The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
Letter from Arkansas.


DEAR ADyERrISER:-As e has beer
quite a while since i left the sum,
cline OF dear old South Carolina. fmS
native STATED, L have concluded t
write O few lines for the benefit of the
many readers of your valuable columns
AS we left so many kind friends, and
cannot write to all, we will write
general letter for their special benefit,
This leaves us all we'll, and looated
at q place we call home-that is IL I've
ever get it paid for. The land is good
and vol watered end timbered, sit
uated about four miles FROM the Little
Missouri River. We are surrounded
by kind and obliging neighbors, and
have excellent church and school facil-
tiles, yet there is q lack of enterprise
n improvements of all kinds are
badly needed. From what | can learn
[ judge there will be q great boom In
this section in a few years. Land is
good and cheap, and any poor and wor-
thy man can come here and get q home.
The people here rest great store by
honesty, If q man or woman wants to
come out here to live, and they cannot
show a pretty fair record, they had
better stay away.
The crops here lookNvery well, consid-
ering the late spring and cool weather.
Farmers are badly behind with their
work, and at this writing we are hay
ing more rain than we need. The
grass is about to get the upper hand.
lnthe dry season water is rather scarce,
and | haven't seer q spring since /
came, although I have heard of them.
Most OF the wells have good, pure
water. We have game in plenty, such
as deer, turkeys, opossums, coons, two
kinds of rabbits and two kinds OF squir-
rels. There are pole cats and wild
cats. | have heard Of one bear and
one panther. Capturing the game is
rather aditferent matter. In the large
streams there are many KINDS of fish
The 4th of July is celebrated with a
general fish fry, as they term it out
here. All work is suspended and all
hands load their wagons and repair to
convenient river-the men with
fishing nets, and the ladies with we'll
filled baskets. The whole day is spent
in catching fish, frying and eating
them. 1t is a most enjoyable occasion
with all who attend.
This year we are blessed with u heavy
crop of fruit. [ have mover seen so
much on the trees. A canning factory
would do Il good business here O Jug
factory could make q fortune, so many
people want jugs and jars.
Very little wheat is raised here, on
account of there being no mills to
grind it. Corn, oats and cotton arc the
principal products. This being q light
sandy soil. all kinds of vegetables and
melons grow to perfection:
The stock-law has never reached
here yet. The question is being agi-
tated, and will, I think, come up in
the next Legislature. The fences arc
all kept up, or at least, they are pre-
tended to be kept up Stock Of all
kinds roam at large. I am sure the
stock law would prove to be q great
blessing for this country, yet there arc
some people here who do not want it.
[ think those who oppose it stand in
their own light. a nan who is not will
ling to take care of his own stock
should not be allowed to have any.
With kindest regards to all our
friends, I close. NJ. G. e.
N. B.-Wc would be pleased to hear
from Mr.. II. p, Mrs. B. and Miss Jane