Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-09-25

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MIR. John c. Morgan Writes an In
ssrestine Letter From San An
tonic. Texas. Visits Pecan
Groves, Beautiful Cities,
Crops Poor.
Edgefeld Advertiser When
last wrote I was in the northern
part of Runncll county. which il
a reddish black soil, not the rea
black waxy land. I told sou of nny
trip from Ballinger up there BY
private conveyance. Well, on my
way back to Bal!iuger I went I
different route, which led through
an extremely dry section, wher'
the crops are nearly a failure. II
many places it will take from ter
to twenty acres to make bale ane
some places more Many of th'
farms are deserted. On this roac
were large ranches and in many
places mountains. / saw only one
large flock of sheep, but saw {
good many cattle, mules ane
horses. Here / saw the little rrai
rie dogs by the hundred and oc
casionally his companion, t3e owl
From Ballinger 1 went to Brown
wood and spent the night with
kinsmaD, J. W. Jennings, who
took me around the city. 1t is q
real pretty one, aud there are
many magnificent houses here and
much wealth. Howard Payne col
lege for both sexes is here and il
is fine Baptist school.
Among other thingsl was driver
to see q large Pecan grove of one
hundred and fifty acres, many Of
the trees being filled with nuts
There were numerous trees out
side of this grove also. I Jeff
Brownwood for Cameron and for
many miles the country is noun.
famous with q scrubby growth Of
oaks on it, not large enough to
make much wood. In Belle and
Milan counties the lands are bet.
ter, but crops short, land being
partl timber and prairie |
From Camero11 went south and
for quite o distance the lands were
river bottoms. Then came miles
of post oak lands and then for
miles the country is level, some
places being real prairie, others
scattering live oak with moss
growing on it. looks very much
like southern part of South Caro-
lima. A large percent of this coun-
try is grazed, but what crops there
were tolerably good. In some
places cotton was nearly all
gathered.
Preached here the 9th and have
been taking in the many places of
interest and beauty, with my
niece, Miss Fannie Morgan, who
lives here. One of.the noted places
is the Alamo in the heart of the
city. 1t just thrills one to stand
on the spot where the heroes
Crockett. Bowie, Travis and others
died 80 brsvely.
Just south of the city is the
noted hot sulphur well with it's
stream of water gushing through
8 four inch pipe. This water is
said to be nearly q sure cure for
rheumatism and most skin diseas-
es. There is q fue hotel here for
Near the city are some
very ancient ruins. We visited one
OF them. the San Jose mission,
founded about 1920, one of the
windows is considered to be one
Of the finest gems of architecture
in America. Some of the walls aud
towers are yet preserved. This is a
quaint city, different from any
that have seen. Tits in so many
ways q mixture, the ancient ond
modern. There are thousands of
Mexicans here.
Meandering through the city,
is q beautiful river of clear water,
With many banana trees growing
on its banks, also other tropical
plants. In fact, the city in many
ways is semi-tropical. If | were
.ich, I would like to live here.
There are many parks, some of
hem perfectly beautiful, with
,lear streams filled with innumer-
lble fish, which you can see swim
ming about, and floating grace
ully on the water ls the majestic
wan, also wild geese, ducks and
'ther beautiful water fowls. One
esls as if they could almost sit
md dream their life away amid
uch beauty.
Hard by one of these parks is a
90 filled with Texas animals,
'irds and reptiles, and among
hem were two large black bear,
large handsome jaguar, and
arge mountain lion. In other
'srks I found buffalo. elk and
eer. In this city is fort Sam
Iouston. one of the largest army
osts. This city is 30 beautiful and
ttractive that can hardly quit
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