> > >The Southern Democrat, 13 Sep 1906 > >From Bonita, Texas. If my article can escape the waste basket, I'll pen a >few dots to the old Alabama readers. > >I came from Chepultepec, Blount Co., Ala., 28 years ago. I was then a lad >six years of age. My father was Carter Waid, a brother to Langford and >Abram Waid. He moved to Texas 28 years ago. My father has been dead 20 >years. > >I remember so well of some of the names I notice in the Southern Democart, >that I used to hear my father mention: the Murphrees, Bynums Cornelius, >Allgoods, Tidwells, and others. These names when read makes me think of >my youthful days, and the land of my nativity. I love the name of Alabama >and shall always cherish it because it is the home of my ancestry and land >of my birth. > >My grandmother Waid was a Murphree I think, you see I have but few >relatives in Texas. I do not know of any of my father's relatives and >should any chance to read this article I would be glad for them to write >me all about my people. >The first school I ever attended was in old Alabama and my father was the >teacher. > >Texas is a good country, I mean North Texas where I live. We raise plenty >of corn, cotton, vegetables and fruit. My mother who is still living, >says the fruit here is not as good as the fruit in Alabama. We make an >average of half a bale of cotton to the acre and an average of 40 bus. Of >corn to the acre. This is also a good oats and wheat country. We have >Prohibition in our country and so far it has proved a blessing to the >people. > >My life has been rather a checkered one. My father dying when I was >young, I was compelled to endure some hardships, yet I do not lament my >hardships for I had a mother and five brothers and sisters to help care >for I was the eldest child. > >We all remained together until we were grown. We are all married and all >live in Montague county, Texas in a few miles of each other. > >I received an ordinary English education and have taught school for the >past ten years. We have the best free school system in the U.S. I think. >An education is in reach of any boy or girl here who desires it. > >I am now working with the Bonita State Bank as cashier, and will quit >teaching for awhile if not for good. I hope the latter. > >This is a democratic county and we are all for W.J. Bryan in 1908. > >Will some of my relatives write me a long letter telling me all about my >fathers people. Yours Truly, Perry E. Waid. >