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CAROLINA'S SONS IN TEXAS.
More About The Settlers Around
the famous Hunter's Hend. The
McHitchcn's, thc Adnirs, llnilcy's
and tubers, All From South Carolinu.
BPAHTANBURG AND
UNION REPRESENTED.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 27, 1902.
Jno. It. Matiiis, E.sy., Union, S. C.
Dear Friend:?Your valuable paper
gets here alright, though not as
swift as a few issues of previous date
had done, but the address is correct,;
(thank you.)
I beg pardon for having to intrude
upon your valuable space to
state that you make me say in my
last letter Miss Ada Duckett when
it should have been Miss Ida Duckett.
Also you make me'say Coldsrille,
8. C. when it shou-d be Gold ille,
S. C.
I was very sorry to hear of the
^intimely death of Airs. Sam Duckmt
As tho correspondent from
VOshen llill stating the sad event
was the first I had heard of her death.
It is indeed the most sad lot of our
livos to lose a fond mother, surrounded
by her loving and dutiful children.
It might not be so hard to bear if all
the children were grown and nrirried
or had homes of their own, but the
writer believes he has experienced
the sadest of all separations from the
love and care of a fond mother bJ
the cruel monster death, and for this
reason sincerely sympathizes with
all who are called to puss under tho
rod of affliction at an early age, and
while the kiss of a mother's lips is
still warm on the innocent brow.
The writer has known that family
from earliest childhood, in fact nearly
all his life, and during all that
time they have proved themselves to
be one of the best of the land, and
Duckett was one of the most
? <J^?u'et,"g[ent!ss thaughtful and kindhearted
ladies that it has ever been
his pleasure to meet.
Best on, rest on in peaceful rest,
Eternal life God rave.
There is a hope that all may have
Wo shall meet beyond the grave.
Woll I will try to tell a little more
about Carolina's sons and daughters
. around Hunter's J3end, but first I
will beg pardon for not having gathered
^lotes from the l;ves of these interesting,
progressive and frjpndly
people, but the season of the year
when I was there was their busiest
time and I had only a very limited
chance to get acquainted with them,
but they will stop the plow long
enough to talk a few minuted with a
man from old South Carolina, and
if he comes recommended they will
invite him to their house ana treat
him like a king. I mean as Auch
VjJm a king as it has ever been the
jflasure of your humble scribe t?
jWptrticipate in or to have knowledge
Wf according to his humble opinion.
The old gent, Mr. Hunter, was a
very talkative and friendly man, also
bis son Dr. John Hunter, and his
daughter, Mrs. Littlepage, she made
special request that I should call on
them at their home and I regret that
my time was so limited that I could
not avail myself of the pleasure, but
. the one of most interest to me in the
U- ?Huntp.r family was the youngest son,
Eg ^V'.m. He was an exception for sociability
and friendship. I have met
very few people in my life who were
easier to get acquainted with than
was Jim Hunter. Then there are
two families of the McEitchen, usually
pronoun led MclJtohcn, they are
from MarlVjpo county, S. C. They
came to Travis county, Texas, more
than thirty years ago and have reared
their families in Texas. Some of
the children aro grown and married,
they have paid many visits to S. C.
and have taken most of their children
back there on visits at various
times and the children seem to have
that same paternal love for old Caru
' olina that their parents possess.
Neil McEitchen has a very nice little
r* -Jarhi on the border of Hunter's Bend,
jf-lhe land is not ss rich us on the botP
J>tom, though it is as fertile as need
be when there are ordinary seasons,
, ' M he cm raise all he can gather; the
? vJand is practically level and runs to
jfeckor Branch, and the church hJ\
A name was budt on land he gave
fiAbe purpose; he ha* a nice house*,
a good living and seems to be
JjpMiiap|>yT except he has asthma at times
very bad. He has fivo children
> nearly all grown, Duncan, Eutb,
Jesse, Bessie and Neil Jr, Jim
married about two years ago a Miss
Sarah King, though they all live at
the old home and seem well contented.
Mangus McEitchen has several
small farms, though some run high
up the bluffs or foot hills and are
covered with roosquite brush, prickly
pears, rattle snakes, horned toads
and cotton tail rabbits, and is only
used for pasture land, but some is
very good land. lie also has a good
country store with a large stock and
a good trade, and has a nice house
olose to his store. His store was
once the post office of Dunlap until
the Rural Route abolished the office.
lie only has one child, a girl nearly
grown, lie has some cattle and
makes considerable money. Both
these brothers are enthusiastic members
of the Decker Braach church.
