The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIITH YEAR, No. 248, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 8, 1901 Page: 24 of 64
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NelnhVqa Lived Sevtral Mile s Away
andf Sup lSeJ Were Hauled1 From
rrJousYon WrthOx Teamtfi
HearnefTcxas December fi Mr Jo eph
C Hrowuowa i bom In Lumpkin coiiuty
Ga 1JJ30 ami come to Toxns by easy
singes with his father In 1831 living on
the Journey one year lu ifssissl ppl and
six years slh Arkansas landing lii Hobcrl
son county shortly before Christmas 1S51
Mr Itro wn told Die Ioat corruspou deht
of tbc urljjHIays hi the comity Itandalt
Ilobertsou o fIlQbertson colony came from
Tennessee anil was ono of the oarlleit set
tiers of the eotipty and was our ncaroiit
neighbor living about a mile ami a half
from my father near the little llruo
river said he lt ulicu Anderson of lort
fitllllrAit was nnolher neighbor on the
tcst Sterling two miles west hf where
Calvert now stands won the nearest town
In the count ami consisted of store
nlicj a blacksmith shop ItonstiMi was our
tnjfen trading point aud all the fxeevsaary
grocrrl diy gnnda slid supplies watcli
we obtained were brought overland ftoui
tiilit poliu tsy ox teams
Th roWi trlp In swd weather con
suited nlitfSt three ek Mv fitt > r-
aft one or two yen running devoted
modi of bi time m < v ironing
It wn > niy fathr k liilut If m taking
load from tht nou ui lliuion ho ttlil
J C DROWN
not find return loads to this Immediate
section to carry loads to any other ceth > ii
of the State ami It not infrequently hap-
pened that Instead of three week ucccs
nary to make the round rtlp wo weie
actually six weeks or two mouths
Yes we had hardships to undergo In
those days high water and bad weather
and the like but there was a fascination
about the life that made many of us
loath to rIto It up as tliu advance of civili-
zation brought the usual Impvoved methods
W transportation
No there were no ludlun here when
I came Wild Indiana I itiiu and I had
no experience ui au tmluii UnUlur V
few straggling aborigine occasionally vis-
ited cast of tin llrsaos but of the wild
nud wooly scalp llftlug redskins 1 had no
personal experience
The chief charaetciMIc of the early set-
tler In these parts which I think nio t
worthy uf moutlou nud 1 may say einula
tlou was his openhearted hospitality
Of course everybody whs wlnit would
nowadajs lie called poor lull few posmss
lug the luxuries of frame house Klaus
window and lire convenience Mich as me
today counted absolute iiccchsIiIci and a
double log hnuse well ehinkeii with day
with fireplace and chlimicv uf the same
material mid coveied wlih hoards riven
fiom the native post oak was counted
rather a superior kind of a dwelling but
I anut say the luwpllnllt denlt with a
lavish hand t < the niriii > cr whom trees
of weather or other niurorlniie directed
to their cate Is I inn mid to say rather
the uxccptlou than Ihe rule In this hitter
day civilisation
Honesty In nil business dealings was the
tulo ami tlioiiKh lawyers and preacher
were scarce the morality or Ihe community
was by long odds Mipcrlnr to that of to-
day though I do not wish to be understood
to attribute It to their absence
There Wore no schools within tench of
ns for ninny year and mv rjithor engaged
one of our iieurrst neighbors to supple-
ment In n limited way the teaching which
my mother was able in cle ui
There was little need for courts aud all
rilffcicners wore niljusted bv arbitration
rather than litigation
Owing to the abundant grnss throughout
the year there was no lack of fat stock
nt any reason If It should elmme that beef
latber than came appealed lo ones appe-
tite
This was the character of life whichwas
led I may nav until the breaking out of
the war In Ififll when like all mv uclgh
bors 1 enlisted In eompany c UMlkevs
TTIvlslon Youngs regiment and Mllowed
Its fortunes for the next four vears whleli
rings my narrative down to a ilate familiar
even to the younger generation
THOMAS WESLEY SMITH
Willis Texas December C Captain
has been a resident of this county since
1810 For fifty yeara ho has been a suc-
cessful merchant and ls still an active busi-
ness man For fortyseven year n lloyal
Arch Mason Jn his younger days h
served this ronnty as treasurer and aherlff
and they trere days when a brare man
