The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-09-05
LETTER FROM DeKALB. TEXAS.
DeKalb, Tex, Aug. 20, 1917.

DeKalb, Tex, Aug. 20, 1917.
Editor Herald:--It is all well down
here-having plenty rain and crops
are looking fine, but early corn viii
be cut short on account of the July
drouth. Pastures are good and plen-
ty of water. Weather cloudy and
cool, which is not good on cotton, as
it will let the boil weevil work. But
taking the present conditions we
have fine prospect for all kinds of
crops.
We extend a most cordial invita-
ton to the correspondent from OLA
ton to come down and we will fill
/ him up on watermelons, for we have
the finest melons and the biggest
crop ever raised in eastern Texas.
| Shipped OFT five carloads and could
| ship ten more from this place, but
can't get sale for them. We are
feeding them to the hogs. Several
weighed seventy pounds; none ship
ped less than twenty pounds. Now,
don't come poking down here on I
bareback mule with an old coffee
sack-come in a four-horse wagon.
You need not bring anything to lay
the melons on we will furnish that.
for we have plenty of old last years
hay and old rags, the latter of which
we have plenty.
We are not blessed with an eXcit-
ing election down here and have that
only every two years. Nomination
is an election-the Democrats have
such large majority. but the Re-
publicans and Socialists usually put
out candidates and keep up an organ
ization.
The negroes are segregated; have
homes and some have good farms,
several nice churches. neat school
houses and the white man looks af-
ter them. Most Of them can read
and write.
We took trip up in Arkansas on
JHt hdHSdS CIN-' " .-OuIittiH
II is rough and rocky;very mountain
Gus. Mena is a beautiful place sur
rounded by rough country. Rich
mountain seems to be above the
clouds. No farming country. What
few fellows up there have rude
way of farming-just swap sides
with the rocks.
There has been a great improve
ment in stock in the last few years.
Several fine animals nave been |
brought in, but saddle and harness
horses are slow, for the place is full !
of autos. Stock cattle high-just the
price you ask. We have only few
ticks-eradicating them by dipping. |
Mr.. Editor, please publish the |,
"Prodigal Daughter again. have
lost the paper that contained it. |
only retained the three last verses.
A little "fsty" girl was so struck on |
it she took it off and misplaced the ,
third verse from last.
The prodigal son can come back and ,
assume his old place
AS leader Of lies mad whirl,
With not even a hint of his former
disgrace,
But not so with the prodigal girl.
Please insert it for it is worth q
years subscription to anybody who
loves poetry, flowers and life.
We have no slackers here. Some
of the boys are slow to go-don't
want to leave their girls. | don't
blame them, it is tough.
Glad to see you have good crops in
Butler and Ohio counties.
| see Mrs. Coffee Taylor is visit
ing her mother-n-law, Mrs. f. J.
Taylor, and Noble Render visiting
his old pop, Luther Render. This
reads like a fairy tale, for | knew
them when they were little. 1t is not
G. B. Phelps, of Morgantown, who is
visiting in Beaver Dam? / learned
that Mack was at Morgantown and
waa a candidate for polica Iud1a