Then there is the Adair family
from near Goldville, S. C. J. I.
Adair is.a brother of most of
the Laurens county people know him
as Tom Bully Adair, -as he used to
be quito a pugelist when I was a
boy. Tom still lives near Goldville
and I spent a very pleasant time
with him when visiting Carolina little
over a year ago, but his family
came to Texas about fifteen years
ago and the children are all grown
and many are married. There are
so many girls that I can't remomber
their aames, however one of them
married Gus Copeland, from Clinton,
S. CM and he is foreman for J. N.
Littlepage on a large farm south of
Hunter's Bend. Mattie married
John Flow, who was born and reared
in Hunter's Betid. John's father
says he has been in that bend for
forty years and he never believed it
was worth anything until the priqe
got so high and land so scarce that
he could not get even a garden tract,
and it in a fact ho has spent all his
life and strength amid these rare op?
Krtunities and has saved nothing,
e is a man of the utmost integrity
and of the highest honor, but is very
feeble, in fact is helpless. John
Flow works in Liitlepage's etore in
the Bend. I did not see all the
Adair girls, but there are Camilla,
Tense and Jessie who are single.
There are only two boys, Gus is
night watchman in the hospital at
the Confederate Home, and J. I.
lives on the farm with his father and
sisters about 14 miles north of Hunter's
Bend. They have just moved
there from the Bend. They are now
on the black waxy land and say they
like it fine, except in wet weather,
and they have had very little of the
latter since they went out there.
There is Wm. Verden also from
Goldville, 8. C. He works for
wages on the place with Gus Copeland.
He is an old batchelor but is
putting on all kinds of style out
there with his new rubber tired buggy,
says he thinks sometimes he may
go back to old S. C. There is J. II.
0.:i _L. a _:.L nr_ ir- i
joaimy wdu weut wuu u m. v eracn
to Texas about tea years ago, though
he was from Union county. J. II.
Bailey married about four years ago
a Miss Fannie W. Brown. J. H.
has lived in this Bend ever since he
went to Texas, except a few months
he worked in Austin. He has saved
up a few hundred dollars and seems
to like Texas fine. The Brown
family were from Virginia and I
consider them one of the most reliable,
trustworthy and sociable families
that it was my pleasure to meet,
though they have not emassed fortunes
as many others have, still they
have good homes and make a good
living.
Then there is Joseph J. Bailey
from Union county, who has been
out there four years. He has tried
various kinds of employment saoh as
farming, dairying and working on
the public highways, but they seemed
too slow for him. lie was a nurse
in the hospital at the Confederate
Home when I left Texas.
T.*a t Vtvat naf looof a1/1 TTnola Haow
uw ivu?V| vm vuviv JL/a?j
Tones, as he is familiarly known all
over that part of Texas. He is from
Spartanburg county, S. C., and has
been out there more than forty years.
He is a very slender, tall, wiry looking
old gent, of more than seventy
years and be gets acquainted with
anybody who goes along the Webberville
and Austin pike road. He
settled an the edge of the Hunter
Bend, right close to the rtecp hill.
He has a* fine farm veiy fertile,
though more dronthy than the
famous bottoms, he has more land
on the hills than in the bottom or
a it is celled out there second bot -
tem. lie has quite a lot of timber
on his hills with cacti, rabbits, rocks
and snakes. lie is a great talker I
and is liked by all, though he has
some very peculiar ideas he never
lets them interfere with others. Your
humble scribe had the pleasure rf>f
making his and his good lady's acquaintance
without any ceremony
aimply by passing along the highway.
lie had a brother from Spar
tanoorg to visit turn during the
Dallas reunion.
I will try to tell you something of
the dark side in my next letter.
With best wishes for Tiie Times
and its readers I hid you adieu.
W. G. Bailey.
ANOTHER TEXAS LETTER.
Something More of That Black,
Sticky Mad?Rain in Abundance.
Crop Prompecta Rather Gloomy
Failure* hooked For.
BNORMOUS REVENUE
FROM TEXAS.
Bonham, Tex., Nov. 27, 1902. ?
