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P.M. PARK PrKnt.
J QEO. MUNK'LCashier,
* Merchants9 and PI
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x Capital Stock
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S Stockholders' Liabilities...
k Total
i Dirbotohb?J. A. Fant,
X T. C. Duncan, J. T. Donplat
J Win. Coleman.
? We Solicit
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A TRIP 1
A long and Tedious Ride of Ove
t Trains Miss Connection
State. The Bigges
THE REUNK
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(Continued from last week,)
The city d?)e8 a large insurance bu
ness, possibly as large ;w any Southe
city. The business last year in premit
and losses amounted to about $8,000,0*
As an evidence of the enormous tra
of the city it is only necessary to reme
ber the. fact that 1,500 drummers tra
out of Dallas over Texas and adjoini
States, many of them never crossing I
border line of this great State.
The newspaper business there is son
thing astonishing, embracing every ki
of publication from the daily paper
the monthly magazine and they nurnl
fifty-two. In 1901 there were mailed
Dallas post office 2,4*21,219 pounds
newspapers and periodicals.
There is a small army of e
ployees in the post office. Of t]
great business.
To give some idea of this great i
dustry and tl&4Mg^datemachin<
used. I
so extensive fHMtffrarangemeni8 c
to bo made to sack, weigh and m
its isaue from its cwn office to &v<
congestion. To give some idea
this newspaper enterprise and I
business it does, tho concern ov
two of tho largest newspapers in I
west, The Dallas News and The G
veston News. They own and run t
regular mail trains to distribute th
mail in the State. It will be remc
bered by our readers that when T
Timks was making its fight to hi
the concealed weapon law passed
the 1900 session of the legislati
this same paper, The Dallas Ne
copied one of our editorials on I
subject and followed it with a 1
column editorial comment favora
to our position. I had a desire
see this plant and called around wl
in Dallas. They have a fine pla
a/mnIrv*\n/1 ir* nvnrn roar
lliUlUU^KiJf ClJUjpj/WW lit wivij 1VU|;
for the printing business. I foun
register in the entrance hall or lol
in which some thousand or more 1
itors had registered, among whoi
found a number of names from So
Carolina. From here I went into
i composing room where I found sc
12 or 15 Meganthaler typesett
machines clicking away which k
the galley boy busy taking pro
From here I went to the casti
routing and mattiix making ro<
which work was very interesting
me. I them stepped into one of
artists rooms, and watched I
making pictures which were toapp
in thn mnrnincr issue. From tb
to the press room where the gi
press was turning out papers prir
and folded at the rate of 25,00C
hour. The papers were flj
1 through the press so fast that
could not tell whether it was a p?
poming through or a shadow ftasl
along. I have never seen anytt
heretofore to equal that for rapid
The paper goes in from a large
in the rear of the press. It tra
up and down and around through
great three deck press with its g
number of rollers and cylin
printing two pages at every I
until twenty-four pages are prin
It then darts into tho outter
- folder which outs the sheets
folds tho paper Jonce, twice, tb
| *ud out it comes, seemingly kit
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A. H. FOSTER, Vice President.
J.'D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, f
lanters' National Bank *
riOTN. ?. C. |
$00,000 I
50,000 J
60,000 $
$170,000 J
W. H. Wallaco, VVm. Jeffries, &
is, E P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, ^
; Your Business. |
mmm m<m>m mmm***#
ro TEXAS.
ir Eleven Hundred Miles. Delayed
s at Last Arrived in Lone Star
t Reunion in History was
)N AT DALLAS.
out by another right behind it so
^ rapidly as to make an Editor of a
m8 country weekly, printed on a power
00. press, gasp with astonishment. It
*,e took me about an hour to get enough
of that sight. There is a balcony
nf? arranged for visitors to stand and
the look down at this great machine
work. From here 1 stepped into
ind balcony overlooking the mailto
ing department. Here was another
jer revelation, there wore long tables
at and a dozen men and boys working
of like the house was on fire. I thought
_ I could run a mailer, but I could not
hold a torch for one of those boys
even for the first quarter. There
I were six of thorn and they were run,r
ning those mailing machines at such
0f a rate of speed that 1 looked for them
to develop a hot journal or wear out
the machine a few minutes. The
,a^ six of them were in a row and they
,ad were stamping the names on the
papers at the rate of about 3,000 an
?id hour each. There was not a slip or
a hitch or a miss cut or a wrinkled
the name, they all went on and stuck
rn8 there. I wanted to get down where
'ho J could ask them what kind of paste
and paper they used to make that
kind of speed, but I saw they were
eir like the boy who had hold of the tail
!m" of the run-away bull, they didn't
11E have time to chat. I certainly enlve
j?yed that visit. Yes, The Dallas
at News printing plant is a big thing
are and if you ever get in a bunded
w8> miles of Dallas, just get a ticket and
the g0 on Dallas and see this thing at
work. You can tell them I sent yon.
