The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-08-27

LIB hASh III iSAul mana AOW1 bhN
town has recently gone dry" and
neither is there gambling, drinking
nor other species of wickedness
peculiar to city life, Up to March
last the Arkansas side of Texarkana
was prohibition, while the Texas
side was wide open, and the thirsty
Texarkanian Of Arkansas could slip
across the line and wet his whistle
to his hearts content, bnt on the
9Th of that month a vote on local
option was taken on the Texas side
and resulted in a very decided ma
jority for prohition Of the liquor
traffic. Since then the law has
been rigidly enforced and the
houses formerly occupied as bar
rooms are now devoted to other
uses, 1t was prophesied by some
of the ants that prohibition would
kill the town. Mr., G. A. Hays,
secretary of the Board of Trade,
after a careful estimate, obtaining
his information from architects and
builders, says the town is growing
now faster than ever before; that
within the last s months over Sl45,-
900 has been invested in building
either completed or in course of
completion and that $45, 900 more
is being invested in the same man
ner, There are several substantial
busidess houses, chiefly Of brick, and
from two to three stories high, now
in course of construction. Whether
this is the result of prohibition or
whether the growth Of the city
would have been greater without
the prohibition Mr.. Hays does not
pretend to say,
The people of TeXarkaua are as
enterprising as they are hospitable
and geSerous, and that is saying
great deal, for we have nowhere
met more whole-souled and public
spirited people, At the meeting of
the Board of Trade this morning
DR.. j, T. jenkins, pastor OF the Bap-
tist church, was present He was
introduced to the Republic repre-
sentative as the business preacher.
lie Is a warm hearted Southerner,
whose love for his fellow man and
loyalty to the community in which
he resides make him public spirited,
and he mauifests an interest in the
phsical and temporal as well as the
spiritual welfare Of his flock 1t Is
typical of these people that while
they are generous and hospitable to
strangers and give hearty wei
come to all new comers who are
worthy of respect and considera-
ton, they are none the less loyal to
their own citizenship and proud of
their own belongings, These Tex
arkana people think they have one
OF the best and most promising lit-
tie cities in the South, and they
stand ready at all times to contrib
ut all in their power to make It
such, They have reason, too, to be
proud of a city which Is so free from
crime and disorder of any kind, a
city which can boast of SO much
business energy, public spirit and
enterprise aud 50 many natural adj
vartages which are being developed
and utilized.
AS a railroad center Texarkana
LEADS all the cities and towns in Ar.
kansas and Is third in Texas, being
exceeded only by Fort Worth and
Houston. II Is the ternI'
nus Of the Texas n Pacific and also
OF the St. L. !, M, & S., and is on
The line Of the Transcontlnental
and Of another trunk line railway
the ST. Louis Southwestern Cotton
Belt), which had It's beginning here,
when IL was known as the "Tylel
Tap" and was a narrow guage
road. Since then the Cotton Belt
has become one of the great broac
guage railway sytems of the coun.
try, but II still shows It's affection
for and confidence In Texarkana by
locating It's repair shops here, the
buildings for which are now In
course Of construction In addition
to these trunk lines there are nov
under construction the Texarkana
q re. Smith road and the Texar'
kama ~ Shreveport road, on which
work is being pushed vigorously
and trains are made up here for
two other roads, which use the
tracks of the trunk Ines giving her
eight outlets,
Texarkana Is well equipped with
hotel accommodations, having three
large and well managed hostelries,
besides many smaller ones. Tn;
leading hotel Is the Huclins, loca''
ed within a few steps Of the uuloh
station, and only one block from