w a seeded for the latter office aa nt that
time there was a baud of deaperadoea near
tha tovfn cf Montgomery who terrorised
thecouBtr until subdued Captain Smith
a d hla brothernlaw Captain Ieel led
tb aiUuss la titdr raid against tbla band
fi
SAN AUGUSTINE HISTORY
WHAT AN OLD SETTLER REMEMBERS
OF EARLY DAYS
He Knew a Great Many of the Men
Now Famous In the History
of Texas
Sau Augustine Teias December Q The
following Item conoe rulng th > early days
e f Sau Auguitlne are obtained from tMr
James II loluison ouo of tlui oldest sur
Mvliig Inliabltnnls Ho wss bohi In Nelson
cdunly Vo on iho tOth ijayof June Itll
being now in lils eightyeighth year lie
iqttjled heie In 1 I7 ami llvi In quiet rtv
tiiement with Ills socoud wife a most
mtlniable lady In a eauifortable home
ciijoylnir fair hoelth nml the tospect and
esteem of the entire community Ho wss
dlstrbt clerk nnd notary public for four
years Iwgliiuliijg about the year 1610 aud
piobably knows uioro of the oarly history
of this section of tliu State tliau any other
living man
The first rlratrlet rourl was held here-
in April t t7 b > Imlge VVIIIIamseh known
In Texas hJ lory as Thr plezge < 1 Willie
H l t f yssni Judires Mills OelllltrM
llQberis and others iMcopled tb bencb
Kihongr the mmit dlsUiigulfibert uiea who
oue ll > i > d here nud with whom Mi John-
son n well Utiiiiiuted h mentions lieu
wljs Houston iind Heiidernu Oavld H
Katilmau < > M Uoberts Uoynl Icnnliii <
> W niAiint F P HejtUJ nnd other I
Jdtufon nbll Ink ikbiied a law license
to Judge Wheeler Uoveroor Uoberts cam
hew in 1W2 a yonBt tntvyur
In addltfou io tji iirtc weii known i nar
aters msny of mn most nnt il Ian > m
and Maieni < u of Tei were uer on bust
ness lit me vufly das Mr JobBsookucw
them all and leblteo iumu InCltlefi t of
their lltes lie Van point mit the plat t
land preaented to Oenetnl Houston fnr i
heme slt r General llendaisous realdeuce
which still iStamlt r < srnod < led and heatitl
fled the site of thq old custom house iud
of the college bulldliift itrBord the arst
eouit whb lied the liosnltnlvle counr v
hoipe of ionne Alexander llbiton Jetieral
Houston aid de eamp still stands Hbout
two nillek north or town owned < hl >
cblblren he having died about stx mmi
ag Mr Johnson Npcuk nllb pildi or
the military company Ibat San Angtiillne
sent to Hie Mexican war under Captain
U M Wheeler and who with I unl Mupiib
Teyati Villi al J 1 Ileiideison ntood
side by Ide with tol > id effenon I avU
olid bis brave MlssiKsliipiMiiH wiiitilnv tin
perishable rmie at Monterey and Uuenu
Vlstu
Itesldes the public eharaeleis aboMi men-
tioned the early settlers here eomprlsed
tunny men of sterling worth mid tine cunr
ncter Of this elas t were rlNIni Huberts
I A Sublctt Jacob linirelt Mathow
tartwrlghl the Iolk Iloltnniis Davlsvs
momnscH Halls Itaukiim and other Most
of the early setllers here were successful
business men sr uo of the i neeumulatliig
handsome fortunes Colonel Cartwflght nt
the time of death win pomdbly tho wealth-
iest land owner In Tenia
lty the year ISM San Augustine had
grown to bo n flourishing town of
Inhabitants The course of empire has
taken many of them to bi ad and Intltlug
Holds further west Adversity haft brooded
oer the pluee iijUlU In only a semblance
of Its former self It Is nail to contem-
plate that this was once the sent of n
splendid civilization and the hnnp > Uonie
of n thriving hoscplUblo aud chivalrous
perple cmbvacliig some of the grandest
nnd most patriotic men that ever wor-
ship ei1 at libertys altar or fought for
home or country Hut a ebuuge mtt > a soon
take place Natures resources nro bounti-
ful and Inviting lliillrosd will do tho
rest San Aueusttne will put on new robes
of prosperity and the plney woods of
Kast Texas will yet become potent factor
In woiUIhb til the ilextlny of our grtml
commonwealth
TUG DEWITT COLONISTS
MR
D S H DARST IN A REMINIS-
CENT MOOD
He Tells Some Intereatino Stories About
the Earlv Dava in and Around
Gonzales
t > oraIes Texas December S lu viewing
lirriitcs tedty with Its modern two anI
llirecslorv biislncsa houses nud holds Its
oil mill water power unit cotton mill Hist
class high school churches and mimcr
qua Industries a few Items it the early
history of tho country would also bu Inter-
esting
Mr 1 N II Ditist au old and respected
elllitcn of Ootunlcs bie fuorud our cm
