The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-09
30O, 600 bales last year and promising,
SO It's people claim, to raise 1000, 600

300, 600 bales last year ard promising
SO It's people claim, to raise l,OOO, ,OO
bales five years hence.
AT present a white man cannot sccur
IL deed to any land, and it is rather in
toresting to see place like Muscugee
for instance, with 1000 or 5000 white
busy at work doing an immense trade
two or three banks In operation ant
new buildings going up, without any
ono having q deed to tho property o,
which ho has built. In q year or two
the Indiana will be able to secure indi
vidua( titles to lands, as their lands, in
stead OF being held by the tribes, eacl
one getting, according TO tho tribe tt
which he belongs, from $50 to 600 acres
This 1s for every lndian-man, wOma,
and child and SO q family of half
dozen may get from l 200 to $500 acres
This ls pretty strong inducement tt
encourage largo families. Then In
dams can give titles to the land, apt
the white man will soon own most O
1t.
From Indian Territory wo crossed
Oklahoma and then into Texas-tht
state OF all States in size-and, &C
cording to the views Of all loyal Texans
land all Texans are loyal), the State O
all States in every particular. Texa.
Is too big to talk about. 1T Is 80 biz
that when It's people wanted new
capitol they could afford to give some
Chicago capitalists 3,O00,O 600 acres OF
land to pay for it. Thus they had the
capitol without putting out any cash
and as soon as the land passed from
| the State to private parties it became
taxable. In this way the building OF a
State house at a cost OF $4,000, 600 or
$4,000, 600 proved to be source OF
revenue to the State. or course, It
owned 5000, 700 acres Of land less, bu,
US 1t had about $1,000, 900 acres or sc
lying around loose it could cut OIL g.,
OOO, ,0OO acres and never miss it.
How big is Texas, did you ask? Well
| won't try to tell, but when you are In
the northern end OF the State you are
closer to st. Paul, Mimi, than to the
southern end Of the State. They tell a
story OF man down there who had q
reasonably largo ranch-nOt one Of tho
big one, just mOdcrate-siZad one-on
which the front gate WAS twenty ,niles
from tho house-a very convenient
evening walk for lovers who want to
swing on the gate before saying good
night.
As to crops Texas is now raising
about $500, 600 bales Of cotton, nearly
l5O, 900, OOJ bushels Of grain, having
long since taken the advice of friend
oi the State, who in early days said
"Raite more corn and less - and q
wide diversity Of other crops"
The old Texas, the Texas when the
best man was the ono who could shoot
first, passed away years ago, and now
1T ls State OF magnificent business in.
terests, OF great energy and enterprise
and OF q splendid civiliZatiOn-a State
OF education, of religious advancement
and with future OF glorious promise
No wonder every Texan is proud Of his
homo when he sees its va. t resources
and ever-increasing advancement in all
that makes country great.
AS you may imagine, we found some
cold weather In Colorado and Texas.
FOi q couple Of weeks it would have
been treat to see the thermometer
register few degrees above zero. We
became very much accustomed to zero
weather, but AS our car was always
comfortable night and day, and, hav-
ing only four on board, were never
crowded, we have had a jolly good
time. When we stopped for few
hours at small towns drive over the
prairics with the thcrn oineter foOling
around zero became u rather pleasant
feature.
1t was not until we got to New Or
leans to attend Mardi Gras that We
really suffered. We knew it was very
cold as soon as we reached that city
and that the air was peculiarly sharp
and penetrating. Still we were trying
to believe that We were not very cold,
whom a. .brother-in-law of Shelton Will
liams, living In New Orleans and
known as an absolutely reliable man,
told US in all seriousness that it was so
cold that with big opon fire In his
dining room hot coffee froze before he
could finish his breakfast and had TO
be served as coffee ice-cream.
The temperature of our: feelings-
dropped, and then anOth-
er man came along and told OF a friend
who had taken Ii glass of beer which
had froze inside Of him and caused q
severe attack OF pneumonia We grew
still colder and decided to leave Now
Orleans before VIC frCze.
Reaching Memphis Saturday night
we tackled our car to the Hot Springs
train and came down hero to spend
Sunday. 1T has been glorious day OF
brilliant sunshine, with not the faint
est speck OF cloud since sunrise, and
warmth OF air which, added to a hot
mineral water bath, has once moro
started our congealed blood into circu-
lation.