hie I will not stop to mention the
> t0 many fine buildings to be found in
the business and residential por*
tion of the city. Suffice it to
*Ct ooy thev are there in larce numbers.
j j r,' l
a strictly up-to date in every particular
>py and are too numerous to mention,
ns- You are all familiar with portland
11 I cement; well, Dallas is the home of
the largest plant to be found anythe
where in the south. Its output be>me
jn? valued at $700,000 per annum.
ng The drug business has also gotten
ePfc to be something enormous. The
three wholesale establishments doing
ng? an annual business of $3,5000,000.
Dallas knew nothing of the wholet0
sale drug business twenty years ago.
tae One of the attraciions of the city
is its recently completed Carnegie
tear public library.- The citizens are
lere nrniwl nf fliAir liKrarv and dn
?V?j ft/* VM\* V * ?|?v** a*t/*u? j ^ miiv* V%v
reat not foil to show it to visitors to the
ited cjty, Audrew Carnegie gave the
> an city }50,000 towards its construction,
'ing That means that it was built and furyou
nished at a cost of not less than
tper $100,000. It contaius 11,000 volling
umes which may be taken out and
ling read by securing a permit. What is
lity. the matter with Union having one
roll of these handsome libraries? Uncle
vels Andy would, no doubt oome down
the handsomely if our people would evreat
idence a desire to have one.
ders Another extensive industry is th<
turn concerns for turning out- the various
ited. products of the cotton seed. It is
and said they do an annual business of
and one million dollars,
irice The output of the flouring mills is
jked 2,600 barrels a day the grain elevator
capacity being 1,000,000 bushels of
wheat.
There are ten churches, a dozen
schools and colleges and a number < f ai
charitable institutions in the city, ir
And thus I might continue indefi y,
nitely ab >nt. this erstwhile village
which has developed, in twenty-five a*
years to a ci'y whose wholesale bnsi- T
ness reached the almost incredible ol
amount of forty-five million eight |H
hunnrcd thousand dollars annually, at
Fort Worth. j8
While waiting at the depot for the
train to Fort Worth Satu;day I made se
the acquaintance of Dr. J. W. ltus- si
scy, who said.he was an Irish rebel,
and turning he introduced me to cc
Capt. John Roach, an Irish Yankee,
past department commander of the S
G. A. it. of Texas. These Irishmen. SI
full of wit, were good naturedly firing ot
at each other of their war experience.
They were both going to Fort p;
Worth, and I was selected as one of to
!L nnrt.v tn ait. tnorplKor nri tlio train VI
|- r?-J% ? ? ?h? ? ,,w J
and enjoy the s; ort. When the train w:
started 1 had gotten on another coach in
behind these men. Soon Dr. Russey ar
came through looking for me and
said he had a man holding a seat for Si
me. So we went forward and these Ti
two men soon had the aisle near our tr
scats filled with people laughing at I
the jokes they got off on each other. C
Dr. Iiussey pausing occasionally in bi
the midst of a joke or yarn to call my wi
attention to something of interest fo
along the line. G
In leaving Dallas we leave Trinity wi
river to the right. I learn that an I
earnest effort is being made to have kt
Congress make an appropriation to w<
assist in making Trinity river navi- M
gable to Dallas, and that the pros- ?li
pects were very favorable. To the M
left of the road in the distance is to la
be seen the mountain range of Texas, ch
The range is about eight miles wide, wl
and while they are called mountains wi
there we would call them hills in this pa
coiltatry. The range is hundreds of N
miles long, reaching across the State, wi
We noticed what we thought was a th
fine orchard of many acres of peach W
trees, but were informed that these da
were "musquetc" bushes and that the di
beans from these bushes were very ci
fine for cattle to feed on. The bean of
is similar in appearance to the honey so
locust. There is only one musquete b<
thicket betwoen Dallas and Fort w<
Worth, a distance of some 28 miles, of
Next came a large plantation which th
had thousands of trees standing ki
while the land was in cultivatoin. I to
was informed that this was a natural S<
Texas pecan grove, that all these 8t:
trees were left standing when the si<
land was cleared up because the nt
pecans from the trees much more be
than paid for the ground they shaded, se
There are thousands of bushels fo
gathered yearly from this section, sn
They are shipped away by the car- la
