Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-23
THE MEETING.
An Important Meeting at the Court
House Last Night.

House Last Night.
A large crowd assembled at the
courthouse last night In response 10
the call for a msss-meeting of citizens
to consider the propositions OF Mr..
Hsney to establish extensive cotton
mills here and TO appoint committees
to confer with him, solicit subscrip-
tions, etc. s. p. Green, ESQ, called
the meeting to order at o'clock and
upon motion Mr.. Sydney Martin was
called to the chair, and Mr..
Wallace Hendricks was elected secre.
tary.
The chair stated briefly the object Of
the meeting and Mr.. T.. b. .Daggett
came forward and made statement
as TO the capacity and advantages OF
the cotton mill.
s. 2. Green, Esq, being called, said
that Mr.. Haney, while here, had pro-
posed to establish cotton mills
mere ana put in machinery
worth 100000 IL our citizens
would furnish necessary buildings,
estimated to cost $4,000; that the
mills would consume or work up an
nually Is 600 bales of cotton, and em-
ploy over 100 men.
Judge O. Q. Cummings was then
called and spoke In the highest terms
of this proposed enterprise, He re-
viewed the history Of our city for the
past twelve years, citing instances
and circumstances In our phe-
nomenal growth, recalled the
ut 10 "a, ~. IT,
try in Georgia and South Carolina,
and OF the direct advantages to accrue
to our city in the possession of this
great industry, and closed by asking
all to put their shoulder to the wheel
and do what they could.
Col. Wynne was then called, and
spoke most eloquently Of the remarka-
BILE growth and brilliant future pros.
poets OF our city. Though only short
time resident of your city, have
watched for years the steady and solid
growth OF your city, and have been
struck with the thrift and enterprise
OF the people here. My only hesitancy
in coming here was on account of the
close proximity of Dallas, as / thought
she would absorb everything that
would otherwise tend to help this
here and thoroughly investigating
that Dallas Ia not much in the way,
and these are not my opinions alone,
but those also OF sound, thinking and
clear-headed men with whom / have
talked, and these the result of mature
and deliberate consideration. What
featuring industries, and we
must have them. Everywhere in the
South that cotton mills have been es.
tahlished success has followed. This
Is the history of industry throughout
the South.
"Money has brains, and always seeks
the highest and best bid for invest
ment, as In this instance. The only
question with US is, can we afford it,
| etc. Most assuredly we can, and the
fact is, we can't afford to do without II.
II we give this man the $l2 900 others
will Immediately follow and without
any pay for coming. III we
are TO have the honor of estab-
fishing the enterprise that will re-
dound to the honor of the entire state
of Texas, we must not neglect this
opportunity, and permit this to pass
| for the paltry sum OF $4,000"
The ehairmRn then requested that
all come forward and sign the list In
such amount as they saw proper
Judge Wynne was thefirst to respond,
and was followed by Sheriff Maddox,
S. p. Green, Esq, VIM. Capps and
others. The lists were then passed
through the audience and numeTously
signed.
Upon motion of Judge Cummings
a committee of three was appointed
by the chair to take charge OF the list
receive subscriptions, make contracts
and arrange with Mr.. Haney, etc,
Messrs. X. M. Van Zspdt, Sam Evans
and Joe Tstum were appointed on this
committee. On motion of q. b. Dag.
gett a committee of five
were appointed to canvass the
city to-day, consisting of Sam Seaton,
w. A Barter, VIM. Capps, Walter
Maddox and Joe Tatum.
Upon motion, the meeting then i'd
journed.
The different committeeman will
call upon our citizens to-day, and AT
only small amount Is lacking II IL
hoped that all who are called upon
win respond leach in proportion 10 hit
ability, thereby insuripg to our city
this most important enterprise.