The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-11
HIGGINS WRITES TWO LETTERS
And Makes Some Reference to Allusions,"
Concluding With A prOposition.
HIGGINS SAYS "KEEp MOVING"

I'LL ~ PiOVu vi w AGO, IS the
saiutation heard on all sides when.
ever two men meet at home or on
the street. 1t takes such feelings;
1t takes such local pride herein ex.
pressed to make a town. If my
brother had store in Waco l would
not patronize him if he talked Waco
down. If my barber who slaves
me talked Waco down, he would
never shave me again. If my
butcher said one word against Waco,
L would hunt another butcher.
Every department of stores and |
factories were represented in the
Trades Display Of yesterday, except
two classes, the lawyers and doctors,
which shows two things; first,
Waco Is too much at peace with
others for lawyers to grow, prosper
and make money 1--WE Judge from
the fact that of all the money we
raised, we only got 81 50 out of
about seventy.6ve lawyers in Waco
and about the same amount out of
about the same number of doctors
in Waco.) OF course this last is
very consistent. The Waco people
are too healthy to need doctors. 1t
was we'll that these two classes were
conspicuously absent, and the fail
ure of the lawyers to make money
speaks we'll for the peace and
harmony of our citizens. l was
only made to feel bad and sad one
time on yesterday, and that was at
the fireworks and concert
at Padgitt's park, when SO
many of Waco's rich but
stingy, miserly mossbacks who had
not given one dollar to get up this
display were stretching their necks
tryirg to reach over six foot high
board fence to hear the music and
see the fireworks, and the only com
plants we heard all the way through
were from this class of people, who
said the fireworks aud concert ought
to have been free. Poor stingy
souls; we were go sorry for them;
too stingy to live and too dark to
die. If some of these stingy moss.
backs could buy the whole plan of
salvation for ten cents, they would
not take it unless they could cut the
same up into town brick blocks, and
then they would not spend q dollar
with the poor fellow who paid him
the rents. The Waco Trading Co.
can furnish your home from kitchen
to parlor.
j. w. HIGGINS, Prop.
higgins Makes Proposition.
LETTER NO. 3.
When l was boy, living in Mis-
souri,, used to roll snowballs, get
ting SNOWFALL very large. If we
ever stopped it was difficult to move
again, hence the great Importance
of the saying, "Boys, keep the ball
rolling; if she stops we are stuck. :"
Waco has started big ball; let all
hands keep her rolling. AS we
have before stated, some city in
Texas is going to get built up by
the bundle trade. Every man in
Waco realizes the great Importance
and value of the bundle trade and
10000 people. Just think of IL!
adding retail trade of 10000 peo'
pie to Waco, and it can be done
easily.
We have received letter of con.
graduation from Col. r. 3. Parrot
who suggests that the Commercial
Club arrange local excursions on
red letter day to Waco, which we
think is highly appropriate, and we
make this proposition: We will
ioin with 90 or more merchants in
Waco and will give $25 to make up
fund to be awarded to the party,
outside of the limits of Waco, buy.
ing the most goods from any or all
of these merchants, between this
date and January lst. Let us make
up $500 to be given in this way.
Issue tickets for. every amount pur'
chased at retail, and give 20 awards
running from 10 to 100, to the par
ty purchasing the most goods at re-
. tail. and 80 on, scaling down to ten
prizes. Let US keep the ball roll
inc. All people like a live, wide