load and are worth anywhere from it
25c to $1.00 a bushel, according to 4(
the quality. These are the nuts we fo
pay 20c a pound for in Union and cu
then we do not get what are consid- ju
ered the choice ones. This shows nc
how the cost of an article increases th
with every broker who handles it. bj
Our attention was called to great ap
turfts of Johnson grass, of luxurant sti
growth, with the remark that this is
the curse of any section where it gets sn
a foot hold and its presenca on a tract is
of land will reduce the price 33J per w'
cent, at least. In reply to my cjues- g<
tion, "isjt not excellent feed for cat- to
tie and stock," the reply was, "yes, wi
it is very fine indeed but we do not
need it because it takes absolute po- re
sessession where it gets a start and ro
there is no getting ridof or doing any- la
thing with it, and it is a great
hindrance to other crops." They al
would like to make us a present of sb
their Johnson grass. G
We noticed, near the railroad a la
very large brick making plant, and w
nearby we could see wfyere the dirt to
am nhnl a V* a /I Kaa?\ /J?t a* Iam a
yi ouaig uau upcu uu^ tui tuc yiaMU^
of the b^ick. The shale was pf a aI
deep slato color, it is a kind of rotten 89
rock. One of tho peculiarities of this ju
shale ia that whon the brick made u
from it are burned they turn a dieep
red color. U is said that the brick
made from this shale is the very best la
that are to be had anywhere. This 1}
was disoovered by a poor farmer on w
his plantation some years ago, *nd al
in finding it he found his fortune.
The electric car lino which has just S
been finished from Dallas to Fort d
Worth runs parallel with the rail- a1
road and crosses once from left to f<
(Continued on lib page.) T
Another Letter on Texas.
Mr. Editor:?As I have not seen
nything from this part of the county
i a grr.it, while I decided to give
du a few lines.
Farmers arc ahout don" planting
ive nome of their bottom land,
hey have only tolerably good stands
f cotton. Late planting and red
inds arc poor stand*. Not much
nail grain planted and what there is
not promising.
We are needing a good rain in tlrs
c'ion, have only had some little
mwaK) ill aAnoo i rv> a
ivn vio nuuiv iiuiu*
There is not much sickness in this
immunity.
Miss Mamie Kelly has the fever,
he has been sick five or six weeks,
he is somewhat better now. No
hf-r serious sickness that I know of.
If you will give me space in jour
iper I will tell something of my trirDallas,
Texas. I hope you and
>ur readers will bear with me as I
ill try to give some scattering rearks
of my trip as I did not take
ly notes.
1 boarded the train at Union on
iturday, April 19th, for Dallas,
here was not a Union man on the
ain that was going to Texas. When
arrived at Spartanburg I met some
hcrokeo men on their way to Dallas
it soon found that none of them
ent the route that my ticket called
T J 1 - 1 *
r, bo i ueciueu to stop over at
ainesville, Ga., Saturday night and
iit for the Sunday train and see if
could get with some one that I
lew, but when the train came there
are only two on board that I knew,
r. James Graham and son. They
so were going a different route,
r. Graham said when he got to Atnta
he would try to get their tickets
langed so we could go together, but
ben we arrived in Atlanta my train
is ready to move out so we had to
irt. My train moved on toward
ew Orleans, a long drive. This
is about 7 p. m., so I passed through
at country mostly in the night,
e arrived in New Orleans the next
ly sometime in the evening. We
d not stop in the old cresent
ty long so 1 did not get to see much
the city. We changed cars here,
i our train was soon on the large
>at across the Mississippi. We
ent now for a long drive to Dallas
' nearly six hundred miles. This is
e Texas & Pacific R. R. I do not
low the population of any of the
wns on this line as I did not inquire,
son after we left New Orleans we
ruck the sugar plantations for a conierable
distance. The railroad runs
?r the Mississippi river. On
?th sides of the railroad you can
e one sugnr plantation after another
r many miles. They look like
lall cotton mill buildings. The
nd is as level as a yard and rich as
i_ _ \7 e c\ p ? _
can m*. xuu can fee irom zo 10
) mules on the plantations, two to
ur hitched to the plow, harrow or
iltivator as it may be. The corn was
st coming up to half leg high. I did
>t see many rice plantations. All
e sugar plantations were drained
r ditches about thirty or forty yards
art. The rows are perfectly
raight.
