The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-05-23
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| mere are tCn cnurChcS, dozen
schools and colleges ard number f
charitable institutions in the city.
And thus / might continue indefi
nitcly a5 ,ut this erstwhlle village
which has developed. in twenty-five
years to a CITY whose wholesale bnsi-
ness reached the almost incredible
amount of forty-fve million eight
hunnred thousand dollars annually.
FORT WORTH.
While waiting at the depot for the
train to Fort Worth Saturday 1 made
| the acquaintance of DR.. J. w. Rus
sey, who said he was an Irish rebel,
and turning he introduced me to
Capt. John Roach, an Irish Yankee,
past department commander of the
G. A. r. of Texas. These Irishmen.
full of wit, were good naturedly firing
at each other of their war experience.
They were both going TO Fort
Worth, and | was selected as one of
party to sit together on the train
and enjoy the s; ort. When the train
started | had gotten on another coach
behind these men. Soon DR.. Russey
came through looking for me and
said he had a man holding seat for
me. So we went forward and these
two men soon had the aisle near our
seats filled with people laughing at
the jokes they got off on each other.
DR.. Russey pausing occasionally in
the midst of a joke or yarn to call my
attention to something of interest
along the line.
In leaving Dallas we leave Trinity
river to the right. 1 learn that an
earnest effort is being made to have
Congress make an appropriation to
assist in making Trinity river navi-
gable to Dallas, and that the pros
poets we're very favorable. To the
left of the road in the distance is to
be seen the mountain range of Texas.
The range is about eight miles wide,
and while they are called mountains
there we would call them hills in this
country. The range is hundreds of
miles long, reaching across the State.
We noticed what we thought was a
fine orchard of many acres of peach
trees, but were informed that these
were "musquete" bushes and that the
beans from these bushes were very
fine for cattle to feed on. The bean
is similar in appearance to the honey
locust. There is only one musquete
thicket between Dallas and Fort
Worth, distance of some % miles.
Next came large plantation which
had thousands of trees standing
while the land was in cultivation. /
was informed that this was natural
Texas pecan grove, that all these
trees were left standing when the
land was cleared up because the
pecans from the trees much more
than paid for the ground they shaded.
There are thousands of bushels
gathered yearly from this section.
They are shipped away by the car
load and are worth anywhere from
Csc to $1.00 a bushel, according to
the quality. These are the nuts we
pay zoe pound for in Union and
then we do not get what are consid-
cred the choice ones. This shows
how the cost of an article increases
with every broker who handles it.
Our attention was called to great
turfts of johnson grass, of luxurant
growth, with the remark that this is
the curse of any section where it gets
a foot hold and its presence on tract
Of land will reduce the price 49, per
cent at least. In reply to my ques-
ton, "is:it not excellent feed for cat
tie and stock" the reply was, eyes,
it is very fine indeed but we do not
need it because it takes absolute po-
sessession where it gets a start and
there is no getting ridof or doing any
thing with it, and it is a great
hindrance to other crops" They
would like to make US o present Of
their johnson grass.
| We noticed near the railroad q
very large brick making plant, and
nearby we could see where,the dirt
or shale had been dug for the making
of the brick. The shale was Of a
deep slate color, it is kind of rotten
rock. One of the peculiarities of this
shale is that when the brick made
from it are bnrned they turn deep