lespondeitt with Muub of the early history
of this part of Texas Mr Darst who was
Hitu a hoy of it > cur of age came with
lil fitthei and mother Jacob C aud Mar
caret Daist fiotn Moutgomcry iniinl Mo
In the jear 1MW to Texas trsvellug lu a
onchoise carryall and au ox wagou They
were several mouths on the way and tliull
arrhed hei on Jnuuary S 1831 some
sixteen ev eighteen families lived hro then
auioiiK them being the DeWitt Mmllnson
fonell IVtrick ninwjlt King aid laiton
rmiililes H win called the DeWitt cu y
nnd was mulct the rontioi of 1 H Putilck
who was alcalde
In artdltton to the leg hiiutet there was
a small stockade fort with two block houses
used for protection against the lndlaus
who for scleral > eau would eeme through
the couulrv on moonlight nlghth to steal
horses Occasionally the lndlaus would kill
a white man aud the settlers would turn out
In pursuit and avenge the death of their
neighbor bv killing some of the Indian
At thtit time game was plentiful aud there
wjs uo lack of incut but hteail was an
Item as very little corn wss raised and
Urniorla was tha nearest place where sup-
plies could be bought Deer and turkey
weie pledful Hear snd even buffalo were
killed occasionally During the year 1S31
soural famllle caino to the colony and
n small store was put up with a few gro-
ceries nud tome liquor for sale Among
the emigrants were two men who were hat-
ters anil though o boy then Mr Darst re-
members very well the hats they ma da
out of wool and rabbit fur not very band
some but serviceable Com was ground
into course minl on what was culled then
n steel mill They were run by hand
power lelbow grersc The writer rcniem
lira tngtcerlug uuc himself before tha war
back in the Mts
I In X the first mill was built that rati
by huae power and n sixty stw cotton gin
i
son that Mr Darst knows of that wis her
when he came to the jdnre
Although Mr Darst over W years of
age his memory Is remarkably good and
ho can entertain anyone for hours with a <
counts of the early days of Texas Mrs
Darst Is still lltlut and vety near the
same age as her busMand though she Is
not so healthy and active as he Is
ALVINS COAST COLONY
MAJOR G W DURANT KNEW MANY
Off THEM
T r
They Experience Hardships and Had
No Complaint to Make About Them
When Thov Came
Alvlt Tevas Dcecnihirr fi While athis
home today The 1tst rnrresiiondent found
Mayor tieorgo W nurant In a reminiscent
mood aud asked him If he was art old set-
tler
Well 1 suppose so about llfly yoari ago
I was called u gifteil boy from the States
Yes 1 know a great many things about tho
families of the colony of 800 Hint Sinphen
Anstlnimttleil fat pw br Texas with
MQiiy of ttiein were alive for y eSrs utter
1 eatpe to Texas and as I was dlstrlot kiir
veyor It followed thai I associated with
rtlort of them and s l was very yntros
I 4lsteneil gladLy to All they h ul to say
about early times the hardship they went
DURANT
through how they tcd from the wood
fusb meat for meat and dried meat for
btend The meat was either veulson or bear
fop bread Turkeys ducks pratrle chickens
nud fish were ealen fresh They hn il no cows
and for clothing skins of deer Were dressed
nud made up In fnitilonn to suit the tex
They never suffered for something to eat
and wear nud lu fact they wcio a class of
clilaens who were too proud to complain
They would tell how they lived but they
cxpeuted hardshlpa when they stinted to
settlo this country and < thcy were nstlsned
and contented like all well thinking per-
sona would Yds as u genorul thing thuy
weie Intelligent lu fact I have never seci
at many Intelligent people settle together
us thu Austin colony and ns for honesty
the wotld could not surpass thum uo locks
or keys everything was left open One
could leave home for weeks at a time and
on return would tlnd everything as they
left It unless boars disturbed
ivj < r ir + + ttrf r f + rt + + rr
E3r
western part of the town It
Indepetidcnce nil on the Otl of jStarch the mti BU 4 h
i
the Mexican rule Mr Darsta fntber was
nnd families On the Vjth of Match
TUomaa Wesley 8mth was born In Logan nlMbe fandlles o f tho beWlt t co loiy lcft
ceimty Kentucky over 72 years ago nud
here In what was called the nruawuy
scrape fearing that the Mexicans would At-
tack them Tbey went Kast and the mo t
of them uever retururd Mr Darst and his
mother went to the Trlulty river near
