The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-06-21
GEO. [. PITTS
WRITES ON TEXAS
Writes ERtertainingly of his Impress
sfOns Of BrazOria County. Nothing
About Rabbits This Time.

About Rabbits This Time.
Dear Advertiser:
| Since writing the rabbit story some
months ago, l have had several re-
letter from Texas.
| have just finished months work
in Brazora County. When l tell you
that visited every school you will
know that l saw most of the county.
Brazoria is one of the coastal plain
counties and stretches for sixty miles
along the Gulf. 1t is low, level, black
and very rich. The gulf breeze blows
continuously. a light blanket is need
ed every night Strange but it is quite
healthy here. Malaria, typhoid, etc,
are not known.
Texans are not wild, rough, horny
and ignorant like most South Caro-
linians think. Every school in this
county has local school tax, nine
months school term, good houses,
splendid equipment and inviting sur
roundings. Many of them have gar
dens, demonstration plots, manual
body loves and supports the schools.
have not found nor heard OF a per-
son who cannot read and write.
The county has number Of oil
wells and others are going down cv-
cry day. II were to tell you the
enormous amount OF oil some of these
wells produce daily you would not be-
lieNc ii. Three train loads of sulphur
go out Of the county daily. 1t does
not smell like peach blossoms around
the mine either. Nitalitas also is found
here in great quantities.
| notice in last weeks Advertiser
| tina Mr.. }. NJ Sumcrcl has corn ta.;-
sci. | have been eating new corn, to-
natocS, beans, cantcloupCs, etc, Tor y
month. All kinds of Vegetables are
grown here in large quantities and
shipped to northern markets. Orang-
cS and grape fruit grow we'll also
Tie rice fields arc very pretty right
now. 1t is no unusual thing to see five
acre fields Of Cape JcSsamincS. | am
told this county sends them to every
state in the union save Florida They
so out in car load lots. One man told
me just prior to Decoration Day that
he was shipping from seventy five to
Il hundred thousand buds each day.
Thousands OF pecan trees grow wiu
| , ~ -
very fine and free to anyone who will
gather them. When it comes TO cot
ton, corn, ribbon and Sorgum cane,
well, wish you could see it. | am
is not heard OF. y bale Of cotton was
ginncd in a nearby county on the 7th
OF June. 1t was sold in Houston for
$4,000.
y large portion of the land is still
used for grazing and thousands o.
horses and COWS feed on The beautiful
! prarieS. The grass stands knee high
and is green every month in the year.
! 1t is Il pretty sight to look out across
the prairie and see from one to three
thousand cattle feeding.
| Speaking OF fishing, / wish Luther
/ Roper, Bob Bolt and Alf McNinch were
here to so fishing. The rivers an
lakes are full Of them. ! saw Il little
/ turtle the other day. 1t weighed ilU
F., pounds. will not tell YOU about the
/ fish sec. | would not like to b.
/ churchcd.
The people arc lazy, happy and con-
genial. One never meets stranger
here. You do not hear anything about
family trees or blue blood. Every tup
stands on its own bottom.
The roads are good. Most OF them
arc sheilcd. Henry Fords pcrambula-
tors are very much in evidence.
Fine Churches and houses arc found
both in the towns and country. The
preachers arc usually good, but the
attendance at church is small. Sun
day here is the day for movies, base
ball and shng. But don't misundcr-
stand nc, have not been fishing on
Smnday nor have | seen a Sunday
movie. These Texans arc great sing
crs. ! wish Tom Childrcss was here
to join in one OF their all-day sngings.
Mosquitoes are here by the mil
lions, but they are not the poisonous
kind. All the homes, stores, school
houses and churches are screened. Ask