The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-05-24
TRIP TO PARIS.

Yesterday morning, after assist
ing in preparing about three col
umns of copy" for his printers,
the editor took the T, G. train for
Paris, on a business trip, and will
write few lines in the way of "ex'
perience and observation"
In going out of the city we notlc-
ed that the new buildings over at
the big "Four C's. mill are all near
ing completion; the coat of crimson
paint on them quickly catches the
eye of all passengers,
The 7. & p. track is being fenced
with barbed wire, so as to avoid
killing stock. Work is completed
nearly to Clarksville, Improve
ments "all along the line" on the
part of railroads, and the fact that
they are not in style" in reducing.
prices, lead one to believe that the
so called "hard times" have not eff
fected them to any considerable ex-
tent. Most of them are still able
to IVORY along" and pay interest
on stock. "watered" to twice its real
value, The producer and consumer
have to "sweat and toll" for this
unfair and unjust interest, as it
comes from them, in the end.
Clarksville's new court house,
built of stone from near Bonham,
is quite a handsome building and
"looms up" from the railroad, in
approaching the town from eth
er way. A new cotton compress,
a new oil mill and several new brick
business houses, together with a
$50, 900 hotel, all now in course of
construction, leads us to belive that
Clarksville is on "a boom" of its
own, Red River is prosperous
county, anyway. Early in June
that county, as well as Lamar and
Cass, are to vote on local option,
and it is believed that it will carry
in each. Let us hope that it will,
Paris is a thriving city of some
$4,000 population; she claims Is, 600,
we are told, Like Texarkana, it
has several railroads, but no Grail
road shops" Very little improve
ment going on in the city, and we
were told that very "dull business"
has prevailed there for the past six
months, When the business of her
Federal court is transferred to the
Nation, as it soon will be, most of
the remnant of "life" left will desert
that city. Federal court is now in
session there and large number
Of people from the Nation are in at
tendance, The Daily News reports
that many lawyers and citizens are
preparing to leave there for Ard
more, which will be the nearest
Federal court in the Territory,
Crops along the railroad look very
well, although cotton appears "sick'
from the cool nights, Corn in many
places is waist high, Farmers are
busy blowing in their fields or
"chopping out" cotton, We motto
ed women in the field at work in
several places, God bless the noble
women-we honor and respect them
all the more, In trying to help their
husbands or fathers along in the
world But woman should not be
brought to such toll, under the
scorching rays Of old "King Sol "
The fact that she does so shows how
sadly the times are "out of joint
On the train we met Mr., Wm,
Puryear, of Jonesboro, Ark, who
with his better half had been visit
ing a son in Montague, county, He
Is well acquainted with our friend
Rogers, of the Jonesboro Sun, and
gave us a good account of him.
We might write much more, but
will desist, Like Sam Jones, we
want to "say something when we
speak or write, aud people like short
articles,
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