The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
HEMPSTERD.


county is fifty-one miles from Houston
on the main line of the Houston and Texas
Central railway, and at the junction OF
the Austin branch of that road The town
has population of 26oO people and is
the principal trading point of very fer
tile agricultural country.
| Waller county was organized In 1873
and was named in honor of Edmund Wal
| Ter, who was postmaster general during
the days of the Republic of Texas. 1t
has an area of 1919 square miles and
population of about 1000 Brazos river
runs through the county and that section
of the county Is especially rich and pro-
ductive.
The soil is capable of producing from
! nalf "A bale to a bale and half of cotton,
while 1t will grow from forty to seventy
bushels Of corn and from 800 to 400 bushels
| Of sweet potatoes A good deal OF this
county consists of prairie lands. which
are nearly us productive as the ether sec
lions of the county. A few years ago 1T
was supposed that they were only fit for
grazing purposes, but actual experiments
have shown that they will easily pro-
duce threo-fourths of bale of cotton
per acre, from thirty to fifty bushels of
corn and from twenty to thirty bushels
of oats.
These prairie lands are also admirably
adapted TO fruit growing, especially pears,
plums. Strawberries and peaches. Con
siderable attention is now being paid to
fruit growing in this county and 1t mas
met with remarkable success. Vegetables
also grow in great profusion, and this in
dustry, together with the raising of water
melons, mas grown to huge proportions.
| Itempstcad is the chief shipping point Tor
5hese products ana II IS estimated tnat
during the season fully 1880 cars are
shipped to the markets Of The country.
Grapes also grow to great perfection in
this county and there are numerous vine
yards in full bearing scattered through
The stock interests of Waller county
are very .aree the rich prairie lands turn.
ishing grazing during both the summer
ana winter. 1t is only u question of
few years, however. when these large
ranges VIII be cut up with farms and Will
furnish profitable employment for hun
dreds of famiies
improved lands can be purchased in this
county for from s. to SIS per acre while
unimproved lands can be had at from 81
to So per acre. according to location AL
ready the thrifty farmers OF the bli2zaru-
Strlcken West are being attracted TO this
county, and they are setting example
worthy OF emulation Of cultivatng small
farms and diversifying their crops
~, IN" seasons are generally favorable
and Whenever the crops receive the prop
er cuitiyation there is hardly such thing
The climate here is the same as that
Vl tne rest er OF the coast country. The
: summer is' tempered by the gulf gulf breeze re
which is healthful and delicious.
Within the last few years this county
mas made rapid strides and IA number
o. new settlements have been made in
the prairie. country Those who have
come here from other States seem pleas
ed with the country and their farming
operations have in the main been attend
ed with success. Many of them have
) urged their friends to come to Texas and
I ! Ush 10
good evidence that they are pleased with
the country.
t and its DEVELOPMENT VIII OF course, ma.
. turally rebound to the benefit OF Hemp
e stead as the county seat and principal
e As the point of supply and the princi-
pa shipplng point for the county. the
c corst,h5e,clai interests OF Hampstead are
1 The town Is substantially built ard
n naandsome new court house adorna the
n pupilc square. The leading religious de-
. nomnations have handsome places of
= Worship in tho town and the moral senti-
t ment of the. community Is good The
$ people are Intelligent. Industrious and
g. thrifty and are always ready to help
n whatever viii contribute TO the material
welfare Of their town.
e / handsome two story brick building
Il mas recently been erected for school pur-
: POSES ana the school system here is as
$ schools are well attended and are pre-
!. sided over hy an efficient corps of teach
with forty-fivc business firms eight
CHURCHES, two schools, six physicians,
s Hcmpsea5 Si'u ia ABOUT forty mechanics.
u mat its growth will be retarded by the
n rr9Nlmlly PIT the development of the
C. eventually make 1t one or the best towns
l. IN the coast region,
he T9G a @SaS of c6mats soil ppa
y county offer to the prospective investor
ia@,.d settler Tie, viii not be overlooked much
= the. settlement of large tracts of land
II MM Mic are now allowed to remain idle.
Q The farmers of the West where drouths
a ana other pestilence have for series
. or years caused failure of crops will
LOCK TO a country where the harvests
= ya,,, mild and agreeable. There is
- room enough yet for thousands of we'll
Eiuttl,lvated niue farms, so that the popu-
y people.
y The people Of TIempstead and of the
e county are doiQg what they can 10 utilize
their splendid resources and there seems
- a general Weakening up of all of that Sec
y liGn OF the coast country.
"a Where land is fertile enough to grow
- anything from sugar cane u cotton and
m a climate where vegetables will flour
Z ish IN The open air almost the entire year
II round, there IS no good reason why every
4 ioot OF land should not be made to con-
tribute to the maintenance and happiness
g OF some family II is not an idle dream
II to suppose that at no distant dav such
@ condition of things will exist In Waller
county II would mean n greater diversity
g OF crops and a wonderful increase In tho
r laNahle wealth OF the county. There are
= great many things other than corn and
cotton which could be profitably raised
IN waller county and the same may be
I, SAID or al of the coast country.
:, In conclusion. il may be stated that
enere Is no mors favored section in the
e state than this and no place where the
o INDUSTRIOUS farmer Is so certain to re-
Il ceive the reward of HIS labors
Among tha enterprieug business men and
y citizen are A G. IAnscomb. county judge;
Farmers National bank, which transacts
general banking business and makes a
= speciality OF collections; Arthur c. Tomp-
kins attorney NJ law: George Schwarz &
e Co, wholesale and retail dealers In gro
e ceries and grain; y. S. Curry, county
>, treasurer; 7 ". Mcpade. county clerk;
n IaSchymki Bros dealers In general mer-
ehandlse; e. iiauser. dealer in hardware
n I9ruing implements. stoves and vehicles
d" r. Guillemet, dealer IN dry goods, grpcerie.
II sGd general merchandise; +. Keunoke
" dealer In groceries, glassware crockery
~ cigars. tobacco. etc. phDgpiN drug Store