The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-04
A CORNER ON COTTON.
LITTLE DENTON WIDE AWAKE
How She stole March on Her More Pre-
tentiuus Sister Towns aud Sc
cured Hundreds of Bales
From Wise County.

DENTON, Oct. 3. - Special. This
has been u very busy day in Den
ton. The cotton bought by Messrs.
White a. McGlasson of the Farmers Al
liancc, of Wise county, has been coming
i'm since 4 o'clock a. M, and the contra IT
under which they bought is Omen u NTH
10 "A. m. tomorrow. seven hu' Idred
bales have already been weighed and at
least 800 more will he here tom .ght or in
the early morning. The farmers of
Wise are buying their suppl os here, and
Il very large per cent OF uiO money paid
will be left with Denton merchants. Mr..
=, O. Dawes, the prime mover, is . here
with the owners of the cotton, and
saws by their trip here they will
carry into Wise county $1,000 more than
they could have sold for in Decatur.
Much credit is due to Mr. T.. G. White
for this diversion of the trade that be-
! lOnged first to Decatur and second to
| Fort Worth.
Nuur Fort Worth correspondent in
Yesterdays Herald, relative a. the
! 500 bales of cotton bought by MeSsrs.
| White n Mct,laSson, of this city, al
| Decatur has got oil wrong. The cotton
| was bought over Fort Worth, GlineS-
villo and Decatur merchan $, was paid
for 10y Denton money, without any
assist nee from the outside, and through
bills of ladiug will he signed here this
evening, carrying the cotton direct tC
Liverpool. How are the "Giant MGR
chants of the Fort fallen, When they
are compelled to surrender the pain
e as u cotton market to country tow
- like Denton. Tho committee for TN
, Farmers Alliance of Wise county, win
! sold this cotton, telegraphed TO all Tn
' towns within the reach of their wagons
2 rs they distinctly stated that the.
4 would buy their supplies whore the.
-, could get the best price for their cotton
They are pleased with their tradO an
70 have gone home satisfied, and our MOI
70 chants are more than satisfied with tn
n liberal trade bestowed upon them. rh
following are the proceedings la dCtu
y of the Farmers Alliance association ,
Wise county ut a meeting held heI
r. yesterday:
i MIR. NJ. II. Rhodes, of Wise, was selec
" ed us Chairman, and ID. n. DOdson,
l. Denton, Secretary.
N a committee composed of the folio,
N ing gentlemen was appointed to dra
q meeting; q. K Miller, l.. $. Adair,
" Nj. Crcushaw, w. II. Brown and a.
a- Russell.
a. Mr.. 4. C. smith, of Denton, delivort
=, "A neat address utwClcOme, and was {,
II lowed by j. W. Jagve, Prof Pitma
al Mayor Poe aud judge Austin.
n. The committee ON resolutions /
49, ported the following:
~ We, your committee appointed
N draft u preamble and set OF resOlutiO
ty expressive OF the sense Of this mcetiu
ho beg leave to report the following:
WHEREAS, The members of the Far
Pr ers Alliance OF Wise county, and 9th
Ip- farmers of that county were unable
dispose of their cotton at u fair figure
lao Decatur, and,
ne WHEREAS, We are unable to sell I
no Same Mt fair figure To either III
as Worth, Decatur or Gainesville, aud
.as we have been able 10 sell our cotton
Denton at larger figure than We w
III offered Tor the same at any other ci
he therefore, he 1t
en Resolved, That We return our sine,
Iol thanks to all the citizens OF Denton
''N their very kind hospitality.
nat Resolved, That we as body retu
nm, our warmcst thanks to Mossrs. VIII
so and McGlasson, who bought our colt
and 10 Mayor Poo aud Mr.. John Men
'hu who visited our camp at Decatur, Il
/ to through whose aid We were ahlcto cfl
SIN u sale, Also
:, Resolved, That we return our thar
vi to the hotels and restaurants ut Dent
liar who extended MS favors. Also
the Resolved, That We extend our thar
nor. To the Denton newspapers FOR kindly
tentiOns. Also
lto- Resolved, That We give our sine
live thanks to Thomas Jackson, the weig
| an al ~ mud an IN
49, who assisted, aud To others who
'"'' sisted at the Weighing, which We TN
or was uniformly just and accurate
avo- every respect; that we think that
sent cotton buyers of Denton have fulfil
-. their contract To the letter; also,
.uro Resolved, That We extend the hope
han the mturo prosperity Of Denton and
IA of CitilCrs, who by their enterprise I
hoir taught other towns In Texas u signal
"''i sou.
and Resolved, That the newspaper,
hose Denton be requested to publish Il
,vod resolutions, A. &. RUSSELL
Chairma
ana The above resolutions were read
dual adopted 10y rising vote.
ctod NJ. W, Prescott, Of Wise, made m
ma. propriatc speech defending the actiC
''''" the mrmer- IN organizing t,r self
u In lection, MIR. McIlassun, nr. +.
ctri- Taught amt Judge }. A. carroll, Of
ns of t9n; qlu W, r. nhoues anu '. ~ ~, ~
tue which were greeted with rounds o
or Is plauso.
,iuht On motion vote of thanks wa
'a, tended TO Judge Austin for the us
'oi the court house, and to Mayor Poe
Ional other citizens Tor courtosies extend
en-. Adjourned. NJ +. RnonE'
ID, n. Dop-oN, Charm
Secretary.
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