Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06
DOWN IN TEXAS.
Correspondent Gives Crop Con
ditions in Texas. Writes OF
Trouble Along Mexican
Border.

and hot. Water is scarce and hard
to get no rain since the 2sth of May.
The crops are better than was ex-
pected. 1t has been so dry that the
weevil left the cotton and it is fine.
The farmers say it will make about
two-thirds to bale per acre. UP
to last Saturday there has been
I2,soo bales put on this depot and
yard for shipment. They think they
will put 5000 more. 1t is selling
from 81 to 4. Corn is short and
sorry but don't need it. AS they
have plenty of Kafir corn they are
selling their corn at so cents per
bushel.
Two weeks ago / went from bere
to Portland about s5 miles down
on the bay. I went through the
town of Taft then through Gryrey
and of all the sights of cotton ! saw
it on the load. was in an automo-
bile and we went by great gas
well that blowed out and caught fire
and is still burning, 1t is sight to
see. The fire boils and spurts up and
they can't control it or put it out.
1t is about 100 yards to the edge of
the bay where the gas runs IN the
bay. 1t has caught fire and is burn
ing around for 90 feet. Then l went
to another one that they had under
control. There was so much noise
and roaring you had to boiler in
talking. At this well they had killed
rattlesnake as large as my arm
with 10 rattles, the first / had ever
seen. Last week ] went down to
Corpus Christie, about 50 miles
from here. crossed the bay on a
bridge said to be five or Six miles
long. Corpus is a beautiful town of
about IL or Is thousand. They are
building a street car bridge across
sssiiiis All bay from Corpus to Portland.
j saw one cotton field on my way
that had lou Mexicans in it picking
cotton. There were tents all over
the field. On Saturday afternoon you
can hardly walk the streets here
for Mexicans. Our soldiers and the
Texas Rangers are fighting them
tevery day or two down near Brown.
Vile. They come over in bands of
rs or 80 and rob, kill and tear up
railroad bridges as they go. About
two weeks ago / saw three trains
loaded with nothing but soldiers and
horses going to Brownsville. The
white people are leaving their coun-
try houses and going to the towns
tor protection, being afraid to stay
in their houses at night. i am look
ing for it to start here as the sheriff
arrested two of the Mexicans for
house stealing and put them In Jail.
He got two letters the next day
stating that he had better turn
them out or he would suffer for it.
No name was signed to the letters.
He expects to be killed any time. l
don't hardly think he Is in any dan
ger unless he is caught out of town.
Don't know, though? there are 50
many Of them here and they love
whiskey and you know that whiskey
will make man do lots of thinga
that he would not do when sober.
] am SO glad that old South Care
lima has gone dry. You know il
ruakes me feel good to meet my
friends here on the streets and they
all compliment me about my ole
state going dry. They say they are
going to try and work for Texas tt
oct dry and I tell them / hope the!
4 will not give all Of the credit o
q South Carolina going dry to tn
men for I believe that the most o
hit came by the prayers and har
work of the good women of Sout
carolina and epecial]y the goo
ladies' around Edgefeld court hous
and there are some good men In an
around Edgefeld like R. L. Dune
want. Thank you ever 80 much OIL
Friend for that nice box of cigars
! b did enjoy them so much. The pei
bile are nice and kind to me but
aoye old South Carolina and he
people and will forever, above a
others. / am old and have alwaJ
lived in it. 1t is said that you can
teach an old dog new tricks and
believe it. You can tell lv Morga
that he need not fear about a Mex
can widow lassoing me for l don
like them and can't understand an
4 thing they say.
Mr.. Editor there is in sight of
N an oil we'll that is being bored. Tb
"a have go, il 1000 feet deep al