Crockett nnd after moving to several
places came back to ficnxalo In July 1SI
This tilace was named nftcr s leiiervl
Oonxaies In the Mexican army Iu Decern
brr IHIl Mr Darst was married to MUs
Kmelly Zunivralt by District Judge Wm
i JeiVs In lMd III mother died nrar
Oonjules Mr Alfred lloiue who was a
small child when Mr Darst came here in
1M1 U allll living at his home urar liar
wood lu this county aud Is the only per
Thu ftr t merchants of the
1
l urih inMrZ te
one the heroes of theTklnmo ami lost vvhSIlT etri t
hla I c Un c sie 1 u n north side was
llfo Oghtlug like others for tbelr homes
K
mp
THE NACOGDOCHES EIGHT
IS CLEARLY REMEMBERED BY MRS
LUCETTA WADE
Also Tells of Many Other Occurrences
DurlnQ the Early Day of the
Thrivfno Tovvh
Vncogdocbea Texas December C Mrs
Lucctta AVntle nee Wllbnrn was born at
Natchea Miss lu August lS M Her pu
tents nioted lo Arknnsns when she was
qullo young In IKiS they moved from Ar
kausaa to whew tttid lllver rouuty Is now
located In the iprlns of 1820 they moved
to the towb of Va eogdOcties whero Mrs
Wade has coutluuoiisly resided slu o that
time The following are some of Mrs
Wades early recollections Kite remembers
the Nacogdoches fitful hich occurred An
aust 2 issu lu which her fatbo usrtlcl
jiated The first sermon she ever beard
was preached upitnlra In the west cad of
the old stone fort building by a Culliolle
priest luiltntl were then plentiful and
wouM vonte lo own with fur aides and
pecans and barter them fnr trinkets and
whlsliy When the Indbns had none of
theee commodities lo haner nor money to
buy they would go to the bojjaes where
liquor was kept for wale and dunce the
bouse dawn If they were uot flven liquor
The old settlers hod signals of warning
wJies any depredation or attack as o
pectfttl from Iitdlaus wljen the women ami
children would hurry to the stoae fort aud
lite m u would go on guard or to battle
The only grist mill in flie county at that
time was owned by a man by the name of
Moreland which was located where tb
water work company ba Its plant on a
fork of the BanltJ creek one mile north
of town Morebiud lived In a cave near
bis mill and while uot engaged at the
mill he had a team and would do the haul
lug for the neighborhood The timbers
used for tho foundation of Ihe present
Catholic church wcie hewed and banted
by Moreland and It is said that while lb
tb woods with his team that his wagon
wheels knocked oer au old stump under
which Moreland fouud an earthen jar tilled
with Spnnlih doubloons The truth of this
story la not forthcoming however Soon
arter the report of tho tlnd was circulated
Moielnttd went back to Maryland his native
Slate and nevei returned MrsWade ie
members Ocucral Iedrlaajmd his son and
daughter nud mi well acquainted with
CeueiRl Sam Hoimton and Thomas 1 Husk
She attended school with tlcncril ltmks
children who aie all dead She kuew
Adolphus Slerne Iroat Ihoru the Stars
ltegents Edwards and Taylors whose de-
scendants nre not only scntterwl all trver
Texas nnd the United States bql arc In
every poitlort of the clvlllxed world The
lot she Is now llvlug on the first Catholic
chu h was erected and was used for a
btiriiil ground I be proof of which Is that
human bodies hnve often becu uncurtheil
on the lot Alter the ptocent Catholic
church was built n barracks was erected
on the ltd for the Mexican soldiers and
there burying of the dead was kept up ff
a number ot onv Another spot lu the
town was used on Mound street for a
ceruetcry pait of which Is now lu tho
those days a mans word was as good as trockett Bowie and other pa vlots took
win oc
gilt edge bonds and so far as cruillt it
lasted that way until the civil war Vcty
few persons that would heirs coulldiHice
I am sorry to say that such Is not the case
today I never lost any Indians hence
I never limited any We bad lndlaus who
were frleudly nud bunted on our prairies
Oiicu I had a scare from them that I have
laughed nt myself miinv a time They
were noted ns the whlto mans friends
Yes I havekilled door and bear and a
panther or two nnd have ieen two Mevl
can lions tcougursl One nt them l > r Ste-
phens oicrseer killed bad dragged off u
coll of Dr Stephens mid a Uttio lice dog
tired them In n fullen tree Yes In my
time game was very plentiful of all kinds
no trouble in kill them nnd where AI1I11
