The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-09-10
OKLAHOMA STATE
A GARDEN SPOT.
one OF A PARTY Of SIGHT SEERS DE-
SCglBES LAND OF BEAUTY
and FERTILITY.
Editor COUNTY RECORD

Editor COUNTY RECORD
On the 5rd inst, party consist
ing Of South Carclirisns aud two
Georgisns boarded the train in Au.
gusta, Ga, bopad for Oklahoma
apd Texas.
Their mission was three-fold,
pleasure, sightseeing and business.
| give each name and postoffice ce adj
dress: C NJ Davis, " c johnson, l.
r Chewing of Summerton;J J Gee,
W B Fogle, T NJ Moss, F l Cutler
of Cameron; S B Cope, V Bradhsm
of Cope; Dr. B A Mattison, Mrs B
A 1Iattison of Mccormick; DR. W S
Lynch of Scranton; R F Morris of
Wilmington; B L Cox of Ethel; W
E Lesesne of Grenlyville; r L Gun.
ter, j D Prothro of Aiken;J E Ken.
nedv, W Prothro, L G Sprawls
of Wilhston; o d Harvin of Pine
wood; Mrs NJ P Hardy, Charles Har'
by of Winnsboro; NJ L B Sturkie of
Mccormick; ] J Langley of Plum
Branch; C N Sprott, W B Cooper,
RF Deschamps of Mayesville; J A
Livingston of North; C NJ Kelley of
Lake City; DR. F B Phillips, W W
Ramsey of Harlem, Ca, and d H
Marchapt of Orangeburg.
Mr. j p Matheny of Blackwell,
Okla, had the party in charge.
We spent one full afternoon in
Tulsa, Okla, and it is hard to be-
lieve that this city is but six years
old. The streets are regularly laid
out and most of them are paved
with asphalt. Tulsa has p0pula-
ton of 10000 aud is growing rapid
". There is now in course of erec-
ton 100000 worth of buildings.
Her taxable returns for 1908 were
$S,925, 900. She has seven good
hotels, one of which cost $4,000
to build. She has seven large brick
churches and several banks. Near
ly all the business houses are built
of brick and the dwellings are neat
and comfortable.
Her public school buildings are
equal to and in some respects super
ior to any in the United States in
point of comfort and convenience.
Oklahoma has 100000 acres of
land set apart for school purposes.
This land she rents for 81 per acre,
which brings in au amount large
enough to run her schools for nine
months in the year and furnish
text books free. There is not a
drinking saloon in the State and no
liquor to be had. Those people who
say that prohibition Goes not pro.
hibit" ought to 60 to Oklahoma and
get convinced.
We visited several towns in Okla
homa and all of them are of mar
velously rapid growth. Among
them were Enid, Nashville, Sapulpa
and Ell Reno. The soil is the rich
est in the world and almost any crop
can be grown with profit. Corn,
wheat, alfalfa, hay and cotton are
the principal crops raised.
Millions of cattle, horses and hogs
are shipped East. Near Tulsa and
Sapulpa are the oil wells. The coal
mines in this section are rich in de.
posi-. and are being worked with
great profit. Ne saw numbers of
oil tanks along the line of railway
holding 100000 gallons each.
Many of the Indians are getting
$3.50 a week royalty from their
claims.
The great Creator seems to have
favored Oklahoma, as her soil is 50
fertile and her mineral deposits so
bountlful. About 80 miles from
Enid there Is a salt deposit covering
$4,000 acres of land and it has been
probed for more than 100 feet deep
with no diminution of salt. This
State is being rapidly settled with the
best people from all the States. In
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