Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-16
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Dear Sir and Frisnd:-
Evergreen. Alabsz=. ssssA & 1915.
wen, yoa asked why l did not write
VIII say that ! have deferred it 50
j could wrin more inteliigeutly
We are lacafed at 5 town Of som
$500 people on the msin line q L a
IN R r. called Evergreen, and verify
Il is all the am implies, for Il Is
green the year around with the pines,
liee-oaks maEnolias. and 8 Thousand
o.her trees and hnshes that have been
green foliage al through the winter.
We arr about e5 miles on an air line
north 81 the Gulf Of Mexico, in an
elevated section Of the country about
$50 feet above sea level, and think
q very healthy country. did not To-
cate at the point that would have been
best for my lire Of business, for there
are several sections IN the state, that
have two Of tAres times the live stock
that this has, but business is not all
that I AN locking FOR now. This little
span Of liz Is too short to fool il all
away looking for dollars
We'll we have been here one aNhole
Summer and about 2wintersI haven't
seen q flake az snow since we left
Missouri. The winters here are ideal.
Lots Of sunshiny weather and you
can 20 without your coat a good deal
Of the time, and while the summers
are long and ii is pretty hot in the
sun. it IS no warmer in the shade than
in Missouri, and in fact the nights are
cooler in midsummer than they are
up there.
This has been strictly q cotton grow
ing country with some live stock, un-
til last year the boil weevil knocked
them out and they have now gone to
diversified crops and live stock, and !
think it is going to make a big change
IN the south, II IS just starting Oh a
new era
Would you believe it if l were to tell
you that there is not as much cleared
tillable land in this country today as
the day the Civil Wa closed? But it
is a fact; You could ride along some Of
the roads through timber that you
would gamble was the original or
virgin woods that in ante-bellum days
was producing corn or cotton. They
are hauling pine logs here to the mill
off Of that very kind of land. 1t does
not make good building lumber how
ever. They use It for making boxes
and such. It was sometime after /
came down here before l could tell
this kind Of timber from the original.
but can tell It now. The vast major
ity Of the land of the South is poor or
thin at best, but the soil Of the South
is very spotted. There is some strong
rich land in most every section here.
Where we are they have a dark soil as
red as blood, that Is very strong and
viii grow anything, and across the
center Of this state they have what Is
called the black belt. 1t looks like u
river bottom lands, and is very rich,
but il is all 70 be developed yet. The
South is a long way behind the Mid
die West IN a good many things. Wait
a minute, though. ! will except one
thing, that is the automobile. They
believe in them, for they can use them
every day in the year, for there is sell
dom any mud in this country, and they
have better roads in Alabama than IN
Missouri.
Well now,maybe this is getting long
enough, and win only add that / be-
lieve the South in the next ten years
win offer more opportunities and make
a larger stride than any section Of the
United States has ever made. So,
with kindest regards for you and your
staff, and all our friends, I am, as ever.
Yours.
g D.