The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-16
Rig CUTTING IN WACO.
:, rI.od LET +! J. ". higgins Involved
y An Eve Witness Report.

Waco has Always hau lHe cnar
.,, =" Of being the most quiet anC
wv 'm.t town in Texas, especially 70
s s.sncers and country people. Thu
a N,I hsiieve to be verify true. Tor
:. ,s,o crimes are daily reported from
n rs,y city through the country, bu
Woo w"s stands the same, the gem city
', IN, south. The voiced sentimen'
v nearly every citizen of Waco is
" " cannot afford to do mean &c
.,,pgers or country people," Thi.
60, believe, rs more generally true
SWado than of any city in the
. ', 1t was remarkable that
.mong the thousands of people in
Waco I on trades display day, SO few
,hturb,nces of any kind were
,novn. The reporters of our
,,ly papers seem to differ in their
mpetites for sensational gossip and
h1Iaaod curding instances, and seem
n want to cover such news and
mch facts, as will stimulate, pro.
mote and encourage the most re.
ired, and the most business.lke
interests to Waco, and the few
e,imes committed in our commr.
,ty are not dressed up in heroic
l,nguage, calculated to inspire EN-
pstion of such dark deeds on the
p,rt of the young of our town. But
lie writer is compelled to chronicle
one big cutting affair, involving the
business of the proprietor of the
Waco Trading Co., about which his
ompetitors in business make serious
complain.
Having bought several car loads
d goods during the gloomiest days
hiis panic, therefore very cheap,
sud then shipping them at the 10
eft rate of freight ever kno to
Tie history of Texas, and throwing
upon the market the largest stock
ii furniture and stoves ever brought
10 Waco, he has been charged, by
bis competitors, with cutting off all
the probta, and even entering the
@lt Tnia is a serious charge, but
be ill wind in this case, is no ex-
option, for the public gets the ben
lite. No such prices were ever
gVen before. You can buy set
1 furniture worth 500 for 500
French plate front folding bed,
bat you cannot buy anywhere elee
ar less than 500, for S65. A
booking stove worth $3.50 f'rI
s5O. A kitchen safe worth So so
FOR 81 so. A $40 wardrobe for
lS5O These are spot cash prices,
|'nd cannot be duplicated, and will
bot be repeated after Jan. lst, 1894.
The party reported is j. w. Rig
|gns, proprietor Waco Trading Go.
Vet the idea and then come nick.
Yours truly,
J. w. RIGGINs,
Prop. Waco Trading Co.
|AAerein higgins Writes Three Short Cards.
!. To the Merchants of Waco.
IVY you want TO increase trader Do
E ~ want to get people to come to
Waco? To do this, you must not
|aaly assure them, but must posi-.
|lVely give them bargains, this we
NE doing, and will ship free to any
|spot within fifty miles of Waco
IVY amount of goods of s25 and
Ner. We are determined to do our
ss'el best on our part to increase
'Ae trade of Waco.
q 10 the citizens of Waco: We
ne now making special offers in our
great fourth annual clearing out
:ssa sales. We offer, ten only,
wy suits for S65 each. We offer,
WA ny only, $50 suits for s25 each.
\ Hs oher,ten only, $25 suits for SIS.
.'0m now to the first of January
y Will sell s. SO kitchen safes for
, n" We will sell, ten only,
w 's Wardrobes for sc SO each. We
, ,..I, ten only, dining room chairs
\, ssi'a sl2 per set, for $3.50. We
I H.: $500 worth of wicker goods at
~, 'nan they can be bought at the
sSSv vry' We offer iron wagons and
y s4uren's doll and toy carriages at
h,I pr cent. less than they can be
huslt' We need money. We
H. aslt these goods cheap, we got
inouio *est rate of freight ever
1o*n TO Texas and we want 10