Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-06
TERRELL.
Kaufman County Farmers and Their Cot
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Correspondence Of the Gazette.
TERRriI, Tx, Nov. 1.-The CITY al
Terrell Is situated In the northeast mart
OF Kaufman, in what Is known as ibc
blaek'waNy portion OF the county. Thc
soil In this vicinity is very productive nnd
TINS, together with its railroad facilities.
makes TIA city OF no mean protcntiops Il /
population being about 5000. IL has wat.
er-Works, an opcra-huuSc, nrr dcpart.
mcnt, aud the niue saloons In the place
are Offset 10y the same number OF churches.
q proportion hardly found in any other
town In the state Taking this as nm
evidence, goodness keeps pace with itq
opposite, and thus the world moves
along screnely.
There Is no question hut II the public
school system is properly developed Tex.
as VIII In few years excel any other
state IN the Union for institutions of
learning Under its fostering care, even
III Its present form, public schools are
rising to height and dignity unprece.
dented In their history Now, I'm this
matter, the town of Terrell is not behind
any of her sisters but has handsome
frame building, well furnished and under
good management. In which daily gather
the children of both rich aud poor, to be
disciplined and educated TO meet the 10.
spOnSibilities of future citizenship.
The receipts OF cotton at this point IN
to last Saturday night were 500 bales IN
excess OF Dcngucyille, on the Trim.
10y, being exactly $500 bales.
This is good showing, and
the money thus brought into the country
ought TO make things 20 with rush, vet
one can hear complaints of dun times.
The farmers seem 90 be buying but little
goods and are paying their debts. Some
hrms Who have made business Of fur.
nlshing supplies ON credit, report ns hiVh
rs $4,000 IN one day. This disposition ON
the part OF farmers 10 pay up and to be
cautious about spending their means, IN
certainly very healthy one. A long as
farmers go IN debt for supplies to mako
cotton Just SO long viii they be unable
To maintain position OF Independence.
Let them raise their bread aud meat nt
homo and hive their cotton as surplus
crop. Then, and then alone, can The,
dictate their own terms.
II has been only q short time since Ter
rCli made an effort to secure the count,
seat and, owing partly 60 ihe aid cdit0.
rally and financially contributed by the
aforementioned Dcngueyllc, She failed.
This work, as done By Drngucvillr, fully
illustrates It's dog-in-thr manager prinpi.
pies. 1t cannot brook rival. aui Ion
fear Il might lose 3 cents worth of trade
and have to exhibit ANYTHING like cutcr-
prise IL threw itself into the scale against
Terrell But IL did not accomplish its
purpose, for Capt. Muckelroy and othor
prominent gentlemen are preparing TO
open one of the largest stocks Of
groceries east of Fort Worth, from
winch they propose TO supply the
wants of this growing country. Col.
Harris of Harris bauk, most cntcrpris.
Ing gentleman, says the new concern will
have n very extensive business conacc-
ton, and Nill possess large amount OF
cnpiAl
Farmers complain that most of the corn
this year rs rotten at the ends, caused
they say, by the excessive summer rains.
Gghs,s farmers are careful IN lccdiup
their stock, ;Bcy viii suffer much from
sickness, etc
There ~ considerable improvement
going on Some good brick business
houses are being put up, as well as some
handsome frame residences.