The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-15
BIG CUTTING IN WACO.
:, phod LET 4. J. ". higgins Involved
y An Eve Witness Report.

Waco has always nau tne char
.,.sr Of being the most quiet an,
' '.;s.t town in Texas, especially 70
. ',.snoers and country people. Thi
~ believe to be verify true. Hor
';ble crimes are daily reported from
.rsrv city through the country, bu
Waco Waco stands the same, the gem city
tthe south. The voiced sentiment
" " nearly every citizen of Waco is
81 " cannot afford to do mean tc
.yapgers or country people," This
70 believe, is more generally true
%Waco than of any city in the
:" .,utb. 1t was remarkable tina,
, ,mong the thousands Of people in
Waco on trades display day, SO few
dtturbances of any kind were
Known. The reporters of our
1,lv papers seem to differ in their
,npe,ites for sensational gossip and
bIIoaod curdling instances, and seem
N want TO cover such news and
.pch facts, Gas will stimulate, pro.
mote and encourage the most re.
Sred. and the most business q
interests TO Waco, and the few
crimes committed in our COMMIT
ujty are not dressed up in heroic
l,ucuage, calculated to inspire EN-.
NATION of tuch dark deeds on the
part of the young of our town. But
the writer is compelled to chronicle
one big cutting affair, involving the
business of the proprietor of the
Waco Trading Co., about which his
vmpetitors in business make serious
complain.
Having bought several car loads
Of goods during the gloomiest days
Of the panic, therefore very cheap,
and then shipping them at the low.
est rate of freight ever known to
The history of Texas, and thro wing
upon the market the largest stock
sffurniture and stoves ever brought
TO Waco, he has been charged. by
Bic competitors, with cutting off ell
he profits, and even entering the
wit TINS is serious charge, but
the ill wind in this case, is no ex-
aption, for the public gets the ben
tits. No such prices were ever
given before. You can buy a set
II furniture worth 500 for $50.
French plate front folding bed,
hat you cannot buy anywhere else
or less than 500, for 500. A
ookirg stove worth 1880 fer
s5O. A kitchen safe worth SD 80
or 81 so. A $40 wardrobe for
sSO These are spot cash prices,
md cannot be duplicated, and will
bot be repeated after Jan. lst, 1894
The party reported is J. w. Rig.
Ens, proprietor Waco Trading Co.
bet the idea and then come q lick.
ours truly,
]. w. R1GGINs,
Prop. Waco Trading Co.
Wherein higgins Writes Three Short Cards.
l. TO the Merchants of Waco.
W you want to increase trade? Do
Sa want to get people to come to
Waco! To do this, you must not
My assure them, but must posi-.
'sy give them bargains, this we
doing, and will ship free to any
ap't within fifty miles of Waco
" amount of goods of s25 and
Nt' We are determined to do our
Sel best on our part to increase
aetrade of Waco.
Z 10 the citizens of Waco: We
~ now making special offers in our
'tat fourth annual clearing out
40 sales. We offer, ten only, |
insults for $65 each. We offer,
~ only, $35 suits for $25 each.
'eh only, no sulus LOT 80.
.oa now to the first of January
sxill sell S. so kitchen safes for
10Y, 10 We will sell, ten only,
!: vardrobes for sc SO each. We
. ,rsi, ten only, dining room chairs
'sa w per set, for $3.50. We
I - sooo worth of wicker goods at
t H. 'nan they can be bought a. the
I;11J1tly' We offer iron wagons and
,;4 WI. doll and toy carriages at
hn rIl cent less than they can be
Nasat' We need money. We
H. Sls these goods cheap, we got
I h lowest rate of freight ever
s,s' to Texas, and we want to
r"e 10 Won nv This oroot colo that