Editor Times:
The weather here is the rainest
in years at this season; and it is unusually
warm. As I write all vegetation
is green wit** "*io immediate
prospect of fir\ , ^ere is young
corn growing in various places. A
farmer told me last week down at
Bailey he had corn silking and tasselliug
at the time. Great quantities
of rain have fallen during the
last 15 days flooding the whole country,
and damaging the crops, corn,
cotton and all growing crops. There
ia inrnn nnrn -Ll.k
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will rot very fast, especially where it
falls to the ground, and, possible,
you may have some idea how difficult
it would be to haul through the
mud in the black waxy land if it
were suitable weather for gathering
corn overhead. The cotton crop was
very short in this section of the
State, this year, caused by the destructive
boll worms, then the constant
wet weather coming on both
rotting it and stopping the maturing
of the late bolls or top crop has
flayed havoc with the yield for 1902.
n short we are gathering less cotton
this titne than for many years. The
country was pretty well drained of
money to buy feed to make the crop
for this year. Added to this the
short crop and con tinned wet weather
have almost put a stop to business.
There is less doing in the line of
merchandise trading than I have
ever observed since coming to this
State "nineteen years ago. People
on the black laud cannot come to
town in wagons, for in attempting to
do so they would stick fast in the
mud with their vehicles; they can
come on horse back or on foot until
the roads dry sufficiently to drive
over them. As a oonsequence the
merchants are having hard luck in
business affairs. Most of the merchants
here do business in such a
tense strain, caused by the credit
system and a speculation mania, that
when a time like the nrpRpnt nno
cornea, not many are prepared for it,
and as a result many failures among
merchants follow. This winter will
not be an exception on that score, so
we will have many and perhaps some
heavy failures; in fact they have commenced
already. It seems that if a
little more caution and cool judgment
were used in business matters,
the country over, the results
possibly be better.
RISK IN THE PRICE OF LAND.
In the face of the fact that this
part of Texas has suffered from the
effect of two short crops in success
sion, lands have gradually gone
higher each year for three years.
Black land that three years ago
would have sold for thirty-five to
forty dollars per acre, this winter
will sell for anywhere from sixty to
seventy-five dollars. Some lands are
even higher. One gentleman near
Hiokory Grove in the upper edge of
Hunt county 17 miles southeast of
Bonham was offered thirty thousand
dollars for three hundred acres early
in the summer and refused to sell at
the price. Speaking of the rapid
rise in the price of land forcibly reminds
the writer of tho skyward
tendency in that direction, listen one
moment and he will give you a bit
of bis experience on that score: One
year ago on the first day of the present
month, be sold a small farm, receiving
therefor fifty dollars per acre,
, which was a good round prioe, hut
the owner about 10 months after
buying it refused a price of serentyfive
dollars per acre, that is to say,
one half as much again as ho paid
for it lees than a year before.
TERRITORY ALLOTMENT.
I am also reminded that the lands
in the Indian Territory will soon be
opened and it is very reasonable to
suppose will be a fine field for speculation
for the next five to ten years;
not only that but many men with
small means may be able to procure
good homes ia^he "Ilappy Hunting
rrounds" of the Choctaw Indians.
The allotment is to commence in
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A uuiuaijf ucAb UUU UUUUI1UQ UUUI
completed. As eoon as the allotments
are made and the deeds executed
the Indians can sell ? of the
lands to purchasers and make rood
title to same, which most of tnem
will proceed to do at once, in order
to get hold of the money to be realized
out of their lands.
TEXAS SCnOOL FUND.
It is a fact that so many people
pride themselves upon a fine showing
in almost anything. Fine showings
are usually cn ditable to the
agents of the enterprises or means
producing sp'endid acquirements.
It has seemed to me all along that
the average Texan makes it a point
to boast about the enormous school
fund, and the big school fund is all
right. If the men who are empowered
to do so would only take more
pains to employ teachers whose qualifications
comported better with the
salaries paid them. I am sure the
standard of Texan education would
rise higher than at present. A
recent statement of the school fund
shows an asset of forty-five million
seventy-one thousand eight hundred
seventy six dollars, ($45,071,876.)
A sum bard for little minds to comprehend.
Here aro the total taxable
values of Texas for the year
1902: One billion seventeen million
five hundred and seventy-one
thousand seven hundred and tnirtytwo
dollars, ($1,017,571,732.) The
following 2<feeanties render over ten
million each for taxation: Harris,
87; Dallas, 36; Bexar, 34; (San Antonio)
McLennan, 23; (Waco) Galveston,
22; Tarrant, 21; (Fort
Worth) Grayson, 20; (Denison and
Sherman) Ellis, 16; Jefferson, 16;
(Beaumont) Travis, 15; (Austin) El
Paso, 14; Williamson, 14; Navarro,
14; Bell, 13; Collin, 13; Lamar, 12;
Fannin, 12; Ilill, 11; Hent, 11; and
Kaufman, 11; millions. These figures
represent just about one third
of the actual value of the property
thus rendered. This is not said in a
spirit of criticism, for if a rendition
of 33 J per cent, of the value of all
the property at the present rate furnishes
enough revenue to defray the
expenses of the government that is
burden enough upon the taxpayers.
