Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-09-11
R. Joha @. Morgan Again Tells
oar Readers OF his Travels in. .e

mention tho large pecan trees
from three to four feet through
loaded with nuts. These were
growing n-Navasota river. l left
Limestone county, August 23rd,
ran up to Corsieana in. Navarro
county, then to Hill county to see
two of my boyhood friends, W. J..
and J. P. Rochelle. Their mother
was a Jennings, sister of Drs. w.
d. and j. H. Jennings. W. ].
Rochelle has one of the best black
land farms that I have seen, with
a fine stream of cool water run
ming across it. How 1. did enjoy
the rlppling Of it as it rushed
along.
And such large, fine, fat mules
and hogs would have -,lone you
good to see. Tie cotton on bis
farm is as good as any I saw. He
expects to make bale to two
acres, no fertilizers and no rain
for two months; corn twenty-five
to forty bushels per acre. This is
one of the best sections I have
seen. Brandon on the Cotton Belt
is in the midst of this splendid
conntry. !.
From here I went up to Waxa-
hachie in Ellis county to visit
Rev. 81. M. Garrett, son of Mr.. j.
j. Garnett, of Parksville S. C.
Rev. Mr.. Garnett is county mis-
sionary of Ellis county and is
quite a capable man. He is en-
trusted with a great amount of
responsible work. 1t was my
pleasure to travel with him
through the country and hear him
preach three times, and be did it
we'll. He seems to be the man for
tie place he is filing. 1t was my
pleasure to be in his homs IN
Waxahachie and meet his excel
lent wife who is a daughter of DR..
Dodson who is pastor of the first
Baptist church of Guthrie, Okla
homa. The doctor and wife we're
visiting their daughter and it was
a treat to ba with so genial and
cultivated gentlemen.
From this point I went up to
Ft. Worth to see the immense
stock yards with thousands of CAT
tie in them, and then go in the
great packeries and see from the
killing and cleaning of the ami
mails to packing the meat in cans.
It's just wonderful to see how fast
it cali be done from start to finish
and nothing lost. 1t is certainly 8
great sight to see the thousands of
dressed carcasses hanging in the
large building. 1t made me hun
cry to look at it. The meat was
handled SO nice and looked so very
clean. Armour and Swift both have
paekeries here but 1 had time only
to go through Swift's and that was
enough for me. Ft. Worth is al
ready a large city and is growing
rapidly. / left this city at 4 in the
evening and went west through
parts of Johnson. Hood, Erath
counties. For great distances on
this road there is but little land
in cultivation, most of it being
in large ranches on which are
grazed herds of cattle, and mules
and horses on some. They looked
sere and yellow as it is still dry
here. AT DublinI / switched off and
went up into Comanche county to
see 8 cousin, a., M Barker, broth
Ter to Edwin sBa Barker Of Curry town,
is. G. He layes iIS 81 sand belt that
Ilooks lnueH ike the land
||abont TrsntDns; no rain here but
cotton looks green. From this
point Z started west again aud
have gone through Brown, Cole
man and Runnelle counties. The
country through which I have
passed is mostly prairie, but in
many places there are mountains
to be seen, which makes the scene
beautiful now. I think it would be
grand when clothed in green, but
everything is parched and dry. I
am now in the northern part of
Runnells county. 1t is vast
prairie southwest and southeast,
with mountains il sight, east and
west. All the land here for miles
and miles is in crops of cotton and
maize. They raise corn in this
section. 1t is very dry here and
everywhere else that I have been
in Texas, yet I have found water
for man and beast, and the crops
seem to be holding on very we'll
but will be short.
am now at my sisters Mrs. L.
E. Nixon, I had not seen her for
46 years. She is the widow of John
Nixon who came to Texas many
years ago. Sister is a real Texan.
and has no desire to return to
South Carolina. I will leave here
for San Antonia on the 4th and
will let you hear from me there.
Since, writing the above I have
been down in the storm cellar and
looked in the we'll and find that
the black soil is underlaid with
Inns foundation ten to twenty feet
thick.
Pumphrey, Texas, Sep. End.
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