The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-16
HIGGINS WRITES A LETTER
Fall OF Hot Rocks and "Gives the
Idea"

ton has often been called to the
absence from The leading daily
papers of news tens from Waco.
Will you kindly inform the public
IS to how news items are sent out
from a city or town: Is it the
fault of the news CATERERS or is it
because the town does not pay for
such attention Col. K. Z. Burn.
ham, who has been here for now
eight years, and Is al extensive and
careful reader Of daily newspapers,
says; 81 often get Chattanooga,
Memphis, New Orleans, Nashville
aud other daiies and scan them
over carefully for some item from
Waco, and while l rarely fail to
find items from Dallas, Austin, Fort
Worth, Corsicana and many towns
of less importance than Waco l
rarely find one item from Waco, or
about Waco" Now why is this
and what is the remedy? Anyone
from Waco can see the same thing
by watching the papers.
Take the Dallas News from the
ID t. the eth and you will find items
like the following: Zone thousand
home seekers arrived at Texarkana
today" "one hundred home seekers
arrived at Corsicana over the Cotton
Belt" "about 800 home seekers ar
rived at Dallas" and the same kind
Of items from several other places,
but not one item about Waco. Did
not one of the 900 passing Texar-
kama reach Waco? Again, in this
same Issue, you find a long list of
places saying "we had fine rains;
worth thousands to our crops" ETC.,
etc., but not drop for Waco, SO
far as the ''items give" In these
same Dallas News issues you will
find ''items' about somebody dying,
getting killed or about the "hack-
men," or about some claw suit" or
about somebody or concern busting
or some sporting" item, but not
one "item" which would favorably
call attention to Waco or McLen-
nan county. We presume these
papers are under no obligation to
advertise Waco, yet we are led to
expect some "items'' valuable to
Waco when we see such items from
other towns and the unfavoIable
items from Waco.
Now, Mr.. Editor, this is an i'm
portant matter to Waco, and if
there are needed influences costing
money to remedy this | for one
favor raising the money, and the
Waco Commercial Club could do
nothing better than to see to this at
once. | notice a few lines in the
Dallas News that some parties had
been entertained by the members
of "Waco Board of Trade" Who
ever wrote that Item sho ~s an igno.
rance objectionable in news gath
erer. Let fair justice be done Waco.
The Waco Commercial Club can
and has done already many things
for Waco, and we favor pushing
the work. This financial "convul.
SION will start many people to look
for a better country. Why not
Waco and McLennan county in.
duce some of these people to stop
in the garden spot" of the world2
l am dong all can, and am going
to see the agent of some of these
railroads in this country and try to
get full car for Waco.
Whose fault is it that Waco does
not get the same advertising other
smaller towns get?
Mr. EDIToR:-After that rain last
week | saw in two daily papers of
this state ''the rain fall in Texas"
Great many places like Bolton, Cor
sicana and the like were reported, but
not zone word about Waco!" Yet |
had letter and the Waco papers
saying: I'VE had a good rain"
Take press reports! We notice this
or that about many points in Texas,
but marry word" about Waco. There
is small town in this country with
a store and blacksmith shop Smoutt
is its name, where people get off TO go
to small spring, which about 80
people year visit. This place has
excursion rates from most "every
where.
Notice any railroad man or fnldnr