The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-07-26
Texas Correspondence.
Editor of the Journal:

Will you allow mo space in your
papor for Il few words. Perhaps
some of our old Carolina friends
would like to know something
about this part of Texas. We can
tell them that tho land is good
horc, worry productive, especially in
tho valloys-that is what is called
the ross-timberod country of Tox-
as. Pooplo arc settled worry thick
in this part, and wo think somo
good people here. Farming is dono
worry different horo, farmers break
their land with two-horso turning
plows, plant their corn and cotton
with cultivators woll. We must
toll our friends that this country
for farming wo don't think can be
bo oXcollod. "A man can tako two
horses and tend from so to so acres
of land, Vegetation grows off worry
fast, everything looks nattoring in
this part of Texas at this timo.
We would be glad to know somo-
thing about politics in old Carroll
ma, and who will bo tho next Gov
ornor? We think South Carolina
IS III the lead for Reform; politics
IS the great talk of the day, mon
arc fighting for Reform, and they
moan to have it; tho laboring mon
OF Toxas realized a long timo ago
that thoro was something wrong
with the government, and thcy arc
not satisfied to have any more
Grover Clevelands forced upon
thom for President, and thoy be-
lievo. that a single gold standard is
the signature Of tho cotton produ-
cor, selling it for loss than cents
per pound, and SO can everything
else the farmer has to sell, will be
down in proportion. Texas is q
good countryside owns over
100000 head of cattle and she
has millions of acres of land pro-
duclng Inothing but grass, which
grow in groat abundance, and thcso
cattle feed upon tho grass, and tho
people Of this country know that
8 cont cotton will force them, as
tho price of all products go down
and their demands for money lust
the samo, to decrease tho number
of their stock and plow up the
grass which they now food upon,
and raise moro cotton at loss prico,
and we believe that cent cotton
will ruin evcry country, and that
it will dlspossess tho farmer of
this country Of his stock and cause
him to have to plow up his grass
and plant his soil in cotton and
corn, then greater room Will bo
givon for tho farmor to hoar tho
cry of over production. Thon un-
der this condition of affairs tho
farmer will be taken into tho boos
which fill their gum full of honey
to molt down and drown thom-
solves with. They arc accused of
boing very lazy in tho spring and
industrious in tho fall. They hoar
the cry Of over production, and wo
would bo glad to have somo one to
explain to us what is tho mattor.
These parties arc like Pctcr Of old,
thoir speech bctrays them. Some
of thcm liko to- boast of living in
such grand country, and it being
the woalthiost in the world, yet sho
can't be independent enough to
make her own money. We think
it very strange why somo of our
best men will suffer themselves led
blindly to the ballot box and vote
right against thoir own interest.
Tho timo is at hand when cvory
good citizon of our country should
lay aside all prejudice and consid-
or tho issues Of tho day. What are
thoy? Our country is flooded with
tramps that are out Of employ
mont. Tho political wavo is as
high as sho has evor beop known ::
mon are lloclSing to the groat capi-
toi OF our country by tho thousands
to stand with outstretched hands
and bog for rolief, yot Congress is
unmanablo and turns q deaf oar TO
the pleading of tho people; wo be-
hove there arc sOmo good men in
Congress, and wo believe that South
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