J. 8, C.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Congress Opens Bat Adjourns Out
of Respect for Deceased
Members.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1902.
Precisely at noon today the gravels
of Pres. pro tem., Frye in the Senate
and of Speaker Henderson in the
House of Representatives fell and so
inaugurated the second and last session
of the Ffty-seventh Congress.
While there were cordial congratulations,
hosts of fair women in the
gallieries, and an abundance T)f flowers
in the chambers and lobbies,
there was also a note of sadness observable.
In the Senate the handsome
mahogany desk of Senator
McMillan was draped in crepe and
laden with flowers and in the House
the desk formerly occupied by Representative
Russell of Connecticut
and those of Representatives de
Grafienreid and Sheppard of Texas
were similarly treated.
la addition to the statesmen removed
by death there were twentyfive
men in the lower chamber who
were defeated for re-election, and,
therefore, condolences mingled with
congratulations. Many members
crowded about the Speaker's desk
expressing their regret that this was
the last time he would call the session
to order, and another group
gathered about Representative Cannon
congratulating him upon having
virtually wop the highest expression
of oonfidoQQo and the highest honor
' <u. \ sl-LT.
the House can confer. No business
was transacted in either chamber today,
beyond the swearing in of Gen^
eral Alger in the Senate to succeed
the late Senator McMillan. A quiet
but heartfelt ovation was given to the
Ex-Secretary of War, wh&se friends
believe be was a martyr to unreason- ]
it.g prejudice on the part of a people t
flutdied and excited with military ,
vintnrtr Knf ' *
..v.vij uu? ouuciiuj^ iruui lue tnais j
and bereavements which the most j
succest-ful war must leave in its wake. |
As soon as General Alger had ]
taken the oath of office, Sonator Bur- 1
rows moved that the Senate adjourn ,
as a mark of respect to the memorj j
of bis deceased colleague. Imme- ,
diate adjournment was then taken
and the Senate will meet at noon ,
tomorrow and receive the annual t
message of the President. In the t
house a similar course was followed, ]
adjournment being taken oat of ,
respect to the memorv of the late
Representative Russell and other \
deceased members. \
"There will no no tariff legislation ]
this session," said Senator Fryc, {
presdent of the Senate, todaj, in \
answer to an inquiry from your our- ,
respondent. "There will be neither (
time nor inclination in upper cham> ,
her for tariff amendment. The (
regular appropriation bills, anti- ,
trust legislation and probably some ,
treaties will be considered bnt that (
is all. I regard it as extremely ,
probable that Congress will amend t
the existing anti-trust law in accord* f
ance with the recommendations of ]
of the Attorney General. I can see t
no possible objection to such a course; ]
the legislation would be of a simple ,
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v.uai nticr ouu buuuiu r?([uire DUt lit*- j
tie time." Senator Frye also ex- ,
pressed an earnest desire to see the ,
Ship Subsidy bill enacted into law.
The first business which will occupy
the attention of the Senate will ,
be the report of Territorial Commit- |
tee which is to be made on the 3rd. (
Senator Beveridge, when seen today, ,
said it would be improper for him to ,
indicate through the columns of the '
press the tenure of his report, but it ,
is regarded as most . likely that it ,
will not be favorable to the admission ,
of the three territories which are j
applicants for statehood. It is re- j
garded as reasonably certain that (
Oklahoma would return two Republican
Senators, and two Republican
votes to the Electoral College, so
that the sentiment in favor of ad- '
mitting the latter is strong and
many there are who would like to 1
see Oklahoma alone admitted.
On the other hand, the Democrats
are unanimous in favor of admitting
all three territories and, as it was the
unanimity with which the Democrats 1
supported the bill in the House that (
secured its passsge through that '
chamber, it is regarded as doubtful (
if the friends of the territories will '
consent to discrimination.
One of the first measures to the |
consideration of both Senate and ,
House will be the antiaaarcby bill J
which was left in conference when |
Congress adjourned in July. It is ,
generally believed that it will pass
with little difficulty. There are a (
number of Democrats who oppose
the measure as passed for the reason i
that they fear its provisions may be
perverted from their purpose and
used as a means of persecution, but i
as the Republican majority is strong 1
it is not believed that the Democratic 1
fears will receive much consideration.
