The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1914-04-24
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

that trip to Texas deserves space in
the Republican. but I .belisge I can
tell few things worm sea =. IS
many are interested in this part OF
the country and Thousands are NOV.
ing to this state.
Leaving Marshall by way of Kansas
City and Joplin on Wednesday, April
Sth. spent n day very pleasantly on
business at Parsons. Pittsburg and
Columbus. in southeastern Kansas.
This part of Kansas is decidedly pros
porous. but was disappointed in Il
as farming section. The wealth Is
mostly from the coal mines, which
seem to be everywhere, consequently
the country is full OF foreigners and
also very th!ckly settled with num-
erous railroads and trolley cars.
Going through Oklahoma was un-
aware Of my surroundings, as was
snugly tucked away in a sleeper and
being the second night out Il was an
easy matter to go to sleep.
Friday morning early was awak-
ened at Durant, Okla, where my
ticket expired and had to buy another
across the state line into Texas. The
railroads. in order TO over come the
two-cent law. charge three cents a
mile for all tickets for interstate trips
and to overcome this unfair charge.
travellers buy their tickets to a town
near the state line. then pay a cash
fare across into the next state and re-
peat this performance in every state
Texas though has no two-cent rate 30
far.
From Denison went to Greenville.
where had to change cars for the
shreveport branch OF the NJ. X. a. T.
Both places are pr osperous cities. but
at present have more Mexicans than
necessary. We arrived at our des-
tination about noon Friday. This
community resembles very much in
nearly every respect many sections OF
Missouri. The country is n little
more level than Saline and most of
the soil Is good black rich soil. The
crops are oats. wheat aud cotton prin-
cipally cotton being the money crop.
Considerable small fruit and peaches
are grown here. The cold weather
had followed mt all the way down
and there waS ice the day l arrived
aid people continue to hug the stoves.
IL In uncommon though and also is
doing little harm 80 far, rs peaches
are through blooming and only beans
to suffer. which are Just up. II is an
late spring.
The people are exactly like Mis-
souri, people but seem to take life n
little easier than we do. Land sells
around fifty to u hundred dollars.
There are no colored people here
as none are allowed to Eight, also
no outsiders settling here. yet the
country Is building up rapidly and
prospering. There have been no crop
failures for number OF years. The
residences and business houses are
not equal TO ours. All residences are
set on posts or rocks and the stores
are not up to date. Yet the people
are contented and prospering.
l mentioned that | saw nothing in
oklahoma. forgot that saw real
suffragette. Our train stopped at a
place not on the map. very early in
the morning and everyone took no.
tice' with a feeling that something
would happen and II did. A lady
resembling and wearing a hat like
Napoleon Bonaparte boarded our car
with her husband and little girl
Immediately the train crew got
busy and like good general she kept
lhem going until she got off several
stations farther on. II was q const-
ant you do this and you do that from
carrying her geranium to getting the
little girl something to play with. We
ire not exagerating when we say that
she kept her husband and the train
crew "on the run" and told her trou-
Dles to about half the passengers. We
ire convinced she is real suffragette
1t least she makes everyone In range
suffer.
J, j. WITT, Brashear. Texas.