned his labor.
1t will take combined effort on the part
of the land owners, aided Dy the state
and General Government, to make the
improvements necessary TO an ideal
development of the country. The h-gh,
and therefore the more tenable LANDS,
are in greater demand. 1t Is fact that
a man can go to the bottoms, spend his
life and die with wad of greenbacks
in one pocket, and fever cake just
above the other, or he can go 10 tne
highlands and have but little ne ed to
nl.;Iv AglIr's prayer. The law OF COM
penaation runs from Tennessee to
Texas. 1t so much for so much all the
way from here to the frazzie end OF the
! Pan Handle.
! The bl.ck prairie lands of Texas are
| tho most productive cotton lands in the
West suppose the black bottom
| lands of Mississippi and Louisiana are
equal to them in the production Oh COT
| ton. Modern improvements nave mace
DIements, arteSian wells, manulacto-
rIes. and all modern industries find IN
the West back ground equal TO All
| their possibilities. The young man VINO
| nurposes TO "go west and grow up with
| the country" has no time TO stand upon
| the order of his going. Towns jump
| into existence as II by mag c, ana tney
| come to stay. The millionaire OF to-day
| tells you, with no expression OF amaze
| ment in his face, that he Went west al
| ter the war, peuniieSS, and had man
| aged to get competency Tor ms Ola
| are Sometimes you meet the Otner
! fellow, and he tells you now ne udun lil.,. =,
| The population is an ever increasing
! wonder. " ., hat State are you tromE'
| Gets to tte as familiar as question, as
| Showdy 90" is as greeting.
| Almost every elderly gentleman or
lady is IA native of some Middle or Eas-
| tern State. / may add that the Tennes-
| seeaus of the West are as proud OF their
| nativity as are the +. f. VS.. who nave
| found their way TO Tennessee.
| To the magnificent distances Oh tne
| West NAV be attributed much OF the
| breadth of character which dlstln-
| guishes these noble people. sometimes
| This virtue takes on VICIOUS Iofhl'
| Society in the West is bold ana uar-
| Ing. it is not under the moral censor
! ship and vigilance in every instance
which characterizes the safe guards OF
| Tennessee Society. The Natatorlum
| is a popular place OF resort. Inc SEXES
! lis Victories regard it as naughty put
| nice" and woe be to the man VINO cen
! sures its practices. The rehgloh OF the
! Nest is robust. 1t has cost the Churcn
heavily 10 extend II tpere' anu Isl
we'll has she been rewarded i'll a We'll
| rounded and muscular type OF EhrlS-
| tianitv Little men are not so ilkeiy 10
! grow in a large country Inc West
affords increased t;tcllllleS, Ior every
| man who Will, to be large: ,r
AS the train moved off from TeNar-
| kama i'm The; cleaning, L saw nODle
| form move down the isle OF the car. !