Is located 1 Jinvo chased wild horses for
spoil Near Alvln Mr II It Thomas and
also a Mr Itooth havo roped a bear each
and for catching the wild horses or Mus-
tang It was n common occurrence In
the spring of theyear It was common to
sec a lot of Mustang colts nt the small
ranches being raided on buttermilk and
some of the prettiest and mont durablo
hoi > es I have ever known were colts
caught nut of thc Mustang droves nnd
rained by band and on buttermilk
Ye 1 know enough of the citlv people
nnd history of their famlHcx to till n good
also book but I think this Ik about emugh
for this time It II King
CROCKETTS EARLY DAYS
TOLD OF BY A A ALDRICH SR AN
OLD CITIZEN
The Town Was Named After Davy
Crockett Who Onca Camped
on tho Site
Crockett Texas December 5 A A Aid
rich fir familiarly known aa Unete Ous
speaking of the oarly d ys of Crouketl and
of Texas said
fioon after Teias galuad her ludepeod
ence the town of Crockett wns laid out
It derived Its name from the fact thit
Davy Crockett camped for several uaya on
a spring braucb that runs through thc
1 amoko from their wigwams ascended to
commlugle with the clouds of heaven and
where the Indian children disported them-
selves when tho warrior danced hli war
dance and where are burled tho bones of
his tribe within her wall Sam Houston
the oath
no more It Is to be pulled down next
January and the old building so closely
connected with the early history of Texas
will be a thing of tho past
Juo S Ddiightle
THE CALVERT OP 1870
WAS THE TERMINUS OF THE HOUS-
TON AND TEXAS CENTRAL
Joseph T Beasley Recalls the Days
When the Town Was the County
Scat of Robertson
Caherf Texas December 5 Mr Joseph
I Iteasley u Miceetsfitl farmer living about
seven miles enM of this city eatnn to Cnl
urt from Southern Mississippi in 1870
after battling for the l < ot Cause as a
member of tne Sixth Mississippi Infantry
In speaking o tho past Mr Ilraslcy said
Calvert was then a bustling stirring
thrifty little Ie It was the terminus
of the lloiitleu and Texas Central railroad
and evinced all commercial prosperity usual-
ly attendant upon n uew railroad town
surrounded lo a Hue scope of country
Those weie good old days characterised by
true Southern hnvpltallty Money was plen
tiful add uicuiitcd freely A maus woid
was his honor and chattle mortgages were
practically unknown Ox teams wer In
vogue and It was then not at all unusual
to eo big well loaded cotton wagon com >
lumbering Into town drawn by six eight
and ten oeu A few scrub mules and
mustang pontes were used for plowing on
the Ilraitos bottom plantations but blooded
stock was conspicuously abtcnt In thoss
early days we had tbe oldfashloncd raz r
back hogs which fattened on acorns and
wern relied on to rustle for themselves
Harhed wire was not so populur In those
good old days and th loug born Texas
cattle now but a pleasant memory were
free to exerclso their nomadic Inclination
and browse ahout at will Horso theft was
summarily dealt with nd a thlc of ills
character would often mysteriously disap-
pear to be fouud later suspended to a
limb
Calvert was thou the county sent of
was on this
brauch that n narte r nalaul who had Hobertson county and I can recall many
J notable wises vvfilch attracted much atteu
in tho northeastern part of the county kid Hon at that time Tho town po sesed
naped a vvhlt woman were attacked by a many eminent lawyers the names of sov
party of settlers and the woman rescued ral of whom are still well kuowii In Texan
Several Indians atid two of the n takuc Among the older members of tbe bar wore
Party were killed Itlght over there nwlnt hue fieueral W II Uftmuieii who
l C to tho the candidate for
I was attached to it though ban I anv eo i 8Uml n large J brick J court home tlm governor as In greenback IMS Judge partys W C Col bird now
Wndom
Juilges T J Hell and
in
who are now prominent lawyers
V v n rtt A1 to fcrSriS aetr T S V iij ji Calvert SAlg
west side nl ty attorney of
KlrchoOer V I TiWiiIegaat now ilecMsed
O MeMitt
artervvard orfupleil by General Thomas V
town This last named was ilemrued by
Siv In the fall of 171 When the boj
weie organising to go to the war in tae
spring ltll a big barbecue was given
them
Jolmv he continued being YUlldy af
fected nearly every tine of the old mife
have gone Colont1 Long Dr Upscemb
Judge Thompson Major Cundlfr and many
others
