The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-04-10

he was not much III rs ianc.ed.
!. Think il great mistake for per-
SONS who own good farming lands IN
Mississippi to sell The same aud
.siove West. If comfort .bly and
happily fixed in old Cop.ah, l would
Say stay and be happy. However
10 those who have not homes, |
would say come; lahd ID cheap aud
there ia plenty Of room.
The cattle interest of tho state is
large beyond comprehension. aud at
any time very remunerative. Good
carpenters or mechanics who are in.
dustrious can make big MONEY aud at
all times find employment md con.
trac, work. The towns Of the state
are fat growing into cities. more es-
peciaily this city. TIE amount Of
business dono here and tho amount
OF work carried Oh ia tho several en-
tcrprises is. beyond imagination.
There is no question but that Fort
Worth will be the distributing point
of the west. Before three years will
havo rolled round her growth will
scarcely DO conceivable. / reached
h, 70 about tho End Of November last
took u drive round the town ON the
Bird with friend. He carried me
out to fuckers Hill. what was then
considered as being ia the country.
This morning | was ont again with
some friends pulling the reins ovor
two dead down good Ioadsters;"
10 k this place in again and to my
surprise the two places Tucker Hill
aud Fort Worth arc connected all
tho way, aud that thickly too.
| will wager thut thorc has boon
All increase II population. Of four
thousand and an increase OF build
ings of five hundred since reached
here. These are facts. E.ely man.
woman and chill works in this place;
some VI the INCEST ladies' We have in
good circumstances, not forced to
work, are seen bthiud tic counters
filling there places as nicely and
gracefully as they do Tho parlors
San Aut,nia is lovely interesting
city, with lis quaint old surround
ings, and tho beautiful river clear a,
u crystal winding through tho city
with Us banks laden with tropical
plants aud lowers lhG; bad add
III ON III midwIEtcr.
Ga.,estou, vi h ils constant sounds
Of Old ocean, with he lay and cuI
to Il lat into her port tho white sail
ships that opens Ec; coumnunica-
ton 10 tho world, her thriit and ener-
~, her capital aud adv 'atases,
make her u COMMERCIAL cry, and
importance other cities viii feel.
l!1us,ou 10 luite PRETTY city aud II
rail roa! center. Austin is p'rLaps
tho arisIocialio city Of the state aud
is nicely situated Oh the banks o;
the Colorado river.
Waco, lovely Waco, u a city Of
b, au.y but cCm poi cial!y slow.
Fort Worth, tho vran,.est Il them
I'll, soon 10 be to BJst, Of Texas
only seven yeas of age, mind yon.
aud q populDti III Of eighteen tloi-
sand. Wsgors on The street to day,
and plen'y of them, fvo to one, that
her next census which will no taken
shortly, will reach twenty thousand.
Growing cqra'ed by none save Chica-
so n few years ngo when on the BOOM
Plenty of railroads. and by tue
way, we will have another road so,n
10 Brownwooa. thence to the Rio
Graude into Mexico. GJol schools,
good streets, good health. good hab.
it,, good water works, good churchc,
we'll organized aud well attended
Sunday schools, we'll organized flee
force, the bes.,rganized In the world,
gas works, fire alarms erected on tho
principal corners, telephone sys.em,
Sc.
Every ono contemplating visiting
Texas on u prospective 'oir should
by oil means see Font Worth, q town
Of push aud constlhtly 90 the boom,
u town possessing he two great ct
s.ntials to make an important city,
namely, capital and confidence.
There is u great rivalry between
this place aud Dallas, M much 80 as
between st. Louis aud Chicago, but
Fort Worth will lead and nocome
he most important CT y in North
west Texas, il not in tho West.
Directly upon my arriving ut Fort
Worth, a friend of niue, Phil. VIII
ling, one Of Copial,'s n3ble SONS, aud
man who carries a heart rs large
as q pul0, secured INC place with
the firm Of b. @. Evans. entering al.
together upon my merit. Since Jan.
nary let the style Of the firm has
beon incorporated US tho II. @.
Evans Co. Last season the firm did
o bushes, something over three
quaitars OF q million dollars: This
season, nnder tho present orgauiza.
tiJn, the firm propose doubling their
business, by close Application anil
good conduct. The above firm has
mo now to represent them in the
west and sou,hwesi; commercial tour
ist, vulgarly known as drummer. /
returned last Thursday the 9th just
OF of my maiden trip for tho house,
aiier sojourn of four weeks in the
West. Had delightful az we'll as =
good busino's trip. Through the
section Of country I pass game OF all
kinds abound in abpn lance. Al
Brownwood met quite number OF
Copiah bo,s doing very we'll, among
them Andrew Bodges, who has
charge OF a livery stable IN Browu.
wood. Andrew is as popular to-day
in Brownwood az no ey:r was in old
Copiih. My hc ever be apprpcia-
ted 10 be desei YES.
Onto number OF Copiah boys are
10 Fort Worth. as you probably are
aware. Pill Willing is treasurer Of
tLis mammoth wholesale and retail