| Ieaped TO my feet. / seized his one hanol
| in both of mine, aud exclaimed: Nv nat
! in the world are you do ng out here
| in Texas Metca1fe?' aud pulled nlhi
| down i'm the seat beside me, assuring
! ino him that l was hardly ever as SIau
| to see ANYBODY as / was him. w men
| he iI,forUled me OF my mistake 1T wa
| in a rude, rugged, unframed DATlIohG
| which clearly convinced me thaI hau
| shot wide of my mark. Ihe Slho ,Ih,
| yelyety voice of my friend and prother
l NJ Niatctffe was not sbere. Though the
| contour was almost perfect. The very
| uurectoraI brother informed me That ne
| WIS "a TeXican,' born IN IcNas, near
! the border two hundred years ago, ana
| lit r,. had hee0 travelling all his life
| trying to get out OF the State and hhd
| failed: thai reXas was the biggest piaC g
| in the world, and that once falrly l!Io
| ii never could get out ne ateI ~,
| EIark. Hogg was the biggest man III the
world: that ne was mucn larger Chal
| the car we were in. After appealing ID
| me to know if L had ANY llqulu-pio-
| ducin.r vegetable about my pant a
| looms" aud being answered III Ihe ne
| patiye he ventured to ask me whence
| i came and whittier l went; heIl
| informed that L hailed from 1ShheS-
| see. and hied to Waco, Texas, he al
| Jirmed that it was hundred thousand
| niles away, and would take one at
| least a wear TO reach it, / timldly asked
| him where he lived and he salu ~ hetd'
"Mexia is the way we spell II, DuI at
| we have Il way of prDnouhclhS "oIuS o'S
| we please in Texas" -,
| I Suggested to him the righrneEs and
| convenience of liberty arroSated. !haI
| many words were prohouhceu ll"ii "ii
| the end of the tongue and YET many olh-
| ers from the root theI eOt. Inat II Was no
| small matter to go back to the root OF d
| Ionp, tongue and roll word clear over
| the entire territory, from the root 70 tlle
! and of il Also that 1t so happelle't, 10
| some men sometimes, that their tongues
| were so thick that there was scarcely
| room between them ana the rooI vi tjo
| mouth 10 pass WORD over II q! an ;
| thai | liked that way OF just tossing Z
| word from the end of the tongue ana
| letting the pronunciation take care "I
! ITSELF He assured me that he saw the
| reference to the allusIon. ana lhdt ne
| wOuId soon have a thicker tongue thah
| t,trnnd he .nei the odor from his tongue
| thiekeuing liquid filled the region
| round about 1t was etfectuai. AS ne
| loft he hade me a hearty good bye. L
| nsiSnred him that l would he glad to
| I-Doly him better on both sides OF the
] grave. He sent the stentorian state
| ment back from the front emu OF Ine
| car aft YOU do it will be i'll IeXas' lie
] was no Lilllput. 49,.
| noSed of noble men. Many OF them
| Itvent out from among us 10 cultivate
| Tmmauuels lands toward the g0lucn
| sunset The native preachers now
| eTey are bearing steadily to the troht'
1 Here we seldom see transfer uhiesS
! he is found skImnling. Fhere we nnd ma
| transfers filling appointments ai;i' ~ me
| way from Buckle anu AohSuS
| to iiiraph Station. IL
I To see the car loads OF Doys anu SIrls
| brought in from the West, TO the Athe-
| n;auli, institute, WeDD ocHool, ~
| derI,it Nashville College for Young La
| dias and other schools in tennessee,
| one might infer that educatlonal lnStI-
| lions were rare in that country. Nol
| So These are leaping INTO existence
on every hand, anu are peiiS IlI5, instif,;,
| patronized; some of our oIder InsIlIu- tl-
| lions are. by them, regarded as the pes'
| IN tba United States. Some OF the man
! liest men met On my trip inquired mosI
| tenderlv of .tOId Sonney," ana showed
| Mainly the touch of this long time
| famous training school. In one OF the
| hest stations IN White River Confer
/ ence. found a young yanIerbilter who
/ had n lovely and devoted wife, chosen
| from among the graduates OF Columbia
| Female Institute.
| ON nv return / spent Sabbath IN the
| RIuff Citv. [ attended services in Cen
| traI Methodist Church, and heard Dr.
| Monk. an Arkansas man, transferred
| to Tennessee. 1t was his first sermon
on his fourth year in that charge
| Without note or manuscript he SIeppeu
! to the front and preached grandly. He
/ is comparatively young and has prom
Poor Memphis! she still struggles
with her city government. Whether by
municipaI vote, or legislative enact
i ment of special form of government
II She groans, being burdened. 1t is
II growing city. 1t is commercial cen
l fer. and can but be a great city. Ken
dering an account of my stewardship IN
| the effice of the Methodist, res urned to
these wales of Academus grestly re-
freshod in mind and body and l now
enter with yiger upon the work foi
which | have la5d aside all else. A
merry Christmas and naPPy New
Year to the Herald and its two thou'
sand subscribers. u. }. DUNCAN.
The Handsomest Lady in Columbia
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