Heie he was Interrupted by teuial Hill
Iteiry Ilckwlek proprietor calllug Dan
Dsn oh Dan and pulling a plug of to
bacco out f his pocket hr Cut eft a neetlon
and hojlrylng at Hrhry tSregg who was on
the opposite side vf the MUsr he walked
vvay John Bpeace
An Unoalatable Comparison
Hi ff alo K > press
Ocn linoke U King severely crltlelstfd
for coniixirlng our war In Ihe rnlnpnlnea
WtU that of droit Prltnln In South Urlea
but It he cares to defend his position It Is to
be feared he wild make an uneoaifortnlKv
stung argument
Five Crops in One Season
Kansas City Star
Dont make any bets on the biggest for-
tune In Kansas until you hear from the
lleblnsens In Hutler county who are start-
Ing in to cut the rtfth crop of alfalfa this
tcatoa from 400 acres of land
IN ROBERTSON COUNTY
J C 6ROWN THIOLS OF ITS EARLY
DAYS
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MOJINING DECEMBER 8190L
REMINISCENCES OF OLD TEXANS 3L
X >
S 5S
0
WHARTON 0P THE PAST
COMPARED WITH THAT OF TODAY
BY MAJOR I N DtNNIG
Then As Now It Wat the Gateway
Throinjh Which Great Riches
Could Be Seen
Wharton Texas December B The cor-
respondent thl mowing t meeting Major
I N Dennis the veteiin ui tbe bar who
has bedi accorded by comaion consent tin
legal Nestor of the fraternity hereabout
asked Major you have seen some chungc
In Whaiton county Please tell us how
does Wharton of today compare with
Wharton as you Brst knnlv It
Well do ou know I b ve been deeply
Impressed with Ihe fact Ibat history te
peals Itself When I first earn a here In
18153 fresh from Alabama Wharton was
then considered the gateway of all thai
was jiroxperous aud successful The Stale
government had by heavy appropriation
cleaned out the channel of the Colorado
river the town was smalt but It was
surrounded by large plantations worked
with slave labor and sugar making under
tbe old process was In full headway My
fatherinlaw flovernor llorton lator en
being th heniost planter We all looked
forwartl to te building of the Columbia
aud Wharton r ad In fact It was graded
to this point We will skip the four yirs
of the war u gieil change was wrought
Indeed In 1SHH the town was iucotporatcd
for one year the charter however was
ollnnetl to lii o ifter that time There
was no diMuibince between the laces
until carpel baglsin and II J Davlslgm were
lu full force some leading negroes at the
Instigation of a few bad white men itu
Hired IlamneofJhHiu rule the county Trouble how
controlling
rent
the
Its
on
erts iiae on the sou h nt 1corner of the 1
ta < pomnjf r thc Macaroni road In ISM
public sunare the ledrlas house mi III 111
Bhlch placed jWhurton lu touch with the
tfic old Walker place on ItoWd arc
street
aiiil the Hart hotel ou Malu These are the
only landmarks remaiulng from her earliest
recollection und soou the old stouc fort
which protected her when young from the
hand of tbr red man aud around which the
outside world I can tellyou however
that for about twentvovc ycara three or
four men composed the democratic mass
meetings which put tile countv lu tae
democratic column I myself have acted
as chairman slucc tin war Iu 1SS3 the
old court house built In IS was torn
down and the present handsome S0U < iu
structure erected lu Its stead Tho last
strides taken on by Wuarioh begins with
the coming of thc Cane flelt and the Caiiev
valley loadw Tbe wonderful Increase iu
acreage that has taken place proves that
Wharton Is destined to be the leading
connjy In the development of the c ast sec-
tion Urate Derlne Llun
BRAZOS COUNTY HISTORY
AS RELATED IN PART BY COLONEL
M W SIMS
He Reached the Section in a Wagon
in 1856 and Has Since Remained
There
Ilryan Te > as December > The Iost cor
icKreitlcitt recettly Interviewed Col Mil
tor Walker Sliua of this city who Is an
old eltaen of Iexas and one of the earlv
tlmets of this place Ills recollections and
retnlnlMeeees show that Itraao < cruntv
while tot settled i3 early as other ports
of thc Mate has a hlstoiy as Interesting
and thillilng and has seen as wild and
tinbulrnt times na any part of this great
coiiimoiiwealtu
Col Sims came lo Teas on a prospecllng
tour in IKiii and landed at Houston Irom
there he came to old Washington ou the
I risoi by stage There he bought a team
aed came to old Bocnvlllu whlib wna tbcj
the county seat of Braaos conuty end was
locaied two mlhs east of where the city