Now and then we crossed a creek or
lall river, and for some distance it
swampy and large cape brakes
liere there are plenty of bears. One
mtleman told me that they killed
rty in one season. There are also
alf and panthers in those swamps.
We made poor time until we
ached Marshall as it is not a good
ad bed, but from Marshall to Dals
we made fairly good time.
We passed Long View Junction,
>out 90 miles, after leaving Martall
as well as I can remember.
rand Saline i8 65 miles from pials.
Here i$ the Texas big salt
orks right on the railroad. They
Id me that they bored 160 feet and
ruck a salt bed, bored on 000 feel
id never got through the bed. They
y it is 06 per oent. salt. They
ist merely dry it and it is ready foi
IVt
We palled into Dallas Tuesday
reninglthe 22nd, several hourt
,te. We passed a wreched train
ring on her back- Ho passengert
ere seriously hart, It happenec
bout two-dayebefbre, /V#
When we first entered the Loni
tar State the country looked a goo<
eal like oar country, scrub pines
vreet gum, poet oak and origins
irest land, large pines among th<
ak timbers just like ours. Th?
Wm. A. NICH<
BANF
SOLICIT YOl
An-! prom S" courteous trc.it
lion c?.'iisi
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Write all kixls of Itisnrai
MONEY ORDERS Issu
Olfice and Express Company
B*nI looked l.ktr out> l?ur n?,t oui o so
lihty, 1 thought it tlis w;t t a f *ir
sample of Texas it would he n<. use
for one to lci\c old .^outh (Jirnlina
for Texas, '-tit I did not have to
triv?l a great di?r}n <?? un* t there
was a big chaugc. I d d ti travel
through much <>f il?- black iatid* td
Texas.
When I got t" Dallas I soon found
my home, ;;ot din ?r and s'ruck out
fu he fm gr uii 1-. regi-tt red. g-t
m\ hndge and began to look I O'smne
old Unionitcs, but f.?uti 1 i:< no that
evening. S > I went back next morning
and found I'M Sinclair, John
Sinclair and John Gosaett and had a
good talk with them. Then L began
to look for sonic of my old company.
I soon found Sheriff Buford, of Newberry,
and then M. B. Garrison and
R. G. Goree whom I had not seen
since the war. They were looking
wtll. Garison lives in Arkansas and
Goree in Texas. I spent the d?y in
the fair grounds and then I began to
try to get on a street cur to go to my
home but they were so crowded I
could not get on, and after waiting
some time I took it a foot. Dallas
was crowded, everv one had all rh?>v
could care for. Where 1 stayed sonic I
of the gentlemen slept on the dining
room roof.
I had a good time. My hoai'h
was fine while out there and 1 had
many invitations to vi-it the c uintrv
but I decided to turn my face hoim ward.
So about 8 o'clock p. m
Thursday I bid Dallas good bye. I
stopped on the way and did not
reach home until Monday evening, i
I might say a great deal of what 1
heard of the oil fields but I must
close for fear this will reach the waste
basket. G.
Cross Keys Chronicles.
Mr. Editor:?I have not written
you a line since March 14th. I wish |
to 'say that I am satisfied that the I
readers of your valuable paper will
all rejoice when I say that I have
h parr! from ?a?.1 ?*1 : * - 1
???< ? vui guuu autuuriiy IQ&t
Roosevelt's boy has got well, and
that Mr. Henry (Prince) has gone
home to stay. I hope that boy will
continute to improve and grow and
make a good man, but I hear that
several of his college mates died but
they were sons of men that don't
amount to much, I honor the high
position that Roosovelt has been put
in as much as any citizen in the
United States. 'Tis a great place
but I am not called on to bow to the
figure head that happens te he put
there by that abomanablc radical
party. Radicalism means simply
negro equality, and it was demonstrated
by this man when he invited
a negro to his table, and when he insuits
every true man of t.ho Srm?v. k..