Representative Fowler, chairman '
of the House Committee on Banking
and Currency said today that prompt 1
and earnest efforts would be made to |
secure early consideration of the bill
for the reform of the cunency which
his committee framed last session but
which failed of consideration, in the
House. Everything points to a lively
and active session and it is reasonable
to assume that Washington will be
a center of interest throughout tho
winter.
How to Prevent Croup.
It will be good news to the mothers of
small children to learn that croup can be
prevented. The first sign of croup is
hoarseness. A day or two before the
attack the ch'ld becomes hearse. This
is soon followed by a peculiar rou,'h
cough. Give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy freely as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the rough
oough appears, and it will dispel all
symptoms of croup. In this way all
danger and anxiety may be avoided.
This remedy is used by many thousands
of mothers and ha* never been known
to fail. It is, in fact, the only remedy
that oan always be depended upon and
that is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by F. (J. Duke.
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MONEY IN FARMING.
Why Many Farmers Are Not Successful.
The Whole Truth of
the Matter in n Nut Shell.
Now that the prt Hent crop is about
harvested the question is what will
the farm-r do from now till time to
<t?rt another crop? Some will find
rt tiing to do except to ride about,
50 to town ever/ day or so, hunt, sit
oy the fire and take it easy. Others
have p ans and will be just ns busy
till 1 ext ppring as they have been
luring the past working and harvest
ing person. A letter from the Horn.
J. Davis Garter, published in the
Kingstree Record of last week affords
us the basis for the short dissertation
above, and we reproduce a por*
tion of his letter as it strikes us as
being one of the secrets of success
in the fartn. It is as follows:
''Now, Mr. Editor. I want to say
this. Farming has been considered
iy many to be unprovable, but I
lave always made a profit from it;
ind I think the biggest mistake made
jy farmer* is that they try to make
i crop before their lands are in conlition
for it. Before a planter shouhl
nake much of an outlay in the way
)f fertilizing he should thoroughly
lrain his land, then stump it, and
ay word for it, the yield will he
loubled. Why it's surprising how
nuch better condition your plow
.earn will keep in during work sea*
ion when the stumps are out of the
and, also there is qnite a saving in
the breakage of plows, chains, e c.
Besides vou have all the lii?ht wnn.l
r. -*?" " wv,t
pou need (of the very beat qualify)
;o burn during the winter, and in
idditiun to all this you destroy that
pest so much complained of, the
jround mole.
Now, Mr. Edi'or, away with that
motion that farming doesn't pay! I
lave made between 400 and 500 per
lent, on my investment this year
md am planning to beat that next
year."
It will be noted that good drsin)ge
and stump removing are the first
itops, then proper fertilizing, ('an
the firmer who waste his time during
the winter months while his
fields are full of ponds and stumps
expect the best results??Manning
Farmer,
GOOD REPORT FROM WEBSTER
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Cotton About All Picked?Good
"* Crop of Corn?Grain Being
Sown.
Mr. Editor:?Sunday, Nov. 30,
was a rainy May indeed. All wero
liaappoiuted as to the plans that were
to be carried out at the various
churches. It seems that the real
winter season has begun.
The people in general are better
preja-ed for wintor tnan they were
>ne year ago. All are about through
picking, ginning and selling cotton,
ind the attention of the farmers is
turned to sowing grain, a move in the
right direction. '
Schools here and there aro open,
and as they should be well attended.
Ti ? j:x:? - -
DI1VW4 kUAlik UT3VM3I UUUUHlOQ OZ'ilB
and the people are anxious to utilize
the opportunity at hand.
There is lets changing place*, muring,
than usual wnioh is a aign of
content and prosperity bearing in
mind the fate oi the rolling atone.
There has been a good supply of
corn gathered and as far aa can be
learned accounts hare been balanoed
and in many oases there is ret a remnant
of cotton on hand. Qenerally
speaking the prospects are better and
all are in better condition than was
at one time expected.
We are all glad to aee Tiie Times
as it makes its woiklv visits. It d>es
not get here till Monday but it ia
more than welcome when it comes.
It is commendable that a "dead
line" has been established at the
depot. Real pssiengera may now ioa
a season of re-fc or oair pass and repass
unmolested by the habitual loitering,
unnecessary crowd which gather at
tram time. It has been more than a
nuisance. I, as one, second the motion
voicing the sentiment o# others who
have experience! a similar hindrance
there. Should unnecessary street
loitering receive a similar dose
another common eyesore would in a
measure he removed. Guess we will
see an ordinance to that effect in U?a
future. Respectfully,
11. Frank Foster, Jr.
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