< f Bljan now aUtid Ills deserlpflon of
the coiiuti siiiiids UK g
came there
uijrA V < A
loinaiicc If
M W SIMS
was unsettled and the vhi
etilh was rowrrt it AK o
where niy nov stand Uew
At that time there was
except one fanUly tlut or r i t lnwu
llcan at MllllcsabtwVeS m rV Ml1
of Hie nvlliVThoTgh imTi 1
great
commeirlal Imporianee iV n
hiuUd frei ed
The goods were ii
l iJ vm
cltlccn wh
iw nn
Uved
BECOMING
MOTHERls
M MOTHER
here nt that time wore Col Harvey Mitch
el lately deceased AVIIson Heed William
rtowmen J I llearue Stephen Greer T
II Collins S W Montgomery the McOul
loughs and otheix nearly all of whom have
long blucc been gathered home
Col Slics did not settle hero at that
time but went on prospecting and visited
Waco where he heard Senator Coke then
a yotng attorney make a speech In a little
ojitstoty clapboard courthouse lu regard to
thu franchise of Arnolds ferry across the
lirczcb rlur at that place There he met
inanv of the men who have since been
prominent In the history of the State
Amoug them wuie Senator ltiebnrd Coke
en James II Harrison 5cn Tom Ilarrl
sou Geu Joseph W Speight Dr Bayless
Karlc Judge M D Herring Judge John
Illtu and many others Jol Sims coutiuued
his tour as far is Austin wbeie he do
cldiil to locate and returned to his home
preparatory to moving to the new conn
trv On the way back be took hla first
ride ou tbe Houston and Texas Central
Viilliflnd going from Cypress to Houston
and ildlng on a Cat car that had rough
benches along thc sides
Ho returned to Austin lu 1 > 51 ami said
that tbe Indians committed depredations
inside the city limits after he settled there
lie lived In Austin until the outbreak of
the war when he outered tho service ou
the staff of Gen Herbert He was cap
tured bv the Yankee and after making
his CRCfpc returned to Tejas and raised a
icgiipeiit of his own and served as iti
Cobntl until the war closed
After the war he left Mi ntln In Geo
Joe Shclhvg command and with them cross-
ed the Itlo Grande at Uagle Iass whore
they were nrrcatci and disarmed by the
Mexican ttcops He went to thc City of
Mfaxicu and visited many other places of
Interest Irom Vera Cruz be sailed for Ha-
vana and visited Cuba and Porto Itlro re
turning frcm there to Xew York On the
way home he stopped at Washington City
and seemed from resident Andrew John-
son a pardon from n llfo sentence thnt had
beeni paiosul u on him by the Yankees dur
ing the war He tame on to Austin closed
out his lutcrests there nnd In IMS bought
a farm on the Ilrazoi twelve miles west
of itrjnn He has been n citizen of this
county ever since and says he has shipped
fortvthree cotton crops over the Central
road and has never yet been favored with
a pas
When he came here to make this his
home the Central road had reached here
and the town and county seat bud been
moved from lloonvlllc nnd the name chang
ed to Ilryan
During his residence here of nenrlv a
nuarter of a century Colonel Sims has been
j striking figure and Important factor in
the development or I rynn and this sec
I ae llp 5tl han
hearfy of
striking and commanding appear
fh ir J hl 1 f nsPr hold upon
mufw f Hl5 cltlwna than
tot Jllltcn Walker Sims
A 1 Buchanan
THE PRODUCTION OF RICE
Can Hardly Be Overdone for Many Years
to Come
To the Editor of The Tost
On the Head December tYou need
not worry for years to come about thc
overproduction of rice said an Illinois
farmer speaking of the rice Industrv and
dlscusMng this subject among a number
of farmers business men and others the
other day la a Texas coast country town
In Illinois where land is worth from
J75 to 100 an acre wo grow corn and
feed It to hogs and cattle and still make
a living
theie ° lnc no f11 lhat In case
mere should bo
moro rice nroduced than
can be consumed by the peon e that the
vii i pfhStal c w noilally so when we
HHiioli compared to lands in
A buslnesa man present remarked Con
sidering the fact that there Is uot over 10
hnv to iwk rice at the present time hence
can not appreciate U as a natatabli nil
iuLt 8frU 8 fo Pred t bii
therlc
iEJ 4ithe J educational work pro
ffi for rice will
rnis of course will
atutM
very much m
to me that It would be well for those in
ISTi L ° U ti 1 t0 of the rice book
which Is i u
published by the Southern Ta
cine ltallroad company Is olacel in iiw
keepers hospitals uo tsriutna nud nil
