The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-26
THE LONE STAR" STATE.
TIE Lands q Different STATES as Seen
Prem a r 2. Tram.

Taz p-4o1a4r
Trxa- March IS l~5G
m.st aHea ! ra-ed through
a-ea4euas at
.te ac aae The northern sft
II, e.ea ia1 aaIt4ehtI. -.ae-
sre neglected eau1e., I'D oa,y ul-h
.9- anlalze1 anI ii
r t,rsee, Is..a-a aA
TH- cn Is e4-ls done 4
~ aoat i tie near future
TIE et .a#- "crc nicely pre- REQ
~ tie 9,A.-5 They seem s. s
paving attention o fruit Gros.n-.
peaches e-leeail Their beautiful
orchard Ne,e II i'll. Boom.
In h.ma .Lc .nd- .oo. NOSE ier
tito letter inm- and nicely cultivated
Esalt- and cotton seem tn te TIE mon
tcl ol Il i lovely country. meh
aa! dry Mobile is a zine city The
railroad ran parallel With tie bay ~
lH1 beautiful we" d water and seem
cry he baE furnishes The incest q
fin FIJI tie market Take It I'll w
gether Il seems t. be q very progressive
state.
We passed through North FLORIDA
%er% pretty country. Vegetation vas
early giving It a snmmer-like appear
anca. saw but little of Nisslss pph
bat What ! saw was fine.
Getting into LOUISIANA the lands were
Tile richest | ever saw but low and
-wa.npy. 40 drainage at all and no way
to do IT. The principal crops are rice
and sugar farms. and factories Tor re-
fniag With immense smoke stacks.
They look ike little villages with then
little cottages here and there. We ar
rived in Eew Orleans and crossed the
Mississippi river, and took the South
ern Pacific railroad. The lands if pos
sIble grew richer, crops factories. &c
the same. The scenery was indeed
beautiful. The large dismal swamps
could be seen at long distance The
trees We're covered with long, gray mos.
looking very much Ike dark cloud
Everything was pretty except the
a'cheS, fiiea "ith stagnaht water, ana
II seemed e he ne tot PEG q Maiaiia =.
iheN use pIo"s of''"h y q laf1e >o"e
A s.Ne.- a'..i it''l ''''ii'is Y III .'o
''ii'l sIle ss'-ile - "io'i III ''ie7' ''7iii1
'"o palf ~ Z oio". lhe| are o"cA-
ward with theif farm work owing 70
lhe rams. ! ieIt mat no North arc
iilli'l t''ell'' I'VE 'ileie lol-7' ne N
hao'''hs9 ] =" an looked salio"'
We reached Texas as we crossed tie
Sabine river 4. Beaumont near by
they haze tremendous lumber mills
very much ike the one at Tlllery, only
much larger The logs are shipped
from northeast Texas. 4 large country
of long leaf pine like the North Carroll
,.;,a Er,,, fLo,o on NO +ravalol
oNti ii"ii-o i''ii'' '''i 'S<,iiI - "
scribe the scenery The prettlest graz
ing land | have ever seen. A few
,a,rs 400 before the .tock law was in
existence, the cattle would range Tor
SO and q 100 miles. During that time
v-a- ,o,v ca,r79on ~ soo drove. "a
-
'A = nv y 'iio''7'llu i'S'Ss U"iiS' ''eiii2
driven 70 Kansas, since that time peo-
p.e have to keep Jheir cattle IL pastures
made ii barbed wire. conseauentIy few
~ r.f.oa oa,,,aor,t;voI,. snooi.,,,r
i.lii'Io'sS. c'.''ie are taxing me pace
81 common stock, the same with horses.
The scenery through this country is
tha I0yaIiast avar saw Tho I.nd.
,;..,.1;.
: 1'-''l.7' - 0i'o'' = - ''Ne
on the water. me forests mere miles
and miles N the distance look like the
Blue Ridge in North Carolina, and
when You roach this forest you would
be surprised to see what 1t IS. L re-
minds You q large apple orchard
Though the trees are much larger
than apple trees filled with live oak,
post oak and black Jack and etc, with