Letter to the Editor from B. T. Marshall, The Banner Newspaper, July 14, 1892, Dale, Alabama ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Christine Thacker ==================================================================== October 2000 The Banner, 14 July 1892 Ozark, Dale County, Alabama Letter to the Editor Mr: Editor: Will you permit an old Alabamian a small place in your paper? I receive your paper once every week, and appreciate it very highly. I have been in Texas six years; came here in 1886. I like Texas, but I love Alabama. I was born there; my father, mother, and sister, with a great many relatives and friends, sleep there in her bosom awaiting the resurrection morn. We have a mountainous country here in this part. We live almost midway between the cities of Mason and Llano. Llano is, or has been, on a boom; she has now a railroad; she had some splendid buildings, especially the Algonza Hotel. There is a mineral craze in this country. Crops are pretty good here, though needing rain. Our crop of candidates is very large. For governor there are three; in this county for county judge, five; for sheriff, one; for tax assessor, five or six, etc. Politics are high; much discussion. I see you have a correspondent who signs his name W. J. HATCHER. is he the W. J. H. who once belonged to Company "C", 31st GA Reg., Lawton's Brigade, Confederate Volunteers? I belong to the Alliance, but I am not a third party man. Jeffersonian Democracy is good enough for me. Hurrah for Alabama B. T. MARSHALL, Pontotoc, Texas, July 6th, 1892