dieted annr 0Ur > MHimion for the it
This If done would naturally In
crease the consumption of rice
frwcr Uvm loVil who
i now lives In
Louisiana was one of the nartv anil re
marked In speaking of the fan rlco
vlderiMni i n rc r f rms are subdl
find r Llle bT raca wh ow tho
i na you will see less red rice and more
ot rlco la the fields It u staemiiy con
rr3hfV
ordeal i l
lnde vo men cribafeftlM W4
tliepXC3
fhildblrtb iS
of the suffering and dnngcr in store for her robs the L ta
of all pleasant anticipations of tho coming event and 0411111
shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off 8si6T
Tlmo U
have found that the uso of Mothers Friend during cfS
confinement of nil pain and danger nnd insures safctvt
nnd child This scientific liniment is a godsend
to al
time of their most critical trial Not only dnes Moih2ltait8
carry women safely through the perils of fhildbirtb ilS FfS
gently prepares the system for the rturu n cvcn 11 t
sickness and other dis
of this
comforts period
Sold by all druggists nt j
100 per bottle Book
containing valuable information free
Tfio Brndfield RotiulatorCo Atlanta Ga
prevenu
AAA rV Al VVVV A rVVv ArVVVV VW
< r psess n MI Pi W H FI a
I Yi You ke Contemplating Buying
a FirstGlass Piano
YOU CAN DO NO PUTTER THAN 1
bbE OUR STOCK OF
WEBERS SOHMERS
STECKS IVERS
POND WHEELOCK
and LESTER
VE CAN SAE YOU MONE
Our Bpair hp
Is the most complete mthsSouth We
can mike your old piano as good as
new Our chirpes are reasonable If
you will allow us lo repair your plano >
when we finish same and you find it is not as v represent it worrTcost jonnti
cent We Invite anyone to inspect our shop work They will sptik cr U
selves Very respectfully
I 612 MAIN STREET
ceded that red rice Is produce bf tit t
that Is scattered out dunnr tunBi c
that which falls down
and cm notttr
by tho blndervolmiteer rice
IKif
the hogs would consume which wildr
us more pork and less isii
red rice
who owns a small farm lrlll iwe itsr
fences and hogs to turn la oa tit t
stubble He will also hate a m D to
at cattle which will ba f d ct tli r
straw and rice stubble rice bru t
pollsJj lii this vvay there will U tun
and more proBt lu cultlritlof Ui 1
than there Is now In tha preseit m
Thrrn
system 1 enough tl
some of these large plmUtlonitiitlb
seen to keei f oxu live to twenty fp5
When you < baDgp from the tsStott
tern to tho home owecrs yoajfl
much bettT cultivated Ijboj ftoia
better grndo of stock of all tlij tla
now seen lu Ijoulslfton and Inn
I can continued tbe ftrpj 4
Iowa seo no i iod r asoa Tljir
farming and nee crowing jbouHttt
band In hand together
An Immigration ajent vb ill Wis
sldcrable experience In locating ttef
the Northwestern States soldi Sja
of largo farms and phint tl M lOBtit
ago In tho Northwest there wti sestar
large wheat farms farms ef fraW
5000 acres and over Th cvnmtdfc
farms after giving this mtthl otjn
h thorough test found It wss tense
Isfactory nor profitable asd owj ft
have In lato years subdivideJw
wheat farms Into small firm il
them to farmers who now mw
their own land It might te well ftt
people of Louisiana and Tenti te
the experience of the large whtrt fp
ln the Northwest As a role tie
system of farming results la WS
ment to the land owner and WW
Jola H o
The Reconciliation
Star
Washington
I unstnns salil MIm Mljal JP
Mat you dono made reffunte t =
coon You docs ma wrong WJV
Erastus rinkley >
sech dat If I wai to tojka J
bo nnffln a r
dar wouldnt 1
chlckln or possum s
Secrcasina Ihe Supply
Ihllnilolphln Iros oj
Well Im shamed o J h4 i rs
Weary Walker lisrovcrlng
vigorously chopping 0 dAr3S
ffh
Avv gon replied the tMJ Jf
see bis is locust wood 5jSrP
Well ilat aint i > cfMPMrf
Sure it l Locust Is wr 1
Is made outer 1
Effective
Washington Kfsr
Did roar new alarm TOiiiv
a > w
on time In tm uii j
man nnrotidV
It did inrwfied theJgfa V
couldnt fail to be jal H v r
tho wisa u
to thinking about
i > uWnt aiwf V
to make and
Her Gentle P leA
Washington Star iwentjW
There were nearly y-
In the last nti rtiw
claimed as he turnea n >
dearMl
w Charier k >
do let us tai
Torklns
else than baiebai
Cleveland
A SuaoesbO
cu cup to taat
> ln Dealer
rialn
have just wBpWj
They th l
yeard
Charleston navy
ft
ought to
y um th
HltlisDeitTollt6c4pB i
kin curntlro Hest for tM TV
for tbe bath tkttotHXVitl
hlr Large cakes 5c
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