Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-26
Tuscumbia, Ala.
FROM AMARILLO TO ELBERroN.
Dear Household

Dear HouSehold
Some months have elapsed since L
last wrote, but in the meantime L have
not forgotten you, neither have l ceased.
to keep up with our department so ably
managed by our loyal friend, Mrs.
Thomas
trust that each and every reader
had a pleasant Christmas. and was well
remembered and remembered some one
else. especially some one not so Ior-
tunate You know the best giving Is
that giving where we expect no returns
We never lose friends when We give
TO the needy, but We often do IL our
gifts in the exchange" are cheap. but
enough of that. 1 hope the new year
found all happy and enjoying good
health and giving the other reno"
square deal in everything.
1 am indeed glad to have the good
Measure of again being visitor in my
native state, Georgia. The nVe years
that 1 have been away have brought
about many changes
As YOU all know the great "Panhandle
country of Texas is now one OF the
most prosperous parts OF the Ohileu
States in the way of wheat ana gram
crops We grow no cotton there' the
cotton country begins about seventy-hVe
trv is being rapidly developed from
cattle raising to a farming country, but
we have a lot of country that IS not
nj for anything except pasture lands
ON nv way from Amarillo 10 fOrI
worth I did not see any of that great
country as it was night.
of course you have all read OF the
buffalo ranch at Goodnight, Tex.
Many of you know also that Texas rs
cotton CROP
even though the boil weevil has for
Iorp time been a great drawback TO the
cotton farmers l stopped several days
in the great city of Fort Worth. You
who have kept in touch with the prohi-
bition question know that Fort worth
i. cursed with saloons and all its at
tcudant evils This saloon-cursed city
teaches the observer many lessons about
the evils of drink, and l am glad TO
saw that the better class of people are
putting up a hard fight to GUST booze
from Fort Worth.
took a side trip TO Sapulpa- Okla
enjoyed that trip very much. We
passed through one part that was the
rockiest country 1 ever saw. The rocks
were so thick and there were so many
of them that you could net see how they
kent from falling off OF each other A
great machine was being used to crush
Them to build up the roads on the santa
Fe system. At another place I saw the
plant of the Portland Cement company,
which was a great sight, and at another
point l saw the place where certain
grade of sand is obtained to make glass.
part of the country was beautiful
with farms and lots of it was the hilliest
country 1 ever saw. At Sapulpa, Okla,
I saw more oil wells than / ever saw
in my travels in all the other oil coun-
tries It is said that this is the largest
oil region in the United States and
have no right to doubt the assertion.
Many are made rich dealing in oil, while
still many more are made poor.
On my return to Fort Worth ] again
spent few days. I studied the country
over which I Travelled. Dallas and Fort
Worth are both large cities and are
growing quite rapidly. Just after l left
Dallas ] saw the BuckneTs orphan
Home. one of the largest orphan homes
in the United States. But l will not
take time to tell you all about that. At
Terrell Tex. I was told that a big in
sane asylum was located there.
I saw some very large cotton fields in
this part of Texas, and also the 1000
acre peach orchard that 7 mentioned i'm
n previous letter. Then ] saw my first
pine trees since 7 left five years ago.
also saw some rail fences like I used
TO have TO helm build i'm Georgia.
had to change cars at Marshall,
Texas. for Shreveport la. Nothing OF
special interest between these points.
At Shreveport 7 missed my train to
Vicksburg thirty minutes which delay
ed my getting 20 Decatur. Miss. just
twenty-four hours. After leaving Mon
roe the next morning I saw a lot Of
pretty farms and some fine level lands,
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this route that 7 saw long-haired trees
and swampy country. 7 saw some rice
farms also. Then the cotton and corn
fields were pretty. Lots of big saw
mills along the way. I am told that ne