San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-03-05
SAN MApcoS HAys CoTNTY AS THURSDAY

by Mayor Fulton, Hon. Seth Shepard
and Col. Hamilton Stuart ("State
Press" of the Galveston Newsl who
having been introduced as "the Nest,
or Of the Texas Press" disclaimed
the title and called out, at the close
of his speech, Simon Mussina, a white
haired veteran OF eighty years who
sat in the audience, and who publish.
cd the first paper in Texas-the Ma
tagorda Bulletin-some forty-seven
years ago. With palsied step the old
gentleman took the stand and made
a ringing speech--a speech that made
him the hero OF the occasion during
the entire meeting. The presence Of
these old veterans OF the press, Faith
or Mussina, estate Press" and old
Bro. f. d. Allan, Ito whom great
credit is due for his untiring efforts
in preparing for the Association) lent
additional charm and interest to the
occasion.
Comfortably quartered with "mine
host" of the fremont Mr.. s. Il. Nc
Ilhenny, who spared no pains to
make the stay of the editors pleasant,
we were fully prepared to enjoy our
selves during our brief stay in Gal
weston. BY special invitation we
visited the great Wholesale dry house
of L. & II. Blum, which we found to
be "blum full" of goods, and q house
which contained, as our genial friend
and guide, Mr.. N. N. Johns, declared,
everything from fshhook to a
crowbar.' On this trip Mr.. Leon
Blum, who gracefully conducted the
ladies through his vast establishment,
made himself very 'solid" with them
and the little misses, to each OF whom
he made nice presents.
We also on this trip took in the
wholesale house of P. j. Willis, the
electric light mandatory, the News
office, the Cotton Exchange, Masonic
building, Harmony Hall, the new
Ball high school, etc.
In the evening Of the 11th inst.
we visited the steamer Lampasas, OF
the Mallory line, Capt. Crowell kindly
showing the members and their ladies
through his capacious boat, which is
line boat between Galveston and
New York. In addition to all the
elegance and comforts of homo to be
found in the Accommodations OF this
magnificent steamer, both as
regards the state rooms and
the menu, it had stored away in its
deep, dark hold upwards of 1000
bales of cotton, besides vast quantities
of other freight. Being OF fiat bot
tom it could easily cross the bar with
it's great cargo. Capt. Crowell in
formed the company that he had
plowed the main from early lifelong
years had he been in the employ OF
this line and yet he had never met
with an accident by which the lives
of any passengers were lost. We
decided at once if the courtesy Of the
line should be extended to us in our
contemplated trip to New York, we
should certainly place ourselves un-
der the sheltering wing OF Capt.
Crowell.
But our visit to the Ball high
echool was of the deepest interest
Accompanied by goodly delegation
of the citizens, headed by Messrs.
Shaw, Levant, Allan and Johns, we
were courteously shown through the
building by Prof. Grow, the city su-
perintendent, who has his office in
this elegant and central structure.
Between four and five hundred pupils
were in attendance, the number con-
sisting of those advanced pupils who
had been transferred from the ward
public schools. Many encomiums
were passed upon Prof Grow and his
well-earned reputation as superinten-
dent
May we not reasonably look for
ward to the near future when our
own loved Dallas shall have her
elegant high school thus centrally
located There are many pupils in
our schools now who need the advan-
tages of high school. The flourish.
ing and satisfactory condition OF our
schools under our newly-tried graded
system certainly calls loudly for Il
Dallas high school Then when the
university shall be made the next step
beyond our high schools, and admiss-
able to all, our schools will be regard
ed with pride and satisfaction by
everybody. 1t is true we have as yet
no Geo. Ball to come to the aid Of the
system. but every citizen should feel
a deep interest in this matter and
urge the high school feature in our
city.
We could but feel as we looked up
on the benevolent face Of this great
and good man Geo. Ball, who gave
$50, 900 for this building), whose
classic features were carved in beauti-
full white marble, and whose bust
adorned the auditorium Of the build
ing, that he had left a monument far
more lasting and enduring than any