Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-17
PLEASED WITH TEXAS =.
AND BRAz0S COUNTY
Mr.. r. M. Hewitt Of Pennsylvania,
Visiting His Son In This City,
Paid The Eagle Pleasant Visit.

The Eagle office was honored to-
day by a call from Mr.. F. M. Hewitt
of Conneautville Pa, who, with his
wife, has been for some weeks at
the home of his son. Mr.. l.. NJ. Hewitt
of this city, and will spend the re-
mainder of the winter here. Mr..
Hewitt is charmed with Texas, with
the climate, and above all, with the
hospitable people he has met since
he has been in the State. During his
stay here he has visited the business
houses of the city, the banks and the
several industrial enterprises, and
says he never in all his life, in his
wide journeyings throughout the coun-
try, was ever shown such courtesies
as he has received here. At every
place visited he was most kindly re-
ceived and no pains were spared on
the part of the proprietors to show
him through and explain every depart
ment and detail Of the business. He
is deeply appreciative of the courte-
sizes shown him and wants the people
of Bryan to know 1t.
He says Texas is an empire and it
is simply impossible to forecast at
this time what the developments of
the next few years will mean. Texas,
beyond question. will be the greatest
State in the Union, excepting, OF
course, his native State -Pennsyl
vania. When Texas becomes better
known, when the people in the over
crowded sections of the North, East.
West and Middle West learn what
Texas is, what it has to offer and what
can be done here. the thrifty farmers
of those sections will come in great
numbers, bringing with them their
ideas of small farms, of diversified
ton, OF intensified methods, and then
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begin.
He visited the vegetable farm OF
Mr., F. w. Yeager in the eastern limits
of the city and was surprised at what
he saw. Surprised at the possibilities
of this country as revealed by this
farm. The splendid vegetables OF
every kind fresh from the gardens at
this season of the year. was a reye-
| lation to him. He prepared several
parcels post packages OF them. many
different varieties in each package,
and sent them to friends back home
to give them, in midwinter. an old
fashioned boiled vegetable dinner"
Mr.. Hewitt was also very much in
terested in a visit to the Bryan Oil
Mill and an inspection of its several
departments. This was all new to him
as he had never seen an oil mill be-
fore. Manager J. Webb Howell pre-
sented him with a bottle of the crude
oil, bottle of the refined. a piece OF
cottonseed cake. a lot OF cottonseed
and number of large open cotton
bolls growing on the stalk. He will
take these home with him 20 show
to the people there, who know nothing
of cotton, its growth, cultivation,
method of handling, etc. He says he
is also going to write a number of
articles to the papers there on What
| Saw in Texas" and hopes thereby
to be able to be the means of bringing
a number Of first class farmers to
Brazos County.
Mr.. Hewitt thinks Bryan one of the
greatest little cities he ever saw from
every standpoint. Religiously. social
ly, educationally, and for all-round,
acknowledging get I'm and hustle