Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-26
Letter From j. B. WOmack.

Uvalde, Texas, Dec, lvth., lJOH |
Editor News According to the
promise made to you on the evening |
of Nov. 14th. as we were leaving Sc
quachee Valley. will write you a
few words in regard to this western
country. As you are aware, | was
rather feeble ON that date and /, as
we'll as my friends, had some uneasi-
ness as TO how | would stand the long
and tiresome journey, but am glad to
inform you and other friends, that l
stood it far better than | expected, in
fact, stood it about as well as any
member of my family. We reached
our journey end on Tuesday, Nov.
10th After resting two or three days
we proceeded to take in the town,
which is one and half miles from the
station. 1t was very muddy when we
arrived, which made most of the roads
and streets almost impossible. The
nature of this black Texas mud, is
that just light rain will make it very
disagreeable to walk through, but it is
equally easy to dry up, as two or three
days of sunshine will dry it up, then
we have excellent streets. This is a
very nice little town of six or seven
thousand inhabitants composed of
whites, negroes and Mexicans. There
are from seven hundred to one thou
sand Mexicans here, about one hun
bred negroes, balance white.
The country around here is fat and
is completely covered with mesquite,
catspaw, cactus and many other thorny
growths. | notice about five species of
cactus, and what we call the century
plant in Tennessee is plentiful here,
some of them being fifteen feet high.
One doomed in the Court House yard
year or so ago,
This city has three or four banks,
electric light plant, ice factory, gin,
any number of stores, street sprinkler,
several big lumber yards, fine schools
with over one thousand students en-
rolled, all denominations of churches,
in fact most anything that you will
find in larger cities, except factories.
1t seems that many factories could dc
we'll here, though it is little out of
the way. Farming is not carried on
very extensively close around here, as
this is comparatively new country
and is very unsettled, as you can trav.
ell miles and miles without seeing q
house or meeting anyone. The coun
try is composed mostly Of ranches, cat
tie, goats, sheep and mules. I saw 6
9 herd of seven hundred pass through
the city few days ago. Mohair AND
: pecans, wool, honey, are great commod
. tiles here. This is the greatest honey
county in the world, so it is said, al
the shipment from this city reaches
from one to one and half million
pounds each year. Bees can be robbed
nine or ten months in the year, as the,
work all winter. Pecans are shipped
by the car load. They are of yer.
: fine quality and the growers are pait
. three and four cents per pound TO
> them in goods, if they sell to the mer
, chants.
There are twenty or thirty automo
biles in the city, which have special.
: made tires for muddy roads. People il
: that country would not. even think o
. allowing their automobiles to pillow
u through the mud like these.
There is plenty of game in this coun
: try, and the incest part Of it, l ha
% the good luck to kill my first deer las
Friday, so we are feasting on venison
y as kept the whole deer, as each on
% of the party had killed one, too.
camped out four nights and the wolve
= kept me plenty of company, howlin
= around the camp, but they could nc
70 get me, for l covered up my heat
= though l was right on the ground L
" shelter but the sky. The climate hel
:, is simply fine Roses are bloomin
:, here same as in September there. Mo-
= everything is green, as we have onl
: had few light frosts Have seen L
- ice yet. We do not need fire half {
' the time We have nice roses an
~ banana trees in the yard. The banar
- trees bore nice fruit last year Fis
grow here in profusion, bearing ril
. fruit about seven or eight months
y the year Wood is used as fuel alt
- gether, both for domestic and steal
70 purposes. Water is fine, supplied fro
:" wells, then into stand pipe, and is di
!" tributed all over the city.
My health is much improved, havi1
an gained six pounds in one month.
n not wish to worry you, so will close.
he Yours truly,
ho ID uONEArD