Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-09-01

tOunby NVLlOh ID ODtlIln8
fast and the two gins are turning out
fifty and sixty bales day at El Cam
po. A good shower fell here last Fri
day, which was badly needed and will
help out the cotton crop considerably.
The examination of applications for
the Sam Houston normal school will be
held in Corpus Christi on Wednesday,
September 1, 1897. Professor G. w.
Crossley, superintendent Of the Corpus
Christi public schools, will conduct the
examination, which is open to appli-
cants from the counties of Duval, Nu-
eces and Arkansas.
A grocery firm of Angleton has been
shipping goods from Galveston by boat
to the iron bridge on Bastrop bayou,
and from there handled by wagon, a
distance of about five miles. They find
that they save about 25 cents per 100
in freight by buying their goods in Gal
weston and shipping by water. The
boats return to Galveston loaded with
hay and cotton.
There was pretty heavy blow at
Sabine Pass Thursday. 1t began at IL
o'clock in the morning as an easterly
wind, but quickly changed its direction
twice before it finally died down at
o'clock. The Otterspool, one of the lar
gest ships ever at the Pass, had out
twelve anchors, but even then shifted
her position 100 yards, though she was
done absolutely 20 damage. A tent
was taken high into the air and came
down well nigh demolished. No serious
damage has been reported as yet by any
one.
Beaumont and Houston are now COM
petitors for an enterprise that will make
an important addition to either city.
Mr.. j. II. Mahony is looking into the
advantages at the various coast coun-
try towns. He spent some time at Sa-
blne Pass and Port Arthur and will
go to Houston and probably Galveston.
The object of his visit is to secure
suitable site for a shoe factory that is
DESTROYS of coming South. He seems
favorably impressed with Beaumont
and intimated that the factory would
be located at either Houston or Beau
Llphls MI. VhduOny lIltu W hGGD llC
object of his visit from becoming press
property, as he expressed 1t, but it has
leaked out and he does not deny it. II
am not looking for big bonuses or any
thing of that kind. l simply want to
find the place where we can make the
most profitable inyestment-thats ALL"
he said.
The Anderson county commissioners
has thoroughly examined the crops and
general condition of the county farm,
and find that 1t has been thoroughly
cultivated and the crops that have been
the cotton crop is by no means n pro-
fitable one, Notwithstanding 1t has yet
to be gathered and marketed, and an in
vestigatlon of past years shows cotton
to be less profitable than any crop that
has been grown. The court has, there
| fore, ordered that in the future no cot
ton will be grown, but corn, oats, peas,
ETC., will be cultivated, and the con-
| victs will be worked on the roads eX-
cept when it is necessary for them
to assist the paupers on the farm. Good
tools will be bought for working the
roads, fine grader included; so better
roads with little extra expense are eX-
pected. The idea seems to have been
the rsult of careful observation since
the beginning of the county farm work,
several years ago.
The fig industry is being much dis
cussed at Alvin at present, as this sea-
son has demonstrated the value of the
| crop, and in year or two more the
output will be large. Notwithstanding
the long drouth considerable money
was made on the crop this season and
the demand largely exceeded the sup
ply. The fig being n surface rooter, 1t
can be planted between the pear trees
and will yield n good crop the second
year without materially inJuring the
growth of the pear trees, Thousands
Of fig bushes were planted around here
last winter, which are now bearing
some fruit, and next season will bear
heavily. The price has held up well
during the season, averaging $1.50 per
bushel, and the supply not enough for
the local demand. The fig can be plant
ed in the fence corners and between
the trees in the orchard now, really oc-
cupying no land that could be other
wise used and requiring no special cul-
tivation. The Magnolia fig has proven
the most hardy and surest cropper, be-
ing a snowy fruit, palatable and ships
well. There are a number of varle-
ties planted and giving good returns,
but the Magnolia is in the lead as yet.
This fruit can be Grated the same as
strawberries and shipped for a long
distance in condition. The demand Is
increasing as they are introduced into
distant markets.
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