Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-27

enger sheeta that exist for scandal
and lie for livelihood. These reforms
are not only practicable, but have ~
doubt suggested themselves to every
thinking member OF the press. We nie
in one sense public educators. Inc
fathers and mothers and sons ana
daughters OF the country are our
rendeis--our constant readcrs-nnd they
expect TO learn something from that
reading, else they would not read
How Important then. that we keep
our columns free from debasing liter
aturc, bad English, and misleading
facts. How important that we strive
to educate the heart as well ne the
mind. and that we permit nothing TO
reach the family circle through our
publications that is not pure, elevating
and onobling. My brethren, let us
work together for the attainment OF
these high erds. end grateful constit-
uencies viii reward us for our effort
and bless us for the result.
Aud now. in conclusion. lot me once
moro extend to you. metaphorically,
the right hand OF fellowship, and TO re-
peat the assurance OF cordial well
come to the feast OF reason and the
flow or sour that is offered with gem
erous hearts and eppreciative consid-
GRAFTON for your comfort and your
pleasure. All that we have IL yours for
the week. and you are authorized to
take nothing out OF reach and TO carry
nothi 1E away that you do not want,
We have prepared no eNtraYaGant or
royal spread for your entertainment. II
being Understood that your association,
two years ago. inhibited the acceptance
Of free hotel accommodations and cost
| " banqueting. but such Hs we have
and feel at liberty TO offer Ia rendered
with cordial good VIII and the fullest
and freest hospitality. You are
among friends, and | bid you welcome.
thrice welcome, to their hearts and
their homes.
Row, gentlemen. those OF you who
have visited Fort Worth on former
occasions OF this kind need no further
assurance than have given you OF her
sincerity In welcoming you today; but
there are some strange faces here, some
whom probably she has never before
had an opportunity 10 entertain, / de-
sire to make assurance doubly sure and
give substantial evidence that actions
speak louder (and on this occasion
more eloquently) than words" To
give you this double assurance that
the people Of Fort Worth welcome you
today with open trms and that they
have that deep and abiding faith In
YOU which can only come from love
| toward our feilowman, | herewith, at
| the request and by the authority of the
officials and citizens of Fort worth,
present TO the president of this asso-
| citation the open sesame" to the entire
city and transfer with It all our right.
| title and interest in and to that certain
| tract or parcel of land lying and being
| situated I'm the state OF Texas, county
| Of Tarrant, more particularly described
| ns the place whore the panther took
| his siesta, and known to the whole
! civilized world as the city Of Fort
! Worth. While you arc here the citi-
zens OF Fort Worth own nothing. II
is yours-our homes, our hearts. our
/ oil boz ffalN to,
| all that we have during your present
visit to our city, but also carries with
| It an invitation from Fort Worth to
| come and bring your knitting as often
as YOU can--the oftener you come and
the longer you stay the better she win
DO pleased When your deliberations
are at an end. and you find you must
go. kindly leave the door unlocked and
the lstch-string dangling on the out
side.
Mr. scurlock, president OF the asso-
citation. responded as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen and Members
Of the Texas Press Association: You
| Will, no doubt, agree with me that 1t
would he a useless and euperhuous
use of words to occupy your
time in assuring the citizens
representatives TN this occasion that
/ we accept lne 10 inc HOEpl-
tally nf the beautiful city with the
same cordiality It has been so elo-
quently extended on this occasion. AS
| purveyors OF news, Ms observers of the
great and growing prosperity OF the
greatest state OF the Union, VITA her
boundless and almost illimitable re
/ sources, we rave learned to love ana
admire Fort Worth and her plucky and
enterpristng citizens. Whether we hail
from the far tip end OF the Pan
handle, the great Forests OF East Texas.
OF the banks OF the turhid Rio Grande,
that marks the division line which
separates lis from our sister Republic
OF Mexico: on the waved kissed shores
OF the great Gulf of MeNico-the YER
dict is the game, We admire Fort
Wroth and Fort Worth people.
on this occasion my mind reverts
back TO twenty years ago, wnen nrst
stood near TINS spot, IN which TINS
magnificent building now stands. when
saw Fort Worth a Struggling little
village OF few hundred inhabitants
Later, when otner villages. equally or
even more fortunately situated, were
dreaming, the citizens OF Fort worth
as an infant, were thinking. The Few
people here then knew, as they better
know now, that pluck, energyvim and
enterprise, coupled with u deterfnlna-
ton 10 get up and get there, ELL reeog-
nlzed the want of railroad, and they
went to work and got it.
Now In the place of rude shanties OF
that former village stand magnificent
stone and brick buildings. over an
immense section where the rich waving
grass, or the corn, the cotton. the
wheat and the barley grew. popula'
ton OF 10000 people that combine all
OF the elements of success TO make q
great city now have their homes.
A magnificent federal building Is one
OF the evidences OF Uncle Sam &c
meet the demands of a growing city
whose future would not with vivid
Imagination attempt TO portray, lest
might fall too far short OF what II may
be in this wonderful age OF progress
with over half hundred miles oil
paved streets. with busy BUSTING
population, we see u practicable dem.
onstration ms the fieetinE nHmentl
pass OF what a live and wlde-awalSt
people are doing for themselves.
with system of water works com.
mensurate with a gr6nt and growing
.city is supplemented when short o.
water with one OF the largest and
most extensive brewing establishments
in the South, this great city. to wiIloH
, we are today welcomed with open army
Is fixed for the future to substitute
one fluid for the other when necessary
so far as It Is practicable.
THE citizens OF Fort Worth viii
pardon us when In noting what we sec
that commands our admiration.
"a magnificent Electric light sysfeIn
electric cars traverslng over fiftv mile,