Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-06
ANGELS.
All the Birds Expected to Gather Here to
Open the 7. P. A. Club Rooms.
Legislature Asked to Take the Tax of of Home
Drummers without Delay-Where the
Boys are Sundaying.

Mr.. C. A. Cosby of Chicago is regis
tered at the Ellis.
Mr.. F. waltman can be found at the
Pickwick by his many friends.
Mr.. E. W. Brown of Chicago is at the
Ellis.
Mr.. J. G. Sargent of St. Louis is with
us for Sunday and we would like to see
him more often.
Mr.. Thomas A Bolton of Chicago is at
the Ellis.
Mr.. n. G. Ellis, one of the Martin
Brown Company's hustlers, is packing
his seven little trunks and will strike the
road in a few days.
Mr.. L. f Kimball, st. Louis, is not
complaining much about trade in the
grocery line, in fact looks quite happy.
Mr.. r. G. Combs, one Of Fort Worth s
best and most popular evangelists of
commerce, viii spend Sunday at home.
Mr.. D. Gregory, Boston, is the name
found on the Ellis hotel register.
Mr. W. d. Scoggins, New York, is
registered at the Pickwick, and will do
fun justice to a good Sunday dinner.
Mr.. T. c.. Gooch, Louisville's boss
clothing man, is at the Ellis for Sunday.
Mr.. Charles A. Head of the b. c..
Evans Company has not started out yet
but will take his grips III a few days.
Mr.. John S. Williamson, Chicago IS
best boot and shoe man, is with US once
more. He says Fort Worth is q dandy
and he will join the 7. P. A. Club.
Mr. l. NJ. Burlington, Martin Brown
Co IS angel of trunks, is getting ready
to take the road this week.
L. A. Hawkes. of New York is regis
tered at the Pickwick.
Mr.. Charles Richards, ST. Joseph, Mo. :,
is at the Pickwick and viii spend Sunday.
Mr.. P. o. Derbyshire, Chicago, can
be found at the Ellis by his many friends.
Mr.. Sandy Haley is looking as hand
some as ever. Must have made good ar
engagements with his house for this year.
Mr.. H. G. Eales, an angel from Chi
cago, is at the Ellis for a few days.
Mr.. O. Seligman arrived late, but is as
full of 7. p. A. club as ever and will be
on hand the 18th.
c. tlemen of the legislature, don t
V mink your first act should be to re-
al the drummer tax and relieve the
nome men of a burden. instead of dis
eliminating against them? Some of oar
Texas houses have fifteen and twenty
men travelling, and is it right they
should pay $50 for each man when for
eign houses can send as many men as
they please and the state cannot collect n
cent from them? Take off the tax as an
act of justice.
Mr.. Al thur Meeker, Chicago, will en-
Joy the pleasures of the Ellis hotel to-
day, and we hope to see him often.
Mr.. w. ). Greer, St. Louis, will spend
Sunday at the Ellis.
All travelling men are cordially invited
to be present at the 7. P. A. Climb open
ing Saturday night, January 49, Come
and see what Fort Worth has done for the
travelling men, and if you like our style
we would welcome you as citizens if you
can make this headquarters, also as
members of the club.
President Dan S. Malvin says he will
be with us on the 18th if the old boss
doesn t get stuck in the mud
In this age of combines, trusts and or
CARNATIONS, why do the jObbers hang
back about making a strong combine
to protect their interests? Why not or
gauize protective association and help
the road salesmep weed out rascals,
dead beats and professional failure fiends?
Alabama has just started a T. p. a &.
and we hope they will meet with success.
Nearly all the home men started out on
their trips the first of the week, and the
foreign men have not returned from their
northern trips yet, so T. p. A. matters
are very quiet this week.
Start the new year right and join the
T. p A so that you can keep your eX-
penses down and show up big profits. 1t
means an increase in salary next year.
The 7. p. A. Club is progressing nicely
The carpenters got through their work
Yesterday, and this week will show 9
vast improvement, and by the 18th eve
rytning will be in readiness for the open
ing. Map your route so you can be here.
There is some little trouble between the
state and national officers of the 7. p :.
A. but we hope it will be smoothed over
in a few days.