The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-08-09
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Elder F. G. sowell Writes of His Trip
in the Lone Star State.

Dear Mr.. Editor By your per
mission, | will write up my trip to
Texas ana send to the Herald. When
! left Tennessee the corn was lust be-
ing plowed the last time and when
reach Texas | found it dry and hard.
1t looks now like it will almost do to
gather into the barns. Some think
Texas will make enough corn to supply
the demands in the State; others do
not think it will, 1t is fancy price
now-9O cents per bushel Oats are
selling lively at 30 cents per bushel.
Mules are fancy prices; and, blythe
way, Texas has some as fine mules as
ever saw. And it has improved its
stock III every respect. Instead of see
ing now in the pastures the old long
horned cattle you see large fine, fat
cattle The Texas people are priding
themselves with the very best of every
thing. Indeed, there has been a mar
velOus improvement in everything since
! was in the State eighteen year ago.
The community in which | am now
stopping looks just as pretty as the
country between Columbia and Mt
Pleasant Every farm is black land
farm and well. improved with every
thing good stock, nice barns and
splendid houses and most excellent
people live upon these farms. The
President should not wish to be treated
more royalty than | am treated by this
good people.
Last year 5 crop of cotton and prices
lifted Texas high up, and everybody
feels like ne can pay his own way.
While ! am now writing these lines, a
Texas girl is playing on guitar and
singing Just tell Them that You saw
me. But when you read this, Just
tell them that you have just heard from
me-
Notwithstanding the long protracted
dry time, the cotton crop looks fairly
well, and the farmers are hoping for at
least as much as half bale per acre.
The prices of lands are going up all the
time, and it takes right fat pocket
book now to buy black land farm.
In this community the water is pref
ty good. Nearly every family has a
cistern. And yesterday | stopped with
II brother who has mammoth cistern !;
it is 81 feet deep, and near the bottom
it is % feet in diameter, and its capac
ity is ,, 313 barrels. The land here is
worth about $40 or 500 per acre, and
the people don seem to be at all anx-
iOuS to sell.
The streets Of Hillsboro and Corsi-
cana are being sprinkled with crude oil
instead of water. There is, perhaps,
an ineXhaustible field of it at Corsi-
cana. have been informed that after
the second sprinkling it will last three
months, and there is no unpleasan.ness
Of the flying dust But the women
must look out for their skirts, and the
men for their pants. | met Mr.. Dooley
at Hillsboro, who was once an old
Maury countian, and who is still a
reader of the Herald. He is in a good
house, and has the confidence of his
employ er.
The country through which we
passed in Arkansas. was distressingly
dry From what we could see, the
corn was not worth cutting in many
places and cotton was very small
| am now in grand good meeting
at Bynum, Hill county. The people
have fine farms, lovely homes, many
conveniencies and big hearts; and they
are giving us big crowds and splendid
attention. l go from here to Corsicana
/ to spend a few days and then home.
Truly, F. c.. SOWELL.