The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-14

MIR j ID. Shaw stated that he had
been approached by certain banker
In this city who desired to purchase
his stock at small price but that he
informed him that his stock was worth
100 cents on the dollar.
Several other s eDtlemen made the
same statement and declared they had
no cotton picker stock for sale.
The following was read by Col. S.
ii. Pope, secretary of the Waco Board
of Trade and the statements therein
made re affirmed:
" AGO, Texas, Dec. !, 1891.
To Whom 1t may Concern:
Recognizing the Importance to the
South of cotton, and the heavy ex.
pense of picking it, we, the undersign.
ed members of the Waco Board of
Trade, have watched with great inter-
est the development of the Lone Star
Cotton Picking Machine, and on Nov.
10Th, having been informed by the
president of the company that a test
would be made by the machine, went
out to the Evans farm about nine
miles from Waco, where a field had
been reserved for that purpose, and we
made careful and impartial investi.
cation of its work. We are fully con-
WINGED that the machine, as now i'm
proved by said company, picks larger
per cent. of cotton, a cleaner staple,
end in all respects far superior to hu
man hands, as demonstrated to us on
above mentioned date.
Congratulating the South and the
officers of said company upon this i'm
portant invention, we are
(Signed) Respectfully,
r. b. PARRoTT, Pres.
SAM SANGER, V. Prest.
JNO. 7. BATTLE, Chm'n. of ling. Com.
Upon motion a committee of four
were appointed to draft resolutions of
endorsement.
The following gentlemen we're APP
pointed: Judge John c. West, DR..
II, w. Brown, Messrs. James B. Baker
and James l. Moore.
A recess of ten minutes was then
taken to give the committee time to
prepare the resolutions, after which
the following was reported and unaui =
mously adopted:
10 the meeting of stakeholder and
citizens held at the rooms of the Waco
board of trade:
The undersigned, a committee ap
pointed by your honorable body to ex
press the sense of this meeting as tc
the character and standing of the
gentlemen now in charge of the inter
est of the Lone Star Cotton Picker
company, take pleasure in stating that
we have been personally acquainted
with Col. E. j, Gurley, the presiden
of said company, and DR.. j. H. Sears
one of the largest stockholders, fo
many years, and recommend tn
passage Of the following resolution:
Resolved, That we, the citizens o
Waco, hereby cordially and cheerful,
recommend and indorse Col. e.
GurIey and DR.. ]. H. Sears and tn
other officers of said company as gen
tlemen OF the highest standing and in
tegrity and believe that they are en-
titled to and should receive the fulles
confidence of all with whom they ma
deal in matters concerning the Lon
Star Cotton picker or any other bus
ness transactions; that they are clear
! handed and upright, and will nc
. knowingly deceive or be parties to an
misrepresentation as to the matter
and facts concerning the condition an
management of the interests OF sal
! concern, or of the machine itself,
: We, your committee, having wit
,; messed the operation of the Lone ST.
i cotton picking machine, in field {
y cotton wherein the average hands
u our country were picking, aud ha
{ picked number of rows of cottoI
Q feel abundantly satisfied with the o.
Grafton of the cotton picker as
p grand success, picking out the slap
u In much less time, in better cond
+ ton, and securing larger per cen
II of the lint.
y We furthermore state that our CO
II fidence in the ultimate and perfe
u success of the Lone Star cotton pick
u is an established fact, and hereby T
&c peat the resolution Of the board