_ ...v k/uuvu *j y i
his rile epithet* on one whose shoes he
is or was unworthy to unlatch (Jefferson
Davis.) That book he has
written ought to be printed in large
type and sent out among all of his
relations in the South. I think his
folks would enjoy reading it. I mean
the colored population and it would
bring along missionary work among
the sons of Ham. And if that boy
should chance to bo a preacher he
would hate aq introduction down
South that few boys would or oould
\ ever have. I make this oomment
from the faot that some did not approve
of the letter of March 14th re
ferred to above. This is ? whit?
man's country, a free man's country,
> not the country of derfs or slaves or
i servants. ?
\ There la another way or channel
i through which poor humanity seeks
I to worship a man and that is his
?wealfh. . If a man has money some
e smile and look at him if he was more
1 than a man, that surely he is not
, mortal with all that credit or bank
1 stock, and they are shocked and
s alarmed when they hoar he is dead,
e I have seen a few and so have you
. .v.- r? i i.nM.
OLSON & SON,
CKRS,
;h business
ment and cv< ry accommodastent
with
A.TSTK.I1VO.
ice except life.
ed at the same rate as Fust
that ought to be in tie- chain gang,
no eharac'er. Their ir.fluenco as pe?tifftmi*
:?s 'ho grave and as loathsome
as the breath of the 1-iwer
I *.vor 11 ill it is lo deed up to, e?rii jjoric
| to ami th- ir advice s dieitcd simply
I because they have g >t. 1 oneolv or dis
hontslly. a few p-ti iy dollars?some
one says that fellow won't do. Other*
will wag their heads and say that
don't tnak" any difference "he's got
the look". W'l.iie to? holiest tu?n
may 'od on and is hardly spoken
t", set aside b-cau-e he is poor. Why
don't the preachers preach it more
and chow thai (jewels) chaiacter,
virtue, temperance, that the c lining
generation will bow less to poor
mortal uian ami oftener to him who
owns the cattle upon a ihousat d
hills.
Miss Nan Wilburn is on a visit to
the Keys.
The house of Mr. Deedy Hobo
caught on frc Saturday nigtit but
the fire was put out by the Masons
as it happened just as they were assembling.
Mr. Charley Hetsill and wife came
over Saturday afrernnon.
Mrs J. F He's It has returned
from Char ?
I he tr that Mr. David N. Wilburn
and family have moved into your
city. It looks like there is no place
i lik IJniju, hut still we fhink Cross
Keys is a big place,
i " Tiionas H. Cork.
i Lockhart News Notes.
The "Reminiscences of the War"
is quite interesting, especially to an
old veteran. We congratulate The
Times in being so fortunate in having
so versatile a writer and one
whose mind is stocked with so manv
I rich recollections as J. L. S.
"Iley Denver's" writings is not
to be grinned at by those who have
no teeth. They are quito readable
i and add much to the general makeup
'of The Times. Some people hare
a happy way of getting up news and
Euttin&r it in readable shape. Other*
ave a way of tqrning their letters so
the printey oannot tell what letter
they have made in order that they
may shield their bad orthography.
Such is not Homo's way as he never
reviews his epistles, for if he did he
would find thorn so imperfect he
would strike out thf?
-...vviujj clause
and throw them ii\ the store
and be sure they were converted to
1 ashes.
Married^ on the evening of the
14th inst., at the Baptist Church by
Rev. L. T. Carroll, Mr. J. M. Riggins
and Miss Bessie Douglass. The
attendants were Mr. Bob Brawley
and Miss Alice ltiggins, Mr. Ernest
Scoggins and Miss Lillie Wools. Mr.
Jeff llannan and Miss Kate Douglass.
Mr. and Mrs. Riggins are
deservedly popular and wc trust that
they will have a prosperous joarney
through life.
1 */?- T
iur. Ltoy uarj has returned from
DttUaa where he took in the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Robi Griffin have
returned from a visit to the latter's
parents at rselton.
Mr. J. It. Byars ha# been taking
in the Exposition at Charleston.
Mr. W.K. Livingston has returned
from a pleasure trip to different parts
of the State.
Mrs. Alice Kitchens, of Buffalo,
has been on a week's visit to the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Homo.
Finds Way to hive lon&.
The startling announcement of a Discovery
that will surely lengthen life is
mode by editor O. H. Downey, of Churubusco,
Ind. "I wish to- state," he
writes, "that Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption is the most infallible re>
medy that I have ever known for
Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's invaluable
to people with weak lungs. Having this
wonderful modicino no one need dread
Pneumonia or Consumption. Its relief
is instant and cure certain." F. C. Duke
will guarantee evory 50c and $1,00 bot1
tie and give trial bottles free*