My grandfather was an avid reader. He was particularly interested in reading about cotton production. He read about great cotton yields in Runnels County, Texas. That’s around Winters. They struck out for West Texas in a covered wagon in 1923. For some reason, they ended up setting around Abilene. The family seems to have begun by seeking whatever work they could. Daddy and Murl were about 16. Members of The family seem to have worked at odd jobs. They threshed grain where the present campus of Abilene Christian University now stands. They also worked on the construction of the “Bankhead” highway, later US 80, still later I-20.
When it was time to harvest cotton, they temporarily moved to Wintersm where they had an unusual experience. They were living in a farm house for hired hands, but they heard noises which sounded like somebody walking. Daddy said you would hear footsteps walk right up to your bed and stop. Of course they never saw anything. A Mexican family had lived there are wrote something on the walls in Spanish. One of the girls was studying Spanish in school and managed to translate the words. The inscription read, “There is something in this house.” Daddy said it was about a six room house, but the family ended up sleeping in two rooms.
One night heard the steps walk up to the bed and stop. About that time he noticed the cover was slipping off his body and he was terrified at first. Then Murl started laughing. Murl was gradually pulling the cover off with his toes. That gives you an idea of the how they related to each other.
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