Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-23
THE 7. P. A.
1t is Certain that the Angels Will Have
A Club at Fort Worth.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of the Local Associa-
ton Last Evening Resolutions PassedIThe
Movements OF the Boys-PersOnal.

L. NJ. Burlington IS home well and
happy. He has enjoyed a fine trade all
this year.
j. A McHale signed the agreement
like n little man and says cigars and
| baking powder with china thrown in can
stand it. You can bet on Mac.
| Charles R. Wolton, Boston, is the
name of "a prominent commercial
| traveller found on the register of the
Pickwick.
II &C. Ellis, one of Martini Brown Co.'S
greatest -hustlers;f will be in all week and
see that the club gets started in fine
shape.
w. G. Ayres, Philadelphia, will spend
Sunday ut the Ellis.
| Il f. Wear, the live and energetic
representative of C. H. Edwards, will
spend. Christmas in the city.
Sam Calm, New Orleans, is registered
at the Pickwick-
j. w Clifton one of Casey & Swasey's
angels, win enjoy a pleasant Christmas
with his family. j. W. is staunch,
true 7. 2. A and is well liked by every
one who knows him.
j. d. Barnes is registered at the Ellis
for Sunday.
G. c. Ludington, San Francisco, will
spend Sunday at the Pickwick.
p. F. Combs, one of Bateman Bros.
rustling angels, will hover around the
Fort until New Years.
G. l.. Richie was i'll town to-day, but
of course went to Dallas on the evening
train. The boys would do almost any
thing to induce Mr.. Richie to bring his
wife to Fort Worth.
q. Ii. Green of Kansas City was in
town yesterday, but left for Dallas last
night. 1t won t be thus when we get a
nice club to entertain the boys.
j. w. Sugg of St. Louis is registered at
the Pickwick.
F. L. Jordan, the Fort Worth Grocer
Company's representative, has come i'll
to spend the holidays.
7. c. Gooch, Louisville, KY, is regis
tered ut the Ellis.
Oscar Seligman will stay in the city
until the first of the year and will lend
his able assistance towards starting the
club.
There is a vacancy in the interstate
railroad commission and the national
board of directors of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association at their regular meet
ing passed the following resolution:
That the board of directors i'll view of
their Recommendation of Mr.. NJ. j . Pick
ering to an appointment as member of
the interstate commerce commission,
would suggest that the chairman of the
national legislative committee, all state
divisions and posts of the Travellers Pro-
tective association, use every effort to
secure his appointment in such manner
as they think best.
Mr.. Pickering is man well suited to
fill the vacancy, rs he showed how thor
Ough he has studied the workings OF the
bill by his able Instructions to the legisla-
tive committee some weeks ago.
THE CLUB A SUCCESS.
The meeting of the T. P A. at the
Pickwick hotel last night was well at
tended, and the club is now an assured
success if the merchants who subscribed
their names to the fund will pay their
subscription and there is every reason to
believe they will, for it Will add another
live feature to Fort Worth, and be one
from which the city will derive great
benefit.
The following agreement was drawn up
and signed by twenty of the best travel
ing men, and there are quite number
who have not been heard from yet:
We, the undersigned, agree to pay to
the treasurer of the T. p. A. club the
sum of So per month to be used
club from January / 1889, to January
l, 1890, payable monthly in advance:
r. c. stockton, S. H. Soyster, f. j.
Anderson, F L. Jordan, w. a. Butts,
J. A. McHale, o. Seligman, p, F.
Combs, q. II. Wear, A. L. Bennett, T.
II. Wear, 7. J Johnson, J w. Clifton,
c ,sESSEIaynard, H. q. Ellis, W. q.
Rd4Se, A C. Shugart, George W. Geer,
II w simmons F K Guvun
a finance committee consisting of j.
w. Clifton, r. C. Stockton and A. L.
Bennett was appointed to call on the
merchants who have subscribed to the
fund and collect same.
4 committee on location, consisting of
p. F. Combs and Oscar Seligman was
appointed. Both committees will report
at a meeting to be held at the Ellis hotel
Wednesday night, December %, at which
time the officers of the club will be
elected